Found in the household of John Rowan and his wife Emma Hogan (Emily Julia Hogan, daughter of John Hogan and Marcella Moran) in the 1891 census of Huntley township (Lanark North, Ontario): Jas. [James] Fitzpatrick, male, age 17, Dom. [Domestic], born England, father born England, mother born England, religion R.C. [Roman Catholic]. This is quite … Continue reading James Fitzpatrick: Home Child
"Could you look up Mary Hogan?" asked my dad's cousin Aggie. "I think she may have been," and this added sotto voce, as if, even after so many years, there might yet be something to hide, "a Home Girl."[1. Oral interview with Mary Frances Agnes O'Neill, January 2007.] A Home Girl? At the time, I … Continue reading Home Children: Open Secrets (Part 1)
A couple of family connections have told me that James Hourigan, son of Thomas Hourigan and Julia Moran, died in the Great Fire of 1870. Their source of information was apparently Alec Lunney's "My Maternal Ancestors," which I posted here.[1. From Alec Lunney's “A Collection of Family and Ottawa Area Information.”] But looking closely at Alec … Continue reading Cause of Death for James Hourigan?
I am extremely grateful to Al Lunney for sending me a copy of Alec Lunney's "A Collection of Family and Ottawa Area Information," which includes his account of his maternal (and my paternal) ancestors James Moran and Margaret Jamieson. Peter Alexander ("Alec") Lunney (1896-1953) was the son of Hugh Andrew Lunney and Margaret Amelia Hourigan, … Continue reading “My Maternal Ancestors,” by Alec Lunney
From the 1842 census of Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario (Upper Canada),1 a snapshot of the household of James Moran and Margaret Jamieson. This census lists only the head of household by name (here Jas. [=James] Morin [=Moran]); other members are counted under various headings having to do with sex, place of birth, and religion. While … Continue reading Moran household, 1842
