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Tag: Hourigan

The Queen vs. Kelly

The Queen vs. Kelly

Canada, Crime and Punishment, Ireland9 June 2022by M.C. Moran

‘Shocking Murder’ It was on Good Friday, April 9, 1841, that John Kelly killed his own brother-in-law Michael Hourigan. According to an account published in the Bathurst Courier, the two men had spent the afternoon drinking at Henry Smith’s brewery, where they had been…

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My Maternal Ancestors

My Maternal Ancestors

Canada, Ireland, Stories31 May 2022by M.C. Moran

By Alec Lunney Peter Alexander (“Alec”) Lunney (1896-1953) was the son of Hugh Andrew Lunney and Margaret Amelia Hourigan, and a descendant of James Moran and Margaret Jamieson, and also of Mary Lahey. His “A Collection of Family and Ottawa…

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Deathbed Wills

Canadian Records, Clarkill, Death and Burial, Irish Records, Land Records9 June 2020by M.C. Moran

Deathbed wills are documents that were dictated orally by a testator who was in imminent peril of death, who did not expect to make it through the night, who did not hope to see another day. There is a more…

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Hourigan twins baptized

Catholic Records13 April 2015by M.C. Moran

Thomas Hourigan and John Hourigan were born in March township on 14 September 1849, the sons of Patrick Hourigan and Ann Teevens. I have no idea whether they were identical, or fraternal, twins, but in any case, the priest who…

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1836 petition of inhabitants of Bathurst and Ottawa districts

Canadian Records, Census Substitutes12 July 2014by M.C. Moran

As I mentioned in my previous post, there is now a huge amount of LAC (Library and Archives Canada) material at Canadiana.org’s Héritage website. This material includes 94 digitized microfilm reels of LAC’s Upper Canada Sundries (RG 5 A1), 1766-1841 series….

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Formerly of the father’s Irish county

Catholic Records, Migration27 June 2014by M.C. Moran

(Or formerly of [the father’s native] England, as the case may be.) This is bordering on fussy pedantry, perhaps. Or maybe it crosses that border? But genealogical research is all about paying attention to the small details. And Irish genealogy,…

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