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‘The presents were numerous and costly’

‘The presents were numerous and costly’

East Grand Forks, Grand Forks, Marriage Records, Newspapers, Ottawa, Women15 March 2025by M.C. Moran

Or, Who Gave What to Whom? In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, marriage notices in local newspapers would sometimes include a list of the wedding presents received by the happy couple, along with the names of the gift-givers….

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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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Irish Counties in Fitzroy Harbour RC Marriage Records (1852-1863)

Irish Counties in Fitzroy Harbour RC Marriage Records (1852-1863)

Canadian Records, Catholic Records, Marriage Records, Migration21 April 2022by M.C. Moran

From 1852, there was a Catholic mission at Fitzroy Harbour (Fitzroy township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada). A stone church was built in 1861,1 but the mission did not become the independent parish of St. Michael until 1917. The Fitzroy Harbour Mission…

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Last Will and Testament of Patrick Galligan

Canadian Records, Death and Burial, Land Records, Wills26 June 2020by M.C. Moran

The Galligans of Fitzroy Township Born about 1807 in the townland of Loughaconnick, parish of Kilmore, Co. Cavan, Ireland, Patrick Galligan was the eldest known child of Denis Galligan (ca. 1782-1846) and Ann Kelly (ca. 1785-1866). Patrick married Mary Cullen circa 1834,…

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“Did an operation precede death”? (Ontario civil death records)

Civil Records, Death and Burial, Medical Records, Wills14 September 2017by M.C. Moran

Death records often supply interesting (and occasionally rather gruesome) details about an ancestor’s cause of death. And while the information found in early Ontario civil death records is often a bit scanty, once we get into the twentieth century, the…

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Why was my ancestor’s baptism (or marriage) recorded twice?

Catholic Records18 March 2017by M.C. Moran

In searching for your ancestors’ Catholic church records, the most common problem you’ll encounter is that you cannot find a relevant record. There are any number of reasons why you haven’t (or haven’t yet) discovered the baptismal or marriage record…

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