My great-aunt Mary Ellen McGlade (1909-1993), daughter of Arthur Joseph McGlade and Catherine Honora McCarthy. She took the name Noreen (after her sister Noreen McGlade) when she became a sister of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul and…
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Tuberculosis in Ontario
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The Archives of Ontario has an online exhibit entitled Medical Records at the Archives of Ontario: Tuberculosis Records. As this exhibit notes, tuberculosis was once “a leading cause of death in the industrialized world.” In Ontario, public health efforts to…
Honora (“Annie”) McDonald/McDonnell (1841-1914)
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My great-great-grandmother Honora (“Ann,” “Annie”) McDonald (or possibly McDonnell?). Born about 1841 (April 1841 according to the 1911 Canadian census) in Co. Clare, Ireland, the daughter of Patrick McDonald (or McDonnell?) and Catherine Dea. Apparently emigrated to Canada as a…
Paper of Record Returns (Subscription Only)
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Paper of Record used to be available (free of charge) at its own site; was then purchased by Google, which apparently had some “scan quality and permission issues;” and was then available through World Vital Records(but no longer). It’s now available…
Yvonne Marie (McGlade) Kehoe (1935-2011)
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Aunt Bonnie (2 December 1935 — 24 April 2011). Perth Courier, 27 December 1956. Funeral card.
Aunt Neen
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My great-aunt Noreen McGlade(1913-1996), daughter of Arthur Joseph McGlade and Catherine Honora McCarthy.
David John McGlade (1937-2011)
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David John McGlade, 28 March 1937-12 February 2011.
Blended Families
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When I first read the Perth Courier’s obituary (January 1941) for my great-grandmother Catherine McCarthy (Mrs. Arthur McGlade), I was puzzled to read that she was survived by, amongst other people, a sister named Miss Mary Mahoney. Miss (as in,…
Michael James McGlade (1856-1897)
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Headstone for Michael James McGlade, son of John McGlade and Bridget Dunne. He died in a horrible head-on collision railway accident near Topeka, Kansas, and was buried at St. John the Baptist RC Cemetery in Perth, Lanark Co., Ontario: From…
Separated at Birth? (Non-Celebrity, Family History Edition)
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My maternal grandfather John Eugene McGlade (1900-1964), son of Arthur Joseph McGlade and Catherine Hanora McCarthy; and Buster Brown (c. 1904), comic strip creation of R.F. Outcault: I’m quite struck by the uncanny resemblance, and my grandfather wasn’t even born…