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],…
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Parents of James Edward Sullivan?
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James Edward Sullivan was born about 1866, apparently at or near Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York. He died in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on 7 February 1931. His Ontario civil death record records his birthplace as Potsdam, NY, and lists…
John Vallely (1861-1935)
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John Vallely was a son of Michael Vallely and Mary Ryan. He was born in Lanark Co., Ontario in 1861, and emigrated to Grand Forks, North Dakota about 1882. In 1889 he married another Canadian emigrant to North Dakota: Anna…
A Claim for Exemption from the Draft
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“Do you claim exemption from draft (specify grounds)?” “Yes Claim Murder” Berkeley, California, 1965? Nope. East Grand Forks, Minnesota, 1917.
Home Children: Open Secrets (Part 1)
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“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 A…
“Let’s not have a sniffle…”
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…Let’s have a bloody good cry. And always remember: the longer you live, The sooner you bloody well die. My dad, dying of cancer, singing “Isn’t It Grand, Boys.” They broke the mold.
Death and Burial Records: c. 1857-1861 versus 1882
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Or: What a Difference Twenty-Some Years Can Make Death and Burial of Margaret Jamieson When Margaret Jamieson, widow of James Moran, died on 12 July 1882, her death generated two records: a Roman Catholic church burial record; 1 and an…
Johnny Moran sings ‘The Jolly Tinker’
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My dad loved life; and family; and food; and drink; and song: he loved life, he loved it all. He had a big heart. And he loved life: he loved it all. As a younger man, when he was hale…
John Alexander Moran (1934-2013)
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John Alexander Moran, 6 September 1934 – 14 March 2013. My wonderful father: They broke the mold. Obituary here and here.
Cause of Death for James Hourigan?
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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…