O’Hara – Ottawa Valley Irish

Kenneth O’Hara and Wilda Derouin: Wedding Photo

Photographs24 April 2011by M.C. Moran

A few weeks ago, I got an email from a reader who is connected (by marriage) to my paternal family tree through the Delaney family; and who is also connected to my maternal family tree through the Derouin family. Well,…

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Frances Lavelle: Home Child

Home Children28 September 2010by M.C. Moran

Frances Lavelle was born in England about 1900. Lavelle was her adopted surname, I do not know her original. She is one of many Home Children I have come across in census records and church records while researching my Ottawa…

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