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Thomas Dooley (abt. 1810 – 1891)

A reader is looking for information on Thomas Dooley.

Thomas Dooley was born in Ireland about 1810, possibly in Co. Kilkenny. He emigrated to Canada in the early 1830s (the 1842 census of Upper Canada records that he and his first wife had been in Canada for 10 years), where he settled on a farm at Lot 15, Concession 6 in Nepean township, Carleton Co., Ontario.

Thomas Dooley was first married (about 1835? or perhaps a few years earlier?) to Catherine Quinn (born about 1816; died before 1860); and the couple had six known children, all daughters, all born in Canada.

Catherine Quinn died in the late 1850s; and the widowed Thomas Dooley then married (about 1859) Mary Coughlan/Coughlin (born about 1831; died 1885). The couple had four known children, all daughters. Their second daughter Sarah Jane Dooley married James Moran, son of Alexander Michael Moran and Mary Leavy.

Both Catherine Quinn and Mary Coughlan were born in Ireland, of counties unknown. Thomas Dooley and his second wife Mary Coughlan were certainly married in Canada. He and his first wife Catherine Quinn were probably married in Canada, although it’s possible they married in Ireland before emigrating.

The reader is trying to find the names of Thomas Dooley’s parents in Ireland (possibly Co. Kilkenny). Any information would be greatly appreciated.