November 2015 – Ottawa Valley Irish

James Michael McGlade: Inventory of Personal Effects

Military Records11 November 2015by M.C. Moran

James Michael McGlade was born at Perth (Lanark Co., Ontario) on 17 September 1905, the son of Patrick McGlade and Elizabeth Cahill. When he enlisted with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry on 20 July 1940, he gave his occupation as…

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The Children of John Vallely and Anna Lillian Moran

Migration, Photographs3 November 2015by M.C. Moran

John J. Vallely (1861-1935), son of Michael Vallely and Mary Ryan, was born 21 January 1861, in Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada. He emigrated to Grand Forks, North Dakota about 1882. Anna Lillian (“Lila”) Moran (1861-1915), daughter of Alexander (“Sandy”) Michael…

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