
On 26 June 1847, The Ottawa Daily Citizen published a list of “Names of persons who contributed to the relief of the suffering poor of Ireland.” This list had been supplied to the newspaper by “the Rev. Mr. O’Connell, Catholic Pastor of Richmond.”
The Rev. Peter O’Connell (1801-1899), originally of Co. Cavan, Ireland, was parish priest at St. Philip, Richmond, Goulbourn township, Carleton Co., Ontario.1
The named contributors (mostly pre-Famine emigrants from Ireland, many of whom had been in Canada for some 20-25 years) had settled in three townships in the County of Carleton: the township of Goulbourn (within which the village of Richmond was situated); the township of Huntley, which adjoined Goulbourn township to the north; and the township of Nepean, which adjoined Goulbourn township to the east.
The amounts were given in British pounds (£), shillings (s.), and pence (d.).
PLACE | NAME | AMOUNT |
---|---|---|
Richmond | Widow James Murray | 10s. |
Richmond | James Dauris, sen. | 5s. |
Richmond | Michael Brady | 5s. |
Richmond | Bryan Kennedy | 5s. |
Richmond | William Shea | 5s. |
Richmond | John Shea | 5s. |
Richmond | Daniel Dauris | 5s |
Richmond | Thomas Ryan | 5s. |
Richmond | Louis Dempsy | 5s. |
Richmond | Gerald Fitzgerald | 5s. |
Richmond | Dennis Fehan | 5s. |
Richmond | John Corron | 2s. 6d. |
Richmond | Widow York | 7 1/2 d. |
Huntley | John Mannion, Esq. | £1 |
Huntley | James McDonnell | £1 |
Huntley | John Kennedy | £1 |
Huntley | Denis Hogan | 10s. |
Huntley | John Moran | 10s. |
Huntley | John O'Keef | 10s. |
Huntley | John Kelly | 10s. |
Huntley | Peter Whelan | 5s. |
Huntley | Widow Rock | 5s. |
Huntley | Richard Langford | 5s. |
Huntley | James Oakley | 5s. |
Huntley | Michael McGrath | 5s. |
Huntley | John Brosnahan | 5s. |
Huntley | John Fields | 2s. 6d. |
Nepean | John Tierney | £1 |
Nepean | Joseph Quinlan | £1 |
Nepean | Charles McKenna | 15s. |
Nepean | Thomas Dooley | 10s. |
Nepean | James Malone | 10s. |
Nepean | Patrick Muldoon | 10s. |
Nepean | Cornelius Spain | 10s. |
Nepean | Michael Rooney | 10s. |
Nepean | William [Sturley?] | 5s. |
Nepean | James Waters | 5s. |
Nepean | Thomas Troy | 5s. |
Nepean | Denis O'Brien | 5s. |
Nepean | John Waters | 5s. |
Nepean | Matthew Costello | 5s. |
Nepean | Henry McDonnell | 5s. |
Nepean | Pat. Kelly | 5s. |
Nepean | Thomas Walsh | 5s. |
Nepean | William Hanrahan | 5s. |
Nepean | Michael O'Grady | 5s. |
Nepean | Rodrick O'Grady | 5s. |
Nepean | Thomas O'Grady | 5s. |
Nepean | Daniel O'Grady | 5s. |
Nepean | James O'Grady | 5s. |
Nepean | Jeremiah O'Sullivan | 5s. |
Nepean | Michael O'Keef | 5s. |
Nepean | Michael Murphy | 5s. |
Nepean | George Hanlahan | 5s. |
Nepean | James Dermody | 2s. 6d. |
Nepean | William Delany | 1s. 3d. |
Nepean | Rev. P. O'Connell | £2 10s. |
PLACE | NAME | AMOUNT |
- According to his headstone, the Rev. Peter O’Connell was born 3 Feb 1801 at Stradone, Laragh, Co. Cavan, Ireland. He died at Montreal on 4 Jan 1899, and was buried at Saint Philip’s Catholic Cemetery, Richmond. ↩