British Army Pensioners – Kilmainham, Ireland 1783-1822
Available online at findmypast.co.uk: British Army Pensioners — Kilmainham, Ireland, 1783-1822.
Continue reading →M.C. Moran
Death of Thomas Benton …
… And Dispersal of his Household of Five Daughters When Thomas Benton died in Arnprior (Renfrew Co., Ontario) on 7 March 1890, he left behind one son and seven daughters. His wife Hanora (“Annie”) Ryan had died over a decade…
Continue reading →Goad’s Insurance plan of the city of Ottawa (1888; revised 1901)
Library and Archives Canada has a digitized copy of Goad’s Insurance plan of the city of Ottawa, Canada, and adjoining suburbs and lumber districts, January 1888, revised January 1901.
Continue reading →Ottawa city directories online
There are a number of Ottawa city directories online at archive.org.
Continue reading →Where did my great-grandparents meet?
Here is my great-grandmother Anna (“Annie”) Maria Benton in the Ottawa city directory of 1895-6:1 Miss Annie Benton, dressmaker, lodger at 103 Cambridge St. The Ottawa city Directory, 1895-6: embracing an alphabetical list of all business firms and private citizens,…
Continue reading →Funeral Prayer Cards
I tend to think of funeral prayer cards as a Catholic thing, though this assumption may be a function of my own, somewhat limited experience: the vast majority of funerals I have attended have been Catholic (at the moment, I…
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