A Post-Operative Fatality People used to be terrified of entering the hospital for an operation, and for good reason. While going under the surgeon’s knife would hopefully cure you, there was a not insignificant chance that it might instead kill…
Continue reading →Mattawa Hospital ‘A very large floating population of men’ In an 1883 report of his inspection of the Mattawa Hospital, which he had visited on July 23, 1882, W.T. O’Reilly noted that hundreds of men passed through Mattawa “in the…
Continue reading →Two examples from the 1871 census I’ve been looking into childbirth-related deaths and the ways in which they were recorded (or not recorded, in some cases). I have many examples from 19th-century Carleton and Lanark Counties, but for this post…
Continue reading →Edward Francis “Frank” Finnerty was born at Arnprior, Renfrew Co., Ontario on January 7, 1885, the fourth of the nine known children of John Finnerty and Catherine Benton. He was baptized on January 9, 1885 (St. John Chrysostom, Arnprior), with…
Continue reading →John McGlade died at Perth, Lanark Co., Ontario on 27 September 1891. His last will and testament was signed and witnessed on 20 September 1889; and was registered 5 October 1891.1 Last Will and Testament of John McGlade This is…
Continue reading →The Galligans of Fitzroy Township Born about 1807 in the townland of Loughaconnick, parish of Kilmore, Co. Cavan, Ireland, Patrick Galligan was the eldest known child of Denis Galligan (ca. 1782-1846) and Ann Kelly (ca. 1785-1866). Patrick married Mary Cullen circa 1834,…
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