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John Moran, University of Ottawa football team

John Moran, University of Ottawa football team

Canada, Newspapers1 December 2022by M.C. Moran

If ever you asked him what position he had played for the Ottawa U Gee-Gees, my father would invariably reply, with his characteristic diffidence and self-deprecating sense of humour, “What position did I play? Benchwarmer!”   Well, whatever his position,…

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The Death of Frank Finnerty

The Death of Frank Finnerty

Death and Burial, Migration, Newspapers, Occupations22 November 2022by M.C. Moran

Edward Francis (“Frank”) Finnerty was born at Arnprior, Renfrew Co., Ontario on 7 January 1885, the fourth of the nine known children of John Finnerty and Catherine Benton. He was baptised on 9 January 1885 (St. John Chrysostom, Arnprior), with…

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Carleton County contributors to an Irish Famine relief fund (1847)

Carleton County contributors to an Irish Famine relief fund (1847)

Canadian History, Canadian Records, Irish History, Newspapers27 April 2022by M.C. Moran

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…

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Obituary for Thomas and Alexander Moran

Death and Burial, Newspapers7 April 2016by M.C. Moran

While it may seem a glaringly obvious point, it’s a point worth keeping in mind when you discover an ancestor’s obituary. That obituary or death notice1 that you discovered for your ancestor didn’t just write itself. Somebody had to write…

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Cause of Death: Pulmonary tuberculosis

Death and Burial, Medical Records, Migration, Newspapers9 September 2015by M.C. Moran

I’ve written about tuberculosis before. See, for example, Tuberculosis in Ontario; and also see a list of those who Died of Tuberculosis in the Ottawa Valley Irish database. Here’s a family that was hit hard by the scourge of tuberculosis…

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Death of Alexander Michael Moran

Death and Burial, Newspapers, Oral History28 April 2014by M.C. Moran

Newspaper obituaries often supply loads of genealogically useful information, along with interesting forename and surname spellings. Here, for example, is the obituary for my paternal great-grandfather Alexander Michael Moran (1871-1939). A fairly standard obituary, which informs readers of the death…

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John Alexander Moran Photo Gallery:

  • Rosemary and John Moran
  • Rosemary and John Moran, at Tunney's Pasture, by the Ottawa River
  • John Alexander Moran, Ottawa (Armstrong St.?), c. 1937.
  • John and Rosemary, in front of Carleton Tavern
  • St. Patrick's Collegiate
  • John Alexander Moran, age 15
  • L. Lahey, John Alexander Moran, and Rosemary Moran
  • Frobisher Bay, mid-1950s
  • At a party, Ottawa, early 1960s, with cousin Orville Lahey in the background
  • Boxing Day wedding, 26 December 1963: John Alexander Moran and Catherine Frances McGlade
  • In the Canadian Rockies, summer 1967
  • At the convent of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul, Kingston, ON, ca. 1976.
  • Johnny's seafood chowder, Ogunquit, ME, mid-1980s.
  • Johnny's Mystery Tour: Sea-Faring Edition. Somewhere off the coast of New Hamsphire, 1992.
  • On his way out to canvass for cancer research funds, September 2010
  • In hospital, with grandson Emmet visiting, June 2012

Recent Posts

  • John Moran, University of Ottawa football team 1 December 2022
  • The Death of Frank Finnerty 22 November 2022
  • UPDATE: William Fitzgerald, Ireland to Hastings Co., Ontario 30 October 2022
  • Heritage Passages Site to be Shut Down 13 June 2022
  • The Queen vs. Kelly 9 June 2022

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