Clayton – Ottawa Valley Irish

Benjamin Clayton: Home Child & WWI Telegrapher

Catholic Records, Home Children11 November 2011by M.C. Moran

When I first posted about Benjamin Clayton, I made reference to a military record (a WWI attestation paper) which I thought might belong to the Benjamin Clayton who is found in the household of Michael Moran (son of Francis Moran…

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Home Children in Fitzroy Township: Charles Lambert and Benjamin Clayton

Census, Home Children18 April 2010by M.C. Moran

I came across Charles Lambert and Benjamin Clayton while researching my Galligan ancestors, who emigrated from Kilmore, Co. Cavan, Ireland in the early 1840s and initially settled in Fitzroy township, Carleton Co., Ontario (with some branches later moving to Arnprior…

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