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Tag: Lahey

John Alexander Moran, 1934-2013

Photographs15 March 2014by M.C. Moran

John Alexander, Sir John A, John, Johnny, Dad, Da, Daddy. The Big Guy, Ye Big Hoser. My father, John Alexander Moran (6 September 1934-14 March 2013), in an early-1960s, “Mad Men”-era photograph. He’s the tall, dark, and handsome young rogue…

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William Killeen and Lucy Armstrong

Military Records, Photographs16 November 2013by M.C. Moran

William Henry Killeen (1857-1904) was a son of Denis Benjamin Killeen and Ellen O’Brien, and a grandson of Denis Killeen and Mary Ahearn. In November 1885, he married Lucy Armstrong (1863-1956), a daughter of James Armstrong and Bridget Kelly, and…

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“she & her infant family are left totally destitute”: the Widow Hourigan petitions the Crown (part I)

Canadian Records, Land Records1 November 2013by M.C. Moran

LAC’s Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865) database is an index to the petitions, with the actual (that is to say, the digitized microforms of the actual) petitions found elsewhere at the LAC site. Somewhat annoyingly, there is no direct link…

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The McCabe List

Canadian Records, Irish Records18 October 2013by M.C. Moran

Family ties: how far back do they go?

Catholic Records6 August 2013by M.C. Moran

When my paternal grandparents married in 1932, each was marrying into a familiar family. As I’ve mentioned before, my Moran ancestors and my Lahey ancestors have been linked by intermarriage since the middle of the 19th century. Not that my paternal…

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School Photo from…St. Malachy’s? St. Patrick’s?

Photographs, Queries12 July 2013by M.C. Moran

This is a wonderful group photo, taken, I presume, on the steps of a school. I only wish I knew which school. My dad is in the second row, third from the left (here indicated with a blue arrow —…

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