McGee – Ottawa Valley Irish

John Killeen (about 1828-1906)

Photographs14 April 2015by M.C. Moran

I found this photograph attached to a family tree at ancestry.ca, and contacted the owner for permission to post at my site. The owner kindly granted my request. This is John Killeen, son of Denis Killeen and Mary Ahern: John…

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‘I am a Poor man with a helpless family’: Peter Finnerty petitions the Crown

Land Records26 March 2012by M.C. Moran

Peter Finnerty was born about 1810 in Co. Kerry, Ireland, the son of John Finnerty and Catherine Dunleavy. He emigrated to Canada probably in the early 1840s, initially working as a labourer (journalier) in Quebec City. Here he married another…

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