Moran – Ottawa Valley Irish

Walter Morin/Moran and Ada Costello

Posted on 6 March 2017by M.C. Moran

A reader (and distant cousin) has sent me two photographs, one of Walter Morin/Moran and the other of Walter’s wife…

Posted on 23 April 2016by M.C. Moran

Because Canada really is the second home of the Scots, every Canadian province has its own official tartan, of course….

Posted on 7 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…

Posted on 3 November 2015by M.C. Moran

John J. Vallely (1861-1935), son of Michael Vallely and Mary Ryan, was born 21 January 1861, in Lanark Co., Ontario,…

Posted on 12 September 2015by M.C. Moran

Meant to post this on the 6 September (my Dad’s birthday), but got busy and distracted…. My dad spent the…

Posted on 10 August 2015by M.C. Moran

I was very interested to read Dave Allston’s 80 years of history at the Carleton Tavern (Kitchissippi Times). The Moran…

Posted on 5 May 2015by M.C. Moran

A reader is looking for information on Thomas Dooley. Thomas Dooley was born in Ireland about 1810, possibly in Co….

Posted on 10 April 2015by M.C. Moran

Except that, in the eyes of the Catholic Church (and, perhaps just as importantly, in the eyes of the bridegrooms’…