Returning to the French-Irish theme (see Strange Surname Spellings: Hohanlan for O'Hanlon) with respect to surname spellings, here are three surnames which sound somewhat similar, and which are often misspelled in the 19th-century records in ways that make them look even more alike: LAVALLEE is a French, and French-Canadian, surname. And just to complicate matters, … Continue reading Surname Confusion: Lavallee, Lavelle, Vallely
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Strange Surname Spellings: Hohanlan for O’Hanlon
As I've mentioned before (e.g., in Spelling Doesn't Count! [in Genealogy]), it’s extremely unlikely that an ancestor had a strong attachment to a certain spelling of his surname, if that ancestor never had occasion to personally spell his own name. If my ancestor James Moran, for example, was not literate (and I'm pretty sure he was … Continue reading Strange Surname Spellings: Hohanlan for O’Hanlon
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Lizzie Dickens (Dickinson?): Home Child
Found in the household of James Quinn and his wife Mary Ann Vallely in the 1891 census of Lanark (Lanark North, Ontario, p. 33, family no. 140): Dickens, Lizzie, female, age 14, Orphan, Country of Birth Eng [England] Note the proximity of household 140 (above) of Lanark (Lanark North, Ontario) to household 144 (household of … Continue reading Lizzie Dickens (Dickinson?): Home Child
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William Dickison (Dickinson?): Home Child
Found in the household of the widowed Michael Vallely in the 1891 census of Lanark (Ontario, Lanark North, p. 34, family no. 144): Dickison, Wm [William], male, age 16, Orphan, Country of Birth Eng [England] William Dickison's religion is listed here as R.C. (Roman Catholic) -- a potentially significant clue as to his parentage and … Continue reading William Dickison (Dickinson?): Home Child
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Quebec land grants information online
In addition to Library and Archives Canada's Lower Canada Land Petitions (1764-1841), archive.org has the List of lands granted by the Crown in the Province of Quebec, from 1763 to 31st December 1890 [Liste des terrains concédés par la Couronne dans la province de Québec, de 1763 au 31 décembre 1890] (Quebec: Charles-François Langlois, Printer to … Continue reading Quebec land grants information online
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George Vallely and Anne O’Hanlon
in Canada by 1832 This is not the first time that I've found an early recordin the register for Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal for a family who emigrated from Ireland and settled in the Ottawa Valley. Until I came across the following record of the burial of daughter Catherine Vallely in 1832, the baptismal record … Continue reading George Vallely and Anne O’Hanlon
