St. Columban-Irish Forum

For The Crawford family I suggest :

1. the web site: http://members.tripod.com/crawford family/1.htm
2. The book; History of the counties of Argenteuil, Precott from the earliest settlement to the present, 1896, Cyrus Thomas, 1896, p. 406-407. Note : this book is online


Note: The email of Gary Crawford is not correct. Please send the correction.

Claude Bourguignon

Thank you Fergus, this is mostly the same data I already have, I made a family tree on-line for my friend, it is at this time in French and I will make later the translation.

http://www.planete-genealogie.fr/hpen/timothy_collins/

We try to make the connection with James Lyons, may be Lilian Joy.

Hervé

The only information n that I have in my St. Columban records concerning the Collins family is:-

Timothy Collins was married to Elizabeth Brown and had the following children:-

Johanna Collins who was born in St. Columban November 12 1842 but died at only 16 years old on April 27th 1859

Michael Collins born in St. Columban on August 9th 1848

Jeremiah Collins born March 13 1850 and was twin to Patrick Collins. Who of course was born on the same day – March 13th 1850 – Unfortunately Patrick Collins passed away on March 20th 1850 at only 7 days old.

Thomas Collins who was born in St. Columban on August 12th 1852

Other Collins in the record but without any connection made to Timothy etc. include:-

 I also have a Catherine Collins that was married to Samuel Sexton.

I have a Frank Collins married to Elizabeth Slattery

I have a Jane Collins married to Denis Donovan

And another Jane, (in some records listed as Johanna Collins) married to James O’Leary

***** I have a Margaret Collins married to a Matthew O’Leary

And a Mary Collins married to a John Donon (maybe Donovan)

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****** Also if you go our Photo Gallery # 11 on our main site under photos, you will see some interesting information about Timothy Collins who lived to about 111 years old !

Appreciate the updates!  Thanks loads!

I found a link on the CBC site with more details about the program:

http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/doczone/2011/famineandshipwreck/index.html

It will likely be available online sometime afterwards from the CBC web site.

I am helping a friend of mine doing her family tree.

She is told by her mother that Timothy Collins (see this post http://www.stcolumban-irish.com/smf/index.php?topic=222.msg445#msg445) is her great-great-great uncle, she thinks that her ancestor Margaret Collins (1855 Québec city- 1924 Québec city) (married with James Lyons (1854 Québec city -1941 Québec city)) was of the same family than Timothy. Margaret Collins is the daughter of Arthur Collins ans Mary Welsh from Ireland (place not found yet). I do not find any relative between the family Collins from Québec city and Timothy. We are maybe looking at in the wrong way.

Does somebody have more information about Timothy ? parents, brothers ans sisters ?

Thank you for your help.

Dear Sir/Madam

Please find attached a pdf of our poster advertising our 2011 programme of short term visiting scholarships to Ireland.   

Since 1995, the Ireland Canada University Foundation (ICUF) has funded a series of annual scholarships, with the purpose of encouraging and facilitating academic links between institutions and scholars in both Ireland and Canada.

We would be very grateful if you could please circulate this to any of your members who may be interested. 

Our website, www.icuf.ie, gives further details both on these scholarships, as well as on the background and ethos of ICUF.

Finally, I should mention that the closing date for applications is Friday, April 29th next.


Many thanks for your assistance.
 

Yours sincerely,

James Kelly
 


Programme Manager
Ireland Canada University Foundation
c/o The Canadian Embassy | Ambassade du Canada

7-8 Wilton Terrace

Dublin 2

Ireland

 

 

 

Might be of interest.....

CBC DOCUMENTARY - FAMINE AND SHIPWRECK, AN IRISH ODYSSEYA Film by Brian McKenna[/color]Produced by Natalie Dubois and Arnie Gelbart

World Broadcast Premiere
CBC TV– Doc Zone
Thursday March 17, 2011
9:00 PM ET/PT

Repeats: Friday March 18, 2011 at 10 pm (ET/PT) on CBC News Network

On March 17, Canadians celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with parades, whiskey and songs. But for millions of Irish-Canadians, there is a story of unspeakable sadness at the heart of Canada’s Irish experience.  It is a story seldom mentioned, even today. Some call it the Irish potato famine. Others call it the Great Starvation. And others do not shrink from calling it a great crime. The saga has a million stories and on March 17, CBC TV’s Doc Zone will let you discover Famine and Shipwreck, an Irish Odyssey, a film by Brian McKenna, a story that’s one in a million.

Famine and Shipwreck, an Irish Odyssey was shot in Ireland, Quebec, Ontario and off the coast of Prince Edward Island, in 2010.  It never would have been possible without the incredible efforts of Paddy Murphy from Ontario, who traced his genealogy back to his Irish roots in South Armagh, Ireland.

Famine and Shipwreck, an Irish Odyssey is a Galafilm production, produced in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Radio-Canada, with the financial participation of the Canadian Media Fund, the Quebec tax credit and the Federal tax credit, and developed with the financial participation of the SODEC.

Follow-up note from Gary Crawford ref: Crawford Family in St. Columban

John Crawford was awarded 100 acres in the point au chene, avoca area because of his work with a Col. Bouchette in surveying Buckingham, Templeton and other townships. Does that name mean anything to you?