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		<title><![CDATA[St. Columban-Irish Forum - History - Memories - Famous Residents]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Note from Brian Brophy]]></title>
			<link>https://www.stcolumban-irish.com/irishforum/showthread.php?tid=259</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.stcolumban-irish.com/irishforum/member.php?action=profile&uid=4">Fergus_Keyes</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">A note from Brian Brophy<br />
<br />
My name is Brian Brophy and I live in Pompton Lakes, NJ. My father was<br />
Lawrence Brophy who was the son of Walter Brophy. In picture 1, 3rd picture,<br />
Marcus Brophy is my grandfathers brother and thus my great uncle. I visited<br />
St. Columban many times as a child and also my Uncle Marcus who lived on<br />
Smart Street, Montreal, Canada. He was married<br />
to Eva Brophy.<br />
<br />
I believe my Grandfather, Walter Brophy was the son of John and Margaret<br />
Brophy.<br />
<br />
I would love to visit St. Columban again some day. I have fond memories.<br />
<br />
Brian Brophy</span>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">A note from Brian Brophy<br />
<br />
My name is Brian Brophy and I live in Pompton Lakes, NJ. My father was<br />
Lawrence Brophy who was the son of Walter Brophy. In picture 1, 3rd picture,<br />
Marcus Brophy is my grandfathers brother and thus my great uncle. I visited<br />
St. Columban many times as a child and also my Uncle Marcus who lived on<br />
Smart Street, Montreal, Canada. He was married<br />
to Eva Brophy.<br />
<br />
I believe my Grandfather, Walter Brophy was the son of John and Margaret<br />
Brophy.<br />
<br />
I would love to visit St. Columban again some day. I have fond memories.<br />
<br />
Brian Brophy</span>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Google News Archive Now Hosting Historical Newspapers]]></title>
			<link>https://www.stcolumban-irish.com/irishforum/showthread.php?tid=255</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.stcolumban-irish.com/irishforum/member.php?action=profile&uid=0">jeff.legault</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Google recently (and quietly) added historical newspapers to one of their specialized search tools for a number of world newspapers (mostly from North America). Some of the newspapers of interest to the group include the Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette and the Toronto Star. The search tool will attempt to search the actual content of the newspaper pages and will display the actual page as it appeared in print. Pretty amazing once you start to view the content. Keep in mind these pages have been scanned from old printed copies or microfilm so the search interpretation may not always be accurate depending on the quality of the original. Nonetheless it's valuable tool for any researcher. I was able to find many articles, death notices, advertisements, etc. connected to my family in Ottawa. It provided a missing link to tell some of the family stories we all crave. Not every single day of print is included so far but they may be adding more in time.<br />
<br />
Visit this special search interface here and enter a term in "<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">with all of the words</span>" box like Columban or your family name and further down the page look for the "<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Source</span>" box and enter montreal gazette:<br />
<br />
http://news.google.ca/archivesearch/advanced_search?ned=ca&amp;hl=en <br />
<br />
To keep this thread going, please post your search results and share them with the group.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Google recently (and quietly) added historical newspapers to one of their specialized search tools for a number of world newspapers (mostly from North America). Some of the newspapers of interest to the group include the Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette and the Toronto Star. The search tool will attempt to search the actual content of the newspaper pages and will display the actual page as it appeared in print. Pretty amazing once you start to view the content. Keep in mind these pages have been scanned from old printed copies or microfilm so the search interpretation may not always be accurate depending on the quality of the original. Nonetheless it's valuable tool for any researcher. I was able to find many articles, death notices, advertisements, etc. connected to my family in Ottawa. It provided a missing link to tell some of the family stories we all crave. Not every single day of print is included so far but they may be adding more in time.<br />
<br />
Visit this special search interface here and enter a term in "<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">with all of the words</span>" box like Columban or your family name and further down the page look for the "<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Source</span>" box and enter montreal gazette:<br />
<br />
http://news.google.ca/archivesearch/advanced_search?ned=ca&amp;hl=en <br />
<br />
To keep this thread going, please post your search results and share them with the group.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kenna Family Bible Photos and Other]]></title>
			<link>https://www.stcolumban-irish.com/irishforum/showthread.php?tid=241</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.stcolumban-irish.com/irishforum/member.php?action=profile&uid=0">jeff.legault</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">We have a few new contributions to our photo gallery under Photo Gallery 13 here:<br />
<br />
http://www.stcolumban-irish.com/Photos/index.html<br />
<br />
Contributed by Claude Bourguignon<br />
Photos from the Kenna family bible: <br />
<br />
Photograph 1: James Martin, 663 Craig Street, Montreal (photographer)<br />
http://www.stcolumban-irish.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2227<br />
<br />
Inscription : <br />
Montreal, December 5 the year of our Lord 1870<br />
Margret, Catherine and Ann Blanchfield<br />
They are the daughters of James Blanchfield and Mary Brennan</span><ul class="mycode_list"><li>Margret : n?e le 19 mars 1853. Mari?e le 3 novembre 1874 a James Kenna<br />
</li>
<li>Catherine : n?e le 21 novembre 1850<br />
</li>
<li>Ann : n?e le 17 septembre  1837<br />
</li>
</ul>
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Photograph 2: Mary (left) Maggie (right)<br />
Possibly Mary and Margret Blanchfield <br />
http://www.stcolumban-irish.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2230 <br />
<br />
Photograph 3: Jessie Phelan, Fred Brophy, Nora Brophy Charbonneau<br />
Photographed 1967 in St-Colomban<br />
http://www.stcolumban-irish.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2224 <br />
<br />
Contact Claude for more information on these photos and their origins.</span><br />
<br />
]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">We have a few new contributions to our photo gallery under Photo Gallery 13 here:<br />
<br />
http://www.stcolumban-irish.com/Photos/index.html<br />
<br />
Contributed by Claude Bourguignon<br />
Photos from the Kenna family bible: <br />
<br />
Photograph 1: James Martin, 663 Craig Street, Montreal (photographer)<br />
http://www.stcolumban-irish.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2227<br />
<br />
Inscription : <br />
Montreal, December 5 the year of our Lord 1870<br />
Margret, Catherine and Ann Blanchfield<br />
They are the daughters of James Blanchfield and Mary Brennan</span><ul class="mycode_list"><li>Margret : n?e le 19 mars 1853. Mari?e le 3 novembre 1874 a James Kenna<br />
</li>
<li>Catherine : n?e le 21 novembre 1850<br />
</li>
<li>Ann : n?e le 17 septembre  1837<br />
</li>
</ul>
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Photograph 2: Mary (left) Maggie (right)<br />
Possibly Mary and Margret Blanchfield <br />
http://www.stcolumban-irish.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2230 <br />
<br />
Photograph 3: Jessie Phelan, Fred Brophy, Nora Brophy Charbonneau<br />
Photographed 1967 in St-Colomban<br />
http://www.stcolumban-irish.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2224 <br />
<br />
Contact Claude for more information on these photos and their origins.</span><br />
<br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Grace Family Information]]></title>
			<link>https://www.stcolumban-irish.com/irishforum/showthread.php?tid=231</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.stcolumban-irish.com/irishforum/member.php?action=profile&uid=4">Fergus_Keyes</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Thanks to Claude &amp; Jeff, we have a new addition to the hisotry of the Grace Family of St. Columban that can be found on the main site at:-<br />
<br />
</span>[url]<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="font-size: 16pt;" class="mycode_size">http://www.stcolumban-irish.com/Published-Histories/index.html</span></span>[/url]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Thanks to Claude &amp; Jeff, we have a new addition to the hisotry of the Grace Family of St. Columban that can be found on the main site at:-<br />
<br />
</span>[url]<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="font-size: 16pt;" class="mycode_size">http://www.stcolumban-irish.com/Published-Histories/index.html</span></span>[/url]]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Samuel O'Rourke and Catherine Phelan]]></title>
			<link>https://www.stcolumban-irish.com/irishforum/showthread.php?tid=230</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.stcolumban-irish.com/irishforum/member.php?action=profile&uid=48">Holly</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[I am trying to trace my O'Rourke roots and find out when they arrived in Canada.<br />
I recognize many names from St. Columban in my family tree. Phelan and Skelley to name two. If anyone has any information on the St. Columban O'Rourkes I would love to have it. ?Our ggranfather was married in Montreal <br />
John O'Rourke b. 1867 m Catherine Lawton in 1896 in Montreal. He may have been born in St. Columban since his parents were married there. <br />
<br />
His parents were married in St. Columban in 1857 and were Samuel O'Rourke and Catherine Phelan.<br />
<br />
I am going to continue to browse through this amazing site. St. Columban has a wonderful history.<br />
<br />
Thank you<br />
<br />
]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I am trying to trace my O'Rourke roots and find out when they arrived in Canada.<br />
I recognize many names from St. Columban in my family tree. Phelan and Skelley to name two. If anyone has any information on the St. Columban O'Rourkes I would love to have it. ?Our ggranfather was married in Montreal <br />
John O'Rourke b. 1867 m Catherine Lawton in 1896 in Montreal. He may have been born in St. Columban since his parents were married there. <br />
<br />
His parents were married in St. Columban in 1857 and were Samuel O'Rourke and Catherine Phelan.<br />
<br />
I am going to continue to browse through this amazing site. St. Columban has a wonderful history.<br />
<br />
Thank you<br />
<br />
]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[McEvoys of ?Osgoode Township (and St. Columban)]]></title>
			<link>https://www.stcolumban-irish.com/irishforum/showthread.php?tid=229</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.stcolumban-irish.com/irishforum/member.php?action=profile&uid=4">Fergus_Keyes</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Ronald Hurley has just completed the writing of a family document called<br />
 <span style="color: #339900;" class="mycode_color">?McEvoys of Osgoode Township?</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Ronald would like to share his research with all of our St. Columban group and particularly other St. Columban McEvoy descendants</span><br />
<br />
Jeff has posted this information at: <br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><a href="http://www.stcolumban-irish.com/Memories-Histories/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">http://www.stcolumban-irish.com/Memories...index.html</a></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">If you have any comments or additional information to share with Ronald, you can either post a note on this page or contact him at: <span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="mycode_size"><span style="color: #006600;" class="mycode_color">r-shurley@rogers.com</span></span></span>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Ronald Hurley has just completed the writing of a family document called<br />
 <span style="color: #339900;" class="mycode_color">?McEvoys of Osgoode Township?</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Ronald would like to share his research with all of our St. Columban group and particularly other St. Columban McEvoy descendants</span><br />
<br />
Jeff has posted this information at: <br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><a href="http://www.stcolumban-irish.com/Memories-Histories/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">http://www.stcolumban-irish.com/Memories...index.html</a></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">If you have any comments or additional information to share with Ronald, you can either post a note on this page or contact him at: <span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="mycode_size"><span style="color: #006600;" class="mycode_color">r-shurley@rogers.com</span></span></span>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Strickland Memories and Great Photos]]></title>
			<link>https://www.stcolumban-irish.com/irishforum/showthread.php?tid=228</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.stcolumban-irish.com/irishforum/member.php?action=profile&uid=4">Fergus_Keyes</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">We received an e-mail from Kathleen Brown-Herman who was writing on behalf of her mother ? Dorothy Strickland Brown. Dorothy is now 96 years old and has fond memories of St. Columban. She has sent us a number of pictures ? which also includes the identification of many of the people in the photos! Absolutely terrific stuff, that I?m sure many of you will enjoy. <br />
<br />
Jeff has included the photos in a new section on our photo page which can be found at the following links</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><a href="http://%5Bcolor=#006600%5Dhttp://www.stcolumban-irish.com/Photos/index.html%5B/color%5D" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">http://<span style="color: #006600;" class="mycode_color">http://www.stcolum...ml</span></a></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">and directly at;</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><a href="http://%5Bcolor=#006600%5Dhttp://www.stcolumban-irish.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1604%5B/color%5D" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">http://<span style="color: #006600;" class="mycode_color">http://www.stcolum...04</span></a></span><br />
<br />
Jeff has also included a hand written letter that Dorothy sent us in this section (we will transcribe it at some point, but generally it is easy to read)?<br />
<br />
Here is just a little of the information mentioned by Kathleen on behalf of her mother ?.<br />
<br />
?<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Contributions from Kathleen Brown Herman, Beaconsfield, Quebec</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">My mother Dorothy Strickland Brown, was delighted to read about St. Columban in the Gazette in January as she enjoyed wonderful times with so many of the people from St. Columban. She is now 96 years old but has a terrific memory and has gathered up some old photos and identified many people.<br />
<br />
The pictures were in her sister Gert's photo album. My mother is the last of the Strickland's of her generation but when she and Gert got together they would often talk of the great fun they had with the crowd from St. Columban.<br />
<br />
If I'm able to get the pictures to you I know my mother would be delighted if they could be shared with others. She was particularly pleased to see the photo with Mrs. Grimes as I think it was the only photo she had of her. Millie and Mabel Grimes were good friends of hers.</span> </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Thank you Kathleen &amp; Dorothy for this great addition to our site</span><br />
<br />
<br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">We received an e-mail from Kathleen Brown-Herman who was writing on behalf of her mother ? Dorothy Strickland Brown. Dorothy is now 96 years old and has fond memories of St. Columban. She has sent us a number of pictures ? which also includes the identification of many of the people in the photos! Absolutely terrific stuff, that I?m sure many of you will enjoy. <br />
<br />
Jeff has included the photos in a new section on our photo page which can be found at the following links</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><a href="http://%5Bcolor=#006600%5Dhttp://www.stcolumban-irish.com/Photos/index.html%5B/color%5D" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">http://<span style="color: #006600;" class="mycode_color">http://www.stcolum...ml</span></a></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">and directly at;</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><a href="http://%5Bcolor=#006600%5Dhttp://www.stcolumban-irish.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1604%5B/color%5D" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">http://<span style="color: #006600;" class="mycode_color">http://www.stcolum...04</span></a></span><br />
<br />
Jeff has also included a hand written letter that Dorothy sent us in this section (we will transcribe it at some point, but generally it is easy to read)?<br />
<br />
Here is just a little of the information mentioned by Kathleen on behalf of her mother ?.<br />
<br />
?<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Contributions from Kathleen Brown Herman, Beaconsfield, Quebec</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">My mother Dorothy Strickland Brown, was delighted to read about St. Columban in the Gazette in January as she enjoyed wonderful times with so many of the people from St. Columban. She is now 96 years old but has a terrific memory and has gathered up some old photos and identified many people.<br />
<br />
The pictures were in her sister Gert's photo album. My mother is the last of the Strickland's of her generation but when she and Gert got together they would often talk of the great fun they had with the crowd from St. Columban.<br />
<br />
If I'm able to get the pictures to you I know my mother would be delighted if they could be shared with others. She was particularly pleased to see the photo with Mrs. Grimes as I think it was the only photo she had of her. Millie and Mabel Grimes were good friends of hers.</span> </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Thank you Kathleen &amp; Dorothy for this great addition to our site</span><br />
<br />
<br />
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			<title><![CDATA[McGarr Family Note]]></title>
			<link>https://www.stcolumban-irish.com/irishforum/showthread.php?tid=227</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.stcolumban-irish.com/irishforum/member.php?action=profile&uid=4">Fergus_Keyes</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="mycode_size">A note that we recently received concerning the McGarr family of St. Columban.</span>...</span><br />
<br />
From: Christopher MacDonald <br />
To: info@stcolumban-irish.com <br />
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 10:04 AM<br />
Subject: Kate McGarr<br />
<br />
To whom it may concern,<br />
<br />
I have some information that I would like to be posted on this website concerning my heritage.  My name is Christopher Mac Donald and my grandmother, Patricia Mac Donald, maiden name O?Brien, wanted me to inform you that her grandmother was Kate McGarr, born in the late 1870?s, came to Montr?al and married William Geraghty.  She was born in St. Columban and had two sisters and three brothers.  <br />
<br />
My grandmother will be in Montr?al in mid-August and wishes to explore her St. Columban heritage.  Any information would be useful and appreciated.  I will pass along any information that you can provide and I can be contacted through the e-mail address from which I have sent this message.<br />
<br />
Sincerely,<br />
<br />
Christopher Mac Donald<br />
<a href="http://christopher.macdonald@sympatico.ca" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">http://christopher.macdonald@sympatico.ca</a><br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="mycode_size">A note that we recently received concerning the McGarr family of St. Columban.</span>...</span><br />
<br />
From: Christopher MacDonald <br />
To: info@stcolumban-irish.com <br />
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 10:04 AM<br />
Subject: Kate McGarr<br />
<br />
To whom it may concern,<br />
<br />
I have some information that I would like to be posted on this website concerning my heritage.  My name is Christopher Mac Donald and my grandmother, Patricia Mac Donald, maiden name O?Brien, wanted me to inform you that her grandmother was Kate McGarr, born in the late 1870?s, came to Montr?al and married William Geraghty.  She was born in St. Columban and had two sisters and three brothers.  <br />
<br />
My grandmother will be in Montr?al in mid-August and wishes to explore her St. Columban heritage.  Any information would be useful and appreciated.  I will pass along any information that you can provide and I can be contacted through the e-mail address from which I have sent this message.<br />
<br />
Sincerely,<br />
<br />
Christopher Mac Donald<br />
<a href="http://christopher.macdonald@sympatico.ca" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">http://christopher.macdonald@sympatico.ca</a><br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Photo of Frank Carroll]]></title>
			<link>https://www.stcolumban-irish.com/irishforum/showthread.php?tid=226</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Gregory Carroll sent us this great image of Frank Carroll<br />
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Fergus<br />
 <br />
  The town historian of Indian Lake, New York was nice enough to send me a photograph of Frank Carroll  b.  Aug. 12, 1839 of William Carroll and Catherine Cunningham in St. Columban.  I'm attaching it with this e-mail.  Feel free to post it on the website.  Thanks.<br />
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Gregory Carroll<br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Gregory Carroll sent us this great image of Frank Carroll<br />
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Fergus<br />
 <br />
  The town historian of Indian Lake, New York was nice enough to send me a photograph of Frank Carroll  b.  Aug. 12, 1839 of William Carroll and Catherine Cunningham in St. Columban.  I'm attaching it with this e-mail.  Feel free to post it on the website.  Thanks.<br />
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Gregory Carroll<br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Memories from Veeto (Audrey Keyes) - Australia]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[May I introduce myself. Though my name is now Veeto, and I now live in the great dividing range of eastern Australia, I am Audrey Keyes, the grand daughter of Richard Keyes and Sara Purcell.<br />
<br />
I spent my early summers at the house with the red roof near the covered wooden bridge over the north river. As children, we combed the hills on the other side of the river for berries, as my auntie Orian was a truly legendary pie maker.<br />
<br />
Her brother was my dad: Richard Keyes. He was friends with Gerald and Jessie Phalen and as a very young child I spent a deal of time checking out Gerald's shoes. I could slip them on WITH my own shoes still on. When I was a child, he was easily the tallest man I'd ever seen! He used to religiously wave as he passed the house on the way to St Canute to get the mail, and then back again. Remember ?<br />
He was the mailman and ran the post office.  My brother Bob (Bobby in those days) and I<br />
would never miss a wave, always making sure we played near the front gate till he had returned<br />
to St Colomban.<br />
<br />
I have very fond memories of corn roast evenings at the hall (great music), and bingo with the hall filled with smoke and adults, laughing and listening to the numbers, us kids outside playing in those long<br />
Canadian evenings. on some rare occasions movies in black and white it seemed.. "The hanging tree" I remember...  westerns.<br />
<br />
My cousins lived on Chemen (gee that must be spelt wrong) Keyes on the way to Colford's lodge. Sometimes we swam at Colfords. I loved it at auntie Mary's (Andrew Keyes(died 1954) and Mary Rosen). Jerry, and Andrea were older, but Tony and Michael were my brother's age and Rosemary was<br />
exactly my age and it was great to have some one to cruise the hot summer day's with.<br />
<br />
My parents met at  a barn dance at the Black's in Gordenville, just near chemen Keyes. (Bide-a-Wee is a tiny green and white reminder of busier times. or maybe it is no longer there now..?)<br />
<br />
Pete Casey lived across the river and he would flash his lights on and off (a la Anne of Green Gables)on a friday night, after we had arrived from the city,to get my dad to go over for a visit, or just by way of a welcome. Pete didn't have a car at that point. and nobody had a phone.<br />
<br />
Your Dad (n.b. from Fergus - Audrey is referring to my father - Victor Keyes) visited our place in Montreal several times, on New Years Day, when I was in grade school, but I'm sure we've never met. A pity.<br />
<br />
I hope the event you just held was a success. and the grave yard gets fixed up.<br />
<br />
I had a patonque game in the village in the late 80's with my Auntie<br />
Madelaine(Hurl's wife),who lived past Bonnie Brook on that road that "grandpa Keyes"  was born<br />
on, in that little shack.. I was fascinated and it must have made its mark, 'cause I have lived in several little shacks in the bush myself, and birthed my son in one back in the 70's. I digress.. I wandered across to the cemetery and couldn't find even one Keyes plot. but they were there when I was a kid...my dad took us there to find them one Sunday after mass..it must have been on purpose to show us as we always went to church in St Canute. (Ice cream afterwards at Belisle's) anyway, enough rabbiting on...<br />
<br />
yours veets<br />
(audrey keyes)<br />
<br />
 <br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[May I introduce myself. Though my name is now Veeto, and I now live in the great dividing range of eastern Australia, I am Audrey Keyes, the grand daughter of Richard Keyes and Sara Purcell.<br />
<br />
I spent my early summers at the house with the red roof near the covered wooden bridge over the north river. As children, we combed the hills on the other side of the river for berries, as my auntie Orian was a truly legendary pie maker.<br />
<br />
Her brother was my dad: Richard Keyes. He was friends with Gerald and Jessie Phalen and as a very young child I spent a deal of time checking out Gerald's shoes. I could slip them on WITH my own shoes still on. When I was a child, he was easily the tallest man I'd ever seen! He used to religiously wave as he passed the house on the way to St Canute to get the mail, and then back again. Remember ?<br />
He was the mailman and ran the post office.  My brother Bob (Bobby in those days) and I<br />
would never miss a wave, always making sure we played near the front gate till he had returned<br />
to St Colomban.<br />
<br />
I have very fond memories of corn roast evenings at the hall (great music), and bingo with the hall filled with smoke and adults, laughing and listening to the numbers, us kids outside playing in those long<br />
Canadian evenings. on some rare occasions movies in black and white it seemed.. "The hanging tree" I remember...  westerns.<br />
<br />
My cousins lived on Chemen (gee that must be spelt wrong) Keyes on the way to Colford's lodge. Sometimes we swam at Colfords. I loved it at auntie Mary's (Andrew Keyes(died 1954) and Mary Rosen). Jerry, and Andrea were older, but Tony and Michael were my brother's age and Rosemary was<br />
exactly my age and it was great to have some one to cruise the hot summer day's with.<br />
<br />
My parents met at  a barn dance at the Black's in Gordenville, just near chemen Keyes. (Bide-a-Wee is a tiny green and white reminder of busier times. or maybe it is no longer there now..?)<br />
<br />
Pete Casey lived across the river and he would flash his lights on and off (a la Anne of Green Gables)on a friday night, after we had arrived from the city,to get my dad to go over for a visit, or just by way of a welcome. Pete didn't have a car at that point. and nobody had a phone.<br />
<br />
Your Dad (n.b. from Fergus - Audrey is referring to my father - Victor Keyes) visited our place in Montreal several times, on New Years Day, when I was in grade school, but I'm sure we've never met. A pity.<br />
<br />
I hope the event you just held was a success. and the grave yard gets fixed up.<br />
<br />
I had a patonque game in the village in the late 80's with my Auntie<br />
Madelaine(Hurl's wife),who lived past Bonnie Brook on that road that "grandpa Keyes"  was born<br />
on, in that little shack.. I was fascinated and it must have made its mark, 'cause I have lived in several little shacks in the bush myself, and birthed my son in one back in the 70's. I digress.. I wandered across to the cemetery and couldn't find even one Keyes plot. but they were there when I was a kid...my dad took us there to find them one Sunday after mass..it must have been on purpose to show us as we always went to church in St Canute. (Ice cream afterwards at Belisle's) anyway, enough rabbiting on...<br />
<br />
yours veets<br />
(audrey keyes)<br />
<br />
 <br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Bishop Phelan Update Information]]></title>
			<link>https://www.stcolumban-irish.com/irishforum/showthread.php?tid=224</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Steve Vollick sent us copies of some pages of a book called "Book built on a Rock". These pages offer some interesting update information about Bishop Patrick Phelan. Although they don't mention St. Columban, they do give a pretty good overview of Bishop Phelan and his life<br />
.<br />
Jeff Legault has now posted these pages at the following location:<br />
<br />
[url]<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Exerpt about Bishop Phelan from the Book Built on a Rock</span>[/url]<br />
<br />
If you are undable to link to these pages, you can go to the main page<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.stcolumban-irish.com/Memories-Histories/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">http://www.stcolumban-irish.com/Memories...index.html</a><br />
<br />
and scroll down to the section about Bishop Phelan and reach the new pages from there...<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Fergus<br />
<br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Steve Vollick sent us copies of some pages of a book called "Book built on a Rock". These pages offer some interesting update information about Bishop Patrick Phelan. Although they don't mention St. Columban, they do give a pretty good overview of Bishop Phelan and his life<br />
.<br />
Jeff Legault has now posted these pages at the following location:<br />
<br />
[url]<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Exerpt about Bishop Phelan from the Book Built on a Rock</span>[/url]<br />
<br />
If you are undable to link to these pages, you can go to the main page<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.stcolumban-irish.com/Memories-Histories/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">http://www.stcolumban-irish.com/Memories...index.html</a><br />
<br />
and scroll down to the section about Bishop Phelan and reach the new pages from there...<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Fergus<br />
<br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Jean Baptiste Lepage or Pierre Lepage]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Guy Billard sent us this interesting article about Jean-Baptiste Lepage (called Pierre Lepage) of St. Columban - who had 3 wives and fathered 43 children (16 of them were girls and the rest boys) between 1892 &amp; 1940. The article is in French so maybe Anne McLaughlin can provide a proper translation at some point for our American cousins....</span><br />
<br />
I thought this article I got from the SHGV archives on St Colomban would be of interest to your members.<br />
 <br />
Guy<br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Guy Billard sent us this interesting article about Jean-Baptiste Lepage (called Pierre Lepage) of St. Columban - who had 3 wives and fathered 43 children (16 of them were girls and the rest boys) between 1892 &amp; 1940. The article is in French so maybe Anne McLaughlin can provide a proper translation at some point for our American cousins....</span><br />
<br />
I thought this article I got from the SHGV archives on St Colomban would be of interest to your members.<br />
 <br />
Guy<br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Letter from Jacqueline Long - (Collins Family)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Letter received on April 12, 2006 from Jacqueline Q. Long of Ottawa</span><br />
<br />
      It was most interesting to read Janice Kennedy?s article about St. Columban in the Ottawa Citizen on Saturday, March 19th.<br />
      When I was growing up in Montreal, my mother, [highlight]Elaine Collins [/highlight][highlight]Quinn[/highlight] made many references to St. Columban and the church there. My mother and family friend, Judge Casey, would often converse about their St. Columban connections.<br />
      My great grandfather, [highlight]Timothy Collins[/highlight], from Skibbareen, County Cork, Ireland settled in St. Columban when he first arrived in Canada. He later moved to New York, where he married and then returned to St. Columban. He and his wife, [highlight]Elizabeth Brown[/highlight], also from Ireland, had ten children, one of which was my grandfather, [highlight]Thomas Collins [/highlight]born in 1852.<br />
      At fourteen years of age, Thomas had a sawmill that flooded when the dam broke. He then took a few wooden doors and windows from the mill and moved to Montreal and worked in the construction business. He became a successful builder in the city; exterior staircases on the duplexes that he built were a first.<br />
      Thomas lived in a number of houses on Chomedy Street and moved with his family to his larger home at 1430 Chomedy Street. ?My mother Elaine was one of his three children. She married [highlight]John Quinn of Ottawa[/highlight], (also of Irish descent).<br />
      Timothy Collins lived with his son Thomas at 1430 Chomedy until he died at age 111 and was buried at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal, in 1907.<br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Letter received on April 12, 2006 from Jacqueline Q. Long of Ottawa</span><br />
<br />
      It was most interesting to read Janice Kennedy?s article about St. Columban in the Ottawa Citizen on Saturday, March 19th.<br />
      When I was growing up in Montreal, my mother, [highlight]Elaine Collins [/highlight][highlight]Quinn[/highlight] made many references to St. Columban and the church there. My mother and family friend, Judge Casey, would often converse about their St. Columban connections.<br />
      My great grandfather, [highlight]Timothy Collins[/highlight], from Skibbareen, County Cork, Ireland settled in St. Columban when he first arrived in Canada. He later moved to New York, where he married and then returned to St. Columban. He and his wife, [highlight]Elizabeth Brown[/highlight], also from Ireland, had ten children, one of which was my grandfather, [highlight]Thomas Collins [/highlight]born in 1852.<br />
      At fourteen years of age, Thomas had a sawmill that flooded when the dam broke. He then took a few wooden doors and windows from the mill and moved to Montreal and worked in the construction business. He became a successful builder in the city; exterior staircases on the duplexes that he built were a first.<br />
      Thomas lived in a number of houses on Chomedy Street and moved with his family to his larger home at 1430 Chomedy Street. ?My mother Elaine was one of his three children. She married [highlight]John Quinn of Ottawa[/highlight], (also of Irish descent).<br />
      Timothy Collins lived with his son Thomas at 1430 Chomedy until he died at age 111 and was buried at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal, in 1907.<br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Research Information about St. Columban]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2006 05:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Reposting this message on behalf of Claude, the previous posting became corrupt in the system. <br />
<br />
Hi everybody <br />
If you have any information about St-Columban: pictures, letters, studies, familial history, family research, or just tell me the subject of your own St-Columban researches please contact me.  <br />
 <br />
Your contribution is very important for my project of a global history and folklife of St-Columban. I?m certain I'll be able to help you with your own project or research.  <br />
 <br />
Thanks  <br />
 <br />
Claude Bourguignon  <br />
<a href="mailto:claude.bourguignon@videotron.ca" class="mycode_email">claude.bourguignon@videotron.ca</a><br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Reposting this message on behalf of Claude, the previous posting became corrupt in the system. <br />
<br />
Hi everybody <br />
If you have any information about St-Columban: pictures, letters, studies, familial history, family research, or just tell me the subject of your own St-Columban researches please contact me.  <br />
 <br />
Your contribution is very important for my project of a global history and folklife of St-Columban. I?m certain I'll be able to help you with your own project or research.  <br />
 <br />
Thanks  <br />
 <br />
Claude Bourguignon  <br />
<a href="mailto:claude.bourguignon@videotron.ca" class="mycode_email">claude.bourguignon@videotron.ca</a><br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Mystery Photo Whelan or Mooney]]></title>
			<link>https://www.stcolumban-irish.com/irishforum/showthread.php?tid=218</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2006 05:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Looking to identify a newly added photo to our mystery collection. This was in my family collection and taken in montreal likely around the late part of the 1800s. Possibly from my Whelan or Mooney ancestors from St. Columban. <br />
<br />
Take a look at the last photo on this page titled Mystery Photo 2:<br />
<br />
http://www.stcolumban-irish.com/Photos/Identification-1.html<br />
<br />
Jeff Legault<br />
jeff.legault@rogers.com<br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Looking to identify a newly added photo to our mystery collection. This was in my family collection and taken in montreal likely around the late part of the 1800s. Possibly from my Whelan or Mooney ancestors from St. Columban. <br />
<br />
Take a look at the last photo on this page titled Mystery Photo 2:<br />
<br />
http://www.stcolumban-irish.com/Photos/Identification-1.html<br />
<br />
Jeff Legault<br />
jeff.legault@rogers.com<br />
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