St. Columban-Irish Forum - Vital Records - Births, Baptisms, Deaths, Marriages, etc.

Margaret Wheeler looking for St. Columban ancestors

Sun, 29 May 2011 14:22:12 +0000

[size=10pt][size=10pt]Hi, I am desperately trying to find my trace my ancestors. My g g grandfather was a farmer, resident Durham. He married in 1842, Sherbrooke, St. Michel. Two of his children were baptized at St. Columban,1846 and 1849. I went through the 1851 census, but I could not find them. Would there be an 1851 census for Durham and Tingwick? (He father lived in Tingwick) My gold is to find something that would show were in Ireland they came from and when they came to Canada. Would you have any suggestions? Anything information you could provide would be very much appreciated.
Many thanks,
Margaret Wheeler

magwheeler@verizon.net

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Crawford Family (Martha) - St. Columban Inquiry

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:39:53 +0000

I was reading your website and wondered if you had any information on the family of John Crawford. His second daughter, my Great aunt, Martha was born in St. Columban, She is the only one of the siblings born there, one was born in Ireland in 1822, the rest were born in the Grenville Argenteuil area.

Gary Crawford

gcrawford2@congeco.ca

Broken Tombstones & Inscriptions are now updated

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:37:21 +0000

As you may know, over the last year or so, Kelley O'Rourke has been protecting the broken tombstones at her home in Baie D'Urfe

During this time, she has also cleaned them, and transcibed the information. Now with Jeff's help, the photos and inscriptions on various stones have now been added (or in some cases updated) on our site. You can view these stones and their inscriptions on the main page under the heading "View Photos and Inscriptions of the Broken Grave Markers" - you can go directly to this page at:

http://www.stcolumban-irish.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=11&g2_navId=xf9686caf

Thanks Kelley (and Jeff) for all this terrific effort !

Parish records at the FamilySearch LDS site

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:58:09 +0000

The Church of Latter Day Saints have put out Catholic Parish records of Quebec from 1621-1900. You can see the images of the Birth, Marriage and Death records. Go here scroll down to "Quebec Catholic Parish Records 1621-1900" then find the Town then the Parish and last the church. It takes a bit of figuring out but it's easy when you get the hang of it.
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=4

ELLEN TERESA McDONALD & SULLIVAN FAMILY

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:12:01 +0000

Subject: Ellen Theresa McDonald
Date: Sunday, September 14, 2008 5:40 PM

Fergus,

Since I last wrote, I have found an additional baptism of a child
of Thomas and Ellen (McDonald) O'Sullivan. Note that this item is recorded
in the registry and indexed as Sullivan.

Drouin

Baptisms

Margaret Ann O'Sullivan

Born: 28 March 1911
Baptized: 30 March 1911 at Ste-Agnes de Montreal
Parents: Thomas O'Sullivan and Ellen McDonald of this parish
Godfather: Michael O'Sullivan
Godmother: Elizabeth Grace

David Reed (dreed@ca.inter.net)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Fergus,

I also found a marriage entry for Thomas O'Sullivan and Ellen
McDonald. Note that this entry is recorded in the registry and indexed as
Sullivan, the signatures are O'Sullivan.

Drouin

Marriage

Nellie McDonald & Thomas O'Sullivan

Married: 21 Apr 1909 at Ste-Agnes de Montreal
Groom's Parents: late Denis O'Sullivan and Bridget O'Sullivan
Bride's Parents: late Lawrence McDonald and Mary Grace
Witnesses: Lawrence McDonald, brother of the bride and Denis O'Sullivan,
brother of the groom

SLATTERY INFORMATION SOUGHT

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:09:43 +0000

I did not reply to Tim as of yet - perhaps someone with updated Slattery family information could send him some information?

My Name is Timothy Patrick Slattery, My fathers, Name Is Raymond Joesph Slattery, His brothers, Was Bill , william Slattery, James Slattery, Or Raymond Slattery, With the new Generation, commming soon. Is there amyway possible to find out If yo Knoow this is real!!!!!!!!

Tim Slattery - TPS8663@yahoo.com

MADDEN - KEYES FAMILY / ST. COLUMBAN TO IOWA

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:04:50 +0000

Mr. Keyes,

My name is Rachael Rogers. My g-g-great grandparents were James and Mary (Keyes) Madden. Until recently I knew they had been born in Ireland, went to Canada and ended up in Iowa but I did not know where in Canada they had come from. I found on ancestry.com that they were from St. Columban. I was pretty excited to find where in Canada they had come from! I found their marriage record there and the baptismal records for their children. I found your website which is wonderful. James' parents were Patrick and Ellen Madden who died at St. Columban. I found their death records on ancestry. Mary's parents were Patrick and Honora Keyes. Your website was very helpful when it came to them. I saw that you wanted any information on families from St. Columban. I don't know a lot about James and Mary but I'll give you what I do know. According to the cemetery records from St. Joseph's Prairie Catholic Cemetery in Dubuque county Iowa James was born in 1807. Mary was born in 1817. According to his declaration of intent paper they came to Iowa in June of 1848. They settled at Table Mound Township in Dubuque county Iowa. There they farmed. Mary died August 16, 1880 from acute peritonitis. James died in 1894. I don't know if this is the kind of information you are looking for. If you have any questions please let me know. Look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Rachael
gffr73@msn.com

Thank you so much for all the great information! When you write of the different districts of St. Columban as Cote St. Nicholas, Cote St. George what does the Cote refer to? Is that just ways of dividing the town up? From the different baptismal records I found on the Madden's I think that Hugh Madden is James' brother and Patrick Madden is his father. I'm not sure about William. Thanks again for the info. I have your website bookmarked so I will look back often!
Thanks
Rachael Rogers

McDonald - Grace - St. Columban

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:39:06 +0000

Here is some information which concerns Ellen Teresa McDonald - Daughter of Lawrence McDonald & Mary Grace of St. Columban. It is provided by David Reed < http://dreed@ca.inter.net>.

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Drouin

Baptisms

Agnes Helen O?Sullivan

Born: 4 November 1914
Baptized: 8 Nov 1914 at Ste-Agnes de Montreal
Parents: Thomas O?Sullivan and Ellen McDonald of St. Patrick?s
Godfather: Father James Brophy
Godmother: Mary Williams, cousin of the child

Bridget Philomena O?Sullivan

Born: 3 Jun 1917
Baptized: 5 Jun 1917 at Ste-Agnes de Montreal
Parents: Thomas O?Sullivan and Helen Teresa McDonald
Godfather: Denis O?Sullivan
Godmother: Bridget O?Sullivan, widow of Denis O?Sullivan and grandmother of the child

Although not noted in the Baptismal Record, Denis O?Sullivan is probably Thomas? brother and uncle of the child, there are a lot of Denis O?Sullivans in the family

Rita Hanna Anastasia O?Sullivan

Born: 10 Feb 1919
Baptized: 13 Feb 1919 at Ste-Agnes de Montreal
Parents: Thomas O?Sullivan and Helen Theresa McDonald
Godfather: James Ryan
Godmother: Irene Baker

James Ryan is the husband Hannah O?Sullivan, Thomas? sister and uncle-in-law of the child. Irene Baker is the daughter of Ellen Theresa O?Sullivan, Thomas? sister and cousin of the child

Thomas John Anthony O?Sullivan

Born: 20 Apr 1923
Baptized: 6 May 1923 at Ste-Agnes de Montreal
Parents: Thomas O?Sullivan and Helen Teresa McDonals
Godfather: Lawrence Francis McDonald, uncle
Godmother: Mona Wilhelmina Murray, cousin

Marriages

Mary Iona O?Sullivan & William Findlay

Married: 19 Apr 1941 at St-Patrice de Montreal
Groom?s Parents: William Findlay and Matilda Mary Jones
Bride?s Parents: Thomas O?Sullivan and the late NellieTeresa McDonald
Witnesses: Thomas O?Sullivan, father and Owen Roberts

Burials

Ellen Theresa McDonald wife of Thomas O?Sullivan

Died: 5 Jun 1930, aged 52 years
Buried: 7 Jun 1930 from Notre Dame de Montreal
Witnesses: Thomas O?Sullivan and Michael O?Sullivan

Michael O?Sullivan is probably Brother Michael C.Ss.R. and brother of Thomas.

Cemeteries

Notre Dame des Neiges - Plot R 02198

NOTE: The birth date on the monument for Ellen Theresa really is 1860 and is definitely wrong and the birth date for Bridget (mother of Thomas) is probably wrong, more likely to be 1847.

Burial Information from Notre Dame des Neiges Website

Pr?nom Nom Conjoint(e) Date d'accueil

Robert Caine 27 09 1968
William Findlay O Sullivan Mary Iona 30 09 1985
Ellen Theresa Mc Donald O Sullivan 07 06 1930
Bridget O Sullivan O Sullivan 19 11 1921
Helen O Sullivan Rouleau Robert 05 12 1988
Margaret O Sullivan Caine Robert 11 08 1989
Mary Iona O Sullivan Findlay William 19 05 1994
Philomena O Sullivan William J. Raymond 29 09 1980
Rita O Sullivan 31 07 1945
Thomas O Sullivan 07 01 1948
Raymond Williams 09 08 1972

Death Notices

The Gazette, Montreal, Thursday, September 26, 1968, p. 49

CAINE, Robert. At Montreal North,
on September 24th 1968, aged 58 years,
Robert Caine, beloved husband of
Margaret O?Sullivan, residing at 11,220
Alfred St., father of Kevin, Brian,
Rowene and Robert, brother of Mrs.
Mowll (Mima), Alec and Tony. Fu-
neral Friday, September 27th, leaving
from A. Savaria Funeral Home, 5001
Henri Bourassa, at 10 a.m., thence
to Cote des Neiges Cemetery.

The Gazette, Montreal, Thursday, August 10, 1989, p. F-6

CAINE, Margaret Anne. It is with deep
sadness that the family of of Margaret
Anne Caine (nee O?Sullivan) announce
her passing on August 7 at Montreal.
Margaret was the beloved wife of the
late Robert Caine, cherished mother and
mother-in-law of Kevin Caine of
Brampton, Ontario, Rrian and Eva
Caine of Mississauga, Rowena and Chris
Ludwicki of Lorraine, Robert and
Martha Caine of Montreal. Lovingly re-
membered by her eight grandchildren.
She is survived by her sister Iona Find-
lay and her brother Tom O?Sullivan. She
was predeceased by her sisters Rita
O?Sullivan, Philomena Williams and
Helen Rouleau. She is fondly remem-
bered by her nieces and nephews and
her many friends. Friends may call at
the A. Savaria Funeral Home, at 5001
Henri Bourassa East, Montreal North, on
Wednesday and Thursday, from 2-5 and
7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass on Friday at Ste.
Collettes Parish, with interment at Cote
des Neiges Cemetery.

The Gazette, Montreal, Thursday, September 26, 1985, p. F-10

FINDLAY, William. At Victoria, B.C., on
August 7, 1985, after a lengthy illness.
Beloved husband of Iona Findlay. Dear
father of Margaret-Jean, Mary Iona and
William Thomas. Papa will be sadly
missed by his grandchildren Paul, Mi-
chael, Robert, Kelly and Kathleen Rey-
nolds, Jessica, Elizabeth and Brendan
Marshall, Christopher and Daniel Find-
lay. Memorial Service to be held at 10
a.m., September 28 at St. Patrick?s Lady
Chapel, Montreal. Interment Cote des
Neiges Cemetery.

The Gazette, Montreal, Saturday, December 3, 1988, p. G-7

ROULEAU, Helen (O?Sullivan). After a
lengthy illness at Jacksonville, Florida on
November 30, 1988. Beloved wife of Rob-
ert. Loving mother of Robert T. (Lynn
McCullough). Dear grandmother of Chris
and Matthew. Resting at the Kane &
Fetterly Funeral Home, 5301 Decarie
Blvd. (Corner Isabella), on Sunday from
7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass at Annunciation
of our Lady Church, Town of Mount
Royal, on Monday, December 5 at 10
a.m. Interment Notre Dame des Neiges
Cemetery.

The Gazette, Montreal, Tues. Aug. 8, 1972, p. 39

WILLIAMS, Mr. Ray Sr. Employee
of Gulf Oil, husband of Philomena O?Sullivan, survived by his children:
Pat (his wife Toni), Ray Jr. (his
wife Huguette), Cheryl (her husband
Bob) and Deborah; grandfather of
Baby Pat. Funeral will take place on Wednesday, August 9, from Alfred
Dallaire, Inc., 11813 Notre Dame
East, leaving 9.45 a.m. for St. Enfant
Jesus Church for service at 10 a.m.
Thence to Cote des Neiges Ceme-
tery.

The Gazette, Montreal, July 30, 1945, p. 12

O?SULLIVAN. ? Accidentally on Sat-urday, July 28th, 1945, Rita, beloved daughter of Thomas O?Sullivan, of 255 St. Louis Square and the late Ellen McDonald. Resting at Thos. Kane Chapel, 5220 Park Avenue. Funeral service on Tuesday, July 31st, at 9
a.m. in St. Patrick?s Church, thence
to Cote des Neiges Cemetery.

Old Bailey Records now on Line

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:40:03 +0000

In case you haven't heard - the majority of records from the Old Bailey Courtroom in London are now accessable in a free searchable database at the following site:-

http://www.oldbaileyonline.org.uk/

Interesting stuff - Might find that some or your relatives were not actually angels....

Take Care

Fergus

The Rebellion of 1837 and St. Columban

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:30:53 +0000

Many of you know, of course, that there was a "Rebellion" in Lower Canada in 1837-8. There is a web page (in French) dedicated to the Patriots of this Rebellion. It is interesting to note that the Irish of St. Columban seemed to support the Patriots (who were mostly French) against the Loyalists (who were mainly English)...Here are a couple of examples of my ancestors and other St. Columban residents that were attending meetings leading up to the Rebellion[/b]

Type d'?v?nement : Nomination
Date : 19 juil 1835
Lieu pr?cis :
Localit? : St.colomban
Comt? : Deux-monts
Organis? par :
Source : VIND 31-07-1835

[b]Outre Patrick Keys, ont aussi particip? ? cette Nomination du mouvement patriote : J. U. Ahern, N. J. Alleyn, Richd. Blanchville, E. Bowen, Thos. Brien, John Brown, Wm. Burke, H. Caldwell, E. G. Cannon, A. W. Cochran, Charles Coller, G. R. Cullin, Dominick Daly, W. Downs, Brien Finnigam, Charles Gethings, H. N. Jones, James Kelly, John Kennedy, Patrick Keys, Paul Lepper, James Madden, Thos Mckenna, J. M. Muckle, James Murphy, J. P. O'Meara, John O'Niell, Hugh O'Reilly, G. H. Parke, H. Pemberton, Walter Plunket, Sam. Rourke, Patrick Ryan, Thos. Ryan, S. Waller,
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Nomination
Date : 19 juil 1835
Lieu pr?cis :
Localit? : St.colomban
Comt? : Deux-monts
Organis? par :
Source : VIND 31-07-1835

Outre John Ryan, ont aussi particip? ? cette Nomination du mouvement patriote : Michael Falley, Felix Murphy, Daniel Phelan, John Phelan, John Ryan,

Nomination ?
Date : 19 juil 1835
Lieu pr?cis : ?
Localit? : St.colomban
Comt? : Deux-monts
Organis? par : ?
Source : VIND 31-07-1835

Outre Patrick Ryan, ont aussi particip? ? cette Nomination du mouvement patriote : J. U. Ahern, N. J. Alleyn, Richd. Blanchville, E. Bowen, Thos. Brien, John Brown, Wm. Burke, H. Caldwell, E. G. Cannon, A. W. Cochran, Charles Coller, G. R. Cullin, Dominick Daly, W. Downs, Brien Finnigam, Charles Gethings, H. N. Jones, James Kelly, John Kennedy, Patrick Keys, Paul Lepper, James Madden, Thos Mckenna, J. M. Muckle, James Murphy, J. P. O'Meara, John O'Niell, Hugh O'Reilly, G. H. Parke, H. Pemberton, Walter Plunket, Sam. Rourke, Patrick Ryan, Thos. Ryan, S. Waller,

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So, it looks like a who's who of St. Columban in the 1830's

Famille Sales

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:31:21 +0000

En septembre 1842, le cur? de Saint-Colomban, M. John Falvey, quitte temporairement sa paroisse jusqu'en novembre 1844 pour s'occuper des ouvriers irlandais du canal de Beauharnois, secteur de la paroisse de St-Timoth?e.

Le r?pertoire des marriages, bapt?mes, s?pultures de la paroisse de St-Timoth?e fait voir que des colombanois se trouveraient sur place durant cette p?riode. Le document pr?sente au moins un cas, celui de Mary Sales. Elle a ?t? baptis?e le 9 septembre 1843 ? l'?ge de 18 ans. Son lieu de naissance est St-Colomban. Son p?re est John Sales et sa m?re Mary Cook. Le parrain et la marraine sont Peter Whelan et Mary McGuire. Elle se marie le lendemain avec Rogers Patrick, un journalier. Le p?re du mari? est John et sa m?re Mary Judge. Ils viennent du comt? de Mayo en Irlande. Les t?moins sont Peter Whelan et John Murphy.

Source: R?pertoire des naissances, marriages et s?pultures du registre du R?v?rend John Falvey, Publication de la Soci?t? d'histoire et de g?n?alogie de Salaberry.

Claude Bourguignon

Elliott - Blanchfield -

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:35:30 +0000

Shelia sent us this note that is likely of interest....

Notre Dame, Montreal
July 15, 1868 - #356
Jonh Connolly of the parish of Sault Recollett, son of John Connolly and of dec. Ann Ferons of the same parish.
TO: Catherine Elliott daughter of Edward Elliott, farmer and Mary Blanchfield of
"St. Columba"
Wit: Edward Elliott

Daniel John Kenna/Mary Ann Funchion

Sat, 12 May 2007 11:46:45 +0000

Stumbled across this while doing research in the St. Michael the Archangel, rue St. Viateur register.

On April 30, 1932, Daniel John Kenna of St. Columban, Que., son of Joseph Kenna and Mary Ann Elliott married Mary Ann Funchion of St. Michael's parish, daughter of Martin Funchion and Annie Casey.

Gregory Carroll

McEvoy Newsletter and Connection to St. Columban

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:44:14 +0000

Ronald Hurley sent Claude a copy of his "McEvoy" family news letter called "The Good News" which mentions the early McEvoy connection to St. Columban...Interesting and fun to rean, you can see a copy in the attanhment....

English Genealogy Conference

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:25:01 +0000

Posting on behalf of Anne McLaughlin that discovered this on the [QC-ETANGLO] list

In June 2007, Quebec Family History Society will be holding a genealogy conference at McGill University in Montreal. All talks will be in English.

There is going to be a guided tour of the Montreal Archives. Some of the speakers will speak about accessing land records via the internet, legal records, & there will be talk about Eastern Townships land records. Often people overlook the legal records, & the land records not realizing how much data these contain for genealogists. One lady searched for years trying to find her ancestor's marriage.The place & date of the marriage was found in the land records. People who didn't own land are often included in the land records, as well. The legal records are wonderful for putting "meat on the bones" of our ancestors. There will be a session dedicated to "Ask the Experts" whereby we can ask the panel of experts specific questions that have proven difficult to answer.

Please check out the website http://www.qfhs.ca & look for details of Roots 2007 Conference for a list of the speakers & other needed info. (Accommodations, food, directions etc) Sign up now, as the price goes up in May.