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On This Day: September 5/6, 1943: Halifax HR 810 Crashed

September 6, 2018, 5:13 am
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Sergeant James H Briggs PoW No.43105 and headstones for three deceased airmen: J.M. Broderick, G.I. Agate, and A.C. Brunton
I received this email from Alec Briggs this morning:

Hi Cindi
Thinking of you today, this is a copy of the posting on my Facebook page today.
Take Care
Alec

Halifax HR 810 Crashed at Nussloch on 
5th/6th September 1943


Alec posted the following:
 
"At 2:30 am on the 6th September 1943 having completed their mission over Mannheim, 405 Squadron's Halifax HR 810 crashed at Nussloch, 9 kms SSE of Heidelberg.
 
Sgt Brunton, Sgt Broderick and Sgt Agate were killed in the crash, they were buried in the local cemetery and remained there until after the war when they were reinterred in CWGC's grave concentration program.
 
The survivors were taken prisoner and held overnight in the town hall at the nearby town of Walldorf.
Sgt C.Hewitson, PoW No.222824.was imprisoned at Camp 4B, along with PoW No.222773, Sgt R.Thomson. Sgt Vidler was confined to hospital until he was repatriated to Liverpool on board SS Letitia which arrived in Liverpool on 2nd February 1945. 
 
Sergeant James H Briggs PoW No.43105 was initially hospitalised as he had suffered leg injuries, a damaged spine and had lost his left eye when his wireless equipment exploded. He served the rest of the war as a prisoner in various camps including 357,ending the war in Stalag Luft VI.
 
The cause of the crash was never established and HR810 was the last Halifax reported missing from No.405 Sqdn.

I have located the field where HR810 crashed and have some small pieces of the plane which were recovered by some very kind German lads. I know Jim would have landed elsewhere, having parachuted from the falling plane. (I have the silk worm "caterpillar", issued by the Irvin Air Chute Company to all those whose lives were saved by a parachute).

Jim, my Dad, came home, three of the crew who boarded HR810 with him at Great Gransden and were airborne at 19:25 on 5th September 1943 were dead 7 hours later and now lie in adjacent graves in the CWGC cemetery at Durnbach.

Having visited the graves of Jim's mates, maybe between now and the 75th anniversary of him getting home, I may follow my Dad's Journey to Heydekrug and Stalag Luft VI, (Now Silute in Lithuania). 
 
He did say in the POW debriefing documents that he had been treated very well, particularly by the medical staff who tended to him. A lesson to us all."
 
Remembering Them:
The Seven Men Aboard the HR 810
 
 
Sgt J.H.Briggs 1082027 RAFVR  
 
Sgt J.H.Briggs 1082027 RAFVR (WOp Gunner)

Sgt A.C.Brunton 658381 RAFVR
 
  • Sgt A.C.Brunton 658381 RAFVR (Pilot)
 Sgt G.E.Agate 1391419 RAFVR
 
Sgt G.E.Agate 1391419 RAFVR (Mid Upper Gunner)
 
 W/O L.J.M.Broderick R/109822 RCAF
 
W/O L.J.M.Broderick R/109822 RCAF (Bomb Aimer)
 
My cousin Leo Joseph Martin Broderick (1919-1943)
 The Other HR810 Airmen
  • Sgt J.E.Vidler (Rear Gunner) 
  • Sgt C.Hewitson 535857 RAF (Flight Engineer) 
  • Sgt R.Thomson 1550695 RAFVR (Navigator)

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On This Day: October 10: John MIller Moreland Died

October 10, 2018, 7:03 am
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I developed a daily practice that I call"On This Day" (or OTD for short) as a means to:
  • honour the life events of my ancestors
  • revisit my previous research, 
  • check for new information online (i.e. on ancestry and Family Search)
  • update any of my previous blog posts if new information was found
  • share these #OTD memes on social media like my Facebook page (to share with family) and on twitter (to share with other genealogists)
  • In some cases, I create new blog posts. (See: https://moynahangenealogy.blogspot.com/search?q=otd)
Today, October 10, my great grandfather John Miller Moreland died in 1940 in Kingston, Ontario.

My Great Grandfather John Miller Moreland 
(1882-1940)

My great grandfather John Miller Moreland (1882-1940)
with his daughter (my grandmother)
Dorothy (1909-2000)

I have written previously about my great grandfather John Moreland (see links below) and today's post focuses on three things that I still do NOT know or understand fully about him
  1. Why (and when) did his headstone at the Cataraqui cemetery (Kingston, Ontario) change?
  2. Who was Mrs. John Moreland and whatever happened to her?
  3. Which poorhouse did John Moreland get sent to in Scotland and are there any records?
John Miller Moreland's Headstone 

My grandmother Dorothy (Moreland) Creighton gave me a photo of her father's (my great grandfather's) headstone in Kingston, Ontario.

Noted on the headstone is the acronym QMS-RCHA

QMS is a military abbreviation for Quarter Master Sergeant (Warrant Officer Class II) and RCHA is an abbreviation for the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery - specific regiment of artillery inside the Royal Canadian Artillery

Headstone: "John Moreland QMS-RCHA Died Oct 10, 1940 Aged 68 years"
Taken circa 1960s at the Catarqui cemetery in Kingston, Ontario

A family story has it that the family (including my mother and father) visited the cemetery (likely in the 1960s)
"Cindi years ago Nana and all of us went to Kingston and found that head stone and the person that worked there (at Catarqui cemetery) said something was wrong....all the headstones had military marking on them except for his (John Moreland's), the employee could not understand how this could happen...."
Recently, I was then shown another photograph of the headstone by my Aunt Barbara that shows that the headstone had been replaced.

John Moreland's current headstone
Pictured with his daughter Dorothy Moreland (1909-2000) and
his granddaughter Barbara (photo taken circa 1990s)

I contacted the Cataraqui Cemetery who could not answer the headstone mystery and they kindly provided details to the location of his burial plot so that I could find him easily (which I plan to do on one of my future trips to Toronto.)


John Miller Moreland is buried at Cataraqui Cemetery in section DVA G range 6 Lot 25.

John Miller Moreland is buried at Cataraqui Cemetery
in section DVA G range 6 Lot 25.

Mrs. John Moreland

In the 1935 Electoral Lists for Kingston, Ontario I found her ("Mrs. John Moreland") with soldier John Moreland at 416 Montreal, Kingston, Ontario. 

Source: Ancestry.ca: Canada Voters Lists 1935-1980


I have been unable to find a marriage certificate and have no idea who "Mrs. John Moreland" is or when/where she died. I will continue to try and locate her in the records.

Orphaned Children In Scotland's Poorhouses and Asylums

I reported previously that my great grandfather:
"John Moreland's mother (Agnes Bell Hind) died on the 3rd of January 1888 when John was 6 years old. John's father had already left his family in Scotland and remained in Melbourne Australia. 

John and his younger sister, Mary, were sent to Lochgilphead Workhouse outside Glasgow. "
I recently located an 1891 census report showing John (9 years) and his sister Mary ( 7 years) at the Smithston Asylum and Poorhouse:

Detail
Parish: Inverkip; ED: Smithston Poorhouse and Asylum; Page: 19; Line: 3; Roll: CSSCT1891_184
When I look at the videos of the Smithston Asylum and Poorhouse, I try to imagine what life must have been like for these small children, my great grandfather and his sister?


(Links to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcXjbqdLlbw and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UURjNYJ9MOE)

Source: Scottish Indexes https://www.scottishindexes.com/institutions/73.aspx

I was curious about what life must have been like for two small children sent to an asylum after their mother died and their father had moved to Australia?

I became very interested in searching the Poorhouse records for more details about John and his sister Mary Moreland after reading this on a Scotland message board:

I work at Ravenscraig Hospital in Greenock, Formally known as Smithston Poorhouse and Asylum. Until recently I was the General Manager and I personaly transferred some 20 boxes of records to the Mitchell Library in Glasgow that stretched back to 1855. To read in this and other posts elsewhere on the net that these records don't exist is really disappointing. My whole motive for transferring these invaluable documents to the care of the Archivists was that they would be accessible to individuals like yourself. So I've joined simply to reply to this.
I had someone visit the hospital 3 days ago who stated that he was told clearly that no records exist by the Mitchell. There are dozens of registers - Admission, Death, Sick Reports, etc. The only possibility of missing records might be those of the Poorhouse part of the establishment but I know the Asylum records were (are) comprehensive, together covering some 6 metres of shelving!
The chap to contact in relation to these records is Alistair Tough, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Archivist & Records Manager. Tel: 0141 330 2992http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk/gghb/collects/ac12.html
There is a lot of information on a great website http://www.workhouses.org.uk/
If you click onto Workhouse locations on the bar at the left hand side, then Scottish Poorhouses, then Renfrewshire, then Greenock. You'll see that Smithston was a poorhouse as well as an asylum. This site gives a lot of information about the poorhouse/asylum.
If you go to the bottom of the page there is the 1881 census for staff as well as inmates .  (Shortcut: http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Greenock/)
In researching our family histories, the photographs and family stories we have and know often lead us to stories that are waiting to be told. That is where I find much joy when I am doing this work!

Stay tuned for more about the Morelands of Scotland, Australia and Ontario!


More Family History Links 
Mentioning our Morelands Roots

1881 Scotland Census


Source Citation
Parish: Glasgow Barony; ED: 90; Page: 24; Line: 1; Roll: cssct1881_229b Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1881 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data: Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. Reels 1-338. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description
(The 1881 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 3/4 April 1881)
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    John Moreland's Sister Jemima Hind: Was She Sent To Canada?

    October 12, 2018, 7:27 am
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    Between 1870 and 1933, a total of 80,000 British children went to Canada, with around 7,000 children coming from The Orphan Homes of Scotland. (It is estimated that there are around 250,000 descendants of these emigrants living in Canada today.)

    I have never felt a direct connection to the British Home Children except that I supported the movement to lobby the government of Canada to have them Declare a National British Home Child Day
    On February 7, House of Commons motion M-133, sponsored by Conservative MPGuy Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry), passed unanimously 294–0 in Parliament. The motion declares September 28 national British Home Child Day.
    I have never felt a DIRECT connection until this morning when I got curious about my great grandfather's sister Jemima Gray Hind.

    Undated/Unsourced photo of British Home Children found online at https://www.donnaward.net/british-home-children-in-canada/4/2921/resources.php

     Jemima G. Hind

    When I was preparing the Oct. 10 post about my great grandfather John Moreland (1882-1940), I became curious about John's older sister Jemima G. Hind found on the 1881 census with him and his mother (below).

    Source: Ancestry.ca: 1881 Scotland Census; Parish: Glasgow Barony;
    ED: 90; Page: 23; Line: 24; Roll: cssct1881_229b
    My 2nd great grandmother Agnes Bell Hind Moreland died on the 3rd of January 1888 at 36 years of age leaving behind four small children. Her husband Charles Moreland was a mariner and, following her death, the four children Jemima, Catherine, John and Mary were located in the 1891 censuses as follows:
    1. 11-year-John and his sister 7-year-old Mary are found at the Smithston/Ravenscraig/Lochilhead workhouse for children .
  • 14-year-old Catherine is found in 1891 at 53 Drumfrochar Rd, in the town of Greenock, Scotland working as a domestic for the Smith family (Head of household Margaret Smith is noted as a "Mariner's wife" and the "mariner" is not listed on the census)
    • Catherine married Alexander Freeman (d. 1919) and had a daughter Agnes. her second marriage was to widower John Gentles. She remained in Scotland all her life.
  • 15-year-old Jemima is found in in 1891 living as a domestic for the Campbell family in Montreal Quebec. I am still searching for her final resting place.
    • Here is the story of Jemima Gray Hind who I discovered was one of the infamous Quarrier Children.

    1889 Aboard the Vessel Siberian 

    At the top of the page was written "Mr. Quarrier children" and they were sorted by age on the page "17, 16, 15, 14, 13 etc to 4".

    I found my 2nd great aunt Jemima Gray Hind in the twelve-year-olds list.

    The vessel she had sailed on, the S.S. SIBERIAN, had stopped in Quebec, Quebec but the destination (according to the manifest) was Brockville, Ontario.

    Source Citation  Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Series: RG 76-C; Roll: C-4537

    Jemima Hind and the other children were met by a Mr. Burgess and he then proceeded with the children to Montreal, Quebec.

    Source Citation  Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Series: RG 76-C; Roll: C-4537
    This photograph below (taken in June 1885) is on the SAME vessel (the S.S. SIBERIAN) that Jemima was also "shipped" on in June 1889

    SOURCE: https://canadianbritishhomechildren.weebly.com/william-quarrier--brockville-ont-7200-immigrated.html Children in this party include: ​ANDERSON    Elizabeth ANDERSON    Mary BALLANTYNE    Bella BLAIR    Margaret BRAND    Nellie BROWN    Davina BROWN    Jessie BROWN    Martha BUCKINGHAM    M A BURCHELL    Ellen CAIRNS    Mary CAMERON    Margaret CARNEY    Mary A CHINGWEN    Ada CHINGWEN    Thomas CHINGWIN    Minnie CHINGWIN    Effie CLARK    Agnes COOK    Kate CORBETT    Christian CORBETT    Mary A DELSY    Annie DOCHERTY    Margaret DUDGEON    Euphamy DUFF    Willie DULY    Lizz DUNCAN    Alexis DUNNING    Agnes ELDER    Lizz ELDER    Sarah ENGLISH    Margaret FEE    Bridget FINDLATTER    Robert FINNIGEN    Margaret FLEMING    Mina FORD    Mary FRAME    Catherine GLASS    Jenie GORDON    Margaret GORDON    Jean GOULD    Agnes GREELIN    Margaret GREELIN    Mary I HARPER    Jane HARPER    Ann HAY    Lizz HAY    Boyce HIGGINS    Jane HIGGINS    Jane HILL    Mary HOLBORN    Christian HOLT    Margaret HUTTON    Nellie KELLY    Elizabeth LANG    Jeanie LANG    Jessie LEIPER    Jane LEIPER    Annie MAIN    Elizabeth MARTIN    Marion McCONNELL    Jane McCRIOL    Catherine McDEVITT    Jane McDONALD    Jessie McDONALD    Elizabeth McFARLANE    Jean McGILL    Julia McGREELY    Susan McGREGOR    Margaret McINDAL    Mary McKAY    Jessie McLEAN    Christiana McLEAN    Jessie McLEAN    Jean McLEAN    Dina McLEISH    Isabel McLEISH    Leane McLEOD    Catherine McLEOD    Barbara McMURTRIE    Jessie McMURTRIE    David McNEIL    Emmily McNEIL    Hana McONE    Bella McTAVISH    Maryz McTAVISH    Margaret MELROSE    Elizabeth MILLER    Mary MILLER    Jessie MILLER    Margaret MILLER    Grace MILLS    Lizz MITCHELL    Jane MOFFAT    Margaret MOFFAT    Bella MONE    Mary MOORE    Margaret MOORE    James MORILUR    Mary MORTIMER    Mary MORTON    Margaret MUIR    Bella MUIR    Annie MUNRO    Maggie MURDOCK    Georgina MURPHY    Marion MURRAY    Helen MURRAY    Margaret NOBLE    Ann NOBLE    Susan PARKER    Elizabeth PEPPER    Emma PEPPER    Annie PERRIE    Sarah PHILLIPS    Jane PIERCE    Mary RATCHFORD    Ann REID    Lizz ROBERTSON    Mary ROBERTSON    Mary ROSS    Annabelle ROSS    Mary SCOTT    Margaret SHIELDS    Mary SMITH    Agnes SPEIRS    Katie SPEIRS    Robert STEWART    Mary STEWART    William SWAN    Katie TAYLOR    Jane THOMPSON    Katie THOMPSON    Annie TRAVIS    Ellen WARDEN    Mary WATERSON    Lizz WEMYSS    Alexis WHITEN    Joan WHITEN    Isobell YOUNG    Margaret 

     Quarriers male children arrive at a holding house in Canada in March 26,1889.
    PIC: BHCARA. 
    Read more at: https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/the-15-000-scots-children-shipped-to-canada-1-4616584

    1891 Montreal Quebec

    I located Jemima working as a domestic for the Campbell family in Montreal, Quebec and I was curious why she did not proceed to Brockville with the rest of the children?

     Year: 1891; Census Place: St Antoine Ward, Montréal Centre, Quebec; Roll: T-6406; Family No: 30


    1901 Brockville, Ontario

     By 1901, Jemima has arrived in Brockvillle, Ontario and this is the census that indicated her arrival year 1889 and MOST importantly, her birth date of June 23, 1876 which matches the birth certificate provided by mu cousin B.C.

    Source: Year: 1901; Census Place: Elizabethtown, Brockville, Ontario; Page: 9; Family No: 86
    Jemima is living in the home of Alexander Burges (b 1852) and a Ann M. Burgess (b 1845). I learned that Alexander Burges was the Superintendant of the Quarrier receiving home in Brockville known as Fairknowe House

    Burgess was also the name of the man who met the ship S.S, Siberian of Quarrier children in Quebec back in 1889. Alexandr Burges died in 1909.


    Birth: Jemima Gray Hind; 1876


    What Happened To Jemima Hind?

    Agnes was 1 of 7,000 Scottish children who were sent from Scotland to Canada between 1871-1938!

    The more I searched, the more details I found about a Glasgow shoemaker William Quarrier, who founded the Orphan Homes of Scotland and who opened his own Canadian receiving home, 'Fairknowe', at Brockville, Ontario.

    I have sent  £25  to the Quarriers Bridge of Weir Renfrewshire, for Jemima Hind's records and will update once I receive a response. In the meantime I am reading the yearly Quarrier’s Narratives of Facts to see if there is any mention of Jemima.


    I plan to visit Brockville and the Fairknowe house , the last known location for Jemmima Gray Hind, which is only one hour away from where I presently live.


    This video below gives a comprehensive summary of the "British Home Children" ( see: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gNsdzjlPukc) It was created by Lori Oschefski of the British Home Children Advocacy & Research Association





    Quarrier records 

    The Quarrier records can be accessed through their web site at: Quarriers Bridge of Weir Renfrewshire, Information on Quarriers including photos and free downloads of their newsletters (often containing the immigration photos of the parties of children) is found at: http://content.iriss.org.uk/goldenbridge/ 

    REGISTRY: JEMIMA HIND: http://britishhomechildrenregistry.com/Person/bhcInfo/7496
     LINKS


  • Documentary: "Forgotten" discussed on TVO Watch Online Until: Oct 27, 2018
  • Library and Archives Canada  Quarrier’s Orphan Homes of Scotland 
  • Library and Archives Canada: Home Children Records 
  • Library and Archives Canada: Jemina HIND (29487) 
  • British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (BIFHSGO)
  • British Home Children in Canada 
  • Canada Now Has a National British Home Child Day 
  • University of Waterloo: How To Search: Young Immigrants to Canada
  • Heritage: Department of Immigration: Juvenile inspection report cards [ca. 1913-1932]  8 reels (Jemima not found o Reel T-15423)
  • Heritage: Department of Immigration: Soundex card index to names of children in selected first central registry files  3 reels
  • Heritage: Arthur Meighen : Series 3, correspondence : C-3454  1395 pages with full-text search [?]
  • The Golden Bridge Child Migration from Scotland to Canada 1869–1939
  • William Quarrier’s Home Children Association
  • Quarrier's Homes, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire, Scotland
  • Fairknowe Home, Brockville, Ontario, Canada 
  • Quarrier’s Narratives of Facts are annual reports describing the work of the Orphan Homes of Scotland in the previous year. The collection on this page contains scans of 57 editions dating from 1872 to 1928. They contains stories, images and letters from the home children. British Home Children in Canada
  • Source: Undated article  article by Christina Blizzard/Toronto Sun  http://www.bytown.net/homekids.htm
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    Dec. 5: Happy Birthday Margot Wheeler Wherever You Are

    December 5, 2018, 1:53 pm
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    I honour my ancestors with my daily practice of reviewing their birth, deaths and marriages using my "On This Day" (OTD) calendar.

    According to my Family Tree Maker (FTM) calendar, my second cousin (1R) Margot Wheeler should be celebrating her 82nd birthday today but the only concrete information that I have about Margot was the photograph pictured below of Margot with her sister Patti and her uncle Bernard Broderick taken in 1943.

    1943 photograph of Marg and Patti Wheeler with their Uncle Bernard of Ontario (Source: Bernard Broderick photograph archive)
    Margot and I are actually double cousins related through both our Broderick and our Moynahan family trees. We share two sets of grandparents:
    Our shared Moynahan-Broderick Family Tree

    I had written previously about Margot's grandparents Patrick and Clara (Moynahan) Broderick (pictured below)

    Patrick and Clara (Moynahan) Broderick (Source: Bernard Broderick photograph archive)
    I also had some great photographs of Margot's mother Genevieve (Broderick) Wheeler (but sadly, none of her husband Charles )

    Agnes and Genvieve Boderick (Source: Bernard Broderick photograph archive)

    (Source: Bernard Broderick and Michael Lyon photograph archives)

    The Family of 
    Mary Genvieve (Broderick) and Charles Wheeler

    All that I ever knew about the Wheeler family was that they left Essex county, Ontario and went to Chicago and later California and were naturalized in the United States following their arrival in September 20, 1927.

    TheWheelers had three daughters according to their "Petition For Naturalization""all born and residing at Chicago, Illinois":
    • Nancy (f) Aug. 4, 1934
    • Margot (f) Dec. 5, 1936
    • Patricia (f)  Mar. 12, 1938

    Source: National Archives at Chicago; Chicago, Illinois; ARC Title: Petitions for Naturalization, 1906 - 1991; NAI Number: 6756404; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: RG 21
     Nancy Jean (Wheeler) Berndt (1934-1996)

    My breakthrough on the Wheeler family came when I located the 1996 obituary for Margot's sister Nancy Jean
    "Nancy Jane Berndt, 61, a 26-year resident of Palo Alto, died at Stanford Hospital from a massive stroke on June 30.
    A native of Chicago, she came to live with her sisters in Livermore at the age of 22. After her marriage in 1960, she lived in Santa Barbara, St. Louis and Redwood City before settling in Palo Alto. She worked as a claims adjustor, before devoting her time to raising her children. She then worked as a medical secretary in the department of Plastic Surgery at Stanford University for 17 years. She attended St. Ann's Catholic Church in Palo Alto for five years.
    She is survived by her mother, Genevieve Wheeler of Palo Alto; her husband, Ted Berndt of Palo Alto; two sons, Steve Berndt and Dave Berndt of Palo Alto; two sisters, Marge Eckman of Livermore and Patti Geyer of Manhattan, Kan.; three nephews; and two nieces. Services have been held. Contributions may be made to the National Stroke Association, 96 Inverness Drive East, Suite 1, Englewood, Colo. 80112." 

    Sisters Margot and Patti Married

    Source: Bernard Broderick photograph archive

    From Nancy Jeans's 1996 obituary, I learned several new facts about Margot and her sister Patti:
    • Margot had married and her husband's surname was Eckman 
    • The Eckmans lived in Livermore, California in 1996
    • Patti had married and her husband's surname was Geyer 
    • The Geyers lived in Manhattan, Kansas in 1996 
    When I entered this data into my tree on ancestry.ca, it led to new information about Margot's sister Patti (Wheeler) Geyer.

    Patti (Wheeler) Geyer (1938-2012)

    Nancy Jean (Wheeler) Berndt led me to sister Patti (Wheeler) Geyer whose headstone was located on Find-A-Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83251887
    Source: Find-A-Grave
    And Patti (Wheeler) Geyer's obituary was found online http://www.ymlfuneralhome.com/main/obituary/1576

    Patricia Joyce Wheeler Geyer Obituary Photo
    "Patricia Joyce Wheeler Geyer, age 73, died Monday January 9, 2012 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House, Manhattan, Kansas.

    She was born on March 12, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois. Patti graduated from Amundsen High School in 1955 and the Grant School of Nursing, Chicago, ILL as a registered nurse in 1959.

    She met her future husband of 51 years, Wayne Geyer, at a dance and they were married on August 20, 1960 in Forest Park, ILL. This union was blessed with three children: Laura, Keith and Kevin.

    Patti loved the LORD and telling people about HIM. She loved the congregation of the First Assembly of God and the many Bible study lessons for the past 18 years. She was a member of the First Lutheran Church from 1966 until 1993.

    She was preceded in death by her mother: Genevieve Wheeler, her beloved daughter: Laura A. Geyer on September 9, 1967 and a sister: Nancy Berndt.

    Survivors include her husband: Wayne of the home; 2 sons: Keith A. Geyer and his wife Julie and their children Nicholas and Gwen of Aurora, CO and Kevin W. Geyer of Wichita, Kansas; a sister: Margot Eckman of Livermore, CA. She is also survived by her sister-in-law: Beville Geyer Vertuno and her husband Edward of Tallahassee, FL and their two sons; a brother-in-law: Ted Berndt and sons and many nieces, nephews and many friends.

    Funeral Services will be at 1:30 p.m. on Friday January 13, 2012 at the First Assembly of God, Manhattan, KS with Pastor Ed Walker officiating. The family invites friends to a luncheon at noon on Friday at the Church prior to the services. Private interment will be in the Kansas Veterans Cemetery, Fort Riley, Kansas.

    The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. on Thursday January 12, 2012 at the First Assembly of God Church, 2310 Candlewood Drive, Manhattan, Kansas.

    Memorial contributions may be made to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society or to the First Assembly of God Church in care of the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, Kansas 66502."
     And Patti (Wheeler) Geyer's Obituary led me to her husband Wayne's obituary.

    Wayne Allan Geyer (1933-2016) Obituary

    Wayne Allan Geyer Obituary Photo
    "Wayne Allan Geyer, age 82, died Thursday, July 7th, 2016 at his home in Manhattan, Kansas.

    He was born on November 24, 1933 in Forest Park, Illinois. Wayne graduated from Proviso High School in 1951. He went on to get degrees at Iowa State University, Purdue University, and the University of Minnesota.

    He met his future wife of 51 years, Patti Geyer, at a dance and they were married on August 20, 1960 in Forest Park, ILL. This union was blessed with three children: Laura, Keith and Kevin.
     
    Wayne was a member of the congregation of the First Assembly of God Church, and also was a member of the First Lutheran Church from 1966 until 1993.  He loved his wife, his sons, his grandchildren, fishing, spending time outdoors, and Kansas State University.

    Growing up in Chicago, he spent his days cutting the grass in a local cemetery and fishing with his grandfather. “When I graduated high school,” he said “I knew I didn’t want to work in a factory and I knew I wanted to work outdoors, so I chose forestry.” After graduating from Iowa State University with his bachelor’s degree, Wayne spent time as a U.S Navy officer in the Navy.

    After serving in the Navy, he worked for Georgia Craft Paper as a field forester. He later returned to school at Purdue University to obtain his master’s degree. From there he took a position with the University of Illinois at an experiment station in southern Illinois. This is where he “truly became interested in the science of forestry.” He then received his doctorate in forestry science from the University of Minnesota, and took a job at Kansas State University as an assistant professor where he began teaching in 1966. While a full professor of Forestry at Kansas State, he had numerous professional publications, presentations, and awards.

    He was preceded in death by his wife Patti, his father Herman “Bud” Geyer, his mother: Alice Geyer, his beloved daughter: Laura A. Geyer on September 9, 1967.

    Survivors include his 2 sons: Keith A. Geyer and his wife Julie and their children Nicholas and Gwen of Aurora, CO and Kevin W. Geyer of Wichita, Kansas; his sister Beville Geyer Vertuno and her husband Edward of Tallahassee, FL and their two sons; he is also survived by his sister-in-law, Margot Eckman of Livermore, CA, a brother-in-law, Ted Berndt and sons of Palo Alto, CA, and many nieces, nephews and many friends.

    Funeral Services will be at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, July 12th, 2016 at the First Assembly of God, 2310 Candlewood in Manhattan. Interment will follow the service in the Kansas Veterans’ Cemetery at Fort Riley in Manhattan.

    The family will receive friends from 6:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Monday, July 11, 2016 at Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home.

    Memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army or to the First Assembly of God Church. Contributions may be left in care of the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, Kansas 66502."

    (Source: http://www.ymlfuneralhome.com/obituary/5682)
    Source: Kansas State University http://hnr.k-state.edu/people/faculty/emeritus-faculty/wayne-geyer/
    Happy Birthday Margot (Wheeler) Eckman
    Wherever You Are

    Margot (Wheeler) Eckman (1943)
    And that's as far as my research took me ! 
    My quest for Margot on her birthday led me to all of her sisters.

    I only hope that she is enjoying her 82nd birthday today and that she is surrounded by people who love her and care for her!

    Happy birthday cousin, wherever you are! 

    The Brodericks of Essex County, Ontario
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    William and Martha Foreman's Family

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    Source: Private Collection of Paul (Greg) Keffer
    William H. Foreman (far left) next to daughter Beatrice
    and wife Martha (Moore) Foreman in the middle with dark hair.
    At the end of October, I accidentally discovered my husband’s 2nd great uncle (Oscar Harold Foreman 1893-1921) was a lieutenant and veterinary surgeon in the First World War.

    Source: Library and Archives Canada.Original data - Canada.
    "Soldiers of the First World War (1914-1918)."
    Record Group 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box
    I wanted to know more about Oscar and his time in the war as a veterinary surgeon and I wanted to know more about all the brothers and sisters of  Frederick Dixon Foreman (1880-1951) (Frederick was my husband's great-grandfather.)

    What I learned was that each one of these eight Foreman family tree branches led me to interesting stories about photographers, teachers, station masters, carpenters, plasterers and they are found in Alberta, Toronto, Washington, California and Michigan.
     1854

    William Foreman was born on the 13th of September 1854 to William and Mary Foreman in Peel township, Ontario and was baptized the 14th of April 1868 (Source: Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wjmartin/wm-index.htm)

    1879

    On the 29th of September 1879, William H. Foreman married Martha Moore at Peel Township, Ontario, Canada (Source: Archives of Ontario; Series: MS932; Reel: 32)

    Source: Archives of Ontario; Series: MS932; Reel: 32
      
    1882


    Many of the children of William H. Foreman and Martha Moore were born in Sault Ste Marie, Ward 2, Michigan, USA. Only Frederick and Victor were born in Ontario before the family moved north in 1882.

    1900

    William H. Foreman's occupation on the 1900 census in Sault Ste Marie, Ward 2, Michigan, USA was "blacksmith". In 1900, nineteen-year-old Frederick was working as a "day labourer" and eighteen-year-old Victor was working as a "photographer". Martha gave birth to ten children and eight survived.

    1906 - 1919

    The Foreman family homesteaded in the Prairies around this time. On the 1911 census, the family is found in Red Deer, Alberta and William H. is listed as a farmer and blacksmith. (Martha, Herbert, Oscar, Beatrice and Everett listed on the same homestead NE-36-39-5-W5 and son Frederick Dixon Foreman is on another homestead NW-36-39-5-W5)

    William H. Foreman died in Leslieville , Alberta on the 7th of March 1919

    Headstone: William H. Foreman,
    Leslieville Cemetery, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta

     In 1926, Martha (Moore) Foreman is living with her son Everett in Seattle Washington at 1703 12th Avenue. Martha died on the 9th of October, 1926

    Headstone: Martha (Moore) Foreman,
    Greenwood Memorial Terrace, Spokane, Washington


    Here is a brief summary of the families of great-grandfather Frederick Dixon Foreman's (1880-1951) eight siblings:
    (1.) The Family of Victor Roy Foreman
    (1882-1952)
    Michigan Photographer

    Victor Roy Foreman  (1882-1952)
    Source: Directory of Early Michigan Photgraphers; http://clements.umich.edu/eadadd/tinder_directory.pdf
    I am very grateful for the information provided to me from the Luce County Historical Society (FB) and Sterling McGinn who is both an officer of the Luce County Historical Society and the Newberry photograph historian.

    He kindly provided some additional information about Victor Roy Foreman's photography business.






    (2.) The Family of Grace (Foreman) Whiteside
    (1884-1955)
    Engineer's Wife

    (3.) The Family of Jean Charlotte (Foreman) Boies
    (1886-1941)
    Station Master's Wife


    (4.) The Family of Herbert Moore Foreman
    (1888-1959)
    Carpenter

    (5.) The Family of Oscar Harold Foreman
    (1893-1921)
    WWI Veterinary Surgeon

    (6.)  The Family of Beatrice (Foreman) Roland
    (1894-19??)
    Son Was a WWII War Hero


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    (7.) The Family of Everett M Foreman
    (1897-1967)
    Everett was the LAST Living Child 
    A Contractor/Plasterer
    Took Care Of His Mother
    Martha (Moore) Foreman 
    In Her Final Days


    (8.) Prescott Foreman
    (1901-1901)








    Previous Foreman Family blog posts
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      William and Martha Foreman's Family

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      Source: Private Collection of Paul (Greg) Keffer
      William H. Foreman (far left) next to daughter Beatrice
      and wife Martha (Moore) Foreman in the middle with dark hair.
      At the end of October, I accidentally discovered my husband’s 2nd great uncle (Oscar Harold Foreman 1893-1921) was a lieutenant and veterinary surgeon in the First World War.

      Source: Library and Archives Canada.Original data - Canada.
      "Soldiers of the First World War (1914-1918)."
      Record Group 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box
      I wanted to know more about Oscar and his time in the war as a veterinary surgeon and I wanted to know more about ALL the brothers and sisters of  Frederick Dixon Foreman (1880-1951) (Frederick was my husband's great-grandfather.)

      What I learned was that each one of the EIGHT Foreman family tree branches (Frederick Dixon Foreman's brothers and sisters) led me to some really interesting stories about photographers, teachers, station masters, carpenters, plasterers who lived in Alberta, Toronto, Washington, California and Michigan.
      The Foreman Family Group Sheet
       1854

      My husband's 2nd great grandfather William Foreman was born on the 13th of September 1854 son of William and Mary Foreman in Peel township, Ontario and was baptized the 14th of April 1868 (Source: Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wjmartin/wm-index.htm)

      1879

      On the 29th of September 1879, William H. Foreman married Martha Moore at Peel Township, Ontario, Canada (Source: Archives of Ontario; Series: MS932; Reel: 32)

      Source: Archives of Ontario; Series: MS932; Reel: 32
        
      1882


      Many of the children of William H. Foreman and Martha Moore were born in Sault Ste Marie, Ward 2, Michigan, USA. Only their two eldest sons, Frederick and Victor, were born in Ontario before the family moved to northern Michigan in 1882.

      1900

      My husband's 2nd great grandfather William H. Foreman's occupation in 1900 in Sault Ste Marie, Ward 2, Michigan, USA was "blacksmith". In 1900, nineteen-year-old Frederick was working as a "day labourer" and eighteen-year-old Victor was working as a "photographer". Martha gave birth to a total of ten children (only eight survived).

      Source: Blacksmith shops in Northern Michigan
      Up until the early 1940s, blacksmith shops were a common sight
      in most Northern Michigan towns
      1906 - 1919

      The Foreman family homesteaded in the Prairies in the early 1900s. On the 1911 census, the family is in Red Deer, Alberta and William H. is listed as a farmer and blacksmith. (Martha, Herbert, Oscar, Beatrice and Everett listed on the same homestead NE-36-39-5-W5 and son Frederick Dixon Foreman is on another homestead NW-36-39-5-W5)

      William H. Foreman died in Leslieville , Alberta on the 7th of March 1919 and is buried there.

      Headstone: William H. Foreman,
      Leslieville Cemetery, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta

      In 1926, Martha (Moore) Foreman is living with her son Everett in Seattle Washington at 1703 12th Avenue. Martha died on the 9th of October, 1926

      Headstone: Martha (Moore) Foreman,
      Greenwood Memorial Terrace, Spokane, Washington


      Eight Siblings:

      (1.) The Family of Victor Roy Foreman
      (1882-1952)
      Michigan Photographer

      In 1903, Victor married Miss Gladys Strangway who was the daughter of Doctor William Franklin Strangway (originally from Tecumseh, Ontario) and Victorr was a Michigan photographer in the early 1900s.
      Victor Roy Foreman  (1882-1952)
      Source: Directory of Early Michigan Photgraphers; http://clements.umich.edu/eadadd/tinder_directory.pdf
      When Victor and Gladys moved to Pulaski, Arkansas, so did the Dr. Wm. Franklin Strangway who opened an optician practice there. (Victor's children Herbert and Hazel were living with their grandparents in Little Rock, Arkansas on the 1920 census)

      After his wife's death in 1916, Victor returned to the homestead in Red Deer,  Alberta with his parents William and Martha. Eventually, Victor would move to Washington with his mother Martha (Moore) Foreman where she died in 1926.

      Victor died in 1952 in Spokane, Washington at 70 years of age and is buried at Acacia Memorial Park and Funeral Home Seattle, King County, Washington, USA (Plot G5 Holly Section, Lot 175A, Sp. 1)

      Gladys
      Jon Merrill Nielson originally shared this on 28 Aug 2018
      I am very grateful for the information provided to me from the Luce County Historical Society (FB) and Sterling McGinn who is both an officer of the Luce County Historical Society and the Newberry photograph historian.

      He kindly provided some additional information about Victor Roy Foreman's photography business.






      (2.) The Family of Grace (Foreman) Whiteside
      (1884-1955)
      Engineer's Wife

      Grace Foreman married Wilfred W. Whiteside in Sault Ste Marie Michigan in 1900 and moved the family (5 children) to Spokane Washington in 1910.

      On the 1930 census, husband Wilfred is an "engineer in construction", daughter Greta LaFollette is a commercial artist, and daughter Ruby Whiteside is a teacher in Spokane Washington.


       
      (3.) The Family of Jean Charlotte (Foreman) Boies
      (1886-1941)
      Stationmaster's Wife

      Jean Charlotte Foreman married Charles Boies and they had one child (Lois Adelaide Boies Broxon 1915-1988). After Jean's death in 1941, Charles remained in Washington and remarried twice.

       Charles Boies, Stationmaster, Spokane, Washington
      Eva Tanner originally shared this photograph on ancestry on 28 Jan 2017


      (4.) The Family of Herbert Moore Foreman
      (1888-1959)
      Carpenter

      Herbert Moore Foreman was born in Michigan and met and married his wife Edith Gertrude Kellaway in 1915 in Edmonton Alberta. They had a daughter in Leslieville, Alberta and later moved to California.

      Source: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; NAI Number: 37; Record Group Title: M1524; Record Group Number: Naturalization Records of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, Central Division (Los Angeles)
      Edith Gertrude (Kellaway) Foreman (1886-1927)
      Don Kellaway originally shared this on 06 May 2015
      Gertrude was trained as a teacher and she taught in western Canada primarily in Alberta and in 1919 she was living and teaching in the Leslieville area. Her death was due to complications in an appendix operation. Gertrude died in 1927. (Source: Don Kellaway)

      Herbert died in 1959 at 71 years of age and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA Plot Fidelity, Map G12, Lot 1906, Space 3


      (5.) The Family of Oscar Harold Foreman
      (1893-1921)
      WWI Veterinary Surgeon

      Oscar Harold Foreman was born in Sault Ste Marie Michigan in 1893, he homesteaded in Alberta in 1910, was a veterinarian surgeon in 1918 and served in WWI as a Lieutenant in the Canadian Army Veterinary Corps.

      He married Marion McKay (from Scotland) August 1918 in Toronto, Ontario and they had a daughter Marion in 1921. Oscar died in 1921 of pneumonia and he is buried in Prospect cemetery, Toronto (Grave 22 577)

      Source: Obituary 2013
      "Marion F. Becker was born March 16, 1920 in Toronto, Canada. She was the daughter of Harold Foreman and Marion McKay Foreman. After Harold's untimely death that occurred before Marion's 1st birthday, mother and daughter relocated to Los Angeles, CA.
      After they were settled in Inglewood her mother married Francis Ward. Marion was the oldest of five children. She had two brothers Jack and Francis and two sisters Katherine and Patricia. In 1937 she graduated from Inglewood High School. Marion enjoyed dancing and one evening at the Biltmore Hotel she met the "love of her life" David Becker a tall, dark, handsome Sailor. They married and became parents to 4 children Ken, Jan, Judy and Wendy. 
      In 1949 they purchased their dream home on Greenbrier Rd. in Long Beach, CA. Marion remained in the home she loved until her passing. During this time she was an active housewife and mother. She was a member of Sote' Club for many years. Later in life she became active in MOAA, Woman to Woman, Thursday writing group, and her Sunday scrabble group.
      She loved the ocean and treasured her trips to Hawaii. Her love of flowers especially roses has been passed on to her children. 
      Marion was a lover of life and a friend to everyone she met. She made an impact on so many lives. To all who knew her, Marion had the "gift of gab" and was quite the storyteller. She was very proud of her Scottish heritage and found so much joy listening to bagpipe music. Marion is survived by her four children, ten grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren, and two on the way. She will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her."

      The Foreman/ Ward family 
      Jeani Ward originally shared this on ancestry on 22 Jan 2016         

      (6.)  The Family of Beatrice (Foreman) Roland
      (1894-19??)
      Son Was a WWII War Hero

      Beatrice Foreman was born in 1894 in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, later living on her parents homestead in Red Deer Alberta where she met and married William Archibald Roland (who was originally from Welland, Ontario). Beatrice and Archie left their homestead in Alberta and moved to Beamsville, Ontario near the Roland United Empire Loyalist farm.

      Beatrice (Foreman) Roland; 
      gkeffer1 originally shared this on ancestry on 07 Feb 2011

      Their eldest son David Vaughan was born on the Alberta homestead and their other two children, Marian and Keith, were both born in Beamsville Ontario.

      Their eldest son David Vaughan was also a Signals Officer with the 1st Canadian Infantry Division, mostly attached to the 48th Highlander Regiment, in Sicily, Italy, France, Belgium, and Holland. Dave participated in many battles, including Ortona and the crossing of the Lemone River. Seriously injured, he was awarded the Order of the Member of the British Empire.


      David Vaughan Roland's Obituary October 2018
      David Vaughan Roland's Decoration

      Source: Ancestry; Canada, Military Honours and Awards Citation Cards, 1900-1961

      Source: Ancestry; Canada, Military Honours and Awards Citation Cards, 1900-1961



      (7.) The Family of Everett M Foreman
      (1897-1967)
      Everett was the LAST Living Child 
      A Contractor/Plasterer
      Took Care Of His Mother
      Martha (Moore) Foreman 
      In Her Final Days

      Everett Foreman was born in Michigan in 1897 and moved to the Red Deer Alberta homestead in the early 1900s with his parents. On the 1921 census, (two years after his father's death), Everett was living with his aunt  and uncle Beatrice and Archie Roland in Red Deer, Alberta.

      October 1926,  Everett's mother Martha (Moore) Foreman passed away at 69 years of age while living with Everett at 1703 12th Avenue Seattle, Washington.

      On the 24th of June 1927, Everett married Alma Syena Olson in Washington, USA (Marguerite C. Foreman and V. Roy Foreman were the witnesses.) They had three children.


      Everett and Alma Foreman's family (Living children redacted for privacy purposes)
      Everett and Alma are buried Greenwood Memorial Terrace, Spokane Washington
      RLR458 originally shared this on 28 Mar 2014


      (8.) Prescott Foreman
      (1901-1901)

      As mentioned previously, Martha (Moore) Foreman gave birth to ten children and eight survived.
      Prescott was the only child I could locate of the two who did not survive. Prescott did a t 5 months and is buried in the Riverside cemetery in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan
       
      Source: Michigan Department of Community Health,
      Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan

      My husband's 8 second great aunts and second great uncles on his Foreman family tree had twenty-seven children who married and had children.

      Foreman descendants can be found today living in Toronto, Washington, California and beyond!


      Previous Foreman Family blog posts
      Research Links

      The Foremans are mentioned in the following books about Alberta

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        2018 - My Top 5 Family History Discoveries

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        Photo taken at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Toronto, final resting place of Timothy Moynahan (1861-1941)

        I have been researching my family history since the early 1980s and I have been sharing my genealogical discoveries online since 2013 (thanks in large part to Amy Crow's 52 Ancestors).

        We may never know who the author of the above "Chosen" quote is but I can tell you that it has always resonated with me. Since the 1980s, I have felt "called" to find the ancestors and tell their stories in the hope that they would approve.

        My retirement combined with the increasing availability of genealogical records online have contributed to some incredible discoveries for me particularly in 2018. Here are My Top 5 Family Tree Discoveries in 2018:
        1. Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Coughlin cousins
        2. Detroit, Michigan Moynahan-Pheney cousins
        3. Jemima Bell Hind and the British Home Child Community
        4. Ontario Land Records Online
        5. Ireland Trip 2019 - From My Brother
        1.) Breaking Through My Coughlin Brickwall

        In February 2018,  after over thirty years of searching Poughkeepsie records for information about my great-grandfather William Henry Coughlin's (1872-1952) family, Iaccidentally located a record at Family Search that set in motion many more wonderful discoveries!

        Our Poughkeepsie Coughlin family found at last!

        The "accidental discovery" was due to my frustration with surname search engines (which had never produced ANY "Coughlin" results) and so I decided to "browse" the FREE records at Family Search for Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York at Family Search

        And there they were in 1875 in Poughkeepsie (Ward 1) living with the Mulligan family (James Mulligan was a saloon keeper in Poughkeepsie)!!

        Source: Poughkeepsie; Ward 01; The Cochlin family
        Well, as they say, the rest was history. The series of events went as follows:
        • At newspapers.com I found obituaries and news stories that took me deeper into the Coughlin story in Poughkeepsie. Two of the Coughlin boys died tragically too young.
        • When newspapers.com led me from Poughkeepsie to Connecticut, I eventually reached out (by email) to someone who I suspected could be my second cousin (1x) and the hunch paid off! I had found our Coughlin family at long last!!
        • There has been so much sharing of photographs and information (see my links below) with my Connecticut cousins since then. I feel so grateful.
        • Finally, on February 27, 2018, I mailed away for my great-grandfather Michael Coughlin's (1840-1921) death certificate and I received it in the first week of January 2019. I now the names of Michael's parents (Patrick and Margaret (McGrath) Coughlin) for the very first time!
        Source: New York State Department of Health Bureau of Vital Records; Death certificate: Michael Coughlin 1921
         My 2018 Coughlin blog posts:

        2.) Connecting With My Pheney Cousins

        In all the years that I have been researching my Moynahan ancestors in Essex/Windsor, Ontario, I have also been curious about the MANY, many Moynahans in Detroit.

        In the case of our Moynahan-Pheney connection, it all started with a unique zinc tombstone in the Mt. Elliott cemetery in Detroit:
        Located just inside the gates of historic Mt. Elliott cemetery,
        this stone sits among grand mausoleums, Smithsonian art, and several other zinc monuments.
        Later in my Moynahan research I came across a Mary Moynahan in Corktown Detroit and I corresponded with a researcher Paul Szewczyk (now Paul Sewick) who was writing about 19th century Corktown's tradition of female home ownership:
        • Mary Moynahan was the daughter of my 4th great-uncle Timothy Moynahan (1813-1902) of Maidstone, Ontario
        • After M.J. Moynahan's wife Hannah died in 1870, he married Mary (1847-1905) in 1877. 
        • M.J. and Mary Moynahan's daughter Margaret M. Moynahan married Sylvester J. Pheney.
        The name "Pheney" would come up again once I had received the medical file of my first cousin (4x) Timothy Moynahan (1861-1941) who, at seventeen years-of-age, was sent to the London asylum. It became my obsession to locate Timothy Moynahan's  final resting place (which I did in 2017)
        • Cerebro-spinal meningitis did not kill Timothy in 1873 (as it did to his younger brother) and Timothy's poor father reluctantly committed Timothy in 1878 to an asylum.
        • Timothy spent his entire life in asylums (1878-1941) a total of 63 years. He died in the notorious Toronto asylum (known to locals as "999 Queen").
        • When Timothy Jr. was failing in his final years, the asylum attempted to locate his next-of-kin but all were dead except for one - Mrs. Margaret M. (Moynahan) Pheney.
        • After my great aunt Nellie Moynahan informed authorities of her whereabouts, the Toronto Asylum sent telegrams to Mrs. Sylvester Pheney in Detroit. 
        • Mrs. Sylvester Pheney was the daughter of Timothy's half-sister Mary (Moynahan) Moynahan who had lived in Corktown (and who died in Detroit, Michigan in 1905)  
        • There is no record of Mrs. Sylvester Pheney answering the telegrams in Timothy's file. This is explained by the fact that her husband Sylvester Pheney (1875-1940) (who was a well-known attorney) had JUST died in May 1940 after an extended illness (the telegrams from the Toronto Asylum were sent shortly after his death in October 1940).
        Much of the documentary evidence is sorely lacking, however, there is also a DNA match connecting my father to this Pheney family.

        The most delightful part of this story is that on September 12, 2018 my father contacted his DNA match and we have been sharing information about our shared family history ever since! Here are more links to this branch of the family tree:

        3.) Finding Jemima Gray Hind 
        and Connecting To 
        The British Home Child Community

        In October 2018, when I was commemorating my great-grandfather John Moreland (1882-1940), I was curious about why we NEVER knew anything about one of his sisters (Jemima), even though we knew a lot about his other two sisters (Mary and Catherine)? Their mother Agnes Bell Hind Moreland died on the 3rd of January 1888 at 36 years of age leaving behind four small children.
        1. 11-year-John and his sister 7-year-old Mary are found at the Smithston/Ravenscraig/Lochilhead workhouse for children .
        • John became a career soldier, fought in WWI, married his Dover, England bride and moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia. He died a Quarter Master Sergeant of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery in Kingston, Ontario.
        • Mary became an attendant at the Lochilhead Poorhouse/Asylum (and later a nurse) and she was married at Lochilhead in 1904 to Lochilhead Poorhouse/Asylum attendant William Stenhouse who was the son of a Police Contable. Mary remained in Scotland all her life.
      • 14-year-old Catherine is found in 1891 at 53 Drumfrochar Rd, in the town of Greenock, Scotland working as a domestic for the Smith family (Head of household Margaret Smith is noted as a "Mariner's wife" and the "mariner" is not listed on the census)
        • Catherine married Alexander Freeman (d. 1919) and they had a daughter Agnes. Catherine's second marriage was to widower John Gentles. Catherine remained in Scotland all her life.
      • 15-year-old Jemima is found in in 1891 living as a domestic for the Campbell family in Montreal Quebec.To my amazement, I discovered that she was a Quarrier Child!
        • I sent  £25  to the Quarriers Bridge of Weir Renfrewshire, for Jemima Hind's records and received her file in December 2018.

        The package that I received from the Quarriers in the UK concerning my 2nd great aunt Jemima Gray Hind (1876-?)
        What I did NOT find out that I had hoped for:
        • Some files of British Home Children contain their photos. Jemima's file did not have her photo
        • I hoped to find out where and when she died. The records that followed after Jemima left for Canada (30 May 1889) were called "Reports From Canada" (R 14/15; 36/51; 65/62; 24/71; 52/89 and 45/2) and they were all destroyed when the Canadian end of the organization closed down many years ago. This breaks my heart.
        What I DID learn:
        • There is a comprehensive "Narrative of Facts" that describes Jemima's trip to Canada (30 May 1889)
        • Jemima was admitted to care on 17th of  February 1888 at the City Orphan Home, James Morrison St., Glasgow
        • She was transferred to the Quarriers village on the 18th of  February, 1888 and allocated to Cottage 18.
        • Jemima's mother Agnes Bell Hind was a domestic servant when she died at 10 Downs St. Springburn of heart disease on January 3rd, 1888
        • Jemima's grand-aunt, Mrs Weir reportedly raised Jemima's mother but cannot keep her child. Mrs Weir who"seems a decent Christian woman is getting up in years and is anxious some permanent place be got for Jemima". Mrs Weir signed Jemima's papers at her house and was unable to deliver Jemima to the Quarriers personally so she sent Jemima with Alex Miller.
        • "Jemima promises to do well. She is on the 3rd Standard."
        • In 1897 - it is noted that Mrs Weir has died.
        • In Nov. 1914, the UK file says that "her (Jemima's) mother subsequently married a Moreland by whom she had three children. Mrs Miller, 42 Harcourt Avenue, Toronto, who is the daughter of Mrs Weir gave information concerning the Morelands...one of the Moreland children was a boy and is now said to be in Canada"
        I have NOT found Jemima Gray Hind in Canadian records after the 1901 census - Brockville, Ontario where she is living in the home of Alexander Burges (b 1852) and Ann M. Burgess (b 1845). (I learned that Alexander Burges was the Superintendant of the Quarrier receiving home in Brockville known as Fairknowe House )

        Jemima Gray Hind's story is far from complete. I won't rest until I find her final place of rest.

         It would be wonderful to learn that her half-brother (my great-grandfather) John Moreland or her cousin Mrs. Mary (Bain Weir) Miller (my 1c 4x) searched for her in Canada and found her. It would be a happy ending to a very sad story.

        On a more positive note, the British Home Children Advocacy & Research Association community is one of the most welcoming and helpful I have found. It is based in Barrie Ontario and their CEO: Ms. Lori Oschefski has assisted me personally in my searches and I am grateful for all that they do.


        4.) Learning That The  Ontario Land Records 
        Went Online 

        On December 18, 2017, the Ontario Land Registry built a web portal (https://www.onland.ca/ui/) to deliver key statutory services relating to land and property ownership in Ontario to land registry professionals and the public.

        This is a gold mine of information for genealogists with ancestors in Ontario. In January 2018, I created five blog posts on "How To Navigate" this online resource and it turned into my most visited blog posts of all time (thanks to Family Search; the Ontario Genealogical Society and many folks on social media who shared my work)

        For example, here is a walk-through demonstrating how I found the land records for my 4th great-grandfather Matthew Moynahan (1770-1860) who lived in Maidstone (known originally as Sandwich), Ontario. (Link here: https://moynahangenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/01/part-iv-onland-records-historical-books.html)

        Matthew Moynahan; 296 NTR, Sandwich, Ontario; Source: Archives of Ontario; Ontario Government Record: Map Crown Lands; Sandwich South Township; RG 1-100-0-0-2458

        My OnLand blog posts:

        5.) My Brother Calls To Say 
        "We're Going To Ireland!"


        On January 18, 2018, my brother "Paddy" (that's how my grandmother Rhea (Coughlin) Moynahan wrote his name) called his sisters to say "We're Going To Ireland!" and one year after the phone call, the tickets are booked and all of the details are being planned.


        Exploring our Roots in Ireland

        The counties of our ancestors above are known, but not the exact townlands. I have upgraded my ancestry membership to assist me in searching through the Irish records to locate the precise parishes/townlands but Irish records are incredibly challenging to locate and decipher.

        I am dedicating blog posts to each of the ancestors (noted above) starting with Finding Our Brennan Ancestors In Kerry, Ireland where I outline ALL of the known facts and clues from oral histories.

        I will be devoting all of my attention to this project for the next six months and I plan to blog about it for the cousins who follow this blog.

        Thank You "Paddy"

        So incredibly grateful  The sisters with brother "Paddy"


        My brother has made my lifelong dream come true with this incredible offer to visit Ireland in the footsteps of our ancestors. I am so incredibly grateful and I am looking forward to 2019.


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        Capt. James Minihan (1840-1899)

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        Capt. James Minihan as pictured in
        "A brief history of the Tenth Michigan Cavalry by Trowbridge, L. S., 1836-1912"
        I became curious about a Capt. James Minihan who I found while researching my Colorado cousins. James showed up in:

        With thanks to Diana Copsey of Denver, Colorado and the South Park National Heritage Area , I learned a great deal more about Capt. James Minihan and his family in Michigan and Colorado.

        Another "Michigan-Colorado Cousin" 

         The South Park National Heritage Area wrote,"The Moynahan family was so prominent in Park County as I'm sure you know. Also, I have obits on a Capt. James Minihan and his son Ralph. The Minihan obit says he was a cousin to James Moynahan (1842-1919) so I thought you might like to see them which I've attached. Photos of their headstones also attached. 


        Capt. Jas Minihan and son Ralph Minihan buried beside each another in Colorado
        (Source: South Park National Heritage Area)


        My "Michigan-Colorado cousin": Capt. Jas Minihan
        (Source: South Park National Heritage Area) See: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=121&GScid=57190&GRid=21574323&
        Another Colorado cousin: Ralph Mininhan South Park National Heritage Area

        I found the 1870 census and discovered more family members:
        1. Wife: Frances E. (Hiles) Minihan
        2. Son: Albert J Minihan (born: 8 Oct. 1868 Farmington, Oakland, Michigan; died 23 Jun. 1876; buried at Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, Plot D, 14)
        3. Son: James B Minihan (born: 22 Jan. 1869 Farmington, Oakland, Michigan; died 25 Mar. 1872; buried at Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, Plot D, 14)
        4. Daughter: Louise M. Minihan (born: about 1874, Michigan; found in directories at 104 Porter working as a stenographer 1891-1895)
        From the census below and from the birth record of Albert J.; father James Minihan was born in New York City.

        US Census; 1870; Michigan, Oakland, Farmington


        In 1889, James' son Ralph worked in Leadville, Colorado at the "Herald Democrat" as a printer. He was 18 years-old. Four years later he died after taking morphine. He is buried in the Buckskin cemetery ext to his father Captain James Minihan who died five years later.

        Ralph Minihan's sad obituary (from the Fairplay Flume Newspaper dated 1894 December 6, page 4
        ): http://coloradogravestones.org/view.php?id=21851
         
        (from the Fairplay Flume Newspaper dated 1894 December 6)


        Minihan, James; Capt. Jas. Minihan; CO. D.; 10 Mich. Cav.
        Notes:  Buried in fenced area with Ralph C. Minihan .

        Minihan, Ralph C.; Ralph C.; Son of James & F.E. Minihan, Died Nov. 
        30, 1894; Aged 23 Yrs, 27 Ds; Minihan
        Notes:  Enclosed in a fenced area with Capt. James Minihan; Son of 
        James and F.F. Minihan
        https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21574289

        Source:  
        Buckskin Cemetery, Alma, Park County, Colorado
        http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/park/cemeteries/buckskin.txt

        Some Park County, Colorado Links:
        Some Colorado Moynahan Links:


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          Finding Our Broderick Ancestors in Co. Clare, Ireland

          February 3, 2019, 12:07 pm
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          This blog post is the second of several that I hope will assist me in locating the townlands and parishes of my ancestors in Ireland. My brother, sister and I will be visiting Ireland and staying in Co. Clare in 2019.

          My 3rd great grandparents Michael and Margaret (McNally) Broderick emigrated from county Clare, Ireland in 1843 with my 2nd great grandfather Martin Broderick (born 1831).

          County Clare, Ireland 
          1831-1841

          In the year that our 2nd great grandfather Martin Broderick (1831) was born:
          "The newspapers of spring 1831 carried many reports chronicling the disturbed nature of Clare society. Destitution, want, distress, and misery were the lot of the landless peasants and starvation and lack of work or assistance prompted the widespread insurrection against local landholders and land agents." (Source: http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/history/distributed_clare1831.htm)

          The Illustrate London News 1849, Killard, County Clare


          The Families of County Clare, Ireland:
          Over One Thousand Entries from the ...
          By Michael C. O'Laughlin

          Between 1831 and 1841 the conditions worsened in County Clare. Let us begin in the beginning for our 2nd great-grandfather Martin Broderick.

          Martin Broderick: Born in County Clare, Ireland 1831
           
          A Crayon Portait of Martin Broderick (1831-1915)


          In 1831, Martin Broderick was born in Ireland. All of the Ontario censuses records (1851-1911) say that he was born in Ireland. None of the census records say that he was born in Clare, Ireland but his obituarydoes specify county Clare.

          Source: Detroit Free Press, Page 11
          Tuesday, October 11, 1915

          1843 Emigration

          We know that Martin emigrated from Ireland around 1843 as he was twelve years old at the time. He emigrated with his parents  according to his obituary below. I have not been successful finding any ships records yet.
          Source: Detroit Free Press, Page 11
          Tuesday, October 11, 1915

          1851 Census: Sandwich, Essex County, Canada West

          The family settled in Sandwich, Essex county, Ontario. On the census there are four Broderick's listed together:
          1. Father Michael (1801-1889); 
          2. Mother Margaret (McNally) Broderick (1798-1875) 
          3. Brother Patrick (1833-1860)
          4. Martin (1831-1915)
          Source: 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia; Year: 1851; Census Place: Sandwich, Essex County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11720; Page: 187; Line: 49
          The family is living on a farm of 100 acres at Concession 3, Lot 4 in Sandwich West. This property was divided and passed down to Martin's descendants (sons) through the 1900s.

          Screenshot: Source: Ontario Historical County Maps Project; Essex County Map (1877)
          http://maps.library.utoronto.ca/hgis/countymaps/essex/index.html

          Source: OnLand Historical Books: Essex County

           
          1860 Martin's Brother Patrick Dies At 25 Years

          I was not able to locate a death certificate, obituary or headstone for young Patrick Broderick (1835-1860). He died quite young at twenty-five years of age and the family must have been devastated.

          Source: Diocese of London (Ontario); London, Ontario Source Information Title: Ontario, Canada, Roman Catholic Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1760-1923


          1861 Census

          The Broderick family (on the 1861 census) has an interesting addition of an unfamiliar family member: Marcus Broderick born in 1839 (Ireland).
          • Michael Broderick (b 1806 Ireland)
          • Margaret Broderick (b 1806 Ireland)
          • Martin Broderick (b 1835 Ireland)
          • Marcus Broderick (b 1839 Ireland)

          Source: Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1021
           Marcus Broderick - A DNA Match!

          The photo below was sent to me in 2010 by a fellow Broderick Researcher T.S. (name withheld for privacy reasons) who said that his great grandfather Marcus was related to our 2nd great grandfather Martin. The paper trail that I had at the time failed to provide sufficient evidence that would connect the two Broderick branches however the relationship was confirmed recently through DNA.

          T.S. wrote that

          "This would make my Marcus the 1st cousin of Martin (married to Mary Hussey)."

          I wonder if  Marcus was sent to help on the Broderick farm in 1861 because of the sudden death of Patrick in 1860?
          Photo source: American cousin T.S.: Broderick Father and Son: Marcus Sr. and Marcus Jr
          Marcus Broderick's 1867 Michigan marriage record to Aurelia Armitage confirms County Clare as the birthplace and the godparents ("parrain") in the1869  baptismal certificate (below) of first-born Marcus Jr are Michael Broderick and Margaret (McNally) Broderick my 3rd great-grandparents!

          Source: Diocese of London (Ontario); London, Ontario Source Information  Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada, Roman Catholic Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1760-1923 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.

          The fact that Marcus is Martin's first cousin means that they share grandparents! This was a helpful clue in working my way back to a specific town in Co. Clare. 

          In 2010, when I first corresponded with T.S., he wrote:
          "My great grandfather was Marcus Broderick, born October 1838, County Clare.  I believe he came to the U.S. just after the Civil War, settling in Michigan.  He married Aurelia Armitage in 1867.  Their marriage license has Marcus born in County Clare. They had 11 children.  My grandfather, Richard, was the youngest, born 1891. Do you have Patrick Broderick (1805-1847) and Margaret O'Laughlin (1803-1893) as the parents of Martin?" 
          It seemed possible that T.S.'s Patrick Broderick (1805-1847) and Margaret O'Laughlin (1803-1893) might be Martin's aunt and uncle. The paper trail had not yet confirmed this.


          1862: Sailing and the Military

          In the years before Martin married, it was written that he did not fancy farming and that he sailed the great lakes instead. Martin joined the Voluntary Independent Infantry Co. No. 2 in 1862

          Source: Martin Broderick Obituary: Essex Free Press; Oct 15, 1915 P.1/10


          1865 Martin Marries Mary Hussey

          The marriage certificate for Martin and Mary Hussey has not been found despite many efforts to locate it. I have even scrolled page by page through the church records. It is likely, given the story of their relationship, that they were not married in Windsor, Ontario or Detroit, Michigan.

          Source: Martin Broderick Obituary: Essex Free Press; Oct 15, 1915 P.1/10

          1866 Martin and Mary Broderick's Family 

          Their first child Margaret Ellen (Broderick) Dufour who was born September 14, 1866 making their probable marriage date in 1865 (record not found). In total, Mary and Martin had nine children one of whom was our great grandmother Mary Anne Elizabeth (Broderick) Moynahan (1869-1960)


          Oral History: Information from Bernard Broderick 

          I had the opportunity to record a family history oral interview with my 1st cousin (twice removed) Bernard Broderick (1916-1992) in November 1987. He was the son of Patrick Francis Broderick (1871-1943) and grandson of Martin and Mary Broderick.

          Bernard had made several trips to Ireland in search of  his Irish Roots and he offered some clues.

          Bernard Broderick (1916-1992) in 1989 at his parents new headstone
          St Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Maidstone, Essex County, Ontario, Canada
          Bernard never met his grandfather (he was born in 1916 and his grandfather died in 1915) and he was very interested in the Moynahan - Broderick family tree. We are double cousins, his mother Clara being a Moynahan (sister to my great grandfather) and his father Patrick was a Broderick (brother to my great grandmother)

          The note below (redacted to omit private information) as prepared by Bernard on letterhead from when he worked at St. John's School in Uxbridge, Ontario in 1990. This document points to Kilkeedy Co. Clare as being the birthplace of Martin!

          The genealogy notes of Bernard Broderick (1916-1992) (redacted)
          Decades ago, Bernard Broderick had specified Kilkeedy, Clare for reasons never explained to me.

          Our American cousin T.S., had seen Kilkeedy (or Kilkeady), Co. Clare in his research as well. I decided to scroll through some Catholic Parish records for Killkeady Parish in the diocese of Killaloe, County Clare (online records begin in 1833) and I found a number of Brodericks including some of the Brodericks in T.S.'s family tree. I found:
          • 1833 Mary Ann: d/o Michael Broderick and Mary Ann Harrigan
          • 1833 Timothy: s/o Timothy O'Kelly and Bridget Broderick
          • 1834 Michael: s/o Andrew Broderick and Honora Egan
          • 1834 Mary: d/o Michael Broderick and Margaret Hinnelly
          • 1835 Mary: d/o Timothy O'Kelly and Bridget Broderick
          • 1838 Michael: s/o Patrick Broderick and Margaret O'Loughlin
          • 1838 Bridget: d/o Timothy O'Kelly and Bridget Broderick
          • 1840 Norry: d/o Andrew Broderick and Nory Egan
          Source"NLI: 1838 Michael: s/o Patrick Broderick and Margaret O'Loughlin
          It does seem to me that Kilkeady should be the primary focus for research and I will update this blog page whenever new information is located.

          The list of outstanding records needed and actions to be taken:

          • Populate my Ancestry tree with information provided by American cousin T.S.
          • Clare, Ireland: birth record for Michael Broderick (1801-1889)
          • Clare, Ireland: birth record for Margaret (McNally) Broderick (1798-1875)
          • Clare, Ireland: birth record for Martin Broderick  (1831) and/or his brother Patrick (1833)
          • Clare, Ireland: marriage record for Michael Broderick and Margaret McNally
          • 1843 Emigration Record for family Michael, Margaret, Martin and Patrick Broderick
          • Connect to Co. Clare genealogical societies, libraries etc and share this page in the hope of finding new clues.
          Some Clare, Ireland Research Links

          Searchable Databases
          Browse-able Databases
          Geography Links
          Clare History Links
          Kilkeedy History Links
          Irish Famine & Emigration Links
          Miscellaneous Links

          My Previous Blog Posts About Martin Broderick

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          Nellie Moynahan & Niece Mary Broderick

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          I was delighted to come across this 1939 news clipping recently from the Windsor Star. 
          It made me think about the life of my great-aunt Nellie Moynahan (1865-1940) and her niece Mary whom she raised.

          Source: Clipped from The Windsor Star, 11 Apr 1939, Tue, Page 16
          When Nellie's sister Clara (Moynahan) Broderick died in 1919 at the young age of 37 years (after a lingering illness), her five children (aged 18 months to 15 years) were sent to live with relatives. As the story goes, my great aunt Nellie Moynahan took two-year-old Mary Aileen Broderick (above) to live with her.

          Bernard Broderick pictured with his mother Clara (Moynahan) Broderick in 1918
          Picture taken at John Moynahan's Parent Ave. home when Clara was visiting with her brother.
          (Clara died December 1919)
          From an oral history interview that I recorded in 1987, Bernard Broderick (son of Clara) recalled:

          About Bernard Broderick's mother Clara (Moynahan) Broderick (1882-1919):
          "although my mother was a Moynahan - I never knew her - she died too young, um, although I do remember incidents that happened......."...."She was - what do you call? - a seamstress making hats and dresses..."

          "She (Clara) had eight children, but in those days, there was not the medical facilities they have today. If you had ten children you were lucky if you had five that continued you know. So I think that they had five that lived. A number of them died, and it was an interesting thing - there was the oldest of the Moynahan girls (your grandfather was the second oldest) but the oldest was Nellie, her name was Ellen but they called her Nellie. She was like the godfather...she acted as midwife, and she took over. She was....domineering..""

          About Bernard Broderick's sister Mary Aileen Broderick (1917-1990):


          Mary: "then my baby sister, she must have been only five, old Aunt Nellie took her in and kept her from the time she was five until she was about twenty...."......" Mary was a clever girl - she had finished high school and she had started nursing and so forth and she just loved this guy and he is a wonderful man." ........"That has been a wonderful marriage"


          Nellie Moynahan (1865-1940)

          Nellie Moynahan raised her niece Mary Aileen Broderick (1917-1990) for twenty years (from 1919 to 1939)

          Nellie Moynahan (1865-1940)
          Some facts about Nellie:
          • Nellie decided to never marry (women teachers were not allowed to be married).
          • Nellie chose to live with her parents Jeremiah and Mary (Brennan) Moynahan and care for them her whole life
          • Nellie and/or her brother John Moynahan taught their mother Mary (Brennan) to read (See my post "Revisiting the Censuses")
          • 1887-1932, Nellie taught school in Essex county for forty-five years (teaching the longest according to Thomas McCloskey, of all the Essex county teachers in the late 1880s).
          • She was remembered as a strict disciplinarian by students.
          • In 1892, while on her way to teach at S.S. No. 8, Nellie's "horse became frightened at the cars, and she was thrown out of the buggy and sustained painful injuries.: (Source: The Amherstburg Echo: 30 December, 1892)
          • In, 1904, Nellie is riding a bicycle and sprained her knee in a fall ( The Windsor Star (Windsor, Ontario, Canada) 27 May 1904, Fri  • Page 7 )
          • In 1908, Nellie resigned as teacher of R.C.S.S. No.7, Maidstone and left on a trip to England, Ireland and Italy
          • In 1912, Nellie traveled to Ireland and Scotland and spoke to the Oldcastle Women's Institute about it (Source: The Windsor Star (Windsor, Ontario, Canada) · 22 Jul 1912, Mon · Page 3)
          • In 1913, when her parents, Jeremiah and Mary, celebrated their golden anniversary, Nellie was living with them at the Maidstone Moynahan farm ("Talbot St. a mile west of the Cross") 
          • In 1916, the Maidstone Dramatic club presented "The Shannon Boys" with a cast of 30 people. "The success of the drama was largely due to the untiring efforts and able management of Miss Nellie Moynahan under whose supervision the play was presented." (Source: The Windsor Star, 20 Mar 1916, Mon  • Page 5 )
          • In 1920, following the death of her sister Clara (Dec 1919), Nellie decided to raisee 3 year-old Mary Broderick (1917-1990)
          • In 1921, Nellie moved to 432 Hall Avenue, Windsor with her parents( Jeremiah and Mary and her niece Mary Broderick after the Moynahan Maidstone farm (298 South Talbot Rd) was sold.
          • In 1922, Nellie's father Jeremiah died and in 1926, Nellie's mother Mary died
          • In 1939, Nellie announces the engagement of her niece, who she has raised since two years-of-age to Edward Francis Lyons (1914-1991)
          • According to Bernard Broderick, my grandfather Ernie Moynahan (1900-) would stop at Nellie's house on Hall Ave. on his way to work at Fords to take care of her furnace (Source: Oral History) and my grandmother Rhea would sew her curtains for the house (Source: Handwritten thank you from Nellie Moynahan to Rhea (Coughlin) Moynahan)

          Nellie Moynahan's Class of 1911

          Raising Mary 1919-1939
           
          Source: Photo archive of Michael Lyons


          Mary Aileen Broderick was born November 5, 1917 the youngest child of Patrick Francis and Clara (Moynahan) Broderick.


          Mary lived with Nellie Moynahan at the Maidstone Moynahan farm and later on Hall Avenue in Windsor, Ontario.

          Mary Aileen Broderick (Source: Lyons Family archives)
          Mary met and fell in love with Edward Francis Lyons (1914-1991) and in 1939, their engagement is announced.

          My grandparents, Ernest and Rhea (Coughlin) Moynahan, hosted their wedding shower at the Moynahan home on Marentette Ave.


          (Windsor Star, 11 Apr 1939, Tue, Page 16)
          The wedding took place at the Immaculate Conception Church in Windsor


          Mary Aileen (Broderick) Lyons (1917-1990) (Source: Lyons family photo archives)


          Mary Aileen (Broderick) Lyons (1917-1990) (Source: Lyons family photo archives)
          Mary Aileen (Broderick) Lyons (1917-1990) (Source: Lyons family photo archives)


          The Windsor Star (Windsor, Ontario, Canada) · 24 Apr 1939, Mon · Page 13
          Previous Blog Posts 
          About Mary's Brothers and Sisters:
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          Margaret Minahan with the "Gold Tooth"

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          When I came across this 1912 entry for Margaret Minihan of Tilbury, what captured my imagination was "Distinguishing marks: gold tooth right side upper" and "Griswold House". It made me curious about Margaret Minihan of Tilbury, Ontario.


          The National Archives at Washington, D.C; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Card Manifests (Alphabetical) of Individuals Entering through the Port of Detroit, Michigan, 1906-1954; NAI: 4527226; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004
          The Griswold Hotel where Margaret worked as a waitress from 1903 to 1905 and 1909 to 1911 was one of  Detroit’s storied old hotels and the birthplace of two longtime institutions. It was torn down in early 1961 and replaced with Stolorow’s parking garage, which still stands on the site today.


          Picture taken in 1957; Source: The Detroit Free Press

          Griswold Hotel, Detroit, Mich. (Circa 1900) Source: Wikimedia Commons

          The Tilbury "Minihans"

          I learned that Margaret was the youngest daughter of
          Matthew and Catherine (Carr) Moynahan of Tilbury, Ontario making Margaret Minihan 
          my first cousin three times removed.



          I found huge gaps in my research when it came to ocating records about Margaret Minahan of Tilbury Ontario, but here is what I could find:

          1912 Wedding

          Margaret married William Barnes on the 14th of October 1912. William Barnes was born in Pennsylvania and was a salesman at the time of their wedding. I could not find any census records (so far) for the married couple in 1920 or 1930.

          1940 Census

          In the 1940 census, Margaret (Minihan) Barnes is a widow, working as a waitress and living with the Yenaisin family (2152 Military Ave., Detroit) next door to the Foley family (mentioned in her obituary below)

          1940 United States Federal Census; Year: 1940; Census Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01867; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 84-910- Ancestry.com


          1956 Obituary

          Thanks to the Elgin County Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society, I used their "Ancestor Index" to locate Margaret's obituary in the St Thomas Times Journal ( Page 10 C 2 Died Mrs Mgt. Barnes, 73 years, Nov. 21, sister of John Minahan found at: https://sites.google.com/site/elginbranchogs/Home/elgin-newspaper-indexes/sttj-1950-1959/sttj-1956-nov-dec)
          Source: St Thomas Times Journal; 26 Nov 1956
          Despite all the gaps in what is known about Margaret (Minihan) Barnes, I loved reading that she was "well known in St. Thomas where she was a frequent visitor at the home of her late brother John Minahan".

          I blogged about her brother John Minahan at "The Moynahan/Minahan Family of St. Thomas, Ontario."and its wonderful to know that the last of  Matthew and Catherine (Carr) Moynahan's children stayed close until their final days.
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          Finding Our Hussey Ancestors in Co. Galway, Ireland

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          This blog post is the third of several that I hope will assist me in locating the townlands and parishes of my ancestors in Ireland. My brother, sister and I will be visiting Ireland and staying in Co. Clare in 2019.

            

          Co. Galway, Ireland: 1840-1860

          "Like most towns in Ireland, Galway was used to food shortages; they had occurred here in 1816, 1817, 1822, 1831, and in 1842 there were food riots in the city. Nobody, however, was prepared for what happened in 1845 when the potato crop failed. As winter approached, the situation did not seem any worse than usual, though people were concerned about food being exported from the docks while there was a shortage locally."
          Potato riots : Panic as starving people attack and steal potatos
          from a shop in Galway
          (London Illustrated News 1847).
          The winter of 1846/47 was the most severe in living memory, and the number of deaths from hunger in the city averaged between 25 and 30 a week. Auxiliary workhouses opened in Newtownsmyth, Merchants Road, Barna, and Dangan. Epidemics of cholera, typhoid fever, and dysentery broke out, and by May 1847, these fevers were accounting for 100 deaths a week. During 1847 and 1848, 11,000 inmates died in Galway workhouse. On the bitterly cold morning of January 26, 1848, two children were found naked and dead on High Street, and another on an adjoining street."    (Source: The Advertiser)


          Mary Hussey (1842-1913)

          So little is known for certain about my 2nd great-grandmother Mary (Hussey) Broderick. We do know that:
          • Mary was born in Ireland circa 1842 (the exact year/date is unknown)
          • Mary's parents are Robert Hussey and Mary Keveney
          • She may have emigrated first to Boston with three sisters
          • Mary"crossed the Atlantic from Galway, Ireland"
          • Mary crossed the Atlantic to "fulfill a vow made several years after young (Martin) Broderick left the Emerald Isle"(Martin left around 1844)
          • Mary has two emigration stories: one in print and one that has been passed down orally through her grandchildren
          A Crayon Portrait done of Mary Hussey from the private photo collection of Bernard Broderick

          Mary Was Born in Ireland
          Between 1842 and 1848

          We know that Mary is thedaughter of Robert Hussey and Mary Keveney. This is the information on Mary's 1913 death certificate provided by her son Detective Leo William Broderick (1879-1920).


          Source: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1934. MS 935, 496 reels. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Ontario O; Roll: MS935_185.
          According to the details on this death certificate, Mary was born in 1842, (her headstone at Assumption Cemetery in Windsor says 1841) and based on census data 1871-1911, Mary's recorded age fluctuated as follows:
          • 1871 Census: Age 29 - therefore born in 1842
          • 1881 Census: Age 35 - therefore born in 1846
          • 1891 Census: Age 47 - therefore born in 1844
          • 1901 Census: Age 56 - therefore born in 1848
          • 1911 Census: Age 66 - therefore born in 1845 
          For genealogists, seeing such a wide variation in potential birth years is challenging when searching records. For basic searches, I have been using 1842 (+/- 3 years) for Mary's birth date.

          Mary's Emigration Story

          There are several versions of Mary's emigration story:
          1. From the oral history of Mary's grandsonBernard Broderick (1916-1992)  (see below) Bernard's record indicate that Mary "came to USA with three sisters - worked around Boston - I heard that she ended up as a barmaid in Detroit - exchange of a locket of hair before leaving Ireland - married Martin"
          2. From Martin Broderick's 1915 obituary, it indicates that Mary "crossed the Atlantic from Galway county, Ireland to fulfill a vow made several years after young (Martin) Broderick left the Emerald Isle"

          Mary's Marriage Between 1863 and 1865

          The marriage records for Mary and Martin have not been located. The following factors taken into consideration:
          • Marriage after 1861: Martin Broderick was single on the 1861 census. 
          • Marriage before 1865: Mary and Martin's first child Margaret Ellen (Broderick) Dufour was born September 1866 
          • Marriage 1865: In the 1915 obituary for Martin Broderick in the Detroit Free Press, it read, "Fifty years ago he was married to Miss Mary Hussey who crossed the Atlantic from Galway county, Ireland to fulfill a vow made several years after young Broderick left the Emerald Isle".
          • Marriage 1863: In the 1915 obituary for Martin Broderick in the Detroit Free Press,"Mrs Broderick died two years ago, This bereavement caused the husband much sorrow, as he expected soon to celebrate their golden wedding."

          1866 Martin and Mary (Hussey) Broderick's Family 

          Their first child Margaret Ellen (Broderick) Dufour who was born September 14, 1866 making their probable marriage date in 1865 (record not found). In total, Mary and Martin had nine children one of whom was our great grandmother Mary Anne Elizabeth (Broderick) Moynahan (1869-1960)



          Oral History: Information from Bernard Broderick 

          Bernard Broderick (1916-1992) in 1989 at his parents new headstone
          St Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Maidstone, Essex County, Ontario, Canada

          I had the opportunity to record a family history oral interview with my 1st cousin (twice removed) Bernard Broderick (1916-1992) in November 1987. He was the son of Patrick Francis Broderick (1871-1943) and grandson of Martin and Mary Broderick. Bernard had made several trips to Ireland in search of his Irish Roots and he offered some clues. After doing a review of Mary Hussey's records

          Source: Photo archive of Bernard Broderick (1916-1992)

          Mary (Hussey) Broderick's Death 1913


          Source: Photo archive of Bernard Broderick (1916-1992)
          Source: The Evening Record; 3 July, 1913.
          Source: Essex Free Press; 11 July 1913

          Source: CanGenWeb: Photo by Douglas Gammon [2011],
          ( Bob Garant, Denis Dupuis, Gilles Caron)
          Indexed by Alison Mitchell-Reid
          The Love Story 
          Mystery
           
          Martin (born in County Clare) left Ireland in 1843 when he was only  twelve years old. 

          Mary left "several years after him"crossing the Atlantic " from Galway ... to fulfill a vow"

          And what of the "exchange of a locket of hair before leaving Ireland " that their grandchildren, (like Bernard Broderick) recall hearing about? These and many more mysteries have yet to be solved.

          Some Galway, Ireland Links
          "Galway is one of the five counties in the province of Connacht and is situated on the western seaboard of Ireland. County Galway became an official entity around 1569 AD. In modern times, a number of inhabited islands are also administered by the county; these include the Aran Islands and Inishbofin. County Galway is home to the largest Irish-speaking region in Ireland." (Source: County Galway, Ireland Genealogy)

          Galway History Links
          Irish Famine & Emigration Links

          Miscellaneous Links
          The large number of fatalities aboard overcrowded vessels carrying immigrants away from famine-devastated Ireland led them to be labeled "coffin ships." This political cartoon from Harper's Weekly, by W. A. Rogers, ran with the caption, "The balance of trade with Great Britain seems to be still against us. 630 paupers arrived at Boston in the steamship Nestoria, April 15th, from Galway, Ireland shipped by the British Government." The Irish vessel is labeled "Poor House from Galway." The smaller vessel to the left is marked with the words, "From New York. The Dynamite." The small box on which the man in the plaid coat is seated also contains the words "the dynamite."
          Harper's Weekly.

          My Previous Blog Posts 
          About Mary Hussey Broderick
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          Immigrants Before 1865: Department of Finance - Emigration Service Fund

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          While searching the Library and Archives Canada collection of  Immigrants Before 1865, I came across an entry for Catherine Brennan on the "30th of September 1844; From Toronto to Sandwich"so I requested to see the document.

          I later learned the good news that the LAC had digitized the records Department of Finance, Emigration service Fund (RG 19, volume 2532) and the digitized links had not yet been added to the LAC website.

          The Department of Finance, RG 19 records involve the accounts for payment to teamsters and boat captains for transporting indigent immigrants to inland destinations by wagon or boat. It also includes receipts for making coffins. (Search this database here: http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/immigrants-before-1865/Pages/search.aspx)

          Record item 740 for Catherine Brennan in 1844 

          Source: Department of Finance, Emigration service Fund (RG 19, volume 2532)
          This one small piece of paper contains a wealth of information: Edward McElderry (the Emigrant agent in Toronto) paid to send 11 "indigent" Irish emigrants (including Catherine Brennan, the Collins and McNally families ) from Toronto to Sandwich on the 30th Sep 1844 by way of stagecoach driven by Nelson Frink ....

          "Indigent Emigrants"

          An indigent person is extremely poor, lacking the basic resources of a normal life. Often the indigent lack not only money but homes.
          Indigent comes from a Latin word meaning wanting, which we used to use to mean “lacking” and not just to describe desires. Homeless shelters, soup kitchens, free medical clinics and court-appointed lawyers are all institutions that our society has developed to help indigent people. (Source: Vocabulary.com)

          Edward McElderry - Emigrant Agent Toronto
            
          This incredible man, Edwards McElderry, is one of Toronto's best kept secrets. In fact, the monument to honour him is far away from Toronto in Guelph, Ontario.
          Edward McElderry "was active in the civil service in Toronto, and was one of the few Roman Catholics to be so. He would have been a member of Bishop Michael Power’s congregation. Power would have known him. Bishop Power trusted him, and Power recommended him for the top job of being the Emigration Agent in Toronto.

          McElderry’s role is extremely important. He’s the one who has to triage migrants as they arrive at the docks in Toronto, specifically Reeses’s Wharf. " (Source: Virtual Museum)
          "The vast majority of emigrants received by McElderry had already passed through Grosse Ile, had taken sailing craft steamers from the Upper St. Lawrence, and then had departed Montreal with the intent to survey settlement possibilities at Kingston, where many elected to board new vessels in order to investigate other Lake Ontario ports. 

          There they would be processed at a make shift shed by Edward McElderry, the local Emigration Agent and representative of the Government of the Province of Canada (the union of what is now Quebec and Ontario) and Constable John B Townsend, who was the Clerk of the Toronto Board of Health." 

          Source: Toronto: Reese's Pier

          Teamster Nelson Frink

          Five pounds ten shillings was paid to Nelson Frink to carry the eleven emigrants from Toronto to Sandwich. It is written:

          "Eight Full Passages ... 11 in all"
          • Catherine Brennan 
          • Mary Collins and family
          • John McNally and family
          • Thomas Collins and family

          Source: Stagecoach Days Blog

          Is This My 3rd Great Grandmother Catherine Brennan?

          This piece of paper is significant because it is sending a group of indigent emigrants from Toronto to Sandwich where my Brennan ancestors settled in the mid-1800s. Looking through all of the records in this series, most emigrants triaged in Toronto were sent to nearby townships that were shorter distances away and NOT to Sandwich, Ontario (368 km away!)

          All of the evidence that I have collected on my Brennan and Bowler ancestors' emigration from county Kerry Ireland suggest a date of arrival around 1853 when my 2nd great grandmother Mary Brennan (daughter of Catherine Brennan) was twelve years old.

          A new search of the Sandwich census records also failed to locate a "Catherine Brennan" or any Brennans at all in 1851. 

          I must conclude that this likely has no connection to "my Brennans" directly. But given the facts that emigrants came to Canada through a process known as "chain migration" and given the geographic connection to Sandwich, this record is an important one not to be dismissed or overlooked.

           Immigrants Before 1865 Links

          Here is a list of the "Emigration Service Fund" pdf documents on the LAC website that are NOT yet linked to their online database.
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          William Foreman (1820-1900)

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          My husband's 3rd great-grandfather William Foreman (1820-1900) was born in England in 1820 
          and emigrated to Ontario where he acquired 100 acres of land in Wellington County 
          and lived as a farmer until the day he died.  



          William Foreman married Mary McCauley on Christmas Eve of 1845. In 1854 William Foreman was given the Crown Patent for Lot 11, Concession 6 in Wellington county.

          Source: OnLand Records; Historical Books; Wellington; Peel

          Source: Fisher and Taylor's Wellington County Directory and Gazetteer, 1875-1876

          Source: Canadian County Atlas Digital Project; McGill University

          William and Mary's Six Children 


          William and Mary (McCauley) Foreman had six children on their farm in Wellington county. Only the youngest son Daniel (1862-1938) remained in the area and is buried in the Drayton Cemetery with his father. The other children moved to the Bruce, Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario and Red Deer Alberta.
          1. John Foreman married Sarah Speirs (17 Dec 1874, Peel, Ontario) and they remained on the Wellington farm until his father William Foreman passed away in 1900. John moved to the Bruce peninsula where he died in 1925. At the Bruce County Museum there is a 28 page booklet on the descendants of John and Sarah (Speirs) Foreman. Their children:
          • John Harold Foreman married Hannah Matilda Burt in 1903 (Bruce, Ontario)
          • Adam Speirs Foreman (see photo below) married Lily Pearl Garland in 1909 (Bruce, Ontario)
          • Neil Foreman died at 26 years of age from tuberculosis
          • William Foreman died at 18 months of age.
          • Nancy Susan Foreman
        • Mary Jane Foreman died at 23 years of age in 1873. The informant on her death certificate was her uncle William Dixon (Lot 5 Con 3, Chingacousy, Peel)
        • Emily Foreman married George Frederick Hind in 1873 in Arthur, Ontario and she died in Toronto in 1939. Their children:
          • Sarah Hind married Hiram Jarvis in 1896 (Drayton, Ontario) and their five children were born in Brantford and Hamilton Ontario and Los Angeles. Hiram Jarvis was a Real Estate agent, house carpenter and he died in Los Angeles in 1949.
          • George Hind married Mary Ann Adams in 1904 in York, Ontario
          • Fred Hind married Lillian Pearl Smith in 1910 in York, Ontario and they had two children
        • William H. Foreman married Martha Ann Moore. William died in Alberta, Canada. I have written previously in detail about the family of William and Martha (Moore) Foreman at this link https://moynahangenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/12/william-and-martha-foremans-family_14.html
        • Susan Foreman married Thomas Clemence (aproximately 1880 Drayton, Ontario) and Susan died in Hamilton in 1936. Even though the death certificate did not stipulate that the heat wave of July 1936 caused her death, Susan's name appeared in the The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, Canada) 13 Jul 1936 newspaper including her the death toll of 175. They had three children:
          • John D. Clemence painted a portrait at 15 years of age that is held at the Wellington Archives and Museum.He lived with his parents in Drayton (1881) and Ottawa (1901),
            before marrying Elizabeth Taylor in Halton County in 1905. By that time
            he was living in Hamilton. In 1926, while living in Burlington, he
            applied for American and Canadian patents for a stapling device that
            he'd invented, designed for fastening containers such as fruit baskets
            (U.S. patent received 1927; patent drawings signed by J.D. Clemence).
            He's alternately described on government records over the years as a
            barber, woodworker, and machinist.
          • Thomas H. Clemence married Margaret Elliott in Sault Ste. Marie Michigan
          • Emma M. Clemence married William Sheriday Semple in 1907 (Hamilton)
        • Daniel Foreman married Mary Marilla Bowman and died in Wellington in 1938 being the only other Foreman of William's six children buried in the Drayton Cemetery in Mapleton. https://billiongraves.com/grave/Daniel-Foreman/2543440 They had five children:
          • Oscar Arlee
          • Mary Pearl
          • Justin Cecil
          • Orval Earl
          • Daniel
          William Foreman's Second Marriage

          After William Foreman's first wife Margaret McCauley died in 1878, he remarried in 1886 to Jane Blake. On the marriage record, William is recorded as 60 years old and Jane was recorded as 39. 

          Their daughter Priscilla was born in 1889. Priscilla married Alonzo Lewis in 1908 (Wellington, Ontario). They had three children: Norman, Hazel and Florence.

          Photograph of Alonzo and Priscilla Lewis with children Norman, Evelyn, Florence and Hazel, ca. 1920. https://wcma.pastperfectonline.com/archive/A95F4FAF-A268-44C9-A765-450738279560

          Photograph of Alonzo and Priscilla Lewis with children Norman, Evelyn, Florence and Hazel, ca. 1920. The Lewis family lived in Maryborough Township.   https://wcma.pastperfectonline.com/archive/4E68C2A1-B3A5-4552-80E6-442210512912

          Source: https://billiongraves.com/grave/William-Foreman/2563759

          Williams Eldest Son John Foreman (1848-1925)

          John Foreman married Sarah Spiers moved to the Bruce following William Sr.'s death in 1900.
          This is a picture of them on their 49th anniversary.

          Source: Bruce County Museum http://www.brucemuseum.ca/
          Bruce County Museum http://www.brucemuseum.ca/


          With thanks for the online archive of the following two county Museums
          1. Wellington County Museum https://www.wellington.ca/en/museum-and-archives.aspx
          2. Bruce County Museum http://www.brucemuseum.ca/
          3. Bruce County Historical Society http://www.brucecountyhistory.on.ca/

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          Finding Our Moynahan Ancestors In County Kerry, Ireland

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          This blog post is one of several that I hope will assist me in locating the townlands and parishes of my ancestors in Ireland. My brother, sister and I will be visiting Ireland and staying in Kerry in 2019.

          Kerryman Matthew Moynahan

          My 4th great grandfather Matthew Moynahan (1770-1860) emigrated from county Kerry in the 1820s with my 4th great grandmother Honora (O'Leary) Moynahan  (b. 1774) and Matthew died in Maidstone, Ontario in 1860. Matthew and Honora had six sons and three daughters in Ireland.

          Burial record: 5 Feb 1860 (Maidstone, Ontario)
          Source: Catholic Church Records, Drouin Collection (1747-1967)
          Matthew Moynahan's 1856 memorial registration at the Archives of Ontario (GS 987 Sandwich Township, Essex County, Deed, Vol. D, 1857-1860, #581-993)

          Kerryman Dennis Moynahan

          My 3rd great grandfather Denis Moynahan (1787-1885) emigrated from county Kerry the same time (1820s) and married Catherine Roach at Ste. Anne's Roman Catholic church in Detroit Michigan in 1833 om the 29th of April.


          Kerryman Timothy Moynahan

          My 4th great-uncle Timothy Moynahan (1813-1902) tells the story of his emigration from County Kerry as follows
          Detroit Free PressNovember 25, 1900
          "To begin at the beginning, I was born in Count Kerry eighty seven years ago and came over when I was nine years of age, my folks settling in Pennsylvania where we lived three years before coming to Windsor.  
          The Thomas of Cork, Captain Bamfield , master, was the ship upon which we sailed. She was an old war remnant, as slow as molasses in January and the trip occupied six weeks and three days.

          A lonely voyage it would have been too if it had not been for the fact that there were sixty-two women, a flute player and a piper aboard. The women were wives of soldiers that were serving the crown in this country, and they were coming over to join their husbands.

          Between the women and the musicians, the time passed pleasantly. The piper was an untiring Highlander, and he succeeded in driving all the rats from the old schooner. The music of the Scotch bagpipes will do that same you know."
          Moynahans in County Kerry Ireland 1688

          I have struggled researching Irish records and have been unsuccessful locating any that directly connect to my ancestors.

          For example, there is a reference to "Teague Moynahan in the "The Forfeitures of 1688" (found in Selections From Old Kerry Records: Historical And Genealogical; by Hickson, Mary Agnes) has intrigued me because I do NOT understand what is actually going on in this list where "Teague Moynahan" appears as No. 2220.
          Selections From Selections From Old Kerry Records: Historical And Genealogical; by Hickson, Mary Agnes
          This is the enlarged view of the section that I wish to understand starting at "No. 2220"

          Selections From Old Kerry Records: Historical And Genealogical; by Hickson, Mary Agnes

            County Kerry 1700s-1820s


            Draconian anti-Catholic legislation (called the Penal Laws) was imposed from 1703 limiting the right of Catholics to own property above a certain value;  to hold public positions; and to receive education.

            According to"Families of Co Kerry" by O'Laughlin referrencing the 1901 census work by J. King:
            The name Moynihan, Monighan was one of the more numerous family names in Co. Kerry, 183 families are given there. In 1776 lived Arthur of Stagmount, Malaky of Knockaliffan, Thady of Rhabeg, Darby of Carrum, Thady of Newbridgt. Humphrey Moynihan of Rathbeg, m. Catherine O'Connell, sister of the Liberator.. Spellings of the name are numerous with Moynihan, Monighan, Monaghan and Monahan. given."

            Between 1703 and 1820 there was a lot of upheaval in County Kerry:
            • 1780-  Rural Rioting throughout the decade
            • 1793-  The Dingle Massacre"In Dingle there was a British army post. In the year 1793 there was a major agitation against excessive rent by tennats of the Mullins estate. At a big demonstration in Dingle in June, 1793, the soldiers, on Mullins orders, opened fire, killing fourteen and wounding many others."  (Source: Discovering Kerry by T. J. Barrington page 234)
            • 1821-  Rural Rioting, Tithe Wars, Martial law declared
            • 1820's-  Daniel O'Connell of Kerry Catholic Emancipation Movement


            The Moynahans in Ontario
            1820s to 1920s

            Because we have not located the emigration records or any records of the three years our MOynahan ancestors may have stayed in Pennsylvania, all that we know about our Moynahan ancestors was learned from records found in Canada and the United States.

            We also have the wonderful story of the Kerry woman from the crossroads in Kenmare who lived right next to my 3rd great-grandfather Dennis Moynahan  Margaret (Sullivan) O'Falvey (1825-1884) in Maidstone, Ontario who may also provide clues to our Kerry Roots.

            Source: Ancestry.com. Ireland, Lawrence Collection of photographs, 1870 - 1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
            Source: Ancestry.com. Ireland, Lawrence Collection of photographs, 1870 - 1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.


            1820-1830
            • 1822 Timothy Moynahan (9 years old) emigrates from County Kerry on "The Thomas of Cork, Captain Bamfield , master,"and he and his family settled"in Pennsylvania where we lived three years before coming to Windsor......there were sixty-two women, a flute player and a piper aboard. The women were wives of soldiers that were serving the crown in this country, and they were coming over to join their husbands."(Source: Detroit Free Press 1901)
            • 1825 Patrick Moynahan was located by Col. Thos. Talbot at 289 North Talbot Rd, Maidstone, Ontario  
            • 1830 Joanna Moynahan married Patrick Sullivan in New York, USA
             1830-1835
            • 1830 Denis Moynahan was located by Col. Thos. Talbot at 6 South Middle Rd., Maidstone, Ontario
            • 1831 Denis Moynahan's marriage record states that he "arrived in Detroit in 1831." 
            • 1831Matthew Moynahan was located by Col. Thos. Talbot at 296 North Talbot Rd. Sandwich, Ontario in  
            • 1832James Moynahan married Catherine Hart in Oct at St. Anne's , Detroit, Michigan
            • 1832 James Moynahan was located by Col. Thos. Talbot at 290 North Talbot Rd. Sandwich, Ontario 
            • 1833 Denis Moynahan married Catherine Roach April 29 at St. Anne's , Detroit, Michigan
            1835-1840
            • 1837 Jeremiah Moynahan born on 6 SMR, Maidstone, Ontario 
            • 1839 Jeremiah Moynahan born on 6 SMR, Maidstone, Ontario (27 March) (according to 1901 census)
            • 1842 Mary (Brennan) Moynahan born (March 20) in Kerry, Ireland
            1840-1850
            •  1847 Dennis Moynahan recieves his land grant of 100 Acres (6 SMR, Maidstone, Ontario)
            1850-1860
            • 1853 the Brennan family emigrates from Count Kerry, Ireland to America (Source: 1911 Census)
            • 1858 James Moynahan died January 1 in Wayne, Michigan U.S.A.
            • 1860 Matthew Moynahan died  February 3 in Essex, Ontario
            1860-1890
            • 1860 Mathew Moynahan dies (Feb ) in Maidstone, Ontario
            • 1863 the Brennan family emigrates from Count Kerry, Ireland to America (Source: 1921 Census)
            • 1871 Catherine (Roach) Moynahan died March 10 in London, Ontario (burial unknown)
            • 1881 John Brennan died April 21 and he is buried in St. Mary's cemetery in Maidstone
            • 1882 Jeremiah Moynahan died AApr 26) in Detroit Michigan
            • 1885 Denis Moynahan died in Detroit (Aug 26) and is buried in the Mt Elliott cemetery
            1890-1930
            • 1891 Catherine (Bowler) Brennan died and she is buried in St. Mary's cemetery in Maidstone
            • 1891 Joanna (Moynahan) Sullivan died (Feb 4)  in Webster, Michigan
            • 1893 John Moynahan bcomes Clerk of the First Sabdwich South Ton Council
            • 1922  Jeremiah Moynahan died June 22 and he is buried in St. Mary's cemetery in Maidstone
            • 1926 Mary (Brennan) Moynahan died June 26 and she is buried in St. Mary's cemetery in Maidstone


            Ireland Townland Clues
            Our 3rd Great-grandparents 1833 Marriage Certificate

            Our 3rd great-grandparents (Denis Moynahan and Catherine Roach) were married in Detroit at Ste.Anne's Roman Catholic church on the 29th of April 1833. The original french records were later transcribed and record two different parishes in county Kerry.



            Parish of Himeguennay County Kerry
            Parish of Kilcrohane County Kerry

            There is no question that Moyahans and Learys were plentiful plentiful in county Kerry
            at the time of Griffiths valuation which took place between 1848 and 1862            which is over a decade after Denis and Catherine were married in Detroit. 

            Source: John Grenham's "Irish Ancestors": Moynahan & Leary
            Similarly, when we look at the "The Tithe Applotment Books"which were compiled between 1823 and 1838, the Moynahans an Learys are plentiful in county Kerry.
             
            Source: National Library of Ireland

            Where in Kerry Are The Moynahans From?

            Keeping in mind that the Detroit marriage records,as inconsistent as the parishes are, point to County Kerry consistently. I state this because often when researching "Kilcrohane, Kerry" I receive comments that Kilcrohane is in County Cork.

            With Kilcrohane, Cork ruled out, the two most likely parishes are either Kilcrohane in Dunkerron or Kilcummin in Magunihy. 

            The Griffiths Valuation of Ireland for Kilcummin, County Kerry reads like the Maidstone Directory with surnames like: Bowler, Brennan, Cahill, Collins, Connell, Cronin, Crowley, Falvey, Foley, Hickey, Leary, Lynch, Lyon, McCarthy, McSweeny, Moynahan, Moynihan, Murphy, Neill, O'Brien, O'Leary, O'Roirdan, O'Sullivan and Walsh o name a few.
             
            Kilcrohane Civil Parish in Dunkerron
            Kilcummin Parish in Magunihy

            On the Samuel Lewis'Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) map below, on either side of the town of Kenmare,  you can see Kilcrohane, (a parish in the barony of Dunkerron), at the bottom left and Kilcummin (a civil parish in Magunihy) in the upper right.

            Source: Samuel Lewis'Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)

             A summary of research sources for Kilcrohane Civil Parish, Kerry

            Kilcrohane Links
            Kerry Census Substitutes
            Kerry Local History Books
            • Sneem, The Knot in the Ring; T.E. Stoakley
            • Discovering Kerry;  T.J Barrington
            • Houses of Co. Kerry; V.A. Bary; 247 p. Details county families
            • The famine in Kerry; Michael Costello
            • Handbook of Co. Kerry Family History etc; H. A Denny
            • Old world colony : Cork and South Munster 1630-1830; David Dickson
            • Finding your Ancestors in Kerry; Kay Moloney Caball
            • A Guide to Tracing your Kerry Ancestors; Michael O'Connor 
            We still have not determined the exact townland of our Moynahan ancestors but we will be staying in the area around Kenmare, Killarney and Kilcummin and hope to learn more.
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            Finding our Coughlin and Duffy Ancestors In Ireland

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            Our Coughlin Ancestors 



            It was only recently that I broke through the brick wall for my Coughlin family tree. and even more recently that I received the death certificate for my 2nd great grandfather Michael Coughlin. 

            On February 27, 2018, I mailed away for my great-grandfather Michael Coughlin's (1840-1921) death certificate and I received it (one year later) in the first week of January 2019 and learned the names of Michael's parents (Patrick and Margaret (McGrath) Coughlin) for the very first time!


            County In Ireland Unknown

            In the case of the Moynahans, Brennans, Husseys, Brodericks and Roaches, the county in Ireland where they came from was found either on death certificates or in their obituaries.

            This is not the case for the Coughlins so I must rely upon Irish databases to point me to areas that may be where they came from.

            Michael Coughlin 1840-1921

            Poughkeepsie photograph from the photo album of Rhea (Coughlin) Moynahan (1902-1992)
            My 2nd great-grandfather Michael Coughlin (pictured on the left in the doorway in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.)  was born in Ireland in 1840.

            The records state that he arrived in United States either
            • 1855 (at 15 years of age) according to the 1900 U.S. census (Poughkeepsie, Ward 1, Dutchess, N.Y.) The same census reported that he was married 35 years meaning his marriage occurred in 1865.
            • 1860 according to the 191 U.S. census ((Poughkeepsie, Ward 1, Dutchess, N.Y.)
            Our Duffy Ancestors

            The first time that I saw the Duffy name was on the baptismal certificate fr my great grandfather William Henry Coughlin

            My Great-Grandfather William Henry Coughlin's Poughkeepsie, N.Y. birth certificate

            I have not located the death date or final resting place for my 2nd great-grandmother Margaret Duffy (1842-1915). I am estimating her death date based upon how her husband, my 2nd great-grandfather Michael Coughlin, answered questions on the census about whether he was married or not.

            He consistently answered that he was married even though Margaret was not living with him in the censuses 1875-1915 and it wasn't until the 1920 census that Michael stated that he was a widow. It is my belief that Margaret (Duffy) Coughlin was institutionalized somewhere in New York State. I have searched those records and have not been able to locate her at this time.

            Margaret Duffy is found living with her family on the 1870 U.s. Federal census and the 1875 U.S. State census only.

            Once I locate Margaret (Duffy) Coughlin's death date, I will order her death certificate in the hope that her parents will be listed.

            John Grenham's "Irish Ancestors" Website

            I subscribed to John Grenham's website for several months to see if I could solve the Coughlin Duffy origins in Ireland. 

            The fact that Michael Coughlin's arrival in the United States was between 1855-1860 means that more records were being kept and this improving our chances of locating him. Here is what I learned

            On the Origin of the Coughlin Name

            John Grenham writes,
            "Two original Irish versions of Coughlan (and its variants (O')Coghlan, Coglin and Cohalan) exist, O Cochlain and Mac Cochlain, both derived from cochal, meaning "cloak" or "hood". 

            The Mac Cochlain were part of the great tribal grouping of the Dal gCais, claiming descent from the semi-mythical Cas, which also produced the O'Briens and the McNamaras. Their territory was in the present Co. Offaly, near the modern town of Banagher. 

            They retained a large measure of their influence even after the seventeenth century, with Members of parliament of the name in 1689 and 1790. As recently as the early nineteenth century the family are recorded as landlords in the area. Shale (Coughlan) in Killoscully parish in Co. Tipperary, near the Offaly border, records their name.

            Co. Cork was the homeland of the O Cochlain, where the name appears to have arisen in more than one area, with mention of the name in the Blackwater valley region and in a territory near the modern town of Mallow. 

            The strongest historical association of the name in Cork, however, is with the baronies of East and West Carbury, and Barrymore, and particularly with the Schull-Kilmore district of West Cork. The name is now common throughout west Cork. Interestingly, the surname tends to be pronounced differently in different areas of Co. Cork, as "Cocklin" in the west and "Cawlin" in the east."
            SourceL Irish Origenes: Two original Irish versions of Coughlan exist, Ó Cochlain and Mac Cochlain

            When the Griffiths Valuation was taken in Ireland, the mao below shows the istribution of the Coughlin name.

            Source: https://www.johngrenham.com/findasurname.php?surname=Coughlin

            Irish Parishes Where Coughlin & McGrath 
            Are Found Together 

            Thanks to John Grenham's website, we can see where the surnames of our 3rd great grandparents, Patrick Coughlin and Margaret McGrath were found:

            Source: John Grenham: https://www.johngrenham.com/surnamescode/twosurnames.php?surname2=McGrath&surname=Coughlin

             On the Origin of the Duffy Name

            "In Irish Duffy is O Dubhthaigh, from dubhthach, meaning "the dark one". Several different families of the name arose separately in different places, the most important being in Donegal, Roscommon and Monaghan. 

            In Donegal the family were centred on the parish of Templecrone, where they remained powerful churchmen for almost eight hundred years. Here the name has also been anglicised as Dowey or Doohey. The Roscommon family too had a long association with the church, producing a succession of distinguished abbots and bishops. The area around Lissonuffy in the north-east of the county, which is named after them, was the centre of their influence. From this source, the name is now common in north Connacht. The Monaghan O'Duffys were rulers of the area around Clontibret. They too contributed a great deal to the church, with a huge number of parish clergy of the name. They flourished through the centuries, and Duffy is now the single most common name in Co. Monaghan.
            In Ulster the name may also be an anglicisation of the Scots Gaelic Mac Dhuibhshith, more usually rendered as McFie, though also sometimes given as McFee, McAfee or Mahaffy."
            When the Griffiths Valuation was taken in Ireland, the mao below shows the istribution of the Coughlin name.
            Coughlin Links - General

            The Connecticut, New York, Michigan & Ontario Coughlins

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            Finding Roach Ancestors in Midleton, Co. Cork, Ireland

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            This blog post is one of several that I hope will assist me in locating the townlands and parishes of my ancestors in Ireland. My brother, sister and I will be visiting Ireland and staying in Co. Clare in 2019.


            My 2nd great-grandmother Catherine Roach/Roche (1811-1872) married my 2nd great-grandfather Denis Moynahan (1787-1885) in St. Anne's Church in Detroit, Michigan.

            Keeping in mind that the document records names and place names given to the priest with a thick Irish brogue and then written in french, what we know of Catherine Roach/Roche is that she had resided in Detroit only 7 months; that she came from he parish of Glanworth in the Diocese of Midleton and that her parents were John Roche and Helena McKeley



            Source: Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1695-1954
            The Roche (Roach) Surname History
            The Roche family name is very numerous in Ireland especially in Munster and South East.In fact the area round Fermoy was once known as Críoch Róisteach (Roches' Country)
            Roche, together with its variants Roach, Roch, etc., is a name of Norman origin. Although the obvious derivation is from the French roche, "rock", the earliest bearer of the surname in Ireland, Richard FitzGodebert de la Roche, in fact adopted the surname after his place of origin in Wales, Rhos in Pembrokeshire. He was one of the first Norman arrivals, coming in 1167, and acquiring with others of his family large tracts of south Co. Wexford.
            Over the centuries the family became thoroughly hibernicized, to the point where they were prominent in the many rebellions against English rule, the best-known being Father Philip Roche, who led the Irish in the Battle of Horetown in 1798.
            The name is still strongly linked Castletownroche (Cork). This last name reflects the prominence of the family around the modern town of Fermoy in Co. Cork, where they prospered greatly. They became Viscounts Roche, a title which became extinct in the 18th century. Source: John Grenham's "Irish Ancestors"
            Source: https://www.johngrenham.com/findasurname.php?surname=Roache


            The Roche family name is very numerous: Munster and South East etc. Ir. de Róiste, from French roche, a rock. Normans who became established in Wexford and Munster after the Invasion. The area round Fermoy was known as Críoch Róisteach (Roches' Country). IF.

            Source: Roach surnames and baptisms in Glanworth, Cork


            Roche Links
            Glanworth & Middleton
            Ireland

            The parishes of Ireland are complicated. There are civil parishes and ecclesiastical or church parishes and townlands and baronies not to mention dioceses are confusing.


            Midleton, Glanworth, Cork, Ireland Links
            Roach Links





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            Nellie Moynahan'sTrip to Ireland and Scotland in 1908

            April 2, 2019, 6:42 pm
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            My second great-aunt Nellie Moynahan (1865-1940) from Windsor, Ontario has always fascinated me growing up and when I heard that Nellie traveled to Ireland, England and Italy in 1908, I wanted to know more.

            I am planning a trip to Ireland in 2019 with my brother an sister and we know that our Brennan and Moynahan ancestors came from County Kerry but we haven't located the exact towns in County Kerry. Did Nellie go to county Kerry? Did she visit any family there?

            Ellen ("Nellie") first born of Jeremiah and Mary (Brennan) Moynahan & her brother (my great-grandfather) John Moynanan

            When Nellie was making her plans to visit Ireland, surely her mother Mary (Brennan) Moynahan (who emigrated in 1853) must have told Nellie stories about her birthplace in County Kerry.

            And Nellie's father Jeremiah Moynahan (first son born in Canada the year of the Rebellion 1837) told Nellie about where his father Dennis Moynahan came from in County Kerry.



            Nellie Speaks to Oldcastle Women's Institute

            I learned that on the first Thursday in August 1912, Nellie was scheduled to speak to the Oldcastle Women's Institute about her trip through Ireland and Scotland. I wondered if there were any records of her talk that could help fill in some of the details? Was there a report of what Nellie said?

            Source: The Windsor Star,  22 Jul 1912, page 3
            I searched everywhere for records of Ontario Women's Institutes. If minutes of this meetings were taken, they do not appear to have survived. I would have to look elsewhere if I wanted more details on Nellie's trip.

            (N.B. See a brief history of the Ontario Women's Institutes at the bottom of this post.)

            Teacher Miss Nellie Moynahan Resigns

            In July 1978, the Essex Free Press reported that "Seventy years Ago" Nellie Moynahan "resigned as teacher at R.C.S.S. No.7 Maidstone and left on a trip to England, Ireland and Italy".
            Essex Free Press; July 28, 1978

            I wondered if it would be possible to track her steps on that trip? I wondered if she would have needed a passport to travel to England, Ireland and Italy? I wondered if she traveled alone or with a friend?

            When I searched for records in 1908 that might help me track her travels, I learned that:
            • The Government of Canada did not keep records of people leaving the country.
            • Before 1915, the Canadian passport was really a "letter of request" signed by the Governor General and were issued as single-sheet certificates and stamped with the official seal.
            • In 1915 Canada switched to the British form of passport, a ten-section single sheet folder printed in English only.
            The Essex Free Press Comes To The Rescue


            I searched for the original article in the Essex Free Press in 1908 to see if there were more details but the scanned online copy was illegible http://ink.scholarsportal.info/viewer/cecil/focus/ink/newspapers/efp/01_1906/01079-x0-y0-z1-r0-0-0

            So I contacted The Essex Free Press and they were able to send me a copy of the original July 3, 1908 article which carried a lot more information than the 1978 article..

            Essex Free Press; July 8, 1908
            I know from the article that Nellie Moynahan traveled with Miss Mae McCabe and that they left from the Port of Montreal on the 26th of June, 1908 aboard the steamer Corsican pictured below.

            The S.S. Corsican

            According to the GG Archives, the S.S. Corsican was a fine ship:
            "The 152.48 m long and 18.62 meters wide passenger and cargo ship had a chimney, two masts and two propellers and was powered by two triple expansion steam engines, which contributed 917 nominal horsepower and enabled a top speed of 16 knots."
            "The passenger accommodations were designed for 208 passengers of the First, 298 Second and 1000 Third Class. The dining room of the first class was at the front end of the bridge deck and had large, square windows on three sides to let in as much natural light.

            In addition, the traveler stood a decorated with silk panels music room and a smoking room with a large skylight made of teak on the promenade deck. The Corsican was equipped with electricity, a ventilation system for fresh air supply and a Marconi radio for wireless telegraphy. To rescue equipment were 16 lifeboats and ten fold folding boats."

            1908 Sleeping Accommodations aboard the Allan Line Steamers

            1908 Saloon Dining Room aboard the SS Corsican
            SS Corsican Plan
            When The Corsican Arrived In the Port of Montreal

            When the Corsican arrived in the Port of Montreal on Saturday, June 22, 1908, to pick up our Aunt Nellie and her travel mate Mae McCabe, the passengers disembarking included seventy boys who were part of the British Home Child movement that I have written about previously with respect to my 2nd great-aunt Jemima Hind

            The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, Canada) 22 Jun 1908, Mon  •  Page 10
             The Corsican was scheduled to leave the Port of Montreal at 9:00 am on June 26, 1908.The cost of tickets can be seen in the advertisement below.

            The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, Canada) 24 Jun 1908,
            The Corsican Arrived in Liverpool 
            June 6

            Detroit Free Press: 8 June 1908
            Nellie was traveling with Mae McCabe from Hamilton who was sister to Rev. P. McCabe of Maidstone's St. Mary's Parish.

            I thought perhaps the McCabes would lead to clues about the Ireland destination for the two women travelers. Father McCabe was born in county Cavan, Ireland in 1854 and he died at Hotel Dieu Hospital in Windsor, Ontario in 1928.

            The Windsor Star (Windsor, Ontario, Canada) 17 Nov 1928
            The Travel Trail Goes Cold

            This is where the trail on Nellie's trip to Ireland, Scotland (and Italy to see the Pope?) grows cold. She lands safely in Liverpool and then the trail ends. If only I had the notes from her Women's Institute talk of 1912.
              More on Nellie Moynahan's Retirement


              Ellen ("Nellie") Moynahan 1865-1940

              Contradicting the 1908 news of Nellie's retirement, she is pictured below at her one-room school house S.S. No. 7 in 1911 with 63 students !



              In 1912, Nellie is still teaching and closed the school for an indefinite period of time due to a scarlet fever outbreak that resulted in the death of eleven-year-old Harold Cavanaugh.


              In 1916, the play "The Shannon Boys" was presented March 17 and 18, 1916 by the Maidstone Dramatic Club and declared a success "largely due to the untiring efforts and able management of Miss Nellie Moynahan under whose supervision the play was presented."


              In 1919, Nellie now 54 years-of-age was credited with the success of the Sandwich South school fair at No. 7 on Talbot road

              The Windsor Star; Oct 2, 1919
               Nellie never married, traveled to teach at her schools by horse and buggy (thrown off in 1892)  and bicycle (fell off in 1904), cared for her parents to their final days, was tireless in all of her activities and loved by both of my grandparents Ernest and Rhea (Coughlin) Moynahan.

              I will continue to search for records that will help me complete the narrative of  Nellie's European travels.
              Nellie Moynahan (432 Hall Ave., Windsor)
              with my Grandfather (her nephew) Ernest Moynahan Sr.

              Windsor Star, Nov. 20, 1940

              Nellie Moynahan

              Nellie Moynahan Headstone St Marys Cemetery, Maidstone

              Previous Posts About Nellie Moynahan

              Women's Institutes in Ontario

              In 1900, the Ontario Department of Agriculture (G.C. Creelman) sent letters to women in rural areas of Ontario to create interest in forming a "Women's Institute".
              The Leader-Post (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada) 26 Jul 1900, Thu  •  Page 7
              The "Women's Institutes" would be based on the successful model of the "Farmers Institutes"and the government of Ontario was even offering grants to hold the meetings.

              The Leader-Post (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada) 26 Jul 1900, Thu  •  Page 7
              And there would be rules and regulations that would apply

              The Leader-Post (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada) 26 Jul 1900, Thu  •  Page 7
               By 1904 there were 57 Women's Institutes in Ontario with a total membership of 5,433 women.
              The Times (London, Greater London, England) 05 Sep 1905, Tue  •  Page 6
              The Maidstone Women's Institute was founded in 1907 and meetings were held in the homes of various members with guest speakers.

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              OTD June 30, 1921

              June 30, 2019, 3:40 am
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              Bernard Moynihan was 19 years old and working in a field when British Forces shot him. He was the only son of  a small farmer at Shankhill, Kilcorney, Millstreet, Cork, Ireland.



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              Announcement: The Kerry Chronicles

              July 9, 2019, 2:26 pm
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              My brother Patrick at the Rathmore cemetery in Kerry, Ireland in spring of 2019
              For decades we have been collecting our ancestor's stories by tracking their footsteps since they first arrived in Canada and America in the early 1800s.

              In 2019, our brother Pat Moynahan sponsored our very first trip to Ireland so that we could  search for our ancestor's stories there.  We have many stories to share and will start with "The Kerry Chronicles" (and later the Galway, Clare, and Cork Chronicles ).

              We are launching "The Kerry Chronicles" because we found new information in large part because of an unplanned stop at O’Carroll's Cove Beach Bar & Restaurant.

               The Moynahans, Moynihans, and Ó’Muineacháins

              In June 2019 we stayed one night in Kenmare, Co. Kerry and we decided earlier to take a drive along Kenmare Bay. We eventually stopped at O’Carroll's Cove Beach Bar & Restaurant  for supper. (O'Carroll's was established in 1984 by the O’Carroll family and to this day is still owned and managed by them! https://www.ocarrollscove.ie/)

              Driving from Kenmare to O'Carroll's Cove Beach Bar & Restaurant
              The owner told us stories about other visitors to O'Carroll's who were in Kerry to also locate their ancestors and when he heard that we were looking for (among many names) the "Moynahans", he said "You won't find Moynahans around here. You should visit Rathmore - that's where all the Moynahans are!"

              Kilcrohane, Kenmare and Kilcummin in Co. Kerry. The adventure begins!
              When our 3rd-great-grandfather Denis Moynahan married Catherine Roach in Detroit in 1833, the french records recorded his birthplace as "Kilcrohane" and "Himeguenay" which I believed to have meant Kilcrohane near Sneem (see red box above) .... thus our drive along Kenmare Bay.

              When the O'Carroll's directed us to Rathmore (which is situated in the parish of Kilcummin in the Barony of Magunihy), it became immediately clear at our first stop (the Rathmore cemetery) that we were definitely in Moynihan territory!  Could it be that "Kilcrohane" was supposed to be written as "Kilcummin" and "Himeguenay" was supposed to be "Magunihy"? So it seemed.

              The Kerry Chronicles


              The "Kerry Chronicles" will be the file where we will keep all of the stories that we have collected while visiting the Co. Kerry in 2019 as well as stories that have come to us since.

              Two important sources of information and research will be the National Folklore Collection of Ireland and "O'Kief, Coshe Mange, Slieve Lougher and Upper Blackwater in Ireland". (16 vols.by Albert Casey)

              Both Dr. Casey and the National Folklore Collection are treasure troves of information from the areas of County Kerry where there are many Moynihans and Ó’Muineacháins and many others.
              Dr. Casey collected stories in the area that our ancestors lived.

               

              Collecting Irish Folklore using an ediphone. Spuncán, An Coireán, (c.1936.) in South Kerry
              https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/20687
              Stories Collected While Visiting Kerry

              The three cemeteries that we visited June 2019
              We visited three cemeteries when visiting in June 2019 and we will be posting the photographs over the next few weeks:
              1. Visiting Rathmore Cemetery: To be posted
              2. Visiting Freemount Cemetery: To be posted
              3. Visiting Nohoval Cemetery: To be posted
               Stories Collected About Kerry Folk 

              The Folklore Collection has many Moynihan stories

              1. OTD: Bernard Moynihan: Shot June 30, 1921
              2. Folklore: Hedge School: “There was a hedge school in Shanballa. It was on Jer Moynihan’s Farm. The teacher of this school was called Moynihan “Master”. He was born in Shanballa ..... Some of his people are buried in Nohoval graveyard.” (To be posted)
              3. Folklore: Macha an t-Samhraidh “Summer Milking Place” Co. Kerry  (To be posted)
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