I've just signed up to this site to see if anyone can help out with my family history research.

My great-great-great grandfather was Richard John Johns(t)on who came to
Montreal about 1840 - originally from County Down in Ireland - and was a
private in "Her Majesty's 60th rifles". Richard married Margaret McKeown
(also spelled McKeone, McKeon in some records) whose parents were John
McKeon and Ann McAndrew of St. Columban - according to their marriage
registration in 1865 in Montreal.
I've found an 1851 Census that lists John McKeon in Deux Montagnes with
a Margret of potentially the right age along with siblings Patrick, Neal, John, Bridget
and a perhaps mother Ann McKenrick.
Richard and Margaret ended up moving to London, Ontario where they
raised their family which included a Neil, a Bridget, a John and an Ann etc.
Although probably common names amongst Irish of the time, it's the only
connection I can find that has them all together - and then repeated in
the next generation and from St. Columban to boot!
It may be a long shot, but I'm hoping to connect with other McKeons
so I can confirm whether or not this is the line to pursue.  I'm sure it's
possible that by 1865 Ann McKenrick had passed on and John
married Ann McAndrew.

Any suggestions for going about this?
:-\

St. Patrick?s Society of Montreal


Just a note that the St. Patrick?s Society of Montreal will be holding their

17th Annual Charity Christmas Concert

on Wednesday, December 2nd

starting at 7:30pm



This fun holiday event includes:



Les Petits Chanteurs de Mont-Royal

Bernadette Short Irish Dancers

Concerto Della Donna



The ticket price is between $ 16.00 & $ 18.00



For additional details and/or reservations visit

the St. Patricks web page at:-



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Book  Launch : The Riot that Never Was, The military shooting of three Montrealers in 1832 and the official cover-up, by James Jackson

From: Robin Philpot <rphilpot@sympatico.ca>

 

Members and friends of the of the St. Columban Irish are cordially invited to attend the launch of THE RIOT THAT NEVER WAS by James Jackson. This book should be of interest to all who are interested in the history of the Irish in Quebec.

Best regards,

Robin Philpot
Baraka Books
6977, rue Lacroix
Montr?al, Qu?bec  H4E 2V4
514-808-8504

www.barakabooks.com

From: Dubld07@aol.com
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:08:12 EST
To: <fergus@stcolumban-irish.com>
Subject: geneology


Hi,

I was just playing on the web and found your site and loved it. Doing this is a love, time consuming and very interesting. I have been doing my family for many years and have lots of information.

Many of my family are from Quebec on both sides, Paternal Grandparents married in St Columban in 1897 and Maternal Grandparents are all from the Arundel area.

The names that I found on your site are Viau,Joly, Mooney (Moonie),  Boyd, Simon and was so pleasantly surprised to find so many  old and new names to work on my family tree.

Robert Mooney (Moonie) Born 1842, St-Columban, Quebec is my Paternal Great Grandfather. His Father was Edmund Mooney, Born 1799, Ireland, Mother Bridget Power, born 1802, Ireland.  

I know for sure that he married a Dobie (Dobbie) possibly from Arundel.

I am trying to confirm her first name...possibly Jessie. Her sister was Mary Dobie , Born  February 17,1864 from Arundel, Died October 11, 1935 in Arundel, Quebec, and she married William Scott, Born May 4, 1861 in Quebec, Died September 23, 1911, in Arundel, Quebec.
Their son, Arthur Alexander Scott, Born December 9, 1893, Quebec, Died Montreal, March 29, 1978.  Married my Maternal Grandmother Anna Irene Morrison's sister Elizabeth Mary Morrison.

I would really appreciate it if you could steer me in a direction or site to find the Dobbie Family. I know they were from Arundel Area, Argenteuil County, Quebec.

Robert Mooney (Moonie) and ??? Dobbie are the parents of my Paternal Grandfather
Robert D.Moonie, Born July ( January) 10, 1867, St-Canut, Deux Montagnes, Quebec. He was an only child. We were always told that his middle name was Dobbie and I have recently found his marrige certifucate and they have his middle name as David. He has signed it as Robert D. Moonie and on the side they have Robert David Mooney. Could this be them just filling in a name or could it really have been David?  I found that in the Quebec Vital and Church Records ( Drouin Collection) , 1621-1967 records.the Spouse  name is correct Sara Fabiola Viau.

Any assistance you could give me on the real name of my Paternal Great Grandmother would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You
Elizabeth (Bett?) Duff
e-mail  Dubld07@aol.com

My Paternal Grandfather  Robert D. Moonie is the family member who changed his name from Mooney to Moonie.

Hi I am trying to find out information about John McAndrew born 1801 Ireland, living in Two Mountain as a farmer according to the 1851 census.

His Wife is Mary - Ireland
Son - Thomas
Daughter - Margaret
Daughter - Mary

I am trying to find out information about Margaret born 1837.  My g-g-grandmother was Margaret McAndrew and she hailed from Canada with Irish born parents.  She married in Toronto, York in 1856 and immigrated to New York with her husband Henry Williams and infant daughter Martha. They are found in New York, Richmond County in 1859.

Margarets death certificate in NY stated parents "unknown" so I have been looking for her for years.  She did have a brother Thomas so I wonder if this is in fact my Margaret.

I certainly would appreciate any help or direction.  Thank you very much for your consideration.

Lynn Rogers - Staten Island New York  SICemetery@aol.com

Update;

We are still trying to complete our project. Unfortunatly with the rain on the weekends this summer, we are certainly behind schedule and unfortunately we do not have the funds to hire a bricklayer that work during the week. But we will keep you posted

In the meantime, some of you may have noticed that I am running as the co-candiadate with Louise O'Sullivan in the upcoming Montreal elections scheduled for November 1st. I am running in the Peter McGill district, which is basically the western part of downtown Montreal.

Louise O'Sullivan is a candidate for Mayor of Montreal - and I support her since she is experienced, competant and fluently bilingual.

Unfortunately the Montreal media has tried to ignore her campaign, so I have to ask my friends and associates to help get the Louise O'Sullivan for Mayor message out to their own friends and associates. I have started my own web site for this effort at www.ferguskeyes.com and you can certainly send any questions or comments to info@ferguskeyes.com

[font=Verdana]Thanks and will let you know more about our cemetery restoration as soon as we devise a new plan to complete it...[/font]

The St. Patrick's Society of Montreal has highlighted our project in the month's (September) issue of their newsletter.

You can view this issue at:

http://www.stpatricksociety.com/userfiles/file/Nuacht%20September%202009.pdf

Posted on behalf of Ken Neil

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED SUNDAY!

Hi Everyone,

I just spoke with Scotty. He unavailable this Saturday, the 22nd., but is ok for Sunday. This will be the start of placing the headstones onto the wall. I think that we all should be there to help with the artistic placement.

Scotty, Martin and myself will be there at 9:00am. We still have 1 row to complete on 2 walls. that should take about 1 hour. So if you all could be there (at the St. Columban Cemetery) say 10:00 am, that would be great.

SLAN,

Ken

Free access to WorldVitalRecords.com

Take advantage of a free three day open period, August 11-13, to WorldVitalRecords.com. This is your opportunity to search those elusive Paper of Record newspaper databases for free.

Read more about the press release here:

http://anglo-celtic-connections.blogspot.com/2009/08/free-access-to-worldvitalrecordscom.html

We have a few new contributions to our photo gallery under Photo Gallery 13 here:

http://www.stcolumban-irish.com/Photos/index.html

Contributed by Claude Bourguignon
Photos from the Kenna family bible:

Photograph 1: James Martin, 663 Craig Street, Montreal (photographer)
http://www.stcolumban-irish.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2227

Inscription :
Montreal, December 5 the year of our Lord 1870
Margret, Catherine and Ann Blanchfield
They are the daughters of James Blanchfield and Mary Brennan

• Margret : n?e le 19 mars 1853. Mari?e le 3 novembre 1874 a James Kenna
  
• Catherine : n?e le 21 novembre 1850
  
• Ann : n?e le 17 septembre  1837