Bytown-Ottawa & St. Columban

[Fergus_Keyes]

Hi;

Al Lewis and our friends at the Bytown Site (Bytown is now actually Ottawa, Ontario) have included some notations about St. Columban on their web site. Thanks to Anne McLaughlin for bringing this to our attention. You can view this interesting information on the bytown site by going to:-

http://http://www.bytown....tm

[Fergus_Keyes]

Hi;

Al Lewis and our friends at the Bytown Site (Bytown is now actually Ottawa, Ontario) have included some notations about St. Columban on their web site. Thanks to Anne McLaughlin for bringing this to our attention. You can view this interesting information on the bytown site by going to:-

http://http://www.bytown....tm

[Fergus_Keyes]

Al Lewis from the Bytown Site has sent us the following information. It is taken from the total information that is provided in the Bytown link that I mentioned in my last post:-

Thanks for providing a link to my Bytown or Bust site at http://www.bytown.net

We have lots of common interests on our sites and I'll keep an eye out for further connections between the early settlers in the Ottawa area and those from St. Columbans.

Here is another one, sent to me by Michael Daley who lives in Osgoode Township (now part of the city of Ottawa):

"James Conway, his wife Sarah Dunn, from Ireland to St, Scholastique Quebec, two children born in Quebec Michael Nov,14 1828, Catherine, July 4 1832, moving to Osgoode settling on lot 24, con,2 [ by the 1863 map of  Osgoode] 3 more children were born in Osgoode, Catherine married Edward Patrick McEvoy son of Michael McEvoy and Mary Castigan, moved to Iowa, USA started a little town, and named it Osgoode.

John McEvoy  born the 27 / 5th  1848, son of John and Anastaia [ Power], McEvoy,  married   Mary Ann Buckles,   their sons Ambrose , and Domnic were the founders of  " McEvoy  Funeral Homes."

Catherine McEvoy  born ,1838, sister to John, married Patrick Kelly  their Great,-Great--Grandson  , Lorne  Kelly,  is the founder of the  "KELLY Funeral Homes."

Between the McEvoys, Kellys and Whelans, all of whom were involved in the funeral home business in Ottawa, St. Columbans alumni probably buried about a third of Ottawa's population since the 1920's.

... Al Lewis
Ottawa
www.bytown.net

[Fergus_Keyes]

Al Lewis from the Bytown Site has sent us the following information. It is taken from the total information that is provided in the Bytown link that I mentioned in my last post:-

Thanks for providing a link to my Bytown or Bust site at http://www.bytown.net

We have lots of common interests on our sites and I'll keep an eye out for further connections between the early settlers in the Ottawa area and those from St. Columbans.

Here is another one, sent to me by Michael Daley who lives in Osgoode Township (now part of the city of Ottawa):

"James Conway, his wife Sarah Dunn, from Ireland to St, Scholastique Quebec, two children born in Quebec Michael Nov,14 1828, Catherine, July 4 1832, moving to Osgoode settling on lot 24, con,2 [ by the 1863 map of  Osgoode] 3 more children were born in Osgoode, Catherine married Edward Patrick McEvoy son of Michael McEvoy and Mary Castigan, moved to Iowa, USA started a little town, and named it Osgoode.

John McEvoy  born the 27 / 5th  1848, son of John and Anastaia [ Power], McEvoy,  married   Mary Ann Buckles,   their sons Ambrose , and Domnic were the founders of  " McEvoy  Funeral Homes."

Catherine McEvoy  born ,1838, sister to John, married Patrick Kelly  their Great,-Great--Grandson  , Lorne  Kelly,  is the founder of the  "KELLY Funeral Homes."

Between the McEvoys, Kellys and Whelans, all of whom were involved in the funeral home business in Ottawa, St. Columbans alumni probably buried about a third of Ottawa's population since the 1920's.

... Al Lewis
Ottawa
www.bytown.net