03-22-2006, 12:33 PM
From: "Al Lewis" <ag.lewis@sympatico.ca>
> To: "Fergus V. Keyes" <fergus@panamsec.com>; <d.a.williams@sympatico.ca>;
> <claude.bourguignon@videotron.ca>; "Michael Daley" <mbdaley@magma.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 8:24 AM
> Subject: Re: Williams family Ancestry (St. Columban)
>
>
> > Good morning, Fergus, Claude, Michael and Don:
> >
> > I read with interest, Don Williams' reference to George Williams who
came
> > from County Cork in 1823 and ended up at St. Columbans. Mr. Williams,
was
> > this the George Williams who sailed on the ship Stakesby as part of the
> > Peter Robinson expedition? He is listed as a passenger on this ship in
> > 1823
> > (see my page at http://www.bytown.net/Alsrob3.htm).
> >
> > This may be another early connection between St. Columbans and the
Ottawa
> > area.
> >
> > There is a record of a George Williams who was married to a Celeste
> > Johnson.
> > Here's the record from Notre Dame church in downtown Ottawa:
> >
> > 1 Apr 1845
> > After one publication of banns, marriage of Eusebe Varin, adult son of
> > Pierre Varin and Julie Beauchamp of St. Jacques de l'Achigan, Lower
> > Canada,
> > to Margaret Williams, adult daughter of the late George Williams and
the
> > late Celeste Johnson of Bytown
> > Witnesses: Jean Bareille & Alexandre Ethier
> >
> > There are other Williams recorded at Notre Dame beginning in 1830.
> >
> > Does this ring a bell with anyone? Where in Quebec is St. Jacques de
> > l'Achigan?
> >
> > Thanks for your time.
> >
> > ... Al Lewis
> > Ottawa
> > www.bytown.net
> >
> To: "Fergus V. Keyes" <fergus@panamsec.com>; <d.a.williams@sympatico.ca>;
> <claude.bourguignon@videotron.ca>; "Michael Daley" <mbdaley@magma.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 8:24 AM
> Subject: Re: Williams family Ancestry (St. Columban)
>
>
> > Good morning, Fergus, Claude, Michael and Don:
> >
> > I read with interest, Don Williams' reference to George Williams who
came
> > from County Cork in 1823 and ended up at St. Columbans. Mr. Williams,
was
> > this the George Williams who sailed on the ship Stakesby as part of the
> > Peter Robinson expedition? He is listed as a passenger on this ship in
> > 1823
> > (see my page at http://www.bytown.net/Alsrob3.htm).
> >
> > This may be another early connection between St. Columbans and the
Ottawa
> > area.
> >
> > There is a record of a George Williams who was married to a Celeste
> > Johnson.
> > Here's the record from Notre Dame church in downtown Ottawa:
> >
> > 1 Apr 1845
> > After one publication of banns, marriage of Eusebe Varin, adult son of
> > Pierre Varin and Julie Beauchamp of St. Jacques de l'Achigan, Lower
> > Canada,
> > to Margaret Williams, adult daughter of the late George Williams and
the
> > late Celeste Johnson of Bytown
> > Witnesses: Jean Bareille & Alexandre Ethier
> >
> > There are other Williams recorded at Notre Dame beginning in 1830.
> >
> > Does this ring a bell with anyone? Where in Quebec is St. Jacques de
> > l'Achigan?
> >
> > Thanks for your time.
> >
> > ... Al Lewis
> > Ottawa
> > www.bytown.net
> >