Isabella Theresa McPhail left Montreal for the Bethany Convent in St. Paul, Minnesota, becoming a postulant and eventually taking the name Sister Mary Bernadette.Continue Reading
After being discharged from the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, John James Joseph “Jack” McPhail married Annie George. The couple had five children together.Continue Reading
Archibald James Jacob McPhail married Cecelia Garrow on October 10, 1892, at Cathédrale du Précieux-Sang in Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada (the church no longer stands).Continue Reading
When Francis Xavier (Frank) McPhail was born in 1896 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, his father, Archibald James Jacob McPhail, was 26 and his mother, Cecelia (nee Garrow), was 20. Frank married Gertrude (Trudy) Hayes on October 11, 1920, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, when he was 24 and she wasContinue Reading
When Margaret Ann McPhail was born in 1874 in St. Andrews, Ontario, Canada, her father, John James McPhail (1838-1879), was 36, and her mother, Catherine Ann (née McIntosh) (1845-?), was 29. Margaret married Francois Patrick Butler on July 22, 1905, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Francois Patrick Butler was born inContinue Reading
When Donald James McPhail was born on May 19, 1879, in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, his father, John James McPhail (1838-1879), would have been 41 and his mother, Catherine Ann (née McIntosh) (1845-1922), was 34. It is possible that Donald’s father’s death preceded his birth. He had three brothers and three sisters. DonaldContinue Reading
When Alexander McPhail was born on January 16, 1865, in St. Andrews West, Ontario, Canada, his father, John James McPhail (1838-1879), was 26 and his mother, Catherine Ann (née McIntosh) (1845-?), was 20. He had three brothers and three sisters. This page is a placeholder—I haven’t actually confirmed where Alexander went to afterContinue Reading
When John Joseph McPhail was born in 1863 in Ontario, Canada, his father John James McPhail (1838-1879), was 25 and his mother, Catherine Ann (née McIntosh) (1845-?), was 18. He had three brothers and three sisters. This page is a placeholder—as I don’t know what happened to John after the 1881Continue Reading
When Mary Catherine McPhail was born on May 7, 1867, her father, John James McPhail (1838-1879), was 29, and her mother, Catherine Ann (née McIntosh) (1845-?), was 22. She had four brothers and two sisters. Mary Catherine married John Hardigan on September 12, 1887, at St. Andrew’s Roman Catholic Church inContinue Reading
John James (James) McPhail was born on April 12, 1838, in Osnaburgh, Ontario, Canada, the son of Catherine (née McIntosh) and James McPhail. James married (believe it or not) Catherine Ann McIntosh (yes, she had the same name as his mother and may have been related) on February 15, 1863, at St.Continue Reading
