Relationship Category: Genealogy

Thomas Whalen and Margaret Coughlin

Pictured: Assumption of the Blessed Mary, Erinsville When Thomas Whalen* was born in 1815 in Ireland, his parents John Whalen (1790-1850) and Bridget (nee Doyle)

World War I: May, 1917, France

I found this military photo amongst my Grandmother’s things. I’ve tried to identify the men in the picture back to their army records.

Donald James McPhail

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

Alexander McPhail

This page is a placeholder – as I don’t actually know what happened to my Alexander McPhail.

John Joseph McPhail

This page is a placeholder—as I don’t know what happened to John McPhail after the 1881 Census. It’s possible he moved to Montreal, but I haven’t definitively been able to trace him yet.

Selina Emma Dyke and William Jones

When Selina (Emma) Dyke was born in 1885 in Nantwich, Cheshire, England, her father, Edwin Henry Dyke (1845-1923), was 40, and her mother, Selina Charlotte

Mary Catherine McPhail and John Hardigan

Mary Catherine married John Hardigan on September 12, 1887, at St. Andrew’s Roman Catholic Church in St. Andrews, Stormont, Ontario, Canada. They had seven children.