Finding the Irish Duffields
2021-02-24
I thought I’d be stuck in Rhode Island and never able to trace my Duffield family back to Ireland. With just one record, I was able to break through that brick wall.Continue Reading
John Griffin and Sarah Jane Goodland
2020-11-04
John Griffin married Sarah Jane Goodland on March 24, 1884, in the parish church of St. Paul in Kewstoke, Somerset, England. They had five sons and one daughter.Continue Reading
William Richard Webb and the 1901 Census
2020-10-25
When I originally researched my second great-grandparents William Richard and Elizabeth Webb, I noted an issue on the 1901 England Census. The family wasn’t together.Continue Reading
Archibald James Jacob McPhail and Cecelia Garrow
2020-10-15
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
Samuel Moore and Elizabeth Longworth
2020-09-01
Samuel Moore married Elizabeth Longworth on December 29, 1888, at St. James Church in Chorley. The emigrated with their two daughters to Canada.Continue Reading
William Shepherd and Mary Jones
2020-08-24
William Shepherd married Mary Jones on November 22, 1868, at St. John The Evangelist, Miles Platting, in Manchester, Lancashire, England.Continue Reading
Patrick Joseph Eagan and Mary Ellen Duffield
2018-10-13
Joseph Eagan married Mary Ellen Duffield on February 4, 1902. They had six children, moving from Providence, Rhode Island, and settling in Hamilton, Ontario.Continue Reading
Daniel Whelan and Bridget Phillips
2017-04-16
Daniel Whelan married Bridget Phillips on August 10, 1888, in at St. Carthagh’s Roman Catholic Church in Tweed, Hungerford, Ontario.Continue Reading
Samuel Gardiner and Teresa Monica Stevens
2017-04-06
My great-great-grandparents, Samuel Gardiner and Teresa Stevens emigrated with family members to Canada on the same ship – and got married six years later.Continue Reading
William Richard Webb and Elizabeth Dutton
2017-03-27
William Richard Webb married Elizabeth Dutton on February 5, 1881, in Didsbury, Lancashire, England.Continue Reading