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