Later he became a typographer at the Star and eventually went to the Montreal Gazette from which he retired in his seventy-second year. from the dust, but overcame it by walking up to the Mountain where he could get fresh air and expose his chest to the sun. John began working at about the age of 13 in the grain elevators at the Port of Montreal. Married Cecilia Catherine Dwyer when he was 30 and she was 25 (June 1902?). They had 6 children: James, Nora, Daniel, Mary Ellen (Molly), Marguerite, and Susan.ĥ. Later Norah and family moved to Redpath St. Norah's mother Bridget, and her brother John, and sister Margaret all lived with her and her husband at 187. At the same time, his son James who married Norah built 187 next to him as a semi-detached house. His father had come from Ireland and had three other children. Norah: - Married at age 19 to James Felix McMenamin who died at the age of 31 in 1899. Louis, Missouri, and died at 22 years of age (1885?).ģ. Worked at the Gazette in Montreal as a typesetter. Martin: - About 9 years older than John (1863?). Mary Anne: - The eldest, she had scarlett fever and became deaf. In Montreal they had Norah, John and Ester.ġ. Jeremiah and Bridget lived in Hamilton for a while and had Mary Ann, Martin, and Margaret. Of the 10 children, some died in childbirth. Also buried there are his daughter, Margaret, his son John (who paid $100.00 to have perpetual care provided), his wife Cecilia, and their children Leo, Cid, and Agnes (wife of Bernard). He bought a family plot in Cote Des Neiges Cemetery, in Montreal (Plot- Section P- #246) where he is buried. He and his crew came down with a fever for which he used quinine bark (most likely malonine). He would inspect standing timber and plot out camp and how it was going to be cut. He eventually settled in Montreal where he worked as a cruiser. He married Bridget in Levis, Quebec on Februwhen he was 30 years old. When Jeremiah was 20, he and his father agreed on a settlement so that Jeremiah could leave the farm and settle in Canada. They had two daughters, Patti and Phyllis, who was a school director. Crowe) who had a daughter married to Maher. She was 20 when she married (1861) and died in June 1920. She went to Mass every morning, carded wool and made clothes for her children and husband. She was the daughter of Thomas Hartney and Margaret Egerty. Jean Chrysostome Church, Quebec.īridget was a small woman. Jeremiah O'Connell (1824-1898) (Limerick) married Bridget Hartney (1834?-1920) (Connell's Bridge, County Clare) on Februin St.Joanna died and Dennis remarried to Agnes when Jeremiah was 10. They had one son, Jeremiah, who was born in 1824. Dennis O'Connell married Joanna Clancy (Limerick, Ireland).To skip to a particular family click here. Bored with the family? Why not read the history of the Irish People instead? The numbers before each section in the text are references to the O'Connell Family Tree.

Timelines by Carolyn O'Connell