Pinched from Ancestry.com -- presumably, from a cousin.
Showing posts with label McCue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label McCue. Show all posts
Monday, August 13, 2012
Monday, November 14, 2011
Sabina McCue
From the 1881 Ontario Census:
Sabina MCCUE Household
Female
Other Information:
Birth Year <1831>
Birthplace Ireland
Age 50
Occupation
Marital Status W
Ethnic Origin Irish
Head of Household Sabina MCCUE
Religion Catholic
________________________________________
Source Information:
Census Place Melancthon, Grey East, Ontario
Family History Library Film 1375897
NA Film Number C-13261
District 155
Sub-district E
Division 2
Page Number 17
Household Number 81
Sabina MCCUE Household
Female
Other Information:
Birth Year <1831>
Birthplace Ireland
Age 50
Occupation
Marital Status W
Ethnic Origin Irish
Head of Household Sabina MCCUE
Religion Catholic
________________________________________
Source Information:
Census Place Melancthon, Grey East, Ontario
Family History Library Film 1375897
NA Film Number C-13261
District 155
Sub-district E
Division 2
Page Number 17
Household Number 81
James McCue X 2
There are 7 men listed as "head of household" in the 1871 Canadian Census.
In my post of September 1, 2011, I listed information from the 1871 Canadian Census pages 18 and 19 of the enumeration for Melancthon Township. There is a different James McCue listed on page 48 of the enumeration for Melanchthon Township:
James McCue
Sex: Male
Age: 53
Place of Birth: IRELAND
Religion: Roman Catholic
Origin: IRISH
Occupation: FARMER
District: GREY SOUTH (036)
Sub-district: Melancthon (D)
Division:1
Page: 48
Microfilm reel number: C-9951
Reference: RG31 — Statistics Canada
I believe it is this James McCue, born circa 1818, that is married to Sabina, and is Hanora "Annie" McCue's father.
I do believe the two men are related in some way, but in what way remains to be discovered. I've been corresponding with a woman who is a great grand-daughter of James of the 9/1/11 post, and it will be fun unraveling what our relationship is.
In my post of September 1, 2011, I listed information from the 1871 Canadian Census pages 18 and 19 of the enumeration for Melancthon Township. There is a different James McCue listed on page 48 of the enumeration for Melanchthon Township:
James McCue
Sex: Male
Age: 53
Place of Birth: IRELAND
Religion: Roman Catholic
Origin: IRISH
Occupation: FARMER
District: GREY SOUTH (036)
Sub-district: Melancthon (D)
Division:1
Page: 48
Microfilm reel number: C-9951
Reference: RG31 — Statistics Canada
I believe it is this James McCue, born circa 1818, that is married to Sabina, and is Hanora "Annie" McCue's father.
I do believe the two men are related in some way, but in what way remains to be discovered. I've been corresponding with a woman who is a great grand-daughter of James of the 9/1/11 post, and it will be fun unraveling what our relationship is.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Ontario Marriages
A compilation of marriages from Ontario, with the following information:
This is confusing, as it lists Tim's dad as "Jeremiah." Tim had a brother named Jeremiah, but so far as I know, his dad's name was "Darby." Is it possible that "Darby" was a nickname?
Upper Canada Marriage Indexes
Jacob Irons and Mary McCue, 1842
Jane McCue and Allan Salt, 1846
William McCue and Eliza Bedford, 1847
2666-89 Timothy CURREN, 32, farmer, Canada, Melancthon, s/o Jeremiah & Bridget, married Annie McCUE, 21, Canada, Melancthon, d/o James & Sabina, witn: Francis DAVIS of Gartand Forks & Barbara McCUE of Melancthon, 4 March 1889 at Melancthon twp
This is confusing, as it lists Tim's dad as "Jeremiah." Tim had a brother named Jeremiah, but so far as I know, his dad's name was "Darby." Is it possible that "Darby" was a nickname?
Upper Canada Marriage Indexes
Jacob Irons and Mary McCue, 1842
Jane McCue and Allan Salt, 1846
William McCue and Eliza Bedford, 1847
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Jailbirds in the Family Tree?
Probably everyone has some. I found some possible relatives on a list of compiled Ontario jail records. More research is needed to find if they're relatives:
Curran, Darby; age 35; Owen Sound Jail, 1859 [Owen Sound was the county seat of Grey County, described as "a lively port on Georgian Bay)
Curran, Felix; age 23; Brockville Jail, 1848 [Leeds County]
Curran, Mary; age 20; York-Peel Jail, 1855 [Toronto]
McCue, Michael; age 75 [hope this is a typo!]; Home District Jail, 1842 [in Toronto, included prisoners from Simcoe County]
McCue, Peter; age 24; Cobourg Jail, 1852
My recollection is that the dob for Darby is about right, i.e., 1824. If Felix is a relative of Darby's [perhaps a brother, dob ~ 1825], and they came over about the same time, they emmigrated before 1850. Mary Curran's dob would be 1835.
Curran, Darby; age 35; Owen Sound Jail, 1859 [Owen Sound was the county seat of Grey County, described as "a lively port on Georgian Bay)
Curran, Felix; age 23; Brockville Jail, 1848 [Leeds County]
Curran, Mary; age 20; York-Peel Jail, 1855 [Toronto]
McCue, Michael; age 75 [hope this is a typo!]; Home District Jail, 1842 [in Toronto, included prisoners from Simcoe County]
McCue, Peter; age 24; Cobourg Jail, 1852
My recollection is that the dob for Darby is about right, i.e., 1824. If Felix is a relative of Darby's [perhaps a brother, dob ~ 1825], and they came over about the same time, they emmigrated before 1850. Mary Curran's dob would be 1835.
Friday, September 30, 2011
1871 Census of Canada
From page 18 & 19, Province of Ontario, District No. 36 South Grey, Subdistrict: Township of Melancthon Division No. 2, John Mills, Enumerator.
Household 68:
McCue, James; male; 28;born in Ireland; farmer; married.
McCue, Margaret; female; 24; born in Ontario; married.
McCue, Bridget; female; 63; born in Ireland; widowed.
McCue, Bridget E.; female; 9 mos. born in July; born in Ontario.
McCue, Barbary; female; 24; born in Ireland.
Purtle, James; male; 21; born in Ontario; farmer.
Household 69:
McCue, Michail; male; 35; born in Ireland; farmer; married.
McCue, Bridget; female; 27; born in New York State; married.
McCue, Catherine; female; 5; born in Ontario.
McCue, Patrick; male; 4; born in Ontario.
McCue, Mary (middle initial R or L or B); female; 1; born in Ontario.
Household 68:
McCue, James; male; 28;born in Ireland; farmer; married.
McCue, Margaret; female; 24; born in Ontario; married.
McCue, Bridget; female; 63; born in Ireland; widowed.
McCue, Bridget E.; female; 9 mos. born in July; born in Ontario.
McCue, Barbary; female; 24; born in Ireland.
Purtle, James; male; 21; born in Ontario; farmer.
Household 69:
McCue, Michail; male; 35; born in Ireland; farmer; married.
McCue, Bridget; female; 27; born in New York State; married.
McCue, Catherine; female; 5; born in Ontario.
McCue, Patrick; male; 4; born in Ontario.
McCue, Mary (middle initial R or L or B); female; 1; born in Ontario.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Melancthon, Ontario
Melanchton as a town no longer exists; the old townsite is a windfarm, now. These a photos from the internet, showing scenery, and the still-standing St. Patrick's Church.
Melancthon, Ontario
From:
Ontario Ghost Towns
http://www.ghosttownpix.com/ontario/towns/melancth.html
When James Beachell, a native of Yorkshire, England, first set foot in Melancthon around 1848, he landed in almost complete wilderness. There were no railways and what passed for roads were crude trails that were barely useable. Undaunted, Beachell, an engineer by profession, who had worked as a railway contractor in France, opened a tavern and hotel about two kilometres south of the future Melancthon town site. The "Beachell Hotel" grew to become a popular stopping place for many years. In 1851, he opened the Melancthon post office and later built a sawmill in nearby Flesherton.
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Many of Melancthon's early settlers arrived at around the same time as James Beachell. They included people like the Darraghs, Mitchells, McCues and McManamans. One exception was William Silk, who was said to have arrived in the area around 1837. Silk worked on and off at Horning's Mills but also had excellent carpentry skills and built the first wooden wagon in the township.
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Although Dufferin County was largely a bastion of conservative Protestantism, there was a large group of Irish Catholic settlers who established a Roman Catholic congregation in the early 1850s. Initially services were held in the home of Patrick McCue, who had arrived in Melancthon around 1851. Around 1858, a large log-hewed church, that later became known as St. Patrick's, was moved to Lot 280, owned by Francis O'Boyle. The church was also used as a separate school for a number of years, with Miss Purtil, who later married James McCue, as the teacher. Melancthon's erstwhile carpenter, James Sawden, although not a Roman Catholic, conducted many of the early funeral services. After serving the community well for about 20 years, the old church was replaced in 1879 with a new brick structure.
* * *
By far the most long-lasting of all Melancthon's business operations was H.L. Breen's granary and hay business. The granary was first started by James McCue, whose family arrived in Melancthon from Ireland in 1851, while James was still a boy. McCue grew up to become an extremely successful farmer and breeder. Later on in life, he was appointed a Justice of the Peace. During the Patrons of Industry days, McCue built a frame granary above the board and batten railway station, which by then was part of the C.P.R. The business was later bought by H.L. Breen, a hay and grain dealer, who merged the business with his own. By 1906 the business had been taken over by the Canada Grain Company of Toronto, who built a large grain elevator near the station. The business appears to have survived until some time in the 1930s.
* * *
After the end of World War I, Melancthon fell into a steep decline from which it never recovered. Depletion of the surrounding lumber supplies and changes in the agricultural sector were the main contributing factors. Piece by piece, the village slowly began to trickle away until there was virtually nothing left. Of the old town hall, the Orange Lodge, sawmill or the Gravel Road Church - nothing remains. Even the Gravel Road cemetery didn't escape the carnage. After Highway 10 was enlarged, the tombstones were jammed into a cluster alongside the highway, where they remain, largely ignored. Other relics include an abandoned farmhouse of later vintage. The railway line was removed around 1997. All that survives of old Melancthon Village is St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, located just north of the old town site. Surprisingly, the church remains in use. In 2006, the barren remains of old town site were reclaimed by the provincial government and found new use as the site of a massive government wind farm.
Ontario Ghost Towns
http://www.ghosttownpix.com/ontario/towns/melancth.html
When James Beachell, a native of Yorkshire, England, first set foot in Melancthon around 1848, he landed in almost complete wilderness. There were no railways and what passed for roads were crude trails that were barely useable. Undaunted, Beachell, an engineer by profession, who had worked as a railway contractor in France, opened a tavern and hotel about two kilometres south of the future Melancthon town site. The "Beachell Hotel" grew to become a popular stopping place for many years. In 1851, he opened the Melancthon post office and later built a sawmill in nearby Flesherton.
* * *
Many of Melancthon's early settlers arrived at around the same time as James Beachell. They included people like the Darraghs, Mitchells, McCues and McManamans. One exception was William Silk, who was said to have arrived in the area around 1837. Silk worked on and off at Horning's Mills but also had excellent carpentry skills and built the first wooden wagon in the township.
* * *
Although Dufferin County was largely a bastion of conservative Protestantism, there was a large group of Irish Catholic settlers who established a Roman Catholic congregation in the early 1850s. Initially services were held in the home of Patrick McCue, who had arrived in Melancthon around 1851. Around 1858, a large log-hewed church, that later became known as St. Patrick's, was moved to Lot 280, owned by Francis O'Boyle. The church was also used as a separate school for a number of years, with Miss Purtil, who later married James McCue, as the teacher. Melancthon's erstwhile carpenter, James Sawden, although not a Roman Catholic, conducted many of the early funeral services. After serving the community well for about 20 years, the old church was replaced in 1879 with a new brick structure.
* * *
By far the most long-lasting of all Melancthon's business operations was H.L. Breen's granary and hay business. The granary was first started by James McCue, whose family arrived in Melancthon from Ireland in 1851, while James was still a boy. McCue grew up to become an extremely successful farmer and breeder. Later on in life, he was appointed a Justice of the Peace. During the Patrons of Industry days, McCue built a frame granary above the board and batten railway station, which by then was part of the C.P.R. The business was later bought by H.L. Breen, a hay and grain dealer, who merged the business with his own. By 1906 the business had been taken over by the Canada Grain Company of Toronto, who built a large grain elevator near the station. The business appears to have survived until some time in the 1930s.
* * *
After the end of World War I, Melancthon fell into a steep decline from which it never recovered. Depletion of the surrounding lumber supplies and changes in the agricultural sector were the main contributing factors. Piece by piece, the village slowly began to trickle away until there was virtually nothing left. Of the old town hall, the Orange Lodge, sawmill or the Gravel Road Church - nothing remains. Even the Gravel Road cemetery didn't escape the carnage. After Highway 10 was enlarged, the tombstones were jammed into a cluster alongside the highway, where they remain, largely ignored. Other relics include an abandoned farmhouse of later vintage. The railway line was removed around 1997. All that survives of old Melancthon Village is St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, located just north of the old town site. Surprisingly, the church remains in use. In 2006, the barren remains of old town site were reclaimed by the provincial government and found new use as the site of a massive government wind farm.
McCue Leads
this information was posted by “Peter McCue” on a Curran message board on Ancestry several years ago; his e-mail no longer works. Some of the information matches what I know about my McCue ancestors. I am eager to go to the Dufferin County Museum and Archives north of Toronto.
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I am looking for any information regarding Patrick McCue (b.1796 Castlebar, Co.Mayo, Ire.) who was married to a Bridget Dean (b.1805 in County Mayo).Patrick died on Oct.5,1869 in Melancthon, Ontario.
His son, James McCue(b. May 1,1844 in Castlebar) is my great grandfather. He married a Margaret Purtell on Jan.25,1869. James died in Melancthon, Ontario on March 8, 1928. I know that Patrick and Bridget had other children who all came to Ontario with their families. Some went to the US and some stayed in that area of Ontario. Any help would be appreciated.
Our family of McCue came from County Mayo ( Westport and Castlebar area) They came to an area near London, Ontario in Canada. They were a Catholic family. There is some speculation in the family that the name was spelled McHugh when they came to Canada but the land deed was spelled 'McCue". My great grandfather arrived in Canada at an elderly age with all his grown children and their respective families. I had a prof who spelled his name"McCue" and his background was Protestant.
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I am looking for any information regarding Patrick McCue (b.1796 Castlebar, Co.Mayo, Ire.) who was married to a Bridget Dean (b.1805 in County Mayo).Patrick died on Oct.5,1869 in Melancthon, Ontario.
His son, James McCue(b. May 1,1844 in Castlebar) is my great grandfather. He married a Margaret Purtell on Jan.25,1869. James died in Melancthon, Ontario on March 8, 1928. I know that Patrick and Bridget had other children who all came to Ontario with their families. Some went to the US and some stayed in that area of Ontario. Any help would be appreciated.
Our family of McCue came from County Mayo ( Westport and Castlebar area) They came to an area near London, Ontario in Canada. They were a Catholic family. There is some speculation in the family that the name was spelled McHugh when they came to Canada but the land deed was spelled 'McCue". My great grandfather arrived in Canada at an elderly age with all his grown children and their respective families. I had a prof who spelled his name"McCue" and his background was Protestant.
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