Thomas Edmund Houlihan

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• Godparents: Hugh Killeen and Mary Ann Killeen

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• Cause of Death: Meningitis

Thomas married Catherine Elizabeth Killeen on 05 Sep 1905 in St. Mary's, Ottawa. Catherine (daughter of Thomas Benjamin Killeen and Mary Ann McBride) was born on 27 May 1872 in Nepean township, Carleton Co., Ontario; was christened on 18 Aug 1872 in St. Patrick's, Ottawa; died on 15 Feb 1958 in Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried on 18 Feb 1958. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Godparents: John Gavan and Mary A. Powers
• Burial Witnesses: Rev. S. Donegan and H. Mayotte
• Confirmation: 21 Jun 1887, St. Patrick, Ottawa; Killeen, Catherine D. of Thomas Killeen and Mary Ann McBride S. Mary Ann Killeen

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Married:
Bride was "given away by her brother, Mr. H.W. [Hugh William] Killeen." Why not by her father?

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• Death Informant: Jane Houlahan, widow of the deceased, Lot 4, Con 4, Nepean
• Cause of Death: Fracture of the spine, about 4 days

Thomas married Jane Houlahan about 1857. Jane was born about 1841 in Kilkenny, Ireland; died on 22 Feb 1930. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Godparents: Simon Loughnane and Mrs [Cochlin?]
• Religion: Roman Catholic
• Cause of Death: Myocarditis
• Burial Witnesses: 06 May 1916; Frederick Killeen and Thomas L. Killeen

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Christened:
Baptized at "aged 9 weeks"

Thomas married Mary Ann McBride on 23 Jun 1863 in St. Patrick's, Ottawa. Mary (daughter of Hugh McBride and Mary Ann Kealey) was born on 4 Dec 1843 in Nepean, Carleton County, Ontario; was christened on 31 Dec 1843 in Notre Dame Bytown; died on 29 Dec 1925; was buried on 31 Dec 1925 in Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Godparents: James Kealey and Ellen Byer
• Address: Address:
  Carling Ave., Nepean
• Cause of Death: Pneumonia
• Obit: 4 Jan 1926, The Ottawa Journal

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Two children (Bridget and Thomas) died of smallpox in the autumn of 1879.

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• Occupation: Soldier; carpenter; farmer
• Religion: Roman Catholic
• Physical Description: Records for his regiment describe him as 5 ft. 8 when he enlisted (1804), and as 5 ft. 10 at age 22 (1808). Said to have had a "swarthy complexion," with grey eyes and brown hair.
• Address: Address:
  Lot 11, Con. 3, March township
• Military: 10 Dec 1804, Clonony, King's Co. (Offaly), Ireland; Enlisted with 97th Regiment. For What Period of Service: Unlimited. By Whom Enlisted: Lieut. Kelly.
• Military: 25 Dec 1813 - 24 Mar 1814, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Record of pay. Amount issued: 2/12/6 (pounds/shillings/pence)
• Military: 23 Dec 1818; Regimental Register of Pensioners; : 32
• Emigration: 1819, Ireland to Canada
• Military: 12 Oct 1819, Quebec City; KILLEEN, Denis, Pensioner from 97th Foot, Report of his arrival at Quebec; authority requested to cover disbursement made to him, Quebec 12-10-1819.
• Address: 1820, March township, Carleton Co., Ontario; KILLEEN, Denis, from Ireland, settled in March, Ontario on 23 August 1820 [PAOMS154]
• Address: 1846, March township, Carleton Co.; Address:
  Dinis Killian found on the Township of March Collector's Roll, 1
• Will: 24 May 1850, March township, Carleton Co., Ontario; Memorial of a will made 24 May 1850, registered 9 Feb 1854. Citation: Carleton County Land Registry, March, no. 7142, memorial of will of Denis Killeen, 1854.

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Found in the Collectors Roll for the Township of March for the Year 1846: Dinis Killian

Enlisted in British army in 1804 at age 18. 97th Regiment of Foot. Discharged in 1819. Awarded pension on 26 August 1819 (British Army Pensioners Abroad. Source: WO120 Volume 70, p. 166. Index #6420). As a pensioner, he was among very first settlers of South March. Worked as servant to Captain John Benning Monk until receiving (26 May 1828) a patent from the Crown for the South 1/2 of Lot 11 Con 3 March Township, 100 acres. In 1819, he helped Monk build his temporary residence, a shanty that Monk nicknamed "Mosquito Cove" (Monk later built a stone manor which he named Beechmount, which was destroyed by fire in 1870). Wife Mary Ahearn was also a servant in the Monk household. Listed in May 4, 1821 census of March as "Killeen, Darius, wife, 1 son, 1 daughter."

Birth:
Listed as age 18 at time of military enlistment (1804)

Military:
Pensioned out on 23 Dec 1818. Pension transferred from Kilmainham 26 Aug 1819.

Military:
Petitions, returns, and correspondence relating to half pay and pensions.

Died:
Made a will dated 24 May 1850. Died before the 1851 census enumeration.

Denis married Mary Ahern on 26 Jul 1817 (Church of Ireland) in St. Nicholas, Cork City, Co. Cork, Ireland. Mary was born about 1798 in Co. Cork, Ireland; died in 1860 in March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Domestic servant in household of Captain John Benning Monk
• Religion: Church of Ireland (Anglican)
• Variant Surname: Ahearn, Hare, Hearn, O'Hare, O'Hara
• Emigration: About 1818, Ireland to Canada

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Birth:
1851/52 census: age given as 53
1861 census: died in 1860, at age 70

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Birth:
Ontario civil death record lists place of birth as "near Enniskillen, Ireland"

Hugh married Mary Ann Kealey on 30 Jan 1838 in Notre Dame Bytown. Mary was born in 1811 in Ireland; was buried on 11 Sep 1877 in Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]