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William Thomas Gaffney

Male 1852 - 1879  (~ 26 years)


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  1. 1.  William Thomas Gaffney was born in Nov 1852 in Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario; was christened on 21 Nov 1852 in Notre Dame Bytown (son of Bernard Gaffney and Catherine Killeen); died on 5 Apr 1879 in Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried on 7 Apr 1879 in Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Godparents: Thomas Burns and Catherine Tehan
    • Occupation: Carpenter
    • Death Informant: Bernard Gaffney
    • Cause of Death: Inflammation of the lungs -- 2 months [Tuberculosis?]
    • Burial Witnesses: 7 Apr 1879; Bernard Gaffney and [?]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Bernard Gaffney was born about 1823 in Co. Cavan, Ireland (son of James Gaffney and Catherine Coyle); died on 29 Dec 1902 in Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried on 1 Jan 1903 in Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Ottawa, Ontario; Tailor. Kept a shop at 116 Sussex
    • Burial Witnesses: Stephen Gaffney and Michael O'Brien

    Notes:

    Died:
    Address: 141 Cumberland

    Bernard married Catherine Killeen on 5 Oct 1847 in Notre Dame Bytown. Catherine (daughter of Denis Killeen and Mary Ahern) was born about 1822 in South March, March township, Carleton Co., Ontario; died on 12 Aug 1894 in Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried on 15 Aug 1894 in Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Catherine Killeen was born about 1822 in South March, March township, Carleton Co., Ontario (daughter of Denis Killeen and Mary Ahern); died on 12 Aug 1894 in Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried on 15 Aug 1894 in Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Cause of Death: Dropsy of the heart
    • Burial Witnesses: Michael Stars and John Boyle
    • Confirmation: Apr 1845, Notre Dame, Bytown; Cath. E[mer.?] Killaghan

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Ontario civil death records lists age at death (1894) as 72 (= born about 1822). Census records give year of birth as 1830-1833.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Catherine Killeen signs the register as "Cattie Killeen"

    Marriage partners given as Bernard Caffney and Catherine Killihan in the record, but indexed as Bernard Caffney and Catherine Killeen. Catherine Killeen listed as daughter of Dennis Killeen and Mary Green.

    Children:
    1. James Gaffney was born on 18 Aug 1848 in Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario; was christened on 26 Aug 1848 in Notre Dame Bytown; died on 24 Nov 1918 in Roscommon, Roscommon Co., Michigan.
    2. Thomas Gaffney was born on 6 Sep 1849 in Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario; was christened on 6 Sep 1849 in Notre Dame Basilica, Ottawa ; died on 16 Sep 1849 in Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried on 17 Sep 1849 in Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada.
    3. John Bernard Gaffney was born on 25 Jul 1850 in Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario; was christened on 9 Aug 1850 in Notre Dame Basilica, Ottawa ; died on 14 Dec 1914 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
    4. 1. William Thomas Gaffney was born in Nov 1852 in Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario; was christened on 21 Nov 1852 in Notre Dame Bytown; died on 5 Apr 1879 in Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried on 7 Apr 1879 in Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada.
    5. Patrick Napoleon Gaffney was born on 14 Mar 1855 in Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; was christened on 22 Mar 1855 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; died on 15 Mar 1896 in Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario; was buried on 19 Mar 1896.
    6. Denis Laurence Gaffney was born on 19 Oct 1856 in Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario; was christened on 19 Oct 1856 in Notre Dame Bytown; died on 10 Oct 1890 in Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario; was buried on 12 Oct 1890.
    7. Emma Gaffney was born about 1859 in Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario; died on 24 Dec 1882 in Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried on 26 Dec 1882 in Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada.
    8. Stephen Gaffney was born on 2 Jan 1860 in Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario; was christened on 9 Jan 1860 in Notre Dame Basilica, Ottawa ; died on 23 Apr 1946 in Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried on 26 Apr 1946 in Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada.
    9. Peter Gaffney was born on 29 Jul 1864 in Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario; was christened on 1 Aug 1864 in Notre Dame Basilica, Ottawa ; died on 17 Jun 1877 in Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried on 19 Jun 1877.
    10. Edward Arthur Gaffney was born about 1865 in Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario; died on 6 Mar 1926 in Roscommon, Roscommon Co., Michigan; was buried in Roscommon Village Cemetery, Roscommon, Roscommon County, Michigan.
    11. Georgina Gaffney was born about 1876; died on 3 Jan 1956 in Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario; was buried on 5 Jan 1956 in Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James Gaffney

    James married Catherine Coyle. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Catherine Coyle
    Children:
    1. 2. Bernard Gaffney was born about 1823 in Co. Cavan, Ireland; died on 29 Dec 1902 in Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried on 1 Jan 1903 in Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Denis Killeen was born about 1786 in Meelick, County Galway, Ireland; died about 1850 in March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • 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.

    Notes:

    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]


  4. 7.  Mary Ahern was born about 1798 in Co. Cork, Ireland; died in 1860 in March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • 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

    Notes:

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

    Children:
    1. Ellen Killeen was born about 1818 in Ireland; died on 18 Apr 1882 in Pontiac Co., Québec; was buried on 20 Apr 1882 in Ste. Elisabeth of Hungary RC Cemetery, Vinton, Outaouais Region, Quebec.
    2. Patrick Killeen was born in Apr 1820 in March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; died on 18 May 1890; was buried on 20 May 1890 in St. Michael's RC Cemetery, Corkery, Huntley township, Carleton Co..
    3. Hanora Killeen was born on 10 May 1821 in March township, Carleton Co., Ontario; died on 2 Mar 1903 in Clarendon, Pontiac Co., Québec; was buried on 4 Mar 1903.
    4. 3. Catherine Killeen was born about 1822 in South March, March township, Carleton Co., Ontario; died on 12 Aug 1894 in Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried on 15 Aug 1894 in Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada.
    5. Elizabeth Killeen was born about 1825 in March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada.
    6. Bridget Killeen was born on 14 Apr 1826 in March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; died on 18 Sep 1910 in Maniwaki, Québec; was buried on 20 Sep 1910 in Notre Dame de l'Assomption, Maniwaki, Québec.
    7. John Killeen was born about 1828 in March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; died on 6 Feb 1906 in Torbolton Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried on 8 Feb 1906 in St. Isidore, South March, March township, Carleton Co. Ontario.
    8. Denis Benjamin Killeen was born on 1 Dec 1829 in March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; was christened on 18 Jan 1830 in Notre Dame Bytown; died in 1914.
    9. William Killeen was born about 1832 in March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; was christened on 07 Mar 1833; died about 1860 in Torbolton Township, Carleton Co., Ontario.
    10. James Killeen was born in Nov 1833 in March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; was christened on 28 Jun 1835 in March township, Carleton Co., Ontario; died on 30 Apr 1896 in Butte, Silver Bow, Montana.
    11. Margaret Jane Killeen was born on 28 Sep 1835 in March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; was christened on 22 Oct 1836 in Bytown; died on 6 December 1913; was buried on 08 Dec 1913 in St. Isidore, South March, March township, Carleton Co. Ontario.
    12. Thomas Benjamin Killeen was born on 15 Jan 1837 in March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; was christened on 05 Apr 1837 in Bytown; died on 4 May 1916 in Westboro, Nepean, Carleton County, Ontario; was buried on 06 May 1916 in Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada.



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