Mary Catherine Lahey

1898 - 1959  (60 years)

• Name	Mary Catherine Lahey
  Nickname	Katie Mae; Mae
  Born	9 Jun 1898	Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada
  Christened	19 Jun 1898	St. Patrick's, Ottawa   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Confirmation	9 May 1909	St. Patrick's, Ottawa   [2]
  	Mary Catharine, 10, parents John J. Lahey and Bridget L. Killeen, sponsor Margaret O'Grady, A. [Aunt]
  	Margaret O'Grady was Margaret Galligan, wife of Daniel O'Grady. Listed as "Aunt," but actually her first cousin twice removed
  Occupation	1921	Ottawa, Ontario
  	Bookkeeper for Railway
  Travel	Oct 1925	Ottawa to Detroit   [3]
  	With Miss Gertrude Byrne, to visit Mary Gladys (Lahey) Cunningham
  Godparents	Peter Barnes and Margaret Gallagher.
  Occupation	1927	Ottawa, Ontario   [4]
  	Clerk: CNR
  Religion	Roman Catholic
  Clubs & Societies	Ottawa, Ontario   [5]
  	Bayswater Sewing Circle (1922) Catholic Girls' Club (1925) St. Mary's Tabernacle Society: secretary (1928); president (1930) Legion of Mary
  Cause of Death	Ovarian cancer
  Died	22 Feb 1959	Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	24 Feb 1959	Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada
  Association	Peter Barnes (Relationship: Godfather/goddaughter)
  Association	Family: John Harold Touhey / Mary Norma Whelan (Relationship: Marriage witness)
  Association	Margaret Galligan (Relationship: Confirmation sponsor)
  Association	Family: William Francis Green / Agnes Evelyn Lahey (Relationship: Marriage witness)
  Person ID	I10	Moran
  Last Modified	25 May 2025

  
  

  Father	John James Lahey,   b. 2 Dec 1858, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Dec 1932, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Bridget Loreto Killeen,   b. 10 Jun 1861, South March, March township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 8 Nov 1932, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Married	12 Jul 1893	St. Patrick's, Ottawa
  Association	James Napoleon Killeen (Relationship: Marriage witness)
  Association	Mary Ann Killeen (Relationship: Marriage witness)
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Allan Jerome Moran,   b. 30 Dec 1897, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 07 Aug 1978, St. Patrick's Home, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Married	25 May 1932	St. Mary's, Ottawa   [6]
  Witnesses	Orvil Alexander Moran and Mrs Richard John Cunningham (Mary Gladys Lahey)
  Address	1935	Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	231 Armstrong St.
  Address	1940	Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	112 Rosemount Ave.
  Address	1945	Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	112 Rosemount Ave.
  Address	1957	Ottawa, Ontario
  	404 Daly Ave., Apt. 2
  Association	Mary Gladys Lahey (Relationship: Marriage witness)
  Association	Orville Alexander Moran (Relationship: Marriage witness)
  Children	+ 1. Rosemary Loretto Moran,   b. 5 March 1933, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Mar 1978, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 45 years)   2. John Alexander Moran,   b. 6 Sep 1934, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Mar 2013, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Marriage » Slide Show		A Shower and a Bridge Party for Miss Mae Lahey The Ottawa Citizen, 20 May 1932
  		China Shower and Tea for Miss Mae Lahey The Ottawa Journal, 24 May 1932
  		Bridge Party for Miss Mae Lahey The Ottawa Citizen, 19 May 1932
  		Engagement of Laura Lahey and John Oswald Green The Ottawa Citizen, 14 November 1935
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2023
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Mary Catherine Lahey (1898-1959)
  		Stella McDonnell, Allan Jerome Moran, and Mary Catherine Lahey, 1950s
  		Mary Catherine (Lahey) Moran and Edith Foley July 1955. Possibly Farmer's Rapids, Que?
  		At Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal Montreal, 1955. Left to right: Clifford Lahey, Mary Catherine (Lahey) Moran, Stella (McDonnell) Lahey, Allan Jerome Moran
  		Lahey Sisters with Evelyn Trepanier As written on back of photo: Evelyn Trepanier; unknown; unknown; Laura Lahey; Mae Lahey Evelyn Trepanier, as Miss Evelyn Lowrey, held a bridal shower for Mary Gladys Lahey in June 1924. In May 1930, Miss Evelyn Lahey hosted a tea and shower for Miss Evelyn Lowrey. In November 1935, Mrs. Henry Trepanier (Evelyn Lowrey), hosted a tea for Mary Laura Lahey. Also: Evelyn (Lowrey) Trepanier's brother, Rev. Fr. Robert Emmett Lowrey, assisted at funeral mass (in Detroit, 4 March 1949) for Evelyn Lahey's husband, William Francis Green.
  		Laheys at 26 St. Francis Street, Ottawa Left to right: Mary Catherine Lahey; Agnes Evelyn Lahey; Unknown (possibly Mary Laura Lahey?); John James Lahey
  		John James Lahey with at least two daughters Left to right: Mary Catherine Lahey; Unknown (possibly Margaret Hilda Lahey?); John James Lahey; Unknown (possibly Mary Laura Lahey?); Agnes Evelyn Lahey. 26 St. Francis Street, Ottawa

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Miss May Lahey to Detroit The Ottawa Journal, 13 October 1925
  		Miss May Lahey helps plan garden party The Ottawa Citizen, 2 June 1930
  		Attended Shower held by Bayswater Sewing Circle The Ottawa Citizen, 10 June 1922 "Little Miss Nora Coleman" distributed gifts, dressed as a little bride. "Recitations and dances were by little Miss Nora Coleman,...and Miss Louise Finnerty." Miss May Lahey also in attendance. Mary Nora Benton Coleman, daughter of Harold Stanley Coleman and Mary Teresa Finnerty, was the goddaughter, and first cousin once removed, of Allan Jerome Moran, whose future wife, "Miss May Lahey" (Mary Catherine Lahey) was also in attendance at this bridal shower

  
  

  Headstones

  Moran burials at Notre Dame

  
  

  Histories

  Railway Ancestors Many of our ancestors worked for the railways.

  
  

  Marriage » Slide Show		Tea and Shower for Miss Evelyn Lahey The Ottawa Citizen, 13 July 1931
  		Mrs. Allan J. Moran Hosts Shower The Ottawa Citizen, 20 November 1937 For Mrs. Paul Scott, formerly Miss Dorothy Kelly Mrs. Allan J. Moran = Mary Catherine Lahey, wife of Allan Jerome Moran Mrs. Orville Moran = Mary Elizabeth Clyne, wife of Orville Alexander Moran Mrs. J.H. Touhey = Mary Norma Whelan, wife of John Harold Touhey Mrs. A.M. Moran = Anna Maria Benton, wife of Alexander Michael Moran
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Tea for Miss Laura Lahey The Ottawa Journal, 18 November 1935
  		Mrs. Allan J. Moran Holds Tea for Miss Laura Lahey The Ottawa Citizen, 26 November 1935
  		Mrs. Allan Moran hosts shower for Miss Lois Lahey The Ottawa Journal, 15 June 1953 Mary Gertrude Lois Lahey, daughter of Clifford Lahey and Stella McDonnell, was the first cousin once removed of Mary Catherine Lahey. Lois Lahey married Harold Cooper "Bud" Maguire on 27 June 1953. Orville Lahey and John Alexander Moran served as ushers.

  
  

  Obituary » Slide Show		Death Notice for Mary Catherine Lahey The Ottawa Citizen, 23 February 1959
  		Obituary for Mary Catherine Lahey The Ottawa Citizen, 24 February 1959
  		Obit for Mary Catherine Lahey The Ottawa Journal, 26 February 1959

  
  

• Sources

  [S107] St. Patrick's Ottawa. [S478] Confirmations, 1907-1910, St. Patrick, Ottawa. [S347] The Ottawa Journal, p. 10, 13 Oct 1925. [S443] Ottawa City Directory 1927, (Might Directories), p. 398. [S259] The Ottawa Citizen, p. 25, 2 Jun 1930. "Plan Garden Party... The president [of the St. Mary's Tabernacle Society], Miss May Lahey, presided over the meeting..." [S133] Register of St. Mary's, Ottawa. [S321] Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980.