Alexander Michael Moran

1872 - 1939  (66 years)

• Name	Alexander Michael Moran
  Nickname	Alec; Alex
  Born	20 Jun 1872	March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada
  Christened	7 Jul 1872	St. Isidore, South March, March township, Carleton Co. Ontario   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Godparents	Thomas Hourigan and Margaret Hogan
  Confirmation	1885	St. Michael's, Corkery   [2]
  	Alexander Michl, [son of] Alexander Moran and Mary Levy
  Occupation	1894	Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Clerk for Francis O'Malley, Grocer, 883 Wellington
  Address	1894	Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	128 Arthur St. With sisters Tina Lavalle [Lavellee], widow of Joseph; Julia Moran; and Minnie Fagan; and brother-in-law Michael H. Fagan
  Occupation	1895	Ottawa, Ontario
  	Driver, WC Gibson & Son (biscuit manufacturers)
  Address	1895	Ottawa, Ontario
  	127 Slater
  Occupation	1896	Ottawa, Ontario
  	Shipper for R.E. Jamieson (Baker & Biscuit Manufacturer, 532-540 Wellington)
  Address	1896	Ottawa, Ontario
  	660 McLaren. Lives with sister Minnie Fagan and brother-in-law Michael H. Fagan. Also boarding at 660 McLaren is Anna Maria Benton, whom he marries on 15 February 1897
  Occupation	1901	Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada
  	pntr [painter] CAR [Canada Atlantic Railway]
  Occupation	1904	Ottawa, Ontario   [5]
  	Fitter, CAR (Canada Atlantic Railway)
  Occupation	1909
  	Machinist for Grand Trunk Railway (1909)
  Religion	Roman Catholic
  Clubs & Societies	Ottawa, Ontario
  	International Association of Machinists: Local 825 St. Joseph's Bowling League Knights of Columbus
  Cause of Death	31 Jan 1939	Ottawa, Ontario
  	Coronary thrombosis Dad's recollection that he died of a heart attack is supported by the Ontario civil death record. According to Dad, his grandfather had been shovelling snow outside, and then came inside the house and collapsed of a heart attack. Dad was 5 years old when he saw his grandfather lying dead in the front hallway.
  Burial Witnesses	Allan Jerome Moran and Orville Alexander Moran
  Died	31 Jan 1939	Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Died at home, at 231 Armstrong St. Dad said he had a heart attack after shovelling snow.
  Buried	03 Feb 1939	Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Witnesses to burial were Allan Jerome Moran and Orville Alexander Moran (priest mistakenly writes Alexander Jerome Moran and Orvil Allan Moran). Section 22, Notre Dame Cemetery
  Association	Thomas Hourigan (Relationship: Godfather/godson)
  Association	Zita Mary Bride Moran (Relationship: Godfather/goddaughter)
  Association	Julia Emma Moran (Relationship: Burial witness)
  Association	Mary Clara Moore (Relationship: Godfather/goddaughter)
  Association	Margaret Hogan (Relationship: Godmother/godson)
  Association	Catherine Doyle (Relationship: Death informant)
  Association	Rosemary Loretto Moran (Relationship: Godfather/goddaughter)
  Association	Vivian Margaret Moran (Relationship: Confirmation sponsor)
  Notes	Used to take Dad for drives in his car, to deliver grocery orders or to make deliveries for the St Vincent de Paul Society Played the fiddle (this from Emmett Patrick Sloan), and used to love to drink buttermilk (this from his grandson, John Alexander Moran). Dad said he was "a quiet man, and very kind."
  Person ID	I12	Moran
  Last Modified	1 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Alexander Michael Moran,   b. Oct 1830, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 26 Jan 1892, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Leavy,   b. 1 Jan 1832, Co. Longford, Ireland ,   d. 27 Apr 1907, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Married	About 1853
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Maria Benton,   b. 28 Aug 1871, Arnprior, McNab township, Renfrew Co., Ontario ,   d. 07 Sep 1947, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Married	15 Feb 1897	St. Patrick's, Ottawa   [8]
  Witnesses	15 Feb 1897	Ottawa, Ontario
  	Emile Bureau and Margaret Benton
  Address	1898	Ottawa, Ontario
  	17 Arthur St
  Address	1899	Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada
  	601 Somerset St.
  Address	1901	Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	367 Nepean St.
  Census	1901	Ottawa (City/Cité) St George (Ward/Quartier), Ottawa, Ontario   [10]
  	Household has 6 people: Alex and Annie; sons Allan Jerome (3 yrs old) and Alex (Orville Alexander, aged 2 months); Emma Lenahan (widowed Mary Emilia Moran, before marriage to Ed Delaney); and Annie's sister Margaret Benton.
  Address	1904-1908	Ottawa, Ontario
  	204 Somerset E.
  Address	1909	Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada   [11]
  	108 College Ave
  Census	1911	26 Osgoode, St. Georges Ward, Ottawa City, Ontario   [12]
  	Alex, Annie, Allan Jerome, Orville Alexander, and Margaret Benton
  Address	1916	Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada
  	26 Osgoode St.
  Census	1921	Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada
  	26 Osgoode St.
  Address	1923	Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada
  	58 Spadina Ave.
  Address	1925	Ottawa, Ontario
  	231 Armstrong St.
  	Purchased from Mary Emilia [Moran] Delaney and Ed Delaney. "Mary E. Delaney et. al. to Alexander M. and Allan Moran, property on the west side of Parkdale Ave, $4800." In 1922, Ed. Delaney had secured a building permit to build a brick veneer residence at 1160-1162 Parkdale (231 Armstrong). [13, 14]
  Land	19 Mar 1925	Ottawa, Ontario   [15]
  	Agreement for sale. Mary E. and Edward J. Delaney (grantor) to Alexander M. and Allan Moran (grantee). West 54 feet and etc. Lot 1160, Plan 157 [231 Armstrong Street].
  Children	1. 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)   2. Orville Alexander Moran,   b. 06 Jan 1901, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Jan 1972, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Documents		Mr. and Mrs. Alex Moran and family take trip to Swift Current The Ottawa Journal, 9 August 1913 Visiting Con Hazelton and his wife Margaret Benton
  Histories		Memories of the Morans By Emmett Patrick Sloan
  Last Modified	9 Aug 2023
  Family ID	F4	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Alexander Michael Moran (1872-1939) Photo taken on Armstrong Street, Ottawa. See Carleton Tavern history at the blog.
  		Alexander Michael Moran, ca. 1892
  		Moran brothers, ca. 1892 John Moran, Alexander Michael Moran, James Moran.

  
  

  Documents

  Baptism of Rosemary Loretto Moran St. Mary's (Notre Dame du Bon Conseil), Ottawa, 19 March 1933. Godparents were her grandfather, Alexander Michael Moran, and her aunt, Mary Laura Lahey

  
  

  Headstones

  Alexander Michael Moran and Anna Maria Benton

  
  

  Histories

  Railway Ancestors Many of our ancestors worked for the railways.

  
  

  Obituary » Slide Show		Obituary for Alexander Michael Moran The Ottawa Citizen, 1 February 1939
  		Obit for Alexander Michael Moran The Ottawa Journal, 1 February 1939
  		Funeral of Alexander Michael Moran The Ottawa Citizen, 3 February 1939
  		Funeral of A.M. Moran The Ottawa Journal, 3 February 1939
  		In memory of Alexander Moran The Ottawa Citizen, 31 January 1941

  
  

• Sources

  [S89] St. Isidore. [S307] Register of Confirmations, St. Michael's (Corkery), West Huntley, 1885-1909. [S326] Ottawa City Directory 1893-94, (Might Directories), 352. [S326] Ottawa City Directory 1893-94, (Might Directories), 352. With sister Jule (Julia), dressmaker [S476] Ottawa City Directory 1904, (Might Directories). [S85] Ontario Deaths. [S133] Register of St. Mary's, Ottawa. [S107] St. Patrick's Ottawa. [S324] Ottawa City Directory 1901, (Might Directories), 363. [S79] 1901 Census of Canada. [S345] Ottawa City Directory 1909, (Might Directories), 505. [S80] 1911 Census of Canada. [S10] Ottawa Citizen, 1 Apr 1925. [S10] Ottawa Citizen, 28 Jul 1922. [S438] Abstract Parcel Register Book, Ottawa-Carleton (LRO 04). Book 133, Lot 1160, Plan 157, image 125 of 162.