Patrick Killeen^[1]

1820 - 1890  (~ 70 years)

• Name	Patrick Killeen
  Nickname	Patt; Paddy
  Born	Apr 1820	March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Religion	Roman Catholic
  Address	1841	March township, Carleton Co.   [3]
  	Address: Found on the muster roll of the March township militia: Pat Kill
  Address	1864	South March, March township, Carleton Co., Ontario   [4]
  	Killeen, Patrick, farmer. But not found on pages 250-51 (listing of farmers for March township, with lot and concession numbers). Con 3 Lot 11 now owned by Hogshaw, John and Hogshaw, William.
  Address	1887	South March, March township, Carleton Co., Ontario   [5]
  	"Mr. Patrick Killean, who is now sixty-eight years of age, and the first man born in the township, has forked over forty tons of hay this season for Mr. Boucher, and Paddy is just as fresh as ever."
  Died	18 May 1890  [6]
  Buried	20 May 1890	St. Michael's RC Cemetery, Corkery, Huntley township, Carleton Co.
  Association	John Lahey (Relationship: Burial witness)
  Association	Bernard Gaffney (Relationship: Marriage witness)
  Association	Denis Daley (Relationship: Godfather/godson)
  Association	John Nash (Relationship: Burial witness)
  Association	Bernard Gaffney (Relationship: Marriage witness)
  Association	Elizabeth Tracey (Relationship: Godfather/goddaughter)
  Notes	Listed in the Muster Roll of the Volunteer Left Flank Company Commanded by Capt. Horace Pinhey, 2nd Carleton Militia, Township of March, 4th June, 1841: Pat Killun, age 20. A.H.D. Ross (Ottawa Past and Present, 1927) records that Patrick Killeen was the first person of European ancestry to be born in March Township. 1851 census also lists March as birthplace. However, in the 1861 census, and in his death record of 1890, his birthplace is listed as Ireland. Cannot find in 1871 and 1881 census returns.
  Person ID	I125	Moran
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2015

  
  

  Father	Denis Killeen,   b. About 1786, Meelick, County Galway, Ireland ,   d. 1850, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Mother	Mary Ahearn,   b. About 1799, Ireland ,   d. 1860, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Married	About 1818	Ireland or Canada?
  Family ID	F34	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bridget Galligan,   b. 1835, Loughaconnick, Kilmore, Co. Cavan, Ireland ,   d. 11 Jun 1861, Fitzroy Township, Carleton County, Ontario  (Age 26 years)
  Married	28 Feb 1859	Pakenham, Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada   [7, 8]
  Witnesses	Bernard Gaffney, James O'Neil and John Lahey
  Census	1861	March township, Carleton Co., Ontario   [9]
  	Patrick Killean, Farmer, born U [Upper] Canada, R.C. [Roman Catholic], age 40; with wife Bridget Killean, born Ireland, age 26; daughter Mary Ann, born U Canada, age 1; and Eliza Killean, Servant, born U Canada, age 35, Single.
  Association	Bernard Gaffney (Relationship: Marriage witness)
  Children	1. Mary Ann Killeen,   b. 15 Jan 1860,   d. 23 Dec 1885, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario  (Age 25 years)   2. Bridget Loreto Killeen,   b. 9 Jun 1861, South March, March township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 8 Nov 1932, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Headstones		Galligan, Bridget, and Killeen, Patrick St. Michael's, Corkery, Huntley Township
  Histories		Last Will and Testament of Patrick Galligan
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2015
  Family ID	F31	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S86] Ottawa P & P, A.H.D. Ross, (Thorburn & Abbott), 39. [S162] Belden's Atlas of Carleton Co., 1879, (H. Belden & Co.), pp. xlvii-xlviii. "Patrick Killean was the first child born in the Township of March...His birth occurred in the month of April, 1820." [S131] 1841 March Township Muster Roll, Transcribed by DeAlton R. Owens, (Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society). [S168] Mitchell's Directory of Co. Carleton, 1864-5 , (Toronto: Mitchell & Co., 1864), 206. [S347] The Ottawa Journal, 22 Jul 1887. [S85] Ontario Deaths. [S87] Fitzroy Harbour Register. [S88] St. Peter Celestine. [S261] 1861 Census of Canada. Canada West, Carleton, March, p. 10, lines 12-15.