Alexander Michael Moran

1830 - 1892  (~ 61 years)

• Name	Alexander Michael Moran
  Nickname	Sandy
  Born	Oct 1830	Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Farmer
  Address	1855	Pakenham township, Lanark Co., Ontario
  	Con 9, Lot 25
  	Purchased 200 acres from Robert Bell and wife Maria Bell, for 75 pounds, on 23 April 1855. Took out a mortgage of 58 pounds, 5 shillings. Mortgage discharged on 30 April 1859. Sold property to Edward Legree on 5 April 1878, for the sum of $2,750
  Address	1879	Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario   [1]
  	Lot 11, Con 1
  Cause of Death	26 Jan 1892	Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario
  	"La grippe" (influenza) with pneumonia
  Died	26 Jan 1892	Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario   [2]
  Buried	28 Jan 1892	St. Michael's RC Cemetery, Corkery, Huntley township, Carleton Co.   [3]
  Obit	13 Feb 1892	New York, NY   [4]
  Probate	Feb 1893	Carleton Co., Ontario   [5]
  	"An application for probate of the will of Alex. Morin of Huntley to Mary Morin, his widow, was granted, the estate being valued at $2,500."
  Religion	Roman Catholic
  Burial Witnesses	James Moran and John Moran (his two eldest sons)
  Association	John Moran (Relationship: Burial witness)
  Association	James Moran (Relationship: Burial witness)
  Notes	On 28 January 1857, Alexander Moran gave his father James Moran one hundred pounds in exchange for the "one hundred acres, more or less" situated in the north east and south east quarters of Lot 11, Concession 1, Huntley township. Sale was registered "at 12 O'clock Noon of Thursday, the 26th day of March A.D. 1857" (Book D, Memorial 10808).
  Person ID	I15	Moran
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	James Moran,   b. About 1796, Ireland ,   d. Between 1857 and 1861, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Mother	Margaret Jamieson,   b. About 1798, Ireland ,   d. 12 July 1882, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Married	About 1819
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Leavy,   b. 1 Jan 1832, Co. Longford, Ireland ,   d. 27 Apr 1907, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Married	About 1854
  Notes	At least three of the children of Sandy Moran and Mary Leavy played the fiddle: James, Alec, and Em. Emmett Sloan recalled the Morans as very fond of music and dancing.
  Children	1. John Moran,   b. Oct 1855, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 16 Jul 1921, Rochester, Minnesota  (Age ~ 65 years)   2. Margaret Jane Moran,   b. About 1856, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 07 May 1873, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario  (Age ~ 17 years)   3. James Moran,   b. 1858, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 19 Mar 1899, Nepean Township, Carleton Co., Ontario  (Age 41 years) + 4. Mary Ernestine Moran,   b. 28 Jan 1859, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 18 Jul 1943, Seattle, Washington  (Age 84 years) + 5. Anna Lillian Moran,   b. 17 May 1861, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 09 Oct 1915, Grand Forks, North Dakota  (Age 54 years) + 6. Thomas Edwin Moran,   b. 1 Mar 1863, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 05 Mar 1942, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years) + 7. Julia Amanda Moran,   b. 23 May 1864, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 16 Feb 1941, Portland, Oregon  (Age 76 years)   8. Ellen Adelaide Moran,   b. 22 Oct 1864, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. Before 1871  (Age 6 years) + 9. Helen Elizabeth Moran,   b. 19 May 1866, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 23 Feb 1947, East Grand Forks, Polk Co., Minnesota  (Age 80 years)   10. Mary Eugenie Gertrude Moran,   b. 8 Jan 1868, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 25 Mar 1953, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)   11. Anastasia Moran,   b. 31 Jan 1871, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 8 Aug 1939, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)   12. Alexander Michael Moran,   b. 20 Jun 1872, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 Jan 1939, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)   13. Mary Emelia Moran,   b. 29 Jul 1874, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 5 Aug 1963, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)
  Histories		To Hear the Wolves Howl From the family history notes of Thomas Edwin Moran
  		My Maternal Ancestors Alec Lunney's account of James Moran and Margaret Jamieson
  Newspaper		'Hidden Treasure' discovered on Alexander Moran's farm United Canada (Ottawa, Ontario), 6 September 1890
  Last Modified	24 May 2025
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Obituary » Slide Show		Death notice for Alexander Michael Moran The Ottawa Daily Citizen, 28 January 1892
  		Obituary for Messrs. Thomas and Alexander Moran Irish World (New York, NY), 13 February 1892
  		Obituary of Mr. E. Charlebois United Canada, 22 February 1890 Note: In English-language records, Arsène Charlebois' first name was often recorded as Ersin or Erwin
  		Death Notice for Alexander Moran (and Thomas Moran) United Canada, 30 January 1892

  
  

• Sources

  [S162] Belden's Atlas of Carleton Co., 1879, (H. Belden & Co.). [S85] Ontario Deaths. [S71] Register of St. Michael's, Corkery, Huntley. [S57] Irish World (New York, New York), p. 5, 13 Feb 1892. Obit for both Thomas and Alexander Moran of Huntley township, Carleton County, Ontario [S347] The Ottawa Journal, p. 1, 14 Feb 1893.