James Moran

1796 - 1861  (~ 61 years)

• Name	James Moran
  Born	About 1796	Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Coachman (Ireland); Farmer (Upper Canada)
  	Oral tradition has it that James Moran was a coachman for Margaret Jamieson's family and that the couple eloped to Canada when her parents wouldn't approve the marriage.
  Emigration	Abt 1818	Ireland to Canada
  Religion	Roman Catholic
  Census	1821	Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario   [1]
  	James Morin named as head of a household of 3: 1 man, 1 woman, 1 male child.
  Census	1822	Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario   [2]
  	James Moran named as head of a household of 4: 1 man, 1 woman, 1 male child, 1 female child. Total population of Huntley: 269.
  Address	23 Aug 1823	Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario   [3, 4]
  	Address: Upper Canada land petition by James Moran, Irish emigrant, for n
  Address	1827	Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario   [5]
  	Address: Huntley Company of Militia for the Year 1827: James Moran, 11/1
  	Under the Militia Act of 1793, each male inhabitant between the ages of 16 to 50 was required to enroll as a militiaman and attend annual muster on the King's birthday (4 June).
  Address	02 Apr 1828	Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario   [6]
  	Address: Upper Canada land petition by James Morin, emigrant, from Irelan
  Census	1842	Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario   [7]
  	Concession 1, Lot 11, 200 acres. They have improved 20 acres. They have 5 hogs, but no horses or cows. In the previous year, they had produced 40 bushels of wheat, 100 bushels of oats, and 500 bushels of potatoes. James Moran head of a household of 9, all of them belonging to "the Church of Rome." The census (which only lists the head of household by name) lists 2 sons and 5 daughters. Presumably the sons were Thomas and Alexander Michael (son James may have gone to Pakenham?). Of the 7 daughters, the eldest Marcella had married John Hogan in 1838. This leaves one daughter unaccounted for. Perhaps Anna (b. 1834) had died before 1842? She is not found in the 1851 census, and she seems to disappear from the records.
  Census	1851	Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario   [8]
  	Enumeration was late (12 Jan 1852). James Moran head of a household of 9, with James and Margaret born in Ireland, the children all born in Upper Canada. Daughter Anna (born 1834) not listed. Son James (born 1824) listed as having recently died of cholera ("collara") at age 27. Log house.
  Died	Between 1857 and 1861	Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario
  	In the index des sépultres for Notre Dame Basilica, Ottawa, there is a record for a James Moran, died 1 May 1857, buried 3 May 1857. His age is listed as 46, which is off by a decade or so. Unfortunately, while the index has survived, the years 1856-1861 are missing from the actual register.
  Association	Elizabeth Lahey (Relationship: Godfather/goddaughter)
  Person ID	I28	Moran
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2011

  
  

  Family	Margaret Jamieson,   b. About 1798, Ireland ,   d. 12 July 1882, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Married	About 1819
  Notes	An early Moran/Lahey connection: James Moran and Margaret Jamieson were godparents to Elizabeth Lahey, daughter of Patrick Lahey and Elizabeth Wharton, baptized Notre Dame, Bytown on 4 March 1832.
  Children	+ 1. Marcella Moran,   b. About 1821, Canada ,   d. 10 Mar 1893, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario  (Age ~ 72 years)   2. Thomas Moran,   b. 1 March 1822, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 21 Jan 1892, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario  (Age 69 years)   3. James Moran,   b. 8 Feb 1824, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 10 Jul 1851, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 27 years)   4. Mary Moran,   b. 31 March 1826, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 04 Jul 1872, Ile du Grand Calumet, Pontiac Co, Québec  (Age 46 years)   5. Margaret Moran,   b. Sep 1828, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 31 Jan 1908, Torbolton Township, Carleton Co., Ontario  (Age ~ 79 years)   6. Julia Moran,   b. About 1829, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 07 Jun 1889, March township, Carleton Co., Ontario  (Age ~ 60 years) + 7. Alexander Michael Moran,   b. Oct 1830, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 26 Jan 1892, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario  (Age ~ 61 years)   8. Elizabeth Moran,   b. 2 May 1833, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 21 May 1914, Montague township, Lanark Co., Ontario  (Age 81 years)   9. Anna Moran,   b. 11 Jun 1834,   d. Before 1852  (Age 17 years)   10. Henrietta Moran,   b. 20 Mar 1837, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 14 Mar 1921, St. Patrick's Orphanage and Asylum, Ottawa  (Age 83 years)
  Histories		Irish Origins Irish ancestors roughly mapped to their Irish counties of origin
  		My Maternal Ancestors Alec Lunney's account of James Moran and Margaret Jamieson
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2013
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S178] Townships of March and Huntley 1821, Ed. Mildred R. Livingston. [S180] Township of Huntley 1822, Ed. Mildred R. Livingston. [S177] Emmett's Notes, Emmett Patrick Sloan. James Morin, Irish From Perth Land Settlements, Reel C-2739 NAC (now LAC), p. 56. [S194] Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865). Return of Persons located by the Quarter Master General's Department in the Bathurst District who have performed the terms of Settlement and are entitled to the Patent Grants for the Several Allotments opposite their Respective Names.in, Irish Emgt, Huntley, 1st Concession, NW 1/2, 11, 100 acres. Perth Military Settlements, RG1, Series L-3, Vol. 421, page 31 (Reel C-2739, Petition #70). [S132] 1829 Huntley Militia List, Transcribed by Bruce S. Elliott, (Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society). [S176] Index to the Upper Canada Land Books, Edited by Susan Smart, (Ontario Genealogical Society: 2007), 1676. Morin, James. (emigrant; from Ireland). Huntley Township. 2 April 1828. Book N; Page 273; Petition Perth 70. [S102] 1842 Carleton Census, (Ottawa Branch, OGS). [S77] 1851 Census of Canada, (National Archives of Canada). Canada West (Ontario), Carleton County, District 4, Subdistrict Huntley, Subdistrict Number 28, page 85.