John Andrew Sloan

1855 - 1915  (59 years)

• Name	John Andrew Sloan
  Born	28 Apr 1855	Vinton, Litchfield Township, Pontiac Co., Québec
  	Born at Portage du Fort?
  Christened	06 May 1855	Portage du Fort, Pontiac Co., Québec   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Ordained	Oct 1881
  	Ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood
  	Not OMI, though of course he had been educated by the Oblates at Ottawa College
  Travel	Jun 1900-Aug 1900	Canada to Europe
  	Visited England, France, Italy, Ireland. Departed 2 June 1900 on the Vancouver (Montreal to Liverpool). Returned on the Dominion (Liverpool to Montreal), arriving at Montreal on 18 August 1900.
  Godparents	John Hamilton and Catherine L[illegible]
  Occupation	1881-1915	Ottawa, Ontario
  	Curate of the English-speaking congregation, Notre Dame Basilica, 1881-1887 Parish priest, St. Patrick, Fallowfield (also St. Isidore, South March), 1887-1899 Parish priest, St. Mary [Our Lady of Good Counsel/Notre Dame du Bon Conseil], Ottawa, 1899-1904 Parish priest, St. Bridget/Brigid, Ottawa, 1904-1915 Chancellor of the RC Archdiocese of Ottawa, 1904-1915 (and henceforth "Canon Sloan"?)
  Religion	Roman Catholic
  Death Informant	Rev. F. Corkery, 179 Murray St.
  Cause of Death	Septicaemia following fracture of ribs. Heart failure.  [2]
  Died	17 Jan 1915	Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  	Died of injuries sustained after a runaway horse accident in early November 1914
  Buried	21 Jan 1915	Ste. Elisabeth of Hungary RC Cemetery, Vinton, Outaouais Region, Quebec   [4]
  Association	Rita Bridget Loretto Armstrong (Relationship: Godfather/goddaughter)
  Association	James Lambert Charlebois (Relationship: Godfather/godson)
  Person ID	I3036	Moran
  Last Modified	1 May 2024

  
  

  Father	John Sloan,   b. About 1820, Attical, Kilkeel Parish, Co. Down, Ireland ,   d. 16 Nov 1886, Vinton, Litchfield Township, Pontiac Co., Québec  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Mother	Anne Flanagan,   b. 1818, Down, Ireland ,   d. 31 Jul 1915, Vinton, Litchfield Township, Pontiac Co., Québec  (Age 97 years)
  Married	22 Jan 1848	Kilkeel, Down, Ireland
  Family ID	F922	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Portrait of Rev. Father Sloan From The Ottawa Journal, 9 November 1904

  
  

  Newspaper » Slide Show		An Audience with the Pope The Ottawa Journal, 22 August 1900
  		Director of A.O.H. Pilgrimage Advert in The Ottawa Citizen, 2 June 1908 A.O.H. = Ancient Order of Hibernians
  		Portrait of Rev. Canon Sloan The Ottawa Journal, 4 October 1913
  		Preaching for the month of the Holy Rosary, October 1914 The Ottawa Journal, 5 October 1914

  
  

• Sources

  [S228] Register of St. Jacques le Majeur/St James the Greater, Portage du Fort. [S85] Ontario Deaths. [S213] Oral Interview with Emmett Sloan, January 2007. [S92] Ste. Elisabeth.