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Margaret LYONS

Female 1807 - 1896  (89 years)


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  • Name Margaret LYONS 
    Birth 1807  County of Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 6 Nov 1896  Carden, Victoria County Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I042  Donnelly Tree
    Last Modified 25 Mar 2011 

    Family Patrick DONNELLY,   b. 1802, Dungannon, /Tyrone County, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1856 (Age 54 years) 
    Children 
     1. Edward DONNELLY
     2. Sarah Anne DONNELLY
     3. Peter DONNELLY,   b. Newmarket, Upper Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Cornelius DONNELLY,   b. 1832, New Market, Upper Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1906, Victoria Road, Eldon Twp Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     5. John DONNELLY,   b. 9 Dec 1833, New Market, Upper Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jun 1914, Bluffton, Red Deer Division, Alberta Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    +6. Arthur "Swanky" DONNELLY,   b. 27 Jul 1836, Newmarket, Upper Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1932, Mara Twp., Ontario Co Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
     7. Richard Michael DONNELLY,   b. 4 Jun 1840, Toronto, Upper Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jun 1928, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     8. Patrick DONNELLY,   b. 27 Oct 1842, Mara Twp, Ontario Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1917, Thorah Twp., Ontario County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     9. Isabella DONNELLY,   b. 1852
    Family ID F11  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • After Patrick's death in 1856, Margaret married James Ward.

      #173 A Conveyance April 23, 1869: Margaret sold her son Arthur Donnelly 50 acres of SE 1/4 Lot 7 Con. 4, Mara for $100.00 in the village of Beaverton. This land was part of Margaret's dower.

      In the 1871 census, Margaret and her second husband, James Ward were living with her son Arthur (Swanky).

      Orillia Times, 12 Nov. 1896:
      On November 5, Mrs. Margaret Ward died at the residence of her son, John Donnelly, of Carden. The funeral took place to the R.C. cemetery on Saturday, November 7th. We join in sympathy with the relatives in this sad loss.

      1881 Census:
      Birth Year <1807>
      Birthplace Ireland
      Age 74
      Occupation
      Marital Status W
      Ethnic Origin Irish
      Head of Household John DONNELLY
      Religion Catholic
      Census Place Orillia, Simcoe North, Ontario


      Death Certificate reads:
      Margaret Ward
      5th November 1896
      Age: 86
      Farmer's Wife
      Birthplace: Co. Cork, Ireland
      Cause of death: Old Age
      Illness: 2 months
      Dr. Gilpur?
      Next of Kin: John Donnelly
      Signed: 6 November 1869
      Religion RC
      Priest?: J. Walsh



      Unconfirmed (possible emigration records?) Probably not as Cornelius was born in 1832 in Ontario:
      Year of record: 1833
      Passengers embarked in the "Reward" of Youghall, James Jones Master for St. John NB. Signed at Cork 11 May 1833. Signed at St. John 1 July 1833. Transcribed from original doucments held in the Archives of New Brunswich film 1482580

      Year of record: 1833
      Treasurers Office, St. John NB Jun 5 1833 Manifest of cargo onbord the Brig OThomas Hanford, John Dunbar Master from Cork, 40 barrels mess Pork, 8 boxes soap weighing 280 lbs and passengers. Transcribed from documents held in the colleciton of the Archives of NB film 1482580

      Transcription from the inGeneas Database

      LYONS, Margaret

      Record ID: 38292
      Age: 20
      Year: 1833
      Others: The manifest is arranged in three sections: adult
      male passengers; adult female passengers; and,
      children. This makes it impossible to tell who is
      travelling with whom. However, there is a
      Timothy Lyons onboard, age 24, who may be
      related to Margaret.
      Event: #p89: Treasurer's Office, Saint John, New
      Brunswick, June 5, 1833. Manifest of the cargo
      onboard the Brig "Thomas Hanford", John Dunbar
      Master, from Cork. 40 barrels mess Pork; 8
      boxes soap weighing 280 lbs; And Passengers the
      names and ages of which are as follow [list begins].
      Source: Transcribed from (film of) original documents held in
      the collection of the Archives of New Brunswick:
      film F9798; manifest page 3.

      Additional Information:
      ===============

      Passengers onboard: 65 male adults; 46 female adults; 22
      children under 14 years; 25 children under 7 years for a total
      of 158 plus 11 crew.

      George MCPEAK 3053 Canterbury Dr., Bay City, MI, 48706, United States of America
      Margaret Lyons was marries twice, her first marriage was Patrick Donnelly and her second was to a Mr Ward. She died at the home of her son John Donnelly of Carden, Victoria County as noted in the Orillia Times 12 November 1896. Margaret's death certificate states she was born in Cork County, Ireland.
      The birth of Margaret's first child in Canada in 1832 would have made her 18 years old at the time. On October 1, 1836 her husband Patrick Donnelly bought 200 acres of land in Mara: N 1/2 Lot 7, Con 3, and S 1/2 Lot 7, Con 4 and moved his family to the Brechin area.







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