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301 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70760347 Gillis, Winnifred Martha (I36)
 
302 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73254469 Brown, Dr. Stanley Herbert M.D. (I1499)
 
303 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91308681 Gillis, Ernest Benjamin (I7)
 
304 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94261517/leon-henry-jardine JARDINE, Leon Henry (I1256)
 
305 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94261517/leon-henry-jardine JARDINE, Leon Henry (I1256)
 
306 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Living (I14)
 
307 In Sarah's marriage record to William she is listed as a widower. Maxwell, Susan (I990)
 
308 In SM email story of Mooneys by Tom & Debbie Curran:

Henry came to PEI, Canada in 1830 with his wife and three (other) daughters (two daughters had remained in Ireland, marrying there). One of these additional three daughters married a McGuirk (having 3 sons and 2 daughters); a second married John Hughes (having 2 sons and 4 daughters); and the third married a McManus (having 4 sons and 2 daughters). Henry and wife settled at Ten Mile house, near Tracadie.

Four other children born to Henry on PEI: Patrick, who lived in Ft. Augustus; Mary, Bridget; John Henry, who lived at Ten Mile House and whose family later moved to the U.S. Henry's son Robert, who had been born in Ireland, married Margaret McEntee in 1825 in Ireland. On April 3, 1831, they (?) set out for PEI with their four children: Mary, Bridget, Belle, and Peggy. They were booked for Isle St. Jean, as PEI was then called; but the captain mistook their destination and put them off ship at St. John, NB. They had to leave most of their earthly possessions on the wharf, as they could not carry them. They made their way across or around the Bay of Fundy, through NS, to a place opposite Bell River, PEI. From there, they crossed on a produce boat and from Bell River walked through Eldon, around Vernon River to Charlottetown. They finally arrived at Ten Mile House about the end of June (1831).

Robert Mooney (s. of Henry) had been a singing master in Ireland and on PEI he was engaged to teach the choirs at Tracadie, Ft. Augustus and some other parishes.

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The first of the Mooneys to come to Prince Edward Island was Henry, father of the Honorable Robert Mooney. Back in Ireland he had been an unwilling member of the Monaghan Militia during the suppression of the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
Two of his daughters married in Ireland and remained there. In 1830 Henry Mooney came to Prince Edward Island with his wife and three other daughters: one married a McGuirk (3 sons and 2 daughters); a second married John Hughes (2 sons and 4 daughters); and the third married a McManus (4 sons and 2 daughters). They settled at Ten Mile House, near Tracadie.
Four other children were born on the Island: Patrick, who lived in Fort Augustus; Mary; Bridget; John Henry, who lived at Ten Mile House and whose family later moved to the United States. Henry?s son Robert married Margaret McEntee in 1825 in Ireland. On April 3, 1831, they set out for Prince Edward Island with their four children: Mary, Bridget, Belle and Peggy. They were booked for Isle St. Jean, as the Island was then called; but the captain mistook their destination and put them off the ship at St. John, New Brunswick. They had to leave most of their earthly possessions on the wharf, as they could not carry them. They made their way across or around the Bay of Fundy, through Nova Scotia to a place opposite Bell River, P.E.I. From there they crossed on a produce boat and from Bell River walked through Eldon, around Vernon River to Charlottetown. They finally arrived at Ten Mile House about the end of June.
Robert Mooney had been a singing master in Ireland and on the Island he was engaged to teach the choirs at Tracadie, Fort Augustus and some other parishes.
In 1843 Robert Mooney was elected to the Provincial Legislature and for many years (17) he was Minister of Agriculture. Later, he bought 600 acres of land between St. Teresa?s and Peake?s, which he divided among his six sons: Henry Mooney, Dan Mooney, Patrick Mooney, Robert Mooney, James Mooney and John Mooney.

The Robert Mooney family
BY MARGARET (CURRAN) KENNY
On April 3rd, 1831 Robert Mooney emigrated from the parish of Coothill, County Monaghan, Ireland with his wife Margaret McIntire and their daughters, Mary age five, Bridget age four, and Isabel age one. Robert and Margaret, though married for six years and living very happy and comfortable in their little thatched home in Coothill, felt drawn to American because of their love for Robert?s family, who had gone a few years before. Margaret, an only child, and her parents dead, also wished to go to America, the land of hope and promise. Their chief reason really was to get away from the landlords who were merciless in their demands for rent, leaving them with no future security in sight. With hope in their hearts that some day they would own their own home and never again fear the step of the landlord at their door, they decided to set sail for Prince Edward Island. Robert called a sale and got rid of some of Margaret?s and his own little gatherings, however, keeping the traditional feather ticks, blankets, kitchen utensils, and a spinning wheel. The neighbours gathered to bid a fond farewell to the last of the Mooney family to leave this little town. They took passage at Newery on a shipped named ?MORGIANNA? which was bound for St. John, as Prince Edward Island was called. There was also a St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. The Island was first occupied by the French who called it St. Jean. Here in New Brunswick, a small lumbering town, Robert landed. There was no way to reach this Island of the Prince except to travel by mail coach for miles. From there they might get a row boat that might get them to a place called Partridge Island which was inhabited by Indians and some French people. There were several families in this little band who were also bound for this Island. (Some names in the group were McKenna - McQuaid - McCarthy - Hughes - McGuirk - McMurrer - Duffy. info from Thomas Curran)
They finally got everyone into row boats of some dubious seaworthiness and all landed at Partridge Island. From there they went by stage coach to Pictou, Nova Scotia. This took days of travel, putting up for the night with anything and everything. Months had gone since they had left Ireland. The anxiety was great with no way to notify their families that they were alive. More than likely they might think the ship was lost and poor Robert and his family had gone down with the ship. Later they found out that this was exactly what they did think.
As their money was all gone, they were forced to sell the house furnishings which consisted of one feather bed for ten shillings, blankets, dishes and one spinning wheel. Margaret never murmured as she saw her things go.
One day the coachman stopped to change horses. As they were all very tired of traveling, a walk in the green fields appealed to them. Margaret saw strawberries which reminded her of Ireland all over again. As she walked, she picked. When the coach was ready, they set off without her. Robert looked for his wife and not finding her, he shouted to the coachman to wait. The coachman answered: ?Can?t wait. If your wife wants to pick strawberries, let her. We must go on.? ?Whoa, whoa,? says Robert, ?my wife is going on this coach or you will feel this blackthorn stick on your back. I did not carry this stick to America just to hold in my hand and allow any man to play such a mean trick. You will wait right here, until my wife returns... if it takes all day.? Shortly after Margaret was seen winding her way back; she had gone astray. She managed to gather a sizeable container of luscious berries. They helped her aboard the coach.
They set out for Pictou, Nova Scotia. After a wait of a few days there, they were able to book passage on a lumber vessel, which would take them to Prince Edward Island. They had no money. Margaret had a very lovely watch which was given to her by an uncle. Though she prized it dearly, she knew it was the last thing of any value left, so she gave it to the Captain for the fare to a place called Murray Harbour, situated on the south side of Prince Edward Island.
Robert did not have much in the way of luggage but the suit on his back, which was made of solid homespun, his blackthorn stick and his beloved music.
I do not recall how many days they were traveling, but they finally landed at Murray Harbour. There was still forty miles yet to go with nothing but dense forest and a blazed trail. There were bears, wildcats and many strange looking animals in these woods. After traveling about ten miles a day and camping at night, they reached the little home of the Mooney family in the wilds of America.
The joy of all who saw that little procession, coming over the hill in the rays of the setting sun, was something out of this world. A runner was sent all over the settlement to let the neighbours and relatives know that Robert and his family were in the land of the living and had just arrived home. Morning dawned before the people, who had gathered to welcome the travelers, departed for their homes. After a well earned rest, Robert and his wife looked for a place to build their home. They settled on a spot one mile from the old homestead. By the time winter set in, they had, with the help of friends and neighbours, built and fixed up a comfortable little home. It was quite a surprise and some discomfort to these young folk, who had seen very little snow in Ireland, to be ?snowed in?. This was the time Robert and his wife and family found music a great comfort and many were the songs he composed, while the wind and stormed howled around their little log cabin. They were in a world by themselves.
When these emigrants came to Prince Edward Island, they had to chop down the trees and used them to build their cabin. The space cleared was from fifty to one hundred feet square. The cabin usually ran about twenty or thirty feet square. Sometime the logs were split, but as a rule they were left round with the ends notched to fit into each other. This left a space of about three inches between which they filled with swamp moss by hammering it in with a chisel to keep the wintery winds out. The cabin, being small, was easily kept heated from the fireplace.
Robert worked all day chopping down trees to get a patch of land ready for spring planting. The trees were piled and later burned when they were dry. It was a mean task to burn the brush and keep it from spreading to the surrounding woods. The neighbours all worked together. After all the trees were burned, they were stacked and burned again.
Next the planting was done. They scratched the soft ground which was used for planting potatoes. These were dropped in sets, and in less than three months they had very fine potatoes. To this day there is no potato which can compare with the ?Island? potato. The first seed was taken from Ireland. The ?Early Roses? was a great favourite, or I should say, the potato of the day.
When the next year rolled around, they always changed the crops and planted wheat or oats where the potatoes had grown. In this way the land was never drained out.
That same summer Robert was able to buy a horse. He then hauled firewood to Charlottetown making two trips a day. There was not much cash to this new venture, but it did enable him to buy almost all the groceries needed at a reasonable figure.
There were no books but the first ?primer? for the children. This was made by Mrs. Mooney who cut out the large letters from the back of her prayer book and pasted them on heavy cards. She was a very religious woman, but had no qualms when it came to doing what was for the betterment of her family. I can almost see her as she cut those letters out, each one with a prayer for God to guide the work she was doing. These letters were pasted on a heavy card so it would last a good many years, as there would be many to learn the alphabet from these same little cards. Somehow in later years I feel that these cards carried a special blessing for there are many of her descendants who are blessed in carrying on the great work of the Catholic Irish, who kept the faith when things were black and stormy. When these same ones feel a little lift, who knows, it might be the prayers and tears that were shed around that humble home so many years ago that is now keeping a guiding hand or helping them over the rough highway this very day. Let each one who reads these words try to picture themselves in this same place. Could you have done any better? Their sublime and beautiful faith in God that things would get better. That they would always have time for laughter and a song and which was very often frowned on by the ones who never learned to laugh.
March 25, 1848 "Pat and John Mooney of St. Peters Rd. sued for 50? by Charles Hensley of Newstead."
The Mooneys just kept on having large families and very healthy and happy ones. Every year brought more and more of the Irish to the Island. There were a few churches: one in Tracadie, St. Andrew?s, Souris, East Point. These were up East. The following were in the Southeast: Launching, Vernon River, Fort Augustus. This was the place where Robert and Margaret spent the first fifteen years of their life on the Island. Here was an opportunity for Robert to put his music to work. The people were more than willing to learn, for where you find the Irish, you will always find a song and the love for music at its best. For fifteen winters Robert taught music in all the above-mentioned places. He composed most of the music himself. I am sorry to say none of it ever fell into my hands or I would have it to pass on to all his great grand-children. However, you have my word for ir, as it was something to hear. Many times I heard his beautiful voice in song. What a pity that there were no recordings made then!
At this time the Catholics had a vote on the Island. Robert was persuaded to run for membership in the Legislative Council. There were two parties: the Liberals and the Conservatives. The House of Parliament had 32 members, the Legislature, 13 of an Executive Council. The laws to be discussed and amended were chiefly relating to landlordism. The tenants wanted to buy the land outright. Mr. Mooney was elected and was on the side of the tenants. Their problem was before the House for many years. The Honorable Robert stood alone, as he was a man who could not be talked into anything that was not for the good of his constituents. Finally, there was formed what was known as the Tenants League. When the Sheriff came to seize a man?s cattle, this group ran him out of town with anything at hand, such as tin horns and bells; and kept after him until he was glad to run for cover. This kept up for several years. At last, the tenants were able to get for themselves what legislation did not or could not do. The landlords sold to the government, who in turn sold to the tenants, which left the Island all free land.
You, who read this, might imagine that it was a dreary life these good people spent so far from civilization and the so-called comforts of life. However, this was not the case. They were very happy as each year they saw greater strides towards what they aimed for in life: namely, better government, health, education for their children so they could do the things for the world at large that was denied them. They had their religion which was their daily pattern in life. They lived it, which was more. They also had their amusements. Nowadays, it might not be looked on as such. Songs and storytelling, which in many cases really made history as it was told by the ones who lived it."
BY MARGARET (CURRAN) KENNY

Addendum
Now I have not yet really researched my Mooney line so only have "bits and pieces" of info from various relatives - living and dead. So the best I can tell you is that in County Monaghan at the beginning of the 19th century were my Mooneys who included Henry (an unwilling member of the Monaghan militia and an R.C. who came to PEI in l830 - and who was followed by his son, the future Hon. Robert Mooney who emigrated in 1831 from Coothill and yes, did settle near Tracadie and eventually at Peakes (landing?crossing?) He allegedly had three siblings - the aforementioned Mrs. Owen Trainor, who came with him in l830, a sister who married a ship s captain in Liverpool, Eng. and my ancestor, his younger brother Daniel. Daniel was allegedly employed at Leslie Castle (stableman?) when he eloped with a 15 year old Protestant named Gillis - and these are my direct descendants. We now date back in Canada to l835 when Daniel's son John was sent to live with his mother's brother in the Eastern Townships. I don't know the PEI "cousins" and have only recently found one who tells me I may have found some 3000 new "relatives" by establishing the connection between my John Mooney and Henry Mooney of PEI. Shirley.>
6975 Hagan Road
Brentwood Bay, B C
V8M 1B3.

May 30, 1998 "A letter, written from Peake Station PEI to my great aunt in Dec. 12, l950 says: Henry Mooney had "two sisters, Mary and ann. Mary was married to Owen Trainor - they came to this Island when my grandfather came and took up farming here. So I am still wondering if your "Catherine" married to Owen Trainor was my "Mary Mooney." Shirley Mooney Aabjerg" saabjerg@home.com


Hi Al,
Sorry I could not get back to you on the weekend, My wife's maiden name is Trainor, & her mother was a Gormley from Baldwins Rd, ( her father also ) I have been doing my own family here in Nova Scotia for about 20 yrs., & now I am doing Trainor's & Gormley's from the St Teresa area of PEI. The Trainor's in this area come from Owen Trainor b.1796, Ireland, & his wife Mary Mooney b. 1792, Ireland, He d. Mar. 19, 1872, & Mary Nov 21, 1866. Both buried at St. Teresa. The Gormley's as far as I can tell are descended from a James Gormley & wife Elizabeth, I dont know if there is a connection with Patrick Gormley of Johnsons River & the Gormley's of St Mary's Rd, I Have only been researching these family's for about 6 months & have been talking to the family's first hand, I have yet to do any archive search on the Island. I at first thought that the Trainor's had to be from the Owen & Catherine Trainor from Johnsons River area, But not so. I have seen the results of your research from the Island Web Page, I can also see that you have put in many many hour's of research time, You seem to have done an excellent job of it . I dont know if I can ever be of any help to you, But if I can just ask, And if you can help me with any info. in research of these two family's, I would be only too glad to receive it. Take care, Dave Singer dsinger@ns.sympatico.ca

Hi, My name is Maris Norton Cuneo. I was born in 1946 in Jersey City, New Jersey. My mother (now deceased) told me that I was related to the Honorable Robert Mooney. My grandfather, John Patrick Lyng, I think, was the son of Peg Mooney Lyng. Mr. Lyng died and she married someone named Finnigan and had two or three more children. I know she had Catherine and May. I think the other brother was named Dan? My mother visited PEI about 25 years ago and attended some sort of family gathering. Can you fill me in on any family tree? It would be nice to know. My mother was Maris Lyng Norton and my grandmother was Genevieve Gannon Lyng. Thanks, sincerely, Maris CCuneo8598@aol.com

Hi Al:
I have been searching for info on my gggrandfather, Daniel Mooney who was born in County Monaghan, Ireland in the late 1700's. We have no record of his date of birth or death, beyond knowing that he was living in County Monaghan C1820. >From a Marge Reid web site listing of P.E.I. Data page of Irish-born immigrants in P.E.I. prior to 1856, I noticed an entry for a Daniel Mooney from County Monaghan who died on the Island in 1893, at age 95. Marge informs me that the data was originally sources from an obit in "The Hearld" of 19 April 1893 with the info that he had died on the 11th. I've applied to National Archives of Canada for a copy of that issue of the newspaper to see whether there is any further info contained therein. In the meantime, I had your address from my cousin Shirley Mooney Aabjerg, with whom I understand you had corresponded in the past, re Mooneys on P.E.I. and am writing to see if by chance you might have any information you could share. Much obliged, Regards, Don/Judi Mooney mail to:mooney@neptune.on.ca
Searching for family history info on JOHN HUGHES, who married Catherine Mooney (daughter of Henry Mooney and Mary Murphy) in Ireland and emigrated to Canada (Prince Edward Island) in 1830. They were reported to be from Co. Monaghan, believed to be from Drum, Donagh Parish. Reportedly emigrated by way of Greenock, Scotland, on the Corsair (though we've not located a passenger list).
We have information beginning with the 1841 Census of P.E.I. in Canada, regarding the children of John Hughes and Catherine Mooney, but no information their life or roots in Ireland.
Thank you for any assistance. Pat Lane Hughes LANEHUGHES@aol.com


In 1843, Robert was elected to the Provincial Legislature and for 17 years he was Minister of Agriculture. Later, he bought 600 acres of land between St. Teresa's and Peake's, which he divided among his six sons: Henry, Dan, Patrick, Robert, James, and John. 		Mooney, Henry (I940)
 
309 In SM email story of Mooneys by Tom & Debbie Curran:

Henry came to PEI, Canada in 1830 with his wife and three (other) daughters (two daughters had remained in Ireland, marrying there).  One of these additional three daughters married a McGuirk (having 3 sons and 2 daughters); a second married John Hughes (having 2 sons and 4 daughters); and the third married a McManus (having 4 sons and 2 daughters).  Henry and wife settled at Ten  Mile house, near Tracadie.

Four other children born to Henry on PEI:  Patrick, who lived in Ft. Augustus; Mary, Bridget; John Henry, who lived at Ten Mile House and whose family later moved to the U.S.  Henry's son Robert, who had been born in Ireland,  married Margaret McEntee in 1825 in Ireland.  On April 3, 1831, they (?) set out for PEI with their four children:  Mary, Bridget, Belle, and Peggy.  They were booked for Isle St. Jean, as PEI was then called; but the captain mistook their destination and put them off ship at St. John, NB.  They had to leave most of their earthly possessions on the wharf, as they could not carry them.  They made their way across or around the Bay of Fundy, through NS, to a place opposite Bell River, PEI.  From there, they crossed on a produce boat and from Bell River walked through Eldon, around Vernon River to Charlottetown.  They finally arrived at Ten Mile House about the end of June (1831).

Robert Mooney (s. of Henry) had been a singing master in Ireland and on PEI he was engaged to teach the choirs at Tracadie, Ft. Augustus and some other parishes.

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The first of the Mooneys to come to Prince Edward Island was Henry, father of the Honorable Robert Mooney. Back in Ireland he had been an unwilling member of the Monaghan Militia during the suppression of the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
Two of his daughters married in Ireland and remained there. In 1830 Henry Mooney came to Prince Edward Island with his wife and three other daughters: one married a McGuirk (3 sons and 2 daughters); a second married John Hughes (2 sons and 4 daughters); and the third married a McManus (4 sons and 2 daughters). They settled at Ten Mile House, near Tracadie.
Four other children were born on the Island: Patrick, who lived in Fort Augustus; Mary; Bridget; John Henry, who lived at Ten Mile House and whose family later moved to the United States. Henry?s son Robert married Margaret McEntee in 1825 in Ireland. On April 3, 1831, they set out for Prince Edward Island with their four children: Mary, Bridget, Belle and Peggy. They were booked for Isle St. Jean, as the Island was then called; but the captain mistook their destination and put them off the ship at St. John, New Brunswick.  They had to leave most of their earthly possessions on the wharf, as they could not carry them. They made their way across or around the Bay of Fundy, through Nova Scotia to a place opposite Bell River, P.E.I. From there they crossed on a produce boat and from Bell River walked through Eldon, around Vernon River to Charlottetown. They finally arrived at Ten Mile House about the end of June.
Robert Mooney had been a singing master in Ireland and on the Island he was engaged to teach the choirs at Tracadie, Fort Augustus and some other parishes.
In 1843 Robert Mooney was elected to the Provincial Legislature and for many years (17) he was Minister of Agriculture.  Later, he bought 600 acres of land between St. Teresa?s and Peake?s, which he divided among his six sons: Henry Mooney, Dan Mooney, Patrick Mooney, Robert Mooney, James Mooney and John Mooney.

The Robert Mooney family
BY MARGARET (CURRAN) KENNY
On April 3rd, 1831 Robert Mooney emigrated from the parish of Coothill, County Monaghan, Ireland with his wife Margaret McIntire and their daughters, Mary age five, Bridget age four, and Isabel age one.  Robert and Margaret, though married for six years and living very happy and comfortable in their little thatched home in Coothill, felt drawn to American because of their love for Robert?s family, who had gone a few years before.  Margaret, an only child, and her parents dead, also wished to go to America, the land of hope and promise. Their chief reason really was to get away from the landlords who were merciless in their demands for rent, leaving them with no future security in sight. With hope in their hearts that some day they would own their own home and never again fear the step of the landlord at their door, they decided to set sail for Prince Edward Island. Robert called a sale and got rid of some of Margaret?s and his own little gatherings, however, keeping the traditional feather ticks, blankets, kitchen utensils, and a spinning wheel. The neighbours gathered to bid a fond farewell to the last of the Mooney family to leave this little town. They took passage at Newery on a shipped named ?MORGIANNA? which was bound for St. John, as Prince Edward Island was called. There was also a St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. The Island was first occupied by the French who called it St. Jean. Here in New Brunswick, a small lumbering town, Robert landed. There was no way to reach this Island of the Prince except to travel by mail coach for miles. From there they might get a row boat that might get them to a place called Partridge Island which was inhabited by Indians and some French people. There were several families in this little band who were also bound for this Island. (Some names in the group were McKenna - McQuaid - McCarthy - Hughes - McGuirk - McMurrer - Duffy. info from Thomas Curran)
They finally got everyone into row boats of some dubious seaworthiness and all landed at Partridge Island. From there they went by stage coach to Pictou, Nova Scotia. This took days of travel, putting up for the night with anything and everything. Months had gone since they had left Ireland. The anxiety was great with no way to notify their families that they were alive. More than likely they might think the ship was lost and poor Robert and his family had gone down with the ship. Later they found out that this was exactly what they did think.
As their money was all gone, they were forced to sell the house furnishings which consisted of one feather bed for ten shillings, blankets, dishes and one spinning wheel. Margaret never murmured as she saw her things go.
One day the coachman stopped to change horses. As they were all very tired of traveling, a walk in the green fields appealed to them. Margaret saw strawberries which reminded her of Ireland all over again. As she walked, she picked. When the coach was ready, they set off without her. Robert looked for his wife and not finding her, he shouted to the coachman to wait. The coachman answered: ?Can?t wait. If your wife wants to pick strawberries, let her. We must go on.? ?Whoa, whoa,? says Robert, ?my wife is going on this coach or you will feel this blackthorn stick on your back. I did not carry this stick to America just to hold in my hand and allow any man to play such a mean trick. You will wait right here, until my wife returns... if it takes all day.? Shortly after Margaret was seen winding her way back; she had gone astray. She managed to gather a sizeable container of luscious berries. They helped her aboard the coach.
They set out for Pictou, Nova Scotia.  After a wait of a few days there, they were able to book passage on a lumber vessel, which would take them to Prince Edward Island. They had no money.  Margaret had a very lovely watch which was given to her by an uncle. Though she prized it dearly, she knew it was the last thing of any value left, so she gave it to the Captain for the fare to a place called Murray Harbour, situated on the south side of Prince Edward Island.
Robert did not have much in the way of luggage but the suit on his back, which was made of solid homespun, his blackthorn stick and his beloved music.
I do not recall how many days they were traveling, but they finally landed at Murray Harbour. There was still forty miles yet to go with nothing but dense forest and a blazed trail. There were bears, wildcats and many strange looking animals in these woods. After traveling about ten miles a day and camping at night, they reached the little home of the Mooney family in the wilds of America.
The joy of all who saw that little procession, coming over the hill in the rays of the setting sun, was something out of this world. A runner was sent all over the settlement to let the neighbours and relatives know that Robert and his family were in the land of the living and had just arrived home. Morning dawned before the people, who had gathered to welcome the travelers, departed for their homes.  After a well earned rest, Robert and his wife looked for a place to build their home. They settled on a spot one mile from the old homestead. By the time winter set in, they had, with the help of friends and neighbours, built and fixed up a comfortable little home. It was quite a surprise and some discomfort to these young folk, who had seen very little snow in Ireland, to be ?snowed in?. This was the time Robert and his wife and family found music a great comfort and many were the songs he composed, while the wind and stormed howled around their little log cabin. They were in a world by themselves.
When these emigrants came to Prince Edward Island, they had to chop down the trees and used them to build their cabin.  The space cleared was from fifty to one hundred feet square. The cabin usually ran about twenty or thirty feet square. Sometime the logs were split, but as a rule they were left round with the ends notched to fit into each other. This left a space of about three inches between which they filled with swamp moss by hammering it in with a chisel to keep the wintery winds out. The cabin, being small, was easily kept heated from the fireplace.
Robert worked all day chopping down trees to get a patch of land ready for spring planting. The trees were piled and later burned when they were dry. It was a mean task to burn the brush and keep it from spreading to the surrounding woods. The neighbours all worked together. After all the trees were burned, they were stacked and burned again.
Next the planting was done. They scratched the soft ground which was used for planting potatoes. These were dropped in sets, and in less than three months they had very fine potatoes. To this day there is no potato which can compare with the ?Island? potato. The first seed was taken from Ireland. The ?Early Roses? was a great favourite, or I should say, the potato of the day.
When the next year rolled around, they always changed the crops and planted wheat or oats where the potatoes had grown. In this way the land was never drained out.
That same summer Robert was able to buy a horse. He then hauled firewood to Charlottetown making two trips a day. There was not much cash to this new venture, but it did enable him to buy almost all the groceries needed at a reasonable figure.
There were no books but the first ?primer? for the children. This was made by Mrs. Mooney who cut out the large letters from the back of her prayer book and pasted them on heavy cards. She was a very religious woman, but had no qualms when it came to doing what was for the betterment of her family. I can almost see her as she cut those letters out, each one with a prayer for God to guide the work she was doing. These letters were pasted on a heavy card so it would last a good many years, as there would be many to learn the alphabet from these same little cards. Somehow in later years I feel that these cards carried a special blessing for there are many of her descendants who are blessed in carrying on the great work of the Catholic Irish, who kept the faith when things were black and stormy. When these same ones feel a little lift, who knows, it might be the prayers and tears that were shed around that humble home so many years ago that is now keeping a guiding hand or helping them over the rough highway this very day. Let each one who reads these words try to picture themselves in this same place. Could you have done any better? Their sublime and beautiful faith in God that things would get better. That they would always have time for laughter and a song and which was very often frowned on by the ones who never learned to laugh.
March 25, 1848 "Pat and John Mooney of St. Peters Rd. sued for 50? by Charles Hensley of Newstead."
The Mooneys just kept on having large families and very healthy and happy ones. Every year brought more and more of the Irish to the Island.  There were a few churches: one in Tracadie, St. Andrew?s, Souris, East Point. These were up East. The following were in the Southeast: Launching, Vernon River, Fort Augustus. This was the place where Robert and Margaret spent the first fifteen years of their life on the Island.  Here was an opportunity for Robert to put his music to work. The people were more than willing to learn, for where you find the Irish, you will always find a song and the love for music at its best.  For fifteen winters Robert taught music in all the above-mentioned places. He composed most of the music himself. I am sorry to say none of it ever fell into my hands or I would have it to pass on to all his great grand-children. However, you have my word for ir, as it was something to hear. Many times I heard his beautiful voice in song. What a pity that there were no recordings made then!
At this time the Catholics had a vote on the Island. Robert was persuaded to run for membership in the Legislative Council. There were two parties: the Liberals and the Conservatives. The House of Parliament had 32 members, the Legislature, 13 of an Executive Council. The laws to be discussed and amended were chiefly relating to landlordism. The tenants wanted to buy the land outright.  Mr. Mooney was elected and was on the side of the tenants. Their problem was before the House for many years. The Honorable Robert stood alone, as he was a man who could not be talked into anything that was not for the good of his constituents. Finally, there was formed what was known as the Tenants League. When the Sheriff came to seize a man?s cattle, this group ran him out of town with anything at hand, such as tin horns and bells; and kept after him until he was glad to run for cover. This kept up for several years. At last, the tenants were able to get for themselves what legislation did not or could not do. The landlords sold to the government, who in turn sold to the tenants, which left the Island all free land.
You, who read this, might imagine that it was a dreary life these good people spent so far from civilization and the so-called comforts of life. However, this was not the case. They were very happy as each year they saw greater strides towards what they aimed for in life: namely, better government, health, education for their children so they could do the things for the world at large that was denied them. They had their religion which was their daily pattern in life. They lived it, which was more. They also had their amusements. Nowadays, it might not be looked on as such. Songs and storytelling, which in many cases really made history as it was told by the ones who lived it."
BY MARGARET (CURRAN) KENNY

Addendum
Now I have not yet really researched my Mooney line so only have "bits and pieces" of info from various relatives - living and dead. So the best I can tell you is that in County Monaghan at the beginning of the 19th century were my Mooneys who included Henry (an unwilling member of the Monaghan militia and an R.C. who came to PEI in l830 - and who was followed by his son, the future Hon. Robert Mooney who emigrated in 1831 from Coothill and yes, did settle near Tracadie and eventually at Peakes (landing?crossing?) He allegedly had three siblings - the aforementioned Mrs. Owen Trainor, who came with him in l830, a sister who married a ship s captain in Liverpool, Eng. and my ancestor, his younger brother Daniel. Daniel was allegedly employed at Leslie Castle (stableman?) when he eloped with a 15 year old Protestant named Gillis - and these are my direct descendants. We now date back in Canada to l835 when Daniel's son John was sent to live with his mother's brother in the Eastern Townships. I don't know the PEI "cousins" and have only recently found one who tells me I may have found some 3000 new "relatives" by establishing the connection between my John Mooney and Henry Mooney of PEI. Shirley.>
6975 Hagan Road
Brentwood Bay, B C
V8M 1B3.

May 30, 1998 "A letter, written from Peake Station PEI to my great aunt in Dec. 12, l950 says: Henry Mooney had "two sisters, Mary and ann. Mary was married to Owen Trainor - they came to this Island when my grandfather came and took up farming here. So I am still wondering if your "Catherine" married to Owen Trainor was my "Mary Mooney." Shirley Mooney Aabjerg" saabjerg@home.com


Hi Al,
Sorry I could not get back to you on the weekend, My wife's maiden name is Trainor, & her mother was a Gormley from Baldwins Rd, ( her father also ) I have been doing my own family here in Nova Scotia for about 20 yrs., & now I am doing Trainor's & Gormley's from the St Teresa area of PEI. The Trainor's in this area come from Owen Trainor b.1796, Ireland, & his wife Mary Mooney b. 1792, Ireland, He d. Mar. 19, 1872, & Mary Nov 21, 1866. Both buried at St. Teresa. The Gormley's as far as I can tell are descended from a James Gormley & wife Elizabeth, I dont know if there is a connection with Patrick Gormley of Johnsons River & the Gormley's of St Mary's Rd, I Have only been researching these family's for about 6 months & have been talking to the family's first hand, I have yet to do any archive search on the Island. I at first thought that the Trainor's had to be from the Owen & Catherine Trainor from Johnsons River area, But not so. I have seen the results of your research from the Island Web Page, I can also see that you have put in many many hour's of research time, You seem to have done an excellent job of it . I dont know if I can ever be of any help to you, But if I can just ask, And if you can help me with any info. in research of these two family's, I would be only too glad to receive it. Take care, Dave Singer dsinger@ns.sympatico.ca

Hi, My name is Maris Norton Cuneo. I was born in 1946 in Jersey City, New Jersey. My mother (now deceased) told me that I was related to the Honorable Robert Mooney. My grandfather, John Patrick Lyng, I think, was the son of Peg Mooney Lyng. Mr. Lyng died and she married someone named Finnigan and had two or three more children. I know she had Catherine and May. I think the other brother was named Dan? My mother visited PEI about 25 years ago and attended some sort of family gathering. Can you fill me in on any family tree? It would be nice to know. My mother was Maris Lyng Norton and my grandmother was Genevieve Gannon Lyng. Thanks, sincerely, Maris CCuneo8598@aol.com

Hi Al:
I have been searching for info on my gggrandfather, Daniel Mooney who was born in County Monaghan, Ireland in the late 1700's. We have no record of his date of birth or death, beyond knowing that he was living in County Monaghan C1820. >From a Marge Reid web site listing of P.E.I. Data page of Irish-born immigrants in P.E.I. prior to 1856, I noticed an entry for a Daniel Mooney from County Monaghan who died on the Island in 1893, at age 95. Marge informs me that the data was originally sources from an obit in "The Hearld" of 19 April 1893 with the info that he had died on the 11th. I've applied to National Archives of Canada for a copy of that issue of the newspaper to see whether there is any further info contained therein. In the meantime, I had your address from my cousin Shirley Mooney Aabjerg, with whom I understand you had corresponded in the past, re Mooneys on P.E.I. and am writing to see if by chance you might have any information you could share. Much obliged, Regards, Don/Judi Mooney mail to:mooney@neptune.on.ca
Searching for family history info on JOHN HUGHES, who married Catherine Mooney (daughter of Henry Mooney and Mary Murphy) in Ireland and emigrated to Canada (Prince Edward Island) in 1830. They were reported to be from Co. Monaghan, believed to be from Drum, Donagh Parish. Reportedly emigrated by way of Greenock, Scotland, on the Corsair (though we've not located a passenger list).
We have information beginning with the 1841 Census of P.E.I. in Canada, regarding the children of John Hughes and Catherine Mooney, but no information their life or roots in Ireland.
Thank you for any assistance. Pat Lane Hughes LANEHUGHES@aol.com


In 1843, Robert was elected to the Provincial Legislature and for 17 years he was Minister of Agriculture.  Later, he bought 600 acres of land between St. Teresa's and Peake's, which he divided among his six sons:  Henry, Dan, Patrick, Robert, James, and John. 		MOONEY, Henry (I940)
 
310 In the 1860 Census, Eagle, Richland County, Wisconsin, Isaac was 26 and lived near his brother James and his wife Sarah or with them. Also with him were his mother, Rebecca, and three younger siblings: Phebe, 21, Franklin, 16, and Silas, 8. Isaac, Phebe, and Franklin are listed as born in Indiana; Silas in Wisconsin.

In the 1870 census, Isaac (35) is still in Eagle, farming, married to Margaret (29) with children Mary I. (4), Anna R (3), and Frances (1 yr)

In the 1880 census Isaac is listed as 43 yrs, Farming, Margaret 40 yrs, and children Mary P. (15), Anna R. (13), Frank L. (11), May (8), Izora (4), and Ida (2). 		THOMPSON, Isaac M. (I202)
 
311 In the 1860 Census, Eagle, Richland County, Wisconsin, Isaac was 26 and lived near his brother James and his wife Sarah or with them. Also with him were his mother, Rebecca, and three younger siblings: Phebe, 21, Franklin, 16, and Silas, 8. Isaac, Phebe, and Franklin are listed as born in Indiana; Silas in Wisconsin.

In the 1870 census, Isaac (35) is still in Eagle, farming, married to Margaret (29) with children Mary I. (4), Anna R (3), and Frances (1 yr)

In the 1880 census Isaac is listed as 43 yrs, Farming, Margaret 40 yrs, and children Mary P. (15), Anna R. (13), Frank L. (11), May (8), Izora (4), and Ida (2). 		THOMPSON, Isaac M. (I202)
 
312 In the 1861 census, Samuel was listed as a widower, 77 so calculated/estimated born in 1784.

"Qu?bec, recensement, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMW3-LGH : 20 February 2021), Samuel Robinson, Inverness, M?gantic, Quebec, Canada; citing line number 21, p. 162; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1295, Archives Publiques, Ottawa (Board of Registration and Statistics. Public Archives, Ottawa); FHL microfilm 517,394. 		Robinson, Samuel (I878)
 
313 In the 1870 census, Isaac (35) is living in Eagle, farming, married to Margaret (29) with children Mary I. (4), Anna R (3), and Frances (1 yr)

In the 1880 census Isaac is listed as 43 yrs, Farming, wife Margaret 40 yrs, and children Mary P. (15), Anna R. (13), Frank L. (11), May (8), Izora (4), and Ida (2). 		Margaret (I207)
 
314 In the 1870 census, Isaac (35) is living in Eagle, farming, married to Margaret (29) with children Mary I. (4), Anna R (3), and Frances (1 yr)

In the 1880 census Isaac is listed as 43 yrs, Farming, wife Margaret 40 yrs, and children Mary P. (15), Anna R. (13), Frank L. (11), May (8), Izora (4), and Ida (2). 		Margaret (I207)
 
315 In the 1910 census, Anna is widowed and working as a carpet weaver.

After John Jardine died in 1907, Anna married John C. Rhodes, (1918) who died in 1921; married Frank Adams in 1922, and he died in 1922; then Arthur Simmers - who died in 1947

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111929984/anna-eleanor-simmers

Note -> search Aug 2018 failed to find Anna or her new husband(s) in the 1920, 1930, nor 1940 census. 		HAMAKER, Anna Eleanor (I1253)
 
316 In the 1910 census, Anna is widowed and working as a carpet weaver.

After John Jardine died in 1907, Anna married John C. Rhodes, (1918) who died in 1921; married Frank Adams in 1922, and he died in 1922; then Arthur Simmers - who died in 1947

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111929984/anna-eleanor-simmers

Note -> search Aug 2018 failed to find Anna or her new husband(s) in the 1920, 1930, nor 1940 census. 		HAMAKER, Anna Eleanor (I1253)
 
317 In the 1930 census, Beth, 26, and another teacher are boarding in a home and teaching public school in Avoka, Iowa County, WI

Year: 1930; Census Place: Avoca, Iowa, Wisconsin; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0003; FHL microfilm: 2342307.

In the 1940 census, Beth is 36 and Lester 37. Lester is working as an ice and coal dealer. They live in a rented home. No children. Beth completed 3 years of college.

Year: 1940; Census Place: Oconomowoc, Waukesha, Wisconsin; Roll: m-t0627-04533; Page: 61A; Enumeration District: 67-30

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9413046/beth-schuck plot F-301 		JARDINE, Margaret Beth (I1248)
 
318 In the 1930 census, Beth, 26, and another teacher are boarding in a home and teaching public school in Avoka, Iowa County, WI

Year: 1930; Census Place: Avoca, Iowa, Wisconsin; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0003; FHL microfilm: 2342307.

In the 1940 census, Beth is 36 and Lester 37. Lester is working as an ice and coal dealer. They live in a rented home. No children. Beth completed 3 years of college.

Year: 1940; Census Place: Oconomowoc, Waukesha, Wisconsin; Roll: m-t0627-04533; Page: 61A; Enumeration District: 67-30

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9413046/beth-schuck plot F-301 		JARDINE, Margaret Beth (I1248)
 
319 In the 1930 census, Janet has moved back to her parent's home and raising her daughters Jean (11) and Carol (7).

Jeanette was widowed when she died. 		THOMSON, Janet Elizabeth (I1237)
 
320 In the 1930 census, Janet has moved back to her parent's home and raising her daughters Jean (11) and Carol (7).

Jeanette was widowed when she died. 		THOMSON, Janet Elizabeth (I1237)
 
321 In the 1940 census, Charles J showed having 5 years of college, Catharine 2. Charles listed his occupation as superintendent of public schools.

Children: Charles was listed as 5 years old in the 1930 Census and Helen, 3 yrs old ("United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7MX-8WP : accessed 12 August 2018), Charles J Thomson, Brown, Sanilac, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 5A, line 16, family 123, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1028; FHL microfilm 2,340,763. ) 		THOMSON, Charles J. (I1240)
 
322 In the 1940 census, Charles J showed having 5 years of college, Catharine 2. Charles listed his occupation as superintendent of public schools.

Children: Charles was listed as 5 years old in the 1930 Census and Helen, 3 yrs old ("United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7MX-8WP : accessed 12 August 2018), Charles J Thomson, Brown, Sanilac, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 5A, line 16, family 123, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1028; FHL microfilm 2,340,763. ) 		THOMSON, Charles J. (I1240)
 
323 In the 1940 census, John is working as a Stationery Engineer in the hotel industry and shows he completed the 8th grade. Listed at home are John, 17, and Mary Ellen, 16. JARDINE, John Monroe Sr. (I1257)
 
324 In the 1940 census, John is working as a Stationery Engineer in the hotel industry and shows he completed the 8th grade. Listed at home are John, 17, and Mary Ellen, 16. JARDINE, John Monroe Sr. (I1257)
 
325 It was a very stormy day and the wedding party walked up to their knees in snow from the bride's father's home, Samuel Robinson, on the Dublin Range,
to the same place that another couple were also be married that day. There were no roads there in those days so they had to walk. After the wedding, the party walked back to Samuel Robinson's home.

They were married at the home of Alexander Learmoth, a Church of England minister, on Grays Road, near the present town of Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec.

Note: Repertory of Births, Marriages, and Burials, "The Anglo-Protestants of Megantic County", 1826-1991, from the LDS Family Library, lists William Gillis and Nancy Robinson's marriage date as March 4, 1833; in Church of England, by Leeds, witnesses: Alexander Learmoth and William Stele. 		Family F12
 
326 It was a very stormy day and the wedding party walked up to their knees in snow from the bride's father's home, Samuel Robinson, on the Dublin Range,
to the same place that another couple were also be married that day.  There were no roads there in those days so they had to walk.  After the wedding, the party walked back to Samuel Robinson's home.

They were married at the home of Alexander Learmoth, a Church of England minister, on Grays Road, near the present town of Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec.

Note:  Repertory of Births, Marriages, and Burials, "The Anglo-Protestants of Megantic County", 1826-1991, from the LDS Family Library, lists William Gillis and Nancy Robinson's marriage date as March 4, 1833; in Church of England, by Leeds, witnesses:  Alexander Learmoth and William Stele. 		Family F12
 
327 James Codville was born on the island of Guernsey, Channel
Islands, the son of  Jean Quetteville (Codville)  and  Marie
Hammon . Around 1815,  Jean  and  Marie  and their 3 sons, Jean,
James, and  Hellier (Hilary)  immigrated to Quebec City, QB. In
Quebec, Jean and his sons established a grocery business.
James is buried at Mount Hermon in Quebec. He was originally
laid to rest in the St. John's burial ground but was moved to
Mount Hermon in 1870. Also buried in the family plot are his
parents,  Jean  and  Marie , and both of his brothers,  Jean  and
Hilary . 		CODVILLE, James (I779)
 
328 James Codville was born on the island of Guernsey, Channel Islands, the son of Jean Quetteville (Codville) and Marie Hammon . Around 1815, Jean and Marie and their 3 sons, Jean,
James, and Hellier (Hilary) immigrated to Quebec City, QB. In Quebec, Jean and his sons established a grocery business.

In the 1851 census, James is living with his brother Hilary and his family. James is listed as blind.

James is buried at Mount Hermon in Quebec. He was originally
laid to rest in the St. John's burial ground but was moved to Mount Hermon in 1870. Also buried in the family plot are his parents, Jean and Marie , and both of his brothers, Jean and Hilary .

5 - James Codville
Cimeti?res
Titre de l'instrument : Le registre d'inhumation du Mount Hermon Cemetery, 1848-1950 (Mise ? jour 5 janvier 2023)
D?tails

From the National Archives:
Family name / Nom : Codville
Given name / Pr?nom : James
Gender / Sexe : M
Occupation / Profession :
Place of birth / Lieu de naissance : Guerney
Age / ?ge : 78 years
Place of death / Lieu du d?c?s : Quebec
Date of death / Date du d?c?s : 1872-03-24
Disease or cause of death / Cause du d?c?s (1848-1938) : apoplexy
Where buried / Lieu d'inhumation : Q-221
Date of interment / Date d'inhumation : 1872-03-27
Religious denomination / Religion : Wesleyan
Officiating clergyman / C?l?brant : Rev. J. Elliott.
Date of birth / Date de naissance :
Church / ?glise :
Remarks / Remarques : 		Codville, James (I779)
 
329 James Frederick Marchand was born in 1876 to Joseph A. and JOsephine (nee LaPontine) Marchand. James had two older sisters, Rachel and Marian, two older brothers, Franklin and Joseph, and a younger brother, Ernest.

James Frederick was a Navy veteran of Spanish American War including service in the Philippine Insurrection.  His war time service was from March 1895 to May 1899, according to Veterans Affairs records (serial number 13042, VA file number XC02392302).  His son Frederick says that he enlisted very young, to get money to help his mother and family.  When his father was dying after a sawmill accident, he would sit in a chair and say "when the sun goes down I'll be going out with the boat" and shortly after that he died in the early to mid-1890's.

He sailed on the steam cruiser S.S. Olympia to the Battle of the Philippines at Manilla Bay.  He worked as a cabin boy.  He was highly decorated including the Philippines campaign medal.  His medal was lost in a trunk that fell off a car or truck later.

After the wars, James was a Naval reservist, where he worked as a cook, probably through World War I.  He developed the "bends" from Navy diving.  Eventually he was paid a disability pension by War Department and retired.

He met Edna Hemmi in Washington State when Edna would take her father in to his shop for haircuts.  They married and had one son, Frederick James Marchand, in 1931.

James went by "Frederick James" rather than the name assigned to him by the U.S. Census taker in 1880, who at the time called him "James F.".

In that year, the Census report shows that his grandparents (paternal), both born in France, were living with his parents in his Bay City, Michigan home.  His father, his older brother Frank, and his grandfather, were all farmers.  His own father, Joseph, was born also in France according to the 1880 Census report.

He died in the VA Hospital in Seattle, Washington, on March 1, 1955 from lung cancer, on ward 5-west.  In 1974-1981, his grandson Frederick James worked at that hospital in administration, including on the very ward that James passed away on. 		MARCHAND, James Frederick (I73)
 
330 James Gillis was the son of Robert Gillis (1-5) and Catherine McDole . He immigrated to Canada with his brother William in 1829.

NOTES FROM Mrs. Shirley Aaberg APRIL 2001, AS RELATED BY THOMAS GILLIS OF OTTAWA TO HIS SISTER KATIE BROWN (GILLIS) IN 1943:

James Gillis came from Ireland and bought the farm we lived on. Before selling this, our father had 600 acres and seven sons. Father got all this land for very little money. 		Gillis, James (I62)
 
331 James Gillis was the son of  Robert Gillis  (1-5) and  Catherine
McDole . He immigrated to Canada with his brother
William  in 1829.

NOTES FROM Mrs. Shirley Aaberg APRIL 2001, AS RELATED BY THOMAS GILLIS OF OTTAWA TO HIS SISTER KATIE BROWN (GILLIS) IN 1943:

James Gillis came from Ireland and bought the farm we lived on.  Before selling this, our father had 600 acres and seven sons.  Father got all this land for very little money. 		GILLIS, James (I62)
 
332 James was born 26 Feb 1837, the son of William & Nancy (Robinson) Gillis . James was a lumberman. He married Ellen Clough (b. 1851) in Bloomfield, VT in 1875. Their first child, Carrie Maud, was born in 1876 in Quebec, Canada (her birth was registered in Bloomfield, VT).

According to the 1910 U.S. Census report, James Gillis immigrated to the U.S. in 1861 and was naturalized in 1877.

In 1880, James was farming and the family was living in Deer Creek Township, Phillips County, Kansas.

In the 1900 U. S. census the family was living in Elm Creek, Morris County, Kansas. James is listed with his wife, Ellen, and a daughter, Pearl, born in Kansas in December 1886. Ellen reported in that census that she had birthed two children and they were both living.

In the 1910 census, James was listed as a carpenter. They lived in Valley, Barber County, Kansas and were caring for two grand-daughters, Sada (4 yrs old) and Leila Ford (3 yrs old). In that census Ellen reported that she had birthed two children but none were living. Both granddaughters were born in Kansas as were both of their parents, so these were the daughters of James' and Ellen's daughter Pearl (Gillis) Ford.

In the 1920 census, James and Ellen owned a home in Isabel, Barber County, Kansas. James was 83 years old, Ellen 67; Sadie and Leila were still living with them.

James died 19 May 1921.

!BIRTH-CHRISTENING: Ireland Wesleyan MethodistChurch Register; 1837; M210/2,
frame 000295, National Archives of Quebec; Federation of Quebec Families, Case
postale 6700, Sillery, QC, G1T 2W2, Canada; NOTE: (from disk)
"Seventh leaf
James, the son of William
Gilles of the Township of Inver
ness, Farmer, and of Ann his
Wife was born the Twenty sixth of
February One thousand eight hun
dred and thirty seven and was
baptized the twenty first of March
same year in the presence of the sub
scribing witnesses
by me
John Borland
Minister
William Gilles
John Greaves "

!BIRTH-CHRISTENING: Paul Vachon, THE ANGLO-PROTESTANTS OF MEGANTIC COUNTY,
Repertory of Births, Marriages, and Burials; 1826-1991; Societe Genealogigue
de la region de l'Amiante, Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada, 1992, Pub. No. 5;
Births p101;US/CAN 971.4575 K2r,Fiche 6125775,LDS FHL Salt Lake City UT; NOTE:
"(bapt) 21/03/1837 GILLIS, James
(born) 26/02/1837 William (fa) & Ann ... Inverness
bapt.: Methodist Church (Ireland)" 		Gillis, James (I47)
 
333 James was born 26 Feb 1837, the son of  William  &  Nancy (Robinson) Gillis . James was a lumberman. He married Ellen Clough (b. 1851) in Bloomfield, VT in 1875. Their first child, Carrie Maud, was born in 1876 in Quebec, Canada (her birth was registered in Bloomfield, VT).

According to the 1910 U.S. Census report, James Gillis immigrated to the U.S. in 1861 and was naturalized in 1877.

In 1880, James was farming and the family was living in Deer Creek Township, Phillips County, Kansas.

In the 1900 U. S. census the family was living in Elm Creek, Morris County, Kansas. James is listed with his wife, Ellen, and a daughter, Pearl, born in Kansas in December 1886. Ellen reported in that census that she had birthed two children and they were both living.

In the 1910 census, James was listed as a carpenter. They lived in Valley, Barber County, Kansas and were caring for two grand-daughters, Sada (4 yrs old) and Leila Ford (3 yrs old). In that census Ellen reported that she had birthed two children but none were living. Both granddaughters were born in Kansas as were both of their parents, so these were the daughters of James' and Ellen's daughter Pearl (Gillis) Ford.

In the 1920 census, James and Ellen owned a home in Isabel, Barber County, Kansas. James was 83 years old, Ellen 67; Sadie and Leila were still living with them.

James died 19 May 1921.

!BIRTH-CHRISTENING:  Ireland Wesleyan MethodistChurch Register; 1837; M210/2,
frame 000295, National Archives of Quebec; Federation of Quebec Families, Case
postale 6700, Sillery, QC, G1T 2W2, Canada; NOTE:  (from disk)
                                      "Seventh leaf
                          James, the son of William
                          Gilles of the Township of Inver
                          ness, Farmer, and of Ann his
                          Wife was born the Twenty sixth of
                          February One thousand eight hun
                          dred and thirty seven and was
                          baptized the twenty first of March
                          same year in the presence of the sub
                          scribing witnesses
                                               by me
                                             John Borland
                                                Minister
                          William Gilles
                          John Greaves                   "

!BIRTH-CHRISTENING:  Paul Vachon, THE ANGLO-PROTESTANTS OF MEGANTIC COUNTY,
Repertory of Births, Marriages, and Burials; 1826-1991; Societe Genealogigue
de la region de l'Amiante, Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada, 1992, Pub. No. 5;
Births p101;US/CAN 971.4575 K2r,Fiche 6125775,LDS FHL Salt Lake City UT; NOTE:
"(bapt) 21/03/1837  GILLIS, James
(born) 26/02/1837    William (fa) & Ann ...  Inverness
                      bapt.: Methodist Church (Ireland)" 		GILLIS, James (I47)
 
334 Jane Sproul was born in December of 1839 in Canada West and grew up in the town of Brock, Ontario. She married Henry Edwards on Nov. 24th, 1852 (see marriage record) and they had three children. When the youngest was four, they moved to New York state (1865). In the 1870 U.S. Census, she and her husband Henry were living in the town of Hamburg in Erie County, New York with their three children: Edward (then 13), Elizabeth (11 yrs), and Charles (8). She was 31 at the time and reported that all of the family (Jane, Henry [Canada West], Edward, Elizbeth, and Charles) were born in Canada. Henry listed his occupation as a farmer and inventoired his real estate value as $4000 and his personal property value as $300. All three children were listed as attending school that year.

During the 1880 U.S. Census taking in Orangeville, Wyoming County, New York*, her youngest son, Charles, was still living at home and her oldest son, Edward, and his wife, Agnes were living with her and Henry. She is noted as being 41 years of age and she listed her occupation as keeping house. She noted that she was born in Canada and that her father was born in Ireland and her mother in Canada.

In the 1900 U.S. Census, Henry and Jane still lived in Batavia, New York. The household consisted of Henry, then 69, Jane, 62, their son, Charles (38) and his wife and their three children. Henry listed his occupation as farmer and Charles noted as farm laborer. In this census Jane noted that her father was born in Ireland and her mother in Canada West. They stated they had been married 48 years and that they had lost one child (4 live births, 3 children surviving). This census noted that they all could read and write.

In 1902, Jane and Henry celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with their family and friends who lived in the area.

Jane died in November of 1907. She is interred in Grand View Cemetery, Batavia, Genesee County, New York.

*1880 Census data from: Family History Library Film 1254948, NA Film Number T9-0948, Page 205A. 		SPROUL, Jane Elizabeth (I258)
 
335 Jane Sproul was born in December of 1839 in Canada West and grew up in the town of Brock, Ontario. She married Henry Edwards on Nov. 24th, 1852 (see marriage record) and they had three children. When the youngest was four, they moved to New York state (1865). In the 1870 U.S. Census, she and her husband Henry were living in the town of Hamburg in Erie County, New York with their three children: Edward (then 13), Elizabeth (11 yrs), and Charles (8). She was 31 at the time and reported that all of the family (Jane, Henry [Canada West], Edward, Elizbeth, and Charles) were born in Canada. Henry listed his occupation as a farmer and inventoired his real estate value as $4000 and his personal property value as $300. All three children were listed as attending school that year.

During the 1880 U.S. Census taking in Orangeville, Wyoming County, New York*, her youngest son, Charles, was still living at home and her oldest son, Edward, and his wife, Agnes were living with her and Henry. She is noted as being 41 years of age and she listed her occupation as keeping house. She noted that she was born in Canada and that her father was born in Ireland and her mother in Canada.

In the 1900 U.S. Census, Henry and Jane still lived in Batavia, New York. The household consisted of Henry, then 69, Jane, 62, their son, Charles (38) and his wife and their three children. Henry listed his occupation as farmer and Charles noted as farm laborer. In this census Jane noted that her father was born in Ireland and her mother in Canada West. They stated they had been married 48 years and that they had lost one child (4 live births, 3 children surviving). This census noted that they all could read and write.

In 1902, Jane and Henry celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with their family and friends who lived in the area.

Jane died in November of 1907. She is interred in Grand View Cemetery, Batavia, Genesee County, New York.

*1880 Census data from: Family History Library Film 1254948, NA Film Number T9-0948, Page 205A. 		SPROUL, Jane Elizabeth (I258)
 
336 Jean Codville was born in St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel
Islands, the son of  Jean Quetteville (Codville)  and  Marie
Hammon . Around 1815, Jean and Marie and their 3 sons, Jean,
James , and  Hellier (Hilary)  immigrated to Quebec City, QB. In
Quebec, Jean and his sons established a grocery business.
Jean is buried at Mount Hermon in Quebec. He was originally
laid to rest in the St. John's burial ground but was moved to
Mount Hermon in 1870. Also buried in the family plot are his
parents,  Jean  and  Marie , and both of his brothers,  James  and
Hilary . 		CODVILLE, Jean (I776)
 
337 Jean Codville was born in St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, the son of Jean Quetteville (Codville) and Marie Hammon . Around 1815, Jean and Marie and their 3 sons, Jean, James , and Hellier (Hilary) immigrated to Quebec City, QB. In Quebec, Jean and his sons established a grocery business. Jean is buried at Mount Hermon in Quebec. He was originally laid to rest in the St. John's burial ground but was moved to Mount Hermon in Aug 27, 1870. Also buried in the family plot are his parents, Jean and Marie , and both of his brothers, James and Hilary . Codville, Jean (I776)
 
338 Jean Quetteville was born 5/7/1763 the son of Jean Coteville and Esther Guille on Guernsey in the Channel Islands. He married Marie Hammon on 4/11/1789 in the Town Church at St.
Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. They had three sons: Jean (b. 1790) and James (b. 1795) and HIlary (b. 1797). Around 1815, Jean, Marie, and their three sons immigrated to Quebec City, QB. In Quebec, John established a grocery business with his sons.

The 1825 Quebec almanac and British American Royal Kalendar under the Quebec Wesleyan Missionary Auxilliary Society lists a John Codville committee member. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=aeu.ark:/13960/t8gf1gw71;view=1up;seq=212

John died 12/23/1842. He is buried at Mount Hermon Cemetery in Quebec City, QB (his body was moved from the Wesleyan burial grounds in 1865). Also buried in the family plot is his wife, Marie and all three sons, Jean , James , and Hilary . 		Codville, Jean Jr. (I775)
 
339 Jean Quetteville was born 5/7/1763 the son of  Jean Coteville and  Esther Guille  on Guernsey in the Channel Islands. He married  Marie Hammon  on 4/11/1789 in the Town Church at St.
Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. They had three sons. Around 1815, Jean, Marie, and their three sons immigrated to Quebec City, QB. In Quebec, John established a grocery business with his sons.

The 1825 Quebec almanac and British American Royal Kalendar under the Quebec Wesleyan Missionary Auxilliary Society lists a John Codville committee member. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=aeu.ark:/13960/t8gf1gw71;view=1up;seq=212

John died 12/23/1842. He is buried at Mount Hermon Cemetery in Quebec City, QB (his body was moved from the Wesleyan burial grounds in 1865). Also buried in the family plot is his wife, Marie and all three sons,  Jean ,  James , and  Hilary . 		CODVILLE, Jean Jr. (I775)
 
340 Jennie's obituary states she was born Dec 13, 1865 in Milwaukee, WI. Sometime before 1870, Jennie's mother Elizabeth died and her father took her and her four siblings to the Protestant Orphanage Asylum in MIlwaukee, WI. Shortly after, Jennie was adopted by the Thomas Lyon family. When she was seven, the family moved to the Benton Harbor, MI area. Her obituary states that the family owned land where the "present Remington-Rand plant stands".

In 1880 census, she lived in Benton Harbon, MI with the Lyon family.

Jennie married Charles Thomson in 1889. She was a long time member of the Shanghai Mothers and Others club. The Mothers' and Others' Club was an early form of a parent-teacher support group for the public schools. Jennie lived 44 years on a Pipestone township farm. They had 8 children together: Thomas Lyon, Jeanette E, Charles J., David William Clark, John R., Leslie Frederick, Kenneth E. & Margery. Her obituary stated she was survived by six of her eight children; son David William Clark Thomson is buried in Crystal Springs Cemetery, Benton Harbor. Notes on FindAGrave.com state he was a Private in the Army during WW1.

Jennie was residing with her daughter, Mrs. Janet Bunks when she died. She had been ill for 8 weeks and was hospitalized on Apr 6. 		JARDINE, Genevieve (Jennie) (I684)
 
341 Jennie's obituary states she was born Dec 13, 1865 in Milwaukee, WI. Sometime before 1870, Jennie's mother Elizabeth died and her father took her and her four siblings to the Protestant Orphanage Asylum in MIlwaukee, WI. Shortly after, Jennie was adopted by the Thomas Lyon family. When she was seven, the family moved to the Benton Harbor, MI area. Her obituary states that the family owned land where the "present Remington-Rand plant stands".

In 1880 census, she lived in Benton Harbon, MI with the Lyon family.

Jennie married Charles Thomson in 1889. She was a long time member of the Shanghai Mothers and Others club. The Mothers' and Others' Club was an early form of a parent-teacher support group for the public schools. Jennie lived 44 years on a Pipestone township farm. They had 8 children together: Thomas Lyon, Jeanette E, Charles J., David William Clark, John R., Leslie Frederick, Kenneth E. & Margery. Her obituary stated she was survived by six of her eight children; son David William Clark Thomson is buried in Crystal Springs Cemetery, Benton Harbor. Notes on FindAGrave.com state he was a Private in the Army during WW1.

Jennie was residing with her daughter, Mrs. Janet Bunks when she died. She had been ill for 8 weeks and was hospitalized on Apr 6. 		JARDINE, Genevieve (Jennie) (I684)
 
342 Johanna was born July 6, 1864 in Orangeville, Wyoming County, NY the daughter of John Nicolas and Elizabeth (Michael) Youngpeter.

On November 27, 1883, Jennie married Charles Edwards. They lived in Bethany and Batavia, NY. In 1894, Charles leased the Redfield farm in Batavia.

Johanna ("Jennie") is the daughter of Elizabeth Michel born 4 Oct 1828 in Belgium and John Nicolas Youngpeter (married between 1856 and 1858). They had seven children: Elizabeth ("Lizzie"), Mary Catherine, MaryAnn, Johanna ("Jennie"), Anna, Barbara, and Joannes (died in infancy). Elizabeth died 24 Nov 1897 in Johnsonburg, Orangeville, Wyoming County, NY. She is interred in the St. Nicolas RC Cemetery in North Java, NY.

Jennie and Charles quietly celebrated their golden wedding anniversay in 1933 at the home of their daughter Elizabeth. Enjoying the day with them were their three children and eleven grandchildren.

Jennie died on March 7th, 1934 at the home of her daughter Elizabeth. She had been ill for a year. Funeral services were held at the home, conducted by the Rev. William J. Willson, rector of St. Michael's Episopal Church. She was interred in Elmwood Cemetery, Batavia, Genesee County, NY.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98460655/jennie-edwards 		YOUNGPETER, Johanna (I1241)
 
343 Johanna was born July 6, 1864 in Orangeville, Wyoming County, NY the daughter of John Nicolas and Elizabeth (Michael) Youngpeter.

On November 27, 1883, Jennie married Charles Edwards. They lived in Bethany and Batavia, NY. In 1894, Charles leased the Redfield farm in Batavia.

Johanna ("Jennie") is the daughter of Elizabeth Michel born 4 Oct 1828 in Belgium and John Nicolas Youngpeter (married between 1856 and 1858). They had seven children: Elizabeth ("Lizzie"), Mary Catherine, MaryAnn, Johanna ("Jennie"), Anna, Barbara, and Joannes (died in infancy). Elizabeth died 24 Nov 1897 in Johnsonburg, Orangeville, Wyoming County, NY. She is interred in the St. Nicolas RC Cemetery in North Java, NY.

Jennie and Charles quietly celebrated their golden wedding anniversay in 1933 at the home of their daughter Elizabeth. Enjoying the day with them were their three children and eleven grandchildren.

Jennie died on March 7th, 1934 at the home of her daughter Elizabeth. She had been ill for a year. Funeral services were held at the home, conducted by the Rev. William J. Willson, rector of St. Michael's Episopal Church. She was interred in Elmwood Cemetery, Batavia, Genesee County, NY.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98460655/jennie-edwards 		YOUNGPETER, Johanna (I1241)
 
344 John Gillis was the son of William & Nancy (Robinson) Gillis He was born on 14 Apr 1839 and never married. John died on 1 May 1911. He is buried in Boutelles Cemetery where his father,
William , brother, Samuel , and mother, Nancy are buried. He shares a grave marker with Martha Gillis, his sister.

The 1901 census of Inverness, M?GANTIC, QUEBEC shows these two entries in the same household, both as head of household:

John Gillis, head of household, born 4/14/1839, age 61
Martha Gillis, head of household, born 5/21/1823, age 57

It appears these two unmarried siblings lived together all of their lives. They share a gravestone in Boutelles Cemetery. Although the Martha in the census record is shown as born in 1823, her
age of 57 indicates that is a mistake, making 1843 as shown on her headstone the correct year of her birth.

!BIRTH-CHRISTENING: Paul Vachon, THE ANGLO-PROTESTANTS OF MEGANTIC COUNTY,
Repertory of Births, Marriages, and Burials; 1826-1991; Societe Genealogigue
de la region de l'Amiante, Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada, 1992, Pub. No. 5;
Births p101;US/CAN 971.4575 K2r,Fiche 6125775,LDS FHL Salt Lake City UT; NOTE:
"(bapt) 07/05/1839 GILLIS, John
(born) 14/03/1839 William (fa) & Nancy ROBINSON Inv.
bapt.: Methodist Church (Ireland)" 		Gillis, John (I7341)
 
345 John Gillis was the son of  William  &  Nancy (Robinson) Gillis He was born on 14 Apr 1839 and never married. John died on 1 May 1911. He is buried in  Boutelles Cemetery  where his father,
William , brother,  Samuel , and mother,  Nancy  are buried. He shares a grave marker with Martha Gillis, his sister.

The 1901 census of Inverness, M?GANTIC, QUEBEC shows these two entries in the same household, both as head of household:

John Gillis, head of household, born 4/14/1839, age 61
Martha Gillis, head of household, born 5/21/1823, age 57

It appears these two unmarried siblings lived together all of their lives. They share a gravestone in Boutelles Cemetery. Although the Martha in the census record is shown as born in 1823, her
age of 57 indicates that is a mistake, making 1843 as shown on her headstone the correct year of her birth.

!BIRTH-CHRISTENING:  Paul Vachon, THE ANGLO-PROTESTANTS OF MEGANTIC COUNTY,
Repertory of Births, Marriages, and Burials; 1826-1991; Societe Genealogigue
de la region de l'Amiante, Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada, 1992, Pub. No. 5;
Births p101;US/CAN 971.4575 K2r,Fiche 6125775,LDS FHL Salt Lake City UT; NOTE:
"(bapt) 07/05/1839  GILLIS, John
(born) 14/03/1839    William (fa) & Nancy ROBINSON  Inv.
                      bapt.: Methodist Church (Ireland)" 		GILLIS, John (I7341)
 
346 John Gillis, the son of Robert Gillis and Catherine McDole Gillis, was born in Glasslough, Ireland. He died about 1815.

Reported by John's nephew (son of Andrew Gillis), Robert H. Gillis, in 1910 to B.C. Gillis, John was a great sport, ball player, etc., and left home to join Wellington's Army. He marched with the Army and would have been in the Battle of Waterloo the next day had not Napoleon been defeated on June 18, 1815. His group was disbanded and he was sent home, but he fell ill and died just 20 miles from his father's home.

(This is presumed to mean he died in 1815; ed.).

The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in Belgium, part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands at the time. A French army under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition, a British-led coalition consisting of units from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Hanover, Brunswick, and Nassau, under the command of the Duke of Wellington, referred to by many authors as the Anglo-allied army or Wellington's army, and a Prussian army under the command of Field Marshal von Bl?cher, referred to also as Bl?cher's army. The battle marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars. ()

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (1 May 1769 - 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Tory statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister. He ended the Napoleonic Wars when he defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815?. ?During the Hundred Days in 1815, he commanded the allied army which, together with a Prussian Army under Bl?cher, defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
 		Gillis, John (I877)
 
347 John Gillis, the son of  Robert Gillis  and  Catherine McDole Gillis, was born in Glasslough, Ireland. He died about 1815.

Reported by John's nephew (son of Andrew Gillis), Robert H. Gillis, in 1910 to B.C. Gillis, John was a great sport, ball player, etc., and left home to join Wellington's Army.  He marched with the Army and would have been in the Battle of Waterloo the next day had not Napoleon been defeated on June 18, 1815.  His group was disbanded and he was sent home, but he fell ill and died just 20 miles from his father's home.

(This is presumed to mean he died in 1815; ed.). 		GILLIS, John (I877)
 
348 John is listed as a Marshall in the 1900 census. JARDINE, John Henry (I681)
 
349 John is listed as a Marshall in the 1900 census. JARDINE, John Henry (I681)
 
350 John James (JJ, or Jack) Codville was born 12/9/1851 (1901
Census says 11/19/1851) in Quebec City, QB, the son of Hilary
and Mary Ann Robinson Codville. At the young age of five,
John's mother died (1856), eight years later his older brother
Hilary died (1864), and when he was 22, his father died (1873).
When his father died, John and his sister Mary inherited the
family assets. That same year, John invested heavily in the
grocer firm Thompson, Codville, and Co., becoming a partner
and providing the principal funds for its inception.
When John's sister Mary was married in 1877, the wedding was
held at John's home in Quebec City, QB.

After the announcement in 1881 that the Canadian Pacific
Railway would pass through Winnipeg, the number of wholesale
establishments jumped from twenty-six to sixty while the
number of grocery wholesalers increased from four to nine and
stock values nearly tripled. Much of the growth was generated
by local capital, but a large portion was beginning to be funded
by eastern companies. The Thompson, Codville Company (later
The Codville Co.) transferred its base of operation from Eastern
Canada to Winnipeg. The company prospered by offering basic
staple items rather than luxuries.

The Thompson, Codville Company Building (Sures Building) is
an historic landmark in Winnipeg today. Situated between the
elaborate Telegram Building, built around the same time, and the
Geo. D. Wood Building of the 1890s, this warehouse is a rare
example of a modest-sized structure of the city's first boom
period that has not been significantly altered. The building is
located at 246 McDermot Avenue. In the photo, the second
storey sign reads, "Buck's Stove Works, J.W. Griffin & Co.";
while the main floor sign is, "W.G. McMahon Wholesale
Provisions". The smaller sign is, "G.W. Macowen Raw Furs".

In 1887, John married Miss Edith Anna Lorrine C. MacDonnell.
They had two children: Francis Hilary MacDonnell Codville born in 1889 and Maude Edith Crawford MacDonnell Codville
born in 1892.
The Quebec grocer branch was closed in 1888, but John
continued to expand the Codville Co which eventually had
braches in Brandon and Calgary, Alberta (under Codville, Smith
Co., Ltd.).
In 1895, Codville and Co. moved from the Thompson, Codville
Co. Building (Sures Building) to a larger facility. A stove retailer
and a pork-packing firm moved in to share the original building,
dividing the former Codville warehouse into two separate
sections with individual entrances.

In 1895, a rail spur line was built in the lane that ran between
Bannatyne and Market streets to service Ashdown Warehouse.
This ensured that goods could be delivered and shipped in
railway boxcars directly to and from this locale, which
encouraged other wholesalers to move to this area. In 1899, J.H.
Ashdown commissioned architect J.H.G. Russell to design a
warehouse for Codville and Company, a grocery wholesale firm,
at 179 Bannatyne Avenue. This location was separated from the
Ashdown Warehouse by an empty lot. Over the next eleven
years Russell designed various additions to the two buildings
eventually joining them and increasing their height to six stories.

In his 1906 "A history of Manitoba: Its resources and people",
George Bryce includes a biography of John James Codville on
page 473 . This biography details that John was an "enthusiastic
hunter... and has hunted and fished from California to the
Atlantic Ocean".
The family is shown in the 1901 Canadian Census living in
Winnipeg. Household members are: John J. Codville, age 49
(head); Edith A. C. Codville, age 38 (wife); Amelia L.
MacDonnell, 68 (mother-in-law); Francis H. MacDonnell
Codville, 11 (son); Maude E. C. Codville, 8 (daughter); and two
domestic servants.
Amelia L. Chesley MacDonell died at Winnipeg, 10/5/1902. She
is buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada with
her husband Donald W. MacDonnell in the family plot where
John James Codville is also buried.

It is not known at this time when John and Edith moved from
Winnipeg, but John and Edith had a home built in Ottawa,
designed by Werner Ernst Noffke (1878 - 1964), one of
Ottawa's most influential and prolific architects. Francis listed
this address for his father as next of kin on his WWI attestation
papers, signed 24 Sep 1914. The "JJ Codville Residence" still stands at 443 Daly Street and today serves as the home of the
Polish Embassy.
John James Codville died in 1915 at the age of 62. He is interred
at Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Canada. It is believed that
after his death Edith moved to British Columbia to be near their
son, Francis. Edith is buried in British Columbia.
A letter from John to his sister Mary in 1881 details some of his
(and his partner Bertie Thompson's) early efforts to establish the
wholesale grocery business of Thompson, Codville Company in
the booming town of Winnipeg. 		Codville, John James (I742)
 

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