Tuesday, 29 March 2016
Morrin Family Tree: I have been researching the family tree for the MO...
Morrin Family Tree: I have been researching the family tree for the MO...: I have been researching the family tree for the MORRIN family of Scotland for about 1.5 years. I have researched as far back as MAURICE Mor...
Sunday, 27 March 2016
THOMAS CHRISSLEY
Thomas Chrissley was born on June 17, 1882 in Ontario, the youngest child of Patrick and Ann Chrissley. The photo to the right is of a young Tom in quite a dapper-looking hat. We believe the photo was taken between 1905 and 1908 in Toronto. Thomas and Grace were living in Toronto to earn money to enable them to buy a farm.
Tom married GRACE ESSA (ELIZABETH) WILLIAMS on January 11, 1905 in Battersea, Ontario. Elizabeth was born in Battersea, Ontario, October 26, 1884, the first child of Noxon Williams and Ida VAN LUVEN. She went by the name Grace.
GRACE ESSA (ELIZABETH) WILLIAMS
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| Farm east of Inverary |
The photo above is of Tom and Grace's farm located off the first cross-road east of the village of Inverary, Ontario. Dad (Ray Valleau Gibson; Tom was his maternal grandfather) wrote on the back of the photo and referred to this as "40 acres." Tom and Elizabeth worked in Toronto for awhile in order to save $500.00 to buy this farm. Dad indicated it was here that his mother, Ruby Chrissley, was born. Tom and Elizabeth and their children moved circa 1925 from this farm to a farm on Latimer Road, near Kingston, Ontario.
Tom and Elizabeth had four (4) children, all girls:
Ruby Beryl - b. February 1, 1908, Battersea, Storrington, Ontario [my grandmother]
Dora FERN - b. October 7, 1910, Inverary, Frontenac, Ontario
Nettie - b. 1913*
Vivian - b. 1928*
*actual date of birth and place of birth unknown at this time
Tom & Grace Chrissley (back and front right) with Til Gibson
(m.s. LaBarre) and Sylvia Sherman (a granddaughter for Tom & Grace)
circa 1953/54
My father, Ray Valleau Gibson, was the son of Ruby Chrissley (and her husband, George Seymour Gibson). Dad was born May 8, 1927, in the year before his Aunt Vivian.
Saturday, 26 March 2016
Patrick Chrissley
PATRICK CHRISSLEY was born between 1826 and 1830 in Ireland and died February 25, 1913 in Inverary, Frontenac, Ontario.
Patrick's wife was ANN KEYES (CAYS). Ann was born March 23, 1838 in Ireland and emigrated to Canada in 1844 with her parents, John and Jane Keyes (Jane's maiden surname was STOKES). Ann died November 23, 1917 in Battersea, Ontario.
Patrick (Paddy as he was affectionately known) and his wife, Ann, had eight (8) children, and I am descended from the youngest, child, a son named Thomas Patrick (Kirkpatrick).
The children, in order of birth, were:
Sara(h) A. - born November 5, 1861*
George William - b. September 23, 1864, Glenburnie, Ontario
John - b. July 20, 1866, Inverary, Ontario
Martha Jane (M. Jennie) - b. circa 1869*
Mary Ellen (Nellie) - b. April 9, 1873*
James Edward - b. May 4, 1875*
Elizabeth Maude - b. May 8, 1878, Storrington, Ontario
Thomas Patrick - b. June 17, 1882*
We have not yet tracked down the place of birth for those with an asterisk (*), but they were likely all born in Ontario.
Paddy's farm was Lot 1, Concession 8, in Storrington Ontario according to the 1878 Atlas of Frontenac County, provided by Dan Bates.
| Last Name | Chrisley |
| First Name | Patrick |
| Nativity | Ireland |
| Business | Farmer |
| Year Settled | 1837 |
| Post Office | Inverary |
| Township | Storrington |
| County | Frontenac |
| Atlas Date | 1878 |
| Concession and Lot | Lot size |
| VIII, 1 | 100 |
Paddy's concession was near Round Lake. Neighbours on either side of his concession were Sam Sleeth with 100 acres and James Lake with 200 acres. See: http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/showmap.php Township=Storrington&plotX=1723&plotY=1264&getMap.x=80&getMap.y=15
Note:
A township in Ontario is usually rectangular in shape, unless it borders a major river or lake. Townships are divided into concessions. Each concession is a strip of land 1 and 1/4 mile wide. Concessions can run in any direction and are usually separated by a road. Concessions are numbered with Roman Numerals (V, IV, etc). When concessions do not run the length or width of the township because of water, they are usually labelled with letters (A, B, etc). A gore is a part of a township that does not fit into the regular shape.
Concessions are divided into lots that use Arabic numbers (3, 4, etc). Originally lots were 200 acres, which could then be easily divided into parcels of 100 acres. The lots ran parallel to the road.
One interesting piece of information we recently discovered was from the Inverary Women's Institute, Tweedsmuir History. Compilation commenced May 8, 1962:
"GLIMPSES OF INVERARY AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY FROM THE "DAILY BRITISH WHIG 1900"
1901 - March 27th- The yield of sap is very small - Patrick Chrissley
is in a very critical condition, while attempting to hang a
barn door it fell, severely injuring him."
This did not kill Paddy as he lived until 1913 (he died of "age; immediate cause - cancer"). Paddy must have been a tough ol' guy for the barn door not to have killed him!
Friday, 25 March 2016
GEORGE and BRIDGET CHRISSLEY (also spelled Chrisley, Christley, Crisley, Crislay) emigrated to Canada from Ireland circa 1838, with their children (so far). Bridget's maiden surname was McCann or McGannon. As of the writing of this blog (March 25, 2016), neither myself nor my sister, Valerie, have been able to trace birth records for any of these Chrissleys in Ireland. The Roman Catholic records were released in the summer of 2015 but so far we have come up empty-handed for information on them in Ireland.
They emigrated to Canada from County Cork in Ireland, according to Faye Gibson and Ray Valleau Gibson, who were told this by their mother Ruby Chrissley, who would have been told this by her father, Tom Chrissley. Searches so far in the Catholic registers for County Cork have come up empty. Tom was a son of George and Bridget's oldest child, Patrick.
Based on daughter Jane being listed as born in Ireland around 1837 and daughter Biddy as born in Canada West around 1839 (see Census information below), we have surmised that the family emigrated around 1838. We have no information on the ship on which they would have traveled, but imagine traveling for weeks on the open sea with several children over 170 years ago.
A possible reason for emigrating from Ireland: "The prata [potato] seemed a blessing when it was introduced [to Ireland] in the 17th century. With milk and butter, it made a nourishing diet. A family of six could feed itself for a year on 1-1/2 acres. Population grew an estimated 172 percent in 60 years, and by 1841 more than eight million people struggled to find work or land enough to live on. Hundreds of thousands sailed for the sweatshops of England or the slums of Boston or New York City." [or, presumably, Canada, where there was land aplenty.]
Quote is from p. 573 of National Geographic artilce called "Irish Ways Live on in Dingle" by Bryan Hodgson, April 1976. Vol. 149, No. 4
George was born around 1796 in Ireland and died in 1874. He is buried at St. Mary's Cemetery, Kingston, Ontario; section P; reference:KG-036-91-0 (OCFA). Bridget was born in 1808 in Ireland and died in 1877. She is also buried at St. Mary's Cemetery, Kingston, Ontario; section P; reference:KG-036-91-0 (OCFA).
George and Bridget had ten (10) children of whom we are aware and I am descended from one of those children, their first-born, a son named Patrick who was born between February 1826 and February 1830.
Other children:
James - born February 1831, Ireland
Edward - born between 1833 and 1836, Ireland
Ann (Nancy) - born circa 1836, Ireland
Jane - born March 18, 1837, Ireland
Biddy - born circa 1839, Canada West
Catharine - born circa 1843, Canada West
John - born circa 1844, Canada West
William James - born circa 1845 or 1847, Canada West
John - born circa 1855, Canada West
George was listed as a "labourer" in the 1851 (1852) and 1861 census. The name is spelled as Christly in the 1851 census and there are 7 children listed as living with them. A few rows above, Patrick Christly is listed as a "servant," as is Edward. The only child missing is one of the sons named John.
At the time of the 1851 census, George is listed as 53, Bridget 46, Patrick 24, Edward 19, James 21, Ann 16, Jane 14, Biddy 13, Catharine 9, John 8, William 6. If the first son named John passed away, and the second son named John was born circa 1855, this means that Bridget was about 50 years old when she had this son.
At the time of the 1861 census, the family surname is listed as Crisley. George is listed as 60, Bridget 50, William 14, Jane 22, Catharine 18, Nancy (same page of census but not listed with family) 24, Edward (same page of census but not listed with family) 27. The occupation of Edward is listed as farmer. Missing on this page of the census are Patrick, James, Biddy, and John.
A point of clarification added by Valerie: The 1901 and 1911 Canadian censuses indicate that they came to Canada in 1837. The story that was passed on by Ruby was that Pat worked in the mines in Cork for a penny a day to help earn money for the emigration. The accuracy of this is unknown. We do not know that they were from Cork. I am concentrating my search more on central Ireland these days because of the higher frequency with which I find the name McCann there. As well as names resembling Chrissley, such as Critchley. Meath seems particularly promising.
Source for the 1851 and 1861 censuses is Library & Archives Canada records.
They emigrated to Canada from County Cork in Ireland, according to Faye Gibson and Ray Valleau Gibson, who were told this by their mother Ruby Chrissley, who would have been told this by her father, Tom Chrissley. Searches so far in the Catholic registers for County Cork have come up empty. Tom was a son of George and Bridget's oldest child, Patrick.
Based on daughter Jane being listed as born in Ireland around 1837 and daughter Biddy as born in Canada West around 1839 (see Census information below), we have surmised that the family emigrated around 1838. We have no information on the ship on which they would have traveled, but imagine traveling for weeks on the open sea with several children over 170 years ago.
A possible reason for emigrating from Ireland: "The prata [potato] seemed a blessing when it was introduced [to Ireland] in the 17th century. With milk and butter, it made a nourishing diet. A family of six could feed itself for a year on 1-1/2 acres. Population grew an estimated 172 percent in 60 years, and by 1841 more than eight million people struggled to find work or land enough to live on. Hundreds of thousands sailed for the sweatshops of England or the slums of Boston or New York City." [or, presumably, Canada, where there was land aplenty.]
Quote is from p. 573 of National Geographic artilce called "Irish Ways Live on in Dingle" by Bryan Hodgson, April 1976. Vol. 149, No. 4
George was born around 1796 in Ireland and died in 1874. He is buried at St. Mary's Cemetery, Kingston, Ontario; section P; reference:KG-036-91-0 (OCFA). Bridget was born in 1808 in Ireland and died in 1877. She is also buried at St. Mary's Cemetery, Kingston, Ontario; section P; reference:KG-036-91-0 (OCFA).
George and Bridget had ten (10) children of whom we are aware and I am descended from one of those children, their first-born, a son named Patrick who was born between February 1826 and February 1830.
Other children:
James - born February 1831, Ireland
Edward - born between 1833 and 1836, Ireland
Ann (Nancy) - born circa 1836, Ireland
Jane - born March 18, 1837, Ireland
Biddy - born circa 1839, Canada West
Catharine - born circa 1843, Canada West
John - born circa 1844, Canada West
William James - born circa 1845 or 1847, Canada West
John - born circa 1855, Canada West
George was listed as a "labourer" in the 1851 (1852) and 1861 census. The name is spelled as Christly in the 1851 census and there are 7 children listed as living with them. A few rows above, Patrick Christly is listed as a "servant," as is Edward. The only child missing is one of the sons named John.
At the time of the 1851 census, George is listed as 53, Bridget 46, Patrick 24, Edward 19, James 21, Ann 16, Jane 14, Biddy 13, Catharine 9, John 8, William 6. If the first son named John passed away, and the second son named John was born circa 1855, this means that Bridget was about 50 years old when she had this son.
At the time of the 1861 census, the family surname is listed as Crisley. George is listed as 60, Bridget 50, William 14, Jane 22, Catharine 18, Nancy (same page of census but not listed with family) 24, Edward (same page of census but not listed with family) 27. The occupation of Edward is listed as farmer. Missing on this page of the census are Patrick, James, Biddy, and John.
A point of clarification added by Valerie: The 1901 and 1911 Canadian censuses indicate that they came to Canada in 1837. The story that was passed on by Ruby was that Pat worked in the mines in Cork for a penny a day to help earn money for the emigration. The accuracy of this is unknown. We do not know that they were from Cork. I am concentrating my search more on central Ireland these days because of the higher frequency with which I find the name McCann there. As well as names resembling Chrissley, such as Critchley. Meath seems particularly promising.
Source for the 1851 and 1861 censuses is Library & Archives Canada records.
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