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!

Patrick and Ann are buried at Sandhill Cemetery, Storrington Township, Ontario, Ref.: KG-83X.