Source for date of marriage - Linda Bekkers e-mail 23 Mar 2001 - should verify above proof record.
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!Proof record. M8 p163, St. Camillus RC, Farrellton, Quebec.Census info. 1891. Roll T6413. Prov of Que. City of Ottawa, South
District, Wakefield, Div 1.... Laporte, Elizabeth, aged 36, Quebec born,
father Quebec born, mother born in England. Roman Catholic and could not read
or write.
Per Linda Bekkers e-mail attachment 1 Apr 2001 - DoD was from church records - S5 of 1921.
Baptism: March 02, 1851, John Ritt and Anne Cassidy
Burial: April 22, 1921, St. Camillus , Farrellton, QC Witnesses: Albert & Raymond Hickey
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Per Linda Bekkers e-mail 23 Mar 2001 DoB was Sept 11, 1850. While the delay until baptism seems a fair length of time, this was about the time that this church was actually opene
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!Proof record. M8 p163, St. Camillus RC, Farrellton, Quebec.B11 p10, St. Camillus RC, Farrellton, Quebec. This record is totally
illegible except the name in the margin " B11 John Hickey ". This would have
been about Feb 1851.Census info. 1891. Roll T6413. Prov of Quebec. City of Ottawa,South
District, Wakefield, Div. 1. Hickey, John. Aged 37. Quebec born.Father and
mother Irish born. Roman Catholic farmer.
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Source- Linda Bekkers e-mail attachment 1 Apr 2001-
WILLIAM LAWRENCE HICKEY, b. May 14, 1885, St. Camillus, Farrellton, QC; d. Unknown; m. CLARA MYLES, January 04, 1925, St. Martin's R.C. Church, Martindale, QC.
Birth record. B49 p13, St. Camillus RC, Farrellton, Quebec. Sponsors were
William McCaffery and Ellen Tucker who did not sign.Marriage record. Marginal note in husbands baptismal record, B15 p41, St.
Camillus RC. Married 4 Feb 1925 @ St. Martins at Martindale, Que.Census info. 1891 Roll T6412. Aged 8.
Source: Gerald Myles (396) 3 Oct 1990. Place of death.
Source- Linda Bekkers e-mail attachment 1 Apr 2001-
ELIZABETH MAUDE HICKEY, b. July 23, 1887, Farrellton, QC.; d. April 03, 1914, Farrellton, QC; m. JOHN DIOTTE, November 04, 1913, St. Camillus Church, Farrellton, QC
Burial: April 05, 1914, St. Camillus Cemetery , Farrellton, QC
Godparents: Teresa Hendrick, Adriano Bergayo
Witnesses: Francis Dionne & John Diotte----------------------------------
!Proof record. B20 p54 Bk III, St. Camillus RC, Farrellton, Que.The sponsors
were Adriano Bergazo (Labourer) and Teresa Hendricks who signed.
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Source - Linda Hickey e-mail attachment 1 Apr 2001--
EVA CHRISTINA HICKEY, b. June 28, 1894, Farrellton, QC; d. 1959; m. MR. RUBOTTOM.
Notes for EVA CHRISTINA HICKEY:
Baptism: July 14, 1894, St. Camillus Church, Farrellton, QC
Burial: St. Camillus , Farrellton, QC
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!Proof record. B27 p149 Bk III, St. Camillus RC, Farrellton, Que. The
sponsors were John Griffin and wife who did not sign.
Proof record. M3 p147, St. Camillus RC, Farrellton, Quebec. Sponsors at the
wedding of George Cruikshank and Susanne Laporte were Charles Cruikshank and
Ellen Laporte who did not sign. Both bride and groom were of age.Following Recieved as part of Alexa P's e-mail Oct 18-2000
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When George died, Suzanne moved in with her daughter , Genny."As a child, long before TV or radio, the evening hours were story times and
I would listen to either Grandma Cruikshank or my mother, Jenny, tell
stories of their young years. God has given me the great gift of a
remarkable memory and I can remember as far back as my 4th birthday. 60
years.
At the time my mother was pregnant with my younger sister (named Hariette
Patricia after her own sister Harriette). She would put my brother Mike and
I in the big bed and tell us to watch for the dancing fairies in the flames.
My sister died at the age of 10 or 11 months. I clearly remember the
little white coffin and my father lifting me up to kiss the baby goodbye. I
refer to these happenings because it was in this house that I have my fist
memories of Grandma Cruikshank.
About Grandma (Suzanne Laporte) Cruikshank, where shall I begin? O was
named after her, Mary Suzanne, and was her favorite. She completely ignored
my brother and spoiled me rotten, much to the disgust of my other cousins
and relatives. She was a very complex person, fastidious, fanatically
clean. She wore fussy white starched shirt-waists or blouses and a neat
black skirt and a fresh apron. She was a tiny person, small-boned, petite.
She was a very spoiled woman, which began with Grandpa and continued on by
my mother. I can remember Mother being berated by Aunt Bella and Aunt Annie
for giving into Grandma so much. I can remember letters from Aunt Bella
that would make Grandma so mad she would go into a sulk for days. Although
I can't remember her ever writing to anyone, I know she could write and she
read a great deal: pattern books, Ladies Home Journal, her Bible and her
prayer books. She always picked the worst possible time to read her
prayers, sitting in a rocker in our kitchen at noon when Mike and I came in
from school for lunch and bursting with things to tell, but my father
respected her wishes for silence and we children had to keep quiet. I think
I resent it more now than then because now I realize how selfish and
spoiled she really was and how very unfair to my mother. However, it was
good disipline for Mike and I and we loved her in spite of it.
In the house there was a small storage room at the head of the stairs,
always locked, and we children were never allowed in there. It wasn't until
years later I found out why. Grandma smoked a clay pipe and she thought no
one knew except Uncle George, who visited every Sunday with Grandma's weekly
supply of tobacco. One of the funny aspects of this is that Mike and I were
always missing our "bubble pipes" and no matter how many Mom and Dad bought
us, they continually disappeared after a day or two. She must have had
quite a supply of clay pipes to puff on, wouldn't you say?
When Ken was young, Grandma would send him for pipe tobacco, telling him it
was a present for Uncle George when he came to visit. Ken always believed
her. It wasn't until years later he found out about her smoking clay pipes.
Grandma had a terrible dislike of the French. She never once told me or
anyone that her father was French. As a matter of fact, she never spoke of
her father but always about her mother and her mother's people. I would
say, whether intentional or not, that Grandma was a "snob". She loved to
talk about her English ancestry.
Grandma would never eat brown sugar. It seems that the Redpaths took her
to visit the sugar factory and there she saw negro workers traping down the
sugar with their bare feet. It so disgusted her that she never touched
brown sugar again. Like I said, she was a very complex person.
She was a very proud and arrogant lady and I clearly remember when we would
have visitors that she would "put on airs" and talk through her nose!"
Mary Collins Jan 27, 1979
------the following followed the above, not sure if this is the same grandma ----
"We would look forward to (Garry's mom) box at Christmas time with its
beautiful fresh pork ham and chickens. It was always a great treat, and I
have never tasted pork like it since.
Ken would go and see Grandma and ask "How are you today, Grandma?" She
would say in a voice just above a whisper, "Not very well", stagger a step
or two and sigh, and themn before they left she would be fit as a fiddle and
instst that they stay for supper, etc. etc. She was quite an actor, the
dear soul!"
Mary, Feb, 1979
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Dad only met her once around 1921. remembers the train trip and being in North Bay waiting to switch trains.
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Chose to use Mar 16 as her DoB as this is when she celebrated it according to Mary Collins letter in Garry Obrien's book
JGC 1891 census Nat. Arch reel T6366 Dist 114 Renfrew South, Brougham Twp, page 2 dated 7 Apr 1891-
(All following shown as can read and write)
Name Age Relation to Head Born Father Born Mother born Relig Occup
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Cruikshank, George 46 Head Ont Scotland Scotland RC Farmer
Susanna 41 Wife Ont Que England RC
Lesebeth 20 Daug Que Ont Ont RC
Alexander 18 Son Que Ont Ont RC
Isabella 16 Daugh Que Ont Ont RC
Jane 13 Daugh Que Ont Ont RC
Magraret 10 Daugh Que Ont Ont RC
Susanna 8 Daugh Ont Ont Ont RC
Harriet 6 Daugh Ont Ont Ont RC
George 2 Son Ont Ont Ont RC---------------------------
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!Proof record. M3 p147, St. Camillus RC, Farrellton, Quebec. Sponsors at the
wedding of George Cruikshank and Susanne Laporte wereThomas Cruikshank and
Ellen Laporte who did not sign. Both bride and groom were of age.Family history indicates in 1882 they lived in Ottawa, Ontraio area.
They moved to Dacre, Ontario and purchased a farm "Lot 14, Concession 10, 100 acres in Dacre Ontario (Near Renfrew) from a Holmes on Nov. 7, 1893. They sold the farm on Dec 1, 1905 to John Hanrahan for $800. They moved to Cobalt (Haileybury), Ontario in 1906 where they built a boarding house (Hotel).Calculated Birthdate - The 1851 Canadian Census (actually reflecting statistics as of early January 1852) records Alexander (father) age 44 (b:1807), Elizabeth age 43(b:1808), George, aged 9 (b:1842), Alexander aged 12 (b:1839), and Jane aged 16 (b:1835).
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Alexa P has DoB as 1841, Canada West - I'll go with that. She also shows marriage as Sept 9, 1868 - go with Garry McFadden's Documentation above pending a source check
Have scanned copy of burial - died aged 15 days
25. Harriet (Hattie) Cruikshank
There is some question of her age at time of death- one source has 15, the other 22. The reference to men (not boys) in the following note mades me decide on the older age
---- the following was extracted from notes on Alexa P's e-mail Oct 18, 2000. Believe it is Mary Collins talking ---
"It was in the early 1900's when Grandpa George built their boarding house
in Haileybury overlooking Lake Temiskaming.
One boat in particular on the lake was the Meteor. It was quite a large
boat with state rooms, and they held picnic excursions and moonlight cruises
with dancing on board. How popular Aunt Hattie was! She was so beautiful,
the men practically fought each other to dance with her.
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Note: Subsuquently found the full text is in Garry O'Briens Family history.
Hattie died of pneumonia, 2 months after being the bridesmaid at the wedding of her brother Sandy to Dora Anne Carroll.
Proof record. M4 p25, St. Camillus RC, Farrellton, Quebec. Witnesses were
Elias Hughes brother of the sister and Caroline Laporte sister of the bride.JGC scanned copy
Proof record. M4 p25, St. Camillus RC, Farrellton, Quebec. Witnesses were
Elias Hughes brother of the groom and Caroline Laporte sister ofthe bride.
His father was deceased prior to this marriage. Son of age.CAUTION ! There is another Catherine Laporte who is the daughter of Samuel
Laporte.
28. Catherine Hughes
Proof record. S15 p29, St. Camillus RC, Farrellton, Quebec. Witnesses were
William Hayes and John Hayden. Died aged 2 years 7 months.