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Research in Other Countries => Canada => Topic started by: Katsy8 on Saturday 08 December 18 02:53 GMT (UK)
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Looking for any information on Dillon family William born Limerick 1809 died New Brunswick 1847.
Isabella Mulhearn Died 1854 St. John New Brunswick of cholera . Married there in 1839
She is his second wife & they had 3 children David,Catherine & Thomas. First wife Ellen Pearce ?1810- before 1839 children William & Mary born in New Brunswick .
Can find no arrival data from Ireland or any info at all on the 2 children Catherine & Thomas or siblings from previous marriage.
Any tips or leads would be greatly appreciated.
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There are some records available on familysearch, eg death of William and first wife Ellen's son Andrew in 1909
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TF-Q2XB?i=598&cc=1307826
and Mary Ann in 1922
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZP9-SLZ?i=156&cc=1307826
(this records says she was in Ontario for 60 years)
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This looks like the family in 1871 in Hamilton, Ontario (all born Ireland except Benjamin)
William Dillon 65 Ireland
Ellen Dillon 55
Margaret Dillon 24
Mary Ann Dillon 22
Andrew Dillon 19
Ellen Dillon 17
William Dillon 15
John Dillon 13
Amelia Dillon 11
Benjamin Dillon 7
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M47P-NJT
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And in 1881 in Hamilton
Andrew Dillon 35 Ireland
Mary A Dillon 32 Ireland
William Dillon 75 Ireland
Ellen Dillon 64 Ireland
John Dillon 28 Ireland
Benjamin Dillon 21 Ontario
Patrick Moran 23 Ontario
JohnMc Laughlin 40 Ontario
John Hart 23 Ontario
John Connors 24 Ontario
William Reynolds 30 Ontario
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-XHPH-1M?i=284&cc=1804541
Modified to add:
2nd page of the family here:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-XHPZ-LS?i=285&cc=1804541
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Actually, looking again at your post, I see your William died in 1847, however the death records for Andrew and Mary Ann clearly say father William and mother Ellen PEARS (or similar), so maybe this is not your William? :-[
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This looks like the family in 1871 in Hamilton, Ontario (all born Ireland except Benjamin)
William Dillon 65 Ireland
Ellen Dillon 55
Margaret Dillon 24
Mary Ann Dillon 22
Andrew Dillon 19
Ellen Dillon 17
William Dillon 15
John Dillon 13
Amelia Dillon 11
Benjamin Dillon 7
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M47P-NJT
Didn’t William die in 1847?
William born Limerick 1809 died New Brunswick 1847
Jamjar
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Didn’t William die in 1847?
William born Limerick 1809 died New Brunswick 1847
Jamjar
Yes, my mistake :-[ :-[
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Yes I have death as 1847 and Ellen would have been deceased by 1839 as that was the year William remarried to Isabelle Mulhearn.
Isabelle & Williams son David Martin Dillon born 1843 St. John’s moved to the US to Massacheussettes.
When he was 8 his mother died of Cholera in NB which he also contracted and when returned home his sibling s Thomas 4 & Catherine 6 we’re gone. Both born st Johns NB
No one seems to know what happened to them or anything about their mothers family Mulhearn
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There are two references to a Thomas Dillion born about 1848 St Johns N.B. in the Seafarers of Atlantic Canada records. These were vessels he served on that went between Halifax and London in 1870 and 1875. There were a number of Dillon families in New Brunswick so can't link it to your Dillons.
Who is Joanna Murry (nee Dillon) - David Martin Dillon was looking for her as his stated half-sister?
How do you know David had siblings Thomas and Catherine?
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Thankscosmac,
Thomas Dillon was born 18/2/1846 St John NB so that sounds like a good lead.
I saw the articl of David searching for Joanna / half sister .
David’s granddaughter who is still alive has a copy of his father Williams will that states 5 children of which she wasn’t named . He apparently died in NB in 1847 .
Thomas & Catherine are named in the will along with half siblings Mary Anne b:1838 NB & William b:1827