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JAMES EAGLETON (whose birth date I do not know but whose spouse was Mary MacIlroy was born about 1795 likely in Tipp as well but at least in Ireland).  James and Mary had at least 3 children that I have found so far:

Mary Jane 1823
Margaret   birthdate unknown  and
Catherine 1830

They appear to have been protestant yet Catherine was baptized in the catholic church.

The family came to Canada before the children were born and Mary and James MAY have actually been married in Canada. Here is what I know of them after they are in Canada:

The earliest record I have for an Eagleton is on the 1840 census of Wolford Twsp in Ontario. There, I found HUGH EAGLETON with 2 male children and 1 female child as well as a wife. It may well be that this is James' father and family living in Merrickville in 1840. I have not proved this as yet.

In the 1846 report of the Licensing Commissioner for Johnstown District James Eagleton owns an inn and is listed as:
Eagleton, James  Merrickville. Has 6 rooms, 5 beds, Stabling for 6 horses, yard, shed all in good order.
This was reproduced in the Leeds and Grenville Genealogy Society newsletter of July/Aug 2004.

James was the proprietor of  the Exchange Hotel in Merrickville. There was a William Eagleton who was also an innkeeper in Lambeth, Middlesex at the same time. I don't know if there is a relationship

In the 1851 census of Wolford, Grenville Distr 104, James Eagleton is listed as a labourer, Irish and living in a 1 1/2 story frame house.

In addition to the children shown, there may have been a daughter Elizabeth Eagleton but she died as a spinster at age 50 in 1883

Daughter Catherine  married Robert Reid on Sept 15 1849 in Merrickville. The witnesses were Margaret Eagleton (actually spelled Egleton in both cases) and James Aicheson.

In the 1861 census for Merrickville, James is 65 and an innkeeper (District 96, page

It would seem that James died before 1863 since he is not in  the church register after that date. He definitely died before his wife did in 1884 in Merrickville

If anyone can shed any light on any of these eagletons and where the family came from in Tipp, I would appreciate it greatly.

ANN

I am afraid this won't help much - it's more of a query about MY family. I am intrigued by a lady named CHARLOTTE CRABBE RHIND who was born In Toronto Canada 1876 to parents Alexander Rhind(b 1838 Aberdden) and Ann MacDonald (b 1837 Aberdeen)who were originally from Aberdeen Scotland having come to Canada about 1870.

I cannot yet find a link to the Crabbe family and am curious as to why Charlotte would have been named Crabbe. In this family, it is usually the maiden name of a female ancestor but I haven't found the link yet.

If you have anyone submit a possible connection to MacDonalds or Rhinds, could you please let me know?

Thanks.

I have Frasers from Logie and Wester as well and have had no luck looking for them. I wondered if you had ever run across the family at all.

Margaret Fraser was born about 1775 in Logie and Wester (parents unknown) and married Pater Macrae in that parish May 2 1793 (although he is called Patrick in this record, I believe him to be the right fellow). They had the following children (that I know of)

James (1794),
Mary (1796),
Duncan (1798),
William (1801) and
Ellen (1802).

I have found some records for all of these except Ellen . All of the records show that the children are born in Logie and Wester. Nothing has been found at all on Ellen and her birthdate is approximate and taken from her own records here in Canada.

The McRae family moved to the Wick area - I don't know if all of them went and I don't know when. I know that Duncan and Ellen were both in Wick (Duncan in the village of Sarclet with his family). Ellen always said she came from Wick.

She married John Oatway in England about 1835 and later came to Canada with her children. They came to Brockville Ontario  first and then to Perth.

There were Fraser relatives in the Brockville area in the 1840's but I don't know who they were.

If anyone has any ideas about this family, I would appreciate hearing from them. I had hoped to be able to pinpoint their origins before we leave for Scotland Sept 9 and have so far not had much luck!!

Thanks

George Connon married Jane Rhind  on June 29 1848 in Aberdeen. She was born Feb 3 1829. They lived at 216 George St in the 1861 census. With them are Jane's brother Alexander Jr age 24 and her sister Helen age 31. George and Jane had two children on that census - Isabella Rhind Connon and Jemima Connon ages 12 and 10 respectively. Also with them is Margaret Davidson and her two children Margaret and Agnes ages 13 and 11 respectively.

I am tracking the Rhind connection. Alexander Jr, Jane and Helen are the children of Alexander Rhind and Isabella McCombie both of whom died before 1865.

Alexander Jr (b 1837) married Anne McDonald in 1865 and came to Canada about 1869 with his children Jane and Alexander Jr. Anne's parents (Alexander McDonald and Anne McDonald) also came to Canada. I am certain that there were still family actively involved between Canada and Aberdeen in the 1940's and would like to track them down. Alexander Jr may have also had a brother Joh who came to Canada as well.

If anyone has any information about this part of the Rhinds - or the Connon connection - either in Canada or Scotland or the preceding generations, I would like to hear from them.