land grants in ontario

[grammatj8]

Happy New Year Everyone.  I have a quick question.  If someone came from Ireland in the early 1860's is there a way I can find if he had a land grant from the Queen, I would quess.  Thanks for any help.

[Janice M]

Here are a few links to try.

Early Canadiana Online
http://www.canadiana.org/eco.php?page=PageView&id=9fb9bf16749ab158

Links: Subjects for above
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gaelynn/links.htm

Lower Canada Land Petitions
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/lower-canada/index-e.html

Western Land Grants (1870-1930)
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/western-land-grants/index-e.html

Ontario Archives
http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/ENGLISH/interloan/l-intro.htm

If you post their names & dates, possibly we could find more information for you.

Janice

[grammatj8]

Janice Happy New Year.  I have found and visited the other tree limb to the Tierneys.  I found out that Micheal Tierney and his wife came to Canada from Ireland and that they were given a land grant in Oshawa where they had to stay for 2 years, grow and live on this land then they could sell it and move to where they would like.  Since we know the children were born in 1860 to 1863 in Oshawa I thought I could find this particular thing out.  Have a looky I do appreciate it and I will look at the sites you gave me as well.   Thanks again for your help

[KarenM]

Hi gram!!

Do you have the legal description of the property?

Karen

[grammatj8]

I wish I did.  That is what I was trying to find out.  I figured if I could google Michael Tierney and Oshawa in the government files around 1860 I would find the place.  Just a thought.  Then I thought maybe I should be doing this through England or Ireland, since it would be the queen or king who would give the land grants.

[KarenM]

The information would be here in Ontario for the grants.  Do you have any birth information, maybe it gave the address, even if you could get a close proximity might help 

Karen

[KarenM]

Just thought do you have them in the 1861 census?

[grammatj8]

Karen, all we know is that Michael Tierney (Tearney) was born 1819 about.  He died December 27th, 1899.  I did find something useful about the Tierney's.  ORginally Tierney was spelled Tearney.  Rather interesting. 

[Janice M]

There was a Michael Tierney living in Whitby, Ontario in 1869. Whitby and Oshawa boarder each other.

CONNER & COLTSON'S DIRECTORY OF THE COUNTY OF ONTARIO FOR 1869-7O
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wjmartin/ontario.htm

I don't know if you need this, but here is the marriage of his son James.

James TIERNEY
Age: 21
Occupation: railway conductor
Residence: Whitby, Toronto
Son of: Michael & Mary
Married
Mary MOONEY
Age: 20
Birthplace: England
Residence: Toronto
Daughter of: Michael & Mary Ann
Witness: James O'DONOHOE & Jennie COLEMAN
Both of Toronto
Date of Marriage: September 2, 1885

Janice