Peter Devlin - where'd he go?

[cosmac]

The Peter Devlin who married Elizabeth O'Kane is buried in Notre Dame de Neiges Cemetery.  Death 09/02/1959.

http://www.notredamedesneigescemetery.ca/en/research/locate.htm

Debbie

[Winterbloom21]

Thank you very much indeed, everyone.   Vbain, can you tell me where your reference refers to?   I'm not sure what the shorthand stands for.     Debbie, I presume this cemetery is in Montreal?  Am I right?    I might have misremembered the info about Ottawa and it could be on another relatives Canadian paperwork.   I got it from the paperwork somewhere, so it might not be Peter.    Can I ask, if he stayed in Montreal all this time, where might be the best source for looking for any more children.  I believe he had more than one daughter.

Carol, thanks for the census references.  Yes, I do have them - in fact, so far that's all I've ever had!
Siobhan

[polarbear]

Ancestry has Quebec records up to about 1941. I had a quick look but didn't find anything obvious.

If your local library subscribes to Ancestry Library Edition you can access the records that way. Even if you know first names, you generally get a better result if you put in only last names. There are other pay sites around as well but I don't have links off hand. One is called Your Folks, I believe.

PB

[Winterbloom21]

Thanks very much, PB.  I will certainly look into that.   Siobhan

[vbain]

V\Peter Devlin (h/o Margaret Doyle) St. Columbkille R.C. in Uptergrove. It is in Simcoe, Twp. Mara.
# is SM-MA 1425

The cemetery is in Uptergrove, in Simcoe County.
The cemetery marker is SM-MA1425.
It is in Ontario. I just put it in in case it may be useful.

[cosmac]

Elizabeth O'kane(24) b. Brookagh(? ) Northern Ireland, dressmaker came to Canada on the Letitia arriving 11 May 1930.  She was accompanied by her 48 year old father, Daniel, and her 17 year old brother Daniel.  Irish contact was their mother/wife - Jane O'Kane of Brookagh, Ireland and their Canadian contact was Susan Mullin of 731 Rockland Ave., Montreal.  Susan Mullin was a witness at Elizabeth's marriage as was Lawrence Hasson.

The father, Daniel O'Kane, travelled back to Ireland on the Antonia arriving 11 July 1930.  Destination was Brackigh, County Derry, Ireland.  It was his intention to reside in Northern Ireland.

Debbie

[Winterbloom21]

Thanks again, both of you.    Debbie,the Elizabeth O'Kane is looking better and better.   As you probably know, Derry is the next county over the line from Toomebridge (which is very near the county border) and I remember being told once that Peter Devlin's wife made the bridesmaids dresses for somebody's wedding over in England, so the fact that Elizabeth is a dressmaker helps. This is marvellous.    Siobhan

[Elwyn Soutter]

S,

Is this the family in 1911:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Londonderry/Slaght/Brockaghboy/591426/


E

[Winterbloom21]

Oh, yes, Elwyn, that's definitely them - right name for both parents etc.   Isn't this great?     I'd no idea that they were living in Montreal.   Wish I'd known all this when I went there years ago.    Now all I have to do is trace the daughter(s).  S