Thanks, Doris, I'll get on it. Bonnie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doris Hope" <dgrierson@cyberus.ca> To: <CAN-ONT-CARLETON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 4:27 PM Subject: Re: [Can-Ont-Carleton] Deevy/Foley family contact me? > To Bonnie: Below is a copy of the letter I forwarded to Bill Woodruff > whom I have already made you aware as one interested in the Deevy family. > > You will notice that I gave him the names of two grandchildren of John > Deevy : Ann Powers and Michael Fahey (Tel. 613-8290782). The person who > did most of the research on the family was a Fitzgerald descendant who is > now deceased. I don't know that any one of her family is now interested. > > Below is my letter to Bill Woodruff: > Yes, the Michael Deevy and Sarah Kinch family of Nepean township is the > same family as yours. First census records show the family's name in > Canada as Davy or Davie. Michael and Sarah had at least 3 sons: Michael > who first married a Spearman and then Anna Rivington of Huntley; John, of > Nepean, who married Mary Ann Foley, and William, first of Goulbourn and > then of Cumberland, who married Ann Scharf > > The latter had 13 children, one of whom was John who married Eliza Jane > Watchorn. Another was Samuel who married Ellen Jane Grifftith. The > family in Cumberland used the spelling of "Deavy". For particular > information on your branch of the family, you can try to locate a > Mrs.Germaine Deavy, R. R. #1, Navan, Ont, who sent a query to the Ottawa > Genealogical Branch in 1981. setting out her family names and asking for > information. Her query was published In the Ottawa Branch News, Vol XIV, > #6, Nov., 1981. Maybe she is still alive and may not, but she probably > left some family members who could be contacted. > > My personal knowledge is of the John Deevy family who married Mary Ann > Foley. I went to elementary school with the family. Their daughter Alice > passed to me much personal information. She has now passed on, but she > has a daughter Ann Powers who lives in Nepean (Tel 225-5737). Alice also > had a son, a Michael Fahey who lives at 2552 Carling Ave., Ottawa, whom > you could contact > > Another relative of Alice Deevy (later Fahey), a Fitzgerald girl who > did much research into their Irish ancestry, found a document (CO384 Vol. > 1, page 186, Reel B876 for 1817_ in the National Archives which indicated > that the Kinch, the Deevy and the Fitzgerald family all wished to emigrate > from Ireland at the same time. You might be interested in looking there." > > With this further information and contacts, I hope you will be > successful in your endeavours. Regards Doris Hope > > > > ==== CAN-ONT-CARLETON Mailing List ==== > No more census petitions needed!! The 1911 to 2001 > Canada census records were passed June 28, 2005! > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >