Hi, I don't know if this will help but there is a record of a baptism in the Drouin records for Wikwemikong (Manitoulin, Ontario) for a Mary Malacy (Melissa?) born in 1845 to a Joseph Harrington and Marie Dupuis. On the 1861 census, they have a daughter, Melissa, age 17. On the York County census for 1891, their son, Francis, is shown with his family and his mother, Mary, age 80. I checked birth records for the children of Francis Harrington and Sarah Rose and found a late registration for their daughter, Myrtle Lila born in 1891, Bond Head. The late registration was signed by Myrtle (Harrington) Justin in Kitchener in 1958. Her father's origin is just given as 'Canadian'. She was married to Wellington Justin in 1911 in Muskoka and they are on the 1911 census in North Waterloo, Town of Berlin (later known as Kitchener). I'm wondering if you might still find family in that area since they possibly lived there for quite a long period. Regards, Lynne. > > Where can I find the 1831 & 1848 censuses for Oro? My > > gr-gr-gr-gr-gr-grandfather Joseph Harrington was described in the 1861 > > West Gwillimbury census as "mullatto", & so were all his children, but he > > was dead by 1871 so I have no further information. According to the 1861 > > census, he was born about 1807 in Upper Canada, but that's all I know. > > His wife was from Quebec. By 1871 only his one son was described on the > > census as "African"; the rest of his children weren't listed as anything > > other than white (most listed their origins/birthplaces the same as their > > spouses'). The same son listed his birthplace as Lloydtown, Ontario on a > > marriage register. _________________________________________________________________ Stay on top of things, check email from other accounts! http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9671355

Thank you, this is a big help. Mary Harrington's death record & a few of her children's marriage records give her maiden name as Vallad/Valade, daughter of Francis & Mary (Marie), so this is interesting if confusing. Also confusing is that a Joseph Harrington died in 1862 (I think, working from memory here) & was of the approx. right age but his tombstone claims he was born in SCOTLAND. Mary (Dupuis/Vallad) Harrington remarried James Tegart in the 1870s but must have left him as she was living with her son in the 1891 census (as you noted) under the name Harrington. 2009/8/5 Lynne Kemp <[email protected]> > > Hi, > > I don't know if this will help but there is a record of a baptism in the > Drouin records for Wikwemikong (Manitoulin, Ontario) for a Mary Malacy > (Melissa?) born in 1845 to a Joseph Harrington and Marie Dupuis. On the > 1861 census, they have a daughter, Melissa, age 17. > > > > On the York County census for 1891, their son, Francis, is shown with his > family and his mother, Mary, age 80. > > > > I checked birth records for the children of Francis Harrington and Sarah > Rose and found a late registration for their daughter, Myrtle Lila born in > 1891, Bond Head. The late registration was signed by Myrtle (Harrington) > Justin in Kitchener in 1958. Her father's origin is just given as > 'Canadian'. She was married to Wellington Justin in 1911 in Muskoka and they > are on the 1911 census in North Waterloo, Town of Berlin (later known as > Kitchener). I'm wondering if you might still find family in that area since > they possibly lived there for quite a long period. > > > > Regards, > > Lynne. > > > > Where can I find the 1831 & 1848 censuses for Oro? My > > > gr-gr-gr-gr-gr-grandfather Joseph Harrington was described in the 1861 > > > West Gwillimbury census as "mullatto", & so were all his children, but > he > > > was dead by 1871 so I have no further information. According to the > 1861 > > > census, he was born about 1807 in Upper Canada, but that's all I know. > > > His wife was from Quebec. By 1871 only his one son was described on the > > > census as "African"; the rest of his children weren't listed as > anything > > > other than white (most listed their origins/birthplaces the same as > their > > > spouses'). The same son listed his birthplace as Lloydtown, Ontario on > a > > > marriage register. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Stay on top of things, check email from other accounts! > http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9671355 > ***************** > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy > > Simcoe Co. GenWeb at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >