I forgot to mention that at least 2 of Mary (Vallad/Dupuis) Harrington's children listed her name in various records as Mary Permilla Vallad, which is even stranger. She had a grand-daughter Priscilla, so maybe Permilla was a skewed version of that (or vice-versa), although again, does not sound French. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Andrews" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 11:03 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Harringtons > Thanks! Yes, of all the names for a French ancestor to have, Mary must be > the worst...personally I'd think Julie would be the name you'd use over > Mary/Marie, since everyone had that name (even some boys), but maybe > that's my 20th-century-ness talking, or my Protestantism (!). And I don't > know how to explain the Dupuis in daughter Melissa's baptism record > either, unless her name was something like Dupuis dit Vallad, or > vice-versa. Also Melissa strikes me as a very odd name for that time, & > does'nt sound French or Catholic to me either. > Yes, sometimes the family (including herself) got their origins mixed > up...I'm pretty certain she was born in Quebec, not France. Her parents > might have been from France, but I don't think she was. Sometimes one of > her children listed themselves as French too, whether out or ignorance or > to "cover" their father's origins (whatever those were), I have no idea. > It also likely didn't help that she couldn't read or write. > If only the 1851 Simcoe census had survived, things would be so much > easier! > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Conlin" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 10:50 PM > Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Harringtons > > >> >> Well this is a tough one for sure! Since most females were given the >> name Marie at baptism it is hard to know about a second, more >> identifying, name. >> >> >> >> Nothing much showed up in the 1851 Canada Census either when I looked for >> a Francois with wife Marie. Interesting to see on Marie's marriage >> registration to Tegart that France was given as place of birth - but not >> unusual either. >> >> >> >> I'll keep my eyes open for anything that might relate to this couple as I >> wander through Drouin - you never know what might pop up. >> >> >> >> Cheers! >> >> Doreen >> >> ======== >> >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 19:34:49 -0400 >>> Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Harringtons >>> >>> This is what I know about my Harringtons so far: >>> >>> Joseph Harrington, mulatto, born either 1807 in Upper Canada (according >>> to 1861 census), or 1796 in Scotland (according to his tombstone), lived >>> in West Gwillimbury Twp., died in 1863. >>> >>> Wife: >>> Mary Dupuis (according to daughter Melissa's baptism), or Mary Permilla >>> Vallad, daughter of Francis & Mary Vallad, born in Quebec about 1814, >>> married James M. Tegart in Bond Head in 1875; living with her son >>> Francis under the name Harrington again by 1881; died in Essa Twp. in >>> 1894. There was a Marie Julie Valade, daughter of Francois & Marie >>> Charlotte (Cadotte) Valade, baptized at Notre-Dame, Montreal, in August >>> 1815, but I'm not sure it's the same person. >>> >>> Children: >>> Mary Harrington, born about 1833, married James Monckton by 1851, had 5 >>> children, married James Sparks between 1861 & 1871, had at least 2 more >>> children, lived in Bradford, died between 1871 & 1881, no tombstone or >>> death certificate (this is my gr-gr-gr-grandmother). >>> Joseph Harrington, born about 1836 in Sharon, living in Lincoln Twp. in >>> 1851 & 1861, married Hannah Wates about 1857, lived Essa Twp., had 13 >>> children, married Betsy Cattle in 1890 in Toronto, where presumably he >>> died. >>> Rebecca Harrington?, born about 1838, married a Smith & died in 1860 of >>> decline? (note: siblings Mary & Joseph both had daughters named Rebecca) >>> Francis Harrington, born about 1839 in Lloydtown, married Sarah Rose in >>> 1871, had at least 7 children (but there's an 11 yr gap between the 5th >>> & 6th), lived in West Gwillimbury until at least 1881, moved to Essa by >>> 1891, died in Essa Twp. in 1894. >>> Jane Ann Harrington, born about 1840, married John Sebastian in 1858, >>> lived in Barrie until about 1881, had 8 children, moved to Toronto by >>> 1888, married Thomas Haggart Davies in 1889. >>> Mary Melissa L. Harrington, also called Elizabeth or sometimes Annie, >>> born 1844, baptized Manitoulin Island 1845, married Jonathan Palmer >>> about 1864, lived in Barrie until about 1881, moved to Toronto by 1891, >>> had 8 children, married Alfred Arrowsmith in 1913, died at St. Michael's >>> Hospital in 1918. >>> George E. 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The French name is Marie PARMELIA. Pam (Pamela in Enlgish, Parmelia en Francais) > so maybe Permilla was > a skewed version of that (or vice-versa), although again, does not sound > French. > > >