Ann Burns; I would suggest that you check out our web site at www.stcolumban-irish.com . This site is dedicated to our Irish ancestors that arrived in Montreal, Quebec, Canada around 1830 and settled in St. Columban, Quebec - about 40 miles north west of the city - this village was almost an exclusive Irish Catholic community in the 1800's.. You will find a large number of both McGraths and Mahers in the church & census records on our site. My best guess is that my own great great grandfather Patrick Keyes (Keys) also came from Clough in Kilkenny (as a point of interest, on my recent visit to Ireland, the residents pronnounced the name as the village as "Clock"). And most of the early settlers seem to have come from Kilkenny and Tipperary. Many of these people stayed in St. Columban for a generation, and then moved west, including to Ottawa, or to the U.S. and a number of the settlers were also involved in the quarry business. So perhaps your McGrath / Maher ancestors spent some time in St. Columban before arriving in Ottawa. Take Care Fergus Keyes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Burns" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 4:26 PM Subject: [IRL-TIP] McGrath-Maher connections > Hello listers > > This is a shot in the dark. I'm hoping someone may direct me where to > begin to look for the marriage of William McGrath and Mary Maher probably > a few years before 1822. Their son Michael was my great-great grandfather > who emigrated in 1847 and settled in Bytown, now Ottawa, Canada. Michael > was born circa 1822 and died in 1901 in Ottawa. He was a labourer and > worked in a quarry once in Canada. I have no further information on this > family in Ireland. I am not certain that they are from Tipperary but have > been advised it is possible given the surnames. > Michael married Catherine Brennan, from Clogh in Co. Kilkenny, in Ottawa > in 1854. Their marriage certificate gives his parents names as above but > no other details. > > Ann Burns > Ottawa, Canada > _______________________________________________________ > Griffith's Valuation: http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php > ------------------------------- > 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 >