Evelyn & Ed Costello e-mail: <costello13@juno.com> website: <freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ed1009> HAGGERTY*LAVERTY*COSTELLO*JOYCE THE FAMILY OF GEORGE LAVERTY & ELIZABETH BROWN |William|Isaac| Jane|John|Elizabeth| Matilda| George LAVERTY, born 1782 in Ireland, died July 1866 in Oak Mountain, Woodstock Parish, Carleton County, New Brunswick, buried 31 July 1866, by the Anglican minister of Woodstock, N.B., burial site unknown. He married Elizabeth (BROWN) LAVERTY. Notes for George LAVERTY: After extensive research in New Brunswick and Ireland for the roots of the LAVERTY family, no records have been found to establish the birthplace of George. Family members believe it was County Armagh. Research by Armagh Ancestry, 42 English St., Armagh, N. Ireland in 1993 covered Presbyterian records only. They suggested looking at Church of Ireland data. It would appear that George and Elizabeth arrived in North America c.1816, as census records show that William was born in Co Armagh, Ireland in 1815 and Isaac in New Brunswick in 1817. We have no information on their early years except for the birth of John in Maugerville, Sunbury County., in 1825. A fire in the church rectory there in 1845 destroyed existing records. An 1877 fire in the Saint John Customs House affects early immigration records which might have provided some clue to George's origins. The earliest record we have is a statement from Michael O'Donnell dated 18 July 1832 transferring his claim for land to George Laverty and a petition by George Laverty for said land in Richmond Settlement, Carleton County, Lot 10, Tier 2 dated 24 August 1835. This property is shown on map #111 of Land Grants in the name of William Laverty, granted to him 6 September 1860. It contains 200 acres in the area known as Oak Mountain, just south of Speerville, near Debec. In 1997 this property was owned by Gordon Acott, R.R.#5, Debec, N.B.EOJ1JO (Property Ident. #10086551. We do not know the exact burial place of George. PANB F-1094 Anglican Church Records, Woodstock Parish lists his burial on 31 July 1866, age 84 years, by Rev. S.D. Lee Street. Anglican burials at that time took place in the cemetery at Lower Woodstock. Lee Street himself is buried there. There is no Laverty stone and perusal of an early map at the Anglican church in Woodstock in 1997 showed no record. Many of the old graves and stones were moved when the Mactaquac Dam was built. We know nothing of the death and burial of George's wife, Elizabeth. He may have been buried with her. She died before 1851 as he is listed as a "widower" in that census. The Laverty property in Oak Mountain borders on what later became the cemetery for St. Andrew's Presbyterian (later United) church. St Andrew's was built in 1886 and an earlier church south of that location in 1868, both after George's death. The owner of the land, Gordon Acott, has no knowledge of any graves on his property." CHILDREN: William Laverty m: Hannah Kelly, 17 August 1848, b: 1815 Co Armagh, Ireland Houlton ME USA d: 1860's PA, USA (maybe, NR) b: 1831 Ireland d: 1890 Houlton ME USA Isaac Laverty m: Elizabeth Baldwin b: 12 May 1817, NB Canada 30 October 1839, d: 25 March 1892 Westbrook St George Charlotte Co NB Canada ME USA b: 24 February 1821 d: 28 February 1903 Jane Laverty m: John Bryden b: 1821 NB Canada 1 January 1839, d: NR Woodstock NB Canada b: NR d:1871 to 1881 John Laverty m: Annie Hyde Dougherty b: 1825 Maugerville, 1 September 1854 Sun Co, NB, Canada Woodstock NB Canada d: 11 March 1897 Debec b: 1828 Ireland NB Canada d:1920 NB Canada Elizabeth Laverty m: ______ Clark b: 1828 NB Canada b: NR d: NR d: NR Matilda Laverty m: John Dickison b: 1831 NB Canada 17 November 1852 d: 1899 NB Canada b: 1826 Scotland d: NR ____________________________________________________________ Penny Stock Jumping 3000% Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4e4045fb641683ff38m08vuc