December 11, 2009:

Good Afternoon, 
As some of you know we have been searching for any information at all on our great grandmother, Elizabeth Broughen aka 
Brougham, Broughan. 
We have recently come across a family, Broughen, from Lanark.  Note that two of the children are just identified by their initials, 
"P" and "E" in this 1861 census.  We have ascertained that the "P" is Patrick and he is shown in the 1881 census as residing with 
his mother, brother James and sister Sarah.  The date of birth for the "E" Broughen would be very close to the date our great 
grandmother was born but we have been unable to go any further as far as finding information on this person.  We know Elizabeth 
married William Moss in about 1870 so her family name would have changed with marriage.  
 
If anyone knows this family or would have information on Elizabeth we would very much appreciate hearing from you as we have searched 
over five years now. 
 
Thank you. 
Ann Martin 

1861 Census Records 
 
Name: Jas Broughen
Gender: Male
Census place: Ramsay, Lanark, Ontario
Age: 41y
Estimated birth year: 1820
Birthplace: Ireland
Marital status: Married
Religion: R C
Sheet number: 8
Line number: 44
Film number: 2435863
Library and Archives Canada film number: C-1043
Digital GS number: 4391558
Image number: 00120
Collection: Ontario Census 1861

Name: Nancy Broughen
Gender: Female
Census place: Ramsay, Lanark, Ontario
Age: 48y
Estimated birth year: 1813
Birthplace: Ireland
Marital status: Married
Religion: R C
Sheet number: 8
Line number: 45
Film number: 2435863
Library and Archives Canada film number: C-1043
Digital GS number: 4391558
Image number: 00120
Collection: Ontario Census 1861
 
Name: Mary Broughen
Gender: Female
Census place: Ramsay, Lanark, Ontario
Age: 16y
Estimated birth year: 1845
Birthplace: C W
Marital status: 
Religion: R C
Sheet number: 8
Line number: 46
Film number: 2435863
Library and Archives Canada film number: C-1043
Digital GS number: 4391558
Image number: 00120
Collection: Ontario Census 1861
 
Name: Nancy Broughen
Gender: Female
Census place: Ramsay, Lanark, Ontario
Age: 15y
Estimated birth year: 1846
Birthplace: C W
Marital status: 
Religion: R C
Sheet number: 8
Line number: 47
Film number: 2435863
Library and Archives Canada film number: C-1043
Digital GS number: 4391558
Image number: 00120
Collection: Ontario Census 1861

 
Name: E Broughen
Gender: Female
Census place: Ramsay, Lanark, Ontario
Age: 13y
Estimated birth year: 1848
Birthplace: C W
Marital status: 
Religion: R C
Sheet number: 8
Line number: 48
Film number: 2435863
Library and Archives Canada film number: C-1043
Digital GS number: 4391558
Image number: 00120
Collection: Ontario Census 1861
 
Name: Sarah Broughen
Gender: Female
Census place: Ramsay, Lanark, Ontario
Age: 12y
Estimated birth year: 1849
Birthplace: C W
Marital status: 
Religion: R C
Sheet number: 8
Line number: 49
Film number: 2435863
Library and Archives Canada film number: C-1043
Digital GS number: 4391558
Image number: 00120
Collection: Ontario Census 1861
 
Name: Wm Broughen
Gender: Male
Census place: Ramsay, Lanark, Ontario
Age: 10y
Estimated birth year: 1851
Birthplace: C W
Marital status: 
Religion: R C
Sheet number: 8
Line number: 50
Film number: 2435863
Library and Archives Canada film number: C-1043
Digital GS number: 4391558
Image number: 00120
Collection: Ontario Census 1861 
 
Name: P Broughen
Gender: Male
Census place: Ramsay, Lanark, Ontario
Age: 9y
Estimated birth year: 1852
Birthplace: C W
Marital status: 
Religion: R C
Sheet number: 7
Line number: 1
Film number: 2435863
Library and Archives Canada film number: C-1043
Digital GS number: 4391558
Image number: 00118
Collection: Ontario Census 1861


Name: Jas Broughen
Gender: Male
Census place: Ramsay, Lanark, Ontario
Age: 7y
Estimated birth year: 1854
Birthplace: C W
Marital status: 
Religion: R C
Sheet number: 7
Line number: 2
Film number: 2435863
Library and Archives Canada film number: C-1043
Digital GS number: 4391558
Image number: 00118
Collection: Ontario Census 1861

Kathy Simons and I have searched for Elizabeth for over five years now and have hit a dead end.  This family 
seems to be the closest we have come but until we can verify that this is indeed Elizabeth there is not much we
can do.  
 
Interestingly, the mother of the children on the list was Nancy Hughes and we know that she 
and her husband, James  Brougham (again a different spelling) are buried at St. John's Anglican 
Cemetery in Innisville. 
 
We'll keep our fingers crossed that someone can make a connection. 
 
Sincerely, 
Ann 
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Ann:

I checked some RC Church records for this surname and the only record found was the following.
Brougham is not a common surname but we'll post this one just in case there is a connection:

Notre Dame Cathedral, Ottawa
6 Nov 1854 
After dispensing with banns, marriage of Michael Stapleton of Bytown, adult son of Patrick Stapleton and Bridget Mawker / Mara, 
to Sarah Moloney of Bytown, adult daughter of Dennis Maloney and Ann Brougham
John Meara & Mary Moloney
Source: DROUIN Records at ancestry.ca
December 13, 2009:

Thanks to Anne Burgess for the following:

Hi Al,
 
That's an unusual name, and there were two families named Broughan on the CD of Fitzwilliam emigration records.
 
One has been found and is listed on the above web page.
 
BROUGHAN, Alice HENNESSY; Ann; John; James; Richard from Gowle, County Wicklow to Hungerford, ON 

 
And the other, with some of the same names, is attached.
 
Here's what the Irish Times website gives on where Broughans might have come from:
 
The table below shows the number of broughan households in each county in the Primary Valuation property survey of 1847-64. 
  
Carlow  1  Clare  4  
Dublin city  2  Limerick  1  
Longford  1  Tipperary  2  
Wicklow  2  

and here's the death certificate for William Broughan, Al - he seems to be the son of the Lanark family, but died in Kingston.
 
His parents were James Broughan and Annie Hughes (who are buried at Innisville (Boyd Settlement?).
 


keyword from the above image: Carleton Place

Source: ancestry.ca (there is more information included on this record at ancestry.ca).

also, 
 
I remembered seeing the Brougham name in one of Annette Code's postings to B or B. 
It's in a list of people assisted to leave the Fitzwilliam Estate:

 
May 13, 1842 
Lucy Brougham & family, provisions 1 pound 

... Anne Burgess
February 20, 2010:

Good Morning, Ann et al,

I found your search for Elizabeth on the Clarke Genealogy forum, and 
after a wide swing through the net, the Bytown site.

This may help:

Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1926
about Precilla Moss
Name:     Precilla Moss
Age:     19
Estimated birth year:     abt 1892
Father Name:     William Moss
Mother Name:     Lizzie Broughen
Spouse Name:     William Kirkham
Spouse's Age:     23
Spouse Estimated Birth Year:     abt 1888
Spouse Father Name:     Frank Kirkham
Spouse Mother Name:     Annie Dixon
Marriage Date:     15 Nov 1911
Marriage Place:     Lanark
Marriage County:     Lanark

The image of the registry entry is attached.   William and Lizzie's son, 
John, was married about a month later.

*1911 Census of Canada*
Home  / 1911 
 / Ontario 
 / 
Lanark South  / 
21 
 
Sherbrooke South / *page 5*

Moss William             M      Head      M      Oct      1845      66  
    1901      
Moss Elizabeth           F     Wife     M     Jul     1849     61

The 1901 census doesn't have the Mosses, but the 1891 does:

1891 Census of Canada
about Elizabeth Moss
Name:     Elizabeth Moss
Gender:     Female
Marital Status:     Married
Age:     36
Birth Year:     abt 1855
Birthplace:     Ontario
Relation to Head of House:     Wife
Religion:     Methodist
French Canadian:     No
Province:     Ontario
District Number:     84
District:     Lanark South
Subdistrict:     Sherbrooke South
Neighbors:     View others on page
Household Members:    
Name     Age
William Moss     45
Elizabeth Moss     36
Martha A Moss     18
Margret J Moss     16
Henry Moss     14
Thomas Moss     11
Eliza M Moss     10
John W Moss     7
Sarah A Moss     5
Mary E Moss     3

Priscilla was still to come!

4 am!!   I hope you find this useful,  

... Art Clarke

Excerpt from a marriage record between Priscilla Moss and Frank Kirkham, 
South Sherbrooke Township, Lanark County
Source: Marriage Records at ancestry.ca



Good Afternoon, Al,
By all means, add my information.
Meaning no disrespect, my interest in the Broughams is limited to 
Sarah's husband, ???? Clarke.  He may be a very distant kin, as my 
Clarke line extends back to Newfoundland and to Dorset.   On the other 
hand, I love a good mystery, and when it involves missing kin, even 
others', I'm hooked.
I'll continue to keep my eyes out for Broughams, Broughens,  the Moss surname, and others.

Regards, Art.
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February 21, 2010:

Thanks to Sue for the following additional detective work!

Going through all the censuses, I notice that Elizabeth Brougham Moss is 'always' listed as Methodist.  She married 
William Moss probably in late 1871 or early 1872 as William is single and living with his parents and siblings in the 
1871 Sherbrooke South census.  William is a son of Thomas and Martha Moss and I see that William and Elizabeth named 
their first daughter Martha, presumably after his mother.  Their 2nd son was named Thomas, presumably after his father.  
Their 3rd son was named John Wesley Moss, the name of one of William's brothers.  Henry was also the name of one of 
William's brothers.  As for the other daughters, the 2nd daughter was named Margaret J., presumably Margaret Jane.  

None of William's sisters was a Margaret or a Jane, nor did he have a Sarah.  Eliza could be named after her mother 
although Williams had a younger sister named Eliza and William did have a sister named Mary.  So Margaret (Jane) and 
Sarah are odds on favourites for coming from Elizabeth's Brougham family.  If she is the "E" in the 1861 Lanark 
census, she is Roman Catholic at the time - also where is she in the 1871 census?  William is single and still living at home.
 
Elizabeth's birth is all over the place.  1881 = 30, 1891 = 36, 1901 = 21 July 1848, and 1911 = July 1849 BUT the family 
is consistently Methodist.  Given that, I would suspect that her marriage is registered in a Methodist church, probably in 
Lanark county as William didn't seem to wander much as he is always found in Sherbrooke South (1851-1891) until he moves to 
Maberly (1901 & 1911).
 
Anyway, a few ideas which might help out.  I wonder how her surname sounded to the census-taker's ear - could the census-taker 
have heard Brown and marked it down as such?
 
Sue
 February 23, 2010:

Very interesting information from Art and Sue, thank you. 
 
If the "E" Broughen in the 1861 census for Ramsay is actually Elizabeth then her religion at that 
time would have been Catholic.  We're thinking that her religion changed when she married William 
as his family was Methodist. 
 
William died in 1925 and according to his death certificate he was buried in Maberly.  Ann McPhail 
from Algonquin College sent us the obit for Elizabeth from the Perth Courier. (below) Given that 
information it looks like she was born about 1848.  We had a researcher check the Archives in 
Toronto for a death certificate for her but none exists.  She may have died in Saskatchewan but 
it is clear she was brought back to Maberly for burial.  For some time we have tried to find the 
cemetery where she and William were buried but to no avail.  The most logical one would be 
Laidley Cemetery in Perth as two of their children and the sister and brother of William and their 
wives are buried there.  Unfortunately they do not have a records of a burial plot for them.  We thought 
perhaps that if there was a record at the cemetery it might help us find the family of Elizabeth. 
 
Sincerely, 
Ann 
"Perth Courier  August 27, 1937

Obit – Mrs. William Moss – Death came very peacefully to Mrs. William Moss on August 4 at the home of her daughter, 
Mrs. W G Kirkham, where for the past years she has made her home.  Deceased was 89 years of age and has been a 
resident of Maberly during the greater part of her life, where she resided with her husband, the late Mr. William Moss, 
who predeceased her 12 years ago.

She leaves to mourn her loss five daughters and two sons.  Mrs. Donnelly of Ottawa;  Mrs. Waddell, of Montreal;  
Mrs. E. Keays and Mrs. L. Keays, of Tisdale, Saskatchewan; Mrs. W B Kirkham, Sask.;  Henry of Smiths Falls and Thomas 
of Spruce Home, Sask.

The funeral was held from the United Church, Maberly, the Rev. Mr. Sibley officiating.

Floral offerings were:  wreath from the family; sprays from Mr. & Mrs. Rogers and little Harold; Mrs. Edna Moss and 
family; the Mandevilles, Smiths Falls; Mr. & Mrs. Brinkman, Smiths Falls; Mr. & Mrs. Bert Shanks; Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Moore.  
Pallbearers were Messrs. J Churchill, E Tysick, G Grinley, A Kirkham, R Blair and  K  Kirham.

“She is not dead but sleepeth”"

On Sunday I spoke with the wife of the person in charge of Laidley Cemetery in Maberly.  According to the records that the 
cemetery has Elizabeth and William are not there.  They also checked Rokeby Anglican Cemetery and they are not buried 
there either.  Did they cremate people in the 1920's and 30's?  We are at a total loss now as to how we might find where 
they are buried.  They lived in South Sherbrooke Township and Maberly all their lives yet there is no trace of their burial plots.  

Ann Martin