March 9, 2005:

Hello Al,
I would like to start off by saying what a great resource your web site 
is. Thank you for the work you and all you contributors have done.
My ancestor (Peter Cavanagh) came to Goulbourn with the 99th and settled 
here. I have tracked down quite a bit of information on him through the 
various census and both St. Phillip's and St. Clare's church records. 
What I have found though is that there is a large gap in the records. 
Between the 1822 census and the 1837 records of St. Phillip's I can find 
nothing.
Do you know of any records for this 15 year gap?
Where did RC's in the area get married before 1837?
Are there records from this location?
I thank you again for this great resource and I hope to hear back from 
you soon,
Larry Cavanagh
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also posted on March 8, 2005:
Hi Larry:
 
Here are a couple of early records from Notre Dame:
Prior to 1836, many of the early Catholic marriages, baptisms and deaths were 
recorded there.
 
13 Jan 1833
Baptism of Maria Cavanaugh, daughter to Peter Cavanaugh (99th) & Elizabeth Jeffries
Godparents: Michael Brady & Margaret Gray
 
29 Aug 1834
Goulbourn   
Baptism of Peter, son of Peter Cavanagh and Elizabeth Jeffery
Godparents: John Larkin & Ellen Sloan 

These are just two records. There are many other Cavanaghs in the early records, 
and from other churches, some of whom may be related to the original Peter Cavanagh.

 May 9, 2007:
Al,
 
I tried sending this a while back, but I was having some problems with my 
computer and I don't think it went through. (see next e-mail). I apologize 
if you received this twice.  I was very excited to discover the information on 
Elizabeth Jeffries as we had wrongly assigned a different wife to Peter Kavanagh.  
Please add me to your lists for the Kavanagh, Jeffries, Mears, Carson / 
Corrison, Devine and Barton lists along with my contact information.  If you can 
refer me to anyone else researching these lines as well, I would appreciate it.  
 
SuAnne Devine-Drawz 
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Here is SuAnne's original e-mail:

Hi Al and Larry, 
 
I just found your posting of March, 2005 and was very excited!  I belive that 
the baptism you listed of Maria Cavanaugh is my grt grt grandmother.  We 
have always known her as Mary Ann.  I hadn't been able to find her baptism 
at Richmond, altho there were several siblings there.  I did however find 
her record of marriage to Simon Mears.  That record listed her parents as 
Peter Kavanaugh and Elizabeth Jeffries.  This matches the information sent 
to me from Marilynn Cottrelll from this website.  However Maria/Mary Ann 
was missing from her list of their children, possibly because of the different 
churches.  Family history had previously listed his wife as Ann Powers.  
The records at St. Phillips church list a marriage between Peter Cavanaugh 
and Elizabeth Jeffers on 24 August, 1837.
 
You mentioned a St. Clare's church records, can you tell me what town / township 
that is?  I'm still missing several links from other families.  I would be 
grateful if you could share what you know about Peter and Elizabeth, their 
families, and background.  I only knew his name and the information left by a 
distant cousin was confusing.  There was nothing about the 99th, where they 
were from , what they did, or how they got to Ontario.  Did they live in 
Richmond or Fallowfield or ???
 
I live in North Dakota, USA, so my research has all been done thru the 
internet and I appeciate your sharing.  Simon Mears and Mary Kavanugh moved 
to the Grand Forks area of ND about 1890 with their children.  She lived 
to the old age of 78, dying in 1910 while living in Knox, ND.  I know that 
there are several families with the name Cavanaugh/Kavanaugh still living 
in the region today.  Whether or not they are related, I'm not sure.  It's 
possible some of her family migrated here with the Mears and Devines.
 
My line is 1)  Peter Cavanaugh & Elizabeth Jeffries/Jeffers
                      2)  Mary Ann Kavanaugh & Simon Mears
                            3)  Elizabeth Mears & John Devine
                                 4)  Thomas Devine & Florence Burkett
                                        5)  (last 2 generations deleted ... Al)
                                               6)  
 
Thanks again for your help, I'd be glad to contribute whatever information 
I have that can help.  I really appreciate all the work you have put into this 
site!
 
SuAnnne Devine-Drawz
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According to the book, For King and Canada, by A. Barry Roberts, Peter Cavanagh
was born in County Meath. He joined the 99th Regiment of foot in 1812 at age 26.
His land grant was in Concession 6, Lot 13 East, in Goulbourn Township.
... Al