July 5, 2004:

Hi Al;
I just read your info to Mark. In fact I found info on my grandmother's side 
(Poitras) on your site.  
Do you by chance have any info on a Mathew Cobey who married Bridget Gibbons 
around the early 1840's in Templeton. I traced my name back to 1841 and my 
gg grandfather was Mathew Cobey / Coby.  He was first married to Mary Farley 
sometime before 1843, I don't know if in Canada or Ireland but found out they 
had a child James Cobey in 1843 and then sometime later  Mary must have died 
because he married Bridget Gibbons in Templeton and had more children.  He also 
had two other children before James- -Patrick (b 1836) and Philip (b 1838) both 
born in Ireland whether it was with Mary Farley or not I do not know.   He is 
on the 1841-2 census in Quebec (Templeton) with his land #. and he is on the 1851 
census, same area and all his family are registered there with Bridget Gibbons.
(Patrick, Philip, James, Rose, Bridget, Jean, Mary.)   
It really solved a great deal of questions for me when I found out that Philip 
(Covey) was not the only son.
I always heard the Duffy, Casey and Langill names were somewhere in the family tree 
but never knew where.
I cannot seem to find any info on when he married Bridget or when Mary Farley must 
of died.  I know he was in Canada in 1841 and probably came from Ireland around 
1840 because Philip states he was 2 yrs old when he came from Ireland.  How they came, 
I have no idea.
Any insight would be appreciated. 
... Barbara (Colby) Hawes

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1881 Census Place:	Lowe, Ottawa, Quebec, Canada
	Source:	FHL Film 1375861  NAC C-13225  Dist 97  SubDist II  Page 43  Family 162
	Sex	Marr	Age	Origin	Birthplace
Phillip COVEY	M	M	34	Irish	Ireland
	Occ:	Farmer	Religion:	Catholic	
Jane COVEY	F	M	32	Irish	Quebec
			Religion:	Catholic	
Matthew COVEY	M		5	Irish	Quebec
			Religion:	Catholic	
Mary COVEY	F		2	Irish	Quebec
			Religion:	Catholic	

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Notre Dame baptisms:
28 Feb 1835 Baptism of Augustin, aged 4 mos., son of Richard Gibbons and Mary McMally / McNally
Michael Barrett & Mary Corrigan

26 Feb 1837
Baptism of Edward, 2 mos. old, son of Richard Gibbons and Mary Macrealy / McNally?
Patrick Rice & Mary Corrigan

Note: The witnesses at the above baptisms were Barretts, Corrigans and Rices - they all had
connections to the Templeton / Buckingham area. There may have been a connection
to the Richard Gibbons family (below) and Bridget Gibbons, wife of Mathew Cobey.

Source: Ellen Paul's records of Notre Dame, Bytown
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Here are three generations of Richard Gibbons in 1881 in Pontiac County:

1881 Census Place:	Bristol, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada
	Source:	FHL Film 1375861  NAC C-13225  Dist 98  SubDist D  Page 51  Family 199
	Sex	Marr	Age	Origin	Birthplace
Richard GIBBONS	M	M	39	Irish	Quebec
	Occ:	Farmer	Religion:	Catholic	
Marcella GIBBONS	F	M	35	Irish	Ontario
			Religion:	Catholic	
Mary GIBBONS	F		17	Irish	Quebec
			Religion:	Catholic	
Elanor GIBBONS	F		14	Irish	Quebec
			Religion:	Catholic	
Edward GIBBONS	M		11	Irish	Quebec
			Religion:	Catholic	
Michael GIBBONS	M		8	Irish	Quebec
			Religion:	Catholic	
Margaret GIBBONS	F		7	Irish	Quebec
			Religion:	Catholic	
Thomas GIBBONS	M		5	Irish	Quebec
			Religion:	Catholic	
Richard GIBBONS	M		3	Irish	Quebec
			Religion:	Catholic	
Richard GIBBONS	M	W	83	Irish	Ireland
			Religion:	Catholic
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You will find cemetery records for Mathew COBEY / COVEY at Sean McConnery's 
Quebec Cemeteries Site (at the Perkins cemetery, I think ... Al).
 August 14, 2005:
Hi !  Upon reading Barbara's input, I have relatives that married Covey/ Cobey.
One of them was Philorum TAMBEAU  b,1893 from Perkins Quebec, he married 
James Covey's widow. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Powers, b,1894. James  
was killed in 1916 on the market in Ottawa, by an Ottawa policeman. There was a 
pitch fork involved in that incident, and the Officer was charged with murder, 
and later acquitted.
The other one would be my Dad's cousin  Thomas Casey b,1889, married 
Margaret Covey/Cobey  b, 1888.
As for me, I'm trying to find out what ship my g/grandfather was on. He was 
Patrick Casey and came from Ireland in 1847. He was married in Ottawa in 1852 to 
Margaret Farmer. She came from Ireland in July of 1848, I believe on a ship 
called The JEANIE. Any info in this matter would be appreciated.
... Phil Casey. 
casph@videotron.ca