January 31, 2002:
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Brian 
To: ag.lewis@sympatico.ca 
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 11:46 PM
Subject: Huntley Twp Births


I would like to take you up on your offer to provide further details on the following births

Hickey, Dennis 3/7/1850
Hickey, James 8/15/1848
Hickey, John 12/8/1841
Hickey, Peter 12/3/1842

Many thanks.

P. Brian Pitzel
P.S. would you happen to know  where one could obtain information on birth and deaths 
in Fitzroy Twp . Also would you happen to know where a marriage took place if it was 
not in Huntley (lived in Fitzroy, Roman Catholic). Could it it be Richmond or Ottawa. 
If you are unable to provide any information on this I will understand. I am certainly 
not looking for any detailed information on specific individuals just a direction 
would be helpful.

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Hi Brian:

Here they are:

Hickey, Dennis 
son of Hickey, Michael and Sweeney, Mary born 3/7/1850 
God Parents: Keefe, David & Sheehy or Sheedy, Ellen

Hickey, James  
son of Hickey, Michael  and Sweeney, Mary  born 8/15/1848 
God Parents: Keefe, John & Sullivan, Ellen

Hickey, John 
son of Hickey, Laurence and Curran, Margaret born 2/8/1841 
God Parents: Ryan, Michael & Curran, Mary

Hickey, Peter 
son of Hickey, Laurence and Curran, Margaret  born 12/3/1842 
God Parents: Kehoe, James & Curran, Mary

In general, before about 1850 when St. Michael's RC church at  Fitzroy Harbour was 
built, people from Fitzroy had their "religious transactions" recorded at: 
a) St. Michaels in Corkery, Huntley Township, which is close to the southern border 
   of Fitzroy Township
b) Notre Dame in Bytown (Ottawa)
c) St. John the Baptist in Perth
d) St. Phillip's in Richmond
e} The RC church in Arnprior (can't remember the name)

Sometimes they travelled to these churches for marriages, etc. - sometimes the priests 
travelled to Fitzroy.
After 1850 (approximately) check the records for St. Mike's at Fitzroy Harbour. 
Many of the Fitzroy folks had ties to people on the Quebec side of the Ottawa River too. 
Later on - from 1870's - you'll find some of them a little farther west and they may show 
up on Bill Martin's web site

Also, If you go to our search engine and do a search for the word Fitzroy
and also (seperately) for your surnames, you may find something.

... Al Lewis,
Ottawa

May 18, 2002:

see also another Hickey page.

November 17, 2002:

I believe that Michael Curran was the parent of my great great Grandmother
Catherine Curran Hickey wife of Thomas Hickey, Catherine, I believe, had a
sister named Margaret married to a Lawrence Hickey which may or may not have
been related to Thomas Hickey of Barnhardt Island, St. Lawrence County, New
York.

Margaret and Lawrence buried Michael Curran in Fitzroy, Carleton County
outside of Ottawa.

Catherine Curran Hickey died in 1894 and is buried in Butte, Montana, USA. Four
of Catherine's sons are buried close to her. Their names were Thomas,
Michael, Edward and William Cornelius Hickey. WC Hickey was my
g-grandfather.

Can you help me out?

What county in Ireland did Michael Curran come from? The Hickeys?

Thank you for any help that you may be able to provide.

Bill O'Keefe
okeefe@mcn.net
January 28, 2003:

Subject: Hickey
Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 10:21 AM

William,

Dee Corley and I are distantly related through my G-g-grandfather, Thomas
Hickey. Dee feels that her Hickey ancestry, Honora, could be a sister or
cousin to my Thomas Hickey.

From family records the following from a Mannix relative descending from
Thomas Hickey's sister or half sister, Margaret;

"Great Grandmother Hickey had 5 daughters, Keli, Bridgit, Mary, Nora and
Elen and one son Tom Hickey. Great grandfather Hickey remarried and had one
daughter, Margaret Hickey. Margaret’s mother remarried Mr. Mannix who had
one son, Timothy by previous marriage. Margaret and Mr. Mannix’s son,
Timothy, married. "

"The 1st Timothy Mannix was born in 1800 in Buttevant Parish; Cloyne
Diocese; County Cork, Ireland. He died in 1884 in Malone, New York, where
his wife died also. The 2nd Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Mannix came to the U.S. in
1837 and settled in Boston where he was for many years an affluent and
successful grocery and provision merchant. They moved to Malone, NY after
retiring. They had 7 sons, among whom Timothy B. Mannix; John F. Mannix; Ed
Mannix and four daughters."

In 1850-1854 the following appeared in the Boston Pilot;

"“24 August 1850
Of Thomas Hickey, native of Streamhill, parish Doneraile. He is supposed to
be in Canada. Any information respecting him will be thankfully received by
his sister, Bridget, who lately arrived in New York. Address her, care of
Timothy Mannix, 26 Washington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts”

Thomas eventually settles on Barnhardt Island/Massena, NY in 1832, where he
and his wife, Catherine Curran raise 5 sons and four daughters, who would be
1st cousins to the Mannix clan. The sons are James, Michael, Edward, Thomas
and my g-grandfather William Cornelius Hickey. James, after surviving the
Civil War drowns while moving cattle across the St. Lawrence River to the
mainland. The remaining sons travel, separately, to Montana in the 1866-1880
era. Their mother is brought to Montana, after burying the elder Thomas at
Cornwall, Ontario. Catherine's father is buried at Fitzroy Harbor, Ontario.

With the above knowledge, we have directed our search in Doneraile, without
any luck. Dee plans on traveling to Ireland in May 2003 and visit the the
Mallow Center.

Do you have any suggestions for us?

Bill O'Keefe
okeefe@mcn.net
September 26, 2005:
Lawrence HICKEY and Catherine HICKEY
Now, I'm getting confused. We already have three HICKEY pages on this web site, 
possibly all connected. Hickeys in Huntley Township, Fitzroy Township and Martindale,
Quebec. One Peter Robinson family (1823) and some Hickeys on the McCabe List (1829).
A family in the Glebe and some who went to North Dakota and then to Alberta.

Other than this page, the other two Hickey web pages on this site are the Quebec Hickeys
in the Martindale area and those on another page.

On to Lawrence and Catherine Hickey. Frances Le Grace writes:

I am trying to find any family information for Hickeys who settled in Ottawa Valley
Lawrence Hickey,
Born: May 25, 1850 in Fitzroy, Ontario Lanark County
Married: Catherine Hickey of Packenham of Elmont  (Pakenham and Almonte ... Al)
Lived: migrated to North Dakota, USA, naturalized in 1879 and lived ther until at least 1898; 
subsequently moved to Alberta
Died: 1925 Calgary Alberta

Catherine Hickey 
Born: 1854 or 1855            Packenham or Elmont, Lanark County (see above)
Married: Lawrence Hickey
Lived: migrated to North Dakota naturalized in 1881
Their children Mary Ethyl & Gertrude (twins), Lorne (Lawrence?), Margaret Loretta 
(Laura), Monica Jessica (Mona), Elizabeth Pearl (Lizzie), Katie, Patrick Considine, 
Thomas all born in North Dakota, probably Manvel just outside of Grand Forks.

Frances de Grace
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Al 
Lawrence Hickey was born in Fitzroy - is there a Fitzroy close to Pakenham or is 
there only Fitzroy Harbour?
Thanks
Frances de Grace
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Frances:
 
Fitzroy Harbour is a village within the Township called Fitzroy.
 
I'm going to check the records of St. Michaels Church in Huntley Township, which 
is on the Huntley / Fitzroy border.
Those records go back to 1837 although there is other material which goes back to 
1823. I also have a map showing the farms in Fitzroy Township in 1879. There were 
probably other Hickeys who remained here and did not go to North Dakota.
 
Many folks from Fitzroy Harbour attended St. Michael's in Huntley Township.
Later, another St. Michael's, in the village of Fitzroy, was built in the 1850's.
 
Since your folks were in the Almonte area, I'll check there. It's closer to the 
church at Huntey than to Fitzroy Harbour.
 
... Al
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Frances:
 
I have located three neighbouring Hickey farms in Fitzroy Township. They are close 
to Almonte, Pakenham as well as today's town of Arnprior. Two of the farms are in 
the name of "L. Hickey" and the other belongs to "L. Hickey, Jr."
 
Some of the early Hickeys came from County Tipperary, Ireland and others from 
County Cork. There are examples of Hickeys marrying unrelated Hickeys. 
 
I'll try and set up your new page tomorrow and will include the map showing 
the farms. Then, maybe others will have new info for us.
I'll also check the church records.
 
... Al
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Map of the north-west corner of Fitzroy Township in 1879. 
Source



Other names shown on this Map: Hyslop, Dougall / McDougall,MCann, Lesage,
Monaghan, Conn, Brunette, Goodwin, Hartney.

October 3, 2005:
Thanks to Frances for the following:

Yes, this information may be posted. And yes I noticed the Windle name on the list of 
names posted on the Bytown site. However, I am concentrating on four family threads - 
the Dow family, the Durling family, the de Grace family and the Hickey family.  
... Frances
Lawrence Hickey Family

Lawrence Hickey
Born: March 25, 1850, Fitzroy, Ontario, Canada
Died: May 1, 1925, Calgary Alberta 
Married: Catherine Hickey, February 24, 1881, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Children:
Peter Marty 
Birth: January 16, 1882 Manvel, North Dakota, U.S.A.
Married: Bur, Mary
Death: February 23, 1946 
Burial: February 26, 1946 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Children : 2 
Joseph Liguore 
Birth: June 19, 1884??? Manvel, North Dakota, U.S.A.
Married: Currie, Mary
Death:  1963, Washington, U.S.A.
Children: 8
Mary Ethyl
Birth: January 06, 1886, Manvel, North Dakota, U.S.A.
Married: George Alexander de Grace
Death: May 30, 1973 
Burial: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Children:  5	Lawrence Alexander, Gordon, Elizabeth (Mrs. R.B. Jarvis), Katherine 
(Mrs. J.A. Schmidt), and Joan (Mother Mary Joan, FCJ). 
Gertrude Catherine
Birth: January 06, 1886, Manvel, North Dakota, U.S.A.
Married: Hill, Charles Bradfield
Death:  
Burial: Calgary, Alberta
Children: 5?  Margie Hill, Lawrence Hill, 
Michael Lawrence 
Birth:  February 21, 1888, Manvel, North Dakota, U.S.A.
Married: Ann Windle
Death:  1971?
Burial:   Alberta, Canada      
Children:  5
Margaret Lauretta 
Birth:  	October 17, 1889, Manvel, North Dakota, U.S.A.
Joined Faithful Companions of Jesus. Named Mother Margaret Mary
Death:  
Burial:   Alberta, Canada      
Children:  None
Monica Julia
Birth:  November 18, 1890, Manvel, North Dakota, U.S.A.
Married: Robert Faulkner Sinclair
Death:  February 3, 1975
Burial:  Calgary, Alberta, Canada      
Children:  6
Elizabeth Pearl
Birth:  	October 1, 1892, Manvel, North Dakota, U.S.A.
Entered Faithful Companions of Jesus. (Mother Euphemia)
Death:  October 06, 1970
Burial:  Calgary, Alberta, Canada      
Katie	Lived a few hours
Birth:  Manvel, North Dakota, U.S.A.
Death:  Manvel, North Dakota, U.S.A.
Burial:  Manvel, North Dakota, U.S.A.
Patrick Considine
Birth:  February 1, 1896, Manvel, North Dakota, U.S.A.
Married: Householder, Claudia
Death: 
Burial:        
Children:  3 Lawrence, ??,  lived in Portland Oregon  
Thomas John
Birth:  March 29, 1898, Manvel, North Dakota, U.S.A.
Married: Proctor, Lillian
Death: 
Burial:  Alberta
Children:  2, Cicelia, May  live in Calgary, Alberta Canada

Mary Ethyl  married George Alexander de Grace
... Frances De Grace
December 23, 2005:

Alexander S. McDonald and Mary Hickey
Thanks to Jeff Brennan for the following:

My great-great grandmother was Mary Hickey of Fitzroy, married to Alexander S. 
McDonald of Braeside, Ontario.  She died in 1937 in Arnprior, Ontario at the age 
of 83  .  I recently found her obituary and have copied it below.  She was the 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hickey.

The Mrs.J.H.Coburn referred to, was my great grandmother (nee McDonald).

Renfrew Mercury.  January 21, 1937.

The death occurred in Arnprior at the home of a daughter of Mrs. A.S.Mcdonald 
of Braeside.  She was born in Fitzroy 83 years ago (1854), a daughter of the late 
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hickey.  Her husband died 25 years ago.  Surviving are two 
daughters, Mrs. Margaret Dorion of Arnprior, and Mrs. J.H. Coburn of Carleton Place.  
J.A.McDonald of Ottawa, and J.F.McDonald of Chalk River are sons.

... Jeff Brennan
February 15, 2009:

Hi Al,
 
This attached Lawrence Hickey in 1851 Fitzroy was from Wicklow, the census says. Do you 
think he's one of those on http://www.bytown.net/hickey.htm ?
 
... Anne Burgess
1851 Census for Fitzroy Township, Ontario, Canada
Source: ancestry.ca

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Hi Anne:

You've made another interesting connection! Look at the map above and you will see that the 
Hickey family are neighbours with a Goodwin family, also enumerated on the same page in
the 1851 census.
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Here's the 1880 census for Dakota Territory, USA , Al, with Lawrence Hickey and family, but 
also including Hugh Lunney (from around Pakenham?).
 
Maybe you'd recognize others on the page who were born in Canada.
 
... Anne
Source: 1880 Census for Dakota Territory, USA

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Anne: The Laurence Hickey family lived in the western part of Fitzroy Township, not far from 
Pakenham,(Lunney country). Also, adjacent to the Lunneys and Hickeys in the 1880 North Dakota
Census is a Doyle family, Irish origins but also from Canada. The father is Andrew and one of the
sons is Martin. More familiar names.

... Al
 February 18, 2009:
Hi Al, (this is from Anne):

Hugh LUNNY and Susanna COLLIGAN
 
I have found what I think is the marriage of Susanna Colligan, 1846, to the Hugh Lunney 
found with the Lawrence Hickey family in 1881 Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA, and the bapt. 
of their daughter, Catherine. (I'll gladly transcribe these records if you think it's a match, 
because I know they're a pain to translate to the website as is.)
 
I think you will know enough to make some connection to what I found on http://www.bytown.net/kavanagh.htm:
 
"September 21, 2002:
Noticed the above on Bytown or Bust.

I have six generations from Thomas Kavanagh,
six generations from Timothy Lawn, father of Patrick J,
seven generations from William McColgan,
and six generations from Hugh Lunney ... 
Source for the following two records: Drouin records at ancestry.ca




Forgot to say, Al: that I had a look at that history of Fitzroy that's online, and it said 
somewhere that Patrick Lunney of Conc. 6 was a cousin of Hugh of Conc. 3. (I think I have 
that right.)
 
... Anne Burgess