HENRY MCGEE and MARY MCGINNIS
January 20, 2003:
Hi Al,
It took me less time than anticipated to gather up my McGee info. I am not that
knowledgable in Wordperfect so I hope I did everything correctly and there will
be no problems on your end that you have to deal with.
I grouped all my McGee info under Henry McGee. I felt it was less confusing
that way and better for people researching. They all came from Vinton, Quebec, and
remained there except for James McGee who went to Montcerf. You can delete the
page that I submitted earlier on James McGee and Elizabeth Gallagher on your website
as all the same info is included under the Henry McGee info. It would only be
repetitive and perhaps confusing to keep the James McGee and Elizabeth Gallagher
page up.
I tried to include some tombstone photos on relevant McGees but couldn't figure
out how to do it without sending the file into the 5MB range. I will therefore
send them seperately.
Thanks,
Clare Whitney
Descendants of HENRY MCGEE and MARY MCGAVIS or MCGINNIS
1. ANN MCGEE and OWEN HEARTY
2. JAMES MCGEE and ELIZABETH GALLAGHER
3. PATRICK MCGEE and (1)MARY ANN DOYLE and (2) ANN QUINN
Generation No. 1
1. HENRY1 MCGEE was born Abt. 1819 in Ireland, and died Abt. June 19, 1874 in
Vinton, Quebec, Canada. He married (1) MARY MCGAVIS or MCGINNIS Bef. 1839 in Ireland.
He married (2) MARY MCGEE January 21, 1867 in Ste.Anne's Church, Ile du Grand Calumet,
Quebec, Canada, daughter of PATRICK MCGEE and MARY MCKAN / McCANN?.
All descendants of HENRY MCGEE and MARY MCGAVIS or MCGINNIS are Roman Catholic.
Henry first appears in Vinton in 1851. Info from 1851 Canada Census,
Litchfield, Ottawa county:
Henry McGee 35yrs. b.Ireland (laborer) One member in family.
( I don't know where the rest of Henry's family is at this time. I know that his
son James McGee was born in Ontario-don't know where- abt.1845, and that Henry's
daughter Ann was born in Ireland abt 1839. ) I don't know where they may have lived
in Ontario.
Children of HENRY MCGEE and MARY MCGAVIS or MCGINNIS are:
2. i. ANN2 MCGEE, b. Abt. October 15, 1839, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland;
d. Abt. June 26, 1922, Vinton, Quebec, Canada.
ii. JOHN MCGEE, b. Abt. 1840, Ireland; d. Abt. September 21, 1861, Vinton ,
Quebec, Canada.
3. iii. JAMES R. MCGEE, b. Abt. February 14, 1845, Ontario, Canada; d. Abt.
August 3, 1916, Montcerf, Quebec, Canada.
4. iv. PATRICK MCGEE, b. Abt. August 16, 1849, Quebec or Ontario, Canada; d.
Abt. January 22,1919, Vinton, Quebec, Canada.
Generation No. 2
2. ANN2 MCGEE (HENRY1) married OWEN HEARTY November 1858 in Ste. Anne's Church,
Ile du Grand Calumet, Quebec, Canada, son of FRANCIS HEARTY and BRIDGET KELLY.
Children of ANN MCGEE and OWEN HEARTY are:
i. PATRICK3 HEARTY, b. Abt. 1864, Vinton , Quebec, Canada; m. MARY WALTERS
OR WATTERS (Patrick, Catherine SHEA) , July 17, 1906, Vinton, Quebec, Canada.
ii. FRANCIS HEARTY, b. Abt. 1865, Vinton , Quebec, Canada; m. MARY ANN O'DONNELL
(Thomas, Catherine LANE), November 11, 1895, Quyon, Quebec, Canada.
iii. JOHN HEARTY, b. Abt. 1867, Vinton , Quebec, Canada.
iv. MARY ANN HEARTY, b. Abt. 1870, Vinton , Quebec, Canada.
v. PETER HEARTY, b. Abt. 1870, Vinton , Quebec, Canada; d. Abt. March 2, 1953,
Vinton, Quebec, Canada; m. MARY (MINNIE) SAURIOL (Isaie, Elizine DAMOURE), September 23,
1901, Vinton, Quebec, Canada.
vi. MICHAEL HEARTY, b. Abt. 1873, Vinton , Quebec, Canada; d. Abt. March 31, 1924,
Vinton, Quebec, Canada.
vii. HENRY HEARTY, b. Abt. August 20, 1878, Vinton , Quebec, Canada; d. Abt.
April 24, 1943, Vinton, Quebec, Canada.
viii. OWEN HEARTY, b. June 19, 1876, Vinton , Quebec, Canada; d. Abt.
September 27, 1877, Vinton, Quebec, Canada.
ix. TERESA HEARTY, b. Abt. November 22, 1882, Vinton , Quebec, Canada; m.
THOMAS MOUSSEAU (Frank, Thérèse VADNAIS), January 14, 1920, Vinton, Quebec, Canada.
3. JAMES R.2 MCGEE (HENRY1) married ELIZABETH GALLAGHER November 25, 1868 in
Ile du Grand Calumet, Quebec, Canada, daughter of MATTHEW GALLAGHER and BRIGITTE O'NEILL.
James R. McGee left Vinton and moved to Chute Rouge near Montcerf, Quebec, Canada
in 1890. There was another James McGee in Chute Rouge at the time. He was James B.
McGee married to Margaret Brennan. James B. McGee was the son of Hugh McGee and Sarah
Cunningham of Calumet Island (across the Ottawa river from Vinton). In Chute Rouge,
the two families were known as the "Red McGees" (James R. McGee and family) and the
"Black McGees" (James B.McGee and family). The terms referred to hair colour, although
there were many "Black McGees" that also sported red hair. Chute Rouge was named
after the prevalence of red hair amongst the two McGee families that settled near
the falls on the Desert River (Maniwaki). As far as I know the two families were not related.
Children of JAMES MCGEE and ELIZABETH GALLAGHER are:
i. JOHN (JACK) HENRY3 MCGEE, b. Abt. April 14, 1871, Vinton,Quebec, Canada; d.
Abt. 1949, Timmins, Ontario, Canada; m. ELISABETH REID (James, Elisabeth (?)),
February 24, 1919, St.Antoine Church, Timmins, Ontario, Canada.
ii. MATTHEW MCGEE, b. Abt. April 10, 1873, Vinton, Quebec, Canada; d. Abt. 1949,
Montcerf, Quebec, Canada; m. BRIDGET KELLY (John, Mary-Anne DALY), June 8, 1910,
Bouchette, Quebec, Canada.
iii. MARY (MINNIE) MCGEE, b. Abt. February 10, 1875, Vinton, Quebec, Canada.
iv. DANIEL JOSEPH MCGEE, b. Abt. May 4, 1877, Vinton, Quebec, Canada; d. Abt.
June 8, 1913, Montcerf, Quebec, Canada.
v. BRIDGIT ANN (ANNIE) MCGEE, b. Abt. June 20, 1879, Vinton, Quebec, Canada;
d. Abt. 1960, Timmins, Ontario, Canada; m. ALEXANDER DONOVAN (David, Catherine
"Katie" MCMILLIAN), September 21, 1909, Montcerf, Quebec, Canada.
vi. JAMES MCGEE, b. Abt. November 4, 1881, Vinton, Quebec, Canada.
vii. THERESA AGNES MCGEE, b. Abt. October 5, 1883, Vinton, Quebec, Canada.
viii. ELIZABETH (DOLLY) MCGEE, b. Abt. October 30, 1885, Vinton, Quebec,
Canada; m. (1) CHARLES WAINWRIGHT (Charles, Emma CASWELL), November 25, 1914,
St.Antoine Church, Timmins, Ontario, Canada; m. (2) MICHAEL SWEENEY
(John, Ellen O'NEIL), June 1, 1926, St.Antoine Church, Timmins, Ontario, Canada.
ix. JOSEPH MCGEE, b. Abt. October 15, 1887, Vinton, Quebec, Canada; m.
HELEN WOODS (Thomas, Anne REID), April 30, 1918, St.Antoine Church, Timmins, Ontario, Canada.
x. FREDERIC or ALFRED MCGEE, b. Abt. November 20, 1889, Vinton, Quebec, Canada;
m. OLIVE RUMLEY (Thomas and Mary HILLS of Haileybury), July 2, 1918,
Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario, Canada..
xi. PATRICK HERBERT (HERBIE) MCGEE, b. Abt. November 25, 1891, Montcerf ,
Quebec, Canada.
xii. EDWARD (EDDIE) THOMAS GERALD MCGEE, b. Abt. November 11, 1892,
Montcerf, Quebec, Canada; d. Abt. March 28, 1964, Los Angeles, California,
U.S.A.; m. (1), Abt. 1916, Montana (?), U.S.A.; m. (2) ANNIE GALLINGER,
Abt. 1923, Devil's Lake, North Dakota, USA.; m. (3) BEVERLY (?), Unknown,
Detroit (?), Michigan, U.S.A..
xiii. MAUDE MARY MCGEE, b. Abt. May 4, 1895, Montcerf, Quebec, Canada; d. Abt.
March 1978, Miami, Dade, Florida, U.S.A. (?); m. (?) CURRY.
4. PATRICK2 MCGEE (HENRY1) was born Abt. August 16, 1849 in Quebec or Ontario (?),
Canada, and died Abt. January 22, 1919 in Vinton, Quebec, Canada. He married (1)
MARY ANN DOYLE February 17, 1876 in Vinton, Quebec, Canada, daughter of
THOMAS DOYLE and MARY DOYLE. He married (2) ANN QUINN July 23, 1894 in Vinton, Quebec, Canada, daughter of JOHN QUINN and CATHERINE HEARTY.
Children of PATRICK MCGEE and MARY DOYLE are:
i. THOMAS PETER3 MCGEE, b. Abt. March 15, 1876, Vinton , Quebec, Canada; m.
LILLIAN ELIZABETH MCDONNELL (John COLE, Bridget GRACE), September 17, 1907,
Vinton, Quebec, Canada.
ii. MARY ANNE MCGEE, b. Abt. March 1, 1878, Vinton , Quebec, Canada; m. THOMAS
W. KAVANAGH (James, Jane MCDONALD or MCDONNELL), September 29, 1903, Vinton, Quebec, Canada.
iii. HUGH JAMES MCGEE, b. Abt. May 10, 1881, Vinton , Quebec, Canada.
iv. CATHERINE ELLEN MCGEE, b. January 24, 1882, Vinton , Quebec, Canada; m.
JAMES EDWARD MCBRIDE (Michael, Esther Elizabeth MIDDLETON), April 16, 1909,
Ste. Bridgide Church, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
v. JOHN J. MCGEE, b. April 11, 1884, Vinton , Quebec, Canada..
vi. MARGARET AGNES MCGEE, b. Abt. February 14, 1886, Vinton , Quebec, Canada..
vii. VERONICA T. MCGEE, b. Abt. January 19, 1887, Vinton , Quebec, Canada.
viii. VINCENT HERBERT MCGEE, b. Abt. January 5, 1889, Vinton ,
Quebec, Canada; d. Abt. March 14, 1914, Vinton, Quebec, Canada
ix. HENERY S. OR HARRY SYLVESTER (VESTY) MCGEE, b. Abt. April 10, 1892,
Vinton , Quebec, Canada; d. Abt. October 13, 1967, Vinton, Quebec, Canada; m.
CATHERINE MCGUINEY (Michael, Margaret KAVANAGH), January 12, 1915, Vinton,
Quebec, Canada.
Anyone out there with more info or corrections on Henry McGee and his descendants???
Clare Whitney
Note:
Clare has more photos (in full colour) of the McGees.
... Al
August 26, 2004:
My name is Kerry Kelly and I have been doing a little family research on
the history of the Kelly family of Allumette Island and the Kavanagh family of
Vinton. I am the great-granddaughter of the Mary Anne Mcgee (married to
Thomas Kavanagh)listed at this URL
(http://www.bytown.net/jammcgee.htm)
Tom and Minnie (as she was apparently known in the family) moved to
Ottawa and then Temiscimang Quebec and had four children: Olive, Zella
Anne (my grandmother), Thomas (who became a priest) and Weldon.
I saw in your message that you may have further information and some
photographs of the McGees. If you have digital copies of the photos or
any other documents about the family that you may be able to e-mail me I
would really appreciate it!
If you are interested in further information about this line of
Mcgees/Kavanaghs, please let me know.
Thanks for your time,
Kerry Kelly
January 19, 2006:
Hi Al,
I have been following the various McGee discussions on Bytown
or Bust and have so far found no connection to your McGees nor to Thomas D'Arcy McGee.
I have furthered my research into my McGees though, and here is an update. It is a bit
lengthy but it could help someone find a link.
I should note that Mary McGavis was a bad transcription record and her name is really
Mary McGinnis.
Henry McGee and Mary McGinnis were married in the Parish of Upper Creggan (Roman Catholic)
on March 31, 1833. McGee was spelled as Magee in the records. The witnesses were
John Mulloy and Bernard Quinn.
The Parish of Upper Creggan is located in South Armagh on the border with Co. Louth,
just a few miles from Dundalk (not far from Thomas D'Arcy McGee's Carlingford).
Some of the Parish of Upper Creggan also includes ten townlands in Co. Louth that
adjoin the border with Co. Armagh.
I also found this interesting bit of information which reinforces the above record.
I found it on www.infowanted.bc.edu which is a free, searchable database of
Advertisements for Irish Immigrants Published in the Boston Pilot.
Jan. 16, 1847
INFORMATION WANTED OF ANN MAGEE, who sailed from Liverpool in October, 1845, in charge
of Robert Bere, who promised to send her to her father. He did not do so. Her
father is anxious to hear from her. Any person knowing anything of the girl will
please address him - Henry Magee, Calumet Island, Lower Canada, Litchfield P.O.
A second advertisement was posted on Aug. 24, 1847
INFORMATION WANTED OF ANN MCGEE, daughter of Henry McGee, native of parish of
Cregan, co. Armagh. She is 7 or 8 years old, and arrived in New York, USA, on the 7th of
March, 1846, in the ship Roscius, in charge of Mr. Robert Bear and family,
who emigrated from England and intended to settle in Canada. Any information
respecting them will be thankfully received by her father, Henry McGee, who now
lives in Litchfield, Lower Canada, or her uncle Peter McGee, Mason, corner of 39th and 9th Avenue, New York.
Canada papers will please copy.
The above would indicate that Henry McGee was in Canada in 1845. The only birth
record for Henry's children found in the Upper Creggan records was for his son,
John, born June 04, 1840. The parish priest mentioned that it is not surprising
there were not more records found on Henry McGee and Mary McGinnis as there was
much turmoil in the Parish of Upper Creggan during that time. It would be
interesting to find out the story behind the loss of their daughter Ann. I do know
they did find her, as she married Owen Hearty in Vinton in 1858.
Further to my previously posted information on Henry McGee in the 1851 census for
Litchfield, here is the entire family:
Henry McGee, labourer, b.Ireland, age 35
Mary McGinnis, b.Ireland, age 40
Peter McGee, b.Ireland, age 16
Ann McGee, b.Ireland, age 14
Edward McGee, b.Ireland, age 12
John McGee, b.Ireland, age 10
James McGee, b.Ireland, age 8
Frank McGee, b.Ireland, age 6
The family that lived right next door to Henry McGee in Litchfield (Vinton) in
the 1851 census was a family by the name of Michael Dollaghan and Bridget Magee.
I believe this Bridget Magee (McGee) may be Henry's sister as I found this marriage
record as well in the Parish of Upper Creggan:
Michael Dollaghan and Bridget Magee,
married October 29, 1826.
Witnesses, Rev. James Hughes and John McDaniel
The fact that Henry McGee and Mary McGinnis and Michael Dollaghan and Bridget
Magee (McGee) were both from the Parish of Upper Creggan in Co. Armagh and both
end up living next door to each other in Vinton, Quebec, strongly suggests they
are related.
The only other information I have to update regards James R. McGee's children
found in Generation No. 2 in my previous posting:
Mary (Minnie) McGee married a Thomas O'Leary and is buried in Timmins, Ontario.
Agnes (Theresa Agnes) and Herbert (Herbie) both did not marry and are buried in
Timmins, Ontario as well.
Hope this helps someone.
Clare Whitney
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