1  	John Finan	(mother was Alice O'TOOLE ?)
..		+Catherine McGee*	1837 -
.......	2  	Bridget Finan	1862 -
.......	2  	Robert Finan	1864 -
.......	2  	Ellen Finan	1866 -
.......	2  	Mary Finan	1868 -
...........		+Hugh Curran	
................	3  	Catherine Curran	1891 -

* Catherine McGEE's husband, John FINAN was killed in a fire. Catherine had 4 children 
with John, and on his death married Patrick CHRISTOPHER (Lot 7, Con. 4, Osgoode),
s/o my Great-Great Grandparents, Patrick CHRISTOPHER and Mary FITZGERALD.

Here's (another) John Finan:
Hi Al,
  My name is Howard Finan and I live in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
  My great-grandfather came to Bytown in 1852 after a career in the British Army. 
His name was John Finan and he was born in Bandon Co., Cork, Ireland on Sept. 15, 
1811. His wife Sarah Corbett was born in Westmeath, Ireland in 1822. They were 
married in Dublin in april, 1843. My Grandfather was George Finan and he was born 
in Bytown on Dec. 5, 1855. The family's home was near or on parliament hill (but I 
can't find proof of that). In 1857 John purchased a 200 acre farm near Renfrew. John 
and Sarah had ten children but only three boys. Henry (photographer in Renfrew) 
died at age 29 in 1891. Another son John moved to Quebec and died in 1912 
(he had several sons) and the other son was my grandfather George.
  Now that I have bored you I was wondering if you could help me in my search. 
First do you know where I can get a copy of John Finan's will? Next  who would 
I contact about vital statistics (eg. causes of death, marriage dates and locations).
Thanks for your help.
Howard Finan

Note: For information regarding wills in the Province of Ontario see here
May 22, 2003:
Back to Osgoode Township -
When Catherine McGee married my Great Uncle Patrick Christopher, she severed 40 acres
of Lot 7, Concession IV for her ex-brother-in-law, Christopher FINAN. Patrick and
Catherine retained the north 160 acres (Belden 1879).

Here is the family of Christopher FINAN (spelled FYAN in the 1881 Census):

	Census Place:	Osgoode, Russell, Ontario, Canada
	Source:	FHL Film 1375865  NAC C-13229  Dist 104  SubDist G  Div 1  Page 15  Family 61
	Sex	Marr	Age	Origin	Birthplace
Christopher FYAN	M	M	50	Irish	Ontario
	Occ:	Farmer	Religion:	Catholic	
Margret FYAN	F	M	40	Irish	O 
			Religion:	Catholic	
Patrick FYAN	M		17	Irish	O 
			Religion:	Catholic	
Margret J. FYAN	F		14	Irish	O 
			Religion:	Catholic	
James FYAN	M		11	Irish	O 
			Religion:	Catholic	
Mary E. FYAN	F		9	Irish	O 
			Religion:	Catholic	
John C. FYAN	M		7	Irish	O 
			Religion:	Catholic	
Micheal FYAN	M		5	Irish	O 
			Religion:	Catholic	
Elisbeth FYAN F		1	Irish	O 
			Religion:	Catholic
	
Notre Dame, Bytown:
5 Aug 1851
Funeral service for Bernard Finnan / Finan? who died yesterday, aged 8 mos., 
son of Thomas Finnan and Catherine Kearny of Bytown
Witnesses: Thomas Byrne / Burns & Joseph Magee / McGee

Note: There also were families called FENNING, FAGAN and FORAN in the immediate
neighbourhood and it's easy to get them all mixed up in the handwriting of the
1800's. Again, Mike Daley is the expert.