1  	James Jordan	1790 - ? from County Mayo
..		+Bridget Laughnan	1790 -
        (could be Langan or Landrigan or Lonergan)

.......	2  	Thomas Jordan	1813 -
...........		+Bridget Corrigan	
................	3  	Andrew Jordan	1853 -
.......	2  	Bridget Jordan	Lot 12, Conc. 3, Osgoode
...........		+Lawrence Burns 1805 - 1879 (widower of Margaret DOYLE) Lot 10, Conc. 3
................	3  	Timothy Burns	1848 - 1918
................	3  	Lawrence Burns	1850 - 1920
....................		+Margaret McDonald	1878 - 1935
.........................	4  	Florence Burns	
.............................		+Xyz Butler	
.........................	4  	Joseph T. Burns	1914 - 1986
.............................		+Anna Mary Downey

(The above is not complete - I have a lot more on the Burns family ... Al)


March 31, 2002:

The Stone Walls on the Jordan Farm:

About 1840 Francis NEVINS / EVANS homesteaded in Concession 3 of Osgoode Township - 
the east half of Lot 12. This is the farm behind the Sleepy Cedars Campground on the 
Manotick Station Road and is now part of the city of Ottawa. He came onto his property 
from the Stage Coach Road to the east and found that the best site for a home was at the 
back of the farm. He cleared enough land for his log house, garden and some outbuildings 
and settled in to farm and raise his family. A few years later, the Jordan family came to 
settle on the adjoining farm (Sleepy Cedars Campground property - the west half of lot 12 
in Concession 3). Both the Nevins and Jordan farms were originally composed of 100 acres. 

It was soon discovered that, by mistake, Francis Nevins had cleared and was using about 35 
acres of the Jordan property, in addition to his own 100 acres. This land dispute was settled 
amicably and out of court when Francis Nevins agreed to buy the extra 35 acres from the 
Jordan family. Microfilm reel number TP-2 at the Osgoode Township Museum has the documentation 
and some hand-drawn diagrams attached to the correspondence between the Nevins, the Jordans 
and the Land Office to rectify the situation and is an example of the early spirit of 
co-operation between pioneer neighbours. 

The fences marking the boundary between the Nevins and Jordan properties are not just 
wooden fences. They are massive stone walls, eight feet wide at the base and were engineered 
using masonry skills used on the building of the Rideau Canal. As the fields were cleared for 
cultivation, very large stones were moved by oxen pulling "stone-boats" and carefully set in 
place by the men. Good fences make good neighbours.

My great-great grandfather, Lawrence Burns, married his neighbour Bridget Jordan in 1845. 
He was the widower of Margaret Doyle whom he had married at Notre Dame Church in Bytown in 1831.

©2002 Al Lewis
November 28, 2002:

Obituary, Ottawa Citizen, 1926
In this city on December 22, 1926, Margaret Jordan, widow of the late William Neville.
Funeral from the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Edward O'Brien, 22 Hazel Street,
on Dec. 24. to Holy Family Church and thence to Notre Dame Cemetery.
Pembroke papers please copy. 

1. Which Church was "Holy Family" (Our Lady of Perpetual Help?)
2. Were the Neville's from Pembroke ? There was a Neville farm in Osgoode Township
in 1879.
May 11, 2003:
1881 Census Place:	Osgoode, Russell, Ontario, Canada
	Source:	FHL Film 1375865  NAC C-13229  Dist 104  SubDist G  Div 1  Page 56  Family 242
	Sex	Marr	Age	Origin	Birthplace
John JORDAN	M	M	37	Irish	O 
	Occ:	Farmer	Religion:	Catholic	
Margret JORDAN	F	M	37	Irish	O 
			Religion:	Catholic	
Mary JORDAN	F		7	Irish	O 
			Religion:	Catholic	
Thomas JORDAN	M		5	Irish	O 
			Religion:	Catholic	
James JORDAN	M		3	Irish	O 
			Religion:	Catholic	
Catherine JORDAN	F		1	Irish	O 
			Religion:	Catholic	
Bridget JORDAN	F	W	70	Irish	Ireland  (Widow of Lawrence Burns)
			Religion:	Catholic	
James JORDAN	M		33	Irish	O 
			Religion:	Catholic	
Ellen JORDAN	F		40	Irish	Ireland
			Religion:	Catholic	
July 20, 2003:
From Ellen Paul's records of St. Philips at Richmond:
27 December 1848 
Baptism of Jane, born 13 October same year of the lawful marriage of Thomas Jordan 
and Bridget Casey. The sponsor was Ann O'Meara.

and here's one (in Latin!) from Renfrew County:

Baptismal and Marriage register for the mission of Brudenell 
1862 April 23 Baptizami Jacobo natum 23a die aprilis 1862 ex Jacobo Hogan et 
Bridgetta Jordan ejus uxor. Sponsores fueuent Martinus Roche et Julia Seymour. 
P. N. Cody, P.P. 

also
Item # 1 Page 4#35 Honor Hogan 
die Julii 1863 26a Bapt. Honoram Hogan nat. 21a Maraii 1863 ex Jacobo Hogan 
et Brigitta Jordan ejus ux Sp. Michael O'Brien et Catherina Ryan. 
P. M. Cody. 

Martii 1866 18a Bapt. Conditinalite Joannem nat. 3a Novembris ex Jacobo Hogan et 
Brigitta Jordan sp. Joannes Bennett et Anastatia Roache. 
P. Cody

Item#3 Page 281 George Hogan 
June 13th 1890 I, interred in the Cemetery of this Parish the body of George Hogan, 
son of James Hogan and Bridget Jordan, who died June 11th aged 16 years. 
Witnesses: Joseph Rankins and William Ryan. 
James MacCormac,P.P. 

Item#3 Page 292 John Patrick Healy & Honora Hogan 
May 27th 1891 The banns of marriage having been once published between 
John Patrick Healy, son of James Healey and Honora Ryan, on the one part; 
and Hanora Hogan, daughter of James Hogan and Bridget Jordan, on the other part; 
no impediment having been discovered, we the undersigned, Parish Priest of 
Brudenell, received their mutual consent to marriage, and gave them the 
nuptial benedcition in presence of John Hogan and Bridget Harrington. 
James MacCormac, P.P. 

... continued into the next generation in the Brudenell records
October 19, 2003:
My immigrant ancestor was Peter Jordan, born County Mayo, 1804,  who came to
Ontario in 1831  I believe he worked as a stonemason on the Welland Canal.
Your website (www.bytown.net/jordan.htm) citing your link
to James Jordan and Bridget Laughnan is extremely interesting to me.  I
believe my Peter was joined by most of his close relatives as they all
seemed to disappear from their townland of Derrysallagh in County Mayo about
the same time.  Do you have more information on the Jordans that you might
share with me?

David Hayes
j.d.hayes@mindspring.com
303-898-9040  Cell Phone
September 23, 2005:
The old Jordan family farm on the Manotick Station Road is now 
Sleepy Cedars Family Camping.
... Al
 January 27, 2006:

This Jordan family may be related to the Patrick Jordan family of the Gatineau.
... Al