September 12, 2002:
Al,
Just looking over your website and I see there is a Byrne family.  My Gr Gr Grandmother 
was Jane Byrne married to a John Leavy. They lived in Pakenham, Ontario, Canada. 
Also my Gr Gr Grandfather Bernard Keegan and his wife Mary Morris, lived in or 
around Pakenham. He had a son named Michael, who located in North Dakota, USA, which was 
my Grandfather. I am wondering if there is any connection between the Mary Keegan 
in Iowa and our Keegan's? I know that Bernard came from Ireland, but I don't know 
where. Please contact me at my email address which is:
 
... Donnie

=============

Note:

There are some records of the LEAVY family at St. Michael's at Corkery. Presumably
most of the records for this family would be at St. Mary's in Almonte or St. Peter's
in Pakenham.
In most cases, the surname is spelled LEVI, LEVEY and LEAVEY in the old records.
Here's an example (Source: Births registered at St. Michael's RC Parish, Huntley Township):


Power, Thomas
Son of Power, Morris and Russell, Allis	
was born on 6/12/1842	
Godparents: Levi, John & Levi, Jane (nee Byrne)

and from the book Ottawa Valley Village, Pakenham, 1860-1900 by Verna Ross McGiffin:

Property owners in Pakenham Township, 1867:

Bernard Keegan
John Leavey, Jr.
James Leavey
Michael Leavey


September 14, 2002:
... and some 1881 census records:

	Census Place:	Pakenham, Lanark North, Ontario, Canada
	Source:	FHL Film 1375869  NAC C-13233  Dist 112  SubDist C  Div 1  Page 29  Family 111
	Sex	Marr	Age	Origin	Birthplace
Patrick LEVI	M	M	50	Irish	Ontario
	Occ:	Farmer	Religion:	Roman Catholic	
Elizabett LEVI	F		46	Scottish	Ontario
			Religion:	C. Presbyterian	
Jemetta LEVI	F		25	Irish	Ontario
			Religion:	C. Presbyterian	
John LEVI	M		23	Irish	Ontario
			Religion:	C. Presbyterian	
Peter LEVI	M		21	Irish	Ontario
			Religion:	C. Presbyterian	
Mathew LEVI	M		19	Irish	Ontario
			Religion:	C. Presbyterian	
Arthur LEVI	M		17	Irish	Ontario
			Religion:	C. Presbyterian	
Thomas J LEVI	M		15	Irish	Ontario
			Religion:	C. Presbyterian	
Michael LEVI	M		12	Irish	Ontario
			Religion:	C. Presbyterian	
Alice LEVI	F		8	Irish	Ontario
			Religion:	C. Presbyterian	


Census Place:	Pakenham, Lanark North, Ontario, Canada
	Source:	FHL Film 1375869  NAC C-13233  Dist 112  SubDist C  Div 2  Page 31  Family 129
	Sex	Marr	Age	Origin	Birthplace
John LEVI	M	M	41	Irish	O 
	Occ:	Farmer	Religion:	Catholic	
Mary LEVI	F	M	40	Irish	Ireland
			Religion:	Catholic	
Thomas LEVI	M		20	Irish	O 
	Occ:	Farmer	Religion:	Catholic	
Peter LEVI	M		18	Irish	O 
	Occ:	Farmer	Religion:	Catholic	
James LEVI	M		16	Irish	O 
			Religion:	Catholic	
Michael F. LEVI	M		14	Irish	O 
			Religion:	Catholic	
Albert E. LEVI	M		12	Irish	O 
			Religion:	Catholic	
John Hy LEVI	M		9	Irish	O 
			Religion:	Catholic	
Ellen LEVI	F		6	Irish	O 
			Religion:	Catholic	
Elizabeth LEVI	F		4	Irish	O 
			Religion:	Catholic
	
Census Place:	Smith's Falls, Lanark South, Ontario, Canada
	Source:	FHL Film 1375869  NAC C-13233  Dist 111  SubDist G  Page 57  Family 274+
	Sex	Marr	Age	Origin	Birthplace
Bridget LEVI	F	S	33	Irish	O 
	Occ:	Dressmaker	Religion:	Catholic	
Mary LEVI	F	S	14	Irish	O 
	Occ:	Dressmaker	Religion:	Catholic	

... Al

September 17, 2002:
Al
Thank you for the information on the Levi's.  I do have a lot of the Levi 
history but nothing on Jane Byrne, who I am most interested in. Do you know 
where I can find information on that side of the family?
I was also happy to hear my Great Grandfather, Bernard Keegan, owned land in 
Pakenham. Could you give me any more information on how I can follow up on that?
I am a little confused on the entry Power, Thomas. Was he a relative of my 
Great Grandmother Mary Morris Keegan? (probably a friend / neighbour).
I am going to try to contact St Mary's in Almonte, and see if I can find any 
records for the Keegan's or Morris.
Any information you have , will be most helpful.
Thanks,
Donnie
May 4, 2005:
Hi,
I’m responding to your posting (along with Donnie) that I found online. This is 
just a test message to see if your email works. My gr-gr-grandparents were John 
Leavy and Jane Byrne.

Thanks,
Robin Leavy
__________________________
Hi Al, 

Thanks for responding. Mostly I was wondering if you have any photos for John Levi 
and Jane Byrne. I have one that I got from my cousin Lois, who got it from her father. 
We are descended from John>John>Michael Francis>. 

Are you acquainted, perhaps, with my cousin (“our” cousin) Linda Stephens? She’s 
done a very good job on Levi genealogy starting with the generation before John and 
Jane. She doesn’t like to publish her info on the web, and I agree, as she says that 
“genealogy is not an exact science” and the information is constantly evolving. 

Thanks for any help you might give, and I guess it would be fine to add my name and 
email to a contacts list on your webpage. By the way, the one for Donnie doesn’t 
work any more.

Thanks again,
Robin Leavy
_________________________
Robin: Do you mind if I add the photos to the web site?
... Al
_________________________
Hi again,
No, I don’t mind at all. I’d be happy to share them.
... Robin
_________________________

Thanks to Robin for this great picture of John William Levi and Jane Byrne:


and for this picture of John Levi II and Mary Ferry:

 July 30, 2007:

The Levi's have a North American reunion every two years.  There is a good 
family tree that is available as well.  I have a picture of James Bond's tombstone 
as well.  The Bond's are buried in the White Lake cemetery where my family is buried.  
The early Levi / Leavy / Levy are all buried in the Pakenham cemetery.  I have many 
artifacts as well.

We have not been able to find the Byrne background yet.  The Leavy church in Ireland 
(County Longford) has been destroyed so that is a shame.
 
... Randall Levi