1  	John McCartin	1817 - 1902 (County Armagh to South Gloucester buried at Our Lady of the Visitation)
..		+Margaret Hughes	1824 - 1888
.......	2  	Bridget McCartin	1853 - 1938
...........		+James O'Rourke	1857 - 1924
.......	2  	Mary McCartin	1863 -
May 1, 2011:

Al, on the Bytown or Bust page for John McCartin you might wish to add some 
additional detail.  Other than the Bridget and Mary shown the family also had 
the following children: Patrick, Owen, Frank, James, John and Peter.  The 
daughter shown as Mary is a paternal ggrandmother.  Her full name was Mary Helena 
McCartin.  She married John Henry "Black Jack" O'Callaghan on April 26, 1892.  
[John's parents were Cornelius O'Callaghan and Bridget McEvoy].  Their children were 
Margaret Laura (my granny), John Joseph, Cornelius Patrick ("Neil") and Mary Carmel.  
... Will Dunlop
(www.bytown.net/dunlopgabriel.htm)


 May 27, 2011:

Thanks to Michael Daley for the following:

Hi Al & Laurie, just a line to say, A tombstone in St. John CEMETERY (at Enniskerry, Ontario), reads  

In Memory of Margaret Hughes beloved wife of John McCartin died Sept 1 1888 AGED 64 years,Native of 
county Armagh,Ireland John McCartin died Dec 3 1902 age 82 year, native of County Armagh
Ireland, James  McCartin died Nov,9 1934 age 75 years
 
James  O'Rourke, born dec 9  1857 son of Thomas O'Rouke and Catherine Keough ,married
Bridget McCartin born Nov 26 ,1853, daughter of John McCartin & Margaret Hughes from County
Armagh, three children , married into McEvoy, Dewan and Cole families,
 
Laurie, you may not be old enough  to remember a man by name of McCARTIN that lived
at Billings Bridge, on bank street south of the tracks , His first name has escaped my memory  , 
he was considered a recluse.???? I Did not know him personally.

... Michael Daley
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I just read Michael's recent posting about the reclusive McCartin.  He is thinking of Eddie McCartin.  
He lived in a homemade shack / shanty in the woods on the Billings property for years.  With permission.  
Family lore (from the McCartins and O'Callaghans) has it that he was jilted at the altar.  He closed up the 
house he had purchased on Main Street for his wife-to-be and never set foot inside the building again.  
At his death the shanty was removed.  

- Will Dunlop