June 11, 2004:

I am related to the McNamara family from this region and am at the point 
where I need some primary documents to hopefully locate where in Ireland 
the family orignally emigrated from.
 
I have gone back as far as John and Winnifred (Rowan) McNamara, with no 
details on their wedding so I suspect they were married in Ireland.  I believe 
they arrived from Ireland sometime after 1825 as their eldest son Thomas 
was born in Ireland in 1825 (per the 1881 census) but his younger brother 
John (my gggrandfather John>John>John>Elmer>Donald>Dawn) is indicated as 
being born in Canada.  
 
There was a famine in Ireland in 1830 and I suspect the family emigrated 
under some kind of poor law scheme, but I can't find the family in any 
shipping records I have been able to locate.
 
What I need now is marriage records that will hopefully have details of 
where in Ireland the family was from.  Some of this family is buried at 
St.Malachy's, although I have not seen any gravestones.
 
Thomas McNamara b1825 m Ann Burke d/o Edward Burke and Mary Lavall 
10 Oct 1866 in Buckingham, Quebec
 
John McNamara b 06 Jan 1832 m Ellen Rowe d/o Edward Rowe and Margaret Mulvany 
06 May 1863 at St. Gregoire de Naziance in Buckingham, Quebec
 
If you have an address or contact for the churches in the region where I 
could write/email and get copies of certificates, it would be greatly appreciated.
 
thank you,
Dawn (McNamara) Copeman
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Hi Dawn:
 
Thanks for your e-mail.
 
I had a quick look through some old church records and there were McNamaras 
in the Ottawa area early. A Mathew McNamara came from Mallow, County Cork with the 
Peter Robinson settlers in 1823. Your McNamaras may have been connected to him and 
may have come over a few years later. I don't know where Mathew McNamara settled, 
but the Peter Robinson settlers settled arount Huntley Township and there is a 
connection between some McNamaras in Huntley (or Fitzroy) and the Lavall family 
at St. Malachy's, Mayo, Quebec. I'll dig this record out for you.
 
There was a Lawrence McNamara who had roots in County Clare. He was in this 
area in the 1830's. There was also a McNamara family from County Tipperary 
who settled at Gloucester, related to the Hardgrove family. Some of these 
folks went to the Maniwaki area later on.
 
Sean McConnery has records of the cemeteries in the Buckingham area, and 
also in the Maniwaki area. His e-mail address is seanmcc@monisys.ca and his 
web site is at http://cemetery-index.tripod.com/ . I'm sending a copy of this 
e-mail to him. He may have further information in regards to church addresses, etc. 
where you can write to obtain copies of marriages, etc.
 
I'll start a new page on my site for your ancestors on the weekend and will add 
some church records which may ring a bell for you. For some reason, I have it 
in my head that this McNamara family came from County Mayo, but I don't know why.
 
Maybe Sean will have some info for us.
 
... Al
June 12, 2004:
Hello Al and Dawn
The address for St-Gregoire-de-Nazianze is 105 McClaren East, Buckingham  , 
Telephone:986-3381
... Sean McConnery
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Here's a connection between the Mayo, Quebec area and the Peter Robinson Settlers at Corkery:
St. Micheal's Parish, Corkery:
Lavall, Peter(widower)	
son of Lavall, Michael(dec)	and McNamara, Marg.(dec) of	St.Malachy, Mayo,Que	
4/12/1909, married	
Scott, Bridget	
daughter of Scott, John & Carroll, Sarah	
Witnesses: O'Brien, Michael & Carroll, Margaret	
	
Lavall, Francis, widower	died on 11/28/1868	wife: Sullivan, Anne		
Witnesses: Sullivan, John & Sullivan, Mary	alias Murphy - widow - both of this parish

O'Brien, Morgan Ligouri	
son of O'Brien, Patrick	and White, Johannah	 born 8/7/1892	
Godparents: White, Thomas & McNamara, Bridget *	* Mrs. Thomas White
(The O'Briens and Whites were Peter Robinson Settlers)
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The following are records from Notre Dame, Bytown, transcribed by Ellen Paul:

Baptism:   6 Feb 1830     at Point l'Orignal of James, aged 5 wks., 
lawful son of John McNamara and Mary Moran     
Godparents: Richard Moran and Bridget Butler  

Bytown:
18 Apr 1830    Baptism of John, aged 1 day, lawful son of John Slattery and Anne McNamara 
Godparents: Jeremiah McCarthy and Mary Britt

7 Aug 1831     Baptism of John, 2 wks. Old, son to Thomas McNamara and Cynthia Brown, Long Island
Godparents:    Michael Barrett and Mary Smith 

30 Apr 1833
Baptism of John, son of John McNamara and Mary Moran of  Longueil, Quebec
Godparents: John Owen McMaster & Mary Butler

2 Oct 1843
After one publication of banns, marriage of Lawrence McNamara, resident in Bytown
and adult son of the late Daniel McNamara and Mary Garvy of County Clare, Ireland, to
Ellen Finnigan, minor daughter of the late James Finnigan and Bridget Mcmahon of the same county
Witnesses: Lawrence Corbett, Michael Senton & others

16 Jan 1844
After three proclamations of banns, marriage of Patrick Burke, resident at March Township and
adult son of Michael Burke and Levina Danogan (Dunnigan?), to Bridget Gallagher, resident at
March and minor daughter of Edward Gallagher and Mary McNamara
Michael Rock / Roche (PR), Sarah & John Gallagher & others

19 Aug 1844
Funeral service for Thomas O'Brien who died yesterday morning, aged 9 mos., son of
Michael O'Brien and Mary McNamara of Bytown
Witnesses: Philibert Bastien & George Olivier

23 Sep 1845
After one publication of banns, marriage of Martin Moore of Bytown, adult son
of William Moore and Elizabeth Hoggisn (Hogan or Higgins?) to Anorah McNamara of
Bytown, adult daughter of Michael McNamara and Bridget McCormick
Witnesses: Patrick Wallace & Miss Darmour

19 Jul 1846
Baptism of Eliza, born 17 July in Bytown, daughter of Martin Moore and Ann McNamara
Godparents: John O'Brien & Margaret McNamara

16 Mar 1847
Baptism of Patrick, born at Bytown on the 15th, son of Michael O'Brien and Mary McNamara
Godparents: Martin Maar (Moore?) & Ann McNamara

21 Jul 1847
Baptism of Catherine, aged 6 wks., daughter of William McNamara and Mary Tracy of Osgoode
John & Cathrine Murphy

5 Oct 1847
Baptism of Helena, born 25 September of the marriage of Richard Hardgrove / Hargrove and
Bridget McNamara of Gloucester
Godparents: Peter Skeffington & Helen Stackpole
(I think this family later migrated to the Quebec side ... Al)

17 May 1848
After publication of one bann, marriage of James McEvoy of Gloucester, parish of
Bytown, adult son of Edward McEvoy and Margaret McNamara of the same place, adult
daughter of Michael McNamara and Bridget McCormick
Witnesses: David O'Meara & Mary McEvoy

21 May 1848
Funeral service for Winfred O'Brien who died yesterday, aged 11 yrs., son of Michael O'Brien and Mary McNamara
Michael O'Brien & William Kearns
(here are the O'Briens again and the name Winnifred - uncommon among Irish Catholics)

16 Aug 1848
Baptism of John, son of James McEvoy and Margaret McNamara of Gloucester
Godparents: Martin Moore & Mary McNamara

22 Sep 1848
Baptism of William, born 1 September of the marriage of Paul Shirley and Catherine McNamara
James Moran & Elizabeth Kelly
(Moran again, they settled in the Corkery area. Some of the Shirley's went to Buckingham / Mayo)

23 Apr 1849
Baptism of William, born 1 March of the marriage of John Fahey and Mary Morgan / Moran ? of March Township
Godparents: Thomas Shirley & Catherine McNamara

7 May 1851
Baptism of John, born 20 May 1850 at Westmeath (Renfrew County,near Arnpior), son of John McNamara and 
Jane Tremblay
Godparents: James Joyce & Catherine Murphy
July 24, 2005:
Hello,  My name is Arthur McNamara, my father, grandparents, ggrandparents, are from Masson,   
Papineau, Buckingham, Quebec.  I think there is a connection  .  My ggrandfather 
Patrick McNamara b- 4-20-1844,  m Mary Burke b-1850, date of marriage 4-16-1868.    
Mary Burke parents were Edward Burke,  and Mary Lavell aka Lavall b-1821, 
married 5-16-1842.  Could your Anne Burke and my Mary Burke be sisters?    
I have traced my family back to 1799, in Shannon, Ireland and it stops.  All of our 
family from my grandfather down moved to the Detroit, Michigan, USA area.    
My home e-mail is BadgeL99@aol.com, you should get my work.  
... Arthur McNamara
 October 14, 2005:
Hi,
 
I was doing some genealogical research of my own, and came across your discussion 
of McNamara history in Buckingham.
 
In researching family ties in Houghton, Michigan, USA, I came across a bibliographic 
reference to my great-great-grandfather, Edward McNamara's birthplace.  The record 
says that he was born in Buckingham, Three Rivers District, before moving west to 
Huron County, then to Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
 
His Death Record indicates that he was born in January 1847.
 
The LDS Familysearch website has a record for an Edward McNamara, born "About 1846" 
in Buckingham, Papineau, Quebec, with parents Edward McNamara (born in Ireland 
"about 1799") and Mary Burke (born in Ireland "about 1825").  There's no source 
information for this listed.  It also lists them as having been married "about 1843" 
in Buckingham, Papineau, Quebec.
 
First off, is it at all a strange happenstance that we have 3 McNamara-Burke 
marriages in the same area?  I have no idea if this means two close families or a 
just a lot of people named McNamara and Burke in the area.
 
Also, if any of you would be able to help me either with data or with addresses 
of places that might have additional information, it would be greatly appreciated.
 
Pete McNamara
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Hi Al,
 
Sure, adding my info to the web page would be no problem.  At some point, I hope 
to get out to that area to do some digging around for more details, but for now, 
this is pretty much all I have on that branch.  Actually, I just got a copy of 
Edward's death certificate, which indicates his father was named Edward, not Patrick, 
but his mother *is* listed there as Mary Burke.
... Pete