December 28, 2011:

Found your web site today while looking for census in Quebec. Sorry I have very little information to give, but I have hit the 
Mother load with all the wonderful info the site has to offer! My interest is Morris – Tracy. I have already found them on the 1881 
census in Wakefield, Ottawa, Quebec, Canada, posted on your site. Our line is me Pamela Ledwich – Newcomer, my mother Patricia I. Aucourt - Ledwich , 
grandmother Mary S. Dowd – Aucourt, great grandfather Albert Dowd b. 1875 Kansas d. 1958 Kirkland Washington, USA,,  
great grandmother CATHERINE MORRIS – DOWD b. April 13 1865 Quebec d. 1953 Seattle WA., gr gr grandfather MATHEW MORRIS b. ca. 1841 Ireland, 
d. Quebec, gr gr grandmother ELLEN TRACY – MORRIS b. ca. 1841 Quebec, d. Quebec., gr gr gr grandfather JOHN MORRIS b. ca. 1803 Ireland, d. Quebec. 
The rest told to me by my grandmother in 1975 Ellen Tracy Morris’ father Micheal Tracy No. Ireland, mother Annie Rooney Tracy, No. Ireland, 
mother of Micheal Tracy, Honor Fagan. mother of Annie Rooney, Kitty Koffel. mother of Mathew Morris, Catherine Dowd Morris 
(different from Catherine Morris Dowd).

Mathew Morris and Ellen Tracey


Credits on back of the photograph say E. C. LEMIRE, PHOTOGRAPHER, 45 Bank St. Ottawa, Ont.


My great aunt & her cousin told me a long time ago about a Lord Brabison, I see from the census, there is a Brabison Morris 
living in the household. (Lord Brabazon was the Earl of Meath).

She also told me her grandmother Ellen Morris was a seamstress for some government official.

Enclosed are a picture of Catherine Morris Dowd and her baptismal certificate. I also have a picture of her parents somewhere, 
will post when I find it.

Thank you all for contributing to this site!

Pamela Newcomer

Catherine Morris Dowd
    

Mathew Morris in the 1861 Census for Quebec. Source: ancestry.ca



Al,

 I don't know if you can post the census I attached or not, I got it off the Gatineau Valley Historical Society 
 (although I couldn't seem to get back there) it had a 2011 copyright date on it, but I think they got it from the 
 Library and Archives, Canada, web site.

 At any rate, the pertinent info off the 1842 Wakefield census for me was:
 

MICHEAL TREACY   no. in household 6. years in province 4. acres 30 

PATRICK ROONEY   no. in household 7. years in province 7. acres 30 

MICHEAL ROONEY  no. in household 6. years in province 7. acres 40. X means land owner, able to vote.
 
I include the Rooneys because Micheal Treacy married Ann Rooney & I have not yet proved the connection, I believe Patrick & Michael 
Rooney are Ann Rooneys' brothers, they live on either side of the Treaceys.

It also looks to me that Rooney/Treacy split a 100 acre plot....speculation. 

MICHEAL MORRIS    no. in household 3. years in province 2. acres 100 

do not know yet if this is one of my Morris'                                                                         

... Pam Newcomer

1881 Census Data - Morris in Ottawa County, Quebec
1881 Census Place:	Wakefield, Ottawa, Quebec, Canada
	Source:	FHL Film 1375861  NAC C-13225  Dist 97  SubDist FF  Div 1  Page 14  Family 51
	Sex	Marr	Age	Origin	Birthplace
John MORRIS	M	W	78	Irlandais (Irish)	Ireland
	Occ:	Cultivateur (Farmer)	Religion:	Catholic	
Mathew MORRIS	M	M	40	Irlandais	Ireland
	Occ:	Cultivateur	Religion:	Catholic	
Ellen MORRIS	F	M	40	Irlandais	Quebec
			Religion:	Catholic	
Brabison MORRIS	M		39	Irlandais	Ireland (See posting below regarding the name Brabison)
	Occ:	Cultivateur	Religion:	Catholic	
John MORRIS	M		18	Irlandais	Quebec
	Occ:	Cultivateurs Son	Religion:	Catholic	
Catherine MORRIS	F		16	Irlandais	Quebec
			Religion:	Catholic	
Joseph MORRIS	M		14	Irlandais	Quebec
	Occ:	Cultivateur Son	Religion:	Catholic	
Ann MORRIS	F		13	Irlandais	Quebec
			Religion:	Catholic	
Jane MORRIS	F		11	Irlandais	Quebec
			Religion:	Catholic	
Mary MORRIS	F		10	Irlandais	Quebec
			Religion:	Catholic	
Mathew MORRIS	M		7	Irlandais	Quebec
			Religion:	Catholic	
Elisabeth MORRIS	F		5	Irlandais	Quebec
			Religion:	Catholic	
Thomas MORRIS	M		3	Irlandais	Quebec
			Religion:	Catholic	
Christopher MORRIS	M		3	Irlandais	Quebec
			Religion:	Catholic
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Hi Al,
Here is a tiny piece of Quebec history, this quilt was made by Ellen Tracey Morris circa 1910 in Quebec for her granddaughters, 
one for Mary & one for Gertrude. My aunt has the other one. Mary Dowd was my grandmother & Gertrude Dowd my great aunt. 
The rocking chair was made by my grandfather, Mary’s husband, circa 1920, a high school project.



One day Gertrude & I were visiting her cousin Ellen in the retirement home at Christmas (Gert lived to be 99), the carolers were singing 
Jingle Bells “Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh!” and Gertrude leans over to me and whispers in my ear, “Grandpa 
( Mathew Morris) in Ottawa had a one horse open sleigh!” I was just astounded, here was a woman who was relaying first hand information 
of transportation that was available when she visited her grandfather. Whenever I hear Jingle Bells now, I think of my great aunt!
The 1881 census puts her in Wakefield.
Merry Christmas to all, 
Pam Newcomer
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Al,

 I found Ellens parents & her paternal grandmother in the 1852 census, I wrote the page number etc. in the original post, 
 it's at the bottom, you must have missed it. I could not copy either census, so I could not post it. Grandma also told me 
 Ellen's maternal grandmother Kitty Koffel.

 I have been searching the site & others for location. I am confused, Wakefield is a township and my understanding is this 
 is an area with several towns in it. The maps I have been able to find so far, get too blurry for me to read when I blow them up. 
 I would like to find one of those maps that show who owned the property in the township, do you know where I can find this?

Also, I don't know how to make a family tree on the computer, that I could post on the site. I guess I could write one out by hand.

Pam Newcomer


 January 1, 2012: