September 11, 2003:

There may have been two James Quail families in Osgoode Township in
the nineteenth century. The following Catholic James Quail had three children
baptized at Notre Dame in the 1840's. Another James Quail is Anglican in the
1881 Census. Or are these two James Quail the same man who changed religion?

8 Jan 1845
Baptism of John, born 28 February last of the marriage of James Quail and Mary McGovern of Osgoode
Witnesses: John & Mary Casserly (neighbours)

25 Sep 1846
Baptism of Hugh, born 31 January at Osgoode, son of James Quail and Mary McGovern
Hugh McGovern & Catherine Kingan (Keegan?)

17 Jan 1848
Conditional baptism for Richard, born 12 September of the marriage of 
James Quail and Mary McGovern of Osgoode
Witness: Hugh McGovern

Source: Ellen Paul's Notre Dame records.
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1881	Census Place:	Osgoode, Russell, Ontario, Canada
	Source:	FHL Film 1375865  NAC C-13229  Dist 104  SubDist G  Div 2  Page 31  Family 138
	Sex	Marr	Age	Origin	Birthplace
James QUAIL	M	W	61	Irish	Ireland
	Occ:	Farmer	Religion:	Church of England	
Robert QUAIL	M		26	Irish	Ontario
	Occ:	Farmer	Religion:	Church of England	
William QUAIL	M		24	Irish	Ontario
	Occ:	Farmer	Religion:	Church of England	
Emma QUAIL	F		22	Irish	Ontario
			Religion:	Church of England	
Margret QUAIL	F		20	Irish	Ontario
			Religion:	Church of England	
Hariet Ann QUAIL	F		18	Irish	Ontario
			Religion:	Church of England	
Albert QUAIL	M		16	Irish	Ontario
	Occ:	Harness Maker	Religion:	Church of England	
Aurther QUAIL	M		14	Irish	Ontario
			Religion:	Church of England	
Thomas QUAIL	M		12	Irish	Ontario
			Religion:	Church of England
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1881 Census Place:	Osgoode, Russell, Ontario, Canada
	Source:	FHL Film 1375865  NAC C-13229  Dist 104  SubDist G  Div 3  Page 48  Family 206
	Sex	Marr	Age	Origin	Birthplace
John QUAIL	M	M	34	Irish	Ontario
	Occ:	Servant	Religion:	Church of England	
Caroline QUAIL	F	M	25	German	USA
			Religion:	Church of England	
John A.R. QUAIL	M		1	Irish	Ontario
			Religion:	Church of England	
	Born:	Sep; 7/12
June 15, 2005:
Does this help or confuse the issue?  

My grandfather was Thomas Quail, son of James Quail and Anne Bradley, his second wife.
His first spouse was Mary McGovern/MacGovern.  He had a son, James B. Quail, 
born 4/28/1840 in Cornwall, Ont.  Interested in what you may have on the family.  
I run into a dead end when I research James's origins in County Down.  We also have 
family in Dundee, Scotland, but I have lost all reference to them.
 
Drop me a note.
 
... Dennis Hoeffler

Descendants of James Quail
1 James Quail 1819 - 1895

. +Mary McGovern (MacGouvern) Unknown - 1850

........ 2 John Quail Unknown -

........ 2 Eliza Jane Quail 1842 -

............ + John Loney 

........ 2 Hugh Quail Unknown -

........ 2 Richard Quail Unknown -

........ 2 James B. Quail 1840 -

........ 2 Mary Anne Quail Unknown -

............ + Alexander Loney 

................... 3 Child Loney 

................... 3 Child Loney 

................... 3 Child Loney 

*2nd Wife of James Quail: 

. + Ann Bradley 1832 - 1870

........ 2 Thomas Alfred Quail 1869 - 1906

............ + Charlotte Letdtice Lewis 1874 - 1920

........ 2 Arthur Bradley Quail 1867 - 1945

............ + Rebecca F. Pooler 1865 - 1900

........ 2 Albert Edward Quail 1864 - 1906

............ + Elizabeth MacIntyre 

........ 2 Harriet Ann Quail 1861 -

............ + Adam Kemp 

........ 2 Margaret Quail 1860 - 1885

........ 2 William Quail 1856 - 1929

............ + Mary Ann Wallace 1857 - 1927

........ 2 Robert Quail 1853 -

........ 2 Essey Quail 1852 -

............ + William Robert Stanley 

........ 2 Elizabeth Quail Unknown -

........ 2 Emma Quail ??? 1858 -

............ + Alexander Sandy MacPherson ?? 

(Dennis has later generations and states that most of the pioneer Quail farm is 
now a golf course -- probably Poplar Grove ... Al)
 June 16, 2005:
and thanks to Michael Daley for the following:

Hi Al      
James Quail  born 1819 in Downpatrick, County Down  Ireland,  In 1836 he left Ireland 
with his widowed mother, 2 brothers and a sister, settled in Cornwall  where his 
mother died and is buried, James married , Mary McGovern, native of Cornwall in 1839, 
moved to North Osgoode in 1843, after receiving a grant of land from the Crown, part 
of lot 7, con ,7,  six children were born to this couple. Mary a devout  Roman Catholic, 
attended , Our Lady of the Visitation church, South Gloucester,  Mary died in 1850,  
her body lies, in an unmarked  grave, in that pioneer cemetery, amid'st those of her 
country's men, and women , so far from the land of their birth.                                                                                                            

James was 31 when Mary died, later that same year he married  Anne Bradley,   age 17 
years daughter of William Bradley of Goulbourn,  they had 9 children,  .               
For more info contact the Osgoode Township Historical Society, E-MAIL oths@magma.ca      
Quail History ,  Volume 2 , Pioneer Families of Osgoode .       

... Michael Daley