January 14, 2009:

Hi Al,
 
Here are the details. I found this death record for Patrick Redmond from Co. Wicklow in 
the Ont. death registrations:
 
10 Jan 1874
Death of Patrick Redmond, labourer
New Edinburgh
Born Co. Wicklow
Informant: Martin Redmond, New Edinburgh
 
According to the ND records, the witnesses were Matthew Kehoe and Edward Bambrick.
 
On Dec. 9, 1852, Patrick Redmond and his wife, Ellen Kehoe, had their son Martin baptized 
in Clonmore Parish, Co. Wicklow. So they arrived here too late for the 1851 census. Is 
there an 1861 census for Bytown?

(It's on microfilm at Library and Archives Canada but I don't know of a digitized version 
... Al)
 
Notre Dame, Ottawa, Records:
 
11 Jan 1863
Baptism of Michael Redmond, s/o Patrick Redmond and Helen Keogh
Sponsors: Matthew Kehoe and Mary Howlett
 
There were probably other children born to the couple in the period 1852-1863, but I haven't found them yet.
 
Here's Michael Redmond in 1881:
 
Thomas DUNN   M   Male   Irish   48   Quebec   Plasterer   Catholic  
 Sarah DUNN   M   Female   Irish   42   Ireland      Catholic  
 Mary Ann DUNN      Female   Irish   23   Ontario      Catholic  
 Rebecca DUNN      Female   Irish   22   Ontario      Catholic  
 James DUNN      Male   Irish   19   Ontario   Plasterer   Catholic  
 Edward DUNN      Male   Irish   12   Ontario      Catholic  
 Agnes DUNN      Female   Irish   10   Ontario      Catholic  
 John DUNN      Male   Irish   5   Ontario      Catholic  
 Esther DUNN      Female   Irish   2   Ontario      Catholic  
 Michael REDMOND      Male   Irish   18   Ontario   Plasterer   Catholic  


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Source Information:
  Census Place Wellington Ward, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario 
  Family History Library Film   1375865 
  NA Film Number   C-13229 
  District   105 
  Sub-district   A 
  Division   3 
  Page Number   57 
  Household Number   290 

 
And his marriage; again, Notre Dame records:
 
29 Apr 1903
Marriage of Michael Redmond, s/o Patrick Redmond and Ellen Kehoe, age 39, labourer, b. Canada, and Isabella Finner, spinster, b. Canada, d/o Benjamin Finner and Mary Gallagher, age 28
Witnesses: Frank Lynch and Margaret Amelia Finner.
 
I'll send the details for Patrick's brother (?) Martin tomorrow.
 
... Anne Burgess
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Here is Martin:

Hi Al,
 
Here are the details on Martin Redmond, who came to New Edinburgh from Ballyconnell and 
Liscolman on the Fitzwilliam Estate in Co. Wicklow.
 
ND Ottawa death records:
 
23 Nov 1880
Death of Martin Redmond, widower of Catherine McGanney(?), age 87 years.
Witnesses: Philip Brady and John Mellon.
 
Ont. Death Registration gives his death date as 21 Nov. 1880, and his age as 93. He 
lived in New Edinburgh; informant was Mrs. Howlett.
 
I can't find Martin in the 1851 census, but he is listed in the 1871 census index: 
age 77, b. Ire., a labourer, living in New Edinburgh.
 
From the Fitzwilliam rentals records, we know that Martin Redmond was living in 
Ballyconnell in 1827; he was 34 and his wife was 32, and they had 2 sons and 3 daughters. 
In 1839, Martin was 46, his wife had apparently died, and he had 2 sons and 2 daughters 
with him.
 
With Marg T's help, I found these children born to Martin Redmond and Catherine 
(her surname is variously reported as Mahon, Lennon, no record, and Donohoe):
 
Baptisms, Clonmore parish records, Co. Wicklow:
 
Ann: 27 Jan 1826; James:15 Apr 1821; Martin: 28 Feb 1833; Mary: 8 Sept 1823.
 
The only one of these children that I have found in Ottawa is Ann, who married Thomas 
Howlett in ND Ottawa:
 
18 Jan 1865
Marriage of Ann Redmond, d/o Martin Redmond and Catherine Maher, to Thomas Howlett, 
widower of Mary Keogh. Witnesses were Denis O'Brien and Ann Brennan.
 
I'm assuming that Martin Redmond was the brother of Patrick Redmond (m. Ellen Kehoe), 
as both lived in New Edinburgh, and Martin was the informant for Patrick's death 
registration.
 
... Anne
January 20, 2010:

Hi Al,
 
This is for your page on Patrick Redmond m. Ellen Kehoe: http://www.bytown.net/redmondpatrickandmartin.htm.  
I see that Patrick was the son of Martin Redmond, not his father.
 
Here's the couple in 1861:
 
1861 census: One Junction Gore, Gloucester Twp.
 
Patrick Redmand, lab., b. Ire, RC, 35
Ellen Redmand, b. Ire, RC, 33
Martin Redmand, b. Ire, RC, 8
Margaret Redmand, b CW, RC, 5
Bartholomew Redmand, b CW, RC, 2
 
Patrick Redmond's wife, Ellen Kehoe, was a sister of Matthew Kehoe and Mary Kehoe. 
 
Matthew Kehoe, a carpenter, and his sister Mary, were living in Bytown in 1851, and they were sponsors for 
children of John Tompkins and Eliz. Traynor here in the 1840s. (see newspaper article below)
 
Matthew married Roseanne Tracy, d/o Wm. Tracy and Rachel Dague; he appeared often as sponsor or witness in the 
St. Patrick's records, and his 7 children were baptized there.
 
Mary Kehoe married Thomas Howlett:
 
St. Patrick's
2 Nov. 1859 
Thomas Howlett, 24, s/o Philip Howlett and Nancy Whalen, m. Mary Kehoe, 25, d/o Peter Kehoe and Margaret Byrne. 
Wit: Matthew Kehoe and James Carroll (who was from Ballynultagh)
 
After Mary Kehoe Howlett's death, Thomas Howlett married Ann Redmond (sister of Patrick Redmond, above):
 
ND Ottawa
8 Jan 1865
Marriage of Ann Redmond, d/o Martin Redmond and Catherine Maher to
Thomas Howlett, widower of Mary Keogh
Wit: Denis O'Brien and Ann Brennan
 
Matthew Kehoe, Ellen Kehoe Redmond, and Mary Kehoe Howlett were likely cousins of those other Bytown Kehoes 
(Thomas Kehoe m. Catherine Kilroe, et al), as well as cousins of John Tompkins (whose mother was a Kehoe). 
They all came from Clonmore parish in Co. Wicklow, and both sets of Kehoes were godparents for the Tompkins 
children in Bytown.
 
Peter Kehoe (father of Matthew, Mary and Ellen), was a carpenter living in Lascoleman/Liscolman, according to 
the 1839 Fitzwilliam Estate rentals records.
 
Anne
 January 22, 2010:                                                      Matthew KEHOE

There is a truly marvellous article on Matthew Kehoe, telling where he lived (squatted) at first and later; how he framed the 
steeple of the Basilica, worked on the doors of the Parliament Bldgs., etc.
 
The article says he (one of the "Wooden" Kehoes) came with a brother (I'll have to find him) and sister in 1844. 
The "Iron Kehoes" referred to in the article (John, Thomas, and William) were the Kehoes I sent you the other day, 
and WE know they were from Ballynultagh, not Wexford.
 
What an amazing find!
 
... Anne

The Ottawa Citizen article, February 12, 1927
The complete article is available in the Ottawa Citizen Archives.