Thomas BOLGER and Catherine GORMAN
County Wexford, Ireland to Osgoode Township
Concession 2 (east side of Dozois Road)
December 12, 2011:
Thomas Bolger / Boulger / Bulger
Thanks to Mitchell LaFrance for this photo.
1 Thomas Bolger 1813 - 1863, born in County Wexford, Ireland, a son Thomas went to Chicago, Illinois, USA
.. + Catherine Gorman 1818 - 1905
....... 2 John Bolger 1847 - 1927 born in Ireland, farmed at Manotick Station, came to M.S. in 1854
........... +Ellen O'Brien 1851 - 1922
................ 3 Thomas Bolger to Ottawa
................ 3 Jack Bolger (John J.)
................ 3 Mark A. Bolger went to Los Angeles, California, USA
................ 3 Edmund Bolger
................ 3 Nellie Bolger
.................... +Frank Kelly (Bray's Crossing, Osgoode - was a "flag" station)
................ 3 Annie Bolger
.................... + Mr Fagan
................ 3 Mary Bolger not married, went to Ottawa
................ 3 Dolly (Dorothy ?) Bolger
................ 3 Catherine Bolger 1872 - 1958
.................... + Robert H. Redmond 1861 - 1947
Source: The Manotick Station Story and a Newspaper Clipping from Val Olander
Here are some marriages at St. Michael's, Corkery, Huntley Township:
Groom: Bulger, Daniel
From: of Lake Dore
2/2/1846
Bride: Shehan, Elanor SHEEHAN
Parents of Bride: Sheahan, Patrick & Shehan, Catherine from St. Michael Huntley
Groom: Bulger, Thomas Joseph
Parents: Bulger, John andO'Brien, Ellen of Osgoode
Date: 10/6/1902
Bride: Carter, Margaret
Parents: Carter, James(dec) & O'Kelly, Elizabeth
Witnesses: Tierney, Nicholas & Carter, Catherine of Corkery Village
Updated November 18, 2001
Hello Al, I'm back with more updates on various families on your website. First,
could you please update any references to my email address to mitchell.lafrance@rogers.com
Here goes....
Note that for all the relatives I list, I generally have birth/death/marriage information
for many, including many levels of descendants, if you are interested for your website.
For the records on Thomas Boulger / Catherine Gorman, I have started writing and receiving
information from Ireland. My updates are as follows:
* Boulger was spelled Bulger in the Irish records
* Gorman was spelled Gormican in many of the Irish records
* Thomas and Catherine were married on Jan 25, 1845 in Cloughbawn Parish, Wexford.
Catherine was also identified as "Kitty"
* John Bulger, their son, was actually born on Nov 16, 1845 in Cloughbawn Parish, Wexford.
* Other children, were Ellen (born May 3, 1848 in Cloughbawn), Thomas (born May 25, 1853)
Cloughbawn and Mark (born Aug 3, 1856 in Manotick Station, Ontario).
* Given the birth dates of the children, this means they immigrated between 1853 and 1856.
* There is no record of the daughter Ellen in Canada therefore she must have died in Ireland
* The son, Mark, died in 1918.
November 28, 2001:
Thanks to Mitchell LaFrance for this very detailed tree:
Descendants of Thomas Boulger
Generations Born Died Married
1 Boulger, Thomas b: 1813 Wexford, Ireland d: January 14, 1863 Carleton County, ON, CAN
+Gorman, Catherine b: March 17, 1821 Wexford, Ireland d: March 11, 1903 Carleton County, ON, CAN m: January 25, 1845 Cloughbawn Roman Catholic Parish, Wexford, Ireland
2 Boulger, John b: November 16, 1845 Clougbawn Parish, Wexford, Ireland (per Wexford genealogy centre) d: July 01, 1927 Carleton County, ON, CAN
+O'Brien, Ellen b: March 19, 1849 Osgoode, ON, CAN d: May 02, 1922 Ottawa General Hospital, Ottawa, ON, CAN m: January 09, 1872 Our Lady of Visitation, Gloucester, ON, CAN
3 Boulger, Catherine Agnes b: October 03, 1872 Osgoode, ON, CAN d: April 11, 1958 Carleton County, ON, CAN
+Redmond, Robert Henry b: July 12, 1861 North Gower, ON, CAN d: August 22, 1947 Carleton County, ON, CAN m: November 21, 1893 Our Lady of Visitation, Gloucester, ON, CAN
4 Redmond, Anna Mable b: April 28, 1895 Manotick Station, ON, CAN d: January 01, 1976 Carleton County, ON, CAN
+O'Brien, Joseph Edmund b: April 23, 1890 Manotick Station, ON, CAN d: 1964 Carleton County, ON, CAN m: February 12, 1918 Our Lady of Visitation, Gloucester, ON, CAN
5 O'Brien, John Robert Edward b: February 02, 1919 Carleton County, ON, CAN d: 1972 Carleton County, ON, CAN
+Laughren, Laura b: 1915 d: October 09, 1999
5 O'Brien, Joseph Redmond b: April 18, 1920 d: January 15, 1982 Carleton County, ON, CAN
+Renaud, Rejeanne b: February 27, 1925 d: Carleton County, ON, CAN
5 O'Brien, George b: 1945 d: 1978 Carleton County, ON, CAN
+McEvoy, Susan
4 Redmond, Ellen Violet Armina b: July 02, 1896 Manotick Station, ON, CAN d: March 28, 1990 Carleton County, ON, CAN
+Kelly, Edwin James b: 1896 Carleton County, ON, CAN d: July 28, 1981 Carleton County, ON, CAN m: August 17, 1921 Our Lady of Visitation, Gloucester, ON, CAN
5 Kelly, Donald b: 1922 Carleton County, ON, CAN
+Fortier-Terry, Claire b: 1924 d: June 21, 1998 m: 1947
5 Kelly, Dennis b: 1924 Carleton County, ON, CAN d: 1982 Carleton County, ON, CAN
5 Kelly, Sheila b: 1925 Carleton County, ON, CAN
5 Kelly, Paul b: 1935 Carleton County, ON, CAN
+Leeson, Cathy
5 Kelly, William b: 1937 Carleton County, ON, CAN
4 Redmond, Frances Irene b: January 06, 1898 Manotick Station, ON, CAN d: January 04, 1983 Riverside Hospital, Ottawa, ON, CAN
+Bergin, Francis James b: August 12, 1879 Nepean, ON, CAN d: September 07, 1943 Carleton County, ON, CAN m: September 08, 1920 Our Lady of Visitation, Gloucester, ON, CAN
5 Bergin, Margaret Mary Rita b: March 21, 1921 Nepean, ON, CAN d: November 23, 1998 Osgoode Care Centre, Osgoode, ON, CAN
+O'Brien, Louis John b: 1921 Carleton County, ON, CAN d: February 25, 1988 Carleton County, ON, CAN m: November 18, 1944 St Joseph's,Ottawa, ON, CAN
5 Bergin, Catherine Helen b: March 15, 1922 Carleton County, ON, CAN d: January 04, 1971 Ottawa General Hospital, Ottawa, ON, CAN
+Hammill, Gerard b: 1918 Carleton County, ON, CAN d: January 14, 1979 Carleton County, ON, CAN
5 Bergin, Mary Frances June b: June 28, 1924 Nepean, ON, CAN
5 Bergin, Monica Theresa b: November 28, 1925 Carleton County, ON, CAN d: April 05, 1977 Civic Hospital, Ottawa, ON, CAN
+Gallagher, Kenneth
5 Bergin, Margaret Eva b: June 11, 1928 Carleton County, ON, CAN d: February 05, 1999 Carleton County, ON, CAN
5 Bergin, Claire Cecilia Una b: October 30, 1930 Carleton County, ON, CAN
+Lafrance, Joseph Oscar Gaston b: July 24, 1929 Syracuse, NY, USA m: August 16, 1958 St Joseph's, Ottawa, ON, CAN
5 Bergin, Isobel Ann b: September 09, 1932 Carleton County, ON, CAN
+Petersen, Norman m: July 13, 1957
5 Bergin, Owen James Francis b: November 09, 1933 Carleton County, ON, CAN d: August 14, 1995 Civic Hospital, Ottawa, ON, CAN
+Morris, Shirley m: September 29, 1962
5 Bergin, William Robert b: May 13, 1939 Carleton County, ON, CAN d: September 15, 1992 Riverside Hospital, Ottawa, ON, CAN
5 Bergin, Jerry b: Aft. May 13, 1939 Carleton County, ON, CAN
+?, Diane
4 Redmond, Mary Edna b: October 07, 1899 Manotick Station, ON, CAN d: May 18, 1964 Toronto, ON, CAN
+Turnipsee, John d: Toronto, ON, CAN
*2nd Husband of Redmond, Mary Edna:
+Boulianne, Alfred Joseph Edward m: June 06, 1923 St Brigid's, Ottawa, ON, CAN
4 Redmond, Mary Bernadette Muriel b: May 05, 1901 Manotick Station, ON, CAN d: September 27, 1942 Carleton County, ON, CAN
4 Redmond, John Henry Newman b: July 16, 1904 Manotick Station, ON, CAN d: October 14, 1953 Carleton County, ON, CAN
4 Redmond, Kathleen Isobel b: July 09, 1907 Manotick Station, ON, CAN d: January 15, 1973 St Vincent's Hospital, Ottawa, ON, CAN
+Nolan, John Leonard b: November 06, 1899 Manotick Station, ON, CAN d: April 21, 1982 Carleton County, ON, CAN m: June 27, 1927 Notre Dame, Ottawa, ON, CAN
5 Nolan, William Michael Francis b: June 16, 1927 Manotick Station, ON, CAN
+McGuire, Eleanor Mary b: March 22, 1928 Osgoode, ON, CAN d: January 08, 1983 Carleton County, ON, CAN m: June 04, 1949
5 Nolan, Elizabeth Catherine b: December 18, 1928 Manotick Station, ON, CAN
+Shields, Erwin Patrick Joseph b: March 19, 1926 Osgoode, ON, CAN m: September 1956
5 Nolan, Marguerite Anne b: March 21, 1930 Manotick Station, ON, CAN
+Dalman, Donald S. b: 1934 Baldur, MB, CAN m: July 28, 1954
5 Nolan, John Patrick Owen b: May 13, 1932 Manotick Station, ON, CAN d: March 25, 1975 Carleton County, ON, CAN
+Flannery, Minerva b: Venosta, PQ,CAN m: June 25, 1960
5 Nolan, Robert Leo b: July 23, 1934 Manotick Station, ON, CAN
+McDonald, Barbara b: Carleton County, ON, CAN m: 1957
5 Nolan, Barbara Marie b: March 04, 1939 Manotick Station, ON, CAN d: December 03, 1992 Carleton County, ON, CAN
5 Nolan, Mary Beatrice b: November 02, 1940 Manotick Station, ON, CAN d: March 02, 1942 Carleton County, ON, CAN
5 Nolan, David Lawrence b: August 10, 1942 Manotick Station, ON, CAN
+Dewan, Noreen Mary b: March 21, 1944 Osgoode, ON, CAN m: June 25, 1966 St John the Evangelist, Osgoode, ON, CAN
5 Nolan, Gerald Leonard b: October 20, 1943 Manotick Station, ON, CAN
+Jack, Beverly Sharon b: July 14, 1944 New Liskard, ON, CAN m: June 26, 1967
5 Nolan, Ronald Peter b: January 18, 1949 Manotick Station, ON, CAN d: May 28, 1961 Carleton County, ON, CAN
4 Redmond, Michael Robert Nobel b: September 23, 1908 Manotick Station, ON, CAN d: June 13, 1991 Carleton County, ON, CAN
4 Redmond, Lila b: May 1909 Manotick Station, ON, CAN
+Bartlett, James d: November 14, 1986 Carleton County, ON, CAN
4 Redmond, Bolger Joseph b: August 21, 1912 Manotick Station, ON, CAN d: May 11, 1973 Carleton County, ON, CAN
+Huot, Claire m: June 30, 1947 Notre Dame Chuch, Ottawa, ON, CAN
5 Redmond, Dennis b: Carleton County, ON, CAN
+Duchenes, Wendy m: August 11, 1990
5 Redmond, Kristine
+Whelan, Robert
4 Redmond, Mary Winnifred b: April 17, 1915 Manotick Station, ON, CAN d: May 16, 1978 Carleton County, ON, CAN
+Grier, Reginald b: 1895 d: June 14, 1976 Carleton County, ON, CAN
5 Redmond, Shirley
+Ryder, Ronald m: Our Lady of Visitation, Gloucester, ON, CAN
*2nd Husband of Redmond, Shirley:
+Kingsley, Ray
4 Redmond, Rita Mary b: August 13, 1918 Manotick Station, ON, CAN
+Straby, Henry b: July 27, 1916 High Falls, PQ, CAN d: October 19, 1982 Carleton County, ON, CAN m: September 14, 1943 St Anthony's, Ottawa, ON, CAN
5 Straby, Carl Robert b: November 23, 1949
5 Straby, Candace Lynn b: October 22, 1951
+Burns, Gary Herbert b: 1952 m: August 28, 1971
5 Straby, Tara b: March 28, 1955
+Martin, Robert m: September 15, 1979
5 Straby, Errol
4 Redmond, Clement d: Infant - 2 days old
3 Boulger, Bridget Anne b: January 04, 1875 Osgoode, ON, CAN d: December 03, 1936 Carleton County, ON, CAN
+Fagan, Terrence
4 Fagan, Frank
4 Fagan, Owen d: July 31, 1964
4 Fagan, John b: 1900 d: 1954 Carleton County, ON, CAN
4 Fagan, Helen b: 1902
+Lyons, Peter
4 Fagan, Marguerite Mary b: 1902 d: July 28, 1983 Carleton County, ON, CAN
+Graham, Edward Thomas b: October 17, 1890 d: 1976 Carleton County, ON, CAN
3 Boulger, Thomas Joseph b: March 07, 1877 Osgoode, ON, CAN d: May 09, 1940 Carleton County, ON, CAN
+Lachance, Clara b: November 26, 1892 d: May 19, 1962 Carleton County, ON, CAN
*2nd Wife of Boulger, Thomas Joseph:
+Carter, Margaret Jane d: February 15, 1928 Carleton County, ON, CAN m: October 06, 1902 St Michaels, Corkery, ON, CAN
4 Boulger, Mary Elizabeth b: September 1905 Carleton County, ON, CAN
4 Boulger, James John b: November 04, 1907 Carleton County, ON, CAN
+Gallant, Loretta
3 Boulger, Mary b: June 03, 1879 Osgoode, ON, CAN d: August 25, 1940 Carleton County, ON, CAN
3 Boulger, Ellen Florence b: June 06, 1880 Osgoode, ON, CAN d: April 24, 1956 Carleton County, ON, CAN
+Kelly, Francis b: 1880 Carleton County, ON, CAN d: 1942 Carleton County, ON, CAN m: June 25, 1907 Our Lady of Visitation, Gloucester, ON, CAN
4 Kelly, Doris b: December 08, 1908 Osgoode, ON, CAN d: April 24, 1938
4 Kelly, John Raymond b: January 10, 1910 Osgoode, ON, CAN d: November 11, 1983 Cremated
+Teevens, Audrey
4 Kelly, Elmer b: September 26, 1911 Osgoode, ON, CAN d: July 25, 1999 Carleton County, ON, CAN
+Girouard, Regina d: April 30, 1987 Carleton County, ON, CAN
4 Kelly, Bernard b: May 29, 1915 Osgoode, ON, CAN
+Lamb, Irma
4 Kelly, Reginald b: April 01, 1917 Osgoode, ON, CAN
+Graham, Joan
4 Kelly, Joseph Gordon b: August 27, 1920 Osgoode, ON, CAN d: November 01, 1920 Carleton County, ON, CAN
4 Kelly, Oliver b: 1922 Carleton County, ON, CAN d: 1922 Carleton County, ON, CAN
3 Boulger, John James b: August 20, 1883 Osgoode, ON, CAN d: October 25, 1966 Carleton County, ON, CAN
+Maher, Mary Ann b: February 07, 1886 Carleton County, ON, CAN d: March 01, 1970 Carleton County, ON, CAN m: October 12, 1910 St Thomas D'Aquinas, Ottawa, ON, CAN
4 Boulger, Dorothy b: September 11, 1912 Carleton County, ON, CAN d: Carleton County, ON, CAN
+Deslaurier, Charles C. b: March 03, 1910 Carleton County, ON, CAN d: January 21, 1979 Carleton County, ON, CAN
4 Boulger, John Maynard b: September 06, 1919 Carleton County, ON, CAN d: September 22, 1969 Carleton County, ON, CAN
+Leroux, Eva m: August 19, 1943 St Thomas D'Aquinas, Ottawa, ON, CAN
5 Boulger, Raymond
5 Boulger, Julie
3 Boulger, Mark b: December 14, 1885 Osgoode, ON, CAN d: 1930 Los Angeles, California, USA
+Kelly, Maria m: June 21, 1915 Holy Sacrament, St Boniface, Manitoba, CAN
4 Boulger, Orville
4 Boulger, Peggy
4 Boulger, Herb
3 Boulger, Margaret Christina b: January 17, 1888 Osgoode, ON, CAN d: October 18, 1918 Carleton County, ON, CAN
3 Boulger, Patrick Edmund b: January 16, 1890 Osgoode, ON, CAN d: October 14, 1972 Carleton Lodge, Nepean, ON, CAN
2 Boulger, Ellen b: May 03, 1848 Clougbawn Parish, Wexford, Ireland (per Wexford genealogy centre) d: Ireland
2 Boulger, Thomas (photo below) b: May 25, 1853 Clougbawn Parish, Wexford, Ireland (per Wexford genealogy centre)
+Costello, Julia b: Abt. 1857 Nepean, ON, CAN m: January 13, 1885 Notre Dame Chuch, Ottawa, ON, CAN
3 Boulger, Thomas b: October 11, 1885 Carleton County, ON, CAN
3 Boulger, Matthew
3 Boulger, John b: November 15, 1886 Carleton County, ON, CAN
3 Boulger, Kate
3 Boulger, Tess (see photo and posting below, dated March 18, 2008)
3 Boulger, Gertrude
3 Boulger, Mary
2 Boulger, Mark b: August 03, 1856 Manotick Station, ON, CAN d: January 28, 1918 Carleton County, ON, CAN
December 10, 2002:
Here's a Bolger family in Ottawa in the 1881 Census:
Census Place: By Ward, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada
Source: FHL Film 1375866 NAC C-13230 Dist 105 SubDist D Div 3 Page 54 Family 304
Sex Marr Age Origin Birthplace
Francis BOLGER M M 40 Irish Ireland
Occ: P.L. Surveyor Religion: Catholic
Mary BOLGER F M 25 Irish O
Religion: Catholic
Edward BOLGER M 2 Irish O
Religion: Catholic
Note: David Nolan has fully documented the BOULGER family in Volume 21 of
Pioneer Families of Osgoode Township
... Al
March 18, 2008:
Hello, Mitchell and Al,
My great grandmother was Tess Bolger Kenealy. Her father, Thomas, was the one
who moved from Ottawa to Chicago, Illinois, USA. If you are interested, I can
fill in some blanks about Tess Bolger. (Just let me know ...and I will "compile" and
send.)
Her daughter, my grandmother, Mary Julia Kenealy, shares a name with her grandmother,
Julia Costello Bolger. Julia passed away at 46. There are some “unable to verify”
stories about Julia, being a professor or student, at Ottawa Collegiate Institute prior
to marriage. In an old family Bible (from Canada), my mom found a slip of paper from
the school but it does not explain her status. I did read some information on your
site that Julia was the daughter of John and Anne (Hogan) Costello. Do you have any
more information to share on her family? I have looked over the site but I’m not sure
what Costello family is in my family tree.
I should also mention that the Bible dates around the 1870s. There’s a good page of
Bolger marriages. I might be able to scan and email them to you, too.
I am very impressed/ pleased with the entire website. I wasn’t sure where to start
my search. Your website has been extremely helpful.
... Lori Sherfy
Thomas Bolger
Thanks to Mitchell Lafrance for the following:
Lori, your Thomas (Tess's father) was the brother of John Boulger, who is my
great-great grandfather. By my calculations, that would make us 4th cousins.
The John Boulger in the map is my great-great grandfather, who inherited the
property from his father Thomas Boulger (your Thomas' father).
My records show that your Thomas was born May 25, 1853 in Ireland, or more
specifically Clougbawn Parish, Wexford, Ireland. Julia, his wife, was born about
1857 in Nepean, Ontario Canada.
They were married January 13, 1885 at Notre Dame Cathedral in Ottawa, Canada.
Thomas and John, both siblings of Tessa, were born in Canada.
That's about all I have....
... Mitchell Lafrance
Thomas Bolger and Sons
Al,
As promised, this is one picture of Tess Bolger, with her husband, William Kenealy,
her sons, and my grandmother, Mary Julia, in her arms. Now, my mom has said "it
doesn't do her justice. I don't like that one." However, I think it's the only picture
of Tess in her young adult years. In a day or so, I am sending another one. Tess
was quite a hat wearer. She has some nice pictures in her older years wearing some
"big" hats. My mom is going to pull them for me.
Below is an incomplete family tree structure of Tess Bolger Kenealy's family.
Mary Taylor, whom I mentioned in an earlier note, did not have information to enter.
Plus, my fault, I haven't collected all of the data that I could. It can be fixed.
Children of THERESA BOLGER and WILLIAM KENEALY are:
i. WILLIAM "BILLY"4 KENEALY, b. c. 1916, Illinois24.
(passed away in the military)
ii. THOMAS KENEALY, b. August 02, 1917, Illinois 24; d. November 09, 1992,
Lemont, Dupage Co., Illinois 25.
iii. GERALD KENEALY, b. October 14, 1921, Illinois 26; d. April 1945, Illinois27.
(passed away in the military)
iv. MARY JULIA KENEALY, b. c. 1926, Illinois 28; d. April 05, 1987, Lemont,
Cook Co., Illinois; m. RAYMOND KAPTENA
v. JACK KENEALY, b. January 9, 1934. m. Constance Farnas
Two of Tess' sons passed away while in the military. Here is what my great uncle Jack
has had about Gerald:
"Uncle Jack said his mother, Tess, went on a train with brown hair
and returned home with totally grey hair. It sure must have been a
shock for her. He was on MP duty and his appendix burst and they
could not save him."
Al, I hope this is information that you can use for Theresa Bolger.
By the way, Happy St. Patrick's Day!
... Lori
Tess Bolger and family
E-mail Mitchell LaFrance, Lori Sherfy and Al Lewis
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