I am looking for information on my Great Great Grandfather John Cleary... Did he marry twice???
He married my great great Grandmother Mary Ann O'Keefe (Keefe/Keef) January 7, 1846 at St. Mary's RC Church, Lindsay, Ontario...John Cleary would have been 38 years old and Mary Ann O'Keefe would have been 23-25 years old at the time of the marriage...
So I am wondering if John Cleary was married prior to this marriage...as he was 38 years old... He possibly was married prior....
The info I have on John Cleary:
In 1825 John Cleary along with his family emigrated from Ireland...Setting Sail on May 8, 1825 off the Cove of Cork and arrived in Quebec...overland to Peterborough....Through the Peter Robinson Settlement...
This family was sponsored by Lord Doneraile... They were from Doneraile, Cork, Ireland...
William Cleary and Mary Maloney parents...
children: Timothy 20, John 17, Mary Ann 15, Johannah 12, William 10, Catherine 3 (Died at Sea)
They had a few more children here: Ellen abt 1826, Catherine 1827, Michael 1828
This family settled in Otonabee Township...Con 10 Lot 23 w 1/2 100 acres... This land passed to William Cleary Jr...he received the patent in 1847 as his father William Cleary Sr. had died...
John Cleary and the rest of the Cleary's living in Duoro Twp... While younger brother William Cleary continued living in Ontonabee....was John Cleary married then????
In 1847 John Cleary married Mary Ann O'Keefe and moved to Ops Twp... Mary Ann's family of O'Keefe's were living near Keene at the time???
By the 1871 Census John Cleary and Mary Ann O'Keefe are in the Town of Lindsay.. with children...
If you have any info on this family of Cleary's and who they married etc... I'd love to trade info....Some names married and connected to the Cleary's were:
Coughlin, Crough, Morrison, Bishop, Babcock, O'Rielly, O'Brien, Dougherty, Doherty, Moran, O'Keefe, Keefe, Keef...
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