Where is Ste-Edouard, Dorchester, Quebec?
After more than a few years, I have just discovered my Hugh Henry Hurley (b. 1858) in Ste-Edouard, Dorchester, Quebec. We knew he was "from Canada", but family legend told us it was Manitoba. He may have migrated to Manitoba, but ended up buried in Columbus, Ohio, USA. His daughter's name, our grandmother Mabelle, sounded more French, so on a whim, I plugged his name into an online index for the 1881 census in Quebec, and voila, there he was with his father's family!! A whole new generation to add to the tree. I believe Hugh Henry's parents, Hugh and Sarah Sargent, probably stayed and died in Ste-Edouard, Dorchester, Quebec.
Unfortunately, I am not familiar with researching in Canada, and wonder if anyone knows the area and if this town exists today, where it is exactly so I can try to locate it on a map? (I'm hoping to locate a cemetery, historical society, etc.) Thank you for any help you can give. Chris
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Re: Where is Ste-Edouard, Dorchester, Quebec?
Chris, Saint-Édouard-de-Frampton (its full name) was a parish-town in the former county of Dorchester in QC. Go to the following GENWEB site and you should find more info re: old counties, which are now incorporated into larger regions: http://www.rootsweb.com/~canqc/regional.htmOn the following site depicting a map of QC with counties indicated, at the top of the page, click on 46-60 and you'l notice that DORCHESTER is # 59, which will allow you to locate it within QC: http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/lexique/spfc/carte_comtes.asp
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Re: Where is Ste-Edouard, Dorchester, Quebec?
Thank you so much! I'm going to try those links right now!
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Re: Where is Ste-Edouard, Dorchester, Quebec?
Hi Saw your posting from 2004 about Hugh Hurley. You probably found this information out by now but incase not: Your Hugh Senior Hurley was a brother to my Patrick Hurley born about 1808 in Limerick, Ire. He immigrated to Restigouche, New Brunswick in 1836. His parents were Patrick and Catherine Callaghan.
Elizabeth
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Re: Where is Ste-Edouard, Dorchester, Quebec?
Actually, our Hugh Sr. is also the son of a Hugh Hurley (the first of three Hugh's in our line) and Jane Jackson. Hugh (I) had two sons: Hugh (II) and George. I am not aware of any Patrick in our line. Our Hugh Hurleys (all three of them) can all be found living next door to each other in St-Edouard, Dorchester West, Quebec at the time of the 1871 Canada Census. Hugh I is 87 years old at the time. George is found not far away in the same record. (George also had a son named Hugh, so that makes four (4) Hughs altogether!) By the time of the 1881 Canada Census, Hugh II and Hugh III are still living in St-Edouard. I'm told a lot of our Hurleys are buried at the Springbrook Protestant Church in Frampton, nearby.
According to information sent to me years ago by another Hurley descendant, Hugh I married Jane Jackson from County Down, Ireland. They did not know if they married there or in Canada, but they came to Canada around 1828. Hugh I was supposedly under the command of Lord Nelson in the battle of Trafalgar and received a land grant in Quebec in lieu of service rendered. Hugh II married Sarah Ann Sargeant. Hugh III married Mabelle Clare Medlar of McHenry County, Illinois.
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