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Shefford Academy

MAry Hayden (View posts)
Posted: 12 Jul 1999 12:00PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Doherty
In 1833 Marcus Doherty joined an uncle who was principal of the Shefford Academy. I am very interested in finding out more about both this school (does it still exist??) and this family. If anyone has any advice please email me. Mary in MD, USA

Re: Shefford Academy

Micheline Martel (View posts)
Posted: 10 Aug 2002 1:47AM GMT
Classification: Query
I have in Marriages register John Doherty widowed of Angélina Rémi is marred to Georgianna Bessette the 21-09-1909 in Waterloo P.Q.

Re: Shefford Academy

Posted: 3 May 2014 10:39PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 16 Jul 2014 11:38PM GMT
Surnames: Shefford Academy
The Shefford Academy was first built in Frost Village in 1812. In 1824 it was destroyed and rebuilt on the same location which still exist today at 560 Chemin Frost Village. After the first church was burnt down in July 1822 by the worker who was painting the finishing touch of the first church in Frost Village, it was decided it would be rebuilt on the same location. In the fall of 1832 a 2 story building designed for a church was completed. It was also decided that this new church with an upper part would be occupied by the Shefford Academy who needed the space, the old location would now be used as a protestant school. The new school was made up of 3 rooms, one each for the boys and girls, and one for the teachers. The church academy as it was called or Union Church or Bethel Church in the Frost Village was located today in the Frost Village Cemetery on Chemin Clark Hill which is a joint cemetery with Waterloo's Cemetery.
(It was taken down in 1880 and the materials was used to build the Methodist Church in South Stukely)
In 1848 the Academy was rebuilt on the other side of the hill still on Chemin Clark Hill, a couple of miles away in Waterloo, Qc. The Shefford Academy school in Waterloo was destroyed in 1907 and rebuilt immediatly renaming it Waterloo High School. This 1907 building still exist within other buildings that were added in 1948 in front of the old building and in 1957 another building was added in the back of the old building. It hasn't changed since and is still in operation today in 2014 and known as Waterloo Elementary School.

Regards,
Roch Graves Royer

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Re: Shefford Academy

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 8:54PM GMT
Classification: Query
Roch, this is the first real information I've found about Shefford Academy. By any chance would you know if records exist of its prinicipals? The original post you responded to is about one of my ancestors. We've never been able to find out the name of the Dougherty or Doherty who would have been principal in the 1830s. Thank you!

Re: Shefford Academy

Posted: 16 Jul 2014 5:04PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 16 Jul 2014 11:39PM GMT
Surnames: Doherty
I do not have a list of teachers at the Shefford Academy, but from my knowledge they were many from the United States.
I have found some information on Doherty families in the Eastern Townships, hope this helps.
(If I find other information I will reply asap)

I have also updated the section Shefford Academy in my last reply with a couple of new photos of the Academy in Frost Village.


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I found a Patrick Doherty, listed at Farnham (age 90) in the 1881 census.

There is a baptismal record for a daughter of Peter Hart and Mary Doherty in 1843 which states he was a farmer at Farnham. In this record a Catherine Doherty is listed as God mother. Later baptisms occur in the parish of Notre Dame in Granby, Shefford co. in 1844 & 1846 The Godfather was Patrick Hackett, later the first mayor of Granby in Shefford co.

The 1841 Poll Books for Shefford and Missisquoi Co. list a Patrick Doherty in Shefford co. He's probably the same Patrick Doherty in the later 1881 Missisquoi census.

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William Doherty came to Canada in 1833 from Roscommon County, Ireland. He felt a definite inclination toward farming so it was not long till he ventured forth to take possession of 300 acres from the British American Land Company in the vicinity of Mount Orford. With a friend he made his way to his land. It was late in winter. Wrapped in the proverbial travellers blankets they invaded the most promising snow-bank and made it the shelter for their first night, on the new property. William Doherty's holding soon increased to 1000 acres. His land extended from Sherbrooke City limits to the Rock Forest road. He had one of the biggest homes in the district, the "Big House", as it was known. He was most charitable, being the first to subscribe to the first Sherbrooke Parish. He was one of the biggest benefactors when the first hospital was opened in 1864. In fact, all through the district the bounty of the "Big House" was proverbial.
The first council meetings of Orford were held in the Doherty home. A room on the second story was the first School and the eldest daughter the teacher. William Doherty had nine children. He died in 1884 - his wife predeceased him in 1871. Peter Henry, George and William John, moved to the United States. James J., who remained on the farm, married Margaret Anderson, of Montreal. They had five children. A Danish emigrant harvester, a phrenologist, foretold their great musical talent. They moved to Sherbrooke in 1884. Thomas Keville, youngest son of William, survives and is over 80. He married Adelina Richard, of Wotton, studied law, became private secretary to the Honourable Sydney Fisher, Minister of Agriculture, Laurier Régime, and later became expert in Canadian wheat production and commerce, representing Canada several times at the International Congress in Rome, Italy. He resides in Ottawa, Ont. Other descendants in the Eastern Townships are Benedict J., Josephine (Mrs. L. E. Codère), and Margaret (Mrs. F. J. Doherty), of Sherbrooke. (info taken from "Pioneer English Catholics in the Eastern Townships By THE REV. T. J. WALSH, S.J."

Re: Shefford Academy

Posted: 19 Jul 2014 12:30PM GMT
Classification: Query
Merci Roch

I've seen these names in my own research over the years but have found nothing to connect either Patrick or William to my line, which is from Dungivin in what is now Northern Ireland but was at that time in Donegal. My grandfather John was born in Sherbrooke. His father (also John) was born in Vermont, but the family -- my ggf was Marcus Dougherty -- was in the Granby area by 1840, where his nephew (who became Judge Marcus Doherty) who taught at the Shefford Academy when he first arrived from Ireland, also lived from 1845 for about 10 years.

Thanks again.

Re: Shefford Academy

Posted: 26 Jul 2014 6:16PM GMT
Classification: Query
Roch, In re-reading your second post with its extract from Fr. Walsh's book, I'm reminded that my grandfather's (John James Dougherty) Godparents are James Joseph Doherty and Margaret Anderson. He was baptized at St-Michel in Sherbrooke in 1879. Do you think there is any connection between William Doherty of Rosscommon and Patrick Doherty of Farnham?

Re: Shefford Academy

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 1:48AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Dougherty
Hi Margaret, after doing a little more research, I came to the conclusion that Your Marcus Dougherty (1794-1864) could be brother to Patrick Doherty (1791-1882) of Farnham and brother to Michael Dougherty who's son is the William in Fr. Walsh's book. All three boys are sons of James Dougherty and Isabella ___.

The William in Fr. Walsh's book married Alice Kelville, their son James Joseph Doherty b. 26 feb 1849 Sherbrooke d. 13 mar. 1897, married Margaret Martha Anderson b. 1848 d. 23 mar. 1913 Sherbrooke daughter of James Moore Anderson and Jane Margaret Agnew... The Godparents to your John James Dougherty.

Hope this helps!

Dougherty/Doherty - Shefford

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 12:35PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Roch Oh my! I don't see anything in the Drouin records listing James and Isabella as the parents of Michael and Patrick. I've never seen that. This would be a tremendous breakthrough on my research. Patrick was a farmer. Isabella's maiden name was McLaughlin. There was also at least one brother in Vermont, who became a Congregationalist minister (James). Thank you!! My tree is here:
http://trees.ancestry.ca/tree/37524272/family?cfpid=19103238...
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