I have been working with an amazing team to try to discover the origins of the Gibson/O’Reilly family. Thanks to some information from Bruce Murduck, a genealogist from Kingston, Ontario, we now have the marriage record of Samuel and Ellen. Refer to the Gibson page on this site.
Baptism of Mary Ann McGuire
John Martin McGuire family
Mary Ann died in 1937 in Calgary. From the newspaper clippings below, we can see that she was a very active member of her community. She was considered for the senatorship.
~Death of Judge Mary Ann Harvey
Anne Lunney, sister of Louise Lahey, wrote a letter (shown below) which speaks of Bridget, Bernard and Ann who were left behind in Ireland when Edward and Hugh came to Canada. However, the Ann that she mentions married a Harvey and lived in Calgary. So we now are convinced that Mary Ann McGuire Harvey, known as Annie, is the Ann to whom she refers. This convinces us that Bridget Ellen Lunney was a sister of Edward and Hugh since Ann Harvey from Calgary is referred to as a close relative who visited the Lunneys in Pakenham.
4) Letter from Anne Lunney referencing Ann Harvey
We’re trying to get the 10th anniversary of the 2003 Lunney Family Reunion organized for July 2013. More to come . . .
I just had a note from Allan Patrick Doherty from Vancouver regarding the Alberta Dohertys. Hopefully a whole new branch will be added to our tree!
“From Fermanagh to Fitzroy and Beyond” is now 350 pages long! and growing. Collaboration is a wonderful (& scary) thing. I have stories, emails, biographies and pictures from all parts of Canada and the US. We are trying to wrap it up by the end of the month.
52 pages of information received from a 2nd cousin once removed!!
Al and I are writing our Lunney Family History this year. If you have any contributions: stories, pictures, etc., I would love to hear from you.
Al and I met Dorothy and Ken Payne today. Dorothy is a Mantle cousin and genealogist who has shared many of our common genealogy puzzles for over ten years. We enjoyed meeting face to face and this may inspire us to get together to solve more puzzles.
These days, Al, Michael and I are busy compiling an updated Lunney Family History. We are so pleased to have Alec Lunny’s 1946 History and Louise Chinnock’s Family History, updated in 2002.
Today, I found and spoke to descendants of Mary Anne Lunney and they have promised to send me material on her branch of the family. It was so nice to talk with Brenda and Katherine today!
Now I need to find someone who knows the Ellen Lunney Meehan side of the family. You would think that would be easy with me being so close to Corkery and knowing so many Meehans! But it isn’t. But I am stubborn! So who knows???
Mike and I have been working frantically to sort out the Lunney genealogy. Is Bridget Ellen Lunney, married to John O’Keefe in Ireland, a sister to Edward Joseph and Hugh? Is Hugh Lunney really Thomas Hugh Lunney? Were Ann and Bernard siblings of these Lunneys?
We think so and our research is on the Lunney page.
I have 11 years worth of files from a variety of sources and trying to combine them is a big chore!
And then there are all of our other families!!!