Michael Dunn

ID# 1351, (c 1826-1872)
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Descendants of Martin Dunn (died c 1847)
Descendants of Michael Jordan (c 1801-bt 1863-1869)
2nd great-granduncle of Faye Louise Doyle
     Michael Dunn was born about 1826 in Ballindaggan, Templeshanbo, Co Wexford, IrelandG.1 He was the son of Martin Dunn and Sarah Keating. He has also been reported to have been born about 1829.2 He immigrated to South Crosby Twp, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario, with his mother, Sarah Keating, and siblings in the late 1840s.3,4 He was a lock laborer at Jones Falls between 1848 and 1850. In August 1850, lockmaster Peter Sweeney quarelled with Michael and his brother Philip about the attentions they were paying to a daughter of Peter's friend John Smith. Both brothers quit but Michael later returned to the job.4,3 He married Margaret Jordan, daughter of Michael Jordan and Mary Farrell, between 1851 and 1852.5 He died on 2 October 1872 in South Crosby Twp, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario.6,1 He was buried on 4 October 1872 in Philipsville Catholic Cemetery, Philipsville, Leeds & Grenville County, OntarioG.6

Census Records

YearPlaceHead of Household
1851South Crosby Twp, Leeds County, OntarioPhilip Dunn7
1861South Crosby Twp, Leeds County, OntarioMichael Dunn2
1871South Crosby Twp, Leeds County, OntarioMichael Dunn8
Last Edited=8 Apr 2021

Children of Michael Dunn and Margaret Jordan

Citations

  1. [S60] Michael Dunn & Margaret Jordan Tombstone, Philipsville Catholic Cemetery, Philipsville, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario; recorded/photographed by Faye West, May 2000.
  2. [S6] 1861 Census (Crosby South, Leeds, Canada West), Library & Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario C-1044, Michael Dunn family.
  3. [S297] Susan Warren, Hub of the Rideau - a History of South Crosby Township (Township of South Crosby: The Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee, 1997).
  4. [S2073] Ken W. Watson, editor, The Sweeney Diary: The 1839-1850 Journal of Lockmaster Peter Sweeney (Smiths Falls, ON: Friends of the Rideau, 2008).
  5. [S280] Conclusion based on cited detail: If this is correct Michael Dunn, he is living with his mother Sally in 1851 (census); dau Mary Ann born c. 1852.
  6. [S1428] Volume C, Baptisms, marriages, burials 1868-1886: burial of Michael Dunn; pg 397, St Edward the Confessor RC Church, Westport, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario. Viewed 2012-2018, at familysearch.org, database: Ontario, Roman Catholic Church Records, 1760-1923, img 157.
  7. [S89] 1851 Census (Crosby South, Leeds, Canada West), Library & Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario C-11733, Phiip Dunn family.
  8. [S72] 1871 Census (Crosby South, Leeds, Ontario), Library & Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario C-10001, Michael Dunn family.
  9. [S1423] Baptisms, marriages, burials 1856-1884: marriage of Sarah Jane Dunn and James Hazelton, np, St Philip Neri Church, Toledo, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario. Viewed 2012-2018, at familysearch.org, database: Ontario, Roman Catholic Church Records, 1760-1923, img 57.
  10. [S1423] Baptisms, marriages, burials 1856-1884: baptism of Frances Dunn; np, St Philip Neri Church, Toledo, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario. Viewed 2012-2018, at familysearch.org, database: Ontario, Roman Catholic Church Records, 1760-1923, img 8.
  11. [S1423] Baptisms, marriages, burials 1856-1884: baptism of Bridget Dunn; np, St Philip Neri Church, Toledo, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario. Viewed 2012-2018, at familysearch.org, database: Ontario, Roman Catholic Church Records, 1760-1923, image 24.
  12. [S1427] Volume A, Baptisms, marriages, burials 1846-1868: baptism of Elizabeth Dunn; np, St Edward the Confessor RC Church, Westport, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario. Viewed 2012-2018, at familysearch.org, database: Ontario, Roman Catholic Church Records, 1760-1923, image 137.
  13. [S1424] Baptisms, marriages, burials 1883-1910: marriage of Margaret Dunn and Michael Freeman; page 291, St Philip Neri Church, Toledo, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario. Viewed 2012-2019, at familysearch.org, database: Ontario, Roman Catholic Church Records, 1760-1923, img 92.
  14. [S1427] Volume A, Baptisms, marriages, burials 1846-1868: baptism of Catherine Dunn; np, St Edward the Confessor RC Church, Westport, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario. Viewed 2012-2018, at familysearch.org, database: Ontario, Roman Catholic Church Records, 1760-1923, img 170.
  15. [S1428] Volume C, Baptisms, marriages, burials 1868-1886: baptism of Honora Matilda Dunn; pg 21, St Edward the Confessor RC Church, Westport, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario. Viewed 2012-2018, at familysearch.org, database: Ontario, Roman Catholic Church Records, 1760-1923, img 12.
  16. [S1428] Volume C, Baptisms, marriages, burials 1868-1886: baptism of Johanna Dunn; pg 58, St Edward the Confessor RC Church, Westport, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario. Viewed 2012-2018, at familysearch.org, database: Ontario, Roman Catholic Church Records, 1760-1923, img 30.