| 2. | Patrick Hughes was born in 1831 in County Armagh, Ireland (son of Owen Hughes and Elizabeth McGinnis); died on 14 Feb 1885 in Dalhousie Lake, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in St. Columbkill church, McDonalds Corners, Ontario, Canada. Notes:
Occupation: Farmer
Burial info/marker photo from:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136579765/patrick-hughes
Marker says "Died FEB 14 1885 / AGED / 54 YEARS"
Hughes family history and emigration.
Patrick Hughes and his two sisters, Ellen & Susannah came to Canada from Armagh Co., Ireland in the 1840's. They arrived at Perth, Lanark Co, where they did farm and domestic work. Patrick and Ellen married Anne and James Legary another sister and brother combination of French Canadian descent. The Irish and French marriages were common as they held the same Roman Catholic religion. Although the majority of Irish are Catholics, however, most Hughes are Protestants. So the RC faith of this Hughes branch adds a particular characteristic to their history. Apparently the change of faith took place in Ireland.
Patrick and his wife Anne (Legary) first rented a farm Lot 21, Con 12, Bathurst Twp near Playfairville, just a couple miles up the MIssissippi River from her parent's home near Balderson. A few years later they settled their own farm Lot 18, Con 1, North Sherbrooke Twp above the High Falls at Dalhousie Lake about 8 miles further up the Mississippi River. Patrick Hughes' sister Ellen and her husband James Legary also purchased a farm nearby. Susannah never married. They all spent the rest of their lives in the community of Dalhousie Lake which had a post office until the late 1940's.
They are all buried in the Catholic cemetery beside St. Columbkill Church, McDonald's Corners. The first grave in this cemetery was the interment of Patrick Hughes. Gravestones were erected in their memory to mark the plots in the churchyard.
Source: Letter from Bill Amell 3 Sept. 1978
Buried:
St. Columbkill Cemetary, McDonald Crs, Ontario
Patrick married Anne Legary on 6 Jul 1851 in Perth, Ontario, Canada. Anne (daughter of Joseph Legary and Ann (Nancy) Ellison) was born on 5 Feb 1827 in Balderson, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 23 Mar 1911 in Dalhousie Lake, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in St. Columbkill church, McDonalds Corners, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1852 - 1935 (83 years)
