A repost for those who didn't see this a couple months ago. Note: My Carrolls have
no connection with the Maryland/Virginia Carrolls except, possibly back in the 'old
sod'.
CARROLL/FAHEY; 1834-now; IRL>NB,CAN>WI,USA
FAHEY/CARROLL; 1834-now; IRL>NB,CAN>WI,USA
Thomas Carroll and Annastasia Fahey
These two married in Chatham, New Brunswick, on 16 July 1834. Thomas was born in Ireland
about 1810 and was a shipbuilder and sawmill laborer all his life. Annastasia was also
born in Ireland about 1814, the daughter of James Fahey and Bridget Kennedy. The Faheys
came to the Miramichi area of New Brunswick in 1819 (James) and 1826 (Bridget). They
farmed up the Bartibog River, across the bay from Chatham. Thomas' arrival date or
parentage is unknown.
Tom and Anna had a total of 11 children, 10 boys and only one girl. Four of the boys were
born in (or near) Chatham: William in 1835, James in 1837, Thomas in 1840, and Dennis in
1842. The family then moved west, probably through Quebec and Montreal to Bytown (the
original name for Ottawa). On the way they had Michael in 1843 possibly in Quebec, John
in 1845 in Montreal, and Bridget in Bytown in 1847. The original Michael and John died
and another Michael was born also in Bytown in 1850. The family then moved for the last
time to Chelsea, Quebec, just 10-15 km north of Bytown. There they had the remainder of
their family: a second John in 1853 (my grandfather), Stephen in 1854, and finally Louis
Napoleon in 1860. By that time Anna was 45 years old and Thomas was 50.
Thomas, in Chelsea, worked at the Gilmour mill on the Gatineau. This is the same Gilmour
(or closely related to) that ran the Gilmour and Rankin mill and shipyards on the
Miramichi. It is not inconceivable, therefore, that Thomas either followed the
business' progress to the west, or was a sufficiently valuable employee that he
actually participated in pushing the business to the west. A number of the boys also
worked at the mill.
Anna would get only 12 years of rest from having children; she died in 1872 at the age of
58 and was buried at St. Stephen's church in Chelsea. The family was, in any case,
spreading its wings. From 1859 through 1873 four of the boys (James, Thomas, Dennis, and
John) moved west to the woods of Wisconsin, becoming laborers and entrepreneurs in the
lumber business of that state and Minnesota. The first three all married local girls but
John returned to Chelsea to marry his sweetheart, Johanna Murphy and to bring her and her
mother back to Chippewa Falls.
During the 1870's the old man, Thomas, and possibly another son Stephen also came to
Chippewa. Thomas stayed with James and Dennis, finally dying in Brainerd, Minnesota in
1895, just after the state census in which he still claimed his occupation as
"shipbuilder".
Meanwhile Bridget and Stephen went to Ottawa, married, and raised families. Stephen
seemed to only have one child, Mae. But Bridget had eight children, four girls of whom
survived to have families of their own. Bridget herself lived until 1933 and is buried in
St. Patrick' Cemetery along with a number of her children and their husbands. Stephen
had died in 1921.
The four Wisconsin boys died as follows: James in Duluth in 1912, Thomas in ???, Dennis
in Chippewa in 1898, and John in Chippewa in 1944. Currently Thomas' demise is
unknown; he was in Cloquet, Minnesota in 1900 and his wife died a widow in Chippewa in
1923. He was alive and "out west" at the time of James' death and funeral
in 1912. Both James and John had large families; Thomas' children had none of their
own; Dennis had none.
If anyone has a connection to this family or wishes additional details, please get in
touch with me:
Joseph E. Carroll
4261 Queens Way
Minnetonka, MN 55345
USA
Phone: (612) 938-4028
EMail: JCarr24904(a)aol.com
Carroll_Joe(a)htc.honeywell.com