Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 13:42:02 -0700
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From: Joe Carroll <Carroll_Joe(a)htc.honeywell.com>
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Subject: FAHEY / CARROLL; IRL>NB,CAN>WI,USA; 1834-
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FAHEY / CARROLL; IRL>NB,CAN>WI,USA; 1834-
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 detail,
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