MORAN

This page does not aim to be comprehensive. Its main purpose is to provide context for the multiple Moran-Healy or Healy-Moran marriages. These include the marriages of William James Moran (son of James Moran and Mary McDonald) to Mary Jane Healy, William John Moran (son of Patrick Moran and Sarah Granahan) to Julia Ann Healy, Mary Moran (daughter of John Moran and Mary Golden) to John Healy, and our own direct ancestress Catharine Moran (daughter of Anthony Moran and Mary Connors) to Michael Joseph Healy. Not shown here is the marriage of a different Patrick Moran (of unknown parentage) and a different Catharine Healy, of whom further details will be found on the Healy page.
    We have checked the parish register of St. Philip Neri, Kitley Township, Leeds County, a digital edition of which became available on the LDS FamilySearch website in January 2012. However, there are no Moran baptisms prior to 1852.
    The present Moran family must be distinguished from that treated in Wilfred Bruce (1897-1984), The Moran family of Ireland and Kitley Township, Leeds Co., Ontario, 1838-1978; A genealogical record of the maternal ancestors and family of his late wife Mabel Phillips, who died November 3, 1954 (1978), 34 pp. The author was aware that there were already Morans living in Kitley township when his ancestor George Moran arrived, and writes (p. 3) that there is “no proof that [they] … were related to George Moran.”
    The reconstruction presented below is supported by autosomal DNA matches among several persons tested at Ancestry.com:

• The present writer, a descendant of Catharine (Moran) Healy;
• a descendant of Mary (Moran) Cunningham;
• two descendants of Margaret (Moran) McAndrews;
• Cynthia E. Bruce-Marzenska, Ottawa, who sent the date of death of her grandfather, Wilfred Bruce.

    We should like to thank the following persons for their assistance:

• Margaret Quigley, for information on the family of William John Moran, who married Julia Ann Healy.
• Lisa Mills (not a Healy descendant), who together with Suzanne Elliott, below, discovered the evidence permitting the identification of Catharine (Moran) Healy.
• Suzanne Elliott, for evidence permitting the identification of Catharine (Moran) Healy, and for copies of pages from the 1978 Moran genealogy.

The following persons were probably siblings:

1. 1 Anthony Moran, born probably in 1802.
2. 2 John Moran, born about 1806-07.
3. Catharine Morin [sic], who served as a baptismal sponsor to Margaret Moran, daughter of Anthony Moran, in Saint Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, Smith’s Falls, Lanark County, on 29 October 1848.
4. Thomas Moran, who served as a baptismal sponsor to Patrick Moran, son of Anthony Moran, in Saint Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, Smith’s Falls, on 24 February 1850.

Advertisement placed by Anthony Moran for his missing son, 1874

1. Anthony Moran, of Bastard Township, Leeds County, of Mara Township, Simcoe County, and of Carden Township, Victoria County, born probably in 1802 (aged 50 in 1852, 58 in 1861, 68 in 1871, 76 in 1878) in Ireland, died 17 December 1878 in Victoria County, of consumption, from which he had suffered for the previous two years.^[1] Unfortunately, at that era Ontario death registrations did not yet ask for the names of the parents of the deceased. He married by 1830, presumably in Ireland, Mary Connor(s), born around 1805 (aged 45 in 1852, 58 in 1861, 65 in 1871, 73 in 1881, 86 in 1891) in Ireland, still alive in 1891 (no death registration found). Her maiden surname is given as Connor in the 1877 marriage record of her daughter Margaret, and as Connors in the 1881 marriage record of her son Patrick. It will be noted that one of the sponsors at the baptism of her son Patrick Moran in 1850 was a Vellary (?) Connor.
    Anthony Moran and his wife were enumerated in Bastard Township in the 1852 census, in which Anthony is called a farmer.^[2] They were enumerated in Mara Township, Simcoe County in the 1861 census, in which Anthony is again called a farmer.^[3] They were enumerated in Carden and Dalton Townships, Victoria County North, in the 1871 census, in which Anthony is again called a farmer.^[4] In a newspaper announcement published in 1874 seeking the whereabouts of his son James (see below), he signed himself “Anthony Moran, Balsover P.O., Victoria county, Ontario, Canada.” The widow Mary Moran is found in the household of her son Patrick in the 1881 census of Carden Township, Victoria County North, in 1881,^[5] and again in 1891.^[6] No record of her death has been found.
    Anthony and Mary (Connors) Moran had ten known children (the absence of marriage data in this list should not be taken as indicating that no marriage occurred):

1. 3 Catharine Moran, born about 1830 (aged 21 in 1852, 32 in 1861, 40 in 1871, 50 in 1881, “about 55” at her death in 1884) in Ireland.
2. Martin Moran, born about 1833-34 (aged 19 in 1852, 25 in 1861, 40 in 1875) in Ireland. As Martin Moran, watchmaker, aged 40, born in Ireland and residing at Kingston, he married 2 June 1875 at Trenton, Hastings County, by Roman Catholic rites,^[7] Margaret McAulay, born 1844-45 (aged 30 in 1875), residing at Trenton at the time of their marriage. The record gives the names of the parents of the parties as Anthony Moran and Mary ____ and Daniel B. McAulay and Ann ____, but does not supply the maiden surnames of the mothers. The witnesses were Daniel B. McAulay and Eliza Trainor, [both?] of Trenton.
3. James Moran, born about 1834-35 (aged 18 in 1852, 24 in 1861) in Ireland. He was still living unmarried with his parents in 1861, but not in 1871. He was though to have been in Madison, Wisconsin, about 1867, and on 31 January 1874 his father published a newspaper announcement seeking his whereabouts:

   [Seeking] JAMES MORAN, who left Mara, Ontario, Canada, some 13 years ago; when last heard from, about seven years ago, was in Madison, Wis.; he stated he owned some town property there. Information of his whereabouts will be received by his affectionate father, Anthony Moran, Balsover P.O., Victoria county, Ontario, Canada.^[8]

4. Mary Moran, born about 1836 (aged 16 in 1852) in Ireland, died 11 February 1914 in Kawkawlin Township, Bay County, Michigan, of chronic endocarditis and nephritis.^[9] She was still living unmarried with her parents in 1861, but not in 1871. Her death record names her as Mary Cunningham, daughter of Anthony Moran and Mary Conner; the informant was John Cunninghman, of Kawkawlin. She married 14 Oct 1860 in Ontario,^[10] Edward Cunningham, said to have been born 21 June 1831 in co. Mayo, Ireland.^[11] They were living at Orillia, Simcoe County, Ontario, at the birth of their daughter Margaret in 1868. Known issue:^[12]
   1. Sarah Ann Cunningham, born 1 April 1862 at Orillia, Simcoe County, Ontario, died 3 December 1939 at Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. She married in 1884, Alexander Bourgeau, born 5 April 1858 at Aylmer, Elgin County, Ontario, died 13 May 1936 at Detroit. They had twelve children.
   2. Catherine Cunningham, born 1864.
   3. Mary Jane Cunningham, born 27 May 1866, died 18 March 1914.
   4. Margaret E. Cunningham, born 8 April 1868 in Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, died 12 May 1944 at Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, aged 76 years.^[13] Her death record names her as Margaret E. Murray, widow, daughter of Edward Cunningham and Mary Moran. She married 27 October 1890 at Bay City, Bay, Michigan,^[14] John Murray (spelled Murry in the marriage record), born 1857-58 (aged 32 years in 1890) in Michigan, son of David Murray and Catherine Malchrome. The record describes them as John Murry, aged 32 years, son of Davud [sic] Murry and Catherine Malchrome, born in Michigan, and Margaret Cunningham, aged 22 years, born in Canada, daughter of Edward Cunningham and Mary Moran.
   5. Bridget Cunningham, born March 1870, still alive in 1952.
   6. John James Cunningham, born 13 July 1875 in Canada, died 13 November 1950 at Bay City, Bay County, Michigan, aged 75 years.^[15] His death record describes him as a widower, and names his parents as Edward Cunningham and Mary Moran.
   7. Michael Cunningham, born 22 September 1875, died 28 March 1907.
   8. Edward Anthony Cunningham, born 9 October 1877, still alive in 1952.
5. Anthony Moran, born about 1837 (aged 15 in 1852) in Ireland; still living unmarried with his parents in 1861, but not in 1871.
6. Bridget Moran, born about 1839-40 (aged 13 in 1852, 20 in 1861) in Ireland; still living unmarried with her parents in 1861, but not in 1871.
7. Ann Moran, born about 1843 (aged 9 in 1852, 17 in 1861) in Upper Canada, died ____ at Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.^[16] She was still living unmarried with her parents in 1861, but not in 1871. She married 1 April 1861 at Mara Mission, Mara Township, Simcoe County, Edward O’Donnell, said to have been born ca. 1831 in co. Mayo, Ireland, alive in 1882. The marriage record, the original of which has not been seen, apparently names her parents as Anthony Moran and Mary Connor. Known issue:^[17]
   1. Patrick James O’Donnell, born 24 January 1862 in Mara Township, Ontario Co., Ontario, died 1 June 1917 at Long Island City, Queens County, New York.
   2. Anthony O’Donnell, born 2 July 1863 in Mara Township, died 12 September 1933 in York County, Ontario, and buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Toronto.
   3. Mary Ellen O’Donnell, born 7 February 1865 in Mara Township, died 1951, Uptergrove, Ontario, Canada
   4. Margaret Ann O’Donnell, born 8 February 1868 in Mara Township, died 11 June 1946.
   5. John E. O’Donnell, born 26 November 1870 in Mara Township.
   6. Katherine Agnes O’Donnell, born 28 January 1873 in Mara Township.
   7. Michael O’Donnell, born 21 September 1874 in Mara Township, died 6 September 1920 in York County, Ontario.
   8. Bridget O’Donnell, born 24 October 1876 in Mara Township.
   9. Sarah Josephine O’Donnell, born 14 September 1878 in Mara Township, died 19 July 1927 in York County, Ontario. She married Harry Stiner, and had issue.
   10. Daniel Vincent O’Donnell, born 7 August 1880 in Mara Township.
   11. Maria O’Donnell, born 13 May 1882 in Mara Township.
8. Edward Moran, born 20 April 1847, baptized 26 April following in Saint Francis Xavier Roman Catholic church, Brockville, Leeds County, as a child of Anthony Morin [sic] and Mary Connor, with sponsors Anthony ____ (illegible) and Mary Golden [? wife of John Moran, no. 2].^[18] He married 12 August 1884 at Mayville, Clark County, Wisconsin,^[19] Margret (McMamora) Leonard, born ____ at Manorhamilton, Ireland, widow of ____ Leonard and daughter of Felix McMamora and Susan McGlaughlin. The marriage record names his parents as Anthony Moran and Mary O’Connor.
9. Margaret Moran, born 27 October 1848 in Ontario, baptized 29 October following in Saint Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, Smith’s Falls, Lanark County, with sponsors Patrick Connolly and Catharine Morin [sic], died 20 February 1903 at Wolverine, Nunda Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan, aged 54 years.^[20] Her death record names her as Margaret McAndrews, daughter of Anthony Moran and Mary O’Conner.^[21] She was still living unmarried with her parents in 1871. She married 30 January 1877 in Kinmount Roman Catholic Church, Victoria Road, Victoria County,^[22] James McAndrews, born in May 1851 (aged 26 in 1877) in Ontario, also died 20 February 1903 at Wolverine, son of Patrick McAndrews and Catherine Meehan. At the time of their marriage both parties were of Carden Township, Victoria County, and the groom was a farmer. The record names the bride’s parents as Anthony Moran and Mary Connor. They had issue:^[23]
   1. Phillip John McAndrews, born 29 April 1877, died 28 November 1894.
   2. Catherine Mary McAndrews, born 6 October 1878, died ____. She married 22 April 1907 at Gaylord, Cheboygan County, Michigan, William J. Manning, born 17 November 1874 at Tuckahoe, New York, died 6 June 1941 at Detroit, Michigan. Known issue:
      1. Mary Catherine Manning, born 31 January 1912 at Nunda, Cheboygan County, Michigan, died 17 August 1994. She married 4 January 1936 at Melvindale, Wayne County, Michigan, Walter Lafayette Bell, born 5 February 1902 at Bennett, Ripley County, Missouri, died 8 May 1942 at Doniphan, Ripley County, Missouri. They had at least two children:^[24]
         1. Anne Bell, born 1938.
         2. Theodore Bell, born about 1939 at Detroit, Michigan, died 16 October 2008 at Ludington, Mason County, Michigan. He married ____ Konyen, and had issue.
      2. William Joseph Manning.
   3. Anthony McAndrews, born 9 April 1880 in Carden Township, Victoria County, died 28 November 1894, aged only 14 years, at Wolverine, Cheboygan County, Michigan.
   4. Patrick Joseph McAndrews, born 4 March 1882 at Otsego Lake, Otsego County, Michigan, died 20 December 1921 at Detroit, Michigan. He married (as her first husband) 23 January 1912 at Baraga, Baraga County, Michigan, Bertha Alice E. Crebassa, born 4 July 1890 at Baraga, died 23 January 1963 at Contra Costa, California. She was afterwards remarried to his younger brother, Llewellyn. Known issue:
      1. Patricia McAndrews.
      2. Bertha M. McAndrews.
      3. John James McAndrews, born 25 June 1916 at Detroit, died 28 February 1997 at Santa Clara, Califonia.
      4. Martin George McAndrews, born 17 July 1918 at Detroit, died 4 March 1998 at Sonoma, California.
      5. Donald McAndrews, born 22 February 1920 at Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, died 3 August 1961 at Solano, California.
      6. Patrick J. McAndrews, born ca. 1922 at Detroit, died 27 May 1938 at Alameda, California.
   5. James Edward McAndrews, born 15 July 1884 at Otsego Lake, Otsego County, Michigan, died December 1969 at Leslie, Ingham County, Michigan. He married 18 February 1914 at Wolverine, Cheboygan County, Michigan, Bessie Sumerix, born 1893, died 1965. Only known child:
      1. Phillip McAndrews, born 28 June 1917 in Michigan, died 22 October 1995 at Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi.
   6. William A. McAndrews, born 19 August 1887 at Otsego Lake, Otsego County, Michigan, died November 1966. He married Jewell Doherty, born 1887, died 1951. It is not known whether they had issue.
   7. Mary Gwendolyn McAndrews, born 7 November 1889 in Nunda Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan, died 24 February 1967. She married (1) 22 February 1909 at Cheboygan, Cheboygan County, Frank Morford, born 1887, died by 1921. She married (2) 8 June 1921 at Curtis, Midland County, Michigan, Arthur H. Pierce, born 1878, died ____. By her first husband she had issue:
      1. William James Morford, born 19 September 1909 at Waverley, Cheboygan County, Michigan, died 27 June 1984 at Detroit, Michigan.
      2. Margaret Mary Morford, born 17 October 1911 at Cheboygan, Michigan, died 19 September 1985. She married Freedom C. Story, born 1912, died ____, and they appear to have had eleven children.^[25]
      3. Catherine Mary Morford, born 21 February 1915 at Wolverine, Cheboygan County, Michigan, died 7 June 1998 at Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan.^[26] She married (1) Everett E. Brooks, born 1914, died 1982, and had two children. She married (2) Robert E. Bowman, and had one child.
   8. Llewellyn McAndrews, born 1 November 1893 in Michigan, died 28 May 1965 at Contra Costa, California. He married (as her second husband) ca. 1923, Bertha Alice E. Crebassa, widow of his older brother Patrick. Known issue (order uncertain):
      1. Paul F. McAndrews, born 5 July 1923 at Contra Costa, California, died 26 April 2008 at Ridgefield, Clark County, Washington.
      2. William Anthony McAndrews.
10. Patrick Moran, born 11 February 1850 (per baptismal record), probably in Leeds County,^[27] baptized 24 February following in Saint Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, Smith’s Falls, Lanark County, with sponsors Thomas Moran and Vellary (?) Connor, died 9 February 1921 of asthenia, and buried 11 February following at Brechin, Ontario.^[28] He was still living unmarried with his parents in 1871. Enumerated in Carden township in 1881 and 1891, as above. He was the original patentee of concession 2, lot 7, and his descendants still held the land about 1920.^[29] He married 21 August 1881 at Victoria Road, Victoria County,^[30] Margaret Connolly, born 1857-58 (aged 23 in 1881) in Eldon Tp., predeceased her husband (who is called a widower in his death record), daughter of James Connolly and Elizabeth Burke. The marriage names his parents as Anthony Moran and Mary Connors. His wife was probably the Mrs. Margaret Moran, aged 47 years, who died 10 August 1905 in Carden Township, Victoria County, and was buried in St. Andrew’s Roman Catholic cemetery, Brechin, Ontario.^[31] At the time of their marriage the groom was a farmer, of Carden Township, Victoria County, and the bride was of Eldon Township in the same county. The record names his parents as Anthony Moran and Mary Connors. The informant for Patrick Moran’s death registration was his son, William Moran, of Brechin, Ontario. Known issue:
    1. Ann Wilhelma Moran, born 1891-92 (calculated) in Carden Township, Ontario. She married 22 September 1934 at Toronto, York County, Ontario, by Catholic rites,^[32] Charles Clement Hitchcock, born 1902-03 (calculated) at Toronto, son of James Hitchcock and Elizabeth O’Connell. Their marriage record describes the parties as Charles Clement Hitchcock, of Toronto, inspector, aged 31 years, son of James Hitchcock and Elizabeth O’Connell, and Ann Wilhelma Moran, of Toronto, aged 42 years, daughter of Patrick Moran and Margaret Connoly.
    2. William Moran, of Brechin, Ontario, in 1921.

2. John Moran, Leeds County, Ontario, born about 1806-07 (aged 45 in 1852, 54 in 1861, 64 in 1871, 74 in 1881) in Ireland, died 4 November 1889, and is buried in Saint Philip Neri Cemetery, Leeds County, although there does not appear to be a corresponding entry in the church’s burial register. He was very likely a brother of Anthony above, as his son Edward is called a “cousin” to the sons of Anthony’s daughter Catharine (Moran) Healy (see below). He married by 1847, Mary Golden. Their issue included:

1. Mary Moran, born about 1848, died 4 February 1929 in York County, Ontario.^[33] She married 8 February 1865 in (Old) St. Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church, in the town of Kitley (now Toledo), Kitley Tp., Leeds Co., John Healy, born 1838-39 (aged 13 in 1852) in Canada, a labourer in 1852, still alive in 1880, son of Owen Healy and Bridget O’Horo. The record of their marriage supplies the full names of both sets of parents including the maiden surnames of the mothers; the witnesses were William Kennedy and Mary Moran. They had issue.
2. 4Edward Moran, born in 1852-53 in Leeds County.
3. 5Daniel Joseph Moran, born 1857-58 (calculated) in Bastard Township (per death record).

3. Catharine Moran, daughter of Anthony Moran and Mary Connor(s), was born about 1830 in Ireland (aged 21 in 1852, 32 in 1861, 40 in 1871, 50 in 1881, “about 55” at her death in 1884) in Ireland, died shortly before 17 May 1884, when as Mrs. Michael Healy she was buried “in the graveyard adjoining the R.C. church of Philipsville in the presence of John Hart and Thomas Rogers.” Catharine was still living unmarried with her parents in 1852, but not in 1861. She is almost certainly the one of this name who married some time after the taking of the 1852 census, but probably by 1854, Michael Joseph Healy, of Bastard Township, Leeds County, Ontario, born about 1819-21^[34] in co. Mayo, Ireland (according to his tombstone), died (testate) 27 September 1881, and buried two days later beside his parents in Philipsville Roman Catholic Cemetery, Bastard Tp., the burial record giving his age as 63 years but his tombstone as a more plausible 57 years. The witnesses to his burial were Thomas Hart and Patrick Moran. He was a son of John Healy and Mary O’Connor.
    John and Catharine (Moran) Healy are said to have had thirteen children, for whom see the Healy page. Their sons included an Anthony, whose godfather was a Anthony Moran (apparently the paternal grandfather). Other baptismal sponsors to her children included a John Moran and a Maria Moran, serving together in 1858. Furthermore, three of her sons, Martin, Thomas and Owen “Haley,” are named as cousins in the death notice of her kinsman (probably first cousin) Edward Moran, below. Finally, the identification is supported by the DNA evidence mentioned above.

4. Edward Moran, son of John Moran and Mary Golden, was born in 1852-53 (aged 8 in 1861, 18 in 1871, 27 in 1880, 44 in 1897) in Leeds County, Ontario, Canada, died 24 or 25 March 1897, and is buried in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Boonville, Oneida County, New York, Section C, lot 14. He married by 1876, Johanna Mulchy/Mulcahy, born 7 November 1856 at Hawkinsville, Oneida Co., New York, died 24 July 1936 at Forestport, New York. His death notice, a copy of which was kindly supplied by his great-granddaughter Suzanne Elliott, mentions a number of family connections:

The remains of Edward Moran, who died at St. Elizabeth’s hospital, March 24, were brought here Wednesday. Mr. Moran was well known here, having been a resident for a long time. He was a man possessed of a genial and kind disposition[,] ready at all times to do his neighbor a kindness or to lend a helping hand when any were in distress. He leaves a wife and two children, John, of Grant, and Kate, of the State hospital, besides other relatives. The funeral was held Friday from St. Patrick’s Catholic church, Rev. Father Pendergast, of Boonville, officiating. After saying mass for the departed, Father Pendergast, in well chosen words[,] admonished his hearers of the great consequences of sin. The bearers were Martin, Thomas and Owen Haley, [and] Thomas, William and Dennis Mulchi, cousins of the deceased. The remains were placed in the Catholic cemetery at Boonville.^[35]

These Healy brothers’ mother was Catharine Moran (no. 4 above), wife of Michael Healy, who had three sons not only of the right names, but born in the order stated in the notice. Chronologically, Catharine may well have been a first cousin of the deceased, as suggested by the reconstruction above. Although Edward Moran’s sister Mary also married a Healy, her sons certainly did not include a Martin or a Thomas Healy.
    Known issue:

1. Catherine Agnes Moran, born 1876, died 11 June 1919 at Utica, Oneida County, New York.
2. John Edward Moran, born 31 July 1881 at Forestport, Oneida County, New York, died 9 December 1930 at Deerfield, Oneida County.
3. Bertha Johanna Moran, born 1886 at Forestport, died 1973 at Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. She married by 1914, William Ansel Elliott, born 1886, died 1933, and they had at least two children (order uncertain):
   1. A son, father of Suzanne Elliott.
   2. Catherine Miriam Elliott, born 1914 at Jacksonville, Florida, died 1975 at Westminster, Frederick County, Maryland. She married Carl Nicholas McCloud, born 1911, died 1996.

5. Daniel Joseph Moran, son of John Moran and Mary Golden, was born 1857-58 (calculated) in Bastard Township (per death record), and died 14 April 1914 at Brockville, Leeds County, Ontario, of Bright’s disease, aged 56 years.^[36] His death record calls him married, and lists his occupation as grinder. He married 24 September 1890 in Saint James Minor, Trevelyan, Leeds County,^[37] Helena/Ellen Shea, daughter of Nicholas Shea and Julia Slack. Their marriage record supplies the full names of both sets of parents. The death notice of their son Bernard reads, in part:

Bernard John (Ponzi) Moran, 69, retired yard foreman with the CNR, died suddenly Friday evening [2 January 1970] in St. Vincent de Paul hospital, having been stricken suddenly while walking on the street. He resided at 9 Perth street and had been a familiar figure about town for many years. Since his retirement he took daily walks with his spaniel dog.
    Mr. Moran was born in Brockville on February 19, 1900, a son of the late Daniel Moran and his wife, the former Ellen Shea. He was raised and educated in Brockville and joined the employ of the CNR at an early age, retiring in 1966, after 49 years of service. He was prominent in sports in his earlier years, especially football. He was a member of St. Francis Xavier church, the Knights of Columbus and the Holy Name Society.
    A bachelor, he is survived by one sister, Mrs. J. McDonald (Margaret) of Watertown, N.Y, a brother, Daniel E. Moran of Belleville, several nieces and one nephew. He was predeceased by one sister, Mrs. Ed Allen of Brockville, and by a brother, Leo Moran of Harisburg, Pa. His remains are resting at the Johnston Funeral Home … until Monday morning when requiem high mass will be celebrated in St. Francis Xavier church at 10:30 o’clock. Interment will follow in St. Francis Xavier cemetery.^[38]

Based on this death notice and on census and other records, they had the following issue:

1. M. Helena Moran, born 1891; presumably the “Mrs. Ed Allen of Brockville” who predeceased her brother Bernard.
2. Margaret L. Moran, born 1893, died ____. She married J. McDonald, of Watertown, New York.
3. Leo J. B. Moran, of Harisburg, Pennsylvania born 1895, died before 2 January 1970 (he predeceased his brother Bernard).
4. Edward Leonard Moran, born 1897, probably died young as he is not mentioned in the death notice of his brother Bernard.
5. Bernard John Moran, born 19 February 1900 at Brockville, died there unmarried 2 January 1970.
6. Daniel Edmond Moran, born 7 October 1904 at Brockville, baptized 23 October following in Saint Francis Xavier church, Brockville; of Belleville at the death of his brother Bernard in 1970. He married (1) in September 1939 (but the marriage apparently ended in divorce), Eva May Scott, born 1 November 1900 at Holland, Gray County, Ontario, died 1986, and buried in Archmount Cemetery, Lethbridge, Alberta, daughter of Samuel James Scott and Sara Catherine Campbell. He married (2) 8 October 1952 at Brockville, Mary Agnes Kehoe, born ca. 1917, died in January 1978. It is not known whether he had issue.

Unplaced Persons

6. Patrick Moran, of Bastard Tp., Leeds Co., Ontario, of unknown parentage, was born 1823-24 (aged 57 in 1861) in Ireland, died 8 July 1900, aged 75 years, and is buried in the Church of the Japanese Martyrs (Roman Catholic), Philipsville, Bastard Tp., with his wife Sarah Granahan, born about 1824 (aged 56 in 1881, 64 in 1886) in Ireland, who died 2 September 1886, aged 64 years.^[39] They were in Ontario at the birth of their son Michael in 1847 or 1848, but in the U.S. from 1852 to 1856 at least, as evidenced by the births of two daughters there. They had however retured to Canada by 1861, when they appear in Bastard Tp., in the census, which calls Patrick a farmer; there were two other Moran families in the immediate vicinity, both headed by men about the same age as Patrick.^[40] They appear in the 1881 census of Bastard & Burgess Townships.^[41] Known issue:

1. Michael Moran, born 1847-48 (aged 13 in 1861) in Ontario, a laborer in 1861. He married 16 October 1877 in Saint Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, Smith’s Falls, Lanark County, Mary Ann Hughes, daughter of James Hughes and Bridget Heffernan. The record names him as a son of Patrick Moran and Sarah Granahan. Margaret Quigley notes: “This couple moved to Dakota Territory in 1880 and are found on the 1885 Territorial census. Later he is widowed and living with Andrew [Hughs] and Catherine and listed as brother-in-law. Died about 1918.”
2. Margaret Moran, born 11 August 1850 (per baptismal record) in Kitley Tp. (per her marriage record), baptized 20 (?) September following in Saint Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, Smith’s Falls, Lanark County, as a daughter of Patrick Moran and Sarah Grannahan, with sponsors John Moran and Mridget Maloy. She was still living umarried with her parents in 1881. She married 26 or 28 November 1882 in Leeds Co., by Roman Catholic rites,^[43] James White, born 1856-57 (aged 25 in 1882) in Kitley Tp. (per his marriage record), son of Thomas White and Mary Kelley. At the time of their marriage, the record of which names her parents as Patrick Moran and Sarah Granahan, both parties were residing in Kitley Tp.; the witnesses were Michael Judge and Eliza McCann, both of Kitley.
3. Catherine Moran, born 1851-52 (aged 9 in 1861) in New York; married by 1881, Andrew Hughs. Margaret Quigley notes: “Andrew Hughs and Catherine Moran’s only daughter was Julia Ann Hughes. Her death certificate tells that she was born in Smith Falls, Ontario, and that her mother’s maiden name was Moran, and that she was born in New York…. Andrew and Catherine moved to Minto, ND in the early 1890s.” They were the great-grandparents of Margaret Quigley’s husband.
4. Mary J. Moran, born 1856-57 (aged 24 in 1881) in the U.S.; still living unmarried with her parents in 1881.
5. William John Moran, born 19 September 1858 in Bastard Tp., baptized 5 January 1859 in (Old) St. Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church, in the town of Kitley (now Toledo), Kitley Tp., Leeds Co., with sponsors John Moran and Elisabeth Long. He married 19 April 1887 at Phillipsville, Bastard Tp., Leeds Co., Julia Ann Healy, born 1 January 1868, baptized (as “Ann”) 12 May following in (Old) St. Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church, with sponsors James Hart and Eliza Ann Rundy (?). She was a daughter of Francis Healey and Anne Rape, and sister to Mary Jane Healy below.
6. Anthony Francis Moran, born 21 ____ [illegible] 1861 (?), baptized 7 April 1861 in (Old) St. Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church, with sponsors Daniel Kelly and Catharine Moran.
7. (?) Celia Moran, born 1872-73 (aged 8 in 1881) in Ontario; perhaps on chronological grounds more likely to have been a granddaughter. Margaret Quigley notes that she is not found in any census but that of 1881.

7. James Moran, of Bastard Township and later of Boonville, Oneida Co., New York, son of Michael Moran and Catherine Moran of Bastard Township, was born 1827-28 (aged 82 in 1910), and was still alive at the taking of the 1910 census, when he is found at Boonville. He married (1) 12 November 1848 in Saint Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, Smith’s Falls, Lanark County,^[44] “his cousin” Honora Moran, widow of Darby O’Malley and daughter of ____ Moran, born about 1824, died 1861. The record of their marriage, which was witnessed by Patrick Rape and Margret [sic] Deane, is unusually full, describing them as “James Moran, son of Michael Morin and of Catharine Morin of Bastard, and Hanora Morin widow of the late Darby O’Mally, co. Mayo, his cousin,” and recording the testimony of a witness that “O’Mally died about three years ago.” It does not however supply their ages. He married (2) probably in 1862, Mary McDonald, born 1837-38 (calculated), died 9 December 1885, aged 47 years, and as “Mary McDonald wife of Jas. Moran” buried in the Church of the Japanese Martyrs (Roman Catholic), Philipsville, Bastard Township. We have not established with absolute certainty that the James Moran who married Honora Moran was the same man who married Mary McDonald, but it seems likely in view of the chronology. If this is true, it rules out the possibility that the James Moran who married Mary McDonald was a son of Anthony Moran (no. 1 above) and Mary Connor, as has sometimes been claimed. Note too that the man found in the 1910 census of Boonville, New York, is substantially too old to have been the son of Anthony Moran and Mary Connor. Known issue:

1. Catherine Moran, born 15 October 1849, baptized 18 November following in Saint Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, Smith’s Falls, as a daughter of James Moran and Honora Moran, with sponsors James Bryen and Sibly Moran.
2. Honora Moran, born 1 December 1865, baptized 1 January 1866 in the Roman Catholic Church of Kitley and Philipsville, Leeds County, as a child of James Moran and Mary McDonald, with sponsors Peter Connors and Catherine Meyers.
3. William James Moran, born 1865-66 (aged 22 in 1888) in Bastard Tp., or more precisely at Portland (per the 1903 birth record of his son Bernard), alive in January 1916. He married 20 October 1888 at Phillipsville, Bastard Tp., Leeds Co., after publication of banns,^[45] Mary Jane Healy (called Jane in the 1871 census), born probably in 1864 (aged 6 in 1871, 16 in 1881, 24 in 1888) in Bastard Tp. (per marriage record), or more precisely at Portland (per the 1903 birth record of her son Bernard); alive on 23 August 1941, when as “Mary Jane Moran of the City of Moose Jaw in the Province of Sask[atchewan]” she made a very belated declaration of the facts concerning the birth of her daughter Margaret. She was a daughter of Francis Healey and Anne Rape, and sister to Julia Ann Healy above. At the time of their marriage, the record of which supplies the full names of both sets of parents including the maiden surnames of the mothers, both parties were of Bastard Township and were Roman Catholic in religion, and the groom was a laborer; the witnesses were James O’Horo and Annie O’Horo, [both?] of Westport. At the time of the birth of his daughter Margaret in 1893 he was a farmer. William James Moran and Mary Jane Healy were living at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, at the births of two children in 1898 and 1903, they are enumerated there in the 1900 census, in which he is called a blacksmith,^[46] and he is mentioned as a brother, “William James Moran of Chicago,” in the January 1916 death notice of Elizabeth J. (Moran) Mulchy, widow of William Mulchy.^[47] However, we have not found him in the census in 1910 or 1920. Known issue:
   1. Francis J. Moran, born in August 1889 (per 1900 census).
   2. James B. Moran, born in Jan. 1891 (per 1900 census).
   3. Margaret Mary Lillian Moran, born 2 September 1893 in Portland Tp., in Leeds Co.^[48]
   4. Annie Moran, born September 1895 (per 1900 census) in English Canada.
   5. Katie Moran, born 7 April 1898 at Chicago.^[49]
   6. Joseph A Moran, born June 1900 (per 1900 census).
   7. Bernard Moran, born 8 October 1903 at Chicago.^[50]
4. Thomas Edmund Moran, born 28 July 1873, baptized 5 April 1874 in the Roman Catholic Church of Kitley, Leeds County, as a child of James Moran and Mary McDonald, with sponsors Peter Herrefan and Elizabeth McDonald.

8. William Moran, son of John Moran and Maria Hipson (per his death notice), was born 1855 in Ireland, and died 24 January 1926 at Toledo. His parents were presumably the John Moran, born 1832-22 (calculated), aged 21 years, son of William Moran, who married 30 November 1854 at Carrigallen, Mohill, co. Leitrim, Ireland,^[51] Maria Hipson, born 1835-36 (calculated), aged 18 years, daughter of William Hipson. He himself married (1) Maria Morrison, died 1910. He married (2) Cynthia A. Price.

It was a great shock to the people of this community [Toledo] when the word went forth Sunday afternoon, the 24th inst, that William Moran had passed away after a very brief illness. On Friday he suffered an attack of acute indigestion, but very few knew of it, and on Sunday, to the consternation of his near ones attending him, and to the great surprise of all, he suddenly passed away.
    The late Mr. Moran was born in Ireland in 1855, a son of the late Maria Hipson and John Moran and when the boy William was six years old his parents came to Canada and settled in this district, where deceased spent the last years of his life. In his younger days he spent some time in Michigan, also in Western Ontario and later in Smiths Falls. He was an expert cabinet maker and actively followed that vocation up to the day he became ill. He also did considerable work as a painter.
    Deceased was the possessor of many sterling qualities, very quiet and unobtrusive in his manner, but ever ready to lend a helping hand when called upon. He was strictly honest and industrious to a fault and in his unassuming way he exerted a great influence for good in this community, where he was held in high esteem. In politics he as a Conservative and in religion was of the Anglican faith.
    The late Mr. Moran’s first wife formerly Miss Maria Morrison passed away in 1910. Their two children survive to mourn a loving father: Mrs. G. Gould of Alhambra, Cal., and Mortimer A. Moran of this place. A few years ago he married secondly Miss Cynthia A. Price, who survives also to mourn his loss. Of a family of eight there survive four sisters and one brother: Mrs. Thos. Rae, of Flint, Mich; Mrs. R.C. Russell of Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Alexander McQueen, of Morefield, Ont.; Mrs. Sanford Morden, of Niagara Falls, NY., and Robert Moran of Alpena, Mich. A brother, John Moran died some time ago, while a sister Mrs. G.R. Mack, of Detroit Mich., passed away last August.^[52]

Notes

name           occupation   birthplace    age
---------------------------------------------
Anthony Moran  farmer       Ireland       50
Mary           housekeeper     "          45
Catharine      spinster        "          21
Martin         labourer        "          19
James             "            "          18
Mary             ---           "          16
Anthony        labourer        "          15
Bridget          ---           "          13
Ann              ---         Canada        9
Edward           ---           "           7
Margaret         ---           "           4
Patrick          ---           "           2
=====
entire family's religion Roman Catholic

name           occupation   birthplace   age  cond.
---------------------------------------------------
Anthony Moran  farmer       Ireland       58  m
Mary              *            "          58  m
Martin         labourer        "          25  s
James             "            "          24  s
Mary Anothy**     "            "          22  s
Bridget           *            "          20  s
Ann               *          U.C.         17  s
Edward            *            "          14
Margaret          *            "          12
Patrick           *            "          10
=====
entire family's religion Roman Catholic
 * There are ditto marks here, but they should have been blanks
** sic, and noted as male; an obvious error in which Mary and
   Anthony have been combined into one

name      gender  age birthpl. occ. cond.
-------------------------------------------
MORAN Anthony  m  68  Ire  farmer  married 
MORAN Mary     f  65  Ire  -----   married 
MORAN Edward   m  24  Ont  farmer 
MORAN Patrick  m  21  Ont  farmer 
MORAN Margaret f  22  Ont  -----
=====
entire family's religion Roman Catholic; ethnicity Irish

name      gender  age birthpl. occ.   cond.
-------------------------------------------
MORAN, Mary     f  73   Ire   farmer  widow 
MORAN, Patrick  m  29   Ont   farmer 
CONNORS, Daniel m   6   Ont
CONNORS, Hugh   m  16   Ont
=====
entire household's religion Roman Catholic; ethnicity Irish

name          gender  age cond.   relat. b.p. f.b.p. m.b.p. occ.
----------------------------------------------------------------
MORAN, Patrick       m 38 married  ----   Ont  Ire  Ire   farmer 
MORAN, Margaret      f 38 married  wife   Ont  Ire  Ire
MORAN, Bridget Ellen f  8 -------  dtr    Ont  Ire  Ire
MORAN, Elezebeth     f  6 -------  dtr    Ont  Ire  Ire
MORAN, Mary          f  4 -------  dtr    Ont  Ire  Ire
MORAN, Anthony       m  2 -------  son    Ont  Ire  Ire
MORAN, Daniel        m 11 -------  lodger Ont  Ire  Ire
MORAN, Mary          f 86 widow    mother Ire  Ire  Ire
=====
entire family's religion Roman Catholic; ethnicity Irish

name            occupation     age
----------------------------------
Patrick Moren       farmer      40
Sara Moren          ----        40
Michal Moren        labourer    13
Margret Moren       ----        11
Catherin Moren      ----         9
Mary J. Moren       ----         7
William John Moren  labourer [!] 3
-----
Entire family is said [erroneously] to have been born in U.C.; religion given as
"Church of Room" [sic].

name        cond. gender age  birthplace occupation
---------------------------------------------------
Patrick Moran   M   M    57   Ireland    farmer
Sarah Moran     M   F    56   Ireland
Margaret Moran      F    27   Ontario
Mary J. Moran       F    24   USA
William Moran       M    21   Ontario    farmer
Celia Moran         F    8    Ontario
-----
Entire family Irish in ethnicity and Catholic in religion

name      relationship age  birthdate  birthplace father     mother   occ.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
William J. Moran  head  31  December 1868  Eng. Can.  Ireland    Ireland
                                                                blacksmith
Mary J. Moran     wife  34  November 1865  Eng. Can.  Eng. Can.  Eng. Can.
Francis J. Moran  son   10  August 1889  Eng. Can.  Eng. Can.  Eng. Can.  *
James B. Moran    son    8  Jan. 1891  Eng. Can.  Eng. Can.  Eng. Can.  *
Margaret B. Moran dau.   6 September 1893  Eng. Can.  Eng. Can.  Eng. Can.  *
Annie Moran       dau.   4 September 1895  Eng. Can.  Eng. Can.  Eng. Can.
Katie Moran       dau.   2 April 1898  Illinois   Eng. Can.  Eng. Can.
Joseph A Moran    son 5/12  June 1900  Illinois   Eng. Can.  Eng. Can.
=====
All Canadian-born members of the family received U.S. citizenship in 1895.
The parents stated they could read and write.
* These three children "at school"

Some Sites of Related Interest

• Moran-Mulchy, by Lisa Mills
  <http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/39083591/>

From the Genealogy Page of John Blythe Dobson
URL = johnblythedobson.org/genealogy/ff/Moran.cfm
This page written 18 January 2013
Last revised 6 March 2023