Christopher Fay

#906, (circa 1795 - March 1849)

Family

Catherine Smith b. c 1800
Children 1.Catherine Fay+5 (c 1820 - 1900)
 2.James Fay6 (c 1824 - c 1827)
 3.John Fay2 (1828 - 1828)
 4.Michael Fay2 (1830 - )
 5.Mary Ann Fay+7 (1833 - 1924)
 6.Margaret Fay+8 (1836 - 1919)
 7.Jane Fay+9 (1837 - 1918)
 8.Elizabeth Smith Fay10 (1840 - 1899)
Christopher Fay was also known as Christian Fay.1 
Birth*circa 1795He was born circa 1795 at Dublin, Ireland.2 
Marriage*20 June 1819He married Catherine Smith on 20 June 1819 at Parishes of Donnymore and Killbride, Co. Meath, IrelandG.3 
August 1826He and Catherine Smith migrated to New BrunswickG in August 1826.4 
Death*March 1849He died in March 1849 at Kent Co., New BrunswickG.2 

Citations

  1. [S56] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records (Montreal: Institut Généalogique Drouin, after 1940), Parasoisse St. Henri, Barachoise, Westmorland NB; William Carroll of Emigrant Road, parish of St Barthilome, son of Elizabeth Swift and James Carroll of the same parish; and Catherine Jay, living in Sackville, daughter of Christian Jay and Catherine _________ Pierre od Dundas, Kent County. Online Ancestry.com.
  2. [S200] Fay Family, online www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbken/FAY.htm.
  3. [S1933] Donymore Parish Registers, microfilm (National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland), Microfilm 04179 / 05, titled "A Registry of Baptisms for the united Parishes of Donnymore and Killbride," img. 46/56. Christer Fay and Cathne Smith, marr. 20 Jun 1819; witn. Michl and Jas Smith and Thos Fay, online http://registers.nli.ie
  4. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Catherine Fea (56), wid., Irish, farmer, entered Colony Aug 1826 [same date as dau. Catherine].
  5. [S56] Gabriel Drouin, Drouin U.S. 1695-1954, Parasoisse St. Henri, Barachoise, Westmorland NB, 1839-1899, img. 48/504. William Carroll of Emigrant Road, parish of St Barthilome, son of Elizabeth Swift and James Carroll of the same parish; and Catherine Fay, living in Sackville, daughter of Christian Fay and Catherine [blank] of Pierre of Dundas, Kent County; marr. 26 Jan 1846 by Ant. Gagnon; witn. John Carroll, brother, Johanna Donovan.
  6. [S149] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: La Visitation, Grande-Digue, Cte Kent, 1800-1899 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), death of son James, October 29, 1829, Grande Digue parish records.
  7. [S99] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: St-Pierre, Cocagne, Cte Kent, 1800-1899 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), p 71. Hereinafter cited as Drouin: St-Pierre Cocagne, 1800-1899.
  8. [S520] VWH, inferred from her role as sponsor for the baptism of William Carroll Jr, son of Catherine Fay.
  9. [S99] Gabriel Drouin, Drouin: St-Pierre Cocagne, 1800-1899, Vol. #3128, 1800-1864, img. 40/128, p. 75, b. 16. Jane Phea, age 2 months, dau. of Christy Phea and Catherine Smith, bapt. 29 Apr 1837 by Ant. Gagnon; sponsors Cyriac Hébert and Rose Hébert.
  10. [S99] Gabriel Drouin, Drouin: St-Pierre Cocagne, 1800-1899, Vol. #3128, 1800-1864, img. 44/128, p. 83, no. B8. Aloysia Fay, b. 13 Mar 1840, dau. of Christopher Fay and Catherine Smith, bapt. 21 Apr 1840 by Ant. Gagnon; sponsors David Lynch and Catherine Fay.