Timothy Lane1

#1152, (say 1780 - before 24 August 1848)
Father*William Lane2 (c 1755 - )
Mother*Maria Julia Gibbon2

Family

Mary Callaghan b. c 1781
Children 1.Daniel Lane+9 (c 1811 - 1893)
 2.Charles Lane+9 (c 1821 - 1897)
 3.Mary Lane+9 (c 1821 - 1891)
 4.Margaret Lane10 (c 1826 - )
"The Pioneer, Father of Melrose."3 
Birth*say 1780He was born say 1780 at Ballynamuck, Co. Cork, IrelandG.1,4 
Marriage*say 1805He married Mary Callaghan say 1805.5 
June 1819He migrated to Miramichi, Northumberland Co., New BrunswickG, from Ireland in June 1819.6 
1825 (an unknown value) in 1825.7 
Marriage11 January 1829He witnessed the marriage of Mary Lamon and Aeneas Lane on 11 January 1829 at La Visitation Church, Grande-Digue, Dundas Par., Kent Co., New BrunswickG.2
Death*before 24 August 1848He died before 24 August 1848 at Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.8 

Citations

  1. [S140] Cecil J. Houston and William J. Smyth, Irish Emigration and Canadian Settlement: Patterns, Links and Letters (Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Press, 1990), Timothy Lane, of Cork Ireland, first to apply to the "committee for settling emigrants" (Jan 1821). Granted 160 acre plot on the north side of the [Cape Tormentine New] road. Aeneas Lane (his bro.) granted 190 acres on the opposite side. Res. with Trenholmes while building their homes. William Lane (their bro.), no land grant, marr. widow Trenholme. (pp. 197-200).
  2. [S149] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: La Visitation, Grande-Digue, Cte Kent, 1800-1899 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), img. 118/694. Ennius Leane, farmer of St. Bartholomew of Botsford, son of William Leane and Mary Julia Gibbon of Co. Cork Ireland; and Mary Lamon of Sackville, dau. of Archibald Lamon, farmer, and Mary Christie of Co. Antrim Ireland; marr. 11 Jan 1829 by Ant. Gagnon, witn. Timothy Leane, brother of the groom, and L--- S---- Kynear[?], ami of the bride; signatures of Aeneas, Timothy and L S.
  3. [S79] Rev. Edward Savage, The Story of Melrose, Westmorland County (copy from Université Saint Joseph Archives, Moncton), transcription online http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbwestmo/history.htm, p. 6.
  4. [S144] Linda Evans, Melrose: An Irish Village Transplanted in New Brunswick, online www.newirelandnb.ca, "The Lanes came from Ballynamuck (sometimes spelled Bally-na-moche), parish of Murragh (known then as Moragh) in West County Cork. It is located a few kilometres southwest of the Anglo-Irish town of Bandon. Many more related families would follow them."
  5. [S141] Ancestry.com Pidgeon Family Tree, Philip Pidgeon, owner, online \Ancestry.com\. Hereinafter cited as Pidgeon FT.
  6. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Aeneas Lean (52), farmer, b. Ireland, entered Colony Jun 1819; Mary (48), farmer, b. Ireland, entered Colony Jun 1819.
  7. [S144] Linda Evans, Melrose: An Irish Village Transplanted in New Brunswick, online www.newirelandnb.ca, "The Lanes came from Ballynamuck (sometimes spelled Bally-na-moche), parish of Murragh (known then as Moragh) in West County Cork. It is located a few kilometres southwest of the Anglo-Irish town of Bandon. Many more related families would follow them." and "Rev Savage, in his book suggests that the Lanes only came to Melrose after the Great Fire of 1825 in Miramichi. However, they had location tickets to the land grants in Melrose in 1821 and so they probably came to Melrose before the fire."
  8. [S146] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: St-Henri, Barachois, Cte Westmorland, 1812-1899, Vols. 1 and 2 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), vol. 2, img 58/504, M 7, 24 Aug 1848; Charles Lane, res. of St-Bartholomi in Botsford, son of Timothy Lane (deceased) and Mary Callaghan, also of St. Bartholemew; and Catherine savage, res. of St-Bartholomi, dau. of Patrick Savage and Mary Linch [sic] of the same place; witnesses James Mahoney (friend of the groom) and Michael Shea (cousin of the bride).
  9. [S79] Rev. Edward Savage, The Story of Melrose, "Timothy, much older than his brothers, is to be considered the Pioneer, the Father of Melrose. He was married and the father of two sons and two daughters: Daniel, Charles, Mary (Mrs. Noyles - characteristically Irish that the first born girl should marry a Frenchman) and Margaret."
  10. [S79] Rev. Edward Savage, The Story of Melrose, "Timothy, much older than his brothers, is to be considered the Pioneer, the Father of Melrose. He was married and the father of two sons and two daughters: Daniel, Charles, Mary (Mrs. Noyles - characteristically Irish that the first born girl should marry a Frenchman) and Margaret." [Timothy's wife also named Mary]