Edward Welsh1

#22542, (circa 1840 - 1 March 1908)
Father*Edward Welsh1 (c 1800 - 1882)
Mother*Mary Barry1 (s 1810 - b 1851)
He was a shoemaker.2 
Edward Welsh was also known as Walsh (variant.)3 
Birth*circa 1840He was born circa 1840 at IrelandG.1 
June 1841He accompanied Edward Welsh and Mary Barry to New BrunswickG in June 1841.4 
1851He appeared on the census of 1851 in the household of Edward Welsh at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG, age 10, b. Irish descent, entered Colony Jun 1841; (neis. Jeremiah McCarty; Daniel Connell; Daniel Donovan; Johanna (Long) Donovan.)4 
1871He appeared on the census of 1871 in the household of Edward Welsh and Mary Mahoney at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG, age 30, b. Ireland, shoemaker; (neis. Daniel and Honora Donovan; Bartholmew and Sarah Hennesee; Daniel and Mary McCarty; Jeremiah and Mary McCarthy.)5) 
1871He appeared on the census of 1871 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (nei. John and Eleanor Welsh, fam. 52.)6 
Baptism29 July 1872He witnessed the baptism of Thomas Haron on 29 July 1872 at Ste-Thérèse d'Avila Church, Cap-Pelé, Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.7 
Death*1 March 1908He died on 1 March 1908 at Melrose, Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.8 
Burial*3 March 1908He was buried on 3 March 1908 at St. Bartholomew Church Cemetery, Melrose, Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.9 

Citations

  1. [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. 26-27, Welsh brothers from Ireland. 1. John, arr. "shortly after the Barrys to whom he was related," children John, Edward, Mrs. Hennessey, Mary Carrigan and Michael. 2. Edward and his sons Edward, John and William followed, with brother-in-law Daniel Donovan, Daniel Carty, Jeremiah McCarthy, and Daniel O'Connell. Edward marr. (second) wid. Murphy [first wife not named; Donovan, McCarrthy and O'Donnell were neis. of Edward Welsh in the 1851 census.].
  2. [S84] 1871 Canada Census.
  3. [S520] VWH.
  4. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Edward (53), wid., farmer, b. Ireland, entered Colony Jun 1841.
  5. [S84] 1871 Canada Census. Edward (72), b. Ireland, farmer; Mary (58), b. Ireland.
  6. [S84] 1871 Canada Census. Edward (33), b. NB [sic], blacksmith.
  7. [S1199] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: Ste-Thérèse, Cap-Pelé/Cape Bald, Cte Westmorland, 1859-1899 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), p. 214, no. B-55, img. 113/426. Thomas Heron, son of John Heron and Catherine Murphy, bapt. 29 Jul 1872 by P Bradley; sponsors Edward Welsh and Mary Heron; no age or date of birth given.
  8. [S108] Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Registration Division, Deaths (Sch. C.), Return of Clergymen, Occupier or Other Person, No. 3439. Edward Walsh, b. Melrose, shoemaker, d. Melrose 1 Mar 1908, age 67; inf. Ant. Gagnon, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick.
  9. [S106] St. Bartholomew's Cemetery Headstones and Parish Register Entries, Mark Edlund (compiler), online rootsweb.ancestry.com, No image or inscription. Register: Edward Walsh, bur. 3 Mar 1908, d. 1 Mar 1908, age 67.