John Walsh1

#27845, (circa 1798 - 29 September 1866)
Father*____ Welsh2 (c 1770 - )

Family

Johanna Holahan b. c 1801, d. 1863
Children 1.John Walsh+9 (c 1830 - 1883)
 2.Michael Walsh1 (c 1835 - )
 3.Edward Walsh+1 (1837 - 1909)
 4.Mary Walsh1 (c 1840 - )
 5.Eleanor Walsh+1 (1842 - )
John Walsh was also known as Welsh (variant.)3 
John Welch was followed in migrating to New Brunswick by his brother Edward, who came with his brother-in-law Daniel Donovan, Daniel Carty, Jeremiah McCarthy, and Daniel O'Connell [but see citation].4 
"1850. John Welsh came shortly after the Barrys, to whom he was related by marriage; but did not take up a farm for a long time." Worked for Crane [in Sackville], eventually purchased part of the Mansfield farm. Children John ("the Yankee"), Edward, Michael, Mrs. Hennessy [Eleanor] and Mary (second wife of Benjamin Carrigan.)5 
Birth*circa 1798He was born circa 1798 at IrelandG.6 
Marriage*He married Johanna Holahan, daughter of Patrick Holahan and Mary Farley, at IrelandG.3 
1836He and Johanna Holahan migrated to New BrunswickG in 1836.7 
1851He and Johanna Holahan appeared on the census of 1851 at Sackville Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (neis. Jeremiah and Catherine Sweeny.)7 
1861He and Johanna Holahan appeared on the census of 1861 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (neis. Benjamin and Catherine Corrigan, fam. 493; Noonans; John and Bridget Riley, fam. 499.)6 
Death*29 September 1866He died on 29 September 1866 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.8 
Burial*October 1866He was buried in October 1866 at St. Bartholomew Church Cemetery, Melrose, Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.8 

Citations

  1. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia).
  2. [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. 27. John Welsh's brother Edward migrated to NB after John arrived. Edward came with his sons Edward, John and William, as well as with Daniel (his brother-in-law), Daniel Carty, Jeremiah McCarthy and Daniel O'Connell.
  3. [S520] VWH.
  4. [S79] Rev. Edward Savage, The Story of Melrose, p. 27. The census records have (for migration) John Walsh (ca. 1836), Edward Walsh (Jun 1841), Jeremiah McCarthy (Jun 1840) and Daniel O'Connell (Jun 1841). Daniel Donovan is not in the 1851 census but marr. in NB Nov 1851. Daniel McCarthy is not in the 1851 census and arrived between 1849 and 1852 based on the births of his children.
  5. [S79] Rev. Edward Savage, The Story of Melrose, p. 26.
  6. [S80] 1861 New Brunswick Province Census. John Welch (63), b. Ireland, farmer; Johana (60), b. Ireland.
  7. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). John (60), Irish, farmer; Joanna (59), Irish; both entered Colony 1836.
  8. [S1746] Southeastern Branch of the New Brunswick Genealogical Society, compiler, Cemeteries of Westmorland County (Moncton, New Brunswick, 2007-2009), Botsford Volume, p. 134. Joanna Walsh, wife of John Walsh, d. 18 Feb 863, age 60. John Walsh, d. 29 Sep 1866, age 64 (consecutive entries; not recorded in Acadien Cemeteries nor in St. Bartholomew’s Cemetery Headstones and Parish Register Entries).
  9. [S149] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: La Visitation, Grande-Digue, Cte Kent, 1800-1899 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), Marr. rec. of John Welsh, son of John Welsh and Johanna Halahan, 1860, q.v.