Eleanor Walsh1

#27849, (27 May 1842 - )
Father*John Walsh1 (c 1798 - 1866)
Mother*Johanna Holahan1 (c 1801 - 1863)

Family

Patrick Hennessey b. 1839
Children 1.John Edward Hennessey Edward9 (1866 - )
 2.Michael Hennessey10 (1869 - )
 3.Mary Hennessey11 (1870 - )
 4.Elizabeth Margaret Hennessey12 (1873 - )
 5.____ Hennessey13 (1877 - )
 6.Johanna Hennessey14 (1879 - )
 7.John Hennessey15 (c 1883 - )
She was a child of John Walsh and Johanna Holahan; "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.)2 
Eleanor Walsh was also known as Welsh (variant.)3 
Her married name was Hennessey. 
Birth*27 May 1842She was born on 27 May 1842 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.4 
Baptism25 September 1842She was baptized on 25 September 1842 at Chapelle de la baie du Chimougoui, Shemogue, Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.4 
1851She appeared on the census of 1851 in the household of John Walsh and Johanna Holahan, age 8; (neis. Jeremiah and Catherine Sweeny.)5 
1861She appeared on the census of 1861 in the household of John Walsh and Johanna Holahan at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (neis. Benjamin and Catherine Corrigan, fam. 493; Noonans; John and Bridget Riley, fam. 499.)6 
Marriage*circa 1863She married Patrick Hennessey circa 1863.7 
1881She and Patrick Hennessey appeared on the census of 1881 at Maccan Subdistrict, Cumberland Co., Nova ScotiaG.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. 26.
  3. [S520] VWH.
  4. [S100] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: Shemogue [Chimogoui, St-Barthélemi], Cte Westmorland, 1813-1855 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), p. 58, B-26, img. 55/150. Johanna Hélène Walsh, dau. of John Walsh and Johanna Houlihan, b. 27 May 1842, bapt. Sep 1842 by Ant. Gagnon; sponsors John Hartnett and Eleanor Savage. Online Ancestry.com.
  5. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). John (60), Irish, farmer; Joanna (59), Irish; both entered Colony 1836.
  6. [S80] 1861 New Brunswick Province Census. John Welch (63), b. Ireland, farmer; Johana (60), b. Ireland.
  7. [S520] VWH.
  8. [S42] 1881 Canada Census. Patrick (42), b. NS, Irish descent, miner, R. Catholic; Ellen (36, b. NB, Irish descent, R. Catholic.
  9. [S845] Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms 1702-1896, online FamilySearch.org, John Edward Hennessey, son of Patrick and Ellen Hennessey, b. Joggin Mines NS 4 Nov 1866.
  10. [S2802] Nova Scotia Births 1864-1877, online FamilySearch.org. Cumberland Co. 1864-1877, sh. 97, no. 316. Michael Hennessey, b. Minudie 4 Mar 1869, son of Patrick Hennessey, miner, and Mary Ann [sic] Walsh, marr. Minudie 1864, res. Minudie.
  11. [S2802] Nova Scotia Births 1864-1877, online FamilySearch.org. Cumberland Co. 1864-1877, Minudie Births 1870, no. 207. Mary Hennessey, b. Joggins 5 Jul 1870, dau. of Patrick Hennessey and Ellen Welsh, marr. Minudie 1863.
  12. [S2802] Nova Scotia Births 1864-1877, online FamilySearch.org. Cumberland Co. Vol. 11, Minudie Births 1873, no. 14. Elizabeth Margaret Hennessey, b. Joggins Mines 11 Nov 1873, dau. of Patrick Hennessey, miner, and Ellen Walsh, marr. Maccan 1862, res. Joggins Mines.
  13. [S2802] Nova Scotia Births 1864-1877, online FamilySearch.org. Cumberland Co. Vol. 11, Minudie Births 1877, no. 4. [no given name] Hennessey, b. Joggins Mines 7 Apr 1877, son of Patrick Hennessey, collier, and Ellen Walsh, marr. Apr 1866.
  14. [S2542] Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001, online FamilySearch.org. Church Register p. 21. Johanna Hennessey, dau. of Patrick Hennessey and Helen Walsh, b. 24 May 1879, bapt. 15 Jun 1879 by J T Bresnan; sponsors Daniel Hanly and Mary Jane Hennessey.
  15. [S69] 1891 Canada Census.