Mary Jane Donahoe1

#5860, (15 February 1875 - 23 March 1928)
Father*Edward Donahoe2 (c 1841 - 1902)
Mother*Catherine McKelvie2 (1845 - 1919)

Family

George Walter Donovan b. 1866, d. 1944
Children 1.Edward Ralph Donovan11 (1907 - )
 2.Eugene Joseph Donovan11 (1909 - )
 3.Patrick William Donovan11 (1909 - )
 4.Walter Leo Donovan12 (1910 - 1937)
 5.Henry Alexis Donovan13 (1914 - )
 6.Catherine Geraldine Donovan1 (1919 - 1921)
Mary Jane Donahoe was also known as Donahue.1 
Birth*15 February 1875She was born on 15 February 1875 at Irishtown, Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.2 
1881She appeared on the census of 1881 in the household of Edward Donahoe and Catherine McKelvie at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG, as Mary J, age 6, b. NB; (nei. Owen and Mary K Donahoe, fam. 103.)3 
5 May 1891She appeared on the census of 5 May 1891 in the household of Edward Donahoe and Catherine McKelvie at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG, as Mary J, age 16, b. NB.4 
15 April 1901She appeared on the census of 15 April 1901 in the household of Edward Donahoe and Catherine McKelvie at Sunny Brae, Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG, as Jany M, age 25, b. NB 28 Feb 1875.5 
after 1902 As of after 1902,her married name was Donovan. 
Marriage*16 September 1903She married George Walter Donovan, son of Michael Donovan and Mary Jane Hennessey, on 16 September 1903 at Moncton, Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; witnesses Hugh Dunahoe and Thomas Keroirs[?] or Kervin.6,7 
1911She and George Walter Donovan appeared on the census of 1911 at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.8 
1921She and George Walter Donovan appeared on the census of 1921 at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.9 
Death*23 March 1928She died on 23 March 1928 at Sunny Brae, Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG, at age 53.2 
Burial*25 March 1928She was buried on 25 March 1928 at St. Lawrence O'Toole Church Cemetery, Irishtown, Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.2,10 

Citations

  1. [S560] New Brunswick Department of Health Certificate of Registration of Death (Form C.-3), Catherine Geraldine Donovan, res. McLaughlin Road, Moncton Parish, Westmorland Co.; b. Westmorland Co. 1 Nov 1919, father EG Walter Donovan, b. Irishtown; mother Mary Jane Donahoe, b. Irishtown; George Walter Donovan, (informant); d. McLaughlin Road, Moncton Parish, Westmorland Co. 25 May 1921, age 1y 6m 24d, acute nephritis ; bur. R.C. Irishtown 27 May 1921, Tuttle Bros. Ltd., undertaker. Registration [stamped] 47139, reg. no. [handwritten] 121; vol. 47, microfilm F18950, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, online http://archives.gnb.ca
  2. [S560] New Brunswick Registration of Death (C.-3), Mary Jane Donovan, res. Sunny Brae, Moncton Parish, Westmorland Co.; b. Irishtown 15 Feb 1875, father Edward Donahue, b. Irishtown; mother Catherine McKelvie, b. Memramcook; marr. George Walter Donovan, Sunny Brae (informant); d. Sunny Brae 23 Mar 1928, age 53y 1m 8d, cancer of liver, duration 2y 3m; bur. R.C. Irishtown 25 Mar 1928, Tuttle Bros. Ltd., undertaker. Registration [stamped] 47124, reg. no. [handwritten] 543; vol. 47, microfilm F18950.
  3. [S42] 1881 Canada Census. Edward (40), b. NB, farmer; Catharine (34), b. NB.
  4. [S69] 1891 Canada Census. Edward (45), b. and parents b. Ireland [sic], laborer; Catherine (46), b. NB, parents b. Ireland.
  5. [S68] 1901 Canada Census. Edward (55), b. NB 1845, farmer; Catherine (52), b. NB Dec 1848.
  6. [S111] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: Moncton Bureau of Health, Cte Westmorland, Marriages 1888 to 1919 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), sh. 150, marr. 273, img. 150 and 346/2031. George W. Donovan, res. Moncton, b. Irishtown, wid., parents Michael Donovan and Mary Jane; and Mary Jane Donahue, res. Moncton, b. Memramcook, parents Edward Donahue and Catherine Govang; marr. 16 Sep 1903 by Rev. H. A. Meehan; witnesses Hugh Dunahoe and Thomas Keroirs[?]. Hereinafter cited as Drouin: Moncton Bureau of Health, Registers 1888-1919.
  7. [S24] Donovan Family Irishtown NB Canada [Family Tree], irishroom1, owner, online Ancestry.com, citation St. Bernard's parish register [Moncton], 19, witnesses Hugh Donahue and Thomas Kervin; priest Meehan.
  8. [S85] 1911 Canada Census. George (45), b. NB Apr 1865, store clerk; Jane (36), b. NB Jul 1875.
  9. [S857] 1921 Canada Census. George W (55), b. and mother b. NB, father b. Ireland, clerk; Jane (46), b. and parents b. NB.
  10. [S86] St. Lawrence O'Toole (Irishtown) Parish Cemetery Grave Marker Images, online www.acadian-cemeteries.acadian-home.org/frames.html, img. row 89 img. 4, row 90 imgs 1, 2, 3. Tall shared memorial. Donovan / [front] Elizabeth wife of Geo. W Donovan, 1868-1902 / Geo. Walter 1866-1944 / Mary Jane 1875-1928 / [side] P Farrell 1896-1897 / J Walter 1899-1899 / Mary J 1900-1900 / Baby 1902-1902 / [side] Catharine 1919-1921 / Walter Leo 1910-1937 / [back] Michael Donovan 1825-1891 / Julia A 1864-1866 / William T 1874-1900. Also in NBGS Southeast Branch Cemeteries of Westmorland County, p. 246, which was used in understanding some of the dates.
  11. [S85] 1911 Canada Census.
  12. [S560] New Brunswick Registration of Death (C.-3), Walter Leo Donovan, res. McLaughlin Road, Moncton Parish, Westmorland Co., Irish, single, b. Moncton 11 Apr 1910; father George Walter Donovan, b. Irishtown, informant; mother Jane Donahoe, b. Irishtown; d. p Apr 1937, McLaughlin Road, age 26y 11m 29d, cerebral hemorrhage due to epileptic seizure; bur. St. Lawrence R.C. cemetery, Irishtown, Tuttle Bros. Ltd, undertaker. Reg. [stamped] 11218, vol. 108, microfilm F19337.
  13. [S857] 1921 Canada Census.