Sheet Harbour Families
Patrick Mathew Purcell [Parents] was born 1, 2 on 2 Dec 1842 in Sheet Harbour, NS. He died before 1930. He married Mary Jane Quillinan on 2 Jul 1867 in St. Peter's Church, Sheet Harbour, NS.
Again, a large discrepancy between Kim Stevens and 1871 census in terms of birth date.
Marriage:
LDS 1318115 — Sheet Harbour, Tangiers
2 Jul 1867
Patrick Purcell — 23 — Lumberman - b. Sheet Harbour
Mary Jane Quillinaw - 17 - b. Sheet Harbour
Parents: John and Sarah Purcell - Farmer
Daniel and Elizabeth Quillinaw (Quillinan)
Fred Sullivan Lookup
Mary Jane Quillinan [Parents] was born 1 about 1849. She died before 1935. She married Patrick Mathew Purcell on 2 Jul 1867 in St. Peter's Church, Sheet Harbour, NS.
Marriage:
LDS 1318115 — Sheet Harbour, Tangiers
2 Jul 1867
Patrick Purcell — 23 — Lumberman - b. Sheet Harbour
Mary Jane Quillinaw - 17 - b. Sheet Harbour
Parents: John and Sarah Purcell - Farmer
Daniel and Elizabeth Quillinaw (Quillinan)
Fred Sullivan Lookup
They had the following children:
F i Sarah Ellen Purcell M ii John Francis Purcell was born on 25 Feb 1873. F iii Frances Agatha Purcell was born about Jul 1874. M iv James Allan Purcell F v Mary Elizabeth Purcell M vi Neil Patrick Purcell M vii John Alphonse Purcell was born on 10 Mar 1880. M viii Daniel Mark Purcell was born on 19 Mar 1882. M ix Alexander Purcell was born on 6 Apr 1884. F x Frances Agatha Purcell M xi Henry Vincent Purcell was born on 13 Jan 1890.
Thomas George Purcell [Parents] [scrapbook] was born 1, 2 on 8 Feb 1845 in Sheet Harbour, NS. He died 3 on 6 Apr 1924 in Sheet Harbour, NS. He married Mary Anne Currie on 26 Aug 1885 in St. Peter's Church, Sheet Harbour, NS.
Census: In the 1881 census all of the following people were listed (pages 10 and 11) as in the same family. The enumerator's margin note reads: "Thomas Purcell and Patrick Quillinan families make one."
Census: Dwelling 36
Thomas Purcell, age 36, born NS, RC, Irish origin, labourer
Sarah Purcell, age 77
Edward Purcell, age 42, labourer
Phebe Purcell, age 22
Patrick Quillinan, age 32, RC, labourer, married
Sarah Quillinan, age 33, married
Cecilia G. Quillinan, age 4
John P. Quillinan, age 2Census: Dave Purcell lookup, August 3, 2000.
Mary Anne Currie [Parents].Mary married Thomas George Purcell on 26 Aug 1885 in St. Peter's Church, Sheet Harbour, NS.
They had the following children:
F i Lucy Agnes Purcell M ii Neil Patrick Purcell F iii Mary Adelia Purcell was born on 26 Apr 1888. F iv Susan Loretta Purcell was born on 11 Nov 1889. M v Edward Thomas Purcell was born on 1 Feb 1891. F vi Anna Sidella Purcell F vii Living
They had the following children:
F i Mary Anne Currie
Patrick L. Quillinan [Parents] was born 1, 2 about 1848. He died before 1935. He married 3 Sarah Jane Purcell on 29 Jul 1875 in St. Peter's Church, Sheet Harbour, NS.
Census: In the 1881 census all of the following people were listed (pages 10 and 11) as in the same family. The enumerator's margin note reads: "Thomas Purcell and Patrick Quillinan families make one."
Census: Dwelling 36
Thomas Purcell, age 36, born NS, RC, Irish origin, labourer
Sarah Purcell, age 77
Edward Purcell, age 42, labourer
Phebe Purcell, age 22
Patrick Quillinan, age 32, RC, labourer, married
Sarah Quillinan, age 33, married
Cecilia G. Quillinan, age 4
John P. Quillinan, age 2Census: Dave Purcell lookup, August 3, 2000.
Sarah Jane Purcell [Parents] was born 1, 2 on 27 Jul 1848 in Sheet Harbour, NS. She died 3 in 1918 in Sheet Harbour, NS. She married 4 Patrick L. Quillinan on 29 Jul 1875 in St. Peter's Church, Sheet Harbour, NS.
Note discrepancy in age from 1871 census (lists her as 24) and Kim Stevens work which would make her 23 in 1871.
Census: Listed in the 1881 census as Sarah Quillinan, age 33, married, RC of Irish origin.
Census: Dave Purcell Lookup - 3 August, 2000.
Headstone states - Quillinan, Sarah J., d. 1918, age 71
They had the following children:
F i Cecilia G. Quillinan was born 1 about 1877. M ii John P. Quillinan was born 1 about 1879. F iii Josephine Quillinan was born 1 about 1883 in Sheet Harbour, NS. She died 2 on 21 Oct 1900 in Sheet Harbour, NS.
Headstone reads - "Quillinan, Jsephine - daughter of Patrick and Sarah Quillinan, died Oct 21, 1900, age 17"
Patrick Quillinan [Parents] 1 was born 2 about 1819. He died 3, 4 on 14 Jan 1855. He married 5 Mary Ann Hall in 1837.
MARRIAGE: Marriage Bonds from NS ARM: Microfilm no. 15931
MARRIAGE: Bride: Hall, Mary Spinster
Groom: Quillinan, Patrick Bachelor
occupation: Coaster
residence: Sheet Harbour, Halifax Co
Bond dated: 02 November 1837
Listed in the 1838 census as a Coaster heading a household of one female above 14 years of age and himself. The name in the census is spelled Quillan.CD "Ships & Seafarers of Atlantic Canada"
In the Owners database -
QUILLINAN, Patrick, residence Sheet Harbour, Halifax Co., NS, occupation Mariner, was owner no. 1 with 22 shares in the vessel "Susan". It's reg. no. was H839187, place/yr constr. Sheet Harbour, 1839, with 1 deck, 2 masts, "Schooner", 56 x 16 x 9, 46 gross tonnage, yr reg. 1839. The other owners were John QUILLINAN, occ. Mariner, res. Sheet Harbour; & Daniel QUILLINAN, occ. Mariner, res. Sheet Harbour.
There is a listing for a Levy ROSE, res. Sheet Harbour, occ. Mariner, owner no. 1 with 64 shares of the vessel "Success to the Fish", reg. no. H845077, place/yr prev. reg. - Halifax, 1846, place/yr constr. Mahone Bay, Lunenburg Co, NS, with 1 deck, 2 masts, "Schooner", 45 x 14 x 7, 26 gr. tonnage, yr reg. 1854, off. closure yr/reason 1855, "wrecked".
According to James E. Rutledge in "The History of Sheet Harbour", 1954:"Shipwrecked off Sheet Harbour with 7 or 8 others, when returning
from Halifax on Sunday, the 14th January, 1855 two of the unfortunate
sufferers were found the 22nd: Levi Weston Rose and Patrick Quillan.
The mortal remains of the late Levi W Rose were interred in the
Episcopal burying ground, Sheet Harbour, on this 23rd January, aged 33
years"
.MARRIAGE:
Mary Ann Hall was born 1 about 1821. She married 2 Patrick Quillinan in 1837.
Mary Quillinan is listed in the 1871 census as a Roman Catholic widow, aged 50, of English family origin. Patrick (age 23), Levi (age 20) and Mary (age 19) are listed in the same dwelling.
Census: She is listed in the 1871 census as Mary Quillinan, dwelling 129, family 157, age 50, RC of English origin, a widow.
They had the following children:
F i Margaret Elizabeth Quillinan M ii Patrick L. Quillinan M iii Levi Quillinan was born 1 about 1851. F iv Mary Quillinan
Thomas Ellis Dean [Parents] was born about 1813 in Dean Settlement, Nova Scotia. He died on 10 Oct 1898 in Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married Christina Stewart.
Buried in Church Point, Sheet HArbour, NS
Christina Stewart [Parents] was born about 1814 in Mosquodoboit Harbour, Halifax County, Nova Scotia. She married Thomas Ellis Dean.
They had the following children:
M i Robert B. Dean
John Fahie [Parents] was born 1 in Mar 1862. He died 2, 3 on 26 Oct 1952. He married 4 Amelia Murphy on 10 Oct 1888.
John Fahie, b. 15 Mar 1863 d. 1952 m. 10 Oct 1888 to Amelia Murphy, b. 18 Oct 1870 d. 1949
and had issue:**1. Annie May Fahie, b. 9 May 1889 married (no first name) Purcell from Halifax
**2. Margaret (Maggie) Fahie, b. 4 Dec 1890Gary
e-mail from Gary Irvine - December 5, 2000
Amelia Murphy [Parents] "Minnie" was born 1, 2 on 19 Oct 1870. She died 3, 4 on 4 Oct 1949. She married 5 John Fahie on 10 Oct 1888.
BIRTH: Page 15 No. 143 lists David Broderick (best I can make out in the writing) as Amelia's father. She was born before her mother's marriage to George Henry.
BIRTH: Another listing in the registers (birth) shows Ann Mathilda BAMBRIG, 4 days old, Sheet Harbour, parents David Bambrig and Mary Ann Murphy. baptised Oct 21, 1870, sponsors Matthew Murphy and Mary Redmond.
They had the following children:
F i Annie May Fahie F ii Margaret Fahie
John Fahie.John married Eliza Debay.
Eliza Debay.Eliza married John Fahie.
MARRIAGE: Page 15, No. 143 - St. Peter's Marriage Register lists John Fahey and Eliza Debay as parents of John P. Fahey
They had the following children:
M i William Jerome Fahie M ii John Fahie
Angus MacDonald.Angus married Mary MacNeil.
Mary MacNeil.Mary married Angus MacDonald.
They had the following children:
M i Andrew MacDonald
Margaret Lillian Wirth [Parents] was born in 1913 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She died on 12 Aug 1999 in Inverness, Cape Breton, Nova Sctia, Canada. She married Living.
Other marriages:MacDonald, Donald Kenneth
Funeral August 14, 1999 in Immaculate Conception Church, West LakeAinslie, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
They had the following children:
F i Living F ii Living
