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A Genealogical Report on the Descendants of Michael Horan and Mary Minnock by A.L. McDevitt Introduction ThepurposeofthisreportistoidentifythedescendantsofMichaelHoranandMaryMinnock WhilefewHoransliveintheoriginalsettlementlocations,therearestillmanypeoplefromthe surroundingareasofCaledon,andSimcoeCounty,OntariowhohaveHoranblood.Thoughheavily weightowardinformationontheAlbionTownshipHorans,(thedescendantsofWilliamHoranand HonorahShore),I'mincludingmoreontheotherbranchesasinformationcomesin.Thatisthe descendantsoftheHoransthatmovedtoGreyCounty,OntarioandfromtheretoMichiganand WisconsinandMontana.IalsohavesomeinformationontheHoransthatmovedtoWesternCanada. ThisreportwasdoneusingFamilyTreeMaker2012.TheGenealogicalsitesIusedthemost wereAncestry.ca,FamilySearch.comandAutomaticGenealogy.Whilegatheringinformationforthis reportIbecameawareoftheimportanceofgettingthisfamily'sstorywrittendownwhiletherewere stillpeoplearoundwhohadaconnectionwiththepast. Inthecourseofresearching,Ibecameawareofsomedifferencesintheoriginalsettlement stories.Iamincludingthesealternateversionsofeventsinthisreport,thoughImaybepersonally skepticalofthevalidityofsomeofthefactspresented. Allfamilieshavemyths.Ifeelthedates presentedintheLandPetitionsofMaryMinnockandthebaptismsintheCountyOffaly,Ireland, RahanParishregistersspeakforthemselves.ThoughnotaprofessionalGenealogist,Ihavethe obligationtonotmisleadotherresearchers.Ihaveingoodconsciencepresentedthefactsaswrittenin theoriginalrecords.AnythingthatIconsideredhearsayorunconfirmedImadeanefforttohaveit indicatedassuch.TheLandPetitionsandSettlementStoriessectionsareinterestingreads.I’veoffered commentaryonsomeofthestoriespresented. IhaveonlyincludedthefirstfourgenerationsfromMichaelHoraninthisreportforprivacy considerationsandbrevity.TherearelotsofHoran'sIdon'tknowaboutbecausemostrecordssave obituariesareclosedafter1921inCanada.IconsiderthisaworkinprogressandIamopentoanybody pointingoutanyerrorsoromissions.Itsonlythroughthecooperationandinputofothersthatwecan achieveamorecompletepictureoftheHoranfamilyDiasporasinceleavingIreland191yearsago. OnemajorupdateisthatI'vehadmyDNAtestedthroughacompanycalled23andMewhich uncoveredthreeWilliamHorandescendantslivingintheUS,twoinCanada,aswelladescendantof AnnHoranwifeofMichaelTrainor. ThislastonedispellsthemythoftheHoranfamilybeingin Canadaby1797asthereisaexistingbaptismalrecordforAnnHoranfromOffalydated1813.Parents namedMickHoran,MaryMinnick.DNAtestingalsoconfirmsalinkbetweenKearnHoran and MichaelHoran. Lastly,IdedicatethisimperfectworktoMaryMinnock;familymatriarch,thewomanwhotook herfamilyintothewildsofUpperCanada,andcarvedoutanewlifefromthewilderness. LeoMcDevitt The Horan Family Mary Minnock Horan's gravemarker, St Michael's RC Cemetery, Sydenham Township, Grey County, Ontario iii The Horan Family ThankYouto JoanHoranMacDonald,Fr.F.V.McDevitt,P.M.O'Shea,NormanDoherty,WayneHoran,Katherine Finnerty,BonnieParker,AlbertaHoran,MichaelHoran,RitaClements,EileenHoran,MarieDaly, PaulAdamson,JoanneHuston,JimPatton,JohnBleich,WilliamMorrison,LyleO'Donnell,Jane Duweandmanyothers,ifIforgotyousorry... References; StJohntheEvangelistRCChurch,AlbionTownship,(nowtownofCaledon), RecordsandCemeteryTranscriptsStJamesRCChurch,ColganOntarioRecordsandCemetery TranscriptsStPatrick'sRCChurch,(TorontoGoreMission)recordsStPatrick'sandStMichael'sRC ChurchrecordsandCemeteryTranscripts,SydenhamTownship,GreyCountyStMary'sRCChurch recordsandCemeteryTranscripts,OwenSoundOntarioFederalCensusRecordsforAlbionTownship, AdjalaTownshipandSydenhamTownshipvariousyears.USCensusRecordsforvariousyears DirectoryofSimcoeCounty1885DirectoryofPeelCounty1873andotheryearsDirectoryof Grey County1865RecordsavailableonlineatAncestry.comWilliamPerkinsBullPapersattheRegionof PeelArchivesLandrecordsofAlbionTownshipavailableattheRegionofPeelArchives,(Brampton Archives)VariousWillsavailableattheProvincialArchivesUpperCanadaLandPetitionsavailable attheYorkRegionArchives,NationalArchivesandtheProvincialArchivesinToronto File last updated Feb 2016 iv The Horan Family v Descendant Report for Michael Horan 1 Descendant Chart for Michael Horan 290 Land Petitions and Transactions Albion Township 606 Settlement Stories, The Horan's in Albion 612 The Horan Family of Great Falls Montana 625 Index 628 vi The Horan Family Descendants of Michael Horan Generation 1 1. MICHAEL1HORAN wasbornabout1775inTownlandofClonshanny,BaronyofBallycowan,Civil ParishofRahan,CountyofOffaly.Hediedin1823inOnroutetoTorontofromQuebecCity.He marriedMary"MaryHoran"Minnock(daughterofUnknownMinnockandUnknownMother)about 1795inCountyOffaly,Ireland.Shewasbornabout1779inTownlandofClonshanny,County Offaly,Ireland.Shediedin1859inSydenhamTownship,GreyCounty,CanadaWest,(Ontario). NotesforMichaelHoran: IrishMidlandsAncestry BuryQuay,Tullamore,CountyOffaly,Ireland. Telephone050621421 Fax050621421 [email protected]&www.offalyhistory.com Ref: 212/04(Pleasequoteinfuturecorrespondence) DearMrMcDevitt Re:HoranfamilyhistoryresearchinRahan,CountyOffaly Manythanksforyourrecentenquiry. ApreliminarysearchofourindexoftheRahanRoman Catholicparishregisterhassuccessfullylocatedthebaptismalrecordsfortwochildrenbornto MichaelHoranandM.Minockintheyears1812-1813;therewasalsoahandwrittennoteinour indexstating"FamilywenttoCanadain1823"-Ifeelconfidentthisislikelytobeyourancestors family. UnfortunatelytheRahanR/Cparishregisteronlybeginsin1810whichistoolatefor researchingeitherMichaelHoran(c.1775),MaryMinnock(c.1789)orevenWilliam's(c.1795) baptismaldetailsastheirbirthspredatesourregisters. Alsothereare'Gaps'(duetomissing registers)intheRahanR/CbaptismalregistersbetweentheyearsApril1816toJan1822which rulesoutusbeingabletoresearchfurtherchildrenborn toMichael&Mary.Havingconsideredyourenquirywefeelthatwecouldnotrecommendthatyou commissiona'ParishReport'. Howevershouldyouwishtoreceivethedetailsofthetwochildren borntoMichaelandMaryintheRahanParishregisterswewillbehappytosupplythisfora nominalfeeof30Euro(tocoverourresearcherstimeetc.),shouldyouwishustosupplyyouwith allentrieslistedintheRahanbaptismalregistersforthesurnameHoranwewouldbehappyto assistandthefeeinthisinstancewillbe60Euro. ThetwochildreninquestionwereAnnHoranandMichaelHoran AnnHoranMarch1812,daughterofMickHoranandM.Menock,ParishofRahan,StCarthach's RCChurch,Page12 MichaelHoranDec1813,sonof MichaelHoranandM.Minock,ParishofRahan,StCarthach's RCChurch,Page30 KingsCounty,Ireland ***************************************** PlaceofOriginofOurHorans TheHoranswerefromthetownlandofClonshannyintheBaronyofBallycowan,CivilParishof Rahan(496acres),situatedintheCountyofOffaly.ClonshannyisonR436,onekilometereastof Ballycumber,3kmswestofClara. RefertoBawnLodge HoranFamilyName 1 The Horan Family Generation 1 (con't) ThetrueseptofO'Horan(OhOdhraininIrish)originatedinCountyGalwaywhencetheyspread intoCountyMayoandarenowfairlynumerousinthoseConnachtcounties.AnotherGaelic surname,OhArrachain,whichisacorruptionofOHannradhain(angliceHanrahan)iscommonly AnglicizedHoran,thoughinThomond(CountyClare),wherethisminorDalcassianseptoriginated, itisusuallypronounced,andsometimeswritten,morephoneticallyHarhan.OtherAnglicizedforms recordedinCounty.ClareareHarenandHaran.EvenwhenwrittenHoranitispronouncedwithan internalaspiratewhichismoreaccuratelyrepresentedbytheformHaughran,foundInthebirth registersofCountyOffalyasasynonymofHoranandoftenchangedtoHoran.Yetanothervariant inthiscasepeculiartoCountyCork,isO'HourahanorO'Horahan,ararenamebutonefamiliar formerlytoreadersofTheNationonaccountofitsregularcontributorM.J.O'Horahan.Thisfamily, quitedistinctfromtheThomondone,belongedtoCountyCorkandwereerenaghsofRoss.The HoransnowfoundinnotinconsiderablenumbersinCounty.Corkareofthisstock.The distinguishedAdmiralHoranoftheBritishNavyisthesonofaCountyLimerickman,presumably ofThomondlineage.ThenamehasnotbeenprominentinIrishculturalorpoliticalhistory. (InternetResearch) ************************************** HoransofAlbionTownship,PeelCountyalsoAdjalaandEssaTownships,SimcoeCounty IntheAlbionTownshipareawhereMichaelHoran'swidow,MaryMinnockandfamilysettled,there wereotherunrelatedHoranfamilies; 1.KieranHoranmovedinfromFramptonQuebecwerehehadfarmedforafewyearspriorto relocatingtoAlbionTownshipinabout1840.Kieranlivedonthe9thlineofAlbion.Kierana widowerhimselfmarriedhisbrotherThomas'swidow,WinnifredDaley,asisterofanotherAlbion pioneerHughDaleyinQuebecin1838.TheseeasternAlbionTownshipHoranswerefarless numerousthentheothers.BasedonDNAevidence,KieranwasacousinofMichaelHoran.There isaDNAmatchbetweenNoraMcDevittCampbellgreatgreatgranddaughterofMichaelHoranand RichardMcNamarawhoisagreatgrandsonofKieranHoran.MichaelandKieranwereapparent cousins. 2.DennisHoranmovedupfromRochesterNYalongwithsomeofhisin-lawstheGilmoursinthe 1840's.TheseHoranswerecalledthe"LittleHorans"or"YankeeHorans". 3.PatrickHoransettledinAdjalaTownship,SimcoeCounty,thetownshipadjacenttoAlbionto thenorth.Thesewerethe"AdjalaHorans" PatrickmayconnectwithDennisHoraninAlbion,thoughIhavenotfoundaconnection.Someof theAlbionHoransintermarriedwiththisotherHoranfamily.Aswell,MartinHoranfromAlbion moveduptoAdjalaintheearly20thcentury,sowhileheandhisdescendantslivedinAdjalaI wouldnotrefertothemastheAdjalaHorans. 4.Peter(Horahan)HoransettledintheAllistonarea.ThisfamilychangedtheirnametoHoran afteragenerationorsoinCanada.ProbablyfromCountyCork,Ireland. 5.Themostnumerouswere"our"Horan'sthedescendantsofMichaelHoranandMaryMinnock throughtheirsonWilliam. WilliamHoran'sfamilyandtheirdescendantswereknowasthe"Big Horans"becauseoftheirstature.WilliamstayedinAlbionwhileallhisbrothers,James,Johnand Michael andasister,AnnHoranwifeofMichaelTraynor,relocatedtothe"IrishBlock",Sydenham Township,GreyCountyoutsideofOwenSoundOntario. -LeoMcDevitt ********************************************* PeterRobinsonSettlers ThereisastoryaboutourMichaelHoranworkingontheRideauCanal. IthinkthatpeoplehaveconfusedthisMichaelHoranwithours.HereiswhatI'vefoundonthis otherMichaelHoran: AMichaelHoranemigratedfromNorthCorkontheship'sHebein1823.HesettledinRamsey township,Lanarkcounty,(ThentheBathurstDistrict)Ontario.HewaspartofthePeterRobinson settlementscheme.HedoesnotconnecttoourHoranfamily.ThisMichaelHoranwas30yearsold in1826andsingle.TooyoungtobeourMichael. 2 The Horan Family Generation 1 (con't) RETURNSOFIRISHEMIGRANTS(PeterRobinsonSettlersfromCork) SettledintheDistrictofBathurst,intheYear1823,showingtheBirthsandDeathsfromthatperiod untilthepresentdate;andalso,theNumberofCattleandHogsnowinthePossessionofeach HeadofaFamily,togetherwiththeAmountofProduceraisedbyeachontheirrespectiveFarms. TOWNSHIPOFRAMSAY.-March14,1826. Thesereportshavethefollowingcolumns: Number | NAMES |Concession&Lot| NumberinFamily |Births..Deaths|AcresCleared | GrainraisedsinceArrival|Potatoes|Turnips | Cattle | Hogs | REMARKS No.22|MichaelHoran|Con1,Lot23 |1pers|nil..nil|6acres|10bushelsgrain|20bushels potatoes|30bushelsturnips|nocattle|nohogs|IntheRemarkswasthefollowing:Hasbeen workingontheCanal* (*TheRideauCanal) MoreonMichaelHoran HORAN,Michael,30,ofFreemont,Cork.LocatedonwesthalfofLot25,con.1,Ramsay. HORAN,Michael,ofMallow,Cork.LocatedonwesthalfofLot23,con.1,Ramsay. TheLandboardassignedMichaelHoranagrantof70acresatLot23inthe1stConsessionunder thefollowingconditions: -clearhalfthewidthoftheconsessionroadboundingtheproperty -clearandfence3and1/2acresonsaidpropert -buildadwellinghouseofatleast16'by20feet By1844bothoftheseproperieshadrevertedbacktothecrownasnosettlementdutieswere completed. MichaeleithermovedonorwasaoneofthecasualitiesofworkingontheCanal. Name:MichaelHoran Year:1823 Place:Canada SourcePublicationCode:4986 PrimaryImmigrant:Horan,Michael Annotation:Pagescitedcontainshiplistsfortheyears1815-1823;alltoCanada,mostlyfrom ScotlandandIreland.Manygivetownshipsofsettlementorformerresidences.Irishimmigrantslist ages. SourceBibliography: McGILL,JEANS.APioneerHistoryoftheCountyofLanark.Bewdley,Ont.: ClayPublishingCo.,1968.4thpr.,1974,pp.232-248. Page:246 Seealso: http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/articles/death.html ********************************************* Exceptfrom"TheNorthernMen" Source:FromMacDonelltoMcGuigan,TheHistoryoftheGrowthoftheRomanCatholicChurchin UpperCanada ByWilliamPerkinsBull,K.C.,LL.D.1939 "However,itistheHoranswhogivenorthernAlbionitsparticularcharacter.ThisCatholicfamily 3 The Horan Family Generation 1 (con't) g p y retains,toanextraordinarydegree,themanners,customs,andeventhesoftIrishspeechofthe landfromwhichitsforbearsmigratedacenturyandmoreago. Roughly,theHoransmaybedividedintothe"Big"Horans,whoweremostlyReformers,andthe "Little"Horans,whotooktheConservativeside.Thisdistinction,however,isbecomingsomewhat blurredbyreasonofintermarriageandsuchothercausesandeventsasnaturallyoccurinthe processoftime.Therearealsothe"Adjala"Horans,andafewotherHoranfamilies. The"Big"Horans,whocamefirst,multipliedexceedinglyandstillarethemostnumerous.Their earlyhistoryisoneofbitterillfortune.In1823MichaelHoranandMaryMinnock(46)ofKing's county,withtheir"6children(twoboysand3girls)"(47)emigratedina"pestilence-riddenship".(48) ArrivingatYorkon9thNovember,1824,MaryHoran,petitioningforland,statedthatherhusband diedonthewayupfromMontreal,andthatshehad"friendsinoneofthenewtownshipswho wouldassistherinclearingsomeland".Shesigned "HerMaryxHoranMark." "TheCommittee"recommendedtwohundredacresfor"thesupportofherfamily,thegrant…[to] beconfirmedtotheeldestsurvivingsonoftwenty-one,inTrustforthePetitionerduringlife."(49) William(50)lefthismotherandtheotherchildreninYork,andsetouttodosettlementdutyonhis landgrantinAlbion.(51)MichaelDwyer,withhiswontedhospitality,gavetheboybedandboard untilheranupalittlebark-roofedlogcabinofhisown.Flatstonesmadeahearth,andaholeinthe roofletthesmokeout.Therewasadoorbutnowindow;lightwasfurnishedbycedartorches.(52) John(53)soonjoinedhisbrother,andtheyfelledafewtreesandclearedawaythebrushwood; then,afterplantingapatchofpotatoes,theysenttoYorkfortheirmotherandsisters.(54)The wholefamilypassedatryingwinterhuddledaroundthebigfire-place;theironlyfoodwaspotatoes. WilliamandJohncutlogstosellforlumberandforbuilding;stumpsandshakybuttsweremade intofirewood,(52)butthewidowandherotherchildrenhadnowarmclothesandsocouldnot ventureoutofdoorstillwinterwasover.(55) Springcameatlast,andthewholefamilystartedintohelpclearmoreland,theelderboysstill wieldingaxesandtheotherchildrenpilingandburningbrush,rollingawaystonesandmaking readytoplantcornandpotatoes.TheIndianstaughtJohntohunt,toshootandtofish,sobefore longthehard-workingwidowHoranandherfamilyhadavariedbilloffare.(52) Whentwenty-three,William,petitioningforhislandtitle,signed William X Horan "HisMark" In1828theCouncilgrantedWilliamtwohundredacresintrustforthesupportofhismother,and underthe"particularcircumstances"HisExcellencyremittedthefeesonthisgrant.(49) Atlast,whenWilliamhadscrapedtogetherenoughtobuyayokeofoxen,thetidedefinitelyturned. Alittlelaterheboughtalumberwagon;meantimehisgrainwascarriedtothemillontheoxen's backs.(52) Thehardestyearsoverandthefamilysuitablesettled,Williamturnedhisattentiontofoundinga familyofhisown.HemarriedaProtestantmaiden,Honorah,(56)daughterofHenryShore(57)of CountyKilkenny,andnieceoftheOrangemanwhowasfinedfiveshillingsforbeatingupJohn Collins,hisCatholicneighbour.WilliamandHonorahraisedfifteenchildren.(58) HadsomeoftheoffspringoftheprolificHoransnotmovedtootherparts,inagenerationortwothe familydoubtlesswouldhavepeopledandownedthetownship.ItwastheresourcefulWilliamwho usedaboiledpotatotosoftenhisbeardandfacilitatehisSundaymorningshavewiththerazorhe broughtfromIreland. Surroundedbychildren,grandchildrenandgreat-grandchildren,keepingopenhouseforevery wayfarer,andknowntothecountry-sideas"Pappy",WilliamHoran,goodsonoftheChurchthat hewas,livedtobe102.Genial,free-handed,hospitable,witty,loyalandcourageous,his descendants"tookafterhim".(52) Theywereeverreadyforafightorafrolicamongthemselves;butitwassaidthat"ifyoufightone Horanyouwillhavetofight'emall".Ateverygathering,whetherdance,wake,weddingorbee, therewassuretobeacollectionofHorans.TheirIrishhumourandimaginationexpresseditselfin tallstories,andtherearemorewild,weirdtalesofwildcats,wolvesandbearsafloatinAlbionthan inalltherestofthecounty.SuchtheHoranswereandsuchtheyaretothisday,afriendly, whimsicalanddelightfulfolk. The"Little"or"Yankee"HoransareofaspureIrishCatholicstockastheirkinsfolk.Denis 4
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