The McAskies of Beaver Creek, Manitoba - Ireland to Canada
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The McAskies of Beaver Creek, Manitoba - Ireland to Canada |
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Joseph McAskie b 1797 and Lydia Porter b 1800 of Whitehouse, Ardstraw, Co Tyrone married in 1829
They
had 5 children who emigrated to Canada in 1855.
Margaret,
Timothy, James, Rebecca and Jane Ann
Records show that
Joseph and Lydia emigrated from Ireland with their family -
first to Alymer, Quebec
for 1 year then Durham County, Ontario
- they died in Hope Ontario
From the Freeholders Register 1829- a
William Porter lived at Ballynaloan, Ardstraw - next townland to Whitehouse
From the Freeholders Register 1829 - a Joseph
McCaskie living at Creevy, Ardstraw - next townland to Whitehouse registered -
cannot see
another Joseph who would fit the timescale
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Various pictures of the Canadian McAskies |
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Beaver Creek Cemetery - McAskie graves and McAskie Funeral Cards |
| Timothy 1833-1895
was born in
Whitehouse Ardstraw. Timothy married on 14 Apr 1863 in Nepean Ontario - to Jane Lenard 1827-1906. Her parents were John Leonard and Eliza Hill.
Timothy and Jane settled in Carleton Co.Ontario & had 6 children there before moving to Beaver Creek, Manitoba. Children:- Joseph - Lydia - Jane Anne - Mary Delila - Rebecca - James |
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| 1 Joseph, 1863-1945 married in 1885 - Maria Graham, daughter of Matilda Pogue who later married James (McAskie)- below They had 12 children & farmed all their lives in Beaver | |||||||||
| 2 Lydia married Elijah L Martin in 1882 - they had 11 children and lived at Swan River, Manitoba | |||||||||
 Lydia and Elijah |
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| 3 Jane Anne married George W I West - one child died as a baby in 1900 | |||||||||
| 4 Mary Delila married John James Elliott from Ireland - they had 8 children | |||||||||
| 5 Rebecca married Fred Cooper - they farmed at Beaver for 50 years and raised 5 children | |||||||||
6 James married Maud Gilbert |
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| Timothy died in 1895 and Jane in 1905 | |||||||||
James was born in Whitehouse Ardstraw in 1836 He emigrated with Timothy and married Matilda Pogue in 1876. They moved to Beaver District in 1878. They had no children. She had previously been married to Thomas Robert Graham who died in 1865. Matilda and her first husband had a daughter Maria 1865-1951. James died in 1899 and Matilda in 1935. They are buried at Beaver
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Joseph Edwin -
William Arnold - Lydia Ioia - Mary -
James Willard - Malcolm Graham - Nellie
- Thomas Gordon - Hazel
Georgina - Muriel Blanche - Irene - Viola Thelma Jane
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James Willard 1897-1918 - killed in WW1 in 1918 |
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Commonwealth War
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Call-Up Papers |
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| Thomas Gordon married Annie Louise Johnston at Swan River, Manitoba in 1913. They had 3 children and I am touch with one of them in Winnipeg Manitoba | |||||||||
| Viola
Thelma Jane married John Wesley McGillvary in 1929 and I am touch with a descendant
in British Columbia Margaret 1830-1925 married John Irwin 1830-1906 Rebecca 1839-1915 married T James Irwin - they had 6 children Jane 1849- married Robinson Dafoe |
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