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From: "Mary D. Taffet" <>
Subject: Just discovered this list; researching McClosk(e)y family
Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 02:20:15 -0500


Hi all,

I've been a subscriber to the Montreal list ever since it started, but I
didn't learn about the existence of this list until it showed up via a
Google search I just ran.

For those of you who are not already familiar with the surnames that I
research, the primary Irish surname that I research in Montreal records
is McCloskey/McClosky/McCluskey/McClusky. I will paste into this
message a 2-generation outline descendant report of the McClosky family
that I am researching in Montreal:

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Descendants of Archibald McClosky

1 Archibald MCCLOSKYb: Abt. 1818 in Irelandd: September 14, 1870
in Montreal, Quebec, CanadaBurial: September 17, 1870 Notre Dame des
Neiges, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
.+Mary SCALLYb: Unknown in Irelandm: Unknownd: Bef. September 14,
1870 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2 Mary MCCLOSKYb: 1841 in Scotlandd: February 17, 1938 in
Montreal, Quebec, CanadaBurial: February 21, 1938 Notre Dame des
Neiges, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
....+John LONGb: 1843 in Irelandm: Bet. 1871 - 1873 in Brooklyn,
Kings County, New Yorkd: Bef. February 20, 1918 in Montreal, Quebec,
CanadaBurial: February 20, 1918 Notre Dame des Neiges, Montreal,
Quebec, Canada
2 Unnamed Son MCCLOSKYb: June 09, 1847 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
d: June 09, 1847 in Montreal, Quebec, CanadaBurial: June 10, 1847
2 Mary Jane 'Jane' MCCLOSKYb: February 14, 1851 in Montreal, Quebec,
Canadad: Bef. March 24, 1925 in Montreal, Quebec, CanadaBurial: March
24, 1925 Notre Dame des Neiges, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
....+George Hiram KENDALLb: April 28, 1835 in Pittston, Kennebec
County, Mainem: 1875 in East End Protestant, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
d: UnknownFather: John Young KENDALLMother: Margaret SMITH
2 Rose Ann MCCLOSKYb: October 02, 1853 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
d: Bef. October 23, 1889 in Montreal, Quebec, CanadaBurial: October 23,
1889 Notre Dame des Neiges, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2 Susan MCCLOSKYb: January 06, 1855 in Montreal, Quebec, Canadad:
Bef. September 21, 1912 in Montreal, Quebec, CanadaBurial: September
21, 1912 Notre Dame des Neiges, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
....+Edward HAMILTONb: May 01, 1850 in Englandd: Bef. April 12,
1922 in Montreal, Quebec, CanadaBurial: April 12, 1922 Notre Dame des
Neiges, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2 William MCCLOSKEYb: March 1857 in Montreal, Quebec, Canadad:
Bet. 1920 - 1930 in Shelton, Fairfield County, Connecticut
....+Hanna ???b: January 1851 in Irelandm: Abt. 1883d: Bet. 1900 -
1910 in Shelton, Fairfield County, Connecticut
2 Delia B. MCCLOSKYb: Abt. 1859 in Montreal, Quebec, Canadad:
February 02, 1916 in Montreal, Quebec, CanadaBurial: February 05, 1916
Notre Dame des Neiges, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
....+Frank Joel Bemis DRESSERb: Abt. 1855 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
m: February 28, 1878 in Montreal, Quebec, Canadad: October 26, 1900 in
Montreal, Quebec, CanadaBurial: October 29, 1900 Notre Dame des Neiges,
Montreal, Quebec, CanadaFather: Joseph Dearborn DRESSERMother: Susan
Almira SMITH
*2nd Husband of Delia B. MCCLOSKY:
....+François Xavier RASTOULb: Unknownm: October 22, 1904 in Ste.
Agnes, Montreal, Quebec, Canadad: Bef. April 03, 1906 in Montreal,
Quebec, CanadaBurial: April 03, 1906 Notre Dame des Neiges, Montreal,
Quebec, CanadaFather: Joseph RASTHOULEMother: Catherine GREGNON
2 Archibald MCCLOSKYb: April 23, 1860 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
d: Bef. April 26, 1940 in Montreal, Quebec, CanadaBurial: April 26,
1940 Notre Dame des Neiges, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
....+Amelia HOULEb: August 1871 in Canadam: November 23, 1891 in St.
Infant Jesus, Montreal, Quebec, Canadad: Bef. January 08, 1918 in ?
Burial: January 08, 1918 Notre Dame des Neiges, Montreal, Quebec,
Canada
*2nd Wife of Archibald MCCLOSKY:
....+Marguerite Alice BENTONb: Unknownm: November 10, 1931 in St.
Patrick's, Montreal, Quebec, Canadad: Bef. March 24, 1971 in Montreal,
Quebec, CanadaBurial: March 24, 1971 Notre Dame des Neiges, Montreal,
Quebec, Canada
2 Bernard MCCLOSKYb: Unknown in Canada or Irelandd: Bef. July 19,
1907 in Montreal, Quebec, CanadaBurial: July 19, 1907 Notre Dame des
Neiges, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2 Eva MCCLOSKYb: Unknown in Canada or Irelandd: Unknown
....+??? SIMONDSb: Unknownd: Unknown
2 Mary Ellen 'Ellen' MCCLOSKYb: Unknown in Canada or Irelandd:
Bef. November 22, 1916 in Montreal, Quebec, CanadaBurial: November 22,
1916 Notre Dame des Neiges, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
....+Michael KELLYb: March 17, 1851 in Irelandm: June 23, 1884 in
St. Patrick's, Montreal, Quebec, Canadad: Bef. March 24, 1924 in
Montreal, Quebec, CanadaBurial: March 24, 1924 Notre Dame des Neiges,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2 Patrick MCCLOSKYb: Unknown in Canada or Irelandd: Unknown

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It is only in the last week that I was able to connect William McCloskey
as a child of this couple; the proof came in the form of a listing for
Archibald McClosky in the St. Alban's list which showed that the
Archibald McClosky who had a sister named Mary Long in Montreal also had
a brother named William McCloskey living in Shelton, Connecticut (in
late 1919).

Also in the last week I have confirmed that Archibald McClosky the son
is found in U.S. census records for 1900 (Oshkosh, Wisconsin), 1910
(Oshkosh, Wisconsin), 1920 (Shelton, Connecticut with his brother
William) and 1930 (Hot Springs, Arkansas). Documentary evidence comes
in the form of another listing for Archie McClosky in the St. Alban's
list which shows his occupation as Optician and his wife as Amelia of
Montreal, along with the mention of Optician as the occupation for 3 of
the 4 U.S. census records. The 4th U.S. census record is tied in via
several entries in the City Directories for Shelton, Connecticut which
show Archibald McCloskey the optician moved to Arkansas.

Of the children shown for Archibald McClosky and his wife Mary
Scally/Skelly, their daughter Delia B. McClosky (also referred to as
Bridget McClosky) is my ancestor. One item I would dearly love to find
is the record of her baptism. Delia's older sister Jane and supposedly
younger brother Archibald were both baptized in Notre Dame parish, so
the chances are that Delia/Bridget was also baptized in Notre Dame
parish. I have three potential years of birth for Delia/Bridget --
1859, 1860 and 1863. Of these, the year 1859 is most likely to be
correct as the majority of the evidence points to that year. During my
first trip to the Montreal archives in 1998, I viewed the index cards
for Catholic births, and saw lots of
McCloskey/McClosky/McCluskey/McClusky records, but none for Delia. At
the time I didn't know that she was also referred to as Bridget. At
this point I assume that her baptismal record must be recorded under the
name Bridget.

I have a bit of information on other
McCloskey/McClosky/McCluskey/McClusky families in Montreal, but
certainly not as much information as I have for the family I am
researching.

-- Mary Dresser Taffet
Syracuse, NY

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