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From: "Ron Dale" <>
Subject: Re: [Montreal-Irish] Cassiday
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:15:41 -0400
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Hi Marilyn,

I have sent a copy of the page on which Rose Derosia is listed in the 1870
census--living with Delia and Paul Derosia. The email will be coming from
"Ancestry" and you should be able to open it as an image from the census.

Let me know if you receive it OK.

Ron

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From: "Marilyn Craig" <>
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 9:43 AM
To: <>
Subject: Re: [Montreal-Irish] Cassiday

> Hi Ron, I was going over your last email to me. You mentioned a Rose
> working as a "Cook on Canal" in the 1870 census. Who is the Rose you
> meant. Was she part of that DeRosier family? I never saw a Rose on
> any census.
>
> Marilyn
>
>
> On Mar 4, 2008, at 5:51 PM, Ron Dale wrote:
>
>> Hi Marilyn,
>>
>> The 1870 census shows Paul and Charles as :"boatmen" but when I saw
>> Rose as
>> "Cook on Canal" I assumed that the lads were boatmen on the canal.
>>
>> The big RC church in Cornwall was and is St Columba's. St. Raphaels
>> Church in nearby Glengarry County is the oldest in the area. Since
>> most
>> extant Canadian church records have been microfilmed by the National
>> Archives of Canada, the records will also be available from the Family
>> History Centres of the Latter Day Saints. I don't know where you are
>> located but there is probably an LDS centre not far away.
>> Alternatively, a
>> couple of days at the National Archives in Ottawa might prove very
>> useful.
>>
>> Ron
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Marilyn Craig" <>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 5:29 PM
>> To: <>
>> Subject: Re: [Montreal-Irish] Cassiday
>>
>>> Hi Ron,
>>>
>>> Gee, you know almost as much as me. ha ha.
>>>
>>> Do you happen to know what Parish is in Cornwall? Is there only one?
>>>
>>> Interestingly, I did not know about Delia's sons going to Brockville,
>>> nor that they worked on the canal. I figured they did, but never saw
>>> it in print. All I ever saw was 'boatman' for an occupation. Or
>>> laborer. Where did you see that info? For what time frame? I know
>>> they were all in the Civil War, and as far as I know the only child
>>> of Delia and Francis born in Canada was Alexander.
>>>
>>> Maybe you can tell that the last 2 children were twin girls, Mary J.
>>> and Sarah Jane. I have been able to follow through on Sarah Jane, but
>>> by 1860, Mary was gone from the 1860 census yet I have not been able
>>> to find any record of her death and she does not seem to be buried in
>>> the family plot in Oswego Rural Cemetery which is odd since if she
>>> died it was after Francis so I don't know why she wouldn't be there.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I'll keep looking in Cornwall area. Thanks for your input.
>>>
>>> Marilyn
>>> On Mar 4, 2008, at 5:00 PM, Ron Dale wrote:
>>>
>>>> As you know, Delia shows in several US census returns living with
>>>> her sons
>>>> in Oswego where the boys worked on the canal. Her name was
>>>> consistently
>>>> spelled Delia. Some of her children were born in Canada and some in
>>>> the US
>>>> which suggests that they moved around a bit on both sides of the
>>>> river. A
>>>> couple of her sons ended up in Brockville, Ontario, one as a
>>>> fisherman on
>>>> the St Lawrence.
>>>>
>>>> In the 1850 census, Francis was listed as being French Canadian.
>>>> Given
>>>> that there were other Derosia people born in Cornwall, there is a
>>>> really
>>>> good chance that this is where the couple met. If I were you I
>>>> would look
>>>> at records for the RC parish in Cornwall for their marriage. I
>>>> wouldn't
>>>> bother looking in Montreal and elsewhere until looking there.
>>>>
>>>> Ron
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>> From: "Marilyn Craig" <>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 9:03 AM
>>>> To: <>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Montreal-Irish] Cassiday
>>>>
>>>>> From some historical society the I had joined I was told that the
>>>>> name Delia could be interchanged with Bridget or Soulange. Do you
>>>>> know this to be true?
>>>>> MArilyn
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mar 4, 2008, at 7:23 AM, Nicole Gareau wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> There were also Cassidys in Rawdon, Quebec. The name was
>>>>>> sometimes
>>>>>> misspelled "Cassilde".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> These are the ones that I have in my tree so far:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cassidy, Bernard (Monaghan Co., Ireland) - father of Julia
>>>>>> Cassidy, Julia - 1807 (Ireland)
>>>>>> Cassidy, Mary
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Julia married Edward Corcoran, b. 1799. Their children were
>>>>>> baptized in
>>>>>> St-Jacques-de-l'Achigan, Quebec.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mary Cassidy married John McDonald. They were my GGGG
>>>>>> Grandparents.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nicole Gareau
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From:
>>>>>> [mailto:] On Behalf Of Ron
>>>>>> Dale
>>>>>> Sent: March 1, 2008 11:59 PM
>>>>>> To:
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Montreal-Irish] Cassiday
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here are Cassidys in Mountain Township, Dundas County, about 30
>>>>>> miles from
>>>>>> Cornwall from the 1881 Census. They were there in the 1851 Census
>>>>>> and a bit
>>>>>>
>>>>>> more research would determine when they arrived.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Census Place: Mountain, Dundas, Ontario, Canada
>>>>>> Source: FHL Film 1375864 NAC C-13228 Dist 102 SubDist E Div 2
>>>>>> Page 32
>>>>>> Family 135
>>>>>> Sex Marr Age Origin Birthplace
>>>>>> John CASSIDY M M 70 Irish Ireland
>>>>>> Occ: Farmer Religion: CatholicMary
>>>>>> CASSIDY F M 58 Irish Ireland
>>>>>> Religion: CatholicEllen
>>>>>> CASSIDY F 28 Irish O <Ontario>
>>>>>> Religion: CatholicMary
>>>>>> CASSIDY F 26 Irish O <Ontario>
>>>>>> Religion: CatholicCatherine
>>>>>> CASSIDY F 25 Irish O <Ontario>
>>>>>> Religion: CatholicMargeret
>>>>>> CASSIDY F 23 Irish O <Ontario>
>>>>>> Religion: CatholicAnnie
>>>>>> CASSIDY F 21 Irish O <Ontario>
>>>>>> Religion: CatholicPatrick
>>>>>> CASSIDY M 19 Irish O <Ontario>
>>>>>> Religion: CatholicSarah
>>>>>> CASSIDY F 16 Irish O <Ontario>
>>>>>> Religion: CatholicRon Dale
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>>>> From: "Marilyn Craig" <>
>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 5:39 PM
>>>>>> To: <>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Montreal-Irish] Cassiday
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am looking for the name Cassiday. That is the name given as
>>>>>>> my gg
>>>>>>> grandmother's maiden name on the Civil War Pension Application
>>>>>>> file
>>>>>>> of one of her sons. I have looked for years for this name in the
>>>>>>> Cornwall area, but found nothing. I have recently been told that
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> name may have been Casoty or Casote and French, not Irish as I
>>>>>>> had
>>>>>>> always thought. Due to illiteracy of my gg grandmother, it may
>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>> been spelled the way it sounded by her son or maybe the way it
>>>>>>> sounded to the person taking the information for the Pension.
>>>>>>> Anyway, her name was Delia, or Adelia and going by the
>>>>>>> assumption it
>>>>>>> may be Cassiday, I am starting to look in the Montreal area for
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> name. I do not know the name of her parents or siblings so It
>>>>>>> will be
>>>>>>> difficult.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Does anyone on the list know if these people may have been in
>>>>>>> Montreal before going to Cornwall?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Marilyn
>>>>>>>
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