Catherine Downey1

#12780, (circa 1831 - 18 August 1911)
Relationship1st cousin 2 times removed of Anna Margaret Donovan
Father*Andrew Downey1 (c 1796 - )
Mother*Rosannah Carroll1 (c 1797 - b 1871)

Family

John Alexander b. c 1815, d. 1893
Children 1.Rosanna Alexander+13 (c 1854 - 1938)
 2.Mary Jane Alexander+13 (c 1856 - 1956)
 3.Catharine Alexander13 (c 1858 - 1933)
 4.Andrew Alexander13 (c 1860 - 1908)
 5.Elizabeth Alexander14 (1862 - 1941)
 6.Agnes Alexander14 (c 1865 - )
 7.Harriet Alexander+14 (1867 - 1925)
Her married name was Alexander. 
Birth*circa 1831She was born circa 1831 at New BrunswickG; (1901 census has 26 Sep 1835.)1,2 
1851She appeared on the census of 1851 in the household of Andrew Downey and Rosannah Carroll at Moncton, Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG, dau. of Andrew, age 20, farmer, b. NB.3 
Marriage*13 May 1852She married John Alexander on 13 May 1852 at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (same time as William McDonald and Mary Larracy, no. 3272.)4 
1861She and John Alexander appeared on the census of 1861 at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.5 
1871She and John Alexander appeared on the census of 1871 at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (neis. John (43) and Deborah Kennedy, fam. 34.)6 
1881She and John Alexander appeared on the census of 1881 at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.7 
24 April 1891She and John Alexander appeared on the census of 24 April 1891 at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (neis. John Alexander; William and Susan Carroll.)8 
10 April 1901She appeared on the census of 10 April 1901 in the household of Andrew Alexander, mother, age 65, b. NB 26 Sep 1835.9 
1911She appeared on the census of 1911 at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.10 
Death*18 August 1911She died on 18 August 1911 at Irishtown Road, Irishtown, Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.11,12 
Burial*22 August 1911She was buried on 22 August 1911 at St. Lawrence O'Toole Church Cemetery, Irishtown, Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.11,12 

Citations

  1. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Catherine Downey (20), dau., farmer, b. NB. Surname indicates that Andrew was her father (or poss. stepfather).
  2. [S68] 1901 Canada Census.
  3. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Andrew (55), farmer, b. NB; Rosannah (54), farmer, entered Colony 1825; Catherine (20), dau., farmer, b. NB. [additional family] John Kenady (23), b. NB, Irish, farmer; Deborah (23), b. NB, Irish, farmer; Thomas, age 1 month. Listed as "family" in the Rooney "House."
  4. [S1600] New Brunswick Marriage Registers 1789-1889, online FamilySearch.com, Westmorland 1835-1856, img. 269/336, p. 429, marr. 3270. John Alexander, wid., and Catharine Downing, both of Moncton Par., marr. 13 May 1852 according to the rites of the Catholic Church by W K Lafrance, Missionary Priest; witn. James McDonald and Jane Hamilton; reg. 14 May 1852. [Note: not found in St-Anselme or St-Thomas registers]
  5. [S80] 1861 New Brunswick Province Census. John (46), Scotch, farmer (proprietor) and laborer; Catherine Downy Alexander (30), b. NB.
  6. [S84] 1871 Canada Census. John (56), b. Scotland, farmer, R.C.; Catharine (40), b. NB, R.C. Same house as Nicholas and Catherine Delahunt and Maken (i.e., Maxime) and Catherine Goody (i.e., Gaudet).
  7. [S42] 1881 Canada Census. John (66), b. Scotland, farmer; Catherine (50), b. NB.
  8. [S69] 1891 Canada Census. John (78), b. and parents b. Scotland, farmer; Catherine (60), b. NB, parents b. Ireland; Also Annie (33, marr.) and Effie (5) Dowd, both named dau.
  9. [S68] 1901 Canada Census. Andrew (35), b. NB 16 Jul 1865, farmer.
  10. [S85] 1911 Canada Census. Catherine (83), b. NB Sep 1827, farmer.
  11. [S104] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: St-Anselme de Fox-Creeks, Cte Westmorland, 1899-1943 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), p. 127, S-11, img. 66/126. Madame John Alexander bur. in the Cemetery at Irishtown, 22 Aug 1911, age 84; witn. Th. Larracey.
  12. [S554] Newspaper item (source unknown), Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/…, originally shared by smuller163.
    "Died at her residence on Irishtown Road, August 18th, of old age, Mrs. Catharine Alexander, relict of the late John Alexander. The funeral will be held on Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock. Interment will follow in the Irishtown cemetery."
  13. [S80] 1861 New Brunswick Province Census.
  14. [S84] 1871 Canada Census.