Ellen Hannigan1,2

#4789, (circa 1851 - 21 January 1917)
Father*John Hannigan3 (1823 - )
Mother*Catherine Gallagher3 (c 1830 - b 1881)

Family

Maurice O'Neill b. c 1839, d. 1904
Children 1.James O'Neill19 (c 1873 - )
 2.Mary O'Neill19 (c 1875 - )
 3.Alice Jane O'Neill+19 (c 1878 - )
 4.Fred O'Neill19 (1880 - )
 5.Miles Joseph O'Neill16 (1884 - 1885)
 6.John Thomas O'Neill14 (1887 - )
 7.Elizabeth O'Neill20 (1887 - )
 8.Henry A O'Neill14 (1890 - )
 9.Francis LeRoy O'Neill6 (1893 - )
(an unknown value.)4 
Ellen Hannigan was also known as Delahunt (poss. family that raised her.)1 
Her married name was O'Neill. 
Birth*circa 1851She was born circa 1851 at New BrunswickG.3 
1851She appeared on the census of 1851 in the household of Susannah Crossman at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG, grand-dau., age 4 mos (her parents are recorded as a serarate family in the same house); (neis. John and Deborah Kennedy; Andrew and Rosannah Downey; Robert (73) and Mary (67) Crossman; Owen and Mary Doherty; Nicholas and Catherine Dillihunt; William and Rebecca Ritchey.)5 
Birth12 February 1853She was born on 12 February 1853 at New BrunswickG; (prob. 1851 or 1852, see 1851 census.)6 
1861She appeared on the census of 1861 in the household of Susannah Crossman, dau., age 11; (neis. John Thomas and Deborah Kennedy.)7 
Baptism14 May 1871She sponsored the baptism of Catherine Emma Gaudet on 14 May 1871 at St-Thomas Church, Memramcook, Dorchester Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.8 
Marriage20 June 1872She married Maurice O'Neill, son of William O'Neill and Mary _____, on 20 June 1872 at St-Pierre Church, Cocagne, Dundas Par., Kent Co., New BrunswickG; (witnesses Maurice O'Neil and Catherine O’Neil.)9,6 
1881She and Maurice O'Neill appeared on the census of 1881 at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (neis. Walter and Susan Hennessy.)10 
13 May 1891She and Maurice O'Neill appeared on the census of 13 May 1891 at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (neis John and Ellen Donohue; Mary McDonald.)11 
8 April 1901She and Maurice O'Neill appeared on the census of 8 April 1901 at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (neis. John and Elizabeth Delahunt.)12 
1911She appeared on the census of 1911 at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.13 
1911She appeared on the census of 1911 at O'Neill's Settlement, Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (nei. Alice McQuade Delahunt, mother.)14 
Burial1917She was buried in 1917 at St. Lawrence O'Toole Church Cemetery, Irishtown, Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.15,16 
Death*21 January 1917She died on 21 January 1917 at Irishtown, Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.17 
Burial*23 January 1917She was buried on 23 January 1917 at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.18,16,15 

Citations

  1. [S520] VWH, Marr. records of children Mary, Eliza and James give mother's name as Hannigan or Hannagan; birth rec. of son John has Hannigan; birth rec. of son Francis has Delahunt. This would indicate that Elizabeth is the dau. of.
  2. [S556] Ancestry.com Richard Delahunt Family Irishtown NB, irishroom1, owner, online Ancestry.com, Ellen "Hannigan" Delahunt.
  3. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia).
  4. [S520] VWH.
  5. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Susannah (48), widowed, b. NB, English, farming.
  6. [S68] 1901 Canada Census. Maurice, b. NB 15 Oct 1836, farmer, Irish desc., Roman Catholic; Ellen, b. NB 12 Feb 1853, Irish desc., Roman Catholic.
  7. [S80] 1861 New Brunswick Province Census. Susan (58), b. NB, farmer (prop.).
  8. [S101] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: St-Thomas, Memramcook, Cte Westmorland, 1845-1899 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), p. 61, B-79, img. 467/1466. Emma Catherine Gaudet, dau. of Maximan Gaudet and Catherine Delahunt, b. 22 Apr 1871, bapt. 14 May 1871 by Wm. O'Mahoney; sponsors Michael Fitzgerald and Ellen Hannigan.
  9. [S99] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: St-Pierre, Cocagne, Cte Kent, 1800-1899 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), p. 72, M-8, img 147. Maurice O'Neil and Helene Delahunt, marr. 20 Jun 1872 by J M Vannier; witn. Maurice O'Neil and Catherine O'Neil. Hereinafter cited as Drouin: St-Pierre Cocagne, 1800-1899.
  10. [S42] 1881 Canada Census. Maurice (42), b. NB, farmer; Ellen (29), b. NB.
  11. [S69] 1891 Canada Census. Maurice (50), b. NB, parents b. Ireland, farmer; Ellen (39), b. NB.
  12. [S68] 1901 Canada Census. Maurice (64), b. NB 15 Oct 1836, farmer; Ellen (48), b. NB 12 Feb 1853.
  13. [S85] 1911 Canada Census. Ellen (59), b. NB Feb 1852.
  14. [S85] 1911 Canada Census. Ellen (59), widowed, b. NB Feb 1851.
  15. [S86] St. Lawrence O'Toole (Irishtown) Parish Cemetery Grave Marker Images, online www.acadian-cemeteries.acadian-home.org/frames.html, shared standing gravemarker. O'Neill / Maurice 1839-1904 / Ellen 1852-1917.
  16. [S1746] Southeastern Branch of the New Brunswick Genealogical Society, compiler, Cemeteries of Westmorland County (Moncton, New Brunswick, 2007-2009), Botsford volume, p. 243. Front: O'Neill / Maurice, 1839-1904 / his wife Ellen, 1852-1917. Back: Daniel O'Neill, 1846-1902 / Miles Joseph O'Neill, 1884-1885.
  17. [S108] Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Registration Division, Deaths (Sch. C.), Return of Clergymen, Occupier or Other Person, No. 1689a. Ellen Hanigan, housemaid, b. Irishtown, d. Irishtown NB 21 Jan 1917, age 68, paralysis; inf. A Robichaud, St-Anselme NB, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick.
  18. [S104] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: St-Anselme de Fox-Creeks, Cte Westmorland, 1899-1943 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), 1899-1917, p. 190, S-1, img. 101/126. Ellen Hannigan, bur. Irishtown Cemetery 23 Jan 1917, age 68; rites by D D Cormier, witn. George Delahunt, Thomas Larracey, and others.
  19. [S42] 1881 Canada Census.
  20. [S68] 1901 Canada Census. b. 26 Jul 1887, age 13 (twin of John T).