Margaret Shea1

#8006, (28 March 1843 - )
Father*Michael Shea1 (c 1805 - 1895)
Mother*Catherine Savage1 (c 1814 - 1894)

Family

John Downen b. c 1840
Her married name was Downen. 
Birth*28 March 1843She was born on 28 March 1843 at Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.2 
Baptism28 May 1843She was baptized on 28 May 1843 at Chapelle de la baie du Chimougoui, Shemogue, Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.2 
1851She appeared on the census of 1851 in the household of Michael Shea and Catherine Savage at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (neis. James and Alice Carroll; Patrick and Berthnia Savadge; Catherine Mahony, age 90.)3 
Baptism6 February 1860She sponsored the baptism of Mary Hickey on 6 February 1860 at Ste-Thérèse d'Avila Church, Cap-Pelé, Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.4 
Marriage*14 November 1870She married John Downen on 14 November 1870 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.5 

Citations

  1. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia).
  2. [S100] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: Shemogue [Chimogoui, St-Barthélemi], Cte Westmorland, 1813-1855 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), 1843, p. 60, B-14, img. 56/150; Margaret Shea, b. 28 Mar 1843, dau. of Michael Shea and Catherine Savage, bapt. 28 May 1843 by Ant. Gagnon; sponsors John Carroll and Johanna Carroll. Online Ancestry.com.
  3. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Michael (50), Irish, tailor, entered Colony Apr 1827; Catherine (37), Irish, entered Colony Apr 1827.
  4. [S1199] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: Ste-Thérèse, Cap-Pelé/Cape Bald, Cte Westmorland, 1859-1899 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), p. 4, B-21, img. 3/426. Mary Hickey, dau. of James Hickey and Ann Bishop, b. 21 Jul 1859, bapt. 6 Feb 1860 by F X Babinault; sponsors James Shea and Margaret Shea.
  5. [S1199] Gabriel Drouin, Drouin: Ste-Thérèse, Cap-Pelé/Cape Bald, 1859-1899, p. 175, M-31, img. 93/426. John Downin of Amherst NS, son of John Downin and Sarah McGee, and Margaret Shea, dau. of Michael Shea and Catherine Savage of Cape Tormentine, marr. 14 Nov 1870 by P Bradley; witn. Henry Doiron (or Downin).