O'Brien
(L) James O'BRIEN [b c1855] son of Morgan O'BRIEN Sr. [b1805] and Elizabeth CASSERLY [b1816]
James is in the uniform of the Duluth, Minnesota Fire Department (USA) c1880-1885
(R) Morgan Emmett O'BRIEN [b1888] son of Morgan O'BRIEN Jr. [b1852] and Mary Ann MELANDER [b1862]
Morgan O'BRIEN, Sr., his brother, Owen O'BRIEN, their sister Anne O'BRIEN and an apparent five other siblings, Elizabeth O'BRIEN, James O'BRIEN, John O'BRIEN, Margaret O'BRIEN and Mary O'BRIEN
Co. Cavan, IRELAND to King Twp.
and Tecumseth Twp., Ontario, CANADA
The 1837 Directory of Toronto and the Home District indicates Morgan O'BRIEN, Sr. living at Concession 9 Lot 31, Township of King
Lloydtown, Ontario
1. Owen O'BRIEN [1801-1861] m
Mary KEARNAN [1801-1879]
having two known children:
i. John O'BRIEN [1833-1914] m
Mary Ann McCABE [1838-1901]
d/o James McCabe and Anne Reid, having one known child:
a. Mary Ann O'BRIEN [1878-....]
ii. James O'BRIEN [1833-1858]
* 2. Morgan O'BRIEN Sr.[1805 - 1891] m Elizabeth CASSERLY [1816 - 1894] on May 4, 1833
and had twelve children:
i Ellen O'BRIEN [1834 - ....]
(believed to have died in early childhood)
ii Mary "Margaret"
O'BRIEN [1835 - 1907] m Bernard James McCANN [1841-1910]
s/o Michael McCann and Sarah McFarlane, having four children:
a. Sarah Ann McCANN [1868-1936]
m John P. ROSSITER [1868-1936]
s/o John Rossiter Jr. and Bridget Creenan
b. William John McCANN [1870-....] m Sarah Ellen COYLE [....-....]
c. Mary Margaret McCANN [1875-....]
d. Bernard James McCANN [1879-....]
iii Maria Josephine O'BRIEN
[1836-1915] m William McMINN [1837-1907]
s/o Robert McMinn and Isabella Scott, having seven children:
a. Margaret Ellen "Ella" McMINN [1865-....]
m David H. McGAULEY [....-....]
b. Robert H. McMINN [1865-....] m Elizabeth Ann
ATKINSON [1875-....]
d/o Francis Atkinson and Eliza Jane Stringer
c. Maria J. "Molly" McMINN [1869-1955]
m Charles D.L. SIMS [1865-1942]
s/o Jacob Sims and Mary Ann ...........
d. Elizabeth McMINN [1870-....]
e. Charlotte "Violet" McMINN [1871-1923]
m Peter J. McDONALD [1860-1921]
s/o John McDonald and Mary Glenn
f. William John McMINN [1873-....]
g. Ann Jane McMINN [1879-....]
iv Margaret O'BRIEN [1837 - ....] m James O'DONNELL
[....-....]
s/o Michael O'Donnell and Margaret .........., having three known
children:
a. Alice Ann O'DONNELL [1879-....]
b. Ann Teresa O'DONNELL [1880-....]
c. James Joseph O'DONNELL
[1882-....]
v John O'BRIEN [1838 -1902] m Mary ..........[....-....]
having one known child:
a. M. Alma O'BRIEN [1885-1974]
vi Julie O'BRIEN [1840 - ....]
vii Ellen O'BRIEN [1842-1870] m Patrick RYAN
Jr. [1845-1890]
s/o Patrick Ryan Sr. and Mary Skelly, having two known children:
a. Mary Elizabeth RYAN [1867-....]
b. Ellen Jane RYAN [1869-....]
viii William Joseph O'BRIEN [1843 - ....] m Catherine
McCANN [1845 - ....]
d/o John McCann and Mary Mohan, having six children:
a. Mary Elizabeth O'BRIEN [1869-....]
b. John Thomas O'BRIEN [1870-....]
c. James Joseph O'BRIEN [1872-....]
d. Ellen O'BRIEN [1875-....]
e. William Francis O'BRIEN [1879-....]
f. Robert James O'BRIEN
[1881-....]
ix Elizabeth O'BRIEN [1845 - ....]
x Charlotte O'BRIEN [1847 - ....]
* xi Morgan O'BRIEN Jr.[ 1852 - 1927] m Mary Ann MELANDER
[1862 - 1931]
d/o Ernst Johan "John" Melander and Sarah Ann McCann, having five
children:
a. John Alfred O'BRIEN [1879-....] m Annie CREIGHT (CREIGH, CREIGHTON?) [....-....]
b. Hiram James O'BRIEN [1883-....] m Mag (Margaret) JACOBS? (JACOBSON?) [....-....]
c. William Smith O'BRIEN [1886-1954] m Violet Ann SMITH [....-1974]
d. Morgan Emmett O'BRIEN [1888-1971] (bachelor)
e. Mary Ann Elizabeth (Mae) O'BRIEN [1893-1991]
m Christopher Basil McGUIRE [1895-1978]
s/o John Joseph McGuire Sr. and Johanna Graham
xii James O'BRIEN [1855 - ....]
Possible Marriage Unknown
3. Anne O'BRIEN [....-....] m John DOYLE
[....-....]
having two known children:
i. Sarah Dorothy
"Dora" DOYLE [1839-1904] m James MAHER [1835-1898]
s/o James Maher Sr. and Catherine Carroll, having six children:
a. Timothy MAHER [1866-....] m
Kathleen (Kally) NEALON [....-....]
d/o James Nealon and Hannah Horan
b. Michael MAHER [1874-1901]
c. Mary Catherine MAHER [1875-....]
d. Mary Ellen MAHER [1878-....]
e. Hugh MAHER [1879-....]
f. Margaret E. MAHER [1888-1913]
m Hugh "Patrick" McGOVERN [1874-....]
s/o Patrick McGovern and Catherine McGovern
ii. Margaret DOYLE [1847-1911] m
Nicholas RYAN [1840-1913]
s/o Patrick Ryan and Mary Skelly, having eight children:
a. Ann RYAN [1867-....]
b. Patrick RYAN [1868-1941]
c. Michael RYAN [1874-1874]
d. Dennis RYAN [1875-....]
e. Dennis Joseph RYAN [1878-....]
f. James Joseph RYAN [1880-1944]
m Bridget McCANN [1891-1969]
d/o Patrick McCann and Bridget Brennan
g. Mary RYAN [1881-....]
h. Edward RYAN [1884-1956] m Margaret McCANN
[1887-1963]
4. Elizabeth O'BRIEN [....-....]
5. James O'BRIEN [....-....] m
Mary CARROLL [....-....]
having one known child:
i. Ellen O'BRIEN [1848-....]
6. John O'BRIEN [....-....]
7. Margaret O'BRIEN [....-....]
m Edward RYAN [....-....]
having one known child:
i. Mary Ann RYAN [1842-1870] m
Edmund O'HEARN [c1838-....]
s/o Timothy O'Hearn and Alice Gilforde
The Children of Morgan O'BRIEN, Sr. and Elizabeth CASSERLY:
John O'Brien was a farmer, contractor and a skilled carpenter in Tecumseth Township. He worked building the local railroad stations from Tottenham to North Portal, Ontario when the railroad was first established in the area.
The old Don railway station
.
William Joseph O'BRIEN and his wife Catherine McCANN, daughter
of John McCANN and Mary MOHAN, owned and operated "O'Brien's Hotel"
in Tottenham, Tecumseth Township, Simcoe County
James O'BRIEN: There exists an old family photograph c1880-1885
of James O'BRIEN in the uniform of the Duluth, Minnesota, USA Fire Department
Maria Josephine O'BRIEN and her husband William McMINN, son of
Robert McMINN and Isabella SCOTT, lived in Palgrave, Albion Township, Peel County
after their marriage.
There were seven children born to them.
In 1887 the family emigrated to Manitoulin Island, Ontario where they were the
proprietors of the "Queen's Hotel".
* Morgan O'BRIEN, Jr. and Mary Ann MELANDER,
the daughter of Ernst Johan "John" MELANDER b Stockholm, Sweden [1831-1881]
and Ann McCANN [1842-1903] of the Adjala Township McCann family, farmed on the
2nd Line of Tecumseth Township on the farm purchased by his father c1840.
The Children of Morgan O'BRIEN,
Jr. and Mary Ann MELANDER:
John Alfred O'BRIEN and his wife Annie lived
and raised their family in Wildfield, Toronto/Gore Twp., Ontario where he owned
and operated a service station for many years.
Hiram James O'BRIEN and his wife owned and operated an
appliance business in Toronto, Ontario amongst other business activities.
William Smith O'BRIEN and his wife Violet emigrated to
San Francisco, California, USA where they became citizens and raised one son,
Wm. "Robert" BRIEN and one daughter, Annabelle BRIEN. William "Smith"
O'BRIEN served in the United States Army during the 1st World War. "Smith"
O'Brien changed his surname spelling to BRIEN and this spelling has been used
by his descendants.
William "Smith" O'BRIEN
Morgan Emmett O'BRIEN farmed the original family farm, where his father and grandfather had farmed before him, at Concession 1, Lot 15 on the 2nd line of Tecumseth Twp. Ontario, purchased by Morgan O'BRIEN, Sr. from James Doyle c1840 - It was from this farm that the land for St. Margaret Queen of Scotland (Tuam) Church and cemetery had previously been purchased by the Archdiocese from James Doyle in 1834.
"St. Margaret Queen of Scotland Church" Tuam
St. Margaret's, Tuam, the first and only Catholic church in Tecumseth Township, Simcoe County, was constructed between 1834 and 1838 and closed its doors for the final time in 1952.
As it appeared in 1970, abandoned and boarded up, two years before being demolished
* Mary Ann Elizabeth (Mae)
O'BRIEN and her husband Christopher Basil McGUIRE farmed on Lot
31, the west half of 10th concession of King Township. This was
the original "Tyson Mill Farm" on the Schomberg River
outside of Lloydtown, Ontario once owned by Isaac Tyson who, in
1837, purchased the grist mill in Lloydtown built by Jesse Lloyd.
Some of the original log structure of the old mill and the
stonework of the mill dam on this farm could still be seen as
late as the 1960's. The Schomberg River became almost non
existent when the Holland Marsh was drained in the 1920's for
market garden farming. Today it exists as nothing more than a
small creek running through some of the original farms.
They had two children:
* i Christine McGUIRE m Patrick
"Gerrard" McCABE [1923-1999] (see McCABE history)
having three children.
ii Lawrence Vincent McGUIRE - [1923-2001] ( bachelor)