Bryan Carroll

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-220323
• Residence: Bef 1837, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1851, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada

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CARROLL, BRYAN

An old resident of Puslinch, at his residence in Guelph, on February 7^th 1892, aged 86 years. Mr. Carroll was well known in the city, having resided there for about a dozen years but he was better known to the residents of Puslinch, in which township he lived for about fifty years, earning by toil, sufficient to allow him to retire and spend his declining years in ease. He came to Canada from Ireland before the rebellion. He first settled in Bridgeport, near Waterloo and a short time later, was married and settled in Puslinch, about three miles from Guelph. He was an honest, straightforward man, kind and obliging and ever willing to do a good turn to a neighbour, for which his memory will be respected by many in Puslinch. Mr. P. F. Hanlon, so well and favourably known in Puslinch, is his son-in-law. His daughters are Mrs. P. F. Hanlon; Mrs. McCrae of Glenmorris; Mrs. Snyder of Puslinch; and Miss Kate, at home. The sons are Peter, John and James. Funeral took place from his residence, Chambers St. in Guelph at 2 on Tuesday. Friends and acquaintances will please attend without further notice.

-Information from the death certificate: Born in County Louth, Ireland. Informant - Patrick Hanlon.

-Information from marriage certificates: Children of Bryan Carroll and his wife, Margaret Kennedy were Margaret Jane, born c. 1847, married Henry Snyder; Elizabeth, born in Puslinch c. 1848, married John Seijohn or Seigon; John; Catherine; Isabella, born in Puslinch c. 1856, married Patrick Hanlon.

-Information from From Whence We Came, Vol. 3 by Irene Clair Giles: Bryan Carroll and his wife, Catherine Fedigan lived in County Kilkenny, Ireland. All of their known 8 children emigrated to Puslinch Township and possibly parents, Bryan and Catherine also. Children were William and wife, Ellen McKilty settled on lot 9, concession 7 in 1829; Patrick and wife, Margaret Allen settled on lot 10, concession 7 in 1829; Catherine married Thomas O'Rourke in 1829 and in 1830, they settled on lot 8, front concession 8; Ellen, her husband, Joseph Lynch and five children came to Puslinch in 1831; Bridget married Simon Eustace, who settled on lot 11, rear concession 7 in 1830; Johanna married Thomas Murphy; Bryan settled on lot 4, front concession 7; and Edward settled on lot 4, front concession 8 .

A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

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The 1867 directory credits Wiliam Carroll with the purchase of 1 Jan 1829 of both the first lot of land in Puslinch and also the first sale of Clergy Reserve Land made in Ontario. Others from Puslinch did purchase land on the same day. There were 126 inhabitants in Puslinch at this time. Peter Byrne, for example, arrived in 1827 (according to the Annals), the Clairs and Hamiltons in 1828, and Bryan Carroll's family (of 7:4) and the Lairds also came early, probably before the first lots were sold. Notice all the lots purchased are along the Brock Road and all the families are Catholic Irish except for the Welsh Lowarch and the Scottish Dunn, who sold his lot in 1833.

Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, Branch Notes Vol. XIV Number 3 Aug 1986

Bryan — Margaret Kennedy. Margaret was born Between 1816 and 1817; died 24 Feb 1873, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]