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Honora Catherine Comerford

Female 1887 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Honora Catherine Comerford 
    Born 8 Dec 1887  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1915  27 Gladstone Ave., Toronto, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-84257 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I84257  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father James Comerford,   b. 21 Mar 1861, Mount Vernon, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1936, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Lynch,   b. 21 Jun 1863, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 1930, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 25 May 1886  Paris, Brant County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F21885  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Samuel Barron Lay, b. Dec 1866 (1911 Toronto) Greece, Monroe, New York to Frederick William Lay and Delania E. Ellsworth. He worked for Kodak as a spooler. Do not know when he died. -----

      Patrick Owen Comerford, b. 7 Jan 1890 Woodstock (birth date from the SS Death Index, place of birth from his Detroit Border Crossings). Died May 1968 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan (SS Death Index). Married Laura Mary Cairnie.

      OVR #0?4814 - Toronto - Married 24 Aug 1914 - Owen Comerford, 24, 160 Gladstone; Ayr, On, bachelor, machinist, son of William Comerford and Mary Lynch married Laura Cairnie, 23, 10 Peel Ave; Scotland, spinster, daughter of John Cairnie and Elizabeth Moyes 24 Aug 1914 at Toronto. Witnesses: Samuel Donnan (?) and Jean Morrow.

      Laura Mary Cairnie, b. 20 May 1891 (SS Death Index and Michigan Death Index) Scotland. Died 20 Aug 1878 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.

      As of the 1930 for Detroit, Patrick and Laura had no children. ------

      Mary O'Mara Comerford, b. 18 Aug 1903, Ayr. Died 16 Nov 1990 (SS Death Index and Michigan Death Index) Detroit, Wayne. Married Charles Louis Schweitzer - no date for marriage.

      OVR #043849 - Ayr - born 18 Aug 1903 - Comerford Mary O`Mara to James Comerford (bartender, Ayr) and Mary Ann Lynch.

      Charles b. 22 Dec 1900 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Charles Schweitzer and Anna Fanz, his father was president of a carpet company in Toronto. Charles died 8 Jan 1979, Detroit, Wayne (SS Death Index)


      Email from Sherry Williaimson 2011

  • Sources 
    1. [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-1 Page 2.

    2. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 22796 (1915), Lay-Comerford.
      Toronto - Married 30 Sep 1915 - Samuel Barron Lay, 48, Toronto; Munro County, New York, bachelor, foreman, son of Frederick W. Lay and Delan.. Elsworth married Honora Catharin Comerford, 27, Gladstone Ave., ????, spinster, daughter of James Comerford and Mary Lynch 22 Sep 1915 at ??? Church, York. Witnesses: ?? Hoffman and ?? Hoffman, 55 ??. (This record extremely faded).

    3. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      James Comerford Born: Ontario Age: 25 Father: John Comerford Mother: Bridget Ruddy Born: abt 1861 Spouse: Mary Ann Lynch Age: 22 born: On Father: Patrick Lynch Mother: Ann Nora O'Mara Lynch married 25 May 1886 married: Brant, Paris

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 8 Dec 1887 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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