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| Birth | 1871-07-21 at Margaree (Cape Breton), Inverness Co., NS, Canada 3 4 |
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DC0010
To:Leonard McCosh (leonard.mccosh@@prodigy.net )
Dear Leonard,
I have looked through my notes, and found two Jean Delaneys. One was born 12 Apr 1876, son of Patrice +tienne (Stephen) Delaney and Julitte LeBlanc, but he is said to have died young. However, I do not have a death record. The other is more promising. Jean (Johnny) Delaney was born at Margaree, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, on 21 July 1871, son of Guillaume(William) Delaney (son of Patrick Delaney & Angèlique LeBlanc) & of Domethilde Gallant (daughter of Charles Gallant & Henriette Poirier). In the 1901 Canadian census, he was unmarried and living with his brother Joseph in Margaree. Then he disappears from the radar screen. I do not have a marriage for him, or death record or anything about what happenedto him after 1901.
However, for your purposes, what is particularly interesting about him is that he was 3/4 French-Canadian, or more properly Acadian (the French-Canadians east of Québec), as three of his four grand-parents - LeBlanc, Gallant & Poirier- were Acadians. Only Patrick Delaney was of Irish origin, but he too did speak French. By the way, though it looks French,the name Delaney is of Irish origin. Most Delaneys of our branch stillspeak French as their first language. Jean's first language would thushave been French, from both having a French-speaking mother and livingin a French-speaking community. He might have left Margaree, married Susan McQuade (there are lots of Scots in Cape Breton) and then headed west. Their first child could have been born in 1902 or 1903.
However, though this is very promising, there is nothing yet to prove that this is the man you are looking for. So far, the evidence is very circumstantial. However, I might say that one of his cousins, a photographer, emigrated from Margaree to Wisconsin, so that some movement westward was known in the family. I will write to one of my cousins who helps run the local history society in Margaree, to see if there is any oral tradition about what happened to Jean.
That is all I can offer you for the moment. I rather hope that this is your Jean, as it will allow me to fill in one of the many gaps in the genealogy. It would be nice to know what happened to cousin Jean and who his descendants are, so that they too can be included in the genealogy. First, however, we must find some further evidence to support this identification.
Best wishes Paul Delaney
/DC0010
Source References
| 1. | DC0010 Paul Delaney [S001701] Confidence: Normal |
| 2. | E_Cole5H17.GED [S215074] Confidence: Normal Text: Date of Import: Aug 19, 2005 |
| 3. | DC0010 Paul Delaney [S001701] Confidence: Normal |
| 4. | E_Cole5H17.GED [S215074] Confidence: Normal Text: Date of Import: Aug 19, 2005 |