Jane Byrne

1811 - 1891  (80 years)

• Name	Jane Byrne
  Born	1811	Co. Longford, Ireland
  Gender	Female
  Emigration	1833	Ireland to Canada
  Travel	May 1886	Manvel, Grand Forks County, North Dakota   [1]
  	"Manvel Mutterings...Mrs. Levi, mother of John Levi, arrived last week from Wisconsin. She is quite an old lady, but as pleasant and lively as a maiden of 20.'
  Religion	Roman Catholic
  Died	About 1891	Pakenham, Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada
  	Did she die in Wisconsin or North Dakota?
  Association	Thomas Power (Relationship: Godmother/godson)
  Person ID	I54	Moran
  Last Modified	16 Oct 2015

  
  

  Family	John Leavy,   b. 1801, Co. Longford, Ireland ,   d. 08 Apr 1881, Pakenham, Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Census	1851	Pakenham, Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Enumerator did not record full first names, only first initials. Head of household is J. [John] Leavy, Farmer, born Ireland, C. of Rome, age 45. With wife J. [Jane] Leavy, born Ireland, C. of Rome, age 40; and a G. Leavy, Servant, born Ireland, C. of Rome, age 20, usual residence [McNab?], not a member of immediate family, but no doubt related; and children M. [Mary], born Ireland, age 18; J. [James], born Ireland, age 16; T. [Thomas], Cabinet Maker, born Canada, age 15, absent from family but enumerated here; J. [John], Labourer, born Canada, age 13; E. [Ellen], born Canada, age 11; M. [Michael], born Canada, age 9; J. [Jane], born Canada, age 5; and E. [Elizabeth], born Canada, age 3. Living in log shanty.
  Census	1861	Pakenham, Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Head of household is John Levre (mistranscription) Sr, age 59, born Ireland, RC, Farmer. With wife Jane, age 50, born Ireland; and children Ellen (20), Michael (16), Jane (15) and Elizabeth (13).
  Census	1881	Pakenham, Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Head of household John Levey, age 80, born Ireland, Catholic, Irish; with wife Jane, age 72, born Ireland, Catholic, Irish.
  Children	1. Patrick William Leavy,   b. Mar 1831, Co. Longford, Ireland ,   d. 15 Mar 1886, Wilson, St. Croix Co., Wisconsin  (Age ~ 55 years) + 2. Mary Ann Leavy,   b. 1 Jan 1832, Co. Longford, Ireland ,   d. 27 Apr 1907, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years) + 3. James Leavy,   b. 18 Feb 1833, Co. Longford, Ireland ,   d. 25 Dec 1909, Pakenham, Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years) + 4. Thomas Leavy/Levi,   b. 5 Mar 1835, Drummond township, Lanark Co., Ontario ,   d. 31 Jan 1916, Seattle, Washington  (Age 80 years) + 5. Ellen Leavy,   b. 2 Jan 1841, Pakenham, Lanark Co., Ontario ,   d. 09 Nov 1930, Seattle, Washington  (Age 89 years)   6. John Leavy,   b. 17 Jun 1843, Pakenham, Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Feb 1928, Grand Forks, North Dakota  (Age 84 years)   7. Michael Leavy,   b. 17 Jun 1843, Pakenham, Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada   8. Jane Leavy,   b. 2 May 1846, Pakenham, Lanark Co., Ontario ,   d. 31 July 1934, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years) + 9. Elizabeth Leavy,   b. 22 March 1850, Pakenham, Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 April 1921, Seattle, WA  (Age 71 years)
  Histories		Our Irish Origins, Roughly Mapped Irish ancestors roughly mapped to their Irish counties of origin
  Last Modified	19 Nov 2012
  Family ID	F11	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Jane Byrne (ca.1811-ca.1891) and John Leavy (1801-1881)

  
  

  Documents

  Jane (Byrne) Leavy visiting son John in Grand Forks, ND Grand Forks Daily Herald, 10 May 1886 Arrived "from Wisconsin," where her son Patrick had died on 15 March 1886.

  
  

• Sources

  [S44] Grand Forks Daily Herald, p. 2, 10 May 1886. [S77] 1851 Census of Canada, (National Archives of Canada). Canada West (Ontario), Lanark County, Pakenham, page 39. [S200] 1861 Census Returns, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Robert E. Sargeant and J.R. Ernest Miller, (Kingston Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society), 22. [S72] 1881 Census of Canada. Ontario, Lanark North, Pakenham, p. 11, household no. 48.