Catherine Walsh

Abt 1803 - 1847  (~ 44 years)

• Name	Catherine Walsh
  Born	Abt 1803	Co. Kilkenny, Ireland   [1]
  We don't know for certain that Catherine's maiden name was Walsh, (unless we accept the contentious record at St. John's as the valid marriage entry for Patrick Condon and Catherine Walsh of Caplin Bay).
  Gender	Female
  Died	6 Jul 1847  [2]
  Buried	Abt 8 Jul 1847	Non-denominational Cemetery, Ferryland, Ferryland District, Newfoundland, Canada   [2]
  	Patrick Condon Catherine (Walsh?) Condon
  Notes	The last mention of Catherine's husband in the Ferryland area was in a St. John's newspaper "The Newfoundlander" in 1838, however Patrick was never listed in Ferryland District in any of the surviving Voter's Lists from 1840 - 1859. This could indicate the family had either left the area, or that Patrick had died before the 1840 Voter's List was compiled. If Patrick died in 1840, Catherine would have been left with three young sons (Thomas b. 1825, Kyran b. 1831, and Patrick b.1834) to raise on her own. Initially I thought that maybe the Condon family may have left Caplin Bay, however in Robert's Carter Journal entry on 10 February 1845, noted "Went to the Northside of Caplin Bay and notified Mrs Congdon (sic) to pay rent for place she lives upon belonging to me." On September 19, 1846 a hurricane wreaked havoc in eastern Newfoundland leaving many residents of Ferryland District destitute and, as a consequence, they had to seek assistance from the government for that year, and onward into 1848. In these lists for relief, the Condon surname never appeared anywhere in Ferryland District. In 1846/1847, Catherine's eldest son, Thomas would have been eligible to vote, but his name does not appear in the Voter's Lists at Caplin Bay. However, in 1847, the Crown Lands index indicates that a Thomas Condon received a grant for over six acres of land at Mobile.
  Person ID	I162	Families of Calvert (Caplin Bay), Newfoundland
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2015

  
  

  Family	Patrick Condon,   b. Abt 1793, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland ,   d. Mar 1840, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 47 years)
  Married	6 Oct 1822	St. John's, Newfoundland   [3]
  In October 1822, the St. John's RC Parish marriages recorded an entry that has been interpreted by some researchers as that of Patrick Condon and Catherine Walsh. Parts of the entry are hard to decipher (Fr. Whitty's penmanship wasn't great and his spellings questionable at times), but it appears to read as follows: Oct 6, 1822 - married Patrick Con(ston?) of Mo[o]ncoin, Co. Kilkenny & Catherine Walsh, St. Mary's, Ross, Co. Wexford - Present: Francis Delaney, Mary Rice. Although I have some reservations as to the interpretation of this record, the groom's name may indeed read Condon. Unfortunately the record gives no indication as to where this couple had settled in Newfoundland, so eventually placing them at Caplin Bay is speculative, but it is entirely possible.
  Children	1. Thomas "Tom" Condon,   b. Abt 1825, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 18 Apr 1911, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 86 years)   2. Kyran Condon,   b. Abt 1831, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 6 Jan 1881, North Atlantic Ocean  (Age ~ 50 years)   3. Patrick Condon,   b. Abt 1834, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. Mar 1868, North Head, St. John's Narrows  (Age ~ 34 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2015
  Family ID	F29	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1803 - Co. Kilkenny, Ireland Married - 6 Oct 1822 - St. John's, Newfoundland Buried - Abt 8 Jul 1847 - Non-denominational Cemetery, Ferryland, Ferryland District, Newfoundland, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S90] Approximate date based on another recorded event, Reddigan, Kevin, (A date calculated by using a recorded date and a person's age, or by estimating the most likely date, based on other recorded life events). [S35] Headstones - Ferryland Non-Denominational Cemetery, Newfoundland's Grand Banks, (Online database: http://ngb.chebucto.org/Cemetery/cem-ferryland-old-non-fer.shtml ). [S29] FamilySearch™ - LDS, ([online database] copyright (c) 2008, Intellectual Reserve, Inc.), "Newfoundland, Church Records, 1793-1945," images, FamilySearch: accessed 10 May 2015), St. John's > Catholic Basilica of St. John the Baptist > Marriages with index 1821-1885 > image 19 of 307; Newfoundland. (Reliability: 3).