Ellen Evoy

Bef 1840 - Aft 1869  (~ 30 years)

• Name	Ellen Evoy
  Born	Bef 1840	Caplin Bay, Newfoundland   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	Aft 1869	Caplin Bay, Newfoundland   [1]
  Buried	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	Catherine Evoy's Letters of Administration petition identifies Ellen as the daughter of Patrick Evoy. Although there are some suggestions that Ellen may have had several brothers, it appears that John Evoy was her only brother. In 1864, the Evoy property at Caplin Bay was still in the possession of Patrick's wife, Catherine, but it appears it was later passed on to Ellen (Evoy) and her husband, Robert Swain Jr. Robert and Ellen Swain's only son, John, moved away and died in 1894. Their daughters, Mary (Polly Ledwell), Elizabeth (Liz Miskill) and Catherine (Kate Walsh) eventually inherited this property. Elizabeth and Catherine married and lived in St. John's and sold their share of the property to the Sullivans. The share, belonging to Mary, who married Sebastian Ledwell from Little Placentia, remained within the Ledwell family.
  Person ID	I39	Families of Calvert (Caplin Bay), Newfoundland
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	Patrick Evoy,   b. Abt 1787, Ferryland, Newfoundland ,   d. Abt 1861, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 74 years)
  Mother	Catherine Power,   b. 1799, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. Aft 1864, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland  (Age 66 years)
  Married	12 Nov 1829	St. John's RC (Basilica) Parish, St. John's, Newfoundland   [2]
  Groom's name was initially recorded as John, but later Pat was written just above John in the marriage record. Catherine's surname was recorded as "Poor", the then common pronunciation of the surname "Power". The witnesses were: Richard Renigan (sic) and James Walsh. Based on my research, the groom appears to be Patrick Evoy (b. Ferryland, circa 1787, died Caplin Bay, circa 1861). The witnesses were likely James Walsh, Patrick's (half) brother and Richard Reddigan, who was married to Patrick's youngest sister, Catherine Evoy.
  Family ID	F1346	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Robert Swain,   b. Abt 1830, Stone Island, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 9 Jan 1909, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Married	Abt 1857
  There may have been other children in this marriage, but only four have been identified so far. It is curious that the baptisms for two of their four children, (Mary and John), were recorded in Holy Apostles RC Parish, but no records were found for the other two,(Catherine and Elizabeth), in the parish baptism records in the Ferryland area. However in the 1921 Newfoundland Census, both Catherine and Elizabeth indicated that they were born at Caplin Bay in the 1870s.
  Children	1. Mary Charlotte "Polly" Swain,   b. Abt Mar 1858, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 7 Jun 1931, Calvert, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 73 years) + 2. John Joseph Swain,   b. Abt Dec 1859, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 27 Feb 1894, Little Bay, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 34 years) + 3. Catherine "Kate" Swain,   b. Abt 1863, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 28 Mar 1931, St. John's, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 68 years) + 4. Elizabeth "Liz" Swain,   b. Abt 1869, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 5 May 1943, St. John's, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 74 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F14	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Bef 1840 - Caplin Bay, Newfoundland Died - Aft 1869 - Caplin Bay, Newfoundland  = 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). [S24] Southern Shore RC Marriages at St. John's 1793 - 1890, Newfoundland's Grand Banks, (Online: Selected marriage records transcribed by the late Ray Curran & Cindy (Morrisson) Curran).