John O'Toole

Abt 1838 - 1882  (~ 44 years)

• Name	John O'Toole
  Born	Abt 1838	Caplin Bay, Newfoundland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Jan 1882	Caplin Bay, Newfoundland   [2]
  Buried	Abt 7 Jan 1882	Holy Trinity RC Cemetery, Ferryland, Ferryland District, Newfoundland, Canada
  	No Headstone/Marker - Ferryland - Holy Trinity RC Cemetery Individuals for whom no headstone or marker is visible.
  Notes	Births, Deaths, Marriages in Newfoundland Newspapers (1810-1890) - Death Toole, John, died on the 5th, aged 44, at Caplin Bay. Left wife and 10 children (Jan.25, 1882). [GCC Box 1] On May 21, 1883, a letter was written by the magistrate at Ferryland, David W. O'Mara, to the Attorney General in St. John's. He was asking advice on how he should handle a bizarre incident that had occured a week earlier on Monday, May 14th. Apparently, during that night a woman named "Clancy entered the cemetery and dug up and cleaned away the earth out of the grave" . This was the grave of a man named Toole who had been buried there about 15 months earlier. Magistrate O'Mara determined that Mrs. Clancy claimed that the burial plot rightfully belonged to her family, but the deceased's family had buried Mr. Toole there anyway. Although she succeeded in digging up the earth around the coffin, O'Mara stated that "the coffin though slightly injured was not removed". The letter goes on to state that "the brother of the deceased has complained before me of the outrage". Magistrate O'Mara went on to ask the Attorney General several questions regarding the charges that could or should be laid, and who should lay them, the clergy or the deceased's family, etc. This story has been related ever since then with different names given for the individuals involved and with certain local embellishments to the details of the incident. Sometimes the man's name is given as Terrance or Martin O'Toole. However, the timeframe fits very well with the documented death and burial of John (O') Toole. Terrance was his father, but his date of death is not known. The only Martin (O') Toole that I am aware of is John's son, and he died in 1915. The woman involved has been mentioned as Marie Clancy, although none of the records that I searched mention anyone of that name. In other local stories her name is given as Bridget Clancy. This is possible since there was two Bridget Clancys at Caplin Bay at that time.
  Person ID	I695	Families of Calvert (Caplin Bay), Newfoundland
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	Terrence O'Toole,   b. Ireland? ,   d. Aft 1871, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland
  Mother	O'Toole,   d. 30 Jul 1847, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland
  Family ID	F113	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Squires,   b. Torbay, Newfoundland ,   d. Aft 1890, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland
  Married	10 May 1862	St. John's, Newfoundland   [3]
  Children	1. Terrence O'Toole,   b. Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 7 Oct 1888, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland   2. Annie O'Toole,   b. Abt 1862, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 7 Jun 1890, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 28 years)   3. Martin O'Toole,   b. Abt 1865, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 7 Dec 1915, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 50 years)   4. Margaret O'Toole,   b. Abt 1866,   d. 24 Nov 1894, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 28 years)   5. James "Jim" O'Toole,   b. Oct 1868, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 3 Oct 1940, Calvert, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 71 years)   6. William "Bill" O'Toole,   b. Jun 1871, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. Aft 1921, Calvert, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 50 years)   7. Catherine Frances "Katie" O'Toole,   b. Abt Aug 1872, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 29 Jul 1890, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 17 years)   8. Maria Joseph "Mariah" O'Toole,   b. Abt Aug 1875, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. Aft 1935, Calvert, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 60 years)   9. Mary Ellen "Ellen" O'Toole,   b. Abt Nov 1878, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Sarah Joseph O'Toole,   b. Abt Apr 1881, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2015
  Family ID	F107	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1838 - Caplin Bay, Newfoundland Married - 10 May 1862 - St. John's, Newfoundland Died - 5 Jan 1882 - Caplin Bay, Newfoundland Buried - Abt 7 Jan 1882 - Holy Trinity RC 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). [S33] Births, Deaths and Marriages in Newfoundland Newspapers 1810-1890, Maritime History Archives, Memorial University of Newfoundland, (Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, 2004. A fully searchable CD containing more than 40,000 transcribed entries for births, deaths and marriages). [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).