Bridget Loreto Killeen

1861 - 1932  (71 years)

• Name	Bridget Loreto Killeen
  Born	10 Jun 1861	South March, March township, Carleton Co., Ontario   [1]
  Christened	29 Jun 1861	St. Michael's, Corkery, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario   [2]
  	Age 3 weeks. Godparents: Michael Galligan and Mary Galligan.
  Gender	Female
  Godparents	Michael Galligan and Mary Galligan
  Confirmation	14 Feb 1873	St. Peter Celestine, Pakenham   [3]
  	Bridget Killeen, age 10
  Occupation	1890	Ottawa, Ontario   [4]
  	Dressmaker: Killeen Bridget Miss, dressmaker, bds 262 Nepean
  Address	1889-1890	Ottawa, Ontario
  	262 Nepean. Boarding at home of John Burke. Dressmaker
  Address	1894	Ottawa, Ontario
  	308 Gloucester. With Henrietta Moran
  Occupation	1897	Ottawa, Ontario   [5]
  	Dressmaker: Leahy, Mrs B L, 308 Gloucester
  Religion	Roman Catholic
  Death Informant	John Lahey, 26 St. Francis, husband
  Died	8 Nov 1932	Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Obit	10 Nov 1932	Arnprior, McNab township, Renfrew Co., Ontario   [6]
  	"Late Mrs. John Lahey"
  Cause of Death	Cerebral hemorrhage
  Burial Witnesses	10 Nov 1932
  	Allan Jerome Moran and C. Lahey (probably Clifford Lahey)
  Buried	10 Nov 1932	Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Association	Michael Galligan (Relationship: Godfather/goddaughter)
  Association	Mary Galligan (Relationship: Godmother/goddaughter)
  Association	Allan Jerome Moran (Relationship: Burial witness)
  Association	Family: Thomas Burke / Mary Ann Lahey (Relationship: Marriage witness)
  Association	Margaret Finner (Relationship: Confirmation sponsor)
  Notes	Listed as "orphan" in the household of Margaret [Killeen] Lahey in the 1881 census. I had initially assumed that she had been raised by her paternal aunt Margaret Jane [Killeen] Lahey. But she may have been raised by her maternal Galligan relations in the Fitzroy Harbour area?
  Person ID	I31	Moran
  Last Modified	13 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Patrick Killeen,   b. Apr 1820, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 May 1890  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Mother	Bridget Galligan,   b. 1835, Loughaconnick, Kilmore, Co. Cavan, Ireland ,   d. 11 Jun 1861, Fitzroy Township, Carleton County, Ontario  (Age 26 years)
  Married	28 Feb 1859	Pakenham, Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada
  Association	Bernard Gaffney (Relationship: Marriage witness)
  Family ID	F31	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John James Lahey,   b. 2 Dec 1858, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Dec 1932, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Married	12 Jul 1893	St. Patrick's, Ottawa   [8, 9]
  	Dispensation granted for the impediment of 'secundi gradus consanguinitatus collateralis' (second degree relationship = first cousins)
  Witnesses	12 Jul 1893
  	James Killeen and Mary Ann Killeen of Ottawa.
  Address	1897	Ottawa, Ontario
  	308 Gloucester
  Address	1910	Ottawa, Ontario
  	500 Laurier Ave W
  Address	1911	Ottawa, Ontario
  	25 Empress Ave
  Address	1917	Ottawa, Ontario
  	26 Francis St
  Land	2 Apr 1917	Ottawa, Ontario   [10]
  	Agreement, Grantor Edward and Eva Bellinger, Grantee John J. and Laura M. Lahey
  	John James Lahey purchased the house at 26 St. Francis Street with his daughter, Mary Laura Lahey
  Land	1935	Ottawa, Ontario   [11]
  	House at 26 St. Francis Street sold to Stephen A. Matthews
  Association	James Napoleon Killeen (Relationship: Marriage witness)
  Association	Mary Ann Killeen (Relationship: Marriage witness)
  Children	1. Mary Laura Lahey,   b. 29 Dec 1893, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Jan 1953, Detroit, MI  (Age 59 years)   2. Margaret Hilda Lahey,   b. 23 Jun 1896, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 April 1923, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 26 years)   3. Mary Catherine Lahey,   b. 9 Jun 1898, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Feb 1959, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 60 years)   4. Agnes Evelyn Lahey,   b. 12 Apr 1900, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Jul 1984, Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan  (Age 84 years)   5. Mary Gladys Lahey,   b. 28 Dec 1901, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Jul 1959, Centerville, St. Joseph, Michigan  (Age 57 years)
  Marriage		Marriage of John James Lahey and Bridget Loreto Killeen St. Patrick's, Ottawa, 12 July 1893
  		Marriage of John James Lahey and Bridget Loreto Killeen: Marital Dispensation Dispensation for the impediment of 'secundi gradus consanguinitatus collateralis' (second degree relationship = first cousins) They had applied for, and received, this dispensation in 1889?!?
  Obituary		Obit for Margaret Hilda Lahey The Ottawa Citizen, 1 May 1923
  		Obituary for Margaret Hilda Lahey The Ottawa Journal, 23 April 1923
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2023
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Bridget Loreto Killeen, Mary Gladys [Lahey] Cunningham, and John Cunningham 1926. Probably Detroit, Michigan?
  		Bridget Loreto (Killeen) Lahey, Mary Gladys (Lahey) Cunningham, and Richard John Cunningham Ca. 1927

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Hosts Tea and Shower The Ottawa Citizen, 19 April 1929
  		Mrs. J.J. Lahey Hostess of Tea For the St. Mary's Tabernacle Society The Ottawa Citizen, 29 April 1929
  		Georgina Gaffney hosts shower for Violet Joly The Ottawa Citizen, 13 October 1925 Mrs. J. Lahey = Bridget Loreto Killeen, wife of John James Lahey

  
  

  Headstones

  John James Lahey and Bridget Loreto Killeen Headstone at Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa Plot: Section 15-4

  
  

  Histories

  Seamstress Ancestors Some of our female ancestors worked as seamstresses/dressmakers/tailoresses.

  
  

  Marriage		Trousseau Tea for Miss Gladys Lahey The Ottawa Citizen, 7 June 1924 Mrs. T. Burk = Mary Ann Lahey, wife of Thomas Burke Mrs. M.D. Stanton = Mildred Estella Burke, wife of Michael Dominic Stanton Mrs. J.J. Whelan = Mary Ann Killeen, wife of James. J. Whelan Mrs. H. Meloche = Margaret Theresa Barnes, wife of Henry Meloche
  		Shower Parties for Miss Gladys Lahey The Ottawa Citizen, 4 June 1924

  
  

  Obituary » Slide Show		Obituary for Bridget Loreto Killeen The Ottawa Journal, 8 November 1932
  		Obit for Bridget Loreto Killeen The Ottawa Citizen, 8 November 1932
  		Obit for Bridget Loreto Killeen The Arnprior Chronicle, 10 November 1932

  
  

• Sources

  [S85] Ontario Deaths. [S87] Fitzroy Harbour Register. [S304] Register of Confirmation, Pakenham and Fitzroy Harbour, 1866-1916. [S444] Canada, City and Area Directories, 1819-1906. Ottawa City Directory, 1889-1890, p. 297 [S444] Canada, City and Area Directories, 1819-1906. Ottawa City Directory, 1897, p. 439 [S174] Arnprior Chronicle, p. 1, 10 Nov 1932. "In Ottawa the death occurred on Tuesday, Nov. 8th, of a lady well known in Arnprior, Mrs. John Lahey, in her 66th year..." [S133] Register of St. Mary's, Ottawa. [S107] St. Patrick's Ottawa. [S83] Ontario Marriages. [S438] Abstract Parcel Register Book, Ottawa-Carleton (LRO 04). Book 145, Lot 6, Plan 195 [26 St. Francis Street], image 24 of 252 [S347] The Ottawa Journal, p. 7, 3 Oct 1935. "Estate John J Lahey to Stephen A Matthews, property on St. Francis St, $3,300"