Rosanna McGonigal

1848 - 1877  (~ 28 years)

• Name	Rosanna McGonigal
  Born	Jul 1848	Arnprior, McNab township, Renfrew Co., Ontario
  	Baptized on September 18, 1848, at age "two months." But note that her age was given as "sixteen years" in a guardianship record dated May 4, 1864, concerning the appointment of her godfather, James O'Connor, as her legal guardian.
  Christened	18 Sep 1848	Mount St. Patrick, Brougham township, Renfrew Co., Ontario   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Godparents	Jas. O'Connor and Maty Ann Pattison, at Sand Point
  Cause of Death	Puerperal fever (childbirth)
  Died	6 Jan 1877	Alfred, Plantagenet, Prescott Co., Ontario   [2]
  Burial Witnesses	9 Jan 1877
  	Joseph McGauverin [McGovern] and John Brownrigg
  Buried	9 Jan 1877	Saint Victor Parish Cemetery, Alfred, Prescott and Russell United Counties, Ontario   [3]
  Association	James O'Connor (Relationship: Godfather/goddaughter)
  Association	Martha Ann Paterson (Relationship: Godmother/goddaughter)
  Association	James O'Connor (Relationship: Legal guardian)
  Person ID	I6312	Moran
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2026

  
  

  Father	Hugh McGonigal,   b. 1799, Co. Donegal, Ireland ,   d. 11 Dec 1857, McNab township, Renfrew Co., Ontario  (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Margaret McLaughlin,   b. 1803, Co. Donegal, Ireland ,   d. 15 Jul 1858  (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F529	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Patrick Tierney,   b. Apr 1830, Montebello, Québec ,   d. 10 Nov 1907, Alfred, Plantagenet, Prescott Co., Ontario  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Married	17 Jun 1865	Portage du Fort, Pontiac Co., Québec   [4]
  	Rosanna married as "daughter minor" of the deceased Hugh McGonigal and Margaret McLaughlin
  Witnesses	James Heavey and Margaret Heavey
  Children	1. Mary Tierney,   b. About 1866, Alfred, Plantagenet, Prescott Co., Ontario ,   d. 8 Dec 1874, Alfred, Plantagenet, Prescott Co., Ontario  (Age ~ 8 years)   2. Margaret Tierney,   b. About 1868, Alfred, Plantagenet, Prescott Co., Ontario ,   d. 24 Feb 1954, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario  (Age ~ 86 years)   3. Patrick Tierney,   b. About 1870, Alfred, Plantagenet, Prescott Co., Ontario   4. Hugh Stephen Tierney,   b. 2 Sep 1872, Alfred, Plantagenet, Prescott Co., Ontario ,   d. 15 Apr 1944, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario  (Age 71 years)   5. Johanna Tierney,   b. 12 Nov 1874, Alfred, Plantagenet, Prescott Co., Ontario   6. James William Tierney,   b. 1 Jan 1877, Alfred, Plantagenet, Prescott Co., Ontario ,   d. 12 Sep 1877, Alfred, Plantagenet, Prescott Co., Ontario  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F2158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S197] Register of St. Patrick's, Mount St. Patrick/Dacre. [S85] Ontario Deaths. [S522] Register of Saint Victor, Alfred. [S228] Register of St. Jacques le Majeur/St James the Greater, Portage du Fort.