Person:Myles Cosgrove (1)

Myles Cosgrove
  • HMyles CosgroveAbt 1825 - 1900
  • WEllen QuinnAbt 1831 - Aft 1891
m. 28 Jan 1847
  1. Catherine Cosgrove1848 -
  2. Mary Ann Cosgrove1850 - 1937
  3. Margaret Cosgrove1852 -
  4. James COSGROVEAbt 1856 -
  5. William CosgroveAbt 1858 -
  6. Edward John Cosgrove1859 -
  7. Thomas Cosgrove1861 - Aft 1891
  8. Ellen Rebecca Cosgrove1864 - 1888
  9. Martha Ann Cosgrove1866 - 1937
Facts and Events
Name Myles Cosgrove
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1825 County Wexford, Ireland
Marriage 28 Jan 1847 Ontario, Canada West, Canadato Ellen Quinn
Occupation[1] 1851 blacksmith
Death[2][3] 4 May 1900 Flos, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
Reference Number? 6359

From "They Came to Mara...", p. 182:

"Myles COSGROVE, his wife Ellen, and their young family were living in Brock Township as early as 1851 to 1861. On March 17, 1851, Myles Cosgrove, blacksmith of Brock, purchases 1 acre between lots 1 and 2, Concession 1, Brock Township. Two years later, Michael Malone and wife, Mary (Curtin), sold 2 acres at lot 1, Con 1, Brock to Myles Cosgrove, blacksmith, of Brock. By the time of the 1871 census, Myles, Ellen and their chilren were living in Scott Township; they were residents of Mara by 1881."

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 They came to Mara: Pioneers of Mara Township, circa 1829-1900. (Brechin, Ontario: Corporation of the Township of Mara (Ontario), 1993)
    p 182.

    QUAY 3

  2. Census Records
    1891 Canadian Census, Ontario, Simcoe Co., Tiny Twp., div 2, p 47; NA film T6368.

    QUAY 3 #14, COSGROVE, Myles, m, 70, married, father, Ire, Ire, Ire, R. C.

  3. Ontario Archive Record
    Death Register, Simcoe Co., Flos Twp., 1900: #024605-00.

    QUAY 3 "Cosgrove, Miles, m, May 4, 1900, 84 years, Co. Wexford, Ireland, cause - heart failure, farmer, infm - A. C. Bishop, Undertaker, Flos Twp. (Simcoe Co.) 024605-00

  4.   1871 Census-.

    1871 Census- Scott Twp., Ontario Co., roll C9987, page 77, family 255
    Miles 48, Ellen 30, Catherine 21, Mary 19, Margaret 17, James 15, William 13, Edward 11, Thomas 9, Ellen 7, Jane 5 (note Jane on line 1 of page 78)

  5.   1881 census- Mara Township.

    Canada Census, 1881," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MVF9-PC6 : accessed 16 Feb 2014), Myles Cosgrove, Mara, Ontario North, Ontario, Canada.