Corrigan ∾ Johnston

Robert Corrigan

Imaqe of Alex Legroulx Birth: 15 Apr 1815 Enniskillen, Ireland
Marriage: Dundas, ON
Death: Jan. 24, 1862 Inkerman, ON
Burial: Inkerman, ON
Father: John Corrigan 1764-unkn
Mother: Sarah Clince 1780-unkn

Robert Corrigan, a native of Ireland, came to Canada and at the age of 23 joined the volunteer militia. He was involved in the Battle of the Windmill in November 1838 near Prescott, Ontario. When the battle had ended he left Point Iroquois headed north through the woods via Dixon's Corners, thence to Heckston (Archibald's Corners), crossing the Nation at Grant's Mills. He next came to Mountain township, and purchased from Colonel Fraser, of Port Elgin (Cardinal), a bush farm about one mile north of Smith's Mills (Inkerman), and there erected the proverbial log shanty and began the making of a home.

Robert is listed on the 1851 Agricultural census for Mountain Twp. It notes that he has over 100 acres with 30 under cultivation, 9.5 under crops, 20.5 pasture, 85 in woods or wild.

Robert Corrigon died in Mountain twp. 24 January 1862, as a result of an accident in a gravel pit; survived by his wife & 9 children.

in: - The Story of Dundas, History of Dundas County, J. Symth Carter, Rowenda Ontario Iriquois, The St. Lawrence News Publishing House, 1905

Margaret Johnston

Image of Blanche Corrigan Birth: Jul 1821 Enniskillen, Ireland
Marriage: Dundas, ON
Death: 31 Dec 1899 Inkerman, ON
Burial: Inkerman, ON
Father: Nicholas Johnston 1776 - 1860
Mother: Margaret J. Beatty 1777 - 1877

Margaret immigrated to Canad with her parents in 1826 at the age of 5. They settled in the Inkerman area. The area families were connected with the erection in 1855 of a frame church, 30x40 feet. Some of the early church members were: Thomas Armstrong, Thomas Johnston, James Mulloy, George Suffel, Mrs. N. Conway, Michael Barkley, William Guy, James N. Johnston, Solomon Render, Mrs. John Rennick, Mrs. Henry Killough, H. M. Barkley, Robert Corrigan, Peter Suifel, Nicholas Johnston, Edmud Suffel and Richard Suffel

Margaret bore ten children, with the last one at age 41 when she became a widow with 6 kids under 16 and one on the way. She died at age 71 and was buried in the Wesleyan cemetery in Inkerman.

Children

  1. Alva James Corrigan 1840-1917 age 76
  2. Mary Jane Corrigan 1842-1914 age 72
  3. Eliza Ann Corrigan 1844-1919 age 74
  4. Adeline Corrigan 1848-1921 age 73
  5. Amanda Corrigan b: 1852-1903 age 48
  6. John Joseph Corrigan 1854-1935 age 81
  7. Martha Corrigan 1859-1928 age 69
  8. Hannah M. N. Corrigan 1851-1874 age 23
  9. Robert Corrigan 1860-1928 age 68
  10. Richard Corrigan 1862-1921 age 58


Marriage Registers of the Parishes of Matilda


Tombstone

ROBERT CORRIGAN, a native of Ireland, came to Canada and served in the volunteer militia at the Windmill in 1838, after which he started to seek a home. Leaving Point Iroquois he started north through the woods via Dixon's Corners, thence to Heckston (Archibald's Corners), cross ing the Nation at Grant' s Mills. Henextcame to Mountain township, and purchased from Colonel Fraser, of Port Elgin (Cardinal), a bush farm about one mile north of Smith's Mills (Inkerman), and there erected the proverbial log shanty and began the making of a home. A. J. Corrigan, of Inkerman, born May 5, 1840, and a son of our subject, vividly pictures the primitive age. On all sides the country was wooded ; the nearest post office was twelve miles distant. Black salts was taken to Archibald's Corners and sold at prices ranging from 9 shillings and 6 pence to 12 shillings and 6 pence per cwt.; hunting was much indulged in, one device being to erect a scaffold in some trees beside a field of grain, where the wily hunter awaited the approach of deer; neighbor visited neighbor, and during the evening hours stories of adventure were oft related and enjoyed by all present; the first school was a night school conducted by that good man, Simon Johnston; while the nearest church was the Anglican at Boyd's Bridge.