Mary Louisa Cecilia (Doherty) Kavanagh (1851 - 1919)

Born 19 Dec 1851 in Canada East

Ancestors

Died 11 Feb 1919 at age 67 in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States

Biography

Louisa Doherty was the daughter of Hon. Marcus Doherty, a native of Dungiven, Ireland, and Elizabeth O'Halloran from Fermoy, County of Cork, Ireland, who had both come as a youth to North America.^[1]

She married a Montreal insurance executive. P. Walter Kavanagh (1853-1905) on 10 Jul 1879 in Sherbrooke, while her father was stationed there as a judge and they had three children.

She died a widow in Manhattan, New York, USA in 1919 and was buried in Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.^[2]

1881 North Ward, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.^[3]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Marcus Doherty Head Male 61 Ireland Judge S.C.M.

Elizabeth Doherty Wife Female 55 Ireland

Thomas J. Doherty Son Male 34 Quebec Advocate

Helen E. Doherty Daur Female 35 Quebec

Louisa Doherty Daur Female 27 Quebec

Charles J. Doherty Son Male 25 Quebec Advocate

Annie W. Doherty Daur Female 21 Quebec

Agnes Doherty Daur Female 19 Quebec

Elizabeth Doherty Daur Female 17 Quebec

Marcus E. Doherty Son Male 16 Quebec

Michael J. Doherty Son Male 14 Quebec

1911 St. Antoine, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.^[4]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

L Kavanagh Head Female 60 Quebec

W Jos Kavanagh Son Male 20 Quebec

Sources

1. ↑ Sulte, Benjamin; Fryer, C. E; David, L.-O. (1908). "A history of Quebec, its resources and people". Montreal : Canada History Co. 905 pages.
2. ↑ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," Louisa Doherty Kavanagh, 11 Feb 1919; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York
3. ↑ 1881 Census Canada. Library and Archives Canada.
4. ↑ 1911 Census Canada. Library and Archives Canada.