Annie (Donahue) Gorman (1816 - 1907)

Born 1816 in Ireland, United Kingdom

Wife of Thomas Gorman — married 10 Feb 1833 in Prince Edward Island, Canada

Descendants

Died 29 Oct 1907 at about age 91 in Glengarry, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada

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Biography

She migrated from Ireland to the Miramichi region of New Brunswick and married Thomas Gorman in the early 1830s/Ireland

Date: 07 OCT 1825: Survived the Great Miramichi Fire/Miramichi, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

In 1881, Annie was in Lot 13 with Ellen, 42; Lawrence, 32, Bridget 38, John Joseph, 21 and Catherine, 12. ^[1] Annie was a shopkeeper. She was living with her daughter Ellen in 1891.

Her son Thomas, editor of the Ottawa Free Press, died in 1894. In his will, he left his sister Mrs William Brown $100, for the benefit of his mother, Mrs Annie Gorman.^[2]

Gorman Mrs. Thomas [nee Anne Donahue] Died at the residence of her son, James Gorman, Esq., Glengarry, Lot 7, on Oct 29th, Anne Donahue, widow of the late Thomas Gorman, Esq., Tyne Valley, aged 93 years. Of her family of eleven children seven survive her, also thirty-three grandchildren, fifty-four great grand children, and one great great grand child. The four living sons are James in Glengarry; Lawrence in South Brewer, Maine; John in California; and Charles in Montreal; the daughters are Mrs. Wm. Brown, Port Hill; Mrs. Luke Hughes, Perth Amboy; and Mrs. Thomas O’Connon, South Brewer, Maine. The deceased was a person of more than ordinary intelligence, possessing a strong retentive memory and was well posted in the history written and unwritten of the hardships of the early settlers and the many of the political and social events of the past century. Her remains were laid to rest in St. Mark’s Cemetery, close by the “sounding wave,” the Rev. Dr. Burke celebrating the requiem mass. “Requiescat in pace.”^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Year: 1881; Census Place: Lot 13, Prince, Prince Edward Island; Roll: C_13162; Page: 55; Family No: 213 1881 Canada Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999
2. ↑ Examiner -- 18940804 -- Page 02
3. ↑ Agriculturist 23 November 1907, page 8, col. 5

• "Canada, Prince Edward Island Marriage Registers, 1832-1888," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBJ-2MQQ : 20 February 2021), Thomas Gorman and Ann Donahoo, 10 Feb 1833; citing , Prince Edward Island, Canada, Public Archives, Charlottetown; FHL microfilm 1,630,091.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to David Oulton for creating WikiTree profile Donahue-335 through the import of Dubois Oulton Family Tree(2)_2013-09-07.ged on Sep 8, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by David and others.

Thank you to Alan Murray for the obituary.