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Letitia Hewitt

Letitia Hewitt

Born
1 Jan 1783
Died
1 Jan 1863
Gender
Female
Place of migration
Migrated to /Born in Canada

We believe that Letitia Hewitt was born in Longford County.  She married John Walsh there in 1803.  He was born in Longford County in 1782 and died there, leaving Letitia a widow with 10 children.

John Walsh married Isabella Hicks on 2 Jan 1834 in Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada.  She was born in 1807 in County Westmeath, Ireland. He seems to have been the earliest of this family to arrive in Canada.  Another John Walsh, named Sr, preceded him.

William Walsh married Hannah Gardiner in 1832 in Ireland.  She was born in 1813.  They settled in the Bearbrook area of Cumberland Township, Ontario, in 1837.  George Walsh married Elizabeth Quirn in Ireland in 1838. He arrived in Bearbrook in 1840.

Richard Walsh married another Irish immigrant in Bearbrook in 1838: Eleanor Moffatt, daughter of Samuel Moffatt and Mary Connor, born 8 Mar 1818 in Ireland.  They settled in Bearbrook that same year.  Alice Walsh died in Ireland 18 06 1815.

Letitia Walsh married James Murphy in Ireland.  They arrived in Bearbrook, On, in 1840.  Robert Walsh married Mary Tanner in Ireland in 1841.  They arrived in Bearbrook in 1848 with his mother, Letitia (nee Hewitt) Walsh.  

Eliza Walsh married another Irish immigrant, John Moffatt, son of Samuel Moffatt and Mary Connor, in 1843 in Cumberland Township, Ontario.  He was born 14 Feb 1820 in Ireland.  Mary Ann Walsh married James Leitch in Ireland.  She died there in 1849.

Joseph Walsh died in Sorel, Quebec, Canada in 1835.

Associated communities

Longford

Co. Longford, or Longfort in Irish, is part of the midlands region of Ireland.  We have a gorgeous countryside with farmlands, lakes and bogs.  We have a population of approximately 40,810.  We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.

Other ancestors in this community

Buildings in this community

  • Cavalry Barracks Longford (Lower Barracks)

    Location: Longford

  • Knights & Conquests Heritage Centre

    Location: Longford

    Granard Longford

  • Maria Edgeworth Center - Edgeworthstown

    Location: Longford

    Ballymahon Rd, Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford, N39 E3C8

  • Greville Arms Hotel, Granard - Gen Michael Collins - Kitty Kiernan

    Location: Longford

    Greville Hotel, Granard, Co Longford

Timeline events in this community

  • 1880s

    Four drowned in the Shannon

    2 Dec 1882

  • 1930s

    Travelling Folk in the 1930s

    <p>Between 1937 and 1939, primary school pupils across the Republic of Ireland interviewed the elderly in their neighborhood to collect and record local stories and folklore from the 19th century. "The Schools Collection" as it became known is held by the Dúchas Folklore Collection in UCD and is and has been digitized online at duchas.ie. One of the topics schoolchildren were asked to write about were "Travelling Folk" or An Lucht Siúil. </p> <p>Here is a selection of what "settled" children wrote about travelers in the late 1930s.</p>

    1 Jan 1938

  • 1830s

    Cholera rages in Longford

    <p>FROM THE WESTMEATH JOURNAL</p>

    23 Jul 1832

  • 1830s

    County Longford in the 1830s

    <p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837. (Much of the information collected here was submitted by members of the local gentry and clergy of the time).</p>

    1 Jan 1837