My great, great, great grandfather, James Flood,is supposedly from Ballycanew in Wexford County. We were told that heimmigrated to Canada in the early 1800's. Later he immigrated to the US. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Cherie:
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The RC parish for Ballycanew would be Ballyoughter http://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0578 and baptismal records for that parish start in 1810 which based on your message appears to be too late for your interests. I checked the Find My Past data base and did not find a baptismal record before 1828.
You may want to consider autosomal DNA testing.
Roger McDonnell
Hi Cherie, I think we are looking for information about the same person. My husband's third great grandafther is James Flood from Wexford Co (1800 to 1881). He immigrated to Canada in 1826 and settled in the Ballycanoe Ontario, build a church, and raised a large family in that area. As far as we know, he did not relocate to the United States. He is buried near his homestead. I am also curious about where he came from in Ireland and his ancestors to track our family tree further back. - M
Further to my message above, Ballycanew Ontario is near the New York border and it seems that some Floods did indeed move to the US.
Yes I believe it is the same James Flood. My great grandfather Henry Flood (1863-1917) moved from Canada Ballycanew to Oswego, NY then to Syracuse, NY. His father (my great-great grandfather) was James Flood (1829-1918) who married Eliza(beth) Burns (1936-1912) and they moved from Canada to New York to out west in Washington State. Our branch stayed in Syracuse. James’ father was also named James Flood (1800-1881) who was married to Margaret Connors (some records say O’Connor) 1799-1878). Does any of this sound familiar to your James Flood?Thank you for replying.
Yes, our family descended from James Sr.'s youngest son Patrick Flood (1836-1911).
I too am a decendant of James Flood. My name was Donna Flood. I live close to Balleycanoe in Athens Ontario. He is burried there in the family cemetary. The parish there burned down this fall. We have many family around here. If you have any more questions you can contact me on facebook. My name there is Donna de Pena Reyes. Happy Hunting.
My grandfather was Thomas Marcus Flood born in 1910 Married Angela Leeder and had 7 Children. Thomas, Raymond, Robert, Sarah, Marion, Danny, and Margaret. All Still Living.
History of St. James the Minor, Ballycanoe, Ontario:
The community is known both as Ballycanoe and Trevelyan. It is west of County Road 5 between Ballycanoe and Caintown Roads, on the Catholic Church Road.
St. James the Minor Roman Catholic Church was the first and only Roman Catholic church in what is now known as Front of Yonge Township. It was a large parish serving an area with boundaries from Lyn in the east to Lansdowne in the west, and included the Township of Rear of Yonge and Escort and south to the St. Lawrence River.
The first Mass celebrated in Ballycanoe took place in 1836 in the home of James Flood, an Irish immigrant who arrived in Ballycanoe in 1828. St. James the Minor Church was built in Ballycanoe in 1861, when the first Mass was celebrated in the new church on Christmas Day 1861. Rt. Rev. E.J. Hogan, Bishop of Kingston, consecrated the St. James Cemetery on July 13, 1869. The cemetery was in use in 1847, perhaps even before then. Ballycanoe became an independent parish in 1884, with Mass celebrated each Sunday and Holy Day by Rev. Fr. Wm. E. Walshe, then a curate at Brockville. The Rectory was completed on October 24, 1885, and on December 27th, 1885 Fr. Wm. E. Walshe was appointed the first pastor.
St. James continued to be a major part of the community until the late 1960's. By 1971, there were fewer than 23 families attending St. James. Sadly, the last regular Mass was celebrated on March 12, 1972. St. James Church was closed on March 15, 1972, but the cemetery continues to serve family and friends of St. James, Ballycanoe.
The Cemetery is located in Concession 4, Lot 24, in the Township of Front of Yonge, County of Leeds, in the Province of Ontario.
I am a Flood from Ballycanoe in Mallorytown. I now live in Athens. I went to St James Catholic Church. My family are buried in the cemetery and I grew up in the rectory. I do not know the names of my great grandparents just my grandparents Clifford Flood who married Marguriet Leeder. He had three brothers and two sisters Alphonses, Gerald, Edmond, Anastasia and Florence. Edmond moved to Syracuse NY, married and had children. Alphonse’s lived in Kingston and had one daughter. My grandparents had two boys Edward and Francis. Both have passed away. I am interested in learning more about the family as well.
Henry Flood was also my great-great-grandfather. Do you have any information on James Flood? Anything would be appreciated.
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