Notes from the files of Joseph A. Kenny
See church records below
About the Church
Due to the influx of settler into the Rideau canal area of Smiths Falls Ontario, many business' and churches were built. St Francis de Sales mission held its first mass in 1829. The actual church was built in 1832 and in 1838, Rev, McDonagh was the priest appointed to St. Francis de Salle and for the neighboring town, Perth. The first resident pastor came in 1846 - Rev. Philip O'Reilly.
In 1851, the cemetery and Presbytery was built. This presbytery was later enlarged in 1886-87
In 1874, the township of Kitley was detached from the St. Francis de Sales mission and was made into its own mission. In 1875, Merrickville was annexed into the St. Francis de Sales mission, then detached into its own mission in 1886.
In 1877, there were 700 Catholics that belonged to St. Francis de Salle.
In 1939, the church was renovated. On February 9, 1848, the church was destroyed by fire. It was never determined the source. The walls withstood the fire, and the first service held after the fire was Midnight mass, on Christmas Eve, 1848.
Below, are the records that I have obtained copies from the St. Francis de Sales parish records. I have filed them in book form and here is the "Table of Contents" of this book.
Also see Sylvia Ilona-Droughan files on St. Francis de Sales parish, Smiths Falls
More General church records Smiths Falls and Brockville
Here are some various records of Kennys in the Tomacork Parish
Note that all spellings below are as they were in the record
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Arthur McGuiggin 5-1-1881
Arthur McG. & Elizabeth Hosey
Elenor Kenny
Thos. Kenny & Elenor Purcell
Francis Hourigan 4-24-1876
Mich'l Hourigan & Bridg. Maloney
Mary Kenny
Thos. Kenny & Ellen Purcell
Stephen Farrell 11-27-1868
Jas. Farrell & Alice O'Callahan
Margaret Balfe
Thos. Balfe & Sara Kenny
Edward O'Mara 2-4 1880
Wm. O'Mara & Margaret Roonsen
Sarah Balfe
Thos. Balfe & Sarah Kenny
Thomas Balfe 2-15-1870
Thos. Balfe & Sara Kenny
Ann Hourigan
Mich'l Hourigan & Bridg. Maloney
James Lovely 11-20-1874
Jos. Lovely & Catherine Curren
Ann Banville
Pat'k Banville & Mary Kelly
Died buried on this date Where Age in presence
Sarah Balfe 10-13-1899 St. Francis de Salle 87 Thos. Balfe
Cemetery
2) MISC., UNKNOWN FAMILY RECORDS
Contains familiar Family names that I haven't connected
with parents.
Married on this date
Parents
Jos. McSpaddin 1-12-1874
Wm. McSpaddin & Mehely Lovely
Margaret O'Connell
Maurice O'Connell & Marg. McAntee
Martin Kenney Widower 5-13-1867
Pat'k Kenney & Julia O'Brian
Widow Kiessel
Cosmos Kiessel & Mary Kehoe
Partick O'Brian 11-8-1860
Dan'l O'Brian & Catherine O'Neil
Eliza Kenney
James Kenney and Rose Friel
Patrick Kenny 2-13-1878
James Kenny & Rosannah Friel
Martha Keenan
John Keenan & Alice Doyle
Dudley O'Connor 11-22-1852
Township of Kitley
Elenor Kenny
Township of Kitley
Peter Byrnes 2-23-1854
Township of Kitley
Mary Balfe
Township of Elmsly
Thomas Toohey 2-27-1854
Township of Elmsly
Catherine Kenny
Township of Bastard
Born on this
date
Parents
Sponsors
Teresa Kenny 7-9-1862 John Kenny & Frances Ann Duncan - C.Doyle & Maria Kenny
Martin Kenny 6-14 1864 '' '' '' '' - JohnVaughan & Cath. Kenny
John Sinnott 8-1-1867 Robert Sinnott & Ann Balfe - M. O'Donnell & Marg. Balfe
Albert Kenny 7-17-1867 John Kenny & Frances A. Duncan- Pat'k Hourigan, Ann Kenny
John Maden 3-24-1857 James Maden & Mary Keny - James Cahil & Ann McDonnell
Thomas Toohey 6-3-1860 James Toohey & Hanora Kenny - Mich'l Kenny, Mrs Toohey
Died died on this date
Where Age
Witness
Martin Kenny 9-2-1894 Cemetery of this mission - 85 - Francis Hourigan, Mich'l King
3) ONTARIO CENSUS OF 1851
Contains the townships of Elmsley, Bastard, Leeds, Kitley, and Brockville.
Also included is the Agricultural Census for those areas.
4) ONTARIO CENSUS OF 1861
Contains the townships of Elmsley, Leeds, Brockville, Bastard and Kitley.
Also included is the Agricultural Census for those areas.
5) ONTARIO CENSUS OF 1871
Contains the townships of Leeds, Elmsley and the town Grenville.
6) HISTORY OF ST.FRANSIS de SALES & CHURCH CONFIRMATIONS
Contains information of the various pastors and a history of the construction and re-modeling after
a fire nearly destroyed it. Also included are Confirmations from the 1850's through 1900.
In some cases, the confirmations have the child's age.
7) ONTARIO TOWNSHIPS
This section provides a breakdown of the various townships of Ontario, and how they changes names
and their borders with different years.
8) MORE INFORMATION ON ONTARIO
This section provides continued research on various areas such as addresses of Archive agencies, information
on census' and land acquisitions, info on naturalization records, vital records and wills. It also provides
section of bibliographies.