Thomas and Margaret Black Family Chart
Parents Born Baptized Married Moves Occupations Death Burial
Thomas Black

Source Data		 1823 in Quebec but parents were probably of Scottish or Irish origin.

The 1851 Census of Chicoutimi, Quebec was used to establish the year and place of birth.

Other data indicates the year and place of birth as: 1828 in Ireland (1861 Census), 1822 in Ireland (1871 Census) and 1823-24 in Scotland (Burial Record)

   Margaret Leddy on 16 July 1851 at St. Francois Xavier (Catholic Church), Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada at about age 28

Re-marriage on 26 October 1851 in an Anglican or Presbyterian Church on Grosse Ile, Quebec, Canada

• Chicoutimi, Quebec before 1851
• Lévis, Quebec about 1856
• St. Jean, Quebec by 1860
• Saint Lamberts by 1863
• Montreal by 1865

• Blacksmith (1851-71 Censuses)
• Blacksmith (Various Directories)
• Grocer (1875-1876 Directory)
• Boilermaker (Various Directories)

Military: Hochelaga Light Infantry, 6th Battalion Volunteer Militia of Canada, Sergeant of No. 6 Company, August 20, 1875 (Record indicates this is for T. Black) 		30 June 1878 at 148 Forfar Street, Montreal at age 54

Cause: Paralysis of the Brain		 3 July 1878 in Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal in Section C, Grave 853-H, no grave marker
Margaret Leddy

(possible brother Michael)

Source Data		 1832 in Limerick, Ireland

The 1851 Census of Chicoutimi, Quebec was used to establish the year and place of birth.

Other data indicates the year and place of birth as: 1834 in Ireland (1861 Census), 1835 in Quebec (1871 Census), 1836 in Quebec (1881 Census) and 1832 in Ireland (Burial Record)

   Thomas Black 16 July 1851 at St. Francois Xavier (Catholic Church), Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada at about age 19

Re-marriage on 26 October 1851 in an Anglican or Presbyterian Church on Grosse Ile, Quebec, Canada

• Ireland to Quebec
• Chicoutimi, Quebec before 1851
• Lévis, Quebec about 1856
• St. Jean, Quebec by 1860
• Saint Lamberts by 1863
• Montreal by 1865

  28 March 1899 at 148 Bourgeois Street, Montreal at about age 66

Cause: Contagious Disease		 30 March 1899 in Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal in Section C, Grave 853-H, no grave marker
Children Born Baptized Married Moves Occupations Death Burial
Thomas Black 1851 Chicoutimi, Saguenay, Quebec, Canada Possibly this baptimal record can be found at St. Francois Xavier (Catholic Church), Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada       Probably died before 1857 as a brother named Thomas Henry was born 15 November 1857.  
Isabella Catherine Black

Source Data 		30 November 1853 probably Chicoutimi, Saguenay, Quebec, Canada

22 May 1857 at St. Patrick's Church in Quebec City, Canada

St. Patrick's was an English speaking Catholic Church. See note below.

 William Wallace Knowles on 25 January 1877 at St. John Evangelist, Montreal, Quebec, Canada at age 23 • born Chicoutimi, Quebec 1853
• Lévis, Quebec about 1856
• St. Jean, Quebec by 1860
• Saint Lamberts by 1863
• Montreal by 1865
• to Chicago 1887-1888		 • Dressmaker (1871 Census)
• Dressmaker (1879 -1880 Montreal Directory)
• Dressmaker (1891 Chicago Directory)		 1 September 1892 at 5734 Wabash, Chicago, Illinois at age 38

Cause: Cholera		 3 September 1892 at Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois in Grave J-1-314
Margaret Ellen Black 12 January 1856 in Lévis, Quebec, Canada

22 January 1856 at St. Patrick's Church in Quebec City, Canada

St. Patrick's was an English speaking Catholic Church. See note below.

   • born Lévis, Quebec
• St. Jean, Quebec by 1860
• Saint Lamberts by 1863
  23 March 1872 in Monteal at age 16 about March 1872 in Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal in Section C, Grave 853-H, no grave marker
Thomas Henry Black 15 November 1857 in Lévis, Quebec, Canada 26 October 1858 at the Church of Scotland Lévis, Quebec, Canada

See note below.

   • born Lévis, Quebec
• St. Jean, Quebec by 1860
• Saint Lamberts by 1863
• Montreal by 1865		      
Unknown Male Child 1860 probably in St. Jean (John), Quebec Possibly this baptimal record can be found in St. Jean       died at 6 days old.  
George Robert Black about 1861 in the Province of Quebec, Canada     • Unknown birth locations
• Saint Lamberts by 1863
• Montreal by 1865		      
Mary Black 12 May 1863 in Saint Lamberts, Quebec, Canada 30 August 1863 at East End Methodist Church on Rue Lagauchetiere, Montreal

See note below.

 John Cameron in Montreal

Son John A. Cameron died in Montreal August 6, 1894 in Montreal.		 • Montreal by 1865      
Elizabeth Black about 1864 in Montreal Possibly this baptimal record can be found. Richard Shannon on May 27, 1891 in Chicago at about age 27 • born Montreal, Quebec
• to Chicago about 1887- 1888		      
John James Black 9 May 1867 in Pointe-Saint Charles, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 6 September 1868 at St. Matthew's Presbyterian Church, Montreal, Quebec, Canada          
Arthur William Black 26 May 1869 in Montreal         29 May 1869 at age 3 days about June 1869 in Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal in Section C, Grave 853-H, no grave marker

Family Chart Notes
  1. Clicking individual names under the Parent's/Children's column transfers to that individual's Family Chart.
  2. Thomas Black married Margarite Leddy on 26 July 1851 at the Parish of St. Francois Xavier, Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada. The marriage Record states: “marriage between Thomas Black, of the religion Protestant and Margarite Leddy, Catholic.” The original St. Francois Xavier Church, Chicoutimi was established in 1847. It has been rebuilt 3 times and is currently a Cathredral. The locations is: 514, rue Racine Est, Chicoutimi, QC and overlooks the old port area of the town. Chicoutimi is the most populous borough of the city of Saguenay in Quebec, Canada. Chicoutimi was founded as a city in 1842 at the confluence of the Saguenay and Chicoutimi rivers.
  3. Thomas Black re-married Margaret Leddy 26 October 1851 on Grosse Ile, Quebec, Canada at a presumed Anglican or Presbyterian church as the original records states they were previously married in a Catholic Church. The date of 26 October 1851 is a little over three months later. Grosse Ile is about 200 miles by water upstream from Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada and about 30 miles east of Quebec. At the time it was the place where immigrants landed to be processed. Shortly before, particularly 1847 many Irish immigrants died there due to contagious diseases. It is presumed Thomas wanted to also be married in his own church. But I also wonder whether their journey there might also be a nostalgia visit to Margaret's possible arrival there from Ireland or if it is might be connected to her parents in some way.
  4. Margaret Ellen Black's baptism was 22 January 1856 by a vicar of St. Patrick’s Church of Quebec City. The Baptismal Record notes that the parents were of the parish of Notre Dame de Levi, or more fully Notre Dame de la Victoire de Lévis, a Catholic Church located in Lévis, Quebec. St. Patrick’s of Quebec City is the only English-speaking Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of Quebec. Founded in 1832, the parish has occupied several different buildings as the population of English-speaking Catholics, primarily Irish, in Quebec City has swelled and shrunk. Thus it appears that Margaret Leddy Black and other Irish Catholics would have religious ceremonies performed at St. Patrick’s Church since the ceremonies were in English though they were parishioners of the French speaking Notre Dame de la Victoire de Lévis which is where they lived. Of note is that the father, did not attend the baptism.
  5. Lévis is a city in eastern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, opposite Quebec City. It was here that Thomas and Margaret Black lived from about 1856 to at least 1859.
  1. Isabella Catherine Black's baptism was 22 May 1857 at St. Patrick’s Church of Quebec City. The Baptismal Record notes that the parents were of the parish of Notre Dame de Levi, or more fully Notre Dame de la Victoire de Lévis, a Catholic Church located in Lévis, Quebec. St. Patrick’s of Quebec City is the only English-speaking parish in the Archdiocese of Quebec. Founded in 1832, the parish has occupied several different buildings as the population of English-speaking Catholics, primarily Irish, in Quebec City has swelled and shrunk. Thus it appears that Margaret Leddy Black and other Irish Catholics would have religious ceremonies performed at St. Patrick’s Church since the ceremonies were in English though they were parishoners of the French speaking Notre Dame de la Victoire de Lévis which is where they lived. The Baptismal Record states that Isabella Catherine Black was about 3 years of age which supports a birth date of 30 November 1853. While the baptism took place while the family was living in Lévis, research by Dolores Woodbury and Muriel Knowles indicates she was born in Saguenay, Quebec which would match with Chicoutimi, Saguenay, Quebec which is where her family lived from at least 1851 to 1852.
  2. Thomas Henry Black's baptism was 15 November 1858 at the Church of Scotland Lévis, Quebec, Canada. His older siblings Isabella Catherine and Margaret Ellen were baptized as Catholics. The choice of the Church of Scotland also suggests and tends to confirm that Thomas Black was of Scottish descent and likely a Scottish Presbyterian. Many Scottish migrated to Ireland and then to Canada after the "Clearances."
  3. Mary Black's baptism was on 30 August 1863 at East End Methodist Church on Rue Lagauchetiere, Montreal; however she was born in Saint Lambert which is an off-island suburb of Montreal, Quebec, located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. Thus as with the Black's time in Lévis, they traveled across the river for the children's baptisms.
  4. The 1861 Census for the Blacks for St. Jean indicates a child died in 1860 at 6 days old. Presumably this was in St. Jean.
  5. As of early 2014, I could not find George Robert Black's Baptismal Record. He was born about 1861. For the 1861 Census, the Blacks lived in St. Jean (John), St. Jean County, Quebec.
  6. St. Matthew's Presbyterian Church, Montreal, Quebec, Canada was located in Pointe-Saint Charles. It was associated with the Church of Scotland and was a beacon for the Irish in Montreal. Pointe-Saint-Charles (also known locally as simply The Point) is a neighbourhood in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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