Shea Farmhouse, Snider's Corners
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- This farmhouse was on Lot 7 Concession 2 NDS Trafalgar Township. In modern terms, this is located just west of where the intersection of 8th Line and Burnhamthorpe Road East would be if the Eighth Line came up to Burnhamthorpe, in Oakville. The area was Snider's Corners which was centered on the church on the north-west corner of 9th Line and Burnhamthorpe Road. The church was on the south-east corner of Lot 6 and the Shea farm, Lot 7, was immediately west. Although developers bought the land in the 1960's and tore down the farmhouse, today trees and shrub growth mark the old house location on a small creek - it has not been built up.
The land was previously the farm of Patrick Tobin who had emigrated from Kilkenny, Ireland. They landed first in New Brunswick where a son was born to Patrick and Bridgit, and then on to Trafalgar Township. Patrick died on April 23, 1873, Bridget died earlier at age 75.
The family story is that Irish immigrant Thomas Vincent Shea met a man named Joe Brown on the boat over. Joe recommended that Thomas go to the Tobin farm in Trafalgar Township as they "would put him up". Thomas did, he met Bridget and Patrick's granddaughter, Frances, and at their marriage, he took over the farm.
Many of the older Shea family members are buried at St. Mary's Cemetery on Lyons Lane in Oakville. - Subject(s)
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- Thomas Shea - Father - Born Oct. 10, 1835 in Cork, Ireland, 16 March 3, 1901 in Trafalgar Twsp (Ontario) - son of Dionysius Shea and Julia Sullivan - Farmer - wed Frances Tobin, April 28, 1862 - raised 9 children. Frances Tobin - Mother - Born Dec. 2, 1844 in Trafalgar Twsp (Oakville), died Jan. 23, 1902 Oakville. - Daughter of Peter Tobin and Ann Armstrong. Grandfather was Patrick Tobin - Born 1795 in Kilkenny, Ireland. Patrick Tobin and his wife, Bridget Moran (from Leitrim, Ireland) originally purchased this acreage from Josep Snider. Both Patrick and Bridget are buried in St. Mary's cemetery in Oaville. The children of Thomas Shea and Frances Tobin: - Peter - Born July 20, 1863 - married Annie, believed to be a widower, raised one child, Thomas P. Shea, born March 31, 1900, and two step children, Henry C. Clair, born Sept. 10, 1891 and James Clair, May 28, 1894. - Mary Ann - Born 1866, married Charles Smyth. - Frances Julia (called Julia) - Born March 9, 1868, died Nov 28, 1954 - spinster. - Dennis Shea - Born Nov 4, 1879, died Dec. 15, 1883 - kicked by horse (before picture taken). - Margaret Anastasia (Tassie) Shea - Born June 17, 1834 - died Sept. 29, 1944 - spinster - together with sister Julia, moved to Detroit Michigan and established a successful dairy business. - Thomas Vincent Shea - Born Apr 12, 1876, died Feb 4, 1965 - married Mary Cecilia Colgan, raised two children - Mary Helen and Thomas Joseph (soc??). Farmer - "On the homestead". - Charles A. Shea - Born 1878, died 1948 - maqrried Ethel Mary OHara - no children - painter & decorator. - Lena Shea - Born May 8, 1881 - married Wm. Sanford - 4 children. - Joseph Percival (Percy) Shea - Born July 12, 1891 - last child of Thomas and Frances Shea - teacher and photographer
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- TTMFL000631
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- Trafalgar Township Historical Society
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Snider's Corners:
Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.5169344839615 Longitude: -79.7224139788818
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Snider's Corners:
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Trafalgar Township Historical Society Sponsor: Jeff Knoll, Local & Regional Councillor for Oakville Ward 5 – Town of Oakville/Regional Municipality of Halton
