Shea Family, 1897
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- A formal photograph of the Shea family taken at the front entrance to the farmhouse, Lot 7 Concession 2 NDS Trafalgar Township in 1897. 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 (in modern day terms). At the time of this family gathering, 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 Lot 6 and the Shea farm, Lot 7, was immediately west. Although developers bought the land in the 1960's, today trees and shrub growth mark the old house location on a small creek - it has not been built up.
Detailed information has been written on the back of the photograph by a family member and transcribed here. You can view it yourself by clicking on "Pages" "Select" to view the 2nd image in this record.
The Shea Family, circa 1897. Trafalgar Township - Lot 7, Concession 2.
Back Row: Charles Shea, Mr. Charles Smyth, Peter Shea, Lena Shea, Thomas Vincent Shea.
Front Row: Julia Shea, Frances Shea (nee Tobin), Mrs. Mary Ann Smyth (nee Shea), with her daughter on her lap and her other daughter at her feet, Thomas Shea, Anastasia "Tassie" Shea, at the feet of Thomas Shea is his youngest child, Percy.
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 Joseph Snider. Both Patrick and Bridget are buried in St. Mary's cemetery in Oakville.
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 - married 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 - Date Of Event
- 1897
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- TTMFL000629
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- Trafalgar Township Historical Society
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- English
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Snider's Corners:
Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.5171212094222 Longitude: -79.7228431323242
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Snider's Corners:
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- Shea Family, 1897
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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
