The Genealogical History of Victoria County ……This paper was sent to me by Maureen MacLean in 1996
By
Rev. D. J. Rankin, P.P., Iona, CB
Father Kiley of Gloucester, Mass., has written the Kiley history and in the words of Father Rankin, "is very helpful in every way.")
THE KILEY FAMILY OF BADDECK, C.B.
James Kiley (or Keiley as the same was spelled in those early days) was born in County Waterford, Ireland, about the year 1780. He came, a young man, to America and settled in Baddeck, C.B. He married, rather late in life, Sarah Fortune, a native of Wexford, Ireland. She was a sister to the Fortunes, Walter and James, who lived in Lake O Law,C.B. A widowed sister, a MrsMary Hall, came with her from Ireland and settled in North Sydney.
Six children were born to James Kiley and Sarah Fortune. John, the oldest, was born June 21, 1832. Thomas lived only to his seventh year. James married Mary Dennison Baddeck. He was engaged in farming until 1873 or about that date, when he left the farm to do business as a general merchant. After some few years, he moved with his family to the United States, making his home in St. Paul, Minn. He and his wife have since died, but some of his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren are still living in the Western United States. Mary Kiley married Michael Hartigan, a native of Baddeck and a neighbor. Many children were born to them. Some married and settled in Cape Breton; others went to the United States, where several generations of their descendents still live. James Hartigan of Whitney Pier, C.B., and Mrs. Alex MacDonald of Dominion, C.B., are of this family.
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Mary Keiley
Sp. Michael Hartigan
David Hartigan We haven’t located him yet.
Catherine Hartigan Hannie kept in touch with these cousins in 70’s
Sp. Roderick MacNeil
Bridget Hartigan died in childbirth with her first child who also died
Sp. Mr. King
Sarah Hartigan Found these cousins in 98 through the Doyle research
Sp. Dennis Tompkins
William Hartigan from his obit, we know of 3 children
Sp. unknown
James Hartigan This line has no living descendants.
Sp. Alexanderina MacKay
Mary Ellen Hartigan Haven’t contacted them yet.
Sp. Alexander MacDonald
Elizabeth Hartigan
Sp. Archibald Bernard MacDougall
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Patrick remained on the old homestead. He married Margaret MacNeil of Iona. The two eldest of their children died young. John A. Kiley, now of Flint, Mich., and Mrs. SarahMacDaniel, widow of the late George MacDaniel of Margaree belong to this branch of the family. Bridget Kiley married James Doyle of Margaree and lived there until 1883, when they moved with their family to Codroy, Nfld. She has since died, but her husband, James Doyle now in his ninety-sixth year, still takes a keen interest in all the questions of the hour. In 1931, his Alma Mater, St. Francis Xavier University conferred on him the degree of Doctor-of-Laws, Honoris Causa, he being at that time the eldest living graduate of the college, and the only living member of its first class. The children of James Doyle and the Bridget Kiley have gone into the third and fourth generations, and for the most part live in Newfoundland.
John Kiley, the oldest of the Kiley family, was twice married. In 1861 he married Eliza MacDaniel, the youngest daughter of Myles McDaniel of Margaree. She had previously married Martin Coady, who had died in 1859, leaving a daughter who became the wife of Moses Doucette of Grand Etang, Inverness County, who for some years represented his County in the Provincial Government. Five children were born to John Kiley by his first wife. She died in 1872. In August 1873 he married Margaret McGarry of Lake O Law, the daughter of DennisMcGarry and Mary Doyle. Four children were born of this marriage. The first, in 1875, lived only long enough to be baptized. In June 1887 John Kiley left Margaree, where he had lived from 1861, and returned to his native Baddeck. Here the two youngest of the family were born. James, Myles, Sarah, Patrick, Rebecca, and Moses were born in Margaree; Mary and Dennis, in Baddeck. Baddeck being the original home of the Kileys, this family instinctively regard it as their native heath. As these children grew to manhood and womanhood, they went one by one to the United States, chiefly to Boston and vicinity, where they took up various occupations, and finally settled in Somerville, Mass.
James, the eldest, learned the blacksmith trade at which he worked for several years. In 1890 he went into business for himself and laid the foundation of what is now the J.A.Kiley Company, manufacturers of truck bodies at Somerville, Mass. He married Mary Collins of South Boston. They had six children: Mary, John, Albert, Helen, Myles, and Agnes. Two of his sons, John and Albert, are now associated with him in this business.
Patrick worked with this establishment for some time, and later began a business of his own. He married Johanna Comerford of Somerville. Two children, Edward and Eleanor, were born to them. Their mother died while these children were yet quite young.
Sarah married Frank McHugh. The McHughs lived in Dorchester, Mass. Their only living child is Sister Mary Edna, a Sister of Mercy in the Manchester, N.H., Community. Sarah died in December, 1929.
Rebecca, who was always an invalid lived only a few years after the family moved to Somerville.
Mary has for some years been employed in the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles. She did not marry. She still lives in Somerville, exemplifying in her life the possibility of being in the world and not of it.
Myles worked for a number of years as a plumber which he later gave up to study for the Priesthood. He made his classical studies at St. Laurent college near Montreal. In Sept. 1895 he entered St. John's Ecclesiastical Seminary at Brighton, Mass., and was ordained a Priest Dec. 21, 1900. He served for several years as an assistant at St. Ann's, Gloucester, and at St. Frances de Sales, Roxbury, Mass. In January, 1918, he was appointed Parish Priest of Help of Christians Parish, West Concord, where he remained until November, 1922, when he was given charge of St. Ann's, Gloucester, where he still presides.
Moses worked for some years with his brothers in the carriage-building trade in Somerville. Later he entered St. Laurent College where he began his studies for the Priesthood. After completing his classical course and one year of Philosophy, he entered St. Mary's Seminary of Baltimore, graduating from the Philosophical Department of this school in 1907. He was adopted by the Archbishop of Chicago, and in the fall of 1907 went to begin his studies (Theological) at the American College in Rome. He was ordained to the Priesthood in June 1911. He returned shortly after to America, and in August of the same year began his duties as an Assistant to the Pastor of St. Agnes Parish, South Side, Chicago. Five years later he was given charge of the work of caring for homeless men. Later he became Diocesan Director of Catholic Charities, which office he conducted until February, 1926, when he was appointed Spiritual Director of the American College in Rome. He was made Private Chamberlain in 1925, a Domestic Prelate in 1926. He remained in Rome eight years. In February, 1934, he was nominated Bishop of Trenton, N.J.. His consecration took place at the Church of St. Susanna in Rome March 17, 1934. He was installed as Bishop of Trenton May 8, 1934, where we hope he may be able to do much for the glory of God and the good of souls. He was born at Margaree, N.S., November 13, 1876.
Dennis, the youngest of the John Kiley family, after going to Somerville, worked for a while for the Boston Elevated as a streetcar conductor. he left this work to enter the Postal service in Lexington, Mass. Later, wishing to improve his condition, he entered St. Laurent College where he remained to complete his classical course, and then studied for two years at St. Mary's, Baltimore. His friends still hope that some day he may resume his studies.
John Kiley made several visits to his sons and daughters in the United States before deciding to live there permanently. In 1907 he went with his wife and settled near his family in Somerville, Mass. His wife, an exemplary Christian woman, died August 22, 1909. Prayer and Prudence were her characteristic virtues. She ruled mildly and firmly. She was impartial in her treatment of children and step-children. These virtues were appreciated, and bore fruit in the filial affection which in an unusual degree bonded all members of the family.
John Kiley lived for seventeen years after the death of his wife, the last few years in Dorchester, Mass., with his daughter Sarah, Mrs. Frank McHugh. He died April 23, 1926, in his ninety-fourth year. He was active until within a few months of his death. He was conscious to the end, and when he died, full of years and merit, one of Nature's noblemen passed from earth to Heaven. During his life he did his best to inspire his children with high ideals of faith and morals. In memory he stands out an exemplar of virtues natural and supernatural. He was always known to be an honest and upright citizen and an exemplary Christian.
He and his good wife had many trials and hardships during life. They had also many consolations. Posterity, we think, will honor them as well for their own natural and Christian virtues as the reason that their son has been honored with the plentitude of......