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Elizabeth McIninch (born 12 April 1825 in Ireland) married the Irish-born James Lanigan in

Canada, lived in or near Stirling, and had eight children: Eliza J. (died 12 February 1855 as

an infant), Robert (born 4 May 1855, married Emma McGee and later Catherine Montgomery,

and died 12 April 1933), James (born circa 1857 and married Jennie Munnes), Mary (born

13 February 1859), William Henry (born 21 January 1861), Albert (born 25 December 1862

and married Clara M. Heap), Eliza Ann (born circa 5 January 1865), and Daniel R. (died

24 January 1869 as an infant). James Lanigan died in Stirling on 29 August 1879 and Elizabeth

McIninch died in Stirling in 1902 [34].

Patrick McIninch (born circa January 1830 in Ireland) married an Ontario-born Mary of French

ethnicity sometime between 1871 and 1879 and had at least four children. He farmed in Rawdon

Township, Hastings County [18] [25] and in the Belmont sub-district of the Peterborough East

electoral district [20], died on 22 July 1917 [30], and is buried in Stirling.

John McIninch (born circa 1837-1838 in Ireland) appears never to have married. The 1881 census

indicates that he lived with his brother Patrick in Rawdon Township and was a farmer [18], and

the 1901 census indicates that he was a servant for a Scottish family in the neighbouring Seymour

Township in Northumberland County [21]. His obituary, following his death on 14 January 1929,

states that he was a long-time employee of a carriage company in Belleville [31]. He too is buried

in Stirling.

Robert McIninch and Elizabeth Colgon continued to live and farm in Rawdon Township near

Stirling through the 1870s. The 1871 census indicates that they lived with their sons Patrick and

John, and another person named Robert McIninch, although it is unclear who he is [15]. Robert

died in or near Stirling on 21 June 1879, at the age of 87, and is buried in the Stirling cemetery.

Elizabeth lived almost another five years after her husband’s death. The 1881 census indicates

that she lived with her son Patrick and his family on their farm [18]. She died near Stirling on

29 February 1884, at the age of 90, and is buried in the Stirling cemetery.

In 1891 and 1901, Henry McIninch, his wife Margaret McDonough, and their children Robert

Henry (“Harry”), William John, Mary Florence, and Mabel lived together in Belleville [19] [22].

Harry later married Edith MacDonell and had one child, Joseph Harold [35] – they lived in Ottawa.

Mary Florence married John Martin Truaisch of Belleville on 6 October 1905 at St. Michael’s in

Belleville and had six children, Margaret, Jack, Helen, Nora, Kay, James, and Mary [36].

Mabel married Raymond Harlor of Pennsylvania and had seven children born in Pennsylvania,

Barbara, Robert, Jane, Patricia, Martha, Margaret, and Emily [37].

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McAninch Family History NL, v.XIV n.1 / January 2006 / Frank McAninch, Editor / page 2006-04