No Story Too Small has issued a New Year's Challenge: "Have one blog post each week devoted to a specific ancestor. It could be a story, a biography, a photograph, an outline of a research problem — anything that focuses on one ancestor.”
And over at Olive Tree Geneaology, there is another enticing challenge: "In honour of Women's History Month (March 2014) I want to
issue a challenge to all geneabloggers to write a minimum of 10 blog posts this month about
women who have made a difference."
So I am dedicating today's blog post to Ellen "Nellie" Moynahan. She was the first born child of Jeremiah and Mary (Brennan) Moynahan (born March 31, 1865).
Nellie pictured with parents Jeremiah and Mary (Brennan) Moynahan
and her younger brother John
Nellie Moynahan
Nellie had five sisters and two brothers.
Moynahan Family Tree
Nellie's own education through the 1880s indicates a high achiever finishing at the top of her class. She was also awarded "premiums of politeness and of good conduct." ! A smart young woman indeed!
4 March 1880 Essex Free Press
14 April 1881 Essex Free Press
23 June 1881 Essex Free Press
There were perils to teaching at a one-room schoolhouse, like being thrown from your carriage on your way there in 1892!
The Amherstburg Echo: 30 December, 1892
Nellie taught school in Essex county for forty-five years 1887-1932, teaching the longest according to Thomas McCloskey, of all the Essex county teachers in the late 1880s. She taught at schools in Maidstone, Rochester and Windsor:
- In Byrnedale (in Woodslee parish)
- a school on north rear road near McGuire's
- SS. No. 7
- SS. No. 5 & 8
On the first of April 1910, The Essex Free press wrote that "Miss Nellie Moynahan deserves much credit for the careful training of her pupils taking part in the program" a play that packed the town hall to capacity and many could not get in!
1 April 1910, Essex Free Press
No Story Too Small has issued a New Year's Challenge: "Have one blog post each week devoted to a specific ancestor. It could be a story, a biography, a photograph, an outline of a research problem — anything that focuses on one ancestor.”
And over at Olive Tree Geneaology, there is another enticing challenge: "In honour of Women's History Month (March 2014) I want to
issue a challenge to all geneabloggers to write a minimum of 10 blog posts this month about
women who have made a difference."
So I am dedicating today's blog post to Ellen "Nellie" Moynahan. She was the first born child of Jeremiah and Mary (Brennan) Moynahan (born March 31, 1865).
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| Nellie pictured with parents Jeremiah and Mary (Brennan) Moynahan and her younger brother John |
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| Nellie Moynahan |
Nellie had five sisters and two brothers.
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| Moynahan Family Tree |
Nellie's own education through the 1880s indicates a high achiever finishing at the top of her class. She was also awarded "premiums of politeness and of good conduct." ! A smart young woman indeed!
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| 4 March 1880 Essex Free Press |
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| 14 April 1881 Essex Free Press |
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| 23 June 1881 Essex Free Press |
There were perils to teaching at a one-room schoolhouse, like being thrown from your carriage on your way there in 1892!
Nellie taught school in Essex county for forty-five years 1887-1932, teaching the longest according to Thomas McCloskey, of all the Essex county teachers in the late 1880s. She taught at schools in Maidstone, Rochester and Windsor:
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| The Amherstburg Echo: 30 December, 1892 |
Nellie taught school in Essex county for forty-five years 1887-1932, teaching the longest according to Thomas McCloskey, of all the Essex county teachers in the late 1880s. She taught at schools in Maidstone, Rochester and Windsor:
- In Byrnedale (in Woodslee parish)
- a school on north rear road near McGuire's
- SS. No. 7
- SS. No. 5 & 8
On the first of April 1910, The Essex Free press wrote that "Miss Nellie Moynahan deserves much credit for the careful training of her pupils taking part in the program" a play that packed the town hall to capacity and many could not get in!
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| 1 April 1910, Essex Free Press |
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Nellie was living at home ("Talbot St. a mile west of the Cross") in 1913 when Jeremiah and Mary celebrated their golden anniversary.
Jeremiah (who died in 1922) and Mary (who died in 1926) sold their Maidstone farm (298 South Talbot Rd) in 1921 and moved with daughter Nellie to 432 Hall Avenue, Windsor.
Nellie died the 20th of November 1940. Here is her obituary:
One of my goals is to research Nellie's retirement trip to England, Ireland and Italy in 1908 if possible. My father once told me a story that she had lost her purse filled with her money on board the ship.
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| Source: The Essex Free Press: 28 July 1978 "Seventy Years Ago" |
Links
- History of Seperate Schools in Canada
- A Virtual Schoolhouse
- Report of Schools Ontario: 1875-77
- Report of Schools Ontario 1891
- Teacher's Work: School Systems of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century
- An Historical Understanding of Key Issues Related to Catholic Education
- Progressive Education March In Windsor - 25 Years: 1892-1910
- Early Struggles for Bilingual Schools and the French Language in the Windsor Border Region, 1851–1910
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| Source: Essex Free Press |
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