Lovell's Montreal City Directory, 1845-1846

Not a photograph, but a copy of a page from Lovell's Montreal City Directory for 1845-1846 (the complete directory is available online from the Bibliotheque Nationale de Quebec). Here is the listing for "L. Morrisy" (Laurence Morrissey), who is my great great grandfather. Just beneath Laurence's name is "R. Morrisy", who may be a relative of Laurence's; I am really not too sure of the relationship, assuming there is one.

Laurence and his wife, Johannah Meany, and one or two of their children arrived in Montreal from Newcastle, New Brunswick, possibly the previous year. Laurence's family (including his parents, Patrick Morrissy and Mary Phelan, and his siblings) had immigrated to New Brunswick around 1834. The first mention of Laurence Morrissey in Montreal was in the previous year's Lovell's Directory--for 1844-1845--a copy of the page on which he appears can be found below.

Lovell's is a great source of information for anyone doing famly history research in Montreal. Go to the Morrissey family history website for a complete listing compiled from Lovell's of all the Morrisseys who have lived in Montreal since around 1844 to the 1970s. .

This is the final page of family album photographs. I hope you have enjoyed them.