George Weale Bartlett (1812-1885), son of Thomas Eagles Bartlett and Jane Weale, married Esther Rose Millett in 1841, and in 1856 the family immigrated from England to land near Burnstown, Renfrew County, Ontario, moving later to homestead land in Hastings County, Ontario. Descendants lived in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and elsewhere. Some descendants immigrated to Ohio, Washington and elsewhere in the United States. Includes ancestors...

Michael O'Brien immigrated between 1845 and 1854 from Ireland to New York City, and worked on the railroad heading westward. He married Catherine O'Donnell somewhere between New York and Kansas, and their first child, John William O'Brien (1858-1928) was born in Wyandotte, Kansas. They later moved to Wyoming, then Idaho, and then Colorado by 1880. In 1894, Catherine (O'Donnell) O'Brien appears as a widow in Seattle. John W. married Kate Moynahan in...

Robert Leo Ricketts (1910-1982), son of Joseph Edward Ricketts and Theresa Seesengood, was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He married Margaret Louise Tomppert (1914-1984), daughter of Frederick Tomppert (1881-1946) and Anna Mae Hennessey (1883-1960), in 1946. He died in Miami, Florida. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Germany, Connecticut, Indiana and Kentucky.

This book concentrates on the Hennessys of Canada, who descend from a family of migrants from the U.S.A., and who settled near the Bay of Quinte in Hastings County (Sidney Township), Prince Edward County (Ameliasburg Township), and Northumberland County (Murray Township) between 1789 and 1800. They migrated from North Carolina, Vermont, and New Hampshire. All the Hennessys came originally from Ireland. Descendants of Richard Hennessy of Vermont and...