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Mary Jane MCCREA

Mary Jane MCCREA

Female 1840 - 1926  (85 years)

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  • Name Mary Jane MCCREA 
    Birth 20 Jan 1840  Tawnawanny Townland, Co Fermanagh, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 13 Feb 1840  Templecarn Parish, Co Donegal, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    _UID FFEA1DC3B84E493EB650E2F9636F31DE1847 
    Death 1926  Toronto, York Co, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I22989  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 4 Sep 2025 

    Father Thomas MCCREA,   b. 1809, Tawnawanny, Co Fermanagh, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1901, Tawnawanny, Co Fermanagh, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Catherine FARRELL,   b. 1815, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jan 1896, Tawnawanny Townland, Co Fermanagh, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 20 Mar 1839  PETTIGO, DONEGAL/FERMANAGH COUNTY IRELAND Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F679  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James MYLES,   b. 10 Jun 1840, Rossharbour, Co Fermanagh, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Dec 1905, Toronto, York Co, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 22 Dec 1865  Rossharbour, Co Fermanagh, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. William Thomas MYLES,   b. 12 Jan 1867, Rossharbour, Fermanagh, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Dec 1933, Toronto, York Co, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    +2. Eliza Jane (Lizzie) MYLES,   b. 31 Jul 1872, Rossharbour, Co Fermanagh, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1911, Toronto, York Co, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
    Family ID F8581  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2023 

  • Photos
    Marriage Record
    Marriage Record
    Mary Jane McCrea, age 22,of Ross Harbour; Father: Thomas McCrea, Farmer married James Myles, age 26, Bachelor, of Ross Harbour; Father: Thomas Myles, Farmer - 22 December 1865
    Headstone
    Headstone
    Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Mary Jane (McCrea) Myles
    Mary Jane (McCrea) Myles
    William Henry's sister
    Writing on back of picture of Mary Jane (McCrea) Myles
    Writing on back of picture of Mary Jane (McCrea) Myles
    "Father's sister" was written on the back of the photo by either Hattie or Lizzie (daughters of William). Also written "Came over from Ireland to find her brother Wm McCrea." She apparently never found him.

  • Notes 
    • WILL of her Father, Thomas McCrea - 1901
      "... I leave and bequeath to my son Richard the house and land and chattels and I allow Eliza my daughter twenty pounds sterling out of house and land and my daughter Katherine twenty pounds sterling to be given to her out of house and land and chattels. But I recommend to them to live together so long as they possibly can. And I leave to my son William McCrae, who is in America one shilling and also to my daughter Mary Jane Miles who is in America one shilling and I sign this in the presence of my two witnesses. [John Quinn, Stonforth and John Devitt, Derrin] And I appoint Thomas McCrea my Executor.