There are few relevant signs of related families in Canada. The main ones are listed below.
Quebec
Tree # 25
In 1851, a Thomas Hayde aged 54 (b 1797) was farming at Terrebonne, Quebec with Anastasia Gainer aged 54 (b 1897) and Thomas Hayde aged 24 (b 1827). Terrebonne is a suburb of Montreal.
The city of Terrebonne is made up of three founding districts namely Terrebonne, Lachenaie and La Plaine. These districts used to be separate cities but in 2001, they were merged to form the current City of Terrebonne.
The district of Lachenaie is located along the northern shores of Mille-îles River, opposite the Rivière des Prairies. The now suburban area was previously a farming village and it was also the first settlement of European colonists. The district was then called “La Chesnaye” (1673) and was under seigneur Charles-Aubert de La Chesnaye. In 1855, it was named Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie. The name was shortened to “Lachenaie” in 1972. In 1734 and 1735, the first church and manor (respectively) in Lachenaie were constructed under the orders of Abbot Louis Lepage de Ste-Claire.
In 1830, parts of Mascouche, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Saint-Lin and Terrebonne comprised the district of La Plaine. The economy of this city grew when a rail system was established and in 1877, Saint Joachim was founded, which was renamed “La Plaine” in 1920. Another road to an economic growth is through the collaboration between the lords of Terrebonne and Lachenaie. A road that joins the two cities was built and was called “chemin de la Grande Ligne”. This is now known as boulevard Laurier.
This family can be summarised as:
Thomas b 1797 and Anastasia Gainer b 1797
The International Genealogical Index (IGI), the early LDS system before Family Search, recorded that they married Killarney, Kerry, Ireland in 1815. The original record showed that Thomas was in the Tipperary Militia at the time and they were described as both from Killa????. This could be Killarune or perhaps Killenaule.
I have found him in the British army records. He joined the Tipperary Militia in 1812 and was based in Killarney in 1815.
A Richard Hayde also joined the Tipperary Militia in 1812. He subsequently joined the 68th Foot and went to Holland in 1813. He was a POW in 1814 but was released and fought at Waterloo in 1815. He died in Madras in 1820. He is most probably a brother of Thomas.
Thomas’ descendants are:
- Richard Hayde b 1817, Ireland. D Quebec 1855.
- Winifred Hayde b 1819, Ireland. Mar Patrick O’Hara Quebec 1839
- Bridget Hayde b 1824, Ireland. Mar Finton Delahunty or Delany 1854. D 1868.
- Thomas Hayde b 1827, Ireland. I think he joined the army at St Louis in 1849. Mar Ann Gorman circa 1852. Ann remarried a McDonald in Canada circa 1865.
- Richard Hayde b 1853, British Columbia. Carpenter. Single in 1910. In Manhattan Almshouse in 1919. D 3 Oct 1920.
- Mary Ann Hayde b 1856, British Columbia. Mar Andrew McLaughlin 1898 then John Egan 1905. New York with brothers in 1910.
- John Hayde b 1857, British Columbia. Carpenter. D 2 Feb 1933 Washington, NY. Mar Mary Otis
- Celia Hayde b 1892, New York. D 1812 Manhattan.
- Annie Hayde b 1896, New York, D 1900 Manhattan.
- Thomas Hayde b 1858, British Columbia. Carpenter.
I have not found the Irish baptism records for Richard, Winifred, Bridget or Thomas. Nor have I found their emigration records.
John and Thomas were in Hudson Falls, Washington, NY State in 1880 and by 1900 were in New York City with brother Richard.
A record (in French) dated 29 Jan 1835 for a transaction in Terrebonne showed he was here by then. He presumably arrived between 1827 and 1835, before the famine years of the 1840s. It is interesting that in 1851, only the Thomas b 1827 was noted in the census records as being with his parents. Winifred b 1819 was with her husband Patrick O’Hara in 1851 but there was no sign of Richard b 1817 or Bridget b 1824.
I need to check the movements of the Militia after 1816 to see where the regiment (and possibly Thomas) was between 1816 and 1827 when his children were born.
Perhaps the parents emigrated first with their youngest child and then the older ones followed.
By 1861, Bridget b 1824 was with the family (with her husband Finton Delahunty/Delany who she married in 1854). Richard died in 1855.
There does not appear to be a male descendant of this family.
Origins
Thomas and Richard joined the 2nd (North) Tipperary Militia within a few days of each other in 1812. While Richard subsequently joined the army, Thomas married when the militia was stationed in Killarney.
The Tipperary Militia was first established in 1793 by John Bagwell, who was the member of Parliament for Tipperary. John Bagwell owned much of Ballinure and Noan at the time and I suspect that Thomas and Richard came from this area. It is one of the few areas in Ireland where Richard was a common first name in the Hayde family at the time.
I have assumed that they are descended from Richard and Mary Croagh who had the following children in the Killenaule parish:
- Maria Heade b 1750
- Thomas Head b 1762
- John Heade b 1765
- Patrick Head b 1767
- Richard b 1770.
The Richard b 1770 is possibly the father of Thomas and Richard. This is based on the rough matching of dates and location but mainly the use of Richard which was strong in this parish. Pure speculation, but that is the nature of early Irish research!
I am not sure why Thomas emigrated to Canada (Quebec) apart from it being a strong Catholic area which may have been the attraction.
This tree is reflected in Tree # 25 on Ancestry.
Ontario
There were some families in Ontario in 1871 and 1881 however, they didn’t seem to settle. I have not researched any of these families as they didn’t seem to have any descendants in the 1900s.