12 September 2011

Kennedys (And Others) In Newspaper Index

 In 2000 I commissioned a search of Paul Hutchinson's newspaper database* for the surname Kennedy in the Niagara, Canada, area.  The results are below:

Paper Date P. Col. Item
ca 1834 04 03 duncan kennedy, contractor for queenston monument
con 1851 09 24 3 3 married [robert struthers, s.c., to sarah murray kennedy]
con 1861 03 21 3 2-6 schedule of convictions [wm. mulderrick, james brennan,
thos. courtenay, james parks, james kennedy]
con 1861 06 27 1 3-7 schedule of convictions [erastus cresswell, joseph
o'brien, anthony sweeny, g. brooheaw, w. kennedy]
con 1865 05 04 3 1 lincoln assizes [john thurman, blacks; robert carew,
abraham bradley, james kennedy]
con 1866 09 13 2 5 mr. kennedy's concerts
con 1866 09 20 2 7 the concert [kennedy]
ds 1893 05 16 4 2 "mr. john kennedy, of brampton, arrived in merritton...;"
[takes over mansion house hotel]
ds 1893 05 22 4 3 nearly poisoned [kennedy, gadsby]
ds 1895 08 06 1 6 a brace of accidents [geo. caughell, calvin kennedy, smithville]
ds 1896 09 04 3 2 "the local amateur photographers..." [j.t. groves, h.g. kennedy]
ds 1897 08 30 3 3 "a splendid collection of photographs..." [by groves and
kennedy, of peter nath, port dalhousie]
ds 1897 09 10 2 1 mr. kennedy's explanation [letter, photography]
ds 1898 04 19 3 3 "a wave of sorrow will pass over the methodist church..."
[death of rev. james h. kennedy, s.c.]
ds 1898 11 19 5 3 "william kennedy, an old bachelor of south grimsby township...was found dead..."
ds 1901 08 26 4 6-7 new photographic studio [ad, kennedy & goodman]
ds 1901 10 29 2 6-7 saturday sitting [ad, kennedy & goodman, photographers]
ds 1902 04 16 2 1 a correction [letter, kennedy carbon studio, kennedy and goodman, photographers]
ds 1903 04 21 3 5 steele-kennedy nuptials [alice may steele, thomas kennedy]
ds 1903 07 29 3 3 poem: burley, taggart and the cigars [thorold, baseball,
howse, mccleary, grisdale, kennedy, walton]
ds 1903 12 08 2 2-4 s.c. calendar for 1904 [ad, mclaren, poole, goodman, swan, kennedy, photographers]
ds 1903 12 30 3 4 hockey match [brown, bradt, baker, kennedy]
ej 1863 11 21 2 1-3 perjury [case of john kennedy scully, newspaper man]
ej 1864 11 24 3 1 "two boys, named respectively michael cahill and michael kennedy..." 

[robbery at james barr's store]
ej 1865 06 20 3 2 police [tuffard, cahill, chippawa house, john kennedy]
ej 1865 07 01 3 1 not thieves [robinson and kennedy not horse thieves]
ej 1865 07 15 3 1 doings at police court [cahill; j. kennedy, the patch]
ej 1865 07 18 3 1 "in saturday's police report..." [john kennedy, mrs.
hassitt]
ej 1865 07 27 3 2 police court [kennedy, hassit]
ej 1866 02 02 2 3 mrs. ellen m. kennedy [ad, music teacher]
ej 1866 05 19 3 1 an unpleasant surprise [kippen and kennedy, cleaners of privies]
ej 1866 08 22 3 5 kennedy's medical discovery [ad, boyle]
ej 1866 09 14 2 2 songs of scotland [ad, concert, town hall, mr. kennedy]
ej 1866 09 21 3 1 the concert [review of kennedy, town hall]
ej 1868 10 06 2 1 excitement at niagara [richard hiscott, robert kennedy]
ej 1868 10 07 3 2 cleared [robert kennedy, richard hiscott]
ej 1868 10 14 4 1 how are you mr. kirby? [letter, wm. curtis, hiscott, kennedy]
ej 1868 10 16 3 2 police court [p.b. owens, mcpherson, john kennedy]
ej 1868 10 20 2 1-2 another libel suit [wm. kirby, kennedy, hiscott]
ej 1868 10 26 2 2 the niagara case [wm. kirby, william curtis, kennedy, hiscott]
ej 1868 10 28 3 1 coming back [hiscott, kennedy, kirby]
ej 1868 10 29 1 1 the niagara case [letter from william curtis, kirby, hiscott, kennedy]
ej 1868 11 02 2 1 the kennedy case [kirby, hiscott, curtis]
ej 1868 11 04 3 2 another one [kirby, kennedy, hiscott, curtis]
ej 1868 11 09 3 1 arrested [frederick long, hiscott, kennedy, curtis, kirby]
ej 1868 11 09 3 1 the kennedy case [kirby, curtis, hiscott]
ej 1868 12 09 3 1-2 county court and quarter sessions [david calvert, samuel
james, william curtis, robert kennedy, hiscott]
ej 1868 12 19 3 2 more trouble [kirby, kennedy, hiscott, curtis]
ej 1869 04 08 2 1-4 lincoln spring assizes [fred. long, robert kennedy, jas.
hiscott, wm. cumpson, hubert higman, goldsmith]
ej 1869 04 16 3 1 died [james kennedy, bertie]
ej 1871 06 16 2 2 welland general sessions [margaret oille, sanderson, james
kennedy, wesley buck]
ej 1871 10 30 3 2 police court [matthew allen, carlisle, dennis brennan, patch, daniel kennedy]
ej 1871 11 24 3 5 married [wm. mccordick, sarah e. howell, s.c.; john w.
kennedy, erie, pa., carlista vanwyck, chippawa]
ej 1872 01 31 3 2 died [william kennedy struthers s.c.; ernest williams
davies, birmingham, england; d.n.s]
ej 1872 04 17 4 1 smithville [letter from j.b., bruce kennedy, death of charles roszel, caistor]
ej 1872 12 12 3 1 orange [a. noble, thos. woods, d. kennedy, t. pocock]
ej 1873 07 04 3 1 st. mark's lodge [masons, j.j. mason, d. robinson, well
kennedy, r. garner, s. morse, james stiff]
ej 1873 08 22 3 1 horse thief [john brown, munro, s.c. kennedy, john smith]
ej 1873 12 22 3 2 examination of teachers [bertha osborn, anelia hare, mary
a.r. smith, armedia e. wilkins, amelia kennedy]
es 1901 08 26 4 2 hotelman injured [john kennedy, white elephant hotel] es 1902 07 19 1 john kennedy
fj 1826 02 01 3 5 list of letters...s.c. [caesar mcleod, wm. kennedy,
marshall lewis, daniel lowes, thos. irwine, jesse johnes]
fj 1826 04 05 2 4 welland canal [contractors, beach, hovey & ward; kennedy;
j. simpson; hall davis; bell, griffith, richardson]
fj 1826 11 29 3 4 married [napoleon bonaparte kennedy, mary gilmore, cadiz, ohio]
fj 1827 11 28 3 1 fatal combat [kennedy, ryan, irish labourers, death, welland canal, carroll]
fj 1828 10 15 3 1 from the niagara herald [assizes, david willson, james
kennedy, matilda mandigo, joseph smallwood]
g 1824 12 11 2 5 welland canal [john clark, simpson, kennedy, macnaughton, sires]
g 1825 11 26 3 4 "at a meeting of inhabitants of the town of niagara..."
[john kennedy, robert nelles, wm. crooks]
g 1827 12 03 3 1 fatal combat [kennedy, ryan, corroll, irish labourers,
welland canal, from farmers' journal]
nc 1843 11 10 1 2 notice [ad, t.c., queenston, richard kennedy, black horse
tavern, niagara, work on farm]
nc 1845 12 17 4 1 administrator's note [ad, estate of mary gardner, niagara,
admin. david smith, att. jacob kennedy, gainsboro]
nc 1848 02 04 2,3 5,1 "the municipal council of the district met..." [jacob
kennedy, jacob ker, rowley kilborne]
nc 1848 03 10 3 5 treasurer's office [ad, wild land assessment, kennedy of
smithville, kerr of smithville, pointer of stamford]
nc 1848 11 30 1 2-5 minutes of the niagara district municipal council [james
kennedy, bertie; wm. wintemute, humberstone]
nc 1849 09 20 1 4-5 minutes of the niagara district municipal council [jacob
kennedy, geo. secord, barnabas mccaffray]
nc 1851 12 04 4 1-4 schedule of convictions [edward dittrick, edward
belford, john kennedy, thos. clooney, edward stapleton]
nc 1853 01 28 3 3-4 officers--sup. common schools [j.j. colbrooke, j.e.
ryerson, m. hewston, j. cummings, j. tisdale, j. kennedy]
nc 1853 05 20 4 2-6 minutes of county council--may session [john frazer, wm.
hoover, jacob kennedy, wm. mcmicking]
nc 1853 05 27 4 4-5 of the municipal council... [s.s. hagar, rev. christie,
d. d'everardo, james tisdale, jacob kennedy, rev. dixon]
nc 1854 09 15 3 4 married [john welsh, grantham, ann kennedy, niagara, rev. mozart]
nm 1848 10 04 3 5 for sale [ad, r. kennedy, niagara, corner johnson street
and gate street, opposite mail newspaper office]
nm 1848 10 04 3 5 notice [ad, richard kennedy, niagara falls, wife ann has left]
nm 1848 11 08 2 4-5 district council [brock's monument, scholfield,
kilborne, kennedy, schooley, bridgman, graham, mcmicken]
nm 1851 01 15 3 1-2 elections [gainsborough, jacob kennedy, geo. secord,
daniel dils, swayze, j.l. becker]
nm 1851 09 24 3 4 married [robert struthers, s.c., sarah murray kennedy, hamilton]
nm 1851 11 19 2 4 list of premiums [capt. w. taylor, levi fulker, benj.
moot, philip book, john kennedy, wm. upper]
nm 1851 11 26 2 6 public meeting at smithville [martin lally, jacob kennedy,
jos. & jas. durkee]
nm 1853 04 13 2 8 lincoln agricultural society [a.c. hamilton, j.w.o. clark,
rowley kilborn, jonathan woolverton, jacob kennedy]
nm 1853 07 13 3 1-6 schedule of convictions [john cashen, john kennedy,
patrick maher, john sweeny, richard bradly, john grass]
nm 1853 11 30 3,4 4-8,1-5
schedule of convictions [john kennedy, lawrence kinney, peter phillips,
mary stancliff, wm. robinson]
nm 1854 07 12 3 3-7 schedule of convictions [james smith, thos. kennedy,
thomas harrington, geo. mesler, catharine smith]
nm 1854 07 12 3 3-7 schedule of convictions [michael brennan, john kennedy,
james mcmullen, john wilson, james stevenson]
nm 1854 11 29 3 1-5 schedule of convictions [joana law, henry craig, john
kennedy, mark kelly, john coleman, chas. shannon]
nm 1855 01 03 3 3 married [a.j. mcalpine, pelham twp., sophia kennedy,
gainsborough, rev. s. huntington]
nm 1855 01 10 2 6 temper




[*Note: Mr. Hutchinson's database was a query subject in the "Ask Olive Tree Genealogy A Question" blog in 2009]. 


I was looking for references to my ancestor, Mary Agnes (Kennedy) Powers, of Grimsby, Ontario, Canada, but there were none in the above newspaper index extracts.

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