Anthony McMonagle immigrated to Canada prior to 1833, possibly with several brothers, all of whom appear in the Gore Mission records of Peel Co., Ontario. He married Catherine McElwaine, 20 Jan. 1833, at St. Paul’s church in Toronto. The 1837 Toronto and Home District Directory shows a Patrick and an Anthony McMonagle living in Toronto Gore, Peel Co., both in concession 9, lot 11. In the 1846/46 Brown’s Directory of Toronto, a Timothy McMonagle is listed in the same concession (9), lot 10. A Bernard McMonagle is in the same township, concession 11, lot 13.
Four of the children of Anthony McMonagle and Catherine McElwaine appear in the Gore Mission records. This church is known by a variety of names, including St. Patrick’s (Wildfield), The Fifth Line and the Elmbank church. The cemetery is located on the property of the Toronto airport and is in the process of being relocated.
Anthony McMonagle = Catherine McElwaine
b. 1800 Donegal
m. 20 Jan. 1833
St. Paul’s, Toronto
d. 2 Sept. 1871
Fond du Lac Co., WI
buried St. John’s Cemetery
Byron township.
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Julia McMonagle = Daniel McLaughlin
bapt. Aug.1, 1841 b. 1832
Peel co., Ontario Donegal, Ireland
d. 11 Mar. 1889 m. 15 Nov. 1863
Dougherty, IA. Fond du lac, WI
d. 7 Nov. 1886
Dougherty, IA
1837 Directory Toronto and Home
Districk Territory
concession lot #
Mankaney Anthony 9 11 Gore of Toronto M525 Northern
Division
Mankaney Patrick 9 11 Gore of Toronto M525 Northern
Division
Brown's Directory of Toronto
1846/1847
McMulligan, Timothy Lot 10 Concession 9
McMulligan, Bernard Lot 13 Concession 11
These are probably McMonagles in both records although the names are badly mangled.
Bernard McMonagle, Timothy McMonagle (Lavinia Dogherty) and John McMonagle all moved to Haldimand Co.,Ontario, some time after 1846. John McMonagle later moved to Port Huron, St. Clair Co. , Michigan.
Anthony McMonagle left Peel Co. Ontario, sometime prior to 1849, because in that year he purchased a land patent in Washington Co., Wisconsin, now part of Ozaukee Co, near Cedarburg. There youngest child, Isabella, was probably born in Cedarburg.
Land Patent 1 Feb. 1848
Certificate 14,814 }
To: Anthony McMonagle of Washington County, Wisconsin
Territory E 1/2 of NE qr of sec. 10 in township 10 North
- 80 acres
This land was next to land purchased earlier by Michael Hickey, the son of Hugh Hickey, and his brothers, Andrew and James, in Cedarburg. By 1855 Anthony McMonagle had moved to Friendship township, Fond du Lac County. A 1862 plat map of Friendship shows Anthony McMonagle holding 120 acres and his son Neill holding 40 acres next door. James Hickey, who had married Rosa, Anthony’s oldest daughter, also moved to Friendship township.
In Friendship Anthony McMonagle joined former neighbors in Peel Co., Ontario, some of whom had moved there by 1850, including Charles Carberry and his wife, Mary McDevitt, William Dogherty, William Murray, and Bernard Harkins. By 1855 several other Peel Co. families had arrived as well, including Hugh McDevitt and James Dogherty and his wife, Hannah McDevitt. By 1855 John McLaughlin, the brother of Daniel McLaughlin, was also in Friendship, on a farm next door to that of Anthony and Neill McMonagle.
A descendant of Bernard McMonagle still living in Haldimand Co., Ontario, tells us he once had a record stating the McMonagles were from Conwell parish in Donegal. The record was lost in a computer crash but the reference is undoubtedly to Conwal parish, Donegal, which is adjacent to Kilmacrenan parish and Rathdonnell, where Daniel McLaughlin’s family lived. Dan Dougherty, Daniel’s boyhood friend, came from Conwal parish. It is unknown but suspected that at least some of the Peel Co. families who came to Friendship along with Anthony McMonagle were also from the Conwal/Kilmacrenan parish area in Donegal.
St. Paul's Church, Toronto
LDS No 1309893
18 Jan. 20, 1833 married January 20 1833, Anthony
McMonagle, labourer and Catherine McIlwain (MCILWAIN),
both of Toronto. Witnesses Mr. Butler and Angus
McDonnell. Received 10 pounds 6}
Baptisms—Gore Mission Church
Peel County, Toronto
Sept. 19, 1836 (p. 16)
"Was baptised by me the undersigned - Timothy, born
the 18th, .... son of Anthony McMullagle & Cath.
McWane residing in the Gore - Sponsors - Patrick
McMonagle & Cath. McMonagle"
Feb. 16, 1840 (p. 55)
"Was baptised - Patrick - one weeks old of the
legitimate marriage of Anthony McManacle and Catherine
McIlwane - Gore - sponsors - Timothy Monacle and
Elizabeth Carbury."
Aug. 1, 1841
"Was baptised - Elizabeth [name is impossible to
read]- one week old - of the legitimate marriage of
"Anthony McMonacle and Catherine McElvane - Gore -
sponsors - Barny McManacle and Mistress?."
May 4, 1844
"Was baptised - Catherine - born on the 2nd of the
legitimate marriage of Anthony McMonacle and Catherine
McIlvaine - Gore - sponsors - John and Catherine
McMonacle."
Patrick McMonagle was bured in Mount Cavalry Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. His tombstone says he was born Feb. 9,. 1840.
The date for the baptism of a daughter of Anthony and Catherine McMonagle in 1841 matches the year in which we know Julia McMonagle was born in Canada.
Patrick McMonagle was bured in Mount Cavalry Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. His tombstone says he was born Feb. 9,. 1840. This birth date for Patrick is what made the identification of this family in the Gore Mission records possible. It is a perfect match for the Patrick baptised 16 Feb. 1840 at the age of one week in the above records.
1860 Census - Wisconsin
Fond du Lac County
Friendship township
McMonagle,Anthony 58 farmer
Timothy 22 laborer
Catherine 50
Patrick 20 laborer
Julia 18 domestic
Catherine 16
Isabella 8
Hickey, James 26
Rosa 27
John 7
Catherine 7
Mary 4
Fond du Lac County
Friendship township
McMonagle, Anthony 70 farmer b.. Ireland
Catherine 70 housekeeper b. Ireland
Catherine 24 at home b. Canada
McLaughlin, John 54 farmer b. Ireland
Margaret 43 housekeeper b. Ireland
Ellen 4 b. Wis