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John J. O'Hea Walsh fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1876-1920.

Reference:

R11160-0-X-E, MG29-D115

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

187770

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John J. O'Hea Walsh fonds
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Date(s):

1876-1920.

Place of creation:

New Brunswick

Extent:

2.5 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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The fonds consists of letters from Rev. John J. O'Hea Walsh of Saint John, New Brunswick, to Grace Walsh of Somerville, Massachusetts, 1920; clippings of letters to the editor of newspapers by John O'Hea of Dayton, Ohio, and other clippings, ca. 1890-1900; and a letterbook, primarily of letters from John J. O'Hea Walsh to his mother and sister at home in Saint John, while he was preparing for the priesthood at the Grand Seminary in Montreal, 1876-1879. The letterbook also contains an essay, "Clan-na-Gael: The Irish Race", dated 1885.

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Walsh, John J. O'Hea, 1859-1929

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Walsh, John J. O'Hea, 1859-1929 : John J. O'Hea Walsh was born about 1859, the son of Captain John Walsh of Saint John West, New Brunswick. Walsh left Saint John in 1877 to study philosophy and theology at the Grand Seminary in Montreal, where he prepared for a life in the priesthood of the Roman Catholic Church. He was ordained as a priest in December 1882. After his ordination, he returned to the Saint John area where he became senior priest in the Cathedral parish in 1884 and was the secretary to the Archbishop of the Diocese of Saint John. With the completion of Holy Trinity Church in 1892, Walsh became its first rector and performed its first mass on 2 July 1892. He remained at Holy Trinity Church for 37 years. Right Rev. John J. Walsh, VG, DP died 21 October 1929 in Saint John in his 71st year. He was survived by his sister Annie Walsh of Saint John.

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Custodial history:

Transferred from the Documentary Art and Photography Division in 1988, which had received the records from P. J. Murray of Nepean, Ontario, a relative of John J. O'Hea Walsh.

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Private

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1988/0369 MSS
MG29-D115

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MG29-D115
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Volume [MG29 D 115] 1

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