The Gerrards of Longford

Of

Archibald Gerrard

Father: Samuel Gerrard Mother: Sydney Gerrard

St Mary's Castlecomer where Archibald and Eliza married in 1866

43 Milford Street

Possible Connection

Samuel Gerrard

Gerrard, Samuel (1767-1857), merchant, was born in Ireland in 1767, and came to Canada about 1787. He entered business in Montreal, and became a partner in the firm of Parker, Gerrard, and Ogilvy, later Gerrard, Gillespie and Co. This was one of the firms which financed the XY Company between the years 1797 and 1804; and through it Samuel Gerrard acquired after 1804 an indirect interest in the North West Company. When the firm of McTavish, McGillivrays and Co. failed in 1825, Samuel Gerrard was appointed one of the trustees; and it largely fell to him to unravel the tangled finances of the North West Company. His papers, which are now in the Sulpician Library in Montreal, naturally contain a vast amount of material of interest to the historian of the fur-trade. Gerrard died in Montreal on March 24, 1857, aged 90 years; and his wife, Ann Grant, who was the granddaughter of Richard Dobie, died in Montreal on October 18, 1854, aged 81 years. Their only surviving child, Samuel Henry Gerrard, died in Germany in 1858. For further details, see Charles Drisard, L'honorable Samuel Gerrard (Bull. des rech. hist., 1928).

Source  : W. Stewart WALLACE, ed., The Encyclopedia of Canada, Vol. III, Toronto, University Associates of Canada, 1948, 396p., p. 28.

Grandfather

Archibald Wester Gerrard

Father

Samuel Gerrard

Archibald Gerrard

b. 1836? (Longford)

d. 25/2/1905

Wife: Eliza Stone

Married: 15/12/1866

Children:

1.Archi Gerrard
2.Philip Gerrard
3.James Gerrard
4.Samuel Gerrard
5. Miss? Gerrard

Lived in

Castlecomer, Kilkenny

Dublin

Glasgow

Rock Street 1871

Scourfield Street 1881

Clint Road

Archibald Gerrard Military Record

Serial 4086

Archibald Gerrard enlisted for the 14th Regiment of Foot on the 16th May 1855 at Longford in the County of Longford at the age of 18 years 6months.

Born in the Parish of Clonbroney in or near the Town of Ballinalee in the County of Longford

Trade or Calling:  Labourer

Last permanent Residence:

Size: 5 feet  81/2 inches

Complexion: Fair

Eyes: Blue

Hair: Sandy

Marks  -

Service prior to his enlistment in the 14th Regment - Militia

Amount of Bounty: received by the Soldier in Cash         £5.10.0

Ditto in Necessities: £3.10.0     £9. 0.0. 

Services Abroad

Malta:     4th August 1855  to 28th Aug 1858

Ionian Islands:  29th August 1858 to 15th February 1860

West Indies:  16th February1860 to 26th April 1864

Promotons and Reductions in Rank

Promoted Corporal:    21st October 1859

Reduced Private:        3rd October 1860

Promoted Corporal:    5th November 1863

Next-of-Kin:

Wife:         Nil

Children:   Nil

Father:      Samuel   of Castle Comber, Kilkenny

Mother:     Sydney                       -do-  

Brothers and Sisters:   Samuel    -do-

Nephews and nieces, if Children of deceased Brothers or Sisters                  Nil                      

Other relations:                       Nil

There are a number of pages dealing with the issue of clothing and sums due for 1858 in Malta, 1859 in Santa Maura, 1860 in Corfu , for 1861 to 1863  in Newcastle, Jamaica and for 1864 in Port Royal, Jamaica and for 1865 in Aldershot

The book concludes: "Settled up to & for the 23rd

May 1865      

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