Generation No. 1
1. RICHARD1 DAGG1 was born Abt. 1809 in Tipperary, Ireland, and died
1873 in St. James Anglican Church,
Clandeboye, Ont.. He married ELIZABETH NEIL. She was born Abt. 1809 in Tipperary,
Ireland, and died 1890 in St. James
Anglican Church, Clandeboye, Ont. (Note* Canada Company
records indicate Richard as holder of deed for Lot 18, Con 4, Biddulph)
Richard and Elizabeth are believed to have emigrated first to Pakenham, Ontario in about 1834. Records show two children born to a Richard and Eliza Dagg, Ellen Jane (1835) and Elizabeth (1837) in Fitzroy Township, next to Pakenham. The names of these children are not completely consistent with the names of the known children of Richard and Elizabeth later of Biddulph, although such inconsistency is not unusual in early records. Whether or not the Richard and Eliza mentioned in Fitzroy Township are the same Richard and Elizabeth Dagg presented here, is uncertain.
Richard Dagg’s relationship to any of the other Daggs in the area is
still undetermined. However, a letter
written by one James G. Dagg, dated Sept. 26, 1925 presents strong evidence
that this Richard Dagg was the brother of James Dagg (m. Anne Ardell), of
Biddulph. The letter states that “my
father’s father was named James, and he had a brother named Richard”. He also indicates that his grandfather lived
in Biddulph. (James G.’s natural
father died when he was just a baby, and James’ mother married his father’s
first cousin, William Dagg, son of James Dagg and Ann Ardell. This is the ‘father’ he refers to in the
letter.)
Children of RICHARD DAGG and ELIZABETH NEIL are:
i. JANE2 DAGG, b. Abt. 1834; She married JOHN
DAGG, the son of James Dagg and Ann Ardell, on November 03,
1858, Biddulph, Ontario; He was b. June
14, 1835, in Tipperary, Ireland.
The descendants of Jane Dagg and John Dagg are covered
in greater detail in the descendancy chart of James Dagg and Ann Ardell, under
the section entitled “Section II –
The Descendants of John Dagg and Jane Dagg”
Children of JOHN DAGG and JANE DAGG are:
1. JAMES ALBERT3 DAGG, b. Abt.
1859, Biddulph, Ontario; d. 1912, Killarney, Manitoba.
2. RICHARD LESTER 'DICK' DAGG, b. Abt. 1861, Biddulph, Ontario; d. 1931, Killarney,
Manitoba.
3. WILLIAM DAGG, b. Abt. 1864.
4. ELIZABETH JANE DAGG, b. Abt. 1866.
5. REBECCA ANN DAGG, b. Abt. 1867.
6. FRANCIS HENRY DAGG, b. Abt. 1868.
7. GEORGE WALTER DAGG, m. ANNIE YOUNG, Abt. 1910.
8. HARRIET ELLEN DAGG, b. March 23, 1874, Biddulph, Ontario.
9. JOHN ALFRED DAGG, b. Abt. 1876, Biddulph, Ontario.
ii. HELLEN DAGG, b. Abt. 1835.
iii. MARY ANN DAGG, b. Abt. 1837.
iv. SUSAN DAGG, b. Abt. 1839; d. 1871; m. JOHN JONES,
October 05, 1864, Middlesex Co., Ont.; b. Abt. 1838, McGillivery, Carleton
Co. (*Susan is buried with her
parents in Clandeboye)
v. JAMES DAGG, b. Abt. 1842, Biddulph, Ontario; d. 1862, Biddulph,
Ontario. (*James is buried with his parents, in Clandeboye)
vi. SARAH DAGG, b. Abt. 1844.
vii. JEMIMA DAGG, b. Abt. 1846; m. THOMAS SIMPSON, March
04, 1869, Middlesex Co.; b. Abt. 1842, McGillivery, Carleton Co.
viii. ELIZABETH DAGG, b. Abt. 1848.
* Evidence indicates that this is likely the same Elizabeth Dagg who
married widower James Marshall, in about 1874.
No marriage records have been found to confirm this, however. James Marshall, wife Eliza Dagg and family
moved to Manitou, Manitoba in about 1886.
James and Eliza had 3 sons together, and also raised his children from
his earlier marriage to Annas McDonald.
Don Treble is
researching the descendancy of the James Marshall family.
ix. FRANCIS DAGG, b. Abt. 1850.
x. Margaret
Dagg, b. Abt. 1854.
xi. MATILDA DAGG, b. Abt. 1857.
* Note: Information for this file comes from a combination of sources, including census data, early church records, cemetery records, and the Ontario Marriage Registers for Middlesex County.
* For further information on
this line, see also the research of Ainsley G. Dagg.
Jann Callaghan Cullen
Dec. 03, 2000