Cambley, Cameley, Camleay, Camley, Camilly in CANADA

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The Camley Story

The Camley name has been a victim of creative spelling. On the branch I am referring to, it was spelled "Cambley" on the 1861 census for Bromley Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. By 1871 the name became "Cameley"; and finally, in 1881, shows up as "Camley". Other records indicate the spelling as Camilly. There is also a likelihood that the name was spelled with the prefix "Mc" or "Mac".

The 1871 census of Bromley, North Renfrew, Ontario shows Owen and Mary Camley as well as Mary, Patrick, and Hugh all living with James and Mary Ellen Camley (nee Clancy) and their children. Owen and Mary were the parents of Patrick, Mary, Hugh, and James. Whether or not Terrence was also a child of Owen and Mary was difficult to confirm. Both James and Terrence were from County Down, Ireland. Land records indicate they settled lots 14 and 16 in Bromley. It appeared that they were brothers, but...

There had been speculation that the two Bresnahan children, Thomas and Johanna, residing with Terrence and Mary Camley (1861 Canada census) may have been somehow related to either Terrence or Mary (nee Quigley). Finally, I stumbled across several records for a number of events (births, marriages and a petition), one of which was the marriage of Ann Camley and Thomas Bresnahan (he appears to have been a descendant of one of Peter Robinson's settlers) in Corkery (now West Huntley), Carleton County, Ontario. {Actually Ann was a previously unknown family member.}

The marriage of James and Mary Ellen Clancy indicated the same "Camley" parents; and the baptisms revealed that Terrence and James, plus their respective spouses, were godparents for each other's children.

Now we know that this family was in Canada by the mid-1840s, just not in Renfrew County by then. We still have not verified that Thomas and Johanna were the children of Ann and Thomas...but the search continues in Carleton and Lanark Counties.

Also note that there was a Mary Camley born in Kilkeel, County Down, Ireland in 1867; and her parents were Hugh Camley and Anne Macartan. Hugh Camley then appears on the 1871 Bromley census. Was he the same person?

Descendants of Owen Camley

Generation No. 1

1. OWEN CAMLEY was born about 1808 in Ireland. He married MARY FITZPATRICK.

"Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, from the 29th January to 4th May, 1859 ... in the twenty-second year of the reign of ... Queen Victoria : being the 2nd session of the 6th Provincial Parliament of Canada" pg. 31

"On Tuesday, 22nd March 1859 ...Petition was brought up and laid on the table...By Mr. Bell - The petition of O. Camley and others, of the Township of Ramsay"

Children of Owen Camley and Mary Fitzpatrick are:

2.

i.

ANN CAMLEY.

ii.

PATRICK CAMLEY, b. Abt 1831.

3.

iii.

TERRENCE CAMLEY, b. Abt 1833, County Down, Ireland; d. September 7, 1875, Bromley Twp., Ontario, Canada.

4.

iv.

JAMES CAMLEY, b. Abt 1841, Ireland.

v.

MARY CAMLEY, b. Abt 1843.

vi.

HUGH CAMLEY, b. Abt 1845.

Generation No. 2

2. ANN CAMLEY (OWEN¹). She married THOMAS BRESNAHAN January 24, 1847 in Corkery, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada, son of Thomas Bresnahan and Honora Heffornan.

Thomas Bresnahan, son of Thomas Bresnahan and Honora Heffornan of Lisconel, County Cork, Ireland married Ann Camley, daughter of Owen Camley and Mary Fitzpatrick of Ramsay on 24 Jan 1847 at St. Michael RC Church, Corkery (now West Huntley), Carleton County, Ontario. Witnesses to the marriage were Patrick Manyan and Ann Fault of Ramsay.

Child of Ann Camley and Thomas Bresnahan is:

i.

MARY BRESNAHAN, born 25 Nov 1847, was baptized 29 Jan 1848 at St. Michael RC Church, Corkery, Carleton County, Ontario.

3. TERRENCE CAMLEY (OWEN¹) was born abt 1833-36 in County Down, Ireland, and died September 7, 1875 in Bromley Twp., Ontario, Canada. He married MARY QUIGLEY, daughter of John Quigley and Mary Whelan.

Terrence had the distinction of being the first to be buried in the Old Roman Catholic Cemetery at Deep River, Ontario. His death registration reads: "Died by the visitation of God and not by drowning" {stroke}

Children of Terrence Camley and Mary Quigley are:

i.

TERRENCE JR. CAMLEY, b. abt 1859.

ii.

MARYANN CAMLEY, born 9 Jan 1860, was baptized on 23 Jan 1860 at Ramsay, Ontario; died 7 June 1943, Windsor, Ontario; married DAVID LAROCHELLE, 1877.

iii.

MARGARET JANE CAMLEY, born 22 November 1861, Rolph, Renfrew County, Ontario; died 20 May 1944, Marquette, Michigan, USA; married WILLIAM JOHN SMAIL, 7 July 1884, Mattawa, Ontario, Canada

iv.

ELLEN (Nellie) CAMLEY, born abt 1865; died Matawa, Ontario; married William SUNSTRUM

v.

JOHN CAMLEY, born abt 1869.

vi.

MICHAEL CAMLEY, born abt 1872.

vii.

ELIZABETH CAMLEY, born abt 1874.

viii.

HUGH CAMLEY, born abt 1875.


*Buried at Deep River - Our Lady Of Good Counsel (R.C.) Church Cemetery [Rolph Township]

After the death of Terrence, Mary remarried Peter Robichon on 12 February 1878 at St. Paul de Sheenboro, Pontiac County, Quebec. The couple had two children: Alexander, born 1878 and Archie, born 1881, Ontario.

For reasons unknown, Alexander Camley decided to use his mother's deceased first husband's, Terrence Camley, surname. Alex' father was actually Peter Robichon; though the spelling of that name on the various documents is: Abishaw, Aubichon, Rabishaw, and Robichou.

Alexander Camley (aka: William Alexander), born 14 October 1878 Ontario; died 24 November 1953, Haileybury, Ontario; married 14 October 1906 at North Bay, Ontario to Delima Roy, born 22 March 1883, Otter Lake, Quebec; died 24 September 1926, Haileybury, Ontario

The witnesses to the wedding of Delima Roy and Alex Camley were John J. O'Brien and D.J. Scollard, both of North Bay, Ontario. Delima and Alex made their home and raised their family in Haileybury, Ontario. The couple had twelve children.

Children of Alex (Sandy) Camley and Delima Roy are:

1. Roy; m: Lillian

2. Edna; m: Benjamin

3. Hilda; m: Robert

4. Joseph Lloyd George Camley(a.k.a. Patrick Lloyd Camleay), born 5 June 1914, Haileybury, Ontario; died 1 October 1996, Vancouver, British Columbia; (1)married 20 September 1933 at Mount Olie (Little Fort), British Columbia to Maggie Isabel Edwards, born 14 October 1914; (2)married April 1948 to Blanche Pierce, born 10 August 1914

5. Dalton, born abt 1915; died 6 Jun 1971, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory

6. Lorreta

7. Ida

8. Evamay; born 10 February 1921; died 5 March 1923, Colbalt, Ontario

9. Alma; m: Parnel

10. Edwin

11. Norma

12. Raymond

4. JAMES² CAMLEY (OWEN¹) was born abt 1841 in Ireland. He married MARY ELLEN CLANCY, 7 January 1861 in Ramsay Twp., Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada.

James Camley, farmer of Ramsay, son of Owen Camley and Mary Fitzpatrick married Mary Ellen Clancy, daughter of George Clancy and Sarah England of County Tipperary on 7 Jan 1861 at Ramsay. The record appears in the parish records of Corkery. Witnesses to the marriage were Thomas Grace and Mary Camilly

Children of James Camley and Mary Clancy are:

i.

MARY ANNE CAMLEY, born 16 Apr 1863, was baptized 26 Apr 1863 at Ramsay, Ontario.

ii.

HENRY CAMLEY, born abt 1866.

iii.

HUGH CAMLEY, born 20 June 1869.

iv.

ELLEN CAMLEY, born March 1870.

v.

MARGARET CAMLEY, born abt 1872.

vi.

JAMES CAMLEY, born abt 1874.

vii.

AGNES CAMLEY, born abt 1877.

DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS CHILD BELONGS OR WHERE JOHN CAMLEY FITS IN - suspect that John may have been a son of Owen and Mary Fitzpatrick
	> Camilly, Marg.Elizabeth (McCambley) 9/18/1865 Margaret Elizabeth Camley, born 18 Sep 1865, daughter of John Camley and Anne Ryan was baptized on 1 October 1865 at Ramsay (record in Corkery). Her godparents were Owen Camley and Julia Ryan.

* I am indebted to Murray Pletsch. He has taken pictures and posted them online at:

The Northeastern Ontario Cemetery Gravemarker Gallery

SOURCES

Questions, comments or corrections?

Please email me: Diana

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Other researchers include:

Tom Riggs,

1335 E. June Street, #112, Box 12,

Mesa, AZ 85203

Tom Riggs

Lynda Liscumb,

12 Brookridge Drive,

Scarborough, ON M1P 3M1

Linda Liscumb

Bill Bristow,

463 Tribune Crescent,

Victoria, BC V9C 1J1

Bill Bristow

1. OWEN CAMLEY was born about 1808 in Ireland. He married MARY FITZPATRICK.
	"Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, from the 29th January to 4th May, 1859 ... in the twenty-second year of the reign of ... Queen Victoria : being the 2nd session of the 6th Provincial Parliament of Canada" pg. 31 "On Tuesday, 22nd March 1859 ...Petition was brought up and laid on the table...By Mr. Bell - The petition of O. Camley and others, of the Township of Ramsay"

Children of Owen Camley and Mary Fitzpatrick are:
2.	i.	ANN CAMLEY.
	ii.	PATRICK CAMLEY, b. Abt 1831.
3.	iii.	TERRENCE CAMLEY, b. Abt 1833, County Down, Ireland; d. September 7, 1875, Bromley Twp., Ontario, Canada.
4.	iv.	JAMES CAMLEY, b. Abt 1841, Ireland.
	v.	MARY CAMLEY, b. Abt 1843.
	vi.	HUGH CAMLEY, b. Abt 1845.

	2. ANN CAMLEY (OWEN¹). She married THOMAS BRESNAHAN January 24, 1847 in Corkery, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada, son of Thomas Bresnahan and Honora Heffornan.
			Thomas Bresnahan, son of Thomas Bresnahan and Honora Heffornan of Lisconel, County Cork, Ireland married Ann Camley, daughter of Owen Camley and Mary Fitzpatrick of Ramsay on 24 Jan 1847 at St. Michael RC Church, Corkery (now West Huntley), Carleton County, Ontario. Witnesses to the marriage were Patrick Manyan and Ann Fault of Ramsay.
	Child of Ann Camley and Thomas Bresnahan is:
i.		MARY BRESNAHAN, born 25 Nov 1847, was baptized 29 Jan 1848 at St. Michael RC Church, Corkery, Carleton County, Ontario.

	3. TERRENCE CAMLEY (OWEN¹) was born abt 1833-36 in County Down, Ireland, and died September 7, 1875 in Bromley Twp., Ontario, Canada. He married MARY QUIGLEY, daughter of John Quigley and Mary Whelan.
			Terrence had the distinction of being the first to be buried in the Old Roman Catholic Cemetery at Deep River, Ontario. His death registration reads: "Died by the visitation of God and not by drowning" {stroke}
	Children of Terrence Camley and Mary Quigley are:
i.		TERRENCE JR. CAMLEY, b. abt 1859.
ii.		MARYANN CAMLEY, born 9 Jan 1860, was baptized on 23 Jan 1860 at Ramsay, Ontario; died 7 June 1943, Windsor, Ontario; married DAVID LAROCHELLE, 1877.
iii.		MARGARET JANE CAMLEY, born 22 November 1861, Rolph, Renfrew County, Ontario; died 20 May 1944, Marquette, Michigan, USA; married WILLIAM JOHN SMAIL, 7 July 1884, Mattawa, Ontario, Canada
iv.		ELLEN (Nellie) CAMLEY, born abt 1865; died Matawa, Ontario; married William SUNSTRUM
v.		JOHN CAMLEY, born abt 1869.
vi.		MICHAEL CAMLEY, born abt 1872.
vii.		ELIZABETH CAMLEY, born abt 1874.
viii.		HUGH CAMLEY, born abt 1875.

After the death of Terrence, Mary remarried Peter Robichon on 12 February 1878 at St. Paul de Sheenboro, Pontiac County, Quebec. The couple had two children: Alexander, born 1878 and Archie, born 1881, Ontario.
For reasons unknown, Alexander Camley decided to use his mother's deceased first husband's, Terrence Camley, surname. Alex' father was actually Peter Robichon; though the spelling of that name on the various documents is: Abishaw, Aubichon, Rabishaw, and Robichou.
Alexander Camley (aka: William Alexander), born 14 October 1878 Ontario; died 24 November 1953, Haileybury, Ontario; married 14 October 1906 at North Bay, Ontario to Delima Roy, born 22 March 1883, Otter Lake, Quebec; died 24 September 1926, Haileybury, Ontario
The witnesses to the wedding of Delima Roy and Alex Camley were John J. O'Brien and D.J. Scollard, both of North Bay, Ontario. Delima and Alex made their home and raised their family in Haileybury, Ontario. The couple had twelve children.
	Children of Alex (Sandy) Camley and Delima Roy are:
	1. Roy; m: Lillian
	2. Edna; m: Benjamin
	3. Hilda; m: Robert
	4. Joseph Lloyd George Camley(a.k.a. Patrick Lloyd Camleay), born 5 June 1914, Haileybury, Ontario; died 1 October 1996, Vancouver, British Columbia; (1)married 20 September 1933 at Mount Olie (Little Fort), British Columbia to Maggie Isabel Edwards, born 14 October 1914; (2)married April 1948 to Blanche Pierce, born 10 August 1914
	5. Dalton, born abt 1915; died 6 Jun 1971, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
	6. Lorreta
	7. Ida
	8. Evamay; born 10 February 1921; died 5 March 1923, Colbalt, Ontario
	9. Alma; m: Parnel
	10. Edwin
	11. Norma
	12. Raymond

	4. JAMES² CAMLEY (OWEN¹) was born abt 1841 in Ireland. He married MARY ELLEN CLANCY, 7 January 1861 in Ramsay Twp., Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada.
			James Camley, farmer of Ramsay, son of Owen Camley and Mary Fitzpatrick married Mary Ellen Clancy, daughter of George Clancy and Sarah England of County Tipperary on 7 Jan 1861 at Ramsay. The record appears in the parish records of Corkery. Witnesses to the marriage were Thomas Grace and Mary Camilly
	Children of James Camley and Mary Clancy are:
i.		MARY ANNE CAMLEY, born 16 Apr 1863, was baptized 26 Apr 1863 at Ramsay, Ontario.
ii.		HENRY CAMLEY, born abt 1866.
iii.		HUGH CAMLEY, born 20 June 1869.
iv.		ELLEN CAMLEY, born March 1870.
v.		MARGARET CAMLEY, born abt 1872.
vi.		JAMES CAMLEY, born abt 1874.
vii.		AGNES CAMLEY, born abt 1877.

Other researchers include:
Tom Riggs, 1335 E. June Street, #112, Box 12, Mesa, AZ 85203	Tom Riggs
Lynda Liscumb, 12 Brookridge Drive, Scarborough, ON M1P 3M1	Linda Liscumb
Bill Bristow, 463 Tribune Crescent, Victoria, BC V9C 1J1	Bill Bristow