Part 11

A native of Quebec, born in 1835. He died in Quebec in December, 1907. His parents were from the County Tyrone, Ireland, and came to Canada in the early 30s. The father, Niall Carbray, was born at Carrickcastle, near Dungannon. The old Carbray homestead still exists there and is occupied by a member of the family. His mother was Catherine Connolly, a native of Clogher, County Tyrone. Felix, the son, subject of this sketch, was educated at private schools and at the Christian Brothers, in his native city. Endowed with natural talents of no ordinary character and with a thirst for knowledge, he applied himself earnestly in the effort to improve his education in every possible way. He distinguished himself in mathematics and literature. He was endowed with a great aptitude for the acquisition of foreign languages, and was familiar with the Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French. He was as thoroughly familiar with French as with English. Thus well equipped with a superior education and a worthy ambition to make his mark in life, he began a business course in April, 1854, as an accountant, which he continued in some of the leading houses in his native city for fifteen years. In May, 1869, he opened an office as a general commission and shipping merchant, which from the beginning was most successful. In the spring of 1870, he took as partner, Francis Routh, son of the late Sir Randolph Routh. His mother was a Taschereau, sister of the late Cardinal Taschereau and of the late Chief Justice Taschereau. The new firm, Carbray & Routh, which a few years later became Carbray, Routh & Co., opened an office also in Montreal, Mr. Carbray managing the business of the Quebec office and Mr. Routh that of the Montreal office. The new firm had a long, prosperous and honorable career. No firm was more widely known all over the business world, nor did any stand higher for integrity and honor. The partnership, having expired in 1900, was dissolved and the affairs liquidated; this being found to the mutual advantage of the associates. Mr. Carbray continued the business at Quebec with his son, William, under the name of Carbray, Son & Co., and Mr. Routh that of Montreal under the style of F. A. Routh & Co. Both firms have been very successful and bid fair to go on down the generations like many of the old houses of Europe. The high character and abilities of Felix Carbray at an earlier date attracted the attention of his fellow citizens, and every mark of esteem and confidence was shown him. He loved Ireland, the land of his fathers, with an intense love, and threw himself heart and soul into every movement tending to promote her cause or the welfare of his race. No Irishman of his time in Quebec did more to raise the prestige of the Irish race and the cause of Ireland among the peoples of other races. In 1883, _Redpath’s Weekly_ says of Mr. Carbray: “He is a gentleman of high culture and deep learning. His linguistic attainments are also remarkable. He speaks the French and English languages with equal fluency, and as both are used in the Quebec legislature, Mr. Carbray addresses the house in one or the other with equal elegancy, as circumstances may require. He also converses freely in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. The high esteem in which he is held by his Irish fellow citizens is best shown by the fact that they have never missed an occasion to put him in every place of honor and trust within their gift. He is at present their worthy representative in the parliament of the Province of Quebec, as a member of the West Division of the city, which, though it contains the leading British commercial men of Quebec, is controlled by the Irish vote. Mr. Carbray is an eloquent and forcible orator, his recent speech on the occasion of the reading of ‘the speech from the throne,’ having been pronounced by the Canadian press as the most remarkable English speech ever delivered in the Quebec legislature. In his public capacity Mr. Carbray has never made an enemy, while as a private citizen he has hosts of friends.” Rose, in his _Cyclopedia of Canadian Biography_, says of him: He was educated at Quebec, where he has resided throughout his life, though he has traveled extensively in America and Europe, principally on business connected with the trade in lumber, in which his house is engaged. He was one of the pioneers of the lumber trade between the St. Lawrence and South America, and is still largely interested in it. In addition to his other duties, he fills the important position of consul of Portugal at the port of Quebec. A Catholic in religion, Mr. Carbray has been honored by the St. Patrick’s congregation of Quebec with election and re-election as one of the trustees, and is also a trustee of that noble Irish Catholic charity, the St. Bridget’s Asylum of Quebec. He has taken an equally active and leading part in all the local national movements of his fellow countrymen, and has been president of the St. Patrick’s Literary Institute, the Irish National Association, and other Irish bodies in Quebec. He is a Liberal-Conservative in politics, and at the provincial general elections in 1881, yielding to the solicitations of his friends, he ran as the party candidate for the electoral division of Quebec West, and, after a hard fight, was elected by a good majority to represent that constituency in the legislative assembly in the province. His parliamentary career was very creditable. Though he did not often address the house, he was always listened to with the utmost respect, being an equally good speaker and debater in both English and French, and never wasting his powder except on serious and interesting subjects with which he was most conversant, such, especially, as questions of finance and commerce. In May, 1854, he married Miss Margaret Carberry, a daughter of the late William Carberry of Carrick-on-Suir, Ireland, of whom he had four sons and six daughters. Those still living are: Herbert of Montreal; William, Quebec; Thomas John, a promising lawyer; Mrs. P. L. Connor, Boston; Mrs. Alfred Carroll, Montreal, and Grace. His youngest daughter, Grace, and son, Thomas, live with him at “Benburb Place,” and the Ramparts. Mrs. Carbray died in May, 1895. She was a patriotic Irish woman and revered and esteemed for her piety and devotedness to God’s poor. In October, 1902, he married Miss Brigid Carberry—widow of the late Nicholas K. Connolly—sister of his first wife. The marriage ceremony was performed at St. Gabriel’s Church, New York, by Archbishop Farley. She died on July 1, 1903, deeply regretted by her sorrowing husband and all who knew her. A most amiable lady and, like her sister, devoted to the poor. Mr. Carbray filled many distinguished positions in his life; he is held in high esteem by his fellow citizens of all races, creeds and politics. He was a member of the Quebec Harbor Commission, of the Quebec Board of Trade, consul for Portugal, and, being the oldest consul here, is dean of the Consular Corps, senior trustee of St. Patrick’s Church, of the St. Bridget’s Asylum Association, president of the United Irish League, etc., etc. Mr. Carbray was an ardent upholder of the movement for the revival of the Irish language. He delivered a lecture on this subject at Tara Hall, Quebec, in April, 1899, which displayed profound knowledge of the subject, and attracted the attention and encomiums of the whole Celtic world. Mr. Carbray had a collection of books on Ireland which formed probably the best of its kind in Canada. He was a member of the Royal Irish Academy.

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SOME PROVIDENCE (R. I.) MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.

MEMBERSHIP ROLL OF THE AMERICAN-IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

[For officers of the Society see pages 5 and 6.]

=Adams, Hon. Samuel=, president and treasurer of the O’Neill-Adams Co., 20th to 22d Street, Sixth Avenue, New York City; director, Garfield National Bank; member of the New York Chamber of Commerce; trustee, Excelsior Savings Bank; an ex-state senator of Colorado.

=Adams, T. Albeus=, president, Manhattan Refrigerating Co., 525 West Street, New York City; president, Adams & Co., New York; president, Union Terminal Cold Storage Co., Jersey City, N. J.

=Ahern, John=, 5 Highland Street, Concord, N. H.

=Aspell, John= (M. D.), 139 West 77th Street, New York City; member of the Academy of Medicine; of the County Medical Association, and of the Celtic Medical Society; recently president of the latter; visiting surgeon to St. Vincent’s Hospital.

=Bannin, Michael E.=, of Converse, Stanton & Co., dry goods commission merchants, 83 and 85 Worth Street, New York City; member of the Merchants Association, New York; director, the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank; member of the Merchants and Catholic clubs, New York, of the Montauk Club, Brooklyn, and of the Brooklyn Arts and Science Institute; director, the Columbian National Life Insurance Co.; director, American Investment Securities Co.; director, Citizen Trust Co., Brooklyn.

=Bannon, Henry G.=, 107 East 55th Street, New York City; president of the Irish National Club; secretary, Celtic-American Publishing Co.

=Barrett, Michael F.=, of Barrett Bros., wholesale and retail dealers in teas, coffees, etc., 308 Spring Street and 574 Hudson Street, New York City.

=Barry, Hon. Patrick T.=, 87–97 South Jefferson Street, Chicago, Ill. (Life member of the Society); advertising manager, Chicago Newspaper Union; director, First National Bank of Englewood, Ill.; director, The _Chicago Citizen_ Company; has been a member of the state Legislature of Illinois; prominently identified with educational interests.

=Baxter, Rev. James J.= (D. D.), 9 Whitmore Street, Boston, Mass.

=Blake, Michael=, of John Leonard & Co., iron and steel, 149 Broadway, New York City.

=Bodfish, Rev. Joshua P. L.=, Canton, Mass.; formerly chancellor of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Boston; a director of the Bunker Hill Monument Association.

=Bourlet, John W.=, of the Rumford Printing Co., Concord, N. H.

=Boyle, Hon. Patrick J.=, Newport, R. I.; has been mayor of that city many terms.

=Brady, Rev. Cyrus Townsend= (LL. D.), rector, Trinity P. E. Church, Toledo, Ohio; member of the Society of Colonial Wars, of the Sons of the Revolution, of the Military Order of Foreign Wars, and of other patriotic organizations; chaplain of the First Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, war with Spain; formerly Protestant Episcopal archdeacon of Pennsylvania; author of _For Love of Country_, _For the Freedom of the Sea_, _Stephen Decatur_, _Commodore Paul Jones_, _Border Fights and Fighters_, _The True Andrew Jackson_, and other works.

=Brady, Owen J.=, with The H. B. Claflin Co., 224 Church Street, New York City.

=Brandon, Edward J.=, lawyer, city clerk, Cambridge, Mass.

=Brann, Rev. Henry A.= (D. D., LL. D.), 141 East 43d Street, New York City (Life member of the Society).

=Brennan, Hon. James F.=, lawyer, Peterborough, N. H.; a trustee of the New Hampshire State Library.

=Brennan, James F.=, contractor, 2 Garden Street, New Haven, Conn.

=Brennan, P. J.=, 788 West End Avenue, New York City.

=Brett, Frank P.=, town clerk and attorney, Waterbury, Conn.; member of the Connecticut Legislature. He is town clerk of Waterbury, in which city he was born December 13, 1869. He was educated in the public schools, graduating from the high school in ’88 and from the Yale Law School in 1892. He was a member of the town board of school visitors from 1892 to 1897; was elected to the Legislature in 1899; was town clerk from 1900 to 1904 and from 1906 to the present time. Mr. Brett is a son of Patrick Brett, formerly secretary of the Waterbury Buckle Company. Mrs. Brett before marriage was Miss Elizabeth Slater, and taught in the first Catholic school in Waterbury, being one of the five Slater sisters, all of whom taught there. She also taught in Worcester, Mass., and in Newark, N. J., with Father McQuade, the present bishop of Rochester, N. Y.

=Breen, Henry J.=, lawyer, 243 West 99th Street, New York City.

=Breen, Hon. Matthew=, a New York City magistrate, 243 West 99th Street.

=Brierly, Frank=, 268 West 131st Street, New York City.

=Broderick, William J.=, 52 Morton Street, New York City.

=Brosnahan, Rev. Timothy=, rector of St. Mary’s Church, Waltham, Mass.

=Buckley, Andrew, Parsons=, Labette County, Kansas.

=Burke, Robert E.=, recently city solicitor, Newburyport, Mass.

=Burr, William P.=, office of the Corporation Counsel, New York City.

=Butler, M. J.=, real estate and insurance, Morris Avenue, corner of 144th Street, New York City.

=Butler, T. Vincent=, with R. G. Dun & Co., New York City.

=Buttimer, Thomas H.=, lawyer, Hingham and Boston, Mass.

=Byrne, Dr. C. E.=, of the C. E. Byrne Piano Co., East 41st Street, New York City.

=Byrne, Joseph M.=, insurance, 800 Broad Street, Newark, N. J.

=Byrne, Rt. Rev. Mgr. William= (D. D.), rector of St. Cecilia’s Church, St. Cecilia Street, Boston, Mass.

=Byrnes, Patrick J.=, builder and general contractor, 105 East 31st Street, New York City.

=Cahill, John H.=, lawyer, 15 Dey Street, New York City; prominently identified with telephone interests; vice-president, secretary, attorney and director of the New York Telephone Co.; director of the Empire City Subway Co. He is also a director of the American District Telephone Co.; the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co.; the Holmes Protective Co.; the New England Telephone and Telegraph Co.; the Delaware Telegraph and Telephone Co.; Northwestern Telephone and Telegraph Co., and the Southwestern Telephone and Telegraph Co.

=Calnin, James=, 101–107 Lakeview Avenue, Lowell, Mass.

=Cannon, Thomas H.=, of the law firm Cannon & Poage, Stock Exchange Building, Chicago, Ill.

=Carmody, T. F.=, lawyer, Burpee & Carmody, Waterbury, Conn.

=Carney, Michael=, of M. Carney & Co., Lawrence, Mass.

=Carroll, Edward=, Leavenworth National Bank, Leavenworth, Kansas.

=Carroll, Edward R.=, 333 East 51st Street, New York City; clerk’s office, Court of General Sessions of the Peace, City and County of New York.

=Carroll, John L.=, secretary, American Oil & Supply Co., 23 Division Place, Newark, N. J.

=Carter, Patrick=, real estate, mortgages and insurance, 32 Westminster Street, Providence, R. I.

=Carter, Hon. Thomas H.=, Helena, Mont.; a United States senator.

=Carty, John J.=, Short Hills, N. J.

=Casey, Michael=, of Casey & Bacon, wholesale grocers, Pittsfield, Mass.

=Cassidy, John J.=, 907 Adams Street, Wilmington, Del.

=Cassidy, Patrick= (M. D.), Norwich, Conn.; was surgeon-general on the staff of Gov. Luzon B. Morris of Connecticut, ranking as brigadier-general.

=Cavanaugh, F. J.=, 31 Union Square, New York City; merchant.

=Chittick, Rev. J. J.=, Hyde Park, Mass.

=Clancy, Laurence=, dry goods merchant, West Bridge Street, Oswego, N. Y.; president of L. Clancy, Sons & Co.; trustee, Oswego County Savings Bank; director, electric street railway; member, Normal school board; has repeatedly declined a nomination for mayor of Oswego.

=Clare, William F.=, lawyer, 71 Nassau Street, New York City.

=Clark, Rev. James F.=, New Bedford, Mass.

=Clarke, James=, of James Clarke & Co., booksellers and publishers, 3, 5 and 7 West 22d Street, New York City.

=Clarke, Joseph I. C.=, Sunday editor, New York _Herald_, Herald Square, New York City; residence, 159 West 95th Street.

=Clary, Charles H.=, Hallowell, Me.; a descendant of John Clary, “of Newcastle, province of New Hampshire,” who married Jane Mahoney, of Georgetown, Me., 1750. Four children were born to them before 1760. Mr. Clary of Hallowell, Me., here mentioned, was one of the founders of the Clary Reunion Family which meets annually.

=Cockran, Hon. W. Bourke=, 31 Nassau Street, New York City; a member of Congress. (Life member of the Society.)

=Coghlan, Rev. Gerald P.=, 2141 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

=Cohalan, Daniel F.=, lawyer, 2 Rector Street, New York City.

=Coleman, John=, capitalist, Louisville, Ky.

=Collins, James M.=, 6 Sexton Avenue, Concord, N. H.

=Collins, Hon. John S.=, Gilsum, N. H.; manufacturer of woolens; an ex-state senator of New Hampshire.

=Collins, Brig. Gen. D. F.=, 637 Pearl Street, Elizabeth, N. J.

=Conaty, Bernard=, 30 Cypress Street, Providence, R. I.

=Conaty, Rev. B. S.=, 340 Cambridge Street, Worcester, Mass.

=Conaty, Rt. Rev. Thomas J.= (D. D.), Los Angeles, Cal., bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Monterey and Los Angeles.

=Coney, Patrick H.=, lawyer, 316 Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kan. He entered the Union army in 1863, at the age of 15 years, enlisting in the One Hundred and Eleventh New York Infantry. He was detailed as dispatch bearer on General McDougall’s staff, promoted as an orderly dispatch bearer on Gen. Nelson A. Miles’ staff, served in this capacity on to Appomattox and Lee’s surrender, and was transferred June 5, 1865, to Company H, Fourth New York Heavy Artillery. He served until October 5, 1865, when he was honorably discharged at Hart’s Island, N. Y. He was wounded at the battle of Peach Orchard in front of Petersburg, Va., on June 16, 1864, and rejoined his command from the hospital after sixty days’ convalescence. In addition to his law practice, he is president and manager of the National Investment and Development Co., which is engaged in the promotion and development of 11,000 acres of mineral, gas and oil lands in Benton County, Mo.

=Conlon, William L.=, Portsmouth, N. H.

=Connery, William P.=, Wheeler and Pleasant Streets, Lynn, Mass.; recently candidate for mayor of Lynn.

=Connolly, Capt. James=, real estate, Coronado, Cal. He was born in County Cavan, Ireland, 1842; came to this country when he was but ten years of age, and spent much of his youth at East Dennis, Cape Cod, Mass. His early love for the sea was gratified later in life when he became captain of some of the finest deep-water ships sailing from Baltimore, Boston and elsewhere. His first command was the bark _May Queen_, a regular Baltimore and Rio packet, 1872. He then had command of the ship _Pilgrim_ of Boston, and made several voyages to the East Indies. In 1884 he was given command of the _Charger_, a larger and finer ship than the _Pilgrim_, and sailed to ports in Japan. He next had command of the _South American_, “the Commodore’s ship,” of the Hastings fleet (Boston), and took her to Australia and other parts. He made several record voyages during his career, and some of these records still stand, having never been equalled. On one occasion he was wrecked off the coast of Africa; he and his wife upon being rescued were hospitably entertained by the Boers of the adjacent country. Returning to East Dennis, Mass., his wife’s health became poor and so he removed with her to Coronado, Cal., hoping that the change of climate would benefit her, but she died in 1901. She had accompanied her husband on several of his voyages, and had with him visited many parts of the world. Captain Connolly has written much and entertainingly. He has at present in manuscript form a novel of ocean life entitled _The Magic of the Sea_.

=Connolly, Rev. Arthur T.=, Center and Creighton Streets, Roxbury (Boston), Mass.

=Connor, Michael=, 509 Beech Street, Manchester, N. H.

=Conway, James L.=, 113 Worth Street, New York City.

=Cooke, Rev. Michael J.=, Fall River, Mass. (Life member of the Society.)

=Cooney, Brig.-Gen. Michael= (U. S. A.), retired, 500 T Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.; born in Ireland; private, corporal and sergeant, Company A, First United States Cavalry, December 4, 1856, to December 4, 1861; quartermaster-sergeant, Sixth Cavalry, December, 1864; first lieutenant, Ninth Cavalry, July 28, 1866; captain, January 1, 1868; major, Fourth Cavalry, December 10, 1888; lieutenant-colonel, Seventh Cavalry, June 2, 1897; colonel, Fourth Cavalry, June 9, 1899; brigadier-general, retired, April 23, 1904.

=Coughlin, John=, 177 Water Street, Augusta, Me.

=Cox, Hugh M.= (M. D.), 285 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York City.

=Cox, Michael F.= (M. D., M. R. I. A.), 26 Merrion Square, Dublin, Ireland.

=Cox, Michael H.=, 54 Commerce Street, Boston, Mass.

=Cox, William T.=, 12 South Second Street, Elizabeth, N. J., owner of Cox’s Towing Line; for some years chairman of the fire commissioners of Elizabeth; ex-chief of the Elizabeth Volunteer Fire Department.

=Coyle, Rev. James=, Taunton, Mass.

=Coyle, Rev. John D.=, 79 Davenport Avenue, New Haven, Conn.

=Crane, Maj. John=, 8 & 10 Bridge Street, New York City; of the firm Crane & MacMahon, manufacturers of wheels, carriage woodstock, and hardwood lumber. Among offices held by him may be mentioned: director of the Ganesvoort Bank, New York; trustee of Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank; president of the Irish Emigrant Society; president of Ascension Conference, Society of St. Vincent de Paul; member of the Superior Council, Society of St. Vincent de Paul; chairman of the Finance Committee for Special Work, of the same society; vice-president of the Virginia and North Carolina Wheel Co., Richmond, Va.; vice-president of the St. Marys Spoke and Wheel Co., of St. Marys, Ohio; trustee of the Soldiers and Sailors Home, Bath, N. Y.; vice-president of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. He is also a member of the New York Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal Legion, of the New York Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, and of other organizations. He was a commissioned officer during the Civil War in the Sixth and Seventeenth Wisconsin regiments of Infantry, saw four years of very active service, and was regimental and brigade adjutant for a considerable period.

=Creagh, Rev. John T.= (J. U. L., S. T. L., J. C. D.), Catholic University, Washington, D. C.; associate professor of canon law.

=Creamer, Walter H.=, 4 Prescott Place, Lynn, Mass. His great-grandfather, Edward Creamer, was born in Kinsale, Ireland, 1756, was graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, and in 1784 settled in Salem, Mass. He was a physician there. This Edward had a son George who married Hannah Gardner whose mother was Mary Sullivan, a sister of Gen. John Sullivan of the Revolution and of Gov. James Sullivan of Massachusetts. Walter H. Creamer, here mentioned, is a grandson of the said George and Hannah (Gardner) Creamer.

=Crimmins, Cyril=, of the Crimmins Realty Co., 624 Madison Avenue, New York City. (Life member of the Society.)