A: Jeremiah Casey, born circa 1819, married Catherine Spillane the 11 February 1841 (born circa 1824) in Aughadown
parish. The witnesses at their wedding were Daniel and Dominick Casey.
As far as I can make out Jeremiah was a nephew of William (Big Bill) Casey of Big Marsh. He lived in the townland of Knocknaraha, Aughadown (approx. 4 miles west of the town of Skibbereen, Co Cork ) where he rented a farm with Richard Casey (who I believe was his 1st cousin). Each man rented just over 7 acres. The dimensions of Jeremiah’s house were given in Griffith’s Valuation (compiled 1849/50) as:
length: 30 ft 6 inches,
width: 16 ft and
height: 7 ft 6 inches.
He must still have been constructing the house at this time as there was a remark “¼ off to finish house”.
The family immigrated to New Brunswick, Canada circa 1850. There are records for two Catherines and a Mary Casey arriving in St. John, New Brunswick on the 3rd June 1850. As yet I have been unable to confirm these records refers to Jeremiah’s family or not. The family appears to have lived both in the region of Calais, Maine and Milltown, New Brunswick, settling in Milltown in 1870s after the Calais fire of 1870.
He had 10 children :

B.1: John Casey, born in 1842. Baptised 20 February 1842 sponsors William Casey and Joan Mahony.

B.2: Ellen Casey, born in 1844. Baptised 21 February 1844 sponsor Margaret Casey. I have found no mention of either John or Ellen Casey anywhere apart from their baptism records. It is likely both died in childhood.

B.3: Mary Casey, born in Knocknaraha in 1845, died in Barre City, Vermont in 1936, married Capt. James Grearson (son of David Grearson and Jane Henderson) of St George, New Brunswick. Mary was baptised in Aughadown parish on 28 August 1845 sponsors William Byrne and Ellen ??. She was baptised into the Baptist Church in St George, New Brunswick in 1869. She was disowned by her own family because of this. Only late in her life was contact re-established following a card she received from her brother Timothy, who was by then Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver.
Her husband James was the captain of a merchant ship called the Water Lily. He and two members of her crew lost their lives when she sank in a storm off Portland, Maine in 1874. In 1896 the family moved to Barre, Vermont where they where involved in the granite manufacturing industry. Mary and her two sons Fred and James are buried in Elmwood cemetery in Barre. The granite memorial at her grave is also a marker for her husband Capt. James Grearson. Mary’s husband James Grearson was the grandson of the loyalist James Grearson. The elder James was born in Caithness, Scotland circa 1741. He served in the 74th Argyll Highlanders during the American Revolutionary War. Afterwards he was granted land in St Andrew’s but settled by the Magaguadavic River near St George, New Brunswick on land believed to initially belong to his wife’s family. The area he settled was called Caithness. When he died his land was split between his two sons Samuel and David. Grearson is a corruption of the Scottish surname McGregor.
She had 4 children :

C.1: Frederick A Grearson, born in 1869, died in 1941, married Phoboe McAdam. Frederick and Phoboe were childless. Frederick with his brother James ran the family business called Grearson Bros. The firm was involved in the granite manufacturing industry in the Barre region of Vermont.

C.2: Walter Grearson, born in 1872, died in 1919.

C.3: Warren Grearson, born in 1872, died in 1941, married Josephine Staples the 20 February 1897 (daughter of Charles Staples and Mary Dwinell). Josephine Staples was a descendant of Isaac Staples who settled in Williamstown, Vermont circa 1800. Warren and Josephine lived in Williamstown, VT where Warren had a barbershop. Walter and Warren Grearson were twins.
He had 4 children :

D.1: Mildred Grearson, born in 1898.

D.2: James Grearson, born in 1902, died 1967.

D.3: Verna Grearson, born 1910, died 1959, married Fred Shangraw (son of Arthur Shangraw and Carrie Burnor). Shangraw is a corruption of French surname Gingras. Fred was the descendant of Charles Gringras who settled in French Quebec circa 1670.
She had 5 children :

E.1: Shirley Mae Shangraw.

E.2: Wilma Shangraw.

E.3: Warren Shangraw.

E.4: Dorothy Shangraw.

E.5: Fred Shangraw.

D.4: Barbara Grearson born 1910.

C.4: James Grearson, born in 1874, died in 1944, married Leona Smith.
He had 4 children :

D.1: Joyce Grearson, born in 1916, died in 1957.

D.2: Lloyd Grearson, born in 1918, died in 1991, married Anna Stafford.
He had 5 children :

E.1: Lloyd Grearson.

E.2 : Norman Grearson.

E.3 : Virginia Grearson.

E.4 : Brian Grearson.

E.5 : John Grearson.

D.3: James Grearson, born in 1919, died in 1999.
He had 1 child:

E.1: Leona Grearson.

D.4 : Rheta Grearson, born in 1920, died in 1997.

B.4: Catherine Casey, born in Knocknaraha in 1848. Baptised 03 November 1848, sponsors Tim Burke and Mary Duggan.

B.5: William Casey, born in Calais, Maine in 1852, married (1) Ellen McCarthy the 19 June 1878 and (2) Mary Ellen Howley the 13 June 1882, died 27 March 1898. In the 1881 Canadian census William was a described as seaman. After the death of his first wife Ellen in 1879 William moved to Cambridge, MA where he married his second wife.
He had 4 children:

C.1: (2) Jane Anne Casey, born 28 June 1883.

C.2: (2) Abigail Catherine Casey, born the 25 September 1885.

C.3: (2) Arthur Jeremiah Casey, born 28 February 1888.

C.4: (2) Margaret Rebecca Casey, born 28 July 1891.

B.6 : Jeremiah Casey, born in Milltown N.B. the 19 August 1854, died in Lawrence, MA the 22 March 1933, married Mary Morrison the 11 April 1882. Mary was born in Ireland circa 1855, died the 21 June 1929. Jeremiah was baptised 20 August 1854 at St. Stephen’s Church, Milltown, NB sponsors Patrick Curran and Ellen Ellond??. This family moved to Lawrence, Massachusetts in the early 1900s where Jeremiah worked in a cotton mill.
He had 6 children :

C.1: Jeremiah Francis Casey, born 21 August 1883, died 26 August 1895.

C.2: Catherine Ellen Casey, born the 9 September 1884, married Joseph Condon. They lived in Salem, MA.

C.3: Agnes Mary Casey, born 1887, died in 1925, married Augustus Roy Knight. Agnes and Augustus went out together for nine years before they married. The delay was due to the fact Augustus was Episcopalian. Eventually Agnes’s uncle, bishop Timothy Casey met Augustus and told her father that Augustus was a better Catholic than a lot of Catholics. After this Jeremiah agreed to his daughter’s marriage.
She had 4 children :

D.1: Beatrice Gertrude Knight, married George A Payne.
She had 5 children :

E.1: Kenneth R. Payne.

E.2: George Michael Payne married Joan.

E.3: Roy Howard Payne.

E.4: Gordan Arthur Payne, married Kathy.

E.5: Douglas Payne, married Elaine.

D.2: Francis Stanley Knight, married Frances David.
He had 3 children :

E.1: Dianne Knight.

E.2: Sharon Knight.

E.3: David Knight.

D.3: Ruth Catherine Knight, born in 1920, married Lloyd Robert Pitzer in 1943.
She had 3 children :

E.1: Donna Jean Pitzer, married (1) Paul Emerson Welder, (2) John Hedgecock Broughton.

E.2: John Dunham Pitzer, married Billy Jean Foster.

E.3: Connie Marie Pitzer, married (1) Fred O. Hipple, (2) Louis R. Gragnani.

D.4: Agnes Helen Knight, married Robert Hathaway.
She had 4 children :

E.1: Steven Hathaway.

E.2: Cheryl Hathaway.

E.3: Caroline Hathaway.

E.4: Doreen Hathaway.

C.4: Winnie Casey, born 1890, married Michael Casey the 16 August 1911. Michael was a manager of a coal company in Lawrence MA. It is believed that Winnie and Michael were related however I can find no evidence of this. What is certain is that both families were very close. Winnie brother Joseph at one stage worked for Michael’s coal business.
She had 3 children :

D.1: John Casey, born 1914.

D.2: Joseph Casey, born 1917. Joseph died of pneumonia while studying for the priesthood

D.3: Mary Casey, born 1921, married Patrick Berryman.

C.5: Joseph William Casey, born 1891, died the 9 August 1937, married (1) Ethel Tillotson the 10 May 1912 (Ethel died 30 December 1912) and (2) Annie Creighton. Joseph was a WW1 hero and survived a gas attack during the war. There is a bridge named after him in Lawrence. After the war Joseph served as a policeman in Lawrence until he was forced to retire due to ill health in 1936.
He had 6 children :

D.1: (2) Anne Rita Casey, married Bernard Fitzmaurice.
She had 6 children :

E.1: Joseph Fitzmaurice married Patricia Larkin.

E.2: Geraldine Fitzmaurice married John Milo.

E.3: Anne Rita Fitzmaurice married Donald Gilchrist.

E.4: Kathleen Fitzmaurice married James Ludwig.

E.5: Bernard Fitzmaurice.

E.6: Michael Fitzmaurice.

D.2: (2) Mary Casey, married Kurt Planitzer.

D.3: (2) Jeremiah Casey

D.4: (2) James Casey.

D.5: (2) Joseph Casey born 1930, died 1968 married Marilyn

D.6: (2) Kathleen Casey.

C.6: Beatrice Casey, born 1893, married Frank Dorothy in 1925. They lived in Boston
She had 1 child:

D.1: Francis Dorothy born 1928.

B.7: Patrick Casey, born in Calais, Maine in 1857, died in St Stephen N.B. the 13 December 1944, married (1) Margaret Fitzsimmons (born circa 1855, died the 7 February 1907), (2) Mary Francis Hanley the 7 September 1910. Patrick and his brother Thomas owned a barbershop in Water Street, St Stephen, New Brunswick. Patrick started the business in 1878 and two years later he was joined by his brother Tom. Patrick worked in the shop until 1932. Tom carried on the business until 1939. Patrick lived on Main Street, St Stephen, he also owned land in St Stephen called “Casey’s Pasture”.
He had 1 child:

C.1: (1) Edna Casey born 1886, died the 4 June 1915

B.8: Margaret Casey, born in Flume Ridge, New Brunswick in 1860, died 1944 in New York, married Edward Murray in 1893.
She had 2 children:

C:1 Thomas J Murray, born 1895, died 1965.

C:2 Edward Warren Murray, born 1897, died 1942.

B.9: Timothy Casey, born in Flume Ridge, New Brunswick the 20 February 1862, died in New Westminster, British Columbia. the 5 October 1931. Flume Ridge was an Irish community about 30 miles north of St Stephen, NB. As a young man Timothy attended school at the Catholic School, Marks Street, St Stephen. He went on to study at St Joseph Academy, Memramcook and Laval University, Quebec. In 1886 Timothy was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop John Sweeney. He became the first native born bishop of St John, New Brunswick in 1901. In 1912 he became archbishop of Vancouver, a position he held until his death.
In 1906 while bishop of St John he visited Ireland, where Dominic Casey of Big Marsh (and later Rochestown) served him at Mass. This visit was part of a pilgrimage he made to the Holy Land and to Rome where he had an audience with the Pope. As bishop and archbishop Timothy was known for the building of many churches and schools in the then developing dioceses he worked in. He was known as a preacher and gave a sermon at the eucharistic congress held in Montreal in 1910. From transcripts of sermons I have of his I gather he was strongly anti-drink. He was also known as a collector of art and at the time of his death he was credited with one of the finest collections of Italian masters in Canada. For the last ten years of his life bishop Timothy suffered from ill health and his successor, Archbishop William Duke was appointed coadjutor in 1928.

B.10: Thomas Casey, born in Milltown, New Brunswick the 20 May 1864, died the 8 March 1941, married Emma McLean the 18 July 1882. Baptised 11 June 1864, sponsors Michael Noonan and Johanna Morrisey. Thomas owned a barbershop with his brother Patrick in St Stephen, NB. It appears that as with barbershop the world over Casey’s barbershop was a well known hangout for the men of the area, where the important matters of the day, especially baseball, were discussed.  The atmosphere was no doubt helped by the fact that Tom was well known locally as a wit and both he and his brother Patrick were life long sports fans. Thomas and Emma lived at the “Cove” on Hawthorn Street, St Stephen. They were childless.