John E. Mullouney, Dentist

Nova Scotia # 12 on January 29, 1866 international cover from Kentville, Nova Scotia to Boston. Addressed to Mr. John E. Mullowney, No. 9 Chester Park, Boston Mass. Barred oval cancellation on front. Backstamps KENTVILLE NS, JA 29 66, AND H(alifax) NS, JA 30 1866.

John Edward Mullouney was a 30-year old dentist boarding at 9 Chester Park in Boston when he received this letter from home. He was born 11 Aug 1836 in Newport Station, Hants County, N.S. the son of Daniel Mullowney (1800-1863) and Margaret Lanigan Mullowney (1804 Ireland-1900). Both parents are buried in Saint Joseph's Cemetery, Kentville with three of their children Charles M Mullowney (1842–1926), Mary Ann Mullowney (1845–1858), and Agnes J. Mullowney (1849–1925).

The 1861 census for Kentville, Kings County had Daniel Mullouney head of a household of 11: 7 males and 4 females. He and Margaret were the proprietors of the Victoria House Hotel in Kentville.

The 1865 Boston Directory lists John E. Mullowney, dentist, 9 Chester Park.

Hutchinson's Nova Scotia Directory, for 1866/67 has Mullowney, Mrs. Daniel, innkeeper (husband Daniel had died in 1863) and Mullowney, John E., dentist.

John Edward Mullowney married on January 8, 1868 in Boston, Jennie Louise Bird (1840-1913), the daughter of Samuel J. and Julia Bird of Boston.

McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory, 1868-69 for Kentville lists Mullowney, Mrs. Daniel, innkeeper, and Mullowney John E, dentist.

The 1871 census for Kentville, Kings County has Margaret Mullowney, 60, widowed, born Ireland, living with William Mullowney, 21, innkeeper, and Agnes Mullowney, 18, Theophilus Mullowney, 17, Lambert Mullowney, 16, and Raymond Mullowney, 13.

In the 1871 census, Jennie Mullowney, 30, married, born in the United States, and Laura Mullowney, 2, born Nova Scotia, are boarders with Charles and Grace Loveless, innkeepers in Canning, Kings County. John Mullowney does not appear in the 1871 census. However, McAlpine’s Maritime Province Directory, 1870-1871, for Canning, Kings County, has Mullowney, John E., dentist. It seems John was out of the province at the time of the census.

In the 1881 census for Kings Cunty, appears Muloney, John E., 41, agnostic, dentist, with his wife, Jennie, 35, unitarian, and children, Laura, 12, Raymond,9, and Freeman, 5.

A.H. Church map of Kentville. J. Mullowney and Mrs. Mullowney, Victoria Hotel are highlighted

In the 1891 census, John Mullowny, 50, dentist, Jennie, 46, unitarian, Laura, 21, Fredk, 15.

In the 1901 census for Kentville town, Mullowney, John E., 58, dentist, with wife Jennie, 52, year of immigration 1868, and daughter Laura Y., 26.

In the 1911 census for Kentville, J.E. Mulloney, 74, dentist, R. Catholic, wife Jennie Mulloney, 69, unitarian, daughter Laura Mulloney, 38, son Fred Mulloney, 34.

McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory for 1896, King's County, Mrs. Margaret Mulloney

John Edward Mulloney death at Kentville, Kings County Dec 31 1911, dentist, 75, married, born Newport, NS, cause senile heart disease, angina pectoris, Anglican, buried in Saint Joseph's Cemetery, Kentville, attested by Laura Mulloney.

John and Margaret Malloney's graves

It is interesting to chart John Mullowney's progress from Roman Catholic to agnostic to Roman Catholic to Anglican and to see his gravestone marked with a prominent cross.