(died 8 or 9 Aug. 1878, aged 61 or 66, or c. 59), entrepreneur. (Owen Quigley, Esq.) Born in Ontario of Irish descent. Parents: John Angus Quigley and his wife Mary C. McCormick (d. 23 Jan. 1874, aged 87). Owen Quigley lived at Quigley’s Corners (now known as Lochiel), Lochiel Township, GC. At this location, he operated a general store and a hotel, and he or his family operated a gristmill, sawmill and potashery. He is described in Lovell’s Canada Directory of 1857 as a resident of Quigley’s Corners in GC, and as a postmaster, township clerk and treasurer, superintendent of schools, and general dealer. He was clerk of Lochiel Township from 1851 to 1871. Quigley’s Corners was named after him or his family. The Quigley hotel, used for township council meetings many years, was demolished in 1932. Roman Catholic. He was married in St. Finnan’s Church, Alexandria, 10 June 1848, to Catherine McDonell or McDonald. (children: at least three) She predeceased her husband, her burial taking place on 30 Jan. 1862.

Butternuts and Maple Sugar, 3, 187-193, 235 * McCormicks: index * St. Finnan’s CRNI, II, 725-726 * St. Alexander CR, I, 217, 274 * Lovell 1857 487 * Elliott 260 (merchant) * MacMillan diary, entries for 23 Jan. 1874, 9 Aug. 1878 * Ostrom 233 (on “Lochiel”)