Denis (Dinny) Doherty

1886 - 1950  (63 years)

• Name	Denis (Dinny) Doherty
  Christening	1886	Mackey's Station, Renfrew Co
  Birth	24 Oct 1886	Mackey's Station, Renfrew Co
  Gender	Male
  Death	1950	Montreal, Que
  	Cause: Cancer
  Burial	1950	Montreal, Que
  Person ID	I630	Dougherty
  Last Modified	8 May 2002

  
  

  Father	Dennis Dougherty,   b. 20 Dec 1844, Province of Quebec bur. Pembroke Catholic Cemetery, Ont
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Margaret ' Ann' Whalen,   b. 4 Aug 1857, Mackey Station, Renfrew Co, ON, CAN d. Pembroke, ON, CAN
  Relationship	Natural
  Marriage	Abt 1878	Mackey's Station, Ontario
  Family ID	F135	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Kearney,   b. Abt 1888, Pembroke, Ontario
  Marriage	May 1926	Cochrane, Ontario
  Family ID	F210	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2014

  
  

• Notes

  Denis was a Brakekman for the CNR. Prior to his marriage he worked as a lumberman in the Pem broke area. He was renowned for his ability to 'hold his own' with the other lumberjacks, i n particular with Big Jo' Montferand. One day, while he and Jo were engaging in a friendl y game of fisticuffs at a local drinking establishment, someone decided that it was time to c all in the local police detachment. By the time the whole brawl was over Denis had punche d a gaping hole in the wall, and had taken on six law enforcers. When he was finally brough t to the jail house, the constable on duty asked him if he would like to join the force, as t hey would rather have him working for them than against them. From that day on, he was know n in the Ottawa Valley as 'Bad Dinny' ...and according to my Dad, I run true to form, so tha t is how I got my nickname. Some things just run in families, don't they?