John Lake

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Michael Collins As far as I know, "our" Lakes were from Presque. Patrick lived in Mahaney's Cove, then moved to St.Kyran's, where he died. He had a brother John who moved to Branch. There are no Lakes in Branch as John had one son, who died as a teenager. He had two daughters. one married a Nash and the other married a Downey. John is buried in Branch. Their sister Mary married my grandfather, Peter Collins. Whether or not we are related to Mr.Paddy Lake, I don't know for sure. I've read that all Lakes in NL are from the same family, so based on that we are related somewhere along the line.

John married Agnes Nash, daughter of Nash and Unknown. (Agnes Nash was born in Jan 1859 in Branch, Newfoundland.)