Cause of Death for James Hourigan?    James Hourigan baptism.
But James Hourigan died within the twelve months preceding a
census enumeration. And as it turns out, his death was recorded
in the “Nominal Returns of the Deaths within last twelve months”
for the 1871 census of Canada/Ontario/County of
Carleton/Township of March:  1871 Census of Canada record for
James Houricane [Hourigan], Ontario, Carleton, March township,
Nominal Return of the Deaths within the last twelve months.
Note that three deaths in the above census schedule are directly
attributed to the Great Fire of 1870: John Hogan, age 35,
religion Catholic, born Ireland, along with his sons John J.
(age 9, born Ontario) and Michael (age 2 months, born Ontario),
are recorded as having “burnt to death on the night of the Great
Fire” in August 1870. There is no such “Great Fire” notation for
the death of James Hourigan, who died October 1870, apparently
of “Inflammation on the lungs” (possibly pneumonia?)2  On causes
of death and genealogy, I ha