General Notes

Edward and his brother Joseph and sister Ellen crossed the Atlantic in 1830 and raised and educated his children.  They lived in County Leeds, Ontario. Sometime after 1871, they moved.  They also lived in the neighboring townland of Elsmley, which is the present day Smith Falls area, in Ont.
They possibly moved to Sturgeon Bay, WI and then to Carroll County, IA in August 1873, where he purchased quite a bit of land, near Arcadia. He sold some of it to his son, Micheal.   I have these deeds in my records. Edward's son, Michael, moved to Omaha in 1885, and entered the construction business.
In the 1928 edition of "Who's Who in Omaha",  it states some information about Edwards Grandson, Joseph Michael Lovely, Atty.  It states that Edward came Canada, to Ireland, in 1821.

Edward may of had a son named Joseph.  The birth register in Carrol Iowa shows a Joseph Lively that lived in Arcadia at the same time. Josephs children's names, I could not make out but a female was born to a Hannah Harrington in Jan 24, 1882 and female to the same mother in Nov 14, 1883. Occupation of father,(Joseph), farmer.  Hannah Harrington was from Dubuque, Iowa, which is ironic because that is where Mary Gilmore (Richard Kenny's son, Thomas F's wife) is from and her mother was Julia Harrington.
Edward filed his first paper in Greene  County, IA.

There was a Josephine Lovely that lived with Edward in Carrol County. She must have been born about 1803 and died on Feb. 23, 1881 in Arcadia, Carrol Co, IA.  I don't know if this was an un-married sister or the wife of a brother.

There was a different Edward in Saunders Co, Mead, NE. In 1900 there was an Edward and mary with children Josie 6 and Nellie 7, but this Edward was 40, his wife 30,.  This edward was a drugist.

The May 1860 soundex showed his name as Edward S. Lovely age 40
Tim O'Brien had in his records birth, abt 1811