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| 651 | From - Sweet's Corners Union Church and Cemetery 1983: HESS - John M. Hess #108 and his wife Eva Elizabeth (Dellard) #107, were married in 1843. They came to Canada the following year from Bavaria, Germany and located at Waterloo, later moving to Lot 25, Concession 2, South Cayuga. They were German Mennonites and John was a farmer, They had two sons and six daughters. Margaret (Mrs. Andrew Bider) #32, Elizabeth (Mrs. Simeon Hoover) #95, Pauline (Mrs. Wm. Frederick Yager, Rosanna (Mrs. Jacob Moerschfelder) #49, Mary Ann (Mrs. Henry Moerschfelder) #4, Joseph Michael married Phoebe Hurst, Charles and Eva Elizabeth. (Eva Elizabeth buried with parents, Charles buried at Selkirk) On the 1852 Census of Cayuga, Haldimand, Ontario are: Michael Hess, Farmer, Born Germany, Roman Catholic, Married, Aged 47, Male Eve Hess, Born Germany, Roman Catholic, Married, Aged 27, Female Margaret Hess, Born South Cayuga, No Religion, Single, Aged 5, Female Michael Hess, Born South Cayuga, No Religion, Single, Aged 1, Male On the 1881 Census of South Cayuga, Haldimand, Ontario are; Michael Hess, Married, Male, German, Aged 77 Years, Born Germany, Farmer, Catholic Elizabeth Hess, Married, Female, German, Aged 55 Born Germany, Catholic Mary A Hess, Female, German, Aged 19, Born Ontario, Catholic Rose Hess, Female, German, Aged 15, Born Ontario, Catholic Haldimand Deaths, South Cayuga - John Michael Hess, October 4th 1883, Male, Aged 78 Years 7 Months, Farmer, Born Germany, No Certificate, Said to have been Heart Disease, Home Employed, Informant Simeon Hoover, Farmer, South Cayuga, Registered October 11th 1883, Roman Catholic, Isaac Fry Division Registrar of South Cayuga On the 1891 Census of Rainham, Haldimand, Ontario are: Yager Pauline, Female, Aged 34, Widowed, Head, Born Ontario, Father Born Germany, Mother Born Germany, Disciple, Seamstress Yager Alborn, Male, Aged 9, Single, Son, Born Ontario, Father Born Ontario, Mother Born Ontario, Disciple Hess Elizabeth, Female, Aged 64, Widowed, Mother, Born Germany, Father Born Germany, Mother Born Germany, Roman Catholic Haldimand Deaths, South Cayuga - Hess Eva Elizabeth, Female, Aged 92 Years 2 Months, Date of Death March 13th 1916, Born Germany, Place of Death South Cayuga, House Keeper, Widow, Cause of Death Peritonitis, Duration 3 Days, Physician Dr. D. Rigg, Dunnville, Informant Simeon Hoover, South Cayuga, C. D. Sutor Division Regsitrar of South Cayuga | Dellard, Eva Elizabeth (I08700)
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| 652 | From - Sweet's Corners Union Church and Cemetery 1983: HESS - John M. Hess #108 and his wife Eva Elizabeth (Dellard) #107, were married in 1843. They came to Canada the following year from Bavaria, Germany and located at Waterloo, later moving to Lot 25, Concession 2, South Cayuga. They were German Mennonites and John was a farmer, They had two sons and six daughters. Margaret (Mrs. Andrew Bider) #32, Elizabeth (Mrs. Simeon Hoover) #95, Pauline (Mrs. Wm. Frederick Yager, Rosanna (Mrs. Jacob Moerschfelder) #49, Mary Ann (Mrs. Henry Moerschfelder) #4, Joseph Michael married Phoebe Hurst, Charles and Eva Elizabeth. (Eva Elizabeth buried with parents, Charles buried at Selkirk) On the 1852 Census of Cayuga, Haldimand, Ontario are: Michael Hess, Farmer, Born Germany, Roman Catholic, Married, Aged 47, Male Eve Hess, Born Germany, Roman Catholic, Married, Aged 27, Female Margaret Hess, Born South Cayuga, No Religion, Single, Aged 5, Female Michael Hess, Born South Cayuga, No Religion, Single, Aged 1, Male On the 1881 Census of South Cayuga, Haldimand, Ontario are; Michael Hess, Married, Male, German, Aged 77 Years, Born Germany, Farmer, Catholic Elizabeth Hess, Married, Female, German, Aged 55 Born Germany, Catholic Mary A Hess, Female, German, Aged 19, Born Ontario, Catholic Rose Hess, Female, German, Aged 15, Born Ontario, Catholic Haldimand Deaths, South Cayuga - John Michael Hess, October 4th 1883, Male, Aged 78 Years 7 Months, Farmer, Born Germany, No Certificate, Said to have been Heart Disease, Home Employed, Informant Simeon Hoover, Farmer, South Cayuga, Registered October 11th 1883, Roman Catholic, Isaac Fry Division Registrar of South Cayuga On the 1891 Census of Rainham, Haldimand, Ontario are: Yager Pauline, Female, Aged 34, Widowed, Head, Born Ontario, Father Born Germany, Mother Born Germany, Disciple, Seamstress Yager Alborn, Male, Aged 9, Single, Son, Born Ontario, Father Born Ontario, Mother Born Ontario, Disciple Hess Elizabeth, Female, Aged 64, Widowed, Mother, Born Germany, Father Born Germany, Mother Born Germany, Roman Catholic Haldimand Deaths, South Cayuga - Hess Eva Elizabeth, Female, Aged 92 Years 2 Months, Date of Death March 13th 1916, Born Germany, Place of Death South Cayuga, House Keeper, Widow, Cause of Death Peritonitis, Duration 3 Days, Physician Dr. D. Rigg, Dunnville, Informant Simeon Hoover, South Cayuga, C. D. Sutor Division Regsitrar of South Cayuga | Hess, John Michael (I08699)
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| 653 | From - The Farmville Herald Bessie M. Foster, 90 Of Farmvllle, Dies Monday MARCH 15 - Mrs. Bessie M. Foster, 90, of Farmville, died Monday, March 14, 2005, in Farmville. She was born December 30, 1914 in Johnson County, NC. She was the wife of Reid Foster. She worked as a food handler for Skippy Peanut Butter Co. She is survived by her husband; sons, Herbert Gifford, Jr. of Venice, FL, and Kenneth Gifford and his wife, Barbara Ann of Cherry Lake, FL; grandsons Lee Gifford of Farmville and Kenneth Gifford of Florida;nieces and nephews, Johnny Mack, Randolph, Wayne, Gary, Denise and Linda. She was preceded in death by her son. Lee T. Gifford, Sr. A funeral service will be held Thursday, March 17, 3 p.m., at Concord Baptist Church in Charlotte County, with interment in the church cemetery. Family will receive friends Wednesday evening 7-8:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Shorter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. | M., Bessie (I09532)
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| 654 | From - The Farmville Herald Reid M. Foster, 87 WWII Veteran Dies September 26 SEPTEMBER 30 - Reid M. Foster, 87, of Douglas Church Road, Farmville, died Friday, September 26, 2008. He was the husband of the late Bessie M. Foster. He is survived by two grandsons, Lee Gifford and Ken Gifford and wife, Miriam; two stepsons, Herbert Gifford and Kenneth Gifford and wife, Barbara Ann; two step-grandchildren, Ken Earl Gifford and wife, Joan and Debbie Gifford and her two daughters, Danna and Maggie. Preceding him in death was his stepson, Leland T. Gifford; niece, Jean Ann Wilson; nephew, Walter W. Hamlett Jr.; two great-nephews, Walter Thomas Foster Jr. and Thomas Jason Gilliland, and a great-great nephew, Robert Allen Martin II. Mr. Foster was born March 25, 1921 in Charlotte County to the late Thomas and Ola Deaner Foster. He was the youngest and tallest of 10 children. Sisters, Mary Sue Wilson Bloxton, Virginia Watkins, Lacy Hamlet, Dorothy Hogan and Pearl Ranson, and brothers, William, Ernest, Raymond and Roy Foster have all predeceased him. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII and Purple Heart recipient. He retired as Chief of Police at the Naval Ammunitions Depot at Saint Juliens Creek in Portsmouth. Walking with the Lord was a major part of Reid’s life. His first church was Concord Baptist in Charlotte County to which he rode a horse and wagon. Then in Portsmouth he attended First Pentecostal Holiness Church and has attended Spring Creek Baptist and Mount Nebo Baptist Churches since returning to Prince Edward County. Funeral services were held Monday at Concord Baptist Church, Germantown Road, Charlotte County, by the Rev. Tony Reeves and the Rev. Roland Grenouillou. Interment followed in the church cemetery with military honors. Shorter Funeral Home, Farmville, was in charge of arrangements. | Foster, Reid M. (I09527)
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| 655 | From - The Front Page 100 Years of Port Dover News Industry, Meeting Place, Concert and Lodge Hall and Wartime Barracks by Raymond C. Dearle September 16, 1960 My earliest recollection of this building goes back to 1894, when I went to live with my grandparents, in Port Dover. I was then four years old. Obviously what I know of its history is what was told to me by my Grandfather and others. He was Thomas Leader Gillies, known to most of the villagers as "Tommy". His career was a colourful one. At a very early age, prior to his connection with this building, he joined the "gold rush" of the early 1850s to Australia. "Rush" is hardly the word to describe the event; as he went by stagecoach and sailing vessel to England, then by another sailing vessel to Australia....a voyage of several months, including as it did, a detour around the Cape of Good Hope; the Suez Canal being then non-existing. On his return he sailed east from Australia, rounding Cape Horn, and all the way up the eastern coast of the Americas. Altogether, going and coming, he was nearly a year at sea. Built Wagon Factory: After his return from Australia, he joined in a partnership with another man whose name I have forgotten, to erect a building and to operate a wagon factory on the first floor. The building was of very stout construction. I well remember the hand-hewn beams and supporting posts. The main overhead beam was about 18 inches square and the others only slightly smaller. When I was a boy, the wagon business had vanished but I recall large wooden pulleys and an iron drive shaft still suspended from the ceiling. The motive power was a horse on a treadmill, and I have a feeling that when I was a very small boy I saw the treadmill in operation, but I think I must be mistaken. There were still instruments of the wagon-building trade, lying in boxes, gathering dust, which fascinated me in my early years. Blacksmith Shop: In addition to this main building, there was a blacksmith shop at the edge of a small creek which ran through the back of the property. It was later used as a "cooper shop" and I well remember the tantalizing odor of the wood as the barrel staves were bent into shape. After the wagon business was closed down, my Grandfather set up a lumber yard on the property and used the large building for housing dressed lumber. Sap-Spout for Maples: An interesting episode occurred after the Shenango car ferries begin to operate across the lake. An Ohio firm came over and rented space from my Grandfather for the manufacturing of a new type of sap-spout for tapping Maple trees. A small amount of machinery was installed and two women operators were employed. There was some feeling in the village that this heralded a trek of American capital across the lake to Port Dover but no other firm followed, and the sap-spout industry itself collapsed. Served as Concert Hall: So far I have not mentioned the real reason why this building is of such historical interest. The upper floor was divided into one large room with a low platform running across the front end, together with three or four small rooms at the back. Access to the large room was by way of covered, outside stairs (surely a fire trap if there ever was one). The part of the building which I am now describing was known as "Gillies' Hall" and it was here that the village held public meetings, dances, concerts and dramatic entertainment. I recall my mother telling me of her personal appearances on the stage in this Hall. I think this building must have antedated the old Town Hall which stood on what we called the Market Square (although I never saw a market there). When I arrived on the scene, Gillies' Hall had passed its days of glory, but had not quite outlived its usefulness. The Hall itself was then being used as a practice place for the Village Band while the small rooms at the back were rented to one of the fraternal lodges, with all doors locked, much to my boyish annoyance. Served as Reeve: Although it has nothing to do with this building, I might add that at one time my Grandfather, built and operated a schooner, the "Eliza Allen" in the lake trade. My mother has told me of sailing with her friend, Eliza Allen, after whom the boat was named, to lake ports scattered all the way from Buffalo to Chicago. The railroads, of course, put the schooner trade out of business. My Grandfather also served several terms as Reeve of the Village and, of course, sat on the Norfolk County Council. He was also at one time Chairman of the School Trustees and in that capacity was instrumental in bringing to the Port Dover School the much revered William Henry Smith, who was remembered with affection by at least two generations of students. In First World War: Gillies' Hall also played a prominent part in World War I, being used as headquarters and drill hall for the local platoon of the Norfolk County unit, the 133rd Battalion, under Lieutenant Lloyd Hammond and Sergt. Harry Bolton. About 35 - 40 men of Port Dover and district received their basic military training in the old Hall. Simcoe Reformer - Obituary Thomas L. Gillies On Monday the 18th instant, there passed away suddenly and peacefully, one of our oldest and best known residents in the person of Mr. T.L. Gillies. That morning he went out as usual to attend to some business in his lumberyard and shortly afterwards was found unconscious. He expired shortly afterwards from the effects of the stroke. He was born in Guelph some 85 years ago. After spending his early childhood there, he came to Port Dover and subsequently went to Australia where he remained seven years and then returned to Port Dover where he resided ever since, conducting a lumber business with much success. He was Reeve of Woodhouse and Port Dover for eight years and filled that important office faithfully and well. Advancing years, however, caused him to cease taking any very active part in Municipal affairs. In politics he was a staunch "Reformer" and took much interest in the welfare and prosperity of the country. In religion he was a Presbyterian and a consistent member of Knox church during his residence here. The funeral took place from his late residence on Wednesday week to the Port Dover cemetery and was very largely attended. Many floral tributes testified to the esteem in which he was held by his friends and fellow citizens, whose sympathy is tendered to his bereaved relatives of whom he leaves the following family to mourn his departure at the ripe old age of 85 years. Mrs T R Deale, Toronto; James Gillies, Detroit; Mrs H E Jergens, Seattle, Wash; Mrs F C Cover, Seattle, Wash; Miss Mattie Gillies, at home. Among those from a distance who attended the funeral of the late Mr. Gillies were: Mr and Mrs James Gillies, Detroit; Mrs T R Deale, Mr R C Deale, Mr and Mrs J R Masecar, Toronto; Mr Wm Mason and Mrs O Bauslaugh, Waterford. Norfolk Marriages - Thomas Gillies, Born Guelph, Resides Woodhouse Township, Aged 29 Years, Born about 1830, Son of George and Eliza Gillies, Sarah Massecar, Aged 26 Years, Born about 1833, Resides Townsend Township, Daughter of Abraham and Margaret Massecar, October 19th 1859 at Townsend Township, Norfolk County Norfolk Deaths, Port Dover - Gillies Thomas Leader, Male, Aged 84 Years 10 Months 11 Days, Date of Death January 18th 1915, Born Guelph, Ontario, Place of Death Port Dover, Place of Burial Port Dover Cemetery, Occupation Lumber Merchant, Widowed, Maiden name of Mother Elizabeth Ketbrick, Born Scotlan, Physician Dr. A. H. Cook, Port Dover, Informant Martha Gillies, Port Dover, Cause of Death Arterio Sclerosis, Duration 2 Hours, Immediate Cause of Death Apoplexy, Jas. Sloan Division Registrar of Port Dover | Gillies, Thomas Leader (I07678)
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| 656 | From - THE HISTORY OF MINIER, ILLINOIS E.J.Graber (editor) Centennial 2nd,3rd,4th September 1967 Published privately by the Centennial Committee BASKETBALL The first game of basketball seen in Minier was played at Lower's Hall in December, 1903 between Hopedale and a team from the Minier Athletic Club. Minier won 17 to 3- Following is a quote from the Minier News: "Basketball is a much faster, hotter game than baseball, is exciting from start to finish, and to the spectator closely resembles football. A team is composed of five men: a center, two guards, and two goal throwers. The game is played in halves and the point to be gained is to get the ball into the goals or baskets which are placed ten feet above the floor and are but a couple inches larger than the ball." This first Minier team was composed of: center, George Buehrig; guards Jay Gowanlock and Harry Wullenwaber; goal throwers, Paul Peine and Jack Bachman, and substitute, I. J. Cooper. U. S. Passport Applications United States of America, California, Los Angeles,I, Jay M. Gowanlock, a Native and Loyal Citizen of the United States, hereby apply to the Department of the State, at Washington, for a passport. I solemnly swear that I was born at Stanford, Illinois, on or about the 8th day of Sept., 1887, that my father Wm. Gowanlock was born in Canada and is now residing in Minier, Illinois, Naturalized....and that I am domiciled in the United States, my permanent residence being at Los Angeles in the state of Cal. where I follow the occupation of Electrician....I desire a passport for use in visiting the countries hereinafter named for the following purpose - South American Republics, Rubber Industry. I intend to leave the United States from the port of New York sailing on the Unknown on March 20th 1919, Oath of Allegiance....Signed Jay M. Gowanlock, February 13th 1919, Signed Ruth L. Williams California Death Index, 1940-1997 Jay M Gowanlock, Social Security #: 547327053, Male, Born September 8, 1887, Born Illinois, Date of Death August 1, 1969, Place of Death San Bernardino, Mother's Maiden Name Eyer | Gowanlock, Jay M. (I05009)
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| 657 | From - THE HISTORY OF MINIER, ILLINOIS E.J.Graber (editor) Centennial 2nd,3rd,4th September 1967 Published privately by the Centennial Committee School opened October 30, 1905 in the new building with the following teachers: W. G. Beal, Principal; Miss Myrtle Dennis, Grammar; Miss Mable Gowanlock, Intermediate; Miss. Zella Osborn, Second intermediate, and Mrs. Ruie Reed, Primary. On the 1920 Census of Minier Village, Little MacKinaw, Tazewell, Illinois are: Gowanlock William, Owns, Free, Head, Male, Aged 63, Married, Born Canada, Father Born Scotland, Mother Born England, Farm Laborer, General Farm Gowanlock Leah, Wife, Female, Aged 66, Born Ohio, Father Born Alsace Lorraine, Mother Born Alsace Lorraine Freitag Fred, Son in Law, Male, Aged 40, Married, Born Illinois, Father Born Germany, Mother Born Germany, Farmer, General Farm Freitag Mabel, Daughter, Female, Aged 36, Married, Born Illinois, Father Born Canada, Mother Born Ohio Freitag Georgia, Granddaughter, Female, Aged 6, Single, Born Illinois, Father Born Illinois, Mother Born Illinois Freitag Frederick William, Male, Grand son, Aged 2 11/12, Single, Born Illinois, Father Born Illinois, Mother Born Illinois (Transcribed Govanlock and Jertag) On the 1930 Census of Minier Village, Little Mackinaw Township, Tazewell, Illinois are: Freitag Fred, Head, Owns, Value 2500, Male, Aged 50, Married, First at 36, Born Illinois, Father Born Germany, Mother Born Germany, Farmer, General Farm Freitag Mabel, Wife, Female, Aged 46, Married, First at 22, Born Illinois, Father Born Canada, Mother Born Illinois Freitag Georgia, Daughter, Female, Aged 16, Single, Born Illinois, Father Born Illinois, Mother Born Illinois Freitag William, Son, Male, Aged 13, Single, Born Illinois, Father Born Illinois, Mother Born Illinois Freitag Joyce, Daughter, Female, Aged 4 1/12, Single, Born Illinois, Father Born Illinois, Mother Born Illinois | Gowanlock, Mabel C. (I05007)
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| 658 | From - The Long Point Settlers - 7 November 1838 - In London on the 14th ult. Mrs. Sarah Ryerse, relict of the late Col. Samuel Ryerse, aged 80 years, remains taken to Woodhouse Cemetery - Memorial Anglican - Died 11 Oct 1838 aged 80 Yrs & 1 Mo & 14 Days (OGS) | Underhill, Sarah (I19572)
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| 659 | From - The Long Point Settlers - Cemetery - Memorial Anglican - Colonel Samuel Ryerse who departed this life Jun 12, 1812 in the 60th year of his age (OGS) | Ryerse, Samuel Vanderhoff (I19498)
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| 660 | From - The Long Point Settlers - R. Robert Mutrie - Copyright 1992 Pettit, Hannah (Green) Daughter of Reuben Green Land Petition 11 Sep 1810 (P9/78) - wife of Isaac Pettit, of Townsend, daughter of Reuben Green, of Townsend, U. E., requested a grant; OC- Recommended | Green, Hannah (I19052)
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| 661 | From - The Mills of Walpole and Rainham by Ross Makey Page 123 ...1843 was one of those bittersweet years, for Robert Long at least. That was the year that his ten year old son, Franklin, drowned in the Lynn River while on a visit, probably with relatives, in Woodhouse.... | Long, Franklin (I06631)
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| 662 | From - The Sherk Family by Thomas A. Sherk - Christian Sherk, first child and oldest son of Joseph Sherk, was born in Willoughby Township, Welland County, Ontario. As a young man, he grew up on his father's farm in Bertie Township, Welland County near Stevensville. After his marriage to Annie Danner (circa 1829), he moved about 45 miles west to Rainham Township, Haldimand County, Ontario near Selkirk. There he established a farm along Lake Erie. Rainham Township was sparsly populated at this date, and there were considerable numbers of wild animals to contend with, as well as other hardships. Christian located his farm on Lot 4, Concession 1. The farm has been owned by the Sherk family ever since, and today it is owned by William F. Sherk, a great grandson of Christian. Christian apparently made many periodic trips back to his father's place near Stevensville. He owned land there as late as 1859 (1/2 of Lot 9, 14th Concession, and 1/2 of Lot 8 Concession 15, Bertie Township). Christian and Anna belonged to the Mennonite Church, and they atttended the Rainham Mennonite Church. This church body maintains a small cemetery on the banks of Lake Erie known as the Rainham Lakeshore Mennonite Cemetery. Christian and Anna are both buried there. The best information available is that all of Christian's children were born in Rainham Township, but it is uncertain if the first two children were born in Bertie or Rainham. Last Will and Testament May 27, 1876 "This is the last will and tesatment of me, Christian Sherk, of the Township of Rainham in the County of Haldimand and the Province of Ontario, Yeoman, made this twenty-seventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, as follows. I give, devise, and bequeath unto my fifth son Josiah Sherk his heirs and assigns forever, the old homestead consisting of part of lot number 4 in the first concession of the said Township of Rainham containing by admeasurement one hundred and twenty acres...[metes and bounds description]....to have and to hold the same to him, his heirs and assigns forever subject however to the payment of sixteen hundred dollars as hereinunder willed to my daughters payable in payments of two hundred dollars each year after the death of my wife and self and also the fulfillment of the bequests as hereinunder made to my wife Anna. I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Anna one third of the growth of the homestead premises, hay to be stowed in barns, grain divided in the bushel, right of pasture and stable room for two cows, one horse and three hogs, one half of the dwelling house such as she may choose, wood and feeding of stock also to be done and furnished by my said son Josiah and attendance in sickness when required, also to my said wife so long as she may live all my household goods, furniture and goods and chattels save what will be required to satisfy other legacies and expenses of this my will, not otherwise provided for, and such as may not be required or used by her at her death to be equally divided among my eight daughters as hereinafter mentioned. I give to my oldest daughter Elizabeth Snider to her and her heirs two hundred dollars payable by my said son on one year from my decease and that of my said wife. I give unto my second daughter Mary Bingleman or her heirs two hundred dollars payable by my said son Josiah on two years from my decease and that of my wife. I give unto my third daughter Lydia Hoover or her heirs two hundred dollars payable by my son on three years from the death of myself and wife. I give unto my fourth daughter Catharine Effinger or her heirs three hundred dollars, one hundred dollars payable as soon as conveniently may be by my executors after the death of myself and wife, remaining two hundred payable by my said son on four years thereafter. I give unto my fifth daughter Fanny Helkey or her heirs two hundred dollars payable by my said son on five years after the decease of myself and wife. I give unto my sixth daughter Magdalene Fretz or her heirs two hundred dollars payable by my said son on six years after the death of my self and wife. I give unto my seventh daughter Anna Fess or her heirs two hundred dollars payable by my said son on seven years from our decease. And I give unto my youngest daughter Susanna Sherk or her heirs two hundred dollars payable on eight years from our decease, also bureau, two cows, etc., similar to what my other daughters received at the time of their marriages. To my four sons Elias Sherk, Joseph Sherk, Jacob Sherk, and Benjamin Sherk, to each the sum of one dollar to be paid out of my estate as they each have already received from my hand their proportionate shares. And lastly that my funeral and testamentary expenses be paid by my executors as soon as conveniently may be after my decease likewise, likewise any standing out debts the same to be taken out of my estate. And I appoint my son Elias Sherk and my friend Joel Hoover to be the executors of this my last will hereby revoking all other wills. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written. Christian Sherk Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the said Christian Sherk as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who both present together at the same time and in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witness. Peter Hoover J. W. Holmes Haldimand Deaths, Rainham - Christian Sherk, 3rd January 1881, Male, Aged 73 Years, Farmer, Born Bertie, Cause of Death Rheumatic Gout, Duration For Years, Physician Dr. T. Harrison, Informant Thomas Harrison Physician Selkirk, Evangelical Association, R. A. Havill Division Registrar of Rainham From The Herald of Truth - SHERK - January 3d, in Rainham, Haldimand county, Ontario, of inflammatory rheumatism of many years standing. Bro. Christian Sherk, aged 73 years, 5 months and 9 days. Buried the 5th, when a large concourse of friends and relatives followed him to his last resting place. He leaves a wife and thirteen children to mourn their loss, but we trust their loss will be his gain. Services by Christian Geyman and Leonard Hoover. On the 1881 Census of Rainham, Haldimand, Ontario are: Anne SHERK Widowed, Female, English, Aged 69, Born Ontario, Mennonite Susanna SHERK, Female, English, Aged 23, Born Ontario, Mennonite | Sherk, Christian \ Christl (I02474)
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| 663 | From - The Sherk Family by Thomas A. Sherk - Delorah and Christian farmed Lot 4, Concession I, of Rainham Township. This farm was passed down to him from his grandfather Christian, through his father Josiah. They attended the Selkirk Church of Christ (Disciples). Haldimand Marriages, Walpole - Sherk, Christian, Farmer, Bachelor, Aged 22 Years, Church of Christ, Resides Rainham Township, Father Josiah Sherk, Farmer, Mother Eliza Yager, Anguish Delorah, Carpenter's Daughter, Spinster, Aged 20 Years, Church of Christ, Resides Township of Rainham, Father John Anguish, Carpenter, Mother Effie Cooper, Witnesses Clarence Fess, Rainham, Norma Anguish, Selkirk, 2nd June 1909 at Selkirk, Haldimand, Registered October 5, 1910, Solemnized by Thomas Ward Bailey, Selkirk, Ontario, by License, S. A. Thompson Division Registrar of Walpole | Sherk, Christian (I03128)
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| 664 | From - The Sherk Family by Thomas A. Sherk: Benjamin was born and raised on his father's farm in Rainham Township, Haldimand County, Ontario. In 1856 his father Christian bought 100 acres of Crown Land in Essex County, Ontario, located on the East 1/2 of Lot 21, Gosfield North Township. When Benjamin was 26 years old, he bought this land from his father for $1000 (in 1874). He cleared some of the land, built a home, and returned to Rainham Township where he married Caroline Reicheld. He then brought his wife to her new home. There they raised a family. The farm has been continuously in the ownership of the Sherk family since 1856, it being presently owned by D. Claire Sherk, great-great-grandson of Christian Sherk. Benjamin and Caroline are buried in a family plot in Albuna Cemetery in Essex County, near Cottam. | Sherk, Benjamin (I02926)
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| 665 | From - The Sherk Family by Thomas A. Sherk: Elias, oldest son of Christian Sherk, was a farmer, and he resided in Rainham Township, Haldimand, County, Ontario. His farm was located on Lot 4, Concession 2 in Rainham Township and he had an adjoining section of land on Lot 4, Concession 3. He had no children of his own, but he adopted and brought up six chilren. | Cusler, Catherine (I02914)
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| 666 | From - The Sherk Family by Thomas A. Sherk: Elias, oldest son of Christian Sherk, was a farmer, and he resided in Rainham Township, Haldimand, County, Ontario. His farm was located on Lot 4, Concession 2 in Rainham Township and he had an adjoining section of land on Lot 4, Concession 3. He had no children of his own, but he adopted and brought up six chilren. | Sherk, Elias (I02913)
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| 667 | From - The Sherk Family by Thomas A. Sherk: Jacob was born in Rainham Township, Haldimand County, Ontario. After his marriage he moved further west to Essex County, Ontario, where he acquired a 200 acre farm. The farm was located at Lot 21 Concession 9 in Gosfield Township, near present day Cottam. Here he engaged in farming. Both Jacob and Augusta are buried in the Albuna Cemetery, located just east of Cottam, Ontario. | Sherk, Jacob (I02924)
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| 668 | From - The Sherk Family by Thomas A. Sherk: John was born in Rainham Township, Haldimand County, Ontario. His wife was born there also. He grew up in Rainham Township, near Selkirk, where he engaged in farming. He continued to reside there after his marriage, and raised a family of seven children. John is buried in Buffalo, New York, and his wife, Mary, is buried in the Selkirk Union Cemetery, Rainham Township. | Sherk, John Henry (I03122)
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| 669 | From - The Sherk Family by Thomas A. Sherk: Joseph was a farmer and he resided in Rainham Township, Haldimand County, Ontario. He belonged to the Disciple Church in Rainham. His farm was located on Concession 2 Lot 4. His first two sons were born to Anna Swartz and the third son to Elizabeth Overholt. Joseph and Elizabeth are buried in the Selkirk Union Cemetery, Selkirk, Haldimand County, Ontario. Anna is buried in the Rainham Mennonite Cemetery. On the 1881 Census of Rainham, Haldimand, Ontario are: Joseph Sherk, Married, Male, German, aged 48, born Ontario, Farmer, Disciple of Christ Elizabeth Sherk, Married, Female, German, aged 42, born Ontario, Disciple of Christ Hezekiah Sherk, Male, German, aged 19, born Ontario, farmer's Son, Disciple of Christ Josiah Sherk, Male, German, aged 15, born Ontario, Farmer's Son, Disciple of Christ Melvin Sherk, Male, German, aged 6, born Ontario, Disciple of Christ On the 1901 Census of Rainham, Haldimand, Ontario are: Sherk Joseph, Male, Head of Household, Married, born February 1, 1833, aged 68 Sherk Elizabeth, Female, Wife, Married, born June 12, 1838, aged 62 Sherk Melvin, Male, Son, Single, born June 30, 1874, aged 26 Sherk Minnie, Female, Daughter, Single, born June 2, 1879, aged 21 Haldimand Births, Rainham - 30th of June 174, Joseph Melbourn, Male, Father Joseph Sherk, Mother Elizabeth Overholt, Occupation of Father Farmer, Informant Joseph Sherk Farmer Rainham, Registered 30th of July 187, Accoucheur Dr. J. Fry, R. A. Havill Division Registrar of Rainham | Overholt, Elizabeth (I02915)
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| 670 | From - The Sherk Family by Thomas A. Sherk: Joseph was a farmer and he resided in Rainham Township, Haldimand County, Ontario. He belonged to the Disciple Church in Rainham. His farm was located on Concession 2 Lot 4. His first two sons were born to Anna Swartz and the third son to Elizabeth Overholt. Joseph and Elizabeth are buried in the Selkirk Union Cemetery, Selkirk, Haldimand County, Ontario. Anna is buried in the Rainham Mennonite Cemetery. On the 1881 Census of Rainham, Haldimand, Ontario are: Joseph Sherk, Married, Male, German, aged 48, born Ontario, Farmer, Disciple of Christ Elizabeth Sherk, Married, Female, German, aged 42, born Ontario, Disciple of Christ Hezekiah Sherk, Male, German, aged 19, born Ontario, farmer's Son, Disciple of Christ Josiah Sherk, Male, German, aged 15, born Ontario, Farmer's Son, Disciple of Christ Melvin Sherk, Male, German, aged 6, born Ontario, Disciple of Christ On the 1901 Census of Rainham, Haldimand, Ontario are: Sherk Joseph, Male, Head of Household, Married, born February 1, 1833, aged 68 Sherk Elizabeth, Female, Wife, Married, born June 12, 1838, aged 62 Sherk Melvin, Male, Son, Single, born June 30, 1874, aged 26 Sherk Minnie, Female, Daughter, Single, born June 2, 1879, aged 21 Haldimand Births, Rainham - 30th of June 1874, Joseph Melbourn, Male, Father Joseph Sherk, Mother Elizabeth Overholt, Occupation of Father Farmer, Informant Joseph Sherk Farmer Rainham, Registered 30th of July 1874, Accoucheur Dr. J. Fry, R. A. Havill Division Registrar of Rainham | Sherk, Joseph (I00629)
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| 671 | From - The Sherk Family by Thomas A. Sherk: Joseph was a farmer and he resided in Rainham Township, Haldimand County, Ontario. He belonged to the Disciple Church in Rainham. His farm was located on Concession 2 Lot 4. His first two sons were born to Anna Swartz and the third son to Elizabeth Overholt. Joseph and Elizabeth are buried in the Selkirk Union Cemetery, Selkirk, Haldimand County, Ontario. Anna is buried in the Rainham Mennonite Cemetery. On the 1881 Census of Rainham, Haldimand, Ontario are: Joseph Sherk, Married, Male, German, aged 48, born Ontario, Farmer, Disciple of Christ Elizabeth Sherk, Married, Female, German, aged 42, born Ontario, Disciple of Christ Hezekiah Sherk, Male, German, aged 19, born Ontario, farmer's Son, Disciple of Christ Josiah Sherk, Male, German, aged 15, born Ontario, Farmer's Son, Disciple of Christ Melvin Sherk, Male, German, aged 6, born Ontario, Disciple of Christ On the 1901 Census of Rainham, Haldimand, Ontario are: Sherk Joseph, Male, Head of Household, Married, born February 1, 1833, aged 68 Sherk Elizabeth, Female, Wife, Married, born June 12, 1838, aged 62 Sherk Melvin, Male, Son, Single, born June 30, 1874, aged 26 Sherk Minnie, Female, Daughter, Single, born June 2, 1879, aged 21 | Swarts, Anna (I00628)
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| 672 | From - The Sherk Family by Thomas A. Sherk: Josiah was the youngest son of Christian Sherk. He was born and raised on his father's farm in Rainham Township, Haldimand County, Ontario. When his father died in 1881, the farm passed to him by his father's will. He resided in Rainham Township all his life, and raised a family there. He engaged in farming. Josiah and Elizabeth are buried in the Selkirk Union Cemetery, Selkirk, Ontario. Obituary After an illness of four weeks there passed away at Selkirk on Saturday, October 24th, Josiah Sherk in his 83rd year. He was born east of Selkirk and lived on the farm all his life until he retired 18 years ago, and moved into the village. He was married to Miss Eliza Westerman of Rainham and the 60th anniversary of the marriage was celebrated this year. He was the last surviving son of a family of 13, of the late Christian Sherk. One sister still survives, Mrs. Susan Eckhardt. Of his family there were six sons and two daughters. Mrs. Lucy Smith of Waterford, John and Elmer of Buffalo; Parmer of St. Catherines; Christian on the old homestead and Amos of Buffalo. One daughter, Annie and one son, Harmon [who was overseas in The Great War and died in England] predeceased him. A sorrowing wife survives, also 18 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Mr. Sherk was a prosperous farmer, a man fair in his dealings and enjoyed the society of exceptionally good neighbors. In religion he was non-sectarian and the funeral on Tuesday afternoon was conducted by his pastor, Albert Moore; Interment in Selkirk cemetery. Another obituary says "Lucy at home; Mrs. James Smith of Waterford...three deceased Annie, Harmon and Climon." But if he only had two daughters that would be Annie and Lucy. Big Estate Left By Josiah Sherk, Selkirk Cayuga, Nov.20, 1936 - The will of Josiah Sherk, Selkirk, has been probated in the surrogate court here. Assets of his estate are as follows: Real Estate, $7,400; mortgages and agreements for sale, $45,000; chattel mortgages and lien notes, $4,000; book debts and promissory notes, $17,500; cash in bank $600; bonds and debentures, $8,500; total, $83,000. After making provision for his wife, the balance of the estate is fairly equally divided between deceased's five sons, one daughter and the two children of a deceased daughter who get their mother's share. R. S. Colter, K. C., Cayuga, is solicitor for the executors. | Sherk, Josiah (I02930)
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| 673 | From - Thr Long Point Settlers - R. Robert Mutrie - Copyright 1992 Pettit, Isaac Land Petition - 5 Jul 1797 Woodhouse, son of a Loyalist, requested a grant; Certificate of Samuel Ryerse: son of a Loyalist, resides in Norfolk; unmarried: aged 22 years, born in New Jersey: OC - Recommended for 200 acres. Surveyor's Report - AR/97 - 14/7 To: Remarks - For a lot on the original papers Township Papers Letter 20 Jan 1797 Paul Averil to SG- there have been 2 or 3 applications to me for 8/8 To, formerly for Isaac Pettit but Isaac Walker was the first impover and has the best right. I annul the recommendation of Isaac and recommend Isaac Walker. That Pettit may receive another lot (876)l Gr 22 Dec 1800, Isaac Pettit of Saltfleet 1/5 Wi (323); SD undated 1/6 Wi (324) Land Transactions - CG 17 May 1802- 1/5 Wi; UT from Jonathan Pettit 179 ac 10/11 & 15/11 Ch; B&S 20 Feb 1805 to Philip Sovereen 200 ac 1/5 Wi; B&S 14 Nov 1807 to James Lewis 10/11 & 15/11 Ch Court Proceedings - Petty Juror 1 Dec 1805 (83), 11 Mar 1807 (95), 8 Mar 1814 Deduction from Taxes/10 (126), 15 Jun 1814 Defalcations in Townsend for 1813 2a 9d (131) | Pettit, Isaac (I19051)
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| 674 | From A Biographical History of Waterloo Township by Ezra E. Eby, 1895 & 1896, Reprinted 1978 GROH, HANNES, a native of Switzerland, came to America at a very early date. Tradition has it that he belonged to the company of emigrants whom the captain attempted to starve in order to gain possession of the supposed large sum of money held by these parties. The motive that impelled old Hannes, the ancestor of the Groh family of this county, to emigrate to Pennsylvania, was on account of religious persecutions which raged in his native country and which was the chief cause of emigration of so many of the noble-hearted pioneers of Pennsylvania where no cruel persecutions were waged against these devout worshipers of the almighty God. Old Hannes Groh was born about the year 1768, and if traditional report be true, came to America in 1725. He was married to Magdalena, only daughter of old Wendel Baumann, progenitor of the now numerous family scattered throughout every state of the Union and all the provinces of Canada. All efforts made to ascertain the names of their children together with their descendants proved, to a great extent, fruitless. The names of only three children have been received. | Groh, Hannes (I01929)
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| 675 | From A Biographical History of Waterloo Township by Ezra E. Eby, 1895 & 1896, Reprinted 1978 II GROH, HENRY, was born in 1755. He was married and left a family whose descendants are scattered all over Lancaster, Berks, Montgomery, York, and other counties of Pennsylvania, and in the Western States. | Groh, Henry (I01934)
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| 676 | From A Biographical History of Waterloo Township by Ezra E. Eby, 1895 & 1896, Reprinted 1978 II GROH, JOHN, was born in 1753 and died in Pennsylvania, unmarried, aged about 30 years. | Groh, John (I01933)
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| 677 | From A Biographical History of Waterloo Township by Ezra E. Eby, 1895 & 1896, Reprinted 1978 II GROH, MICHAEL, the third son of old Hannes and Magdalena (Baumann) Groh, was born in 1757. In 1779 he was married to Elizabeth Witmer. In 1804, he in company with others, came to Canada with the object of making a thorough inspection of the nature of the country. So well was Mr. Groh pleased with the appearance of the country (then all in its primeval state) that he took up a claim between Preston and Hespeler. He cleared about six acres and made it ready for fall wheat. On this clearing he erected a small log cabin into which he purposed moving on his return, with family, from Pennsylvania. In August of the same year he returned to his parental home in Montgomery County. During the first week of September (1804) he, (bidding adieu to his parents, brothers, friends and relatives, and not thinking of this being their last time of meeting here on earth) in company with his wife and family, set out on the journey for their Canadian home. They came as far as Buffalo where they crossed the Niagara River and proceeded on their journey to Mr. Boyer's who resided near the river on the Canadian side, where Mr. Groh, the father of the family, took sick and after a few weeks suffering, died. The wife and two sons, John and Jacob, and one or two daughters, proceeded on their journey to Waterloo while the eldest daughter, Barbara, remained with her father to nurse him during his illness, and after his recovery they were to follow the family, but the mother and family had no sooner arrived at their new home when word came that the father was dead. He died about September 20th, 1804. Their family consisted of seven children. | Groh, Michael (I01928)
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| 678 | From A Biographical History of Waterloo Township by Ezra E. Eby, 1895 & 1896, Reprinted 1978 III GROH, PETER, was born in July, 1785. He settled near Stevensville, Welland County, Ontario, where he had a family of several children. The names of three are IV Joseph, IV Solomon, and IV Abigail. The two sons reside near Elmer P. O., Sanalac County, Michigan. On the 1828 Census of Humberstone Township, Welland County is: Peter Grow, 2 males over 16, 3 females over 16, 4 males under 16, 2 females under 16, total 11 [9 children, 5 males and 4 females.] | Groh, Peter (I01280)
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| 679 | From a book compiled by Kenneth G. Bartlett, with information from the children and grandchildren of Gordon Ivan Bartlett - Daniel Bartlett came from England in the early 1840s. It is not known where they lived when they first came over, but in a short time he came to the village of Nelson where he married Frances Atkinson in 1844. Shortly the young couple arrived in the Cheapside area where it is said he had a violin which he traded for a rooster, and in turn he traded this for an axe, then proceeded to cut down trees and clear the land for farming. The original homestead was on Lot 15 south half, concession 2, Walpole. On the 1852 Census of Trafalgar, Halton, Canada West are: Daniel Bartlett, Farmer, Born England, P. Methodist, Married, Aged 34, Male Frances Bartlett, Born England, P. Methodist, Married, Aged 28, Female Bryan Bartlett, Born Canada, P. Methodist, Single, Aged 7, Male Isabella Bartlett, Born Canada, P. Mehtodist, Single, Aged 6, Female Margaret Bartlett, Born Canada, P. Methodist, Single, Aged 4, Female John Bartlett, Born Canada, P. Methodist, Single, Aged 2, Male On the 1861 Census of Walpole, Haldimand, Canada West are: Daniel Bartlett, Farmer, Born England, P. M., Aged 41, Male, Married Frances Bartlett, Born England, P. M., Aged 37, Female, Married Briant Bartlett, Born Canada, P. M., Aged 17, Male, Single Elisabeth Bartlett, Born Canada, P. M., Aged 16, Female, Single Margaret Bartlett, Born Canada, P. M., Aged 12, Female, Single John Bartlett, Born Canada, P. M., Aged 10, Male, Single Thomas Bartlett, Born Canada, P. M., Aged 8, Male, Single James Bartlett, Born Canada, P. M., Aged 6, Male, Single Sarah A. Bartlett, Born Canada, P. M., Aged 4, Female, Single William Bartlett, Born Canada, P. M., Aged 2, Male, Single On the 1871 Census of Walpole, Haldimand, Ontario are: Bartlett Daniel, Male, Aged 57, Born England, W. Methodist, English, Farmer, Married Bartlett Frances, Female, Aged 46, Born England, W. Methodist, English, Married Bartlett John, Male, Aged 20, Born Ontario, W. Methodist, English, Single Bartlett Thomas, Male, Aged 18, Born Ontario, W. Methodist, English, Single Bartlett James, Male, Aged 16, Born Ontario, W. Methodist, English, Single Bartlett Sarah Ann, Female, Aged 13, Born Ontario, W. Methodist, English, Single Bartlett William, Male, Aged 11, Born Ontario, W. Methodist, English, Single Bartlett Eliza Jane, Female, Aged 9, Born Ontario, W. Methodist, English, Single Bartlett Moses, Male, Aged 6, Born Ontario, W. Methodist, English, Single Bartlett Mary Frances, Female, Aged 4, Born Ontario, W. Methodist, English, Single Bartlett George Albert, Male, Aged 4/12, Born December, Born Ontario, W. Methodist, English, Single On the 1881 Census of Walpole, Haldimand, Ontario are: Bartlett Daniel, Male, Aged 61, Born England, Church of England, English, Farmer, Married Bartlett Frances, Female, Aged 57, Born England, Church of England, English, Married Bartlett William, Male, Aged 21, Born Ontario, Church of England, English, Single Bartlett Moses, Male, Aged 17, Born Ontario, Church of England, English, Single Bartlett Eliza, Female, Aged 19, Born Ontario, Church of England, English, Single Bartlett Mary, Female, Aged 15, Born Ontario, Church of England, English, Single On the 1891 Census of Walpole, Haldimand, Ontario are: Bartlett Daniel, Male, Aged 70, Married, Head, Born England, Father Born England, Mother Born England, Church of England, Farmer Bartlett Francis, Female, Aged 67, Married, Wife, Born England, Father Born England, Mother Born England, Church of England Bartlett Mary, Female, Aged 24, Single, Daughter, Born Ontario, Father Born England, Mother Born England, Church of England Bartlett Earnest, Male, Aged 11, Single, Son, Born Ontario, Father Born Ontario, Mother Born Ontario, Church of England Haldimand Deaths, Walpole - Daniel Bartlett, January 24th 1895, Male, Aged 75 Years, Farmer, Born England, Cause of Death Inflamation of Bowels, Duration 4 Days, Physician Dr. Sherk, Informant Geo. Sherk M. D., Cheapside, Registered January 25th 1895, Church of England, James Mowat Division Registrar of Walpole | Bartlett, Daniel (I06693)
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| 680 | From Annals of the Forty - Benjamin, born 1840, married Susan Pettit. Lived in the United States most of their lives. Benjamin buried at Wheeler, Indiana. Susan buried in Virgil burying ground, Ontario. Issue - Benjamin, Charles, Mary Wentworth Marriages, Saltfleet - Benjamin W. Jacobs, Aged 26, Born About 1838, Resides Saltfleet, Born Canada, Son of Zechariah and Mary Jacobs, Susanna Pettit, Aged 21, Born About 1843, Resides Saltfleet Township, Born Canada, Daughter of Charles and Sarah Pettit, November 30th 1864 at Wentworth On the 1880 Census of Clinton, LaPorte, Indiana are: Household 42 - Susan Jacobs, Self, Widowed, Female, Aged 35, Born Canada, Keeping House, Father Born Canada, Mother Born Canada Charles Jacobs, Son, Single, Male, Aged 12, Born Indiana, Works on Farm, Father Born Canada, Mother Born Canada Mary Jacobs, Daughter, Single, Female, Aged 6, Born Indiana, At Home, Father Born Canada, Mother Born Canada Ernest Jacobs, Son, Single, Male, Aged 4, Born Indiana, At Home, Father Born Canada, Mother Born Canada Frederick Wills, Other, Male, Aged 54, Born Mecklenburg Syrene, Farm Labourer, Father Born Mecklenburg Syrene, Mother Born Mecklenburg Syrene At Bottom of Page, Household 42 - Benjamin Jacobs, Self, Male, Aged 40, Born Canada, Farmer, Father Born Canada, Mother Born Canada - Straggler Crossed Out - Dead | Jacobs, Benjamin William (I04335)
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| 681 | From Annals of the Forty - Benjamin, born 1840, married Susan Pettit. Lived in the United States most of their lives. Benjamin buried at Wheeler, Indiana. Susan buried in Virgil burying ground, Ontario. Issue - Benjamin, Charles, Mary Wentworth Marriages, Saltfleet - Benjamin W. Jacobs, Aged 26, Born About 1838, Resides Saltfleet, Born Canada, Son of Zechariah and Mary Jacobs, Susanna Pettit, Aged 21, Born About 1843, Resides Saltfleet Township, Born Canada, Daughter of Charles and Sarah Pettit, November 30th 1864 at Wentworth On the 1880 Census of Clinton, LaPorte, Indiana are: Household 42 - Susan Jacobs, Self, Widowed, Female, Aged 35, Born Canada, Keeping House, Father Born Canada, Mother Born Canada Charles Jacobs, Son, Single, Male, Aged 12, Born Indiana, Works on Farm, Father Born Canada, Mother Born Canada Mary Jacobs, Daughter, Single, Female, Aged 6, Born Indiana, At Home, Father Born Canada, Mother Born Canada Ernest Jacobs, Son, Single, Male, Aged 4, Born Indiana, At Home, Father Born Canada, Mother Born Canada Frederick Wills, Other, Male, Aged 54, Born Mecklenburg Syrene, Farm Labourer, Father Born Mecklenburg Syrene, Mother Born Mecklenburg Syrene At Bottom of Page, Household 42 - Benjamin Jacobs, Self, Male, Aged 40, Born Canada, Farmer, Father Born Canada, Mother Born Canada - Straggler Crossed Out - Dead Wentworth Marriages, Saltfleet - Joseph D. Wallace, Aged 55, Resides Saltfleet, Born Saltfleet, Widower, Mechanic, Son of John and Archangel Wallace, Susan Jacobs, Aged 45 Years, Resides Saltfleet, Born Walpole Township, Daughter of Charles and Sarah Pettit, Witnesses Thomas Boden, Mary J. H. Boden of Saltfleet, 7th March 1885 at Saltfleet, Groom Methodist, Bride Baptist, Solemized by Robert Duff, by License On the 1891 Census of Saltfleet, Wentworth, Ontario are: District 129, Page 61 Wallace Susan, Head, Female, Married, Aged 46, Born About 1845, Born Ontario, Father Born Ontario, Mother Born Ontario, Baptist Wallace Mary J, Daughter, Female, Single, Aged 17, Born About 1874, Born United States, Father Born Canada, Mother Born Canada, Methodist District 120, Page 55 Joseph O. Wallace, Head, Male, Married, Aged 50, Born Ontario, Father Born Scotland, Mother Born France, Methodist, Carpenter Wentworth Deaths, Saltfleet - Susan Wallace, Female, May 6, 1899, Aged 56, Place of Death Stoney Creek, Saltfleet Township, Born Ontario, Cause of Death Hemorhage of Lungs, 1 Year in all, Physician Dr. B. E. Thompson, Baptist, Informant B. E. Thompson, Registered May 7, 1899 Wentworth Deaths, Saltfleet - Wallace Joseph, Male, April 15th 1902, Aged 74, Place of Death Saltfleet, Married, Mechanic, Born Saltfleet, Cause of Death Heart Failure, Duration A Few Hours, Physician None, Methodist, Informant F. T. Green M. D., Regsitered April 16, 1902 | Pettit, Susanna (I01502)
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| 682 | From Barbara Roadhouse - "Was captured in the US in 1777 by his neighbors and taken to Albany where the hangman awaited him for aiding and abetting the enemy." | Chrysler, Baltus (I16006)
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| 683 | From Barbara Roadhouse - "Mrs. Julia Stevens of Bertie Township rendered most efficient aid as a nurse during the last two weeks of Mr. Fitzgerald's Illness." - This line from Gerald England Fitzgerald's (born 1825 in Bertie died 1904 in Haldimand County) Obituary. We didn't at the time know the maiden name of his mother, but now have documents to show she was Sophia Stevens born 1805 in Bertie Township. She married Thomas England Fitzgerald c1824. We have never found a marriage record, could have married in Buffalo. It would be 1½ hour drive to Bertie, so in the day when there were no autos, the relationship must have been close. The Fitzgeralds were in Haldimand in the 1840s On the 1861 Census of Rainham, Haldimand, Canada West are: Gerald Fitzgerald, Farmer, Born Canada, New Connection Methodist, Aged 36, Male, Married Ann C. Fitzgerald, Born Canada, New Connection Methodist, Aged 33, Female, Married Ema Fitzgerald, Born Canada, New Connection Methodist, Aged 12, Female, Single Thomas Fitzgerald, Born Canada, New Connection Methodist, Aged 11, Male, Single Hellan Fitzgerald, Born Canada, New Connection Methodist, Aged 8, Female, Single William Fitzgerald, Born Canada, New Connection Methodist, Aged 4, Male, Single Alice Fitzgerald, Born Canada, New Connection Methodist, Aged 2, Female, Single 1861 Agricultural Census, Rainham Township, Haldimand County Gerald Fitzgerald, Concession 1, Lot 21, 70 Acres, 40 Acres Under Cultivation, 25 Acres Under Crops, 15 Acres Under Pasture, 0 Acres Under Orchards or Gardens, 30 Acres Under Woods or Wild, Cash Value of Farm 1200, Cash Value of Impliments 90, 0 Acres Under Fall Wheat, 0 Bushels Produce, 7 Acres Under Sping Wheat, 130 Bushels Produce, 5 Acres Under Barley, 120 Bushels Produce, 0 Acres Under Rye, 0 Bushels Produce, 4 Acres Under Peas, 85 Bushels Produce, 1 Acre Under Oats, 50 Bushels Produce, 1/4 Acre Under Buckwheat, 10 Bushels Produce, 1 Acre Under Indian Corn, 35 Bushels Produce, 1/4 Acre Under Potatoes, 60 Bushels Produce, 8 Tons of Hay, 12 Bushels Clover, Timothy or Other Grain Seed On the 1871 Census of Rainham, Haldimand, Ontario are: Fitsgerald Gerald E., Male, Aged 46, Born Ontario, N. C. Methodist, Irish, Farmer, Married Fitsgerald Ann, Female, Aged 43, Born Ontario, N. C. Methodist, English, Married Fitsgerald Emma, Female, Aged 21, Born Ontario, N. C. Methodist, English, Single Fitsgerald Thomas, Male, Aged 20, Born Ontario, N. C. Methodist, English, Single Fitsgerald Ellen, Female, Aged 18, Born Ontario, N. C. Methodist, English, Single Fitsgerald Riley, Male, Aged 13, Born Ontario, N. C. Methodist, English, Single Fitsgerald Arad, Male, Aged 9, Born Ontario, N. C. Methodist, English, Single Fitsgerald Allice, Female, Aged 11, Born Ontario, N. C. Methodist, English, Single Fitsgerald Roland, Male, Aged 7, Born Ontario, N. C. Methodist, English, Single On the 1881 Census of Rainham, Haldimand, Ontario are: FitzGerald Gerald, Male, Aged 56, Born Ontario, Disciple, Irish, Farmer, Married Fitzgerald Ann Caroline, Female, Aged 52, Born Ontario, Disciple, English, Married Fitzgerald W. Riley, Male, Aged 24, Born Ontario, Disciple, Irish, Bagage Master W. Ry., Single Fitzgerald Alice Maud, Female, Aged 22, Born Ontario, Disciple, Irish, Dress Maker, Single Fitzgerald Gerald Arad, Male, Aged 19, Born Ontario, Disciple, Irish, Farmer's Son, Single Fitzgerald Roland B., Male, Aged 16, Born Ontario, Disciple, Irish, Farmer's Son, Single | Fitzgerald, Gerald England (I18401)
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| 684 | From Barbara Roadhouse - 1860, 1870 Sophia says born New York, in 1880 born Canada, parents born Germany. | Stevens, Sophia (I18399)
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| 685 | From Barbara Roadhouse - Thomas was a school teacher in 1828 Bertie, said he has been in Canada 16 years, putting his arrival at c1812. Thomas and Sophia had the following children - Gerald E., William, Stratira, Almira, Mary, Thomas and Sarah. Thomas and Sophia, Stratira and Mary are all buried in Kansas, Almira and Sarah in Iowa, Both sons stayed here in Ontario, We have Thomas' will and Sophia's obituary. On the 1852 Census of Cayuga, Haldimand, Ontario are: Thomas E. Fitzgerald, Farmer, Born Ireland, New Connection Methodist, Married, Aged 54, Male Sophia Fitzgerald, Born Upper Canada, New Connection Methodist, Married, Aged 48, Female Gerald E. Fitzgerald, Born Upper Canada, New Connection Methodist, Married, Aged 27, Male Ann E. Fitzgerald, Born Upper Canada, New Connection Methodist, Married, Aged 23, Female Elmira Fitzgerald, Born Upper Canada, Not Known, Single, Aged 20, Female Mary Ann Fitzgerald, Born Upper Canada, Not Known, Single, Aged 18, Female Sarah Fitzgerald, Born Upper Canada, No Religion, Single, Aged 10, Female Emma Fitzgerald, Born Upper Canada, Ditto, Single, Aged 3, Female Anthony, Labourer, Born Germany, Lutheran, Single, Aged 36, Male | Fitzgerald, Thomas England (I18400)
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| 686 | From COTTONWOOD NEWSLETTER, February 2004: Not more than two miles from Cottonwood, just east off the Walpole-Rainham townline and a few hundred yards south of the Third Concession Road of Rainham Township stands a lonely sentinel, a monument to the Helka family and their contribution to a long forgotten industry of the mid and late 1800s and early 1900s. An unpolished diamond in our chain of Historical Jewels. The following is an article written twenty years ago for the Haldimand Press by Bob Hall. The facts remain the same and luckily the Lime Kiln has survived another twenty years. A secret to the longevity is possibly because the structure stands on private property, accessible only with permission. KILN'S REMAINS PROVIDE 'SOLID' REMINDER OF PIONEER LIME INDUSTRY It is highly unlikely that the Erie shore pioneers of Haldimand knew the scientific name for the commodity was "CaO" (Calcium oxide), but they did know if they were going to successfully bind the stone they were quarrying from their newly settled land into permanent houses for their families they would need mortar. One of the primary ingredients of that mortar would be lime. Back then though - in the mid 1800s - one could not simply pick up the phone and order materials for a job as we would to-day…..they had to improvise and 'make-do' with what was at hand. Thus, from necessity, was born the idea of establishing an early draw kiln and producing powdered lime in Haldimand County. Not only was this product used locally, but as well, it was supplied to the market at large on a commercial basis. Of the kilns known to have been in use in this part of Ontario from the period dating back more than one hundred years up until the World War I era and perhaps beyond, only the stonework of one remains. It is located on the former Helka homestead, situated on the Third Concession in Rainham, which is now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. John Roussel. The following outline of the history of lime kilns in Haldimand is taken from notes of a narrative given to a meeting of North Erie Shore Historical Society by Mr. Elmo Helka of Hagersville. "Mo" is a grandson of the late August Helka who established the lime industry near Selkirk and a son of the late Fred Helka who, in partnership with his brother Henry Helka, continued in the production of that material well into the second decade of this century. The first kiln was built on a sidehill in the north-west corner of the bush on the farm sometime between 1860 and 1880. It was fired with wood and lime from that kiln was used to build the stone house which still stands on the property. That was prior to the erection of the still-remaining kiln which was built sometime around the turn of the century. The second kiln was fitted with metal hoppers which were brought from Port Colborne and the four-foot-thick walls are lined with firebrick, a carload of which was purchased in St. Mary's, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. The latter kiln was fired by two natural gas burners which blasted flames in from either side for 24 hours-a-day when in operation. The quarried lime-stone was hoisted up and dropped into the hoppers from the top with the finished lime being drawn-off once every day - hence the term 'draw kiln'. From the beginning, until about 1910, all stone drilling in the quarrying operation was done by hand with two men wielding sledges while a third man (who must have been a brave and trusting soul) hand-held the drill bit. Loose explosive powder was used for the blasting. Among the innovations introduced into the operation when the Sr. Helka's sons assumed management of the kiln in 1910 were the installation of a power hoist and powered rock drill both of which drew their energy from a steam engine owned and operated by Ernest Smelser who custom-threshed in season and worked with the Helkas during the Spring and Summer months along with the four or five other men who were employed in the production of powdered lime. As well, around that time, they began to use dynamite for the blasting operation. In the kiln's 'heyday', there was a warehouse located at Nelles Corners from which the lime was shipped to market in carload lots. The volume of production continued to expand in those years to the point where just prior to WWI land surveying was done for a planned rail line to the site of the kiln, but the outbreak of overseas hostilities and the call-to-war of many of the country's young men saw that plan abandoned. The kiln was permanently closed down in 1917 due to the continuing shortage of help caused by the war. According to the 75-year-old grandson of the founder of this long closed lime kiln there was at one time an operating kiln at Springvale along with three similar kilns located on the Hamilton 'mountain', but they fell victim of progress and were torn-down in the early 1950s as the expansion of the city in that area began to accelerate. As far as is known, the Helka kiln is the only remaining vestige of what was once a thriving industry providing a necessary commodity to those craftsmen whose hands fashioned the very foundations on which much of the early life of the pioneers in this region of Ontario was built. By Bob Hall - The Haldimand Press, April 7, 1983 As of December 2003 the Helka property on Lot 2, Concession 2, Rainham is owned by the son of Bill and Joan Fletcher. The Fletcher family rescued and reconstructed the Hoover Cabin after the 1994 fire that destroyed the house it was enclosed in. This cabin stands on a section of the Fletcher farm on Lot 1, Concession 4, Rainham. An historic barn from the Stengel farm has also been moved to the Fletcher farm and sits adjacent to the cabin. We can be assured that the limestone house, built by August Helka from limestone quarried on the farm, and the Lime Kiln also on the property will be loved and cared for by people interested in preservation. Haldimand Marriages - August Helkie, aged 24, born Rainham, Resides Rainham, son of Frederick & Dorothea, married Frances Sherk, aged 28, born Rainham, Resides Rainham, daughter of Christian & Catherine, witnesses, Christian & Rosannah Helkie of Rainham, 26 Aug 1870 at Rainham Haldimand Marriages - August Helka, aged 53, Widower, Farmer, born Markham, Resides Rainham, son of Frederick Helka & Dorasia Spies, married Maggie Jane Davis , aged 53, Widow, daughter of James Soper & Jane Davis, witnesses, Myron Gee of Rainham & Dora Lounsbury of Gainsboro, 5 June 1901 in Rainham Centre Norfolk Marriages, Simcoe - Helke, August, Farmer, Widower, aged 63, Evangelical, Walpole, Haldimand, Helka, Frederick, Farmer, Spice, Dorothy, Whitman, Jennie, Widow, aged 49, Anglican, Charlotteville, Gamble, William, Farmer, Riches, Maria, 9th January, 1911, Simcoe, Norfolk County, License, Witnesses McKnight, Alonzo, Simcoe, McKnight, Florence, Simcoe, 17th January, 1911, Solemnized by Gee A. L., Simcoe, M McFall. On the 1881 Census of Rainham, Haldimand, Ontario are: Augustus Helky, Married, Male, German, aged 33, born Ontario, Farmer, Evangelical Methodist Fanny Helky, Married, Female, German, aged 37, born Ontario, Evangelical Methodist Johanna Helky, Female, German, aged 10, born Ontario, Evangelical Methodist George Helky, Male, German, aged 7, born Ontario, Evangelical Methodist Aremiseta Helky, Female, German, aged 5, born Ontario, Evangelical Methodist Elias Helky, Male, German, aged 3, born Ontario, Evangelical Methodist Rosa Helky, Female, German, aged 1, born Ontario, Evangelical Methodist Elias Bingleman, Male, German, aged 22, born Ontario, Farm Labourer On the 1901 Census of Rainham, Haldimand, Ontario are: Helkey, Augustine, Male, Head of Household, Widowed, born March 20, 1846, aged 54 Helkey, George, Male, Son, Single, born March 18, 1872, aged 28 Helkey, Nora, Female, Daughter, Single, born January 10, 1870, aged 21(Rosa 1879) Helkey, Mary C., Female, Daughter, Single, born June 5, 1883, aged 18 Helkey, Fredrick, Male, Son, Single, born May 24, 1885, aged 16 Helkey, Hary, Male, Son, Single, born May 18, 1887, aged 14 (Henry) On the 1911 Census of Walpole, Haldimand, Ontario are: Helka August, Male, Head of Household, Married, born March 1847, aged 64 Helka Jennie, Female, Wife, born May 1859, aged 52 Haldimand Deaths, Walpole - Helka, Maggie Soper, Female, Caucasion, June 12, 1910, born Unknown, about 62 Years, Rainham, died Village of Selkirk, Housewife, Married, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, A. M. Johnstone, Augusta Helka, Selkirk, June 13, 1910 Haldimand Deaths, Walpole - Helka, August, Male, German, Married, 80 Years, 1 Month, 9 Days, born Markham, April 18, 1849, Farmer, 21 Years at place of death, Lifetime in Ontario, Father Frederick Helka, born Germany, Mother Dorothy Joana Spiese, born Gemany, J. D. Tyrrell, Fisherville, Frederick Helka, Hagersville, Son, Selkirk Cemetery, April 18, 1927, Munro Hoover, Selkirk, April 26th, 1927, From March 4 to April 26, Taxaemia 10 Days, Auricular Fibrillation, J. D Tyrrell, Fistherville, April 26, 1927, April 27, 1927 | Helka, Augustus (I01780)
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| 687 | From Daniel Wenger's Website - Born Bethel Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. He apparently never learned to read or write, using a mark for his signature. Married Barbara Fretz, (1771 - 1828) in 1791 before going to Canada. Went to Canada in the spring of 1800 with or to join his two cousins John and Henry, River Brethren. Land was becoming too expensive in Lebanon and Lancaster County. Purchased 100 acres, part of lots 11 & 12 in the 10th concession of Bertie Township, Lincoln County in the Home District of the Province of Upper Canada. (soon to become Welland County) on land next to his father-in-law's 100 acre land purchased one month before. On May 30, 1814 Abraham purchased another 100 acres from his father-in-law at lots 9 & 10 of the 10th concession of Bertie Township. Abraham was a Dunkard. Ralph Howard Winger, (1904 - 1982) of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania was historian for Abraham's family in 1960. On Oct. 23, 1829 Abraham dictated his last will and testament to his daughter-in-law Catharine's brother Benjamin Troup, another Dunkard and Abraham's executor. Buried Black Creek Pioneer Cemetery next to Bishop John Winger, only two lots away from where he farmed when he first came to Canada. Abraham's stone is weathered but shows a date of death of 183?.3 age 69 years. If the birth year of 1768 is correct then he would have died 1837.3. If the 1832 is correct, then he was born 1763, or, the 69 is incorrect. His stone is in German | Winger, Abraham (I02262)
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| 688 | From Eva Brook Donly Museum, transcribed by William Yeager Upper Canada Marriage Bonds, 1803-45 Note: All dates are times of application for marriaged licenses, not actual dates of the marriage Robert Long, Walpole, Niagara District & Mary Di[x]on, Widow, Woodhouse, appln 19 Sept. 1831 St. John's Church First Resgister Robert Long, Yeoman, Walpole m. Mary Dixon, Widow, Woodhouse, on 19 Sept. 1831 b. F. Evans; lic; w. Lawrence Marr, John D[ixon] (or Decow??) On the 1852 Census of Woodhouse, Norfolk, Canada West are: Robert Long, Lumber Manufacturer, Born Canada, Church of England, Married, Aged 49, Male Mary Long, Born Canada, Church of England, Married, Aged 46, Female Mary Long, Born Canada, Church of England, Single, Aged 18, Female Rebecca Long, Born Canada, Church of England, Single, Aged 11, Female Robert Long, Born Canada, Church of England, Single, Aged 10, Male Mary E. Long, Born Canada, Church of England, Single, Aged 9, Female Francis Long, Born Canada, Church of England, Single, Aged 7, Male Esther Long, Born Canada, Church of England, Single, Aged 6, Female Edward Hamond, Laborer, Born England, Church of England, Single, Aged 21, Male Brick House, 1 1/2 Stories, 1 Family Occupying, 1 Saw Mill Mr Long Manufactors about 900,000 feet of Lumber per year and Employs about 5. Owns three hundred acres of Land of Good Quality and well timbered. On the 1861 Census of Woodhouse, Norfolk, Ontario are: Robert Long, Farmer, Born Upper Canada, Church of England, Aged 58, Male, Married Mary Long, Born Upper Canada, Church of England, Aged 55, Female, Married Robert Long, Born Upper Canada, Church of England, Aged 19, Male, Single Francis Long, Born Upper Canada, Church of England, Aged 17, Male, Single Mary Long, Born Upper Canada, Church of England, Aged 18, Female, Single Louisa Long, Born Upper Canada, Church of England, Aged 15, Female, Single William Irwin, Born Upper Canada, Church of England, Aged 4, Male, Single Jane DeCow, Born Upper Canada, Church of England, Aged 18, Female, Single James Mc?, Born Upper Canada, Church of England, Aged 25, Male, Single Log House, 1 1/2 Stories, 1 Family Occupying, 1 Vacant On the 1871 Census of Woohouse, Norfolk, Ontario are Long Robt Sen., Male, Aged 68, Born Ontario, Episcopal, Irish, Farmer, Widowed Long Robt Jun., Male, Aged 29, Born Ontario, Episcopal, Irish, Farmer, Single Long Frank, Male, Aged 26, Born Ontario, Episcopal, Irish, Farmer, Single Irwin William, Male, Aged 16, Born Ontario, Episcopal, Irish, Single Burbige Hezekiah, Male, Aged 25, Born England, Episcopal, English, Farmer, Married Burbige Louisa E., Female, Aged 24, Born Ontario, Episcopal, Irish, Married On the 1881 Census of Woodhouse, Norfolk South, Ontario are: Long Robert, Male, Aged 78, Born Ontario, Church of England, Irish, Farmer, Widowed Long Robert, Male, Aged 38, Born Ontario, Church of England, Irish, Farmer, Single Long Francis, Male, Aged 35, Born Ontario, Church of England, Irish, Farmer, Single Blaney Mirandy, Female, Aged 54, Born United States, Church of England, Servant, Widowed Haldimand Deaths, Walpole - Robert Long, October 27th 1885, Male, Aged 83 Years, Farmer, Born Ireland, Cause of Death Old Age, Physician Dr. Sherk, Informant Geo. Sherk M. D., Cheapside, Registered October 31st 1885, Church of England, C. E. Bourne Division Registrar of Walpole Cheapside United Cemetery Stone No. 156 In Memory of Robert Long Died Oct. 20, 1885 Aged 83 Yrs 1 Mos & 5 Days Behold a tender father gone A much loved partner's fled He's gone to his eternal home To mingle with the dead | Long, Robert Benjamin (I06570)
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| 689 | From Fisherville Trinity Lutheran Cemetery Book: WINGER The Wingers who settled in Rainham and Walpole, coming here from Bertie Township, Welland County area, were all children of Abraham Winger and Catherine Troup (daughter of John Troup). They were of the Tunkard faith. They had 8 known children: Jacob (md. Elizabeth Benner, Elizabeth Smelser), Esther, David (md. Margaret Baxter), Abraham (md. Elizabeth Shoup), John (md. Elizabeth Johnston), and Peter (md Abigail Shoup). The Canada Company purchased a lot of land in Rainham from the Crown around 1837. Benjamin Troup, a cousin [should say brother] of Catherine Troup, and his wife Magdalena bought 400 acres from the Canada Company in 1847, being lots 5 and 6, concession 4, Rainham. They almost immediately turned the land over to Abraham Winger N ½ and Jacob Winger S ½. The Wingers discovered, however, that there were three families (Ullman, Nauman, Sitter) firmly entrenched on this property, having settled there in the mid 1830s while it was still Crown Land. The Wingers arranged to sell the property to these settlers. The Sitters on the N ½ , and John Nauman on the SW ¼ paid for their property in 1850, and Jacob Ullman on the SE ¼ signed a bond to purchase and pay for the land as soon as he had the money. This did not happen until 1863 when Jacob's son Benjamin finally paid for the property and quit claimed the farm over to his father all except for 2 acres sold to his brother-in-law Peter Phillips. So, technically, Jacob Ullman's SE ¼ farm was owned by Jacob Winger. He was the one who sold in 1849 the ½ acre lot to the Trustees of the Evangelical Church of German and Dutch (where Trinity cemetery is located) on land where Jacob Ullman had already established a family burial plot and where he allowed other burials to take place. By the wording on the 1849 deed, it is thought Jacob Ullman may also have allowed a small church, possibly a Union Church, to be built earlier on this property. Likely sometime after 1849, the first all Lutheran Church (Holy Ghost) was built on this site, a board and batten structure. | Winger, Peter (I02276)
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| 690 | From Fisherville Trinity Lutheran Cemetery Book: WINGER The Wingers who settled in Rainham and Walpole, coming here from Bertie Township, Welland County area, were all children of Abraham Winger and Catherine Troup (daughter of John Troup). They were of the Tunkard faith. They had 8 known children: Jacob (md. Elizabeth Benner, Elizabeth Smelser), Esther, David (md. Margaret Baxter), Abraham (md. Elizabeth Shoup), John (md. Elizabeth Johnston), and Peter (md Abigail Shoup). The Canada Company purchased a lot of land in Rainham from the Crown around 1837. Benjamin Troup, a cousin [should say brother] of Catherine Troup, and his wife Magdalena bought 400 acres from the Canada Company in 1847, being lots 5 and 6, concession 4, Rainham. They almost immediately turned the land over to Abraham Winger N ½ and Jacob Winger S ½. The Wingers discovered, however, that there were three families (Ullman, Nauman, Sitter) firmly entrenched on this property, having settled there in the mid 1830s while it was still Crown Land. The Wingers arranged to sell the property to these settlers. The Sitters on the N ½ , and John Nauman on the SW ¼ paid for their property in 1850, and Jacob Ullman on the SE ¼ signed a bond to purchase and pay for the land as soon as he had the money. This did not happen until 1863 when Jacob's son Benjamin finally paid for the property and quit claimed the farm over to his father all except for 2 acres sold to his brother-in-law Peter Phillips. So, technically, Jacob Ullman's SE ¼ farm was owned by Jacob Winger. He was the one who sold in 1849 the ½ acre lot to the Trustees of the Evangelical Church of German and Dutch (where Trinity cemetery is located) on land where Jacob Ullman had already established a family burial plot and where he allowed other burials to take place. By the wording on the 1849 deed, it is thought Jacob Ullman may also have allowed a small church, possibly a Union Church, to be built earlier on this property. Likely sometime after 1849, the first all Lutheran Church (Holy Ghost) was built on this site, a board and batten structure. John Winger was a member of the Tunker church, also his sons Benjamin, Henry and John; his wife Elizabeth was Baptist. His occupation farmer and beekeeper, thus the nickname "Honey John" Winger. He farmed in Rainham and North Cayuga Townships. | Winger, John W. (I02275)
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| 691 | From Fisherville Trinity Lutheran Cemetery Book: WINGER The Wingers who settled in Rainham and Walpole, coming here from Bertie Township, Welland County area, were all children of Abraham Winger and Catherine Troup (daughter of John Troup). They were of the Tunkard faith. They had 8 known children: Jacob (md. Elizabeth Benner, Elizabeth Smelser), Esther, David (md. Margaret Baxter), Abraham (md. Elizabeth Shoup), John (md. Elizabeth Johnston), and Peter (md Abigail Shoup). The Canada Company purchased a lot of land in Rainham from the Crown around 1837. Benjamin Troup, a cousin [should say brother] of Catherine Troup, and his wife Magdalena bought 400 acres from the Canada Company in 1847, being lots 5 and 6, concession 4, Rainham. They almost immediately turned the land over to Abraham Winger N ½ and Jacob Winger S ½. The Wingers discovered, however, that there were three families (Ullman, Nauman, Sitter) firmly entrenched on this property, having settled there in the mid 1830s while it was still Crown Land. The Wingers arranged to sell the property to these settlers. The Sitters on the N ½ , and John Nauman on the SW ¼ paid for their property in 1850, and Jacob Ullman on the SE ¼ signed a bond to purchase and pay for the land as soon as he had the money. This did not happen until 1863 when Jacob's son Benjamin finally paid for the property and quit claimed the farm over to his father all except for 2 acres sold to his brother-in-law Peter Phillips. So, technically, Jacob Ullman's SE ¼ farm was owned by Jacob Winger. He was the one who sold in 1849 the ½ acre lot to the Trustees of the Evangelical Church of German and Dutch (where Trinity cemetery is located) on land where Jacob Ullman had already established a family burial plot and where he allowed other burials to take place. By the wording on the 1849 deed, it is thought Jacob Ullman may also have allowed a small church, possibly a Union Church, to be built earlier on this property. Likely sometime after 1849, the first all Lutheran Church (Holy Ghost) was built on this site, a board and batten structure. | Winger, David (I02273)
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| 692 | From Fisherville Trinity Lutheran Cemetery Book: WINGER The Wingers who settled in Rainham and Walpole, coming here from Bertie Township, Welland County area, were all children of Abraham Winger and Catherine Troup (daughter of John Troup). They were of the Tunkard faith. They had 8 known children: Jacob (md. Elizabeth Benner, Elizabeth Smelser), Esther, David (md. Margaret Baxter), Abraham (md. Elizabeth Shoup), John (md. Elizabeth Johnston), and Peter (md Abigail Shoup). The Canada Company purchased a lot of land in Rainham from the Crown around 1837. Benjamin Troup, a cousin [should say brother] of Catherine Troup, and his wife Magdalena bought 400 acres from the Canada Company in 1847, being lots 5 and 6, concession 4, Rainham. They almost immediately turned the land over to Abraham Winger N ½ and Jacob Winger S ½. The Wingers discovered, however, that there were three families (Ullman, Nauman, Sitter) firmly entrenched on this property, having settled there in the mid 1830s while it was still Crown Land. The Wingers arranged to sell the property to these settlers. The Sitters on the N ½ , and John Nauman on the SW ¼ paid for their property in 1850, and Jacob Ullman on the SE ¼ signed a bond to purchase and pay for the land as soon as he had the money. This did not happen until 1863 when Jacob's son Benjamin finally paid for the property and quit claimed the farm over to his father all except for 2 acres sold to his brother-in-law Peter Phillips. So, technically, Jacob Ullman's SE ¼ farm was owned by Jacob Winger. He was the one who sold in 1849 the ½ acre lot to the Trustees of the Evangelical Church of German and Dutch (where Trinity cemetery is located) on land where Jacob Ullman had already established a family burial plot and where he allowed other burials to take place. By the wording on the 1849 deed, it is thought Jacob Ullman may also have allowed a small church, possibly a Union Church, to be built earlier on this property. Likely sometime after 1849, the first all Lutheran Church (Holy Ghost) was built on this site, a board and batten structure. From Surrogate Registry - Will of Jacob Winger The land equally divided among sons John, William and Jacob, the crops to son in law Alfred Bowman In 1896 the Executors John D. Winger and Frederick Otterman sell the land to a Nauman. John W. Winger releasing and approving. Mentioned in Will are Fidelia Bowman, Margaret Lounsbury, Ellen Moyer, Catherine Winger, Jacob Winger, William Winger and John Henry Winger. From Cayuga Registry Office: No. 2129 Township of Rainham Copy Will of Jacob Winger I certify that the within Instrument is duly entered and registered in the Registry Office for the County of Haldimand in Book 7 for the Township of Rainham at 12:45 PM on the 29th day of March A.D. 1888 Number 1219 George S. Colter, Depty Registrar This is the Last Will and Testament of me Jacob Winger of the Township of Rainham in the County of Haldimand and Province of Ontario, Farmer. My Will is first that my Just debts and funeral expenses shall be paid by my Executors hereinafter named and the residue --------? of my real and personal property which shall not be required for such purpose I give devise dispose of as follows I will that after my decease my executors shall dispose of by Auction Sale all the Stock on the place belonging to me consisting of two Horses, three Cows, three Sheep, eight Pigs and about Twenty five Chickens, also all the farm implements of every kind and description harness & a belonging to me and from the proceeds of said Sale my executors shall pay out the following Sums: viz One Year after my decease they shall pay unto my daughter Fidelia Bowman the sum of Three Hundred Dollars two Years after my decease the sum of One Hundred Dollars to my daughter Margaret Lounsberry, and one thereafter shall pay unto my daughter Ellen Moyer the sum of One Hundred Dollars and one Year thereafter the sum of Three Hundred Dollars to my Daughter Catherine Winger. Should the proceeds of the Sale not be sufficient to pay the above bequests the executors to rent the farm and out of said rent make up the deficiency. The Crop at present growing on the farm to be the property of my son in law Alfred Bowman he to maintain the family till next fall in the ususal way. The Executors not to rent the farm to be taken possession of till next fall. I hereby devise and dispose of my real estate which is composed of seventy three acres be the same more or less being part of West part of Lot Number Five in the fourth Concession of the Township of Rainham to my three sons Jacob, William and John to be divided equally between them if they can mutually agree to a division of the same, but if they cannot so agree the land to be sold and the proceeds thereof to be equally divided between them on the youngest coming of age. The household furniture to be divided so nearly equal as possible between my two daughters Fidelia Bowman and Catherine Winger and my three sons Jacob, William and John The Carpenters tools to be sold at the Sale. And I do nominate and appoint John D. Winger and Frederick Otterman to be the sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament. In Testimony whereof I the Testator have hereunto set my hand this Thirteenth day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty eight. Sgd. Jacob Winger Signed Published and declared by the said Jacob Winger to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto Sub- scribed our Names. sgd Henry Winger sgd Gordon Paterson Jacob was given the responsibility of looking after his mother, Catherine (Troup) Winger, upon the death of his father, Jacob being the eldest child. We hear absolutely nothing more of Catharine after this, however a story circulated among the family was that she moved to Dunnville area and remarried. Jacob and his brothers were taken under the wing of their Uncle Benjamin Troup. He looked after their finances and saw that each of the five boys received a down payment for a farm. They settled in the area of Rainham Township known as Fisherville. Jacob's farm was 100 acres and was in Lot 5, Concession 4 of Rainham Township, Haldimand County, immediately west of the village. Jacob lived there until he died in 1888. He had 5 children by his first wife and 6 by his second wife. They were all of the Tunkard faith, including the Troup family. Jacob and his first wife Elizabeth Benner are on the 1852 Census of Rainham where it lists the five children as born Canada West. Jacob's first wife Elizabeth Benner was the younger sister of his Uncle Benjamin Troup's second wife, Mary Benner. | Winger, Jacob (I00722)
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| 693 | From Fuller/Dennis Family Lines on Rootsweb Paulette Best Born in 1785, in New Jersey. The Dennises had settled together at Point Abino, Bertie Township, Niagara, Canada around 1786, when Nathaniel was only 1 year old. He was raised here, and they seemed to have lived peacefully until the war of 1812 struck. The American troops landed on Point Abino, burned the houses and bridges, and butchered cattle for army chow. The inhabitants fled. Evidently, Nathaniel sent or took his pregnant wife back to Vermont where Nathaniel was born Jan. 6, 1813. Travel was probably by boat via Lake Ontario. While their residence was in Vermont, Mary Elizabeth was born in 1815. Nathaniel was serving in the Canadian army. It is likely that Nathaniel and his family had returned to Niagara by 1817 and had resumed farming on their property. In 1854 Nathaniel married Hannah Dexter. It seems that Hannah was the midwife when Louisa was born, and stayed on to take care of the children. Nathaniel and Hannah traveled in covered wagons drawn by oxen, for a new life in Iowa in 1856. They lived in Deep Creek, Clinton County, Iowa. (Point Abino is on Lake Erie in Bertie Township, Welland County. In the late 1700s further to the west the Long Point Settlement was opening up. It was Norfolk County and consisted of, along Lake Erie from east to west, Rainham, Walpole, Woodhouse, Charlotteville, Walsingham and Houghton Townships and to the north of Woodhouse and Charlotteville the Townships of Townsend and Windham. "Long Point" itself extends from the southwestern corner of Walsingham Township. About the mid 1800s when the County of Haldimand was formed Rainham and Walpole Townships became part of Haldimand County. Nathaniel and Martha lived their married lives mostly in Walsingham Township) On the 1852 Census of Walsingham, Norfolk, Ontario, are: Nathaniel Dennis, Agriculture, Born Canada, Baptist, Married, Aged 38, Male Martha Dennis, Wife, Born Canada, Baptist, Married, Aged 35, Female (Martha Underhill) Alexander Dennis, Labourer, Born Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 15, Male Calvin Dennis, Labourer, Born Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 13, Male Nathaniel Dennis, Born Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 11, Male Lucinda Dennis, Born Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 9, Female Malinda Dennis, Born Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 7, Female Lewis Dennis, Born Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 5, Male Sarah Dennis, Born Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 3, Female Martha Dennis, Born Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 2, Female 1852 Agricultural Census, Nathaniel Dennis, Concession 10, Lot 23, Walsingham (just west of Silver Hill), 100 Acres, 15 Acres Under Cultivation, 1 Acre Under Crops, 14 Acres Under Pasture, 85 Acres Under Woods or Wild, 1 Acre Under Potatoes, 100 Bushels, Bulls, Oxen or Steers 2, Milch Cows 1, Horses of all Ages 2, Butter Lbs. 50 On the 1856 Census of Deep Creek, Clinton, Iowa are: Dennis Nathaniel, Married, Aged 43, Male, Born Canada, Farmer Born About 1813 Dennis Hannah, Married, Aged 20, Female, Born Canada Born About 1836 (Hannah Dexter) Dennis Alexander, Aged 19, Male, Born Canada, Farmer Born About 1837 Dennis Calvin, Aged 17, Male, Born Canada, Farmer Born About 1839 Dennis Nathaniel, Aged 15, Male, Born Canada Born About 1841 Dennis Lucinda, Aged 13, Female, Born Canada Born About 1843 Dennis Melinda, Aged 11, Female, Born Canada Born About 1845 On the 1880 Census of Township 5, Shasta, California are: Nathen Dennis, Self, Married, Male, Aged 67, Born Canada, Farmer, Father Born Pennsylvania, Mother Born Conecticutt Hannah Dennis, Married, Female, Aged 44, Born Canada, Keeping House, Father Born Canada, Mother born Not Given James Dennis, Son, Single, Male, Aged 20, Born Iowa, Farm Laborer, Father Born Canada, Mother Born Canada Joseph Dennis, Son, Single, Male, Aged 16, Born Iowa, Farm Laborer, Father Born Canada, Mother Born Canada Anell Dennis, Son, Single, Male, Aged 13, Born Iowa, At Home, Father Born Canada, Mother Born Canada Elemuel Dennis, Son, Single, Male, Aged 13, Born Iowa, At Home, Father Born Canada, Mother Born Canada Nelson Dennis, Son, Single, Male, Aged 10, Born Iowa, Father Born Canada, Mother Born Canada Ambrose Dennis, Son, Single, Male, Aged 8, Born Iowa, Father Born Canada, Mother Born Canada Mary L. Dennis, Daughter, Single, Aged 5, Born Iowa, Father Born Canada, Mother Born Canada Fred Dennis, Son, Single, Male, Aged 1, Born California, Father Born Canada, Mother Born Canada Lewis Denison, Self, Married, Male, Aged 33, Farmer, Father Born Pennsylvania, Mother Born Canada Caroline Denison, Wife, Married, Female, Aged 30, Born Iowa, Keeping House, Father Born Canada, Mother Born Canada Elda Denison, Daughter, Single, Female, Aged 2. Born California, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Canada Ellen Denison, Daughter, Single, Female, Aged 4 Months, Born California, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Canada | Dennis, Nathaniel (I04658)
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| 694 | From Fuller/Dennis Family Lines on Rootsweb Paulette Best When Martha was 3 years old her family moved from York County, New Brunswick, Canada, to Norfolk County, Ontario. Her father and mother, John and Cynthia (Leeman) Underhill, Elnathan 1st, and wife Hannah (Brower) traveled in a caravan of at least 2 covered wagons, and they followed a new road that had been cut through the forest along the north bank of the St. Lawrence River. Little Martha rode most of the time in the lead wagon with her grandmother. Martha had golden ringlets and blue eyes. She inherited them from her grandfather, Elnathan, who was of English descent. She looked forward to the evenings when they stopped traveling, and built a fire. She loved the taste of flapjacks that her mother and grandmother baked in the skillet over an open fire. When they had fish for supper, the flapjacks were made from corn meal. When they broiled strips of venison on willow sticks over the coals, the flapjacks were made with wheat flour. Sometimes they had honey. After many long days of travel, they knew that they were near Lake Erie, and Point Ryerse. They were going to live near John's Aunt Sarah and her husband, Col. Samuel Ryerse. They watched for a break in the sugar maple and black walnut trees, then glimpsed a large white house. It was 2 stories high and had many windows. It was situated on a high bank, and overlooked Lake Erie. Beside the house, a stream cut through the fields and emptied into the lake. They soon settled in a home of their own near the village of Waterford, not far from Simcoe, the county seat of Norfolk County. The local Baptist church was an ideal place to meet new neighbors. At church she became attracted to a young man who had dark hair, and eyes that sparkled when he laughed. Friendship blossomed into romance. That young man, Nathaniel Dennis, and Martha were married in March 1835 in the little church where they had met. She was 15 years old, which was common practice in those pioneer days. They settled on a farm in nearby Walsingham Township. They lived there for about 18 years, and had 9 children. When Louisa was born, (1853), Martha died. Six months later Louisa died. They were buried on their farm. Nathaniel erected a beautiful marble tombstone at their graves with their names and dates engraved on it. Nathaniel certainly must have been broken hearted from losing his dear Martha at the age of 33. | Underhill, Martha (I04659)
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| 695 | From Gamble Family Bible - On Thursday May 25th 1837 at the Parish Church of Thorne, Yorkshire, England Samuel Gamble was married to his second wife Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Ann Broadhead of Sheffield. Their first child Emma Mary was born at Walpole Upper Canada on the second day of March 1838 Their second child Sarah Ann was born at the same place on the first day of August 1839. Not baptixed until afterwards she was christened Annie Matilda. Their third child Samuel John was born at Thorne, Yorkshire England the 18th Day of May 1841 Their fourth child Joseph George was born at Thorne, Yorkshire, England the 17th Day of March 1843. Returned to Canada this year. Their fifth child still born the 17th day of November 1844. Their Sixth Child Dorothia was born the 18th Day of October 1845 at Ravenswood, U. C. Their Seventh Child Arthur was born the 18th day of May 1848 Their Eighth child Richard was born the 8th February 1850, at Nanticoke Mills Their Ninth child Peter Henry was born at Nanticoke Mills this 13th day of January 1852 Their Tenth child Charles was born at Niagara Co. Welland on Friday the 27th Day of October 1854 Their Eleventh child Catherine was born on Sunday the 1st Day of November 1857 at Port Dover Emma Mary married by Rev T. S. Campbell 7th September 1857 Annie Matilda married & C. E. A. Turner at Port Dover on the 22nd Day of February 1859 Died at Florence on the 9th Day of February 1873. Saml Gamble died at Port Dover April 28th 1873. Sarah Gamble died at Port Dover December 30th 1884. | Gamble, Samuel John (I20055)
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| 696 | From Gertrude Taylor Eddy - One of the boys, the eldest, was always thought of a fine man, by our father who always remembered him with so much affection. I think he was also a minister. A graduate of Hillsdale College either Hillsdale,Ohio or Hillsdale, Michigan, I don't know which one. But I think if one were to look in the Morse family history book, they will find it all, as my grandmother & our father are mentioned in it. Elgin Marriages - Freeborn Taylor, Aged 21 Years, Resides Malahide Township, Born Southwold Township, Father William Taylor, Mother Elizabeth Bodine, Margaret Adams, Aged 28 Years, Resides Yarmouth Township, Born Yarmouth Township, Father Adam Haite, Mother Elizabeth Strong, July 19th 1864, Elgin On the 1871 Census of Yarmouth, Elgin East, Ontario are: Taylor Freeborn, Male, Aged 27, Born Ontario, Quaker, Origin American Not Known, Farmer Taylor Margaret, Female, Aged 34, Born Ontario, Quaker Taylor Sarah Jane, Female, Aged 14, Born Ontario, Quaker Taylor Phebe, Female, Aged 6, Born Ontario, Quaker Taylor William, Male, Aged 4, Born Ontario, Quaker Taylor Eva, Female, Aged 2, Born Ontario, Quaker Taylor Harley, Male, Aged 2/12, Born February, Born Ontario, Quaker Elgin Deaths, Port Stanley - Freeborn Tayler, 5th October 1879, Male, Aged 35 Years, ?, Born Township of Southwold, Cause of Death Typhoid Fever, Duration 18 Days, Physician Dr. H. Meek, Informant Mrs. M. Taylor, Widow of Deceased, Port Stanley, Registered October 29th 1879, Freewill Baptist, R. Thomson Division Registrar of Port Stanley On the 1881 Census of Port Stanley, Elgin East, Ontario are: Margaret Taylor, Female, Aged 44, Widowed, Born Ontario, Free Will Christian Baptist Phoebe Taylor, Female, Aged 16, Single, Born Ontario, Free Will Christian Baptist William Taylor, Male, Aged 13, Single, Born Ontario, Free Will Christian Baptist Eva Taylor, Female, Aged 12, Single, Born Ontario Harley Taylor, Male, Aged 10, Single, Born Ontario Charles Taylor, Male, Aged 8, Single, Born Ontario George Taylor, Male, Aged 5, Single, Born Ontario Alonzo Taylor, Male, Aged 2, Single, Born Ontario Elgin Deaths, Port Stanley - Taylor Margaret, Female, Aged 79 Years 28 Days, Date of Death September 28th 1914, Born Yarmouth, Place of Death Port Stanley, Widow, Father Adam Haight, Mother Elizabeth Strong, Cause fo Death Myocarditis, Dutation 3 Days, Meningitis, Durtation 1 Week, Informant C. F. Taylor, Port Stanley, Phyician J. M. Nettleton, Port Stanley Taylor - St Thomas Daily Times, 29 September 1914, Page 1, c6 - Died - Mrs Margaret Taylor, 79th year, Sept 28, widow of Freeborn Taylor; mother of William, Harley, Charles, Alonzo and George Taylor, Mrs J. W. Clark and Mrs C. A. Cromwell. Funeral September 30 to Union Cemetery. | Taylor, Freeborn (I13180)
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| 697 | From Halton County Atlas 1877 Title Miss Last Name Waldbrook First Name E. Post Office Boyne Township Trafalgar North County Halton Atlas Date 1877 Concession and Lot Lot size IV, 8 100 Halton Deaths, Trafalgar - Emeline Walbrook, 25th February 1877, Female, Aged 45 Years, Farmer's Daughter, Born Township of Trafalgar, Cause of Death Consumption, Duration 6 Months, Physician Dr. C. Freeman, Informant Geo. Richardson, Can. Meth. Minister, Milton, Registered 2nd March 1877, Meth. Church of Canada, John Appelbe Trafalgar Registrar | Waldbrook, Emaline (I02219)
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| 698 | From Halton County Atlas 1877 Title Miss Last Name Waldbrook First Name P. Post Office Boyne Township Trafalgar North County Halton Atlas Date 1877 Concession and Lot Lot size IV, 8 100 Haldimand Marriages, Walpole - Robert Ferguson, Aged 67, Resides Trafalgar, Born Ireland, Widower, Farmer, Son of George and Jane Ferguson, Phebe Walbrook, Aged 56, Resides Trafalgar, Born Toronto, Spinster, Daughter of Robert and Henrietta Walbrook, Witnesses Robert Walbrook Walpole, Isabella Kingston Seneca, 18th February 1878 at Seneca, Groom Methodist, Bride Methodist, Solemnized by Wm Morton Minister by License, Andrew Williamson Jr. Seneca Registrar | Waldbrook, Phoebe (I02215)
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| 699 | from Hamilton Spectator:JULY 26, 2003 CARTER (BARKER), Gladys - On Thursday, July 24, 2003 at Cedarwood Nursing Home, in her 96th year. Predeceased by her loving husband Walter (Bus) Carter. Dear mother of Jean Gordier of Kitchener, Ruth Francis of Kitchener and Marion Morris and her husband Ken of Normandale. Sister of George Barker and his wife Margaret of Georgetown, Clara Post of Simcoe, Mary Greenhowe of Cambridge, Leota Offord of High Level, Alberta and Lydia Chapman and her husband Ray of Vittoria. Predeceased by her siblings Leota Harse, Edith Milligan (Clarke), Leslie Barker, Sam Barker, John Cecil Barker and Willie Barker. Special grandmother of 15 grand-children, 29 great-grandchildren and 16 great-great-grandchildren. Family will receive friends to share their memories of Gladys at THE BALDOCK FUNERAL HOME AND FAMILY CENTRE, 96 Norfolk Street North, Simcoe, on Sunday, July 27, 2003 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service to celebrate Mrs. Carter's life will be held from the funeral home on Monday, July 28, 2003 at 2 p.m. Pastor Gaston Erau officiating. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. Donations to "Enhancing Care Fund", Cedarwood Village, Simcoe would be appreciated by the family. | Barker, Mary Gladys (I08914)
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| 700 | From Hiram and Barbara Weaver's Bible: Benjamin J. Winger of Rainham and Anna Sider of Wainfleet were married September 6, 1868 at Welland by Joel Brigts. | Sider, Anna (I02374)
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