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| 751 | From John Cardiff's Nornet - Coates - Miss Rosa Coates, 19, born 25 Jul 1881 in Ontario, domestic, residing in the household of J. Don Abraham - 1901 Census of Delhi Middlesex Marriages, Jos. N. Pettit, Aged 20 Years, Resides Strathroy, Born Middleton Township, Bachelor, Carpenter, Father Son of Osias and Catharine Pettit, Rosey Coates, Aged 21 Years, Resides Strathroy, Born Simcoe, Spinster, Daughter of Thomas and Charlotte Coates, Witnesses Harry Lindsay, Strathroy, Alma Lindsay, Strathroy, October 28th 1902 at Strathroy, Groom Methodist, Bride Methodist, Solemnized by Rev. J. R. Gundry, by License, Registered November 4, 1902 Norfolk Births, Middleton - Pettit Alice Irene, Female, May 30, 1903, Father Joseph N. Pettit, Mother Rosa Coats, Occupation of Father Farmer, Resides Middleton, Accoucheur Dr. Graham, Informant Joseph N. Pettit, Registered Jun 23, 1903 Norfolk Marriages, Wallace Lister, Aged 31 Years, Resides Township of Windham, Norfolk, Born Township of Windham, Norfolk, Bachelor, Farmer, Baptist, Father A. W. Lister, Born Haldimand County, Mother Elma Stringer, Alice Irene Pettit, Aged 20 Years, Resides Township of Windham, Norfolk, Born Township of Middleton, Norfolk, Methodist, Father Jos. N. Pettit, Born Norfolk County, Mother Rosa Coates, Witnesses J. T. H. Pettit, Nixon, Ontario, Edna Scott, Otterville, 23rd April 1924 at Residence, Township of Windham, Norfolk County, Solemnized by A. W. Plyley, Delhi, Methodist, Certificate No. 2751, Jas. A. Lawson Issuer of Marriage Licenses at Delhi | Coates, Rosa (I05955)
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| 752 | From John Cardiff's Nornet = Glover - James P. Glover married Sarah Colwell of Charlotteville, 22 Nov 1857. Witnesses: Jerome Davis; Irvina Colwell [GJR - SR19010321] Talbot Marriages - James P. Glover and Sarah Colwell, Charlotteville, November 20th 1851 by License On the 1861 Census of Charlotteville, Norfolk, Canada West are: Chas Glover, Farmer, Born Upper Canada, W. M., Aged 67, Male, Married Charlotte Glover, Born Upper Canada, W. M., Aged 67, Female, Married James Glover, Born Upper Canada, W. M., Aged 28, Male, Married Sarah Glover, Born Upper Canada, W. M., Aged 27, Female, Married Marey Glover, Born Upper Canada, W. M., Aged 7, Female, Single Charlotte Glover, Born Upper Canada, W. M., Aged 3, Female, Single Margt Glover, Born Upper Canada, W. M., Aged 1, Female, Single On the 1871 Census of Charlotteville, Norfolk South, Ontario are: Glover James O,, Male, Aged 39, Born Ontario, German, P. Methodist, Carpenter, Married Glover Sarah A., Female, Aged 38, Born Ontario, German, P. Methodist, Married Glover Charlotte, Female, Aged 13, Born Ontario, German, P. Methodist, Single Glover Mary L., Female, Aged 17, Born Ontario, English, W. Methodist, Single Glover Margaret, Female, Aged 11, Born Ontario, German, P. Methodist, Single Glover William, Male, Aged 7, Born Ontario, German, P. Methodist, Single Glover Orpha A., Female, Aged 4, Born Ontario, German, P. Methodist, Single Glover James F., Male, Aged 8/12, Born August, Born Ontario, German, P. Methodist, Single On the 1881 Census of Charlotteville, Norfolk South, Ontario are: James Glover, Married, Male, Born Ontario, Aged 48, Carpenter, C. Methodist Sarah A. Glover, Married, Female, Born Ontario, Aged 47, C. Methodist Magga Glover, Single, Female, Born Ontario, Aged 21, C. Methodist William Glover, Single, Male, Born Ontario, Aged 17, C. Methodist Anna B. Glover, Single, Female, Born Ontario, Aged 14, C. Methodist Frank Glover, Single, Male, Born Ontario, Aged 10, C. Methodist Charles W. Glover, Single, Male, Born Ontario, Aged 8, C. Methodist Allen Glover, Single, Male, Born Ontario, Aged 5, C . Methodist Mandy Glover, Single, Female, Born Ontario, Aged 3, C. Methodist Ruth Glover, Single, Female, Born Ontario, Aged 1, C. Methodist | Glover, James P. (I16746)
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| 753 | From John Cardiff's Nornet = Murphy -- Sarah, wife of John Murphy and daughter of late Thomas. M. Brown of Moncton, N. B., died 31 Dec 1884 at Jarvis, Ont. Funeral from home of her mother, Mrs. Thomas. M. Brown of Moncton. Leaves husband and four children [BC18850114] | Brown, Sarah Elizabeth (I20471)
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| 754 | From John Cardiff's Nornet _ Overholt -- Isaac Overholt married Susanna Van Loon of Rainham, 11 May 1834. Witnesses: Jacob Van Loon; John Osborne [GJR - SR19010307] On the 1852 Census of Townsend, Norfolk, Canada West are: Isaac Overholt, Farmer, Born Canada, Baptist C., Married, Aged 40, Male Susannah Overholt, Born Canada, Baptist C., Married, Aged 35, Female William H. Overholt, Born Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 17, Male Amy Overholt, Born Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 14, Female Jane Overholt, Born Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 9, Female Sarah Overholt, Born Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 8, Female Lyman Overholt, Born Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 6, Male Mary C. Overholt, Born Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 4, Female On the 1861 Census of Townsend, Norfolk, Canada West are: Isaac Overholt, Farmer, Born Upper Canada, Baptist, Aged 49, Male, Married Susannah Overholt, Housekeeper, Born Upper Canada, Baptist, Aged 44, Female, Married Sarah Overholt, Born Upper Canada, Baptist, Aged 17, Female, Single Lyman Overholt, Born Upper Canada, Baptist, Aged 15, Male, Single Mary Overholt, Born Upper Canada, Baptist, Aged 13, Female, Single | Overholt, Isaac (I14262)
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| 755 | From John Cardiff's Nornet- Scofield -- Norman I. Scofield, 12, drowned in Silver Lake 19 Feb 1890 in Port Dover [BC18900226] Thin Ice On Silver Lake Cause Of Triple Drowning February 21, 1890 Last Wednesday afternoon about 1:00 o'clock an accident of the most appalling description that ever took place in Port Dover happened on Silver Lake, opposite Mr. Quin's grove; whereby three young lads lost their lives while skating. Their names were: Frank Fairchild - only son of Mr. Hirman Fairchild Norman I. Scofield - eldest son of Mrs. Chauncey Scofield; who it will be remembered lost another son in the same stream one recent summer. George A. Bailey - youngest son of Mrs. Wm. Bailey The boys' ages ranged from 11 to 13 years. The ice at this season usually swarms with young people and in consequence of the almost fatal accident reported elsewhere that occurred in the morning, the teachers warned all the pupils to beware of the ice that day; but the joyous inexperience of youth caused the warning to be neglected by these and one or two others. It appears one of the boys skated into an "air hole" and two others went to his assistance; when all were drawn in and desperate struggle for life ensued. One of the boys appears to have succeeded in getting out, but was afterwards dragged in again. Owing to the above mentioned warning the witnesses were few and too far off to see who went in first; only one person arrived in time to see the last boy go down. The telephones from the Roller and Knitting Mills were used to call out to the citizens, and a large crowd of eager workers with sad hearts promptly assembled on the banks, and with the aid of th "ice cutters hooks", etc., the bodies were recovered in about half and hour; from a depth of about 12 ft. of water. Processions of strong men and youths bore the bodies of the little fellows so recently gliding swiftly about on the smooth but treacherous ice; in all the joyous gladness of youth and health, to the homes of their agonized parents, where vain efforts were made to bring back the vital spark. | Scofield, Norman Innes (I16666)
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| 756 | From John Cardiff's Nornet: A transcription of a page 5 article from the 17 Jun 1915 Simcoe Reformer. The Late Mrs. Stoddard Delhi, June 15. -- On Sunday, June 13 death claimed a victim in the person of Mrs. Robert Stoddard, in her 69th year. Deceased, whose maiden name was Caroline Crysler, was the daughter of Roger Crysler, and was one of a family of fourteen children of whom six survive, viz.: Mrs. Esther Ball of St. Thomas; Mrs. Sarah Barker, Ezra, Roger and Fred, all of Delhi. At the age of twenty-one she was married to Robert Stoddard, a prosperous farmer, and this occupation they followed until 1871, when they opened the popular hostelry ever since known as the Stoddard House. After her husband's death six years ago deceased continuted to reside here, but for the past year has been visiting her children in Berlin and Toronto. Although it was generally known that her health was failing, the news of her death was unexpected; and created profound sorrow amonst her many warm and life-long friends. Deceased was a staunch and active member of the Anglican church. She leaves to mourn her loss two sons: Norman of Montreal; Charles of Vancouver; and three daughters: Mrs. Byron Power of Berlin; Mrs. (Dr.) J. F. Honsberger, Berlin; and Mrs. M. E. Sowden of Toronto. The funeral took place on Wednesday from St. Alban's church, the remains being interred in Delhi cemetery. The services were conducted by Rev. T. L. Armstrong. | Crysler, Caroline (I11615)
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| 757 | From John Cardiff's Nornet: Cline - to Mary Jane Cline, wife of lighthouse tender Edward J. Dickinson, a son: Boyd, 11 Oct 1884 [Ontario Vital Stats Registration 022404] - to wife of Edward Dickinson, a son, 11 Oct 1884 at the West End Lighthouse on Long Point [PC18841022] Norfolk Marriages - Dickinson Boyd, Aged 19 Years, Resides Port Rowan, Born Long Point, Bachelor, Farmer, Father Edward Dickinson, Mother Mary Jane Cline, Hathaway Bertha, Aged 18 Years, Resides St. Williams, Born St. Williams, Spinster, Father Wm. P. Hathaway, Mother Elsie S. Fitchworth, Witnesses Hattie G. Doolittle, Vittoria, Vivian Fisher, Vittoria, November 29th 1904 at Vittoria, Groom Methodist, Bride Methodist, Solemnized by Rev. Thos. Doolittle, by License, Registered November 29th 1904, R. W. McCall Division Registrar of Charlotteville | Dickinson, Boyd (I10227)
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| 758 | From John Cardiff's Nornet: Haun -- Miss Ora Bell Haun of Port Dover married Samuel H. Ryerse of Port Dover, 24 Dec 1900 in Port Dover [SR19010103] On the 1901 Census of Port Dover, Woodhouse, Ontario are: Ryerse Samuel H., Male, Head, Married, Born November 8, 1877, Aged 23, Born Ontario, English, Canadian, Laborer Ryerse Ora B., Femalek, Wife, Married, Born October 15, 1880, Aged 20, Born Ontario, English, Canadian, Methodist Maneer Fanny F., Female, Daughter(sic), Single, Born September 6, 1877, Aged 23, Born Ontario, English, Canadian, Methodist Norfolk Births, Woodhouse - Ryerse Not Named, Male, March 28th 1902, Father Samuel Ryerse, Mother Ora Haun, Occupation of Father Laborer, Resides Woodhouse, Accoucheur Dr. Hicks, Informant E. S. Hicks, Registered March 28th 1902, Died in 10 Minutes Norfolk Deaths, Woodhouse - Ryerse Not Named, Male, March 28th 1902, Aged 20 Minutes, Lot 17, Concession 2, Single, None, Born Woodhouse, Cause of Death Not Given, Physician Dr. Hicks, Religion None, Informant E. S. Hicks, Registered March 28th 1902, Frank Bowlby Division Registrar of Woodhouse Norfolk Deaths, Woodhouse - Ryerse Ora, Female, March 29th 1902, Aged 22, Lot 17, Concession 2, Married, Domestic Worker, Not Known Where Born, Cause of Death Puerpural Convulsions, Physician Drs. Hicks & Kennedy, Methodist, Informant E. S. Hicks, Registered March 30th 1902, Frank Bowlby Division Registrar of Woodhouse | Ryerse, Samuel H. (I10732)
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| 759 | From John Cardiff's Nornet: Haun -- Miss Ora Bell Haun of Port Dover married Samuel H. Ryerse of Port Dover, 24 Dec 1900 in Port Dover [SR19010103] On the 1901 Census of Port Dover, Woodhouse, Ontario are: Ryerse Samuel H., Male, Head, Married, Born November 8, 1877, Aged 23, Born Ontario, English, Canadian, Laborer Ryerse Ora B., Femalek, Wife, Married, Born October 15, 1880, Aged 20, Born Ontario, English, Canadian, Methodist Maneer Fanny F., Female, Daughter(sic), Single, Born September 6, 1877, Aged 23, Born Ontario, English, Canadian, Methodist Norfolk Births, Woodhouse - Ryerse Not Named, Male, March 28th 1902, Father Samuel Ryerse, Mother Ora Haun, Occupation of Father Laborer, Resides Woodhouse, Accoucheur Dr. Hicks, Informant E. S. Hicks, Registered March 28th 1902, Died in 10 Minutes Norfolk Deaths, Woodhouse - Ryerse Not Named, Male, March 28th 1902, Aged 20 Minutes, Lot 17, Concession 2, Single, None, Born Woodhouse, Cause of Death Not Given, Physician Dr. Hicks, Religion None, Informant E. S. Hicks, Registered March 28th 1902, Frank Bowlby Division Registrar of Woodhouse Norfolk Deaths, Woodhouse - Ryerse Ora, Female, March 29th 1902, Aged 22, Lot 17, Concession 2, Married, Domestic Worker, Not Known Where Born, Cause of Death Puerpural Convulsions, Physician Drs. Hicks & Kennedy, Methodist, Informant E. S. Hicks, Registered March 30th 1902, Frank Bowlby Division Registrar of Woodhouse | Haun, Ora Bell (I10726)
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| 760 | From John Cardiff's Nornet: Long - Jessie Annetta, 10 months 16 days, daughter of Henry Long, died 24 Oct 1902 in Port Dover [SR19021106] -- Jessie Annetta Long, born 9 Dec 1901, died 24 Oct 1902 [Port Dover stone] | Long, Jessie Annetta (I11330)
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| 761 | From John Cardiff's Nornet: Mitchell - Charity, 43, wife of George Mitchell, daughter of Adam Misener of Woodhouse, died 1 Oct 1861 in Woodhouse [NR18611010p3] On the 1881 Census of Woodhouse, Norfolk, Ontario are: Sarah A. Mitchell, Female, Widowed, Female, Irish, Aged 38, Born Ontario, Farmer, Presbyterian Mary K. Mitchell, Female, Scottish, Aged 15, Born Ontario, Presbyterian George Mitchell, Male, Scottish, Aged 13, Born Ontario, Going to School, Presbyterian Henry Mitchell, Male, Scottish, Aged 11, Born Ontario, Going to School, Presbyterian Charity J. Mitchell, Female, Scottish, Aged 3, Born Ontario, Presbyterian John Wm. Mitchell, Male, Scottish, Aged 1, Born Ontario, Presbyterian Henry Long, Male, Aged 23, Born Ontario, Farm Laborer, Presbyterian Jessie A. Collins, Widowed, Female, Scottish, Aged 23, Born Ontario, Presbyterian Edith M. Collins, Female, Scottish, Aged 2, Born Ontario, Presbyterian Norfolk Deaths, Woodhouse - George Mitchell, December 7th 1880, Male, Aged 47 Years, Farmer, Born Scotland, Cause of Death Inflamation of Bowels, Duration 4 Days, Physician Dr. J. W. Steward, Informant Rev. William Craigie, Port Dover, Registered December 13th 1880, Presbyterian, Thos. M. England Division Registrar of Woodhouse Norfolk Deaths, Port Dover - Mitchell Sarah Ann, Female, Aged 74 Years 28 Days, Date of Death November 14th 1916, Born Canada, Place of Death Port Dover, Place of Burial Woodhouse Cemetery, Widow, Father Henry Sharp, Mother Mary Kennedy, Cause of Death Anemia &c, Duration 6 Months, Immediate Cause of Death Failure of Heart, Duration 12 Hours, Physician Dr. J. F. Jolley, Port Dover, Informant Geo. Mitchell, Port Dover, Date of Return November 15th 1916, Jas. Sloan Division Registrar of Port Dover | Mitchell, George (I11320)
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| 762 | From John Cardiff's Nornet: Mitchell - Miss Jessie Anne Mitchell of Woodhouse married farmer Byron Collins of Woodhouse 14 Feb 1878 in Simcoe [BC18780220p3] Norfolk Deaths, Woodhouse - Bartholomew Collins, October 2nd 1880, Male, Aged 61 Years, Pedlar, Born Ireland, Cause of Death Apoplexia, Instant Death, Physician None, Informant John Innes, Port Dover, Registered October 5th 1880, Methodist, Thos. M. England Division Registrar of Woodhouse | Mitchell, Jessie Ann (I11319)
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| 763 | From John Cardiff's Nornet: Mitchell - Miss Jessie Anne Mitchell of Woodhouse married farmer Byron Collins of Woodhouse 14 Feb 1878 in Simcoe [BC18780220p3] | Collins, Byron (I11338)
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| 764 | From John Cardiff's Nornet: Mitchell - Pearl, 17, daughter of George Mitchell, died 18 Sep 1908 in Woodhouse [BC19080930] - Pearl, 17, daughter of George Mitchell, died Tuesday 8 Sep 1908 in Woodhouse [SR19080924] | Mitchell, Edith "Pearl" (I11365)
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| 765 | From John Cardiff's Nornet: Mudge -- Miss Mercy Mudge of Brandy Creek married Collin Reece of Brandy Creek, 16 Oct 1895 at her parents' home in Brandy Creek [SR18951031] | Reece, Colin G. (I13789)
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| 766 | From John Cardiff`s Nornet Howden -- Chas. Howden of Saganing [sic], Mich. married Mina Miller of Vittoria, 6 Aug 1900 in Simcoe [SR19000809] | Howden, Charlie (I21596)
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| 767 | From John Cardiff`s Nornet¸ Howden -- Emma Howden, 18, born in Walpole, resident of Charlotteville, daughter of George and Anna, married Walter Newkirk, 21, farmer, born in Walsingham, resident of Charlotteville, son of John and Susan, 21 Nov 1883 in Vittoria. Witnesses: Walter and Hannah Price of Walsingham [Ontario Vital Stats 008053] | Howden, Emma (I21605)
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| 768 | From Les Barker's Website - John Gifford, born 1800, died 1872, was married to Rebecca Meade before 1826. Rebecca was the daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Meade, born in 1805 in Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, still living in 1881. She had been married first to Reuben Bacon. In the 1881 South Cayuga Census she is listed as a widow, 76 years old, Baptist, born in Ontario. She is a head of household living next to her son, George. Perhaps she had her own dwelling on the farm or maybe she lived in one part of the house with George and his family living in the other. John Gifford was buried at the South Cayuga Baptist Church Cemetery. Rebecca Gifford died 14th June, 1882. Together they raised a family of ten children. a - Eliza Jane Bacon, 1824-1904, daughter of Rebecca and Reuben Bacon, married to Philip Vasbinder. b - Edwin, 1826-1904, married to Mary Ann Cooper. c - Maxwell, 1827-1913, married to 1) Margaret Houser; 2) Maria Anger; 3) Catherine Windecker Harkness d - Maria, 1830-1879, married to Peter Anger. e - Mary Jane, 1832-1836. f - Benjamin, 1833-1888, married to Elsie Senn. g - Henry, born 1835, married to Hanna McColl h - George, 1838-1911, married to Mary Ann Windecker i - Thomas, 1843-1909, married to Susan Topp. j - Elizabeth, 1842-1814, married to William Burnham. On the 1852 Census of Cayuga, Haldimand, Ontario are: John Gifford, Farmer, Born United States, Baptist, Married, Aged 51, Male Rebecca Gifford, Born Dover, Upper Canada, Baptist, Married, Aged 47, Female Maria Gifford, Born South Cayuga, No Religion, Single, Aged 21, Female Benjamin Gifford, Born South Cayuga, No Religiont, Single, Aged 20, Male Henry Gifford, Born South Cayuga, No Religion, Single, Aged 16, Male George Gifford, Born South Cayuga, No Religion, Single, Aged 14, Male Thomas Gifford, Born South Cayuga, Baptist, No Religion, Aged 12, Male Elizabeth Gifford, Born South Cayuga, No Religion, Single, Aged 8, Female Mary Lidgett, Born Atlantic Ocean, passage from Ireland, No Religion, Single, Aged 16, Female Mary Norlie, Born United States, Baptist, Married, Aged 45, Female Haldimand Deaths, South Cayuga - John Gifford, 16th October 1872, Male, Aged 72 Years, Farmer, Born York State U. S., Certified by - by Order of Corner's Inq., Dropped Dead in the Bush. Mr. Weatherby, Coroner, Held the Inquest, Informant George Gifford, Farmer, South Cayuga, Registered 9th Novemer 1872, Baptist, Isaac Fry, Division Registrar of South Cayuga Haldimand Haldimand Deaths, South Cayuga - Rebecca Gifford, 14th June 1882, Female, Aged 78 Years, Widow of John Gifford, Born Province of Nova Scotia, Cause of Death No Certificate, Said to have taken a paralytic stroke, Ill about one week, Physician Dr. Heartwell, Informant Benjamin M. Gifford, Watchmaker, Port Rowan, Ontario, Registered 16th June 1882, Baptist, Isaac Fry Division Regitrar of South Cayuga | Gifford, John Robert (I05831)
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| 769 | From Mead of Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County, Upper Canada Compiled by R. Robert Mutrie THE FIRST GENERATION IN NORFOLK Mead, Richard, born at Loudon, Co., Virginia c. 1751, died at Woodhouse Twp., Norfolk Co., Upper Canada on 13 May 1837 ae 86y. He married at Pittsgrove Baptist Church, Daretown, Salem Co., New Jersey on 29 Aug 1772, Parneal/Parnel Sutton (daughter of Thomas Sutton). Richard was buried in Old Woodhouse Methodist Church Cemetery, Woodhouse Twp. Richard moved with his parents from Virginia to Pittsgrove Twp., Salem Co., New Jersey in 1765. He was listed in the New Jersey Rateables in 1773 and 1774. Richard was listed in the Pittsgrove Militia Unit on 1 Aug 1774. During the American Revolution, Richard served in Jacob Dubois' Company, 1st Battalion of the New Jersey Volunteers, listed in a Muster Roll of 1 Feb 1777. He then enlisted in the 2nd Company Corps on 1 Mar 1778. He was discharged as a Sergeant at the corps' reduction. He was among the Loyalists listed in an Act passed by the New Jersey Legislature confiscating their estates in 1778. Others listed included his brother-in-law Hugh Cowperthwaite and his father-in-law Thomas Sutton. Richard's estate was valued in excess of £191. SETTLEMENT IN NOVA SCOTIA AND NEW BRUNSWICK Richard Mead went to Nova Scotia in 1783 and received a grant of 300 acres in Digby Twp., Digby County in 1784. He received a grant of a town lot in Lunenburg, Chester Co. in 1788. Richard was listed in a muster roll of discharged and disbanded officers, soldiers and Loyalists mustered at Digby on 29 May 1784. His family was listed as one man, one woman, one child over ten and two children under ten He settled next at Pennfield, New Brunswick. In Jun 1785, he was elected a Road Master of Pennfield. On 10 Mar 1789, Richard was appointed to examine accounts and proceedings of a committee chosen to distribute English donations to the colony. A list of transactions and proceedings of Quakers who agreed to settle on the St. John River listed Parneal Mead, wife of Richard Mead, a member of New Jersey with her children Benjamin, Parneal and Margaret, at which time they were at Beaver Harbour. SETTLEMENT IN UPPER CANADA During the administration of Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe, Mead came to the province with Captain Nathan Barnum in 1792 or 1793, and received a promise of a grant from himself and his family. He then returned to New Brunswick and disposed of his property much under its value. On 30 Jul 1799, Richard Mead filed an Upper Canada Land Petition stating that he was late from New Brunswick and came into the Province about a month earlier with his family - wife, 2 sons, 2 daughters. One son was aged 25 years and one daughter was married to George Salmon, also in province. An attached certificate of Samuel Ryerse stated that Richard Mead was 49 years old, born in Virginia, a tanner. Richard received a recommendation for a lot on Yonge Street in York County. On 8 Apr 1800, Mead was a signer of a petition to the London District Court for better regulation of the public roads. On 16 Jun 1802, he purchased from Thomas Hamilton 400 acres in Lot 2, Concession 1 and Lot 15, Concession 1, Woodhouse Twp. On 22 Jun 1802, Mead sold to John Conrad Lot 2, Concession 1. On 29 Jun 1803 he purchased from Abraham Taylor 100 acres in the north part of Lot 4, Concession 2 Woodhouse Twp. On 2 Feb 1804, he purchased from William Francis 100 acres in the north part of Lot 4, Concession 2, Woodhouse Twp. On 8 Sep 1804, he sold to John Havens Lot 15, Concession 1, Woodhouse Twp. On 8 Mar 1810, he purchased from Peter Walker 100 acres in the north part of Lot 8, Concession 3, Woodhouse Twp. On 25 Oct 1806, Richard Mead was a signer of a general petition of Loyalist officers and soldiers resident in the London District who came from New Brunswick, requesting a grant of land and their names on the United Empire Loyalist List. On 2 Jul 1816, Mead filed an Upper Canada Land Petition noting his service during the American Revolution, his former residency in Nova Scotia, and his visit to Upper Canada during which he received a promise of a grant from Lieutenant Governor Simcoe. When he returned in 1799, to settle, he learned that Simcoe had returned to Europe and a new Order in Council respecting U. E. Loyalists had come into effect. He requested relief. An attached affadavit if Robert Nichol described Mead as "a very worthy man who has suffered some wrong owing to his having come from a great distance". Mead was given a grant for 100 ares of land. In the 1834 Assessment of Woodhouse Twp., Richard Mead was listed after his son Benjamin as a household head with 1 male over 16, 1 female over 16, and none under 16. He had no land or house listed, apparently then residing with his son. Richard had 1 horse and 2 cows. | Mead, Richard (I07292)
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| 770 | From Mead of Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County, Upper Canada Compiled by R. Robert Mutrie THE SECOND GENERATION Mead Benjamin (son of Richard Mead), born in the American Colonies on 3 Aug 1773, died at South Cayuga, Haldimand County, Canada West on 31 Jan 1857 ae 83y 5m. He married Elizabeth - (a young lady of German descent who came to the Long Point Settlement with the Dedrick family), born c. 1785, died on 23 Sep 1848 in 64th y. They were buried in Old Woodhouse Methodist Church Cemetery, Woodhouse Twp. EARLY LIFE As a youth, Benjamin was apprenticed as a tanner. He went with his parents to New Brunswick then to Woodhouse Twp, Norfolk Co, Upper Canada in 1799. SETTLEMENT IN UPPER CANADA During the early 1800's the Governor of Upper Canada set aside one-seventh of all land to be leased out for the support of government and clergy. Prospective settlers could apply for this land by petition. On 1 Oct 1799, Benjamin Mead filed an Upper Canada Land petition stating that he was desirous to settle in Woodhouse Twp. and requested a lease on Lot 12, Concession 1, Woodhouse Twp. located on the east side of Patterson's Creek and Lot 13, Concession 1, Woodhouse Twp. The Executive Council noted that the lot was reserved for the village of Lynn and denied the request. Mead filed a second petition dated 10 Nov 1799 requesting a lease on lots 12 and 13. An attached certificate of Samuel Ryerse stated that he was 26 years of age, born in New Jersey. The Executive Council again noted that these lots were reserved for the village of Lynn. On 25 Feb 1803, Mead purchased from Jonathan Williams 75 acres of land in the northwest part of Lot 8, Concession 1, Woodhouse Twp. Mead made this his subsequent homestead. The property was located between the Lake Erie shore and present Highway 6 on the west side of present Port Dover. He built a tannery on his land. On 26 Mar 1802, Mead rendered an account owed by the London District Court of £14/17/6 apparently for unspecified services rendered. He served as Grand Juror on 8 Jun 1802, 13 Sep 1803, 11 Sep 1804 (Foreman), 9 Sep 1806, 8 Sep 1807, 13 Sep 1808. On 12 Mar 1805, he was appointed Clerk of Woodhouse, Walpole and Rainham Townships. During the War of 1812, Lieutenant Benjamin Mead commanded a Company of men raised in the Port Dover area of Woodhouse Twp. under the Second Regiment of Norfolk County Militia. In a muster roll for the period 25 Apr to 24 May 1814, Lieutenant Mead had 20 men serving under him. He was present at the taking of Detroit and the engagements at Lundy's Lane and Malcolm's Hollow and raised to the postition of Captain. ASSESSMENTS AND CENSUS In the 1829 Assessment of Woodhouse Twp., his property was valued at £149. In the 1834 Assessment, he was recorded in the west half of Lot 8, Concession 1, Woodhouse Twp. with 50 acres cultivated, 25 acres uncultivated, a one-storey frame house, 2 horses, 1 ox, 4 cows and 4 horned cattle. In the household were 2 males over 16, 2 females over 16 and 3 males under 16. In 1836 he was taxed 15s11p at Woodhouse Twp. On 24 Mar 1830, Benjamin Mead was issued a Crown Patent for 105 acres in the east half of Lot 9, Concession 1, Woodhouse Twp. In the 1852 Census of Woodhouse Twp., Benjamin Mead was listed as a gentleman, aged 78, born in the United States, Widower, residing with George and Mary Ann Higgins. In his later years, Benjamin lived with hid daughter Rebecca and her husband John Gifford at South Cayuga, Haldimand County. OBITUARY The Obituary of Benjamin Mead appeared in the Conservative Standard newspaper, issue of 5 Feb 1857: "Died. At the residence of his son-in-law, John Gifford, Esq., South Cayuga on Saturday the 31st ult., Benjamin Meade, aged 83 years and 6 months. The deceased was one of the oldest residents of this part of Canada, having settled in this county nearly sixty years ago, and over fifty years since he cultivated the farm on which his son Mr. Richard Meade, of Simcoe, now resides. He was strongly attached to British institutions, and held a Captain's commission in the Militia during the late American War, and was present at the taking of Detroit, the battle of Lundy's Lane, and Malcolm's Hollow. He was buried on Tuesday at the old Methodist Chapel, Woodhouse, a very large conourse of people accompanying his remains to their last resting place. The funeral sermon was preached by Rev. Mr. Burtch." From 200 YEARS OF MEMORIES Vittoria Bicentennial Book ....In 1810, the Tisdale Brothers Syndicate was formed. This was a partnership organized among Lot, Joseph, Samuel and Matthew Tisdales and Mr. Benjamin Mead for the purpose of carrying on a general mercantile business. A site was selected for the business just east of the village of Vittoria. Just two weeks to the day after the partners went into the woods to get out the timber for the construction of their store, the building was completed and in running order..... | Mead, Benjamin (I05870)
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| 771 | From Mead of Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County, Upper Canada Compiled by R. Robert Mutrie THE THIRD GENERATION Mead, Catherine (daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Mead), born at Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County, Upper Canada. She married Frederick Gibbs. They lived in the United States for at time then settled in Walpole Twp. Haldimand Co., located to the east of Woodhouse Twp. After Catherine died Frederick Gibbs married Esther Doan. The will of Frederick Gibbs was dated in 1864 (Haldimand No. 353) and included the following children: Philip Gibbs, William Gibbs, Benjamin Gibbs, Freeman Gibbs, Elloner Hardin, Philey Lavigne, Mary Buckley, deceased (her heirs), Eliza Jane Dennis and Sylvester Gibbs. On the 1852 Census of Walpole, Haldimand, Ontario are: Frederick Gibbs, Farmer, Born United States, Religion None, Married, Aged 52, Male Ester Gibbs, Born Upper Canada, Baptist, Married, Aged 44, Female Philly Gibbs, Born Upper Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 15, Female Freeman Gibbs, Born Upper Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 12, Male Eliza Gibbs, Born Upper Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 9, Female Sylvester Gibbs, Born Upper Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 6, Male Mary Doan, Born United States, Baptist, Widowed, Aged 87, Female On the 1881 Census of Walpole, Haldimand, Ontario are: Sylvester Gibbs, Male, Scottish, Aged 42, Born Ontario, Farmer, Baptist Esther Gibbs, Widowed, Female, Irish, Aged 72, Born Ontario, Baptist | Gibbs, Frederick L. (I07299)
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| 772 | From Mead of Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County, Upper Canada Compiled by R. Robert Mutrie THE THIRD GENERATION Mead, Catherine (daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Mead), born at Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County, Upper Canada. She married Frederick Gibbs. They lived in the United States for at time then settled in Walpole Twp. Haldimand Co., located to the east of Woodhouse Twp. After Catherine died Frederick Gibbs married Esther Doan. The will of Frederick Gibbs was dated in 1864 (Haldimand No. 353) and included the following children: Philip Gibbs, William Gibbs, Benjamin Gibbs, Freeman Gibbs, Elloner Hardin, Philey Lavigne, Mary Buckley, deceased (her heirs), Eliza Jane Dennis and Sylvester Gibbs. | Mead, Catherine (I07298)
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| 773 | From Memoirs Garden, a passage written by Willis Shoup - "We will mention but three of Uncle Crystal's family, with whom we were always fairly intimate because they lived at Springvale. Levi lived on his father's homestead. Two of Levi's sisters married Peter and Abraham Winger, also of Springvale. The writer lived a year with Mrs. Peter Winger, known as Aunt Abbey, both Levi and Aunt Abbey were very highly honoured and esteemed citizens." | Shoup, Abigail "Abbie" (I02345)
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| 774 | From Norfolk Genealogy @ www.nornet.on.ca/~jcardiff Camfield -- Hannah McGaw, 78 years 11 months, widow of Ziba Wm. Camfield, died 12 Sep 1900, at home of her son, Delos Camfield, near Windham Centre | McGaw, Hannah (I02906)
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| 775 | From Pioneer Sketches of Long Point Settlement by A. E. Owen Noah Fairchild married Elizabeth, daughter of Donald McCall, before he came to the settlement. As a U. E. Loyalist he drew Lot 13, 5th Concession of Charlotteville, upon which he settled. By his first marriage he had one son, Nathaniel; and five daughters - Jemima, Elsie, Rebecca, Mary and Elizabeth. After the pioneer mother died, Mr. Fairchild married Mary Nevill, by whom he had one son, Noah; and five daughters - Deborah, Mahala, Phoebe, Esther and Anseletta. Noah Fairchild died in 1833, in his 61st year. His wife Elizabeth died in 1806 in her 25th year; and his wife Mary, in 1856, in her 67th year. Nathaniel Fairchild, eldest son of Noah, married Anna Palmerston, and settled on the homestead, where he raised a family. His son Henry married into the Tinbrook family, and settled in the township. One daughter, Elizabeth, settled in Michigan; and another, Hetty, married into the Townsend Fairchild family. There was a daughter Jane, and another, Sarah, in the family. The father died in 1847, in his 44th year; and the mother died the following year, in her 41st year. Jemima Fairchild, eldest daughter of Noah, married John Brown of Middleton. Her children are enumerated in the Brown family genealogy. Elsie Fairchild, second daughter of Noah, married Francis L. Walsh. Her children are enumerated in the Walsh family genealogy. Rebecca Fairchild, third daughter of Noah, married David Hutchinson, and settled in Malahide. She is a widow, and has reacher her 93rd year. Her children are enumerated with the Hutchinsons. Mary and Elizabeth Fairchild, youngest daughters of Noah, by his first wife, were twin sisters. The former married James Haze, as his second wife, and died childless; and the latter married Cornelius Corless, and settled in Townsend. Subsequently she married Peter Beal. She had two daughters - Rebecca and Mahala; the first of whom married in the Hazleton family, and the second one married Richard Churchill, and settled in Boston. Noah Fairchild, only son of Noah by his second wife, married Sarah Palmerston, and settled on the homestead. He had two daughters, both of whom died young. Mr. Fairchild died in 1839 in his 29th year. His widow subsequently married Jacob McCall. Deborah Fairchild, eldest daughter of the original Noah, by his second wife, married John Blainey, and died in 1840, in her 31st year. Mahala Fairchild, the second daughter, died single in 1834, in her 20th year. Phoebe Fairchild, the third daughter, died single in 1837, in her 21st year. Esther Fairchild, the fourth daughter, settled in the Western States. Anseletta Fairchild, youngest daughter of the original Noah, married Alanson Wood. The Fairchild family, of Charlotteville, are the descendants of Abiel Fairchild, of New Jersey. In the New Jersey family was a daughter, Rebecca, who married a Smith, and settled in that State. Subsequently, she was left a widow and came to Long Point, and lived with her brother Noah until her death, which occurred in 1847, in her 77th year. Noah Fairchild's family were victims of the dread destroyer of human life - consumption. | Fairchild, Noah (I14550)
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| 776 | From Roger Harris - Benjamin and Margaret farmed the South East Quarter of Lot 6, Concession 4 in Rainham Township. They purchased these 49 1/2 acres on the 22nd of June 1863 from Jacob Winger for $1000. They immediately resold 2 acres to a neighbour who was retiring, for $100. and gave Benjamin's parents the right to live there for the rest of their natural lives. It appears that Benjamin was bank-rolled by his father. Benjamin helped finance the publication of the Haldimand County Atlas in 1879. From this, we learn the year of his birth and that he was a farmer. The property was sold in January 1888 to a John Nauman (9 1/4 acres) and Peter Sitter Senior (38 1/4 acres) with 1/4 acre being reserved for the Lutheran Church and burying ground. In 1891 Benjamin was listed a Tenant at Lot 6, Concession 3, and in 1895 at Lot 17. We do not know where they moved to from here nor has a Will been found. On the 1861 Census of Rainham, Haldimand, Canada West are: Benjamin Ulman, Farmer, Born Upper Canada, Lutheran, Aged 27, Male, Married Margaret Ulman, Born Upper Canada, Lutheran, Aged 19, Female, Married Susan Ulman, Born Upper Canada, Lutheran, Aged 2, Female, Single Jacob Ulman, Born German States, Lutheran, Aged 66, Male, Married Magdalene Ulman, Born German States, Lutheran, Aged 61, Female, Married On the 1871 Census of Rainham, Haldimand, Ontario are: Ullman Benjamin, Male, Aged 36, Born Ontario, Lutheran, German, Farmer, Married Ullman Margaret, Female, Aged 28, Born Ontario, Lutheran, Unknown, Married Ullman Jacob, Male, Aged 8, Born Ontario, Lutheran, German, Single Ullman Louis, Male, Aged 5, Born Ontario, Lutheran, German, Single Ullman Edney, Female, Aged 2/12, Born January, Born Ontario, Lutheran, German, Single On the 1881 Census of Rainham, Haldimand, Ontario are: Ullman Benjamin, Male, Aged 46, Born Ontario, Lutheran, German, Farmer, Married Ullman Margaret, Female, Aged 39, Born Ontario, Lutheran, Holland, Married Ullman Jacob, Male, Aged 18, Born Ontario, Lutheran, German, Single Ullman Louis, Male, Aged 16, Born Ontario, Lutheran, German, Single Ullman Robert A., Male, Aged 8, Born Ontario, Lutheran, German, Single Ullman Henry, Male, Aged 6, Born Ontario, Lutheran, German, Single Ullman James Edward, Male, Aged 3, Born Ontario, Lutheran, German, Single Ullman George Andrew, Male, Aged 10/12, Born June, Born Ontario, Lutheran, German, Single Ullman Eliza Ann, Female, Aged 10, Born Ontario, Lutheran, German, Single Ullman Jacob, Male, Aged 86, Born Germany, Lutheran, German, Farmer | Ullman, Benjamin (I14991)
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| 777 | From Ron Cline's research we know that Frederick Cline who married Sarah Ann Glover was the son of Clement Cline and Catherine. (Cline, Clement, born 1798 or 1799 in US (NY or Penn?) to Jordan Station, Clinton Twp., Lincoln Co. in 1800 or 1801. Married to wife Catherine (?) in 1826 or 1827) On the 1871 Census of Woodhouse, Norfolk South, Ontario are: Cline Frederick, Male, Aged 39, Born Ontario, Messiah, German, Farmer, Married Cline Sarah A., Female, Aged 32, Born Ontario, Messiah, German, Married Cline Susan C., Female, Aged 11, Born Ontario, Messiah, German, Single Cline Alfretta, Female, Aged 10, Born Ontario, Messiah, German, Single Cline Alfreda, Female, Aged 10, Born Ontario, Messiah, German, Single Cline Mary J., Female, Aged 8, Born Ontario, Messiah, German, Single Cline Sarah E., Female, Aged 5, Born Ontario, Messiah, German, Single Cline James F., Male, Aged 2, Born Ontario, Messiah, German, Single Cline Anna, Female, Aged 4/12, Born December, Born Ontario, Messiah, German, Single Norfolk Births, Townsend - 30th October 1875, Frederick Augustus Cline, Male, Father Frederick Cline, Mother Sarah Ann Glover, Occupation of Father Farmer, Informant Frederick Cline, Farmer, Townsend, Tyrrell P. O., Registered 16th December 1875, Accoucheur Dr. Hayes, Lyman Collver Division Registrar of Townend (Frederick Cline also registered his nephew James William Cline the same day, son of his brother James Cline) On the 1881 Census of Charlotteville, Norfolk South, Ontario are: Fredrick Cline, Married, Male, Ontarian, Aged 49, Born Ontario, Farm, Messiah Sarah A Cline, Married, Female, Ontarian, Aged 42, Born Ontario, Messiah Susan Cline, Female, Ontarian, Aged 21, Born Ontario, Messiah Abetta Cline, Female, Ontarian, Aged 20, Born Ontario, Messiah Alfreta Cline, Female, Ontarian, Born Ontario, Messiah Mary Cline, Female, Ontarian, Aged 17, Born Ontario, Messiah Elizbeth Cline, Female, Ontarian, Aged 15, Born Ontario, Messiah Frank Cline, Male, Ontarian, Aged 13, Born Ontario, Messiah Fredrich Cline, Male, Aged 5, Born Ontario, Messiah Charles Cline, Male, Aged 2, Born Ontario, Messiah Walter Cline, Male, Aged 1, Born Ontario, Messiah On the 1891 Census of Charlotteville, Norfolk South, Ontario are: Cline Frederic, Male, Aged 58, Married, Head, Born Ontario, Father Born U. S., Mother Born Ontario, Messiah, Farmer Cline Sarah, Female, Aged 51, Married, Wife, Born Ontario, Father Born Ontario, Mother Born Ontario, Messiah Cline Fred., Male, Aged 15, Single, Son, Born Ontario, Father Born Ontario, Mother Born Ontario, Messiah Cline Chas., Male, Aged 14, Single, Son, Born Ontario, Father Born Ontario, Mother Born Ontario, Messiah Cline Walter, Male, Aged 12, Single, Son, Born Ontario, Father Born Ontario, Mother Born Ontario, Messiah On the 1901 Census of Village of St. Williams, Charlotteville, Norfolk South, Ontario are: Cline Sania, Female, Head, Widow, Born October 11, 1838, Aged 62, Born Ontario, English, Canadian, Messiah, Weaver? Cline Frederick, Male, Son, Single, Born October 30, 1875, Aged 25, Born Ontario, English, Canadian, No Religion, Laborer Cline Walter, Male, Grandson, Single, Born November 17, 1879, Aged 21, Born Ontario, English, Canadian, No Religion, Sailor On the 1911 Census of Charlotteville, Norfolk, Ontario are: Cline Sarah, Female, Head, Widowed, Born October 1838, Aged 72, Born Ontario, English, Canadian, Messia Glover Samuel, Male, Brother, Single, Born December 1836, Aged 74, Born Ontario, English, Canadian, Messia, Labourer Staley Con, Male, Lodger, Single, Born Novemer 1859, Aged 51, Born Ontario, English, Canadian, Methodist, Painter Norfolk Deaths, South Walsingham - Fredk Cline, March 3rd 1896, Aged 66 Years, Farmer, Born Canada, Cause of Death Progressive Anaemia, Physician Wm. Kennedy, Informant W. Kennedy M. D., Vittoria, Registered April 20th 1896, Baptist, J Phelan Division Registrar of South Walsingham Norfolk Deaths, Charlotteville - Cline Sarah, Female, White, Date of Death March 6th 1915, Aged 76 Years 4 Months 23 Days, Born Grimsby, Place of Death Lot 20, Concession 1, Charlotteville, Housewife, Widowed, Father John Glover, Mother Susan Dunmead, Physician W. A. Broddy, Certified by Edwd Deckman, St. Williams, Cause of Death Cancer of Stomach, Immediate Cause of Death Pyloris and Myocarditis and Heart Failure, Duration 1 Month, Physician W. A. Broddy, Pt. Rowan, Warren McDonald Sub Registrar of Charlotteville From John Cardiff's Nornet: Mrs. Fred Cline, 78, died Saturday at St. Williams. Funeral from home of her daughter, Mrs. Ed. Dickenson. Interred Johnson Cemetery. Survived by five daughters, four sons. Son Fred. of Toronto was visiting when she died [St. Williams Personals SR19150311p19] | Cline, Frederick (I01477)
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| 778 | From Ron Cline's research we know that Frederick Cline who married Sarah Ann Glover was the son of Clement Cline and Catherine. (Cline, Clement, born 1798 or 1799 in US (NY or Penn?) to Jordan Station, Clinton Twp., Lincoln Co. in 1800 or 1801. Married to wife Catherine (?) in 1826 or 1827) On the 1871 Census of Woodhouse, Norfolk South, Ontario are: Cline Frederick, Male, Aged 39, Born Ontario, Messiah, German, Farmer, Married Cline Sarah A., Female, Aged 32, Born Ontario, Messiah, German, Married Cline Susan C., Female, Aged 11, Born Ontario, Messiah, German, Single Cline Alfretta, Female, Aged 10, Born Ontario, Messiah, German, Single Cline Alfreda, Female, Aged 10, Born Ontario, Messiah, German, Single Cline Mary J., Female, Aged 8, Born Ontario, Messiah, German, Single Cline Sarah E., Female, Aged 5, Born Ontario, Messiah, German, Single Cline James F., Male, Aged 2, Born Ontario, Messiah, German, Single Cline Anna, Female, Aged 4/12, Born December, Born Ontario, Messiah, German, Single On the 1881 Census of Charlotteville, Norfolk South, Ontario are: Fredrick Cline, Married, Male, Ontarian, Aged 49, Born Ontario, Farm, Messiah Sarah A Cline, Married, Female, Ontarian, Aged 42, Born Ontario, Messiah Susan Cline, Female, Ontarian, Aged 21, Born Ontario, Messiah Abetta Cline, Female, Ontarian, Aged 20, Born Ontario, Messiah Alfreta Cline, Female, Ontarian, Born Ontario, Messiah Mary Cline, Female, Ontarian, Aged 17, Born Ontario, Messiah Elizbeth Cline, Female, Ontarian, Aged 15, Born Ontario, Messiah Frank Cline, Male, Ontarian, Aged 13, Born Ontario, Messiah Fredrich Cline, Male, Aged 5, Born Ontario, Messiah Charles Cline, Male, Aged 2, Born Ontario, Messiah Walter Cline, Male, Aged 1, Born Ontario, Messiah On the 1891 Census of Charlotteville, Norfolk South, Ontario are: Cline Frederic, Male, Aged 58, Married, Head, Born Ontario, Father Born U. S., Mother Born Ontario, Messiah, Farmer Cline Sarah, Female, Aged 51, Married, Wife, Born Ontario, Father Born Ontario, Mother Born Ontario, Messiah Cline Fred., Male, Aged 15, Single, Son, Born Ontario, Father Born Ontario, Mother Born Ontario, Messiah Cline Chas., Male, Aged 14, Single, Son, Born Ontario, Father Born Ontario, Mother Born Ontario, Messiah Cline Walter, Male, Aged 12, Single, Son, Born Ontario, Father Born Ontario, Mother Born Ontario, Messiah On the 1901 Census of Village of St. Williams, Charlotteville, Norfolk South, Ontario are: Cline Sania, Female, Head, Widow, Born October 11, 1838, Aged 62, Born Ontario, English, Canadian, Messiah, Weaver? Cline Frederick, Male, Son, Single, Born October 30, 1875, Aged 25, Born Ontario, English, Canadian, No Religion, Laborer Cline Walter, Male, Grandson, Single, Born November 17, 1879, Aged 21, Born Ontario, English, Canadian, No Religion, Sailor On the 1911 Census of Charlotteville, Norfolk, Ontario are: Cline Sarah, Female, Head, Widowed, Born October 1838, Aged 72, Born Ontario, English, Canadian, Messia Glover Samuel, Male, Brother, Single, Born December 1836, Aged 74, Born Ontario, English, Canadian, Messia, Labourer Staley Con, Male, Lodger, Single, Born Novemer 1859, Aged 51, Born Ontario, English, Canadian, Methodist, Painter Norfolk Deaths, South Walsingham - Fredk Cline, March 3rd 1896, Aged 66 Years, Farmer, Born Canada, Cause of Death Progressive Anaemia, Physician Wm. Kennedy, Informant W. Kennedy M. D., Vittoria, Registered April 20th 1896, Baptist, J Phelan Division Registrar of South Walsingham Norfolk Deaths, Charlotteville - Cline Sarah, Female, White, Date of Death March 6th 1915, Aged 76 Years 4 Months 23 Days, Born Grimsby, Place of Death Lot 20, Concession 1, Charlotteville, Housewife, Widowed, Father John Glover, Mother Susan Dunmead, Physician W. A. Broddy, Certified by Edwd Deckman, St. Williams, Cause of Death Cancer of Stomach, Immediate Cause of Death Pyloris and Myocarditis and Heart Failure, Duration 1 Month, Physician W. A. Broddy, Pt. Rowan, Warren McDonald Sub Registrar of Charlotteville From John Cardiff's Nornet: Mrs. Fred Cline, 78, died Saturday at St. Williams. Funeral from home of her daughter, Mrs. Ed. Dickenson. Interred Johnson Cemetery. Survived by five daughters, four sons. Son Bred. of Toronto was visiting when she died [St. Williams Personals SR19150311p19] | Glover, Sarah Ann (I01476)
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| 779 | From Samuel Fry The Weaver: Farming and weaving, from Pennsylvania to Lincoln County in 1800. After a time they moved to Elgin County. She was sister to Jacob Fry Sr. He was son of Henry Wismer of Hilltown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and grandson of Jacob and Nancy Wismer | Wismer, John L. (I10849)
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| 780 | From St. Thomas Times Journal November 1, 1929- Married - Howard Bridge to Bernice Stamp | Bridge, Howard (I22799)
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| 781 | From St.James Cathedral register 19 February, 1822, Banns, Manuel CAKE, bachelor, and Betsy CHRISTNER, spinster, both of the township of Etobicoke. Witnesses, Sally PHILIPS and Andrew CAKE. | Kaake, Emanuel (I14785)
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| 782 | From Steve Mabie's Website: 1899 - William Ernest Mabee, Dentist; Galesburg; born March 2, 1867 in Norfolk Co, Canada; educated in the Iowa State University. He was married to Grace E. Widney at Alpha, Illinois, June 3, 1897 Doctor Mabee's father was born in Norfolk Co, Canada; his mother was born in Ohio; his paternal grandfather was born in St. Johns, New Brunswick; his paternal grandmother was a native of the State of New York; his paternal great-grandfather was a native of Holland; his paternal great-grandmother was born in New York City; his maternal grandfather was born in England; his maternal grandmother was born in the State of New York; his maternal great-grandmother was a native of New York State. In religion, Dr. Mabee is a Baptist. He is a Republican | Mabee, William Ernest (I03840)
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| 783 | From the Atlas of Halton County, 1877 Last Name Waldbrook First Name Benjamin Nativity Canada Business Farmer Year Settled 1827 Post Office Appleby Township Trafalgar South County Halton Atlas Date 1877 Concession and Lot Lot size III S, 5 100 N. B. Appleby P. O. is No. 24, Map says No. 3 Oakville Year Settled 1827 would indicate Benjamin Sr. | Waldbrook, Benjamin (I02242)
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| 784 | From The Historical Atlas of Haldimand County - 1879 Robert Waldbrook - Was born in the City of Quebec in 1817. His parents were Irish being natives of the city of Dublin. His youth and a portion of his manhood was spent in the Township of Trafalgar in the County of Halton. In 1852 he made the overland trip to California, which occupied four months. He remained in California until 1855, when he returned to Canada and bought a farm in Walpole, there being at that time very little improvement in the north part of the township. Mr. Waldbrook bought part of a bush lot and in the course of a few years cleared it up and brought it under cultivation. This may sound very commonplace, and may appear to be an acheivement scarcely worthy of mention or of public interest. Canada was once a vast and unbroken wilderness, and its present condition of fertility and productiveness has not been produced by spasmodic effort or by the brilliant ideas of the author or the statesman. It is to patient, untiring industry and the unwavering determination of men who, like Mr. Waldbrook, have foot by foot and acre after acre subdued the primeval forests, and replaced the unsightly slashing with fields of grain or meadow. In fact it has been the homely and unromantic occupation of chopping and logging that has made Walpole one of the richest and most productive agricultural townships in the Dominion of Canada. Mr. Waldbrook now owns a fine farm, and is in comfortable circumstances, the result of industry, and frugality. In 1861 and the three following years he was Reeve of Walpole, and also in 1876 and 1878, and in 1864 was elected Warden of Haldimand. In 1875, at the urgent request of his political friends, but contrary to his own wishes, he contested the county in the Conservative interest as a candidate for a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, but was unsuccessful. Mr. Waldbrook's practical good sense and discriminating judgement have made him a useful municipal officer, while his genial manners and obliging disposition have secured him a large number of warm personal friends. Waldbrook, Robert, Concession 10, Lot 15, Date of Settlement 1855, Nativity Canada, Post Office Garnet, Business Farmer and Reeve Berwick Register June 6, 1901 "The Summerless Year," Mr. Waldbrook, an old resident of Halton, Ontario, tells this story to the readers of the Toronto Sun: - "The spring of 1816 was probably as promising as is the outlook to-day. But the brilliant promise of early summer in that season was speedily followed by the blackness of despair. That was the 'summerless year.' Snow commenced falling in the middle of June, by the middle of August it was a foot in depth, and from the first fall in June until the following spring, the earth remained under the covering of the wintry blanket. Absolutely nothing in the way of harvest was garnered, everything in the way of crops rotting in the ground. What did people live on? Meat - meat and fish. There were no vegetables, and there was no flour. It was venison and fish to-day, relieved by fish and flesh taken from slaughtered cattle for which there was no sustenance, all winter through, My father did not come in until the following spring, but when he came the country was still full of stories of the horror of the year-long winter which had just passed away. One of those from whom father heard some particulars of this dreadful period was the late Sheriff. Conkrite. Mr. Conkrite was nine years old at the time, and he told father that his people lived through the long winter on porcupines, groundhogs, and any other meat they could get. Hay was shipped from Ireland to save the starving cattle about Quebec, and it sold there at $45 per ton. Even next spring, when father arrived flour was selling at $17 per barrel at Quebec, and potatoes were a penny per pound. "The spring of 1817 opened in the usual manner, and that was a most prolific year. A considerable number of people in that spring moved from Nova Scotia to Ontario. Nova Scotia had not suffered from the unseasonable winter - that visitation appears to have been confined to Ontario, Quebec, and the Eastern States - and these Nova Scotians brought with them a lot of potatoes. These served for seed not only for the new comers, but for the impoverished old settlers as well. The tubers were of a deep blue, particularly at the nose-like point. The people of Ontario called them 'blue noses,' and the name passed from the seed to the people who brought it. That is how the name 'Blue Noses' came to be applied to the people of Nova Scotia. I am told the Nova Scotians do not like the title. They should be proud of it. It commemorates the time when their Province came to the assistance of the impoverished people of Ontario. Mr. Waldbrook is mistaken. Nova Scotia did suffer from the "Summerless year," though not to the same extent as did the upper provinces. There are few now who remember the year, but thirty years ago the older people frequently spoke of it. When a tree remaining from the forest primeval has been cut, the concentric ring which shows the growth of that tree during the year 1816 will be found to be but a thread. There was little rain and potatoes especially in burnt land grew well notwithstanding the cold. On the 1881 Census of Walpole, Haldimand, Ontario are: Robt. Waldbrook, Married, Male, Irish, Aged 64, Born Quebec, Farmer, C. Methodist Seabrook Waldbrook, Male, Irish, Aged 23, Born Ontario, Farmer, C. Methodist Robert Waldbrook, Male, Irish, Aged 17, Born Ontario, Farmer's Son, C. Methodist Alice Waldbrook, Female, Irish, Aged 31, Born Ontario, C. 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| 785 | From the Valley of the Six Nations Page 111, Resolutions of a Six Nations Council at the Onondaga Village, March 1, 1809 ...Brothers, A tract of land that was granted to John Dochstader, who had also a family of our nation; but who sold a great piece of land to a Mr. Canby which exceeded what we intended to give but as we expected that the income or payment to be derived therefrom would fall to his family who were our people we did not oppose it; but that not having been the case - we desire that justice be done them - The farm in possession of his daughter of the Onondagas and Grand son of the Cayugas we confirm to them... Page 137, Resolutions of a Six Nations Council at Onondaga Village November 9, 1806 ...Among these difficulties we may also include that the tract of land disposed of by the late Mr. Dochstader, You know that the Chiefs, many of them who are now deceased, gave to him, as well as to others, who had served in the war with them an allotment of land, this was enlarged to him in regard to his children who belonged to our tribes; and by us are considered as being ligitimate, according to our customs, he had first been married to Cayuga woman by whom he had one daughter, and at her decease to a woman of the Onondagas, by whom he had another daughter, both children he brought up in the house with himself before and after the death of their mothers. The tract thus given him he extended without our knowledge, by a fraudulent survey, which when we first discovered, expecting it to be for the benefit of the Orphans in compassion to them we have made no remonstrance, thinking that as they had acquired the superfluous wants of Europeans, they might stand in need of it all. Brothers We are sorry to find that in regard to these, in no respect has our intention been fulfilled. The oldest daughter is dead, and the youngest remains pinched by poverty notwithstanding the generosity of the Five Nations on her account, while a Mr. Canby has obtained a Grant for twenty thousand acres, or thereabouts of our land, without paying her according. I took from this that John Burnham was not Catherine's son but her nephew and step son. There is more in the Upper Canada Land Petition D91 composed of pages 91, 91a to 91z, 91aa to 91zz and 91aaa to 91fff, about 59 pages. From Upper Canada Land Petition D91 Page 91 - March 22, 1834 - John Burnham of the Town of Buffalo, County of Erie, State of New York... Page 91p - August 7, 1828 - Lyman Burnham and Catharine Burnham his wife and John Burnham all of the County of Haldimand District of Niagara and in the Province of Upper Canada of the one part and John Sanger of the second part... Page 91t - August 28, 1826 - Between John Burnham, Lyman Burnham and Catharine Burnham his wife all of the County of Haldimand District of Niagara and in the Province of Upper Canada of the first part and Jay John Lymburner of the Second part... Page 91ii - Feburary 3, 1827 - Between Lyman Burnham of the said Grand River in the County of Haldimand aforesaid Yeoman and Catherine his wife and John Burnham of the same place Yeoman of the one part and Barton Farr of the said Grand River in the County aforesaid Yeoman and Maria Farr his wife of the other part... | Dochstader, John (I16249)
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| 786 | From Two Hundred Years With The Siders compiled by Harold Sider and Ron Sider - Christian and Elizabeth were believed to belong to the Mennonite Church. They appear to have moved from the Rainham area to Bertie Township, purchasing property there in 1836, 1839 and 1841. In 1839 Martin Sider sold them fifty acres of the Willoughby Township property which was a land grant to Jacob Sider, Christian Hurst's grandfather. It is not known that Christian and Elizabeth had any children. | Hurst, Christian (I01740)
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| 787 | From Two Hundred Years With The Siders compiled by Harold Sider and Ron Sider - David lived in the Wainfleet area, as did most of his brothers. Although little is known about his life, he was not a successful farmer. One record shows that as an older man he was living with his brother Peter, who was receiving $2.50 for his care. He was listed as "insane and indigent." | Sider, David (I02443)
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| 788 | From Two Hundred Years With The Siders compiled by Harold Sider and Ron Sider - The Census of 1851 shows her living with Peter and Elizabeth Winger of Stevensville. Peter, a first cousin of Elizabeth's father, was also caring for Martin's step mother, Catherine Sider, at this time. | Sider, Elizabeth (I02441)
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| 789 | From Wm. Morris Hoover Records: Johannes Schurch - Born in Europe about 1750, was brought to the U.S.A. in 1752. He grew up and followed farming in Lancaster County Pa. John Sherk married Barbara Berg, and together they had 14 children. Most of John's children were born in the U.S.A. but Jacob Andrew Sherk was born in Canada after they immigrated in 1795. Also two girls stillborn. They left Lancaster County Pa. May 11th with an ox team and cart and crossed the Niagara River July 26, 1795, the journey having taken two and a half months. | Schoerg, Johannes (I02954)
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| 790 | From: Annals of the Forty, No. 9 Published by the Grimsby Historical Society 1958 Elnathan Underhill, born in New York State in 1757, married a Miss Brower, and after the Revolutionary War they went to New Brunswick, then in 1825 came to Upper Canada settling in Port Ryerse, Norfolk County. Children as recorded: - David married Elizabeth Rohrer; Martha married Major Edward Ryerson; Eliza married Robert Ryerse; Philip married Margaret Rohrer.... | Brower, Hannah (I04705)
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| 791 | From: Annals of the Forty, No. 9 Published by the Grimsby Historical Society 1958 Elnathan Underhill, born in New York State in 1757, married a Miss Brower, and after the Revolutionary War they went to New Brunswick, then in 1825 came to Upper Canada settling in Port Ryerse, Norfolk County. Children as recorded: - David married Elizabeth Rohrer; Martha married Major Edward Ryerson; Eliza married Robert Ryerse; Philip married Margaret Rohrer.... | Underhill, Elnathan (I04704)
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| 792 | From: Haldimand County Marriage and Burial Registers1851-1865 April 5, 1854 - Chapins E. Bagley, 40, to Susan Gilmore, 17, Rev. W. Newton On the 1861 Census of Humberstone, Welland, Ontario are: Cyranus Bagley, Born United States, Baptist, Resides Walpole, Male, Married Susan Bagley, Born Upper Canada, Baptist, Resides Walpole, Female, Married James Bagley, Born Upper Canada, Baptist, Resides Walpole, Male, Aged 6, Single Permilla Bagley, Born Upper Canada, Baptist, Resides Walpole, Female, Aged 4, Single Jane Bagley, Born Upper Canada, Baptist, Resides Walpole, Female, Aged 2, Single On the 1871 Census of Walpole, Haldimand, Ontario are: Bagley Charles, Male, Aged 58, Born United States, F. W. C. Baptist, German, Farmer, Married Bagley Susan, Female, Aged 34, Born Ontario, F. W. C. Baptist, German, Married Mary Bagley, Female, Aged 20, Born Ontario, F. W. C. Baptist, German, Single James Bagley, Male, Aged 16, Born Ontario, F. W. C. Baptist, German, Single Carissa Bagley, Female, Aged 14, Born Ontario, F. W. C. Baptist, German, Single Jane Bagley, Female, Aged 11, Born Ontario, F. W. C. Baptist, German, Single Lorenzo Bagley, Male, Aged 8, Born Ontario, F. W. C. Baptist, German, Single John Bagley, Male, Aged 32, Born Ontario, Epis. Meth., German, Carpenter, Married Nancy Bagley, Female, Aged 31, Born Ontario, Epis. Meth., German, Married Eliza Bagley, Female, Aged 11, Born Ontario, Epis. Meth., German, Single Thomas Bagley, Male, Aged 9, Born Ontario, Epis. Meth., German, Single Peter Bagley, Male, Aged 7, Born Ontario, Epis. Meth., German, Single William Bagley, Male, Aged 4, Born Ontario, Epis. Meth., German, Single Sarah Bagley, Female, Aged 2, Born Ontario, Epis. Meth., German, Single On the 1881 Census of Walpole, Haldimand, Ontario are: Bagley Cyrenius, Male, Aged 66, Born United States, Baptist, Germany, Farmer, Married Bagley Susan, Female, Aged 44, Born Ontario, Baptist, Germany, Married Bagley Mary, Female, Aged 41, Born Ontario, Baptist, Germany, Single Bagley James, Male, Aged 26, Born Ontario, Baptist, Germany, Farmer, Single Bagley Lincoln, Male, Aged 18, Born Ontario, Baptist, Germany, Telegraph Operator, Single On the 1911 Census of Walpole, Haldimand, Ontario are: Dennis James, Male, Head, Married, Born April 1830, Aged 71 Dennis Jane, Female, Wife, Married, Born December 1833, Aged 68 Dennis Ethel, Female, Daughter, Single, Born February 1882, Aged 29 Gibbs Sylvester, Male, Brother-in-law, Single, Born May 1846, Aged 65 Bagley Susan, Female, Boarder, Widowed, Born May 1835, Aged 76 Haldimand Deaths, Walpole - Sylvester Bagley, August 15th 1870, Male, Aged 3 Years, Born Walpole, Cause of Death Inflammation of Bowels, Duration 2 Weeks, Physician Dr. Harrison, Informant C. C. Bagley, Farmer, Walpole, Registered September 23rd 1870, John Heasman Division Registrar of Walpole Haldimand Deaths, Walpole - Avery Bagley, August 17th 1870, Male, Aged 18 Years, Farmer, Walpole, Cause of Death Tabes Misenterica, Duration 17 Years, Physician Dr. Corlis, Informant Josiah Corlis M. D., North Cayuga, Registered September 3rd 1870, Hohn Heasman Division Registrar of Walpole (Tabes Misenterica - This consists of an engorgement and tubercular degeneration of the mesenteric glands, followed by emaciation and general disorder of the nutritive functions. It occurs particularly in children of a scrofulous diathesis) Haldimand Deaths, Walpole - Cyrenus C. Bagley, March 25th 1884, Male, Aged 71 Years, Farmer, Born New York, Cause of Death Cancer, Duration 5 or 6 Months, Physician Drs. Harrison and Baxter, Informant Thomas F. Bagley, Registered April 7th 1884, Baptist, C. E. Bourne Division Registrar of Walpole Haldimand Deaths, North Cayuga - Bagley Susan, Female, Aged 79 Years, Date of Death December 23rd 1914, Born Walpole Township, Haldimand County, Place of Death North Cayuga, Retired, Father Gilmore, Mother Not Given, Cause of Death Broncho Pneumonia, Duration 2 Weeks, Physician Dr. E. T. Snider, Cayuga, Informant William Strohm, Decewsville, Ontario, W. Teasdale Division Registrar of North Cayuga | Gilmore, Susan (I12213)
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| 793 | From: Hoover Heritage Commemorative Calendar, June 2006 JOHN C. HOOVER HOUSE This house with its gingerbread or bargeboard was built, probably by John C. Hoover, shortly after he purchased the property on September 10, 1870. This south 100 acres of Lot 24, Concession 1, Walpole was probably the first inhabited land in this area as Daniel Hoover tells us Captain John Dochstader had a clearing on the front of this lot where he carried on a trade with the Indians about the year 1780. Dochstader received this land as part of his allotment for his services to the British Government during the American War of Independence. Jacob Hoover's daughter Susannah received this land when it was transferred from Dochstader to the Hoovers and she and her husband George Wolfe resided here. Wolfe was a fuller and operated a carding and fulling mill here, a low dam probably running across the creek about where the old Lover's Lane Bridge crossed. Nothing remains of the bridge but a stone abutment on the east side of the creek. Wolfe lost his land, Lot 23, Concession 2, Rainham, to the Forfeited Estates Commission after the War of 1812 but this land remained in his wife's name. In 1836 George and Susannah Wolfe sold the land to her niece, Susannah Hoover and her husband George Boyer/Byers who again operated the carding mill. The land remained in the Hoover family, belonging to one branch or another, until 1951. On February 7, 1978 the house and property were purchased by Ted Bishop who resides there still. | Hoover, John C (I00768)
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| 794 | From: Pioneer Sketches of Long Point Settlement by E. A. Owen The Mabee party, it is said, started for Upper Canada in the fall of 1792, but they wintered in Quebec and did not reach Turkey Point until some time in 1793. They drove twelve cows, rode horses, and employed an Indian guide to pilot the way through the wilderness Some members of the family claim that the settlement was made as early as 1791, while others say it was not made before 1794; but Mrs. Mabee and her family were living there in a comfortable log-house at the time of Governor Simcoe's visit in 1795. The grave of Frederick Mabee was there also, and a piece of ground known as the "Indian fields" had been cleared of its light growth of timber and cropped; all of which makes it appear quite reasonable that the family may have settled there, at least as early as 1793. The Mabee party consisted of Frederick Mabee and wife; Oliver Mabee, their eldest son, aged about nineteen; Simeon, the second son, aged about seventeen; Pellum, the youngest son, aged about twelve - at least, these were the ages of the sons at the time of the Governor's visit; two single daughters - Polly and Sally; and two married daughters - Nancy and Lydia, with their respective husbands - John Stone and Peter Teeple. It is said that Peter Secord, also, came with the Mabee family On the 1852 Census of Charltoteville, Norfolk, Ontario are: Oliver P. Mabee, Farmer, Born Canada, Baptist, Married, Aged 30, Mary Mabee, Born Canada, Quaker, Married, Aged 29, Female George H. Mabee, Born Canada, Quaker, Single, Aged 6, Male Peter L. Mabee, Born Canada, Quaker, Single, Aged 4, Male Sarah E. Mabee, Born Canada, Quaker, Single, Aged 1, Female Peter Mabee, Laborer, Born Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 22, Male William Mabee, Laborer, Born Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 29, Male Eliza Mabee, Born Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 18, Female Frederick Mabee, Laborer, Born Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 16, Male John Moore, Miller, Born Canada, Quaker, Resides Malahide, Married, Aged 31, Male Catherine Moore, Born Canada, Quaker, Resides Malahide, Married, Aged 29, Female Oliver Mabee Senr, Born United States Province of New York, Baptist, Married, Aged 79, Male 20 Rachel Mabee, Born United States, Baptist, Married, Aged 68, Female Sofrona Wilson, Born Canada, Baptist, Widowed, Aged 35, Female Abigail Mabee, Born Canada, Baptist, Widowed, Aged 49, Female Samuel Mabee, Born Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 13, Male Albert Mabee, Born Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 10, Male George Mabee, Born Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 8, Male Rhoda Mabee, Born Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 6, Female Male Frame, 1 1/2 Stories, 3 Families Occupying | Mabee, Frederick (I03836)
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| 795 | From: St. Williams - The History by R. Robert Mutrie Published 1988, Page 95 WILLIAM COPE AND WILLIAM CRONK ....But the Cope family heard the tales of the rich, unsettled lands and boundless wildlife population on the shores of Lake Erie at Long Point to the west, and sent three representatives to explore this seeming paradise. In the spring of 1793, William's brother Conrad, accompanied by two brothers-in-law Tunis Cronk and John Darby, rounded Turkey Point and entered Long Point Bay to lay their eyes on the fertile lands at the foot of the steep Bay Hill embankment and determined that this was to be their settlement. At this time there was only the two Troyer brothers established about two miles to the west and the Mabee family had just arrived on the beach at Turkey Point to the east. The Cope party began without delay to clear a patch of land and build their log cabin. On April 5, 1793, they dispatched a petition to their former commander, John Graves Simcoe, noting the improvements and reqesting title to their new-found property. The request fell upon unreceptive ears, however, for Simcoe was more concerned with the military potential of the district first and with the establishment of civilian settlements for his old Queen's Rangers Company along the Governor's Road north of Dundas. It was there that he gave land grants to Conrad Cope and John Darby, as well as to other family members and they abandoned their Long Point claim. That settlement would become the present Copetown. But two family members were not swerved from their original goal, Tunis Cronk was joined by William Cope, taking the place of his brother, Conrad, in 1794. Tunis died prematurely in 1795, never to hold title to the land he had pioneered. The Cronk family claim would later be taken up by his son, William. Both William Pope and William Cronk made a petition to Lieutenant Francis Gore in 1796, but the survey was not yet through and they again were turned away. When the survey was completed, William Cope found himself on Lot 24, Concession I (Broken Front), Walsingham Township. His nephew, William Cronk, although next door, found himself on the other side of the town line on Lot 1, Concession B (Broken Front), Charlotteville Township, but still they had no title. The impass was finally broken with the turning of the new century. Eight years after the original Cope settlement, William Cope was granted the whole of his Lot 24. William Cronk made yet another petition in 1808 appending copies of earlier petitions, and at long last received his title on June 19, 1809, sixteen years after his father had first settled there. His period of ownership was a brief one as he sold off most of his lands to Simon Montross, William Drake, and Jeremiah Becker, retaining only the northwest corner where he resided with his mother and step-father, Reverend Major George Neal. The home, built in 1820, appropriate to the times they called, "Wilderness House." It still stands on Queen Street East beside the present Community Centre, the oldest house in the village limits. William Cronk's date of passing and burial place is unknown.... | Cronk, Tunis (I04856)
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| 796 | From: St. Williams - The History by R. Robert Mutrie Published 1988, Page 95 WILLIAM COPE AND WILLIAM CRONK ....But the Cope family heard the tales of the rich, unsettled lands and boundless wildlife population on the shores of Lake Erie at Long Point to the west, and sent three representatives to explore this seeming paradise. In the spring of 1793, William's brother Conrad, accompanied by two brothers-in-law Tunis Cronk and John Darby, rounded Turkey Point and entered Long Point Bay to lay their eyes on the fertile lands at the foot of the steep Bay Hill embankment and determined that this was to be their settlement. At this time there was only the two Troyer brothers established about two miles to the west and the Mabee family had just arrived on the beach at Turkey Point to the east. The Cope party began without delay to clear a patch of land and build their log cabin. On April 5, 1793, they dispatched a petition to their former commander, John Graves Simcoe, noting the improvements and reqesting title to their new-found property. The request fell upon unreceptive ears, however, for Simcoe was more concerned with the military potential of the district first and with the establishment of civilian settlements for his old Queen's Rangers Company along the Governor's Road north of Dundas. It was there that he gave land grants to Conrad Cope and John Darby, as well as to other family members and they abandoned their Long Point claim. That settlement would become the present Copetown. But two family members were not swerved from their original goal, Tunis Cronk was joined by William Cope, taking the place of his brother, Conrad, in 1794. Tunis died prematurely in 1795, never to hold title to the land he had pioneered. The Cronk family claim would later be taken up by his son, William. Both William Pope and William Cronk made a petition to Lieutenant Francis Gore in 1796, but the survey was not yet through and they again were turned away. When the survey was completed, William Cope found himself on Lot 24, Concession I (Broken Front), Walsingham Township. His nephew, William Cronk, although next door, found himself on the other side of the town line on Lot 1, Concession B (Broken Front), Charlotteville Township, but still they had no title. The impass was finally broken with the turning of the new century. Eight years after the original Cope settlement, William Cope was granted the whole of his Lot 24. William Cronk made yet another petition in 1808 appending copies of earlier petitions, and at long last received his title on June 19, 1809, sixteen years after his father had first settled there. His period of ownership was a brief one as he sold off most of his lands to Simon Montross, William Drake, and Jeremiah Becker, retaining only the northwest corner where he resided with his mother and step-father, Reverend Major George Neal. The home, built in 1820, appropriate to the times they called, "Wilderness House." It still stands on Queen Street East beside the present Community Centre, the oldest house in the village limits. William Cronk's date of passing and burial place is unknown.... On the 1852 Census of Walsingham, Norfolk, Canada West are: William Cronk, Cordwainer, Born U. S., Baptist, Married, Aged 71, Male Miriam Cronk, Wife, Born U. S., Baptist, Married, Aged 58, Female Jacob Cronk, Labourer, Born Canada, Methodist, Single, Aged 26, Male Mary S. Bowen, Born Upper Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 9, Female | Cronk, William (I04855)
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| 797 | FROM: The History of Wakeman Township, Huron County, Ohio - Pages 101 through 110 ELLIOT, Henry - bought of Isaac Judson, 50 acres of Lot 5 in 1834. He or another of the same name, came to Wakeman in 1844, according to one account but probably 1834, and lived north of the village on the Orrin Lewis farm. We read that Richard G. Elliott (son of Henry) was born in Greenwood, N.Y. in 1827, came to Wakeman in 1834, and died here in 1867. Henry Elliott married Parthena Moore and had daughters Pamelia, Minerva, Sarah and Jane. On Page 466 on the 1830 Census of Greenwood, Steuben, New York is: Henry Elliot, 1 male under 5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 30-40, 1 female under 5, and one female 20-30. I did not see another Henry Elliot/Elliott listed in 1830 anywhere in Steuben. (Transcribed Nancy Elliot) On the 1840 Census of Wakeman, Huron, Ohio is: Henry Elliott, 2 Males Under 5, 1 Male 10 - 15, 1 Male 40 - 50, 1 Female Under 5, 1 Female 5 - 10, 1 Female 10 - 15, 2 Females 15 - 20, 1 Female 20 - 30, 1 Female 40 - 50 George, Richard 1827, Permelia 1830, Mary, Sarah Ann 1835, Jane, Phoebe, Dilly (2 Boys and 6 Girls, 1 Boy Short) On the 1850 Census of Wakeman, Huron, Ohio are: Orrin Lewis, Aged 45, Male, Famer, Value of Real Estate 1200, Born New York Electa Lewis, Aged 36, Female, Born Ohio Henry Lewis, Aged 15, Male, Born Ohio George Lewis, Aged 9, Male, Born Ohio Francis Lewis, Aged 7, Male, Born Ohio On the 1850 Census of Berlin, Erie, Ohio are George Elliot, Aged 26, Male, Wagon Maker, Value of Real Estate 300, Born New York Elizabeth A. Elliot, Aged 22, Female, Born Ohio George Shum, Aged 22, Male, Wagon Maker, Born Pennsylvania Richard G. Elliot, Aged 22, Male, Wagon Maker, Born New York It would appear Orrin Lewis was in Wakeman Township, Huron County in 1850 and Richard G. Elliott was across the county line in Berlin Township, Erie County with his brother George. | Elliott, Richard G. (I03805)
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| 798 | FROM: The History of Wakeman Township, Huron County, Ohio - Pages 101 through 110 ELLIOT, Henry - bought of Isaac Judson, 50 acres of Lot 5 in 1834. He or another of the same name, came to Wakeman in 1844, according to one account but probably 1834, and lived north of the village on the Orrin Lewis farm. We read that Richard G. Elliott (son of Henry) was born in Greenwood, N.Y. in 1827, came to Wakeman in 1834, and died here in 1867. Henry Elliott married Parthena Moore and had daughters Pamelia, Minerva, Sarah and Jane. On Page 466 on the 1830 Census of Greenwood, Steuben, New York is: Henry Elliot, 1 male under 5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 30-40, 1 female under 5, and one female 20-30. I did not see another Henry Elliot/Elliott listed in 1830 anywhere in Steuben. (Transcribed Nancy Elliot) On the 1840 Census of Wakeman, Huron, Ohio is: Henry Elliott, 2 Males Under 5, 1 Male 10 - 15, 1 Male 40 - 50, 1 Female Under 5, 1 Female 5 - 10, 1 Female 10 - 15, 2 Females 15 - 20, 1 Female 20 - 30, 1 Female 40 - 50 George, Richard 1827, Permelia 1830, Mary, Sarah Ann 1835, Jane, Phoebe, Dilly (2 Boys and 6 Girls, 1 Boy Short) On the 1850 Census of Wakeman, Huron, Ohio are: Orrin Lewis, Aged 45, Male, Famer, Value of Real Estate 1200, Born New York Electa Lewis, Aged 36, Female, Born Ohio Henry Lewis, Aged 15, Male, Born Ohio George Lewis, Aged 9, Male, Born Ohio Francis Lewis, Aged 7, Male, Born Ohio On the 1850 Census of Berlin, Erie, Ohio are George Elliot, Aged 26, Male, Wagon Maker, Value of Real Estate 300, Born New York Elizabeth A. Elliot, Aged 22, Female, Born Ohio George Shum, Aged 22, Male, Wagon Maker, Born Pennsylvania Richard G. Elliot, Aged 22, Male, Wagon Maker, Born New York It would appear Orrin Lewis was in Wakeman Township, Huron County in 1850 and Richard G. Elliott was across the county line in Berlin Township, Erie County with his brother George. | Elliott, George (I03804)
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| 799 | FROM: The History of Wakeman Township, Huron County, Ohio - Pages 101 through 110 ELLIOT, Henry - bought of Isaac Judson, 50 acres of Lot 5 in 1834. He or another of the same name, came to Wakeman in 1844, according to one account but probably 1834, and lived north of the village on the Orrin Lewis farm. We read that Richard G. Elliott (son of Henry) was born in Greenwood, N.Y. in 1827, came to Wakeman in 1834, and died here in 1867. Henry Elliott married Parthena Moore and had daughters Pamelia, Minerva, Sarah and Jane. On Page 466 on the 1830 Census of Greenwood, Steuben, New York is: Henry Elliot, 1 male under 5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 30-40, 1 female under 5, and one female 20-30. I did not see another Henry Elliot/Elliott listed in 1830 anywhere in Steuben. (Transcribed Nancy Elliot) On the 1840 Census of Wakeman, Huron, Ohio is: Henry Elliott, 2 Males Under 5, 1 Male 10 - 15, 1 Male 40 - 50, 1 Female Under 5, 1 Female 5 - 10, 1 Female 10 - 15, 2 Females 15 - 20, 1 Female 20 - 30, 1 Female 40 - 50 George, Richard 1827, Permelia 1830, Mary, Sarah Ann 1835, Jane, Phoebe, Dilly (2 Boys and 6 Girls, 1 Boy Short) On the 1850 Census of Wakeman, Huron, Ohio are: Orrin Lewis, Aged 45, Male, Famer, Value of Real Estate 1200, Born New York Electa Lewis, Aged 36, Female, Born Ohio Henry Lewis, Aged 15, Male, Born Ohio George Lewis, Aged 9, Male, Born Ohio Francis Lewis, Aged 7, Male, Born Ohio On the 1850 Census of Berlin, Erie, Ohio are George Elliot, Aged 26, Male, Wagon Maker, Value of Real Estate 300, Born New York Elizabeth A. Elliot, Aged 22, Female, Born Ohio George Shum, Aged 22, Male, Wagon Maker, Born Pennsylvania Richard G. Elliot, Aged 22, Male, Wagon Maker, Born New York It would appear Orrin Lewis was in Wakeman Township, Huron County in 1850 and Richard G. Elliott was across the county line in Berlin Township, Erie County with his brother George. | Elliott, Henry (I03799)
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| 800 | From: The Sherk Family by Thomas A. Sherk - Andrew Sherk, grandfather of the author, was born in Rainham Township, Haldimand County, Ontario. He was raised on his father's farm where he learned all the aspects of running a large farm. The German language was often spoken at home by his parents. In his early years, he was able to understand German conversation, but lost this ability as an adult, as the language fell into disuse in the community. He was a man of moderate physical stature, with reddish hair and a fair complexion. At first, as a young man, he engaged himself as a hired hand, working on the farms in the Rainham area. For this he was paid a wage of $13 per month plus board. After his marriage to Elizabeth Hoover, he moved onto a 112 ½ acre farm bordering on Lake Erie, which his father Joseph C. Sherk had bought on November 17, 1897 from Ambrose Goodman for $3,505. The farm was located on the southwest portion of Lot 7 in the 1st Concession of Rainham Township, Haldimand County. Later on April 30, 1904, Andrew purchased this farm from his father for the sum of $800. In addition to the land, the farm consisted of a house, two large barns, and other miscellaneous farm buildings. Andrew married Elizabeth Hoover, known as Lizzie, in Februaty 1898. Tragically, she died 10 months later on December 15, 1898, due to complications from the birth of their first child, Clara May. He married a second time to Minnie Baudella Cooper on September 5, 1900. She was known to everyone as Della. Andrew and Della had four children. Andrew engaged in farming during the years he raised his children, most of the work being done by hand with horse teams. The children were expected to help with the work on the farm. In addition to grain and livestock, he had a large and excellent apple orchard which stretched out behind his house towards Lake Erie. Apples were a favourite food in the Sherk household. Later in life, Andrew sold fence supply materials to farmers in the area, and when he decided to retire from farming, he engaged himself as an insurance agent for the State Farm Insurance Company in Canada. In this business, which he operated from his home, he travelled around the country selling insurance and handling claims for farmers and residents of the area. He was widely known, and greatly enjoyed meeting and talking with people. Andrew enjoyed travel, and in his later years travelled by train once each year from Canada to his son's home in New Jersey. The extent to which he enjoyed these trips could be assessed from the vivid verbal descriptions he could give of the scenery and terrain he saw, as the train crossed New York State and Pennsylvania. He had quite an interest in gardening also. He lived to be 92+ years old, and he was active and vigorous to the end. Regarding his ancestors, he described them as not being wealthy in material possessions, but being rich in spirit. Upon his death in 1967, he left a will in which his estate was divided among his children. In 1979 his children sold the farm to C. Kindy, a resident of Rainham Township. Andrew died in Rainham Township, and he is buried beside his second wife in the Waterford Cemetery, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada. His first wife Elizabeth is buried in the Rainham Mennonite Cemetery in Rainham Township, on the shore fo Lake Erie near Andrew's farm. His children were all born in Rainham Township. Haldimand Marriages - Sherk Andrew, Aged 23, Born Rainham, Resides Rainham, Bachelor, Farmer, Father Joseph C. Sherk, Mother Catharine Hexemer, Hoover Lizzie, Aged 22, Born Rainham, Resides Rainham, Spinster, Father Peter Hoover, Mother Maria Wardman, February 9, 1898 Haldimand Births, Rainham - Sherk Clara May, Female, November 26, 1898, Father Andrew Sherk, Mother Lizzie Hoover Haldimand Deaths, Rainham - Lizzie Sherk, Female, December 15th 1898, Aged 23 Years, Lot 7, Concession 1, Farmer's Wife, Born Ontario, Cause of Death Peritinitis (Perpural?), Duration 16 Days, Physician Dr. Harrison, Menonite, Informant Thos. Harrison M. D., Registered December 16th 1898 Lizzie Hoover 1875-1898; wife of Andrew Sherk [Greenwood Cemetery stone] Haldimand Births, Rainham - Sherk Lilly Lauretta, Female, Born July 5th 1901, Father Andrew Sherk, Mother Minnie B. Cooper Haldimand Births, Rainham - Sherk Richard Ernest, Male, 11th December 1903, Father Andrew Sherk, Mother Minnie B. Cooper Haldimand Births, Rainham - Sherk Albert Warren, Male, March 2nd 1906, Father Sherk Andrew, Mother Cooper Minnie, Residence of Father Rainham, Farmer, Accoucheur Dr. Harrison, Informant Dr. Harrison, Selkirk, Registered March 31st 1906 Haldimand Births, Rainham - Sherk Harley Jackson, Male, October 10th 1907, Father Andrew Sherk, Mother Minnie Bondella Cooper, Residence of Father Rainham, Occupation Farmer, Accoucheur Dr. Harrison, Informant Andrew Sherk, Selkirk, Registered November 30th 1907 Obituary: Sherk, Andrew, son of Joseph and Catherine (Heximer) Sherk, was born in Rainham Twp., Ont., Nov. 10, 1874; died at his home at Selkirk, May 26, 1967; aged 92 y. 7 m. 16 d. In February 1897, he was married to Lizzie Hoover, who died in December 1898. On Sept. 5, 1900, he was married to Minnie Bandella Cooper, who died Nov. 7, 1952. Surviving are 4 children (Lilly--Mrs. Victor Otterman, Richard, Albert, and Harley), 11 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren. One daughter (Clara) preceded him in death in 1940. He was a member of the Rainham church, where funeral services were held May 29, with Orrie Gingrich officiating; interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Waterford, Ont. | Sherk, Andrew (I02949)
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