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Elizabeth Dennis

Female 1841 - 1925  (84 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Dennis 
    Born 4 Jul 1841 
    Gender Female 
    Died 25 Nov 1925 
    Person ID I01347  Jacob and Barbara (Schenk) Hoover
    Last Modified 1 Apr 2014 

    Father Nelson "Josiah" Dennis,   b. ABT. 1799,   d. 17 Apr 1864  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Elizabeth "Betsy" Zimmerman,   b. ABT. 1803,   d. 7 Jun 1881  (Age ~ 78 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Married ABT. 1825 
    Family ID F0516  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 James McKune,   b. 25 May 1840, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1900  (Age 59 years) 
    Married 2 Dec 1862 
    Children 
     1. Henry Josiah McKune,   b. ABT. 1863,   d. 26 Jul 1876  (Age ~ 13 years)  [Natural]
     2. Jane McKune,   b. May 1865,   d. BEF. 1910  (Age ~ 44 years)  [Natural]
     3. George McKune,   b. 23 Jan 1867  [Natural]
     4. John William McKune,   b. 17 Nov 1869,   d. 1935  (Age 65 years)  [Natural]
     5. Adam McKune,   b. 15 Nov 1872  [Natural]
    Last Modified 1 Apr 2014 
    Family ID F0539  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Isaac "Ike" Drinkwater,   b. 1 Jul 1839,   d. 24 Jun 1929  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 14 Sep 1910  Rainham Township, Haldimand County Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 1 Apr 2014 
    Family ID F0555  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 

    • Haldimand Marriages, Rainham - Drinkwater Isaac, Farmer, Widowed, Aged 71 Years, Methodist, Resides Rainham, Father James Drinkwater, Mother Catharine Johnstone, McKewn Elizabeth, Widow, Aged 66 Years, Methodist, Resides Walpole, Father Josiah Dennis, Mother Elizabeth Dennis, 14th Day of September 1910, at Haldimand, by License, Witnesses E. H. Cherry, Selkirk, Daisy Messner, Selkirk, Registered October 18, Solemnized by N. Argyle Hurlbut, Leander Culver Rainham Registrar

      On the 1911 Census of Rainham, Haldimand, Ontario are:
      Isaac Drinkwater, Lot 16, Concession 1, Male, Head, Married, born July 1839, aged 72, Ontario, English, Canadian, Methodist, Farmer
      Elizabeth Drinkwater, Female, Wife, Married, born July 1865 (sic), aged 66, Ontario, German, Canadian, Methodist

      Haldimand Deaths, Rainham - Drinkwater Elizabeth Dennis, Female, Married, Aged 74 Years, Born July 4, 1841, 15 Years at Place of Death, Father Cyrus Dennis, Born Canada, Mother Susann Zimmerman, Born Canada, Physician Dr. G. W. Slocombe, Selkirk, Informant Isaac Drinkwater, Selkirk, Ontario, Husband, Burial Cheapside, November 29, 1925, Undertaker Munroe Hoover, Cause of Death Myocarditis, Date of Death November 26, 1925, Elizabeth Drinkwater, November 26, 1925, Attended from November 1, 1925 to November 26, 1925, Myocarditis, Chronic Fibrous, 5 Years, Contributory Cerebral Haemorhage, Operation No, Autopsy No, Dr. G. W. Slocombe, Selkirk, Ontario, Return November 28, 1925, E. G. Hoover Selkirk Registrar

      Cheapside Burial is noted, and most likely she would have been buried in the Cheapside United Cemetery alongside her first husband James McKune. There is a stone for James but none for Elizabeth.