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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
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