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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
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Rainham Builders
1788 - 1864 (~ 75 years)