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From - Looking Backward by Robert Edwin Gunton, P. M., June 22nd 1933
...Tradition tells us that Olive R. Flewelling and Isaiah Jarvis became acquainted as their families journeyed together in the long trek from New Brunswick to Norfolk County in the year 1827, both families being United Empire Loyalists. On reaching Norfolk County, they were married, the bride being then 18 years of age and the groom 24 years. By the time they reached their tenth wedding anniversary, they had six robust children, and we understand they had none of this world's goods except what they earned with their hands. Consequently it developed all their resourcefulness to feed and clothe their fast growing family...
...Resourceful as my grandfather was, he did not equal that of grandmother, who dominated the home, and we always knew and had their home referred to as the home of Grandmother or Mrs. Jarvis, as the neighbors called it, not Grandfather's...
...One instance related to my by my Uncle Isaac, also verified by my mother, showed the character of the mother to protect her family... Grandfather had contracted a debt of some kind and neglected to pay it. The bailiff, Ephraim Tisdale, came to make a seizure and was determined to take the family cow, and he was told that the cow was her own personal property and was ordered off the premises, but he still persisted, and when he came to himself, he was in the public highway minus the cow. A charge was laid against her before a local J.P. in which the bailiff swore that she used a whip on him, also kicked him so hard that he could not ride his horse for two weeks. Incidentally I might say that my grandmother was six feet tall and weighed 225 pounds at that time. The local J. P., after hearing the evidence, dismissed the charge, finding that the bailiff had exceeded his duties and should have gotten off the premises when ordered to do so...
Court Records say - April 14, 1830 - The King vs Isaiah Jarvis and Olive Jarvis - Recognancies Respited - Sentence of the Court on Olive Jarvis - Fine to the King five shillings and costs £4 6 Shillings, and to stand committed till fine and costs are paid.
On the 1852 Census of Charlotteville, Norfolk, Canada West are:
Isaiah Jarvis, Mason, Born United States, Baptist, Married, Aged 48, Male
Olive Jarvis, Born United States, Baptist, Married, Aged 43, Female
Isaac Jarvis, Laborer, Born Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 20, Male
Sarah A. Jarvis, Born Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 17, Female
Andrew Jarvis, Born Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 13, Male
Eliza Jarvis, Born Canada, Baptist, Single, Aged 11, Female
Norfolk Deaths, Charlotteville - Isiah Jarvis, October 31st 1877, Male, Aged 74 Years, Mason, Born Long Island, U. S., Cause of Death Dysenty, Duration 3 Days, Physician Dr. W. Innes, Informant Dr. W. Innes, Registered November 1st 1877, Baptist, John Machon Division Registrar of Charlotteville
Norfolk Deaths, Charlotteville - Olive Jarvis, October 1st 1880, Female, Aged 71 Years, Widow, Born New Brunswick, Cause of Death Hypostrophy of the Heart and Dropsy, Duration 1 Year, Physician Dr. Kennedy, Informant Dr. Kennedy, Registered October 4th 1880, Baptist, John Machon Division Registrar of Charlotteville
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