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William Elgin SMITH[1]

Male 1813 - 1897


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  • Born  1813  Toronto Twp, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender  Male 
    _UID  7A536741BA0E4104804D355753649E92C2BE 
    Died  1 Jun 1897  Howard, Kent, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID  I5919  OuthouseLine2014
    Last Modified  16 Jan 2012 

    Father  John SMITH,   b. Abt 1787, Haverstraw, Orange, NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1852, Howard, Kent, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Catherine Amelia Millie SHERWOOD,   b. 1792, Manlius Village, NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1843, Howard, Kent, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  1810  Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F2146  Group Sheet

    Family  Joanna BAKER,   b. 19 Sep 1813, Petite Riviere, Lunenburg, NS, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married  15 Feb 1843  Orford Twp, Kent, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • They were married in the Wesleyan Methodist Church.
    Last Modified  29 Aug 2004 
    Family ID  F2197  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • It is possible that William was conceived during a period of military leave for his father John, during the War of 1812. The first entry below would indicate that William's family was residing in Kent County by 1818, when William was five years old. However, from my reading of the text of this book, I am not sure if this is the correct William Smith. An entry for his father indicates that John was still listed on a militia register in Midland in 1818 (while living near Toronto), but he may have been inactive and in fact not near that location in 1818. John is first recorded in Kent County in 1829, but may have been there well before that time. John's father (William's grandfather) is known to have been in the Hamilton area (moved from Nova Scotia) in 1808. Various members of the Outhouse family (William's grandmother) are recorded as moving into Kent County throughout this time frame. [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S136] RIPLEY, Richard.