George Coventry (1793 - 1870)

Born 28 Jul 1793 in Wandsworth, Surrey, England

Died 11 Feb 1870 at age 76 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Biography

George Coventry is Notable.

Born in 1793^[1] in Wandsworth (now part of London), he was the son of Joseph Coventry, Jr., a ward of Baron Dimsdale of Thetford, and Elizabeth Thornborrow. He emigrated to Upper Canada (Ontario) in 1835 and settled in the Niagara District, where he worked as a clerk. He briefly edited a newspaper in Picton before moving to Cobourg, where he contributed poems to the local newspaper.

In 1859 he was hired by the legislature of the Province of Canada to gather and transcribe documents relating to the early history of Upper Canada. In 1861 Coventry also took a leading role in the formation of an Upper Canadian historical society.^[2]

He died, unmarried, in 1870.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPBC-1YV : 10 April 2021), George Coventry, 1793.
2. ↑ Dictionary of Canadian Biography: George Coventry
3. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK7P-449 : 2 March 2021), George Coventry, 11 Feb 1870; citing Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, cn7022 p6, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,846,465.