In the 1865 census, Christopher Dale was working on the farm next door to Elizabeth Pearson's farm (family also named Pearson).
The 1875 Census says that he was born in Canada.
He is "Thomas C Dale" in the 1880 Census and on his gravestone, which also gives his birth place.
Year: 1860; Census Place: Royalton, Niagara, New York; Roll: M653_822; Page: 462; Image: 471; Family History Library Film: 803822
New York, State Census, 1865. Royalton, Niagara, District: 1 Line Number: 37, Page number: 13
"New York State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTZG-R72 : 11 March 2018), Christopher Dale, Hartland, Niagara, New York, United States; citing p. 19, line 3, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 1,577,676.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZXZ-MFF : 8 September 2017), Thomas C Dale, Hartland, Niagara, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 177, sheet 29A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,900.
Obituary: The Lockport Daily Journal 26 June 1890
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 February 2020), memorial page for Thomas C Dale (1846–13 Jun 1890), Find A Grave Memorial no. 80274560, citing West Ridgeway Cemetery, Medina, Orleans County, New York, USA ; Maintained by RobMinteer57 (contributor 47389024) .
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