Samuel Dinsmore (1832 - 1904)

Born 8 Jul 1832 in Birragh, Donegal, Ireland

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Died 4 Jun 1904 at age 71 in St Marys, Perth, Ontario, Canada

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Samuel Dinsmore was born in Ireland.

Biography

Birth About 1833 in Ireland. ^[1]

Died 4 Jun 1904 of apoplexy on Jones St., East Ward, St Marys, Perth, Ontario, Canada. ^[2] He was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, on Highway 7 west of St. Mary's, Ontario. ^[3]

He lived with his parents at the time of the 1851 census in Glendale, Blanshard, Ontario. Samuel married Susannah Dowzer before 1855. At the death of John Dinsmore in 1863, his farm on lot 16, concession 11, Blanshard was sold to Samuel for the sum of $1.00. ^[4] They lived there after that. In 1871, Mary Jane b. c. 1856 lived with them and may have been their daughter. ^{[5] [6] [7]} By 1901, Samuel had retired and moved into St. Marys. His daughter Evlina and neice Jennie Capes lived with him. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ 1891 Census of Canada, Ontario, Perth, Blanshard, Samuel Dinsmore household, district 108, subdistrict A, p. 35, lines 20-23; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http//www.ancestry.ca : accessed 14 Mar 2009) citing Library and Archives Canada RG31, microfilm T-6362
2. ↑ Ontario, Death register, Samuel Dinsmore, registration no. 022845 (1904); digital image, Ancestry.ca (http//www.ancestry.ca : accessed 15 June 2008) citing Archives of Ontario microfilm MS935, reel 117
3. ↑ Find A Grave, database, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56813571), gravestone for Samuel Dinsmore (1833-1904), Saint Marys, Ontario
4. ↑ Descendants of John Dinsmore and his Wife. manuscript, 1962. Privately held.
5. ↑ 1871 Census of Canada, Ontario, Perth, Blanshard, Samuel Dinsmore household, schedule 1 population, district 29, subdistrict a-3, p. 38, household 123; Library and Archives Canada RG31,microfilm C-9938
6. ↑ 1881 Census of Canada, Ontario, Perth, Blanshard, Samuel Dinsmore household, district 171, subdistrict a-3, p. 15, household 61; index database online, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 18 October 2003), citing Library and Archives Canada RG31, microfilm C-13270
7. ↑ 1891 Census of Canada, Ontario, Blanshard, Samuel Dinsmore household
8. ↑ 1901 Census of Canada, Ontario, district 105 Perth South, sub-district 4, St. Marys, p. 7, dwelling 75, family 76, Samuel Dinsmore; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry (accessed 21 Apr 2020); citing Library and Archives Canada RG31-C-1.