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William French (abt. 1844 - aft. 1901)

William French
Born about in Camden, Newburgh, Ontario, Canadamap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 31 Dec 1879 in Nth Fredericksburg, Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario, Canadamap
[children unknown]
Died after after about age 57 [location unknown]
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Biography

William French [1]

Born abt 1844 Camden, Newburgh, Ontario, Canada[1]

Family

Husband: William French
Wife: Minto Grieve

Married: 31 DEC 1879 Nth Fredericksburg, Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario, Canada

cert. shows Minto as 28 born/resid Richmond, presby, d/o William & Elizabeth GRIEVE; Wit I J GOULD & Agnes B FAIRBAIRN, both of Nth Fredericksburg; William 35 born Camden Twp, Newburgh, resid Richmond, farmer, methodist, s/o Thomas & Agnes FRENCH[1]

Census:

1861 Richmond, Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario, Canada

FRENCH: James 34 b Scotland; Grace 26 b Canada, both marr, C.S.; John 5 b CAN; William 3, , Allace 1, all b CAN; Agnes 57 (widowed) b Scotland; William 17 b CAN; Members of family 4 M 3 F; 1 birth in 1860; log cabin 1 storey, 1 family[2]

APR 1881 Richmond, Lennox Co., Ontario, Canada

FRENCH: William 36 farmer; Minta 29; Edith 2/12 b Feb, all b ONT, Methodist[3]

1891 Richmond, Lennox Co., Ontario, Canada

FRENCH: William 45 farmer; wife Minto 40, both b ONT F/M b Scotland; Children: Edna P 10, Schuyler 8, Agnes 7, Bessie 7, Percy F 3, Minto 1, all b ONT F/M b ONT; Dom. Elizth SCHUMSHOTN 19 b ONT[4]

1901 Richmond, Lennox Co., Ontario, Canada

FRENCH: William 56 farmer b 18 Oct 1844; wife Minto 50 b 6 Aug 1850, both b ONT; Children: Edna P 20 b 2 Feb 1881; Schuyler 18 farmer b 21 Jul 1882; Agnes E 17 b 12 Feb 1884; Bessie E 17 b 12 Feb 1884; Percival F 13 b 9 Feb 1888; Minto C 11 b 27 Sep 1889; David W 9 b 19 May 1891; Harold A 7 b 30 Jan 1894; All b ONT,Scotch Methodist
(two Fairbairn near neighbours - William & Catherine, and William & Minnie)[5]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Marriage: 31 Dec 1879 Minto GRIEVE & William FRENCH, Nth Fredericksburgh, Lennox & Addington Co, ONT, Roll MS932_33, via Ancestry.com
  2. 1861 census: Camden, Lennox and Addington, Ontario; Roll: C-1046-1047, hsehold of James & Grace FRENCH, Census image: Canada, via Ancestry
  3. 1881 Richmond, Lennox Co, ONT FHL Film 1375872 NA Film C-13236 Dist 117 Sib Dist H Div 2 Pg 27 Sched 129, hsehold of William & Minto FRENCH, Census image: Canada, via Ancestry
  4. 1891 census Richmond, Lennox, ONT Dist 87 Archive Roll T-6350, hsehold of William & Minto FRENCH, Census image: Canada, via Ancestry
  5. 1901 census Richmond, Lennox, ONT Dist 84 Sub Dist H-4 Pg 2 Family 20, hsehold of William & Minto FRENCH, Census image: Canada, via Ancestry
  • French-4189 was created by Lorna Henderson through the import of FBUpdates4WTFeb2015.ged on Feb 14, 2015. (Reference: 56228)




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