Jane Elizabeth (Hamilton) Wilson (1806 - 1880)

Born Jul 1806 in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Wife of John Wilson — married 1 Nov 1828 in Avondale, Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 5 Mar 1880 at age 73 in Sydenham, Grey, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Jean (Hamilton) Wilson was born in Scotland.

Jane Elizabeth Hamilton was born in July 1806 at Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Jean married John Wilson on 1 November 1828 at Avondale, Lanarkshire. They had six children born there: John, Andrew, Thomas, Robert, Margaret, and James.

About 1840, Jean and John moved to Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland. There they had five more children: Elizabeth, William, Jane, Archibald, and Mary.

They left Scotland for Canada in 1855, settling on a farm in Sydenham township, Grey county, Canada West (later Ontario).

Jean died on 5 March 1880 at Sydenham. She was buried in Saint Paul's United Church Cemetery, Sydenham.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197219578/jean_jane-elizabeth-wilson: accessed 01 December 2022), memorial page for Jean Jane Elizabeth Hamilton Wilson (1806–5 Mar 1880), Find a Grave Memorial ID 197219578, citing Saint Paul's United Church Cemetery, Sydenham Township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by Margo Searer (contributor 48047138).

• "Canada, Ontario Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ7D-M37 : 5 September 2017), Jane Wilson, Sullivan, Grey, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 11, line 2; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1028-1029, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,435,851.
• "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4QH-191 : accessed 11 June 2016), Jane Wilson in household of John Wilson, Sydenham, North Grey, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 67, line 14; Library and Archives Canada film number C-9954, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 4,396,339.

See Also

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:93WY-MNP : accessed 2016-06-11), entry for Jean Hamilton, submitted by clivingston3774751.