George Washington Haviland (1843 - 1921)

Born 14 Jan 1843 in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Son of Benjamin H. Haviland and Lucy (Craw) Haviland

Husband of Louisa Belle (Turner) Haviland — married 26 May 1863 in Washington, D.C.

Descendants

Died 14 Sep 1921 at age 78 in Saginaw, MI

Biography

George Washington Haviland, son of Benjamin Haviland & Lucy Craw, was born 14 Jan 1843 in Norfolk County, Ontario. He married 26 May 1863 in Washington, D.C. to Louisa Belle Turner. (She may have been a nurse in D.C. where she met her future husband George while in the hospital. But this is speculation.)

George has a military gravestone: Company A, 1st Mich. Infantry. His death certificate states he was a farmer though he was a Justice of the Peace in Tittabawassi Township, Saginaw, MI. The death record states his father was Joseph and mother unknown, presumably because when he immigrated out of Canada into America he did not connect his descendants to his parents or ancestors. According to the General's Report: Goerge resided in Kent County and was discharged for disability on 17 Nov 1862.^[1] George enlisted at Ann Arbor, 6 Jul 1861 for 3 years at age 18. He mustered 13 Jul 1861. He was discharged from Washington, D.C. 17 Nov 1862 for wounds received in action on 20 Aug 1862. He signed George Bennett's Naturalization Papers and stated his profession was Justice of the Peace.

George died 14 Sep 1921 in Saginaw, MI of Arteriorsclorosis.

Sources

Footnotes

1. ↑ 1865-6 MI Vol. Records, p. 54. (please provide stronger citation if available)

Documentation

• Secondary:Chapin, Eleanor F. Canadian Haviland Family Genealogy. Brantford, Ontario, Canada: Hurley Printing Co., July 1991.
• DNA:Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. Richard Hafeman Haviland and Christopher Sirmons Haviland match on 42 out of 43 markers (see kits H1549 and H1015 at FamilyTreeDNA) thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA Benjamin Haviland. See The Haviland - de Havilland YDNA Project.
• WikiTree profile Haviland-94 created through the import of Haviland-Descendants.ged on Feb 10, 2012 by Graeme MacKay.