Pitkin Gross Ireland (1840 - 1917)

Born 5 Feb 1840 in Murray, Northumberland, Upper Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Amarilla (Chatterson) Ireland — married 16 Nov 1867 in Northumberland,Ontario

Descendants

Died 14 May 1917 at age 77 in Cramahe, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Pitkin Ireland has English ancestors.

Pitkin Gross Ireland (and his twin sister, Rebecca Gross (Ireland) Moffatt (1840-1908)) were born in Murray Township, Northumberland County, Upper Canada on Feb. 5, 1840. He was a son of Richard Ireland (1805-1874) and Elizabeth Arabella (Snelgrove) Ireland (1810-1894). Like his father and most of his brothers, he became a farmer, first in Murray Township, and later in Cramahe Township.

On Nov. 16, 1867, in Northumberland County, he married Emerilla (Chatterson) Ireland (1842-).^[1][2] Their family included:

• Elsie L. Ireland (abt.1869-)
• Charles L. Ireland (1871-1945)
• George Herbert Ireland (1873-1907)
• Emily Alice Ireland (1875-1908)
• Albert Earnest Ireland (1877-)
• Egerton Lorne Ireland (1878-1966)
• Carman Royal Ireland (1883-1931)

Pitkin died on May 14, 1917, in Cramahe Township.^[3] He is buried there, in Salem Cemetery.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2T1-YCCD : 17 March 2018), Pitkin Ireland and Emerilla Chatterson, 16 Nov 1867; citing Northumberland, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,030,061.
2. ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1800-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLP5-SRS : 8 February 2020), Pilkin Ireland, 1867.
3. ↑ "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKW9-5M7 : 26 March 2020), Pitkin Gross Ireland, 14 May 1917; citing Cramahe, Northumberland, Ontario, 022883, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,687.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 April 2021), memorial page for Pitkin Gross Ireland (5 Feb 1840–14 May 1917), Find a Grave Memorial no. 225434278, citing Salem Cemetery, Cramahe, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by Richard Hill (contributor 50436836)

• "Canada Census, 1851," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWT8-4XV : 3 August 2016), Rebecca Ireland, Murray, Northumberland County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada; citing p. 75, line 15; Library and Archives Canada film number C_11740, Public Archives, Ontario.
• "Ontario Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ7V-BFH : 5 September 2017), Pilkin Ireland, Murray, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 33, line 10; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1056, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,435,930.
• "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4Q6-GZH : 24 October 2018), Pitkin Ireland, Murray, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
• "1881 Census of Canada", Year: 1881; Census Place: Cramahe, Northumberland East, Ontario; Roll: C_13239; Page: 10; Family No: 49, Ancestry Record 1577 #2899411 (accessed 9 December 2023)

Pitkin G Ireland 41 Married M Farmer Ontario

Amarilla Ireland 39 Married F Ontario

Elsie L Ireland 11 F Ontario

Charles L Ireland 9 M Ontario

George H Ireland 7 M Ontario

Emily A Ireland 6 F Ontario

Albert A Ireland 4 M Ontario

Edgerton Ireland 2 M Ontario

• "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHLP-2QK : 9 December 2020), Ectckin G Irelad, Northumberland (east/est), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 7, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.