John McCormick
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John McCormick (1802 - 1877)

John McCormick
Born in County Donegal, Irelandmap [uncertain]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married about 1827 in County Donegalmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 75 in Peel Township, Wellington County, Ontariomap
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Ireland Native
John McCormick was born in Ireland.

Biography

The marriage record of John and Cecily McCormick's second child Patrick, indicates he was born in County Donegal,[1] so it is likely the entire family is from Donegal. John and Cecily and their three oldest children arrived in Upper Canada (southern Ontario) between 1834 and 1838, as indicated by the birthplaces of their third and fourth children.[2] The youngest two children were born in Tecumseth Township, Simcoe County, perhaps in Tottenham in that township.[3]. Perhaps all four of the younger children were born in that community, before the family moved further west to Wellington Co. sometime after Peel Township was opened to settlement around 1843.

“In 1847, John and Cecily McCormick purchased the west half of Lot 11 [Concession 1, Peel Township, Wellington County] from the Crown and in 1848, the Crown land east half of Lot 11 2 was purchased. They farmed this land with the help of their five sons. In 1860 they bought the 200 acres of Lot 12, Concession 1 and in 1864 they purchased 50 acres on Concession 2." [4]

The 1851 Ontario Census (which was actually conducted in January 1852) shows a family consisting of John age, 50, Cecily, 45, Joseph Manus, 23, Patrick 21, Rose, 19, Catherine 14, James 11, John 9, and Bernard, 7.[5] (Ages were to be listed according to each person's NEXT birthday.) In 1860, the McCormicks added to their land holdings, buying 200 acres in Lot 12, Concession 1 (Peel Township) for $1800.[6]

In 1861[7], the family was living in a two-story log house, including Manus and his wife Catherine. Rose McCormick had married and was living in her own home. The McCormicks added another 50 acres to their farm, in the 2nd Concession of Peel, adjacent to their property in Concession 1. The purchase price was $500.[8]

After his wife's death in 1865, John McCormick sold some of his property to two of his sons. One hundred acres in the western portion of Lot 11 were sold to Manus and his wife, and the eastern half was purchased by Patrick and his wife.[9] John sold more property in 1869 to his sons. James bought the western half of Lot 12, and Bernard the eastern half, each paying $500. [10]

By 1871, John continued living on the family property with his three youngest sons, James, John and Bernard. The two older sons, Manus and Patrick, had built their own homes the land they had purchased.[11]

John died of dysentery, at age 75, after an illness of one week.[12] John and Cecily are both buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Macton, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada, near the intersection of highways 86 and 12.

Sources

  1. Vols. 75-76, Waterloo County marriage register v. 75, 1858-1862; (Arch. of Ont. film no. MS 248, reel 16), FHL film no. 1030066.
  2. 1851 Census, Canada West
  3. See birthplace of John McCormick in "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD6C-NHR : accessed 24 November 2015), John Mccormick, 21 Nov 1922; citing Wellesley, Waterloo, Ontario, yr 1922 cn 33245, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,907,011.
  4. PORTRAITS OF PEEL: ATTIWANDARONK TO MAPLETON, 1999, Peel History Committee, Cober Printing Ltd., Kitchener, Ontario.
  5. 1851 Census, Canada West
  6. "Land Purchases," in Good Neighbors to Have: The Macton Community, 1845-2005, Julie Schnurr and Marjorie Metzger, eds., St. Jacob's Ontario, 2006, p. 9.
  7. 1861 Canada West Census
  8. "Land Purchases," in Good Neighbors to Have: The Macton Community, 1845-2005, Julie Schnurr and Marjorie Metzger, eds., St. Jacob's Ontario, 2006, p. 15.
  9. "Land Purchases," in Good Neighbors to Have: The Macton Community, 1845-2005, Julie Schnurr and Marjorie Metzger, eds., St. Jacob's Ontario, 2006, p. 17.
  10. "Land Purchases," in Good Neighbors to Have: The Macton Community, 1845-2005, Julie Schnurr and Marjorie Metzger, eds., St. Jacob's Ontario, 2006, p. 18.
  11. 1871 Canada Census, Wellington North, Peel Sub-district, p. 9.
  12. "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD6C-NHR : 2 March 2021), John Mccormick, 21 Nov 1922; citing Wellesley, Waterloo, Ontario, yr 1922 cn 33245, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,907,011.

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