Samuel Oster (abt. 1818 - 1893)

Born about 1818 in Vaughan, York, Upper Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Keffer) Oster — married 7 Apr 1846 in Home Township, Algoma, Canada West

Died 26 Sep 1893 at about age 75 in Vaughan, York, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Samuel was born in about 1818 to John Oster and Rachel Fisher. He married Rebecca Keffer in 1846. ^[1] Samuel passed away in 1893. ^[2]

"John Oster was born in 1780 and was a farmer and tanner in Pennsylvania. His oath of allegiance is dated February 16, 1802, at which time he was residing in Vaughan. He married Rachael Fisher and in 1826 they bought Lot 7, Concession 3 from her father, Jacob Fisher. (The family still have the old deed for the property dated 1805, when Jacob Fisher bought it from Jacob Keffer of Somerset County, Pennsylvania. This rare old document has a linen-like texture with the indented top common to the indentures of the day.) John Oster's sons, Michael and Samuel, carried on the farm, followed by Michael's sons, Thomas and Aaron, followed by Thomas' sons, Alan and Lorne, and then by Alan's son, William. Lot 7, Concession 3 was owned by the Oster family from 1826 to 1960, and William Oster continued to live there and farm after the property was sold, until 1968.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Canada, Ontario District Marriage Registers, 1801-1858: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2C1-LLD8
2. ↑ Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDK7-1YZ
3. ↑ A History of Vaughan Township, G. Elmore Reaman, 1971

• Canada Census, 1871: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M471-M8D
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66259161/samuel-oster