Isabella (Sloan) Godfrey (1821 - 1904)

Born 8 Jun 1821 in Ballynahinch, County Down, Ireland

Wife of Andrew Godfrey — married about 21 Feb 1856 in Kincardine, Bruce, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 24 Feb 1904 at age 82 in Kincardine Township, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

In the 1851 census Isabella was in Bruce, Canada West (Ontario), Canada, with her brother-in-law.^[1]

Isabella Sloan married Andrew Godfrey in Kincardine, Ontario, Canada, on 21 February 1856 when she was 34 years old.^[2]

In the 1861 census Isabella (age 35(?)) was the married head of household in Kincardine, Bruce, Canada West.^[3]

In the 1871 census Isabella (age 40(?!)) was recorded as married in Kincardine, Bruce South, Ontario.^[4]

In the 1881 census Isebella (age 58) was recorded as married in Ontario.^[5]

In the 1891 census Isabella (age 69) was the widowed head of household in Kincardine Township, Bruce West, Ontario, Canada.^[6][7]

Burial Kincardine Cemetery, Kincardine Township, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada

Sources

1. ↑ 1851 Census: "1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia"
   Year: 1851; Census Place: Bruce, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C-11715; Page: 11; Line: 48
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 1061 #132728 (accessed 28 September 2023)

   Name	Isabella Sloan
   Gender	Female
   Age Next Birthday	29
   Estimated Birth Year	abt 1822
   Birthplace	Ireland
   Census year	1851
   Enumeration District	Bruce County
   Enumeration District Number	3
   Sub-Enumeration District	Kincardine
   Sub-Enumeration District Number	21
   Residence Place	Bruce, Canada West (Ontario), Canada
   Profession, Trade, or Occupation	Sister-in-law
   Household Members (Name) Age	William Fannin 30 Abigail Fannin 28 James Fannin 1 Isabella Sloan 29
   Page Stamped	11
   Page Handwritten	19

2. ↑ Marriage: "Births-deaths-marriages, Christian messenger"
   Original data: Births-deaths-marriages, Christian messenger. Hamilton, Ont.: Hamilton Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1960
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 28982 #12 (accessed 28 September 2023)
3. ↑ 1861 Census: "1861 Census of Canada"
   Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1011; Page number: 5
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 1570 #789507988 (accessed 28 September 2023)

   Name	Isabella Godfrey
   Gender	Female
   Marital Status	Married
   Age	35
   Birth Date	1826
   Birth Place	Ireland
   Home in 1861	Kincardine, Bruce, Canada West
   District Number	01
   Relation to Head	Head
   Religion	Church of England
   Household Members (Name) Age Relationship	Isabella Godfrey 35 Head

4. ↑ 1871 Census: "1871 Census of Canada"
   Year: 1871; Census Place: Kincardine, Bruce South, Ontario; Roll: C-9935; Page: 50
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 1578 #2384988 (accessed 28 September 2023)

   Name	Isabella Godfrey
   Gender	Female
   Marital Status	Married
   Widowed	M
   Origin	Irish
   Age	40
   Birth Date	1831
   Birth Place	Ireland
   Residence Place	Kincardine, Bruce South, Ontario
   District Number	27
   Subdistrict	e
   Division	01
   Religion	Church Of England
   Household Members (Name) Age	Alexander Godfrey 51 Isabella Godfrey 40 Mary Ann Godfrey 13 Eliza Jane Godfrey 11 Isabella Godfrey 10 Abigail Godfrey 7 Norman Mc Leod 37 Ann Mc Leod 22 Margaret Mc Leod 3 Georgina Mc Leod 1 Elizabeth Mc Leod 65

5. ↑ 1881 Census: "1881 Census of Canada"
   Year: 1881; Census Place: Kincardine, Bruce South, Ontario; Roll: C_13275; Page: 12; Family No: 57
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 1577 #544691 (accessed 28 September 2023)

   Name	Isebella Godfrey
   Gender	Female
   Marital Status	Married
   Age	58
   Birth Year	1823
   Birthplace	Ireland
   Religion	Church of England
   Nationality	English
   Province	Ontario
   District Number	176
   District	Bruce South
   Sub-District Number	F
   Subdistrict	Kincardine
   Division	1
   Household Members (Name) Age	Andrew Godfrey 70 Isebella Godfrey 58 Marey A. Godfrey 22 Isebella Godfrey 19 Abigail Godfrey 17

6. ↑ 1891 Census: "1891 Census of Canada"
   Year: 1891; Census Place: Kincardine Town, Bruce West, Ontario, Canada; Roll: T-6329; Family No: 143; Page number: 28
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 1274 #2068182 (accessed 28 September 2023)

   Name	Isabella Godfrey
   Gender	Female
   Marital Status	Widowed
   Age	69
   Birth Year	abt 1822
   Birth Place	Ireland
   Residence Date	1891
   Residence Place	Kincardine Town, Bruce West, Ontario, Canada
   Relation to Head	Head
   Religion	Church of England
   Can Read	Y
   Can Write	Y
   French Canadian	No
   Father's Birth Place	Ireland
   Mother's Birth Place	Ireland
   Household Members (Name) Age Relationship	Isabella Godfrey 69 Head Isabella Godfrey 30 Daughter Mary Ann Smith 34 Lodger Daniel Smith 44 Lodger Andrew G Smith 3 Lodger
   Enumeration District	53

7. ↑ "Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW2J-HY2 : 3 August 2016), Isabella Godfrey, Kincardine Town, Bruce West, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148131.

• Toil, Tears & Triumph: A History of Kincardine Township by the Kincardine Township Historical Society, 1990. Wanita Fletcher editor, p.129

• Ann and Clint Griffee, Our Family Tree - Family Card [1]

• (non-functioning website as at 3 Dec 2020): "Ancestors of Don Jarrell and Sources" (www.jarrell.ca/f131.html)

• Canada Gen Web's Cemetery Project, photo Carolyn Bechtel (non functioning website at geneofun.on.ca/names/photo/1776175 - gravestone photo - as at 28 Sept 2023)