She married Robert Mitchell at Ashfield, Huron, Ontario in 1867. [1] A few years later the family removed to Algoma District settling in what came to be known as Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional Twp.[2]
She passed away in 1940 and is buried at Sylvan Valley Cemetery in MacDonald Twp., Algoma, Ontario.
1861 Census of Canada, Huron County, Canada West, Personal Census, Wawanosh Twp., pp. 5 (stamped), Line 4, Jennet Sproul; [digital image], Library and Archives Canada, (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/ : accessed 28 May 2014).
1871 Census of Canada, Huron County, Ontario, Schedule No. 1 - Nominal Return of the Living, Wawanosh Twp., pp. 38, ED 26, Sub C, Div 1, Household 134, Family 134, Line 2, Janet Mitchel; [digital image], Library and Archives Canada, (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/ : accessed 28 May 2014). [enumerated by M. G. Holmes 21 May 1871.]
1881 Census of Canada, Algoma, Ontario, Schedule No. 1 - Nominal Return of the Living, Garden River, pp. 3, ED 182, Sub U, Div 1, Household 16, Family 16, Line 13, Jennet Mitchal; [digital image], Library and Archives Canada, (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/ : accessed 28 May 2014).
1891 Census of Canada, Algoma, Ontario, Schedule No. 1 - Nominal Return of the Living, Eastern Division, pp. 7, ED 46, Sub D, Div 1, Family 28, Line 18, Jannet Mitchell; [digital image], Library and Archives Canada, (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/ : accessed 28 May 2014). [enumerated 11 April 1891.]
1901 Census of Canada, Algoma, Ontario, Schedule No. 1 Population, Meredith Twp., pp. 3, ED 44, Sub Q, Div. 2, household 30, family 30, line 31, Janet Mitchell; [digital image], Library and Archives Canada, (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/ : accessed 28 May 2014). [Date of Birth is given as 16 Jun 1851, age 49.]
1911 Census of Canada, Algoma, Ontario, Schedule No. 1 Population by Name, Personal Description, etc., Meredith Twp., pp. 3 (amended), ED 55, Sub 9, household 26, family 26, line 24, Janch Mitchell; [digital image], Library and Archives Canada, (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/ : accessed 28 May 2014). [Enumerated 14-15 June 1911. Date of birth given as Jun 1850.]
1921 Census of Canada, Algoma, Ontario, Form 1 Population, Meredith Twp., pp. 16, ED 66, Sub 9, household 154, family 154, line 24, Janette Mitchell; [digital image], Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.ca/ (free registration required) : accessed 28 May 2014); citing Library and Archives Canada. Sixth Census of Canada, 1921. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, Series RG31. Folder 49. [Enumerated 18 June 1921 by Harold Barkley]
Huron County, Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-June 1869; Marriage Registration of Janet Sproul and Robert Mitchell, 11 Oct 1867, Archives of Ontario, Series MS248, Reel 8. [Janet, age 17, res. Wawanosh, d/o David Sproul and Marg. Lindsay, dated 11 Oct 1867 at Ashfield Twp.]
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