Rebecca (Young) Wintermute (1814 - 1885)

Born 25 Feb 1814 in Barton, Gore, Upper Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Philip Wintermute — married 4 Jan 1831 in Barton, Wentworth, Upper Canada

Descendants

Died 4 Jan 1885 at age 70 in Oneida, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Birth
No precise record seems to exist for her place of birth. Most sources cite Barton township as her place of birth and it is used here. At the time of her birth, her father 's farm was located in Colchester township, Essex County, in the far southwest of the province. Her birth occurred at the end of the War of 1812. During the war, that part of Upper Canada ended up under American military control. So her mother could well have been staying with her husband's family in Barton at the time of her birth.

Baptism
Sunday, June 12th, 1831. Rebecca Young, aged eighteen years, daughter of Peter and Hannah Young, born 25th February, 1814; baptized this day by me, John Miller.^[1]

Marriage
She married her first cousin, Philip Wintermute, in Barton township on January 4, 1831.^[2]

Family
In 1851, Philip and Rebecca were living on a farm in Oneida township with nine children and surrounded by their extended families. Among their immediate neighbours were the family of Thomas Runchey, whose daughter Eleanor was married to Rebecca's brother Edmond.^[3]
By 1881, all the children had left home and Philip and Rebecca were still living in Oneida.^[4]

Death
Rebecca died in Oneida township, Haldimand, Ontario on January 4, 1885. Cause of death was "bronchitis & cancer."^[5] She was buried in Caledonia Cemetery in Caledonia, Ontario.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ANCASTER PARISH RECORDS, 1830-1838.
2. ↑ Adam Young UE Family History, by Patricia E Kelderman UE, 2015, pg.53. Privately published. Copy in possession of Dave Rutherford.
3. ↑ Census of 1851 (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia) for Canada West, Haldimand, Oneida, Page Number: 65, Microfilm: C-11725, Reference: RG 31, Item Number: 1472312.
4. ↑ "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVFN-SYZ : 4 October 2018), Rebecca Wintimute in household of Philip Wintimute, Oneida, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Philip Wintimute, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1947; Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 40, Haldimand, 1885.
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 February 2019), memorial page for Rebecca Young Wintemute (25 Feb 1814–4 Jan 1885), Find A Grave: Memorial #138384234, citing Caledonia Cemetery, Caledonia, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by Bradley Moody (contributor 47097169) .

See also:

• Dr. David K. Faux: Descendants of Peter Young, Generation 1.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Dave Rutherford for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Dave and others.