Sarah Jane (Chambers) Wilson (1867 - abt. 1898)

Born 20 Jan 1867 in Beverly Twp, Wentworth Co. Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of George Walter Wilson — married 10 Nov 1886 (to about 1898) in St. George, Brant, Ontario, Canada

Died about 1898 at about age 30 in Galt, Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada [uncertain]

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Biography

Sarah was the daughter of Robert Chambers and Mary Ann Rachar.

The family was found in the 1871 Canada Census in Medonte, Simcoe, Ontario.^[1]The household was enumerated as follows:

• Robert Chambers Male 41, England
• Mary Anne Chambers Female 39, Ont
• William Chambers Male 11, Ont
• Robert Chambers Male 8, Ont
• John Chambers Male 5, Ont
• Sarah Jane Chambers Female 4, Ont
• Josephine Chambers Female 2, Ont

Her father passed away in 1873 and her mother Mary Ann remarried John Wilson Westover.

The blended family excluding Sarah was found in the 1881 Canada Census in Beverley, Ontario, on two pages. Only young Robert, John and Josephine Chambers are located in the household of John Westover. Sarah is no longer at home and may have been out working as a servant in another household.^[2]The household was enumerated as follows:

• Westover, John (indexed as Glen) Wilson, M, 50, Dutch
• Westover, Mary Ann, F 42, English
• Westover, Malon, M, 21, O, Dutch, Farm Laborer
• Westover, Charlot, F, 25, O, Servant
• Westover Anita, F, 19, O
• Westover, Ruth, F, 16, O
• Westover, Ezra, M, 4, O
• Westover, George, M, 2, O
• Chambers, Robert, M, 17, O, English, Farm Laborer
• Chambers, John, M, 15, O, English,
• Chambers, Josephine, F, 12, O, English

She married George Walter Wilson, son of Isabella and John Wilson in St. George, Brant, Ontario, Canada, on 10 Nov 1886.^[3]

Children:

1. Eva Pearl, b.1887-d.1887^[4]
2. Charlie Ernest, b.1889^[5]
3. Mabel Isabelle, b.1893^[6]

The family was found in the 1891 Canada Census in Galt, Waterloo, Ontario.^[7]The household was enumerated as follows:

• Wilson, George, M, 25, England Head Fireman
• Wilson, Sarah J., F, 24, England Wife
• Wilson, Ernest, M, 1, Ontario Son

Sarah passed away in 1898.

Sarah's husband George only out lived her until 1907. The children were raised by his second wife Kate Pitts.

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M47Y-TVC : 24 October 2018), Josephine Chambers in household of Robert Chambers, Medonte, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
2. ↑ 1881 Canada Collections Census (https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1881&op=img&id=e008189849 and https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1881&op=img&id=e008189850)
3. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMJJ-QK7 : 8 March 2021), George W Wilson and Sarah J Chambers, 10 Nov 1886; citing registration , Saint George, Brant, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,869,960.
4. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-DC9D-NZ?i=194&cc=1784212 : 21 July 2021), George Wilson in entry for Eva Pearl Wilson, 1887.
5. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMWX-5RL : 13 February 2020), George Wilson in entry for Charlie Ernest Wilson, 1889.
6. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-D6HW-6?i=584&cc=1784212 : 21 July 2021), Geo W Wilson in entry for Mabel Isabel Wilson, 1893.
7. ↑ 1891 Canada Collections for Ontario (https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=img&id=30953_148177-00263)