The family was found in the 1891 Canada Census in Kincardine, Ontario in the household of the Fergusons. Achur or Asher or Achar was a Farm Labour Worker.[2]The household was enumerated as follows:
Ferguson, Thomas
Ferguson, Elizabeth
Ferguson, Andrew
Rachar, Achar, M, 47, M, Ontario, Ireland, Ireland, Farm Labourer
Rachar, Mary, F, 36, M, Ontario, Ireland, Ireland, Ch of Eng.
Joseph, 16, S,
Sarah, 14, D,
John, 12, S,
Margaret, 9, D,
George, 7, S,
Allice, 4, D,
Charles,1, S,
Joseph married Mary Patterson, daughter of Robert Hamilton on 19 Oct 1903 in Alpena, Michigan.[3]
↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQQH-7ZG : 18 February 2021), Joseph Rachar and Mary Patterson, 19 Oct 1903; citing Marriage, Alpena, Alpena, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4033033.
↑ "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP3H-L586 : 19 July 2021), Joseph Rachar in entry for Guy Rachar, 16 Jul 1904; citing Birth, various county courts, Michigan.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLPC-38S : accessed 7 November 2019), Guy Rachar in household of Joseph Rachar, Wilson, Alpena, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 22, sheet 5A, family 87, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 635; FHL microfilm 1,374,648.
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZQL-MWQ : accessed 7 November 2019), Joseph Rachar, Rust, Montmorency, Michigan, United States; citing ED 269, sheet 7A, line 9, family 140, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 787; FHL microfilm 1,820,787.
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