Henry Wasley (1793 - 1864)

Born 19 Apr 1793 in Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ann Toole — married 14 Oct 1813 in Upper Canada

Descendants

Died 21 Sep 1864 at age 71 in Toronto, York, Canada West

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Biography

Henry was a Friend (Quaker)

Henry was born in 1793 in Pennsylvania, into the Quaker family of Francis Wasley Jr and Hannah Scott.^[1] He moved with his family to Canada in about 1804.

Henry married Ann Toole. Their children:^[2]

1. Sidney Wasley b 1815 m James Cook
2. Soloman Wasley b 1816 m Ella, lived in Detroit
3. Mary Wasley b 1818 m Theodore Minthorn
4. John Wasley b 1829
5. Henry Wasley b 1822 m Harriet Palmer
6. Rachel Wasley b 1823 d 1830
7. Job Wasley b 1825 m Mariah
8. Hannah Wasley b 1828 m Henry McLees
9. Abner Wasley b 1830 m Jane
10. Francis Wasley b 1832 m Susan Thompkins

In 1851 Henry lived in Norwich, Ontario with his wife Ann and son Job. The next household was his son Solomon and his family.^[3] In 1861 Henry and Ann were still in Norwich, living either with or next to his son Abner and his family.^[4]

Henry passed away 21 Sep 1864 in Toronto. His youngest son, Francis, took care of his parents until their deaths.^[2] Henry is buried in Norwich, Ontario.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ The Family of Francis and Hannah Wasly by Ernest C. Dickson, M.D., San Francisco. The Ontario Register, Vol. 2, No. 4 (1969)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Genealogy of theHerbert Hoover Family, by Hulda Hoover McLean, 1967. g-grandfather Henry, pages 15-16.
3. ↑ Year: 1851; Census Place: Norwich, Oxford County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11745; Page: 79; Line: 22 (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1851/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=1447085)
4. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Census, 1861", Norwich, Oxford, Ontario, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQWZ-68X : Sat Mar 09 12:07:04 UTC 2024), Entry for Henry Wastley, 1861.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196394065/henry-wasley : accessed 04 June 2022), memorial page for Henry Wasley (21 Apr 1793–21 Sep 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 196394065, citing North Norwich Pioneer Cemetery, Norwich, Oxford County Municipality, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by Geraldine (nee-MOTT/Clements) Sookorukoff (contributor 48074718) .

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Caroline Cohoe for creating WikiTree profile Wasley-15 through the import of cohoe only_2013-04-15.ged on Apr 15, 2013.

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