Sarah Elizabeth (Bolton) Best (1853 - 1932)

Born 16 Oct 1853 in Milliken, Toronto, York, Canada West

Wife of James Best — married 3 May 1872 in Brougham, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 23 Mar 1932 at age 78 in Sandford, Uxbridge, Durham, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Sarah was born in 1868.

Appeared in the 1881 Canada Census in Scott, Ontario. Others in the household include: James age 32, occupation farmer; Sarah (age 27), William (age 8), Althea (age 6), Esther (age 4), Ethel (age 2), Isabel (age 1 month).

Appeared in the 1891 Canada Census in Scott, Ontario. The household include: James age 42, occupation farmer; Sarah E. (age 35), William R. W. (age 18), Roy (age 6), James R. F. (age 2), Althea J. (age 16), Esther L. (age 14), Blanch G. (age 12), Mabel T. (age 11), Olive B. (age 8), Milton (age 4).

Appeared in the 1901 Canada Census in Scott, Ontario. Others in the household: James age 52, occupation blacksmith; Sarah (age 45), Mabel (age 20) dressmaker, Olive (age 17), Roy (age 15), Milton (age 14), James R. F. (age 12), Hilda (age 4).

Appeared in the 1911 Canada Census in Scott, Ontario, Ontario. The household included: James age 62, occupation blacksmith; Elizabeth age 55; Milton age 24, occupation blacksmith; Hilda age 14.

Appeared in the 1921 Canada Census in Scott, Ontario, Ontario. The household included: James age 72, occupation blacksmith; Sarah age 65; Joseph age 65, lodger, occupation blacksmith employee.

Sources

"Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHLR-43X : 23 February 2021), Sarah E Best in household of James Best, Ontario (north/nord), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 2, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.

"Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9Y-MYJR : 16 March 2018), Elizabeth Best in entry for James Best, 1911; citing Census, Ontario North Sub-Districts 1-42, Ontario, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,418,513.

• "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:278V-QHM : 13 March 2018), Annie Eliz Thirsk in entry for Milton Boulton Best and Mary Ann Skinner, 01 Jan 1916; citing registration , Cedar Valley, York, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,079,754.

"Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJ4F-YV2 : 2 March 2021), Sarah Elizabeth Best, 23 Mar 1932; citing Ontario, Ontario, Canada, , Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm .