William Penn Churchill (1834 - 1912)

Born 11 Jun 1834 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada East

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine (Doucette) Churchill — married 18 Feb 1861 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada

Descendants

Died 26 Jul 1912 at age 78 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

He was in the lumber business. His son Walter's birth registration listed him as a farmer.

William CHURCHILL Household Male 1881 Canadian Census

Other Information: Birth Year <1839> Birthplace Nova Scotia Age 42 Occupation Farmer Marital Status M <Married> Ethnic Origin English Head of Household William CHURCHILL Religion ---

Source Information: Census Place Chebogue, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia NA Film Number C-13171 District 14 Sub-district B Page Number 16 Household Number 69

1901 Census: Shows him living in Brooklyn, Yarmouth Co. N.S in the polling district of Arcadia.; male, white, head of family, married, age 61, Nova Scotia born, English, Quaker, miller and farmer, self employed living on his own means, could read-write-speak English, wood frame house, 1 family, 7 rooms, 1 other person in the residence which would likely have been his grandson Warren R Churchill, 80 acres, 1 dwelling, 1 farm building, enumerated on May 2 1901. His son Charles Henry's marriage certificate shows him as a lumberman. His son Rupert's marriage certificate shows him as a miller. His son Warren Rupert's birth certificate states he was a contractor of construction. His son Byron's marriage certificate states he was a farmer. His son Walter's marriage certificate states he was a yeoman. Death Cert: Male, age 78/0/16, living in Brooklyn at time of death, cause of death - heart disease, sick for 3 weeks, Baptist, white, buried in Churchill Cemetery at Dayton.

Sources

• The Nova Scotia Churchills , by GeorgeR Churchill; Copyright - June 2008; registration # 1059094; printed by Gaspereau Press, Kentville, NS; ISBN # 978-0-9867403-0-5.
• 1901 Census of Canada
• Nova Scotia Vital Statistics; repository - Nova Scotia Archives.
• · Supplement 1V, Churchill Family in America (Asaph Churchill, Elsie Tolson, Adeline Plissey, L.Joy Churchill, Nancy Churchill; Library of Congress.