John Counter (1799 - 1862)

Born 18 Apr 1799 in Devon, England

Husband of Hannah (Roode) Counter — married Apr 1822 in Kingston, Frontenac, Upper Canada

Descendants

Died 29 Oct 1862 at age 63 in Kingston, Frontenac, Canada West

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Biography

John Counter, a Kingston baker, entrepreneur and politician, was born in 1799. He was the child of John Counter and Susannah [Unknown]. ^[1]

He died in 1862 and was buried at Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Margaret S. Angus, “COUNTER, JOHN,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed December 14, 2016, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/counter_john_9E.html.
2. ↑ Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Find A Grave Memorial# 11052664

See also:

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYT9-M43 : 24 March 2020), John Caunter, 1799.
• Canada, City and Area Directories, 1819-1906 (1855, 1858)
• 1861 Census of Canada <https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1861&op=img&id=4108493_00905>
• "Ontario Census, 1861." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. Citing Board of Registration and Statistics. Public Archives, Toronto.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 21 June 2020), memorial page for John Counter (18 Apr 1799–29 Oct 1862), Find a Grave Memorial no. 11052664, citing Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada.
• TONI/OGS. Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston Township, Frontenac County, Ontario <https://ogs.on.ca/databases/toni/toni-item-view/?toni_id=1016898>