William Hudson (1825 - 1908)

Born 11 Aug 1825 in Hinchenbrook, Quebec, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Alice (Fairbairn) Hudson — married 21 Jun 1848 in Wakefield, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

Descendants

Died 8 Jun 1908 at age 82 in Turtle Mountain, Manitoba, Canada

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Biography

William Hudson was born in Hinchenbrook, Canada East (Quebe) to Robert Breck Hudson and Anna Maria Delamater on 11 August 1825^[1]. In 1851, he was living in Wakefield Township, Canada East with his wife, Elcy (Fairbairn) Hudson. In 1871, William and his children were living in Bristol Township, Pontiac County, Quebec. He died in 1908, in Turtle Mountain, Manitoba.

Marriage

Date: 21 Jun 1848

Place: St Andrews Presb., Wakefield, Gatineau

Notes: Marr. 21 Jun 1848 Alcy FAIRBAIRN & William HUDSON (of Bristol), St Andrews Presb, Wakefield, Gatineau, QUE ^[2]

• Special notes on family and marriage:
• William and Alice are listed as the parents of Thomas Wanless Hudson in a single document recording his Baptism, First Marriage, and Profession of Faith on 1 March 1892.^[3]

Death

Date: 8 Jun 1908

Place: R.M. Turtle Mountain, Manitoba, Canada. ^[4]

William died (age 83) on 8 June 1908 in the Regional Municipality of Turtle Mountain, Manitoba, Canada. The death record is found at Ancestry and is linked to Manitoba Vital Stats: {https://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/DetailView.php) ^[5]

Census and Immigration

The household of William Hudson is recorded at Hinchinbrook, Huntingdon, Quebec in 1825.^[6]

William and Eley Hudson's Family is counted in Wakefield, Quebec in 1852.^[7]

Date: 1850/51 Additional existing information in the 1851 Census:

Place: Wakefield, Bristol, Canada East^[8]

Note: HUDSON: Wm 27 farmer; Elcy 24; Robt 3, Jane 1 All b CAN, English Ch. (further up the page George & Ellen FAIRBAIRN, Elcy's brother and wife) ^[9]

William and Eley Hudson and their family remained in Wakefield in 1861.^[10]

In 1871 William (age 46) was recorded as widowed in Bristol, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada.^[11]

Date: 1871 Additional existing information on the 1871 Census:

Place: Bristol, Pontiac Co., Quebec

Notes: HUDSON (all b QUE. Episcopal, English): William 46 widowed farmer; Assumed children: Robert 22, Jane 20, William 18, Annie 16, George 13, Thomas 12, John F 8 ^[12]

William was in a naturalization record on 30 May 1883 in Ransom, Ransom, North Dakota, United States.^[13]

In 1901 William (age 75) was the widowed father of William Hudson in [Lisgar, Turtle Mountain, Manitoba, Canada as shown on the attached original. (The Dutton, Elgin, Ontario, Canada reference is incorrect on the index).]^[14]

Additional Family Events

William's son Thomas W Hudson married second to Mary Jane Flint on 17 April 1907 in Eganville, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada.^[15]

William's son Thomas Hudson died on 27 August 1919 in Ontario, Canada.^[16]

William's son George Hudson married Martha Jane Lewis on 14 December 1923 in Westboro, Carleton, Ontario, Canada.^[17]

William's daughter Annie Marie Raycroft died on 11 June 1924 in Grattan, Renfrew, Ontario.^[18]

William's son George Hudson died on 16 October 1932 in Grattan, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada.^[19]

Sources

1. ↑ Transcription of the birth and Baptism of William Hudson from the Drouin Collection, Caldwell and Christie, Iberville, Quebec. 1829: “On the Twentieth day of March 1829, I Baptized William, son of Robert B. Hudson of Hinchinbrook, Farmer, and Maria his wife; born on the Eleventh day of August 1825; Claudine [Claud?] Burrows and Jane Burrows and the father being Sponsors. Signed by parents: Robert B Hudson and Mariah Hudson, and Sponsors: Claud Burrows and Jane Burrows. Mr. Townsend, Rector.”
   Baptism: "Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968"
   Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, Comp
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1091 #10118982 (accessed 20 January 2024)
   William Hudson baptism on 20 Mar 1829 (born 11 Aug 1727 [1825]), child of Robert Hudson & Maria, in Iberville, Québec (Quebec), Canada.
2. ↑ from BMS2000, transcr. rcvd by Lorna, from Adeline M, Sep 2009
3. ↑ Thomas Wanless Hudson and Margaret Kilby, marriage, a profession of faith, baptism, "Ontario, Roman Catholic Church Records, 1760-1923"
   "Canada, Ontario Roman Catholic Church Records, 1760-1923," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YWC-HK1?cc=1927566&wc=M6VT-FPD%3A220999401%2C221068601%2C221068602%2C221079901 : 22 April 2021), Renfrew > Eganville > St James the Less > Baptisms, marriages, burials 1878-1897 > image 178 of 291; Catholic Church parishes, Ontario.
   pg292
   
   "Profession of Faith, Thomas W. Hudson - On the twenty-ninth day of February one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two I the undersigned priest received the profession of R. C. faith made by Thomas Wanless Hudson aged twenty-seven years son of William Hudson and Alice Olmstead of Grattan township. This profession was made in the presence of Howard Power and Denis Helferty the maker being a convert from Anglicanism."
   
   "Baptism. #9 Thomas W. Hudson - On this twenty-ninth day of February one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two I the undersigned priest baptized conditionally Thomas Wanless Hudson aged twenty-seven years son of William Hudson and Alice Olmstead [Note: Alice's maiden name was actually Fairbairn as recorded in multiple records. She had died in 1868.] of Grattan township, a convert from Anglicanism, the godfather was Denis Helferty."
   
   "Marriage. #1 Thomas Wanless Hudson and Margaret Kilby - On this first day of March one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two I the undersigned priest received the mutual consent to the marriage of Thomas Wanless Hudson son of age of William Hudson and Alice Olmstead [should be Fairbairn] of Grattan Township, Mount St Patrick parish on the one part; and Margaret Kilby daughter under the age of the late James Kilby and Catherine Melamphy of Grattan, Eganville parish in the other part; our publication of banns having been previously published at the town(?) of the parochial masses at Eganville and Mount Saint Patrick; the two other publications having been duly dispensed from; no impediment to marriage having been detected nor objection made. The ceremony was performed in the presence of James Walsh of Douglas and Melia Ann Kilby of Grattan, sister of the bride."
4. ↑ Death 8 Jun 1908 William HUDSON, aged 83, ref#1908,002658, extracted Jul 2008
5. ↑ Death: "Web: Manitoba, Death Index, 1871-1951"
   Manitoba Consumer and Corporate Affairs; Manitoba, Canada; Vital Statistics; URL: http://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/Query.php
   Ancestry Record 70601 #1076004 (accessed 20 January 2024)
   William Hudson died 8 Jun 1908 (age 83) in Rm Turtle Mountain, Manitoba, Canada.
6. ↑ 1825 Census Household of Robert Hudson family at Huntingdon, Lower Canada (Quebec)
   Canada Census year 1825: Census of Lower Canada, 1825 Found in: Genealogy / Census Item ID number: 47006744 Record Information – Details Province: Lower Canada (Quebec) District name: Huntingdon District number: 10 Sub-district number: 6 Reference: MG 31 C1, Lower Canada/Canada East census returns Page number: 1076 Number of residents: 9 Container: 2 Microfilm reel number: C-718 Image number: 004569588_00018 Help page: Census Date modified:2023-07-20
   (http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=census&id=47006744&lang=eng : 7 October 2023)
   Robert had 2 children under age 6, and 3 aged 6-14.
7. ↑ Family of Wm and Eley Hudson, Canada Census 1851 (1852), Wakefield, Ottawa, Quebec
   Canada Census 1851 (Count began 12 Jan 1852), Canada East, Ottawa, Wakefield, page 21.
   (http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=census&id=23070723&lang=eng : 20 January 2024)
   Wm Hudson, Farmer, 27; wife Eley Hudson, 24; Robert, 3, and Jane, 1; all born in Canada.
8. ↑ "Canada Census, 1851," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWRX-JG2 : 3 August 2016), William Hudson, Bristol, Ottawa County, Canada East (Quebec), Canada; citing p. 49, line 40; Library and Archives Canada film number C_1131, Public Archives, Ontario.
9. ↑ Source #S809 : 1851 Wakefield, Ottawa Co, Canada East (QUE), Dist 20 Sub Dist 278 Pg 21, household of Wm & Elcy HUDSON, extracted Jul 2008
10. ↑ Family of William and Eley Hudson, Canada Census 1861, Wakefield, Ottawa, Canada East (Quebec)
    Canada Census, Canada East, Ottawa, Wakefield, page 19.
    (http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=census&id=46450946&lang=eng : 20 January 2024)
    William Hudson, Farmer, age 33, Eley Hudson, 33, wife: children: Robert 11, Jane 9, William 7, Anne 5, George 3, Thomas 1.
11. ↑ 1871 Census: "Canada Census, 1871"
    citing Page: 24; Line: 16; Digital film/folder number: 004396631; FHL microfilm: 4396631; Image number: 244; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N03207-8
    FamilySearch Record: M4LW-3Z3 (accessed 20 January 2024)
    FamilySearch Image: S3HY-XCZ3-Y7R
    William Hudson (46), widowed in Bristol, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada. Born in Que.
12. ↑ Source #S809: 1871 Bristol, Pontiac South, Quebec; Roll: C-10024; Family No: 74, household of William HUDSON, extracted Sep 2009
13. ↑ Naturalization: "North Dakota, U.S., Naturalizations, 1873-1952"
    The State Historical Society of North Dakota; Bismarck, North Dakota; North Dakota, Naturalizations, 1873-1952; Volume Number: 1-8
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62035 #31616 (accessed 20 January 2024)
    Name: William Hudson; Declaration Age: 58; Record Type: Naturalization Declaration; Birth Date: 1825; Birth Place: Huntington-Quebec; Arrival Date: Sep 1881; Arrival Place: Port Huron; Declaration Date: 30 May 1883; Declaration Place: Ransom, Ransom, North Dakota, USA.
14. ↑ 1901 Census: "Canada Census, 1901"
    citing Page: 4; Digital film/folder number: 101692782; Image number: 136
    FamilySearch Record: KHVT-7GK (accessed 20 January 2024)
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSS1-LBSX
    William Hudson (75), widowed father, in the household of William Hudson (47) in [Lisgar, Turtle Mountain, Manitoba, Canada as shown on the attached original. (The Dutton, Elgin, Ontario, Canada reference is incorrect on the index).] Born in Quebec.
15. ↑ Marriage of son Thomas W Hudson: "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
    citing Digital film/folder number: 004529303; FHL microfilm: 1871707; Image number: 1266; Indexing batch: V01478-4
    FamilySearch Record: KSZ8-KH9 (accessed 20 January 2024)
    FamilySearch Image: 9Q97-Y39B-B91
    William Hudson's son Thomas W Hudson married Mary Jane Flint on 17 Apr 1907 in Eganville, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada.
16. ↑ Death of son Thomas Hudson: "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
    citing Digital film/folder number: 004171534; FHL microfilm: 1862967; Image number: 819; Packet letter: I; Indexing batch: B05761-6
    FamilySearch Record: JNRN-HZH (accessed 20 January 2024)
    FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6733-VGW
    William Hudson in death record for son Thomas Hudson 27 Aug 1919 in Ontario, Canada.
17. ↑ Marriage of son George Hudson: "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
    citing Digital film/folder number: 005309612; FHL microfilm: 002266889; Image number: 836
    FamilySearch Record: QKM5-6LFC (accessed 20 January 2024)
    FamilySearch Image: 33S7-91PC-CNZ
    Wm Hudson's son George Hudson married Martha Jane Lewis on 14 Dec 1923 in Westboro, Carleton, Ontario, Canada.
18. ↑ Death of daughter Annie Marie Raycroft: "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
    citing Grattan, Renfrew, Ontario, yr 1924 cn 27419, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,022,142
    FamilySearch Record: J6SL-SNB (accessed 20 January 2024)
    FamilySearch Image: S3HY-69R9-KCJ
    William Hudson in death record for daughter Annie Marie Raycroft 11 Jun 1924 in Grattan, Renfrew, Ontario.
19. ↑ Death of son George Hudson: "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
    citing Digital film/folder number: 004023107; FHL microfilm: 2378661; Image number: 1049; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: V00281-3
    FamilySearch Record: JND5-8MJ (accessed 20 January 2024)
    FamilySearch Image: S3HT-DH2S-Z3W
    William Hudson in death record for son George Hudson 16 Oct 1932 in Grattan, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada.