Lovina (Knowlton) Spafford (1826)

Born 1826 in Frontenac, Upper Canada

Ancestors

Wife of John Spafford — married before 1861 in Frontenac, Canada West

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Lovina was born in 1826. She was the daughter of Faxon Knowlton and Elizabeth Buck.

She is referred to in the will of her uncle, Erastus Knowlton, as the daughter of his deceased brother Faxon.

Sources

• Will of Erastus Knowlton, Jefferson County, New York (1 Jul 1873) New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999.
• Stocking, Rev. Charles Henry Wright. D.D. The History and Genealogy of the Knowltons of England and America, (New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1897) at p 296.
• Canada 1851 Census, Lovina Knowlton, Loughborough, Frontenac, Ontario (online at: https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1851&op=pdf&id=e002348424).
• Canada Census, 1861, John Spafford, Portland, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada (online at: https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1861&op=pdf&id=4391548_00486).
• Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M431-6LC : 7 April 2022), John Spafford, Loughborough, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
• Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVXJ-9C6 : 2 March 2021), John Spaford, Pittsburgh, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing John Spaford, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
• Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMN8-HBT : 8 March 2021), Lavina Spafford in entry for Andrew Powley and Harriett Spafford, 15 Dec 1874; citing registration , Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,895.
• Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMN8-ZK9 : 8 March 2021), Levina Spafford in entry for Noble Festus Darling and Sarah E Spafford, 20 May 1875; citing registration , Pittsburgh, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,895.
• New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKN1-F16C : 9 March 2021), Vina Knowlton in entry for Harvey Spafford, 6 Oct 1931, Oswego, New York, United States; citing ref. ID 476, county clerk offices from various counties, New York; FHL microfilm 1,010,244.