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William Matthew Lepard (1824 - abt. 1902)

William Matthew Lepard
Born in Upper Canadamap
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Husband of — married 21 Nov 1851 [location unknown]
Died about at about age 77 [location unknown]
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Biography

Son of Peter and Elizabeth (Phillips) Lepard.

Esther Brammer , born 5 June 1834; married 21 Nov. 1851 William Matthew Lepard, born 27 Oct. 1824 of Peter and Elizabeth (Phillips) Lepard (see below).

Appeared in the 1851 Canada Census in East Gwillimbury, Canada West. The surname was transcribed as Lepperd. The household included: Peter age 67, occupation cooper; Elisabeth age 60; William age 28, occupation yeoman; Esther age 18 [wife of William]; Silas age 22, occupation yeoman, Burgess Graham age 20, occupation cooper.

They lived at Holt (33 acres on Lot 11, Conc. 6), although they also owned 45 acres on Lot 7, Conc. 3.

By 1862 he had sold this land and moved to a house on Lot 3, Con. 2.

By 1865, he had purchased 100 acres on Lot 15, Conc. 6 with an assessed value of $900, and by 1869 he had added a further 50 acres on Lot 14.

He slowly expanded the cultivated acreage on this land from 75 to 97 acres by 1879. At that time he bought a further 100 acres on Lot 15, Conc. 7 in partnership with George Hogaboom.

He then sold his interest in that land to finance the purchase of 100 acres on Lot 18, Conc. 6 for his Judah by 1882.

By 1871, William is listed in the census as a Quaker, and the rest of the family members of the Christian Church.

They later moved to Scott Twp.

Sources


Library and Archives Canada. "Canada Census 1851 - William Lepperd." Government of Canada, 30 Aug 2022, https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1851/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=821016

"Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHP9-N2N : 23 February 2021), Wm Lepard, York (north/nord), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 7, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.

  • Armstrong, William C., The Lundy Family and Their Descendants of Whatsoever Surname with a Biographical Sketch of Benjamin Lundy, (A.M.), Print, 1902, Online at Archive.Org




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