Ida Anabella (Prosser) Mitchell (1874 - abt. 1940)

Born 25 Jan 1874 in North Gwillimbury, York, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of George Mitchell — married 17 Dec 1901 in North Gwillimbury, York, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died about 1940 at about age 65 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Ida was born in 1876. She is the daughter of John Prosser and Lucretia Eames.

Ida appeared in the 1881 Canada Census. The information is as follows: Surname: PROSSER, Given Name: Ida, Gender: F, Age: 7, Birth Year: 1874, Place of Birth: Ontario, Religion: Christian, Nationality: English, Province: Ontario, District Name: York North, District Number: 137, Sub-District Name: Gwillimbury North, Sub-District Number: H, Division Number: 1, Family Number: 121, Page Number: 24, Microfilm: C-13249 Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada Item Number: 3627584. Others in the household included: Lucretia age 45; John age 21; Wilmot age 17; Walter age 14; William age 12; Charles age 10; Daniel age 9, Ida age 7; Maude age 2.

Ida appeared in the 1891 Canada Census. The information is as follows: Surname: Prosser, Given Name: Ida, Gender: Female, Age: 17, Birth Year: 1874, Marital Status: Single, Province: Ontario, District Name: York North, District Number: 131, Sub-District Name: Gwillimbury North and Snake Island, Sub-District Number: E, Family Number: 172, Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada, Item Number: 3076653. Others in the household included: Lucretia age 54; William age 23; Charles age 20; Ida age 17; Maud age 12.

Ida appeared in the 1901 Canada Census. The information is as follows: Surname: Prosser, Given Name: Ida, Occupation: Light House Daughter, Gender: Female, Age: 25, Birth Date: 1876-01-25, Marital Status: Single, Place of Birth: Ontario, Religion: Christian, Relationship: Daughter, Ethnic Origin: Irish, Nationality: Canadian, Province: Ontario, District Name: York North, District Number: 130, Sub-District Name: Gwillimbury North - Snake Island, Sub-District Number: E, Division Number: 2, Family Number: 68, Page Number: 7, Microfilm: T-6507 Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada Item Number: 3135241. Others in the household included: John age 70; Lucretia age 64; Ida age 25.

Ina appeared in the Newmarket Era on 9 June 1916. The information is as follows:

Keswick - By her will dated Sept. 27th, 1815, Lucretia Prosser, a widow who died at North Gwillimbury on 9th May last, left all to her family apportioned as follows: To her daughter, Graves Olivia, Holt, Ont. $100; to another daughter, Ina Bell Mitchel, 124 Murray Street, Soo, Ont., $400; her sons, Charles Walker Prosser and Daniel Leslie Prosser $200 each, and another son, Walter M. Prosser, $100. Two daughters Priscilla Evans and Minnie Nash, with three sons, John, Wilmot and William, are residuary legatees. The estate amounts to $1,645.63, which comprises $1,020.12 mortgages, personal effects $120 book debts $19.22, and $400 real estate, the last mentioned being interest in a lot in North Gwillimbury.

Ida appeared in the 1921 Canada Census. The information is as follows: Surname: Mitchell, Given Name: Ida, Gender: Female, Age: 43, Marital Status: Married, Relationship: Wife, Ethnic Origin: American, Province: Ontario, District Name: Algoma West, District Number: 66, Sub-District Name: Sault Ste. Marie (City), Sub-District Number: 33 Sub-District Description: Ward 4 - Polling Subdivision No. 10 - Bounded on the south by the St. Mary's River; bounded on the ... show more, Family Number: 258, Page Number: 24, Line Number: 32, Reference: RG31, Statistics Canada Item Number: 1972592. The household included: George age 42, occupation manager ; Ida age 43; Lorne age 17.

Appeared in the 1930 U. S. Census in Detroit, Michigan. The census indicates that the family immigrated to the U. S. in 1925. The household included: George E. age 50, occupation manager, grocery; Ida A. age 52; Lorne E. age 25, college student; Selma M. age 22 [married to Lorne]; Jan W. age four months [grandson of George].

This information was found in the 1940 US Census: Name: George Mitchell, Event Type: Census, Event Date: 1940, Event Place: Ward 10, Detroit, Detroit City, Wayne, Michigan, United States, Gender: Male, Age: 62, Marital Status: Married, Race: White, Race: White, Relationship to Head of Household: Head, Birthplace: Canada Birth Year (Estimated): 1878, Last Place of Residence: Same Place, District: 84-525, Family Number: 48, Sheet Number and Letter: 2B, Line Number: 72, Affiliate Publication Number: T627, Affiliate Film Number: 1856, Digital Folder Number: 005461806, Image Number: 00616. The household included: George Mitchell age 62, born in Canada, occupation butcher (owns the shop); Idabelle Mitchell age 65, born in Canada.

Sources

• "Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FM3L-28T : 16 July 2017), John Prosser in entry for Ida Anabella Prosser, 25 Jan 1874; citing Birth, North Gwillimbury, York, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,845,045.
• Archives Canada. "Canada Census 1881: Ida Prosser." Government of Canada, 2016-04-07, https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1881/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=3627584. Georgina Township, York County, Ontario, Canada.
• Archives Canada. "Canada Census 1891: Ida Prosser." Government of Canada, 2015-10-16, https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=3076653. North Gwillimbury Township, York County, Ontario, Canada.
• Archives Canada. "Canada Census 1901: Ida Prosser." Government of Canada, 2016-03-15, https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1901/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=3135241. North Gwillimbury Township, York County, Ontario, Canada.
• "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZBN-KPD : 11 March 2018), Lucretia Eames in entry for George Mitchell and Ida Prosser, 17 Dec 1901
• “Newmarket Era (Newmarket, ON1861), 9 Jun 1916, p. 6.” Search: Ontario Community News, Newmarket Public Library, news.ourontario.ca/newmarket/2426048/page/6?n=4.
• Archives Canada. "Canada Census 1921: Ida Mitchell." Government of Canada, 2017-08-30, https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1921/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=1972592. Sault St. Marie, Algoma, Ontario, Canada.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH9W-XNG : 14 March 2018), Idabelle Mitchell in household of George Mitchell, Ward 10, Detroit, Detroit City, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 84-525, sheet 2B, line 73, family 48, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1856.
• Archives Canada. “Canada Census 1881: John Prosser.” Library and Archives Canada, Government of Canada, 7 Apr. 2016, www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1881/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=3627576. North Gwillimbury Township, York County, Ontario, Canada.

Research Notes

This information does not appear to represent Ida Prosser, maybe a sister. According to the census info, Ida lived until after 1940 and the last census has her living in Detroit, Michigan with her husband George Mitchell.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGTT-PX4Z : 29 March 2018), Idella Maud Prosser, 1893; Burial, Queensville, York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada, Queensville Cemetery; citing record ID 187309116, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Maud was born about 1879. She is the daughter of John Prosser and Lucretia Eames.

Maude is buried in the Queensville Cemetery in Queensville, East Gwillimbury Township, York County, Ontario, Canada