Born about in La Prairie, Lower Canada
Daughter of John Shelton
and Charlotte Shelton
Sister of
Catherine Shelton and Ann Elizabeth (Shelton) Hellard
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Mary, born about 1845 in La Prairie, Lower Canada (Quebec), was the child of John Shelton and Charlotte Shelton. Her family moved to Nepean, Carleton, Canada West (Ontario) by the Census of 1851.[1]
She married George Ward on January 13, 1876 in Ingersoll, Ontario. At the time of their marriage, she lived in Dereham and gave her place of birth as Ottawa.[2] Their son, George Henry, was born in 1882 in Dereham, Oxford, Ontario.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Census of Canada West, 1851, Nepean, Carleton
- ↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMN7-M3X : 8 March 2021), George Ward and Mary Shelton, 13 Jan 1876; citing registration , Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,863,646.
- ↑ "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNLB-3MC : 2 March 2021), Mary Shelton in entry for George Henry Ward, 10 May 1882; citing Birth, Dereham, Oxford, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,845,581.
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Rejected matches › Mary Ann (Skelton) Drewry (1846-1929) › Mary Shelton (abt.1847-) › Mary (Ward) Hyde (1845-1922) › Mary (McCallum) Skelton (abt.1847-bef.1952) › Mary E. (Parrish) Wert (1847-1900)
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