Olivia (Shipman) Hilliard (abt. 1839 - 1909)

Born about 16 Jun 1839 in Upper Canada

Ancestors

Wife of John Hilliard — married 1860 in Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 11 Apr 1909 at about age 69 in Brunel Township, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Olivia Shipman, also called Olive, was born in Ontario about the 16th of June, 1839 in Upper Canada. She was the daughter of Daniel David Shipman and Elizabeth (Gates) Shipman.

In the 1851 Census Olivia was with her parents and was one of eight children in Oxford, Grenville County, Canada West. She would be 14 on her next birthday. Also in the household was Olive's Grandmother, Margaret Shipman.^[1]

Olivia married John Hilliard (Hillyard) about 1860 to 1861. No source for the exact date has been found, however in the 1861 Census they were recorded as married and were living with Olivia's parents on their farm in Oxford, Grenville County, Ontario. There were no children of John and Olive's listed on the 1861 Census .^[2]

The census in 1871 showed Olive and John were farming on their own. They had moved to the Brunel and Franklin Township area in Muskoka, Ontario. There were two children listed in the household. The Cock family was listed on the census page just above the Hillyard family. Olives son, Albert, would eventually marry Anna Margaret Cock.^[3]

Olive and John continued to farm their land in the Brunel area for many years. The 1881 census refers to the area as the Brunel and Stephenson district in Muskoka, Ontario. In the census there were four children in the household, the oldest child Albert was helping his father with the farm.^[4]

Children;

• Albert James Hillyard b. 7 Feb 1866 m. Anna Margaret Cock
• David William Hillyard b. 16 Jan 1870
• Hurland John Hillyard b. 14 Jun 1873 m. Hazel Aveline Ditty
• Caroline Hillyard b. 1 Jun 1876 m. William John Mckay

By 1891 Olive was widowed but still farming in the Brunel area. The 1891 census describes the area as the Eastern Townships of Brunel and Stephenson in the district of Muskoka and Parry Sound. There were only three children in the home, as her son Albert had married and started a family of his own. Olive's two sons, Hurland and David, helped their mother with the farm.^[5][6]

Olivia passed away on the 11th of April 1909 in Brunel, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada. She was 68 years old. Her residence was given as Lot 16 Con 10. Olivia was a Widow and had been ill for some time. Her fathers name was given as William Shipman in error as her fathers name was Daniel David Shipman. The registration of the death was done by her son H. J. Hillyard ( Hurland James Hillyard) on April 12, 1909.^[7]

Research Notes

Missing - birth record, marriage record.

There is another Olive C (Shipman) Coleman, born about the same time. She married William Coleman in Lanark, Ontario.

Olive is 8 degrees from the infamous Benedict Arnold https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Arnold-410

When Olive passed away her residence was Lot 16 Con 9, the following information was imported from the gedcom and is from a researcher?. Need more info from family regarding the source.

• Residence: Lot 7, Con. 8. Date: 1876, Place: Brunel Township, Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada, Source: Page: Note 1 - 86-150385-5-02, Issued at Toronto, June 26, 1986.(Mrs.) K.V. Bell, Manager, Customer Services. Data

Also need to know what this Source, imported from Gedcom, is pointing to or is related to??

• Source: Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations, RegistrationDivision. Title: Information extracted for genealogy. Publication: Office of the Registrar General.Macdonald Block, Parliament Buildings, Toronto,Ontario. M7A 1Y5(416) 965-6749

Sources

1. ↑ "1851 Census of Canada", Library and Archives Canada,
   LAC Record, (accessed 2023-05-08),
   Shipman, Olive, Age: 14, Province: Canada West (Ontario), Dist#12: Grenville (county), Sub-Dist#103: Oxford, Pg: 175, Microfilm: C-11724, Reference: RG 31, Item Number: 1281287
2. ↑ "1861 Census of Canada", Library and Archives Canada,
   LAC Record, (accessed 2023-05-08),
   Hilierd, Olive, Age: 23, Province: Canada West (Ontario), District Name: Grenville, Sub-District Name: Oxford, Pg: 24, Line: 34, Microfilm: C-1025-1026, Item Number: 886542]
3. ↑ "1871 Census of Canada", Library and Archives Canada,
   LAC Record, (accessed 2023-05-08),
   Hyllerd, Olive, Age: 30, Province: Ontario, Dist#85: Muskoka, Sub-Dist# k: McLean, Brunel, Ridout, Franklin, Pg: 4, Line: 18, Microfilm: C-10023, Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada, Item Number: 1643590
4. ↑ "1881 Census of Canada", Library and Archives Canada,
   LAC Record, (accessed 2023-05-08),
   HILLYARD, Olive, Age: 42, Province: Ontario, Dist#131: Muskoka, Sub-Dist# J: Brunel and Stephenson, Pg: 55, Microfilm: C-13243, Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada, Item Number: 3414077
5. ↑ "1891 Census of Canada", Library and Archives Canada,
   LAC Record, (accessed 2023-05-08),
   Hillyard, Olive, Age: 48, Province: Ontario, Dist#95: Muskoka and Parry Sound, Sub-Dist# E: Brunel and Stephenson, Pg: 46, Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada, Item Number: 2125209
6. ↑ "1901 Census of Canada", Library and Archives Canada,
   LAC Record, (accessed 2023-05-08), Hilliard, Olive, Age: 61, Province: Ontario, Dist#91: Muskoka and Parry Sound, Sub-Dist# D: Brunel, Pg: 15, Microfilm: T-6482, Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada, Item Number: 2391911
7. ↑ "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images,
   FamilySearch Record, (accessed 2 March 2021),
   Olive Hillyard, 11 Apr 1909; citing Brunel, Muskoka, Ontario, yr 1909 cn 19366, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,491

See also;

• "Ontario Census, 1861", database,
  FamilySearch, Record, (accessed 8 November 2014),
  Olive Hilierd, Oxford, Grenville, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 24, line 34; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1025-1026, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,435,849.

• "Canada Census, 1871", database,
  FamilySearch, Record, (accessed 24 October 2018),
  Olive Hyllerd in household of John Hyllerd, Ridout Township, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

• "Canada Census, 1881", database with images,
  FamilySearch, Record, (accessed 20 May 2019),
  Olive Hillyard in household of John Hillyard, Stephenson Township, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing John Hillyard, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File, database, FamilySearch : accessed 2017-01-31), entry for Olive SHIPMAN.