Person Page - 2721

Mary A. Jackson¹

• Birth*: circa 1820; per GEDCOM of meuret@sprintmail.com.¹
• Marriage*: 18 December 1877; Yankee Springs, Barry Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of meuret@sprintmail.com.; Principal=Samuel Avery Gillett¹

• Married Name: 18 December 1877; Gillett¹

Abijah Gillett^1,2,3,4

• Father*: Abijah Gillett² b. 1815, d. 6 Jun 1848
• Mother*: Mary Brooks² b. 1817

• Birth*: 1847; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1848 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1849 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1849 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1848 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date 1847 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date 1851 & location Brighton per marr. reg'n. Date 1848 & location Brighton Twp. per marr. reg'n. - Frances Tompkins. Date 1848 & location Brighton per family tree of sherpeters4 on ancestry.com, Dec 26 2011.^{2,5,3,6,7,4,8}
• Marriage*: 1 June 1873; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#003552: Groom: Abijah Gillet; Age: 22; Res. & Born: Brighton Twp.; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Parents: Abijah & Mary Gillet; Bride: Mary Anne Taylor; Age: 17; Res.: Brighton; Born: Whitby; Status: spinster; Parents: John & Anne Taylor; Wit.: Edgar A. Dafoe, Sidney & J. H> T. Bleasdell, Trenton; Date: June 1 1873; Place: Trenton; Rel.: Episc. Meth. & CE; Performed by: Wm. Bleasdell; Reg'r.: Jerh Simmons, Trenton (Ontario Marriage Registration, #003552-1873, ancestry.ca) per family tree of TuraGillette on ancestry.ca, Oct 29 2018.; Principal=Mary Anne Taylor^5,9
• Marriage*: 29 May 1880; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#007481: Groom: Abijah Gillett; Age: 32; Res. & Born: Brighton Twp.; Status: widower; Occ.: Cooper; Parents: Abijah & Mary Gillett; Bride: Frances Tompkins; Age: 23; Res. & Born: Brighton Twp.; Status: spinster; Parents: Caleb & Rachael Tompkins; Wit.: S. P. Doolittle, Prince Edward Co. & Emma Ainsworth, Brighton Twp.; Date: May 29 1880; Place: Brighton Twp.; rel.: Episc. Meth.; Performed by: Rev. W. Ainsworth; Reg'r.: T. J. Wright, Brighton Twp. (Ontario Marriage Registraton, #007481-1880, ancestry.ca) Date May 29 1880 & location Northumberland Co. per family tree of TuraGillette on ancestry.ca, Oct 29 2018.; Principal=Mary Frances Tompkins^5,10
• Death*: 28 May 1891; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario; Date May 28 1891 & location Kingston per family tree of janet cooper on ancestry.ca, Oct 29 2018.⁵

• Census*: 1852; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 4 at 1851 Census: see Robert Alexander (step-father)²
• Census: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 13 at 1861 Census: see Robert Alexander⁷
• Census: April 1871; Brighton Twp., Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 22 at 1871 Census: see Mary Gillett (mother)⁶
• Residence: 1 June 1873; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Brighton per marr. reg'n. - Mary Anne Taylor.³
• Residence*: 1878; Conc 3, Lot 3, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; County Atlas Map: Name: A. Gillett; Township: Brighton; County: Northumberland; Date: 1878; Conc & Lot: "III detail, 3 - 5" (County Atlas Map, Brighton Twp. - does not show the name as it is a very small lot, one of the long and narrow ones shown along the Brighton and Seymour Gravel Road from Kankerville north to the 4th Concession line south of Hilton.)¹¹
• Residence: 29 May 1880; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Brighton Twp. per marr. reg'n. - Frances Tompkins.³
• Census: April 1881; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 32 at 1881 Census: Gillet, Abijah, 32, b. Ont.. Eng., EM, farmer, married; Frances, 23, b. Ont., Eng., EM, married; Clayton; 7, b. Ont., Eng., EM (1881 Census: Brighton Twp., Northumbmerland East Co., dist. 123, sub-dist. C, pg. 5, line 24 - ancestry.ca)⁸
• Census: 6 April 1891; Portsmouth, Frontenac Co., Ontario; Age 43 at 1891 Census: Gillett, Abijah, 43, b. Cda.., Meth., Cooper, married (1891 Census: Portsmouth, Frontenac Co., dist. 64, b. sub-dist. Village of Portsmouth, pg 73, line 20 - ancestry.ca)⁴

Maria Gillett^1,2,3

• Father*: Reuben Gillett b. 1778, d. 9 Feb 1862
• Mother*: Lydia B. Avery b. 12 Feb 1781, d. 1860

• Birth*: circa 1803; New York, U.S.A.; per 1851 Census. Maria Gillett may be a dau. of Reuben Gillett & Lydia B. Avery. They are very close in the 1851 Census. Dates match. Is this right??²
• Marriage*: circa 1826; Upper Canada; per marriage register of son John Alexander. per 1851 Census.; Principal=Robert Alexander^2,3
• Death*: before 1849; Ontario; Robert Alexander remarried in 1849. per 1851 Census.^2,3

• Married Name: circa 1826; Alexander²

Melvina Elizabeth Alexander^1,2,3

• Father*: Robert Alexander² b. 1800, d. b 1871
• Mother*: Maria Gillett² b. c 1803, d. b 1849

• Birth*: 1832; Upper Canada; Date 1833 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date 1832 & location Cda. per 1851 Census.^2,4
• Marriage*: circa 1857; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; per 1861 Census. per family tree of Judy Wright on ancestry.ca, Mar 9 2023.; Principal=Amos Walt⁴
• Death*: circa 1868; Ontario; There are no records for Amos and Melvina Alexander after the 1861 Census. Andrew M. is with a White family by himself, age 22, per the 1881 Census. Must assume that both parents died. Would like to find more info re this. (Dan Buchanan, Mar 12 2023)^4,5

• Census*: 1852; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 19 at 1851 Census: see Robert Alexander²
• Married Name: circa 1857; Walt
• Census: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 28 at 1861 Census: see Amos Walt⁴

Abijah Alexander¹

• Father*: Robert Alexander¹ b. 1800, d. b 1871
• Mother*: Maria Gillett¹ b. c 1803, d. b 1849

• Birth*: 1835; Upper Canada; Date 1830 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1832 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date 1835 & location Cda. per 1851 Census.
  Note: Placing this Abijah Alexander as a son of Robert Alexander. He appears by himself (with Amos Haynes) in 1851 Census, a few pages from Robert Alexander and new wife Mary.^1,2,3
• Marriage*: 21 October 1856; North Quillinbury Twp., York Co., Canada West; "Thomas B. Wilson, Ontario Marriage Notices (Baltimore, maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997), p 343; database online at Ancestry.com Christian Guardian, Toronto, 1855-1856 1856, Oct. 21st, Abijah Alexander & Miss Beasley, both of North Gwillimbury. (Rev. G. T. Richardson)" per GEDCOM of Nancy Hodgkinson, Dec 27 2011. per 1861 Census.; Principal=Elizabeth Beasley^2,4

• Census*: 1852; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 16 at 1851 Census: Alexander, Abijah, 16, b. Cda., Em, lab., single (1851 Census: Brighton Twp.)¹
• Census: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 29 at 1861 Census: see James Alexander (grandfather??)²
• Census: April 1871; Oakville, Halton Co., Ontario; Age 41 at 1871 Census: Alexander, Abijah, 41, b. Ont., Scot., WM, Teamster, married; Elizabeth, 33, b. Ont., Scot., WM, married; Maria L., 13; Elizabeth J., 10; Joseph H., 8; Ira W., 7 (1871 Census: Oakville Town, Halton Co., dist. 38, sub-dist. C, pg. 19, line 3 - ancestry.com)³

Almira Lapp^1,2,3,4,5

• Father*: John D. Lapp b. 17 Apr 1786, d. a 1861
• Mother*: Amy ? b. c 1787, d. c 1826

• Birth*: October 1819; Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Date Oct 1819 & location Haldimand Twp. per Death Reg'n. - age 52y 3m at death Jan 20 1881 - should be 62 years. Date 1820 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1819 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date 1820 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Almira Lapp b. 1819 Hadimand Twp. is dau. of John D. and Amy Lapp per family tree of 1_dnewman57 on ancestry.ca, Nov 1 2018.^2,3,4,5,6
• Marriage*: 24 June 1839; Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Date Jun 24 1839 per family tree of 1_dnewman57 on ancestry.ca, Nov 1 2018. per 1861 Census.; Principal=George Gillett^2,5
• Death*: 20 January 1881; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.#013215: Name: Almira Gillett; Date: Jan 20 1881; Age: 52y 3m; Status: wife of George Gillett; Born: Haldimand Twp.; Cause: abdominal tumor, 2 yrs.; Phys.: Dr. Dean; Inf.: George Gillett, Brighton Twp.; Reg'd.: Feb 14 1881; Rel.: Episc. Meth.; Reg'r.: T. J. Wright (Ontario Death Registration, #013215-1881, ancestry.ca )Date Jan 20 1881 & location Brighton Twp. per family tree of 1_dnewman57 on ancestry.ca, Nov 1 2018.^5,7

• Married Name: before 1842; Gillett²
• Census: 1852; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 31 at 1851 Census: see George Gillett⁴
• Census*: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 42 at 1861 Census: see George Gillett²
• Census: April 1871; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 51 at 1871 Census: see George Gillett³

Almira Gillett^1,2,3,4,5

• Father*: George Gillett² b. 1817, d. c 1893
• Mother*: Almira Lapp² b. Oct 1819, d. 20 Jan 1881

• Birth*: June 1844; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1843 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1843 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date 1843 & location Brighton Twp. per marriage register. Date Jun 1844 & location Brighton Twp. per family tree of 1_dnewman57 on ancestry.ca, Nov 1 2018.^2,6,5,7
• Marriage*: 6 May 1863; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Register: Groom: Clark Winter; Age: 22; Res. & Born: Brighton Twp.; Parents: J. M. & Mary Winter; Bride: Almira Gillett; Age: 20; Res. & Born: Brighton Twp; Parents: George & Almira Gillett; Date: May 6 1863; Place: Northumberland Co. (Ontario Marriage Registers, ancestry.com); Principal=Clark T. Winter⁶
• Death*: after 1923; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Jan 20 1881 & location Brighton Twp. (This is same date as her mother, Almira (Lapp) Gillett - is this correct???)⁷

• Census: April 1851; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 9 at 1851 Census: see George Gillett⁴
• Census*: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 18 at 1861 Census: see George Gillett²
• Married Name: 6 May 1863; Winter⁶
• Census: April 1881; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 38 at 1881 Census: see Clark Winter⁵
• Residence*: 1893; 415 Adams, Bay City, Michigan, U.S.A.; "Winter Almira (wid Clark T), res. 415 Adams" US City Directory, Bay City Michigan, 1893, pg. 227 of 317, ancestry.ca)⁸
• Residence: 1920; 1114 1st, Jackson City, Michigan, U.S.A.; "Winter Almira (wid Clark T), res. 1114 1st ... Winter Lottie M, bds 1114 S 1st .... Winter Nellie, bds 1114 S 1st." US City Directory, Jackson City, MI, 1920, pg. 396 of 529, ancestry.ca.⁸
• Residence: 1922; 1114 S 1st, Jackson City, Michigan, U.S.A.; "Winter Almyra (wid Clark T), res. 1040 (1114) S 1st ... Winter Charlotte, bds 140 (1114) S 1st .... Winter Nellie, bds 1040 (1114) S 1st." US City Directory, Jackson City, MI, 1922, pg. 169 of 265, ancestry.ca.⁸

Charles Gillett¹

• Father*: George Gillett¹ b. 1817, d. c 1893
• Mother*: Almira Lapp¹ b. Oct 1819, d. 20 Jan 1881

• Birth*: 1847; Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1847 & location UC per 1861 Census.¹

• Census*: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 14 at 1861 Census: see George Gillett¹

James Alexander¹

• Birth*: 1768; U.S.A.; Date 1770 & location USA per 1861 Census. Date 1769 & location USA per 1851 Census. Date 1768 & location New York, USA per family tree of 1_dnewman57 on ancestry.ca, Mar 10 2023.^1,2,3
• Marriage*: circa 1799; Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; per 1861 Census.; Principal=Catherine Shaw¹
• Death*: 31 August 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date Aug 31 1861 & location Brighton Twp. per family tree of 1_dnewman57 on ancestry.ca, Mar 10 2023.³

• Census: 1839; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1839 Census: James Alexander; 1 male over 16; 1 female under 16; 1 female over 16
  Note: There is also a John Alexander - 1 male under 16; 1 male over 16; 2 females under 16; 1 female over 16 (Newcastle District Census & Assessment Records, Cramahe Twp.)⁴
• Census: 1850; Conc 4 Lot 4, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; 1850 Census: James Alexander; Conc 4, Lot 4, occ., non-prop.; Total 5 persons (Newcastle District Census & Assessment Records, Cramahe Twp.)⁴
• Census: March 1852; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 83 at 1851 Census: see John Griffin (son-in-law)²
• Census*: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 91 at 1861 Census: Alexander, James, 91, b. USA. F.C., lab., married; Cath., 81, b. USA. F.C., married; Abijah, 29, b. UC, F.C., lab., married; Elizabeth, 22, b. UC, F.C., married; Marie, 3; Elizabeth, 1 (1861 Census: Brighton Twp.)¹
• Residence*: April 1861; Conc A Lot 33, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Residence per 1861 Census: Conc A, Lot 33, Brighton Twp., 100 acres.¹

Catherine Shaw^1,2,3

• Birth*: 1780; U.S.A.; Date 1780 & location USA per 1861 Census. Date 1779 & location USA per 1851 Census.^2,4
• Marriage*: circa 1799; Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; per 1861 Census.; Principal=James Alexander²

• Married Name: circa 1799; Alexander²
• Census: 1852; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 72 at 1851 Census: see James Alexander⁴
• Census*: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 81 at 1861 Census: see James Alexander²

Elizabeth Beasley^1,2,3,4

• Father*: Joseph Beasley⁴ b. 1814, d. b 1881
• Mother*: Margaret McKibbon⁴ b. c 1816, d. 5 Sep 1885

• Birth*: 1838; Ontario; Date 1838 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1839 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date 1838 per GEDCOM of Nancy Hodgkinson, Dec 27 2011.^2,5,4
• Marriage*: 21 October 1856; North Quillinbury Twp., York Co., Canada West; "Thomas B. Wilson, Ontario Marriage Notices (Baltimore, maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997), p 343; database online at Ancestry.com Christian Guardian, Toronto, 1855-1856 1856, Oct. 21st, Abijah Alexander & Miss Beasley, both of North Gwillimbury. (Rev. G. T. Richardson)" per GEDCOM of Nancy Hodgkinson, Dec 27 2011. per 1861 Census.; Principal=Abijah Alexander^2,4

• Married Name: before 1857; Alexander²
• Census*: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 22 at 1861 Census: see James Alexander (grandfather of her husband)²
• Census: April 1871; Oakville, Halton Co., Ontario; Age 33 at 1871 Census: see Abijah Alexander⁵

Marie L. Alexander^1,2,3

• Father*: Abijah Alexander² b. 1835
• Mother*: Elizabeth Beasley² b. 1838

• Birth*: 1858; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1858 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1858 & location UC per 1861 Census.^2,3

• Census*: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 3 at 1861 Census: see James Alexander (great-grandfather)²
• Census: April 1871; Oakville, Halton Co., Ontario; Age 13 at 1871 Census: see Abijah Alexander³

Elizabeth Jane Alexander^1,2,3,4

• Father*: Abijah Alexander² b. 1835
• Mother*: Elizabeth Beasley² b. 1838

• Birth*: 1860; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1861 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1860 & location UC per 1861 Census.^2,4
• Marriage*: 12 January 1876; Williamsford, Grey Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#002957: Groom: Thomas Duncan; Age: 27; Res.: Sullivan; Born: Cda.; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Parents: Thomas Duncan & Margaret Crozier; Bride: Elizabeth Jane Alexander; Age: 16; Res.: Holland; Born: Cda.; Status; spinster; Parents: Abijah Alexander & Elizabeth Beesily; Wit.: Samuel Duncan & David Hamilton, Sullivan; Date: Jan 12 1876; Place: Williamsford; Rel.: Pres. & EM; Performed by: Arch. MacDiarmid (Ontario Marriage Registration, #002957-1876, ancestry.com); Principal=Thomas Duncan⁵

• Census*: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 1 at 1861 Census: see James Alexander (great-grandfather)²
• Census: April 1871; Oakville, Halton Co., Ontario; Age 10 at 1871 Census: see Abijah Alexander⁴
• Residence*: 12 January 1876; Holland Twp., Grey Co., Ontario; Residence Holland per marr. reg'n.³
• Married Name: 12 January 1876; Duncan³

Alice Dyer McNally^1,2,3

• Father*: Grant Ebenezer McNally² b. 15 Mar 1883, d. 10 Dec 1951
• Mother*: Mable Grace Holland² b. 23 Oct 1891

• Birth*: 1911; New York, U.S.A.; Date 1911 & location USA per 1921 Census. Date c. 1911 & location New York, USSA per GEDCOM of Greg McNally, April 17, 2009.^2,3
• Death*: circa 1985; per GEDCOM of Greg McNally, April 17, 2009.²

• Census*: 1921; Biggar, Saskatoon Dist., Saskatchewan; Age 10 at 1921 Census: see Grant McNally³

William Holland McNally^1,2,3

• Father*: Grant Ebenezer McNally² b. 15 Mar 1883, d. 10 Dec 1951
• Mother*: Mable Grace Holland² b. 23 Oct 1891

• Birth*: 1913; Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.; Date 1913 & location USA per 1921 Census. Date 1913 & locaiton Buffalo, NY per GEDCOM of Greg McNally, April 17, 2009.^2,3
• Death*: 22 December 1995; Coquitlam, British Columbia; per GEDCOM of Greg McNally, April 17, 2009.²

• Census*: 1921; Biggar, Saskatoon Dist., Saskatchewan; Age 8 at 1921 Census: see Grant McNally³

Frances Alp McNally^1,2,3

• Father*: Grant Ebenezer McNally² b. 15 Mar 1883, d. 10 Dec 1951
• Mother*: Mable Grace Holland² b. 23 Oct 1891

• Birth*: 1917; U.S.A.; Date 1917 & location USA per 1921 Census. per GEDCOM of Greg McNally, April 17, 2009.^2,3
• Death*: circa 1995; per GEDCOM of Greg McNally, April 17, 2009.²

• Census*: 1921; Biggar, Saskatoon Dist., Saskatchewan; Age 4 at 1921 Census: see Grant McNally³

Gene Harry McNally¹

• Father*: Grant Ebenezer McNally¹ b. 15 Mar 1883, d. 10 Dec 1951
• Mother*: Mable Grace Holland¹ b. 23 Oct 1891

• Birth*: circa 1915; per GEDCOM of Greg McNally, April 17, 2009.¹
• Death*: August 2008; per GEDCOM of Greg McNally, April 17, 2009.¹

June Weaver McNally¹

• Father*: Grant Ebenezer McNally¹ b. 15 Mar 1883, d. 10 Dec 1951
• Mother*: Mable Grace Holland¹ b. 23 Oct 1891

• Birth*: circa 1918; per GEDCOM of Greg McNally, April 17, 2009.¹
• Death*: May 2007; per GEDCOM of Greg McNally, April 17, 2009.¹

Barbara Robertson McNally¹

• Father*: Grant Ebenezer McNally¹ b. 15 Mar 1883, d. 10 Dec 1951
• Mother*: Mable Grace Holland¹ b. 23 Oct 1891

• Birth*: circa 1920; per GEDCOM of Greg McNally, April 17, 2009.¹
• Death*: circa 1985; per GEDCOM of Greg McNally, April 17, 2009.¹

James Johnson¹

• Birth*: circa 1765; per CEMSearch record of son John Johnson.¹
• Marriage*: before 1788; per CEMSearch record of son John Johnson.; Principal=Margaret Redner¹