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Mary J. Chatterson^1,2,3,4

• Father*: Alexander Albert Chatterson b. 24 May 1826, d. 12 Sep 1902
• Mother*: Emily Jane Tripp b. 1835

• Birth*: 1850; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1849 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1849 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1850 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date 1850 & location Brighton per Marriage Register. Per Modified Register for William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.^5,3,4,6
• Marriage*: 23 September 1866; Northumberland Co., Canada West; Marriage Register: Groom: Clark Simpson; Age: 24; Res.: Cramahe Twp.; Born: Brighton Twp.; Parents: Jacob & Elizabeth Simpson; Bride: Mary I. Chatterson; Age: 16; Res.: Cramahe Twp.; Born: Brighton; Parents: Alexander & Emily Jane Chatterson; Date: Sep 22 1866; Place: Northumbeland Co. (Ontario Marriage Registers, ancestry.com) Date Sep 23 1866 per IGI Record.; Principal=Clark Simpson^2,3

• Census*: April 1861; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 11 at 1861 Census: see Albert Chatterson
  Note: Not sure - same person??⁵
• Residence*: 23 September 1866; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Cramahe Twp. per marr. reg'n.³
• Married Name: 23 September 1866; Simpson
• Census: April 1871; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 22 at 1871 Census: see Alexander Chatterson (her father - looks like her husband, Clark Simpson, died and she is left with two babies.)⁴
• Census: April 1881; Brighton Twp., East Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 29 at 1881 Census: Simpson, Mary J., 29, b. Ont., Eng., EM, ?general merchant?, widow; Elizabeth, 14, b. Ont., Eng.., EM, dau.; Emily, 12 (1881 Census: Brighton Twp., East Northumberland Co., dist. 123, sub-dist. C, pg. 18, line 15 - ancestry.ca)⁶
• Residence: 1 May 1888; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Informant for Birth Reg'n. of her grandson Roy Mark.⁷

James Cumming^1,2

• Birth*: 1786; U.S.A.; Date 1788 & location USA per 1861 Census. Date 1786 & location USA per 1851 Census. Per Modified Register for William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.^2,3
• Marriage*: after 1820; U.S.A.; Mary's name when she married Jacob Simpson in 1870 was Mary Cumming - per marr. reg'n..; Principal=Mary Young⁴
• Death*: circa 1865; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; James Cumming is in the 1861 Census but his wife remarried in 1870.^3,4

• Immigration*: 1834; Upper Canada; The 1901 Census for Julia Ann (Cumming) Franklin shows that she immigration to Cda. in 1834. This means that James Cumming is not a son of Isaac or Benjamin whose families were here much earlier. (Dan Buchanan, July 28 2020)⁵
• Census: 1839; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1839 Census: James Cumming; 2 males under 16; 1 male over 16; 5 females under 16; 1 female over 16
  Note: Just below John Cumming and a few lines down from Duncan Cumming. They are on the same land Conc 2, Lot 8 & 9.
• Census: 1848; Conc 6 Lot 8, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; 1848 Census: James Cumming; Conc 6, Lot 8, prop., non-prop., farmer
  Note: Land records show that James Cummings did not own land here. His oldest child, Julya Ann, married Benjamin Franklin, who had land here as well as woolen mills both in this area and in Brighton.
• Census*: 1852; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 65 at 1851 Census: Cumming, James, 65, b. USA, EM, Carpenter, married; Mary, 53, b. Cda., EM, married; James, 21, b. Cda., EM, lab., single; Mary, 19; George, 16; Elizabeth, 14; Benjamin, 12; Sarah, 8 (1851 Census: Brightn Twp., Northumberland Co., pg. 15 of 160, line 15 - ancestry.com)²
• Residence: 1852; Conc 6 Lot 8, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; 1851 Census: Name: J. Cumming; Land: Conc 6, Lot 8, 25 acres (1851 Census - Agricultural Listing, pg. 81 of 160, line 4 - ancestry.ca)²
• Residence*: 20 March 1854; Conc 3 Lot 25, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Land Registry Records (Mortgage A204) show that Henry Smith took a mortgage for ?15 pounds .. ? on the north half of lot 25, conc 3, Murray Twp. from James Cumming. ITS Date: Mar 20 1854. Reg'n. Date: Mar 21 1854. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Twp., Conc 3, Lot 25, pg 215 of 320, pg 1, copied from OnLand.ca by Dan, Apr 12 2020)⁶
• Census: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 73 at 1861 Census: Cumming, James, 73, b. USA, EM, farmer, married; Mary, 61, b. UC, EM, married; Benj., 21, b. UC, EM, single; Elizabeth, 24, b. UC, EM, single; S. M.(f), 17; Margt.?, 5 (1861 Census: Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., pg. 376 of 899, line 9, ancestry.ca)³

Joseph S. Sanford^1,2,3,4

• Father*: Thomas Dorman Sanford b. 19 Jun 1787, d. 7 May 1846
• Mother*: Julia Ann "Casie" Carey b. 28 Feb 1815, d. 20 Feb 1902

• Birth*: 1836; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Date 1839 & location Cda. per 1892 NY Stated Census. Date 1836 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1836 & location Ontario per 1871 Census. Date 1836 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date 1835 & location Brighton Twp. per marriage register - Jane A. Simpson. Per Modified Register for William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002. Date 1835 & location Brighton per family tree of Carter Brown on ancestry.ca, July 22 2021.^5,2,6,3,4,7
• Marriage*: 29 September 1859; Prince Edward Co., Canada West; Marriage Register: Groom: Jospeh S. Sanford; Age: 24; Res. & Born: Brighton Twp.; Parents: Thomas & Julia Sanford; Bride: Jane A. Simpson; Age: 20; Res.: Brighton Twp.; Born: Belleville; Parents: John & Hannah Simpson; Date: Sep 29 1859; Place: Prince Edward Co.; MF: 1030064 (Ontario Marriage Registers, ancestry.ca) Date Sep 29 1859 & location Prince Edward Co. per family tree of Carter Brown on ancestry.ca, July 22 2021.; Principal=Jane A. Simpson^2,3
• Death*: 1901; Per Modified Register for William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.

• Census: March 1852; Brighton Twp., Nothumberland Co., Canada West; Age 17 at 1851 Census: Sanford, Joseph, 17, b. Cda., Episc., Clerk, single (just under Henry Squire)⁸
• Residence*: 29 September 1859; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Residence Brightoon Twp. per marriage register - Jane A. Simpson.³
• Census: April 1861; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 25 at 1861 Census: Sanford, J.S.(m), 25, b. UC, FC, Merchant, married; Jane, 2, b., UC, FC, married; Ida, 1; Mason, Maria, 15, b. UC, WM, servant, single (1861 Census: Brighton Village, Northumberland Co., pg. 313 of 899, line 44 - ancesry.ca)⁴
• Census*: April 1871; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 35 at 1871 Census: Sanford, Joseph, 35, b. Ont., Eng., Pres., Clerk, married; Jane, 28, b. Ont., Scot., Pres., married; Ida, 10, b. Ont., Eng.; George T., 6⁵
• Census: April 1881; Brighton, Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 45 at 1881 Census: Sanford, Joseph, 45, b. Ont., Eng., CM, Clerk, married; Jane A., 40?, b. Ont., Scot., CM, married; Ida A., b. Ont., Eng., CM; George T.,, 16, b. Ont., CM (1881 Census: Brighton Village, Northumberland East Co., dist. 123, sub-dist. d, pg. 43, line 19 - ancestry.ca)⁶
• Census: 16 February 1892; 2nd Electorial Dist., Rochester, Monroe Co., New York, U.S.A.; Age 53 at 1892 NY State Census: Sanford, Joseph, 53, b. Cda., Saleman, married; Jane A., ? , b. Cda. , married; Ida A., 27, b. Cda., single; George F., 25, b. Cda., Agent, single (1892 NY State Census: Rochester, NY, 2nd Electoral Dist., pg. 6 of 11, line (4th from bottom right side), ancestry.ca)⁷
• Residence: 1897; 40 Jefferson Ave., Rochester, Monroe Co., New York, U.S.A.; "Sanford ... Joseph S., clerk, 74 State, h. 40 Jefferson avenue" US City Directories, 1897, Rochester, NY, pg. 611 of 1146, ancestry.ca)⁹

James Leonard Unger

• Father*: Chester Unger¹ b. 1820, d. 17 Mar 1889
• Mother*: Sarah Ann Gibson¹ b. 1827

• Birth*: February 1857; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1857 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1857 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date Feb 1857 & location Brighton per GEDCOM of Sharon Garland, Mar 7 2010. Per Modified Register for William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.^2,3,4
• Marriage*: 16 November 1878; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#007339: Groom: James Leonard Unger; Age: 21; Res. & Born: Brightno Twp.; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Parents: Chester & Sarah Jane Unger; Bride: Nancy Simpson; Age: 20; Res. & Born: Brighton Twp.; Status: spinster; Parents: James & Sarah Jane Simpson; Wit.: Thomas W. Simpson & Catherine Jane Crouter, Brighton Twp.; Date: Nov 16 1878; Place: Brighton Twp.; Rel.: E.M.; Performed by: Rev. D. Crouter; Reg'r.: T. J. Wright (Ontario Marriage Registration, #007339-1878, ancestry.com); Principal=Nancy Simpson⁵

• Census*: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 4 at 1861 Census: see Chester Unger³
• Census: April 1871; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 14 at 1871 Census: see Chester Unger⁴

John Charles "Chester" "Chet" Tackaberry^1,2,3,4,5

• Father*: James Henry Tackaberry b. 29 Sep 1837, d. 18 May 1916
• Mother*: Louisa Carr b. 17 Apr 1830, d. 17 Feb 1926

• Birth*: 31 March 1867; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1869 per Memorial. Date 1870 & location Ont. per 1921 Census. Date Mar 31 1867 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1867 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Per Modified Register for William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.^3,6,4,2
• Marriage*: before 1887; Northumberland Co., Ontario; Principal=Detta Mae Simpson
• Marriage*: 29 December 1903; Brighton Twp., Hilton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.# : Groom: Cester Tackaberry; Age: 34; Res. & Born: Orland; Status: widower; Occ.: farmer; Parents: Henry Tackaberry & L Carr; Bride: Effie Herrington; Age: 25; Res. & Brighton Twp.; Status: spinster; Parents: Henry Herrington & Jane Ann Fulford; Wit.: Sylvanius Herrington & Flossie Storms, Brighton; Date: Dec 29 1903; Place: Hilton; Rel.: Meth.; Performed by: G. E. Ross; Reg'd.: Apr 7 1904; Reg'r.: Fred O. Wade (Ontario Marriage Registration, #013421-1904, ancestry.com) Not married per 1901 Census. per GEDCOM of Barbara Lenker, July 31, 2004.; Principal=Effie Louise Herrington⁷
• Marriage*: 27 October 1909; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#011404: Groom: John Charles Tackaberry; Age: 38; Res.: Brighton Twp.; Status: widower; Rel.: Meth.; Parents: Henry Tackaberry & Louisa Carr; Bride: Sarah Eliza Cooney; Age: 23; Res.: Brighton Twp.; Status: spinster; Rel.: Meth.; Parents: Frank Cooney, farmer & Rosella Potter; Wit.: F. Maud Moore & Mr. J. W. Cunningham, Trenton; Date: Oct 27 1909; Place: Trenton; Performed by: S. C. Moore, Trenton (Ontario Marriage Registration, #011404-1909, ancestry.com); Principal=Sarah Eliza Cooney⁸
• Death*: 3 June 1953; Northumberland Co., Ontario; Per Modified Register for William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.
• Burial*: 5 June 1953; McPhail's Cemetery, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) TACKABERY; Joihn C.; 1869 - 1953; Detta; 1871 - 1901? (McPhail's Cemetery, Brighton Twp., June 4, 2005)
  Per Modified Register for William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.²

• Census: April 1871; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 4 at 1871 Census: see Henry Tackaberry⁴
• Census*: April 1901; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 34 at 1901 Census: Tackabury, Chet, 34, b. Mar 31 1867, Head, married; Detta, 28, b. Aug 22 1862, Wife, married; Lottie P., 12, b. Jun 18 1888, daughter; Nellie, 9, b. Mar 10 1891, daughter; James A., 6, b. feb 4 1895, son; Herman R., 1, b. Sep 17 1900, son (1901 Census Index Online: dist 95, a-4, pg. 4, line 47, T-6485)²
• Census: 10 June 1921; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 51 at 1921 Census: Tackaberry, John C., 51, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Eng., Meth., farmer, married; Sarah, 32, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Eng., Meth., married; Hazel, 9; Ruby, 5; Ruth, 3; Grace, 1; Edward, 4/12 (1921 Census: Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., dist. 107, sub-dist. 3, pg. 9, line 36 - ancestry.ca)⁶
• Residence*: 4 May 1925; Sanford Ave., Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Informant for Death Reg'n. of his wife Sarah Eliza (Cooney) Tackaberry.⁹
• Note*: circa 1930; Brighton Twp., Orland, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Chet Tackaberry appears in The Latimer Photos which were taken by Hugh Latimer during the early 1920s and late 1930s at his father's General Store in Orland. (The Latimer Photos, Codrington Public Library)¹⁰
• Residence: 1935; R. R. # 1, Codrington, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Voters List: Name: Chester Tackaberry; Occ.: gentleman; Loc.: R. R. 1, Codrington (ancestry.com)¹¹

Joshua Archer Sr.

• Father*: ? Archer¹ b. c 1800
• Mother*: ? ?¹ b. c 1800

• Birth*: 1827; Ireland; Date 1827 & location Ireland per 1861 & 1871 Census. Date 1824 & location Ireland per 1851 Census. Date 1823 & location Ireland per Death Reg'n. Per Modified Register for William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002. Date 1827 & location Ireland per 1871 & 1881 Census.^2,3,4,1,5
• Marriage*: before 1847; Ontario; per 1861 Census. per 1881 Census.; Principal=Jane ?^4,1
• Death*: 18 October 1898; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.#010597: Name: Joshua Archer; Died: Oct 18 1898; Age: 75 yr.; Res.: Conc. 8, Lot 3, Seymour Twp.; Born: Ireland; Satus: married; Occ.: farmer; Cause: Bright's Disease; Phys.: McCann; Rel.: Meth.; Inf.: J. Archer, Jr.; Reg'd.: Oct. 19, 1898 (Ontario Death Registration, Ancestry.com: #010597)⁶

• Census: 1852; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 27 at 1851 Census: Archer, Joshua, 27, b. Ireland, EM, farmer, married; Jane, 27, b. Ireland, EM, married; David, 5, b. Cda.; Sarah, 3; John, 1; James, 25, b. Ireland, EM, lab., single; George, 2, b. Cda.; John, 30, b. Ireland, EM, farmer, married; Harriet, 22, b. Cda., EM, married; Sarah, 3; Emily, 1; Sarah, 18, b. Ireland, single (1851 Census: Seymour Twp., pt. 1, pg. 11, line 23)⁵
• Residence: 1852; Conc 8 Lot 3, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence per 1851 Census: Conc 8, Lot 3, Seymour Twp., 100 acres⁵
• Census: April 1861; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 34 at 1861 Census: Archer, Joshua, 34, b. Ireland, WM, farmer, married; Jane, 32, b. Ireland, WM, married; David, 14, b. UC; Sarah, 12; John, 10; James, 9; Joshua, 7; William, 4; Melissa?, 1¹
• Residence: April 1871; Conc 8 Lot 3, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence per 1871 Census: Conc 8, Lot 3, Seymour Twp., 30 acres, owner³
• Census*: April 1871; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 44 at 1871 Census: Archer, Joshua, 44, b. Ireland, Irish, CE, farmer, married; Jane, 44, b. Irel., Irish, C. Pres., married; John, 19, b. Ont., Irish, WM, lab., single; James, 17; Joshua, 15; William, 12; ellen, 9; Mary Ann, 8; Elizabeth, 5 (1871 Census: Seymour, div. 3, pg. 22, line 17 - Conc 8, Lot 3, 30 acres, owner)³
• Residence*: 1878; Conc 8 Lot 3, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; County Atlas: Name: J. Archer; Township: Seymour; County: Northumberland; Date: 1878; Conc & Lot: VIII, 3 - 66 acres⁷
• Census: April 1881; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 54 at 1881 Census: Archer, Joshua, 54, b. Ireland, E. Meth., farmer, married; Jane, 54, b. Ireland, Meth., married; Joshua, 23, b. Ont., E. Meth., farmer, single; Ellen, 20; Annie, 18 (familysearch.org)⁴

Jane ?

• Birth*: 1827; Ireland; Date 1827 & location Ireland per 1871 & 1881 Census. Date 1824 & location Ireland per 1851 Census. Date 1829 & locatin Ireland per 1861 Census. Per Modified Register for William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.^1,2,3,4
• Marriage*: before 1847; Ontario; per 1861 Census. per 1881 Census.; Principal=Joshua Archer Sr.^1,3

• Married Name: before 1847; Archer
• Census: 1852; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 27 at 1851 Census: see Joshua Archer⁴
• Census: April 1861; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 32 at 1861 Census: see Joshua Archer³
• Census: April 1871; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 44 at 1871 Census: see Joshua Archer²
• Census*: April 1881; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 54 at 1881 Census: see Joshua Archer¹

Willis Simpson

• Father*: Charles Simpson b. 28 Aug 1848, d. 25 Jun 1914
• Mother*: Sarah Jane Archer b. 22 Nov 1849, d. 25 Oct 1922

• Birth*: 13 February 1870; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Feb 13 1870 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Per Modified Register for William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.^1,2
• Marriage*: 27 October 1896; Havelock, Peterborough Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#010425: Groom: Willis Simpson; Age: 26; Res.: Dummer Twp.; Born: Brighton Twp.; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Parents: Charles & Sarah Simpson; Bride: Alberta A. Wigmore; Age: 30; Res. & Born: Dummer Twp.; Status: spinster; Parents: Daniel & Elizabeth Wigmore; Wit.: T. W. & Susan Wigmore; Date: Oct 27 1896; Place: Havelock; Rel.: Meth. & Engl.; Performed by: Rev. O. A. Terrant (Ontario Marriage Registration, ancestry.com, #010425-1896)
  "Groom: Willis Simpson; Age: 26; Res.: Dummer Twp.; Born: Brighton Twp.; Status: bachelor; Occ.: yeoman; Rel.: Meth.; Bride: Alberta A. Wigmore; Age: 34; Res.: Dummer; Born: Dummer; Status: spinster; Parents: Daniel & Elizabeth Wigmore; Rel.: CE; Witnesses: T. W. Wigmore & Susan Wigmore, Dummer; Date: Oct 27 1896; Place: Havelock; Performed by: Rev. O. A. Tarrant" per Modified Register of William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.; Principal=Alberta A. "Birt" Wigmore³

• Census*: April 1901; Dummer Twp., Peterborough Twp., Ontario; Age 31 at 1901 Census: Simpson, Willis 31, b. Ont. r. Feb 13 1870, Eng., Ce, farmer, married; Birt, 30, b. Ont. r. Mar 20 1871, Eng., CE, married; Daniel W., 2, b. Aug 11 1898, son; William C., 8 months, b. Aug 7 1900, son (1901 Census Online: Dummer Twp., Peterborough East Co., dist. 106, sub-dist. j-2, pg. 7, line 29 - Conc 11, Lot 16 - for line 33???)
  "1901 Census shows him living in Summer Township with wife Alberta and his children Daniel W. and William C." per Modified Register of William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.¹

Pansy Alberta Simpson^1,2,3

• Father*: Charles Simpson b. 28 Aug 1848, d. 25 Jun 1914
• Mother*: Sarah Jane Archer b. 22 Nov 1849, d. 25 Oct 1922

• Birth*: 11 April 1888; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Apr 11 1888 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date Apr 11 1888 per Modified Register for William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.²
• Marriage*: 3 March 1909; Hastings, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#015576: Groom: George Elmer Wheatley; Age: 22; Res.: Dummer Twp.; Status: bachelor; Rel.: Meth.; Parents: Geo. Wheatley, farmer & Mary Gill; Bride: Pansy Alberta Simpson; Age: 19; Res.: Dummer Twp., Status: spinster; Rel.: Meth.; Parents: Charles Simpson, farmer & Sarah Jane Archer; Wit.: B. A. & J. Thomson, Hastings; Date: Mar 3 1909; Place: Hastings Village; Performed by: Rev. D. A. Thomson, Hastings; Reg'd.: Mar 4 1909 (Ontario Marriage Registration, ancestry.com, #015576-1909); Principal=George Elmer Wheatley⁴

• Census*: April 1901; Dummer Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Age 11 at 1901 Census: see Charles Simpson²
• Married Name: 3 March 1909; Wheatley⁴

William Mason^1,2,3,4

• Father*: Capt. James Mason b. 1784, d. 28 Sep 1851
• Mother*: Elizabeth Fuller b. 1807, d. 24 Aug 1904

• Birth*: 26 August 1834; Wales, England; Date Oct 25 1834 per Memorial - age 75y ?11?m 20d at death Oct 15 1910. Date 1834 per CemSearch - age 76 at death Oct 15 1910. Date Aug 26 1834 per Death Reg'n. - age 76y 1m 20d at death Oct 15 1910. Date Aug 26 1836 & location England per 1901 Census. Date 1835 & location England per 1891 Census. Date 1834 & location Wales per 1881 Census. Date 1834 & location Wales per 1871 Census. Date 1836 & location Wales per 1861 Census. Date 1835 & location England per 1851 Census. Date 1835 & location Wales per marr. reg'n. - Anna Simpson. Location Wales per 1891 Census for daughter Minnie Maud (Mason) Hewitt. Per Modified Register for William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.^{5,3,2,4,6,7,8,9,10,11}
• Marriage*: 16 January 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Marriage per 1861 Census. per 1881 Census. Date Jan 16 1861 & location Brighton Twp. per family tree of LaraMartin71 on ancestry.ca, Feb 17 2020.; Principal=Jane "Jennie" Cumming^4,6,12
• Marriage*: 28 October 1896; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#009053: Groom: William Mason; Age: 59; Res.: Brighton Twp.; Born: Wales; Status: widower; Occ.: farmer; Parents: James Mason & Elizabeth Fuller; Bride: Anna Simpson; Age: 45; Res. & Born: Brighton Twp.; Status: spinster; Parents: Caleb Simpson & Lucinda Campbell; Date: Oct 28 1896; Wit.: Frank & Sarah Cornwall, Brighton Twp.; Rel.: Meth.; Performed by: Rev. W. D. P. Wilson (Ontario Marriage Registration, #009053-1896, ancestry.com); Principal=Anna Maria Simpson¹³
• Death*: 15 October 1910; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.#021886: Name: William Mason; Date: Oct 15 1910; Age: 78y 1m 20d; Res.: Lot 11, Presqu'Ile Point, Brighton Twp.; Born: Aug 26 1834; Occ.: farmer; Parents: don 't know.. ; CAuse: heart disease, 2 yrs.; Phys.: C.M. Sanford; Inf.?: Mrs. William Mason, Brighton; Reg'd.: Oct 15 1910; Reg'r.: Fred O. Wade, Brighton Twp. (Ontario Death Registration, #021886-1910, ancestry.ca) Date Oct 15 1910 per Memorial & CemSearch.^9,10,14
• Burial*: 17 October 1910; Salem Cemetery, Cramahe Twp., Salem, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) William; Mason; Died; Oct. 15, 1910; Aged; 75 Y'r & ?11? Mo.; 20 Dys (Salem Cemetery, Cramahe Twp., July 6 2009)
  CemSearch: Name: William Mason; Born: - ; Died: Oct 15 1910; Age: 76; ID: SALEM0539; Other names: Mason, Jennie ( -1895); Cemetery: Salem Cemetery, Conc 1 Lot 21, Cramahe Twp., Sec 2 row 17 p;ot 8 (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pid=SALEM0539%5E1)⁹

• Census*: 1851; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 16 at 1851 Census: see Elizabeth Mason (mother)⁵
• Residence: 3 January 1861; Conc 1 Lot 16, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Land Registry Records (B&S C170) show that James Mason sold 85 acres of the east part of lot 16, conc 1, Cramahe Twp. to William Mason. ITS Date: Jan 3 1861. Reg'n. Date: Feb 6 1861. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Cramahe Twp., Conc 1, Lot 16, Book 2, pg. 134 of 242, pg 01, copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Aug 12 2021.)¹⁵
• Census: April 1861; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 25 at 1861 Census: Mason, William, 25, b. Wales, CE, farmer, married; Jane, 20, b. CW, Bapt., married; Bradd, Daniel, 19, b. CW, EM, lab., single (1861 Census: Cramahe Twp., pg. 579 of 899, line 10 - ancestry.com)
  Note: Just below is family of John Bradd - wife Jane. Son named Fuller Bradd.⁶
• Residence: 26 January 1864; Conc 1 Lot 16, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Land Registry Records (B&S D124) show that William Mason & wife sold 85 acres of the east part of lot 16, conc 1, Cramahe Twp. to Hiram McFaul. ITS Date: Jan 26 1864. Reg'n. Date: Jan 27 1864. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Cramahe Twp., Conc 1, Lot 16, Book 2, pg. 134 of 242, pg 01, copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Aug 12 2021.)¹⁵
• Census: April 1871; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 37 at 1871 Census: Mason, William, 37, b. Wales, Scot., WM, farmer, married; Jane, 28, b. Ont., Scot., married; Ethelbert, 9; Minnie, 4 (1871 Census: Cramahe Twp., dist. 55, sub-dist. a-3, pg. 7, line 17 - ancestry.com)⁷
• Residence: 13 March 1873; Lot 8, Presqu'ile Point, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Quit Claim 8670) show the grantor as Samuel H. Sherwood and the grantee as William Mason, in a Quit Claim for 80 acres of Lot 8 ($6.00), in the section of pages labelled "High Bluff and Presquile Point". (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Twp., Presqu'ile Point, Lot 8, Book 13, pg. 128 of 198, pg 2, copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Dec 1 2020.
  Note: This record is out of order, below a Quit Claim for William Mason in 1910. However, this record in 1873 does show that William Mason, son of James Mason, was coming to Presqu'ile Point as of 1873.(Dan Buchanan, Jan 20 2022)¹⁵
• Residence: circa 1880; Brighton Twp., Presqu'ile Point, Northumberland Co., Ontario; "The Mason family were early arrivals on the Point, building their log cabin on the bayside while Mort Jobes built his on the lakeshore. There was a lane from the bam, across the road from the cabin, through the woods to Jobes'. The Mason's had a maple sugar bush on the Point. Also in the woods, ironwood trees grew along with many other varieties that are still on the Point today. The Mason family in later years built a brick house on Oliphant Street in Brighton. Muriel Hewitt Wishart, a great-great-granddaughter, was bon in this home." from page 92 of "Presqu'ile" by Bonnie Browne and Susan Brose, 1994.
  " ... James Cornwall and his family owned and occupied the adjoining farm, now owned by the Boucher's. Next came William Mason, who with his family occupied the log house, still standing, known as the Donaghy place and now a summer home. Adjoining the Mason property was the farm owned by Mr. William H. Craig ... " from page 13 of "Presqu'ile" by Bonnie Browne and Susan Brose, 1994.
  Note: The documents show that William Mason moved to Presqu'ile sometime late in the 1870s. He was in Cramahe Twp. for the 1871 Census and in Brighton Twp. for the 1881 Census. Their farm and cabin was on the bay shore west of the hotel and near the eventual Atkins farm, or the Calf Pasture of today. (Dan Buchanan, Jan 20 2022)¹⁶
• Census: April 1881; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 47 at 1881 Census: Mason, William, 47, b. Wales, Welch, CM, farmer, married; Jane, 40, b. Ont., Scot., CM, married; Minnie, 14, b. Ont., Welsh, CM attending school (1881 Census: Brighton Twp., dist. 123, sub-dist. C, pg. 9, line 22 - ancestry.com)
  Note: John & Mary Cornwall are just above.⁴
• Census: April 1891; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 56 at 1891 Census: Mason, William, 56, b. England, p.b. Scotland & England, Meth., farmer, married; Jane, 50, b. Ont., p.b. Scotland & US, Meth., married (1891 Census: Brighton Twp., dist. 98, sub-dist. A, pg. 13, line 5 - ancestry.com)⁸
• Residence: 10 August 1895; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Informant for Death Reg'n. of his wife Jane Cumming.¹¹
• Residence: 28 October 1896; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Brighton Twp. per marr. reg'n.²
• Census: April 1901; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 64 at 1901 Census: Mason, William, 64, b. England Aug 26 1836, Eng., Meth., farmer, Head, married; Anna M., 51, b. Ont. r. Feb 12 1850, Eng., Pres., Wife, married (1901 Census Online: Brighton, dist. 95, sub-dist. a-1, pg. 8, line 3, T-6485 - Conc B, Lot 8)³
• Residence*: April 1901; Conc B Lot 8, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence per 1901 Census: Conc B, Lot 8, Brighton Twp.
  Note: There is no such place. It may be BF or Broken Front, Lot 8, which is west of Brighton on the shore - see Caleb Simpson. No Mason names appear in land records in this area (Dan Buchanan, Jan 20 2022)³
• Residence: 23 January 1910; Lot 8, Presqu'ile Point, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Quit Claim 8536) show the grantor as William Mason & wife and the grantee as Albert E. Donaghy, in a Quit Claim for Lot 8 ($25.00), Presqu'ile Point. ITS Date: Jan 23 1910. Reg'n. Date: Feb 5 1910. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Twp., Presqu'ile Point, (pages labelled "High Bluff and Presquile Point), Lot 8, Book 13, pg. 128 of 198, pg 2, copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Dec 1 2020.)¹⁵

Eva Hunt

• Birth*: circa 1858; Per Modified Register for William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.
• Marriage*: after 1902; Principal=James Alfred Simpson

• Married Name: after 1902; Simpson

Anna Broad

• Birth*: 1878; per Modified Register of William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.
• Marriage*: after 1902; Principal=Samuel Wallace Simpson
• Death*: 12 February 1918; per Modified Register of William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.

• Married Name: after 1902; Simpson

Elmira Ells Anderson

• Birth*: 1874; per Modified Register of William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.
• Marriage*: circa 1920; Principal=Samuel Wallace Simpson
• Death*: circa 1940; per Modified Register of William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.

• Married Name: circa 1920; Simpson

Nicholas Grosjean

• Father*: Francis Grosjean¹ b. 1807, d. 30 Jun 1877
• Mother*: Mary ?¹ b. 1816

• Birth*: 6 July 1855; Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date Jul 6 1855 & location Ont. per Death Reg'n. Date Mar 4 1855 & location Ontario per 1901 Census. Date 1856 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1855 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1855 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date 1855 & location Haldimand per Marr. reg'n. per Modified Register of William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.^1,2,3,4,5,6
• Marriage*: 5 November 1874; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#003533: Groom: Nicholas Grosjean; Age: 19; Res.: Brighton Twp.; Born: Haldimand; Status: bachelor; Occ.: yeoman; Parents: Francis & Mary Grosjean; Bride: Lucretia Simpson; Age: 21; Res.: Brighton Twp.; Born: New York State; Status: spinser; Parents: Phillip & Luana Simpson; Wit.: Lucy C. Howell & Margaret P. Lane, Trenton; Date: Nov 5 1874; Place: Trenton; Rel.: R.C. & Meth.; Performed by: Rev. Jacob E. Howell (Ontario Marriage Registration, #003533-1874, ancestry.com); Principal=Lucretia Ruth Simpson⁷
• Death*: 12 August 1936; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.#026428: Name: Nicholas Grosjean; Date: Aug 12 1936; Age: 81y 1m 6d; Res.: Brighton Twp.; Born: Ont. Jul 6 1855; Status: widowed; Occ.: farmer; Nat.: French; Parents: Francis Grosjean & Fance ? ; Inf.: Frank Grosjean, Orland, son; Burial: Cowan's Cemetery, Aug 14 1936; Und.: B. Buchanan, Warkworth; Reg'd.: Oct 4 1936; Reg'r.: Fred O. Wade (Ontario Death Registration, #026428-1936, ancestry.com) per Modified Register of William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.⁸
• Burial*: 14 August 1936; Codrington Catholic Cemetery, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) GROSJEAN; Nichalas Grosjean; 1854 - 1936; Frank H. Grosjean; 1877 - 1937; Phillip N. Grosjean; 1888 - 1956 (Codrington Catholic Cemetery, Brighton Twp., May 6, 2007) Per Death Reg'n.^9,4

• Census: April 1861; Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 6 at 1861 Census: see Francis Grosjean⁶
• Census: April 1871; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 16 at 1871 Census: see Francis Grosjean³
• Census: April 1881; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 25 at 1881 Census: Grosjean, Nicholas, 25, b. Ont., French, RC, farmer, married; Lucretia, 27, b. USA, Eng., CM, married; mary, 5, b. Ont., French, CM; Francis(m), 23, b. Ont., French, RC, farm lab., single; mary, 30, b. Ont., French, RC, single (1881 Census: Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., dist. 123, sub-dist. C, pg. 21, line 8 - ancestry.com)²
• Census*: April 1901; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 44 at 1901 Census: Grosjean, Nicholas, 44, b. Ont. Jul 6 1856, French, R. C., married; Lucretia H., 46, b. USA Mar 4 1855, Ger., immig 1850??, Meth., married; Pheobe L., 17, b. Ont. Sep 17 1883, French, R.C.; Phillip N., 12, b. May 29 1889; Mary, 60, b. France 1840, sister, R.C., single; Simpson, Ada A., 5, b. Ont. Mar 11 1896, niece, Eng., Meth. (Conc 5, Lot 34 & part lot 35)¹
• Residence*: April 1901; Conc 5 Lot 34, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residene per 1901 Census: Conc 5, lot 34 & part of 35, Brighton Twp.¹
• Residence: 6 February 1911; Brighton Twp., Orland, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Informant for Death Reg'n. of his wife Lucretia Ruth (Simpson) Grosjean.⁴
• Note*: circa 1930; Brighton Twp., Orland, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Nicholas Grosjean appears in The Latimer Photos which were taken by Hugh Latimer during the late 1920s and early 1930s at his father's General Store in Orland. (The Latimer Photos, Codrington Public Library)¹⁰

Verda May Pearson

• Father*: John Nelson Pearson b. 1864, d. 18 Jan 1900
• Mother*: Adelaide Maybee b. 30 Sep 1863, d. 28 Jul 1943

• Birth*: 28 April 1896; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1898 & location Ont. per 1921 Census. Date Apr 28 1896 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date Apr 28 1896 per GEDCOM of John Maybee, Aug 3, 2005. per Modified Register of William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002. DAte Oct 25 1897 & location Murray Twp. per family tree of donnaweekssawyer on ancestry.ca, Nov 25 2017.^1,2,3,4
• Marriage*: 19 November 1914; Murray Twp., Frankford, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Nov 19 1914 & location Frankford per GEDCOM of John Maybee, Aug 3, 2005. per Modified Register of William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.; Principal=James Albert Down¹
• Death*: 26 May 1955; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Date May 26 1955 per GEDCOM of John Maybee, Aug 3, 2005. Date May 26 1955 & location Trenton per family tree of donnaweekssawyer on ancestry.ca, Nov 25 2017.^1,4
• Burial*: 28 May 1955; Mount Zion Cemetery, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) DOWN; Father; James; Albert; 1881 - 1961; Mother; Verda May; Pearson; 1897 - 1955 (Mount Zion Cemetery, Murray Twp., Aug 7 2005) per GEDCOM of John Maybee, Aug 3, 2005.^1,5,6

• Census*: April 1901; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 4 at 1901 Census: see Peter H. Maybee (grandfather)²
• Married Name: 19 November 1914; Down
• Census: 13 June 1921; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 23 at 1921 Census: see James Albert Down³
• Residence*: 30 July 1943; Frankford, Hastings Co., Ontario; Infrormant for Death Reg'n. of her mother Adelaide (Pearson, Maybee) Faul.⁷

Alberta A. "Birt" Wigmore^1,2,3

• Father*: Daniel Wigmore³ b. c 1845
• Mother*: Elizabeth ?³ b. c 1845

• Birth*: 20 March 1871; Dummer Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Date Mar 20 1871 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Age 34 at marriage??? per Modified Register of William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.²
• Marriage*: 27 October 1896; Havelock, Peterborough Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#010425: Groom: Willis Simpson; Age: 26; Res.: Dummer Twp.; Born: Brighton Twp.; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Parents: Charles & Sarah Simpson; Bride: Alberta A. Wigmore; Age: 30; Res. & Born: Dummer Twp.; Status: spinster; Parents: Daniel & Elizabeth Wigmore; Wit.: T. W. & Susan Wigmore; Date: Oct 27 1896; Place: Havelock; Rel.: Meth. & Engl.; Performed by: Rev. O. A. Terrant (Ontario Marriage Registration, ancestry.com, #010425-1896)
  "Groom: Willis Simpson; Age: 26; Res.: Dummer Twp.; Born: Brighton Twp.; Status: bachelor; Occ.: yeoman; Rel.: Meth.; Bride: Alberta A. Wigmore; Age: 34; Res.: Dummer; Born: Dummer; Status: spinster; Parents: Daniel & Elizabeth Wigmore; Rel.: CE; Witnesses: T. W. Wigmore & Susan Wigmore, Dummer; Date: Oct 27 1896; Place: Havelock; Performed by: Rev. O. A. Tarrant" per Modified Register of William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.; Principal=Willis Simpson⁴
• Death*: 2 June 1947; Drumheller, Alberta; per Modified Register of William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.

• Married Name: 27 October 1896; Simpson
• Census*: April 1901; Dummer Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Age 30 at 1901 Census: see Willis Simpson²
• Residence*: 1928; Alberta; "The Alberta Land Title Act of 1928 shows Alberta a widow." per Modified Register of William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.

Alberta Wigmore Simpson

• Father*: Willis Simpson b. 13 Feb 1870
• Mother*: Alberta A. "Birt" Wigmore b. 20 Mar 1871, d. 2 Jun 1947

• Birth*: 15 July 1897; Ontario; per Modified Register of William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.
• Death*: 7 August 1897; Ontario; per Modified Register of William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.

Daniel Wigmore Simpson

• Father*: Willis Simpson b. 13 Feb 1870
• Mother*: Alberta A. "Birt" Wigmore b. 20 Mar 1871, d. 2 Jun 1947

• Birth*: 11 August 1898; Dummer Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Date Aug 11 1898 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. per Modified Register of William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.^1,2
• Marriage*: after 1918; Principal=Helen Langford
• Death*: 1949; Drumheller, Alberta; per Modified Register of William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.
• Burial*: 1949; Munson Cemetery, Drumheller, Alberta; per Modified Register of William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.

• Census*: April 1901; Dummer Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Age 2 at 1901 Census: see Willis Simpson¹

Helen Langford

• Birth*: circa 1898; per Modified Register of William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.
• Marriage*: after 1918; Principal=Daniel Wigmore Simpson

• Married Name: after 1918; Simpson

William Charles Wigmore Simpson

• Father*: Willis Simpson b. 13 Feb 1870
• Mother*: Alberta A. "Birt" Wigmore b. 20 Mar 1871, d. 2 Jun 1947

• Birth*: 7 August 1900; Dummer Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Date Aug 7 1900 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. per Modified Register of William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.¹
• Marriage*: 5 December 1932; per Modified Register of William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.; Principal=Elizabeth Robinson
• Death*: 30 September 1976; Drumheller, Alberta; per Modified Register of William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.
• Burial*: 2 October 1976; Munson Cemetery, Drumheller, Alberta; per Modified Register of William Simpson, from Skip Simpson, Oct 3, 2002.

• Census*: April 1901; Dummer Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Age 8 months at 1901 Census: see Willis Simpson¹