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Minvera Phillips¹

• Father*: Abraham Phillips b. 16 Feb 1801, d. 3 Feb 1888
• Mother*: Nancy Barnes b. 11 Jan 1800, d. b 1840

• Birth*: 12 August 1834; Upper Canada; Date 1835 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1835 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1835 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date Aug 12 1834 per IGI Record. Date Aug 12 1834 & location Brighton and Minerva Phillips is a daughter of Abraham Phillips and Nancy Barnes per family tree of Deborah_Guidolin on ancestry.ca, Mar 1 2022 - and fits there!! Not Brighton but maybe Murray???^1,2,3,4,5,6
• Marriage*: 24 February 1852; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Marriage Register: Groom: Simon Whitney; Age: 21; Res.: Cramahe; Parents: - ; Bride: Amanda Phillips; Age: 18; Res.: Cramahe; Parents: - ; Wit.: John H. Phillips, Cramahe & C.J. Phillips, Cramahe; Date: Feb 24 1852; Page: 31 of 32 (Marriage Registers of Joshua Webster, page 23, Seventh Town Historical Society)
  Marriage Register: Groom: Simon Whitney; Bride: Minerva Phillips; Date: Feb 24 1852; Wit.: John H. Phillips & ?Glasgon? Phillips (List of marriages solemnized by me during the year ending Feb 1 1853, Joshua Webster, Minister of the Methodist E. Church - Ontario Marriage Registers, Newcastle Dist. 1850-1954, Vol. 18, pg. 10 of 16, ancestry.ca) Date Feb 26 1852 & location Ontario per IGI Record.; Principal=Simon Lawrence Whitney^1,7
• Death*: 1894; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1894 & location Brighton per family tree of Deborah_Guidolin on ancestry.ca, Mar 1 2022.⁵

• Married Name: 26 February 1852; Whitney¹
• Census*: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 26 at 1861 Census: see Simon Whitney³
• Census: April 1871; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 36 at 1871 Census: see Simon Whitney²
• Census: April 1881; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 46 at 1881 Census: see Simon Whitney⁴

Samuel Whitney¹

• Father*: Simon Lawrence Whitney¹ b. 28 Jul 1832, d. 19 Feb 1894
• Mother*: Minvera Phillips¹ b. 12 Aug 1834, d. 1894

• Birth*: 26 April 1854; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1854 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1854 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date 1853 & location Prince Edward Co. per marriage reg'n. - Emma Montgomery. Date Apr 26 1854 & location Prince Edward Co. per family tree of ?"Roberton Cameron maguire Family Jan 2012", Feb 7 2012.^1,2,3,4
• Marriage*: 2 November 1872; Brighton Twp., Hilton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.: Groom: Samuel Whitney; Age: 19; Res.: Brighton Twp.; Born: Prince Edward Co.; Status: bachelor; Occ.: yeoman; Parents: Simon & Mnerva Whitney; Bride: Emily Montgomery; Age: 19; Res. & Born: Brighton Twp.; Status: spinster; Parents: George & Sarah Montgomery; Wit.: H. & Emma Sills, Brighton Twp.; Date: Nov 2 1872; Place: M.E. Parsonage, Brighton; Performed by: Rev. W.A. Sills, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co. (Ontario Marriage Registration, ancestry.ca)
  Date Nov 2 1872 & location Northumberland per family tree of ?"Roberton Cameron maguire Family Jan 2012", Feb 7 2012.; Principal=Emma Montgomery^3,4
• Death*: 1881; Date 1881 per family tree of ?"Roberton Cameron maguire Family Jan 2012", Feb 7 2012.³

• Census*: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 7 at 1861 Census: see Simon Whitney¹
• Census: April 1871; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 17 at 1881 Census: see Simon Whitney²
• Residence*: 2 November 1872; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Brighton Twp. per marriage reg'n. - Emma Montgomery.⁴

Nancy Jane Whitney^1,2,3,4,5,6

• Father*: Simon Lawrence Whitney² b. 28 Jul 1832, d. 19 Feb 1894
• Mother*: Minvera Phillips² b. 12 Aug 1834, d. 1894

• Birth*: 1856; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1857 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1857 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1856 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1856 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date 1856 & location Brighton Twp. per marriage reg'n.^2,3,4,5,6
• Marriage*: 26 November 1873; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#009887: Groom: George W. Shott; Age: 21; Res. & Born: Brighton; Status: bachelor; Occ.: yeoman; Parents: James & Mary Shott; Bride: Jane Whitney; Age: 17; Res. & Born: Brighton; Status: spinster; Parents: Simon & Nancy Whitney; Wit.: Leslie A. Shortt & Hanna Vanwicklin, Brighton; Date: Nov 26 1873; Place: Brighton; Rel.: EM; Performed by: W. A. Sills; Reg'r.: A. A. Becker, Brighton Twp. (Ontario Marriage Registration, #009887-1873, ancestry.ca); Principal=George W. Shortt⁷

• Census*: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 5 at 1861 Census: see Simon Whitney²
• Census: April 1871; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 15 at 1881 Census: see Simon Whitney³
• Residence*: 26 November 1873; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Brighton Twp. per marriage reg'n.⁴
• Married Name: 26 November 1873; Shortt⁷
• Census: April 1881; Brighton Twp., East Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 24 at 1881 Census: see George Shortt⁵
• Census: April 1891; Brighton Twp., East Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 34 at 1891 Census: see George Shortt⁶

George Henry Whitney^1,2,3

• Father*: Simon Lawrence Whitney² b. 28 Jul 1832, d. 19 Feb 1894
• Mother*: Minvera Phillips² b. 12 Aug 1834, d. 1894

• Birth*: July 1858; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1859 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1858 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date Jul 1858 & location Brighton per family tree of Eudene123 on ancestry.ca, Jun 28 2025.^2,4,3
• Marriage*: circa 1878; Ontario; per family tree of Eudene123 on ancestry.ca, Jun 28 2025.; Principal=Cynthia Shortt³
• Death*: 15 February 1889; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; per family tree of Eudene123 on ancestry.ca, Jun 28 2025.³

• Census*: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 3 at 1861 Census: see Simon Whitney²
• Census: April 1871; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 12 at 1871 Census: see Simon Whitney⁴

William Harrison Whitney^1,2,3,4

• Father*: Simon Lawrence Whitney² b. 28 Jul 1832, d. 19 Feb 1894
• Mother*: Minvera Phillips² b. 12 Aug 1834, d. 1894

• Birth*: 1862; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1863 & location Cda. Eng. per 1920 US Fed Census. Date 1862 & location Cda. Eng. per 1910 US Fed Census. Date 1862 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1862 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1862 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1862 & location Brighton Twp. per marriage reg'n. - Martha Billings.^2,5,3,4,6
• Marriage*: 2 November 1883; Percy Twp., Warkworth, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#008358: Groom: W. Harrison Whitney; Age: 21; Res. & Born: Brighton Twp.; Status; bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Parents: Simon & Minerva Whitney; Martha Billing; Age: 19; Res. & Born: Brighton Twp.; Status: spinster; Parents: Roe? & ?Mahella? Billings; Wit.: Mis ?Vrooman, Warkworth; Date: Nov 2 1883; Place: Warkworth; Rel.: Meth. Ep.; Performed by: Rev. Wm. Buchanan; Reg'r.: R. P. Hurlbut, Percy Twp. (Ontario Marriage Registration, #008358-1883, ancestry.ca) per Birth Reg'n. of Simon Eldon Whitney.; Principal=Martha A. Billing⁷

• Census: April 1871; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 9 at 1871 Census: see Simon Whitney⁵
• Census*: April 1881; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 19 at 1881 Census: see Simon Whitney²
• Residence*: 2 November 1883; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Brighton Twp. per marr. reg'n. - Martha Billings.⁴
• Census: 28 April 1891; Brighton Twp., East Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 29 at 1891 Census: Whitney, William, 29, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Meth.?, farmer, married; Martha, 28, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Meth., married; Symon, 6; ?Loomis?(m), 4; Ethel, 1 (1891 Census: Brighton Twp., East Northumberland Co., dist. 98, sub-dist. a-5, pg. 21, line 11 - ancestry.ca)³
• Immigration*: 1893; New York, U.S.A.; Immigration 1893 per 1920 US Fed Census.⁶
• Immigration: 1896; New York, U.S.A.; Immigration 1896 per 1920 US Fed Census.⁶
• Census: 4 May 1910; Ogden Twp., Monroe Co., New York, U.S.A.; Age 48 at 1910 US Fed Census: Whitney, Wiliam H., 48, b. Cda. Eng., p.b. Cda. Eng., age 25 1st marriage, immig. 1896, AL, Eng., teamster - own account, married; Martha A., 44, b. Cda. Eng., p.b. Cda. Eng., age 25 1st marriage, immig. 1896, AL, married; Adelbert, 16, b. Cda. Eng., p.b. Cda. Eng., immig. 1896, AL, Eng., son; Walace, 11, b. New York, p.b. Cda. Eng., son; William, 7, b. Cda. Eng., p.b. Cda. Eng., son (1910 US Fed Census: Ogden Twp., Monroe Co., New York, pg. 15 of 21, line 39 - Vroom Road - ancestry.ca)⁶
• Census: 1920; Murray St., Rochester, Monroe Co., New York, U.S.A.; Age 57 at 1920 US Fed Census: Whitney, William, 57, b. Cda. Eng., p.b. Cda. Eng., immig. 1893, AL, Machinist in machine shop, married; Martha, 54, b. Cda. Eng., p.b. Cda. Eng., immig. 1893, AL, married; Delbart, 26, b. Cda. Eng., p.b. Cda. Eng., immig, 1893, Pa, Machinist in machine ship, single; Wallace, 21, b. NY, p.b. Cda. Eng., machinist in machine shop, single; William, 17, b. NY, p.b. Cda. Eng., machinist in machine shop, single (1920 US Fed Census: Rochester, NY, Ward 15, pg. 8 of 24, Murray St., ancestry.ca)⁶

Homer B. Whitney^1,2,3

• Father*: Simon Lawrence Whitney² b. 28 Jul 1832, d. 19 Feb 1894
• Mother*: Minvera Phillips² b. 12 Aug 1834, d. 1894

• Birth*: 1869; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1869 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1869 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1870 & location Brighton Twp. per marr. reg'n.^2,4,3
• Marriage*: 25 January 1893; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#008600: Groom: Homr B. Whitney; Age: 23; Res. & Born: Brighton Twp.; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Parets: Simon & Minerva Whitney; Bride: Eliza G. McKenny; Age: 21; Res.: Cramahe; Born: Murray; Status: spinster; Parents: Peter & Nancy McKenny; Wit.: Harrison Carr & Minnie McKenny, Cramahe; Date: Jan 25 1893; Place: Cramahe; Rel.: Meth.; Performed by: R. H. Deitch (Ontario Marriage Registration, #008600-1893, ancestry.ca); Principal=Eliza G. McKenney⁵

• Census: April 1871; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 2 at 1871 Census: see Simeon Whitney⁴
• Census*: April 1881; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 12 at 1881 Census: see Simon Whitney²
• Residence*: 25 January 1893; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Brighton Twp. per marr. reg'n.³

Oscar Whitney¹

• Father*: Simon Lawrence Whitney¹ b. 28 Jul 1832, d. 19 Feb 1894
• Mother*: Minvera Phillips¹ b. 12 Aug 1834, d. 1894

• Birth*: 1876; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Oct 26 1876 per Memorial - age 9y 1m 14d at death Dec 10 1885 - age is clear but death date is not??? Date 1876 per 1881 Census.^1,2
• Death*: 10 December 1885; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date ?Dec 10 1885? (not clear) per Memorial.²
• Burial*: 12 December 1885; McPhail's Cemetery, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) Oscar; Son of; S. & M.; Whitney; Died; ?Dec ?10 1885?; Aged 9 Ys; 1 Mo. 14 Dys (McPhail's Cemetery, Brighton Twp., June 21 2009)²

• Census*: April 1881; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 5 at 1881 Census: see Simon Whitney¹

Richard Down¹

• Birth*: circa 1780; England; Date of birth and death unknown per Memorial. per GEDCOM of C. Penasack, Jan 17, 2005.^1,2
• Marriage*: before 1810; England; per GEDCOM of C. Penasack, Jan 17, 2005.; Principal=Mary Elizabeth Hewitt¹
• Death*: 1847; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; "In 1844 he married Fidila Maybee of Murray Township. Her parents gave the young couple 20 acres in Lot 26, Concession 4, Murray Township. .... His father died in 1847." from "The Down family of Lot 26, Conc. 4, Brighton Township", prvided to me by Richard Obbotson, Oct 2017.
  Note: Fred Down told me that Mary died just after coming from England and Richard died a few years later - they do not know the dates. (Meeting with Fred Down, Aug 25 2006)^2,3
• Burial*: 1847; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Memorial: (See Exhibit) In Memory of; Richard and Mary Down; Our First Grandparents; Who Came From England; in 1832. They Rest; In Unmarked Graves (McPhail's Cemetery, Brighton Twp., Aug 25 2006)
  Note: David Down says they may be been buried in a family burial ground on the original homestead but it has not been preserved. Richard and Mary have been remembered on the back of the Memorial of Wes Down, David's father.²

• Immigration*: 1832; Ontario; Immigration 1832 per Memorial.²

Mary Elizabeth Hewitt^1,2,3

• Birth*: circa 1780; England; per GEDCOM of C. Penasack, Jan 17, 2005.²
• Marriage*: before 1810; England; per GEDCOM of C. Penasack, Jan 17, 2005.; Principal=Richard Down²
• Death*: 1833; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; "After crossing the ocean and travelling by boat up to Trenton and thence up the Trent River to approximately German’s Landing, the family settled in the 9th Concession of Murray Township. During the first year this family was besieged by sickness and Richard’s mother died leaving him and his father alone. Because of the swampy nature of the land they decided to move to higher ground." from The Down family of Lot 26, Conc. 4, Brighton Township, provided to me by Richard Obbotson, Oct 2017.³
• Burial*: 1833; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) In Memory of; Richard and Mary Down; Our First Grandparents; Who Came From England; in 1832. They Rest; In Unmarked Graves (McPhail's Cemetery, Brighton Twp., Aug 25 2006)
  Note: David Down says they may be been buried in a family burial ground on the original homestead but it has not been preserved. Richard and Mary have been remembered on the back of the Memorial of Wes Down, David's father.³

• Married Name: before 1810; Down²

Frederick Massey¹

• Father*: Charles Massey¹ b. c 1855
• Mother*: Hannah Nelson¹ b. c 1855

• Birth*: circa 1880; per GEDCOM of C. Penasack, Jan 17, 2005.¹
• Marriage*: after 1900; per GEDCOM of C. Penasack, Jan 17, 2005.; Principal=Emma Elizabeth Down¹

Charles Massey¹

• Birth*: circa 1855; per GEDCOM of C. Penasack, Jan 17, 2005.¹
• Marriage*: before 1875; per GEDCOM of C. Penasack, Jan 17, 2005.; Principal=Hannah Nelson

Hannah Nelson¹

• Birth*: circa 1855; per GEDCOM of C. Penasack, Jan 17, 2005.¹
• Marriage*: before 1875; per GEDCOM of C. Penasack, Jan 17, 2005.; Principal=Charles Massey

• Married Name: before 1875; Massey¹

William Martin Aylesworth^1,2,3

• Father*: Martin Aylesworth³ b. 1794, d. 22 Jul 1855
• Mother*: Margaret Ackerman³ b. 1805

• Birth*: 1850; Ernestown Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; Date 1850 & location Ernestown Twp. per marriage reg'n. per GEDCOM of C. Penasack, Jan 17, 2005.^2,3
• Marriage*: 27 April 1880; Ernestown Twp., Odessa, Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#005974: Groom: William Marton Aylsworth; Age: 30: Res.: Odessa; Born: Ernestown; Status: bachelor; Occ.: lab.; Parents: Martin & Margret Aylesworth; Bride: Elizabeth Jane Burley; Age: 21; Res.: Odessa; Born: Portland; Status: spinster; Parents: Peter & Susana Burley; Wit.: E. T. Sheridan, Odess; Date: Apr 27 1880; Place: Odessa; Rel.: Meth.; Performed by: Rev. Wm. Sheridan; Reg'r.: P. A. Maher, Ernestown (Ontario Marriage Registration, #005974-1880, ancestry.com) per GEDCOM of C. Penasack, Jan 17, 2005.; Principal=Elizabeth Jane Burley⁴

• Residence*: 27 April 1880; Ernestown Twp., Odessa, Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; Residence Odessa per marr. reg'n.³

Elizabeth Jane Burley^1,2,3

• Father*: Peter Burley³ b. c 1825
• Mother*: Susana ?³ b. c 1830

• Birth*: 1859; Portland Twp., Frontenac Co., Ontario; Date 1859 & location Portland per marr. reg'n. per GEDCOM of C. Penasack, Jan 17, 2005.^2,3
• Marriage*: 27 April 1880; Ernestown Twp., Odessa, Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#005974: Groom: William Marton Aylsworth; Age: 30: Res.: Odessa; Born: Ernestown; Status: bachelor; Occ.: lab.; Parents: Martin & Margret Aylesworth; Bride: Elizabeth Jane Burley; Age: 21; Res.: Odessa; Born: Portland; Status: spinster; Parents: Peter & Susana Burley; Wit.: E. T. Sheridan, Odess; Date: Apr 27 1880; Place: Odessa; Rel.: Meth.; Performed by: Rev. Wm. Sheridan; Reg'r.: P. A. Maher, Ernestown (Ontario Marriage Registration, #005974-1880, ancestry.com) per GEDCOM of C. Penasack, Jan 17, 2005.; Principal=William Martin Aylesworth⁴

• Residence*: 27 April 1880; Ernestown Twp., Odessa, Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; Residence Odessa per marr. reg'n.³
• Married Name: 28 April 1880; Aylesworth²

Harriet Elmira Roberts^1,2,3,4

• Father*: Daniel Roberts b. b 1825
• Mother*: Evaline Frasier b. c 1825

• Birth*: 7 February 1853; Ontario; Date 1853 per Memorial. Date Feb 7 1843 & location Ont rural per 1901 Census - obvious mistake, year is 1853 per age 48. Date Feb 7 1843 per GEDCOM of Bill Smith, Feb 7, 2005. Date 1853 & location Ontario per 1881 Census. per GEDCOM of C. Penasack, Jan 18, 2005.^2,5,6,4
• Marriage*: 6 June 1873; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Date Jun 6 1873 & location Toronto per IGI Record. per GEDCOM of C. Penasack, Jan 18, 2005.; Principal=Abraham Nelson Down^2,7
• Death*: 1910; Ontario; Date 1910 per Memorial.⁴
• Burial*: 1910; Mount Zion Cemetery, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) DOWN; Father; Abraham N.; 1848 - 1909; Mother; Harriet E.; 1853 - 1910 (Mount Zion Cemetery, Murray Twp., Aug 7 2005)⁴

• Married Name: 6 June 1873; Down²
• Census*: April 1881; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 28 at 1881 Census: see Abram Down⁵
• Census: April 1901; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 48 at 1901 Census: see Abraham Down⁶

John Wellington Down^1,2,3

• Father*: Abraham Nelson Down² b. 3 Sep 1848, d. 13 May 1909
• Mother*: Harriet Elmira Roberts² b. 7 Feb 1853, d. 1910

• Birth*: 10 March 1873; Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Mar 10 1872 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1872 per 1881 Census.^2,4
• Marriage*: after 1897; Northumberland Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of John Maybee, Jan 18, 2005.; Principal=Orpha M. Grosjean³
• Death*: 1955; Ontario; Date 1955 per GEDCOM of John Maybee, Jan 18, 2005.³
• Burial*: 1955; Zion Cemetery, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of John Maybee, Jan 18, 2005.³

• Census*: April 1881; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 9 at 1881 Census: see Abram Down²
• Census: April 1901; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 28 at 1901 Census: Down, John, 28, b. Ont. r. Mar 10 1872, Eng., CE, farmer, married; Ortha, 24, b. Ont. r. Aug 7 1876, Eng., CE, married; Ogle, 2, b. Ont. r. Feb 3 1899, son (1901 Census Online: Murray Twp., dist. 95, g-4, pg. 4, line 46 - Conc 6, Lot 11 pt.)⁴
• Census: April 1901; Conc 6 Lot 11, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence per 1901 Census: Conc 6, Lot 11, Murray Twp.⁴

Charles Arthur Down^1,2,3

• Father*: Abraham Nelson Down² b. 3 Sep 1848, d. 13 May 1909
• Mother*: Harriet Elmira Roberts² b. 7 Feb 1853, d. 1910

• Birth*: 8 September 1874; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Sep 8 1874 per GEDCOM of Bill Smith, Feb 7, 2005. Date 1874 per 1881 Census.^2,3
• Marriage*: 23 February 1898; Sidney Twp., Glenn Ross, Hastings Co., Ontario; Date Feb 23 1898 & location Glen Ross per GEDCOM of Bill Smith, Feb 7, 2005. Bayside per earlier GEDCOM??; Principal=Alice Lucinda Iveson³
• Death*: 24 October 1952; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Bill Smith, Feb 7, 2005.³

• Census*: April 1881; Murrray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 7 at 1881 Census: see Abram Down²

Elva Armenta Down^1,2,3

• Father*: Abraham Nelson Down² b. 3 Sep 1848, d. 13 May 1909
• Mother*: Harriet Elmira Roberts² b. 7 Feb 1853, d. 1910

• Birth*: 14 May 1877; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1877 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date May 14 1877 & location Murray per family tree of MaybeeSociety on ancestry.ca, Nov 24 2017.^2,4
• Marriage*: 26 February 1896; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Date Feb 26 1896 & location Hastings per GEDCOM of Brett Blyth, July 15 2012. per GEDCOM of John Maybee, Jan 18, 2005. Date Feb 26 1896 & location Trenton per family tree of MaybeeSociety on ancestry.ca, Nov 24 2017.; Principal=George William Packard^3,4
• Marriage*: 20 March 1901; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; per family tree of MaybeeSociety on ancestry.ca, Nov 24 2017.; Principal=William George Nelson^3,4
• Death*: 20 June 1948; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Jun 20 1948 & location Murray per family tree of MaybeeSociety on ancestry.ca, Nov 24 2017. per GEDCOM of John Maybee, Jan 18, 2005.^3,4

• Census*: April 1881; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 4 at 1881 Census: see Abraham down²
• Married Name: 26 February 1896; Packard³
• Married Name: 20 March 1901; Nelson³
• Residence*: 12 March 1906; Hillier Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; Witness at marriage of James Down & Florence Simpson.⁵

Emma Melvina Down^1,2,3

• Father*: Abraham Nelson Down² b. 3 Sep 1848, d. 13 May 1909
• Mother*: Harriet Elmira Roberts² b. 7 Feb 1853, d. 1910

• Birth*: 2 June 1879; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1879 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date Jun 2 1879 & location Murray per family tree of MaybeeSociety on ancestry.ca, Nov 24 2017.^2,3
• Marriage*: 30 November 1898; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Date Nov 30 1898 & location Trenton per family tree of MaybeeSociety on ancestry.ca, Nov 24 2017. per GEDCOM of John Maybee, Jan 18, 2005.; Principal=Henry H. Nelson^4,3
• Death*: 27 January 1972; Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; Date Jan 27 1972 & location Belleville per family tree of MaybeeSociety on ancestry.ca, Nov 24 2017. per GEDCOM of John Maybee, Jan 18, 2005.^4,3

• Census*: April 1881; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 2 at 1881 Census: see Abraham Down²
• Married Name: 30 November 1898; Nelson⁴

Orpha M. Grosjean¹

• Father*: Francis Mammies Grosjean b. 1842
• Mother*: Eve Nelson b. 1847

• Birth*: 7 August 1876; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Aug 7 1876 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1877 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. per GEDCOM of John Maybee, Jan 18, 2005.^1,2,3
• Marriage*: after 1897; Northumberland Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of John Maybee, Jan 18, 2005.; Principal=John Wellington Down¹
• Death*: 1956; per GEDCOM of John Maybee, Jan 18, 2005.¹

• Census: April 1891; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 14 at 1891 Census: see Franics Grosjean³
• Married Name: after 1897; Down¹
• Census*: April 1901; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 24 at 1901 Census: see John Down²