Person Page - 5046

Burton Vanwicklin^1,2,3

• Father*: Lorenzo Dow Vanwicklin² b. 1852, d. 1 Dec 1908
• Mother*: Rosetta Jane "Jennie" Brooks² b. 21 Jan 1862, d. 22 Aug 1942

• Birth*: 15 September 1890; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Birth Reg'n.#502155: Name: Burton Vanwicklin; Date: Sep 15 1890; Place: Brighton, Northumberland Co.; Parents: Lorenzo Vanwicklin, Brighton, Irish, 37y Ont., butcher & Jennie Brooks, Brighton, Dutch, 28y Ont., at home; Phsy.: Dr. Charles Sanford, Brighton; Inf.: Burton Vanwicklin, 1267 Davenport Rd., Toronto; Reg'd.: Nov 5 1956 (Ontario Late Birth Registration, #502155-1956, ancestry.ca) Date Sep 1890 & location Ont. per 1891 Census - 7 months old per 1891 Census.^2,4
• Marriage*: 23 May 1907; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#011294: Groom: Burton Vanwicklin; Age: 18; Res. & Born: Brighton; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Rel.: Meth.; Parents: Lorenzo Vanwicklin & Jennie Brooks; Bride: Ida Williams; Age: 18; Res.: Brighton; Born: Smithfield; Status: spinster; Rel.: Meth.; Parents: Joseph Williams & Alcie Pringle; Wit.: J. S. Sprentnell & Beatricce Freeman, both of Brighton; Date: May 23 1907; Place: Trenton; Performed by: Rev. R. Bamforth; Reg'd.: May 23 1907; Reg'r.: J. M. Ostrom, Trenton (Ontario Marriage Registration, #011294-1907, ancestry.ca) Date May 23 1907 & location Trenton per family tree of gjtack on ancestry.ca, Feb 2 2024.; Principal=Ida May Williams^5,6
• Death*: 28 March 1959; Date Mar 28 1959 per family tree of gjtack on ancestry.ca, Feb 2 2024.⁵

• Census*: 11 April 1891; Ward 3, Brighton, Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 7 months at 1891 Census: see Lorenzo Vanwicklin²
• Residence*: 5 November 1956; 1267 Davenport Rd., Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Informant for his own Late Birth Reg'n.³

Ida May Williams^1,2,3

• Father*: Joseph Williams b. c 1855
• Mother*: Alice Jane Pringle b. c 1855

• Birth*: 5 October 1890; Brighton Twp., Smithfield, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1888 & location Smithfield per marriage reg'n. - Burton Vanwicklin. Date Oct 9 1890 & location Smithfield per family tree of gjtack on ancestry.ca, Feb 2 2024.^2,3
• Marriage*: 23 May 1907; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#011294: Groom: Burton Vanwicklin; Age: 18; Res. & Born: Brighton; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Rel.: Meth.; Parents: Lorenzo Vanwicklin & Jennie Brooks; Bride: Ida Williams; Age: 18; Res.: Brighton; Born: Smithfield; Status: spinster; Rel.: Meth.; Parents: Joseph Williams & Alcie Pringle; Wit.: J. S. Sprentnell & Beatricce Freeman, both of Brighton; Date: May 23 1907; Place: Trenton; Performed by: Rev. R. Bamforth; Reg'd.: May 23 1907; Reg'r.: J. M. Ostrom, Trenton (Ontario Marriage Registration, #011294-1907, ancestry.ca) Date May 23 1907 & location Trenton per family tree of gjtack on ancestry.ca, Feb 2 2024.; Principal=Burton Vanwicklin^2,4

• Residence*: 23 May 1907; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Brighton per marriage reg'n. - Burton Vanwicklin.³
• Married Name: 23 May 1907; Vanwicklin²

Vida Isabel White¹

• Father*: William White¹ b. c 1855
• Mother*: Alice Peel¹ b. c 1855

• Birth*: 1884; Ontario; Date 1884 & location Cda. per marriage reg'n. - Walker Abel Snelgrove.¹
• Marriage*: 20 June 1906; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#002106: Groom: Walker Abel Snelgrove; Age: 26; Res.: Brighton, Ont.; Born: Cda.; Status: bachelor; Occ.: - ; Parents: Abel Snelgrove & Eliza Vincent; Bride: Vida Isabel White; Age: 22; Res.: Toronto; Born: Cda.; Status: spinster; Parents: William White & Alice Peel; Wit.: W. E. Lear, Brighton & Edith A. White, Toronto; Date: June 20 1906; Place: Toronto; Rel.: Pres.; Performed by: Jan Murray; Reg'd.: Jun 20 1906 (Ontario Marriage Registration, #002106-1906, ancestry.ca); Principal=Walker Abel Snelgrove²

• Residence*: 20 June 1906; Toroonto, York Co., Ontario; Residence Toronto per marriage reg'n. - Walker Abel Snelgrove.¹
• Married Name: 20 June 1906; Snelgrove¹

William James Lear^1,2,3,4,5,6

• Father*: Joseph Lear² b. 25 Dec 1821, d. 22 Mar 1914
• Mother*: Mary Jane Perrin² b. 1 May 1827, d. 6 May 1897

• Birth*: 1 July 1850; Newcastle, Durham Co., Canada West; Date Jun 1 1850 & location Newcastle Dist., Durham Region per FindaGrave. Date Jul 1 1850 & location New Castle, Ont. per Death Reg'n. Date 1851 & location Ont. per 1921 Census. Date Jul 1 1850 & location Ont. r. per 1901 Census. Date 1849 & location Cda. per 1880 US Fed Census. Date 1850 & location Cda. per 1870 US Fed Census. Date 1850 & location UC per 1861 Census.^2,4,3,5,6,7
• Marriage*: 1870; Illinois, U.S.A.; Date 1870 per FindaGrave.; Principal=Mary Susan Darnell²
• Death*: 10 October 1921; Brighton Twp., Codrington, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.#023649: Name: William John Lear; Date: Oct 10 1921; Age: 71y 3m 10d; Place: Brighton Twp., 6y at place of death, 32y in Ont. & Cda.; Born: Newcastle, Ont., Jul 1 1850; Nat.: French Cdm.; Status: married; Occ.: farmer, grocer; Parents: Joseph Lear, b. Kingston, Ont. & Mary Perrin, b. New Castel, Ont.; Inf.: Mrs. Mary Susan Lear, Codrington R.R., wife; Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton; Und.: B. E. Brintnell, Brighton; Cause: bronchitis & nephritis, with acute heart disease, 4y; Phys.: R. J. Wade, Brighton; Reg'd.: Oct 10 1921; Reg'r.: Fred O. Wade, Brighton Twp. (Ontario Death Registration, #023649-1921, ancestry.ca)^2,8
• Burial*: 13 October 1921; Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; FindaGrave: Name: William John Lear; BIRTH: 1 Jul 1850, Newcastle, Durham Co., Ontario, Canada; DEATH: 10 Oct 1921 (aged 71), Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada; BURIAL: Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada; MEMORIAL ID: 159242884 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159242884/william-john-lear)²

• Census: April 1861; Clarke Twp., Durham Co., Canada West; Age 11 at 1861 Census: see Joseph Lear⁷
• Census: 16 July 1870; Fox Twp., Millbrook, Kendall Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Age 20 at 1870 US Fed Census: Lear, Wm. James, 20, b. Cda., works on farm, married; Mary S., 17, b. Illinois, keeping house, married (1870 US Fed Census: Fox Twp., Kendall Co., Illinois, pg. 10 of 32, line 6 - Millbrook P.O. - ancestry.ca)⁵
• Census: 22 June 1880; Little Rock Twp., Kendall Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Age 29 at 1880 US Fed Census: Lear, William J., 29, b. Cda., p.b. France & Cda., machining agent, married; Mary S., 27, b. Illinois, p.b. N.C., married; William J., 8, b. Illinois, p.b. Cda. & Ill., son, at school; Frank L., 6, b. Illinois, p.b. Cda. & Ill., son, at school; Walter E., 7/12 - Oct, b. Ill., p.b. Cda. & Ill., son, at home (1880 US Fed Census: Little Rock Twp., Kendall Co., Illinois, pg. 18 of 19, line 26 - ancestry.ca)⁵
• Census*: 4 April 1901; Brighton, Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 50 at 1901 Census: Lear, W. J.(m), 50, b. Ont. r. Jul 1 1850, French, Latter Day Saints, retired farmer, married; Mary S., 48, b. Ont. r. Mar 5 1852, Eng., Latter Day Saints, married; William J., 29, b. USA Oct 1 1873, immig. 1898, French, Latter Day Saints, single; Walter E., 21, b. USA Oct 23 1879, immig. 1888, French, Latter Day Saints, single; Mark, 15, b. USA Sep 11 1884, immig. 1888, French, Latter Day Saints, single (1901 Census: Brighton Village, Northumberland East Co., dist. 95, sub-dist. b-3, pg. 3, line 8 - ancestry.ca)⁴
• Residence: 27 February 1906; Village Lots 5 & 6, Centre St. West, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Grant 3917) show that Richard W. Ireland, William B. Farley, Wolfred Ireland, executors of the estate of George S. Miller granted Village Lots Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 west of Centre Street & Village Lot No. 8 on South side of Chapel St. & Lot No. 9 on West (north?) side of Chapel St. & Lots No. 1, 2 & 4 south of Addison St., being subdivision of a Block of land marked on the Reg. Plan with words "Estate of late Abijah Squier", Brighton Village, Northumberland Co. to William J. Lear for $3,700. ITS Date: Feb 27 1906. Reg'n. Date: Mar 1 1906. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Book 014, pg. 110 of 210, Conc 1 Lot 2, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Nov 6 2022.)⁹
• Residence*: 26 November 1907; Village Lots 5 & 6, Centre St. West, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Mortgage 4117) show that William J. Lear & wife took a mortgage on "Village Lots 5 & 6, west of Centre Street & Village Lot No. 9 on West (north?) side of Chapel St., 3/5 acres, Brighton Village, Northumberland Co. with Edwin Bibby in the amount of $2,500. ITS Date: Nov 26 1907. Reg'n. Date: Nov 27 1907. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Book 014, pg. 111 of 210, Conc 1 Lot 2, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Nov 6 2022.)⁹
• Residence: 25 January 1912; Village Lots 5 & 6, Centre St. West, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Notice of Ex(ecutors) Power of Sale 4660) show that a "Notice of Executors Power of Sale" was registered with Edwin Bibby as the Grantor re "Village Lots 5 & 6, west of Centre Street & Village Lot No. 9 on north side of Chapel St., 3/5 acres", Brighton Village, Northumberland Co. and Grantee William J. Lear & Mary S. Lear. ITS Date: Jan 25 1912. Reg'n. Date: Feb 1 1912. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Book 014, pg. 115 of 210, Conc 1 Lot 2, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Nov 6 2022.)⁹
• Residence: 12 January 1914; Village Lots 5 & 6, Centre St. West, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Notice of Ex(ecutors) Power of Sale 4914) show that a "Notice of Executors Power of Sale" was registered with Edwin Bibby as the Grantor re "Village Lots 5 & 6, west of Centre Street & Village Lot No. 9 on north side of Chapel St., 3/5 acres", Brighton Village, Northumberland Co. and Grantees William J. Lear & Mary S. Lear. ITS Date: Jan 12 1914. Reg'n. Date: Feb 26 1914. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Book 014, pg. 115 of 210, Conc 1 Lot 2, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Nov 6 2022.)⁹
• Census: 1 June 1921; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 70 at 1921 Census: Lear, William, 70, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Eng., Morman, farmer, married; Mary, 68, b. USA, p.b. USA, immig. 1889 - Nat., Eng.. Morman, married; Mary, 6, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Eng.., Morman, grand-daughter (1921 Census: Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., dist. 107, sub-dist. 5, pg. 1, line 34 - ancestry.ca)
  Note: Just below is Allan Loomis, Fred Lindsay farther below.⁶

Mary Susan Darnell^1,2,3,4,5,6

• Birth*: 5 March 1853; Kendall Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Date Mar 5 1853 & location Kendall Co., Illinois per FindaGrave. Date Mar 5 1852 & location Ont. r. per 1901 Census. Date 1853 & location Illinois per 1880 US Fed Census. Date 1853 & location Illinois per 1870 US Fed Census.^2,4,5
• Marriage*: 1870; Illinois, U.S.A.; Date 1870 per FindaGrave.; Principal=William James Lear²
• Death*: 16 May 1931; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date May 16 1931 & location Brighton per FindaGrave.²
• Burial*: 18 May 1931; Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; FindaGrave: Name: Mary Susan Darnell Lear; BIRTH: 5 Mar 1853, Kendall County, Illinois, USA; DEATH: 16 May 1931 (aged 78), Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada; BURIAL: Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada; MEMORIAL ID: 148400068 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148400068/mary-susan-lear)²

• Married Name: 1870; Lear²
• Census: 16 July 1870; Fox Twp., Millbrook, Kendall Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Age 17 at 1870 US Fed Census: see Wm. James Lear⁵
• Census: 22 June 1880; Little Rock Twp., Kendall Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Age 27 at 1880 US Fed Census: see William J. Lear⁵
• Census*: 4 April 1901; Brighton, Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 48 at 1901 Census: see William James Lear⁴
• Census: 1 June 1921; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 68 at 1921 Census: see William Lear⁶

William White¹

• Birth*: circa 1855; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Vida Isabel White & Walker Abel Snelgrove.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1880; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Vida Isabel White & Walker Abel Snelgrove.; Principal=Alice Peel¹

Alice Peel¹

• Birth*: circa 1855; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Vida Isabel White & Walker Abel Snelgrove.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1880; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Vida Isabel White & Walker Abel Snelgrove.; Principal=William White¹

• Married Name: circa 1880; White¹

Walter Edwin Lear^1,2,3,4,5

• Father*: William James Lear² b. 1 Jul 1850, d. 10 Oct 1921
• Mother*: Mary Susan Darnell² b. 5 Mar 1853, d. 16 May 1931

• Birth*: 23 October 1879; Little Rock Twp., Kendall Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Date Oct 23 1879 & location United States per Death Reg'n. Date Oct 23 1879 & location USA per 1901 Census. Date 1879 & location USA per marriage reg'n. - Ethel Kathleen Appleton. Date Oct 23 1879 & location Little Rock, Kendall Co., Illinois per family tree of llhjgh on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2024. Date Oct 23 1879 & location Plano, Kendall Co., Ill. per FindaGrave.^2,3,4,6,7
• Marriage*: 6 September 1906; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#003036: Groom: Walter Edwin Lear; Age: 26; Res.: Toronto; Born: USA; Status: bachelor; Occ.: Barrister; Parents: Wm. Jas. Lear & - Darnell; Bride: Ethel Kathleen Appleton; Age: 21; Res.: Toronto; Born: Cda.; Status: spinster; Parents: Harvey Price Appleton & - Guthrie; Wit.: Gertrude Appleton, Toronto & Rose Emma Leverington, Toronto; Date: Sep 6 1906; PlacE: Toronto; Re.: CE; Performed by: C. B. Kendrick; Reg'd.: Sep 7 1906 (Ontario Marriage Registration, #003036-1906, ancestry.ca); Principal=Ethel Kathleen Appleton^2,8
• Death*: 30 October 1944; General Hospital, Niagara Falls, Welland Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.#066172: Name: Walter Edwin Lear; Date: Oct 30 1944; Age: 65y 7d; Place: General Hospital, Niagara Falls; Res.: 2598 Bellevue, Niagara Falls, 15y; Born: USA, Oct 23 1879; Nat.: Eng.; Status: married; Spouse: Mrs. Ethel Lear; Occ.: Barrister (retired); Parents: William James Lear, b. Ont. & Mary Susan Darnell, b. USA; Inf.: Harvey G. Lear, 251 24th St. ? ? NY, son; Burial: Lundy's Lane Cemetery, Stamford Twp., Niagara Falls, Nov 1 1944; Permit: W. S. Orr, Niagara Falls; Und.: Morse & Son, Niagara Falls; Cause: Stomach cancer; Phys.: James R. McGain?, Niagara Falls; Reg'd.: Oct 31 1944; Reg'r.: W. S. Orr, Niagara Falls (Ontario Death Registration, #066172-1944, ancestry.ca) Date Oct 29 1944 & location Niagara Falls, Ont. per FindaGrave.^9,7
• Burial*: 1 November 1944; Lundy's Lane Cemetery, Stamford Twp., Niagara Falls, Welland Co., Ontario; FindaGrave: Name: Walter Edwin Lear; BIRTH: 23 Oct 1879, Plano, Kendall County, Illinois, USA; DEATH: 29 Oct 1944 (aged 65), Niagara Falls, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada; BURIAL: Lundy's Lane Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada; PLOT: Plot 0048 - Grave 1 - Section C; MEMORIAL ID: 167246931; Note: WALTER EDWIN LEAR— As a writer on legal subjects and author of standard law books of value, and as a barrister in active practice, Walter Edwin Lear is, to quote a contemporary: "Doing a great work for the profession." He descends from one of the oldest existing French Canadian families, dating back to the middle of the 17th century. His great-grandfather, Francis de L'Éveille, fought with the Canadian regiment of Fencibles during the War of 1812, while his grandfather, Joseph Lear, and his great-uncle, John Lear, served on the Loyalist side during the rebellion in Upper Canada, 1837-38 Queen’s Own Rifles.
  On the maternal side his ancestry dates in America to 1665, when Colonel Henry Darnell and his brother John, sons of Sir Philip Darnell, London, England, landed in Maryland as officials of that colony under Lord Baltimore.
  Walter Edwin Lear, third son of James and Mary Susan (Darnell) Lear, was born in Piano, Illinois, October 23, 1879, and there the first 10 years of his life were passed. In 1889 he came to Canada, and until 1908, Brighton, Ontario, was his home. After completing public school study in Brighton High School, he completed classical courses at Trinity University, Toronto, and law courses at Ontario Law School. He began the practice of law in Brighton in 1907 as a barrister, and there continued until 1908, when he moved to Toronto, which city has since been his home, the seat of his law practice, and the scene of his literary and editorial labors.
  In addition to the exactions of a private law practice, Mr. Lear was the editor of "The Ontario Weekly Reporter," a popular series of law reports. Vols. 14-27 (1909-1917), and the author and publisher of several valuable law books which have become standard works of authority. Among these works are: "A Digest of 124 - THE MUNICIPALITY OF TORONTO Canadian Case Law," 1900-1916, 6 vols.; "Privy Council Appeal Cases," 1807-1913, 24 vols.; "Banks and Banking in Canada;" "Practical Guide to Canadian Company Laws;" "Annotated edition of Canadian Criminal Code;""Ontario Land Laws;" and works on the law of Oaths and Bills of Exchange.
  He is president of the Prudential Financiers Limited (1921), and president of Law Books Company, Limited, both Toronto corporations. He is a member of the Masonic order and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a member of the Anglican Church, and a Liberal in politics.
  Mr. Lear married, in September, 1906, Ethel Kathleen Appleton, daughter of Harvey Price Appleton, of Unionville, Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Lear are the parents of Sir Walter Byron Lear de L'Eveille; Edwin (Ted) Oscar Lear; Mary Ethel Kathleen Lear; and Harvey James Lear.
  Inscription: WALTER E. LEAR; 1879-1944; ETHEL K.; APPLETON; HIS WIFE; 1885-1964 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167246931/walter-edwin-lear?_gl=1*18soblc*_gcl_au*MTg0NDkwNTU3Mi4xNzA2NjI0OTQ3*_ga*NTYwMjIyMjkyLjE2NzQ5Mzg5MDg.*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*Yzk5ZTk4NjUtZTA2MS00NmQ0LTg3MGQtM2UyOTllY2Y1ZDZmLjc3My4xLjE3MDY5OTUzNzAuNTkuMC4w*_ga_QPQNV9XG1B*Yzk5ZTk4NjUtZTA2MS00NmQ0LTg3MGQtM2UyOTllY2Y1ZDZmLjMwNC4xLjE3MDY5OTUzNzAuMC4wLjA.)
  
  
  Date Nov 1 1944 & location Lundy's Lane Cemetery per Death Reg'n.^2,7

• Census: 22 June 1880; Little Rock Twp., Kendall Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Age 7 months at 1880 US Fed Census: see William J. Lear⁵
• Census*: 4 April 1901; Brighton, Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 21 at 1901 Census: see William James Lear⁴
• Residence: 6 September 1906; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Residence Toronto per marriage reg'n. - Ehtel Kathleen Appleton.³
• Residence: 8 October 1907; Village Lot 22, Prince Edward St. East, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Grant 4092) show that Jason S. Tice & wife sold "said lot", Village Lot 22, Prince Edward St. East, Brighton Village, Northumberland Co. to Walter E. Lear for $2,600. ITS Date: Oct 8 1907. Reg'n. Date: Oct 10 1907. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 007, pg. 153 of 310, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Oct 12 2020)¹⁰
• Note*: November 1907; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Walter Edwin Lear, third son of James and Mary Susan (Darnell) Lear, was born in Piano, Illinois, October 23, 1879, and there the first 10 years of his life were passed. In 1889 he came to Canada, and until 1908, Brighton, Ontario, was his home. After completing public school study in Brighton High School, he completed classical courses at Trinity University, Toronto, and law courses at Ontario Law School. He began the practice of law in Brighton in 1907 as a barrister, and there continued until 1908, when he moved to Toronto, which city has since been his home, the seat of his law practice, and the scene of his literary and editorial labors." from FindaGrave.⁷
• Residence: 30 May 1908; Village Lot 22, Prince Edward St. East, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Grant 4184) show that Walter E. Lear & wife sold "part", Village Lot 22, Prince Edward St. East, Brighton Village, Northumberland Co. to Harry W. Snelgrove for $2,200. ITS Date: May 30 1908. Reg'n. Date: Apr 6 1908. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 007, pg. 153 of 310, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Oct 12 2020)¹⁰
• Residence: 23 September 1918; 116 Simpson Ave., Toronto, York Co., Ontario; IS WWI Draft Registration Card: Name: Walter Edwin Lear; Res: 116 Simpson Ave., Toronto; Age: 38; Born: Oct 23 1879; Citizen by Father's Naturalization Before Majority: Yes; Occ.: Lawyer; Bus.: Myself, 152-154 Bay St., Toronto; Nearest Relative: Ethel Kathleen Lear, 116 Simpson Ave., Toronto; Date: Sep 23 1918 (Local Board for the city of Niagara Falls, NY)(US World War I Draft Registration Card, New York, Niagara Falls, 182, Draft Card L, pg. 637 of 1165, ancestry.ca)¹¹
• Residence: 1929; 2598 Bellevue, Niagara Falls, Welland Co., Ontario; Resident at 2598 Bellevue for 15 years per Death Reg'n. - Oct 30 1944.²
• Residence*: before 30 October 1944; 2598 Bellevue, Niagara Falls, Welland Co., Ontario; Normal residence at time of death 2598 Bellevue, Niagara Falls per Death Reg'n.²

Ethel Kathleen Appleton^1,2,3

• Father*: Harvey Price Appleton³ b. c 1855
• Mother*: ? Guthrie³ b. c 1855

• Birth*: 1885; Ontario; Date 1885 & location Cda. per marriage reg'n. - Walter Edwin Lear.^2,3
• Marriage*: 6 September 1906; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#003036: Groom: Walter Edwin Lear; Age: 26; Res.: Toronto; Born: USA; Status: bachelor; Occ.: Barrister; Parents: Wm. Jas. Lear & - Darnell; Bride: Ethel Kathleen Appleton; Age: 21; Res.: Toronto; Born: Cda.; Status: spinster; Parents: Harvey Price Appleton & - Guthrie; Wit.: Gertrude Appleton, Toronto & Rose Emma Leverington, Toronto; Date: Sep 6 1906; PlacE: Toronto; Re.: CE; Performed by: C. B. Kendrick; Reg'd.: Sep 7 1906 (Ontario Marriage Registration, #003036-1906, ancestry.ca); Principal=Walter Edwin Lear^2,4

• Residence*: 6 September 1906; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Residence Toronto per marriage reg'n. - Walter Edwin Lear.³
• Married Name: 6 September 1906; Lear²

Harvey Price Appleton¹

• Birth*: circa 1855; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Ethel Kathleen Appleton & Walter Edwin Lear.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1880; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Ethel Kathleen Appleton & Walter Edwin Lear.; Principal=? Guthrie¹

? Guthrie¹

• Birth*: circa 1855; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Ethel Kathleen Appleton & Walter Edwin Lear.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1880; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Ethel Kathleen Appleton & Walter Edwin Lear.; Principal=Harvey Price Appleton¹

• Married Name: circa 1880; Appleton¹

William James Lear Jr.^1,2,3

• Father*: William James Lear² b. 1 Jul 1850, d. 10 Oct 1921
• Mother*: Mary Susan Darnell² b. 5 Mar 1853, d. 16 May 1931

• Birth*: 1 October 1873; Plano, Kendall Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Date Oct 1 1873 & location USA per 1901 Census. Date 1872 & location Illinois per 1880 US Fed Census. Date 1873 & location Plano, Illinois per marriage reg'n. - Minnie Mabel Lindsay.^2,3,4
• Marriage*: 8 July 1901; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#... : Groom: William James Lear, Jrs.; Age: 27; Res.: Brighton Village; Born: Plano, Illinois; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Parents: William James Lear, Sr. & Mary Susan Lear; Bride: Minnie Mabel Lindsay; Age: 23; Res.: Brighton Twp.; Born: Deseronto; Status: spinster; Parents: Richard Gordon Lindsay & Lydia Adelaide Lindsay; Wit.: .. (pg 2 missing!!) ; Date; Jul 8 1901; Place: Northumberland Co. (Ontario Marriage Registration, # ... , ancestry.ca); Principal=Minnie Mabel Lindsay³

• Census: 22 June 1880; Little Rock Twp., Kendall Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Age 8 at 1880 US Fed Census: see William J. Lear, Sr.⁴
• Residence: 21 March 1894; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Witness at marriage of Frank Leroy Lear & Maud Carson.³
• Census*: 4 April 1901; Brighton, Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 27 at 1901 Census: see William James Lear²
• Residence*: 8 July 1901; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Brighton per marriage reg'n. - Minnie Mabel Lindsay.³

Mark Lear¹

• Father*: William James Lear¹ b. 1 Jul 1850, d. 10 Oct 1921
• Mother*: Mary Susan Darnell¹ b. 5 Mar 1853, d. 16 May 1931

• Birth*: 11 September 1884; U.S.A.; Date Sep 11 1884 & location USA per 1901 Census.¹

• Census*: 4 April 1901; Brighton, Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 15 at 1901 Census: see William James Lear¹

Minnie Mabel Lindsay¹

• Father*: Richard Gordon Lindsay¹ b. c 1845
• Mother*: Lydia Adeladie ?¹ b. c 1845

• Birth*: 1878; Tyendinaga Twp., Deseronto, Hastings Co., Ontario; Date 1878 & location Deseronto per marriage reg'n. - William James Lear, Jr.¹
• Marriage*: 8 July 1901; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#... : Groom: William James Lear, Jrs.; Age: 27; Res.: Brighton Village; Born: Plano, Illinois; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Parents: William James Lear, Sr. & Mary Susan Lear; Bride: Minnie Mabel Lindsay; Age: 23; Res.: Brighton Twp.; Born: Deseronto; Status: spinster; Parents: Richard Gordon Lindsay & Lydia Adelaide Lindsay; Wit.: .. (pg 2 missing!!) ; Date; Jul 8 1901; Place: Northumberland Co. (Ontario Marriage Registration, # ... , ancestry.ca); Principal=William James Lear Jr.¹

• Married Name: 8 July 1901; Lear¹

Frank Leroy Lear^1,2,3

• Father*: William James Lear² b. 1 Jul 1850, d. 10 Oct 1921
• Mother*: Mary Susan Darnell² b. 5 Mar 1853, d. 16 May 1931

• Birth*: 10 October 1873; Plano, Kendall Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Date 1874 & location Illinois per 1880 US Fed Census. Date 1874 & location Oswego, Illinois, USA per marriage reg'n. - Maud Carson. Date Oct 10 1873 & location Plano, Kendall Co., Illinois per family tree of llhjgh on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2024.^2,4,3
• Marriage*: 21 March 1894; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#008564: Groom: Frederick Leroy Lear; Age: 20; Res.: Brighton; Born: Oswego, Illinois, USA; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Parents: W. J. & Mary L. Lear; Bride: Maud Carson; Age: 22; Res.: Brighton Twp.; Born: Prince Edward Co.; Status: spinster; Parents: Alex & Elizabeth Carson; Wit.: C. H. Scirver, Smithfield & W. L. Lear, Brighton; Date: Mar 21 1894; Place: Brighton Twp.; Re;.: Meth.; Performed by: Rev. H. ? Mountera? (Ontario Marriage Registration, #008564-1894, ancestry.ca) Date Mar 21 1894 & location Brighton per family tree of llhjgh on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2024.; Principal=Mary Ellen "Maud" Carson^2,5
• Death*: 26 March 1960; Orlean, Cattaragus Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of llhjgh on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2024.²

• Census*: 22 June 1880; Little Rock Twp., Kendall Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Age 6 at 1880 US Fed Census: see William J. Lear³
• Residence*: 21 March 1894; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Brighton per marriage reg'n. - Maud Caron.⁴

Mary Lear¹

• Father*: William James Lear Jr.¹ b. 1 Oct 1873
• Mother*: Minnie Mabel Lindsay¹ b. 1878

• Birth*: 1915; Ontario; Date 1915 & location Ont. per 1921 Census.¹

• Census*: 22 June 1921; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 6 at 1921 Census: see William Lear (grandfather)¹

Richard Gordon Lindsay¹

• Birth*: circa 1845; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Minnie Mabel Lindsay & William James Lear, Jr.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1872; Excerpt: Pi:.494--495, Pioneer Life On The Bay OfQuinte
  Vt!liam James Lear, wasbornJuly 1st, 1850, in
  Clark township, county of Durham, and made his home \~th his
  parents until 1870, when he married Mary Susan, daughter of
  Abraham Darnell, at Sandwich, Illinois. Mr. Lear ran a drug
  store in Missouri for about thineen months, and next followed
  the barber business in Oswego, Illinois. Three years later he sold
  out and purchased one hundred and twenty acres ofland in
  Livingstone Co1U1ty, same state. He sold the farm in 1878 and
  rerumed to Plano and engaged ";th the Marsh Han-ester Company,
  which afterwards became the Deering Harvester Company.
  He next leased and operated quite successfully the Schnddcr's
  Flour :Mills near Plano and later on acquired considerable real
  estate and dealt in live stock, with good success. Being left well
  off by his uncle, John Lear.he removed to Brighton, where he has
  since resided. Mr. Lear is a member ofno lodge or secret organization.
  In politics he is a Liberal and a leader of his party. He has several times
  been nominated for publicoffic', but has always declined the nomination.
  He is a large property holder, owning se,eral fine farms in Prince Edward
  County and else\hcre. His family consists offoor sons, as follows:
  •William James Lear, born on his grandfather Darnell's
  homestead aboUl three miles south of Plano; malried Minnie
  Mabel, daughter ofRichard Gordon Lindsay and Lydia Adelaide Clark,
  his wife, on the 8th ofJuly, 1901 ,atBrighton.
  He took up his residence on lot 29, concession ! , township of
  Hillier, which brought back one branch of the family to Prince
  Edward County. Here his three children were bcrn, to wit:
  Agnes Mabel, born on the 15th of April, 1902; John, on
  the 25th of April, 1903; Harold Ernest,' on the 2nd of
  July, 1904.
  * Frank LeRoy Lear, born on the !0th of October, 1873,in the
  city of Oswego, Illinois; married Mary Ellen Maud, daughter
  of Ale.xander Carson and Elizabeth Breakenri!Jge, his wife,
  on the 21st of March, 1894, at Smithfield, Ontario. He now resides
  on lot 8, concession 7, township of Brighton. His children: Ethel Mary, born
  May 24th, 1896; Joseph Edwin, born l1arch 10th, 1898; Alfred LeRoy, born
  February 28th, 1900, and died on the 6th October in the same year;
  Frank, bomApril 13th, 1905.
  * Walter Edwin, born on the 23rd ofOaober, 1879, in the city of Plano. ffiinois.
  He is a student at law of Osgoode Hall, Toronto, Ontario.
  *Mark, born September 11th, 188S at Schneider's Mills, one and one-half miles
  south of Plano. He is an under-graduate in arts of Queen's University, at Kingston.
  Sourco:&l:tl/l& Clarlc, PioneertJe On The Bay Of Ouinte (1904, with new /ninaqe repm/ CD, (IMon: Giol>e/Hedage Pr~ss, 2010). Pages 494-49; Principal=Lydia Adeladie ?¹

Lydia Adeladie ?¹

• Birth*: circa 1845; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Minnie Mabel Lindsay & William James Lear, Jr.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1872; Excerpt: Pi:.494--495, Pioneer Life On The Bay OfQuinte
  Vt!liam James Lear, wasbornJuly 1st, 1850, in
  Clark township, county of Durham, and made his home \~th his
  parents until 1870, when he married Mary Susan, daughter of
  Abraham Darnell, at Sandwich, Illinois. Mr. Lear ran a drug
  store in Missouri for about thineen months, and next followed
  the barber business in Oswego, Illinois. Three years later he sold
  out and purchased one hundred and twenty acres ofland in
  Livingstone Co1U1ty, same state. He sold the farm in 1878 and
  rerumed to Plano and engaged ";th the Marsh Han-ester Company,
  which afterwards became the Deering Harvester Company.
  He next leased and operated quite successfully the Schnddcr's
  Flour :Mills near Plano and later on acquired considerable real
  estate and dealt in live stock, with good success. Being left well
  off by his uncle, John Lear.he removed to Brighton, where he has
  since resided. Mr. Lear is a member ofno lodge or secret organization.
  In politics he is a Liberal and a leader of his party. He has several times
  been nominated for publicoffic', but has always declined the nomination.
  He is a large property holder, owning se,eral fine farms in Prince Edward
  County and else\hcre. His family consists offoor sons, as follows:
  •William James Lear, born on his grandfather Darnell's
  homestead aboUl three miles south of Plano; malried Minnie
  Mabel, daughter ofRichard Gordon Lindsay and Lydia Adelaide Clark,
  his wife, on the 8th ofJuly, 1901 ,atBrighton.
  He took up his residence on lot 29, concession ! , township of
  Hillier, which brought back one branch of the family to Prince
  Edward County. Here his three children were bcrn, to wit:
  Agnes Mabel, born on the 15th of April, 1902; John, on
  the 25th of April, 1903; Harold Ernest,' on the 2nd of
  July, 1904.
  * Frank LeRoy Lear, born on the !0th of October, 1873,in the
  city of Oswego, Illinois; married Mary Ellen Maud, daughter
  of Ale.xander Carson and Elizabeth Breakenri!Jge, his wife,
  on the 21st of March, 1894, at Smithfield, Ontario. He now resides
  on lot 8, concession 7, township of Brighton. His children: Ethel Mary, born
  May 24th, 1896; Joseph Edwin, born l1arch 10th, 1898; Alfred LeRoy, born
  February 28th, 1900, and died on the 6th October in the same year;
  Frank, bomApril 13th, 1905.
  * Walter Edwin, born on the 23rd ofOaober, 1879, in the city of Plano. ffiinois.
  He is a student at law of Osgoode Hall, Toronto, Ontario.
  *Mark, born September 11th, 188S at Schneider's Mills, one and one-half miles
  south of Plano. He is an under-graduate in arts of Queen's University, at Kingston.
  Sourco:&l:tl/l& Clarlc, PioneertJe On The Bay Of Ouinte (1904, with new /ninaqe repm/ CD, (IMon: Giol>e/Hedage Pr~ss, 2010). Pages 494-49; Principal=Richard Gordon Lindsay¹

Sarah Jane Lear^1,2,3

• Father*: Joseph Lear² b. 25 Dec 1821, d. 22 Mar 1914
• Mother*: Mary Jane Perrin² b. 1 May 1827, d. 6 May 1897

• Birth*: 1847; Canada West; Date 1847 & location Cda. per 1870 US Fed Census. Date 1847 & location UC per 1861 Census.^2,3

• Census: April 1861; Clarke Twp., Durham Co., Canada West; Age 14 at 1861 Census: see Joseph Lear³
• Census*: 16 July 1870; Fox Twp., Millbrook, Kendall Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Age 23 at 1870 US Fed Census: see Joseph Lear²

Nathaniel Lear¹

• Father*: Joseph Lear¹ b. 25 Dec 1821, d. 22 Mar 1914
• Mother*: Mary Jane Perrin¹ b. 1 May 1827, d. 6 May 1897

• Birth*: 1863; Canada West; Date 1863 & location Cda. per 1870 US Fed Census.¹

• Census*: 16 July 1870; Fox Twp., Millbrook, Kendall Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Age 7 at 1870 US Fed Census: see Joseph Lear¹