Hi, Anne, A search of marriages of people whose mother was Sarah Hanson turned up the following: Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924 Name: Ettie Bramwell Armstrong Birth Place: Brantford Tp Age: 26 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1865 Father Name: Mark Armstrong Mother Name: Sarah Hanson Spouse Name: Albert J Saunders Spouse's Age: 24 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867 Spouse Birth Place: Platteville Spouse Father Name: James Saunders Spouse Mother Name: Eliza Beer Marriage Date: 28 Jan 1891 Marriage Place: Brant Marriage County: Brant Family History Library Microfilm: MS932_70 Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924 Name: Lizzie M Armstrong Birth Place: Brantford Township Age: 31 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860 Father Name: Mark Armstrong Mother Name: Sarah Hanson Spouse Name: William Orr Spouse's Age: 38 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1853 Spouse Birth Place: Welland CO Ont Spouse Father Name: Matthew Orr Spouse Mother Name: Margarette Allan Marriage Date: 24 Jun 1891 Marriage Place: Brant Marriage County: Brant Family History Library Microfilm: MS932_70 Then finding Sarah Armstrong's death showed: Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario Armstrong, Sarah Sex: Female Age: 78 years Date of Death: Mch 20, 1915 Place of Birth: England Place of Death: 62 Palmerston Ave. Name of Father: James Hanson Name of Mother: Sarah Atchinson Name of Informant: H. S. Service Cause of Death: Pyl??? Obstruction > Exhaustion Reg. #097758 I couldn't find a marriage for Mark Armstrong & Sarah Hanson...perhaps they married before 1857. They show up on the 1881 census (from familysearch.org - Census): Household: Name Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation Religion Mark ARMSTRONG M Male English 48 England Farmer Baptist Sarah ARMSTRONG M Female English 44 England Baptist Mary J ARMSTRONG Female English 24 O <Ontario> Dress Maker Baptist Sarah ARMSTRONG Female English 22 O <Ontario> Baptist Elizebeth ARMSTRONG Female English 21 O <Ontario> Dress Maker Baptist Margret ARMSTRONG Female English 18 O <Ontario> Baptist Esther ARMSTRONG Female English 16 O <Ontario> Baptist Adeline ARMSTRONG Female English 11 O <Ontario> Baptist Annie ARMSTRONG Female English 9 O <Ontario> Baptist Ellen ARMSTRONG Female English 7 O <Ontario> Baptist Frank CLARK Male English 14 England Source Information: Census Place Brantford East, Brant North, Ontario Family History Library Film 1375900 NA Film Number C-13264 District 160 Sub-district A Division 2 Page Number 42 Household Number 180 Mark Armstrong died 1883 (I can send the death image if you want). There is a Sarah Armstrong, age 69, b. 8 Jul 1832, widowed in the 1901 census in Paris, Brant Co., but not sure at all she's yours. But this is her in 1911: 1911 Census of Canada Name: Sarah Armstrong Gender: Female Marital Status: Widowed Age: 75 Birth Date: Jun 1836 Birthplace: England Family Number: 88 Relation to Head of House: Mother-in-law Immigration Year: 1856 Tribal: English Province: Ontario District: Brantford District Number: 57 Sub-District: Ward 2 Sub-District Number: 17 Place of Habitation: 198 Brant Ave Census Year: 1911 Page: 8 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Phillip Truss 40 Addie Truss 41 Hellen Doris Truss 12 Thomas Cecil Truss 11 Francis Truss 8 Sarah Armstrong 75 The Brant Co. GenWeb has some interesting information on this family: Warner and Beers History of Brant County 1883 Part of Page 552 MARK ARMSTRONG, deceased. This gentleman was a brother to Thomas Armstrong, whose sketch appears in this work. Mark was born in the north of England in 1832, but when ten years of age his parents moved to the County of Brant, Ontario, where he reached maturity. From 1852 to 1856 he, with his brother Thomas, was in Australia digging gold, but since the last date mentioned, he was a resident, and land-owner of seventy-seven acres in Lot 19, first concession, in the Township of Brantford, until his death. Here he devoted his time to its cultivation. His wife, Sarah, daughter of James Hanson, of Westmoreland, England, was born in 1836, and they were married in Melbourne, Australia, in 1856. They have had nine children, of whom eight daughters still survive. Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong belong to the Baptist Church. Mr. Armstrong died on Monday, the 12th of March, 1883, of pneumonia, after a short illness. He was scarcely past the prime of life, but recently entered upon his fifty-second year. THOMAS ARMSTRONG, farmer, Paris, P.O., is a grandson of Thomas Armstrong, who was of Scotch Parentage, and was born near Carlisle. He was raised and spent almost his entire life in the north of England. His occupation was farming. Of his ten children, Mark, the father of our subject, was the youngest and was born on St. Mark's Day, in April, 1799. He matured to farm life, but after his marriage, engaged in mining, which he followed until 1842, when he, his wife and eight children, started for Canada; while on the vessel one child died and seven reached the new home in the Township of Nelson, Ontario. In September of the same year he came to Paris, where he became the counsellor of Coleman, Curtis & Capron, owners of the plaster beds, as to the best methods of procuring the material. He had previously been unearthing it, but his knowledge of mining enabled him to mine it out, which was very satisfactory to the proprietors. In `847 he bought land in South Dumfries, but finally he settled near Mount Pleasant, where he died January 13, 1883. On coming to Canada he endured many privations and hardships in clearing up his two farms, although he was a stout hearty man. He buried his wife in 1865; she left a family of seven children, six of whom are now living. Thomas is the second eldest son, and was born in the north of England in 1827, but since the age of fifteen years he has resided in the County of Brant, near Paris, where he owns a good farm of 170 acres, which he cultivates. He married Margaret, daughter of Richard Sanderson; she was born in the County of Brant, and is now the mother of eight children, seven of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong spent from 1852 to 1886 in Australia digging gold, with favourable results. Page 552 (note: this may well be a cousin on Sarah) WILLIAM ATKINSON, farmer, Brantford Township, a native of Westmorelandshire, England, was born October 4th, 1835, and came to Canada in 1846 and located in Brant County, He was a son of Thomas and grandson of Edmund Atkinson, the former of whom settled in this county about 1846, where he died in 1854. Thomas married Eleanor Whitehead, and had eleven children, of whom George, Thomas, William and Robert are living; and Maria, Margaret, Mary Anne, Edmund, Isabella, Eleanor and Richard are dead. William, of whom this biography is written, married June 8th, 1858, Sarah Bellhouse, daughter of John Bellhouse, granddaughter of Thomas Rycroft, who came to this country in May, 1840 and established himself in the county. Their marriage resulted in nine children, viz., Margaret Ann, born April 12th, 1860; Sarah E., born Aug. 25th, 1861; William H., born Dec. 23rd, 1864; Charles E., born Sept. 29th, 1866; Nellie, born Sept. 17th, 1868; Hannah, born Dec. 6th, 1870; Grace, born Feb. 13th, 1873; John T., born June 1st, 1875; Maud M., born Feb. 19th, 1877. The family are members of the Church of England. Mr. Atkinson owns a farm of 62 acres of excellent land, six miles south of the City of Brantford, and is comfortable and well-to-do. Lots of info...hope it helps. Joan Hunter Essex, Ontario P.S. let me know if you want the census & death images -----Original Message----- From: ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Anne Hanson Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 9:00 PM To: ontario@rootsweb.com Subject: [ONTARIO] Sarah HANSON Good Afternoon, I am new to this list and I am looking for a Sarah HANSON (born to James & Sarah HANSON nee ATKINSON at Appleby in 1836.) The family story is that she went to Canada, married (to whom not known) and had seven daughters (names unknown). In the 1851 UK census she is living at Drybeck with her parents. However she does not appear on the 1861 census. She left England circa 1856 and was still alive in 1870. On Ancestry there several marriage listings for a Sarah HANSON, they being: 1830-1856 Ontario Marriage Notices - 3 entries 1857-1922 Ontario Marriages - 3 entries While I am an Ancestry member my membership does not include Canada. If there is someone on the list who could get access to these entries I would be most grateful. Thank you. Anne Hanson Beechworth, Australia No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.17/1177 - Release Date: 12/7/2007 1:11 PM