Not what your looking for Oliver WILSON Birth 1817 Birth place Ontario age 64 Occ Pump Maker English Head Oliver WILSON Religion Christian Brethern Uxbridge Ontario North Ontario >From the IGI All Resources Bill From: "Dee's Genealogy" <dees.genealogy@gmail.com> To: <ontario@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 1:34 AM Subject: [ONTARIO] John Wilson and Nova Scotia Birth Record - 1791 > Finally getting back to my e-mail!!! > > Bill, > > I previously answered your email with the suggestion to check the bottom > half of this email. Then I looked for myself and - there is not much > there. My apology to you. Here is further info as you have requested. > > John Willson/Wilson was born Abt. 1791 on the Atlantic Ocean and died 1869 > in Bayham Twsp, Elgin, Ontario, Canada. I recently found a family tree on > Ancestry.com that said the birth was registered in Nova Scotia. That tree > also states that his wife's name was Pauline. This tree was placed by a > professional researcher who I thought might have valid info. No response > to > my emails to her/him . . . Decided to find what I could on the Nova > Scotia > registration. Also note worthy, the 1861 census states that John Sr. is > Quaker . . . > > The family always called John's wife Polly and that is what is on her > gravestone. Polly was born abt 1800 in Quebec, Canada and died 1860 in > Bayham Twsp, Elgin, Ontario, Canada. They are both buried in the Calton > Cemetery, Elgin County. I've not been able to find any birth record or > parents names for Polly. > NOTE: Dad said he thought Polly's maiden name was Brooks, and I have a > family photo with a David Brooks in it. HOWEVER, The death certificate of > John Wilson Jr, 1839 - 1914, states that Polly's maiden name was Brake, > born > in Canada, and John Wilson Sr. was born in "Saught Carelina" or maybe > "Saught Carel??a." This info was given by Mrs. John (Isabella)Wilson. > > Death record for Oliver Wilson states he was born in New York. I found an > Oliver on the Kings County Census (Brooklyn, NY) but unable to prove it is > this Oliver. Death Certificate gives date of death as December 1880 in > Lapeer County, Michigan at a specific age which calculates back to 1817. > That would mean Polly was age 17 at his birth and John and Polly might > have > married in 1816 or 1817. Oliver is probably their first child. > > I find this couple in Bayham Township, Elgin County, Ontario with the > birth > of their son, Bradford in 1825. A cousin who is Bradford's direct > descendant has researched this guy pretty thoroughly and feels his date of > birth is accurate. There is also a son, David who was age 71 on the 1894 > Michigan census which would make him born in 1823 or 1824. Other records > I've found make me think David was born in 1824. > > Additional children, all born in Bayham Twsp, are: > Mary Ann 1827 - 1901, m. Jacob Sprangler > Ransom 1831 - 1890, m. Elizabeth Powell > Elias 1833 - 1896, m. Emma Culver in Ontario, she died where they moved > to > in Lapeer, Michigan & he remarried to Martha Jane Travis in MI. > Caroline 1838 - 1920, m. ??Gibson Wilson. No record of this man ever > living > in the Elgin County area . . . > John Jr. 1839 - 1914, m. Isabella Rolls. 1st child, James born in Canada > in > 1862; the rest of the 14 are born in Michigan. I have all birth records > but > one. > > Oliver m.?? died 1880 in Michigan. There is an Oliver Wilson who lived > with John in MI for a while. Oliver's son??? > Bradford m. Sarah Elizabeth Boyd and died 1899. > David m. (probably not), and d. between 1894, when he was listed on the > Michigan 1894 census living with John in MI, and 1905 when it was noted in > a > History of Bay County, Michigan book article that John and Caroline were > the > only survivors of the family. > > That Bay County Michigan History article also states that John was born in > the province of Ontario and was the son of John, and Polly Brooks Wilson, > who was born in Quebec. The article goes on to say that John, the father, > was born in South Carolina and was a soldier in the War of 1812. At an > early date he moved to Ontario, Canada. ( I had a researcher at the Allen > County Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana go through all the War of 1812 > records > and he found nothing on John being a soldier on either side.) John was > one > of 12 children. NOTE: this book was published in 1905 - 36 years after > John Sr. died. To me, the south Carolina birth place is suspect . . . as > is > the War of 1812 service for John Sr. > > Elias and John Jr. both raised their families in Michigan and died and are > buried there. The rest of the family is in or near Elgin County, Ontario. > > I'm looking for missing pieces, such as David's death place and date and, > of > course, the birth registration for John Sr. and a birth place for > Polly/Pauline. > > Any thoughts or direction would be greatly appreciated. > > Dee Sager > Neosho, Missouri > > > > > > I'm trying to prove if that info is accurate. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <bill.stratton@ns.sympatico.ca> > To: <ontario@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 1:31 PM > Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Nova Scotia Birth REcords - 1791 > > >> Who are you looking for ?? >> >> Bill >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Dee's Genealogy" <dees.genealogy@gmail.com> >> To: <kfortner@sympatico.ca>; <ontario@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 11:33 AM >> Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Nova Scotia Birth REcords - 1791 >> >> >>> Thank you, Kathy. I appreciate your info. >>> >>> Dee >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Kathie Fortner" <kfortner@sympatico.ca> >>> To: <ontario@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 4:06 AM >>> Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Nova Scotia Birth REcords - 1791 >>> >>> >>>> Yes Nova Scotia is part of Canada. And just like you have state >>>> archives, >>>> we have provincial archives. Also the following website has some good >>>> information. >>>> >>>> https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ >>>> >>>> This link will take you to a page that has a chart regarding vital >>>> statistics. >>>> >>>> Historical - and searchable >>>> Births - 1864-1877, 1908-1910 - delayed registrations 1830-1910 >>>> Marriages - Bonds 1763-1864, Registrations 1864-1935 >>>> Deaths 1864-1877 - 1908-1960 >>>> >>>> Present >>>> Held by Vital Statistics, Service Nova Scotia and Municipal relations - >>>> link >>>> to this website. >>>> Births 1911 - Present >>>> Marriages - 1936 - Present >>>> Deaths - 1961 - Present >>>> >>>> Kathie Fortner >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com >>>> [mailto:ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com] >>>> On >>>> Behalf Of Dee's Genealogy >>>> Sent: January-12-12 10:58 PM >>>> To: ontario@rootsweb.com >>>> Subject: [ONTARIO] Nova Scotia Birth REcords - 1791 >>>> >>>> Hello Listers, >>>> >>>> This is sort of off topic for Ontario, but actually not, as this guy, >>>> John >>>> wilson ended up marrying a girl, Pauline Brooks from Quebec and raising >>>> his >>>> family in Elgin County, Ontario, living there from at least 1824 when >>>> the >>>> first known child was born in Elgin to when he died in Elgin in 1869. >>>> >>>> Here's my dilemna: I have new info that John Wilson was born on the >>>> Atlantic Ocean, (from census record) but the birth was registered in >>>> Nova >>>> Scotia. I live in Missouri, USA. I'm just learning about the geography >>>> of >>>> Canada. Yes, I know! American are dumb about our neighbor to the >>>> North. >>>> <G> I did a search online, but nothing concrete comes up. Is Nova >>>> Scotia >>>> a >>>> part of Canada like Ontario and Quebec or ? Got to be cause PEI is >>>> further >>>> east and that's part of Canada. >>>> >>>> Anyway - long day, I'm tired and rambling. How do I access birth >>>> records >>>> for Nova Scotia? How do I find out which years are available? Now >>>> that >>>> I >>>> have this lead, where do I go with it? >>>> >>>> ANY help you can offer will be greatly appreciated. >>>> >>>> Dee Sager >>>> Neosho, Missouri USA >>>> >>>> >>>> *********** >>>> Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: >>>> http://www.geneabloggers.com/ten-people-genealogists-follow-twitter/ >>>> >>>> Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at >>>> http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> ONTARIO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes >>>> in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> *********** >>>> Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: >>>> http://www.geneabloggers.com/ten-people-genealogists-follow-twitter/ >>>> >>>> Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at >>>> http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> ONTARIO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> *********** >>> Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: >>> http://www.geneabloggers.com/ten-people-genealogists-follow-twitter/ >>> >>> Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at >>> http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> ONTARIO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> *********** >> Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: >> http://www.geneabloggers.com/ten-people-genealogists-follow-twitter/ >> >> Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at >> http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ONTARIO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > *********** > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: > http://www.geneabloggers.com/ten-people-genealogists-follow-twitter/ > > Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at > http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ONTARIO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message