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Ethel Effie Melissa WILSON

Female 1890 - 1962  (71 years)


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  1. 1.  Ethel Effie Melissa WILSON was born on 13 Sep 1890 in Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Coleman Elias WILSON and Huldah Maretta - Etta - LAMB); died in 1962.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 16 Apr 1891, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 12 Apr 1901, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 6 Jun 1911, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Birth:
    birth record has her as Ethel Melissa, but all other records have her as Effie Melissa - marriage record has her born at Myrtle, but that is not in Reach Tp, which is where birth record has her born

    Ethel married Earnest BICE on 24 Apr 1915 in London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. Earnest (son of Walter BICE and Alfretta LEWIS) was born about 1892 in McGillivray Township, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    he 22, bachelor, shoemaker, Baptist - she 23, spinster, Baptist


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Coleman Elias WILSON was born on 29 Oct 1863 in East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada (son of Obediah WILSON and Elizabeth Maria Betsey MARTIN).

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 16 Apr 1891, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 12 Apr 1901, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 6 Jun 1911, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada

    Coleman married Huldah Maretta - Etta - LAMB on 12 Oct 1887 in Manchester, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. Huldah (daughter of Hiram LAMB and Mary Jane HARRISON) was born on 24 Jul 1867 in Manchester, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; died on 7 Sep 1901 in Sheerley, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Huldah Maretta - Etta - LAMB was born on 24 Jul 1867 in Manchester, Ontario, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Hiram LAMB and Mary Jane HARRISON); died on 7 Sep 1901 in Sheerley, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 2 Feb 1880, Manchester, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; witness (with William S. Lamb) at marriage at Manchester of Susannah Butson [her cousin] and William Potter
    • Residence: 1881, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 5 Jul 1883, Manchester, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; witness (with George Highbattons?) at marriage at Manchester of Sarah Butson [her cousin] and Riby Ellis
    • Residence: 16 Apr 1891, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 12 Apr 1901, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Birth:
    1901 census has her birth month as August which conflicts with birth record - Muriel Kuhn has her birth 24 Jul 1868

    Died:
    Concession 2 of Reach Township

    Notes:

    Married:
    Reach Township - both Methodist - witnesses John Wesley Lamb of Manchester and Lydia M. Wilson of Raglan (John and Lydia married soon after - sister and brother married brother and sister)

    Children:
    1. Alma Maud WILSON was born on 7 Jul 1888 in Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; died on 7 Oct 1985 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 1. Ethel Effie Melissa WILSON was born on 13 Sep 1890 in Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; died in 1962.
    3. Ada Laurel WILSON was born on 18 Oct 1892 in Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; died in 1957.
    4. Leta Elaine WILSON was born on 5 Aug 1894 in Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; died in 1932 in London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 27 Dec 1932 in London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Ernest Vere WILSON was born on 21 Dec 1896 in Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; died on 11 Sep 1978 in Saint Clair Shores, Macomb, Michigan, USA.
    6. Viola WILSON was born on 4 Jun 1899 in Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; died on 24 Sep 1983; was buried after 24 Sep 1983 in Utica, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Obediah WILSON was born on 11 Apr 1814 in Bassingbourne, Cambridge, England; died on 10 Feb 1894 in East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.

    Obediah married Elizabeth Maria Betsey MARTIN. Elizabeth was born on 24 Feb 1831 in Pennysylvania, USA; died on 14 Jan 1893 in East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth Maria Betsey MARTIN was born on 24 Feb 1831 in Pennysylvania, USA; died on 14 Jan 1893 in East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. 2. Coleman Elias WILSON was born on 29 Oct 1863 in East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Lydia Sophonia WILSON was born on 26 Dec 1869 in East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; died on 28 Dec 1897 in Manchester, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Hiram LAMB was born on 10 Jun 1820 in Barnston, Coaticook, Quebec, Canada (son of John J LAMB and Deborah BALDWIN); died on 9 Aug 1907 in Lot 13 Concession 5 Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; was buried after 9 Aug 1907 in Prince Albert, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1861, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; age 41, born Canada East (Quebec), Yeoman, religion English Methodist
    • Residence: 1861, Lot 13, Concession 5, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; agricultural census: 88 acres, 50 acres under cultivation, 33 under crops, 17 under pasture, 38 acres under wood or wild, value of farm $1936 - Ira Lamb on same page in V-14 and IV-13
    • Residence: 1881, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1891, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1901, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 9 Aug 1907, Lot 13 Concession 5 Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Death record shows birth at something-like-Bronston, Quebec. There is no such place in Quebec as BRONSTON, which comes from his death record which might also read BORRSTON or something similar. Census all say Quebec birthplace. - Muriel Kuhn has Hawkesbury

    Buried:
    Pine Grove Cemetery - Lamb plot (originally called section D but now the east end of the Center Range)

    Died:
    senile decay & heart failure

    Hiram married Mary Jane HARRISON on 11 Feb 1864 in Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Robert HARRISON and Mary WARD) was born on 7 Jul 1832 in Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; died on 4 Nov 1910 in Lot 13 Concession 5 Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; was buried after 4 Nov 1910 in Prince Albert, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Mary Jane HARRISON was born on 7 Jul 1832 in Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Robert HARRISON and Mary WARD); died on 4 Nov 1910 in Lot 13 Concession 5 Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; was buried after 4 Nov 1910 in Prince Albert, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1851, Lot 17, Concession 1, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; 1851/2 population census of Reach Twp does not survive, but father Robert Harrison is on Concession 1, Lot 17, in 1851/2 agricultural census of Reach Twp
    • Residence: 1861, East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; age 28; single; hired servant with family of Allen and Frances Smith
    • Residence: 1871, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; age 39, Wesleyan Methodist
    • Residence: 1881, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; age 49, P[rimitive?] Methodist
    • Residence: 1891, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; age 58, Methodist
    • Residence: 1901, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; age 68, born 8 Jul 1832, Methodist
    • Residence: 4 Nov 1910, Lot 13 Concession 5 Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; residence at time of death

    Notes:

    Birth:
    1901 Census gives birth date as 8 Jul 1832; death record gives birth date as 7 Jul 1832 and birth place as Frontenac County - CONFLICT: sister Amarilla 1901 census birth 15 Jan 1833 [6 months after Mary Jane] - 3 Apr 1832 at Kingston per Muriel Kuhn

    Buried:
    Pine Grove Cemetery - Lamb plot (originally called section D but now the east end of the Center Range)

    Notes:

    Married:
    I have no solid documentation of this date and place. They are from other trees.

    Children:
    1. John Wesley Wes LAMB was born on 13 Jun 1865 in Manchester, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; died on 16 Jul 1907 in Port Perry, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 3. Huldah Maretta - Etta - LAMB was born on 24 Jul 1867 in Manchester, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; died on 7 Sep 1901 in Sheerley, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Charles Edwin LAMB was born on 8 Aug 1871 in Manchester, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; died on 5 Feb 1952 in Manchester, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  John J LAMB was born in 1775 in USA; died on 12 May 1868 in Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; was buried after 12 May 1868 in Myrtle, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1861, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; 92y 6m - I am guessing he died where he was living in 1861, since his son Hiram with whom he was living in 1861 in Reach was still living in Reach in 1871. Hiram's father John, wife Eliza Jane and son George are all buried in the Myrtle Methodist Cemetery.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Myrtle Methodist Cemetery - Whitby Township, Concession 8, Lot 20 (near corner of Concession 9 Road and Highways 7 & 12)

    John married Deborah BALDWIN. Deborah was born in 1787 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA; died in Apr 1870 in Durham, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Deborah BALDWIN was born in 1787 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA; died in Apr 1870 in Durham, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1861, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada

    Children:
    1. Patience LAMB was born about 1815 in Quebec, Canada; died on 12 Oct 1896 in Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 6. Hiram LAMB was born on 10 Jun 1820 in Barnston, Coaticook, Quebec, Canada; died on 9 Aug 1907 in Lot 13 Concession 5 Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; was buried after 9 Aug 1907 in Prince Albert, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 14.  Robert HARRISON was born about 1801 in Ireland (son of -mother of Robert Harrison of Ops -); died on 18 Nov 1865 in Ops Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Possessions: 9 May 1828, Lot 41, Concession 6, Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada; Robert Harrison pays 50 pounds to David Fraser for 50 acres of land; James Ward witnesses the deed and the Memorial in the register
    • Possessions: 2 Feb 1836, Lot 41, Concession 6, Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada; Sells South 1/4 of Lot 41 to John Livingston == https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H6-83SV-J?i=24&cat=484736
    • Possessions: 1 Dec 1851, Ops Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada; Samuel Fowler and wife - via Deed B. S. - to Robert Harrison sells 100 acres of West Half of Lot 26 of Concession 10 of Ops Township - Instrument # 4777
    • Residence: 1852, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Census (1852 Reach Population Census is lost) - Concession 1, Lot 17 - 50 acres
    • Possessions: 18 Oct 1856, Ops Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada; The Crown - via Patent - to Robert Harrison: 100 acres of East Half of Lot 26 of Concession 10 of Ops Township
    • Residence: 1861, Ops Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Census - Robert Harrison on west part of Concession 10 Lot 26, Richard Nugent on BR [Broken Front?] of Concession 11 Lot 26 -- S 1/2 of 10-26 is James Blackwell
    • Residence: 1861, Ops Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada; Farmer, born Ireland, married in 1828, religion U P (United Presbyterian), resident of Ops Twp, age 60, married, 1 female child attending school, 1-story log house being built with 1 family living in it
    • Letter in Post Office: 7 Dec 1865, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada; List of Letters Remaining in the Lindsay Post Office, 7th Dec., 1865 == Lindsay "The Canadian Post" 15 Dec 1865 p 3 col 7 == http://vitacollections.ca/kl-digitalarchive/3203962/page/3?q=harrison&docid=OOI.3203962

    Robert married Mary WARD in 1828 in Ernestown Township, Addington, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of James WARD and Sarah LAKE) was born about 1800 in Ernestown Township, Addington, Ontario, Canada; died between 1866 and 1868. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Mary WARD was born about 1800 in Ernestown Township, Addington, Ontario, Canada (daughter of James WARD and Sarah LAKE); died between 1866 and 1868.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1851, Lot 17, Concession 1, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; The Reach Township personal census does not survive, but the agricultural census shows her husband on Concession 1, Lot 17.
    • Residence: 1861, Ops Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada; age 60 - death date 28 May 1857 is from Dave Kuhn, who thinks it was from her grave stone in Pine Grove Cemetery -- however she appears in the 1861 census - was it perhaps 1867??? - I did not find her at Pine Grove
    • Newspaper: 8 Dec 1865, Ops Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada; her appeal to newspapers in US to publish so her son James somewhere in US learns of death of his father in Ops Township == Lindsay "The Canadian Post" 8 Dec 1865 p 2 col 7 == http://vitacollections.ca/kl-digitalarchive/3203961/page/2?n=

    Notes:

    Birth:
    maiden name Ward on death rec of daur Mary Jane Harrison Lamb -- HER PARENTS SURMISED FROM DNA MATCHES ONLY -- NO DOCUMENTS -- Lake-20a DNA; Lake-20b DNA; Lake-21a DNA

    Notes:

    Married:
    date 1828 explicitly stated as year of their marriage in 1861 census; location Canada presumed from birth in Canada of 1829 daughter

    Children:
    1. Harriet HARRISON was born about 1829 in Ontario, Canada; died on 19 Jul 1895 in Ops Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 7. Mary Jane HARRISON was born on 7 Jul 1832 in Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; died on 4 Nov 1910 in Lot 13 Concession 5 Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; was buried after 4 Nov 1910 in Prince Albert, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Amarilla HARRISON was born on 15 Jan 1833 in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada; died on 21 Feb 1919 in Manchester, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; was buried after 21 Feb 1919 in Fenelon Falls, Victoria, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Sarah HARRISON was born about 1835 in Ontario, Canada; died between 1862 and 1867 in Ontario, Canada.
    5. James HARRISON was born on 22 Nov 1838 in Camden, Ontario, Canada; died on 31 Jan 1925 in Lonely Lake, Ste. Rose du Lac, Manitoba, Canada.
    6. Caroline HARRISON was born about 1847 in Ontario, Canada.