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Facts and Events
| Name |
Mary Margaret Oster |
| Gender |
Female |
| Birth[6] |
5 Feb 1826 |
Upper Canada, Canada |
| Marriage |
16 Dec 1845 |
York (township), York, Canada West, Canadato Jacob Keffer |
| Census[1] |
Jan 1852 |
Vaughan, York, Canada West, Canada |
| Census[2] |
Jan 1861 |
Vaughan, York, Canada West, Canada |
| Census[3] |
Apr 1871 |
Grey, Huron, Ontario, Canada |
| Census[4] |
Apr 1881 |
Grey, Huron, Ontario, Canada |
| Census[5] |
Apr 1891 |
Grey, Huron, Ontario, Canada |
| Census[6] |
Mar 1901 |
Grey, Huron, Ontario, CanadaEthel Village |
| Death[7] |
3 Aug 1907 |
Grey, Huron, Ontario, Canada(Lot 16, Concession 7) |
References
- ↑ Vaughan, York County, Canada West, in United Province of Canada. 1851 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada)
C-11759, District 42, SubDistrict 401, p 67, line37ff.
Keffer, Jacob, 29, m, m, Canada, Lutheran, labourer
Keffer, Margret, 26, f, m, Canada, Lutheran, housekeeper
Keffer, Peter, 5, m, s, Canada, Lutheran, ---
Keffer, Aaron, 2, m, s, Canada, Lutheran, ---
- ↑ Vaughan, York County, Canada West, in Canada. 1861 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada)
C-1089, p 27, line 33ff.
Keffer, Jacob, 37, m, m, Canada, Lutheran, farmer
Keffer, Mary, 33, f, m, --, --, ---
Keffer, Peter, 13, m, s, --, --, ---
Keffer, Aaron, 11, m, s, --, --, ---
In 1861 the enumerator took to giving the birthplace and religion for the head of the household only.
- ↑ Grey, Huron North, Ontario, in Canada. 1871 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada)
Reel C-9932, Dist 26, SubDistrict j, Division 2, Page 32, Household 11, Line 2.
Kaffer, Jacob, m, 48, married, born Ontario, Lutheran, farmer
Kaffer, Margret, f, 48, married , born Ontario, Lutheran, --
Kaffer, Peter, m, 24, single, born Ontario, Lutheran, farmer
Kaffer, Sanamun [Sarah Ann], f, 30, single, born Ontario, Lutheran, --
Kaffer, Warren [Aaron], m, 21, single, born Ontario, Lutheran, farmer
- ↑ Grey, Huron Centre, Ontario, in Canada. 1881 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada)
Reel C-13273, Dist 174, SubDistrict G, Division 2, Page 67, Household 265/78, Line 2.
Keffer, Jacob, m, 58, married, born Ontario, Lutheran, farmer
Keffer, Margrat, f, 54, married, born Ontario, Lutheran, ---
Keffer, Peter, m, 34, married, born Ontario, Lutheran, farmer
Keffer, Sarah A, f, 42, married, born Ontario, Lutheran, ---
Keffer, Aaron, m, 31, married, born Ontario, Lutheran, "S"
Keffer, Phebe, f, 23, married, born Ontario, Lutheran, ---
Keffer, Charles T, m, 3, single, born Ontario, Lutheran, ---
- ↑ Grey, Huron East, Ontario, in Canada. 1891 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada)
Reel T-6344, Dist 76, SubDistrict C, Page 7, Household 35, Line 2.
Keffer, Jacob, m, 68, married, head, born Ontario, father born USA, mother born Ontario, Lutheran, farmer
Keffer, Margaret, f, 64, married, wife, born Ontario, father born USA, mother born USA, Lutheran, ---
Keffer, Aaron, m, 41, married, son, born Ontario, father born Ontario, mother born Ontario, Lutheran, farmer
Keffer, Phoebe, f, 33, married, dau-in-law, born Ontario, father born Ontario, mother born Ontario, Methodist, ---
Keffer, Telford, m, 13, single, grandson, born Ontario, father born Ontario, mother born Ontario, Presbyterian, ---
Peter Keffer, elder son of Jacob and Margaret, was living next door. He and his wife, Sarah Ann, had no children.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Grey, Huron East, Ontario (Ethel Village), in Canada. 1901 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada)
T-6473, District 73, SubDistrict c-6, page 1, family 2.
Jacob Keffer, m, 78, married, born 26 Feb 1823 Ontario, Lutheran, farmer
Margaret Keffer, f, 75, married, born 5 Feb 1826 Ontario, Lutheran, ---
Aron Keffer, m, 51, married, born 17 Mar 1850 Ontario, Lutheran, farmer
Phebe Keffer, f, 43, married, born 25 Aug 1857 Ontario, Methodist, ---
Telford Keffer, m, 23, single, born 5 Sep 1877 Ontario, Presbyterian, farmer
Surname has been transcibed as "Heffer" by two different agencies.
- ↑ District of the County of Huron, Division of the Township of Grey, Reg'n 014229/07, in Ontario, Canada. Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-ongoing. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario)
MS935, reel 130, p illegible.
Margaret Keffer, female, 3 Aug 1907, aged 81 yrs 5mths, resided Lot 16, Concession 7 of Grey, housewife, widow of Jacob Keffer, informant: physician
In another death registration, Margaret Oster Keffer is reported as being born in Germany. The Oster family of Vaughan, of which she was a member, appeared in registers and censuses there as long as the Keffers had, i.e, back to almost 1800. She was probably not of the emigrating generation.
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