Person:Morris Lounsbury (1)

MORRIS LOUNSBURY, lumber manufacturer, Mount Vernon, was born in Saltfleet Township, Wentworth County, Nov. 23, 1831, and is a son of William B. and Sarah (Corey) Lounsbury. His father, William B., was born in Queen's County, New Brunswick and came to Canada about 1823, settling in wentworth County. He married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Corey. Their children are Charlotte, Susan A., John, Edward, Harriett, Morris and Sarah. Morris Lounsbury received a common school education, was brought up a farmer, and came to Brant County in 1845. He married, February 9th, 1851, Sarah Ann, born March 3, 1831, daughter of Samuel Tapley, of Brant County. They have a family of six children, viz., William R., born April 9th, 1853, who, on the eve of his marriage to an estimable young lady, was killed in what is known as the Dock Street Building accident, St. John, New Brunswick, May 3, 1879; Elmer T., born January 8th, 1855; Amanda J., born August 5th, 1858, died May 7th, 1876; Lydia A., born May 16th, 1861; Clara, born July 28, 1863; Mary, born June 29, 1866, died October 25th, 1876. Mr. Lounsbury built the mill now run on premises owned by him in Brant County, in 1872. His farm here consists of 75 1/2 Acres, with an additional farm in Burford Township of 400 acres recently purchased; of this 80 acres are under a high state of cultivation, and 250 of valuable primeval forest. He is a member of the Freemasons and of the A.O.U.W., is a Justice of the Peace, and a member of the Episcopal Methodist Church. Edward Lounsbury, a brother of Morris, has been for several years a prominent minister of the above church, and has filled all the official positions of that church excepting that of bishop. John Lounsbury, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., where he married Charlotte Dingy, a native of New York. In 1791 they emigrated to St. John, N.B., and afterwards located in Queen's County, N.B., where he died at the age of 59 years. His wife lived to reach the age of 88 years. they had a family of eight children- three boys and five girls. Page 579 and Part of 580 On-line biography from http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~onbrant/biosbran1.htm:

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Ancestry.com. 1901 Census of Canada. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;)
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2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} This index to the 1871 Ontario, Canada Census was created by volunteers from the Ontario Genealogical Society from data supplied by Library and Archives Canada. Ontario, Canada Census Index, 1871. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;)
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   Record for Morris Lounsbury

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1934. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;)
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   Record for Morris Lounsbury

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Ancestry.com. 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;)
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   Record for Morris Londsberry

5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 Cemetery Records
   Mount Vernon United Church Cemetery-Brantford Township-Brant County, Ontario.

   Lounsbury, Amanda J., b. 1857, d. 1876, dau/o Morris & Sarah A. Lounsbury (Tapley)
   Lounsbury, Clara, b. 1863, d. 1922, dau/o Morris & Sarah A. Lounsbury (Tapley)
   Lounsbury, Mary Ann (Worth), b. 1850, d. 1925, w/o Morris Lounsbury
   Lounsbury, Minnie, b. 1865, d. 1877, dau/o Morris & Sarah A. Lounsbury (Tapley)
   Lounsbury, Morris, b. 1831, d. 1917, h/o Sarah A. Lounsbury (Tapley)
   Lounsbury, Sarah A. (Tapley), b. 1830, d. 1896, w/o Morris Lounsbury

6. ↑ Ontario Deaths 1869-1947.

   Name: Morris Lounsbury
   Titles:
   Death date: 26 Aug 1917
   Estimated death year:
   Age at death: 85 years 10 months
   Death place: Branford, Toronto, Ontario
   Birth date: 1832
   Estimated birth year: 1832
   Birthplace: Wentworth
   Gender: Male
   Marital status: Married
   Race or color (expanded):
   Race:
   Ethnicity:
   Spouse's name:
   Spouse's titles:
   Father's name: William B. Lounsbury
   Father's titles:
   Mother's name: Sarah Corey
   Mother's titles:
   GSU film number: 1862471
   Digital GS number: 4170667
   Image number: 871
   Reference number: yr 1917 cn 8165
   Collection: Ontario Deaths 1869-1947