Family:Samuel Rason and Sarah Smith (1)

The census of 1881 for Great Grimsby shows the following family:

Name, Age, Relationship to head, Occupation, Where born

Samuel Rason 48 Head Fruiter Boston, Lincolnshire

Sarah A. do 38 Wife do

Sarah A. do 17 Daughter Milliner do

Samuel do 15 Son Errand Boy do

Charles W. do 12 do Scholar do

Benjamin S. do 9 do Scholar do

Charles H. do 3 do Grimsby, Lincolnshire

Samuel emigrated to Canada in 1883 and Sarah Ann and the children followed in 1884. There was a birth registered in the Caistor registration district (Great Grimsby is in the Caistor district) for a Ellen Lucilla Rason between January and March of 1883 and the baby's death was registered in Caistor between October and December 1883. This could explain why Samuel went to the new world in advance of the rest of the family.

I have found the following families in the 1901 census:

York West Sub-Dist 8 Poll Div 9 Ward 6 Toronto Page 14 line 141 (1 Maple Grove)

Rason, Sam Head 6 Apr 1832 69 England 1883 Methodist Painter

Rason, Sarah Ann Wife 14 Feb 1843 58 England 1884

Rason, Ben Smith Son (Widow) 31 Oct 1871 29 England 1884 Painter Rason, Chas Henry Son 4 Aug 1877 23 England 1884 Painter

Rason, Mary Granddaughter 25 Sept 1899 1 Ontario

1.   Have found no record of a marriage for Samuel Rason and Sarah Ann Smith, either in England or Canada