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Facts and Events
| Name |
William Wilson |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
1812 |
Scotland |
| Emigration? |
1815 |
Bathurst, Lanark, Upper Canada, Canadafrom Scotland |
| Census[1] |
12 Jan 1852 |
Bathurst, Lanark, Canada West, Canada |
| Caste[2] |
14 Jan 1862 |
Bathurst, Lanark, Canada West, Canada |
| Death[3] |
Feb 1871 |
Lanark, Ontario, Canada |
| Burial[3] |
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Scotch Line Cemetery, North Burgess, Lanark, Ontario, CanadaStone 149 |
The baptisms of all the elder siblings of William have been found either in Colvend and Southwick parish or in Kirkpatrick-Durham parish in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. According to the 1851-2 census of Canada, William was born in Scotland. Hearsay suggests that the family emigrated to Canada in 1815, a year in which more than one emigration scheme was finding people to settle in Lanark County. Either the Wilson family had moved away from Kirkpatrick-Durham by 1812 or they failed to have William baptized.
The death registration for William Wilson was not found. Vital statistics were not collected in Ontario until 1869, and the organization was slow to be put into operation in the more rural parts of the province. His birth and death years are to be found on the inscription on Stone 149 at Scotch Line Cemetery.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 United Province of Canada. 1851 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada)
C-11731, District 19, Subdistrict 173, Page: 69, Line: 20ff.
Bathurst, Lanark, Canada West, Canada
Thomas Wilson, farmer, Scotland, 43, single
William Wilson, farmer, Scotland, 40, single
David Wilson, farmer, Canada, 35, single
Isaac Wilson, farmer, Canada, 32, single
Isabella Wilson, --, Canada, 18, single
James Wilson, --, Scotland, 52, single
Data obtained through Ancestry.ca. Facts summarized from the microfilm image provided by Library and Archives Canada.
- ↑ Canada. 1861 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada)
C-1041, Lanark District, enum dist 15 of Bathurst subdistrict, page 20, line 1ff.
Census Place: Bathurst Township, Lanark County
Isaac Wilson, farmer, 40, m, single
G S Wilson, 6, male
Issabella Wilson, 3, female
David Wilson, farmer, 43, m, single
William Wilson, farmer, 47, m, single
George Monroe, servant, 21, m, single
At the bottom of the following page are found:
Thomas Wilson, miller, b Scotland, 53, m, married
Sarah Wilson, b Scotland, 28, f, married
These are the parents of G. S. Wilson and Issabella. The order of the pages was mixed up prior to numbering. This was a very common occurrence in both the 1851 and 1861 census in Canada West.
Data obtained through Ancestry.ca. Facts summarized from the microfilm image provided by Library and Archives Canada.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Listing of Gravestone Inscriptions, Scotch Line Cemetery.
Lanark County - Cemeteries provides a list of those buried in this cemetery from gravestone inscriptions. There may be other burials. Stone 149 lists a number of people from the Wilson family including William.
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