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John Michel Rivers

Male 1858 - 1947  (88 years)


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  • Name John Michel Rivers 
    Birth 17 Sep 1858  Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Death 27 Feb 1947  Dummer, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Burial 1 Mar 1947  St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kinmount, Somerville, Victoria, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I2544  Algonquin Highlands Settlers
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2019 

    Father James Rivers 
    Mother Clara Hickey 
    Family ID F1755  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Louisa Cain,   b. Abt 1870, Galway, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mary Matilda Rivers,   b. 18 Jan 1891, Galway, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F1669  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jan 2019 

    Children 
     1. Josephine(?) Rivers,   b. Jan 1893, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F1464  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Aug 2018 

    Family 3 Mary Toye,   b. 24 Aug 1873, Bell's Corners, Nepean, Carleton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 May 1951, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Children 
    +1. James Stanley Rivers,   b. 10 Jun 1894, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1937, Victoria, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)
    +2. Orise Isabel Rivers,   b. 1 Nov 1899, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1983 (Age 84 years)
     3. George William Rivers,   b. 17 May 1902, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1936, Kinmount, Somerville, Victoria, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
    +4. Wesley Wellington Rivers,   b. 21 Jan 1903, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1977 (Age 73 years)
     5. Orville Whitney Rivers,   b. 13 Sep 1904, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. Laura Hazel Rivers,   b. 4 Apr 1906, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    +7. Bertha Letishea Rivers,   b. 9 Jul 1907, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Mar 1984 (Age 76 years)
     8. Rebecca Rivers,   b. 28 Nov 1908, Carnarvon, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Cecil Ray Rivers,   b. 28 Nov 1908, Carnarvon, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1908, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +10. Ruby Henrietta Rivers,   b. 28 Nov 1908, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Oct 1985 (Age 76 years)
    +11. Ida Lanada Rivers,   b. 15 May 1911, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jan 1999, Haliburton, Dysart, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    +12. Minnie May Rivers,   b. 5 Dec 1912, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jun 1993 (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F617  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Aug 2018 

  • Sources 
    1. [S25] 1891 Census of Canada, Ontario / Victoria North / Galway / Page 12, Family 65.

    2. [S23] 1901 Census of Canada, Ontario / Victoria North / Stanhope / Page 2, Family 13.
      Enumerated as born in U.S. and immigrated in 1858. French origin.

    3. [S16] 1911 Census of Canada, Ontario / Haliburton / Stanhope / Page 9, Family 92.

    4. [S34] 1921 Census of Canada, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 93; Census Place: Minden (Township), Victoria, Ontario; Page Number: 1.

    5. [S24] Ontario Death Registrations, Reg# 12099-47.
      Although he died in Dummer, his permanent residence was Kinmount. The informant was his daughter Mrs. Charles Little of Norwood.