Settlers of
ALGONQUIN HIGHLANDS
William French
1841 --
Name William French Birth 15 Oct 1841 Ontario, Canada [1, 2] Gender Male Person ID I3180 Algonquin Highlands Settlers Last Modified 25 Jun 2019
Family 1 Polly Ann Thompson, b. Abt 1846, Ontario, Canada d. Jul 1880 (Age ~ 34 years) Children 1. Mary Margaret French, b. Abt 1859, Ontario, Canada 2. Angus French, b. Abt 1862, Ontario, Canada 3. Gordon French, b. 05 Apr 1865, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 30 Apr 1948, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada (Age 83 years) 4. John Harvey French, b. Abt 1868, Ontario, Canada 5. Victoria French, b. Abt 1869, Ontario, Canada 6. Benjamin French, b. 11 Sep 1871, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada 7. Agnes Jane French, b. 16 Nov 1872, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada 8. Joseph French, b. 22 Feb 1875, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada 9. Annie French, b. 10 Feb 1877, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Family ID F878 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 10 Jul 2017
Family 2 Sarah Ann McBride, b. Abt 1827, New York, USA d. 17 Apr 1885, Minnesota, USA (Age ~ 58 years) Marriage 1 May 1882 New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USa [2] Family ID F1725 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Feb 2019
Family 3 Living Children 1. Alice A French, b. Abt 1885, Minnesota, USA Family ID F1740 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Feb 2019
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Sources - [S9] 1871 Census of Canada, Ontario / Peterborough North / Stanhope & Sherborne / Pg 7, Family 23.
Age 32 on this census, born Ontario, of German origin. - [S124] Minnesota Marriages Index 1849-1950, Brown County, page 230-31.
On his marriage license application, William states that he was born on 15 Oct 1841 in Canada, that he resides at Sleepy Eye Lake in Brown county, Minnesota and that his wife Polly Ann Thompson died in Jul 1880. His intended wife Sarah Ann Peck's husband is dead and she was born in 1827 in New York.
- [S9] 1871 Census of Canada, Ontario / Peterborough North / Stanhope & Sherborne / Pg 7, Family 23.