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Abigail Davis

Female 1833 - 1912  (78 years)


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  • Name Abigail Davis 
    Birth 17 Dec 1833  Horsington, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Gender Female 
    Death 09 Aug 1912  Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Person ID I879  Algonquin Highlands Settlers
    Last Modified 10 Dec 2019 

    Father Philip Davis,   b. Abt 1803, Horsington, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1887, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 84 years) 
    Mother Mary Foot,   b. Abt 1808, Charlton Horethorne, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jun 1873, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Family ID F173  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Welch,   b. 17 Oct 1827, Milborne Port, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 1909, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 27 Jan 1857  Corton Denham, Wincanton, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Family ID F259  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Dec 2018 

  • Sources 
    1. [S10] 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 1931; Folio: 338; Page: 18; GSU roll: 221088-221089.

    2. [S4] 1861 Census of Canada, Canada West / Peterborough / Minden & Stanhope / Page 5, Line 25.

    3. [S9] 1871 Census of Canada, Ontario / Peterborough North / Stanhope & Sherborne / Pg 8, Family 27.
      Abigail does not appear on the 1871 census with her husband William Welch.

    4. [S9] 1871 Census of Canada, Ontario / Peterborough North / Stanhope & Sherborne / Pg 12, Family 48.
      Age 38 on this census. Living in the household of 21 year old James Napoleon Sawyer.

    5. [S8] 1881 Census of Canada, Ontario / Peterborough East / Stanhope, Sherborne & McClintock / Page 17, Family 102.
      Age 47 on this census. Surname spelled Welsh.

    6. [S25] 1891 Census of Canada, Ontario / Victoria North / Stanhope / Page 1, Family 4.
      Age 57 on this census.

    7. [S23] 1901 Census of Canada, Ontario / Victoria North / Stanhope / Page 3, Family 31.

    8. [S16] 1911 Census of Canada, Ontario / Haliburton / Stanhope / Page 8, Family 79.

    9. [S24] Ontario Death Registrations, Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Series: MS935; Reel: 175.

    10. [S111] Somerset, England Marriage Registers, Bonds & Allegations, Pg 29, 1857 Corton Denham Marriage by Banns register.
      William\'s father is John, a shoemaker. Abigail\'s father is Philip, a dairyman.