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Collingwood township, Grey co., Ontario in 1880
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Thomas Goodwin Bowles and family, originally of Quebec City, are listed in the 1861 Census of Collingwood twp. and probably lived here from about 1858 to 1862. They had a daughter, Sophia, here but who also died here at age 3 and a son George was born. In a few more years they would move on to the U.S. and then later on to Montreal. See The Bowles Family of Quebec City and The Bowles of Montreal for more information on this family. Thomas Bowles of Peel county was the Sheriff of nearby Durham county for 32 years. He died at his son-in-laws home in Orangeville but the death was registered in Collingwood and an extensive obituary was published in the August 14, 1913 issue of the Collingwood Bulletin. See The Bowles of Peel co. for more details on Thomas Bowles. Another (unrelated) family lived near Thornbury. The W. W. Smith Gazetteer for Grey County (1865) has a John Bolls living at Con. 11, Lot 33 of Collingwood twp in Grey county which would be just on the west edge of Thornbury, Ont. This family spelled its name as Boell in other records. John Boell of Thornbury's date of birth is given as May 11, 1841 on his gravestone and as July 1841, England in the 1911 Census. A family using the Boell spelling of the surname lived in Aston (now North Birmingham), Warwick county, England in the 1800's. This was the most frequent occurrence of the Boell spelling in England (per FreeBMD website) in that period although there are isolated occurrences in Hendon and Chelsea. They probably go back to an earlier spelling such as Boal or Bolle. The birth of a Jonathan Thomas Boell at Aston is listed in the June to August 1841 civil registers (1841 vol. XVI p. 367) but the record has not been examined to obtain his parents names. John Boell came to Canada in 1859 (per 1911 census) at age 18 and settled near Thornbury. He probably farmed on his first arrival but later his occupation is given as Brickmaker. John (probably Jonathan Thomas) Boell b. May 11, 1841 Birmingham, England m. Elizabeth Hynds (b. Oct. 6, 1843 Bytown (Ottawa)) ~ 1861 Canada (on Elizabeth's gravestone it states she was a Native of Fiveshire Scotland but census records agree that she was born in Ontario) 1. Emma J. b. ~ 1862 Ont. (in 1881 census but may have died before another Emma born in 1890) 2. Mary A. b. ~ 1863 Ont. (may have died before 1881 census) 3. John b. Jan. 1866 Thornbury, Grey co., Ont. m. Edith Mary Parsley (b. Jan. 8, 1878, Axbridge, Somerset, England; William Henry, Phoebe Jane) Mar. 2, 1908 Clarksburg, Grey co. ref. # 009380/08 John d. Feb. 3, 1955 Thornbury, Grey co. bur. Thornbury-Clarksburg Union Cemetery Edith d. 1968 bur. Thornbury-Clarksburg Union Cemetery 1911 Census 4. Elizabeth Caroline b. ~ 1867 Ont. m. Levi Payne (b. 1863; Reuben, Elizabeth) 4.1 Edith Payne b. Oct. 20, 1896 m. David (or George) Sheridan (b. ~ 1883; John, Sarah Jane Krider) David d. 1958 at age 75 4.2 Arthur Payne b. March 7, 1898 Arthur d. 1908 bur. Thornbury-Clarksburg Union Cemetery 4.3 James Payne b. April 7, 1900 4.4 Clara Elizabeth Payne b. April 7, 1900 m. Thomas James Sheridan (b. ~ 1899) (lived Loree, Ont.) Thomas d. 1956 at age 57 4.5 Lyla Caroline Payne m. Cecil Hoggard April, 1920 (ref. Thornbury Review Herald April 15, 1920 p1c2 and p5c3) Levi d. Jan. 4, 1940 Elizabeth d. Feb. 1950 both bur. Thornbury-Clarksburg Union Cemetery (ref. Thornbury Review Herald Feb. 23, 1950 p4c5) 5. Esther b. Oct. 1870 Grey co., Ont. m. James Smith (b. 1870, Fifeshire, Scotland) after 1901 James d. 1907 Esther d. 1943 both bur. Thornbury-Clarksburg Union Cemetery 6. Clara b. June 1873 Grey co., Ont. m. William McCann (b. 1877) William d. 1942 Clara d. 1945 both bur. Thornbury-Clarksburg Union Cemetery 7. Arthur Frederick b. July 1877 Grey co., Ont. (single in 1901) 8. James Francis Charles (Frank) b. Nov. 1880 Grey co., Ont. lived Loree, Ont. m. Edna Mary McGee (b. 1893) Oct. 22, 1919 (ref. Thornbury Review Herald Nov. 6, 1919 p8c2) 8.1 J. Harold James b. 1927 Edna d. 1932 James d. Oct. 15, 1960 Pembroke, Ont. both bur. Thornbury-Clarksburg Union Cemetery (ref. Thornbury Review Herald Oct. 20, 1960 p8c2) 1911 Census 9. Emma Caroline b. Jan. 14, 1890 Grey co., Ont. m. J. W. Lawrence d. Apr. 3, 1916 Elizabeth d. Jan. 12, 1905 Thornbury, Collingwood, twp. John d. Dec. 26, 1937 Thornbury, Collingwood twp. both bur. Thornbury-Clarksburg Union Cemetery Memorial stone 1871 Census 1881 Census 1901 Census 1911 Census |
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