Matthew Boles of Sherbrooke

See The Boles of Sherbrooke South for more on this family.

2. Matthew²³⁶ Boles b. 1814 (1851 Census) Ireland

m. Susan Caroline Johnston (b. May 15, 1819 Ireland; Robert, Ann Wharlant)

July 15, 1841 Perth, Ont.

homesteaded Con. 9 Lot 22 in S. Sherbrooke, moved to Mulmur twp., Dufferin co. by the 1861 census, wife and descendants still resident in Mulmur in 1901 census.

2.1 Richard³⁰⁸ b. ~ 1842 Ont.

m. Mary Anne Hunking (b. ~ 1849 Ont.; William, Agnes) Mar. 15, 1871 Melancthon

2.1.1 Sophia b. ~ 1872 Ont.

2.1.2 Charlotte Ann b. ~ 1873 Ont.

m. John Frederick Stewart (b. ~ 1874, Ont.; Duncan, Isabella Marshall) Mar. 9, 1898 Shelburne, Ont.

ref. # 004324/98

2.1.2.1 John Frederick Stewart b. Sept. 12, 1898 Dufferin co., Ont. ref. # 010407/98

2.1.2.2 Violet May Stewart b. Mar. 5, 1900 Dufferin co., Ont. ref. # 010670/00

2.1.2.3 Mary Isabella (Alice) Stewart b. Sept. 9, 1901 Dufferin co., Ont. ref. # 011091/01

2.1.2.4 Duncan Alexander Stewart b. Jan. 11, 1904 Dufferin co., Ont. ref. # 012297/04

2.1.2.5 William James Stewart b. Oct. 4, 1906 Dufferin co., Ont. ref. # 016104/06

2.1.2.6 Donald Stewart b. Mar. 1909 Ont.

2.1.2.7 Sophia Luella Stewart b. Apr. 18, 1911 Ont.

Sophia d. Mar. 14, 1912 ref. # 009609/12

John Frederick d. Mar. 4, 1929 ref. # 013512/29

2.1.3 William James b. Nov. 15, 1875 Ont. ref. # 006597/75

d. 1901

2.1.4 Robert b. Dec. 8, 1877 Ont. ref. # 007414/77

d. 1913

2.1.5 Mary Jane b. Mar. 14, 1880 Ont. ref. # 008624/80

d. Aug. 25, 1888 Melancthon (diphtheria) ref. # 003617/88

2.1.6 Agnes M. b. ~ 1882 d. Aug. 25, 1888 Melancthon (diphtheria) ref. # 003618/88

2.1.7 Isabella b. ~ 1884

m. Dugald Neil McMillan Stewart (b. ~ 1880 Ont.; Duncan, Isabella Marshall)

Nov. 12, 1902 Dufferin co. ref. # 005269/02

2.1.7.1 Elizabeth Adeline Stewart b. Jan. 6, 1903 Dufferin co. ref. # 011922/03

2.1.7.2 Isabella Agnes Stewart b. May 20, 1905 ref. # 003555/05

2.1.7.3 Neil William Stewart b. June 28, 1907 ref. # 013898

Neil William d. July 18, 1907 ref. # 009463/07

Isabella d. June 2, 1925 Dufferin co. ref. # 011328/25

2.1.8 Catherine b. ~ 1887 d. Sept. 4, 1888 Melancthon (diphtheria)

2.1.9 Edna May b. ~ 1890

m. Robert Samuel Elliott (b. Dec. 5, 1887, Lambton Mills; James, Elizabeth Mathers)

Mar. 20, 1913 Toronto, Ont. ref. # 020858/13

2.1.10 Martha Jane b. June 16, 1894 East Luther twp., Dufferin co. ref. # 005599/94

2.1.11 Sarah Ann b. June 16, 1894 East Luther twp., Dufferin co. ref. # 005600/94 (twins)

Richard d. bef. 1911

Mary Anne d. aft. 1911

1881 Census

2.2 Sarah Ann³⁰⁹ (Mary Ann) b. Aug. 9, 1844 S. Sherbrooke (Meth. Registry)

m.(1) William Hand (b. 1844; James, Catherine) May 19, 1868 Mulmur, Ont.

m.(2) Charles Butterworth

Sarah Ann d. Feb. 6, 1934 Sherbrooke, Quebec bur. Lakeview Cemetery, Midland, Ont. ref. 029457/34

2.3 Mary⁷³⁹ b. 1845

2.4 Mary Jane³¹⁰ b. ~ 1846

2.5 Isabella²³⁸ b. ~ 1849

2.6 James²³⁷ b. ~ 1850

2.7 Susan Caroline²⁴⁰ b. July 22, 1854 S. Sherbrooke (Meth. Registry)

2.8 Johnston²³⁹ b. Mar. 26, 1856 Ont.

m. Agnes ? (b. July 24, 1856 Ont.)

2.8.1 S. Elizabeth Jane b. Oct. 29, 1893 Ont.

This family also took in a British Home Child as a Servant (see below)

Johnston d. Nov. 27, 1927 Shelburne, Dufferin county ref. # 012346/27

2.9 Sophia²⁴¹ b. 1858

2.10 Marjory²⁴² May b. 1864

2.11 William John²⁴³ b. Sept. 12, 1865 Melancthon

One of the girls married a McDowell; there was a Bertha McDowell, niece of Johnston Boles in the 1901 census.

Matthew d. Dec. 11, 1865 bur. Mulmur Pioneer Cemetary, Whitefield.

Susan d. Dec. 20, 1909 Alliston, Simcoe county ref. # 026188/09

1851 Census

Matthew's probate records are on Ontario Archives microfilm under:

Mathew Boles #330 Mar. 3, 1866 Folio D357

From the British Home Children forum on rootsweb:

Richard Fletcher, 15, domestic for Johnston Bole and family in
Mulmur, Dufferin,Ont arr. 1909 on SS Corsican with Dr Barnardos