Our Ontario Cases--their "maybe roots" and (some of) their migrations...

About 1812, according to what he told census takers, somewhere in "Upper Canada" (Ontario), Harrison Case was born to parents we do not yet know about for sure.  Some Case researchers feel certain that Harrison’s father was Ebenezer Case, who may have been a "United Empire Loyalist" (or son of a Loyalist) that emigrated from New York to Nova Scotia after the war of Independence.  Harrison married Lodemia, whose maiden name according to some family lore, was Johnson--parents unknown.  She also was, according to census returns and obituary, born in Canada in 1812.

Census reports from Detroit, Michigan include Harrison and Lodemia's son, Andrew Philander Case.  In 1880, and 1900, Andrew claimed he was born in Michigan, leading to the finding of one Harison Case in Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan in 1840, and in the Clyde Township of the same county in 1845.  While these census reports only name the Head of Family, and sex, age ranges and numbers of others in the household, they and Andrew Case's insistence that he was born in Michigan,  makes me 98.6% convinced that, while Harrison was probably born and married in Canada, he started his carpentry career in Port Huron--and returned to Canada to settle in Beachville, Ontario in 1849.

We do know for certain that Harrison Case was an Ontario pioneer and well respected carpenter in the small community of Beachville, Ontario--who with his wife Lodemia  resided there from 1849 until they died in 1891.  They had six children, (we know of)--all boys:

• John Case, born 5/28/1831, presumably in Oxford County, Ontario--He married Ann Pinhale and they settled in the Ingersoll-Woodstock area of Oxford County, Ontario.

• Wilmot Harrison Case, born about 1837, also presumably  in Oxford County. His fist wife, Eliza Van Slyke, died after childbirth and he later married Maria Alice Falkingham. Wilmot and Eliza were in St. Mary's, Perth County.  After marrying Maria, he settled in Ingersoll.

• Franklin Case, born 6/1841-I now think in Michigan, he died March 17,1853 in Beachville

• Andrew Philander Case, born February, 1843 in Michigan--probably Port Huron. Andrew married Clarice/Clarissa Collier, and they settled first in Ingersoll and then about 1878,  moved to Detroit, Michigan.

• Levi Case, born 5/1/1850 in Ontario, married Mary Heebner. They also settled in Ontario, near Beachville.  Some of their family moved on to Sault St. Marie, Ontario.

• Norman Case, born 11/16/1860. Norman married Christina Natwell in Woodstock, and they also moved to Detroit for a time.  He later returned to Ontario and married Edith Welt.

--you may want to print this simplified/not ready for prime time tree image as an Ontario Case Family  road-map--  

Since Harrison and Lodemia's youngest sons all reported themselves as born in Canada, it is most likely that Harrison and Lodemia  married and started their family there before moving to Port Huron.  We do know that they settled in Beachville in 1849, and  the voter's list for West Oxford in 1855 shows Harrison as  owner of 1 1/2 acres in Beachville.  A deed was filed granting him his home on 3/4 of an acre between the River Thames and what is now Beachville's "Main" Street, a little Easterly of what is now Hill Road.  A few months later,  a deed was issued to his son Wilmot for 3/4 of an acre across the road.  Perhaps, Harrison had purchased the property on a unrecorded contract of sale to be paid over time, and Wilmot may have helped him pay the balance and so acquired the lot on the South of Main Street. It is not known whether it was Wilmot's home.   I'm guessing that, since He and Maria's children were born in Ingersoll,  he most likely used the lot to build and sell a home, rather than settling in it.

WOODSTOCK SENTINAL REVIEW, OXFORD, ONTARIO, CANADA, April 8, 1891:

“Mr. And Mrs. Harrington Case, who have been residents of Beachville since 1849, have passed away, Mrs. Case having died on Saturday morning, the 4^th of old age and debility, and Mr. Case at noon of the same day, of erysipelas.  They were each 79 years old and for the last 15 years have lived alone, the family of which there were 6 boys, having married and left the parental home.  Mrs. Case has been an invalid and helpless for eight years, and during that time has been cared for and nursed by the husband with faithful, unwearied attention and patience.  Mr. Case was a carpenter by trade and many of the old settlers will remember him as an honest, steady workman, willing, industrious and capable in his business.  The double funeral was attended by a large number of friends and relatives, who also followed the remains to the grave where they were laid away side by side in the Beachville burying ground.”   

Robert Case, grandson of Harrison, wrote late in life in an attempt to clear up some confusion about the family history, but in his comments on faint memories seem to have added questions, rather than answered them.  He recalled that his great-grandfather came  as part of the Fenian Raid on Ontario and stayed to raise a family. The Fenian Raid was an unsuccessful invasion attempt by the Fenians, a U.S. support group of the early IRA. The plan was to capture Ontario and hold it hostage as a bargaining chip for Irish independence, however, these raids didn’t take place until the late 1850s.  

  “ Orlando, Florida

   Dec 18, 1971 

Now about the grave in Beachville, my grandfather and mother is the Harrison Case and his wife they both died same day and were buried in same grave and some of the others would be their children except Levi Case Jr would be my uncle Levis son I believe.  Some of those dates were when I was quite young, I was born 1877 all of those folks were relative some were grandfathers children and some my Uncle Levis children.  Just a short note on our family.  My great grandfather was a Dutch decent entered Canada time of the Fenian Raid this Raid came from Penselvainea across Lake Erie into Canada landed on shores of Oxford County I don’t know any name except he was a Case and father of my grandfather and some how got settled in Ingersol and owned considerable property there.  A family by the name of Carrol which you will know of took all this mans property away from him.  That left him a poor man.  Now we are down to my grandfathers time, he had a brother who they told me was a 7 footer, I don’t know what happened to him my father son of Harrison Case in that grave was 6ft 8in tall, he died when I was 11 months old.  My grandfather and wife and the rest of the Cases lived in Beechville. Now this may not be too clear but is the best I can do.

We have here in Florida about 12 miles from us a Jack Griffith a teacher in Forest City Acadamy he teaches Math He is the son of Grace Griffith in Calif a daughter of my brother Dolph” 

THE ABOVE  LETTER FROM ROBERT FREEMAN CASE, SON OF WILMOT AND MARIA CASE TO  NELSON WILSON

SO, while the search for Harrison Case's ancestry continues, let's look and their descendants..........

Harrison and Lodemia's Sons:

Franklin Case Born June 1841--died March 17, 1853, buried at Beachville, Ontario.

John Case, 1831-1920

Parents: Harrison Case and Lodemia.  John was born May 28, 1831, perhaps in London, Ontario. He married Ann Pinhale on October 27, 1855 in Ingersoll, Ontario. (Ann Pinhale was born December 17, 1831 in England).  They settled in the West Oxford area and later  in Woodstock, where they both died, he in 1920 and she in 1916:

  Woodstock Sentinel Review Feb 18, 1916: Death of Mrs. John Case  The death took place Wednesday at the home of her daughter in Ephemia Township (Lambdon County) of Mrs. John Case, a former well known resident of Woodstock. The deceased lived for many years here and only a few years ago left to stay with her daughter. The husband and one son, Frank: Ingersoll Ave still live here.  The funeral rook place Friday afternoon from Mack Paul's undertaking parlors to the Anglican cemetery.

Woodstock Daily Sentinel Review, Thursday, Sept. 9, 1920:  The funeral of the late John Case whose death occured Monday last, took place yesterday afternoon from the funeral parlours of Paul and Bedford of this city.  The funeral service at 3:30 o'clock was conducted by Rev. Capt. Appleyard, rector of New St. Paul's church, and interment followed at the Anglican cemetery.  The funeral was attended by a large number of friends and relatives from the city and vicinity.  The pall bearers were William Martin, George Ward, Joseph Blackburn, 
Jr. and Lex McPherson. 

  John and Ann had six children, who were all still with the family until after 1881:

1. Emma Case, born Jan. 12, 1855 in Ontario. On March 13, 1889, Emma married William Rush, who was born in Oxford County, May 25, 1859 to Thomas Rush and Ann Elizabeth Landrick. William died April 19, 1931 and Emma died Jan. 27, 1937--both in Euphemia, Ontario. William and Emma had six children in Bloomington, Illinois, so they must have been there at least from 1890 to 1904.  They are counted in the Illinois census for 1900, which shows the family in the "Old Town" Township outside of Bloomington, and describes William as a farmer.  By 1910, the family had returned to Ontario, in the  Euphemia area, where both Emma and William are buried. 

        Children of Emma Case and William Rush:

        i. Ann Elizabeth Rush, Jan 27, 1890--died Feb. 1, 1975 
        ii. Emma Edna Rush, June 23, 1891--died Nov. 14, 1968 in Lambton, Ontario 
        iii. Isabelle Rush, Aug. 9, 1893--died Nov. 28, 1938
        iv. Frank Rush, Mar. 19, 1895--died Apr. 4, 1965 at Inwood, Ontario (He married Nola Smith on June 28, 1938) 
        v. James Wesley Rush, Mar. 25, 1899--died July 11, 1961 at Stratford, Ontario 
        vi. Ernest Rush, July 29, 1904--died Aug. 8, 1956 

2. Elizabeth Case, born in 1856. 
3. John Case, born 1862. 
4. Allen Case was born in 1864, 
5. Franklin Case, born 1869.    He married Fanny Elizabeth Sesson, and they had children:  Gordon Case, born June 7, 1889-died 1986;  Hattie Case, October 29, 1900; Vera V. Case, born April 20, 1903-died Nov. 8, 1986 and Ada E. Case, Jan. 13, 1915-died May 26, 1980.
6. Harriet Case, born Sept. 18, 1878. She died Nov. 21, 1892 in Woodstock, Ontario. 

Andrew Philander Case, 1844-unknown

Parents: Harrison Case and Lodemia.   Andrew Philander Case was born November 16, 1844, I think in Port Huron, Michigan.  The 1851 Canadian census says he was born in Canada, and then in the 1861 census it says he was born in the US and that he was living in St. Marys, Ontario with Wilmot's family.  On September 26, 1867, in Ingersoll, Ontario,  Andrew married Clarice Collier, who was born in 1845.  They started their family in Ingersoll and then, about 1876, they moved to Detroit, Michigan.  The 1880 census for Detroit  includes Andrew (a "Foreman") and Clarissa as well as their children:  Clara, Agnes, Andrew, Harry and Millie--just a few doors away from Andrew's brother Norman.  They were still in Detroit  for the 1900 census (at 423 Farnsworth St.), which indicated that Andrew was a "foreman (car shop)" and that he was born in Michigan in February, 1843, of Michigan parents. That census report may be not transcribed accurately, (or family tradition a little wrong). It does reflect that Clarissa as having been born in September of 1841 in Canada, immigrating to the US in 1874, and being the mother of 7 children, 2 living: daughter Agnes and son Harry. 

Known Children of Andrew and Clarice were:

1. Clara Case, born June 1,1868 in Ingersoll--died Michigan?;

2. Agnes M. Case, born February 14, 1871 at Ingersoll;

3. Lucretia Case, born October 6, 1873 at Ingersoll--died there April 30, 1874 from pneumonia;

4. Louisa "Eliza" Case, born Oct. 6, 1873 at Ingersoll--died there May 3, 1874 also from pneumonia;

5. Andrew Philander Case, born July 3, 1875 at Ingersoll.

6. Harry N. Case, born July, 1877 in Michigan.  The 1900 census includes him with his parents in Detroit, as a book keeper.

7. Millie M. Case, born September, 1879 in Michigan.

By the 1900 census, Agnes was not with the family, but Harry still was. Nearby to Andrew and Clarice in 1900 was a family that may have been related to her:  Benjamin Collier, born in Canada February of 1867, a millwright, with wife Anna, both of whom emigrated to the US in 1898. Andrew's home on the west side of Wayne State University.  His nephew, William Wellington Case had his home nearby, on the east side of the University.

The Detroit census for 1920, shows the widowed Clarissa still in Detroit with her single son Harry a "proof-reader" at a newspaper,  and her widowed daughter Agnes M. Palmer, "Manager" at a "Government Office".

Levi Case,  1850-1923

Parents: Harrison Case and Lodemia.  Levi was born May 1, 1850, most likely in Beachville. On May 6, 1874 at Centerville, Ontario, He married Mary Elizabeth Heebner who was born July 19, 1852 in Ontario. The 1885 voter's list for Beachville, shows Levi as a farmer of 12 acres in Beachville, across the road just a little South of where his father Harrison Case's home was located. He later was a carpenter in Sault St. Marie. Levi and Mary had 8 children: 

1. Norman Case, born Mar. 12, 1875 in Oxford County--died Jan. 27, 1888 at Beachville;

2. Daniel Case, born 1877 in Ontario--died November 21, 1893 at Beachville;

3. Levi Case, Jr. born 1879 at Beachville. He married Clara West on February 1, 1905 in Woodstock, Ontario. She was born 1881 in Beachville to Thomas and Elizabeth West. Levi and Clara's younger children both died quite young: Fred Case, 1907-1908 and Joseph Case, 1909-1909. 

Sentinel Review May 31 1918:   Mrs. Levi Case.   The death took place on Thursday, May 30th, at her home, Sault Ste Marie, of  Clara West beloved wife of Levi Case. Deceased, who was thirty-seven years of age, had been ill for some time, but death was quite unexpected. She was the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. West, Ingersoll Road, and had been born in Beachville, where she spent the early part of her life. She is survived by her husband and two children, Harold and Edith, besides her mother and father and two brothers, William and Leslie, both of whom reside near this city. The body will be brought here tomorrow at noon and the funeral will take place from the residence of her father on Sunday afternoon. Services will be conducted at the house at 2:30 o'clock by the Rev. Mr. Kaye, of Beachville and interment will be made in the Beachville cemetery.

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"Levi Case Jr, age 39, of Sault Ste Marie, born Beachville, Widower, Engineer, Baptist, son of Levi Case Sr and Marion E. Hebner married Mrs. Lena Kew, age 40, S S Marie, born Dornock, Grey Co, Widow, Housekeeper, Baptist dau of Mr Robinson and Mary Kay. They married at the Soo (Sult Ste. Marie) 12 Nov 1919."

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"Levi Case, Jr. died Apr 20 1923 when his train went off the track and down a 25 foot embankment into the Agawa River near the Soo. leaving Harold 17 and Edith 12. "

4. Philander Andrew Case, born January 11, 1881 in Ontario, died November 2, 1884 and is buried at Beechville.

5. Bert Case, born December 30, 1882 at Woodstock, Ontario. Bert married Della Mae Sparling August 8, 1905.  She was born November 7, 1882 in Danville, Ill.  Children of Bert and Della:

1. Roy Arden Case, born May 18, 1906

2. Helen Gertrude Case, born December 29, 1907 at Sault Ste. Marie, died April 23, 1992 at London, Ontario.

3. Marguerite Case, Born November 24, 1909, Sault Ste. Marie.

4. Wilfred Gordon "Bob" Case, born September 22, 1912, Sault Ste. Marie--died Wawa, Ontario.

5. Carl Melvin Case born November 9, 1914, Sault Ste. Marie--died there, date unknown.

6. Donald Case, born February 21, 1917 at Sault Ste. Marie--died young in 1918.

6. Charles Frederick Case, born October 11, 1885, Oxford County, Ontario. Wife's name was thought to be Dorothy, and they were thought to have had two sons: Fred  Case and Tom Case.

7. Wilfred Case, born February 2, 1889.  Married Lena McKersey, and had, as far as we know, a son Homer, another son and a daughter.

8. Gertrude Case, born July 19, 1891 at Beachville.

Norman Case, born November 16, 1856.  He first married Christina Natwell on Dec. 19, 1876 in Ingersoll. She was born 1855 in England. Norman and Christina had two daughters: Alice Maude Case, born May 5, 1878 in Oxford County and Edith Mable Case, born Aug. 16, 1879 in Oxford County--died May 3, 1881. Norman and "Christy" were in Detroit, Michigan during the census of 1880 along with their daughters Maude and Mable, 2 houses away from his brother Andrew.  Norman apparently left Christy and returned to Ingersoll, where he shows in the 1894 City Directory as a Machinest.  He secondly married Edith L. Welt, Feb. 6, 1894. Edith was born Sep. 11, 1876 in Salford, Ontario.  Children of Norman Case and Edith Welt, were: Norman Frederick Case, Sept. 13, 1894, Ingersoll; Margaret Case, born Sept. 20, 1897, and Orlo Harrison Case, born Feb. 17, 1901. 

Ingersoll Chronicle, July 16, 1901:  A very sudden death occurred at Woodstock on Sunday night (7/14/01) when Mrs. Norman Case passed away, at the residence of her brother-in-law, Mr. Fred Burgess.  The circumstances of the death are particularly sad.  Mrs. Case had not been well for some time, and on the advice of her physician she visited some of her relatives in the country in hopes of recuperating.  Instead of improving she steadily grew worse, until it was deemed wise to remove her to her home in Ingersoll.  When Woodstock was reached it was found she was in too weak a condition to be taken farther, so she was removed to the residence of Mr. Burgess, on Oxford St., where she died as above stated.  Deceased was only 23 years and 9 months of age.  By religion she was a Baptist.  The funeral will take place on Wednesday, at 10am to the Harris Street cemetery.  A husband and three small children are left to mourn her loss, to whom the sympathy of the community will be extended. 

The Detroit, Michigan census of 1930 includes Christie Case as naturalized in 1881, and "widowed", along with her widowed daughter Maude Ritter... 

Harrison and Lodemia's second son, my great-grandfather, Wilmot Harrison Case was born, probably around London, Ontario--date not documented, but implied by census to be about 1837.  Wilmot's rather unusual name may (or may not) give us a hint as to Harrison Case's background:  There is a New England Case family with ties to the English Wilmot surname, and a couple of the male descendants in that family were saddled with Wilmot as a given name. On the other hand, an early minister of land for Ontario was a Wilmot and there is a township near Beachville called Wilmot.  

Wilmot  married Eliza (or Louisa)  Van Slyke of Zorra Township on November 4, 1856 in Ingersoll. She was born in 1834, and it is assumed her parents were Nicholas Van Slyke and Catherine Case.    Eliza died Oct. 14, 1863, shortly after her son William was born, and their next to youngest son, Henry Oscar Case, was sent to live with Nicholas and Catherine Van Slyke. I, personally, suspect that Catherine may have been  related to (possibly sister of) our Harrison.  Roberta Case has recently assembled some bits of data which we are still trying to digest and determine if there is any relevance to Harrison's ancestry:

Wilmot Harrison Case and Eliza had four children, a girl and three boys before she died:

1. Vilinda Henrety Case was born December 24, 1857 at Beachville, She married Samuel James Henderson in Ingersoll on Christmas Day of 1876, and they settled in London, Ontario.  Samuel was born 1853 in Thamesford, Oxford, Ontario. She died September 2, 1934, and they are both buried at Mt. Pleasant cemetery  in London.

          Vilinda and Samuels children were:

i.   HAZEL HENDERSON, m. MACDONALD,
ii.  MINNIE HENDERSON, b. 1878,
iii  WILLIAM JOHN HENDERSON, b. 1882,
iv  RACHAEL HENDERSON, b. 1888,
v.  REDERICK HENDERSON, b. May 1890.

2. Wilmot Harrison Case, Jr. born August 18, 1859 at St. Mary's, Perth County, Ontario.  He married Susan Brock and they moved on to Manitoba where he homesteaded and farmed.  Wilmot, Jr. died September 29, 1947 at Eston, Saskatchewan.

3. Henry Oscar Case, born February 10, 1862 at St. Mary's,  and died December 10, 1942 at Portland, Oregon.

4. William Wellington Case, was born October 5, 1863 at St. Mary's.

William Wellington Case moved to Detroit, Michigan about 1884.  He married Georgina Collier in Detroit, April 29, 1896. Some think that Georgina was a younger sister of  Clarissa Collier--wife of  William's  Uncle,  Andrew Philander Case.  William and Georgina appear in the Detroit census for 1900, where it indicates William was a naturalized US citizen--but no indication of when.  Georgina's entry to the US was noted as 1896, and William was a "day laborer". Georgina's sister Natalie Collier was included with them in 1900, having followed her sister to the US in 1897.  The 1910 census indicates that  William's father was born in Michigan, his mother in Canada, that he owned a home at 556 Commonwealth Ave, that he was naturalized in 1884, and had become a clerk at a Life Insurance Co. By the 1920 census, William was yet another  "Case Carpenter". He died about 1922.  Perhaps his naturalization application would reconcile his true history with the census information.  The 1930 census indicates that Georgina immigrated in 1895 and was a naturalized US citizen, as well as that William Wellington, was born in Canada.

William Wellington Case and Georgina Collier had two sons, the first was  Ward C. Case, born September 16, 1902 in Detroit.  Ward Case married Ida  ______ , who was born in Canada, immigrated in 1908 and was a naturalized US citizen.  In 1920, Ward was an inspector at a Motor Car Co., and the 1930 census indicates Ida was a switchboard operator and Ward was a clerk and/or driver at Demery & Co. department store. Ward and Ida had four sons before they divorced. He died in Detroit on October 28, 1969.

The Detroit News, October 30, 1969:  CASE, WARD C. Oct. 28.  Dear father of Ward C. II, James C., Charles J. and Raymond G.; two grandchildren; brother of Clarence C. Case of Lansing.  Funeral from Ted C. Sullivan Funeral Home 14230 W. McNichols Rd. Friday morning at 9:30. St. Gregory Church at 10.

William and Georgina's second son was Clarence C. Case, born April 7, 1905 in Detroit.  The city directory for Detroit in 1931 shows Clarence as living with his widowed mother, and employed as a "utilityman"--he never married, and he died December 6, 1982 in Detroit as a Lobbyist.  Informant on his death certificate was the Luella Hannan Foundation.  I suspect there is an much more of interest about his life story than I now know.

Wilmot secondly married Maria Alice Falkingham Feb. 9, 1865.  Maria is listed as born in Toronto in the Marriage Register, and her parents are named as Thomas and Margaret Falkinham.  Later census records list Maria as of  English/Irish background and her parents’ birthplace as Ireland.  Maria's death certificate indicates her mother was Margaret Crawford.  Maria and Wilmot had the following additional children, all born in Ontario, which she raised along with Eliza’s :  

1. Franklin Case, 1865-1949. Franklin's grand-daughter Roberta Case is the source of most of the information on our Canadian "Roots and Relatives".  He married Minnie Corkhill in Corpus Christie, TX and settled in Vancouver, BC area.

2. Rudolphus Lynn Case "Dolph" 1867- 1938.   He married Lavatia Octavia Spencer in Decatur, TX and later settled in Hanford then Los Angeles, CA. 

3. Lodemia Case, 1868-1874.

4. Margaret Louisa Case 1870-1963, she married Charles Wilson and settled in Ingersoll.

5. Levi Harrison Case, 1872-1943.  He married Margaret Etta Spencer in Decatur, TX and later settled in Los Angeles, CA.  (His family page coming soon)

6. Ella Maude Case, 1874-1966.  She married David Woosnam in Winnipeg and they raised their family in Creston, BC.

7. Robert Freeman Case, 1877-1975.  Robert moved to Niagara, New York in late 1899. He can be found in the Niagara census of 1900 where it reflects he was working at a Silver Plating Co. He was still in Niagara for the 1910 census as a foreman at the Plating Co. It  also shows him with a New York born wife, Ida________--no children.  By 1920, he had moved to Oneida, Madison Co., NY and was a Superintendant at a  silver mine.  The 1920 census indicates he was naturalized in 1917, with a new wife  Hilda (born May 4, 1897 in New York of parents with a German ancestry) and two daughters, daughters:  22month-old Cornelia and 4 month-old Virginia. Living with them was Hilda's 16 year old sister, Mary Uhlig.   In 1930, they were still in Oneida, with a third daughter, 4 month-old Mary R. (Mary is thought to have used the name of  Roberta, and to have married a Mr. De Nova).   Robert and   Mary  retired to Orlando, Florida.  He died there  in 1975 and she  in March of 1974.  No information yet available on what happened to his daughters.

 CASE FAMILY PHOTO, ABOUT 1891

                         Franklin Case      Rudolphus Case      Levi Harrison Case     Robert Freeman Case  

    Norman Oales     Ella Maude Case    Margaret Louisa Case   Maria (Falkins/Case) Oales  

Wilmot (Sr.) died Feb. 9, 1878.  The widow Maria, then 51,  married Norman L. Oles, 71, on May 6, 1889. Oales, was a retired farmer who had immigrated from Genesse Co.,New York.  Norman died Feb. 6, 1899  and Maria died  Mar 8, 1919.

I'm not sure that Wilmot is buried in Ingersoll.  This headstone is a relatively recent addition atop an older base.  The original was probably for Lodemia, who died at the age of 6 in 1874.  There is a small marker in the turf labeled "Mother", but none for "Father"......

 Ingersoll Chronicle (Oxford County, Ontario, Canada) March 13, 1919:
                                        MRS. NORMAN B. OALES
The death occurred at the home of her daughter in West Oxford on Saturday night of Ann Maria Oales, after an illness of two weeks. Deceased was born in the vicinity of Ingersoll^* and had lived in and around here all her life.  The late Mrs. Oales was in her 80th year, and deep regret is felt by a large circle of friends. Those who are left to mourn her loss are ten children:
W. H. Case, Plato, Saskatchewan; Henry O. Case, Oregon; William W. Case, Detroit; Frank Case, Vanada, BC; Rudolphe Case, California; L. H. Case, Somerton, Arizona; R. F. Case, Oneida, NY; Mrs. S. J. Henderson, London; Mrs. Charles Wilson, West Oxford [township]; Mrs. David Woosman, Vancouver, BC. The funeral which was private, took place from the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Wilson, West Oxford [township] and proceeded to the Ingersoll Rural cemetery, on Tuesday afternoon.

Maria Ann's family has been hard to trace.  Dolph Case's death certificate listed his mother as having been born in Mulmer township of Ontario, which is a little Northwest of Toronto.  Census records for that area before her marriage to Wilmot have long since been lost.  The only reference to a possible relative I found on a recent trip to the area, was from the Mulmer census of 1861, which listed a possible brother of Maria's:  John Fakinham, 19 years old, born in Canada as an apprentice shoemaker living with Thomas Brown, an Irish born shoemaker.  Other possible relatives in Mulmer Township in the '71 census: Orphans(?) Elizabeth Frockingham, 16; Isabella Frockingham, 13 and Robert Frockingham, 12--all three born in Ontario.

Separate sections coming soon for the families of my grandfather,  Levi Harrison Case.

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