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Wells Families of Wressle, Yorkshire, England and Ontario, Canada
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1 Robert " Old Wells " Wells
Birth: 1785, Wressle, Yorkshire, England
Death: 6 Jan 1864, Greenbank,
Ont
Burial: Greenbank Ontario
Father: Robert Wells
Mother: Ann Wood
A native of Yorkshire, England, died Jan. 6, 1864 aged
79 years.
Spouse: Mary Ann
Birth: 1791, Yorkshire, England
Death: 29 May 1867,
Greenbank Ontario
Burial: Greenbank, Reach Township
Children: Margaret (1814-1857)
James (1815-1889)
Robert
(1819-1821)
John (1824-1896)
William (1826-1860)
Richard (1831-)
Issac (1833-1905)
1.1 Margaret Wells
Birth: 3 Jan 1814, Bolton, England
Death: 28 Mar 1857, Greenbank, Ont
Burial: Greenbank Cemetery
Reli: Methodist
Sailed from England on the Six Sisters along with the
Cragg family
Spouse: Isaac Cragg
Birth: 15 May 1808, Greenbank, Lancashire, England
Death: 14 Feb 1874
Burial: Greenbank, Cemetery
Tombstone: Quaker
Father: David Cragg (1769-1835)
Mother: Mary ( Molly) Pye (1785-1823)
Marr: 29 Aug 1836, Whitby, Ontario
Children: Mary (1837-1922)
Agnes (1840-1921)
Margaret
(1840-1868)
Isaac (1842-1842)
Jane ( Jennet) (1843-)
Ann (1845-)
Timothy (1849-1850)
Emma (1852-1929)
1.1.1a Mary Cragg*
Birth: 3 Jun 1837, Greenbank, Ont
Death: 18 May 1922
Burial: Bethel
Cemetery Greenbank, Ont
Spouse: Joshua Bagshaw
Birth: 19 Mar 1828
Death: 10 Jan 1869
Burial: Bethel Cemetery Greenbank, Ont
Father: William Bagshaw
(1783-1861)
Mother: Sarah Bolton (1786-1868)
Marr: 1853
Children: Alfred (1855-1890)
Margaret Sarah (1858-1860)
Isaac (1863-1891)
Other spouses: Daniel Whalen
1.1.1b Mary Cragg* (See above)
Spouse: Daniel Whalen
Birth: 1843
Death: 1910
Burial: Bethel
Cemetery Greenbank, Ont
Marr: 1877
Children: Harriet Maud (1879-1967)
Other spouses: Joshua Bagshaw
1.1.2a Agnes Cragg*
Birth: 8 Dec 1840, Greenbank, Ont
Death: 4 Dec 1921
Burial: Bethel
Cemetery Greenbank, Ont
Spouse: George Gibson
Marr: 26 Sep 1856
Children: George
William
Herbert
Chester
Other spouses: Joseph M Beatty
1.1.2b Agnes Cragg* (See above)
Spouse: Joseph M Beatty
Birth: 1 May 1846
Death: 19 Apr 1921
Burial: Bethel Cemetery Greenbank, Ont
Children: J Harry (1887-1915)
Other spouses: George Gibson
1.1.3 Margaret Cragg
Birth: 26 Sep 1840, Greenbank, Ont
Death: 3 May 1868, Greenbank, Ont
Spouse: Daniel Whalen
Birth: 1843
Death: 1910
Burial: Bethel
Cemetery Greenbank, Ont
Marr: 1863
Div: 1872
Children: Mary Ellen (1866-1938)
Margaret A (1868-1956)
Annie (1867-)
1.1.4 Isaac Cragg
Birth: Aug 1842, Greenbank Ont
Death: 11 Dec 1842, Greenbank Ont
Burial: Greenbank, Cemetery, Greenbank Ont
1.1.5 Jane ( Jennet) Cragg
Birth: 23 Sep 1843
Spouse: Cadmon Gibson
1.1.6 Ann Cragg
Birth: 15 Apr 1845
deserted in 1848
Spouse: John Baley
Children: George Franklin (1866-1868)
1.1.7 Timothy Cragg
Birth: Oct 1849, Greenbank Ont
Death: 17 Feb 1850, Greenbank Ont
Burial: Greenbank, Cemetery, Greenbank Ont
1.1.8 Emma Cragg
Birth: 4 Feb 1852, Greenbank Ont
Death: 29 Oct 1929, Greenbank Ont
Burial: Greenbank, Cemetery, Greenbank Ont
Conc 11 Lot 12
Spouse: Timothy E Cragg
Birth: 22 Nov 1845, Greenbank, Ont
Death: 1
Dec 1916
Burial: Bethel Cemetery, Greenbank, Ont
Father: David Cragg
(1822-1893)
Mother: Christina Phoenix (1822-1859)
Marr: 6 Feb 1868,
Reach, Ont
Children: Edgar (1868-1929)
Lemuel Chester (1871-1872)
Minnie Jane (1873-1875)
Norman Wesley (1878-1912)
Blake Edward (1879-1949)
Hattie Emma (1884-1970)
1.2a James Wells*
Birth: 24 Jan 1815, England
Death: 20 Nov 1889, Fremont Township, Sanilac
County,
Michigan, USA
Burial: Fremont Township Cemetery, Mayville,
Tuscola
Co. Mi
In 1851 James had Lot 4 on the 9th concession, 108
acres. He sold 1/2 of
it in 1855
Mr James Wells Cass City Michigan. P.O. Box 283
Mr John Wells Cass City
MichiganP.O. Box 283
Isaac Cragg box 105
Richard wells is unconfirmed as
of 7/24/94
Name is from census and the marriage register checks.
Reach Twp, Conc 9 Lot 4(, was also In Cass City Mi
Mr James Wells Cass
City Michigan. P.O. Box 283
Mr John Wells Cass City MichiganP.O. Box 283
Isaac Cragg box 105
Fremont Township Cemetery in Mayville is on the land
that James homsteded.
Spouse: Margaret Cragg
Birth: 24 Feb 1814, Wyresdale, Lancashire England
Death: 1 Feb 1850, Reach Township, Ontario Cty, Ont
Burial: Bethel
Cemetery, Greenbank, Reach Township,
Ontario
Father: David Cragg
(1769-1835)
Mother: Mary ( Molly) Pye (1785-1823)
Marr: 29 Aug 1836,
Whitby, Ontario
Children: Robert (1837-1910)
Mary Ann (1839-1898)
Jennet
Jane (1840-1917)
William (1842-1862)
Agnes (1843-1929)
James K (1849-1921)
Other spouses: Elizabeth V (Betsy) Buck
1.2a.1 Robert Wells
Birth: 3 Jun 1837, Markham, Ontario
Death: 10 Apr 1910, Woodville,
Ontario
Burial: Eden Church Cemetery, Mariposa Township,
Victoria Cty
In August, 1866, Robert Wells bought the North Half of
Lot 20 Concession
15, Mariposa Township from Thomas
Chippendale
Spouse: Ann ( Dobson ) Adams
Birth: 13 Apr 1840, {Uxbridge} Reach
Death: 6 Sep 1922, Hartley, Eldon Township, Ont
Burial: Eden Church
Cemetery, Mariposa Township,
Victoria Cty
Father: Charles Adams (1779-)
Mother: Elizabeth Dobson (1789-)
Marr: 14 Feb 1859, Reach, Ontario
Children: James Charles (1860-1953)
Joseph (1861-1892)
Hillary (1863-1891)
Robert Chester (1865-1920)
William Edward (1867-1939)
John Nelson (1870-1958)
Mary Annie (1872-1963)
Hannah Jane (1875-1959)
Dorothy Amelia (1878-1972)
Maria (1883-1965)
1.2a.2a Mary Ann Wells*
Birth: 1839, Reach Township
Death: 1898
Tombstone: Alive Feb 1864
Riley family researchers:
Mary Ellen Price, Clare Michigan
James
Riley, Warren, Michigan
Spouse: William Alexander Hamilton
Birth: 11 Aug 1831, Ontario
Death:
24 Jan 1882
Burial: Fremont Cemetery,
Father: Hon. Robert James Hamilton
(1787-1861)
Mother: Charlotte Ann Day (1800-1879)
Marr: 24 Jul 1856,
Fremont Township, Home Of James Wells
Div: Jul 1873, Filed For In Dec 1872
Children: James Robert (1857-1906)
Andrew Jackson (1858-1943)
Erick Kelsey (1861-1916)
John (1864-)
William
(1865-)
Elnora (1866-1952)
Adelbert (1868-1949)
Other spouses: Jacob S Riley
1.2a.2b Mary Ann Wells* (See above)
Spouse: Jacob S Riley
Birth: 1838
Marr: 13 Oct 1875, Vassar, Michigan
Other spouses: William Alexander Hamilton
1.2a.3a Jennet Jane Wells*
Birth: 14 Aug 1840, Reach Township, Ontario Cty, Ont
Death: 12 Dec 1917,
Reach Township, Ontario Cty, Ont
Burial: Bethel Cemetery, Greenbank Ontario.
Cause: Pneumonia
Tombstone: Died Of Pneumonia
North Ontario Observer Dec 20 1917
The Late Mrs. Thomas Hope was a long time resident of
the Township of
Reach and was twice married, her first
husband being the late William
Wildman, one of Reach's
foremost and most enterprising and successful
farmers.
As Mrs. Wildman she was much esteemed by all having the
pleasure of her acquaintance: a loving wife and a kind
and indulgent
mother; an exemplary and consistent member
of the Methodist Church and much
devoted to her beloved
Zion. She was the mother of a large and highly
intelligent family whom she lived to see settled and in
good
circumstances although widely scattered through the
land. Five sons and five
daughters survive. Messrs.
John, Duke and Frank all from Oklahoma USA. Mr.
Edward
Wildman of Oshawa Ont. Mrs. Pace (Agnes) USA Mrs. Win.
Kight.(Margaret) and Mrs. R Corbman (Mary Jane) both of
Utica Ont. Mrs.
Wm Spence (Elizabeth) of Port Perry,
Ont. and Mrs. Thomas Bartley (Minnie
Alice) of Greenbank
Ont. A sister Mrs. Holtby (Agnes) in the U.S. also
survives.
Her Wedding Notice lists her father as James Wells and
her Mother
as Margaret Cragg. She had brilliant red hair
Spouse: William Wildman
Birth: 13 May 1833, Beeford, Yorkshire, England
Death: 17 Apr 1900, Reach Township, Ontario Cty, Ont
Burial: 19 Apr
1900, Bethel Cemetery, Greenbank Ontario.
Tombstone: Came To Canada In 1854
Father: Marmaduke Wildman (1803-1861)
Mother: Hannah Jordan (1806-1894)
Marr: 21 Nov 1859, Reach Township
Children: James Albert (1857-)
Marmaduke ( Duke) (1860-1957)
Margaret (Maggie) Hannah (1862-1951)
Frances Robert ( Frank
) (1864-1948)
Agnes Ann (1866-1926)
John (Jack) Nelson
(1868-1954)
Mary Jane (1870-1951)
George (Twin) (1872-1872)
Richard ( Dick ) (Twin) (1872-1964)
Edward ( Ned )
(1875-1962)
Elizabeth ( Nellie ) (1878-1955)
Minerva
(Minnie) Alice (1881-1959)
Edith May (1881-1902)
Ethel Alva
(1884-1900)
William ( Willie)
Ned Edward (1886-1886)
Other spouses: Thomas Hope
1.2a.3b Jennet Jane Wells* (See above)
Spouse: Thomas Hope
Birth: 1826, Yorkshire, England
Death: 31 Jan
1913, Port Perry
Burial: Pine Grove Cemetery, Prince Albert, Ont
Marr: 5
Jul 1905, Port Perry, Ont
Other spouses: William Wildman
1.2a.4 William Wells
Birth: 1842
Death: 17 May 1862, St. Louis, Missouri
Burial: Jefferson
Barracks, Missouri
Cause: Typhoid Fever
Enlisted in Company A Michigan Fourteenth Infantry,
Nov 20 1861, at
Fremont, for three years age 18.
Mustered Jan 7 1862
1.2a.5 Agnes Wells
Birth: 10 Sep 1843, Greenbank, OntarioCanada
Death: 10 Feb 1929, Winfield
Kansas
Burial: 13 Feb 1929, Hackney Cemetery
Reli: Birth Date: 24 Sep
1842
Hackney Mourns The Death of a Pioneer Mother
Mrs. Agnes Holtby, 87, widow
of Hilary Holtby, and one
of the oldest pioneer woman of this section,
having come
to Cowley County in 1876, died at her home 8 miles north
of
Arkansas City at 6:30 oclock, Sunday Evening. She
had been n falling health
for some time.
Grandma Holtby, as she was known to her many friends in
the Hackney
neighbourhood, where she and her husband
settled after living one year on
the present site of
Arkansas City, had been a member of the Hackney Brothren
Church for many years. She came here from Canada, her
native country. At
that time, which was almost 59 years
ago, she and Mr Holtby travelled her
from Emporia in a
covered wagon. They brought all thier personal goods and
belongings with them in the wagon. J. L. Bowen, still a
resident of the
city, drove the team, one of the sons of
Mrs. Holtby said today. The
homestead place eight miles
directly north of this city on the main road has
been
her home all these years. Thew east edge of the farm
adjourns
Hackney. The husband died there 26 years ago.
Mr. & Mrs. Holtby are said to have lived in a log cabin
at C street
and Central , at which was
the locstion the townsite company gave the for a lot,
for one year.
Mrs. Holtby is survived by three sons, three daughters,
32 grandchildren,
14 great granchildren. The surviving
children are, William, of Arkansas
City, C. R. and R. B.
of Winfield, Mrs. Nellie Markham, Mrs. W. H. Boswell
and
MRs. H. H. Kirkpatrick, all of this city.
Funeral services are to be held at 2 oclock Wednesday
afternoon in the
United Brethren Church, south of
Hackney. The Reverend W. S. Luner, Pastor,
will
officiate. Burial will be in the Hackney Cemetery where
the husband
is buried. The Grant Funeral home is in
charge.
Spouse: Hilary Holtby
Birth: 1841, Canada
Death: 1892
Burial:
Hackney Cemetery
Tombstone: Farmer & Sawmill Operator. Frieghter
Father: William Williamson Holtby (1815-1872)
Mother: Ellen Elizabeth
Holborn (1816-1857)
Marr: 15 Jul 1863, Ontario County
Children: James (1865-1865)
William S (1866-)
Richard
Benjamin (1867-)
Mary Ellen ( Nellie ) (1868-1938)
John
Fletcher (1873-1924)
Charles Robert ( Bob ) (1875-)
Wilkie H
(1877-1926)
Clara Jennie (1879-)
Elizabeth Charlotte (
Lizzie ) (1882-1930)
1.2a.6 James K Wells
Birth: 29 Jun 1849, Canada
Death: 20 Jun 1921, Fremont Township
Burial: Fremont Township, Cemetery, Tuscola Co. Mi
Apparently he used to correspond with family in Onatario
Spouse: Adelia Abernethy
Birth: 22 Jul 1862, Dubuque, Iowa
Death: 9
Mar 1929, Fremont
Burial: Fremont Township Cemetery, Mayville, Tuscola
Co. Mi
Father: James Abernethy
Mother: Clarissa Wiltse
Marr: 11
Mar 1878
Children: Lucinda Myrtle (1879-1940)
Edson Vincent (1881-1952)
Charles Albert (1883-1961)
Frank (1886-1903)
(Fanny) Francis Isabelle (1890-1982)
1.2b James Wells* (See above)
Spouse: Elizabeth V (Betsy) Buck
Birth: May 1829, Canada West
Death:
29 Sep 1868, Fremont Township
Burial: Fremont Township Cemetery,
Mayville, Tuscola
Co. Mi
Father: Ira Buck (1804-)
Mother: Anna
Marr: 1851
Children: Elizabeth Betsy (1852-1930)
Henry (1853-)
Emma Emily (1853-1931)
Richard (1858-1937)
Other spouses: Margaret Cragg
1.2b.1a Elizabeth Betsy Wells*
Birth: 1852, Ontario
Death: 11 Apr 1930, Fremont
Burial: Fremont
Cemtery, Mayville, Michigan
Spouse: James Walker
Birth: 1 Sep 1846
Death: 6 Jun 1872
Burial:
West Dayton Cemetery, Dayton, Tuscola Co.
Michigan
Marr: 18 May 1870,
Caro, Michigan
Children: Ida May (1871-)
James Edward (1872-1929)
Other spouses: Wesley Almas, Mathew Colosbeif (Colosky)
1.2b.1b Elizabeth Betsy Wells* (See above)
Spouse: Wesley Almas
Marr: 23 Aug 1876, Vassar, Michigan
Other spouses: James Walker, Mathew Colosbeif (Colosky)
1.2b.1c Elizabeth Betsy Wells* (See above)
Spouse: Mathew Colosbeif (Colosky)
Birth: 18 Oct 1848
Death: 18 Sep
1917, Arebela Twp.
Burial: Fremont Cemetery, Mayville, Michigan
Marr: 16
Mar 1887
Children: Etta M (1888-1952)
William E (1890-)
Fred
(1893-1941)
Cecil W (1899-1964)
Other spouses: James Walker, Wesley Almas
1.2b.2 Henry Wells
Birth: 1853
Listed in the 1860 Census as being six years old.
1.2b.3 Emma Emily Wells
Birth: 19 Sep 1853, Ontario, Canada
Death: 24 Nov 1931, Mayville,
Michigan
Burial: West Dayton Cemetery
Spouse: Edward Walker
Birth: 1850
Death: 4 Feb 1920
Burial: West
Dayton Cemetery
Marr: 27 Feb 1874
Children: Sphronia Elizabeth (1875-1955)
James Edson (1874-1942)
Dora Frances (1891-)
1.2b.4 Richard Wells
Birth: 11 Jul 1858, Mayville, Tuscola Co, Michigan
Death: 10 Apr 1937,
Fremont Township
Burial: Fremont Township Cemetery, Mayville, Tuscola
Co. Mi
Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage
First white child born in Fremont township
Spouse: Eda Lucinda Palmer
Birth: 18 Jul 1862, Iowa
Death: 19 Feb
1941, Fremont Township
Burial: 22 Feb 1941, Fremont Township Cemetery,
Mayville, Tuscola Co. Mi
Father: William Palmer
Mother: Lodema
Wiltsie
Marr: 18 Mar 1878
Children: Jane Lodema (1880-1979)
Elizabeth Emily (1881-1966)
Alzena Charlotte ( Lottie) (1883-1940)
William Richard
(1885-1962)
Clarissa Clara Mae (1888-1972)
Winnifield James
(1890-1962)
Hattie Almira (1900-1972)
1.3 Robert Wells
Birth: Jun 1819, England
Death: 9 Dec 1821, England
1.4 John Wells
Birth: 20 Sep 1824, England
Death: 1 Jun 1896, Cass City Michigan
Burial: Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola
Co. Michigan
Spouse: Susannah Thompson
Birth: 13 May 1829
Death: 30 Jun 1897, Cass
City Michigan
Burial: Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola
Co.
Michigan
Father: John Thompson (1786-1860)
Mother: Beatrice Ann Waller
(1793-1873)
Marr: 30 Apr 1851, Upper Canada
Children: Charlotte Susannah (1853-1934)
Beatrice Ann ( Annie )
(1857-1889)
Mary Ann (1859-)
Elizabeth Thompson (1862-1932)
Agness Martha (1863-1864)
Willimena (1867-)
John
Thurstan Fletcher (1870-1931)
Robert Joshua Vinson James (1872-1952)
1.4.1 Charlotte Susannah Wells
Birth: 1853, Reach Township
Death: 10 Dec 1934
Burial: Elkland
Cemetery, Cass City, Michigan
Spouse: James Wallace Brooks
Children: John Thomas (1869-1870)
Frank (1886-1901)
Ethel
Suzanna (-1937)
Nellie
Annie
1.4.2 Beatrice Ann ( Annie ) Wells
Birth: 1857, Ontario
Death: 5 Nov 1889
Burial: Elkland Township
Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola
Co. Michigan
Spouse: Isaac Cragg
Birth: 24 Dec 1849, Reach Township, Ont
Death: 12
Jun 1937, Cass City Michigan
Burial: 16 Jun 1937, Elkland Township Cemetery,
Cass
City Michigan
Father: David Cragg (1822-1893)
Mother: Christina
Phoenix (1822-1859)
Marr: 14 Feb 1873, Reach Township
Children: Lottie Mitalina (1873-1966)
Edith Cathera (1877-1909)
Flora Sussanah (1882-1971)
Minnie Christine (1887-1969)
Folis Beatrice (1887-)
1.4.3 Mary Ann Wells
Birth: 1859, Reach Township, Ontario, Canada
Spouse: Phillip Marks
Children: Fleet
UNNAMED (1883-)
UNNAMED
UNNAMED
UNNAMED
UNNAMED
1.4.4 Elizabeth Thompson Wells
Birth: 1862
Death: 11 Jul 1932
Burial: ELKland Cemetery, Cass City,
Michigan
Spouse: George Franklin Darling
Birth: 29 Mar 1851, Belleville, Ontario
Death: 24 Feb 1936, Evergreen Township, Sanilac County,
Michigan
Burial: Elkland Cemetery, Cass City, Michigan
Marr: 25 Mar 1884, Home Of
John Wells
Children: William John (1888-1967)
Beatrice Susannabelle
(1893-1941)
Edith Mae (1899-1900)
Owen W (1890-1968)
Robert Everett (1895-1959)
Bessie Reid (1897-1969)
George N (1903-1968)
1.4.5 Agness Martha Wells
Birth: Apr 1863
Death: 19 Sep 1864
Burial: Bethel Cemetery Greenbank,
Ont
1.4.6 Willimena Wells
Birth: 1867, Reach Township
Spouse: John MacKichan
1.4.7 John Thurstan Fletcher Wells
Birth: 16 Sep 1870, Greenbank, Reach Township, Ontario
Death: 4 Mar 1931
Burial: Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola
Co. Michigan
Cause: Nephritis
Spouse: Christina Teenie Coulter
Birth: 1 Jan 1872, Minden, Victoria,
Ontario, Canada
Death: 20 May 1957, Cass City Michigan
Burial: 22 May
1957, Elkland Cemetery, Cass City,
Michigan
Father: Robert Coulter
(1835-1923)
Mother: Mary Victoria Cragg (1847-1928)
Marr: 18 Apr 1894,
Cass City, Michigan
1.4.8 Robert Joshua Vinson James Wells
Birth: 28 Jul 1872, Reach Township
Death: 6 Mar 1952
Spouse: Annie Hershey
Marr: 21 Dec 1898
Children: David
1.5a William Wells*
Birth: 14 Sep 1826, Bradford, England
Death: 13 Jul 1860
Burial:
Greenbank, Cemetery, Greenbank, Ont Canada
Spouse: Phebe Ann Buck
Birth: 1832, England
Death: 9 Feb 1855
Burial: Greenbank, Cemetery, Greenbank Ont
Father: Ira Buck (1804-)
Mother: Anna
Marr: 5 Aug 1850, Greenbank, Ontario
Children: William
Elizabeth Amy (1854-)
Ira
Mary (1857-)
Anthony (1859-)
Other spouses: Jane McGeoch
1.5a.1 William Wells
Birth: Reach Township
1.5a.2 Elizabeth Amy Wells
Birth: 1854, Reach Township
1.5a.3 Ira Wells
Birth: Reach Township
1.5a.4 Mary Wells
Birth: 1857, Reach Township
1.5a.5 Anthony Wells
Birth: 6 Aug 1859, Reach Township
1.5b William Wells* (See above)
Spouse: Jane McGeoch
Birth: 21 Feb 1832, Scotland
Death: 21 Jul 1891,
Reach Township
Father: Anthony McGeoch (1807-1886)
Mother: Mary Keand
(1807-1891)
Children: Isabella (1863-1891)
James (1868-)
Robert
(1872-1940)
Jemimah (1866-1937)
Other spouses: Phebe Ann Buck
1.5b.1 Isabella Wells
Birth: 1863
Death: 4 May 1891, Reach Township
1.5b.2 James Wells
Birth: 1868, Reach Township
1.5b.3 Robert Wells
Birth: 10 Jan 1872, Reach Township
Death: 9 May 1940, Niagara Falls, New
York
Spouse: Margaret
1.5b.4 Jemimah Wells
Birth: 8 Aug 1866, Ontario
Death: 3 Oct 1937
Burial: Bethel Cemetery
Greenbank, Ont
Spouse: Henry Hickman
Birth: 4 Apr 1865, England
Death: 29 Jul 1938
Burial: Bethel Cemetery Greenbank, Ont
Marr: 20 Dec 1896, Greenbank,
Ontario
Children: Florence Alice V (1897-1938)
Eva M (1901-1972)
1.6 Richard Wells
Birth: 28 Jun 1831, Bradford England
Also listed on the 1862 census for Reach is Luther Brown
Labourer and
Harriet Morrow servant along with Robert
Wells 24, Ann Wells 21 J.C Wells 1,
and a Charles Adams
82 married in 1803 in England
Spouse: Harriet Truax
Birth: 1835
Marr: 21 Feb 1854
Children: Mary (1855-1864)
William D. (1857-1923)
Luther
(1858-)
Edward ( Edwin) H (1860-1931)
John (1867-1933)
Richard J (-1898)
UNNAMED
1.6.1 Mary Wells
Birth: 17 Apr 1855, Reach Township, Ontario
Death: 4 Jun 1864, Fremont
Township, Mi
Burial: Fremont Township Cemetery, Mayville, Tuscola
Co. Mi
1.6.2 William D. Wells
Birth: 1857, Reach Township
Death: 24 Apr 1923, Bridgehampton, Michigan
Cause: Pneumonia
Vassar, Michigan
1.6.3 Luther Wells
Birth: 1858, Reach Township
Kentucky
1.6.4 Edward ( Edwin) H Wells
Birth: 1860, Reach Township
Death: 16 Nov 1931, Deckerville, Michigan
Spouse: Elnora Hamilton
Birth: 20 Feb 1866
Death: 22 Dec 1952
Burial: Brookside Cemetery, West Bend Michigan
Father: William Alexander
Hamilton (1831-1882)
Mother: Mary Ann Wells (1839-1898)
Marr: 1884
1.6.5 John Wells
Birth: 1867
Death: 12 Apr 1933, Detroit Hospital
Burial: Deckerville,
Michigan
Spouse: Margaret Maggie Coulter
Birth: 1 Jan 1873, Minden, Victoria,
Ontario, Canada
Death: 10 Mar 1964, Detroit, Michigan
Burial: 12 Mar
1964, Parkview Memorial Cemetery
Father: Robert Coulter (1835-1923)
Mother: Mary Victoria Cragg (1847-1928)
Marr: 28 Dec 1893, Cass City,
Tuscola Cty., Michigan
Children: Vera Mae (1894-)
George Robert (1895-)
Homer R
(1896-)
Earl William (1898-)
Vern Hazzard (1900-)
Ernest J (1902-)
Glen Clayton (1904-)
Edger Roy
(1906-)
Russell Grant (1907-)
Viva Pearl (1909-)
Wilford John (1911-)
Lewis Fredrick (1913-)
William D (1915-)
1.6.6 Richard J Wells
Death: 8 Aug 1898, Vassar, Michigan
Spouse: Jennie E Cameron
Birth: 1871
1.6.7 Wells
Spouse: Joseph Walton
1.7a Issac Wells*
Birth: 20 Jun 1833, York, Ontario
Death: 10 Jan 1905, Reach Township
Burial: Scovills Cemetery, Scugog Island
North Ontario Observer Jan 12 1905 Obituary of Isaac
Wells
Wells- In Reach, Con 8 on Tuesday, Jan 10 1905, Isaac
Wells aged 71 years
and 7 months.
Deceased for over 50 years was a resident of the
Township
of Reach and while a quiet, unassuming man he
actively identified himself
and took part in almost
every movement pointing to the prosperity and
advancement of it's inhabitants. He was a true Canadian
in the best
sense of the term, one of those to whose
honest persevering industry and
upright and honourable
dealing Canada owes so much for the proud position
she
occupies to-day. He was a devoted husband. a loving and
indulgent
father and an exemplary and consistent member
of the Baptist Church. Besides
an amiable and
disconsolate widow, deceased is survived by three sons
and five daughters. Mr Jeremiah Wells, Cambray, Mr.
Robert Wells, Port
Perry, Mr. Chas. Wells on the
homestead, Mrs. Peter Prouse, Dakota, Mrs. Wes
Byam,
Mariposa, Mrs. R Wells, Oakwood, Mrs Wm McGregor, Port
Perry and
Mrs. John Jackson, Scugog.
Spouse: Mary Ann Loftus
Death: 1862
Father: Henry Loftus
Mother:
Ann Cragg (1812-)
Marr: 20 Jun 1854
Children: Isaac Newton (1856-)
Mary Ann Adelaide (Addie)
(1862-1957)
Other spouses: Mary-Ann Williams
1.7a.1 Isaac Newton Wells
Birth: 2 Jul 1856
1.7a.2 Mary Ann Adelaide (Addie) Wells
Birth: 6 Apr 1862, Greenbank, Ontario
Death: 27 Jul 1957, Kelvington,
Saskatchewan
Kelvington, Sask
Spouse: Peter Prouse
Birth: 15 Jul 1852, Uxbridge, Ontario
Death: 12
Jul 1937, Kelvington, Sask.
Father: William Prouse
Mother: Elizabeth
Marr: 26 Dec 1881, Uxbridge Township
Children: William (1882-)
Florence Ann (1883-1980)
Peter
Nelson (1885-1976)
John Sowden (1887-1967)
Ella May (1892-)
Mary Ann Adelaide (1898-1995)
Alice Merle (1902-1973)
1.7b Issac Wells* (See above)
Spouse: Mary-Ann Williams
Birth: 11 Oct 1847
Death: 3 Apr 1916, Reach
Township
Burial: Scovills Cemetery, Scugog Island
Father: Issac
Williams (1822-)
Mother: Julia Ann Lawson
Marr: 19 Oct 1864, Ontario
County
Children: William Henry (1866-1891)
Christina (1867-1939)
Jeremiah (1869-1943)
Robert James Nelson (1872-1947)
Lucy Ann (1873-1956)
Phoebe Jane (1876-1971)
Zylpha Annette (1878-1972)
Charles Wesley (1883-1933)
Other spouses: Mary Ann Loftus
1.7b.1 William Henry Wells
Birth: 28 Jan 1866, Reach Township, Ontario
Death: Nov 1891
Spouse: Alice Baruman
Marr: 27 Mar 1889
Children: Fred (1891-1972)
1.7b.2 Christina Wells
Birth: 17 Jul 1867, Reach Township
Death: 22 Feb 1939
Burial: Pleasant Point Cemetery
Spouse: John
(Jack) Wesley Byam
Birth: 1862, Greenbank, Ontario
Death: 24 Jun 1935
Burial: Pleasant Point Cemetery
Marr: 19 Nov 1884, Uxbridge, Ont
Children: Clara
1.7b.3 Jeremiah Wells
Birth: 18 Jun 1869, Port Perry, Ontario
Death: 17 Nov 1943, Cambray
Burial: Eden
Spouse: Kezia Macgregor
Birth: 10 May 1876
Father: Robert Macgregor
Mother: Mary Ann
Marr: 8 Feb 1896, Port Perry
Children: Roy
1.7b.4 Robert James Nelson Wells
Birth: 15 Dec 1872, Port Perry, Ontario
Death: 1 Jan 1947
Spouse: Margaret Hodgson
Birth: 25 Jun 1874, Scugog Township
Death:
22 Jun 1942
Father: George Hodgson
Mother: Ann Halpin
Marr: 28 Nov
1894, Scugog Township
Children: Wesley (1896-)
1.7b.5 Lucy Ann Wells
Birth: 29 Mar 1873, Port Perry, Ontario
Death: 15 Apr 1956, Abernethy,
Sask
Burial: Abernethy, Cemetery
Spouse: John Nelson Wells
Birth: 4 Jan 1870, Mariposa, Twsp
Death: 1
Dec 1958, Tisdale, Sask
Burial: Abernethy, Cemetery
Father: Robert Wells
(1837-1910)
Mother: Ann ( Dobson ) Adams (1840-1922)
Marr: 16 Feb 1892,
Port Perry Ontario
Children: Alice Nettie (1892-1996)
Victor (1894-1977)
Ethel May (1896-1987)
Elwood Isaac (1898-1918)
Agnes Myrtle (1901-1965)
1.7b.6 Phoebe Jane Wells
Birth: 4 Feb 1876, Port Perry, Ont
Death: 10 Dec 1971, Beamsville, Ont
Burial: Pine Grove Cemetery, Prince Albert, Ont
Spouse: William Henry Macgregor
Birth: 28 Oct 1870, Canada
Death:
1933
Burial: Pine Grove Cemetery, Prince Albert, Ont
Father: Robert
Macgregor
Mother: Mary Ann
Marr: 12 Feb 1895, Port Perry, Ont
Children: William ( Bert ) Egbert (1895-1964)
Frederick Earl
(1897-1957)
Leighton
1.7b.7 Zylpha Annette Wells
Birth: 6 Jan 1878, Reach Township, Ontario
Death: 18 Mar 1972
Burial:
Pine Grove Cemetery, Prince Albert, Ont
Spouse: Robert James Jackson
Birth: 9 Nov 1871, Scugog Township
Death: 24 Mar 1945
Burial: Pine Grove Cemetery, Prince Albert, Ont
Father: James Jackson
Mother: Hannah Petch
Marr: 6 Aug 1895, Port
Perry, Ont
Children: UNNAMED (Stillborn) (1881-)
Elizabeth (Bessie) Annetta
(1899-1976)
Rena Mae (1902-1978)
Mabel Edna (1904-1993)
Hannah Alta Aileen (1909-1978)
1.7b.8a Charles Wesley Wells*
Birth: 20 Feb 1883, Reach Township, Ontario
Death: 20 Jan 1933, Whitby
Ontario
Burial: Pine Grove Cemetery, Prince Albert, Ont
Five children with Mabel
Spouse: Jennette ( Gennetta) Nettie Raymes
Birth: 10 Dec 1885
Death:
10 Jul 1904, Port Perry, Ontario
Burial: Pine Grove Cemetery, Prince Albert,
Ont
Father: George 0 Raymes
Mother: Margaret Best
Marr: 18 Feb 1903,
Reach Township
Children: Daisy Irene (1903-1991)
George Henry (1904-1904)
Other spouses: Mabel May Bush
1.7b.8b Charles Wesley Wells* (See above)
Spouse: Mabel May Bush
Birth: 11 Jun 1880, Castleton, Ontario
Death:
7 Mar 1954, Port Perry Ontario
Burial: Mar 1954, Pine Grove Cemetery, Prince
Albert,
Ont
Father: James Henry Bush
Mother: Sarah Young
Marr:
18 Jan 1905, Port Perry, Ontario
Children: Robert James (1905-1955)
Edith May -
Florence
Ailene (1913-1974)
Vera Bessie (1916-1960)
Leona Doris
(1918-1965)
Other spouses: Jennette ( Gennetta) Nettie Raymes
Mary Ann Wells 1791-1867
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Robert Wells
Robert and Ann (Adams) Wells 1859
Robert, Agnes and Jennet Wells
Birth Date: June 3, 1837
Birth Place: Toronto
Death Date: April 10, 1910
Burial Place: Eden Church Cemetery, Mariposa Township, Victoria Cty
Notes:
In August, 1866, Robert Wells bought the North Half of Lot 20 Concession 15, Mariposa Township from Thomas Chippendale
Spouse: Ann (_Dobson_) Adams - 971
Birth Date: April 13, 1840
Birth Place: Reach
Death Date: September 6, 1922
Death Place: Hartley, Eldon Township, Ont
Burial Place: Eden Church Cemetery, Mariposa Township, Victoria Cty
Spouse Father: Charles Adams - 1374 (1803-)
Spouse Mother: Elizabeth Dobson - 1375
Marriage Date: March 14, 1859
Marriage Place: Reach, Ontario
Children: James Charles - 979
Joseph - 973
Hillary - 974
Robert Chester - 972
William Edward - 975
John Nelson - 978
Mary Annie - 968
Hannah Jane - 976
Dorothy Amelia - 977
Maria - 980
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James Charles Wells
Birth Date: April 13, 1860
Birth Place: Reach Township
Death Date: February 12, 1953
Death Place: Cambray, Ont
Spouse: Laurette Ettie White - 1054
Birth Date: 1866
Death Date: 1953
Marriage Date: September 9, 1896
Marriage Place: Eden Church
Children: Doris - 1235
Florence - 1236
Elmer - 1237
Lucy Agretta - 1238
Ruby - 1239
Amy - 1240
James Clifford - 2090
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Joseph Wells
Birth Date: August 14, 1861
Birth Place: Reach, Twsp
Death Date: November 29, 1892
Death Place: Mariposa
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Hillary Wells
Birth Date: October 16, 1863
Birth Place: Reach, Twsp
Death Date: October 18, 1891
Death Place: Mariposa
Notes:
Lived first on the south half of lot 20,
Concession 15, Mariposa Township
Spouse: Mary Ann Armitage - 981
Birth Date: April 16, 1867
Death Date: January 2, 1940
Spouse Father: Seth Armitage - 1018 (1844-1924)
Spouse Mother: Sussanna Broad - 1019
(1843-1924)
Marriage Date: October 20, 1885
Marriage Place: Eden Church, Victoria
County
Children: Robert Arthur - 982
Susannah - 983
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Robert Chester Wells
Birth Date: December 6, 1865
Birth Place: Reach
Death Date: April 27, 1920
Death Place: Arlington, Washington
Notes:
Daughter in California Lived in Washington State
Picture:
Chester Wells was a lumber man on the west
coast and he died by drowning. Chester Kinghorn thinks it was Washington
state.
Spouse: Cora - 8097
Marriage Date: September 14, 1892
Marriage Place: Michigan, USA
Children: Venetis -
1255
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William Edward Wells
Birth Date: December 17, 1867
Birth Place: Mariposa, Twsp
Death Date: February 27, 1939
Death Place: Lindsay, Ontario
Burial Place: Eden Church Cemetery,
Mariposa Township, Victoria Cty
Notes:
Lived at Cambray
Spouse: Jane Owens - 993
Birth Date: 1876
Death Date: May 22, 1964
Burial Place: Eden Church Cemetery, Mariposa Township, Victoria Cty
Spouse Father: George Smith Owens - 986 (1854-1939)
Spouse Mother: Sarah Armitage - 987
(1856-1930)
Marriage Date: January 1, 1896
Marriage Place: Eden
Children: Leslie - 1098
George R - 1099
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John Nelson Wells
Birth Date: January 4, 1870
Birth Place: Mariposa, Twsp
Death Date: December 1, 1958
Death Place: Tisdale, Sask
Burial Place: Abernethy, Cemetery
Notes:
Married 3 cousin and went to Abernathy Sask
Jack and Lucy Wells were married at Port
Parry, Ontario. They lived north of Lindsay and had a family of 5 by 1905 when
Jack left for the west on a harvest excursion. While in the west he used his
carpenter skills and helped build the Conrad Stueck house, the Robbins house,
and the Knox Presbyterian Church. Before returning east he bought John Tim's
homstead north of town, complete with a sod-roofed log house.
The family came in March of 1906. It was a
week before their furniture and settlers effects came so they stayed in room at
C.H. Anderson's. The boys slept in a clothes closet, the girls on the floor of
the bedroom.
They moved into their log hut. It was one
room with two log bunks on one end for beds. The roof would drip for two days
after it had quit raining.
They fought prairie fires that first spring
to protect their farm. During the summer Jack built an eight room frame house
and they moved in before winter.
Later jack bought an International tractor
and broke land for several newcomers. He bought a half section of new prairie
further north near the reserve. He broke the land , built a house and stables
and then moved there after selling his first farm to the Donnellys. ( 13 feb
1996- Conversation with Chester Kinghorn. The man that Uncle Jack bought the
tractor from was from Glenarm and they new one another before they moved)
The children went to Foster School. It was
a small school built of stone. It was also very warm inthe winter because it was
heated with a large stove which kept students or the teacher busy firing it up.
They went to the school on Sunday for the church service and a minister from
Balcarres usually served, but he could not always be there so one of the farmers
could preach. hey usually asked Sam Barnsly, John Teece Sr. or Mr. Balfour.
Politics had enterd the sermon on one occasion and the one gentleman oif the day
was never asked to preach again.
Jack built a house in Abernethy where he
and Lucy spent their last days.
Spouse: Lucy Ann Wells - 1275
Birth Date: March 29, 1873
Birth Place: Port Perry, Ontario
Death Date: April 15, 1956
Death Place: Abernethy, Sask
Burial Place: Abernethy, Cemetery
Spouse Father: Issac Wells - 2109 (1833-1905)
Spouse Mother: Mary-Ann Williams - 2131
(1847-1916)
Marriage Date: February 16, 1892
Marriage Place: Port Perry Ontario
Children: Alice Nettie - 1276
Victor - 1277
Ethel May - 1278
Elwood Isaac - 1279
Agnes Myrtle - 1280
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Mary Annie Wells
Birth Date: August 20, 1872
Birth Place: Hartley, Mariposa, Twsp
Death Date: September 18, 1963
Death Place: Toronto, Ontario
Burial Place: Eden Church Cemetery,
Mariposa Township, Victoria Cty
Spouse: John Wesley Owens - 967
Birth Date: June 25, 1875
Birth Place: Woodville, Ontario
Death Date: 1937
Death Place: Woodville
Burial Place: Eden Church Cemetery, Mariposa Township, Victoria Cty
Occupation: Bricklayer, Stone Mason
Spouse Father: George Smith Owens - 986 (1854-1939)
Spouse Mother: Sarah Armitage - 987
(1856-1930)
Marriage Date: September 9, 1896
Marriage Place: Cambray , Mariposa
Township, Victoria County, Ontario
Children: Hillary Pomroy - 988
Sidney George - 990
Charlie Wesley - 992
Phoebe Maria - 946
Ruth Berniece - 991
Fredric Robert - 989
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Hannah Jane Wells
Birth Date: November 5, 1875
Birth Place: Mariposa, Twsp
Death Date: March 18, 1959
Death Place: Edmonton Alberta
Notes:
Spouse: William Ernst Arksey - 1052
Birth Date: June 2, 1875
Birth Place: Ops Township, Ontario
Death Date: March 30, 1942
Occupation: Blacksmith
Spouse Father: Arksey - 1334
Spouse Notes:
By Shirley ( Arksey ) Burton
W.E. Arksey was born in Ops Township, Ontario, on June 2 1875, died March 30 1942. Hannah Jane Wells was born in Mariposa Township, Ontario on November 5 1875 and died marvh 18, 1959. Married William Arksey Dec 26, 1900.
They had four children. The family lived in Lindsay and Toronto before coming to Abernethy in 1919. Mother was a sister to John Wells who farmed a few miles from the village. A brother and a sister had visited Abernethy and perhaps influenced their decision to come.
The family all attended the Methodist and Presbyterian Church and later the United Church. Mother and Dad were both involved with the church. Dad was a member of the Masonc Lodge. They both curled and we all skated.
Our first home in Abernethy was south of the railway tracks.
Our next home was on the west side of main street next to Dad's blacksmith shop.
They left Abernethy and went to Edmonton
Alberta
Marriage Date: December 26, 1900
Marriage Place: Eden Church, Victoria
County
Children: Robert William - 1251
Laverne Oral - 1252
Shirley Bernice - 1254
Graydon Wells - 1253
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Dorothy Amelia Wells
Birth Date: January 6, 1878
Birth Place: Mariposa
Death Date: September 18, 1972
Death Place: Royal Victoria, Hospital, Barrie
Burial Place: Sunderland, Ontario
Notes:
Sunderland
Spouse: John J. Docherty - 1053
Birth Date: February 7, 1877
Death Date: June 19, 1952
Burial Place: Sunderland
Marriage Date: September 26, 1900
Marriage Place: Cambray, Victoria County,
Ont
Children: Mildred A - 1256
Ruby - 1257
Elaine - 8134
Paul - 8135
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Maria Wells*
Birth Date: March 1, 1883
Birth Place: Mariposa, Victoria County
Death Date: January 17, 1965
Death Place: Lindsay, Ont.
Burial Place: Eden Church Cemetery,
Mariposa Township, Victoria Cty
Spouse: George Kinghorn - 984
Birth Date: 1882
Death Date: February 7, 1921
Burial Place: Eden Church Cemetery, Mariposa Township, Victoria Cty
Spouse Father: Tom Kinghorn - 1698 (1853-1938)
Spouse Mother: Mary H - 1699 (-1901)
Marriage Date: September 30, 1903
Marriage Place: Eden Church, Victoria
County
Children: Chester - 1264
Alice - 1265
Edith Evelyn - 1266
Maurice - 1267
Charlie - 1268
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Maria Wells*
Spouse: Sam Lovett - 985
Birth Date: 1879
Death Date: 1963
Spouse Father: John Lovett - 1726 (1851-1896)
Spouse Mother: Lucy Gorill - 1727
Marriage Date: November 1, 1947
Marriage Place: Woodville, Ontario
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