Mercy Ann Rathbun & William Henry Link - my Great Grandparents

142.  Mercy Ann Rathbun (Horace Rathbun ⁸, Mercy Ryder ⁷, Gideon ⁶, Jonathan ⁵, William ⁴, William ³, Samuel ², Samuel ¹) was born on Jul 13, 1856 in Brant Co., Canada West, died on Apr 26, 1930 in Woodbury, Burford Twp, Brant Co., ON, Can, and was buried in Congregational Cem., Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can.

 

Notes: Marriage: September 23, 1874, Brant, Ontario, Canada.

After Henry died she moved to Woodstock for a while.

Burial: Congregational Cemetery, Burford, Ontario, Canada 

Sources:

Marriage: Woodstock Weekly Review, Oct. 2, 1874, p. 8, col. 1. Woodstock, Ontario 

1901 Canadian Census: Ontario, Oxford (South), Dist. 102, Burford, Subdist. A-1, p. 2, LAC mf T-6489.

Mercy Link  W  43  Jul 13 1857

Horace         S   23  Jun 26 1877   

Earnesr        S   22  Jul 24 1878

Arthur          S  19   May 6 1881

Arretha        D  13   Mar 6 1887

Gertie           D  11   Dec 26 1890

Pearl             D   8   Dec 15 1892

Letta             D   7   Jan 2 1894

Stella            D   4   Mar 19 1896 

1911 Canadian Census: Ontario, Brant (56), Burford (12), p. 3. LAC mf T-203??.

Mercy A Link         54    ON    Jul 1857  Methodist  Farmer lot 12 con 4

Pearl                       18    ON    Sep 1893

Letie                        16    ON    Jan 1895

Estella                     14    ON    Mar 1897

Eliza Rathburne       80    ON    Feb 1830 

Daily Sentinel Review, May 1, 1930, p. 17, col. 5. Woodstock, Ontario

Brantford Expositor, Apr. 30, 1930, p. 20, col. 5. (Brantford, Ontario) 

Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths - 1869-1932. MS935. Brant Co., 1930.  Registration No. 009362. 

Burford Congregational Cemetery, Burford, Ontario.  Tombstone N 43.10169 W-80.42735 

Mercy married William Henry Link, son of John Link and Mary Ann Abbs, on Sep 23, 1874 in Brant Co., ON, Can. William was born on Jul 19, 1850 in Newmarket, York Co., Canada West, died on Feb 26, 1899 in Woodbury, Burford Twp, Brant Co., ON, Can, and was buried in Congregational Cem., Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can. 

Notes: They were married by Rev. H. Locke. In 1877 he was a butcher in Princeton, Ontario. They lived on and farmed on lots 12 and 18 concession 4 of Burford Twp. near Woodbury, Ontario. In 1891 he was on concession 5 lot 12 of Burford Twp. near Cathcart, Ontario. E. Methodist. He died at Woodbury, Ontario of pneumonia contracted while butchering. Buried Congregational Cemetery, Burford, Ontario. 

Sources:

1851 Canadian Census; Canada West, York County, East Gwillimbury Twp.

Dist. No. 42, Sub-dist. 406, p. 81. LAC mf C-11761. 

Henry 2. 

1861 Canadian Census; Canada West, York County, East Gwillimbury Twp.; District No. 3,  p. 7. Henry 11.  LAC mf C-1087. 

1871 Canadian Census; not located. 

1881 Canadian Census; Ontario, Brant South, Burford Twp. District No. 159,

Div. 6, p. 35.  NAC mf C-13263.

Link, Henry       31   Ont   E. Meth   English

Link, Mercy A   25   Ont   E. Meth

Link, Eliza V       5   Ont   E. Meth

Link, Horace L    3   Ont   E. Meth

Link, William E   1   Ont   E. Meth

1891 Canadian Census: Ontario, Oxford Co., Burford Twp., Dist. No. 105, Div. No. 3, p. 11, LAC mf T-6360.

                                 Born       FB        MB

Henry Link    40       Ont       Ont.       Eng   Meth   Butcher

Ann                34                    Ont       Ont.

Elisa               15                    Ont       Ont.

Horace L        13       Ont       Ont.

William          11       Ont       Ont.

Henry               9        Ont      Ont.

Mary                4        Ont      Ont.

Gertrude          1        Ont      Ont.

Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1932. MS935. Brant County. 1899. Reg. # 004931. Pneumonia. Burford Congregational Cemetery, Burford, Ontario.  Tombstone N 43.10169 W-80.42735 

Children from this marriage were:

  +    174   F         i.      Eliza Viola Link was born on Jun 11, 1875 in Woodbury, Burford Twp, Brant Co., ON, Can and died on Apr 17, 1952.  

  +    175   M       ii.      Horace Lorenzo Link was born on Jun 26, 1877 in Woodbury, Burford Twp, Brant Co., ON, Can, died on Aug 17, 1966 in Brantford, Brant Co., ON, Can, and was buried in Congregational Cem., Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can.  

  +    176   M      iii.     William Ernest Link was born on Jul 24, 1879 in Woodbury, Burford Twp, Brant Co., ON, Can, died on Sep 26, 1934, and was buried in Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can.  

  +    177   M     iv.       Henry Arthur Link was born on May 6, 1881 in Woodbury, Burford Twp, Brant Co., ON, Can and died on Jul 26, 1936.  

  +    178   F        v.      Mary Aretta Link was born on Mar 2, 1887 in Woodbury, Burford Twp, Brant Co., ON, Can, died on Sep 28, 1942, and was buried in Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can.  

  +    179   F       vi.      Alberta Gertrude Link was born on Dec 26, 1889 in Woodbury, Burford Twp, Brant Co., ON, Can, died on Apr 24, 1955, and was buried in Richwood, Blenheim Twp, ON, Can.  

  +    180   F      vii.      Annie Pearl Link was born on Sep 16, 1892 in Woodbury, Burford Twp, Brant Co., ON, Can and died on Jun 17, 1985.  

  +    181   F     viii.      Maria Leata Link was born on Jan 2, 1895 in Woodbury, Burford Twp, Brant Co., ON, Can and died on Nov 27, 1940.  

  +    182   F       ix.      Mary Estella Link was born on Mar 19, 1897 in Woodbury, Burford Twp, Brant Co., ON, Can, died on Jul 1, 1953 in Paris, ON, Can, and was buried on Jul 3, 1953 in Pioneer Cemetery, Burford, ON, Can.

Horace Rathbun & Eliza Jane Hotrun - my 2nd Great-Grandparents

106.  Horace Rathbun (Mercy Ryder ⁷, Gideon ⁶, Jonathan ⁵, William ⁴, William ³, Samuel ², Samuel ¹) was born on Apr 15, 1834 in Burford, Brant Co., Upper Canada, died on Oct 12, 1909 in Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can, and was buried in Congregational Cem., Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can.  

Notes: Married by William Cope, Minister of the Methodist E. Church. They were living on lot 12 concession 5 of Burford Twp. in 1891.

 

Sources:

Family Bible: In possession of Edward Kipp, Ottawa, Ontario 

1851 Canadian Census; Canada West, Brant County, Burford Twp. Dist. No. 2, Sub-dist. 7, p. 89. C-11713.

Horace age 18. 

1861 Canadian Census; Canada West, Brant County, Burford Twp., Dist. 3, p. 17, C-1008.

H. Rathbun   27      UC   Farmer

E. J.              30  F  UC

M A                5  F  UC

G                  25  F   UC 

1871 Canadian Census; Ontario Branct Co., (South), Burford Twp., Division No. 1, p. 21,  LAC mf C-9914.

Horace Rathbarn   37  Can  Meth. E  Farmer

Eliza                       40

Mercy                    14

Mary                        6 

1881 Canadian Census: Burford, Brant South, Ontario; District No. 159, Div. 6, p. 35.  NAC mf C-13263.

Horace Rathburn   47   Ont   E. Meth   English

Eliza                       50

Mary L.                  16 

1891Canadian Census: Ontario, Oxford Co., Burford Twp., Dist. No. 105, Div. No. 3, p. 11, LAC mf T-6360.

                                Born        FB            MB

Horace Rathburn    Ont          US             US

Eliza JaneOnt.        Ger          US 

1901Canadian Census: Ontario, Oxford (South), Dist. 102, Burford, Subdist. A-2, P. 2, LAC mf T-6489.

Horace Rathbun   66  Apr 15 1834

Eliza Jane             71  Feb 22 1830

 

House on the townline between the 5th and 6th: N 43.11070  W -80.50050 

Obituary: October 21, 1909, Brantford (Ontario) Weekly Expositor, Page 4 Col. 2 

Burford Congregational Cemetery, Burford, Ontario.  Tombstone N 43.10170 W-80.42735 

Horace married Eliza Jane Hotrum, daughter of David Hotrum and Mary Smith, on Jun 13, 1855 in Burford, Brant Co., Canada West. Eliza was born on Feb 22, 1831 in Upper Canada, died on Nov 29, 1918 in Brant Co., ON, Can, and was buried in Congregational Cem., Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can.

Marriage: June 13, 1855, Oxford, Ontario, Canada

 

Sources:

Rathbun Family Bible (EK)

Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1932. MS935. Brant County, 1918, Reg. # 010602. Natural decline. Parents listed as David Hautram and Mary Baker.

Death Certificate: Ontario Archives #241-10602-18 

Rootsweb WorldConnect Project: Craig Rice    craig.rice@comcast.net 

1851 Canadian National Census: Canada West, Wentworth Co., Barton Twp., Dist. No. 41,  Sub-dist. 391, p. 21.   LAC mf C-11758.

Eliza J Hotrum    22   CW   A Prebyterian

In household of Elijah Misener. 

Burford Congregational Cemetery, Burford, Ontario.  Tombstone N 43.10170 W-80.42735  

Children from this marriage were:

  +    142   F         i.         Mercy Ann Rathbun was born on Jul 13, 1856 in Brant Co., Canada West, died on

                                        Apr 26, 1930 in Woodbury, Burford Twp, Brant Co., ON, Can, and was buried in

                                        Congregational Cem., Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can. 

        143   F        ii.         Mary Lucinda Rathbun was born on Oct 5, 1864 in Brant Co., ON, Can. 

        144   F       iii.         Harriett Emily Rathbun was born on Aug 30, 1869 in Brant Co., ON, Can.

 

Mercy Ryder & Nelson Niles Rathbun - my 3rd Great-Grandparents

90.  Mercy Ryder (Gideon ⁶, Jonathan ⁵, William ⁴, William ³, Samuel ², Samuel ¹) was born on Mar 15, 1807 in Dutchess Co., NY, USA, died on Jan 10, 1898 in Harley, Brant Co., ON, Can, and was buried in Harley Cemetery, Brant Co., ON, Can. 

Notes: Marcy. Lot 11 con. 7. Methodist.

Sources:

Marriage: November 14, 1831, Buford, Oxford, Ontario, Canada

Burial: Harley Cemetery, Brant County, Ontario  9-11

Obit: January 13, 1898, Brantford Weekly Expositor Page 4 Col. 6

Probate: February 1898, Ontario Surragate Court, Ontario

Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1932. MS935. Brant Co., 1898, Reg. # 001540.  General decline.

1881 Canadian Census; Ontario, Brant Co., (South), Burford Twp., Dist. 159, Div. No. 4, p. 25/6, LAC mf C-13,263.

Niles Rathbun     42   Ont   E. Meth.  English  Farmer

Maria                  32

Mery                   13

Charles               10

Haris                    7

Mercy Rathbun  74   US 

Surrogate Court Index of Ontario, Canada 1859-1900. Vol. 20. Brant County. Compiled by June Gibson. Indexed by Elizabeth Hancocks & Shannon Hancocks. 1990.  Mercy Rathbun, Burford, #2105, 1898. 

           Buried: Harley Cemetery, Harley, Ontario.  Tombstone N 43.06901 W-80.47526 

Mercy married Nelson Niles Rathbun, son of William Rathbun and Irene Niles, on Nov 14, 1831 in Burford, Brant Co., Upper Canada. Nelson was born on Jun 19, 1805 in Tioga Co., PA, USA, died on Jul 7, 1880 in Harley, Brant Co., ON, Can, and was buried in Harley Cemetery, Brant Co., ON, Can.

General Notes: In 1814 he moved to Ontario with his parents. In 1831 they moved to Burford Twp. Upper Canada and bought 100A of lot 11 concession 7 near Harley, Ontario. On the 1871 Census of Burford Twp. he is listed as Independent Methodist Episcopal.

He was a farmer buying a farm from the Canadian government in 1831. 

Sources:

Biography # 1: October 1988, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian

Vol. 8 # 4 Page 60

Burial: Harley Cemetery, Brant County, Ontario  9-12

Probate: 1881, Ontario Surragate Court, Ontario Probate in Brant # 1390 

Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1932. MS935. Brant Co., 1880, Reg. # 001308. Dropsey.

1851 Canadian Census; Canada West. Brant County. Burford Twp. Dist. No. 2, Sub-dist. 7, p. 89. C-11713.

Nelson Rathburn   47  US  E.M Farmer

Mercy                    45  US

Horace                    18  CW        Laborer

Miles                      13  CW

Emily                      20  CW

Sarah J                    16  CW 

1861 Canadian Census; Canada West. Brant County. Burford Twp. Dist. 3. p. 85. C-1009.

Nelson Rathbone    55  US  EM   Farmer

Mercy                     53  US

Emily                       29  Can

Sarah Jane               23  Can

Niles                       22  Can        Laborer

frame 1s

C-1009 1861 Agricultural Census con 7 lot 11 

1871 Canadian Census; Ontario, Brant Co. (South), Burford Twp., Div. No. 2,  p. 18, LAC mf C-9914.

Nelson Rathburn   65   US    I. Meth.   E. English  Farmer

Mary                     63   US 

Surrogate Court Index of Ontario, Canada 1859-1900. Vol. 20. Brant County. Compiled by June Gibson. Indexed by Elizabeth Hancocks & Shannon Hancocks. 1990.  Nelson Niles Rathbun, Burford, #719, 1880. 

Buried: Harley Cemetery, Harley, Ontario.  Tombstone N 43.06899 W-80.47526 

Children from this marriage were:

        105   F         i.       Emily Rathbun was born on Jun 6, 1832, died on Apr 18, 1869 in Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can, and was buried in Harley Cemetery, Brant Co., ON, Can. 

                                    Unmarried.

         Buried: Harley Cemetery, Harley, Ontario.  Tombstone N 43.06894 W-80.47526

  +    106   M       ii.      Horace Rathbun was born on Apr 15, 1834 in Burford, Brant Co., Upper Canada, died on Oct 12, 1909 in Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can, and was buried in Congregational Cem., Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can. 

  +    107   F       iii.      Sarah Jane Rathbun was born on Sep 8, 1836 in Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can, died on Jul 31, 1870 in Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can, and was buried in Harley Cemetery, Brant Co., ON, Can. 

  +    108   M     iv.       Niles Nelson Rathbun was born on Feb 18, 1837 in Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can, died on Jun 11, 1911 in Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can, and was buried in Harley Cemetery, Brant Co., ON, Can. 

        109   M      v.       Elijah Rathbun was born on Apr 13, 1840 in Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can and died on Oct 8, 1842 in Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can. 

          Scalded in infancy.

                               Buried: Harley Cemetery, Harley, Ontario.  Tombstone N 43.06894 W-80.47524

Gideon Ryder & Ruth Conger - my 4th Great-Grandparents

84.  Gideon Ryder (Jonathan ⁵, William ⁴, William ³, Samuel ², Samuel ¹) was born about 1770 in Dutchess Co., NY and died about 1851 in Brant Co., Canada West. 

There is a Gideon Rider on the 1820 US Census of New York, Dutchess, Beekman.

A Gideon Ryder took the Oath of Allegiance to the Crown on November 16, 1830, Burford, Oxford, Upper Canada.  This means he had been in the Province at least seven years. 

Sources:

Rathbone Genealogy, by Cooley, John C., Syracuse, N.Y., 1898.

1820 US Census of New York, Dutchess, Beekman

Naturalization Returns 1828-1850, RG5; Library and Archives Canada, mf C-15692 and C-15693.

Rootsweb WorldConnect: Ginny Meachum Ginny39FL@aol.com

Ancestry.com Family tree of Laurie Smit. 

Gideon married Ruth Conger, daughter of Benjamin Conger and Millie [Conger], about 1795. Ruth was born about 1781 in Dutchess Co., NY and died in Apr 1837 in Brant Co., Upper Canada.

Sources:

Rathbone Genealogy, by Cooley, John C., Syracuse, N.Y., 1898. 

Children from this marriage were:

          85   M        i.       Rowland Ryder was born on Jul 26, 1796 in New York, USA and died on Nov 29, 1877 in Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can. 

         Sources:

         Ontario Deaths. Burford, Brant. Ref # 021212.

         1851 Census of Canada.

  +      86   M       ii.       Benjamin Ryder was born on Jun 18, 1798 in Beekman, Delaware, NY, USA, died on Oct 18, 1885 in Vergennes, Kent, MI, USA, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Lowell, Kent, MI, USA. 

          87   M      iii.       Jonathan Ryder was born in Apr 1799 and died on Jan 23, 1890. 

  +      88   M     iv.       Enoch Ryder was born on Sep 2, 1801 in New York, died on May 14, 1881 in Van Buren, MI, USA, and was buried in Keeler, Van Buren Co., MI, USA. 

          89   M      v.       Charles Ryder was born in 1805 and died in 1898. 

  +      90   F       vi.       Mercy Ryder was born on Mar 15, 1807 in Dutchess Co., NY, USA, died on Jan 10, 1898 in Harley, Brant Co., ON, Can, and was buried in Harley Cemetery, Brant Co., ON, Can. 

  +      91   M    vii.       William Ryder was born on Apr 1, 1810 in New York, died on Dec 23, 1884 in Van Buren, MI, USA, and was buried in Keeler, Van Buren Co., MI, USA. 

  +      92   M   viii.       Samuel Ryder was born in 1815 in New York and died in 1900.