A brief look at 2017

I have not posted much in 2017 for various reasons.

I am stepping down as Editor of The Ottawa Genealogist (Journal of the Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society) and as Treasurer of the Branch.

Elizabeth and I were co-treasurers for the 2017 Conference for the Ontario Genealogical Society which was held in Ottawa the second weekend in June.  That particular job occupied an enormous amount of our time in 2017.  The job did not end with Conference as there were bills to pay and the books to reconcile.  It was early November before we officially closed the books.

Hopefully I will now have more free time to work on my family lines.

We had been planning through the winter and spring for the Folkins Family Reunion in Sussex, New Brunswick.  Ed’s 2x great grandmother was Margaret Folkins and this family has had a continuous reunion for more than 70 years.  We attended back in 1993 and decided this would be the year to go once again. We took our time driving there stopping to see Grandby Zoo just south of Montreal the first day and then processing across Quebec into New Brunswick taking a couple of days and finally arriving at Sussex in time for the Reunion.  The first day was a bus tour of the area which included actually being on the Farm land where the Folkins family had come just after the Revolution in the United States.  They were United Empire Loyalists.  More than 200 people attended the Reunion and I enjoyed meeting many of my cousins.

I am on the left with my hand up.

Being in the Maritime Provinces we took the time to visit family on P.E.I.  Leaving Sussex we traveled to Parlee Beach.  Always an interesting adventure as I am also descended from the Parlee family (John Casey Parlee married Margaret Folkins).  We visited two of the lighthouses on Prince Edward Island, Point Prim and  Wood Islands, plus a tour of Fanningbank, home of the Lieutenant Governor, and All Souls’ Chapel. We have visited Prince Edward Island a number of times in the past so have seen a good deal of the Island already.

We headed home stopping at Riviere du Loup where we had a whale watching tour the next day.  The day was, unfortunately, cool and foggy but we did see some whales.  It was interesting just traveling up and down the St Lawrence River.  We had never done that before.  Home again and our trip had been for 12 days but we managed it very well.

A few weeks of rest and we were off again to southwestern Ontario this time to visit with my cousins in Woodstock and Brantford and to attend the annual Schultz-Kipp Reunion (Ed’s grandmother was Ida Wilhelmina (Schultz) Kipp whose parents Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz and Wilhemine Fredericka Johanna Niemann who had emigrated to Canada from Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Fredericka in 1850 and Wilhelm in 1866).  All of the people at the Reunion are double second cousins or greater because Ida married William Henry Kipp and her brother Charles married the daughter of a brother of William Henry Kipp (Alfred).  This Reunion dates back 49 years although we have only attended the last nine years.  A bench was installed in the park at Princeton to commemorate the reunion. Plaque: Donated by Schultz-Kipp Reunion 49 Years 2017.

In 2018 we will have a week in Florida going to Disney World.  In the summer there is a reunion of the Rathbun family on Block Island (off the coast of Rhode Island).  Once again we will try to attend. Ed’s great grandmother was Mercy Ann (Rathbun) Link.  His 4x great grandfather William Rathbun, by family lore, was said to have an itchy foot which took him to southwestern Ontario in the 1830s.  It must have stopped itching though as he stayed on in the Oxford/Brant area for the rest of his life!

Happy New Year to all of my followers and family.

Where does Chauncey Kipp fit into the Canadian Kipp Families?

Where does Chauncey Kipp fit into the Canadian Kipp Families?

In my years of research on the Kipp families in Ontario, I came to realize there were at least two Kipp families in Southern Ontario.

One of these was my family, the descendants of Isaac Kipp and Hannah Meed (Mead), who generally lived in the area of Blenheim, Blandford, East Oxford and Burford Townships.

The other family, descendants of John (James) Kipp and Lydia McPherson, I call the Tillsonburg Kipp Family.  In general they lived in the southern part of Oxford County in the Dereham Township area and in areas further west such as Middlesex and Elgin Counties.

After doing some DNA testing, we determined that the two families are related.  The problem is the furthest back ancestor we can identify in each family comes to a dead end in the paper trail in New York State.  Both families are related to the Kip/Kipp family of New Amsterdam (New York) (determined through DNA testing).

The Tillsonburg Kipp family can be traced back to John (James) Kipp (cir 1770-cir 1828) and Lydia McPherson (cir 1774-?).  Of their children, there are two of interest.

Henry Kipp (cir 1800 - ?), married Rachel Ann Wintermute (1794-?), on June 23, 1827 at Queenston, Upper Canada.  One of their children was Chauncey Kipp (1828-1876) (1861 & 1871 Census of Canada), who married Lucinda Thompson (1837-1912) cir. 1855.  Resided in Middlesex County, Ontario.

William Kipp (1790-1856), married Rachel Mann (1794-1857) cir 1818, probably in Upper Canada.  They had a son named Chauncey Kipp (1834-1918) (1851 Census of Canada), who married Sara Jane Laur (1840-1918) on Dec. 10, 1859.

Family of Isaac Kipp and Hannah Meed

They had a son named Jonathan Kipp (cir. 1792-1831), who married Roda or Rhoda Chausey (cir. 1795-?), cir. 1818.  I have only found one child for them named Sylvanus Kipp (1819-1889), who married Lorena Bush (1820-?) on May 13, 1842 at Woodstock, Canada West.  They do not seem to have had a son named Chauncey.

Please contact me if you have additional information.

William Abbs (1793-Pos. 1881) - a 3 x great Grandfather

William Abbs (b May 22, 1793), oa 3 x great grandfathers was born May 22, 1793, at Runton, Erpingham, Norfolk, England. Died possibly Dec. 10, 1881, Ontario, Canada.

He married Martha Chapman, November 21, 1816 at Aylmerton, Norfolk, England.

1. Edward Kipp
2. Phyllis Margaret Link (b November 19, 1906) - Carievale, Saskatchewan
3. Horace Lorenzo Link (b June 26, 1877) - Woodbury, Burford Twp., Brant County, Ontario Canada
4. William Henry Link (b July 19, 1850) - Newmarket, York Co., Canada West
5. Mary Ann Abbs (b Sept. 29, 1819) - Aylmerton, Norfolk, England
6. William Abbs (b May 22, 1793) - Runton, Erpingham, Norfolk, England
7. Francis Abbs (b 1764) - Runton, Erpingham, Norfolk, England
8. John Abbs (b Aug. 17, 1743) - Runton, Erpingham, Norfolk, England
9. Richard Abbs (b Nov. 6, 1708) - Aylmerton, Norfolk, England
10. William Abbs (b Bef 1680) - Norfolk, England

Sources:
Mary Ann Abbs (m John Link)
Norfolk, England. Aylmerton Baptisms. 1813-1903. Year 1819. P. 9.

Christian Church Cemetery, Falkland, Ontario:  N 43.17889  W -80.44018.

Buried in the Christian Church Cemetery Falkland, Ontario (no stone).


William Abbs (m Martha Chapman)
Emigrated to Canada about 1838 settling in East Gwillimbury, York County, Upper Canada.
Death possibly: Dec. 10, 1881.

Parish Register 1793 Runton, Norfolk, England (LDS) FHL 1526137 IT 13-21.

NORFOLK-L Archives: Aylmerton, Norfolk, England
William ABBS of this parish, single man & Martha CHAPMAN of this parish, single woman married by banns and with consent of parents Nov 21, 1816. William signed. Martha X. Wit: Thomas ABBS, Sarah COOPER.

Parish Register 1816 Aylmerton, Norfolk, England (LDS)

Martha Abbs on p. 80 of census died of dropsey age 65. William widowed. The death must have occurred shortly after the census enumerator had been to see them.

Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. County Marriage Registers, 1858-June 1869. MS 248_18. Haldimand Co. Register 131. P. 267/8. William and Eliza July 19, 1860. Marriage Ceremony conducted by Rev. Thomas Hanna, Wesleyan Methodist, Holland Landing Circuit, North York. Witnessed by James Abbs and Peter Mills both of Queensville

Census of Canada 1851, 1861, 1871. York County, East Gwillimbury.

Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. County Marriage Registers, 1858-June 1869. MS 248_18. FHL microfilm 1030055-1030068. Jane Nov. 30, 1863.

East Anglian Ancestors.  http://www.eastanglianancestors.co.uk/fam4842.html
Contact Details: Jacqui Beard, Cheltenham 2012. Email: jacqui@beard333.fslife.co.uk


Francis Abbs (m Susannah Pegg)
Parish Register - 1764 Runton, Norfolk, England (LDS) Baptism July 8, 1764. FHL 1526137.

Parish Register - 1786 Banns, Sheringham, Norfolk, England (LDS). Banns were read 3 times between Francis Abbs of Runton and Susanna Pegg of Sheringham.

Parish Register - 1786 Sheringham, Norfolk England (LDS) Marriage (witness Henry Pegg)

Parish Register - 1839 Runton, Norfolk, England (LDS) Burial

http://www.norfolksources.norfolk.gov.uk/DserveNS/dserve.exe
Will of Francis Abbs. Dated November 26, 1830. Runton, Norfolk, England. Probate/GS#0166974/39171. Proved at Norwich, July 3,1841. No. 157. P. 337/8.


John Abbs (m Mary Pank)
Parish Register - 1743 Runton, Norfolk, England (LDS) Baptism. FHL 1526137.

Parish Register - 1773 Runton, Norfolk, England (LDS) Marriage By Licence. Sam'l Johnson Curate.
FHL mf C16306-1 (FHL 1526137)

Will of John Abbs. Dated August 1823. Proved August 1824. Transcript summary.


Richard Abbs (m Mary)
Norwich Consistory. Wills, 1703-1857.  Will Richard Abbs March 2, 1784; proven at Cromer, Norfolk on July 11, 1791; No. 142; P. 265.


William Abbs (m Susannah Feazer)
Need sources for this!

Irene Niles & William Rathbun - my 4th Great-Grandparents

38.  Irene Niles (Nathan ⁶, Nathan ⁵, John ⁴, John ³, John ², John ¹) was born on Nov 11, 1780

       in Hebron, Tolland, CT and died on Jun 10, 1873 in Norwich, Oxford Co., ON, Can.  

Notes: Syrena.  Marriage: 1799, Tioga, Pennsylvania

Sources:

Canadian National Census 1861: Burford Twp., Brant Co., Canada West, Dist. 3, p. 86, C-1008/1009. 

Irene married William Rathbun, son of Deacon Daniel Rathbun and Sarah Higby, in 1799 in Union Twp., Tioga Co., PA, USA. William was born on Mar 7, 1776 in Richmond, Berkshire, MA and died on Jul 11, 1857 in Norwich, Oxford Co., Canada West.

Notes: As a young man he moved to Union, Pennsylvania and purchased his claim of Jesse Losey.  He built a home before 1812.  He married there in 1799. About 1811, he sold his home to Ambrose Millard who was the husband of his niece, Mary Gordon. He was a farmer.  He returned to Saratoga County, New York.  About 1814, he moved to Canada.  He spent the last 20 years of his life in bed due to a stroke.

Sources:

Biography #  2: 1883, History of Tioga, Pennsylvania 1804-1883

Biography # 1: January1984, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family

Historian Vol. 4 # 1 Page 11

US Federal Census 1810: Tioga County, Pennylvania 

1851 Canadian Census; Canada West, Brant County, Burford Twp.

Dist. No. 2, Sub-dist. 7, p. 85. C-11713.

Wm Rathbun    76  US  Nothing

Irena                  73  US 

Children from this marriage were:

  +      47   F         i.    Harriet Rathbun was born on Mar 16, 1800 in Union, Tioga Co.,
                                   PA, USA and died on Jul 27, 1879 in Little Valley, NY, USA.  

          48   F        ii.    Lydia Rathbun was born on May 1, 1801 in Union, Tioga Co., PA, USA

                                   and died on May 14, 1883 in Randolph, NY, USA. 

            General Notes: Marriage: April 26, 1818, New York

            US Federal Census 1880: Conewango, Cattaraugus, New York

Lydia married Horace Hall, son of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on Apr 26, 1818 in NY, USA. Horace was born on Jan 20, 1798 in Guilford, New Haven, CT, USA and died on Jun 8, 1878 in Randolph, NY, USA. 

  +      49   M      iii.    William Rathbun was born on Dec 31, 1802 in Union, Tioga Co.,
                                    PA, USA and died on Nov 30, 1888 in East Garafraxa, ON, Can.  

  +      50   M     iv.    Nelson Niles Rathbun 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.

                                  See my blog of August 16, 2012 for information on my 3rd
                                  Great-Grandparents Nelson Niles Rathbun and Mercy Ryder.

  americancanadianancestors.blogspot.ca/2012/08/mercy-ryder-nelson-niles-rathbun-my-3rd.html 

          51   F        v.    Emaline Rathbun was born on Sep 21, 1807 in Union, Tioga Co.,
                                  PA, USA. 

           Notes: Marriage: September 10, 1828, Napoli, New York

   Emaline married Erastus Hall, son of ________ _________
   and ________ ________, on Sep 10, 1828 in Napoli, NY, USA.
   Erastus was born on May 24, 1809 in Bloomfield, NY, USA. 

           Notes: He was a natural mechanic being a millwright.

           Biography # 1: Historical Gazetteer and Biographical Memorial of
           Cattaraugus County, New York  (1893) Chapter 44 Page 1055-6 

          52   F       vi.    Irene Rathbun was born on Jan 11, 1810 in Union, Tioga Co., PA,
                                   USA and died in 1847.  

    Irene married Ira Worden, son of _________ _________ and
    ____________ ____________.  

  +      53   M    vii.    Daniel Rathbun was born on Jul 24, 1813 in Milton, Saratoga Co., NY,
                                  USA and died on Mar 5, 1898 in Keeler, Van Buren Co., MI, USA.  

  +      54   M   viii.    Charles Rathbun was born on Feb 19, 1815 in Saratoga Co., NY,

                                  USA and died on Jun 30, 1896 in Blenheim Twp, Oxford Co., ON, Can.  

  +      55   M     ix.    Horace Rathbun was born in 1816 in USA and died in Oct 1874 in
                                  Tyce, Huron Co., MI, USA.  

          56   F        x.    Sarah Jane Rathbun was born on Jun 17, 1818 in Burford, Brant Co.,
                                  ON, Can and died in 1899. 

           Notes: Marriage: October 1845, North Norwich, Ontario, Canada 

   Sarah married Henry Harvey Haight, son of ________ ________
   and ____________ ____________, in Oct 1845 in North Norwich,
   Oxford Co., ON, Can. Henry was born on Oct 30, 1822 in North Norwich,
   Oxford Co., ON, Can and died on Dec 7, 1914 in New Durham, ON, Can. 

           Notes: Genealogy: May 03, 2000, Descendants of James Haight, Sr. 
           by Cheryle Donnelly 

          57   F       xi.    Mary Jane Rathbun was born on Oct 26, 1820 in Burford, Brant Co.,
                                  ON, Can and died on Feb 5, 1891 in Wentworth Co., ON, Can. 

           Notes: Burial: White Church Cemetery, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada

   Mary married George Ferguson Smith, son of ________ _______
   and ____________ ____________. George was born on Feb 11, 1820
   in Glanford, Wentworth Co., ON, Can and died on Mar 3, 1901 in
   Mount Hope, Glanford, Wentworth Co., ON, Can. 

           Notes: Burial: White Church Cemetery, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada

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.