Taylor Family Bible

The Taylor Family Bible is up for sale on Ebay Item number: 300349667485

Family Record:

David Taylor born in Paris Ontario, Canada on 1/3/1863 married 11/4/1891, died 8/21/1915 in Edmonton Alberta, Canada; Mary H. Taylor born in Covington, Kentucky on 1/3/1873 married 11/4/1891 died 2/10/1966; David Albert Taylor born in Kansas City, Missouri on 8/21/1892 died 6/28/1894; little daughter born in Kansas City, Missouri on 4/26/1895 died 4/28/1895; Donald Gresham Taylor born in Kansas City, Missouri on 12/6/1896, married 5/16/1931, died 2/25/1969; Mildred May Taylor born in Kansas City, Missouri on 8/31/1899, married 6/6/1928, died 3/17/1997.

Memorandum:

Mary H. Taylor married March 30, 1939 Elmer Curtis Graham who passed away August 30, 1951.

Porter Family Bible

The Improved Domestic Bible. Belonging to one family, The Porters,William Porter,Mary Jane Steer Married in Toronto March 9, 1869, Births; William Richard Porter,Lindsay Victoria Co. Onterio April 10 AD 1871

Charles Porter, Plymouth England, Sept 3 AD 1873

Fredarick Alfred Porter, Lindsay Victoria County Ontario, April 12 AD 1876

Hetta Rosaline Porter, Toronto Canada, Jan. 1 AD 1879

Deaths; Hard to read? Wm R. d Porter Chicago Ill. July 11, 1881 Aged 10 years 3 mo. Birth not listed but does say Beloved Son. Complete with old family Photos, Negatives, Hand made Embroidered Book Marks. Registers are filled in at the beginning with complete Marriage Liscense in full color.

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LEE, WILLSON, BADENOCH Family Photo Album, Ontario

LEE, WILLSON, BADENOCH Family Photo Album of Brant County, Ontario

Surnames include Lee, Willson, Badenoch, Pepper, Shaver, Muma, Edwards, Blundy, Weaver, Clark, Lever, Green, Drake, Mannen, Bell, Jacobs, heron, Kitchen

Locations include Brantford, London, Ingersoll (all in Ontario Canada) and Little Falls New York

Photo Album Spencer and Kilman Families of Ontario Canada

Civil War Era Photo Album Spencer and Kilman Families of Niagara area Ontario Canada CDVs & tintypes

Surnames include Spencer, Carrow, Kilman, Killman, Watts, Andrews, Bullock, Smith, Garner, Sternburgh, Daniels, McCall, Storey, Olds, Ward, Davis, Hutt, Monroe, Miller, Stewart, Palmerton, Glover

Locations include Toronto, Pelham, Simcoe, St Catharines, Brantford, Canada West, Dunnville, Otterville, Niagara Falls, Drummondville, Hamilton, Thorold

Moser, Ziler, Siler, Dietrich Photo Album of Ontario

Moser, Ziler, Siler, Dietrich Photo Album of Ontario

Surnames include Moser, Ziler, Dietrich, Desjardine, Mahoney

Locations include Dashwood, Exeter, Berlin, Walkerton. The families appear to have lived in Waterloo and Middlesex Counties Ontario.

Civil War Els Family Photo Album

Civil War Era Els Family Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites) &tintypes, circa 1860 & 1870s.

Surnames: Ells, Smith, Turner, Harley, Stanley, Ennis, Knowlton, Phelps, Comstock, Gaylord, Watrus, Rush, Rust, Rogers, Heath, Andress, davis, Boughton, Palmer, Spratt, Morse

Locations: Ohio, New York, Michigan, Ontario, Indiana

Update! Fleming Hardy Bible of Peel County Ontario

Found! New info on the Fleming-Hardy Bible posted on FamilyBiblesblogspot.com in 2005

With Ancestry.com's new Ontario Vital Statistics online I was able to find the deaths of John Fleming and Maria (Hardy) Fleming. Maria died in Brampton, Peel County Ontario. Maria was born in Meadowvale to Lancelot Hardy and Ann Wood. The informant was Robert Fleming.

John Fleming's death is also recorded in the Ontario Vital Statistics online. He was born in Scotland to Peter Fleming and Catherine Sinclair, both born Scotland. John died in Huttonville, Peel County Ontario

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Robert S. Pearson Family Bible 1881

I found this Bible in an Antique shop near Barrie Ontario. The inscription reads "Presented to my wife Jessie Pearson by her loving husband Robert S. Pearson, Xmas 1881"

MARRIAGES:
Robert S. Pearson to Jessie Barber, 4th daughter of John & Mary Barber. April 28, 1881

Robert S. Pearson to Hannah J? Watson, October 7, 1891

BIRTHS:
Walter George Pearson July 6, 1882
Robert John Pearson Sept 2, 1883
Nellie Barber Pearson April 30, 1885
Frank Barber Pearson March 8, 1888

Children of Robert & Jessie Barber Pearson

Arthur Stephen Nov. 11, 1892 son of Robert S & Hannah Pearson
Charles Watson Oct 7, 1896 son of Robert S & Hannah Pearson

I found Robert, Hannah and their sons Arthur and Charles in the 1911 Census Robert was born Jan. 1856 England. Hannah was age 50, born Ireland. Robert immigrated the year he was born, 1856. For more census records see All Census Records

DEATHS:

Walter George Pearsonson of Robert S Pearson and Jessie, died July 31, 1883 age 1 year 25 days
Jessie Barber Pearson wife of Robert S. died March 27, 1888 age 31 years, 4 months, 19 days
Frank Booker Pearson, 3rd son of Robert S Pearson and Jessie, died 15 July 1888 age 4 months 7 days
Robert John Pearson 2nd son of Robert S Pearson and Jessie die Oct. 25, 1904, age 21 years 1 month 23 days

MEMORIAM:
Toronto:
Nellie Barber Pearson born 20 April 1885
William Percy Bacon born June 7 1884 Aurora Ontario

Nellie Barber Pearson md William Percy Bacon Jan. 23, 1908 St Margarets Anglican Church, Toronto

William Eric Bacon b 8 April 1909 60 Galt Ave Toronto
Shirley Eleanor Bacon born Nov 6, 1911
Bette Jessie Lila Bacon born Nov 6, 1915, Homewood? Ave, Orillia

Then follows 4 marriages for BACON family, the children and grandchildren of William Percy Bacon and Nellie Barber Pearson. (1938, 1939, 1943 and 1970)

I found Robert S. Pearson's death on Ancestry.com under Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1932 > York > 1931. His middle name was STephen and his parents were Thomas Pearson and Sarah Pascoe. More info is available from the Ancestry records - plus his first wife's death, his children's births, etc.

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Family Bible: Andrews

An antique family bible titled the oxford text american edition, There is writing in the very last page where it is dated 1891 to Mr Oliver C, Andrews with a list of different first names of the Andrews Family.

The writing reads as follows

Mr Oliver C Andrews Sept 9 1891
Mary N Andrews From Mar 12 1899
Lourse T Andrews Aug 29 1918
Harry O Andrews from May 12 1920
Robert G Andrews From Aug 24 1920
Charlotte S Andrews From feb 19 1925 Died April 2 1925
Lourse T Andrews died dec 1 1930
Oliver C Andrews Died Sept 2 1954

no picture available but I found Oliver in the 1900 Census United States

Name: Oliver C Andrews
Home in 1900: Hyde Park, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Age: 9
Estimated birth year: abt 1891
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Relationship to head-of-house: Son
Father's name: Henry age 49 born about 1851 in Canada (Ontario)
Mother's name: Jane age 53 born about 1849 in Canada (Ontario)

Bible: Fleming - Hardy Genealogy

I found this Family Bible at an Antique Store in Fowler's Corners, Ontario. There was no location given in the Family Record sections of Births, Marriages or Deaths. It was in fantastic shape, I didn't buy it but a descendant might want it.

There was no inscription, but the Bible was published in Toronto Ontario. Maybe someone will recognize this family:

Births, Left side of page:

Jane Ann Fleming born November 27, 1866
Catherine Sinclair Fleming born July 9, 1869
Mary Maria Fleming born June 1, 1872
Robert James Fleming born February 13, 1876

Births, Right side of page:

John Fleming born November 17, 1841
Maria Hardy born October 29, 1844

I'm willing to bet that John Fleming married Maria Hardy and the children listed are theirs. The Marriage Register is blank.

Deaths, left side of page

John Fleming died May 7, 1911
Maria Fleming died May 2, 1917

Deaths, right side of page

Jane A. Fleming died January 19, 1926
Katherine [sic] S. Fleming died May 22, 1928

There were also 3 cards tucked inside the Bible:

Card 1 was a card from "The Methodist Church" and was a quarterly ticket for May 1893 signed "Mrs. J. Fleming, CWS"

Card 2 was a yearly membership card from The Methodist Church for the year ending May 1908 signed John Fleming

Card 3 was a yearly membership card from The Methodist Church for the year ending May 1908 signed Mrs. J. Fleming

There were no locations given for the Church Membership cards.

If you recognize the Fleming family, please post a comment here so I can add the information as to location etc for other genealogists.

Note from Brian - See my update as of June 2006 for more details on this Peel County family!

1845 BERRESFORD Family Bible

This is a family Bible, printed in New York, in 1845, by the American Bible Society. This Bible was carried to Kirkland Ohio, and a family member wrote the following account in the blank pages at the front of the Bible:

The following is an exact transcription from the bible. Spelling has been kept as the bible's owner had it. My notes are inside square brackets [ ]

Josiah Berresford Born 1757 in Brighton England He married Ruthann Schmidt 1775 in Berkes Co they removed to Albany.

The children were Nellie, Joshua, (Ellie Mae?), Samuel, Rufus and Cecil who died Nellie died from (consumption?) and newmonea [pneumonia]

Joshua married Annie Rawson (or Rauson?) and they removed to the W. Reserve on the packet boat along with Rufus who was a bachelor.

Rufus did find Maud Murry (or Nurry?) who came from Ireland Their children were Lexington, Samuel and Carrie.

Lexington was bourne in 1793, Samuel in 1794 and the girl follered (Sp) in 1796 They all lived in Kirkland Wilderness.

There was a cumotion (Sp) in Kirkland from the Bretish (Sp) (comin) back. Some cabins werl [were] burned by the indians. Kirkland Co. was not a piece of the Statse [States] than so they didn't send the Army out. The Bretish use the indians instead of getting the soldiers kilt .

Carrie was my granny ad [and] she married George Browne and wee [we] moved out to a place nearc the big lake. My father was a hoular [hauler] along the shore. Mother made the best pies and solde some to the others in the peresh [parrish?]. We all live from the Kirkland Wilderness to the Big Lake Allthou [although] Lexington went back to Berkes Co.

Just now expecting my first baby coning soon. Randolph is a goode husband He workes harder than any I know. The indians are calm now (and) they may (stay) so. Corn comen up goode.

Folded up inside the Bible was a sheet of "Register of Births". It reads:

Adam Berresford born July 26th 1844
Mary Ann January 15th 1846
Sarah Ann March 20 1868
Mary Elizabeth February 18 1870
Mary Martha December 17 1816?
Sarah Ann November 18 1858
Jakey (?) February 6 1849
Elizer Jane 8 1872
Hannah Elizabeth December 18 1876
John June 14 1878
Harriet July 25 1880
Hannah(?) June 29 1874
Minnie May Smith Sept 17 1900
John A. Berresford Dec 17 1939

On the other side of this record it says, under "Register of Marriages"

Adam and Mary Ann Berresford March 12 1866

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GATES & MARSHALL Family Bible

This is a Family Bible published by Jesper Harding & Son of Philadelphia in 1857 . The family name is Gates. There are wonderful color chromatic images and black and white pictures as well. It is almost 150 years old.

The history is : Enoch Gates Born Sept. 30 1817 died 1880, his wife Mary Eliza Marshall, Born Dec.20 1827, died May 1900.

Children, George 1846-1928. James 1854-1931. Edwin 1862-1916. Isabella 1849-1928. and John Macauley 1870, death unknown

The bible was found in North Bay Ontario Canada

Note: I found the burial records of Enoch and Mary Eliza Gates, in Melvern Square United Baptist Church Graveyard in Annapolis County Nova Scotia

Gates Enoch Enoch Gates died Sep 11, 1880 aged 63

Mary Eliza wife died May 2, 1905 aged 78

Cemetery Records include many other GATES family members.

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