Elizabeth Philpot

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The 1851 Canadian census has Elizabeth Kearn aged 65 and as born in Ireland. This poses the question as to where Edward and Elizabeth were married: Ireland or Madison Co. NY?

Family/Spouse: Edward Killion Kearn. Edward (son of John Kearon and Anne Killen) was born about 1789 in Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland; died on 19 Jan 1876 in West Nissouri Twp, Middlesex Co, Ontario; was buried on 22 Jan 1876 in Clipperton Cemetery, W Nissouri Twp, East Middlesex, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Gravestone epitaph: A native of Madison Co., York State/"Dearest son, though oft we miss thee/We would not disturb thy rest/Thou has left a world of sorrow/___thy lot more blest". He was aged 31 years at death.

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Jane Kearn death certificate 019069 found in the Ontario Death Register.
Clipperton Cemetery, Row 14 North, W. Nissouri Twp, Middlesex Co, Ontario; gravestone epigraph: "Jane, wife of James Evans/died Mar. 5, 1909 ae 81 yrs."
Year of immigration 1835 found in the Canadian 1901 census.

(Medical):Senility - H. M. McFadden MD, Thorndale, Ont., Apr 5th 1909

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See James Evans note. Looks like this record is available. He name could be Margaret Jane

Jane married James Evans about 1845 in Probably Ontario, Canada. James (son of William Evans and Catherine (wife of William Evans) [?]) was born on 18 Jan 1821 in Probably Co. Wiklow, Ireland; died on 20 Mar 1880 in West Nissouri Twp, Middlesex Co, Ontario; was buried on 23 Mar 1880 in Clipperton Cemetery, W Nissouri Twp, Middlesex, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary Anne Evans Free Press, London, Ontatio Feb 29, 1928 Ingersoll Feb. 28--The death occured this morning of Mary Anne Evans, eldest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Evans of West Nissouri. Deceased was in her 82nd year. She had resided in Ingersoll for the past three years. Deceased had fallen about five weeks ago, suffering a fracture of a hip and one arm. Prior to coming to Ingersoll, she had resided in London. She is survived by the following sisters and brohers: Mrs. Joseph Younr, Byron; Miss Louise, Ingersoll; Mrs. E.M. Day, Thamesford; William, Toronto, and James Wesley, of Montreal. The funeral is to be held to Clipperton Cemetery, West Nissouri, from the Fred Keeler undertaking parlors, on Thursday afternoon.
Gravestone inscription: "Mary Ann Evans/died Feb. 29, 1928 ae 82 yrs/Only Sleeping";
There is a discrepancy between Nelson Sears' birthdate for Mary Ann and the gravestone inscription; A birth date of 20 Apr 1846 and a death date of 28 Feb 1928 gives only 81 years and 10 months approximately; the gravestone inscription reads 82 years.

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Clipperton Cemetery Row 17 South, Gravestone inscription: "Joseph Young, 1844-1929/His beloved wife, Elizabeth Evans, 1848-1930"

Elizabeth married Joseph Young on 22 Sep 1868. Joseph was born about 1844; died about 1929 in W Nissouri Twp, East Middlesex, Ontario; was buried about 1929 in Clipperton Cemetery, W Nissouri Twp, Middlesex, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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On Catherine's gravestone her given name is "Katy".

(Research):History of West Nissouri, Middlesex, Ontario West Nissouri's history began in 1800. The name 'Nissouri' is derived from an Indian word meaning 'running waters' for the region's many streams. West Nissouri Township is in the Thames River of Ontario watershed. The River is 260 kilometres long with two forks, the North Branch and the South Branch. The forks come together right in the middle of London from which the river runs west to Lake St. Clair. Early pioneers found clearing the land to be an immense challenge because the land was thickly covered with vegetation and nearly 50 species of hardwood trees. Although much of the land in West Nissouri has been cleared for agriculture, many small pockets of natural forest remain. Recent trends have encouraged residents to plant windbreaks and reforest untillable areas. In the past, many maple trees were planted along the roads. Some of these large majestic trees remain, but many have fallen victim to storms or age.

Catherine married Charles Madison Sears on 2 Sep 1874 in W Nissouri Twp, East Middlesex, Ontario. Charles (son of Archibald Sears and Rachel Maria Carver) was born on 10 Jun 1851 in Little Rock Twp, Kendall Co, Illinois; died on 2 Aug 1944 in Long Beach, Los Angeles Co, California; was buried on 5 Aug 1944 in Roosevelt National Park, Long Beach, Calif. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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For years I had Sarah Baskerville as wife of Wm John Evans. NO! She is Sarah Evans, his sister. She was married to William Baskerville.

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James Wesley Evans Funeral Notice from The Free Press, London, Ontario, Tuesday, March 22, 1932 The funeral of James Wesley Evans, late of Toronto and formerly of London, was held this afternoon from the Evans funeral home, Hamilton road, to Clipperton's Cemetery, Nissouri Township. Mr. Evans was a member of one of the most widely known and highly respected families of Middlesex County. He was born on concession 4, West Nissouri Township, in 1856, and was a son of the late James Evans, Liberal member of Parliament for East Middlesex from 1867 to 1871. Mr Evans for many years owned the flour mills in Thorndale Village and carried on an extensive business throughout Western Ontario. In 1913 he disposed of the mills to the late Charles Fell and moved to Toronto, where he entered the real estate business. On retiring from business life a few years ago he took up his residence in London, where he died on Sunday morning after an illness of three months. He was married in 1908 to Christina Falconer, daughter of the late Mr and Mrs John Falconer who survives him. He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Ernest Day, Thamesford, and Miss Louisa Evans, Ingersoll."

James married Christena Falconer on 1 Jan 1908 in W Nissouri Twp, East Middlesex, Ontario. Christena (daughter of John Falconer and Rebecca Liskey) was born about 1876 in Seaforth, Ontario; died about 1945; was buried about 1945 in Vinings Cemetery, West Nissouri Twp, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Gravestone inscription: "Hattie J. dau. of Jas. & Jane Evans"
Death Notice from the Free Press, London, Ont, 4 Nov 1893 p.1: DIED/EVANS--At Thorndale, on Nov. 2nd [1893], Harriet, the daughter of the laate Jasa. Evans, ex-MP, aged 35 years. Funeral on Sunday, 5th [?]; services in Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Friends and acquaintances kindly accept this intimation.

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This needs a big reworking. Sarah Evans, dau of James and Jane Kearn was married to a William Baskerville. She's NOT the wife of Wm John Evans.
This name was taken from my grandfather Nelson Sears' journal but online searches make it a highly unlikely.
17 Nov 2021 new info, from Findagrave James Evans site going to William John Evans then Sarah Baskerville there is a gravestone picture that purports to be the grave site of a

Sarah married William John Baskerville on 22 Mar 1887 in West Nissouri Twp, Middlesex Co, Ontario. William (son of George Baskerville and Mary (wife of George Baskerville) [?]) was born about Mar 1858 in Ontario; died about 1934 in Hazlet Mission Cem, Swift Current, Saskatchewan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Unsure of month/day source - 1938 is on gravestone
The cemetery survey gave 1869? as the birth date; I think they could not make out whether the last digit was a 9 or a 4.

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Row 9

Clara married Ernest Miller Day on 1 Jan 1897 in Thorndale, West Nissouri Twp, Middlesex Co, Ontario. Ernest (son of Riley Day and Margarit (wife of Riley Day) [?]) was born about 1872 in E Nissouri Twp, East Middlesex, Ontario; died on 20 Aug 1936 in W Nissouri Twp, Middlesex, Ontario; was buried on 23 Aug 1936 in Zion Seventh Line Cemetery, Middlesex Co, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Nelson Evans Sears was born in Plano, Kendall County, Illinois on 15 Aug 1876 "of English and Welsh parentage"* namely Charles Madison Sears and Katherine Evans. In 1880 he moved with his father Charles Madison and his second wife, Celia Chambers, to Scranton, Iowa living for two years on the old John Henning farm two miles from town. In 1882 he returned to his home state where he made his home with his grandparents, Archibald Sears and Rachel Maria Carver, in Sandwich, Illinois. In May of 1886, he traveled to Nebraska to live with his father on a farm near Aurora. Four years later, in 1890, he returned to Plano to attend school. In 1896 he returned to Aurora to work on his father's farm. In the winter of 1898-1899 he attended Business College in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1899 he began farming 80 acres of land in Nebraska which his grandmother had bought for him in 1897 for $2600. Nelson sold his Nebraska land early in 1901 for $7200 and traveled to Colorado in an emigrant car chartered by a David Titler arriving in Akron in March of that year. He worked in the harvest fields southwest of Akron for Ira M. Barnhouse. However, after a brief trip to California, he returned to his father's farm in Aurora, Nebraska in the fall of 1901. He returned to Colorado in 1903 where he resumed work with Ira M Barnhouse. In May of 1905 under the Homestead Act of 20 May 1862, Nelson E Sears obtained the South half of the SE quarter of Section 3, and the West half of the NE quarter of Section 10 both in Township 1S of Range 55W of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Washington County, Colorado containing 160 acres. On 20 Sep 1907 he was united in marriage to Ira Morgan Barnhouse's daughter, Edna Maude. Nelson proved up his homestead on 17 May 1909 and was issued Homestead Certificate No. 0585 of the Register of the Land Office at Sterling, Colorado. Later in 1909 Nelson and his wife Edna moved from their homestead into the town of Akron, Colorado where he purchased Lots 1, 2, & 3 facing Golden St. and Lots 10, 11, & 12 facing Gunnison St, Block 11, Original Town of Akron. On 22 Mar 1910 Nelson and Edna's first child, Alva Raymond Sears, was born in Akron. Their second, Margaret May Sears, was born 23 May 1912, and their third and last child, Faye Eleanor Sears, was born 8 Aug 1914. In 1916 Nelson began carrying mail on RFD (Rural Free Delivery) Route 1 out of the Akron Post Office. He carried mail for 25 years until 1941 at which time he retired from the Post Office and assumed the duties of Justice of the Peace for Washington County, Colorado, a position he retained until his death, 17 May 1948.
--------------*According to Nelson Sears' journal dated 1895. Sears is, indeed, an English name traceable back to Richard Sares, who arrived in America before 1632 but the Evans family, Evans typically a Welsh name, actually emigrated from Co. Wicklow, Ireland.

(Medical):Attendant: Park D. Keller MD, Akron, Colorado, May 19, 1948

Nelson married Edna Maude Barnhouse on 20 Sep 1907 in Akron, Washington Co, Colorado. Edna (daughter of Ira Morgan Barnhouse and Mary Francis Albin) was born on 24 Apr 1879 in South Bloomingville, Hocking Co, Ohio; was christened on 28 Aug 1881 in Nelsonville, Athens Co, Ohio; died on 24 Aug 1971 in Brush, Morgan Co, Colorado; was buried on 24 Aug 1971 in Akron Cemetery, Washington Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]