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Lawrence Wilbur
Shepley
| On 's side Joseph Wigle M. Shepley 1825-1878 |
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Information from Liisa Williams, Shepley's From Ontario, RootsWeb WorldConnect Project.
History of the Wigle Family and Their Descendants, The Wigle Family, Kingsville, Ontario, 1931.
1881 personal census, Colchester South Twp, Essex Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Shepley Annie, W, Widowed, 47, born Ont, origin: English, Wesleyan Methodist, Farmer Fem.;
Lorance, M, 23, born Ont, origin: English, Wesleyan Methodist, Farmer;
Joseph, M, 20, born Ont, origin: English, Wesleyan Methodist, Farmer;
George, M, 18, born Ont, origin: English, Wesleyan Methodist, Farmer;
Francis, M, 10, born Ont, origin: English, Wesleyan Methodist;
Charles, M, 5, born Ont, origin: English, Wesleyan Methodist.
1901 personal census, Maidstone Twp, Essex Co., ON, B5-4:
Shepley Lawrence, M, Married, 10 Oct 1858, 43, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Methodist,
Farming;
Emma, F, wife, Married, 18 Feb 1859, 42, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Methodist;
Bula May, F, daughter, Single, 15 April 1888, 12, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Methodist, 8 months in school;
Gore Joseph, M, son, Single, 29 July 1889, 11, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Methodist, 8 months in school;
Evelyn Jessie, F, daughter, Single, 10 Nov 1892, 8, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Methodist, 4 months in school;
Ada Mildred, F, daughter, Single, 19 Jan 1896, 5, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Methodist;
Damm William, M, farm labour, Single, 11 July 1882, 19, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Baptist, ??.
Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 77-78:
Gore Atkin, one of the pioneers of the County of Essex, and a much-esteemed citizen of Amherstburg, is of English extraction, his family fleeing to Ireland during the administration of Oliver Cromwell...
On Nov. 5, 1845, Mr. Atkin was married to Miss Hannah Lypps, who was born in Colchester South, March 22, 1824, and to this union have been born these children: ... (8) Emma married Lawrence W. Shepley, a farmer in Maidstone, and their children are Beulah, Joseph Gore, Evelyn, Addie and Gladys...
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