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M Robert Carroll

Spouses and children

Notes

Individual Note

Robert Carroll (1807-1879) and his wife Ellen (1815-1878) came from Ireland and settled on lot 5, Con. 4, Biddulph Twp, Middlesex Co.. James took over the farm from his father.

Pioneers to the Present: Biddulph Township 1850 - 2000, Township of Biddulph, Lucan, ON, 1998, p. 393.

1851 personal census, Biddulph Twp, Huron Co., ON:, image from Library and Archives Canada:
Richard Carrol, Farmer, Ireland, C En'd, 36, M, Married;
Hellen Carrol, , Ireland, C En'd, 28, F, Married;
Maria Carrol, , Ireland, C En'd, 10, F;
James Carrol, , Ireland, C En'd, 8, M;
Hellen Carrol, , Canada, C En'd, 6, F;
Wm Carrol, , Canada, C En'd, 4, M;
Elizbet Carrol, , Canada, C En'd, 1, F.

1861 personal census, Biddulph Twp, Huron Co., ON:, image from Library and Archives Canada:
Rob't Carrol, Farmer, Ireland, C E, 45, M, Married;
Ellen Carrol, , Ireland, C E, 39, F, Married;
Maria Carrol, , Ireland, C E, 20, F, Single;
James Carrol, , Ireland, C E, 18, M, Single;
Ellen Carrol, , U Canada, C E, 15, F, Single, going to school;
William Carrol, , U Canada, C E, 12, M, Single, going to school;
Eliza Carrol, , U Canada, C E, 9, F, Single, going to school;
Catharine Carrol, , U Canada, C E, 6, F, Single, going to school;
Hariet Carrol, , U Canada, C E, 2, F, Single.

63 in the 1871 census (clearly wrong). But both their ages on their headstone look wrong too:

Headstone, St. James Cemetery, Clandeboye, Middlesex Co., ON, image from Canadian Headstone, Ontario Genealogy Society:
Ellen Carroll died Dec. 18, 1878 aged 63 yrs
Robert Carroll died Apr. 10, 1879 aged 72 yrs.