Euphemia Township History 1849-1999, Euphemia Township Historical Society, 1999, p.371:
Moorhouse Family:
Thomas was the first Moorhouse to settle in Euphemia. Thomas and Jane had 11 children: John, William, Henry, Joseph and Thomas were all born in Ireland. The family's six daughters were Ann, Jane, Eliza, Sara, Maria and Susannah.
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Sara (1819-1912) resided on the old homestead. She raised Wilbert and Charlie, her brother Thomas' children, after his wife died at the age of 34 years. Sara's sister, Maria, three years old, was drowned at Port Stanley when she was pulled into the water by a pail she was filling. Her father was closing a land deal with Colonel Talbot at the time of her death...
Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Lambton Ontario, J.H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1907; pp.253-254:
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This is one of the early families of the county... Thomas and Jane (Hopkins) Moorhouse, who came to Euphemia in 1824, and settled on Concession 2, where the father cleared up a home from wild land. There he lived until his death, being at that time one of the prosperous farmers of the locality. While stopping for a time at Port Stanley, while the father was closing his land deal with Col. Talbot, one of the little children of the family was accidentally drowned, and it was with saddened hearts the family settled in a new home in a strange land.
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Maria
Moorhouse
John Moorhouse 1804-1857
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