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Charlotte
Harrison
Western District Marriages, Ontario Register, Vol 3, Thomas B. Wilson, 1970, p. 72:
Marriages by Rev. Thomas Harmon, Wesleyan Methodist Minister, Howard 1843-1845.
Edward Bury & Charlotte Harrison, both of Howard, 19th May 1844 in Howard, by lic. w: Edward Lill Hill, Robert Wilson.
1851 personal census, Howard Twp, Kent Co., ON, transcribed by the Kent Branch of the OGS:
Bury Edward, M, Married, 35, born T. Orford, CE, Farmer;
Charlotte, F, Married, 33, born Howard, CE, Housewife;
Edward, M, son, 6, born Howard;
Wellwood, M, son, 4, born Howard;
Margaret E., F, daughter, 1, born Howard.
1861 personal census, Howard Twp, Kent Co., ON:
Burey Edward, M, Married, 43, born Up Canada, Ch England, Farmer;
Schorlott, F, Married, 41, born Up Canada, Ch England;
Edward, M, 13, born Up Canada;
Welwood, M, 11, born Up Canada;
Margret, F, 9, born Up Canada;
Henry, M, 7, born Up Canada;
Philip, M, 5, born Up Canada;
Scharlotte, F, 3, born Up Canada;
John, M, 1, born Up Canada;
Philip, M, Married, 63, born Un States, Ch England, resides Clearville, not member of family;
Crawford Matilda, F, 20, born Up Canada, Ch England, resides Raleigh, not member of family;
Ruddle Mary, F, 20, born Up Canada, Ch England, resides Chatham, not member of family.
1871 personal census, Howard Twp, Kent Co., ON, 2A-37:
Bury Edward, M, Married, 55, born Ont, origin: English, Farmer;
Charlotte, F, 53, born Ont, origin: English;
Edward K., M, 23, born Ont, origin: Irish[sic], Farmer;
Willim? Lonel, M, 21, born Ont, origin: Irish[sic], Farmer;
Margret E., F, 19, born Ont, origin: Irish[sic];
Henary C., M, 16, born Ont, origin: Irish[sic], Farmer;
Charlotte A., F, 12, born Ont, origin: Irish[sic];
Richard C., M, 10, born Ont, origin: Irish[sic];
Mary Jane, F, 7, born Ont, origin: Irish[sic].
1881 personal census, Howard Twp, Kent Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Bury Edward, M, Married, 65, born Ont, origin: Dutch, Farmer;
Charollotte, F, Married, 61, born Ont, origin: Irish;
Charollotte, F, 22, born Ont, origin: Dutch;
Richard, M, 21, born Ont, origin: Dutch.
1901 census, Howard Twp, Kent Co., ON, D6-10:
Lee George, M, Married, 17 March 1846, 54, Ireland, immigrated 1881, origin: Irish, Can, Meth, Shoemaker;
Lee Charlotte, F, wife, Married, 9 May 1858, 42, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth;
Bury Charlotte, F, Mother-in-law, Widowed, 14 Aug 1820, 80, born Ont, origin: English, Can, Presby.
Commemorative Biographical Record of Kent County, Ontario, J.H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1904, pg. 357-358:
Thomas Harrison, a retired gentleman of County Kent, and for thirteen years the efficient keeper at the light-house at Rondeau, is a native of the village of Morpeth, where he was born Oct. 16, 1817, a son of Lovell and Margaret (Ruddle) Harrison, who came hither from Nova Scotia in 1815, where the former was born, a son of John Harrison, a native of England, who had settled in Nova Scotia many years before. Mrs. Margaret (Ruddle) Harrison was a native of Ireland, and a daughter of Thomas Ruddle, who came from Ireland at the beginning of the American war of 1812, and was taken prisoner by a British privateer, and carried to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Lovell Harrison and wife were married in Nova Scotia and on coming to Ontario, settled on land selected through Col. Talbot, in Lot 88, on the Talbot Road, North. Here he built a log cabin in the woods where he was one of the very first settlers, and he spent his whole life in clearing up a farm. Both he and wife, the latter his very able helper, died in the old home, his life ending in 1842, in his prime, while his faithful widow survived until 1880, dying at an advanced age. Their children were: ... (4) Charlotte, born in 1820, married Edward Bury, of County Kent, and they resided near the Lake Shore in Howard, where he died...
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