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Wilbert
Moorhouse
Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Registers, transcribed by the Lambton Branch of the OGS.
Moorhouse Wilbert, s/o Thos & Esther, res Euphemia, born Euphemia 26 Nov 1864[sic], bap 1 Feb 1855 in Euphemia.
1861 personal census, Euphemia Twp, Lambton Co., ON, transcribed by the Lambton Branch of the OGS:
Moorhouse Richard, M, Widowed, 45, born Ire, WM, Farmer, L25 C2;
Sarah, F, Single, 40, born Ire, WM;
Jane, F, Widowed, 79, born Ire, WM;
Georgina, F, Single, 13, born U.C., WM;
Thomas H., M, Single, 11, born U.C., WM;
John C., M, Single, 9, born U.C., WM;
Wilbert, M, Single, 7, born U.C., WM;
Drew William, M, Single, 18, born Eng, WM, Labourer.
1881 personal census, Euphemia Twp, Lambton Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Moorhouse Charles, M, 29, born Ont, origin: Irish, C. Methodist, Farmer;
Wilbert, M, 26, born Ont, origin: Irish, C. Methodist, Farmer.
Marriage record, Petrolia, Lambton Co., ON, from Mary Crandall's site:
1901 personal census, Euphemia Twp (Shetland Village), Lambton Co., ON, C5-4:
Moorhouse Wilbert, M, Married, 26 Nov 1854, 46, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth, Farmer;
Jane D., F, wife, Married, 11 Feb 1859, 42, born Ont, origin: Scotch, Can, Meth;
Edwin M., M, son, Single, 18 Aug 1882, 18, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth, Farmer;
Myrtle, F, daughter, Single, 13 Sept 1885, 15, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth, 6 months in school;
Olive R., F, daughter, Single, 2 Jan 1892, 9, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth, 8 months in school;
Charlie, M, brother,
Widowed, 28 July 1850, 50, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth.
Headstone Shetland Cemetery, Euphemia Twp, Lambton Co., ON, transcribed by the Lambton Branch of the OGS:
Wilbert Moorhouse 1854-1905.
Sarah Moorhouse 1819-1912.
Jane Johnson 1857-1924 wife of Wilbert Moorhouse.
Edwin Moorhouse 1882-1965.
His wife Edith Osborne 1884-1963.
Daughter Evelyn Marie 1912-1913.
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...
Euphemia Township History 1849-1999, Euphemia Township Historical Society, 1999, p.374:
Thomas Moorhouse Family
Thomas Moorhouse (1816-1865) and his wife Esther Ann Goss (1821-1855), who was born in Raleigh Township, lived at Lot 25, Con. 2. Esther Ann, who married Thomas in 1846, was a sister of Winnifred Goss, who married Thomas' brother Henry. Thomas and Esther Ann had four children.
... Wilbert (1854-1905) lived on the south part of Lot 25, Con. 2 with his wife Jane Johnston (1860-1926), who was a sister of John Charles' wife Hannah. They had two children: Sara (1876) and Edwin Melville (1882-1965). Edwin took over the farm and lived there with his wife Edith Eliza Osborne (1885-1963) and children Wilbert Judson "Jud" (1910-1991) and Evelyn Marie (1912-1913)...
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