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M William Wesley Vollans

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Information from Dorothy Vollans Iler.

1861 personal census, Sandwich West Twp, Essex Co., ON, transcribed by the Essex Branch of the OGS:
Vollens William, M, Married, 30, born LC, EP, Lawyer;
Martha, F, Married, 21, born Eng, EP;
George, M, 3, born UC, EP;
John, M, 2, born UC, EP.

1871 personal census, Windsor, Essex Co., ON, K2-54:
Vollans Wm, M, Married, 39, born U States, origin: English, C England, Carpenter;
Martha, F, Married, 32, born England, origin: English, C England;
Geo, M, 13, born Ont, going to school;
Mary, F, 9, born Ont, going to school;
Lydia, F, 7, born Ont, going to school;
Emma, F, 6, born Ont, going to school;
Clara, F, 4, born Ont.

1881 personal census, Windsor, Essex Co., ON, M3-22:
Vollins William, M, Married, 49, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England, Carpenter;
Martha, F, Married, 41, born Ont, origin: English, B C Methodist;
John, M, 21, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England, Clerk;
Lydia, F, 18, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England;
Emma, F, 17, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England;
Clara, F, 13, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England, going to school;
Mary, F, 9, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England, going to school.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers, 1905, p. 194-195:
Samuel Vollans, who represents an old and honorable family of the County of Essex, ... was born July 26, 1846, in Sandwich South, son of George and Mirian (Page) Vollans, ...
George Vollans and wife were both born in Yorkshire, where they married. Together they emigrated to America, spending fourteen long weeks on a sailing vessel. They landed at last at New York, going from there to Sandusky, Ohio, and a short time afterward, to Sandwich... he and wife were soon surrounded by a family of their own, eleven children blessing their union, all growing to maturity, as follows: Thomas, a miller of Windsor; William, deceased, a farmer of Sandwich; Edward, deceased, a farmer of Sandwich; Mary A., wife of John Gunn, deceased, of Sandwich West; Hannah, wife of George Gray, of Sandwich; Barbara, wife of Alexander O'Neil, who resides in Sandwich South, with a family of ten children; Jane, who married James Holden, of Sandwich South, and has six children; Elizabeth, wife of John O'Neil of Sandwich South; Robert, unmarried, residing on the old homestead; and Samuel, of this sketch...

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers, 1905, p. 452-453:
Thomas Vollans, proprietor of the Vollans Mills, and also of the Champion Mills, at Windsor, is not only one of the leading businessmen, but is also a descendant of an old and much respected English family.
His paternal grandfather was a well established agriculturist in England, where his whole life was passed in the peaceful pursuit of his calling. His two sons, William and George, sought a more active life...
George Vollans, the younger son of his father, came to Ontario in 1829, and located on a farm in the bush, in South Sandwich, Concession 5, Lot 5, and at once started to clear the same. This he accomplished prior to his death, in 1887, at the age of eighty-three years. He had become a man of affairs, and had served as assessor of Sandwich township before the present three-fold division was made. He married Mira Page, born in Yorkshire, England, daughter of Edmund Page, and to this union was born a family of eleven children, as follows: Thomas; William, deceased; Edward, deceased; Isaac, a farmer of Sandwich West; Samuel, a farmer of Sandwich West; Robert, a farmer of Sandwich West; Mary Ann, deceased; Harriet, Mrs. George Gray, of Sandwich; Barbara, Mrs. Alexander O'Neil; Jane, Mrs. James Alden, of Sandwich South; and Elizabeth, Mrs. John O'Neil, of Sandwich South.
Thomas Vollans was born Nov. 29, 1829, at Prescott, Ont., ...

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George Vollans ca 1808-1890   Miriam Page ca 1805-
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William Wesley Vollans 1832-1913