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, ...
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, ... 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; ...
Thomas Vollans was born Nov. 29, 1829, at Prescott, Ont., and he was between eight and nine years of age when his parents settled in the County of Essex... His religious connection has always been with the Church of England.
In 1856 Mr. Vollans was married to Jane Ratcliff, a native of the County of Essex, and these children have been born to them: ... Cora, who married William Smith, of Toronto, and has children, Mildred and Marjorie; ...
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