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James R.
Gosnell
Information from Jeff Gosnell, Gosnell and Butterfield Family Genealogy Pages, RootsWeb WorldConnect Project.
1851 personal census, Orford Twp, Kent Co., ON:, transcribed by the Kent Branch of the OGS:
Gosnell John, M, Married, 54, born Ireland, E M, Farmer;
Sarah, F,
Married, 41, born England, E M;
Lawrence, M, 19, born Canada, E M;
Catharine, F, 17, born Canada, E M;
Rebeca, F, 13, born Canada, E M;
John, M, 11, born Canada, E M;
Christopher, M, 9, born Canada, E M;
Charlott, F, 7, born Canada, E M;
Jarusha, F, 6, born Canada, E M;
James, M, 4, born Canada, E M;
Thos., M, 3, born Canada, E M;
Joseph, M, 1, born Canada, E M.
1861 personal census, Orford Twp, Kent Co., ON:, transcribed by the Kent Branch of the OGS:
Gosnell John, M, Married, 65, born Ireland, E M, Farmer;
Sarah, F,
Married, 50, born England, E M, Mrs;
Rebecca A., F, Single, born UC, E M;
John H., M, Single, 22, born UC, E M, Laborer;
Christopher W., M, Single, 19, born UC, E M, Laborer;
Charlotte, F, 18, born UC, E M;
Jerusha, M[sic], Single, 17, born UC;
James, M, Single, 16, born UC, Labour;
Thomas, M, Single, 12, born UC;
Wellington, M, Single, 10, born UC;
George, M, Single, 8, born UC;
George, M, Single, 5, born UC.
Marriage record, Howard Twp, Kent Co., ON, from Mary Crandall's site:
Vol 19, pg 20 (Kent Co.) James R. GOSNELL, 24, lawyer, Canada, Oxford, s/o John & Sarah, married Annie HAWSER, 20, Canada, Aldboro, d/o Matthew & Katy, witn: Lawrance GOSNELL & Mary Jane CAMPBELL, on 29 June 1871, at Howard.
1881 personal census, Orford Twp, Kent Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Gosnel James R., M, Married, 34, born Ont, origin: Irish, E Methodist, Farmer;
Annie, F, Married, 28, born Ont, originn: German, E Methodist;
Mary, F, 8, born Ont;
Mathew H., M, 2, born Ont.
1901 personal census, Orford Twp, Kent Co., ON, E5-6:
Gosnell James L., M, Married, 1 Dec 1846, 54, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth, Farmer;
Annie, F, wife, Married, 1 Aug 1852, 48, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth;
Mary L., F, daughter, Single, 10 Feb 1874, 27, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth;
Matthew H., M, son, Single, 22 Oct 1878, 22, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth, Farmer's Son;
William J., M, son, Single, 13 Aug 1882, 18, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth, Farmer's Son;
Frank A., M, son, Single, 12 Aug 1886, 14, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth;
Roy M., M, son, Single, 2 March 1889, 12, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth.
Commemorative Biographical Record of Kent County, Ontario, J.H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1904, pg. 333:
George A. Gosnell, one of the leading agriculturists of Orford township, County of Kent, lives on Lot 3, Concession 6, where he owns a farm of sixty-seven and one half acres, and has a fine brick house, which he built in the spring of 1903. He came to this property Aug. 11, 1868, and was born on an adjoining farm Aug. 11, 1856, a son of John and Sarah (Reeder) Gosnell, who were natives of County Cork, Ireland, and Derbyshire, England, respectively. They were married in Howard township, County of Kent, and the mother died in January, 1865, aged fifty-three years, while the father died in Orford township, in August, 1870, aged eighty-seven years. They were buried in the Gosnell cemetery. These two most excellent people were among the founders of the Methodist Church. The children born to their union were: Mary A., who died from the bite of a spider when six years old; Lawrence B., a farmer of Orford township, who is mentioned elsewhere; Ellen, who died young; Catherine, wife of James W. Gosnell, a retired farmer of Pilot Mound; Rebecca, who died in Howard township in 1901, wife of Henry Reeder; John H., who died at the age of twenty-two years; Christopher W., a farmer of Orford township; Charlotte, married to Robert Barker, a farmer of the County of Elgin; Jerusha, who married Hall Barker, a farmer of the County of Elgin; James R., a farmer of Orford township; Thomas H., a farmer of Orford township; Wellington, a farmer of Harwich township; and George A.
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