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Sarah Alma
Gosnell
Information from Chris Gosnell, home.earthlink.net.
1901 personal census, Orford Twp, Kent Co., ON, E5-3:
Gosnell George A., M, Married, 11 Aug 1856, 44, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth, Farmer;
Bertha, F, wife, Married, 13 Jan 1860, 41, born Ont, origin: English, Can, Meth;
Lena, F, daughter, Single, 9 March 1883, 18, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth;
Mabel R., F, daughter, Single, 8 April 1887, 13, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth;
Alausa S., F, daughter, Single, 27 June 1891, 9, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth, 11 months in school;
Myrtle R., F, daughter, Single, 30 Jan 1894, 7, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth, 11 months in school;
John M., M, son, Single, 22 Jan 1896, 5, 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...
On July 28, 1878, in Chatham, Ont., George A. Gosnell married Bertha Eastman, and they have had five children: Lena, Mabel, Alma, Myrtle and J. Manson, all at home and all very bright, intelligent young people. Mrs. Gosnell was born in North Gore, near Ottawa, Ont., Jan. 13, 1860, a daughter of John and Emily J. (Ross) Eastman, of Cornwall, Ont., and Wales, respectively...
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