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1851 personal census, Howard Twp, Kent Co., ON, p. 14:
Tape William, M, Married, 22, born Ireland, Methodist, Farmer;
Catherine, F, Married, 22, born Ireland, Methodist, Housewife.

1881 personal census, Howard Twp, Kent Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Tape William, M, Married, 51, born Ireland, origin: Irish, E M, Farmer;
Catherine, F, Married, 51, born Ireland, origin: Irish, E M;
Sarah, F, 24, born Ont, origin: Irish, E M;
Rosana, F, 22, born Ont, origin: Irish, E M;
John B., M, 20, born Ont, origin: Irish, E M;
Thana L., F, 17, born Ont, origin: Irish, E M;
Robert, M, 15, born Ont, origin: Irish, E M;
Catherine, F, 15, born Ont, origin: Irish, E M;
Thomas F., M, 11, born Ont, origin: Irish, E M;
William N., M, 9, born Ont, origin: Irish, E M;
Lawrence B., M, 7, born Ont, origin: Irish, E M.

Marriage record, Ridgetown, Kent Co., ON, from Mary Crandall's site:
5784-92 (Kent Co): Richard Lawrence GOSNELL, 28, lawyer, Orford twp., Blenheim, s/o James & Elizabeth, married Fanny Louisa TAPE, 29, Howard twp., same, d/o William & Catherine, witn: Robert & Rose TAPE of Howard twp., 2 March 1892 at Ridgetown.

Headstone Greenwood Cemetery, Ridgetown, Kent Co., ON, transcribed by the Kent Branch of the OGS:
Side 1: Lawrence B. Tape died March 12, 1926 aged 53 years.
Rose 1857-1931.
Robert 1865-1932.
Edith A. Tape 1872-1953.
William Tape died June 9, 1884 aged 54 yrs.
Catharine Lee his wife died Dec. 23, 1899 aged 69 yrs.
Fanny died Dec. 24, 1858 aged 6 years.
Ida died Aug. 16, 1854 aged 7 mos.

Commemorative Biographical Record of Kent County, Ontario, J.H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1904, pg. 386-387:
William Tape (deceased). The Tape family of Howard township, County of Kent, is one of the pioneer and prominent ones that has become well known, its members being men and women of sterling worth, mental equipment and business enterprise.
     The late William Tape, who was a most worthy member of this family, was born on Sherkin Island, in Ireland, March 12, 1830, a son of Thomas and Frances (Gosnell) Tape, who came from Ireland to Ontario in 1836, settling at Highgate, in Orford township, County of Kent... After locating in Canada Thomas Tape turned his attention exclusively to farming. His years were extended to ninety-one, and he died on his farm Dec. 3, 1892, his wife preceding him in February, 1884. In religious belief both he and his wife were Methodists. His political convictions made him an ardent Reformer. Seven sons and four daughters were born to Thomas Tape and his wife, namely: William, Joseph, Elizabeth, James, Susan, John, Lawrence, George and Thomas Henry; two girls died in infancy.
     (I) William Tape, the eldest member of his father's family, and the subject of this sketch, obtained his education in the schools of Orford township. Like the other youths of his locality, he worked on the farm during the summer seasons, and attended the winter sessions of the school. In September, 1850, he married Catherine Lee, the eldest daughter of John and Sarah (Sheban) Lee, of an old pioneer family of Orford township. Mrs. Tape was born in County Cork, Ireland, where she received a liberal education, and was a woman of more than usual intelligence, a great reader and a good conversationalist. She came with her parents to Canada in 1841. They settled in Orford township on the home now owned by their son, John Lee, M.P.P. for East Kent, Ontario.
     After marriage the late William Tape and wife located on Lot 15, Concession 11, Howard township, and began domestic life in a little log cabin in the great woods, working and saving until their land became cleared and cultivated, and they were able to replace their humble cabin with a neat and commodious frame house, where Mr. Tape died June 9, 1884. His industry and prudent management secured to his family a well stocked and equipped estate of 200 acres, the same-with subsequent additions-the property of his sons, his widow dying Dec. 24, 1899. Their children were: (1) Fanny died aged four years. (2) Mary died aged five years. (3) Sarah, born Aug. 16, 1855, was reared in Howard township. She married Edward Donoho, of Ridgetown, formerly a farmer of Howard, and has one daughter, Winnie. (4) Rosa is unmarried. (5) John, who married Jane Lee, of Howard, resides on his farm on Lot 16, Concession 12, Howard. They have two children, Irene Lillian and Harry. (6) Lillie married R. L. Gosnell, a lawyer of Blenheim. (7) Robert, unmarried, resides with his sisters Rosa and Kitty on Lot 14, Concession 11, of Howard township. (8) Kitty, unmarried, was for several years a public school teacher. (9) Thomas F. Tape married Anna Campbell, of Howard, and resides on the old William Tape homestead, Lot 15, Concession 11, Howard, and has one son, William. (10) William N. married Lydia Donoho, resides in Dresden and conducts a livery. He was formerly a farmer of Dawn township, County of Lambton. (11) Lawrence B. Tape, born Sept. 1, 1872, married Edyth McDonald, of Harwich, and resided on part of Lot 13, Concession 11, Howard, but recently moved into Ridgetown and is engaged with the Deering Machinery Company. They have one daughter, Carlyn. (The "Tape Brothers" when associated together were well known as breeders of thoroughbred stock, and were very successful exhibitors at the leading exhibitions of the Province.)
     (II) Joseph Tape died in youth.
     (III) Elizabeth Tape married John Baldwin...
     (IV) James Tape, a retired farmer living in Highgate, married Eliza Watts, of Howard township...
     (V) Susan Tape married Samuel Attridge, of Orford township...
     (VI) John Tape died in young manhood.
     (VII) Lawrence Tape married Ann Lee, of Orford, and resided on a farm north of the village of Highgate...
     (VIII) George Tape died in youth.
     (IX) Thomas H. Tape, born Sept. 14, 1845, married Sarah Mickle, of Highgate, and resides on the old Thomas Tape homestead ...
     In religion the late William Tape was a member of the Methodist denomination and was a devout Christian. In politics he was a staunch Reformer. His Christian example is still recalled by his old associates, while his kind neighborliness and many estimable private characteristics will ever be remembered.

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William Tape   ?? ??   James Joseph Gosnell 1779-1832   Mary Webb 1783-1859
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Thomas Tape 1800-1892   Frances (Fanny) Gosnell 1806-1884
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William Tape 1830-1884