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James
Tape
Information from Descendents of Thomas Taepe-Tucker, from the library of the Kent Branch of the OGS.
County Marriage Registers of Ontario, Canada 1858-1869 Volume 36
Kent County, Elizabeth Hancocks, 2000, Generation Press, Agincourt, ON:
Tape James, 23, resides Orford, born Orford, s/o Thomas & Frances, married 4 Jan 1860 Eliza Hatt, 20, resides Howard, born Howard, d/o George & Lydia.
1881 personal census, Orford Twp, Kent Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Tape James, M, Married, 44, born Ont, origin: Irish, E. Methodist;
Eliza, F, Married, 42, born Ont, origin: English, E. Methodist;
Frances Elizabeth, F, 18, born Ont, E. Methodist;
George William, M, 15, born Ont, E. Methodist;
Rose, F, 4, born Ont, E. Methodist.
1901 personal census, Orford Twp (Highgate), Kent Co., ON, E5-13:
Tape James, M, Married, 16 Aug 1836, 64, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth, Farmer;
Eliza C., F, wife, Married, 4 April 1838, 62, born Ont, origin: English, Can, Meth;
Rose, F, adopted? daughter, 10 April 1878, 22, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth, Dressmaker.
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... In September, 1850, he married Catherine Lee, the eldest daughter of John and Sarah (Sheban) Lee, of an old pioneer family of Orford township...
(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, and had one daughter and one son: (1) Mrs. Farry Risk, wife of William Risk, of Detroit, deceased; (2) George Tape, medical doctor of Hot Lake Sanitorium of Hot Lake, Oregon.
(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 ...
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