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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 Lawrence, 21, resides Orford, born Canada, s/o Thomas & Frances, married 26 July 1862 Ann Lee, 22, resides Orford, born Ireland, d/o John & Sarah.

1881 personal census, Orford Twp, Kent Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Tape Lawrence, M, Married, 39, born Ont, origin: Irish, E Methodist, Farmer;
Anne, F, Married, 40, born Ireland, origin: Irish, E Methodist;
Louisa A., F, 17, born Ont;
William L., M, 15, born Ont;
Jane, F, 12, born Ont;
Victoria H., F, 10, born Ont;
John, M, 5, born Ont;
Thomas, M, 3, born Ont;
George, M, 3/12, born Dec, born Ont;
Willet Frank, M, 22, born Ont, origin: English, E Methodist, Farm Labour.

1901 personal census, Orford Twp, Kent Co., ON, E5-1:
Tape Lawrence, M, Married, 17 July 1841, 59, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth;
John, M, son, Married, 22 Sept 1875, 25, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth, Farmer's Son;
Rachel, F, daughter-in-law, Married, 12 June 1880, 20, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth;
George, M, son, Single, 27 Dec 1880, 20, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth, Farmer's Son.

Headstone Gosnell Cemetery, Orford Twp, Kent Co., ON, transcribed by the Kent Branch of the OGS:
Side 1: Lawrence Tape died April 1, 1923 aged 82 years.
Annie Lee his wife died Jan. 30, 1896 aged 56 years 10 mos.
Thomas Tape died Aug. 18, 1898 aged 21 years 11 days.
Emily Tape died Nov. 11, 1923 aged 72 years.
Side 2: Rachel wife of John Tape died July 14, 1939 aged 59 years.
John Tape Sept 22, 1875 - March 23, 1952.
George Tape Dec. 27, 1880 - Sept. 23, 1949.

Commemorative Biographical Record of Kent County, Ontario, J.H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1904, pg. 422:
Lawrence Tape, one of the prominent citizens of Highgate, Orford township, County of Kent, engaged extensively in stock dealing, was born July 17, 1841, in Orford township.
Mr. Tape's parents, Thomas and Frances (Gosnell) Tape, were born in County Cork, Ireland, where they were married. In 1836 with three children, they came to Canada, and for three seasons the father was a sailor. He then secured a farm of 135 acres of land in Orford township, County of Kent, where he passed the remainder of his long and active life, dying in 1892, at the age of ninety-three years. His wife died in 1884, aged seventy-seven years, and both were buried in the Gosnell cemetery in Orford township. They were members of the Methodist Church. Their children were as follows: William, Mary and Joseph, deceased; Elizabeth, deceased wife of John Baldwin; James, a retired farmer of Highgate; John, deceased; Lawrence; Thomas H., a farmer of Orford township; Susan, who married Samuel Attridge, of Highgate; and George, deceased.
In July, 1862, Lawrence Tape was married in Ridgetown, to Ann Lee, and they have had the following named children: Ada, married Edward M. Wood, of St. Thomas, Ont., and they have had two children, Lawrence and Grace; William, a farmer of Orford township, married Frances McLaren, and has one child, Esther E.; Jane, wife of John Wade, of Orford township, has two children, Crossley and Anna; Victoria is the wife of John Simpson, of Howard township, and has one child, Frederick; John, who is on the old homestead, married Rachel Gosnell, and has one child, Mary; Thomas is deceased; George, unmarried, is on the old homestead. Mrs. Ann (Lee) Tape was born in Orford township, where she died in 1896, aged fifty-eight years, and was buried in the Gosnell cemetery; she was a daughter of John and Sarah Lee, natives of Ireland.
On May 28, 1902, Mr. Tape married (second) Miss Emily Fansher, born in the County of Lambton, daughter of John and Lovinia (Walker) Fansher, the former a native of New York and the latter of Vermont. They were married in the County of Lambton, Ont., where Mr. Fansher engaged in farming until his death, in 1898, at the age of eighty-nine years. His wife died in 1885, aged sixty-nine years, and they were buried in the Fansher cemetery in Lambton. For many years he was a reeve of his township, a most worthy and substantial citizen. Both he and his wife were members of the Methodist Church. Their children were: William, deceased; Philip, of Los Angeles, California; John, deceased; Rev. Walter, of Aylmer, Ont.; Sarah, deceased; Lucretia, wife of W. T. Smith, of Sarnia; Louisa, wife of Thomas Trotter, of Zone township; Lovinia, wife of William Ralston, of Midland, Michigan; Franklin, on the old homestead in the County of Lambton; Emily, who became Mrs. Tape; Elsa, wife of Thomas Morehouse, of the Northwest Territory; Eliza, wife of E. L. Squire, of Bay City, Michigan; and Evalina, wife of Dougal McClelland.
Until his marriage, Mr. Tape remained at home, attending school and looking after agricultural work for his father. He later secured a farm of 111 acres in Orford township which he cleared and operated until 1902, when he retired from farming and removed to Highgate. Mr. Tape has been extensively engaged in hog and cattle buying since 1900, and gives his whole attention to it since leaving the farm. In politics Mr. Tape is a reformer. Both he and his wife belong to the Methodist Church. He is one of the substantial and highly respected men of this locality, a man of honor and integrity.

Commemorative Biographical Record of Kent County, Ontario, J.H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1904, pg. 386-387:
... The late William Tape... 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... 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 ... married Catherine Lee, the eldest daughter of John and Sarah (Sheban) Lee, of an old pioneer family of Orford township...
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(VII) Lawrence Tape married Ann Lee, of Orford, and resided on a farm north of the village of Highgate. Mrs. Tape is now deceased. Their children are: (1) Addie is the wife of Edward Wood, a railroad man of St. Thomas, Ont. (2) William is a farmer of Orford township. (3) Jane is the wife of John Wade, a farmer of Orford. (4) Victoria is the wife of John Simpson, a farmer of Howard township. (5) John is a farmer on the home farm. (6) Thomas died in young manhood. (7) George is a farmer with John. Lawrence Tape married (second) Emma Fansher, of Euphemia township, and resides in Highgate, and is engaged in the live stock business.
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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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Lawrence Tape 1841-1923