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Rebecca
Gowman
The Marriage Registers of Upper Canada/Canada West, Volume 14, Western District 1786-1856, Compiled by Dan Walker & Fawne Stratford-Devai, Global Heritage Press, Milton:
Marriages by Rev'd Richard Herrington, Baptist Minister, Colchester (p. 181):
Abraham Truax, 35, to Rebesa Gowman, 23, both of Mersea. 3 June 1851, Mersea, by banns. Rev. Herrington. Wit. Geo. Gowman and Dan'l D. Gowman.
1851 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essex Co., ON, p. 21:
Truax Abraham, M, Married, 36, born Canada, Farmer;
Rebecca, F, Married, 24, born England, Baptist;
Levi, M, Single, 16, born Canada, Baptist;
Rhoda, F, Single, 14, born Canada, Baptist;
Chester, M, Single, 12, born Canada, Baptist;
Nancy, F, Single, 10, born Canada, Baptist;
Lanna, F, Single, 8, born Canada;
Ab'm, M, Single, 6, born Canada;
Rich'd, M, Single, 4, born Canada.
Marriage record, Gosfield Twp, Essex Co., ON:
Abram[sic] Truax, 20, lives Mersea, born Mersea, Bachelor, Farmer, Meth, s/o Abram and Rebecca Truax;
Amindeas? Stockwell, 19, lives Gosfield, born Gosfield, Spinster, Meth, d/o John and Eliza Stockwell;
Witnesses: Wm E. A. Stafford, Ida Grenier?, Kingsville;
Married by license 18 May 1871 in Kingsville by E. A. Stafford, W. M. Minister.
1861 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essex Co., ON, 1-16:
Truax Abraham, M, Married, married in 1835 and 1850, 47, born L Canada, W Methodist, Farmer;
Rebeca, F, Married, married in 1850, 35, born England, Baptist;
Abraham, M, Single, 14, born U Canada;
Ritchard, M, Single, 12, born U Canada;
William, M, Single, 8, born U Canada;
Samuel, M, Single, 6, born U Canada;
Albert, M, Single, 4, born U Canada;
Arthur, M, Single, 2, born U Canada;
Adaline, F, Single, 1, born U Canada.