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K Alzora (Zoah, Zoie) Marontate

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Information from Dorothy Glen, Wright, Larabee, Crawford, RootsWeb WorldConnect Project.

1851 personal census, Colchester Twp, Essex Co., ON, 1-8:
Wright Joseph, M, Married, 29, born F Up Canada, Ep Church, Farmer;
Zoah, F,Married, 28, born Up Canada, R Catholic;
Francis, M, Single, 7, born Up Canada, Ep Church;
Edwin, M, 2, born Up Canada, Ep Church;
Fransess, F, Single, 1, born Up Canada, Ep Church;
Agness, F, Widowed, 69, born Up Canada, Ep Church;
Hannah, F, single, 41, born Up Canada, Ep Church.

1881 personal census, Colchester South Twp, Essex Co., ON, LDS 1881 Can census household record:
Wright Joseph J., M, Married, 59, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England, Farmer;
Zoah, F, Married, 57, born Ont, origin: French, Church of England;
Cook, M, 23, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England, Farmer;
Clarence, M, 19, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England, Farmer.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 235-236:
Cook Wright, an energetic farmer of Malden township, County of Essex, is a descendant of one of the pioneer settlers of Colchester, numbered among the very first to locate in this vicinity.
     Joseph J. Wright, his father, was born in Colchester township, on the homestead farm, near the lake. As a young man he assisted in the clearing of the home farm, and also for a time following sailing, in time becoming master and part owner of the schooner "L. Patton." His home was always Colchester South, where he engaged in farming and owned considerable land. He died in Colchester in February, 1901, aged seventy-nine years. His wife passed away in 1891, aged sixty-four years. In Colchester South he married Zoah Marontate, also of an old County of Essex family. The father was a Conservative in his political views, and being a great reader, and possessing an excellent memory, was a well-informed man. His family was as follows: Francis (deceased), married Jennie Harris; Edwin D. of Colchester South, married Sarah Lypps; Emma married Alanson Iler, of Colchester South; Ella married Theodore Langlois; Cook and Clarence are both on the homestead; the latter married Amy McGee.
     Cook Wright was born on the home farm April 4, 1858, in the house which is still standing...