Iler Family Generation Charts, from HEIRS library.
Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 168-169:
Jacob Eede, one of the largest land owners and most extensive farmers in the township of Colchester South, ... was born in Gosfield township, County of Essex, Oct. 3, 1841, son of George and Elizabeth (Arner) Eede.
George Eede was a native of Sussex, England, born Jan. 21, 1812, son of Richard and Frances (Harrington) Eede. When twenty-one years of age he came to Canada, locating in Colchester township, County Essex, Ont. After a short interval he bought a farm of 100 acres in the fourth section, in Gosfield township, and was settled there for the greater part of his life. He accumulated considerable property, at one time owning 650 acres. His whole attention was devoted to farming and he reaped the natural harvest in the prosperity which followed his labors. He was a prominent and active Baptist, but his religious sympathies were broad, and he was interested in all work of that nature. It was while he was in attendance at the dedication of the Harrow Baptist Church that he was stricken with apoplexy, and he died before he could be moved from the church. He was sixty-four years of age. His wife in her maidenhood was Miss Elizabeth Arner, daughter of Jacob Arner of Gosfield township, who belonged to one of the U. E. Loyalist families. To their union were born children as follows: Fannie (deceased), wife of Richard McLean, of Gosfield; Jacob; Mary Ann, late wife of Jonas Wigle; Richard, who married Belle Ritchie, and lives in Lot 31, Gosfield township; Charles, in the wood and coal business in Ballston Spa, New York; John, who died at the age of five years; George, who married Miss Emily Fox, and resides on the homestead in Gosfield township; Henry, of Leamington, who married Miss Nettie Askew; Edmond, unmarried, for many years a practicing physician in Detroit, Michigan; Elizabeth, who died when nine years old; Thomas, for some years a physician in Leamington, who married Kate Cousins; and William, who died at the age of fifteen.
The Arner family, to which Mrs. George Eede belonged, was of German origin. Jacob Arner, her grandfather, was born in Pennsylvania, of German parents. As a mere boy he was forced into the American army, but being loyal to his king he escaped when the army was near the Canadian border, and in time made his way to the County of Essex, settling in Gosfield township, ... He married Barbara Arnold, who was born in Germany, but as a child was brought by her parents to America, her mother, however, dying on the voyage. Mr. Arner and his children made their home in Sandwich. To Jacob and Barbara Arner were born: ... Jacob; ...
Jacob Arner, son of Jacob and father of Mrs. Elizabeth (Arner) Eede, was born on the Gosfield township farm Dec. 3, 1793... Jacob Arner died on the homestead March 20,1838. In Colchester he married Susan Iler, who was born June 27, 1797, daughter of Jacob Iler; and died Dec. 17, 1896, aged ninety-nine years, five months and twenty days. The children born to this union were as follows: Elizabeth, born May 29, 1819, is the widow of George Eede, of Gosfield, and the mother of Jacob Eede, ...
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Frances (Fannie) Eede ca 1840-1880
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