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F Hannah Renwick

Casamientos e hijos

Notas

Nota individual

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 William Dignam, Wesleyan Methodist Minister, Romney (p. 114):
John Ferriss, to Hannah Renwick, both of Romney. 1 July 1846, by Licence. Rev. Dignam. Wit. Francis Wright and Jonas Robinson.

1851 personal census, Colchester Twp, Essex Co., ON, p. 28:
Ferriss John Jr, M, Married, born Up Canada, Methodist, Farmer;
Hannah, F, Married, born Up Canada, Methodist;
Melinda A., F, 5, Single, born Up Canada, Methodist;
Malcolm A., M, 3, Single, born Up Canada, Methodist;
frame house, 1 story, 1 family.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 488-489:
Thomas G. Ferriss, the owner and proprietor of the finest and best equipped livery establishment in Windsor, is also one of the city's leading businessmen. He is descended from one of the leading families of the County of Essex.
     The great-grandfather of Mr. Ferriss was a United Empire Loyalist, having come to Canada from the States about the time of the revolutionary war, and settled in Bois Blanc, a part of the County of Essex. His family consisted of three sons and two daughters, namely: John, Isaac, Samuel, Polly and Esther.
     John Ferriss, the grandfather of Thomas G., was born in 1795, in Bois Blanc, and died in 1882 in Toronto. He married a lady named McCormick, who was born in 1797, in the County of Essex, and their children were: Mathew, who died in 1899, in Manitoba; John, deceased; Mary, the wife of Alexander Quick, of Essex South; Joseph was a farmer and wagon-maker of Essex South; Sarah, deceased, who was the wife of James Waddell; Elizabeth, deceased wife of Charles Wright; and William who died in 1900, in Essex South.
     John Ferris (2), son of John, and father of Thomas G., was born in 1816, in the County of Essex, where he followed farming, spending his whole life in his native country. He became prominent in politics, was for many years a member of county council, and was also reeve of the township. His death took place in 1897. His wife bore the maiden name of Hannah Renwick, and she was born in 1822, in the County of Kent, of English parentage, and now resides on the old homestead in South Essex. The Ferriss children were a hardy lot, and grew to manhood and womanhood, intelligent and much esteemed. Miss Malinda, who resides at South Essex; Malcolm, born in 1849, who followed farming until 1880, when he went to the North-west where he became a land-dealer, for nine years was provincial land inspector and is now engaged in a real estate business at Portage la Prairie, Manitoba; Thomas G., of Windsor; and Arthur R., a farmer of South Essex, who married Nora Malott, and they have two children, Eddie and Sydney.
     Thomas G. Ferriss was born Sept. 7, 1854, on the old Ferris homestead, Colchester Twp, County of Essex, and remained on the home farm until he was twenty years of age. He then made a trip to the North-west and took up a homestead in Manitoba, to which he gave his attention for four years, at the end of this time selling to advantage. Embarking in the real estate business in partnership with N. H. Stevens, of Chatham, and John Rankin, under the firm name of Ferriss, Rankin & Stevens, Mr. Ferriss found a wide field for his energies, and the firm continued to prosper. In 1882 he engaged in the horse business, in which he continued to be interested until 1893, when he disposed of his holdings in the North-west and returned to Windsor. In August the same year, he purchased the livery property of William McGregor, ex-M.P., which was located on the site now occupied by Lamaline Bros.' furniture store. This property was totally destroyed by fire in April, 1900, and although the loss was great, it was a gain to the city for it caused the erection of the present establishment, which is the most commodious, sanitary and best equipped in all Western Ontario. It is located at the corner of Pitt and Ferry Streets, and is 56 x 90 feet in dimensions, three stories in height, with basement, and accommodations on the second floor for the stabling of sixty horses. On the first floor is located the office, and also a complete line of carriages and conveyances of every style, it being the aim of Mr. Ferriss to suit every taste, and to be able to fill any demand made upon him. In addition to this large livery business he deals in horses, buying and shipping and during the South African War he was particularly busy.
     While in the North-west, Mr. Ferriss gave some attention to politics, and served for four years on the council of Portage la Prairie, but since returning to Windsor he has devoted his entire attention to his extensive business. Politically he is a Reformer, and fraternally a member of Windsor Lodge, No. 42, A.F. & A.M., and of the A.O.U.W.
     In 1885 Mr. Ferriss was married, in the North-west, to Miss Emma Smart, daughter of W. R. Smart, of Caledonia, formerly of Scotland, and the children born to this union are: Gordon, Josephine, Paul, Alexander, and Helen and Ruth, twins. Mr. Ferriss is regarded as one of the progressive, enterprising and public-spirited citizens of Windsor, fully awake to modern conditions and capable of meeting them.