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Elizabeth
Stewart
1851 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essex Co., ON, p. 21:
Stewart Chas, M, Married, 49, born Canada, Baptist, Farmer;
Mary, F, Married, 43, born Canada, Baptist;
Jane, F, Single, 24, born Canada;
Eliz'h, F, Single, 22, born Canada;
Peggy, F, Single, 20, born Canada;
Clara, F, Single, 18, born Canada;
Chas, M, Single, 16, born Canada;
Mary, F, Single, 14, born Canada;
Malinda, F, Single, 12, born Canada;
Tabitha, F, Single, 10, born Canada;
Olive, F, Single, 8, born Canada;
Eliza, F, Single, 6, born Canada;
Thos, M, Single, 4, born Canada;
James, M, Single, 2, born Canada.
1861 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essex Co., ON, 1-7:
Quick Alexander, M, Married, married in 1851, 36, born Canada, W Methodist, Farmer;
Elizabeth, F, Married, married in 1851, 31, born Canada, Baptist;
Charles S., M, Single, 8, born Canada, Baptist;
Amelia, F, Single, 6, born Canada, Baptist;
Cornelius D., M, Single, 4, born Canada, Baptist;
Alexander, M, Single, 1, born Canada, Baptist.
Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 156-157:
John S. Bruner, one of the leading citizens of Gosfield South, an extensive farmer and fruit grower at Elm Bluff Fruit Farm, occupies the old home of his father and grandfather, belonging as he does to one of the oldest and most honorable families of this part of County Essex.
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In 1872 Mr. Bruner was married to Catherine E., youngest daughter of Charles Stewart, Sr...
Mrs. Catherine E. (Stewart) Bruner was born in the township of Mersea, Feb. 26, 1856, daughter of Charles (Jr.) and Mary (Whittle) Stewart, natives of Pennsylvania and the County of Essex, respectively, granddaughter of Charles Stewart (Sr.) and great-granddaughter of James Stewart.
James Stewart, father of Charles Stewart, Sr., was born in Scotland and came to America about 1775. He came out as a soldier, belonging to the regiment known as the Black Watch, the 42nd Highlanders. He was married in Virginia to Peggy Brown, a Scotchwoman, and they afterward moved to Greene County, Pennsylvania, where they raised a family, Charles Stewart, Sr., being their youngest child.
Charles Steward, Sr., was married in
Pennsylvania to Jane Findley, and they afterward moved to Essex County, Ont., settling in Mersea township. They raised a large family of whom Charles Stewart, Jr., was the second one.
Charles Stewart, Jr., married Mary Whittle, a native of Essex County, who died Aug. 9, 1885, aged seventy-five. Charles Stewart, Jr., died at the home of Mrs. Bruner, Sept. 9, 1893, aged ninety-three. They were members of the Baptist Church. To this union came the following children: Jane, deceased wife of John Hetherington; Elizabeth, deceased wife of Alexander Quick; Margaret, deceased wife of William Long; Clarissa, deceased wife of Wells Morley; Charles, deceased, who married Victoria Wilkerson; Mary, deceased wife of Jesse Brown; Malinda, wife of George Jeffery, of Mersea township; Tabitha, who died aged eleven years; Olive, deceased, who married James McQueen; Eliza Ann, widow of John Thompson, of Mersea township; Thomas, a farmer of Mersea township, who married Martha Jeffery; James who died when three years old; and Catherine E., Mrs. Bruner.
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