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M Thomas Hairsine

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Information from Dwaine Basham, Basham Family Genealogy, RootsWeb WorldConnect Project. Dwaine gives his death as 1897 June 28 in Northumberland, England.

1851 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essex Co., ON, p. 7:
Hairsine Thos, M, Widowed, 77, born England, C of England, Farmer;
Thos, M, Married, 40, born England, C of England, Farmer;
Marjory, F, Married, 39, born England, C of England;
Charles, M, Single, 14, born Canada, Gosfield, C of England;
Joseph, M, Single, 9, born Canada, C of England;
Jane, F, Single, 7, born Canada, C of England;
Leo'd, M, Single, 5, born Canada, C of England;
Rebecca, F, Single, 3, born Canada;
Malcolm, M, Single, 2, born Canada;
Edw'd, M, Single, 26, born Canada, C of England, Farmer.

This census has all the children born in England, which is wrong. They were all born in Canada:

1861 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essex Co., ON, 2-9:
Hairsine Thomas, M, Married, married in 1834, 49, born England, C England, Farmer;
Magery, F, Married, married 1834, 48, born England, C England;
Joseph, M, 19, born England, C England, Labour;
Jane, F, 17, born England, C England;
Lenard, M, 14, born England, C England;
Rebecca, F, 13, born England, C England;
Thomas, M, 11, born England, C England;
Alfred, M, 8, born England, C England;
Gowan, M, 6, born England, C England.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 197-198:
George Foster Robson is a prominent citizen and successful farmer of Mersea township, living at Sturgeon creek. He is a native of the township where his father and grandfather before him were well-known and honored citizens.
     Grandfather Joseph Robson was born on the Scottish border, near Northumberland, England, and there grew up and married Anne Trimel. They had a family of six children, as follows: Thomas, who was a soldier in the British army, and was killed in the Rebellion of 1837-38, while stationed at Sandwich; James, who became the father of George Foster; Mary, who married Joseph Mickle; Margaret, who married Thomas Hairsine of Talbot street; Edward, who was drowned in Robson creek, Mersea township; and Isabella, who married Francis Wilkinson, of Mersea township...

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Charles Hairsine 1775-1852   Mary Shipley or Burton 1781-1837
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Thomas Hairsine 1811-1896