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F Ann Lamarsh

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Information from Craig Withers, Evans/Rose Family Tree, RootsWeb WorldConnect Project.

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 Charles Stewart, Baptist Minister, Gosfield (p. 50 - 52):
Morris Roach, to Ann Lamarsh, both of Mersea. 17 Nov. 1840, by banns. Rev. Stewart. Wit. Amos Fox and Frederick Ambridge.

1851 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essx Co., ON, p. 7:
Roach Morris, M, Married, 33, born U Canada, Methodist, Farmer;
Ann, F, Married, 33, born U Canada, Methodist;
Mary, F, 11, born U Canada, Methodist;
Elizabeth, F, 9, born U Canada, Methodist;
Wm, M, 7, born U Canada;
John, M, 5, born U Canada;
Rob't, M, 3, born U Canada;
Marcotte Thos, M, 14, born U Canada.

1861 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essex Co., ON, 2-10:
Roach Moris, M, Married, married in 1840, 43, born U Canada, W Methodist, Farmer;
Ann, F, Married, married in 1840, 43, born UC, W Methodist;
William, M, 17, born UC, W Methodist;
John, M, 14, born UC, W Methodist;
Robert, M, 11, born UC, W Methodist;
Moris Jr., M, 5, born UC, W Methodist;
Mary, F, 20, born UC, W Methodist;
Elizabeth, F, 18, born UC, W Methodist.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 30-32:
Lamarsh. The well-known family in Mersea Township, County of Essex, bearing the name Lamarsh is of French stock. The name was originally spelled La Marshe, but after the emigration to Canada it gradually came to be written generally Lamarsh.
     The first to come to America was Samuel La Marshe, a native France, who, on reaching manhood located in the Province of Quebec, Canada. Later he removed to Kingston, Ont., and still later to Amherstburg. His last location was Gosfield township, County of Essex, where he died. During the war of 1812 he served in the Bristish army. Of his eight children, several settled in the United States. Among them were: Samuel, who died in Ohio; John, who died in Mersea township; Joseph, who attained the age of ninety-four years, and passed away in Gosfield township; Elizabeth, who married Peter Malott, of Gosfield township; and Rachel.
     John Lamarsh, son of Samuel, the emigrant, was born in Kingston, Ont., and was brought to the County of Essex by his parents in 1801. They located at Fort Malden, now Amherstburg, and later removed to Gosfield township. He, too, played a soldier's part in the war of 1812, and after its close settled in Mersea township, where he drew a tract of 200 acres of the Col. Talbot grant, on Talbot street. This tract was then an unbroken wilderness, but his pioneer spirit was undaunted by the mighty task of preparing a home and clearing a farm there. He built a log house, and resolutely bent his energies to the cultivation of his land, in which he was eminently successful, in time becoming one of the large landholders of the county. Besides his home farm, he also owned a tract of 200 acres where the town of Wheatley is now, half of which is owned by his grandsons. He attained the ripe age of seventy-eight years, and was buried in the Roache cemetery on Talbot street. His education for the day and locality was fair, and he was looked upon as one of the leading men of his township, having been appointed commissioner of the township by the government, and holding other town offices. Politically he was one of the first Liberals in the township, and he was always well posted on current topics. He belonged to the Methodist Church. His wife, Mary Ann Burke, was born in Quebec, a daughter of James Burke, of Ireland, whose wife was a Frenchwoman. Mrs. Lamarsh lived to the age of eighty-one and was buried by the side of her husband. Originally she belonged to the Catholic Church, but she afterward joined the Methodist faith with her husband and children, and she was ever a noble Christian woman, cheerfully bearing the privations of life in the wilderness that she might do her share toward winning a life for her children. To John and Mary Ann Lamarsh were born eleven children, as follows: Ann, deceased, who married Morris Roache, of Mersea township; Elizabeth, deceased, who married Benjamin Quick, of Mersea township; John (2); James, deceased; Mary Jane, who married Matthew Howard, and died in Michigan; Robert, a well-known farmer of Mersea township; Nancy, who married William Roache (now deceased), and makes her home in Mersea township; William, a farmer on part of the homestead; Peter, who also farms on the homestead; Margaret, widow of Alexander Gunn, of Mersea township; and Joseph, deceased.
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Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 571-572:
John Roach, a well-known farmer and stock-raiser of Talbot Street, Mersea township, was born April 19, 1847, on the Roach homestead, in Mersea township.
     The Roach family is of Irish origins, but for several generations its representatives have made their home in Canada. Morris Roach was the first of the name in County Essex... In 1818 he came to Mersea township, and drew lot 235, on Talbot Street, out of the grant of Col. Talbot... Morris Roach married Mary Pardo, widow of John Story...
     Morris Roach (2), son of Morris and father of John Roach, was only six weeks old when the family came to Mersea township. Like other sparsely settled localities, that portion of Mersea was slow in providing sufficient school facilities, and the youth of the time were unfortunately unable to study or have the advantages which, at present, are considered part of a child's birthright. When he grew up he spent two years in Leamington, but then decided to return to farming. After purchasing 100 acres of the homestead farm, he settled upon it, and there passed the remainder of his life. He was a pioneer tobacco grower, and was extensively engaged in stock raising, keeping up his interest until near the close of his life, at the age of seventy-two years. He was interred in the family cemetery. In politics he was a Conservative on National questions, but locally voted independently. He served as school trustee, and was always interested in affording advantages for the younger generation which had not been possible for him to enjoy. Both he and his wife were consistent and worthy members of the Methodist Church. He married Ann Lamarsh, born in Mersea township, who died in February, 1876, aged fifty-seven years. Their children were: Mary, wife of Henry Setterington, of Leamington; Elizabeth, wife of Cornelius Wiper, of Michigan; William, farmer on a part of the old homestead; John; Robert, a resident of Monroe County, Michigan; and Morris W., a resident of Walkerville. The second marriage of Morris Roach, Sr., was to Mrs. Margaret Courtney, who died in Leamington.
     John Roach, the subject proper of this sketch, was educated in the District schools of his township, and remained till young manhood assisting his father on the home farm. He then settled on Concession 5, Lot 14, on a tract of fifty acres of woodland. Here he built a log house, cleared up a good portion of his property, and occupied it for ten years, selling then and buying one-half of the old homestead, where he has been ever since successfully engaged in farming and stock raising.
     Mr. Roach has made a success of the growing of tobacco, his land apparently possessing the right constituents for its culture. He has taken pride and pleasure in his surroundings, has erected a fine home and made many substantial improvements, possessing a home of comfort as well as of attractiveness and large value.
     In politics Mr. Roach is a Liberal and he has taken a very active part in public affairs. In 1896 he was elected a member of the township council, and served in that capacity for six years. In addition he has capably filled other offices, being a school trustee, for nine years tax collector, and for seven years assessor. He is equally active in church affairs, being a member of Wesley Methodist Church of Talbot Street, a class leader, and Sunday School superintendent.
     On June 15, 1868, Mr. Roach married Ann Jones, who was born in Gosfield township, in Dec. 18, 1850, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Noble) Jones, both residents of Leamington. The children born to this union are the following: Adolphus Edwin, a blacksmith at Leamington, married Flora Malott; Sylvestor Wellington, a farmer of Mersea township, married Rebecca Malotte, and they have five children; Clara Isabella married Frederick White, of Mersea township, and has four children; Laura Augusta is at home; Cora Ann married Oliver Setterington, of Mersea township, and has one daughter; Lewis Gordon, a blacksmith at Leamington, married Ella Nash, and has two daughters; Carl B. is at home.
     Mr. Roach is a member of the Loyal Orange Association and takes a very active interest in its work. He is one of the substantial and representative men of his locality, and is held in high esteem by all who know him.

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Samuel La Marshe 1765-   Elizabeth Cabot Bodar    
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John Lamarsh 1790-1868   Mary Ann Burke 1800-1881
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Ann Lamarsh 1820-1876