1851 personal census, Howard Twp, Kent Co., ON, p. 20:
Swisher Euen?, M, Married, 28, born Canada, Methodist, Blacksmith;
Margaret, F, Married, 26, born Canada, Methodist, Housewife;
Dorcas, F, 5, born Canada, Methodist, Daughter;
Mary, F, 2, born Canada, Methodist, Daughter;
Lee Margaret, F, 5, born United States, Methodist, Niece;
Coll James, M, 34, born Canada, Church of England, Carpenter.
Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Kent, Ontario, J.H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1904, pg. 184-186:
William Call, a retired farmer of Morpeth, Howard township, County of Kent, was born in 1833, in his present home, a son of William and Mary (Williams) Call, one of Howard's old pioneer families. The father was born in the state of Pennsylvania, and the mother on the banks of the river Thames, in Canada.
The chosen family name was William, and the grandfather, William Call, was born in Ireland, as was also his wife, Elsie Hoe. Prior to the Revolutionary War of the States, they emigrated to the United States, and located near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on the Allegheny river. About the time of the Revolution, they removed to Canada and lived for a time at Chatham, and then moved over on the River Thames, where they were living when the War of 1812 occurred. In that struggle his sons participated, and William (2) and his brother Samuel were both wounded in that war. William Call was drowned in the River Thames soon after the close of the war, and left a large family of children: (1) Hamilton, the eldest son died unmarried. (2) Samuel, who married Mary A. Shernon, and left three children, Sarah, William S. and Lemuel, died on his farm near Morpeth. (3) John, born in Pennsylvania, married Miss Nancy Martin, and settled in Morpeth, as a farmer, and there died, leaving five daughters, namely -- Anna (who died young), Dorcas (who died the wife of P. Wood), Mary (widow of John Moody), Elizabeth (wife of Philip Monk of County Kent) and Catherine (wife of Jacob Shoe). (4) Samuel, born in Pennsylvania, died after the War of 1812. (5) Thomas, born in Pennsylvania, died without family. (6) James moved when a young man to the State of Iowa, and died leaving no family. (7) Jesse, born in Pennsylvania, married Mary Leadbeater, of Canada, and settled on the Talbot road, where he died leaving children. (8) Mary, born in Pennsylvania, is deceased. She married John Unsworth, son of the first jailor of Windsor, and first settled on the Howard Ridge, where they lived and died, leaving three children, Issac, a banker at Florence, and James, of Florence, and Sarah Jenkins, of Windsor. (9) Betsey, deceased, was born in Pennsylvania, and married Joab Hall, of Ireland, and both died in Florence, leaving children since deceased. (10) Nancy, born in Pennsylvania, married David Sherman, and settled in Thamesville, where they made their home, and died leaving two sons, Lemuel and William Sherman. (11) William (2) completed the family.
William Call (2) grew up in Pennsylvania, but had no school opportunities after the war. In 1815 he married Mary Williams and they moved to the home near Morpeth, where he erected a log cabin and began life as a pioneer. He and his wife were the first settlers on the Lake Erie shore, and at Howard, County Kent then being a wilderness. A path was cut through the forest to reach the river Thames at this point, and this whole section owes much to the industry and perseverance of James, Jesse, William, Samuel and Thomas Call, brothers. They were the men of hardy enterprise and indomitable spirit, who dared every danger and privation, and succeeded in developing the county with wonderful rapidity. William Car (2) set himself the task of clearing up a farm of 200 acres, the other brothers doing the same, and five productive farms resulted. Their milling and trading was done on the river and by packing on horse back, or by using ox-teams. There was much that was picturesque about those early days, but with our modern ideas of comfort, we can but wonder and admire the self-denying lives of our forefathers, whose efforts have served to make this beautiful country what it is today. Until 1845, the little log cabin was the family home, and the father then erected the present large frame house. The barns, which were built in 1836, are still in a good state of preservation. William Call (2) died at this home in 1860, his widow surviving until 1876. The were christened in the English Church, and were devoted to its teachings. In politics Mr. Call was a strong supporter of the Liberal party. Their twelve children were as follows: (1) Isaac, eldest, was born on the banks of the Canadian Thames, and died in his home there in young manhood. (2) John grew to young manhood, and then went to Illinois, where he married and died, leaving one son. (3) James, who was born at this home, married Miss Jemima Pelluth(?) and settled in Morpeth, where he lived until his death, in 1888, leaving one son, John, who lives in Morpeth. (4) Annie married Alexander Moody, who settled on the Talbot road in Howard, and she died leaving three children, William (of Thamesville), Mary (deceased, wife of Albert Unsworth), and Hannah (wife of John Jackman, of Thamesville). (5) Hannah, born at the old homestead, married Henry Lee, and settled in Iowa, where she died leaving five children, Edward (of Michigan), Mary A. (deceased, wife of John Green, of Manitoba), Margaret (now Mrs. George Smith, of California), Frances (wife of John Mason, of Howard) and Hannah (wife of Robert Hall, of Michigan). (6) Elcy, born at the old home, now deceased, married N(?) Anger, who died in Howard, and their three children were: Laura (deceased), Ann (the wife of George Reynolds of Harwich), and Mary (wife of George Gerow, of Harwich). (7) Margaret, born in the present home, is deceased; she married Ura(?) Swisher, who settled and died in Howard, leaving eight children, Dorcas (now Mrs. Handy, of Howard), Mary (wife of John Bailey, of Ohio), Ann (the wife of John Pierce, of Ohio), Margaret (wife of Henry Rodgers, of Ohio), Adaline (wife of Corliss Higgs, of Detroit), William (of Ohio), James (deceased, in Howard), and Jane (of Ohio). (8) Susan, born in the old home, became the wife of John Hazard, who settled at Thamesville, where she died leaving thse children: William (deceased), Rev. Leonard (a Methodist minister at Detroit), Mary A., (deceased, wife of John Madden, of Michigan), and Priscilla (wife of Thomas Thom, of Detroit). (9) Harriet, born on the old homestead, married Henry Duck, and they settled in Michigan where she died, leaving three children, of whom Mary was reared by our subject and sister, and she married William Robertson, of Blenheim, by whom she has children, Homer, James, Findley, Whitney, Mary and Anna. (10) Frederick, born on the old home, married Miss Frances Knight, of Howard, and they settled on a part of the old homestead where they died, the parents of the following children: George (of Windsor), Richard (of Cleveland), Charles (of Cleveland), and Mary (wife of Gordon Levi, who lives on the Island near Lake Erie). (11) Mary, born in the present home, was educated in the schools of Morpeth, and ever since the death of her parents has been the careful and efficient housekeeper at home, making comfortable her brother (12) William.
William Call, the third of the name and the youngest of this large family, grew up on the old home farm and obtained his education in the schools of Morpeth. Upon the death of his parents the property was divided and he remained on the farm, becoming its owner and manager, although for many years prior to the death of his father he had the management of the latter's business. Mr. Call has never married. In politics he has always taken an active interest in the Liberal party. Both he and sister are valued members of the Methodist Church in Morpeth, and are among its most liberal supporters.
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Anna (Annie) Coll ca 1820-ca 1904
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