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H Alexander Moody

Mariages et enfants

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Notes individuelles

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 Isaac Bell, J.P. (p. 20 - 22):
Alexander Moody, to Ann Coll, both of Howard, W.D. 22 Nov. 1838, Howard, W.D., by banns. Isaac Bell, J.P. Wit. William Bell and James Coll.

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: ... (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... 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: ... (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)...