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1861 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essex Co., ON, 1-4:
Jeffery George C., M, Married, married in 1837, 48, born Nova Scotia, W Methodist, Tanner & Shoe Maker;
Mary A., F, Married, married in 1837, 38, born Ireland, W Methodist;
John, M, Single, 20, born U Canada, W Methodist, Labourer;
James, M, Single, 18, born U Canada, W Methodist, Labourer;
Eliza J., F, Single, 14, born U Canada, W Methodist;
Mary, F, Single, 11, born U Canada, W Methodist;
William, M, Single, 6, born U Canada;
Isaac, M, Single, 4, born U Canada;
Margaret, F, Single, 1, born U Canada.

1881 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essex Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Jellery[sic] Alfred, M, Married, 25, born Ont, origin: Scottish, Methodist, Farmer;
Mary, F, Widowed, 57, born Ireland, origin: Irish, Methodist;
Maggie, F, 19, born Ont, origin: Scottish, Methodist;
Maranda, F, Married, 24, born Ont, origin: German, Methodist;
Mary, F, 1, born Ont, origin: Scottish, Methodist;
Wellington, M, 18, born Ont, origin: Scottish, Methodist;
Bruner Adam, M, Married, 65, born Ont, origin: German, Methodist, Farmer.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 323-324:
Edgerton Scratch, local preacher of the Methodist Church in Mersea township, County of Essex, and a man widely known and deeply loved for his many excellent traits of character, is a son of Rev. Alexander and Ann (Adams) Scratch...
     On Jan. 1, 1871, Mr. Scratch was married, in Gosfield township, to Eliza Jane Jeffery, who was born in the County of Halton, Ont., Jan. 1, 1850, daughter of George and Mary Ann (McGuffins), and they have had children as follows: Eugene S., born Oct. 14, 1871, married Sarah Gulliver, daughter of Joseph Gulliver, on March 13, 1893, and their children are Bernice, Clement, Clifford and Beatrice. Alfred Salonis, born May 28, 1873, married Lettie Jane Reid July 28, 1885, and they have had three children, Erie, May and Clare. Harrison Perry, born July 26, 1875, married Carrie Shelston, and they have one son, Addison. Aele Carman, born July 10, 1877, married Edith Calder April 18, 1903, and they have one daughter, Etta Delma. Elsie Lena, born Sept. 25, 1879, married John T. Crossley May 9, 1895, and has two children, Wilhelmina and Sabina. Edith was born May 3, 1882; Orla Lillian, June 5, 1884; Eldis Elden, Dec. 18, 1886; Ettie Jane, May 19, 1889.
     George Jeffery, Mrs. Scratch's father, was born in Nova Scotia and was married in Ontario to Mary Ann McGuffins. They were early pioneers of Mersea township. He was shoemaker by trade, and also followed farming. He died on his farm in Mersea township in 1876, and Mrs. Jeffery, who long survived him, passed away in Michigan in 1891. To their union were born the following named children: John was killed on a street car in Detroit, of which he was conductor; James is a farmer in Blenheim, Ont.; George, now a resident of Leamington, served in the United States Rebellion; Malinda first married John Van Buskirk, and after his death became the wife of William Peterson, and she now resides in Ionia County, Michigan; Mary married Thomas Wilkinson, a farmer of Mersea; Eliza Jane is the wife of Edgerton Scratch; Rev. Alfred, a minister of the Disciples Church, is a farmer in Michigan; Isaac, of Walkerville, Ont., is engaged in the livery business; Maggie, of Milwaukee, Wis., married Thomas Stewart; Wellington is in the hotel business in Michigan.