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H John McDonald Jeffery

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1881 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essex Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Jeffery Isaac, M, Married, 23, born Ont, origin: Scottish, Wesleyan Methodist, Farmer;
Clarinda, F, Married, 24, born Ont, origin: Scottish, Wesleyan Methodist;
John, M, 2, born Ont, origin: Scottish, Wesleyan Methodist;
Percival, M, born March, born Ont, origin: Scottish, Wesleyan Methodist.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 547-548:
James White, formerly a well known farmer of Mersea township, now living retired, is one of the oldest citizens of that township, where he was born and has passed his entire life. He was a pioneer among pioneers, and is a worthy descendant of his sturdy Scotch forebears, being noted for his unswerving honesty and uprightness of character.
     James White, father of James, was the first of the family to leave Scotland, coming to Canada when a young man and locating in Mersea township. He obtained Lot no. 236, of the Talbot Grant, on what is now Talbot Street, a tract of 200 acres, on which he erected a log house and began his pioneer life. By unremitting industry and hard labor he cleared a portion of the homestead, and passed the rest of his life there, engaged in farming. He died in 1853, at the age of sixty-five, and was buried in the family lot on the farm, an old willow tree marking his last resting place. He and his wife were members of St. John's English Church, of which he was one of the founders. He married, in Mersea township, Phoebe Walton, who died when nearly eighty-seven years of age, and is buried beside her husband. She was a devoted wife and mother, a true Christian woman, and shared uncomplainingly all the hardships and privations of pioneer life. The children of this union were as follows: Betsey (deceased), who married John Robinson; Mary (deceased), who married Thomas Hodgson; Jane (deceased), who married Russell Fox, of Mersea township; Nancy (deceased), who married Absalom Jones; Phoebe, who married Major Thomas M. Fox, of Wheatley; James, who is mentioned below; John, also mentioned below, who lives on the home farm; and George, a retired farmer, who lives in Leamington.
     James White was born in the old log house at the homestead, on Talbot Street South, Sept. 1, 1833. As a boy he attended school from three months to six months of the year, in the school house made of hewn logs, which was the educational centre of the township. Many of his school companions are still living - venerable and respected men. Mr. White assisted his father on the home farm until the death of the latter, after which he and his brothers continued to carry on the place and care for their widowed mother. Later the farm was divided between the three brothers, James taking the east seventy-five acres, where he continues to live. There he began farming on his own account, making extensive improvements, including the erection of a brick dwelling house and good frame barns. His farm is carefully managed and is kept in a high state of cultivation, reflecting great credit upon the skill and sagacity of its owner. Mr. White is a man of domestic tastes and temperate habits, a true Christian and a devoted father. He is a member of Wesley Church, on Talbot Street, which he helped to organize, and of which he served as steward. He married Jan. 8, 1855, Mary Alice Setterington, who was born in Mersea township, daughter of John Setterington. She died Jan. 14, 1888, at the age of fifty-six, and is buried in Lake View Cemetery. She was also a member of Wesley Church. To Mr. and Mrs. White ten children were born as follows: (1) Clarinda married Isaac Jeffery, of Leamington, and they have two children, McDonald and Percival H...

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 13-14:
Robert Simpson, of the well-known lumber firm of Robert Simpson & Son, of Mersea township, County of Essex, ... is of Scotch descent on his father's side, but is a native Canadian, having been born in Saltfleet township, County of Wentworth, Ontario...
     Robert Simpson was born in Saltfleet township, County of Wentworth, May 12, 1845, and attended the district school in his native place, remaining on the home farm until he was seventeen years old... he came to the County of Essex and located on Concession A, Mersea township, going into business ... engaged in the manufacture of lumber... In 1886 he established a mill in Romney township, County of Kent where for several years the business was carried on by himself, when his son Robert became his partner. For some time the business has been carried on on an extensive scale in Mersea township, where the firm owns 325 acres of land. A part of their land is under cultivation, and Mr. Simpson engages in farming in addition to looking after his mill interests...
     On May 30, 1864, Robert Simpson married Elizabeth Catherine Burkholder, who was born in Barton township, County of Wentworth, July 15, 1843, daughter of Elijah Burkholder. To this union have been born the following children: ... Pearl May, who married McDonald Jeffery (they have one child, Ina G., and live in Walkerville, Ont.)...

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George C. Jeffery ca 1813-1876   Mary Anne McGuffins ca 1824-1891   James White 1833-   Mary Alice Setterington ca 1836-1888
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Isaac Jeffery ca 1858-   Clarinda White ca 1857-
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John McDonald Jeffery ca 1879-