1901 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essex Co., ON, K1-9:
Quick Thomas W., M, Married, 19 Aug 1841, 60, born Ont; origin: Dutch, Meth, Farmer;
Jane, F, wife, Married, 8 Feb 1846, born Ont. origin: Dutch, Can, Meth;
Orton Stanley, M, grandson, Single, 10 April 1888, 13, born Ont, origin: English, Can, Meth, 10 months in school;
Jenny, F, granddaughter, Single, 1 Jan 1891, 10, born Ont, origin: English, Can, Meth, 10 months in school;
Vera, F, granddaughter, Single, 19 May 1893, 8, born Ont, origin: English, Can, Meth, 10 months in school.
Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 297-298:
Martin Van Buren Orton, a farmer and stock-raiser of the 4th Concession of Mersea township, is a well-known citizen of that section, and a descendant of one of the oldest families of the county, where for several generations it has been identified with the development of Gosfield township.
The family is of English extraction, but its home has been in America for the past 250 years. The first of the family in Western Canada was Zenas Orton, a native of Connecticut, where many of the name still reside.
The late John Orton, son of Zenas and father of Martin, was born in Gosfield township, on the Orton homestead, Sept. 29, 1836. There his education was procured in the best schools of the locality and he grew up a farmer boy, settling at maturity on a fifty-acre tract of land on Sandwich street. This he worked for six years, and then sold it to come to Mersea township, where he bought a tract of land on Concession 4, consisting of 120 acres. On this he built a log house, and began his pioneering life. A severe cold terminated his life, eight years later, before he had accomplished all he had planned to do. His death was a severe loss to the township, as he was a man of sterling traits of character and commanded the confidence and respect of all who knew him. He filled the office of councillor for several years, and his influence was felt whenever important measures were brought up for consideration. He assisted greatly in the laying out of the roads and concessions in what is known to-day as the Point Pelee Marsh, the most fertile agricultural region in all the Dominion. He took an active part in educational affairs, and was a strong supporter of the public school system, filling with the greatest efficiency the office of school trustee.
In Gosfield township Mr. Orton married Maria Irwin, who was born in Mersea township, daughter of William Irwin. Mr. Orton's death left seven children fatherless. They were reared and educated by their noble mother... Darius was killed accidentally by a saw at the home of Jacob Fox, March 27, 1894, and was buried in the Lake View cemetery; he left a widow, Laura Quick Orton, and three children, Stanley, Vera and Jennie...
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Stanley Orton 1888
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