1881 personal census, Gosfield Twp, Essex Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Nevill Edward, M, Married, 53, born Ont, origin: Irish, Episcopal Methodist, Farmer;
Sarah, F, Married, 43, born Ont, origin: Scottish, Episcopal Methodist;
Joannah, F, 17, born Ont, origin: Scottish, Episcopal Methodist;
William H., 14, born Ont, origin: Irish, Episcopal Methodist.
Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 482-483:
William H. Neville, one of the younger farmers of Gosfield North, and a public-spirited citizen, who is ever ready to help in any movement for the betterment of his community, was born March 27, 1866, near Pontiac, Michigan, though he comes of one of Canada's old families, being a son of Edward and Sarah (McKenzie) Neville.
The first of the family to settle in Essex was Edward Neville, a native of Ireland, who came to Canada with his family of five sons, Robert, Edward, James, George and Francis, and one daughter. Francis Neville was born in July, 1798, married Nancy Williams, born Oct. 4, 1805, and settled on what is now Lot 271, Talbot Road South, in 1825, in the days when the country was an unbroken wilderness, and the only road an Indian trail from the lake to Windsor. On the farm which he cleared in the midst of this wilderness, Francis Neville and his wife lived for the rest of their days, and of their eleven children, nine reached maturity: ... (3) Edward was the father of William H. and Joanna...
Edward Neville was born in Gosfield township, May 29, 1827, and grew up on the farm, assisting his father and going to school long enough to secure a limited education. In 1860 he married Miss Sarah McKenzie, who was born in Dover township, County of Kent, in 1836, daughter of Donald McKenzie, who came to Canada from Scotland. After their marriage the young couple settled on a part of the Neville homestead for some years, and then, selling their farm, they moved to Pontiac, Michigan. In 1869, however, Mr. Neville returned to Canada and purchased the present homestead, on Lot 72, Talbot Road North, then largely bush land, which he cleared and developed into a productive farm. He put up a good house, barn and other needed buildings, and continued to dwell in the home which he himself made until his death in December, 1884. His wife still lives there with her son. The only daughter, Joanna, born in Canada in 1863, is the wife of Arthur Flint, has two children, Orville and Elton, and lives on a farm near Cottam...
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