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M William C. McCormick

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Marriage Records of the Western District 1796-1856, transcribed by the Essex Branch of the OGS:
Rev. William McLaren, Presbyterian Church, Amherstburg, 1855:
Wm. McCormick, 29, Margaret Best, 18, by lic.

1861 personal census, Colchester Twp, Essex Co., ON, D2-3?:
W. C. McCormick, Carpenter, born CW, C E, 36, M, Married;
Margaret, born CW, C E, 23, F, Married;
Tho's?, born CW, 5, M, Single;
Isora?, born CW, 3, F, Single;
Mary, born CW, C E, 1, Single, born in 1860;
frame house, 1-1/2 stories, 1 family.

Obituary, 1901, Essex Branch of OGS files:
McCormick - In Colchester South, the oldest resident of this township died Tuesday morning, March 26th, 1901 in the person of Mrs. Alexander McCormick aged 97 years, 3 months and 2 days... Her maiden name was Mary Lidwell and she was a daughter of the late Thomas Lidwell... In 1821 or thereabouts she was united in marriage to Alexander McCormick, who predeceased her some 29 years ago. To them were born eleven children: ... William, died in British Columbia, 22 years ago...

Commemorative Biographical Record of Essex Co., p. 308-313:
Arthur Montgomery McCormick, postmaster and merchant on Pelee Island ... was married in Colchester township, County of Essex, Ont., Nov. 25, 1856, to Esther McCormick, who was born in Colchester township, daughter of the late Alexander and Mary (Lidwell) McCormick...
Mrs. McCormick is an intelligent woman, devoted to her home, husband and family, and is a good Christian. She is also a descendant of the McCormick family, her father, Alexander McCormick, having been a son of Alexander, the first settler, and brother of William, who settled on Pelee Island. He was a farmer and land owner of Colchester township, where he was engaged in general farming and stock raising, owning a tract of 400 acres near Oxley, where he spent his life, and where he married Mary Lidwell, who lived to the ripe age of ninety-seven years. She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Huffman, of Oxley. Their children were as follows: (1)Nancy married Walter Grubb, of Colchester, and is deceased. (2)William I. died at Yale, British Columbia. (3)Elizabeth married Henry Wigle, of Essex. (4)Mary Jane married Walter Grubb, of Pelee Island. (5)Eliza married Angus Huffman, of Colchester township. (6)Thomas resides on Pelee Island. (7)John is in the Yukon district of Alaska. (8)Esther married Arthur M. McCormick, of Pelee Island. (9)Robert D. resides on Pelee Island. (10)Lucinda, widow of Florin F. Mickle, resides in British Columbia. (11)Margaret S. married Samuel Huston, and resides in Detroit.

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Alexander McCormick 1728-1803   Elizabeth Turner 1758-1838   x x   x x
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Alexander McCormick ca 1799-1871   Mary Lidwell 1803-1901
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William C. McCormick ca 1824-ca 1879