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Edgar
Laramie
1881 personal census, Colchester South Twp, Essex Co., ON, LDS Can 1881 census household record:
Laramie Edgar, M, Married, 21, born Ont, origin: French, Church of England,
Farmer;
Hattie, F, Married, 20, born USA, origin: French, Catholic.
1901 personal census, Gosfield South Twp, Essex Co., ON, G5-5:
Laramie Edger, M, Married, 5 Dec 1860, 40, born Ont, origin: French, Can,
Meth, Farmer;
Hattie M., F, wife, Married, 13 May 1860, 40, born Ont,
origin: French, Can, Meth;
Frances A., M, son, Single, 27 July 1881, 19,
born Ont, origin: French, Can, Meth, Farmer's Son;
Leroy, M, son, Single,
18 July 1886, 14, born Ont, origin: French, Can, English [Church], 5 months in
school;
Doris, F, daughter, Single, 19 Nov 1889, 12, born Ont, origin: French, Can, English [Church], 9 months in school;
Jennie, F, daughter, Single, 2
7 Jan 1895, 5, born Ont, origin: French, Can, Meth;
Larma John, M, nephew, Single, 15 Nov 1881, 19, born Ont, origin: French, Can, Meth, Farm Labour.
Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H.
Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 490-491:
Francis E. Laramie, a prosperous farmer and owner of the brick and tile plant
in Malden township, County of Essex, as well as an extensive ranchman of the
North-West Territory, is a son of Alexander Laramie, a native of Quebec, of
French parentage. When a young man Alexander Laramie came to Colchester South, in 1843, and engaged in farming. Later he was a sailor for a time on the Great Lakes. In Colchester South he married Sarah Richardson, a member of one of the old families. For a time he conducted his father-in-law's farm, and later the
family went to Michigan, but returned after a few years. In fact, they were
much inclined to move, and during the thirty-nine years of their married life
it is claimed Mr. and Mrs. Laramie made thirty-nine changes. The father last
farmed in Malden township, where he died in 1889, aged seventy years. The
mother is still living, and is a resident of Colchester South. To them were
born: Mary Melinda married Charles Cornell, of Michigan; John died aged nine
years; Lucinda Ann (deceased) married William Van Brocklan, of Detroit;
Francis E. is mentioned below; George is a farmer of Malden township; William
Alexander is a resident of Laingsburg, Michigan; Edgar is a resident of
Gosfield South; Charles Wesley died in Anderdon, aged twenty-two years; Lewis
Arthur died in Anderdon, aged twenty years; Thomas is an engineer in Delray,
Michigan; Margaret Jane died aged two years; Norman died aged twenty-one
years; Sarah Delilah died aged three years.
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