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M William McCormick Ferriss

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Information from Ron Buchanan, Buchanan of Essex, Ontario, Canada, RootsWeb WorldConnect Project.

1851 personal census, Colchester Twp, Essex Co., ON, p. 24:
Ferris John Sn, Farmer, born U. States, Ep Methodist, 59, M, Married;
Mary Sn, born U. States, Ep Methodist, 57, F, Married;
Mary B, born T Colchester, Ep Methodist, 25, F;
Elizabeth, born T Colchester, Ep Methodist, 16, F;
William, born T Colchester, Ep Methodist, 14, M;
frame house, 2 stories, 1 family.

Marriage Records of Essex County, 1858-1864, transcribed by the Essex Branch of the OGS:
William Ferris 24 yrs res Colchester born Colchester s/o John Ferris and Mary to Letitia Buchanan 21 yrs res Colchester born Colchester d/o John Buchanan and Mary - witnesses: Adam R. Wigle and E. Hodgson from Gosfield - 6 December 1861.

1881 personal census, Colchester South Twp, Essex Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Ferriss William, M, Married, 44, born Ont, origin: Irish, Weslyan Methodist, Farmer;
Lettia, F, Married, 41, born Ont, origin: Scottish, Weslyan Methodist;
Kenneth, M, 12, born Ont;
Dunkin, M, 10, born Ont;
Allen, M, 7, born Ont;
Mary, F, 1, born Ont.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 488-489:
Thomas G. Ferriss, the owner and proprietor of the finest and best equipped livery establishment in Windsor, is also one of the city's leading businessmen. He is descended from one of the leading families of the County of Essex.
     The great-grandfather of Mr. Ferriss was a United Empire Loyalist, having come to Canada from the States about the time of the revolutionary war, and settled in Bois Blanc, a part of the County of Essex. His family consisted of three sons and two daughters, namely: John, Isaac, Samuel, Polly and Esther.
     John Ferriss, the grandfather of Thomas G., was born in 1795, in Bois Blanc, and died in 1882 in Toronto. He married a lady named McCormick, who was born in 1797, in the County of Essex, and their children were: Mathew, who died in 1899, in Manitoba; John, deceased; Mary, the wife of Alexander Quick, of Essex South; Joseph was a farmer and wagon-maker of Essex South; Sarah, deceased, who was the wife of James Waddell; Elizabeth, deceased wife of Charles Wright; and William who died in 1900, in Essex South.
     John Ferris (2), son of John, and father of Thomas G., was born in 1816, in the County of Essex, where he followed farming, spending his whole life in his native country...

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Joseph Ferriss ca 1758-   Christina Hahn 1767-   Alexander McCormick 1728-1803   Elizabeth Turner 1758-1838
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John Ferriss ca 1793-1882   Mary McCormick ca 1795-
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William McCormick Ferriss ca 1837-1900