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Martha
Wilson
1881 personal census, Maidstone Twp, Essex Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Bunn Samuel, M, 42, born Ont, Church of England, origin: English, Farmer, Married;
Martha, F, 30, born Scotland, Church of England, origin: Scottish, Married;
Clara, F, 12, born Ont;
Florance, F, 10, born Ont;
Seth, M, 8, born Ont;
Slivy, F, 6, born Ont;
Stanley, M, 4, born Ont.
1901 personal census, Gosfield South Twp, Essex Co., ON, G3-1:
Bunn Martha, F, Widowed, 3 July 1850, 50, born Scotland, origin: Scotch, Can, Meth, Farmer;
Seth, M, son, Married, 21 Feb 1872, 29, born Ont, origin: Scotch, Can, Meth, Farmer;s Son;
Alvin, M, son, Single, 25 Nov 1881, 19, born Ont, origin: Scotch, Can, Meth, Farmer's Son;
Forest, M, son, Single, 4 Feb 1884, 17, born Ont, origin: Scotch, Can, Meth, Farmer's Son;
Fany, F, daughter, Single, 4 Feb 1884, 17, born Ont, origin: Scotch, Can, Meth;
Bell, F, daughter-in-law, Married, 6 June 1880, 21, born Ont, origin: Scotch, Can Meth;
George, M, lodger, Single, 1825, 75, naturalized 1840, born England, origin: English, English, C of Eng;
Wilson Jennet, F, lodger, Widowed, 26 May 1821, 79, born Scotch, naturalized 1852, origin: Scotch, Can, Meth.
Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 576:
Gordon Fox, a thrifty farmer and president of the Erie Tobacco Company, of Windsor, is a member of one of the old pioneer families of this locality...
Grandfather John J. Fox was born in Colchester, March 22, 1814, and married Elizabeth Godwin, who was born March 1, 1819, in England. The following family was born to this marriage: ... Darius, father of Gordon...
Darius Fox was born on the homestead farm north of Olinda, Oct. 30, 1845... His death occurred June 18, 1899, his widow surviving.
Gordon Fox was born on the old farm Aug. 4, 1869...
On Nov. 4, 1891, Mr. Fox married Clara Bunn, a native of Maidstone township, and the following children have come to them: Ezra Wilson, Orville Stanley, Sylvia Myrtle and Lena Pearl. Mrs. Clara (Bunn) Fox was born in Maidstone Oct. 20, 1866, daughter of Samuel and Martha (Wilson) Bunn, the former of whom was a farmer all his days. After many years residence in Maidstone, he removed to Gosfield South, where his widow lives.