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M Edgerton Scratch

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1901 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essex Co., ON, K6-13:
Scratch Edgerton, M, Married, 17 March 1851, 50, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth, Carpenter;
Eliza J., F, wife, Married, 1 Jan 1850, 51, born Ont, origin: Scotch, Can, Meth;
Harrison P., M, son, Single, 26 July 1875, 25, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth;
Carmon A., M, son, Single, 10 July 1878, 22, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth;
Edith M., F, daughter, Single, 3 May 1882, 18, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth;
Orla L., F, daughter, Single, 5 June 1884, 16, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth;
Ellis E., M, son, Single, 18 Dec 1886, 14, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth, 10 months in school;
Ettie J., F, daughter, Single, 19 May 1889, 11, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth, 10 months in school.

1911 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essex Co., ON, 24-13:
Scratch Edgerton, M, Married, March 1851, 60, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Methodist, Farmer;
Eliza, F, wife, Married, Jan 1850, 61, born Ont, origin: Scotch, Can, Methodist;
Crossely Elsie, F, granddaughter, Single, May 1907, 4, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Methodist.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers, Toronto, 1905, p. 85-87:
Rev. Alexander Scratch (Kratz), a retired minister of the Methodist Church, a direct descendant of one of the pioneer families of Essex County, and one of the most highly revered citizens of Leamington, was born in Gosfield township, Essex, July 18, 1826, son of Henry and Isabella (Wilkinson) Scratch.
     The name of Scratch is a corruption of Kratz, the change being of comparatively recent date...
     On Feb. 14, 1756, at Teutonhoofer, was born Leonhard Kratz... in 1776, at the age of twenty, he was a soldier in an army that came to America from Germany to help England quell the rebellion of her Colonies... In 1792, the Governor of Canada having offered grants of land to the U. E. Loyalists and other who had assisted Great Britain in the war, Leonhard Kratz and his family again became subject to the British King. The lot given him was No. 9, in Gosfield township, County of Essex, Ont., containing 200 acres, and this he exchanged with an old German for Lot No. 2, later purchasing No. 9, thus becoming the owner of 400 acres...
     To Leonhard and Mary (Munger) Kratz were born the following children, eleven in all: ... Henry, born in Gosfield, April 5, 1797, is mentioned below...
     Henry Scratch (Kratz) was born in Gosfield township, April 5, 1797, and his entire life was passed in his native township. For some years he was successfully engaged in the practice of medicine. In 1818 he joined the Wesleyan Methodist Church, and in 1847 he was ordained a Methodist minister. He was greatly beloved in the community, and he died universally regretted, Jan. 23, 1861. In Colchester, in 1817, he married Isabella Wilkinson, who was born May 25, 1798, daughter of John Wilkinson, a native of County Derry, Ireland, who came to Malden township in 1801, and died that fall. To Henry and Mrs. Scratch were born children as follows: ... (5) Alexander is referred to farther on...
     Alexander Scratch (Kratz) was born July 18, 1826. The common schools afforded him a substantial foundation for his future attainments, and he enjoyed also a period of study under Col. King, a noted educator of that time, residing in what is now Kingsville. His school days ended, he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. Reared in a Christian home, he early gave himself to the services of his Master. In 1871, after sixteen years as a local preacher, he regularly entered the ministry...
     In February, 1847, Rev. Alexander Scratch was married to Ann L. Adams, who was born in Colchester township June 1, 1828. Five children came to bless their home: (1) Salonis, born Nov. 19, 1847, married Alice Jane Cowan, who died Aug. 6, 1899. They had two children, one now deceased, and Elmer, living. (2) Matthew M., born Aug. 8, 1849, married Eliza French, and they have seven children, Alexander, Edmond, Lucy, Howard, Alvin, Florence and Reneldo. (3) Edgerton, born March 17, 1851, married Jane Jeffries, and had nine children. (4) Joshua, born Aug. 29, 1853, died the following November. (5) Priscilla Ann, born Aug. 3, 1856, married Joseph Craddock, and has fourteen children living; several are deceased.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 323-324:
Edgerton Scratch, local preacher of the Methodist Church in Mersea township, County of Essex, and a man widely known and deeply loved for his many excellent traits of character, is a son of Rev. Alexander and Ann (Adams) Scratch, mention of whom may be found elsewhere.
     Mr. Scratch was born in Gosfield township, this county, March 17, 1851, and acquired a common school education in his native township. From early boyhood he had to assist his father in the work of the farm, and he also learned the trade of a carpenter, during his active life alternately farming and working at his trade. In 1882 he was appointed a local preacher of the Methodist Church. He has taken an active part in the welfare of Mersea township. In 1892 he was elected councillor for the township of Mersea, and served for two years; in 1894 he was elected deputy reeve, in 1895 and 1896 was reeve, and in 1897 was elected district representative to the county council of the County of Essex, on the Conservative ticket. He is an estimable citizen, and is one of the most highly respected men of his community.
     On Jan. 1, 1871, Mr. Scratch was married, in Gosfield township, to Eliza Jane Jeffery, who was born in the County of Halton, Ont., Jan. 1, 1850, daughter of George and Mary Ann (McGuffins), and they have had children as follows: Eugene S., born Oct. 14, 1871, married Sarah Gulliver, daughter of Joseph Gulliver, on March 13, 1893, and their children are Bernice, Clement, Clifford and Beatrice. Alfred Salonis, born May 28, 1873, married Lettie Jane Reid July 28, 1885, and they have had three children, Erie, May and Clare. Harrison Perry, born July 26, 1875, married Carrie Shelston, and they have one son, Addison. Aele Carman, born July 10, 1877, married Edith Calder April 18, 1903, and they have one daughter, Etta Delma. Elsie Lena, born Sept. 25, 1879, married John T. Crossley May 9, 1895, and has two children, Wilhelmina and Sabina. Edith was born May 3, 1882; Orla Lillian, June 5, 1884; Eldis Elden, Dec. 18, 1886; Ettie Jane, May 19, 1889.
     George Jeffery, Mrs. Scratch's father, was born in Nova Scotia and was married in Ontario to Mary Ann McGuffins. They were early pioneers of Mersea township. He was shoemaker by trade, and also followed farming. He died on his farm in Mersea township in 1876, and Mrs. Jeffery, who long survived him, passed away in Michigan in 1891. To their union were born the following named children: John was killed on a street car in Detroit, of which he was conductor; James is a farmer in Blenheim, Ont.; George, now a resident of Leamington, served in the United States Rebellion; Malinda first married John Van Buskirk, and after his death became the wife of William Peterson, and she now resides in Ionia County, Michigan; Mary married Thomas Wilkinson, a farmer of Mersea; Eliza Jane is the wife of Edgerton Scratch; Rev. Alfred, a minister of the Disciples Church, is a farmer in Michigan; Isaac, of Walkerville, Ont., is engaged in the livery business; Maggie, of Milwaukee, Wis., married Thomas Stewart; Wellington is in the hotel business in Michigan.

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Henry Scratch 1797-1861   Isabella Wilkinson 1798-1854   Joshua Adams 1784-   Elizabeth Quick ca 1781-1855
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Alexander Scratch 1826-   Ann Louisa Adams 1828-
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Edgerton Scratch 1851-