Notes:

Birth:
Verify if Toronto or Aurora.

Arthur married Ethel Emily JEPSON on 16 Feb 1910 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. Ethel was born on 13 Apr 1891 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; died on 8 Apr 1946. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living

Notes:

John Elbert is the son of ELIZAabeth Jane Willson &Joseph Snider.

. 1911 Jun 2 - the death of Mr J E Snider, son of Joseph Snider, formerly of King, but now Manitoba, occurred at 704 Crawford St, Toronto, on Sunday, night, 21st alt, aged 47 years.
Deceased had been unwell for some time. He was born at Newtonbrook & along with his parents came to reside on Lot 20 in the 2nd Concession of King. In 1886, he married Miss Hattie A Willis & came to reside in Aurora, 10 years ago the moved to Toronto, where they have lived since. Besides the widow, he leaves a family of 5 children, 3 sons & 2 daughters. The remains were interred in Aurora Cemetery.

Ref: Newmarket Era Newspaper.

Note on Date of death: Index gives the death date of May 21, 1911.
The actual Death Registration Certificate gives the date of death as May 25, 1911. - - -

Died:
704 Crawford, Died Chronic Diabetes.

Buried:
Aged 46y 11m. 21d [= 4 Jun 1864]. Monument K20.6c.

John married Harriet Adelia WILLIS on 6 Jan 1886 in Aurora, Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario. Harriet was born on 7 Jan 1866 in Aurora, Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario; died on 14 Dec 1935 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried in Aurora Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Harriet is the daughter of Benjamin Willis and Rebecca Davis. Residence, Toronto, Ont.

Died:
704 Crawford St. Died Chronic Diabetes.

Buried:
Monument K20.6c.

Notes:

Joseph son of Alida McCready & Martin Snider, both born New Brunswick.

. 1906 Broomhill, Manitoba is the small railroad town where the Sniders would pickup their mail.

. Snider Family Tilston The Snider family moved to Tilston from Ontario in about 1908 & settled on the N half of16-5-28. The family consisted of Mr. & Mrs. Snider, sons
Arthur Edgerton,
Harvey & daughter Ina.

. About 1908, Edgerton & his wife settled on the S half of section 30-5-28. His wife was Elsie Rutherford. Mr. & Mrs. Snider Sr. passed away in about 1920 & their remains were shipped back to Ontario for burial.
Harvey, Art & & Ina continued to farm the land until 1923. Art & Ina returned to Ontario & turned the & over to their brother Harvey. After that he hired a lady from Saskatchewan, Mrs. Logan, to be his housekeeper. Mrs. Logan had 2 daughters, Mary & Dorothy. Dorothy attended school in Tilston for 2 years.

. 1896 Dec 11 - York General Sessions at noon on Tuesday the County Court appointed the grand jury, the first 6 having been chose from the city & the balance from the country: Joseph Snider. Mr. John Irwin was chose as foreman. This afternoon C R Fitch, barrister, is being tried on the charge of perjury by swearing in an examination that there as no judgements out against him, when it is alleged, there were.
. 1897 Dec 10, Town Council regular meeting, following bills passed: Joseph Snider fire & Electric bills, $3.07
. 1901 May 17 - Aurora, Sunday's windstorm took off the roofs of 2 barns near here, one belong to Joseph Snider the other to Eli Bruand.
Ref: Newmarket Ear Newspaper.

. 1926 July 31- Harvey, who held a druggist certificate, was killed by the east bound train at the crossing just west of the elevator at Tilston. His remains were sent back to Ontario for burial.
Edgerton Snider continued to farm his land on N. section 30-5-28 until 1924. In 1911-12he taught school at Tilston. In 1924, he rented his farm to Harry Clark & moved to Strathclair where he was principal of the school. He later moved to Selkirk, where he also taught school. He passed away at Grosse Isle in about 1940 from cancer of the throat'
Ref: Reflections of Time, A History of the R.M. of Albert, RM of Albert History Book 1984.

Verify which Joseph Snider which this was: Summary version:
. 1912 Apr 5 - Tragedy in Newmarket, Young Man Instantly Killed
About 5:36 Thursday afternoon last week a sad accident occurred: All day several man had been erecting a crone in the yard at Luesby's Marble Works to handling larger blocks of stone. Work was all compelled & a test was made by proprietary Geo W Luesby, who was located at the foot of the crane behind the boom for the purpose of swinging it around. Joseph Snider Watson Miller were turning the cranks that wind the steel cables. Go. McTavish, foreman, who had been working on the press about 10, held 2 large iron hogs in his hands to place under the stone as soon as the crane was in position, when all at once there was an electric shock.
Mr. Luesby let our a yell as he was knocked over,
Millard had one hand on the iron hands, was all knocked over,
but Snider could not let go his hand,
- the other young man McTavish was electrocuted instantly.
The hooks of the crane arm came into contact with the high tension transmission wire of theMetro Railway Co., transmitting up to 16,500 volts of Niagara power to transmitting station on Queen St., 300 yards to the east of the marble Works.
McTavish fell lifeless to the ground & snider was released from is grip. His hands were badly burned & the other 2 men were insensible for a few moments, Mr. Millards's features turned black.
To prevent any further possibility of future accident, the pole carrying the electric wires should be moved 20 feet to these & raised 10 to 15 feet higher.
The victim of the accident was industrious & popular young man, a member of Woodmen of the Word & the Chosen Friends Society. He was 3rds on of James McTavish. Interred at Newmarket Cemetery.
Ref: Newmarket Era Newspaper. - - -

Died:
Joseph son of Alida McCready & Martin Snider, both born New Brunswick.--1906 Broomhill, Manitoba is the small railroad town where the Sniders would pickup their mail.--Snider Family Tilston The Snider family moved to Tilston from Ontario in about 1908 & se

Buried:
Transported to Aurora, ON. for burial, Monument K20.61.

Joseph married ELIZAbeth Jane WILLSON, .7 on 14 Oct 1857 in Willowdale (Toronto), York Co., Ontario. ELIZAbeth (daughter of Lieut. Col. John WILLSON, .4 and Margaret LAWRENCE, .v) was born on 4 Jun 1834 in Newtonbrook (Toronto), York Twp., York Co., Ontario; died on 7 Nov 1904 in Aurora, Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried in Aurora Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. 1857 October-December - Marriage Notices announced the wedding of Joseph Snider & Elizabeth Jane Wilson.
According to the marriage notice, the officiating clergyman was Rev. L. Warner, Chairman of the Guelph District.
Ref: The Christian Guardian."

Verify this Mrs. Snider:
1885 Dec 4 - County Court - Mary Born setting fire to the bare of Mrs. Snider, Township of York.
Ref: Newmarket Era, Ontario.

X-Ref: Genealogy of the children continue on the (Rootsweb) at John Willson of Piscataway, NJ & Ontario. -PJA - - -

Birth:
Lot 3, Con 1 E Yonge Street.

Buried:
Transported to Aurora, ON. for burial, Monument K20.6a.

Notes:

John Willson the Fourth is the son of Mary Woolcott & John Willson the Third.

. [Sometime after Autumn 1819:] Bishop John Strachan. On the intervening Sundays, in the morning, this country church was served by Students of Divinity from town; they reading the service & a printed sermon. The attendance even on these lay ministrations was very good; & that the people appreciated them is evident from the fact of their sending in a horse on Sunday mornings, for the conveyance thither & back of the Student who was to officiate. He was also usually invited to dinner after service by some one or other of the farmers near by; & amongst these was a person of considerable reading & somewhat democratic ideas, who bore in the neighbourhood the designation of "gentleman Wilson."
Ref: Memoir of the Right Reverend John Strachan ... first Bishop of Toronto"

. 1825 July 20 - Anthony Hollingshead, yeoman, to Ann Robinson, daughter of John Robinson from Ireland, both of York.
Wit: John Wilson Jr., Sarah Snider.
Ref: Marriage Register of Rev. James Harris, Presbyterian Church, Vol 7.

Land Dispute, Summary:
. 1831 Apr. 16, York, 3 PM. Order In Council. John Willson Vs. Seneca Ketchum, By consent for the plaintiff one shilling damages, subject to the condign that a nonsuit may be entered if a Survey be employed by the Survey General before the Trinity Term next.
Signed, W. Willson Fourth & RB Sullivan for Defendant.
- 1832 March 2nd, York, Survey Generals Office, In obedience of Lieut. Governor's commands of the 25 ult. to report upon the Petition to the Boundary Lines of Lot 8, 1st Concession Westside of Yonge Street, York Twp. in the dispute between John Willson, Plaintiff & Seneca Ketchum, defendant. On the 15 April last a joint letter from Simon Washburn for J. Willson & R B Sullivan, Esqrs., for Defendant, enclosing an Order of Court, signed, by the Honorable Chief Justice to carry the Order into effect. On the 21 May last W. Gossman, surveyor as subpoenaed but it was not determined if or what he reported. Patience is recommended until the case of the contending parties is agin before the Court & a Survey forward.
Ref: Upper Canada Sundries C6872, p.1289, Archives of Canada. [No further follow-up found - PJA]

. Cummer Settlement Methodist Episcopal Chapel (Now Willowdale United Church) was built 1834 on 1/2 acre of John Cummer. In 1840 a difference of opinion regarding control of missionary money at C.S.M.E.C. sparked Abram Johnson II & John Willson IV to start the Parsonage Chapel, on the Wesleyan Methodist Circuit at Yonge & Finch on the north-west corner.

Ontario Land Registry North York Book 98, p3
Lot 8, Con 1 Yonge West Side Street
. 1802 May 17, Patent, Crown, to Hiram Kendrick, 10 a.
. 1804 Mar 3, Bargain&Sale, Hiram Kendrick et ux, to Seneca Ketchum £25, All 210A
. 1811 Jul 16, Mortgage, John Wilson, to Zebulon Ketchum, Par 985 A.
. 1811 Jul 16, B&S, Zebulon Ketchum, to John Willson, $25p, 98.5 A.
. 1835 Oct 28m, B&S, John Willson to James Hogg, £750,Par 97,5 ^ `,4


. 1828 Saw Mill on Leslie-Oriole swept away by flood.

. 1834 Nov 27, Thurs. John Willson for shooting Mr. Boulton's dog, £3. [Which John?]
Ref: Toronto Correspondent & Advocate.

. The vote was held at William Cummer's house on Yonge Street. The inhabitants then adjourned to the local tavern belonging to John Marsh, also on Yonge. David Gibson was there also. The other candidates were: John Cummer, Elisha Pease, Jos. Mcullian.

. 1837 Toronto District Directory:
Lawrence, Peter, Con 1, Lot 6, Yonge St. road, York Twp.
Johnston, Richard, Con 1, Lot 5 Yonge St., York Twp.,
Montgomery, J., Con 1, Lot 1 Yonge St. east side, York Twp.,*
Willson, John, the fourth, Con 1, Lot 3, east side Yonge St. road, York Twp.
Note1: Cousins Lawrence, Johnston & Willson.
Note2*: Montgomery's Tavern historical building, Yonge & York Mills Rd., incidentally, the west side of Yonge street is called Wilson Avenue.

. 1851 Mar 16, Upper Canada Land Petition, for his cousin, Charles Earl Lawrence seeking land in Reach Twp. The petition is handwriting of John Willson the Fourth.

. 1857 York Twp., 64,004 Acres, Ass. Value $674, 372 York County, J. Willson (4) for Municipal purposes, Willowdale: Willson, John, Magistrate for Town & County of York.
Ref: Canadian Almanac & Repository of Useful.

. John Willson.4 died 18 Jul 1866. His remains were transferred from Newtonbrook to Mt. Pleasant cemetery, Toronto on 3 May 1884. He was 62 years of age at death & the cause of death was heart disease.

. Civic Salary List as report to the Council of 1856: John Wilson, Clerk's assistant £250.
Ref: Municipality of Toronto.

. 1857 York Twp., 64,004 Acres, Ass. Value $674, 372 York County, J. Willson (4) for Municipal purposes, Willowdale
Willson, John, Magistrate for Town & County of York.
Ref: Canadian Almanac & Repository of Useful.

. 1859 York Twp., Two story brick house built.
. 1864 Jan 25 York Township Council, held on the 18th instant, review of bills. The council then adjourned to meet at Miller's Hotel, Eglinton, on Monday, 29th Feb. at 11 o'clock, a.m. John Willson, 4th, clerk.
Ref: The Globe & Mail.1866 Toronto Peel Directory: Wilson, John 4th, Con 1, Lot 3, York Twp., East of Yonge St.

. John Willson was re-elected again at Anderson's Tavern & continued until his death in July 1866. His son Arthur Lawrence Willson was then elected in his place.

. 1866 Jul 20, Friday, died on the 18th ins. at his residence in Willowdale. John Willson 4th Esq., Clerk & Treasurer of Twp. of York.
The funeral will leave his residence on Sat. the 21st ins. at 1 o'clock p.m. Friends & acquaintances are requested to attend with further notice.
Ref: The Globe, Toronto Friday July 1866 & the Christian Guardian on Aug 22, 1866.

. Circuit Intelligence, Yonge St. South, The Late John Wilson, Esq.
By a resolution of the official board I am directed to send you the following for insertion in the Christian Guardian, as a tribute of respect to the memory of the late Mr. Wilson, Moved by Mr. J P Bell & seconded by Wm. Snider.
For as much as it hath please Almighty God suddenly to remove by death one or our number, whereby this Official Quarterly Board has lost one of the most active & efficient members, the Church a willing liberal supporter & a family, a kind & provident husband & father, therefore,
Resolved that with unfeigned sorrow we have heart of the death of John Wilson, Esq., our Recording Steward, who for the last 23 years has discharged duties of that office with credit to himself & advantage to the circuit generally & hope constantly to cherish with feelings of respect the memory of so kind & consistent a Bother & imitate the Christian & pious example, also
Resolved that the widow & family of the late Mr. Wilson have our kindest sympathy under the sudden bereavement they have recently been called on to experience; & we hereby assure them of our settled conviction: that although their head has fallen suddenly, he has fallen safely. J P Bell, R.S. August 13, 1866.

. Fined: John Willson for shooting Mr. Boulton's dog £3. [Which John?]
Ref: Toronto Correspondent & Advocate, Thrus., Nov 27 1834.

Note3: Verification which John Willson who attended St. Johns Anglican Church at York Mills & Yonge Street. Willson Junior.2 died in 1818. The senior J Willson, UE also attended, as did John.3 Willson.4 would appear to be too young in c. 1819 to be a 'well read & gentleman? - PJA
Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Birth:
Lot 3, Con 1 East Yonge Street.

Died:
Heart Disease.

Buried:
(Small church on Yonge Street)

John married Margaret LAWRENCE, .v on 25 Feb 1830 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario. Margaret (daughter of Major Peter Rezeau LAWRENCE, SUE and Elizabeth BETSY CUMMER, DUE) was born on 30 May 1813 in Eglinton, (Toronto), York Co., Ontario; died on 27 May 1899 in Newtonbrook (Toronto), York Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Margaret Lawrence sister Mary Ann Lawrence married her father-in-law, John Willson III. (2nd wife) thus her husband John IV was both son-in-law & afterwards, father-in-law. Photo of Mrs. Margaret Lawrence Willson may be found in the Cummer Memorandum.

. Margaret Lawrence sister Mary Ann Lawrence married her father-in-law, John Willson III. (2nd wife) thus her husband John IV was both son-in-law & afterwards, father-in-law.
X-Ref: See separate John Willson, of Piscataway, NJ for continuing family tree.

. Margaret Lawrence Willson received £25 bequest from her Uncle William Lawrence, 1852.

. Obituary
Sudden death at Willowdale: Mrs. John Wilson who had lived in York County since 1813, passes away.
At the residence of Mr. George W Irwin, Willowdale, on Friday evening. Mrs. Margaret Wilson, widow of the late John Willson.iv, died very suddenly, after a brief illness. Deceased had enjoyed good heal for a no. of year past & the suddenness of the final call was a shock to her hosts of friends. Her husband was on of the best known citizens of York Co. during the fifties, but he passed away many years ago & was therefore comparatively unknown to the present generation. Mrs. Wilson has far passed the four score mark in years, had her 86 birthday was to have been celebrated tomorrow. Her relatives had already begun to assemble from various parts of the country to attend the festivities in connection with the event. [b. 1813].

Mrs. Wilson was born in County York & her life was spend there. For over 50 years she had resided on the family farm at Willowdale, which is now owned & managed by her son-in-law, Geo. W. Irwin. She was the mother of the late Arthur Wilson, for many years Reeve & afterwards Clerk of York Twp. The following children are left to mourn her loss:
John Wilson, Chicago, Egerton Wilson - Cadillac, Mich. Mr. Joseph Snider - Aurora, Mrs. Jas Hannan - Stratford & Mrs. Ge. W Irwin - Willowdale.
Ref: The Globe, Toronto Monday 29 May 1899.

. Willson family plot purchased by Margaret Willson, c/o G W Irwin, 13 Montrose Avenue, on 26 April, 1884. [fifteen years before her own death].
The dark grey stone is located at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Plot R, Lots 13 & 14 is located close to the Yonge Street office.
Note: Although the cemetery at Newtonbook would later be closed to permit the widening of Yonge Street, perhaps Margaret had her husband John Willson's remains transferred to Mt. Pleasant to accommodate the larger family plot. Sadly to note also, the elderly Margaret died 48 days after her son, Arthur Lawrence Willson. - PJA.

She was 86 years of age at death & the cause of death was old age.

. OBITUARY2: 1899 January 1 - York Pioneer Dead -
One of the oldest & best known residents of York Co. passed away very suddenly Friday in the person of Mrs. Mary [ Marg?] Wilson who died at the residence of her son-in-law Mr G.W Irwin of Willowdale.
Mrs Wilson death was totally unexpected. She woke up during the night & complained that her breathing was very labored, coughed a little & died in 5 minutes.
A pathetic incident in connection with her demise is that preparations were under way for her 86th birthday on Tuesday next & her sons & daughters were coming with their families. Mrs Wilson was born in York County 86 years ago & passed all her life here. Her husband who died 26 years ago was one of the largest land owners & most prominent men in York Co.
One of her sons, the late Arthur Wilson, was Reeve of York for a number of years & afterwards township clerk. He took a great interest in municipal matters & wrote several books, his last work being a collection of the municipal laws passed by the Ontario Government.
Other members of the family are John Wilson of Chicago,
Edgerton, Wilson of Cadillac, Illinois,
Mrs James Snider of Aurora,
Mrs Jas Hannon of Stratford,
Mrs G. W. Irwin of Willowdale who lives on the homestead which her mother Mrs Wilson has occupied for the last 60 years.
Ref: The Canadian Statesman, published Jan. 1, 1899.

Research & transcription by P J Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Died:
Aged 86y. COD: old age.

Buried:
Toronto. Monument R Fancy 14.