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Birth:
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William married Margaret BURTON on 12 Jun 1907 in Vaughan Twp., York Co., Ontario. Margaret (daughter of Robert Young BURTON and Margaret Annie LAWRENCE, .xi) was born on 31 Jul 1884 in Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario; died in 1942. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1907 June 12 Marriage Wm Dunn, age 29, b England, res. Toronto,
s/o Mary Jane Armstrong & Thomas Dunn
Married at 10 Con Vaughan to:
Margaret Burton, age 22y/ 1885/
Farmer's daughter of Marg. Ann Lawrence & Robt Burton. - - -

Notes:

. Robert was the son of Margaret Kerr Patterson & Henry Burton 1806-1881. Henry Burton was a stonemason, Hawick, Roxborough, Scotland. Osgoode Hall. Henry Burton emigrated in 1828 to Little York. Toronto Gore Lot 13, Con 9.

. Robert was the youngest son & was born on Lot 13 Con 9, Vaughan.

. 1883 Apr 5 - A Valuable Horse- Mr John Bell of L'Amaroux sold the stallion "Sampson" a short time ago, to Robert Burton of albion for $2,000. This horse was imported by Mr Bell in September 1881. He is a well-built heavy-draught horse, 3 years old, stands 16.5 hands high & weights 1900 lbs.
Ref: York Herald newspaper, Richmond Hill.

. Robert Burton, Lot 13, Concession 9, was born in the year 1852 on the lot which he now owns & cultivates. He is the youngest son of the late Henry Burton, who was one of the earliest settlers in this part of Vaughan, & was a man well known in the neighbourhood. Mr. Burton, Senr. was originally from Scotland & on emigrating to Canada settled first in little York, removing to Vaughan in the year 1834, where he resided until his death in 1881, at the age of 75 years. Robert Burton married in 1860 Margaret Lawrence, daughter of Mr. Isaac Lawrence, of Toronto Gore, by who he has 3 children. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church & is a Reformer in politics.
Ref: History of Toronto & County of York, Ontario, Volume 2.

The Liberal newspaper, Richmond Hill:
. 1930 Aug 28, Woodbridge Century Burton in Canada Lot 13, Con 10.

. 1935 Jul 4, Burton Call Ancestors Remembers at Reunion on Dominion Day. - - -

Birth:
Haliburton.

Died:
Aged 75y 4m 17d. COD: Aginia? pectoris

Buried:
Ref: Death Cert. Verify listed Hilltop Gore Cemetery, Clairville, ON.

Robert married Margaret Annie LAWRENCE, .xi on 1 Nov 1880. Margaret (daughter of Isaac Huver LAWRENCE, .i and Mary KERSEY) was born on 10 Dec 1861 in Claireville, Gore Twp., Peel Co., Ontario; died on 27 Jan 1938 in Vaughan Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried in Nashville / Zoar Primitive Methodist Church Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Margaret Annie Lawrence's fourteen children are:

. Mary Gertrude Burton b 1880, married Duncan Fines. 4 Fines children.
Henry 1882 - 1912. (Harry), Nashville Cemetery Plot C6.10.
Margaret 1884 - 1942; Married Wm. Dunn 1877-1942; 3 Dunn children.
Frank 1885; married Edith Cook; 2Lawrence children.
Annie 1886; married Wm. Tuxson; 2 Tuxon children.
William 1890, married Nora Hill.
Gideon Burton 1891 - 1962. May Burton 1893-1893. Jean Burton 1893-1893. Nashville Cemetery Plot C6.10;
Jean & May Burton, (Twins), 1893-1893, Nashville Cemetery Plot C6.10.
Charles Lawrence Burton 1897; married Edna Muriel Plunkett b 1906; Ten Burton children.
Orville 1900; 3 Burton children.
Alvin Edgar 1900 - 1968.
Robert Errol 1903; married Mary Constable 1910; 5 Burton children.
Verla Burton born 1895; married Donald A Beaton 1866 - 1934 (his first marriage Cora Cantlon had 3 Beaton children) and 2nd marriage to Verla Burton - they had 7 Beaton children.

. Upon the death of her parents, Margaret Anne & Uncle John Rezeau Lawrence was granted guardianship on 17 Mar 1897 of the 6 youngest siblings.

Witness:
Ontario Marriage License: #012578-77 Henry Creighton, 28, Toronto, Vaughan, farmer, s/o Robert & Jane, married Maggie McGillivray, 22, Vaughan, same, d/o Neil & Flora,
Witn: Donald McGillivray of Vaughan, Margaret Annie LAWRENCE of Clairville,
married 20 March 1877, at residence of bride's father, Vaughan.

. 1930 Aug 28, Woodbridge, Century Burton Reunion in Canada, Clover Hill Farm, Conc. No. 9, Lot No.13.

. 1833 Jun 29 - Burton Family re-Unite at Burnaby Farm, Upwards of 150 members of the Burton Clan trooped to the home of Mr Mrs Frank Burnett on burnaby Farm, Lot 60 Yonge St, on Saturday last. Mrs. Robt. Burton, Woodbridge.
. 1933 Dec 14, Elder News: The annual meeting of the WMS of Knox Crch was held at the home of Mrs R Burton, on Thurs. Dec 7th. A social hour followed the meeting.

1935 July 4th, Burton Clan Ancestors Remembers at Reunion on Dominion Day.   

William 'Willie' Burton, May 3rd,1890 -- June 28th,1983;
. 1936 October 8th - William Burton, Veteran of World War 1, is home for visit
Willam Burton who served his Country overseas -- Enlisted January 4th, 1916 in World War 1 has been a resident of Kansas City, Missouri, USA since 1920 and is at present visiting with his mother, Mrs. Robert Y. Burton Sr. Concession No. 9 -- Lot 13. Willie, as he is known to his Elders Mill's School mates and friends in general, will extend his visit to Woodbridge Fair when he will reunite with many friends of long ago.
Ref: The Liberal Newspaper, Richmond Hill, Vaughan Township, York County, Ontario.   

. 1936 Dec 17, Woodbridge District News:
Mrs Robert Burton Celebrates Her 75th Birthday
A happy gathering of immediate relatives met at her home Lot 13, Con 9, on Thurs. Dec 10th to celebrate her 75th birthday. Mrs Burton enjoys excellent health & attends to the household duties of her sons Gideon & Robert who operate the original Burton homestead of the late Henry Burton who settled there in 1830.
Mrs Burton before marriage, was Margaret Annie Lawrence, daughter of the late Mr Mrs Isaac Lawrence of Clairville & is the mother 12 children, 11 of whom are living. They are:
Mrs Duncan Fimis, Toronto Gore;
Mrs Wm. Dunn, Pickering;
Mrs Wm. Truxton, Kansas City, Mo;
Mrs Donald Beaton, Wyoming, USA;
Willam, Kansas City, Mo.;
Orville, Toronto Gore;
Frank, Keewatin;
Alvin & Charlie, Manitoba.
Mrs Burton was presented with a pendant by her family. Her brother, Townley Lawrence, address the gather. Mrs Burton takes a keen iterate in old affairs & is particularly active in matters concerning the Presbyterian church.
Ref: The Liberal newspaper, Richmond Hill.

. 1938 Jan 13, Woodbridge, Friends in the community of Mrs Robert Burton Sr., Con 10, are sorry to hear she is confined to bed though illness.
. 1938 Jan 27, Mrs Robert Burton
After an illness of about 3 weeks, Mrs Robert Burton passed away in Peel memorial hospital on January 27. She suffered a paralytic stroke 3 weeks ago.
formerly Miss Margaret Ann Lawrence, was a daughter of the late Mr Mrs Isaac lance & was born at Clairville 76 year ago She had been a lifelong ember of Know Presbyterian church, Elders Mills. Mr Burton passed away about 11 years ago. His father , the late Henry Burton, settled at the Tenth concession in Vaughan township in 1830. It was on this farm in 1930 that the first Burton reunion was held just 100 years to a day after the farm was settled. Mrs. Burton is survived by 7 sons & 4 daughters. They are Gildeon, Orval & Robert, at home; William Kansas City, Frank, Keewatin: Alvin & Charles at Borssevan, Manitoba; Mrs Duncan Fines, Claireville; Mrs Wm. Dunn, Brougham, Markham Twp; Mrs Wm. Tuxon, Kansas City; & Mrs Donald Beaton, Wyoming. The eldest son, harry, passed on 25 years ago.
the surviving brothers & sisters are: Wm. Lawrence, Virden, Man; Huver Lawrence, Medicine Hat; Townley Lawrence, Toronto; Charles Lawrence, Pipestone, Man; Mrs Ida Cassan, Toronto, Mrs William Dennison, Streetsville; & Mrs Thomas Pierson, Weston.
Ref: The Liberal newspaper, pub. 1938 Feb 3. - - -

Birth:
Dau. of Isaac Lawrence of Gore

Died:
Lot 13, Con 10; Cerebral thrombosis. Aged 76y 1 m 17d.

Buried:
Monument C6.10. Nashville, Vaughan Twp.

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Married:
Verify.

Notes:

Two Lawrence brothers married two Kersey sisters:
John Rezeau Lawrence married Ann Kersey &
Isaac Huver Lawrence marred the younger sister Mary Kersey.

Farmed south half of father's farm at Claireville where he bred horses.

. 1883 Oct 25, West York & Vaughan Agricultural Societies: J R Lawrence, Durham heifer 1 yr old; Isaac Lawrence: Herd of Cattle, 1 male & 4 females.
Ref: York Herald newspaper.

Died one year before his wife died, leaving 7 of their children without parents. The youngest child, Mabel was only 2 when her mother died & Mabel herself was a frail children who died a 7 years of age.
The oldest son William was under 21 and the farm was sold leaving the children to scattered with whomever could give them a home,
notably their older sister, Margaret Lawrence - Burton
& by Uncle John Rezeau Lawrence.
Ref: Toronto Peel Directory 1866 Toronto Gore. N.D. Lawrence, Isaac H, Con 9, Lot 2. - - -

Birth:
Isaac Hoover. [Indefinate date of death is overwritten as either 19th or 29 Dec. 1885).

Died:
Age 49y 8m 16d, Clairville. Peritonitis, 3 days.

Buried:
Toronto Twp. Gore., with parents, wife, Dau. Mabel, son John P.

Isaac married Mary KERSEY on 13 Dec 1860 in Coleraine, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario. Mary (daughter of William KERSEY and Margaret BEATON) was born on 28 Jun 1843 in Coleraine, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario; died on 20 Apr 1871 in Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario; was buried in Hilltop Gore Cemetery, Clairville, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Two Lawrence brothers married two Kersey sisters:
John Rezeau Lawrence married Ann Kersey &
Isaac Huver Lawrence marred the younger sister Mary Kersey. - - -

Birth:
Sister of Mrs. John R Lawrence, Annie Kersey.