Elwood married Helen Annabelle MCGREGOR on 6 Jan 1953. Helen (daughter of Malcolm Roy MCGREGOR and Rose Elizabeth WING) was born on 21 May 1932 in Plummer Twp, Algoma West, Ontario, Canada; died on 8 Dec 2012 in Sault Sainte Marie, Algoma, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living
3. Living
4. Living
5. Living

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Died:
Buried in Maple Ridge Cemtery in Thessalon

Cecil married Mabel Irene MITCHELL on 24 Nov 1926 in Thessalon, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. Mabel (daughter of Henry George MITCHELL and Elizabeth Augusta ROMBOUGH) was born on 18 Feb 1907 in Cockburn Island, Manitoulin District, Algoma, Ontario, Canada; died on 28 Dec 1975 in Thessalon, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Buried in Maple Ridge Cemtery in Thessalon

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Stanley and Henrietta were living in Hallowell Twp following their marriage and their first child - Lidia Alberta was born in Hallowell Twp.
They were still Hallowell Twp at the time of the taking of the 1881 Census.

Stanley and Henrietta moved to Cockburn Island sometime after 1881, where they homesteaded on the 7th Concession.
They were among the orginal settlers of the "Scotch Block". They moved to Dayton on the north shore in 1921.
Stanley was a Reeve of Cockburn Island from 1896 to 1920.
The family is buried in the Mapleridge Cemetery east of Thessalon.
The youngest child - Dan Stillman, was born and died on Cockburn Island.

Information on Thomas Stanley Goodmurphy from the book " Yonder Our Island "
"Historical records prepared over the years by various school teachers reveal that the original settlers of the "Scotch Block" were the families of T.S. Goodmurphy,
Joshua Reid, Malcolm McCaig, Donald Brown, and Thomas McKenny or McKinney.
The Goodmurphy's came to Cockburn Island from Prince Edward County in southeastern Ontario.
As the years passed, Stan and his sons cleared the largest farms on the block, approx. 90 acres. Like other farmers, they engaged in mixed farming during the early years,
and later, concentrated more on stock raising, maintaining a herd of about 40 cattle.
The family moved to Dayton on the north shore in 1921.

Reeves of Cockburn Island
Thomas Stanley Goodmurphy 1896-1899
Thomas Stanley Goodmurphy 1902-1903
Thomas Stanley Goodmurphy 1904-1905
Thomas Stanley Goodmurphy 1917-1920

Seymour Mcleod 1951-1956
Glenn McLeod 1977-19__

Clerks of Cockburn Island
Henry Mitchell 1923-19__
S. R. McLeod 1926-1945
S. R. McLeod 1957-19__
S. R. McLeod 1968-1969

Township Councillors
Lincoln Flood Sr. 1923
William Flood 1936
Harry Goodmurphy 1924
Ross Goodmurphy 1919
T. Stanley Goodmurphy 1887
Edward McLeod 1933
Gerald McLeod 1967
Glen McLeod 1967
Lawrence McLeod 1929
Earl Mitchell 1935
Erwin Mitchell 1964
Lorne Mitchell 1964
John Reid 1887
Joshua Reid 1881
Robert Reid 1911
Thomas Reid 1885
William Williton 1909


Died:
Buried in Maple Ridge Cemtery in Thessalon

Thomas married Henrietta REYNOLDS on 1 Nov 1879 in Consecon, Ameliasburgh Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. Henrietta (daughter of Samuel REYNOLDS and Sarah Anne STONEBURGH) was born on 20 Jun 1862 in Hillier, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 18 Sep 1930 in Tolsmaville, Cockburn Island, Manitoulin District, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Buried in Maple Ridge Cemtery in Thessalon

Henry married Elizabeth Augusta ROMBOUGH on 15 Jul 1896 in Cockburn Island, Manitoulin District, Algoma, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Benjamin Selwyn ROMBOUGH and Mary Jane COLE) was born on 18 Jul 1875 in Shannonville Ontario, Canada; died on 26 Jun 1958 in Spanish, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Solomon was born in Belleville, Ontario.

Lydia Hutchinson was born in Huntingdon Twp, her parents were Jonathan and Elizabeth.
They were of English origin and were Quakers by religion. By 1860, the Hutchinson family were living in Hillier Twp.

Solomon and Lydia were married on October 8, 1860 in Prince Edward County (probably Hillier Township) and accepted the Quaker religion.

PROPERTY - HALLOWELL
Solomon purchased the East Half of the North Half of Lot 11 - 3rd Concession - Hallowell Twp from his father Lawrence on April 22, 1867.

On October 28, 1868, Solomon sold 20 acres (East Half) to Richard Saylor.
The West Half was given by Agreement of Mortgage to Rensaler Cooper, on March 20, 1869. Rensaler married Eliza Goodmurphy, youngest sister of Solomon.

PROPERTY - HILLIER
Solomon acquired 70 acres of Lot 1, Conc. 1, Hillier Twp on November 5, 1872 from Silas Reynolds & Charlotte Blakely.
The property was on the westside of the Town Line Road, and ran from just south of Gilead Rd, and north towards the Swamp College Road.

It is presumed that Solomon & Lydia were living down in Hallowell Twp from 1860 to 1872.
The Census records seem to indicate that Solomon and Lydia were still living at Lot 11 in Hallowell Twp in 1881, but my father is under the impression that his father Joel was born in a little red house situated on 30 acres at the northeast corner of Gilead and Town Line Roads. This requires further research.

The farm was passed onto Lydia on July 11, 1891 before Solomon died and in August 1895 she passed it on to her sons Gilbert and Wallace.
Wallace sold out his interest to Gilbert in 1910 and Gilbert passed the property to his daughter Bernice in March 15, 1932.
Bernice sold the farm to Clifford McFaul on October 17, 1961, after it had been held by the Goodmurphy family for 89 years.

From the Picton Gazette, December 1961:
Farm Changes Ownership

Mr. Clifford McFaul purchased the farm on the Town Line, at the Gilead Road turn this fall from Mrs. Percy Cleave. Farms change hands every day, but not this particular one.
In 1872, Mrs. Cleave`s grandfather, Mr. Solomon Goodmurphy, purchased this farm from Silas Reynolds, a grandson of "old Smoke" Daniel Reynolds. Mr. Solomon Goodmurphy
lived on the farm until he passed away in March 1895, at the age of 88.
His sons, Gilbert Lawrence and Wallace E., with their families, lived together on the farm until 1903. Wallace moved to a farm on the Swamp College Road but the brothers
continued to work together as partners until 1910. Gilbert bought Wallace's farm and worked alone. Mrs. Gilbert Goodmurphy passed away in 1919, Gilbert passed away in 1932.
At that time, the farm was left to their daughter, Bernice. Mrs. Cleave has owned it until this fall 1961, after 89 years being in the Goodmurphy name. Mr. and Mrs. Cleave are living on
Wharf Street, Wellington.

Note: Solomon was born in 1836, so he was only 59 when he died. Lawrence, his father, was 86 when he died in 1891, I believe they got their names and dates mixed up.

Solomon passed away in Kingston according to his Will and left his estate to his wife Lydia.
Solomon and Lydia are buried in the Hicksite Cemetery in West Bloomfield. Solomon's will # 165.5 prepared on July 12, 1883, left everything to his wife, Lydia Maria. The executors were Lydia and Solomon's friend, John C. Garratt.


Died:
Buried in Hicksite Cemetery in Bloomfield, Ontario

SOLOMON married Lydia Jane Maria HUTCHINSON on 8 Oct 1860 in Hillier Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. Lydia (daughter of JONATHAN HUTCHINSON and ELIZABETH DORLAND HAIGHT) was born on 11 Feb 1838 in Huntingdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 May 1916 in Wellington, Hillier Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Hicksite Cemetery in Bloomfield, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Buried in Hicksite Cemetery in Bloomfield, Ontario

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Died:
Buried in Wellington Village Cemetery

Samuel married Sarah Anne STONEBURGH about 1861. Sarah was born on 9 Sep 1840 in Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; died on 25 Jun 1924 in Thessalon, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Buried in Maple Ridge Cemtery in Thessalon

William married Ellinor Ellen HIGGINS on 17 Jan 1847 in York Twp, Home District, Ontario, Canada. Ellinor was born in 1828 in Longdon, Worcestershire, England; died in 1873. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Mary Jane COLE on 26 Aug 1860 in Fredericksburgh Twp, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of James Ezra COLE and MARY JANE BOLTON) was born on 24 May 1839 in Fredericksburgh Twp, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada; died on 5 Jul 1918 in Cockburn Island, Manitoulin District, Algoma, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]