Alfred married Mary FURLER on 3 Feb 1915 in Hamilton ON. Mary was born on 2 Aug 1886; died on 14 Aug 1977. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. George Hamilton BINGLE was born on 4 Jul 1918 in Grimsby ON; died on 1 May 2003 in Grimsby ON; was buried on 6 May 2003 in St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Grimsby ON.

Notes:

A bit of a dilitant; 40 and his hair was grey; he had angina.
William Bingle and Alice Booker both had the same 4x
great grandfather, a man with the surname of Wright, Hannah Wright's father.

William married Alice Annie Burton BOOKER on 5 Jun 1882 in London ON. Alice (daughter of Lt. Col. Alfred BOOKER and Eliza Ann PETIT) was born on 13 Sep 1858; died on 29 May 1929. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

her death and her husband's death are both listed in Ancestry
So is their marriage MS 932 R40

Alice's brother, Alfred A Booker (with wife Jane or "Jennie"), was living in London South at the time of the 1901 Census. Living with him was my

Notes:

Married:
This couple was married at St. James Anglican (Westminster), London ON.

Notes:

Thomas married Ester Catherine NIXON on 15 Sep 1847 in St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Grimsby ON. Ester (daughter of William NIXON and Christina CLINE) was born on 2 Jun 1827; died on 21 Jan 1906 in Grimsby ON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Notes:

His birth was recorded at Bethesda Meeting House Paradise Place Barker Gate-Notting (extracted)
Christening 30 SEP 1824 Fletcher Gate Sion Independent

Living on Peel St in Dundas for the 1852C

He is described as a merchant in Reid's Marriage Notices, / The Church, Toronto 1837-1849 pages 209-210, published on Friday, 16 July 1847 (published every Friday). The same source says he was married at St Andrews and that his bride was Eliza Anne, second daughter of Andrew Pettit, all of Grimsby

June 2, 1866: Canadian forces (the Queen's Own Rifles) under Lt Col Alfred Booker were driven back by the Fenians at Ridegway, Ontario with the loss of 10 dead and 38 wounded. Fenians retreated to Fort Erie


see http://www.heritagefdn.on.ca/userfiles/page_attachments/Library/1/1153183_Battle_of_Ridgeway_ENG.pdf

Lt Colonel Alfred Booker, of the 13th Battalion, a professional auctioneer from Hamilton who had been left in command of the volunteer column, was now in charge

Lt. Colonel Alfred Booker (13th Hamilton Battalion, later the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry), upon whom command of Canadian volunteers had devolved (because of another's stupidity or cowardice), was determined by a board of inquiry to have handled his men poorly at the Battle of Ridgeway (sometimes referred to as the Battle of Lime Ridge), during the Fenian Raid at Niagara on June 2, 1866. The Irish-Americans numbered about 900 (after 200 desertions upon crossing the Niagara River). On this day they clashed with about 800 advancing Canadian militia commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Booker. Fenian scouts on horseback were mistaken for cavalry, and orders to defend against a cavalry charge, although quickly countermanded, led to chaos in the Canadian ranks and Booker ordered a withdrawal after only one to three hours of battle. The Canadian line began contracting, "What are they doing?", the Fenians asked. It was a square. "Haven't seen that since Bull Run," was heard from the ranks. The battle commenced according to plan. The skirmishers engaged the Canadian enemy and then withdrew. Unfortunately someone in the first line fired revealing the trap. The Crown forces began to conform to meet this new threat. They advanced, and the Fenians fell back on their reserves.

Then the Canadians formed a square. Their officers had seen horseman, and, in the tradition of Wellington, adopted his tactics from Waterloo in 1815. The Fenians, being offered a stationary target in-depth, let them have it.

Mount Royal Cemetery,
1297 Chemin de la For

Alfred married Eliza Ann PETIT on 16 Jul 1847 in Grimsby ON. Eliza (daughter of Andrew PETIT, Jr. and Anna "Annie" MUIR) was born on 27 Oct 1823; died on 3 Feb 1874 in Montreal QC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lived in Hamilton and Montreal (after 1866) PETTIT - ANNALS

Her namesake neice (Charlotte Eliza Pettit) was witness at her daughter Sarah's 1877 wedding

005991 1877 (Lincoln Co- Grimsby Village) Robert Arthur ALEXANDER, 32, physician, Ontario, Grimsby, s/o James & Amelia ALEXANDER, married Sarah Harriett BOOKER, 25, Ontario, Grimsby, d/o Alfred & Eliza Ann BOOKER, witn: J. N. WADDLE, Hamilton & Charlotte E. PETTIT, Grimsby, 18 Dec 1877 Grimsby
MS 932 Reel 24

Notes:

Married:
They were married in St. Andrew's Anglican Church.

Notes:

MS 638 Reel 61 (formerly RG22-6-1-A), arranged alpabetically by surname, provides Wm Nixon's will
dated 15 Aug 1854. It mentions daughter Ester. 4 pages. I have a copy

"First white child born in Twp of Grimsby" says the 1852C
With the 46 families they crossed the Niagara River in July 1787

Lincoln
Wm's obit ("More Notices from Methodist Papers 1830 - 1857" by McKenzie) states that he had patented several valuable agricultural implements. He was a farmer but also a blacksmith and a carriage-maker.
The old shop in which he manufactured various mechanical implements became the Stone Shop Museum.

William married Christina CLINE on 26 Nov 1810. Christina was born on 16 Dec 1788 in Hagerstown MD; died on 26 Apr 1854. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Andrew's first wife's sister's father-in-law (McKee) may be in the lower cemetery at Allanburg.

14 May 1849 is what I had for his death until I found his tombstone at St Andrews (photo avail)
14 May 1849 is probably HIS FATHER. NOPE The 1849 date might be Andrew son of Judge Nathaniel
but that would make him 100 years old!

No.33. Andrew Pettit, Grimsby, widower, and Anna Muir, of the same place, by licence, in Grimsby, 4th May, 1820. Notitia Parochialis for private use. WM. SAMPSON.

Andrew married Anna "Annie" MUIR on 4 May 1820. Anna (daughter of Andrew MUIR and Ann Jennie GREEN) was born on 20 Jan 1800 in Grimsby ON; died on 15 Apr 1875. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

ANCESTRY: her death is scanned: MS935 R10 "Anna Pettet"


ANCESTRY: her marriage in 1820 is mentioned in William Yeager, "Marriages of Non-Norfolk Residents by Norfolk County Ministers 1830-1870", Norfolk Historical Society, Simcoe, 1981. Page 94



Andrew Muir (son of John Muir and Agnes Elder) married Anna Green (daughter
of Adam Green and Martha Smith) on September 10, 1797 in Stoney Creek, Ontario,
conducted by Robert Nelles, J. P.
Andrew and Anna MUIR's two youngest children (sibs of Anna Pettit, nee Muir) are found as follows:

ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Papers and Records
Volume 3, Published in Toronto in 1901
Pages 7-73
baptised at the 40-Mile Creek by ROBERT ADDISON, Minister of Niagara
Jun 2, 1806 Andrew Pettit Muir, of Andrew and Ann
Oct 7, 1812 Mary Elizabeth Muir, of Andrew and Anna

[From an old source, apparently reliable, but without citation, these two children
were born Apr 12, 1803 and Aug 1, 1812, respectively. Their older sister Anna,
below, is listed in the same source as being born on Jan 20, 1800, jiving with her death certificate]


Pages 74-85.
REGISTER OF MARRIAGES, TOWNSHIP OF GRIMSBY, U. C., COMMENCING AUG., 1817.
WILLIAM SAMPSON, Minister. [St Andrews, Grimsby]
N.B.-These are to be copied into the Public Register of Marriages
for the Township of Grimsby- this book being merely a Notitia Parochialis
for private use. WM. SAMPSON.
No.33. Andrew Pettit, Grimsby, widower, and Anna Muir, of the
same place, by licence, in Grimsby, 4th May, 1820.



#011484-74 (Toronto) George Chalmes PETTIT, 33, Grimsby, same, widower, farmer, son of Andrew & Anne PETTIT, married Edith Emily HALE, 27, Hamilton, Toronto, s, dau. of William D. & Sarah HALE, witn: -- HALE of Toronto, L. MUIR of Hamilton, married 17 December 1873, Toronto (Church of England)