Notes:

Blanche is the daughter of Eliza Jane Roy & William Henry Walker.

Obituary
. 1935 May 15, Died Suddenly In Montreal Hospital
Mrs A D Thurston of Montreal on Saturday afternoon, at the age of 54 years. funeral on Monday, Montreal West United Church. Internment in St. James Anglican Cemetery, situated n the west side of beautiful Mount Royal, the remains being laid beside those of her son Roy, who died several years ago.
the late Mrs Thurston was a daughter of the late Mr Mrs William Walker& was born in Fflesherton June 28, 1880.
She was married Aug 5 1903 to Alfred Thurston & for many years resided in Toronto, removing to Montreal West about 15 years ago.
Besides her sorrowing husband she leaves 4 sons & 1 daughter to mourn a most devoted mother & helpmate, Kenneth of Montreal, Arthur, Bruce & Gordon & Ruth at home she also leaves 1 sister, Mrs. Wm. Gordon of Eugenia & 3 brothers, John of Belfountain, Arthur of Saskatoon & Carl of Goderich.
Those who attended from a distance were: Miss Myrtle Thurston, Miss Helene Thurston & Mrs Robt Wylde of Chicago, Mr Mrs A S Thurston of Thornbury, Messrs Wm. Walker & Earl Gordon of Eugenia & F J Thurston of Flesherton.
The casket was surrounded with a bower of beautiful wreaths & sprays from sympathizing friend of the deceased & the family testified to the love & affection in which she was held by a wide circle of friends.
Ref: Flesherton Advance newspaper. - - -

Birth:
Verify DOB

Died:
Aged 54.

Buried:
Montreal. Alt: Name: St. James Anglican Cemetery.

Alice married ALFred Deforest THURSTON on 5 Aug 1903 in Eugenia, Artemesia Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario. ALFred was born on 12 Oct 1873 in Ontario, Canada; died on 29 Mar 1944 in Montreal, Quebec; was buried in Mount Royal Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Robert Carlton THURSTON was born on 11 Apr 1890 in Ontario, Canada; died on 3 Feb 1972 in Shelburne, Dufferin Co., Ontario.
2. Raymond LeRoy ROY THURSTON was born on 27 Sep 1904 in Ontario, Canada; died on 3 Nov 1925 in Montreal, Quebec; was buried in Cimetiere Mont Royal.
3. Kenneth McLean THURSTON was born on 21 Nov 1906 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario; died on 18 Oct 1966.
4. Bruce Walker THURSTON was born on 6 Apr 1908 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario; died on 6 Jun 1997 in Montreal, Quebec; was buried in Cimetiere Mont Royal.
5. Living
6. Living
7. Gordon Purdy THURSTON was born on 15 Jul 1916 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario; died on 26 Jan 1997 in Barrys Bay Renfrew Co., Ontario.

Notes:

. 1846 Dec 8 - Land purchased on Main St. in Erin. John & Jane Walker were living in Hamilton/ Dundas up to 1846, thus their first 3 children were born in Hamilton, Ontario.

WELLINGTON COUNTRY DIRECTORY
. 1879 - Blacksmith in Orangeville, ON.
. 1881 - Nacgubust St, George Street, Fergus.

. 1891 Apr 25 Artemesia Twp., Grey Co.
William Walker, Age 49, b 1842, Presbyterian, Farmer
Jane, b. 1847, wife, dress maker; Mary, b. 1867, Wm. (Jr)., Obadia, b. 1877; Alice, b. 1880, Beatrice, b. 1883, Arthur, b.1888; Robert Walker, b. 1890.

. 1879 Dec 22, William Walker resided at the Town of Orangeville, Co. Wellington, Blacksmith, make oath to say he is one of the executors on behalf of the intended administration of the estate & effects of John Sibbald Walker, in the annexed Bond ordered for the faithful administration of the personal estate & effects of the said deceased. That I am posses of the estate of the value of $1,000 all my debts being first paid.
Signed, William Walker, Orangeville, 22nd Dec AD, 1879.

. 1901 Apr 8, Artemesia, Grey Co., B Lot 31, Con 11 (Not too far from Flesherton).
. Wm. Walker, b. 24 Feb 1844, Presbyterian, Blacksmith;
Liza, 1847; Bla. Alice, 1880; M Beatrice 1883; E Arthur, 1887; Robert 1890 & Annie Walker, b 1892.
. William Walker (SR). *ONE family, *FIVE people in one room house., 100 Acres. 1 house; 2 barns; Population 727.
*Note: 7 Walkers as listed in this 1901 Census, 2 farms away William Walker Jr. also had an extra person in his his 1 room with 3 person - in other words, one of his brothers or sisters. - PJA 2010.
* Ref: See Page 1 Artemesia, 66 S. Grey, Dist A, Sub-division 5, Line 28, for a second separate agricultural census. Page 5 for head count.

. Eugenia Falls: Lots 26 & 27 is right near the Falls. In 1903 searches were made for Ekarenniondi ( Standing Rock), the defensive outpost of the whole Nation of Petuns (Tobacco First Huron Nations) that & been report by Father Charles Garner, Jesuit Missionary, before dispersal of 1649. [Standing Rock was later identified at Collingwood Scenic Caves.] The Falls were make an ideal positions for a Native stronghold Moreover, no one could positively affirm that Native remains had ever been discord in the neighborhood. Eugenia Falls must be some 60 feet in height, falling in one unbroken sheet into the pool beneath.

. Flesherton
A growing village near the centre of the Township of Artemisia, at the intersection of the "Toronto & Sydenham" & Durham & Collingwood Gravel Roads. The post office is still known by the original name "Artemisia." The village has a post office 3 stores, 2 taverns, several carpenters, a pump-maker, a blacksmith shop, a Sawmill, a carding & fulling mill, 2 churches, 2 resident clergymen, & a resident physician. It is 5 m. from Priceville, 37 m. from Orangeville, 30 miles to Owen Sound, & 30 miles to Collingwood Harbor. There is a very large traffic through the village, setting Eastward toward Collingwood. - - -

Birth:
Note: Ont. Death Cert. says he was born Erii Twp., but his mother was STILL in Hamilton, Ont.

Died:
Lot 31, Con 11. Aged 60 y. COD: Heart failure suddenly. ON. Death Registration.

Buried:
Sideroad, Lot 31, Con 8, Artemesia Twp., Rock Mills.

William married Elizabeth Jane ELIZA Jane ROY on 22 Nov 1864 in Erin, Wellington Co., Ontario. Elizabeth (daughter of Obadiah Eldrich ROY and Margaret Lomira KENNEDY) was born on 15 Aug 1847 in Ballinafad, Erin Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; died in ? 24 Dec 1930 in Flesherton, Artemesia, Grey Co., Ontario; was buried in Salem Cemetery, Eugenia, ON.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. William WALKER, 24 [1840], Erin, Canada,
s/o John & Jane Walker,
married Elizabeth Roy, 18 [1846], Erin, Canada,
daughter of Obadiah & Margaret Roy, married on 22 Nov 1864, p. 142, no. 315.

. Stephen Roy, b 1837 May 25, is just a few farms away from Eliza Roy.

. Ontario Death Registration #766, Grey Co., Artemesia Twp.,
Eliza Jane Walker, born 1847 Aug 15, aged 83y 4m 21 days, housewife,
d/o O. Roy, Penn, US & Margaret Kennedy.
Dr. J Milne, Flesherton attended from Dec 6 - 24 Dec 1930.,
Died Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Informant Wm Gordon, Eugenia, Ont., Son-in-law.


. Ontario Land Registry, Grey County, Artemesia Book 88, p 309
Lot 31, Con 11 North, DURHAM ROAD, Artemesia Twp.
. 1878 Feb 6, Patent, Crown, to John W Armstrong, 105 Acres;
1883 Feb 1, Mortgage, Eliza Jane Walker et mar? to Farmers Load Co., $175, 105 A;
. 1883 Mar 23, Grant, J A Armstront et ux, to Eliza Jane Walker, $400, 105 A.;
. 1886 Dec 15, Eliza Jane Waker et mar?, to Farmers Loan & Savings Co., $175., 105 A;
. 1889 Nov 5, Discharge Mortgages, Farmers Loan & Savings Co., to Eliza Jane Walker, DMs.;
. 1904 Nov 21, Discharge Mortgages, E P & WCM Corp., to Eliza Jane Walker & Wm. Hy. Walker, to Bristol W of Engl CL M & I Co., Release Mortgages;
. 1914 Aug 27, Grant, Eliza Jane Walker, Widow, to Hydro Electric Power of Ontario, $1500., 107 6/10 Acres.

Note: Son Wm. Henry Walker is located on his father-in-law, Wm. Armstrong's land, at Lot 28, Con 11. (Also nothing noted for Lot 25, Con 11 - PJA). - - -

Birth:
Parents referred to her as Jane.

Died:
L31, C11. Aged 83y 4m 21d. Died Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

Notes:

. St. Edmund Parish Register, Register # 383, File #12608.
John Sibbald Walker, Baptized 10 Mar 1819, Curate Wm. Middleton,
Son of Margaret & John Walker, Carpenter, Abode Sedgefield, Durham County, England.

. HAMILTON QUARTER SESSIONS
Walker, Thomas, 1838 June, - Plaintiff, - Page 12,
Walker, John, 1839 March - Plaintiff
Walker, John, 1847 /8 DEC 24, Plaintiff
Thomson, Jane, 1843, June 12, Plaintiff, Page 18.

. 1840 Jul 14 Assessment Hamilton Town:
John Walker: Framed one story dwelling; 1 Male,1 Female, Total 2.
Note1: Son Edward R Walker must have been born after July 14, 1840. - PJA.

. 1841 May Assessment Hamilton Town:
John Walker: 1 Adult, 2 story framed dwelling: 1 @ 60£. - Total Assessment 85£.

. 1842 Assessment Hamilton Town:
John Walker, John Street, 6 houses before Cherry St.: Total 4 persons assessed at £100.
John Walker, Catharine Street, one adult. (nil assessment). i.e. John Walker Senior & Junior. ]

. 1843 ASSESSMENT HAMILTON TOWN. (TWO Separate Entries for:)
John S Walker, 2 Lots, 2 Story, Additional fireplace, Mr. Bowen, Landlord, 200£
Thompson [Thompson crossed out] Mrs. Walker, 1 female, Martial landlord, 60£ .

. 1846 Smith's Canadian Gazetter, Province of Canada West:
Erin, 32,447 Acres are taken up, 7,945 are under cultivation, Tipis holy & stoney. There is a small settlement in sw of twp. called McMillen's Mills, where are a grist & saw mill, tavern & blacksmith shop & between 4-0-50 inhabitants. There are 1 grist & 4 saw mills in two. Crown lands are open for sale at 8 shillings per acre. Speed River, a branch of Grand River, An excellent mill stream, 2 grists & saw mill.

. Hamilton Coach & Carriage Factory, King St. Hamilton. - 70 hands (workers)
Ref: Possible location for apprenticeship for both John & brother George M Walker.

. 1849 Smiths Canadian Gazetteer, Erin, A small settlement in SW of Twp. called McMullen's Mills, grist & Saw mill, tavern & blacksmith shop, 7 between 40 7 50 inhabitants.

. 1850 - First road was planked from Trafalgar, Esquesing & Erin Road from Oakville to Stewarttown.

. 1853 - Stations in 15 locations, from Arthur... Erin ...Wellesley, all of which I have been able to visit during the winter. Want of roads is a difficulty. From Milton I walked through the woods a distance from 10 miles in summer between two stations. In winter it is 16 miles by a round about way.
. Rev. W. W. Bates for Rockwood & Erin.

. 1859 Ontario Directory, Erin, Canada West, Tp. Co. Wellington. Go to Guelph on the GTR. Population about 300.
1873, Erin Population 600.
Ref: The New Work in 1859: being the US & Canada.

. 1859 Oct 19- Erin Agricultural Township Show Fair, Erin Village.

. 1861 Census Erin Village, Wellington
John S Walker, B 1819 England, Blacksmith, 2 half Acres, Concrete 2 stories house
Jane Walker, b. 1821 Ireland; Margaret, b. 1858; Robt., b 1853; Sarah Jane, b. . 1857; Mary Walker b. 1858; Arthur Walker, Apprentice, Age 17, Residing with Wm M Kenney, tinsmith, Erin.

. 1864 Sept 15th, from the Guelph Advertiser from Erin village says ...there are scores of farmers in township who have not a sheaf in the barn, the weather having proved so very unfavourable for harvesting. The crops, however, are very good all around here.
Ref: The Canada farmer, Volume 1.

. 1865-71 Canada Directory, John S Walker Foundry & Machine .
1865-66 Mitchell & Co.'s Canada Classified Directory: Blacksmith, Erin: John S Walker & Iron Foundries & Machines, Erin, ON., John S Walker.
. 1867 Walker, John S., founder, Ref: Wellington Co. Directory.

. 1869 Province of Ontario Gazetteer & Directory
Erin - A village situated in the Twp. of Erin Co. Wellington, 20 miles from Guelph, the county town, 35 miles from Toronto & 12 m. from Georgetown, the nearest station on the Grand Trunk Railway. Stage to Guelph 20 miles. Fare 75¢. Daily mail. Money order office & Savings' Bank. Population 600. Walker, John S., foundry & machine shop.

. 1871 HISTORY OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH (Travel Conditions & John Walker):The Church of England is glad to learn there signs showing of vitality in the pretty village of Erin. The congregation was also without a clergyman for a considerable time, but in the fall of 1865 Rev. Johnstone Vicars was put in charge. (Undated Extract: Guelph Advertiser).
. 1866 July 23rd, All Saints Parish Hall: Church Building Committee, Present Rev J. Vicars, Messrs. Cornoch, Steward, Walker & Campbell. Mr. Aldian, a builder of Guelph will draw up specifications plans for $5. It was moved by Mr. Walker. Seconded by Mr. Stewart that the plans of the Church now exhibited the plans are suitable. Carried.
Moved by Mr. Walker, seconded by Mr. Campbell that Mr. Cornock be treasurer & Mr Carbury, Secretary Carried. Messrs. Cornock & Walker were appointed to request Mr. Campbell, the surveyor, to measure the land. Signed, John Vicars. (Mr. Cornock is the land benefactor.)
All Saints Anglican Church, 81 Main Street, Erin ON.
Ref: Rev. Francis Tremayne, Travelling Missionary, North York Public Library, 6 Fl., Toronto. More church records may be found at, McMaster University Libraries, under the Anglican Diocese.

. 1871 Lovells Province of Ontario Directory
Erin, Ontario, population about 500. Stage coach from Erin to Guelph 75¢ for the 20 miles., Stage coach from Erin to Guelph 75¢. Thirteen miles from Georgetown railroad station.
Walker, Geo. M., of McMillan & Walker,
Walker, John S., Foundry.

. 1871 Oct 27, FERGUS NEWS RECORDER Newspaper:
Garafraxa Ploughing Match:
20 ploughs entered - Mr. Walker's (Erin) plough was a favorite with many. It made a good cut, good turn up, good fearing & good finish.

. 1871 Erin, Wellington Co. Census, (p67):
John S Walker, Age 52 /1819, Born England, Church of England, Blacksmith, married
Elizabeth Walker, 42 /1829, Born Ireland, Ch. of England,
Sara J Walker, 15 /1856, born Ontario; Chars H. 14 /1857; Mary Ann, 12/1958; James W Walker Age 3 /1868.

. 1871 Lovell's Dominion Directory: Toronto Street Railway:
Route - St. Lawrence Hall to Yorkville & St. Lawrence Hall to Lunatic Asylum.

. 1871-1872 Wellington Co. Diretory, Erin:
Walker, Arthur, hardware; Walker, Geo. M. (McMillan & Walker).;
Walker, John S, foundry & machine shop.

. 1875 Wellington Co. Directory & Gazetteer, Erin, Wellington Co.
Erin A village situated on lots 13, 7, 14, 9th & 10 Con., Erin Twp., on the proposed line of the Credit Valley Railway. contains 9 stores, 4 hotels, grist mill (a second one will be built shortly, saw mill, carding factory, 2 foundries, 3 blacksmiths' shops, carriage factory, 4 churches, stave factory & law office, distant from Charleston station of the T.G & B Railway, 8 miles; from Georgetown, GTR station 13 miles, from Guelph the County Town, 19 miles, Mail, daily, stages leave for Georgetown on Mon., Wed. & Fridays, for Guelph. Montreal Telegraph Co. has an office here. Population 500.
. Erin Foundry, by John S. Walker. Size of building 60 x 82 feet, employs 7 men.
. Walker, John S, Foundry.

* 1876 Oct 26 - Erin Fall Exhibition, Tues. 17 Oct:
Implements: Gang plough: 2nd prize, J S Walker.

. 1877 Oct 25, Erin Exhibition: A large number of people, numbering around 3000 people, ventured through the almost incessant drizzle & such prevailed during the whole of last Thursday.,
Implements:
Gang Plow: 2nd. prize, J S Walker
Cultivator: 1st. prize, J S Walker;
Wooden harrow: 1st. J S Walker;
Set horse shoes: 1st, J S. Walker.
Domestic Produce: Honey in a comb: 1s. J S Walker & Strained honey, 2nd. prize, J S Walker.

. 1878 May 16 - There is now a daily mail between Guelph & Erin Village.
Ref: Acton Free Press.

. 1879 Co. of Wellington Gazetteer: Erin, an import postal village. 18 miles from Guelph. The proposed line of the Credit Valley RR runs through the village.There is a good foundry, a flour & Grist mill, & extensive woollen mills mfg. Tweeds, Full- Cloth, blankets, flannels etc. Plain & Colored yarns.
* Walker & Son, blacksmiths. [i.e. John S Walker & Charles Walker]

. 1879 Dec 23, Tues. - John S. Walker, of Erin village, died suddenly on Wednesday morning in a car on the Credit Valley Railway. [= Wed., Dec 17, 1879.]
Ref: The Globe, Toronto.

. 1880 May 1 - Erin Council - Pursuant to adjournment the Municipal Council of Erin Twp. met at Devier's Hotel Hillsbury, at ten o'clock. The Reeve in the chair & members all present. The matter in dispute between Wm. Young & John Walker in reference to the road leading to John Walker's house was called, when a long discussion ensued between the parties. Moved by Mr Reid, second by Dr. McNaughton, that the Reeve be instructed to take legal advice in reference to this road allowance & report was early as possible. Carried.
Ref: Guelph Daily Mercury newspaper, published 1880 Jun 30.

. 1879 Dec 17, Obituary. Sudden Death in Erin Mr John Walker Drops Dead
We regret to learn of the very sudden death this Wednesday morning of Mr. John S Walker, of Erin Village, & the oldest & most respected resident in the place. Mr. Walker was known far & wide as the proprietor of the Erin foundry.
On Wednesday morning he intended to go to Fergus or Elora, & left his house about half past 6 o'clock for the ballast train on the Credit Valley Railway. He was only in the car about 5 minutes when he expired. Heart disease is supposed to be the cause of his death. As we said, Mr. Walker is very old & respected resident of Erin, being in business there for many years. He was in good health up to the time of his death. The deceased never took a very active part in public matters, but he had always the interests of Erin at heart & he will be much missed, not only by his own family, but by the people in the village & township, by whom he was greatly respected for his genuine manliness & honesty.
Ref: Guelph Daily Evening Mercury, pub. Dec 17, 1879. Wed.

. WILL of JOHN SIBBALD WALKER:
Three living grandchildren of deceased Geo Walker, & 6 living children;
Edward (the administrator); William, Arthur; Mrs. Geo L Briggs (Margaret Ann); Robt. H & George Walker;
Edward, "eldest son". His, "mother is Thompson, a long time lunatic in Toronto. "

Note2: The lawyer representing the 4 children of his second companion, Elizabeth Walker, petitioned that the Will's administer present an undoubted security bond (i.e to ensure the corrected distributions to the second family too. )
No distribution was recorded in the administration papers, however, the envelope WILL had the Value as $2,5000. Edward Walker gives the assesses as $2,000. Since at least 1877 son Charles H Walker had already been working this his father operating the Erin Foundry & Machine Shop.

. Tall tombstone with iron on top, reads: In memory of John S Walker who died Dec. 18 1881.
Aged 61y 8mo 19 days. Erin Union Cemetery.

. 1879 Dec 17 Ontario Death Registration # 15745, Wellington Co.
John Sibbald Walker, Died Dec 17 1879, 60 years, 10 mo., 9 days;
Machinist, Born Country Durham, England,
Died of Heart disease, Dr. McNaughton,
Signature of informant Charles Walker, his son, Machinist, Erin., Reported 30 Dec 1879, Church of England.

. 1906 WELLINGTON COUNTY ATLAS
WALKER, John Sible, was b. Durham, Eng., & came to Hamilton in 1827 with his father, Thomas Walker, & the rest of the family.

Thomas Walker later returned to England & secured a situation as Supt. of the bridge building department of the Great Western Railway & died in England.

John S., after learning the blacksmithing trade in Hamilton, went to Slabtown.*
He had m. Jane Thompson who resided with Sir Allan McNabb. After about 2 years, in 1842, he moved to Erin Tp., settling in Erin Village, where he started the first blacksmith shop, & his brother George started a waggon shop opposite. He soon started a foundry ran by horse power for years. Later he sold out & moved to the present Walker foundry site, where he followed his business & made the celebrated Walker plow, the first iron beam, & iron handle plow in Canada. He also made buggies & cultivators & used to shoe the oxen in the district. He never sought municipal or political honours; was a Conservative in politics & a member of the English Church.
Issue: Edward (d. Guelph), William (d.); Flesherton; Arthur, Toronto Junction; George, (d. Erin); John C.; Mrs. G. L. Briggs, Tara; & Robert H., Calgary.

Note3: Slabtown was near St. Catharines, now Merriton, then noted for the Welland Canal & Welland-Western Railway. This flourishing town was located on the line of the Welland Canal on part Lots 10, 11 & 12, Con 9 & 10 Grantham Township. The town was created out of 4 small communities named Centreville (1826), Westport, Protestant Hill & Slabtown.
Ref: Cultural Heritage Assessment Report. Wentworth Co.

. Granddaughter, Ruby Walker told the story of her grandfather, John S Walker's death:
They came & called my grandfather to come & repair the train. The engine would not start. He was a blacksmith, but in Erin village he was the expert on machines, like a garage mechanic. This was an important event & Grandfather, was running up the street in Erin to the train station to repair the engine on the inaugural trip of the Credit Valley Railroad. The train would not start again so John was considered to be the Erin mechanical engineering expert so they called him to repair the train. He ran huffing & puffing up to the Erin train station. He grabbed the handle to pull himself up onto the engine & right then he was struck with a heart attack. 
P.S. This would have been before Ruby was born in 1899. So this story must have been a oft repeated story retold with much emotion.
Ref: c. 1982, As told by daughter, Ruby Walker to her grandniece PJ Felker.

. The Credit Valley Railway was given a hearty welcome one night as it arrived on its way thro' to Elora. I am told it was in October 1878. What a giant is seems. I remember how frightened we children were. A sad event of that evening was the sudden death of Mr. John Walker Sr., one of Erin's most prominent businessmen. He was hurrying to see the first passenger train through Erin when he collapsed & died. The evenings excitement was damped by sorrow for the family of Mr. Walker who had a foundry works, wagons & blacksmith shop on Main Street.

. Two of his sons carried on for many years; Mr. Charles & James Walker, who married with 2 ladies named Hamilton, but no relation to each other. Charles's wife was a daughter of Richard Hamilton who kept a grocery store on Main Street, & strange to say, his clerk was a John Hamilton of no relation to either Walker or Hamilton the grocer.
- as recounted by Florence Baker, in the mid 1940's wrote her memoirs of the time she lived in Erin during the 19th & 20th century.
Ref: Gleanings From Memories By Paths of Erin - Part Seven, by Harry Smith. 1871. - - -

Ontario Land Registry Office Abstract Book 215, Part Plan 61,
VILLAGE of ERIN, Wellington County
. Lot 2, Con 10, [divided into} Part SW Half, Lot 14, p8:
> 1846 Dec 8 - Daniel & Chas. McMillian & Wife, sold to John S Walker, part W 18.2
> 1852 Nov 24, Registered 1852 Dec 8, Bargain&Sale, Hugh, Dan & Chas McMillan, sold to Jno. Sibbald Walker, Lot 2, Con 10 Part SW Half, Lot 14 [ Inc. Lots 2, 3, 7, 14.]
. 1852 Dec 4, B&S, Jno Sibbad Walker & Wife, sold to James Monroe, with other lands together 2r 29p.
> 1853 Oct 24 - John S Walker & Wife, Mortgage - Pm & Perm Bank of Sur., Part W. [i.e. wife, Jane Thompson Walker]
. 1857 May18 - Thompson Geo. M. Walker - to Calvin M Question, unnumbered Lot 2.3
> 1858 Sep 25 - Perm. Bldg. Society, to John S Walker, Part 2 - 12, Erin.

Lot 3, Con 10, Part SW Half, Lot 14, p13:
> 1852 Nov 24, B&S, Hugh McMillan, exec of & Chas McMillan & Mary McMillan, to John Sibbald Walker, with other land together 4acres 1r 4p.
. 1852 Dec 4, B&S, John Sibbald Walker & wife, to James Monro, with other land together 2r 29Halfp.

Lot 7, Con 10 Part SW Half, Lot 14 p21
. 1846 Oct6 B&S,Dan & chareles McMillan & wives, to JohnS ibbald Walker, £1.30.9p with lot 8, (part of 18A 2r);
. 1848 Jul 31, B&S, Dan & Chas McMillan & wives & John Sibbald Walker, to James Young,£1.30p.9/10, Pt of 18 Acres, 2p, with Lot 8;
.
. 1852 Dec 2, B&S, James Young & wife, to John Sibbald Walker, 1r 30p9/10p, with Lot 8, (part of 18a2r);
. 1852 Nov 24, B&S, Hugh McMillan & Donald McBain (Executors of Charles McMillan, co-proprietor with the late Daniel McMillan, Mary McMillan, widow of late Dan. McMillan, & Christiana McMillan, wife of said Chas McMillan, to John Sibbald Walker, with other lands together 4 Acres 1r 4p.
. 1852 Dec 6, Jno Sibbald Walker & wife, to Geo. Michael Walker, 3. [or 34?] & 64440/10000 p.;
. 1854 Nov6, B&S, John Sibblad Walker, to Sencer L Shotter, with other land together 22A 16p.
. 1855 Nov 29, B&S, Geo. Michael Walker, to Peter Cook, 34 64480/100,000p.
. 1856 Aug 22,B&S, Spencer LShotter & wife, to Peter Cook, 1 Acred with provision respecting stream;
. 1856 Aug 22, S L Shotter, to P Cook, with provison respecting stream.

Lot 8, Con 10, p25
> 1846 Oct 6, Dan & Chas McMillan & wives, to JS Walker, with Lot 7 together 1r 30 9/10 p.
. 1848 Jul 31, B&S, John Sibbald Walker, Dan& Chas McMillan & wives, to James Young, With Lot 7, together 1r 30 9/10 p.
. 1852 Dec 2, B&S, James & Yonge & wife, to JS Walker, Lot 7 & with reservation & other land.
. 1853 Mar 16, Release of Judgement, Cal McQuesten & John Fisher, to JS Walker, with other land together, 22a or 16p.
. 1854 Nov 6, B&S, John S Walker, to S L Shotter, with other land.

. 1861 Jun 29, B&S, John Darroch & wife, to Hugh Millan, 12 Acres.

Lot 9, Con 10, p29
. 1852 Nov 24, B&S, Hugh McMillan, Executors of Chas McMillan, to JS Walker Part with other lands 4a 1r 4p.;
. 1853 Mar Release of Judgement, Calvin McQuesten & John Fisher, to John Sibbald Walker, with other land 22A or 16p with reservations;
. 1854 Nov 6, B&S, JS Walker, to SL Shotter, Part, with other lands;
. 1855 Aug 3, Samuel Beals & wife, to John clark, all 28 per.& part Lot 11 with privilege of Lane with provision for waterway.
. 1917 Jul 2, B&S, JohnR Hamilton & James Walker, Excutors, Wm Hamilton, decd, to Jennie Hull, Part, $1.

Lot 11, Con 10, p37
. 1852 Dec 3, B&S John Harris & wife, to John Sibbald Walker, part area.
. 1856 Sep 19, B&S, Reg. 4.27.1864, JS Walker, to John Clark, Part area, right of way through alley;
.1856 Sep 19, B&S, John Sbbald Walker, to John Clark, part A.

Lot 14, Con 10, Lots on Block SE side of Mill St., p45
. 1852 Nov 24, B&S, HughMcMillian, to JSWalker, With other land together 4a 1R 4p;
. 1852 Dec - B&S, JSWalker & Wife, to James Monro, with other land together.

. Lot 9, Con 10, p29 of Geo Arnott, Dec, To Erin Public School Board, all 2 acres, $20.00, Less Half acres.

Ref: Ontario Archives Microfiche # GS 3122-3. - - -

Birth:
Stockston District.

Died:
Aged 60y, 10m 9d [= 8 Feb 1819]. Heart Disease.

Buried:
Row S44-3, Plot 10, Tall pillar, top urn missing in 1990's.

John married Jane THOMPSON on 5 May 1838 in Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario. Jane was born in 1818 in Ireland; died on 10 Feb 1881 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario; was buried in Erin Union Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Adopted by Mr. Thompson & raised with children of Sir Allan Napier MacNabb, Prime Minister of Ontario (Upper Canada), Dundurn Castle, Hamilton;
She resided & married at Dundurn Castle, 1838.

(Further research may reveal more info.)
Ref: 1821 May 6, York, Allan Napier MacNabb, half pay 48th Regt., married at York by John Strachan, St. James Cathedral to Elizabeth Brooks, Wit. A MacNabb, W R Macaulay & Daniel Brooke, Senior.
> Note1: Mrs. Elizabeth MacNabb would known Jane Thompson during her stay at Dundurn Castle. Prime Minister of UC from 1855 & 56, Sir Allan N McNab, b. 1798, at (Newark) Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., died 1862, Hamilton, ON.
Did Jane's parents died at Niagara, or Toronto where the MacNabbs also first had a house? - PJA 2011.

* 1838 UPPER CANADA MARRIAGE BOND # 6796
William Watkins of the town of Hamilton in the Gore District & the above said province, Cordwainer,
& JOHN WALKER of the said place, Wagon maker, are Bonded 6 May 1838.
For joining together in Holy Matrimony John Walker of the Town of Hamilton aforesaid, blacksmith &
Jane Thompson of the same place, spinster.
Signed, William Watkins, John Walker [i.e. his father, John Thomas Walker, Sr.]
Reverse side: Bond, William Mathins / Watkins & John Walker
Dated, 8 May 1838.
Ref: RG5 B9, Vol. 5 Reel C6787, Archives of Canada.
Note2: A Cordwainer makes shoes etc. from fine soft Cordovan leather. The cobbler repairs shoes. in March 1838 All McNabb received knighthood for his participation in the War of 1812, esp. bring forces to combat Mackenzie at Montgomery's Tavern. - PJA.

. HAMILTON QUARTER SESSIONS OF PEACE:
[Further research needed]
Walker, Thomas, 1838 June, Plaintiff, Page 12,
Walker, John, 1839 March 14, Plaintiff
Walker, John, 1847 /8 DEC 24, Plaintiff
Thomson, Jane, 1843 June 12, Plaintiff, *
Note3: Jane Thompson who was married in May 1838.
Ref: Page 18, Hamilton Quarter Sessions.

. 1840 Assessment Hamilton Town., Ontario
John Walker, Frame One Story; 1 Male; 1 Female; Total 2.

. 1841 May Assessment Hamilton Town: 2 story Framed house 1@ 60£. Total 85£.

. 1843 Assessment Hamilton Town. [Separate Entries:]
John S Walker, 2 Lots, 2 Story, Additional fireplace, Mr. £200
Thompson [Thompson crossed out] Mrs. Walker, 1 female, Martial landlord, £60.
Note4: But where are the two children, Edward, b. 1840, & William H. Walker, born 24 Feb 1843. -PJA

. 1846 Aug 22 - Provincial Lunatic Asylum was when erected, wholly in the country, 20 minutes from Yonge street, on Queen St. W.
Ref: Robertson Landmarks of Toronto, Vol 3.

. 1856 Dec 13, Toronto - The new Provincial Lunatic Asylum was erected in 1845 & the drawing in the Globe Newspaper shows a giant yellow brick hospital with trees, fresh air & a fine view of Lake Ontario. Situated at 999 Queen Street, 3 miles from City Hall. The high brick walls were noted erected at this time. Warming & ventilation devised by the architect incorporated steam heated pipes in every room. 2 flights of stone steps & goldstone landing to the entrance, Board room, suite of waiting, examining 7 consulting rooms. Opposite are 2 large wards adapted to extreme surgical cases. Resident surgeon, nurses & stewards on1st floor. A liberal supply of baths, washrooms. The theatre is under the mortuary. 22 wards with 12 patients per ward.
Ref: Globe Newspaper, Toronto, features a very lengthy description of the new building.

. 1847 Jan 9, Sat. - LUNATIC BALL (Abbreviated): We were not a little taken aback a few days ago receiving a card of invitation to attend a Ball in the Parliament House "to Lunatics," on the Thurs. night, 7th instant. On inquiry we found the manager of the Asylum endeavors to rouse the dexx of patients in the institution & encouraged tea parties among them ...extended their invitations to members of the learned profession of the University & other citizens.
We got to the Parliament House, on entering the Ball-room we found patients of both sexes, sitting on benches at the spacious apartment, while a number of citizens with their families, occupied with music presently "struck up: & forthwith a dozen of couples, tripping it most energetically to the music… Nearly all those conversed with entered readily into their history, probably their afflictions, the changes, hopes of returning to their families. Especial care was asked each one how was treated by Doctors & servants, & were delighted at the hearty manner in which they express the kindness shown them by all at the Institution. 50 patients at present in the Asylum, to be removed into the premises in the East wing of the Parliament that they now reside there. At 8 pm the inmates sat down to supper & afterward resumed dancing until half past nine & returned to the Institution.
Ref: The Toronto Globe Newspaper.
Note5 Jane had just arrived here a few weeks previously. -PJA

. 1848 Feb 19, Ball at the Lunatic Asylum - One of these interesting affairs came off on Tues. evening last. A considerable number of visitors were present, inc. Rev Dr. Strachan, Rev. Jennings & Barclay, the Chief Justice. Every thing went off well & a number marked improvement from last year, was observed in the dancing of patients.
Note6 Jane will be released in a few weeks. - PJA.

* 1861 University Branch of Prov. Lunatic Asylum p1129, St. Patrick's Ward, City of Toronto, York Co.
Jane Walker, born Ireland, Age 44 /b 1818, Church of England, married, Lunatic. Page Totals: Influencre from assis., consumption, Brain soft, Consn. [?]
Comments by Enumator: The Hosptial occupies a block of land (bounded on south by Don St, East by Sumack & west by Pine St) in St. Davids Ward. {Additional staff of 68 workers, inc. Medical staff, nurses, farmers, fireman, gardners, Keepers, servants, clergy.)
. 1861 Feb 2 Census Erin Village, Wellington
John S Walker, B 1819 England, Blacksmith, 2 half Acres, Concrete 2 stories house.
* Walker, b. 1821 Ireland;
Margaret, b. 1858; Robt., b 1853; Sarah Jane, b. 1857; Mary Walker b. 1858;
Arthur Walker, Apprentice, Age 17, Residing with Wm M Kennedy, tinsmith, Erin.

> Note7: * Jane Thompson Walker was recorded present on the Erin Census 1861, which directly conflicts with Jane's recorded medical history which puts her in the Toronto Lunatic Asylum since 1853. Youngest son, Robert Walker, was born in 1853.
(But, Jane is also not present on the Erin 1871 Census.)

. Ontario Death Registration #029227. Wellington Country, District Village of Erin ON. Pg. 263.
WALKER, JANE - Died: 1881 February 10.
Female 62 years [ b1819 ] widow, Born Ireland,
Cause of Death: An Insane Person. Physician: Dr. Clark Insane Asylum, Informant.
Rev. Isaac Crane, Methodist Minister, Erin.
Registered: 1881 February 12. Religion of deceased: Methodist Ch. Canada.
Registrar, Wm. Tyler.
Remarks: This death may have been registered by Dr. Clark. The pt. Insane Asylum Toronto. She was brought here & her sons had it put on her record. WT.

Note8: Toronto Lunatic Asylum was a new hope for the treatment of mental problems. Jane Thompson Walker was admitted on 22 Dec 1847 for her first attack of excitement over pecuniary matters. On 18 Mar 1848, two months & 29 days later, husband John Walker took her back improved to their home in Erin, Ontario.
> Observation: Jane Thompson Walker was born in Ireland, 5 feet 4 inches tall, fair hair with blue eyes; sanguine* of temperament & had a good disposition & intellect. FIVE children. Pecuniary (money) matters caused her to be melancholic or depressed.

Note9: Jane lived with an instability of life as an orphan & then living in the mansion of the Prime Minister of Ontario where there were many servants coming & leaving. - PJA 2010

Note10: *One of the four ancient temperaments. Sanguine quick, impulsive, & extroverted personality. The others were phlegmatic, self-content, prefer stability; choleric ambition, energy & passion & the melancholic is a thoughtful ponder.

. Six years later, on 26 Apr 1853 she was readmitted by her husband who paid 5 shillings per week for her maintenance. At this time Jane's records say she had SEVEN children. She was Sobrient & intemperate [steady, non-drinker (?) but uncontrolled or excessive.] 28 years later Jane died in the Toronto Asylum of gangrenes.

Note11: In 1922 grandson Edward John C Walker thought his grandmother's name was Margaret Thompson. Rather, perhaps he was thinking of his paternal grandmother, Margaret Sibbald Walker.

Recorded for further research:

. Died Jane Walker, Age 60, Died 9 Feb 1881, Toronto.
Ref: Guelph Weekly Mercury .

Transcriptions & research by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Page 2: Jane Thompson

. IMPROVEMENT IN LUNATIC DISCIPLINE:
1848 July describing the annual Orange Parade in terms of a lunatic procession. He begins by remarking what appears to have been a regular urban spectacle, of female patients from the Lunatic Asylum being driven in a carriage around the city, seeing & no doubt being seen. This time, however, the whole Asylum population appeared to be on parade. The editor expresses his great pleasure at having recognized several citizens whom he had not previously thought mad, & one whose obvious shame & embarrassment indicated returning reason. His only regret is that Dr. Park had not chosen a day when his lunatics would not have been mistaken for Orangemen in a 12th of July procession.

In the July 21st paper, under the heading "Twelfth of July," the Editor apologizes, albeit facetiously, to those readers whom he has offended by what he calls his "little jeu d'esprit." Rather disingenuously he claims to have been hoaxed by a contributor, whose article he set verbatim in editorial type.

By pretending to correct mistakes in the last piece, he only makes the Orange ritual more ridiculous, & reinforces its similarity to a lunatics' procession. Yes, he admits, as if he were not increasing the damage, the procession described in the last issue as "an excursion of lunatics from the Asylum," was indeed a "bona fide Orange procession" what was described as a large beer barrel was really a "genuine Protestant big drum."

Possibly anticipating one of his favourite ploys in the Annual Reports, the Editor exploits & playfully reverses the opposition between the Asylum & the rest of the world by reporting the inmates' indignation at being identified with anything as "mad" as the Orange Procession:

We regret to learn that the inmates of the Asylum have also been seriously offended by the same article; & have expressed great astonishment that we could possibly have been deceived into the belief that they would act so irrationally as to expose themselves to the derision of the citizens of Toronto, by any such childish proceedings as those which characterized the procession of the 12th instant.

The Editor pretends to have equally offended those he (accidentally) depicted as lunatics, & those who are (or at least are treated) as lunatics. Of course, the real target is not the inmates of the Provincial Lunatic Asylum, but the inhabitants of the supposedly sane City.

... The Editor of the Mirror first indicates his awareness of the quarrel between Dr. Park & the Commissioners ( E F Whittemore & Brewer) of the Provincial Lunatic Asylum in an article headed simply "The Lunatic Asylum" in the edition of October 20, 1848. Glancing at the alleged "mistake" regarding the Orange Procession last July 12, 1848.

Ref: Troping the Asylum, by John Thomas Rowland, 1999. - - -

Birth:


Died:
Died of gangrenes at Toronto Lunatic Asylum.

Buried:
'Brought to Erin for burial', not listed on John S Walker tombstone.

Notes:

. 1845 May 9. Ballinafad.A meeting was held for the purpose of appointing 3 trustees for the cemetery. A deed was drawn up between Nathaniel Roszell & his Wife Hannah, "in the Township of Erin, in the county of Waterloo, in the Wellington district, in the prince of Canada". The trustees were Obadiah Roy, Archibald Patterson & Jos Hilt. Witnesses present were Donald McMain & Arthur Thompson. The same of 5 shillings was paid for the land.
Ref: Flesherton Advance newspaper. - - -

Birth:
Lot 32, Con 5.

Died:
Aged 60y 2m 28d.

Buried:
Tall white monument, with two round designs.

Obadiah married Margaret Lomira KENNEDY on 8 Aug 1827 in Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of John KENNEDY and Barbara SLOUGH) was born on 6 Aug 1811 in Gainsborough Twp., Lincoln Co., Ontario; died on 17 Jun 1887 in Ballinafad, Erin Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried in Ballinafad Pioneer Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Margaret is the daughter of John Kennedy, b. 8 My 1761 in Sussex Co., New Jersey & Barabara Slaugh, b. 23 Mar 1773.

. Stephen Nelson Roy, b. May 25 1835 Ballinafad - Apr 1, 1904 Flesherton, ON.;
Lydia Catherine Roy, b: 18 MAY 1829 in Ballinafad - 1829 Jun 13,
Children: John Wilson Roy, b: 3 MAR 1831-15 Mar 1844 Ballinafad;
Jemima Kesia Roy, b: 20 APR 1833 - 25 Jan 1917, Erin Twp. & married 1853 Oct 17 Mathias Vannatter in Eramosa Township, Wellington County, Ontario. They had 8 children: Almira Vannatter, Alice Mary Vannatter, Sarah Charlotte Vannatter, Alfred Roy Vannatter, Ira Benjamin Vannatter, Phares Obahiah Vannatter, William George Vannatter, & Annetta Jane Vannatter.

Jemima Keziah Roy passed away on Jan 25, 1917 in Erin Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. She is buried at Ballinafad, Erin Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.

. Jacob Kennedy Roy, b: 20 OCT 1838 - 26 Dec 1939 Erin Twp.;
James William Roy, b: 29 AUG 1842 - 21 Jan 1844 Ballinafad;
Alfred Roy, b: 24 JUL 1844 - 22 Nov 1926, Innesfree, Alberta;
Eliza Jane Roy b: 15 AUG 1846 - 24 Dec 1930, Flesherton, married 22 Nov 1864 William H Walker, Erin Village;
Mary Roy, b: 11 AUG 1849;
Margaret Roy, b: 7 AUG 1851 in Ballinafad, - 10 mar 1915 Ballinafad.. - - -

Birth:
Lot 19 Con V & Lot 27 Con. VI.

Buried:
Plots S2-2 and 11-2.

Notes:

. St. Edmund's Parish Register, File #12605
Baptized 16 Sep 1792, Parents Jane & John Walker.

. 1798 Land Tax Redemption
Joseph Barker, Sedgefield, Durham, Occupied by John Walker, tax £2,5 pd. 1799 Mar 21.

. Hamilton City Directory:
Thomas Walker, Nightengale St., 1833 Settlement, nativity, England, Wagon Maker.

. 1834. A D Ferrier's Reminiscences, from lectures delivered to Farmers & Mechanics Institute, Fergus in 1864. Ferrier recalls his travels starting in 1830-1834:
1834 Jun. Ferrier visited Niagara Falls, St. Catherines to Hamilton, Ontario
In 1834 Hamilton was quite a small town & there had ben a fire in the main street, & the ruins were still standing. Burleigh's Hotel was the best at that time.The corner of John & King Sts was occupied by a neat little cottage, garden inferno & large orchard adjoining, & there were not a dozen houses between that the next. The only public building of any pretension was the Court House. There was nothing very inviting abut it & the road to the lake was very bad. There was great trouble insurer for want of wanter.
Ref: Sketches of the Early Days of Fergus & vicinity, 1919.

ONTARIO, CANADA CENSUS & ASSESSMENT:
(some without column headings, making interpretation difficult):
. 1835 Census & Assessment, Hamilton Town, Ontario
John Walker: 1 male; 1 male under 16; 2 females under 16, Total 7, Church of England: Eight. Rentable Property £20.
Note1: this doesn't add up correctly.

. 1837 Census John Walker: 6 Males; 1M> 16F>16; 1F Total 11 [i.e. Doesn't add up]
. 1837 Assessment Hamilton: John Walker: Framed 2 stories £35; 1 Mich Cows £3; Rentable £110. 'In the same apartment bldg. Some of those in this app. owning lots in the town: The persons residing in the country: Doctor Casy.

. 1838 Assessment & Census: John Walker: 1 Town Lot; Frame One Story; Grist Mill wrought by water with one of stones: 1; Merchant storehouse: 2; Closed carriages with 4 wheels: 4; £60.

. 1840 Assessment Hamilton.1 of 2: John Walker, Cherry Street Lot, Between John King & John St.: Framed under 2 Stories: 1; Milch cows 1: Closed carriages with 4 wheels: 2.

. 1840 July 14 Census.2 of 2, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, CANADA:
John Walker
Males above 16 years: 3 [i.e. John Sr.; Geo. Michael; John Sibbald Sr., or perhaps Robt. Walker.]
Males under 16 years: 3 [ Infant Edward Walker, b 1840.
Females above 16 years: 2 [Marg. Sibbald Walker, Jane Thompson Walker.
Females under 16 years: 2 [Marg. Walker, Jr. Total: 10 in family.

. 1841 May Assessment Hamilton Town: John Walker, 2 men, 2 boys, 1 Female, 6 girls (column?) Total 6 [repeated].

. 1842 Assessment Hamilton Town:
John Walker, John Street, 6 houses before Cherry St.: Total 4 persons. Assessed at £100.
John Walker, Catharine Street, one adult. nil assessment
[i.e. John Walker Senior & John Sibbald Walker, Junior. This is also the last record found for John Thomas Walker.]

Thomas Walker later returned to England & secured a situation as Supt. of the bridge building department of the Great Western Railway & died in England.

. HAMILTON QUARTER SESSIONS OF PEACE, ONTARIO
Walker, Thomas, 1838 June, Plaintiff, Page 12,
Walker, John, 1839 March 14, Plaintiff,
Walker, John, 1847 /8 DEC 24, Plaintiff,
Thomson, Jane, 1843, June 12, Plaintiff, Page 18.
Note2: Further research for details is needed. - PJA.

. 1906 WELLINGTON COUNTY ATLAS, Ontario, Canada:
WALKER, John Sible, was b. Durham, Eng., & came to Hamilton in 1827 with his father, Thomas Walker, & the rest of the family. Thomas Walker later returned to England & secured a situation as Supt. of the bridge building department of the Great Western Railway & died in England.

. 1861 Census Great Aycliffe, Co. Durham: John Walker was living with his niece Jane Welch & her son Geo. E Welch.

. 1871 Census - John Walker, born 1792, in Sedgefield.
In the Census 1871 Darlington Union Workhouse shows a widower who meets the profile of our John Walker. There was a rather large population for the workhouse was reconstructed from the bishop's palace, which had fallen into neglect.

The year of John's birth 1792, is remembered as the year Sedgefield's streets were filled with two feet of hail that fell on July 17th, damaging many houses & windows.
The Parish Church, dedicated to St. Andrew, occupies a commanding position on what was formerly the site of an early Saxon church. The erection of this most interesting structure may be said to date from the early part of the thirteenth century. It is cruciform in shape, consisting of nave, aisles, transepts, spacious chancel, south porch & western tower. The lower stage of the tower is connected with the nave by a fine arch consisting of three chamfered orders, resting on octagonal responds. The parish register commences in 1558.
Ref: History, Topography & Directory of Durham, Whellan, London, 1894.
John Thomas Walker was called John in England. In Canada is was his family referred to him as Thomas, but he continued to sign his name John Walker.
Ref: John's own Birth Registration; Marriage Bond & Birth Reg. of sons John S. & George M. giving his name as John Walker; & the Wellington Co., Ontario, Atlas, the family refers to him as 'Thomas'. Additionally in the Hamilton, Ontario Census he uses the name of John.

. Auckland includes
Archdeacon Newton, Auckland St. Andrews, & St Helen, Armpton, Binchester (old Roman), Bishop Auckland, Bishop Auckland & Pollards Lands, Blackwell, Bolam. Hadrian's Wall, which is not too distant, was built c.122 AD, to separate the Romans from the Brignates & Caledonia Tribes. These tribes where the original inhabitants of Britain & thus neither English or Scot.

. 1801 is population was 1,184 & In 1821 the population of Sedgefield Twp., Durham was 1268 persons.

. Sedgefield stands on rising ground John Walker & family learned their trades in the heart of the ancient village of Sedgefield which was founded by the Normans. The old Roman road, Cade's Road, runs northward, just skirting Sedgefield.
By 1828 the village manufacture agricultural implements like saddlery, four milling an shoemaking. Sedgefield in North East England is were rail travel was first start in Sept. 1825 with Geo. Stephenson's famous Locomotion Number One.

. 1887 Gazetteer for Sedgefield, is a market town & is 9 miles from Durham City. The town has also a grammar school, MECHANICS' INSTITUTE, & an old market cross. Fairs for cattle are held in April & Oct. The Durham Count Lunatic Asylum is nearby in the township.

. SEDGEFIELD, Durham Co., Yorkshire. (Stockton District)
Includes twp. or civil parish: Bishop Middleham, Bishopton, Bradbuy & the Isle, Butterwick & Oldarcres, Chilton, Confoth, E & W Newbiggin, Elstob, Embleton, Ferryill, Bishburn , Foxton & Shotton, Garmondsay Moor, Great & Little Stainton, Mainsforth, Mordon, Preston le Skerne, Sedgefield, Stillington, Thrislington, Timdon, Woodham. The extensive parish of Sedgefield is divided into 7 townships: 1, Hardwick, Sans & Layton; 2. Bradbury & the Isle; 3 Mordon; Foxton & Shotton; 5 Butterwick inc. Old Acres; 6. #Embleton, inc. Swainston & the Mortons; & 7. Fishburn.
In 900 AD there were 20 Villain-farmers each of whom held two ox gangs, & contributed with their harvest to the poor. Ploughing Matches, at which prizes are given, are occasionally held at Sedgefield, for the encouragement of agricultural labourers.
Sedgefield means the open land belonging to Cedd. - - -

Birth:
Chester St.Alt DOB: 1792 Sep 16.

Died:
Aged 82.

John married Margaret SIBBALD on 17 May 1812 in Auckland, St. Andrew, Durham, England. Margaret (daughter of Thomas SIBBALD, .1 and Mary HARRIOTT, .2) was born on 21 May 1794 in Auckland, St. Andrew, Durham, England; died est < 1861 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Sibbald, MARGARET, Christened 1794 MAY 21, Auckland St. Andrews, Durham, England,
d/o Thos. Sibald & Mary Harriot.

. Marriage:
Sibbald, MARGARET, 1812 Feb. 17,
Auckland, St Andrew Anglican Parish, Durham, England,
Married Walker, John of Durham, England.

Marriage Bond for Durham Diocese, England
1812 Feb 17 on with day appeared personally John Walker of British Auckland in the County & Diocese of Durham in {Surrogate court?] & being Sworn on the Holy Evangelists, alleged & made Oath that he is a minor & intends to marry Margaret Sibbald of British Auckland in the County & Diocese of Durham, aforesaid, she is also a minor.
He prayed a license to solemnize the said marriage in the Parish Church of of St. Andrew, aforesaid, deponent, that she the said Margaret Sibbald hat had ever usual place of above of the space of 4 weeks last past,
On the Same Day the said John Walker was sworn before me John Faceon, Surrogate, Signed, John Walker.
[In hand writing:} Upon the same day appeared personally John Walker Sr, the matrimonial & lawful father of John Walker the younger, aforesaid, minor & Thomas Sibbald of Bishop Auckland the natural & lawful father of her the said Margaret Sibblad a minor, & made Oath that they are consenting to the side intended marriage,
Stood before me, John Bacon, Surrogate & Bacon Pastor?,
Signed, John Walker, Thos. Sibbald.
Know all Men, by the Present, that we John Walker of Bishop Auckland in the County of Durham, Cartwright,
& John Londsale of Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham, aforesaid, Sen?sel are bound firmly obliged to Sir Thos. Bernard, Barnoet for £200. 17 Feb 1812, the condition of the Obligation is such that if the above said John Walker, a Bachelor & Marg. Sibbald, a spinster now licensed to be married together, Signed, John Bacon, Surrogate.
Note: Margaret Sibbald age 17y 11 26d. & John T Walker Jr. age 19y 8m 16d.

. AUCKLAND
is the site of the Bishop of Durham's Place of residence, dating 1242. The origin of the name Auckland, which is shared with West Auckland & St Helen Auckland is obscure & its earliest recorded form being Alcleat, a Celtic word meaning cliff on the River Clyde. Alcleatland was interpreted by the Vikings as Auckland which means separate land. The place has sometimes been called oakland, because of the well wooded countryside.
Ref: www.englandsnortheast.co.uk

. THE DIALECT & ACCENT OF THE LAND OF THE ANGLES:
One of the most distinctive & best known features of the North East is its famous dialect which is a very important feature of the region's heritage. It is still distinguished by its often musical tones & peculiar words that often originate from the ancient languages of Germanic & Scandinavian Europe. They were the Angles & Saxons, a fierce sea-roving pagan race originating from Angulus (now in southern Denmark) & Saxony (in northern Germany). Over the centuries the old Anglo Saxon language changed beyond recognition with the gradual introduction of Latin, Norman-French & other foreign influences.
The Anglo-Saxon `Northumbrian' dialects of North Eastern England take a number of forms which are often loosely termed `Geordie'. Distinctively Geordie & Northumbrian words are more than 80 % Angle in origin, compared to standard English, where the figure is less than 30 %. The dialects of the region take numerous forms such as the Geordie of Tyneside, the Northumbrian dialect, the Wearside dialect of Sunderland & parts of Durham & the south Durham & Teesisde dialects.

For example a Geordies calls ALD WIFE is a woman whether she is married or not is an 'Old Woman'. A Geordie may say Aaal Larn yer (meaning I'll teach you) which meant to teach you. Certain Geordies & Northumbrian Geordie words like Dede, Coo, Cloot, Hoot Wrang, Strang & Lang are in fact the original Anglo-Saxon pronunciations for Dead, Cow, Clout, House, Wrong, Strong & Long.

. The Bishop Auckland's accent seems to be closer to Darlington & similar to Teeside. Historically the Teeside area was separated from neighbouring regions, cut off by a strong natural wooded ravine area & the marsh flood plain of Sedgefield.
Ref: www.englandsnortheast.co.uk - - -

Birth:
(Bishop) Auckland St. Andrews Church.

Died:
(Presumed died England). Husband widow on Census 1861 (but nothing found for 1851).

Notes:

Married:
Alt Date: 17 Feb 1812

Notes:

John Kennedy is the son of Charity & William Kennedy.

. John Kennedy was born in Scotland, lived in Ireland & was the first member of his family to come to America, arriving sometime before 1750. He went to New Jersey to live & when the war between France & England broke out in Amer­ica, he joined the British forces. He was at Oswego when General Montcalm captured that Fort & with other prisoners, he was sent in a prison ship to France. After suffering untold hardship & privations he was finally exchanged with other prisoners & reached England.
Here he married an English lady & they returned to America settling in New Jersey. They had a large family of sons & daughters, the names of the sorts given as John, Charles, William, Richard & probably Samuel.
John was born 8 May 1761 in Sussex County. He studied to be a school teacher & sometime before 1787 he married his first wife. Charity, surname unknown.
After the war of the Revolution. He be came unhappy under the new government & in 1794 he decided to move to Canada. He brought a team of horses & he & Charity with 5 young children, began the long trek through the wilderness. On the way the horses died & they were forced to delay their journey travelling on foot & by boat. From Oswego they followed the south shore of Lake Ontario to the Niagara frontier.
While at Oswego they met a party of Indians who greatly admired their youngest son, Morris, who had the large bright black eyes & dark hair of the Kennedy clan. An Indian woman stole the baby but John gave chase & rescued him.
They crossed the Niagara River 8 June, 1795. Like many of the early pioneers, John & Charity Kennedy brought few worldly pos­sessions but they held to their Christian faith & social culture, which helped them maintain their loyalty & morale through the many trials & tribulations which beset them & helped them to set up standards for community life. It was to this end that John frequently admonished his children to aim high in life, assuring them that their ancestors were more than ordinary well-to-do, intelligent & respectable people.
He told them that their forefathers were of a Scottish Irish clan, whose tartan was red & gold stripes over purple & black on a green back­ ground. He described the crest above their coat-of-arms as a human arm bearing in the hand an oaken branch with an acorn on it & the motto "Adhaereo vertuti" (I cling fast to virtue). From this data it has been easily possible to identify the Kennedy clan.
John & Charity settled first on Lot 19, Con V, Gainsbor­ough township later settling on Lot 27, Con. VI. It is said that John acquired ownership of a 1,000 acres of land & settled his sons on farms of a least 200 acres each.
In the history of Gainsborough township it states: "The first schoolhouse was built of logs near Gee bridge erected 1798; not long afterward another schoolhouse was built at Snyder's Mills (St. Anns) & the first teacher was John Kennedy.
Charity, wife of John, died in 1799 & shortly afterward he married Barbara Dean. He died 12 April 1847. Barbara was born 1774, d. 1849. They were buried in the churchyard at St. Ann's,
Gainsborough.
Ref: Annals of the Forty, Vol. no. 5, 1954.

. 1816 May 20, Election, Candidates Robert Nelles Esq. & Doctor Cyrus Sumner.
John Kennedy, JR., Gainsborough Twp, Con 6, Lot 24, Voted for Nelles.
Ref: Annals of the Forty, Vol. 10, 1956.

. 1846 July 15, Wednesday. Hon. Chief Justice Robinson,
Claim 55. John Kennedy of Twp. of Erin, yeoman, claims as Eldest Son & Heir at Law of William Kennedy, deceased, assignee of John Morris, also deceased,
North Westerly half 16 Acres., Con 4, Erin, Original Designee John Morris.
Deferred for proof of the execution of the assignment from the original Nominee.
Ref:1st Heir & Devisee, H1151, pay 347, Archives of Canada.

. 1847 Jan 16, Saturday, John Kennedy Twp. Erin, Yeoman, Lot w half 16, Con 4, Erin Twp. Allowed.
Ref: 1st Heir & Devisee, H1151, pay 364 Archives of Canada. - - -

Died:
Lot 27 Con 5 (6?).

John married Barbara SLOUGH. Barbara was born on 1 Apr 1773 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; died on 26 Jan 1849 in St. Anns, Gainsborough Twp., Lincoln Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Barbara is the daughter of Anna Catherine Gieg & George Jacob Slough.