Notes:

Early Members of Mount Carmel Methodist Church, Lot 15, Con 7, Garafraxa Twp.:
Monkman Martha Ann was born in 1838 in Ontario, 1871 living West Garafraxa.

. Fred Felker, (1843-1903), married Jane Monkman, (1851-1929), daughter of John Monkman who lived on W? Lot 15, Con, 7, 6th Line., W Garafraxa. (John Monkman died in 1866, at age of 30 years.)

. Fred & Jane Felker had a son, Frank W., born in 1887 in W Garafraxa and died in Toronto, Mar 17, 1964, aged 77 years. He married Florence McDonald (some relative of Eva Gerrie's for they visited with the Felker). Frank & Florence Felker settled in Fergus. About 1944, they moved to Toronto. He was buried at Belsyde Cemetery, Fergus.

. They had a daughter, Mrs. C V McLachlan of Ingersoll.

Fergus Freeholder Newspaper:
. 1902 Aug 28, Mr Mrs F Felker spent Sunday with latter's brother, Wm. Monkman,
. 1902 May 29, Mr Mrs F W Felker & children of Guelph visited Fergus for Victoria Day.
1920 Sep 23 -24, Centre Wellington First Prize Winners, held in Fergus
Mrs. Felker entered in a number of categories:
Domestic Science, Homemade: Loaf White Bread, Loaf Brown Bread; Tea Biscuits; Plain Cookies; macaroons Or Fancy Tea Cakes; doughnuts; White Fruit Cake; Pumpkin Pie; Lemond Pie;
Canned Sealer Tomatoes; Two loaves of Bread from Snowdrift flour;.
Ladies useful Work: Rag Floor mat, braided; Fancy Wrist Bag.
Note: First name of Mrs. Felker was not given. Based on available information, Mrs Jane Felker was living in Fergus in 1920. She must have been a very good cook! Snowdrift flower was manufactured in Dayton, by North Pacific Flour Mills Co..
.1921 Oct 13 - Fergus 16th Annual Fall Fair Prize, listings for Mrs J Felker: 8 Tea Biscuits, 12 Macroons/fancy tea cakes; 6 Doughnuts; Pumpkin Pie, Lemond Pie.; Bottle Sour Mixed Pickles; 2 Loves Bread; Best 2 Loves of Bread from Snowdrift Flower; Mrs J Felker, Crocheted Rag mat, Black Currants.
. 1924 Oct 9, Fergus Fair Prize Winners: Mrs. Felker, Loaf brown bread, heart rising; White fruit cake, Bottle Sour Mixed Pickles; Centre-piece crochet trimmed colored.
. 1924 Oct 9 Prize Winners at Fergus Fair, Mrs Felker: White fruit cake, bottle sour mixed pickles; centre pieced crochet trimmed colored; Loaf brown bread, yes rising.
. 1925 Dec 3. Want Ads. Articles for sale: Some good second-hand furniture & a range. Will be sold reasonable. Apply to Mrs Felker. St. Andrew St.
. 1926 Jul 3, Belwood, Mrs Felker & daughter, Mrs Grieve of Fergus, visited Mrs Jas. McDonald & Miss Mable McDonald, a few days ago.
. 1926 Jun 24. Last Hallowe'en somebody took a rustic seat from the residence of Mrs Felker, St. Andrew St. Would the party who has the same in their possession kindly communicate with the owner.
. 1926 Feb 7, Fergus Fair, Mrs Felker: Summer Radish.White Bread, 6 Tomatoes with steams on, Collection of 12 Dahlias; 8 Oatmeal cookies with fruit or jam filling; 6 fruit filling Tarts, Lemond & pumpkin Pie; Sealer variety pickles; & Lady's Beaded necklaces; homemade comforter; Wool socks or stockings; Pair pillow cases & sheets.
. 1927 Aug 25, Fergus Fair, Mrs Felker: Lots of Blooms at Flower show: Stocks (flowers); Dahlias, flower table ornament.
. 1927 Nov 3, For Sale - Rug, size 9X12 in good condition. Will sell for $12.00; also leather covered arm chair & small table for sale. Apply to Mrs Felker, Fergus.
. 1927 Nov 17, (Front Page;) Help to Sell Several Articles: S Meyer sold the ram he advertised, the robe that was found located its owner. A. Johnston sold the wood, Mrs Felker, her rug & several other sales were made last week through the small advertisements on our Business Pointers page. If you have anything you want sell or to buy, try one of these small advertisements. They cost only 50 cents for 5 lines or less.Ref: Fergus News Record. - - -

Birth:
Alt DOB: 16 Apr 1851.

Died:
Aged 78 y 2m. Myocardial failure. Died of cancer of the right lung.

Buried:
Monument B3A-13-2

Jane married Frederick W FELKER, .2 on 22 Feb 1867 in Garafraxa West Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario. Frederick (son of John FELKER, .16 and Henrietta COUSE) was born on 25 May 1844 in Belwood, Garafraxa West Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; died on 29 Aug 1903 in Arthur, Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried in Belsyde Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Groom age 24/1843; Bride 16y/ 1851.

1. Nancy FELKER was born on 15 Aug 1868 in Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; died on 14 Oct 1918 in Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park.
2. HenriETTA FELKER was born on 11 Aug 1870 in Belwood, Garafraxa West Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; died on 30 Apr 1901 in Fordwich, Howick Twp, Huron Co., Ontario; was buried in Belsyde Cemetery.
3. LaVENIA Jane FELKER was born on 26 Oct 1874 in Belwood, Garafraxa West Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; died on 8 Jun 1949 in Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried in Belsyde Cemetery.
4. Jane FELKER was born on 25 Jul 1875 in Belwood, Garafraxa West Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario.
5. Oswald Newton FELKER, .2 was born on 2 Oct 1883 in Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; died on 30 Oct 1944 in Guelph, Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park.
6. Frank WINFRED Monkman FELKER was born on 13 May 1886 in Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; died on 17 Mar 1964 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario; was buried in Belsyde Cemetery.
7. William GEORGE FELKER, .8 was born on 2 Nov 1888 in Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; died on 9 Nov 1908 in Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried in Belsyde Cemetery.
8. Gladys Beryl FELKER was born on 16 Feb 1892 in Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; died in Dec 1985 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.
9. Della May FELKER, .1 was born on 26 Mar 1880 in Belwood, Garafraxa West Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; died on 18 Apr 1901 in Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried in Belsyde Cemetery.

Notes:

. 1906 Wellington County Atlas
John b. 1836, d. W. Garafraxa, in 1866. He owned & farmed 100 acres of land. He was a man of strong character, strict integrity & had the confidence & respect of the community. He m. Nancy Poole.
Issue: William, George, Mrs. John Thompson, Mrs. Fred Falker, Mrs. K. Temple, (d.), & John , Jr. - - -

Died:
Verify

John married Nancy POOLE. Nancy was born in Dec 1824 in Belwood, Garafraxa West Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; died on 20 Jun 1855 in Belwood, Garafraxa West Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Nancy is the daughter of Mary Crawford & William Poole.

Elizabeth & Nancy Poole were sisters.
Two Poole sisters married two Monkman brothers:
Nancy Pool married John Monkman.
Elizabeth Poole married Lawrence Monkman.

. Nancy Poole 1825-1855 died at age 30 years & was buried in Carmel Cemetery.
She married John Monkman 1836-1866, who also died at age of 30 years. He was a brother of Elizabeth's husband.

. They left 6 children. William, George, Mrs. John Thompson, Mrs. Fred Felker Mrs. K Temple, & John Jr. The children seem to have been raised by their Uncle Lawrence Monkman & grandfather Wm. Monkman on W Lot 15, Con 7, 6th line. This was later owned by Fred Felker.
They settled on E half Lot 14, Con, Gara. & later it was sold to Wm. Campbell, R C Hanna & Wilfred Clark.
Ref: History of West Garafraxa Twp., 1990.

. Poolel Family, compiled by Mrs. T J Hutchinson, March 1986:
[Mary Crawford] Mrs. Poole of Lot 9, Con 8, Garafraxa Twp., 7th line, died about 1869.
"While attempting to head off a flock of sheep, she fell breaking her left leg between the knee & the ankle. A week later the leg was fractured again through movement in bed. Mortification set in & eventually death. The deceased was the mother of 19 children, not one of whom survived her.
Ref: Reported in Fergus newspaper, Belwood heading.
Note: No date on clipping, but with that age group. (?) It is not known if the 2 Poole girls who married Monkmen & settled in the Carmel-Bellwood area were her daughters, but from the following frescoers, they dies at an early age.

. Nancy Poole, 1825-1855 died at age of 30 years & was buried in Carmel Cemetery.
He was a brother of Elizabeth's husband.
They left 6 children: William, Goerge, Mrs. John Thompson, Mrs. Fred Felkr, Mrs. K Temple & John Sr.
They had settled on E Half Lot 14, Coon 7 Gara & later it was sold to Wm. Campbell, later to R C Hanna & Wilfred Clark.
The children seemed to have been raised by their Uncle Lawrence Moneyman & grandfather William Moneyman on W Half Lot 15, Con 7, 6th Line. This was later owned by Fred Felker.
Ref: Grandmother Blyth; Mrs. John Dobbin's Scrap Book & the Monkman Family History, & History of Tecumseh Twp.
. Transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Birth:
Monument reads Nancy, wife of John Monkman.

Buried:
Aged 30y 6 m. Cement willow tree monument.

Notes:

. UCLPetition 236, M Bundle 12, C221.
To. Lieut. Gov Peregrine Hunter
Petition of William Monkman, Town of York, farmer,
He is a native of Yorkshire in England, that he has just arrived in this Province, having the means to cultivate a new farm, he is desirous to become a settler, he has taken the oath of Allegiance required by law, & has never received any lands on order from lands from the Crown. Wherefore your petitioner prays your Excellency maybe pleased to grant him an allotment of land as an emigrant settler, subject to the payment [settlement] fees.
Signed, York, 13 July 1819, William Monkman.
Envelope: Entered Land Book K, page 196, Granted 100 Acres. Read 14 July 1819.

Lawrence & John set. in W. Garafraxa in 1851, & George set. in Newmarket.

. JOHN b. 1836, d. W. Garafraxa, in 1866. He owned & farmed 100 acres of land. He was a man of strong character, strict integrity & had the confidence & respect of the community. He m. NANCY POOLE Poole. Issue: William, George, Mrs. John Thompson, Mrs. Fred Falker, Mrs. K. Temple, (d.), & John , Jr.

William was b. & raised in W. Garafraxa. He m. Mary A. Jordan. Issue: Nancy, Elizabeth, George, Minnie, Alberta, & Addie M. He lived & farmed in W. Garafraxa until 1888 when he bought lot 17, con. 2, Eramosa, where he has since lived, & is one of the substantial farmers of the locality.

. Simcoe County GenWeb
William Monkman, a native of Lancashire, Eng., settled in 1819 or early in the twenties on the S. half, lot 17, con.3. His wife, Hannah Dale, was a native of Yorkshire. He prospered, & in course of time became the owner of 300 acres. He is best remembered as the founder of "Monkman's Meeting-house," the Methodist church at this place.
As early as 1828, a traveling Methodist missionary, Rev. John Black, held services in his house, as we learn from Carroll's work on Case & his Contemporaries, (Vol II, p40).

He had a family of 3 sons & 6 daughters.
The sons were: George who died in 1846;
John & Lawrence, both of whom moved to Garafraxa Township.
His daughter, Sarah, was the wife of Thomas Gamble, J.P., a well-known resident of the township in later years.

Verify relationship:
. UCLPetition 329, M Bundle 13,
Petition of James Monkman, Township of York, farmer. He is a native of Ackland, Yorkshire, England, just arrive in this province, wife & 5 children, to of whom are of age, now living in Cornwall - has themes to cultivate a new farm, desires to become a settler, taken Oath of Allegiance. His eldest son smarted, & his wife has lately been confined by illness, that your petitioner's second son remained with this eldest to assist his family in coming up to York. Prays for grant of land.
An Emigrant Settler subject of survey fees, Prays for an allotment land to be reserved for his sons adjoining the land he may draw himself.
York, 13 Oct, 1819, James HISXMARK Monkman.
Envelope: Rec. from himself 14 Oct 1819 (just arrived). Order issued, Entered Land Book, p 280.

Biography1
William Monkman, a native of Lancashire, Eng. , settled in 1819
or early in the twenties on the S. half, lot 17, con. 3. His wife, Hannah Dale, was a native of Yorkshire. He prospered, and in course of time became the owner of 300 acres. He is best remembered as the founder of "Monkman 's Meeting-house," the Methodist church at this place. As early as 1828, a travelling- Methodist missionary, Rev. John Black, held services in his house, as we learn from Carroll's work on Case and his Contemporaries, (III., 200). He had a family of 3 sons and 6 daughters. The sons were: George, who died in
1846; John & Lawrence, both of whom moved to Garafraxa Township. His daughter, Sarah, was the wife of Thomas Gamble, J.P., a well-known resident of the township in later years.
Ref: A History of Simcoe County, Vol II Pioneers, 1909.

. 1906 Wellington County Atlas
MONKMAN, William (d.), b. Yorkshire, Eng., 1793, d. 1878, age 85 years. He m. Hannah Dale, & they came to Canada, settling in Tecumseh Tp. in 1818. The country was new & wild & contained very few settlers at that time. He took up 300 acres of land, & there raised his family, later acquiring 200 acres in W. Garafraxa, & also 200 in Maryborough, besides real estate in Newmarket. He was a pushing energetic character, & at the time of his death left a large property.
Issue: LAWRENCE, George, John, Mrs. Samuel Walker, Mrs. Thomas Gamble, Mrs. William Hawk, & Mary, who m. & went to England, all born in Tecumseh.

Transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Birth:


Died:
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William married Hannah DALE. Hannah was born est 1773 in Yorkshire, England; died in in Belwood, Garafraxa West Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Died:
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