Emma married Gilbert HARRIS on 22 Oct 1906 in York, Ontario, Canada. Gilbert was born about 1883 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johnston married Maria Matilda DAGG in 1880's in kincardine township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada. Maria (daughter of Richard Brough DAGG and Elizabeth CULBERT) was born in 1863 in biddulph township, midlesex, county, Ontario, Canada; died in 1930. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

MARRIED 64 YEARS
Mr. and Mrs. Rich. Dagg Four Years past Diamond Anniversary
Kincardine March 22- Just 64 years ago yesterday Mr. and Mrs.Richard Dagg of this town now 93 and 90 respectively were wedded in the town of Lucan.
Though it is four years since the Diamond Anniversary of that wedding was celebrated ,the couple who have by two decades and more passed the prescribed three score and ten are sill activly iinterested in the world about them and appreciative of life and action.
It was on March 21,1848 that Richard Dagg.a young Irishman had come to Canada while yet a youth,took as his bride Miss Elizabeth Culbert , of Lucan,the wedding ceremony having been solimized at that village. One of the pioneers of Biddulph township(middlesex) Mr. Dagg hewed his farm there from the virgin forest ,fighting with other pioneers of the trownship the battle of civilisation against the gigantic pines and maples of the forest. In the Fenian Raid of 66 he shouldered his rifle and marched to the front, for the protection of home and country..hard to read...he helped to build the original Broughs bridge at London. Proudly identified with the advancement of the Township of Biddulph and of Midlesex ,he is one of the better known men not only of the sesction of this part of , but of the entire Western Ontario peninsula. For the past few years Mr. and Mrs Dagg have been residents of the town of Kincardine ,and left their farm in Biddulph to reside here.
Now,after a lifetime of noble usefulness in the pioneer upbuilding of his country ,he has a rich fund of stories and tales of pioneer happenings and incidents.Gifted with an excellent and unimpaired memory he delights in entertaining his grandchildren and great grandchildren with the stirring tales of pioneer days.
Mr. Dagg is a staunch ..cant read...member of the anglican church and an old time conservative. He has been a life long reader of the London Press .
The union,consumated over three score years ago ,has been blessed with five sons,four daughters,21 grandchildren,and 11 great grandchildren.
The sons are James of Montana,Jon of Bervie,Henry,William, and Albert of Western Canada and Robert of Kincardine. The daughters are Mrs. Charles Hall ,Mrs.Omar Westell, and Mrs. Wardle , all of Kincardine,and Mrs. J. Smith Kilarney Man.
Mrs. Robinson J. Orr of 262 Cheapside street ,London is a niece,while Mr. Thomas Culbert ,748 Wellington Street of that city ,is a brother of Mrs. Dagg--- London Free Press
source London Free Press March 1912


Died:
Heart failure see death certificate

Richard married Elizabeth CULBERT in 21 Mar1848 in mcgilivray township, midlesex, county, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of John CULBERT and Mary WARD) was born on April 6, 1829 in Tipperary, Ireland; died on May 12, 1914 in Kincardine, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

James oldest son Richard Brough Dagg inherited the farm after the death of James. After his mothers remariage to Castle John Hodgins ,census records show that 4 of Richards younger brothers lived with him at the old homestead as did his maternal grandmother Catherine Ardell .


Buried:
in St John the divine churchyard

Died:
he was killed when a log upon him killing him instantly while he was helping to build the log house of Castleconnel Henry Hodgins. Lot 6,South

James married Ann ARDELL (MCARDELL). Ann was born in 1804 in tipperary Ireland; died in 28Sept1882 in Biddulph township,midlesex county,ontario Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
buried in St John the divine cemetery in Arva listed as having died of genera debility see death certificate attached age listed as 78

John married Mary WARD. Mary was born in 1812 in Irland; died in 1888 in Biddulph Middlesex Ontario Canada; was buried in Clandeboye, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]