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Clarissa SIMONS

Female 1807 - 1886  (79 years)


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  • Name Clarissa SIMONS 
    Born 12 Apr 1807  Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ref: ON Death Reg. Born Trafalgar.
    Gender Female 
    Died 12 Jun 1886  Palermo, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Aged 79y 2m. COD: old age, heart disease 3 months.
    Buried St. Luke's Anglican Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Milton.
    Person ID I1023  Richard Patterson NJ & ON
    Last Modified 26 Aug 2019 

    Father Bildad SIMONS
              b. Est 1777 ±, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Aft 1843+, Palermo, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Mrs. Bildad SIMONS
              b. Est 1777 ±, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Est Between 8.1813-1825, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Est 1797 ± 
    Family ID F330  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Francis FRANK WILKINSON
              b. 16 Oct 1795, Burslem, Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 31 Mar 1884, Palermo, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 2 Nov 1831  Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Bond # 2628,
      Francis Wilkinson, Residence: Trafalgar Twp., Halton C o.,Ontario
      on 2 Nov 1832 married Clarissa Simons, res. Trafalar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario
      Ref: Archives of Canada, Microfilm C6880, RG5, B9
    Children 
     1. John Bower WILKINSON
              b. 1832, Palermo, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1914, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     2. Joseph WILKINSON
              b. 1834, Palermo, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1914, Palermo, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     3. Francis WILKINSON, Jr.
              b. Feb 1836, Palermo, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 5 Jul 1876, Palermo, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
     4. Robert Herbert WILKINSON
              b. 3 Mar 1836, Palermo, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 18 Sep 1905, Leduc, Leduc Co., Alberta Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     5. George Henry WILKINSON
              b. 1842, Palermo, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 28 Nov 1916, Palermo, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     6. Elizabeth WILKINSON
              b. 18 Jun 1843, Palermo, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 16 Feb 1918, Tapleytown, Wentworth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     7. Clara A WILKINSON
              b. 1845, Palermo, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 18 Jun 1922, Halton County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     8. Mary Caroline WILKINSON
              b. 18 Jan 1847, Palermo, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 30 Sep 1848, Palermo, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     9. Walter WILKINSON
              b. 8 Mar 1849, Palermo, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 29 Jan 1929, Oakville, Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     10. James Andrew WILKINSON
              b. 27 Nov 1850, Palermo, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 8 Jun 1934, Hamilton, Barton Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2018 
    Family ID F719  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • . 1875 Photograph :
      Clarissa Simons' father Bildad Simons was one of the first settlers of Trafalgar Twp. A land patent for Lot 30 1 S Dundas St. was granted to him in 1806 as the settlement duties had been fulfilled.

      . Francis Wilkinson & Clarissa Simons were married 2 November 1831. Clarissa 1807-1886 & Francis 1795-1884. Their grandson Francis John Norton 1868-1880 was the son of Hiram C. Norton & Elizabeth Wilkinson.

      . By 1850 Francis 1795-1884 & Clarissa 1807-1886 owned & farmed in Palermo just west of old Bronte Rd at Dundas. In his will Francis left the farm equally to his sons George, Walter & James. Walter sold his share to his other 2 brothers.
      Ref: Trafalgar Township Historical Society, Ontario.

      . Clarissa has 3 daughter & 7 Wilkinson children.

      Ontario Land Registration Abstract Halton Co.,
      Lot 30, Con 1, North Dundas Street, Trafalgar Book 34, p398-9
      . 1828 Apr 3, Bargain&Sale, Daniel Becay, to Bildad Simons, 100 Acres South Half
      . 1864 May 2, B&S, Francis Wilkinson & Wife, to Lucinda Wilkinson wife of Ezra Winchell, 1 Acre - - - [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S105] Ontario Archives.