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Cyrus Wareham SUMNER

Male 1803 - 1880  (76 years)


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  • Name Cyrus Wareham SUMNER  [1] 
    Born 22 Oct 1803  Kent County) Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Blenheim, (Oxford
    Gender Male 
    Died 26 Feb 1880  Westminster Township, Middlesex County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Woodland Cemetery, Middlesex, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I14913  Bob-Millie Family Tree
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 

    Father William2 SUMNER
              b. 01 Apr 1771, Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 18 Dec 1851, Esquising Township, Halton County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Patience JOHNSON
              b. Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 01 Jul 1851, Esquising Township, Halton County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 04 Feb 1793 
    Family ID F6357  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rebecca SUMNER
              b. 11 May 1799, Bristol, Addison, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 28 Sep 1873, Westminster Township, Middlesex County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 16 Feb 1835  Middlesex, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Ralph Bell SUMNER
              b. 08 Nov 1836, Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 25 Feb 1920, Middlesex, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)  [natural]
     2. Sarah Maria SUMNER
              b. 19 Nov 1839, Middlesex, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1930, Middlesex, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)  [natural]
     3. William Cyrus SUMNER
              b. 13 Aug 1842, Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 08 May 1895, Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 
    Family ID F6355  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 16 Feb 1835 - Middlesex, Ontario Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • NOTE 1./ Cyrus and his wife Rebecca were buried in Woodland Cemetery in London, Ontario. Cyrus was a farmer and came to Westminister Township in 1819. He purchased 200 acres of Lot 19 in Con. 2 in 1835 which was originally patented to Ira Wooden from the Crown in 1825. His wife Rebecca was a cousin. Lot 19 was standing bush and Cyrus used the lumber to frame a 7-bedroom house, facing on Commissioners Road and a barn. In the clearing he grew grain and pastured his cattle. Commissioners Road had been built to facilitate east and west traffic through Westminister Township. The large house Cyrus built was frequently an over-night stop for travellers who received supper, sleeping accommodations, breafkast, and feed and water for their horses.

      By 1854, the London and Port Stanley Railway was buying land for the right-of-way and two and a half acres of the west half of Lot 19 were sold to the railway company. Having done this, a problem arose, because Cyrus could no longer get to that part of his property beyond the right of way, so in 1879 he sold to his neighbor on Con. 2, Elliot Grieve, eleven acres from the part south of the tracks. He later recovered some of this acreage with purchases in 1880 of ten acres and an additional five acres in 1885, from William E. Grieve on the east side of the tracks. Cyrus was an innovative farmer. The windmill which was mounted on top of his barn drew water from the dug well a hundred feet away to the barn using a jerk-line. He also installed a geared shaft that operated the root-pulper, for animal feed. Cement that was needed for building or for repairs was mixed by windmill power, but the men had to haul the gravel from the Themes River at the Meadow Lily Bridge with a team and wagon. (Century Farms of Westminister Township by Marguerite E. Murray).
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      NOTE 3./ 1851 CENSUS WESTMINSTER TOWNSHIP MIDDLESEX COUNTY, ONTARIO, CANADA
      AS OF 11 JANUARY 1852; AGE IS NEXT BIRTHDAY

      NAMES BORN RELIGION AGE Lived Con & Lot REMARKS

      Cyrus W. Sumner Upper Canada Protestant 49 Con 1 Lot 19 Farmer
      Rebecca Sumner USA Protestant 52
      Ralph B. Sumner Upper Canada Protestant 15
      Sarah M. Sumner Upper Canada Protestant 13
      William C. Sumner Upper Canada Protestant 10

  • Sources 
    1. [S1740] LDS Internet Site.
      Cyrus Wareham SUMNER (AFN:1M14-NR6) : Born: 1802 Place: , Middlesex, Ontario ; Died: 26 Feb 1880 Place: , Middlesex, Ontario ; Married: 16 Feb 1835 ; Wife's Name Rebecca SUMNER (AFN:1M14-NSD) ; Born: 11 May 1799 Place: Bristol, Addison, Vermont; Died: 28 Sep 1873 Place: , Middlesex, Ontario ; Married: 16 Feb 1835 Place: Father: William Augustus SUMNER (AFN:NTJG-9J) ; Mother: Elizabeth BEARDSLEE (AFN:NZTT-5K) ; Children
      1. Sex Name M Ralph Bell SUMNER (AFN:1M14-V5H) Born: 1836 Place: , Middlesex, Ontario ; 2. Sex Name ; F Sarah M. SUMNER (AFN:1M14-NVS) Born: 1838 Place: , Middlesex, Ontario ; 3. Sex Name ; M William Cyrus SUMNER (AFN:1M14-SZ4) ; Born 1841 Place: Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario Died: 8 May 1895 Place: Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario

    2. [S1965] OCFA.
      SUMNER Cyrus W. Woodland, London (Section P,R) Middlesex London MX-152-6
      SUMNER Rebecca Woodland, London (Section P,R) Middlesex London MX-152-6

    3. [S1740] LDS Internet Site.
      Cyrus Wareham SUMNER (AFN: 1M14-NR6) ; Sex: M : Birth: 1802 , Middlesex, Ontario ; Death: 26 Feb 1880 , Middlesex, Ontario ; Marriage(s): Spouse: Rebecca SUMNER (AFN: 1M14-NSD) ; Marriage: 16 Feb 1835