Rodney WILLSON

1833 - 1904  (70 years)

• Name	Rodney WILLSON
  Born	10 Aug 1833	East Gwillimbury Twp., York Co., Ontario
  Gender	Male
  Died	25 Jul 1904	East Gwillimbury Twp., York Co., Ontario
  	Lots 13-14, Con 3. North Gwillimbury.
  Buried	Newmarket Cemetery
  Person ID	I150	Children of Peace Sharon Ontario Family Tree
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	John Hugh WILLSON, .3           b. 10 Jul 1791, East Gwillimbury Twp., York Co., Ontario           d. 29 Dec 1863, East Gwillimbury Twp., York Co., Ontario  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Cleaver BURR           b. 3 Aug 1802, Catawissa, Columbia Co., Pennsylvannia           d. 5 Mar 1874, East Gwillimbury Twp., York Co., Ontario  (Age 71 years)
  Married	13 Dec 1821	Town of York (Toronto), Ontario
  Family ID	F92	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Angelina MCCARTY           b. 16 Apr 1837, East Gwillimbury Twp., York Co., Ontario           d. 18 Apr 1911, East Gwillimbury Twp., York Co., Ontario  (Age 74 years)
  Married	1857
  Children	1. Julia Maria WILLSON           b. c 1858, East Gwillimbury Twp., York Co., Ontario
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2012
  Family ID	F112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  . 1873 Mar 21. East Gwilliambury Council, Resolved that Bylaw No. Second Series be the same is hereby amended by erasing the name of Rodney Willson path master in road Division No. 4 on 5th Concession & inserting tho name of Albert Rogers; also thatthe name of Wm. Wiilson, be erased as path master for No. 3 Union Street & inserting of Joseph Purdy, & the seal of the Corporation be attached thereto. Carried. Ref: Newmarket Era Newspaper. RODNEY WILSON, lots 13 & 14, concession 3, was born on the farm where he now lives, being the son of John H., & grandson of Hugh D. Wilson, who came to Canada in 1812, & took up their residence in North Gwillimbury. His mother was Rebecca Barr, who died at the age of 72 years. Rodney lived for 12 years on concession 5, & took up his residence on the old homestead in the fall of 1882. He married in 1857 Adeline McCarty, daughter of R. McCarty, an early settler in this township, by whom he had one child, a daughter. Ref: History of Toronto & York County, Ontario, C Blackett Robinson, Publish, 1885. The Story of Sharon: Predatory wild animals menaced settlement for years, marauding bears & wolves, lynx & wild cats & foxes scarred away poultry, they killed the sheep, they stole the pigs, they even attacked the cattle. Danger every where threatened both man & beast. With The Wolves: At night the little stock had to be rounded up & given whatever protections available & event hay many times proved inadequate. On occasion the cow had been stabled in the cabin. Dr R W Bruels of Sharon tells that he well remembers listening to his grandfather, Rodney Willson, tell of the wolves howling about the village. Bears were a constant problem, in addition to stealing from the stock they entered the grain fields & bunching the heads of wheat in their paws they feasted at the expense of the farmer. Each of these losses was very serious. [published 1951.6.21] Dr. Bruels further described early difficulties. His grandfather often had told him of going with his father John Willson, when each took a go of gain to Hogg's mill & had it ground into flour which they brougth back on horseback. He quotes his grandfather that in those earliest days at Sharon they placed their grain in the follow stump of a tree & pounded it to meal by a stone attached to a sapling. [published 1951.6.28] Newmarket Era & Express Newspaper,. - - - [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] C Blackett Robinson, Publisher, 1885.