William NILES

Abt 1795 - 1873  (78 years)

• Name	William NILES  [1]
  Born	Abt 1795	Coeymans, Albany, New York, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1873	London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I1554	Brick Street Cemetery, London, Ontario
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2022

  
  

  Family	Gertrude DYGERT           b. Abt 1801, USA           d. 1868, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Married	1821  [1]
  Children	1. Annie Maria NILES           b. 1824           d. 1901  (Age 77 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2022
  Family ID	F579	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 1873 - London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Nilestown named after him. William E. Niles apparently first came to Upper Canada as a child with his brother Stephen to live with an uncle, Willet Casey, in Adolphustown Township. In 1820, Niles, then living at Detroit, was commissioned by Governor Lewis Cass of Michigan to purchase lumber from William Putnam of Putnamville, Middlesex County, Upper Canada. The following year he settled in Upper Canada near the present site of Nilestown, established a farm, erected a sawmill, and later operated a store. His sawmill was to supply “a large proportion of the lumber of which early London was built.” In 1821 Niles married Gertrude Dykert (Daggart), also a native of the United States, and sister-in-law of William Putnam, and they had four children, one of whom Annie Maria, married Ellis Walton Hyman. Raised as a Quaker, William Niles became a Presbyterian and later an Anglican. He was a prominent freemason. [Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online]

  
  

• Sources

  [S20] Glen Curnoe records. [S58] Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online.