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- . UCLPetition 9, Trafalgar, S Bundle 12, C2812 p684.
Petition of John Simons of the Town of Trafalgar, The petitioner has resided in this Province during a period of 20 years [i.e. 1799] & has never received any Grant of Land, pleased to grant to him such a number of acres of waste land of the Crown as you in your wisdom may thinks proper.
Signed, Trafalgar, February 22, 1819, John Simons.
Envelope: Thos. Ridout, York 23 Feb 1819, Entered into Land Book V (5?), Box 7, Ordered. 25 Feb 1819.
Note1: John sent his petition at the same time as his brother Joseph Simons.
Ref: Archives of Ontario Microfiche C2812,
. 1812 - Simons, John K, Adjt. 2nd York Militia station at Niagara.
Ref: C1701, P9.
Simons, John Pte.1st Lincoln Militia, Capt. Geo A Ball Company 21 9 1813. Ref: 1701, 234.
. Censuses dated 1823, 1829, 1842 Lot 1, Con 1 East half;
1823 Total 9 people. i.e. Lot 29, Con 1.
Note2: Early census are too cramped & most difficult to read to be sure which line you are reading - PJA.
. 1825 Census Trafalgar: John Simons, 8 in Family, Lot 30S, C1, Cultivated 55 Acres, Uncultivated 45 Acres.
Note: 825 Census if correct, must include Bildad & Elizabeth Simons & family. John Simons was unmarried at this time.
. 1861 AGRICULTURAL Census TRAFALGAR TWP., HALTON CO., Twp., p.101 /545:
John Simons, Con 2 S Dundas Street., Lot 22,
125 Acres; 80 A. in cultivation 1860; 42 A. pasture; 3 A. orchard or gardens;
15 A Fall wheat yields 200 Bushels. 15A yields 30 bu Barley;
10 A. peas yielded 150 bushels; 3 A Buckwheat yielded 100 bu.; 1 A. potatoes yielded 150 bu.
. 1861 Census, Gosfield Twp., Essex Co., Ontario:
WILKINSON, JOSEPH, Born 1833, Upper Canada, Married to:
Wilkinson, Margaret, age 23, b. 1838 Upper Canada, living beside:
SIMONS, John, Joiner, born U.S., Religion Musselman, Age 62 /b.1799, married, origins French, 2 store frame house,
Simons, Martha, born UC. Church of England, Age 49 / 1812;
Simons, Lorraine B., UC, C of E, Age 27 /1834;
Simons, Theresa, UC, C of E, Age 20 /1841;
Simons, Joseph E., UC., C of E, age 8 /1854.
. 1871 Apr 13 Census, Gosfield Twp., Essex Co., Ontario
Simons, Emanuel, age 18, 1853, Store keeper, Origins French;
Simons, John, age 72, b.1799, Watchmaker, Mahometan;
Simons, Martha, age 59, origins English;
Shaw, Geo, Age 30, b 1841 Ontario, origins, Scotch, MARRIED February [1871];
Shaw, Theresa M, age 30, 1841, Ontario, origins French;
Shaw, Ida C, 3 months, 1871, Ontario, Origins Scotch.
. 1879 Hamilton Directory, Wentworth Co.
John Simons, telegraph Oper, 245 James N.
. 1881 Apr 4 Census Hamilton, Wentworth Co.
Simons, Manuel, age 28, French, Tel operator
Millie Simons, age 20, 1861, B. Ontario, Irish
Frederick, Age 2, asb. Ontario
John Simons, Age 83, 1798 Born Nova Scotia, French, widower.
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