Anna "Annie" MUIR

Female 1800 - 1875  (75 years)


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  • Name Anna "Annie" MUIR  [1
    Nickname Annie 
    Born 20 Jan 1800  Grimsby ON Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 15 Apr 1875  [1
    Person ID I2821  Jay Moore Family Tree
    Last Modified 31 May 2014 

    Father Andrew MUIR
              b. 24 Oct 1763
              d. 11 Nov 1855  (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Ann Jennie GREEN
              b. 10 Mar 1777
              d. 17 Mar 1850  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 10 Sep 1797  [1
    • They were married by Robert Nelles, Justice of the Peace.
    Family ID F1079  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Andrew PETIT, Jr.
              b. 22 Oct 1790
              d. 24 May 1874  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 4 May 1820  [1
    Children 
     1. Eliza Ann PETIT
              b. 27 Oct 1823
              d. 3 Feb 1874, Montreal QC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
    Last Modified 31 May 2014 
    Family ID F1080  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • ANCESTRY: her death is scanned: MS935 R10 "Anna Pettet"


      ANCESTRY: her marriage in 1820 is mentioned in William Yeager, "Marriages of Non-Norfolk Residents by Norfolk County Ministers 1830-1870", Norfolk Historical Society, Simcoe, 1981. Page 94



      Andrew Muir (son of John Muir and Agnes Elder) married Anna Green (daughter
      of Adam Green and Martha Smith) on September 10, 1797 in Stoney Creek, Ontario,
      conducted by Robert Nelles, J. P.
      Andrew and Anna MUIR's two youngest children (sibs of Anna Pettit, nee Muir) are found as follows:

      ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
      Papers and Records
      Volume 3, Published in Toronto in 1901
      Pages 7-73
      baptised at the 40-Mile Creek by ROBERT ADDISON, Minister of Niagara
      Jun 2, 1806 Andrew Pettit Muir, of Andrew and Ann
      Oct 7, 1812 Mary Elizabeth Muir, of Andrew and Anna

      [From an old source, apparently reliable, but without citation, these two children
      were born Apr 12, 1803 and Aug 1, 1812, respectively. Their older sister Anna,
      below, is listed in the same source as being born on Jan 20, 1800, jiving with her death certificate]


      Pages 74-85.
      REGISTER OF MARRIAGES, TOWNSHIP OF GRIMSBY, U. C., COMMENCING AUG., 1817.
      WILLIAM SAMPSON, Minister. [St Andrews, Grimsby]
      N.B.-These are to be copied into the Public Register of Marriages
      for the Township of Grimsby- this book being merely a Notitia Parochialis
      for private use. WM. SAMPSON.
      No.33. Andrew Pettit, Grimsby, widower, and Anna Muir, of the
      same place, by licence, in Grimsby, 4th May, 1820.



      #011484-74 (Toronto) George Chalmes PETTIT, 33, Grimsby, same, widower, farmer, son of Andrew & Anne PETTIT, married Edith Emily HALE, 27, Hamilton, Toronto, s, dau. of William D. & Sarah HALE, witn: -- HALE of Toronto, L. MUIR of Hamilton, married 17 December 1873, Toronto (Church of England)
      [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S219] Bingle, Paul gedcom file, compiled by Paul Bingle, Brampton, ON.