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William NEAR, .1

Male 1838 - 1908  (69 years)


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  • Name William NEAR 
    Suffix .1 
    Born 12 Jun 1838  Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Alt DOB 15 Jun 1838
    Gender Male 
    Died 25 Feb 1908  Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Peritonitis; TB & pneumonia.
    Person ID I291  John Felker and Son Lewis Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Sep 2018 

    Father Nicholas NEAR
              b. 24 Feb 1811, Ancaster, Wentworth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 11 Jun 1882, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Christina Ann TAYLOR
              b. 1 Jun 1819, Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 25 May 1893, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 11 Jul 1837  Dunfries, Wentworth County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F158  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ann FELKER, .5
              b. 13 Mar 1847, Belwood, Garafraxa West Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 15 Oct 1907, Cambridge (Galt), Waterloo Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 16 Sep 1870  Garafraxa West Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Methodist Episcopal Parsonage, Douglas, ON (Belwood).
    Children 
     1. Henrietta Elizabeth HETTY NEAR
              b. 25 Jun 1871, Ancaster, Wentworth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 25 Sep 1918, Ancaster, Wentworth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
     2. Rachel A NEAR
              b. 28 Apr 1875, Garafraxa West Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Aft 1891, Beverley Twp., Wentworth Co. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 17 years)
     3. Nancy ELIZABETH NEAR
              b. 13 Apr 1879, Wentworth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Est Bef 1891, Ancaster, Wentworth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 11 years)
     4. John WILLIAM NEAR
              b. 15 Dec 1880, Wentworth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 16 Oct 1918, Barton, Wentworth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)
     5. Albert Edward NEAR
              b. 6 Jun 1882, Wellington County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Aft 1911, Cambridge (Galt), Waterloo Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 30 years)
     6. Florence M NEAR
              b. 14 May 1896, Garafraxa West Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 8 Aug 2020 
    Family ID F126  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • William is the son of Christina Taylor & Nicholas Near.

      1871 Early Members of Methodist Church: NEAR, Henry was born in 1839 in Ontario living West Garafraxa.

      . 1871 Wellington County Directory, West Garafraxa: Near, Henry, Sr., Con 4 Lot 21, householder & Near, Henry, Jr. Con 4, Lot 19.

      Jane's sister, Mary Felker married William Near but he was in the insane asylum at this time. (1911?)
      . 1781 & 1901 Census Barton, Institution Asylum patient, married.

      . 1881 Ancaster, Wentworth: Wm Near, Sr., 43, May 33, Henerietta, 9, Rachel E 6, Nancy E 2, Wm. Near, Jr. b Dec 1881.
      1891 Cambridge (Galt) Hamilton Asylum by mid 1880's
      1901 Cambridge (Galt)
      1908 Barton, Wentworth, dies of infection at Hamilton Asylum at age 69.
      Children John & Etta Near were also patients at the Hamilton Asylum. - - -