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- c . 1861 Census, Brampton, Peel Co.
Margaret C Leonard, age 45, born 1816, Canada West, Widowed, W. Methodist, Frame 1½ house, one family
Aaron John, age 15, b 1846, Upper Canada, residing Stratford, Ontario
Mary Ann, age 21, b 1840, Upper Canada
Emily, age 17, b 1844, Upper Canada
George, age 13, 1848, born Upper Canada
Margaret L Leonard, 1852 Upper Canada
Mary Bostwick, age 68, born 1793 New Brunswick, widowed. [i.e. nee Willson, mother of Margaret C. Bostwick Leonard.]
Obituary:
. BOSTWICK - In Whitchurch, on the 2nd inst. Mary Bostwick - aged 91 years.
Another pioneer sister has passed away, at the advanced age of 91 years, in the person of the late Mary Bostwick, who died at the residence of her son, Mr. John Bostwick, in the Township of Whitchurch, after a protracted illness of over 4 years, which was borne with Christian patience & fortitude - surviving her husband, John Bostwick, Senr., by some years.
She was born in New Brunswick & came to this Province with her parents, the late Joshua & Judith Willson, in 1811, accompanied by 5 brothers & 5 sisters - of whom 3 sisters & 1 brother survive - whose aggregate ages amount to 315 years, the eldest being already past her 95 birth-day.
The brother, Mr. John Willson, still lives on the farm where the family first settled on coming to this neighbourhood.
The deceased leaves a son & 2 daughters, a large number of grandchildren & also several great-grandchildren, besides a large circle of relatives & friends to mourn her demise.
The service was held at her late residence on the 5th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Wilkinson of Aurora, in a very impressive & comforting discourse, after which the remains were conveyed to the Friends' burial ground, Yonge Street, (laid to rest by the side of the partner of her early years.
Ref: Newmarket Era Newspaper, published 7 Mar 1884. - - -
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1792 - 1884 (92 years)