Cavan Township, Durham County (1818 - 1918)

The Morrow, Meharry, Blackstock, Might and Evans Families

Cavan Township, County of Durham, Ontario was settled in the early 1800's principally by natives of Ireland and their descendents. Among the U.E. Loyalists and military claimants to whom early grants of land were made in Cavan we find the following:

Jacques HERLBRONN, Amedie Randolph DEMAY, Edward, John and Thomas KIRWIN, James SHANNON, Henry MILLER, Joshua GRAHAM, Michael GRAHAM, William, MCCAMUS, James BROWN, John KENNEDY, D. CARROL, Timothy COLLINS, Archibald KENNEDY, James FISHER, John DONALDSON, Michael KANE, Joshua LANG, George AULT, Michael COONEY, Daniel CARTY, John and George ELLIOT, Andrew MAYNE, Jonathon BRADWELL, John WAFER, Charles MCCARTHY, John THORNE, John TURNER, George OSBORNE, John DOYLE, Thomas BEDFORD, William RAMSDEN, William TROTTER, John PORTER, Thomas KILPATRICK, Richard TAYLOR, William MORTON, Andrew ARMSTRONG, Andrew BREAKY, William MCLAUGHLIN, James GALLOWAY, William BURKE, Thomas SHORTISS, John HUSTON, William LONG, Hy. SPINKS, Florence McCARTHY, William MORRISON, Joshua SHARPE, William ORR, Hugh DAVIS, John FUMELLOT, J.B. SHIROCK, John DEYELL, Francis REYNOLDS, Valentine MITCHELL, Edward MARTIN, James Mitchell, James JORDAN, Robert WIDDIS, James JACKSON, William WIDDIS, Robert HYLAND, John HYLAND SR>, John HYLAND JR, James B. DONNELLY, Robert TAITE, James HUNTER, Samuel and Joseph REDMOND, William FARRELL, Robert BEATIE, Robert JONES, Thomas WALLACE, James BENNETT, John DUART, John and George STUART, George HALL, David HUGGINS, Hannah KEOPKA, James TRENOR, Nicholas PASSMORE, William BEAMISH, George JEFFERSON, Richard SHACKLETON, Alex FAIR, John FALLIS, Thomas LALLY, Samuel PHILLIPS, Robert SHAW, Peter REID, the HUTCHINSONS, George HETHERINGTON, John WALTON, William RICHARDSON, George GUFFY, John BRADEN, William LANNON, Noble EDWARDS, Samuel MIGHT, John WILSON, Samuel CHRISTIE, Alex CAMPBELL, Joshua SOUTHARD, John KREMER, James MCGEE, William LANGACHER, Edward HENCE, Owen CRONER, Lawrence and Patrick MCGUIRE, Samuel MILLS, William MCNISH, John and Joshua GARDINER, Matthew EMERSON, John RUSSELL, Matthew WALTON, the DRURYS, Laurence POWER, James CURRY, Dennis RIORDAN, William HALL, John McAULY, Thomas LYER, Sebastien HEGER, John RICHEY, Charles WILSON, George HOLMES, Alex BROWN, Daniel LAPPIN, Richard HARPER, William LAWSON, William CASMORE, Samuel FENNELL, Timothy O'KEEFE, Matthew MURPHY, John MEDCALF, the BRANDS, John McQUILL, Daniel MOONEY, James ANDREWS, Mark DEVLIN, Alex BROWN, William GOETHY, Thomas MILBURN, Thomas and Patrick GOUGH, Michael DELANEY, James McBRIDE, John MOORE, Francis TARGAT, William SHAW, William McCLINE, Robert DICK, Darby FOLEY, Andrew CLARKE, Joshua ROLESTONE, David SCARLETT, William SPENCE, JoshuaWALKER, Denis McCAULEY, the LOWDENS, John BURNS, John POLLY, Rev. Joseph THOMPSON, William GLASSCOCK, John COLLUM, Joseph SWAYNE, Richard STAPLES, Oliver and Richard STURDY, Alex. and Peter McINTOSH, Samuel CHRISTIE, John HUSBANDS, Valentyne BURN, Michael CONNOLLY, Alexander DALZIELS, Abraham FITCHETT, John MARTIN, Edward LLOYD, Thomas JUDD, George BEACOCK, Benjamin MADDELL, Walter KING, William RUSSELL, John DAWSON, Chas. HOLLISTER, John McNAUGHTON, William SOWDEN, John MEYNER, Patrick RIORDAN, John FOSTER, Mathew WILSON, Ralph and John LEE, William MULLIGAN, Alex. BRADBURN, George TEALING, John CAMPBELL, Thomas, John, and George BRADBURN, David SHARP, David ROBERTS, Thomas NATRASS, Henry COOKMAN, William LOWES, George FERGUSON, William SIMPSON, Thomas MILBURNE, John MONTGOMERY, John PARKS, William ELLIOT, George FOSTER, David SMITH, John McGREGOR, James THORNTON, William McBEAN, James JOLLIFFE, Daniel STEWART, Robert HUSTON, John CROTHERS, William McMIN, John HAMILTON, John WALTERS, Thomas WEBSTER, William MARSHALL, Joseph BENNETT, Richard COATES, Christopher KNOWLSON, John WILKINSON, Isaac LEACH, John VANCE, John MOORE, Richard JOHNSTON, Moses BLACKSTOCK, Robert MORROW, Hugh MAHARRY, James SUTHERLAND, Robert MORRISON, Charles CROWDER, David FREES, William ANDREWS, Edward LIMAS, Samuel FOE, Charles STOWE, Robert RAY, George CRAWFORD, John J. LOUCKS, Robert MAYBURY, John LEANY, John BROWN, William MURPHY, Roddy CUSACK, George ANDERSON, Francis HAYNES, the JOHNSTONS, William SMITH, Thomas MONTAGUE, John and William SCOLLARD, Jonathon HODGSON, Henry MAY, William WEBB, John DOWELL, John MAY.

Robert Morrow, b. 1762 in County Cavan, Ireland, d. 17 December 1848 in Cavan Township, Ontario

THE MORROW FAMILY

One of the first settlers in north Cavan was Robert Morrow who came from Ireland in 1818. Accompanying him and his family was his son-in-law, Rev. Moses Blackstock, and his brother-in-law Hugh Meharry and family.

Leaving their dependants in Port Hope for the first winter, the men proceeded north to claim their homesteads. The Morrows took W 1/2 Lot 19, Conc. 12, the Blackstocks settled on E 1/2 Lot 18 of the same concession, and the Meharrys located on W 1/2 Lot 21, also on Conc. 12.

When spring came, the remainder of the family were brought from the lakeshore by oxen and pioneer family life began.

Apparently, Robert Morrow had the advantage of some schooling and in the earliest days of the Cavan settlements he was active as an assessor and in organizing the church which started in the Rev. Blackstock's house and which was later transferred to the Morrow lands. As new settlers came and farms began to be cleared, the Morrows prospered and acquired some 300 acres in a block, the E 1/2 Lot 19 and Lot 20, Conc. 12. The family seems to have had a particular genius for finance and a later descendant, the late George Morrow, was prominent in banking circles, active in Peterborough civic affairs and eventually Mayor of the City. George Morrow in his will, provided substantial funding for the present Peterborough City Hall.

In Cavan, Robert Morrow had named the community Fairmount. At a later date, about 1910, a post office was opened and to honour the family it was named Morrow. Its existence was very brief due to the fact that farmers had agitated for rural mail delivery which was established not long after the new post offfice was opened. This provided mail service daily from Ida, six days per week to each box holder.

Robert Morrow was succeeded by his son William who followed in his father's footsteps and was also active in community affairs. He was one of the founders of Fairmount Church and donated the land on which the existing building was erected in 1858. Trustees of the church at that time were: John Dundas, Robert Meharry, Thomas Morrow, Wm. Eyres Jr., John Walsh and John Sanderson.

Under the terms of the sale, the trustees pledged to erect a church, to permit a dwelling house for the minister, to permit Sunday school and to rent pews and sittings. They were relieved of these pledges in a release dated 1887.

The building, probably the only remaining structure in a wide area built as a Wesleyan chapel, is now privately owned.

Robert Morrow died Dec. 17, 1848, survived by his widow Letitia, son William and five married daughters: Jane Blackstock, Mary Gardiner, Martha Might, Letitia Thompson, and Eliza Greer. His son inherited his real estate and each daughter was bequeathed 14 pounds currency. His widow, Letitia was the beneficiary of 2 cows, 6 sheep, and the fodder to feed them, beds and bedding, private living quarters in the homestead and the right to distribute clothing and household goods as she saw fit, and she was admonished to remember the "religious poor" She was to be provided with three barrels of flour, 1 barrel of pork, potatoes and 1/3 of apples from the orchard, also plenty of firewood, chopped and ready to her hand, 5 pounds of good tea and suffficient sugar.

The land was sold by the Morrows to Samuel Sargeant of Otonabee in 1884.

N.R. McBain

The following is a quote from the Champlain Society's Valley of the TRENT. It is a report by a METHODIST circuit rider, Ansen Green. It is interesting because it refers to Robert Morrow and his son-inlaw Rev. Moses Blackstock, as well as outlines conditions in the bush in 1824. This was indeed pioneer life, rough as it can be, yet we see the indomitable spirit of those people who began building our great country of today. They didn't complain, they took things as they came and had an unconquerable spirit; willing to give beyond the super-human requirements of daily life to provide a spiritual home for themselves with their God.

Thank God for such a day. Had much liberty in preaching, for God was our leader. How encouraging to get such ,'showers of blessing'! Monday, Sept. 27th, start for the bush, a distance of twenty miles, over rough roads, with plenty of corduroy bridges. Stop at De Ells', and preach in a house just erected both for a church and a school-house. It had no windows, doors, nor floor, and yet we had plenty of light coming through the doorway, and between the logs with which it was built. Our position was as novel as it was awkward. The people sat upon the sleepers, with their feet dangling below, while I took another sleeper for my pulpit. It being my birthday I took a text in accordance with my feelings,-'The world passeth away, and the lust thereof, but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever.' Much of my time has run to waste. It pains me to reflect upon the little good I have done. May I be of some service in the future, and that quickly, for

'Our life is a dream: our time as a stream Glides swiftly away, And the fugitive moment refuses to stay'.

On the 28th September I started for the township of Smith, passing through where the town of Peterboro' now stands; but there was only one house there then, and that one down on the river's bank, quite out of my sight. My path was a winding Indian trail, where no wheel carriage had ever passed. I was obliged to jump my horse over logs, ride him through deep mud-holes and bridgeless streams, guided sometimes by marked trees. When I got a short distance beyond Peterboro' I entered a clearing with two or three log cabins in view. In one of these lived a godly old Yorkshire woman, who received me joyfully. Her house was covered with hollow logs, halved, and so arranged as to shelter its inmates from the rain and snow. The room was about fifteen by twenty feet in size, and it served for our kitchen, bed-room, parlour, dining-room, and church. Here I preached to a congregation of eight souls, and was happy. 0 how these people in the bush value the Gospel, and love the messengers who deliver it to them. On Wednesday returned to the townline, and found my way to the house of Mr. Morrow, in Cavan, and preached to the best congregation I found in these woods. Here, too, I met with an intelligent Irish local preacher by the name of Blackstock. We had a good class-meeting, and rejoiced together. I was not surprised to learn that my predecessor, Brother Belton, had lost his way in these primeval forests.

Spouse: Letitia Meharry, b. 1768 in Ireland, d. 1848

Married in Ireland.

Children and grandchildren:

  1. Letitia Morrow, b. in County Cavan, Ireland, m. ??? Thompson

  2. Mary Morrow, b. in County Cavan, Ireland, m. ??? Gardiner

  3. William Morrow, b. 1784 in County Cavan, Ireland, m. Isobella ???, d. 1848; 1 grandchild

  4. Jane Morrow, b. 1796 in County Cavan, Ireland, m. Rev. Moses Blackstock, 1815 in Ireland, d. 5 July 1862 in Tippecanoe Co., Iowa, USA, Had 14 children with Rev. Moses Blackstock

    Spouse: Rev. Moses Blackstock, b. 17 April 1794 in Bally James Duff, County Cavan, Ireland, d. 31 August 1873 in Paxton, Illinois, USA, Emigrated from Ireland 1818 in Cavan Township, Canada Reference: THIS GREEN & PLEASANT LAND by The Millbrook and Cavan Historical SocietY

    Moses Blackstock was born in Ireland in 1793 to a Presbyterian family, was converted to Methodism in his teens and trained for the itinerancy. In 1815 he married Jane Morrow and three years later emigrated to Canada with his wife and two small daughters. The Blackstocks settled on Lot 18, Conc.12 of Cavan township and for many years held services in their home until larger accommodation became available in a log schoolhouse.

    In 1818 Moses Blackstock was the first resident minister in the three back townships of Durham county. As such, some of his ministry was to the numerous Anishinabeg Indians camping in the Howden wood nearby. Rev.Peter Jones, otherwise known as Sacred Feathers, an eloquent native preacher, came to the Blackstock home on several occasions. Matilda Meharry Wickens, Blackstock's granddaughter, quotes Jones' words:

    We dug the snow away and formed an encampment in a circle. Poles were stuck in the ground which we covered with bark and hemlock boughs and kept a great fire in the centre. Here we instructed the Indians in the Lord's Prayer and some of the Commandments and hymns. Many could soon repeat them.

    Mrs.Wickens' mother said the snow chapel was very pretty at night in her father's dooryard.

    Throughout the early 1820's, "the name of a local preacher of remarkable enterprise and stamina occurs again and again in John Carroll's record of early Methodism in Canada, Case and his Contemporaries:

    1820-21 In the District Conference...'an Irish brother, who lived far back in Cavan, was authorized as a local preacher in connection with the Smith's Creek Circuit This was Moses Blackstock..'

    1822-23 Mr.Blackstock.. "An old country preacher rendering good service."

    1825-26 Mr.Blackstock..."A preacher of considerable ability recommended to Deacon's Orders."

    "A short time after these commendations, a number of preachers and parishioners broke away from the Episcopal church and under the leadership of Rev.Henry Ryan formed the Canadian Wesleyan Methodist Church. Their church began to grow at the expense of the Episcopal church and Rev.Moses Blackstock was one of the leaders of considerable influence. In 1835, the sect claimed 38 local preachers, 21 ministers and 2,481 members across the Province. Moses Blackstock was a District Chairman. In 1836, at Cavanville, he took the chair at the Conference, the annual assembly of that church, and he did so again in 1837 in Grantham. The following year the first chapel in Cavan Township to be constructed for the Canadian Wesleyan Church was built in Millbrook, a short distance east of the Millpond, on land purchased from James Deyell.

    By 1840 when the annual Conference was again held in Cavan, members had shrunk: 21 local preachers, 12 ministers and 1,846 members. That year would find Moses Blackstock in Belleville, along with Kennedy Creighton and others, applying to re-establish affiliation with his former church.

    There may have been many reasons for Blackstock's change of heart...it's possible that one was the initiation of the amalgamation in Cavan on June 9th, 1840 between the Ryanites and the New Connection Methodist Church of England that had recently launched missions into Upper Canada. In 1841 the two joined forces to form the Wesleyan Methodist New Connection Church of Canada. This church thrived and lasted until the union of all Methodist churches in the 1870's and 1880's.

    After their return to the fold we find Kennedy Creighton and Moses Blackstock assigned to the Peterborough Circuit. Blackstock in 1841 was listed as a 'missionary to the back townships'; in 1842 he was appointed to the Scugog Mission; and from 1843 to 1849 as supernumerary to the Peterborough Circuit. By 1850 numbers warranted the establishment of the Millbrook Circuit, and Blackstock's appointment as supernumerary was transferred to it.

    For more than 35 years Moses Blackstock had been a tower of strength in the cause of Methodism, particulary in Northern Cavan and the neighbouring townships. In 1856, in poor health, he moved to Indiana to follow the fortunes of his younger children, settled near Lafayette and identified himself with the North-West Indiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died in August,1873. 'He was blessed with a family of fourteen children, all of whom professed conversion before the age of eighteen years...a high encomium upon the life and character of our departed brother."Had 14 children.
    Married 1815 in Ireland

    NOTE: The Ontario Wesley Methodist Baptismal Register shows that Moses Blackstock baptized several of the Evans family children in Cavan in the 1840's.

  5. Martha Morrow, b. 1798 in County Cavan, Ireland, m. Samuel Might, 1818 in Cavan Township, Ontario, d. 5 November 1853 in Cavan Township, Ontario; 8 grandchildren

    OBITUARY:
    MIGHT Mrs. Martha, nee MORROW, emigrated with her family from County Cavan, Ireland, in 1818, settling in Cavan Township. Shortly after this she married Samuel Might. She died, November 5, 1853, age 55; survived by her husband and 9 children. Mrs. Might's parents, her only brother and 5 sisters all either have been or are members of the Methodist Church. Three of her nieces and nephews were George Greer and Stephen and Letitiia Thompson (Dec 14, 1853, Page 39,0 - Death Notice from the Christian Guardian 1851-1860, McKenzie, Hunterdon House, Page 185)

    Spouse: Samuel Might, b. 30 September 1799 in Northern Ireland, m. Martha Morrow, m. Amelia (Emily) (Might), 1855 in Ontario, d. 6 March 1873 in Millbrook, Ontario, Emigrated from Ireland to Canada ca. 1820 in Lot 22 5th Conc. Cavan Township, Victoria County, Ontario, cause of death Rodent Ulcer, Will signed 24 March 1873 in Durham County, Township of Cavan, Ontario This Green & Pleasant Land

    As you drive south along Highway 28 and turn west toward Millbrook on the fifth line, you see the old Might homestead on the right up on the hillside once called "Hillview Farm" now known as "Briar Hill Farm"

    Born in 1799 in Northern Ireland, Samuel Might I was one of the first immigrants to Cavan Township, and this was his homestead. He was married twice, first to Martha Morrow in 1818 and then to Amelia in 1855.

    Samuel Might II was born in 1837 and continued to live on this farm. He married Carolyn Brown and they had three children. Samuel II's brothers, James, William and John Might, lived in Millbrook and on Lot 17, Conc. 5, on the road into Millbrook. It is understood that one of them had a chair-making factory on the shores of Silver Creek where the Agnews now have their pond. Records show that James became a doctor and served as coroner from 1862-1870.

    William Might, more of the spiritual type, helped form the "Might Church" on the Might farm by the roadside across from the Willis Hall farm. He later moved to Peter' borough where he and his family worked in George Street United Church choir and Sunday School.

    Samuel Might II married a second time to Mary Collins of Millbrook. They had eleven children. A son, James born in 1877, lived on the homestead. He married Amy McGill in 1916. Esther and Gordon were their children. Electricity came to the farm in 1937. A new electric washing machine and radio were purchased immediately.

    Gordon married Irene Ferguson of Peterborough in 1948 and they continued to live on the farm until 1968 when it was sold to Haig Kelly of Peterborough. They had three children, Nancy, Joan and Bill. Bill now has a son, Brent, to carry on the Might name.

    Esther Might Married 1818 in Cavan Township, Ontario.

    Children and grandchildren:

    1. Eliza Might, b. aft. 1820 in Victoria County, Ontario, m. S. Elliott

    2. Letitia Might, b. aft. 1820 in Victoria County, Ontario, m. S. Greer, m. G. McComb

    3. Robert Might, b. aft. 1820 in Victoria County, Ontario

    4. Dr. James Edward Might, b. 1 April 1825 in Victoria County, Ontario, d. 1915 in Port Hope, Ontario, Set up Medical Practice 1857 in Millbrook, Ontario

    5. Martha Might, b. 1832 in Victoria County, Ontario, m. Thos. Elliott, d. 1906

    6. John Might, b. 1834 in Victoria County, Ontario, m. P. Wallace, d. 1909

    7. Samuel Might (2), b. 1837 in Victoria County, Ontario, m. Carolyn Brown, m. Mary E. Collins, aft. 1867 in Durham County, Township of Cavan, Ontario, d. 1911 in Durham County, Township of Cavan, Ontario, Had 11 children with Mary E. Collins, aft. 1867; 7 grandchildren

      Spouse: Carolyn Brown Married.

      Children and grandchildren:

      1. James Albert Might, b. 1862 in Durham County, Township of Cavan, Ontario

      2. William Edward Might, b. 1864 in Durham County, Township of Cavan, Ontario

      3. Martha Jane Might, b. 26 August 1867 in Durham County, Township of Cavan, Ontario, Baptised 23 October 1867 in Durham County, Township of Cavan, Ontario

      Spouse: Mary E. Collins, b. 1850 in Durham County, Township of Cavan, Ontario, d. 22 February 1915 in Durham County, Township of Cavan, Ontario, cause of death Pleurisy Had 11 children aft. 1867..Married aft. 1867 in Durham County, Township of Cavan, Ontario.

      Children and grandchildren:

      1. Lila Ada Might, b. 1875 in Durham County, Township of Cavan, Ontario

      2. Margretta Might, b. 1876 in Durham County, Township of Cavan, Ontario

      3. James Collins Might, b. 1878 in Durham County, Township of Cavan, Ontario, m. Amy McGill, 1916; 2 grandchildren

      4. Leanse (Hatta) Might, b. 1880 in Durham County, Township of Cavan, Ontario

    8. Ann Jane Might, b. 20 September 1838 in Victoria County, Ontario, m. George Evans, 7 May 1856 in Cavan Township, Durham County, Ontario, d. 12 October 1915 in Fort William, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Moved to new Family farm with George Evans (7), ca. 1873 in Derry West, Toronto North, Ontario, Federal Census 1881, Death of spouse George 23 November 1887, cause of death Pneumonia, Buried aft. October 1915 in Prospect Cemetery, Toronto. Ontario; 11 grandchildren

      Spouse: George Evans (7), b. 1829 in Victoria County, Township of Emily, Ontario, d. 23 November 1897 in Derry West, Toronto North, Ontario, Census 1881 in Derry West, Ontario, Buried November 1899 in Britannia, Toronto North, Ontario, Buried 5 June 1915 in Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario
      Father: Thomas Evans, b. 1803 in County Cavan, Ireland, d. 1851 in Emily Township, Ontario, Military duty in Listed in militia nominal rolls for 1828-9
      Mother: Jane Elizabeth Bowles, b. 1803 in Ireland.

      Children and grandchildren:

      1. Harold Evans, b. ca. 1857 in Victoria County, Township of Emily, Ontario, m. Patricia Ann Follis

      2. Thomas Arnold Evans, b. 4 July 1857 in Victoria County, Township of Emily, Ontario, m. Margaret Isabella Jamieson, ca. 1877, Census 1881 in Derry West, Ontario; 3 grandchildren

      3. Martha Jemime 'Jane' (Jenny) Evans, b. 2 December 1859 in Victoria County, Township of Emily, Ontario, m. William David Hunter, 18 December 1878 in Toronto Township, Peel County, Ontario, d. 15 August 1933 in 243 St. Clair West, Toronto Township, Ontario, Death of spouse William David Hunter 7 October 1931, cause of death angina, Buried 17 August 1933 in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Plot 12, Lot 44; 3 grandchildren

      4. Letitia Ann (Annie) Evans, b. 6 February 1862 in Victoria County, Township of Emily, Ontario, m. R. Baxter Follis, ca. 1882, Census 1881 in Derry West, Ontario; 1 grandchild

      5. Mary Isabella Evans, b. 6 February 1862 in Victoria County, Township of Emily, Ontario (Unconfirmed twin of Annie who may have died in infancy)

      6. Charles Might Evans, b. 3 April 1863 in Victoria County, Township of Emily, Ontario, m. Elizabeth (Bessie) Mary Boyd, 18 October 1899 in Toronto, Ontario, d. 2 August 1946 in Toronto, Ontario, Census 1881 in Derry West, Ontario; 5 grandchildren

      7. William James Evans (2), b. 13 December 1866 in Victoria County, Township of Emily, Ontario, d. 28 May 1882 in Derry West, Toronto North, Ontario, Census 1881 in Derry West, Ontario, cause of death Kicked in head by horse, Buried aft. 28 May 1882 in Britannia, Toronto North, Ontario, Buried 5 June 1915 in Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario

      8. Minnie Claressa Evans, b. 11 February 1868 in Victoria County, Township of Emily, Ontario, d. 1924, Census 1881 in Derry West, Ontario

      9. Laura Emma Evans, b. 18 January 1870 in Victoria County, Township of Emily, Ontario, d. 19 July 1914 in Toronto, Ontario, Census 1881 in Derry West, Ontario, Buried July 1914 in Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario

      10. George Ryerson Evans, b. 17 June 1872 in Victoria County, Township of Emily, Ontario, m. Sarah Ann (Sadie) Tonkin, 3 October 1904 in Fort William, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario, d. 24 November 1940 in Fort William, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Census 1881 in Derry West, Ontario, Immigrated 1901 in Fort William, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Death of spouse Sarah Ann 24 May 1929, Retired 1937 in Fort William, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario, cause of death Coronary Thrombosis/Arterio-Sclerosis, Buried 27 November 1940 in Fort William, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario; 4 grandchildren

      11. Ira Dwight Evans, b. 10 February 1876 in Derry West, Toronto North, Ontario, m. Eleanor Maud Hurdon, m. Jessie Milliken, aft. 1918, d. 14 August 1954 in Fort William, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Death of spouse Eleanor Maud Hurdon 18 August 1918, Buried 1954 in Mountainview Cemetery, Fort William, Ontario; 3 grandchildren
  6. Elizabeth (Eliza) Morrow, b. 1806 in County Cavan, Ireland, m. William Greer, d. 1850

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