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Father: George Gosnell
Mother: Abigail (Baker) Gosnell
Married: Rev. James F. Emerick on 23
September 1874, in Orford, Ontario, Canada.
James was born in 1849 in Canada, although his father was born in New
York
state, and his mother in Michigan. They were both single and she was
23, he 25 at the time of their marriage. James was a minister.
Children:
Death: 1917
Census: 1880: Clio,
Genesee County, Michigan
Notes: The Emericks evidently moved to
Michigan soon after their
marriage. Their daughter was born in Michigan in 1877/8 and they are
found
in Clio, Michigan in the 1880 census. Joan Fisher's notes show Abigail
still
living in Clio in 1911.
Source:
Father: Christopher W. Gosnell
Mother: Christena (Ferguson) Gosnell
Married: O. Mathers
Children:
Death: 27 February 1892, in
Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Notes: This is the data exactly as received
from Bob Barker. Clearly
something is in error - Agnes did not die married with two children
aged
4!. It seems most likely to me that the year of death contains a typo
(perhaps
1982 or 1992?)
Sources:
Father: John Gallagher Gosnell
Mother: Katherine Skuse
Death: 10 October 1970, in
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA
Web Links:
Gosnell
- Butterfield tree on Rootsweb
Source:
Father: George Gosnell
Mother: Abigail (Baker) Gosnell
Married: Alice M Colly on 17 Mar 1881 at Bothwell, Kent
County, Ontario. Alice was born
in 1857, the daughter of Robert and
Nancy Colly. She died in 192
(Bob Barker has Alice's birth date as 15 August 1854, but this does not
correspond
with her age at her marriage or at the 1881 census.)
Children:
Death: 15 November 1917. Alfred, working as
a night watchman in Detroit, died on the job of
either heart failure or apoplexy.
Buried:
17 November 1917, in the Gosnell Cemetary, Highate, Ontario
Notes: The family lived at
Highgate until 1915 when they moved to Detroit where Alfred was a night
watchman.
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: Wellington Gosnell
Mother: Martha Lowis (Thomas) Gosnell
Married: Catherine Enright. Catherine was
born on 15 July 1882,
in Brigden, Ontario and died on 28 February 1974, in Chatham, Ontario,
Canada.
Children:
Death: 11 July 1955, in Chatham, Ontario, Canada
Sources:
Father: James Gosnell
Mother: Ann (Gosnell) Gosnell
Married: Albert Ferguson. Albert was born in 1853, in Ontario, and died in 1921, in Orford Township. Albert is listed as a farmer in the 1881 census.
Children:
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Highgate, Ontario, along with her husband, Albert.
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario This was probably on Concession1 -
this is Household 259, and we know that Household 257 was on Concession
1.
Source:
Mother: Mary (Wolfe) Gosnell
Married: Alexander Raitt, in 1837. Alexander died in 1852.
Children:
Father: James Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Mary (Webb) Gosnell
Married: James Gosnell in 1833. James was Ann's first cousin.
Children:
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Highgate, Ontario
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Source:
Married: Michael Gallagher
Notes: Michael and Ann (Gosnell) Gallagher emigrated to Rochester, New York, USA
Source:
Married: Henry G. Whitley
Source:
Father: Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Ester (Rushton) Gosnell
Married: John George Hatch on 14 February 1856. John was the eldest son of Thomas Hatch and Sarah Gosnell. Sarah was the daughter of Thomas Gosnell and Mary Wolfe - thus the first cousin of Ann's father, Joseph Gosnell. This means that Ann Gosnell and John Hatch were second cousins when they married. John George Hatch was born 15 April 1826, on Sherkin Island, County Cork, and emigrated to Canada with his parents in 1829. He died 6 April 1897 in London, Ontario, Canada.
Children:
During the early days the pioneers suffered and endured much. One of the greatest difficulties they encountered was in the transportation of their products. Both Mr and Mrs Hatch carried the grain to the nearest mill, the one owned by George Henry at Clearville, nine miles from their home, and brought back the flour. More than this when occasion demanded they would bring merchandise from Detroit Michigan.
Census:
1881:
London, Middlesex East, Ontario
The 1881 census has some slight discrepancies to the information provided by Bob Barker. John George Hatch is listed aged 53, indicating birth in 1827/8, not 1826. Ann is shown aged 43 indicatin birth in 1837/8, not 1835. Lastly, a child named Ann is mentioned, while Bob has a child named Augusta.
Source:
Father: Lawrence B. Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Lee) Gosnell
Death: 1923
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Source:
Father: William James Gosnell
Mother: Catherine Jane (Gosnell) Gosnell
Census:
1881:
Mountain, Marquette, Manitoba
Sources:
Father: Christopher W. Gosnell
Mother: Christena (Ferguson) Gosnell
Married: Georgina Marshall.
Children:
Sources:
Father: Lawrence Gosnell
Mother: Eliza (Bowers) Gosnell
Married: Rachel Gillanders. Rachel was born in 1857, in Ontario, and she died on 15 February 1919.
Occupation: Farmer
Death: 28 February 1932, in Orford, Ontario, Canada
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary Lot D13, Highgate, Ontario, along with his wife, Rachel
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Married: Richard Dukelow
Source:
Father: William James Gosnell
Mother: Catherine Jane (Gosnell) Gosnell
Census:
1881:
Mountain, Marquette, Manitoba
Sources:
Father: John Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Reeder) Gosnell
Married: William James Gosnell
Children:
Buried: Pilot Mound Cemetary, Pilot Mound, Manitoba, Canada
Notes:
Catherine Jane Gosnell married her cousin William James Gosnell the son
of George and Mary Ann (Rowe) Gosnell. They rented a farm of 50
acres south of Highgate where their large family was born. In 1877 they
moved to Clearville in Orford township and rented the Patterson farm of
300 acres
extending to the very shores of Lake Erie, Here the family remained
till 1880 when they moved to a ranch (W1/2 16-2-10W) at Pilot Mound,
Manitoba.
Census:
1881:
Mountain, Marquette, Manitoba
Source:
Father: James Gosnell
Mother: Ann (Gosnell) Gosnell
Married: Robert McDonald. Robert was born 1824 in Scotland, and died on 15 October 1921, in Howard Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada
Children:
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Highgate, Ontario, along with her husband, Robert
Census:
1881:
Howard, Bothwell, Ontario
Source:
Father: Lawrence B. Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Lee) Gosnell
Death: 1943, in Orford, Ontario, Canada
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Source:
Father: Thomas Hickey Gosnell
Mother: Margaret (McKenzie) Gosnell
Death: 1949, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Highgate, Ontario
Sources:
Father: John Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Reeder) Gosnell
Married: Robert Barker on 15 April 1867, in Highgate, Ontario. Robert was born on 5 September 1845, in Lowville, Nelson Township, Halton County, Ontario, and died on 6 July 1918, in Highgate, Ontario. Robert was a farmer.
Children:
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Highgate, Ontario, Canada, along with her husband Robert.
Notes:
Robert Barker, the fifth child of John and Mariah (Dawson) Barker was
born on 5 September 1845 five years after his parents came to Canada
(1840).
He attended the Barker School, the first school built in Lowville.
Circa
1853, after his Uncle Hall died, Robert's parents and family moved to
Orford
Township in Kent County when he was 8 years old. They lived in a one
story
log house and farmed 26 acres that was part of his Uncle William and
Aunt
Mary's farm on Lot 2 Concession 2 in Orford.
On 15 April 1867 at the age of 22 years, Robert married Charlotte Gosnell. Attending Robert and Charlotte at their wedding were Charlotte's younger sister Jerusha Gosnell and Hall Barker, Robert's older brother. The wedding ceremony was performed by Rev Dawson Barker a brother of Robert's.
This family lived on Lot 2 Concession 1 along with Robert's brother Hall and Jerusha and their family. Circa 1894 both of these families (Robert and Charlotte their sons Hall and Lawrence - Agatha had died, and (Hall and Jerusha and their children Arthur W, Ellen May, andAnnie O, moved to adjacent lots on Hogg Street in Alborough and farmed for nearly 17 years.
By 1911 Robert and Charlotte moved back to Orford township and lived with their only living son Lawrence and his wife, Bernice, who had bought a farm on the Gore Road on land adjacent to the Gosnell family. Here Charlotte died on 9 Feb 1916 and Robert died on 6 July 1918. Both are buried in the Gosnell cemetery at Highgate Ontario.
Obituary of Robert Barker
The funeral of the late Robert Barker, who died on Friday last, was
held
from the residence of his son, Lawrence Barker, Gore Road, Orford, on
Monday afternoon to Gosnell Cemetery. The services were conducted at
two
o'clock by Rev W.L Hiles of Highgate assisted by Rev (Dr) Hicks of
Chatham. Besides his son, two sisters, Mrs Mary Harris of Hamilton and
Mrs Maria Mauser of San Diego, California survive. The pallbearers were
John Gosnell, James Gosnell, Edward Barker, John Barker, Lovell Barker,
Percy Barker. The late Mr Barker, who was in his 74th year, was one of
the early residents of Orford township. He came here with his parents
when a young child from Nelson township, Halton county. He was
sucessful
in farming on Con 12 Aldborough (Hogg St), retiring about seven years
ago
since when he has resided with his son. Mrs Barker died about two years
ago. The deceased was a consistent member of the Methodist Church and
highly esteemed in the community.
Census:
1881:
Howard, Bothwell, Ontario
Source:
Father: Christopher W. Gosnell
Mother: Christena (Ferguson) Gosnell
Married: Dave Dryden.
Children:
Sources:
Father: John Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Reeder) Gosnell
Married: Christena Caroline Ferguson on 22 December 1864, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada. Christena was born on 21 November 1843 in Gorbals, Lanark, Scotland and she died on 4 April 1918, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada.
Children:
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Highgate, Ontario Lot Old 216, with his wife, Christena
Notes: Known as "Billy"
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Source:
Source:
Father: James Sweetman Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Gallagher) Gosnell
Occupation: In the 1880 census, Daniel's occupation is listed as "Works in Shoe Factory"
Census:
1880:
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States
Source:
Sources:
Father: William James Gosnell
Mother: Catherine Jane (Gosnell) Gosnell
Census:
1881:
Mountain, Marquette, Manitoba
Sources:
Father: Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Esther "Hattie" (Morgan) Gosnell
Married: Ann Smith on 29 December 1851, in the Quebec Metropolitan Church, Quebec, Canada. Ann was born in 1831/2, in Quebec, Canada.
Children:
Notes:
Edward and Ann moved to Singhampton in Grey County Ontario
Edward is also mentioned in the Farmers' Directory of the County of
Grey for 1890, along with a Thomas Gosnell.
Census:
1871:
Osprey, Grey South, Ontario
1881:
Osprey, Grey East, Ontario
Sources:
Father: Edward Gosnell
Mother: Ann (Smith) Gosnell
Occupation: Farmer
Census:
1881:
Osprey, Grey East, Ontario
Sources:
Father: Lawrence B. Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Lee) Gosnell
Death: 29 April 1864, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Highgate,
Ontario Lot Old 73
Source:
Mother: Esther "Hattie" (Morgan) Gosnell
Married: Moses Taylor on 21 February 1843 at Lac Beauport, Stoneham and Valcartier Mission in Quebec, Canada. Moses was also born in 1819/20, in Ireland. He was a tanner.
Children:
Father: William Gosnell
Mother: ? (Raycroft) Gosnell
Married: Thomas Francis Skuse (Thomas was born in Rochester, New York, USA)
Notes:
Lived in Inchinagotagh, County Cork, Ireland
Source:
Father: Edward Gosnell
Mother: Ann (Smith) Gosnell
Census:
1881:
Osprey, Grey East, Ontario
Sources:
Father: Lawrence Gosnell
Mother: Eliza (Bowers) Gosnell
Married: Parley G. Keyes. Parley was born in 1853, in Ontario. He is listed in the 1881 census as a working in the civil service.
Children:
Note that the 1881 census records Elizabeth as 26 years old, making her birth year as 1854 or 1855.
Sources:
Father: Lawrence Gosnell
Mother: Eliza (Bowers) Gosnell
Death: 1861
Sources:
Father: John Gallagher Gosnell
Mother: Katherine Skuse
Death: 18 April 1955, in Rochester, New
York, USA
Census:
1880:
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Web Links:
Gosnell
- Butterfield tree on Rootsweb
Sources:
Father: Lawrence Gosnell
Mother: Catherine (Salter) Gosnell
Married: John Henry Reeder on 15 August 1840, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada. John was born 11 September 1810 in Derbyshire, England and died 14 November 1895. He was the brother of Sarah Reeder who married Ellen's brother, John Joseph Gosnell.
Children:
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Orford, Ontario, Canada
Notes:
Ellen Gosnell came to Canada with her parents in 1819. Her father and
brothers worked on the Rideau Canal at Kingston until their mother died
in 1822 and then they came to Orford Township and pioneered on Lot
17/18 North Middle Road in Orford.
Ellen and John had one child who died in childbirth and they never had any other children of their own. They raised a nephew, George A Gosnell, from aged 9. George was the youngest of 15 children of John's sister Sarah (Reeder) Gosnell and Ellen's brother John Joseph Gosnell.
It was noted that Ellen was "large physically" weighing 220 pounds.
Census:
1871:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
In the 1881 census, Ellen is listed as aged 79, indicateing birth in 1801 or 1802 rather than the 1804 listed by Bob Barker
Source:
Father: James Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Mary (Webb) Gosnell
Married: James Reycraft. James was born in 1802 in County Cork, and died in February 1886 in Orford, Ontario, Canada.
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seated
left to right are James Reycraft, widower of Ellen Gosnell, and his
sons John, Will, and Joe. The women are not identified in this
photograph but in a similar photograph described by Gwen Farrow, the
women are identified as daughters of James Reycraft: Ellen, Mary Ann,
Hester and Martha..
photo
coutesy of Catherine Cragg
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Children:
Buried: in County Cork, Ireland
Notes:
Ellen and James, then married with children, remained in Ireland when
her parents emigrated to Canada in 1832. After Ellen's death, James and
his
seven living children emigrated to Canada in 1852, moving to a rented
farm
near the Gosnell settlement in Orford, Ontario, where Ellen's mother
and
a number of her cousins lived. James married again to Ann Connell and
they
had four more children. Many of these Reycrafts became prominent in the
area.
There is obviously an error somewhere in this data as Ellen's
two youngest children are shown as being born after Ellen died. It has
been suggested that Josephmay have been born c1843 rather than 1847,
and that Mary Ann and Margaret were twins born c1847, with Ellen dying
in childbirth or shortly thereafter.
Source:
Father: Thomas Gosnell
Mother: Mary (Wolfe) Gosnell
Married: Daniel Carney, in 1841, probably in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada. Daniel was born in 1814 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada and died 24 August 1891 in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada.
Children:
Notes:
A descendent of Ellen and Daniel Carney was a modern Dan Carney of
Seattle WA, who has contributed hugely to the research of this branch
of the Gosnell family.
Web Links:
West
Cork Genealogy
Source:
Father: Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Esther "Hattie" (Morgan) Gosnell
Married: Alexander "Sandy" Fachnie on 20 December 1852, at Lac Beauport, Stoneham and Valcartier Mission in Quebec, Canada. Sandy was the brother of Margaret Fachnie who married Ellen's brother John.
Children:
Notes: The family must have moved from
Quebec to Ontario between
1859/60, when Susan was born in Quebec and 1863/4, when Alexander was
born
in Ontario.
Census:
1881:
Nottawasaga, Simcoe North, Ontario
Father: George Gosnell
Mother: Abigail (Baker) Gosnell
Married: James Brady Guild. James was born in 1836/7 in Ontario, Canada. He is listed in the 1881 census as a machinist and farmer.
Children:
Census:
1881:
Harwich, Kent, Ontario
Sources:
Father: James Gosnell
Mother: Ann (Gosnell) Gosnell
Married: James McDonald. James was born 1837 in Attica, New York, USA, and died on 1 June 1902, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada. He was a farmer. James's sister, Isabella McDonald, had a duagheter, Margaret McKenzie, who married Thomas Hickey Gosnell.
Children:
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Source:
Father: Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Caroline (Dobbyn) Gosnell
Married: William Dobbyn on 16 March 1857 at Mr. Larke's hotel in Chatham, Ontario, Canada. William was born on 27 February 1824 in Dunwich Township, Elgin County, Ontario, and died on 24 January 1917 in Florence, Ontario. William was previously married to Francenna Davis with whom he had three children. Francenna died in 1855, and is buried in Shetland Cemetary.
Children:
Buried: Shetland Cemetary, Euphemia Township, Ontario, along with her husband, William
Notes: William and Ellen (Gosnell) Dobbyn farmed in Euphemia township in Lambton County. They built a homestead on Lot 25 Concession 3 in Euphemia. In her mother's obituary in January 1900, Ellen (Mrs. Wm. Dobbyn) is noted to be living in Shetland, Ontario.
Census:
1881:
Euphemia, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: John Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Reeder) Gosnell
Death: 1841, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Source:
Father: George Gosnell
Mother: Abigail (Baker) Gosnell
Source:
Father: William James Gosnell
Mother: Catherine Jane (Gosnell) Gosnell
Census:
1881:
Mountain, Marquette, Manitoba
Sources:
Mother: Ann (Smith) Gosnell
Census:
1881:
Osprey, Grey East, Ontario
Sources:
Father: Lawrence B. Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Lee) Gosnell
Death: 1954, in Orford, Ontario, Canada
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Highgate,
Ontario
Notes: Known as "Nellie"
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Source:
Father: Lawrence Gosnell
Mother: Eliza (Bowers) Gosnell
Married: Robert C. Scott. Robert was born on 22 May 1849, in Ontario, and he died on 16 March 1921. He is listed in the 1881 census as a miller.
Children:
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: Lawrence B. Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Lee) Gosnell
Death: 21 August 1869
Sources:
Father: Thomas Hickey Gosnell
Mother: Margaret (McKenzie) Gosnell
Married: Charles V. Ward. Charles was born
in 1881 and died in 1949, in Orford, Ontario.
Death: 1949, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary Lot E13, Highgate,
Ontario, along with her husband, Charles.
Sources:
Father: James Gosnell
Mother: Ann (Gosnell) Gosnell
Married: Robert Forbes. Robert was born 1846/7 in Scotland. Robert is listed as a farm labourer in the 1881 census.
Children:
Source:
Father: George Gosnell
Mother: Abigail (Baker) Gosnell
Source:
Father: James Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Mary (Webb) Gosnell
Married: Thomas Tape in 28 February 1929,
in St.
Finbarr's Cathedral, Aughadour, County Cork, Ireland. Thomas
was born in 1801 in Tullagh parish of County Cork, Ireland and died 3
December 1892.
Children:
Notes:
Thomas and Fanny Tape lived on Sherkin Island, but Fanny became lonely
for her parents who had emigrated to Canada in 1832. Eventually the
Tapes
followed Fanny's parents to Canada and the settled on the Gosnell Road
in
Highgate, Ontario.
The existence of the Tape son who is unnamed (1838 - 1859) ,
is questionable
- he does not appear in the 1851 census, and Bob Barker's data is the
only
reference to him.
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Source:
Birth: 1824
Father: Thomas Gosnell
Mother: Mary (Wolfe) Gosnell
Married: Thomas Scott, in 1841.
Children:
Father: James R. Gosnell
Mother: Anise Catherine (Hauser) Gosnell
Married: Eva Louella Smith. Eva was born in
1902, in Orford, Ontario.
Death: 1961, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Highgate,
Ontario
Sources:
Father: Thomas Hickey Gosnell
Mother: Margaret (McKenzie) Gosnell
Married: Gladys Wolfe. Gladys was born in
1898. She died in Orford, Ontario, Canada.
Children:
Death: 1951, in Orford, Ontario, Canada
Sources:
Father: Lawrence Gosnell
Mother: Eliza (Bowers) Gosnell
Death: 29 May 1893
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: John Gosnell
Mother: Sarah
Married: Mary Woulfe in 1790. Mary was the daughter of William Woulfe and Hettie Morgan.
Children:
Died: on Sherkin Island, County Cork, IrelandNotes:
George and Mary remained in County Cork, moving to Highfield which is
between Baltimore and Skibbereen. In later years, George became a Roman
Catholic.
Source:
Father: Joseph Gosnell
Married: Mary Ann Rowe, probably in Quebec City. Mary Ann was born in 1800 in Ireland, and died 1880.
Children:
Notes: The position of this George in the family tree is tentative. Dan Carney places him here, Bob Barker, based on Mae Barrett's work, puts him as the son of Joseph Gosnell and Hattie Morgan (here shown as his brother), but this has the problem being a bit out of whack with Mary Ann Rowe's birth in 1800. Also, Bob has his name as Joseph rather than George which I don't know how to reconcile - at least both Bob and Dan agree on the marriage to Mary Ann Rowe and the four children!
After a time in Quebec City, George and Mary Ann moved to Pickering, Ontario where their son William was born in 1832. In about 1834 George and Mary Ann came to Highgate, Ontario where some of his Gosnell cousins already lived. In 1836, Mary Ann Rowe remarried to Thomas French who also hailed from County Cork and had emigrated via Quebec City to Ontario. They moved to Lot 18 Concession 9 on the corner of the Old Ridge Road on the Howard/Orford town line where Mary Ann became mother of a second family.
Source:
Father: James Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Mary (Webb) Gosnell
Married: Abigail Baker. Abigail was born in 1817, in Ireland and died 11 July 1872 in Orford Township, Ontario.
Children:
Notes:
Both George and Abigail came from Ireland. The settled on a farm across
the "Gosnell Road" from Emerald Farm and adjacent to the farm owned by
Joseph Gosnell (George's brother).
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Source:
Father: George Gosnell
Mother: Mary Ann (Rowe) Gosnell
Married (1st): Fanny Reycraft. Fanny was born on 24 February 1840, and she died on 1 December 1865. Fanny was the daughter of James Reycraft and Ellen Gosnell.
Children:
Married (2nd): Martha Wilkins. Martha, of German
extraction, was born in 1845/6 in Ontario.
Children:
Notes: With the number of Gosnells with the same first names in Orford, some of them started going by nicknames. George was known as "Towhead" after the colour of his hair.
George and Fannie Gosnell lived east of Highgate on Concession 6.
In Dan Carney's Gosnell genealogy, he lists George's death as occurring on 1 Dec 1865 but this is surely in error - George is alive and well in the 1871 and 1881 censuses. Bob Barker list that date as the death of George's first wife, Fanny Reycraft, which makes much more sense.
Census:
1871:
Orford,
Bothwell, Ontario
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Source:
Father: George Gosnell
Mother: Abigail (Baker) Gosnell
Notes: Bob Barker has this George married to Fanny Reycraft (1830-1855), but he also has the George Gosnell who was the son of George Gosnell and Mary Ann Rowe as married to the same Fanny Reycraft. Other sources confirm that the other George was the one that married Fanny - further born out by the date errors that occur if it was this George - George was not 11 years old when his wife died.
Sources:
Birth:
1 August 1854, at Lot 3 Concession 6, in Orford Township, Ontario,
Canada
Father: John Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Reeder) Gosnell
Married: Bertha Eastman on 26 July 1878 in Chatham, Ontario, Canada. Bertha was born on 13 January 1860 in North Gower, Ontario, the daughter of John Eastman and Emily Ross of Cornwall and Wales, respectively, and died in 1939 in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada.
Children:
Death: 13 April 1932, at the residence of his daughter Mrs Samuel Hutchinson (Myrtle), in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Highgate, Ontario
Notes:
George A. Gosnell, a son of John and Sarah (Reeder) Gosnell was
born on 11 Aug 1856 at Lot 3 Concession 6 Orford. He remained
with his parents until he was nine years old after which he lived with
his Aunt Ellen (Gosnell) and Uncle John Reeder who owned a sixty seven
and one half acre farm adjacent on Lot 2 Concession 6 (now Highgate
Road). John and Ellen Reeder had no living
children and were grateful for their nephew who later owned the place
to
which he succeeded on his uncle's death in 1895.
On 28 Jul 1878, George married Bertha Eastman who was born at North Gower near Ottawa, Ontario and came to Kent County with her parents in 1863 and settled in Orford Township. Bertha (Eastman) Gosnell was born on 13 Jan 1860. and was the daughter of John and Emily J (Ross) Eastman of Cornwall, Ontario and Wales respectively. John Eastman was a successful farmer in Orford township and after Mrs Eastman died in Grey County, Ontario on 4 April 1866 at the age of thirty years and Mr Eastman later moved to Walkerville Ontario.
In the spring of 1903, George A Gosnell and his wife Bertha built a fine brick house on his inherited farm. In politics, he was a Reformer but did not find the time to devote to public affairs. He and his wife were prominent members of the Methodist Church.
Census:
1871:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
The 1881 census shows George as aged 24, indicating a birth in 1856 or 1857, but the 1871 census shows him aged 17 indicating a birth in 1853 or 1854. Bob Barker has the date of birth as 1 August 1854.
Source:
Father: Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Caroline (Dobbyn) Gosnell
Married: Frances M. Baldwin. Frances was born on 28 February 1858, and she died on 14 October 1958, at the Guilds Nursing Home in Guilds, Ontario, aged 100. Frances had been active until she broke her hip aged 96.
Children:
Death: 15 October 1911, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary Lot Old 2, Highgate, Ontario, along with his wife, Frances
Census:
1881:
Howard, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: William James Gosnell
Mother: Catherine Jane (Gosnell) Gosnell
Married: Kit Tape. This was George's second
marriage. Kit was 46 at the time of this marriage to her distant cousin.
Children:
Census:
1881:
Mountain, Marquette, Manitoba
Sources:
Father: James Gosnell
Mother: Elizabeth (Salter) Gosnell
Occupation: Farmer
Death: 25 January 1883
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary Lot Old 62, Highgate, Ontario
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: Edward Gosnell
Mother: Ann (Smith) Gosnell
Occupation: Farmer
Census:
1881:
Osprey, Grey East, Ontario
Sources:
Father: Christopher W. Gosnell
Mother: Christena (Ferguson) Gosnell
Death: 1 August 1902, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: Walter R. Gosnell
Mother: Mary (Carter) Gosnell
Married: Isabell Towner
Children:
Death: 1925
Source:
GOSNELL family tree supplied by Ted
Bates
Father: George Gosnell
Mother: Abigail (Baker) Gosnell
Source:
Father: Lawrence B. Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Lee) Gosnell
Death: 1956, in Orford, Ontario, Canada
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Source:
Father: James Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Mary (Webb) Gosnell
Married (1st): Margaret Ryckman. Margaret was born in 11 June 1830 and died 7 March 1863. She is buried in Lot 175 in the Gosnell Cemetary, Highgate, Ontario, Canada
Children:
Death: 9 March 1865
Buried: Lot 177, Gosnell Cemetary, Highgate, Ontario, Canada
Source:
Father: Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Caroline (Dobbyn) Gosnell
Married: Isabel McKinley on 31 December 1884. Isabel was born on 27 March 1845 in Howard Township, Ontario, the daughter of Robert and Mary (McLean) McKinlay. She died on 12 December 1930, in Orford Township, Ontario.
Children:
Death: 3 June 1929, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Highgate, Ontario, along with his wife, Isabel
Notes: After the retirement of his parents, Henry took over the family farm on Lot 1, Concession 6, in Orford township. he is listed as the Head of Household on the property in 1881 even though his parents were still living there, and he is still "of the place" when his mother died in 1900.
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: John Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Reeder) Gosnell
Death: 11 October 1869, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Notes:
We have a slight problem with Henry's birth date; he is listed by Bob
Barker as aged 22 years, 3 months at his death in October 1869. This
puts his his birth in June or July 1847. Ted Bates also lists the birth
as July 1847.
the problem is that his older brother, James R. Gosnell, was born on 1
December 1846, so another child born in July of the following year is
unlikely. Also, I believe that Jerusha was born in late 1847 or early
1848. I guess either the age at death is wrong, or we have the wrong
parents for Henry.
Source:
Father: Christopher W. Gosnell
Mother: Christena (Ferguson) Gosnell
Death: 1945
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Lot Old 216, Highgate, Ontario
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: Henry Gosnell
Mother: Margaret (Ryckman) Gosnell
Death: 15 September 1860
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Lot 174, Highgate, Ontario
Source:
Father: Thomas Hickey Gosnell
Mother: Margaret (McKenzie) Gosnell
Death: 1 July 1887, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: John Gosnell
Mother: Sarah
Married: Mary Webb, of the Parish of Creagh near Skibbereen, County Cork
Children:
Notes:
James Joseph emigrated to Canada, leaving Ireland in April 1832. The
family stayed from April
to July 1832 in York, near Toronto, Ontario, where James died of
cholera.
Mary (Webb) Gosnell then took her family to Highgate, in Orford
Township,
Kent County, Ontario and settled on Emerald Farm (433 acres) next to
her
brother-in-law Lawrence Gosnell.
Mary Webb had to walk
twice to Toronto and back to secure the deed! Mary Webb invited the
Methodist
Circuit Riders to hold meetings in her front room, and later a
Methodist
Church was built across the road from her farm and around it was the
Gosnell
Cemetery, were many relatives rest today. This church was later moved
to
Highgate where the United Church now stands. Mary's brother,
Christopher
Webb also came to Highate and became a schoolmaster in the pioneer
school
there.
The following is an account of Mary (Webb) Gosnell's pioneer
life from the book "The Orford Story" 1827-1977.
"In 1832 the Asiatic cholera raged in Detroit and Toronto; old Mrs.
Gosnell moved in to Orford a mile from our place with her family having
lost her
husband in Toronto from the cholera. The family consisted of six sons
and
two daughters, and were all Methodists. She was 52 years old when she
came
to Orford and indeed she had borne twelve children - two had did in
infancy
and two more, Frances and Ellen were married in Ireland and came out
later
with their husbands (Thomas Tape and James Reycraft). Mary Webb Gosnell
must
have been a vigorous and courageous woman. Not only did she venture
alone
with her children into an unknown wilderness, but some time later she
walked
to Toronto to get the deed to her farm - and could'nt get it. So later
still
she walked to Toronto again. Looking back from today this seems a
formidable
undertaking, if not impossible. Certainly the journey was hazardous,
but
one fact of times made the long trek possible; the doors of most houses
were
never barred and the wayfarer was welcomed. The alienation, mistrust
and
suspicion of strangers that we known today was unknown by pioneers for
their
common antagonist was the environment, and there was such infrequent
contact
with others beyond the forest boundaries of their homesteads, that
people
were eager to break the monotony and hear stories from other parts of
the
land. On one of her trips, the story goes, Mary Gosnell came down with
sore
feet. She arrived at a cabin unable to go any further. The lady of the
house
noticing her plight, said that if she could stay three days she could
cure
her feet. Now Mary Webb Gosnell was a strict teetotaler and it seems
that
the cure involved soaking her feet in corn whiskey. The idea must have
been
disgusting to her, but she had no choice and after three days her feet
were
fit and ready to travel. She continued on her way, no doubt allowing
that
perhaps hard liquor had its uses after all!"
Source:
Mother: Mary (Woulfe) Gosnell
Source:
Father: Lawrence Gosnell
Mother: Catherine (Salter) Gosnell
Married: Ann Gosnell in 1833. Ann was James's first cousin.
Children:
Notes:
James Gosnell came to Canada with his parents in 1819 at the age of 20.
With his dad and brothers, he worked on the Rideau Canal at Kingston
until his mother
died in 1822 and then he came to Orford Township and
pioneered with his family on Lot 17/18 North Middle Road in
Orford.
Source:
Father: William Gosnell
Mother: ? (Reycroft) Gosnell
Married: Sarah Gallagher in 1842 in Cork and Ross Diocese, Cork, Ireland. Sarah (1819 - 1899) was born in Lissacaha, County Cork, Ireland.
Children:
Death: 1906, in Rochester, New York, United States
Notes:
Lived in Inchinagotagh, County Cork, Ireland. The family emigrated to
Rochester New York in 1878.
Jeffrey Gosnell
is a descendent of this branch of the Gosnells and is interested in any
information on the branch
Census:
1880:
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States
Source:
Father: William Gosnell
Married: Eliza Righworth on 2 January 1841 in St. Luke's Episcopalean Church, Rochester, New York, USA.
Notes: James emigrated to Rochester, New York in the 1830's with his brother John (note: James had two brothers named John)
Source:
Father: James Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Mary (Webb) Gosnell
Married: Elizabeth Salter in 1846. Elizabeth was born in June 1826, in Ireland, and died 9 April 1906.
Children:
Death: 30 August 1904
Notes:
James Gosnell accompanied his parents to Ontario in 1832, remaining
with his mother after the death of his father, and assisting her until
his own marriage in 1846, to Elizabeth Salter. Elizabeth was the
daughter of Thomas Salter, also of Irish extraction. After their
marriage Mr and Mrs James
Gosnell settled on a farm in Orford township where they have passed
together
more than a half century.
Census:
1871:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Source:
Father: John Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Reeder) Gosnell
Married: Anise (Annie) Catherine Hauser on 29 June 1872 in Selton, near Botany, Howard Township, Ontario, Canada. Anise was born on 1 August 1852 in Humberstone, near Niagara Falls, and died on 1 April 1925 in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada.
Children:
Death: 9 December 1922, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary (New Lot 26), Highgate, Ontario, along with his wife, Anise.
Notes:
James R Gosnell was born on 1 Dec 1846. He was with his parents until
he was sixteen years of age (1862) and then began working among the
farmers, thus continuing for five years (1867) when he was 21 years
old. He then entered
a sawmill and worked there for eight years (1876) when he was 29 years
old.
On 29 June 1872, when he was 26 years old, he married Anna Hauser in
Selton
(near Botany) Howard township and then located to his fifty five acre
farm
on Lot 12
Middle Road in Orford township which he has placed in an excellent
state of cultivation. James has added to his holding by purchasing 75
acres in
the same township and he is regarded as one of the substantial men of
Orford
township. Both Mr and Mrs Gosnell are consistent members of the
Methodist
Church. In politics he is a Reformer, but he has never desired nor
sought
office.
The parents of James's wife, Anna Hauser, were Mathew and Catherine (Clicker) Hauser. They were both born and married in Germany. They came to Canada and settled at Humberstone, near Niagara Falls, then moved to Aldborough township in 1853 where they farmed for 25 years before moving to Buffalo New York. Mathew and Catherine Hauser had four children as follows: John Hauser - farmed in Alborough township; Mary Hauser - married George Schmeltz in Aldborough township. George Schmeltz was a brother of Adam Schmeltz who married Catherine Stricker; Mathew Hauser - had a commission business in Buffalo New York; and Anna Hauser who married James R Gosnell.
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Source:
Father: John F. Samuel Gosnell
Mother: Margaret (Fachnie) Gosnell
Married: Nellie Isobel Burnham
Death: 1942Census:
1881: Howard, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: James Gosnell
Mother: Ann (Gosnell) Gosnell
Death: 15 August 1878, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada, aged 23 years 4 months and 16 days
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Highgate, Ontario
Source:
Father: James Sweetman Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Gallagher) Gosnell
Occupation: Methodist Minister, in Lockport, New York, USA
Death: 1900
Notes:
James' death certificate indicates that he immigrated to the United
States in 1878. His elder brother, John, was at that time married with
two children and living in Rochester, NY.
Census:
1880:
Webster, Monroe County, New York, United States
Source:
Father: William James Gosnell
Mother: Catherine Jane (Gosnell) Gosnell
Census:
1881:
Mountain, Marquette, Manitoba
Sources:
Father: Lawrence B. Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Lee) Gosnell
Married: Annie E. Swanton. Annie was born in 1867 and died on 29 April 1910.
Death: 1949
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Source:
Father: John Gallagher Gosnell
Mother: Katherine Skuse
Married: Alameda Whipple in 1907, in Rochester, New York, USA. Alameda was the daughter of Ira Whipple and Susan Bumpus.
Children:
Occupation: Executive at Skuse Cooperage.
Death: 11 October 1935, in Rochester, New York, USA
Buried: Riverside Cemetary, Rochester, New
York, USA
Notes:
James worked at Skuse Cooperage, a barrel making company in Rochester.
His mother , Katherine
Skuse Gosnell was a member of the family that started the cooperage.
They
made barrels for flour and vegetable storage.
Census:
1880:
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Web Links:
Gosnell
- Butterfield tree on Rootsweb
Sources:
Father: Thomas Hickey Gosnell
Mother: Margaret (McKenzie) Gosnell
Death: 3 March 1892, of diptheria, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Notes: James died in a diptheria outbreak
that also killed his brother John, and his sister Sarah.
Sources:
Mother: Sarah (Gallagher) Gosnell
Notes: Is this the "Jennie" that we find in this family in the 1880 census? Bob Barker has a birth year of 1850, but this is believed to be a guestimate. If she is "Jennie" then the birth year is 1856/7
Census:
1880:
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States
Source:
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|
Ellen
Barker, Annie Barker, Arthur Barker, Jerusha (Gosnell) Barker and
Robert Edward Barker.
scanned
by Frances Read
|
Father: John Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Reeder) Gosnell
Married: Hall Barker on 15 February 1869, in Highgate, Ontario. Hall was born 3 September 1841, in Nelson Township, Halton County, Ontario, and died on 26 March 1906, in Aldborough Township.
Children:
Buried: Duart Cemetary, Ontario, Canada, along with her husband Hall.
Notes:
Hall Barker, the fourth child of John and Mariah Barker, was born in a
log house in Nelson Township, Halton County, Ontario in 1841, one year
after
his parents came to Canada. The 1851 census show that Hall was age 11
and
of the Episcopalian Methodist faith. The 1861 census in Orford township
district 2 show Hall at the age of 21 years and a shoemaker.
Hall married Jerusha Gosnell who was the sister of Charlotte Gosnell who married his brother Robert Barker. After their marriage Hall and Jerusha lived on Lot 2 Concession 1 in Orford along with his brother Robert and Charlotte and their family. In about 1894, the two families moved to adjacent lots on 12th concession (Hogg Street) in Alborough Township and Hall farmed here until his death on 26 March 1906. They were also the best man and bridesmaid at Robert and Charlotte (Gosnell) Barker's wedding.
After Halls's death, Jerusha moved to Brigden Ont to live with her son (Edward Barker and family) until her death in 1919 -13 years after her husband.
Census:
1881:
Howard, Bothwell, Ontario
The 1881 census shows Jerusha aged 33, which indicates a birth year of 1847 or 1848; Bob Barker has the year as 1844, but he also refers to Jerusha as Charlotte's younger sister, and gives Charlotte's birth as 4 June 1845. Confusing things further is the birth of James on 1 December 1846. Thus I conclude that Jerusha was most likely born late in 1847 or early in 1848. This census also has Ellen as the older sister, born in 1874 or 1875. It agrees that Annie O. was born in 1876 or 1877. The photograph provided by Frances Read has the note that Ellen is the leftmost (and clearly older) girl.
Source:
Father: Thomas Gosnell
Mother: Mary (Wolfe) Gosnell
Married: Mr. Ward, in Ireland. Mr. Ward was born in Ireland. He was Johannah's first cousin - his mother was Mary Wolfe's sister. The couple moved to England.
Children:
Married: Sarah _____ cica 1765. Sarah may have been the daughter of Scottish parents who left Scotland shortly before her marriage.
Children:
The identfication of this amn as John is somewhat tentative; some sources name him as Joseph and Dan Carney, in perhaps the most rigourous investigation of this family, fails to uncover any definitive evidence of his name. In addition, despite the tradition of the "Seven Gosnell Brothers and Sister Sarah of Sherkin Island", the identifiaction of all the siblings is far from certain.Lawrence, Sarah and Thomas seem clearly part of the family, as is the man who married Mary Webb, sometimes described as James Joseph and sometimes just as Joseph. Evidence supporting Joseph, George, William and John is thinner, but they did all originate from the same area in County Cork, are all clearly related somehow so, in the absence of better evidence to dispute it, I have gone along with Mae barret's identification of these as the brothers.
Source:
Father: John Gosnell
Mother: Sarah
Children:
Notes: It is thought that this John Gosnell settled in Highgate, OntarioSource:
Mother: Mary (Woulfe) Gosnell
Source:
Father: Lawrence Gosnell
Mother: Catherine (Salter) Gosnell
Married: Sarah Reeder on 7 June 1831 in Howard Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada . Sarah was born in Derbyshire, England in 1809. She was the daughter of Henry Reeder and his 2nd wife, Ann Black. Sarah died on 10 January 1865.
Children:
Death: 19 August 1871
Notes:
John Joseph Gosnell came to Canada with his parents in 1819 at the age
of 22. With his dad and brothers, he worked on the Rideau Canal at
Kingston
until his mother died in 1822 and then he came to Orford Township and
pioneered with his family on Lot 17/18 North Middle Road in
Orford..
Census:
1871:
Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Source:
Father: Thomas Gosnell
Mother: Mary (Wolfe) Gosnell
Death: 9 December 1829, at the Coast Guard Station in West Lulworth, Dorset, England. Apparently he fell off a cliff in the fog, looking for rum runners.
Occupation:
John worked with the England Coast Guard. He
had only been in the Coast Guard for about a year when he died, but in
that
time he had received two promotions.
Web Links:
West
Cork Genealogy
Source:
Notes: Known as John "The Wiseman" Gosnell
Source:
Father: James Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Mary (Webb) Gosnell
Death: 1835, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Notes:
John died two years after coming to Orford township.
Source:
Father: William Gosnell
Mother: ? (Reycroft) Gosnell
Married: Elizabeth Burchell
Notes:
Lived in Inchinagotagh, County Cork, Ireland. John and Elizabeth
emigrated to Rochester, New York.
John's great-great-great-grandson is Harry Eakin
Source:
Father: Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Esther "Hattie" (Morgan) Gosnell
Married: Margaret Fachnie on 9 March 1848 in St. John Church, Palmer, Quebec, Canada. Margaret was born on 22 September 1816, in Scotland, and died on 4 February 1907. Margaret was the sister of Sandy Fachnie who married John's sister, Ellen. Margaret's last name is variously spelled Fachnie, Facknee and Fachney.
Children:
Notes:
John and Margaret lived in Quebec Province, Grey County in Ontario, Lot
9 Block Concession, Howard Township, Kent County, near
Highgate in
Orford township. They then moved to McBride on Vancouver Island in
British
Columbia.
Census:
1871:
Melancthon,
Grey South, Ontario
1881: Howard, Bothwell, Ontario
Source:
Source:
Father: George Gosnell
Mother: Abigail (Baker) Gosnell
Married: Elizabeth Bailey on 19 August 1863. Elizabeth was born on 21 June 1842, in Ireland, and she died in 1924. Note that John's father, George, is found in the 1881 census as an elderly widow living in the household of William Bayly and family. I wonder if these Baylys are related to Elizabeth Bailey.
Children:
Death: 1911
Census:
1871:
Orford,
Bothwell, Ontario
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Note that the 1881 census suggests that Elizabeth was born in 1838/39, but Bob Barker puts the date as 21 June 1842.
Sources:
Father: John Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Reeder) Gosnell
Death: 1859, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Source:
Father: James Sweetman Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Gallagher) Gosnell
Married: Katherine Skuse on 25 November 1875 in Rochester, New York, USA. Katherine was born 14 May 1850 in Rochester, New York. She was the daughter of Francis Skuse and Elizabeth Gosnell.
Children:
Death: 25 October 1932, in Rochester, New
York, USA
Census:
1880:
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Web Links:
Gosnell
- Butterfield tree on Rootsweb
Source:
Father: Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Caroline (Dobbyn) Gosnell
Married: Margaret Conner on 13 February 1866 during an elopement to Detroit, Michigan, USA. Margaret was born on 26 September 1847, the daughter of Charles and Sarah (Oglietree) Conner, who came from Ireland and settled in the County of Kent on the 3rd Concession. She died on 12 December 1930, in Kingsville, Ontario.
Children:
Death: 6 May 1906, in Ridgetown, Ontario, Canada
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary Block D18, Highgate, Ontario, along with his wife, Margaret
Notes:
After their marriage, John and Margaret started househeeping and
home-making on a farm in Concession 10 and there they lived until 1868
when John bought the old Henry Dobbyn homestead in Concession 12 (known
as "The Halfway House"). Within two years, John had improved the place
with a large bank barn, and in 1877 he erected his large and handsome
brick residence. Religiously the Gosnells were among the leading
families in the Methodist Church. John was a trustee and steward.
Politically he supported the Reform Party and socially he was a member
of the Royal Templars of Highgate.
After John Wesley died in 1906, Margaret continued to live in the old Homestead with her youngest son (Percy) and his wife. This son was willed the Homestead in return for looking after his mother. Approximately 1925, Margaret Conner Gosnell moved to her son (Francis Albert Gosnell at Kingsville Ontario and remained there until her death in 1933.
Census:
1871:
Howard, Bothwell, Ontario
1881:
Howard, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: James Gosnell
Mother: Elizabeth (Salter) Gosnell
Occupation: Farmer
Death: 30 January 1933
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
The 1881 census lists John as aged 25, indicating birth in 1855/56.
Notes: John J. Gosnell was unmarried and resided on the old homestead in Orford.
Sources:
Married: Belle Campbell on 4 March 1896
Occupation: Painter (in 1881 census)Census:
1881: Howard, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: William James Gosnell
Mother: Catherine Jane (Gosnell) Gosnell
Source:
Father: James Gosnell
Mother: Ann (Gosnell) Gosnell
Married: Mary E. Smith in 1881 in Orford, Ontario, Canada. Mary was born on 21 July 1861, in Ontario and died in 1948, in Orford, Ontario.
Children:
Death: 1927, in Orford, Ontario, Canada
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Highgate, Ontario, along with his wife, Mary
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Source:
Father: Edward Gosnell
Mother: Ann (Smith) Gosnell
Married: Inez Victoria McLaughlin in 1891.
Children:
Occupation: Farmer
Death: 1935
Notes: Lived in Toronto, Ontario
Census:
1881:
Osprey, Grey East, Ontario
Sources:
Father: Lawrence B. Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Lee) Gosnell
Married: Mary M. Leitch. Mary was born on 5 June 1877 and died in 1959.
Children:
Death: 1947, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Source:
Father: Christopher W. Gosnell
Mother: Christena (Ferguson) Gosnell
Death: 4 March 1876, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Source:
Father: Thomas Hickey Gosnell
Mother: Margaret (McKenzie) Gosnell
Death: 21 February 1892, of diptheria, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Notes: John died in a diptheria outbreak
that also killed his brother James Ross, and his sister Sarah.
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: Henry Gosnell
Mother: Abigail (Ryckman) Gosnell
Married: Mary Ann Gosnell. Mary Ann was Jonas's second cousin (their common ancestors are John Gosnell and Sarah)
Children:
Death: 1921
Notes: In one of the stories
following his death it says that Jonas lost his father at age 14 and
wandered around for a few years, including spending summers in Michigan.
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: John Gosnell
Mother: Sarah
Married: circa 1789. Joseph's wife is buried in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada.
Children:
Source:
Father: Joseph Gosnell
Married: c1808 to Esther
"Hattie" Morgan, in Ireland. Hattie was born in 1794/5 Sherkin Island,
County Cork, Ireland. Esther Gosneld that is found in the 1871 census
living in
the Nottawasaga sub-district of
Simcoe North, Ontario, in the home of her son-in-law Alexander Fachney
(1871: District
42, Sub-disctrict A Division 1 page 12). Esther's religion is listed as "Church of
Scotland/Kirk/Scotch Presbyterian".
Children:
Source:
Father: Lawrence Gosnell
Mother: Catherine (Salter) Gosnell
Married: Esther Rushton on 14 February 1833, Esther was born in 1812 and died on 5 July 1839, in Oxford Township, Ontario, Canada. It is possible that the death notice in the Christian Guardian has a typo and that Esther died in Orford Township, not Oxford Township,
Children:
Death: 1870, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Notes:
Joseph Gosnell came to Canada with his parents in 1819 at the age of
25. With his dad and brothers, he worked on the Rideau Canal at
Kingston until his mother
died in 1822 and then he came to Orford Township and
pioneered with his family on Lot 17/18 North Middle Road in
Orford. In 1995 this farm was still in the Gosnell name. Joseph was a
farmer and in addition to the one farm which was given by the
government, he took up another in the same township also of 100 acres
which he sold later on. His death occured in 1870 when
he was 76 years old. He and his wife were members of the Methodist
Church
while in politics he was a conservative. Life was difficult in those
pioneer
days and one of the difficulties was transportation of their produce to
the
grist mill in Clearville and other commodies. The story goes that
Joseph
made a trip from Detroit to his home in Orford carrying on his back a
hide
of sole leather, half a hide of split leather and 2 plow points. He
wore
out two shirts on the trip.
From the Christian Guardian (Toronto, Ontario), August 28 1839
GOSNELL, Mrs Esther, wife of Joseph Gosnell, and a daughter of Jacob
Rushton, died July 5, 1839, in Oxford Twp., Western District; age 25.
Her son Joseph died July 6; age 3 months.
Source:
Father: James Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Mary (Webb) Gosnell
Married: Caroline Dobbyn. Caroline was born on 20 September 1819 in Dunwich Township, Ontario and died 13 January 1900 in Orford Township, Ontario.
Children:
Death: 18 June 1892, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Notes:
Joseph Gosnell was a young man when he accompanied his parents from
Ireland to Canada in 1832. His father died in Toronto of cholera en
route to settling in Orford township and, being the eldest son of the
family, Joseph had the responsibility of helping his mother clear the
land and farm. This family settled on Lot 2 Concession 6 Orford (now
Highgate Road) adjacent
and north of the land that his uncle Lawrence and family were
pioneering
(Lot17/18 NMW). About 1835, Joseph married Caroline Dobbyn who was also
of Irish ancestry, although she was born in Howard township,
near
the present home on Concession 12. She was a daughter of Henry and
Eliza
(Bobier) Dobbyn, who emigrated to Canada from Ireland during the time
of
the Irish Revolution.
Like other pioneers Joseph Gosnell started life in a log cabin. They lived across Gosnell Road from Emerald Farm and the Gosnell Cemetery is on the front part of their farm (or is half on their farm, the other half being on the farm of Joseph's brother George, who owned the adjacent farm).
Obituary of Caroline (Dobbyn) Gosnell:
Mrs Joseph Gosnell goes to her long rest. Caroline Dobbyn, relict of
the late Joseph Gosnell, died Saturday Jan 13 1900, morning at the
residence their son Harry on Gosnell Street in Orford. She was 80 years
and 2 months old. The funeral took place on Monday at 2 PM to the
Gosnell Cemetery. Rev T.T. George conducting the last sad rites.
Deceased was one of Orfords pioneers, having lived on the farm where
she died for 64 years, being taken there
a bride by her late husband. Together they lived on the old homestead
for
more than half a centruy. Mr Gosnell died about 6 years ago. There are
left
5 children:- J.W. Gosnell-Ridgetown, Geo W Gosnell-Highgate, Harry
Gosnell
on the place, Mrs Wm Dobbyn-Shetland, and Mrs James Guilds- N.W.T..
Census:
1871:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Source:
Father: Thomas Gosnell
Mother: Mary (Wolfe) Gosnell
Death: 1827 (aged 5)
Source:
Father: George Gosnell
Mother: Abigail (Baker) Gosnell
Death: 9 October 1898
Source:
Father: Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Ester (Rushton) Gosnell
Death: 6 July 1839
From the Christian Guardian (Toronto, Ontario), August 28
1839:
GOSNELL, Mrs Esther, wife of Joseph Gosnell, and a daughter of Jacob
Rushton, died July 5, 1839, in Oxford Twp., Western District; age 25.
Her son Joseph died July 6; age 3 months.
Source:
Father: James Gosnell
Mother: Elizabeth (Salter) Gosnell
Married: Mary Mills. Mary was born in 1852/3 in Ontario.
Children:
Census:
1881:
Harwich, Kent, Ontario
The 1881 census has a significant discrepancy to Bob Barker's data regarding Joseph's age. The census lists him as aged 20, indicating birth in 1860/61. However, this would have made him 16 at the time of the birth of his eldest son, so I have preferred to regard Bob's date as more accurate. The census also lists the second son as Leroy, while Bob has Richard Roy.
Sources:
Father: John F. Samuel Gosnell
Mother: Margaret (Fachnie) Gosnell
Married: Martha A. "Mattie" Gosnell. Martha was born in 1854/5 in Ontario. Bob Barker notes that Martha is believed to be from the James Joseph/Mary Webb line, and speculates that she may be a daughter of Henry Gosnell and Margaret Ryckman.
Children:
Census:
1881: Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: John Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Reeder) Gosnell
Source:
Father: James Gosnell
Mother: Ann (Gosnell) Gosnell
Occupation: Farm Labourer
Death: 4 November 1884, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada, aged 32 years 3 months
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Highgate, Ontario
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Source:
Father: Henry Gosnell
Mother: Margaret (Ryckman) Gosnell
Death: 7 March 1866
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Lot 178, Highgate, Ontario
Source:
Father: Edward Gosnell
Mother: Ann (Smith) Gosnell
Married: Catherine. Catherine was born in
1853/4, in Scotland.
Children:
Occupation: Farmer
Census:
1881:
Osprey, Grey East, Ontario
Sources:
Father: Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Caroline (Dobbyn) Gosnell
Death: 20 August 1865, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Highgate, Ontari
Sources:
Father: Lawrence Gosnell
Mother: Eliza (Bowers) Gosnell
Married: Margaret Watterworth in February 1893, in Mosa Township, Middlesex County, Ontario. Margaret was born on 1 March 1864, in Mosa Township, the daughter of John and Jane (Walker) Watterworth. She died in 1932.
Children:
Death: 1954
Notes: Joseph Ernest Gosnell resided on Concession 5, north half of Lots 17 and 18, Middle road. He was born upon this property on June 29, 1861. It comprises 112 acres.
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: William James Gosnell
Mother: Catherine Jane (Gosnell) Gosnell
Census:
1881:
Mountain, Marquette, Manitoba
Sources:
Father: John Gosnell
Mother: Sarah
Married: Catherine Salter, in 1793. Catherine was born in 1774 in County Cork. She died on 15 December 1822 and was buried (in an unmarked grave) on Wolfe Island, near Kingston, Ontario.
Children:
Notes:
Lawrence and his family emigrated to Canada in 1819 and settled in
Kingston, Ontario. Lawrence and his three sons worked on the Rideau
Canal between
Kingston and Bytown (now Ottawa) under the direction of Colonel John
By.(
Note that the ages are the sons are given here as Joseph, 25; John, 22
and
James, 20: this does not quite line up with the given birth years of
the
latter two). After the death of his wife, Lawrence and his children
moved
to Orford Township in Kent County, Ontario and settled on Lot 17/18
North
Middle Road. They were the first Gosnells to enter this area which
later
attracted a large clan of Gosnells. The village of Highgate was later
established
in this area, and the town grew in importance with the building of the
New
York Central Railway through the area. It is said that the Gosnells in
this
settlement retained their Irish accent well into the fourth generation!
Source:
Father: James Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Mary (Webb) Gosnell
Married: Eliza Bowers. Eliza was born in 1825, in Lower Canada (Quebec) and died 23 January 1875 in Orford Township, Ontario. She is buried in the Gosnell cemetary, in Highgate, Ontario
Children:
Death: 2 January 1892, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Highgate, Ontario, Canada
Notes:
Lawrence Gosnell lived on Concession 5, north half of Lots 17 and 18,
Middle road. He served on the council in Orford Township.
Census:
1871:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Source:
Father: Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Ester (Rushton) Gosnell
Death: 1866, in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Source:
Father: John Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Reeder) Gosnell
Married: Sarah Lee on 6 February 1856 in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada. Sarah was born on 28 December 1835 and died in 1914 at Concession 6 Lot 10/11 in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada.
Children:
Death: 29 March 1919 at Concession 6 Lot 10/11 in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary (Block D), Highgate, Ontario, along with his wife, Sarah.
Notes:
Lawrence was known as "Bub". In May 1856, a few months after their
marriage, Lawrence and Sarah moved to Concession 6 Lots 10 and 11 on a
farm of 178 acres where they erected
a handsome brick house in 1892. Lawrence and Sarah reared a large
family.
Lawrence's wife, Sarah Lee, was born on 28 December 1835 in
Ireland. She was the daughter of John and Sarah (Sheon) Lee of County
Cork and they came
to Orford township in 1841, taking up 100 acres, later owned and
operated by their son John Lee M.P.P. The elder John Lee was
a farmer all his
life and died on 8 January 1867, age 64 years, The mother
survived until 29 Mar 1891 when she died aged 84 years. Born to John
and Sarah Lee were Catherine Lee; George Lee who died at the age of 2
years; Sarah Lee Mrs
Gosnell; Ann Lee who married Lawrence Tape; the Hon John Lee M.P.P. a
farmer
on the old homestead and Louisa Lee who married William Attridge a
farmer
of Highgate.
Census:
1871:
Orford,
Bothwell, Ontario
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
The 1881 census incorrectly lists Sarah Lee as born in Ontario.
Source:
Father: James Gosnell
Mother: Ann (Gosnell) Gosnell
Married: Margaret Gillanders on 25 October 1877. Margaret was born in 1854 on her father's farm on the Ridge road in Orford township and is a daughter of John and Mary (Matheson) Gillanders, and a sister of Augus Gillanders of Orford. She died on 6 March 1904, in Orford, Ontario.
Children:
Death: 4 April 1911
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Highgate, Ontario, along with his wife, Margaret.
Notes:
Lawrence J. Gosnell was born 23 November 1848 on Lot 17/18 Ridge Road
Orford township where he lived until he married Margaret Gillanders on
25 October 1877 and they moved to their 163 acre farm on Lots
11 and 12 on the 7th Concession, Orford township.
Census:
1871:
Orford,
Bothwell, Ontario
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Source:
Father: Lawrence B. Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Lee) Gosnell
Married: Charlotte Marie Baldwin. Charlotte was born on 22 June 1859 and was a daughter of John C. Baldwin and Elizabeth Tape. She died in June 1936.
Children:
Death: June 1928, in Essex County, Ontario, Canada
Census:
1881:
Harwich, Kent, Ontario
Source:
Father: William James Gosnell
Mother: Catherine Jane (Gosnell) Gosnell
Census:
1881:
Mountain, Marquette, Manitoba
Sources:
Mother: Fanny (Reycraft) Gosnell
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Mother: Ann (Smith) Gosnell
Census:
1881:
Osprey, Grey East, Ontario
Sources:
Father: Christopher W. Gosnell
Mother: Christena (Ferguson) Gosnell
Married: James N. Gillies. James was born
in 1876, and died in 1968.
Children:
Death: 1933
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: Thomas Hickey Gosnell
Mother: Margaret (McKenzie) Gosnell
Married: Ernest Richard Chambers. Charles
was born in 1888 and died in 1958. He is buried in the Gosnell cemetary
in Highgate, Ontario.
Children:
Death: 1960
Sources:
Father: Joseph Gosnell
Married: 1828 to James Ewing, of Quebec, Canada.
Source:
Father: Thomas Gosnell
Mother: Mary (Wolfe) Gosnell
Married: James Scott
Children:
Father: Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Esther "Hattie" (Morgan) Gosnell
Married: John Taylor in 1832, in Quebec City. John was born in 1806, in Ireland and died 1890. He was a farmer.
Children:
Notes: Mary Ann's religion is listed in the 1881 census as Church of England.
Census:
1881:
Osprey, Grey East, Ontario
Source:
Burial: 7 January 1824, at the Quebec Metropolitan Church
Source:
Father: William Gosnell
Mother: ? (Raycroft) Gosnell
Notes:
Lived in Inchinagotagh, County Cork, Ireland
Source:
Father: George Gosnell
Mother: Mary Ann (Rowe) Gosnell
Married: William Brown on 25 December 1868. The wedding was witnessed by Sarah Gosnell, of Orford. William was a farmer, born in England in 1819/20, the son of John and Frances Brown and was living in Howard Township at the time of his marriage.
Census:
1881:
Howard, Bothwell, Ontario
Source:
Father: James Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Mary (Webb) Gosnell
Death: 1831, in County Cork, Ireland
Notes:
Mary was a twin sister of Sarah.
Source:
Father: George Gosnell
Mother: Abigail (Baker) Gosnell
Source:
Father: Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Caroline (Dobbyn) Gosnell
Married: Timothy Guylds. Timothy was born in 1835, in Brockville, Ontario, Canada.
Children:
Father: James Gosnell
Mother: Ann (Gosnell) Gosnell
Married: Jonas Gosnell. Jonas was Mary Ann's second cousin (their common ancestors are John Gosnell and Sarah)
Children:
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Highgate, Ontario
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Note that the 1881 census puts Mary Ann's birthyear as 1848/9,
rather than
the 1841 listed by Joan Fisher.
Sources:
Father: Samuel George Gosnell
Mother: Margaret (Gallagher) Gosnell
Census:
1880:
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States
Source:
Father: James Sweetman Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Gallagher) Gosnell
Source:
Father: John Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Reeder) Gosnell
Death: 1854, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada, of a spider bite
Source:
Father: Henry Gosnell
Mother: Margaret (Ryckman) Gosnell
Death: 16 September 1850
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Lot 174, Highgate, Ontario
Source:
Father: Lawrence Gosnell
Mother: Eliza (Bowers) Gosnell
Married: Charles Critchton. Charles was born in 1847, and he died in 1915.
Death: 1936
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Mother: Ann (Smith) Gosnell
Census:
1881:
Osprey, Grey East, Ontario
Sources:
Father: James Gosnell
Mother: Elizabeth (Salter) Gosnell
Death: 14 April 1935
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: James R. Gosnell
Mother: Anise Catherine (Hauser) Gosnell
Death: 1961, in Orford Township,
Ontario, Canada
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, New Lot 26,
Highgate, Ontario
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: John Gallagher Gosnell
Mother: Katherine Skuse
Death: 1 March 1947, in Rochester, New York, USA
Web Links:
Gosnell
- Butterfield tree on Rootsweb
Sources:
Father: James R. Gosnell
Mother: Anise Catherine (Hauser) Gosnell
Married (1st): Annie E. Marshall, in Orford
Township, Ontario, Canada. Annie was born in 1882 and died in 1937, in
Orford, Ontario.
Married (2nd): Flossie _____
Death: 3 August 1963, in Orford
Township, Ontario, Canada
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: Thomas Hickey Gosnell
Mother: Margaret (McKenzie) Gosnell
Married: Florence E. Fish. Florence was
born in 1901.
Death: 1969, in Orford, Ontario, Canada
Sources:
Father: Lawrence Gosnell
Mother: Catherine (Salter) Gosnell
Married: John Hatch. John, born in 1786 in County Cork, was the brother of Thomas Hatch who married Sarah Gosnell, the daughter of Thomas Gosnell and Mary Wolfe (and thus Nancy's first cousin).
Children:
Notes:
Nancy emigrated to Canada with her parents in 1819. They eventually
settled in Orford Township, Kent County, Ontario, living for a time at
Lot 17/18
North Middle Road. John and Nancy settled on a farm at Duart in Orford
Township Kent County. Their children did not grow to maturity.
Source:
Father: Christopher W. Gosnell
Mother: Christena (Ferguson) Gosnell
Married: Katie Turner. Katie was the
daughter of Samuel Turner
and Rebecca Glassford, of Kent county, Ontario (Harwich and Charham
townships
respectively)
Notes: Neil and Katie settled in South Detroit where they lived until Jan 1901 when they went to Old Mexico where Neil took charge of his brother-in-law, George Turner's, jewelry business.
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Mother: Mary (Woulfe) Gosnell
Source:
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Caroline (Dobbyn) Gosnell
Source:
Father: John Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Reeder) Gosnell
Married: Henry William Reeder on 17 March 1864. Henry was born 6 June 1834, in Howard Township,Ontario, and died in 1908, also in Howard Township.
Children:
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Highgate, Ontario, along with her husband Henry.
Notes:
Henry W. Reeder grew up on his father's farm, doing his part in the
clearing and cultivating of the land. He acquired his education in the
little log
schoolhouse which stood on the corners between the Reeder home and
Ridgetown.
The sessions were of but three months duration.
After marriage Henry and Rebecca settled in the home on Lot 15 Ridge Road, which had been willed to him by his namesake and uncle, Henry Reeder. The improvements which have been made by Henry , the building of his house, barn and necessary outbuildings, have made it one of the most valuable farms of the neighborhood.
For a number of years Henry W. served as school trustee. His politcal sympathy was with the Reform party and he was very active in its movements in his locality. With his wife, he belonged to the Methodist Church for many yers. His fraternal connection was with the Order of Orangemen.
Census:
1881:
Howard, Bothwell, Ontario
Source:
Father: Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Caroline (Dobbyn) Gosnell
Married: Anthia Grout on 8 December 1863. Anthia was born in 1841, and died in 1921, in Orford, aged 80.
Children:
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Highgate, Ontario, along with his wife, Anthia
Notes: In adulthood, Richard settled on Concession 11 where he farmed till his death.
Sources:
Father: John F. Samuel Gosnell
Mother: Margaret (Fachnie) Gosnell
Married: Agnes Wilson, of Chatham, Ontario,
in 1887.
Children:
Notes:
R. Edward Gosnell was educated in Ontario and worked first as a school
teacher before becoming a journalist. In 1888 he moved to British
Columbia
and in 1893 was appointed as the first permanent Legislative Librarian
of
British Columbia. In this position he published the Year Book of British
Columbia and Manual
of Provincial Information as his part of the
campaign to establish
British Columbia as a place of note on the map of the
still expanding
British Empire. The 1901
edition of this work is available on-line. Later he became
the editor
of the Victoria Colonist and then the provincial
archivist. He was
secretary to Dunsmuir and succeeding premiers. In his later years, he
worked
as a freelance journalist. He was also an historian, an ardent
imperialist,
and a founding member of Vancouver’s premier amateur learned
society, the
Art, Historical and Scientific Association (AHSA). Like many others, he
firmly
believed that British Columbia's destiny lay as a greater Britain on
the
Pacific, where British arts and institutions will expand under fresh
impetus,
"where the British flag will forever fly".
He is the author of "Some practical phases of a
great question", and "The Story of Confederation";
he also collaborated with R.H. Coats
on "Sir James Douglas" and E.O.S. Scholefield in "A
history of
British Columbia"
Census:
1881:
Howard, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: James Gosnell
Mother: Elizabeth (Salter) Gosnell
Married: Fanny Louisa Tape on 2 March 1892, in Ridgetown, Ontario, Canada. Witnesses were Robert and Rose Tape of Howard Township. Fanny was born in 1862/3 in Ontario, the daughter of William and Catherine Tape. At the time of his marriage she was living in Howard Township, Ontario.
Occupation: Lawyer (earlier a School Teacher)
Notes:
Richard L. Gosnell was born on 17 May 1863 on the old homestead in
Orford township where he grew to manhood, alternately employed in
assisting on
the farm and attending school. He began teaching when not more than
seventeen years of age; and followed that profession for three years,
after which
he entered the Ridgetown Collegiate Institute, preparatory to the study
of law. In the fall of 1884, he found the opportunity to begin his
legal
studies with N. Mills, of Ridgetown. Later he entered the office of Foy
&
Kelly of Toronto, and after passing his necessary examinations, with
great
credit, was called to the Bar, in November 1889.
On Jan 10, 1890, Mr Gosnell announced himself ready for practice in Blenheim, and was so cordially received that it has been his home ever since. Since 1889, Mr Gosnell has been notary public. By the request and solicitation of the council of Blenheim he was appointed, June 23 1891, police magistrate of the town and ably performed the duties of that office until his resignation, which took place Aug 1 1902. He was ex-president of the East Kent Reform Association, having held that office for one term. Mr Gosnell was one of the trustees of the Ridgetown Colligate Institute appointed by the county council in 1901, being one of the three county representatives on the board. In fraternal life he has also been prominent and is a leading member of the I.O.O.F. and the Masons, having passed through the chairs of both of these orders.
Census:
1881:
Howard, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: James R. Gosnell
Mother: Anise Catherine (Hauser) Gosnell
Married: Mimi I. Coll. Mimi was born in
1897, and died in 1964, in Orford, Ontario.
Death: 18 November 1971, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Highgate,
Ontario
Sources:
Father: George Gosnell
Mother: Abigail (Baker) Gosnell
Married: Catherine D. Bentley. Catherine was born in 1849, in Ontario, and she died in 1913.
Children:
Death: 1913
Burial: Greenhill Cemetary, Kingshill, Ontario
Census:
1871:
Orford,
Bothwell, Ontario
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: William Gosnell
Mother: ? (Reycroft) Gosnell
Married: Margaret Gallagher (born 1810/11 in Ireland)
Children:
Notes:
Lived in Inchinagotagh, County Cork, Ireland. The family emigrated to
Rochester, New York before 1846, when their daughter Mary was born in
New York state.
Census:
1880:
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States
Source:
Father: Lawrence Gosnell
Mother: Eliza (Bowers) Gosnell
Married: Charlotte. Charlotte was born on 18 June 1847, in the USA, and she died in 1904.
Children:
Death: 1919, in Orford, Ontario, Canada
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Note that the 1881 census puts Charlotte's birthyear as 1849/50 while Bob Barker lists 18 June 1847.
Sources:
Father: Samuel George Gosnell
Mother: Margaret (Gallagher) Gosnell
Occupation: Carpenter
Census:
1880:
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States
Source:
Father: Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Caroline (Dobbyn) Gosnell
Death: 1856
Sources:
Source:
Father: John Gosnell
Mother: Sarah
Married: John Sheehan in 1802, in Ireland
Children:
Source:
Father: Thomas Gosnell
Mother: Mary (Wolfe) Gosnell
Married: Thomas Hatch (1798 - 1886), in 1825. Thomas was also born on Sherkin Island, and died in London, Ontario, Canada.
Children:
Notes:
Sarah Gosnell and Thomas Hatch and their family lived near Ottawa,
Ontario in 1829 which was three years before her parents went to
Bathurst
New Brunswick in 1832. Next they removed to the County of Carleton.
After residing there many years they retired from active life going to
Bay
City, Michigan, to live with their daughter, Mary A, and there the
mother died in 1884 - age 77 years. The aged father subsequently made
his home
with John G. Hatch and died in London township County of Middlesex,
Ontario in 1886 - age 88 years. Both parents were members of the Church
of England.
John Hatch, a brother of Thomas, was born in 1786 and married
Nancy Gosnell who was the youngest daughter of Lawrence and Catherine
(Salter) Gosnell.
She was born in the town of Baltimore County Cork Ireland and she and
her husband John Hatch immigrated to Canada in 1822 at the same time as
her
father [Lawrence and Catherine (Salter) Gosnell]. They settled on a
farm at Duart in Orford township County of Kent. Their children did not
grow
to maturity.
Source:
Married: Joseph Taylor
Children:
Source:
Father: James Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Mary (Webb) Gosnell
Married: James Ostrander. James was born in 1821, in Canada, and died in 1909. He was a merchant.
Children:
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Highgate, Ontario, Canada
Notes:
Sarah was a twin sister of Mary.
After her marriage to James Ostrander, the couple lived in St. Thomas,
Ontario for a while. The two elder children were born in Canada, and
the
family then moved to Michigan sometime between 1862 and 1867, where the
youngest daughter is born. In 1880, they are found in Loomis, Michigan.
Both Sarah and James are buried in the Gosnell Cemetary in Highgate,
Ontario.
Census:
1880:
Loomis, Isabella County, Michigan
Source:
Married: Henry Dorman
Source:
Father: Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Ester (Rushton) Gosnell
Notes: Never married
Source:
Father: Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Caroline (Dobbyn) Gosnell
Married (1st): Thomas Langtry in 1866, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada. Thomas was born in 1836.
Children:
Death: 20 July 1927, in Guilds, Ontario, Canada
Buried: Evergreen Cemetary, Blenheim, Ontario, along with her second husband, James
Notes: In her mother's obituary in January 1900, Sarah (Mrs. James Guilds) is noted to be living in the North West Territory, Canada.
Sources:
Father: James Gosnell
Mother: Ann (Gosnell) Gosnell
Married: John Baxter on 20 November 1888,
in Orford,
Ontario. She
was 46, single and living in Orford at the time and he ws 52, widowed
and living in Sombra,
Ontario.
John
Baxter was born in 1836 in Cumberland, England.
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Source:
Father: William James Gosnell
Mother: Catherine Jane (Gosnell) Gosnell
Census:
1881:
Mountain, Marquette, Manitoba
Sources:
Father: Lawrence Gosnell
Mother: Eliza (Bowers) Gosnell
Married: A. M. Burchell. Mr. Burchell was born in 1860, and he died on 6 May 1899.
Notes: Bob Barker lists a Fred W. Burchell
as the son of Sarah and A.M. Burchell. Fred died on 29 May 1893 at the
age of 25,
meaning he was born in 1868, and thus clearly not Sarah's son. Bob
further
notes that Fred lived with his uncle after his parents died. Since both
Sarah
and A.M. Burchell lived longer than Fred, I assume that Fred was in
fact
the nephew of A. M. Burchell.
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: James Sweetman Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Gallagher) Gosnell
Census:
1880:
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States
Source:
Father: John Gallagher Gosnell
Mother: Katherine Skuse
Married: Irving
E. Huff in 1913, in Rochester, New York, USA
Children:
Death: 14 February 1947, in Rochester, New York, USA
Buried: Mount Hope Cemetary, Rochester,
Monroe, New York
Web Links:
Gosnell
- Butterfield tree on Rootsweb
Sources:
Father: Thomas Hickey Gosnell
Mother: Margaret (McKenzie) Gosnell
Death: 27 February 1892, of diptheria, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Notes:
Sarah was known as known as "Nellie". She died in a diptheria outbreak
that also killed her brothers John and James Ross.
Sources:
Source:
Father: James Gosnell
Mother: Elizabeth (Salter) Gosnell
Married: David Latimer on 20 March 1872, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada. Witnesses were Joseph and Emma Ann Gosnell, of Orford. David was born in 1842/3 in Ontario, the son of William and Mary Latimer, and he was a farmer. At the time of his marriage he was living in Howard Township, Ontario.
Death: 20 April 1899
Census:
1881:
Howard, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: John Gosnell
Mother: Sarah
Married: Mary Wolfe, in 1803, in County Cork, Ireland. Mary was born in 1786, in Baltimore, County Cork, Ireland. She was the daughter of John Wolfe, a first cousin of General James Wolfe, and Sarah Swanton. She was a farmer's daughter, living on the road between Baltimore and Skibbereen.
Children:
Notes:
Thomas Gosnell was a sailor in his youth. He owned a sloop which he had
built himself, and by which he may have made his living. In 1810, when
he was 40 years of age, this sloop was wrecked, and as a consequence,
he may have given up his life on the sea. At any rate, he leased a farm
on Sherkin Island, from the Earl of Bantry. In 1830 this lease expired
and Thomas, now aged sixty, moved his family to the little townland of
Ballydehob, about ten
miles west of Skibberdeen. Two years later, in 1832, Thomas, Mary and
their
youngest children emigrated to Canada, and settled in Bathurst, New
Brunswick.
This was the same year that his brother, James
Joseph,
emigrated to Canada, and the two may well have made the crossing
together.
Web Links:
West
Cork Genealogy
Source:
Mother: Mary (Woulfe) Gosnell
Married: Nora (?) Croston
Children:
Father: Thomas Gosnell
Mother: Mary (Wolfe) Gosnell
Married (1st): Elizabeth Armstrong Scott on 16 January 1844, in Bathurst, New Brunswick. Elizabeth was born 16 January 1820, and died 7 June 1859.
Married (2nd): _____ (_____) Jackson. Mrs. Jackson was a widow at the time of her marriage to Thomas.
Children:
Death: 12 October 1876
Source:
Father: George Gosnell
Mother: Mary Ann (Rowe) Gosnell
Occupation: Labourer
Notes: With the number of Gosnells with the same first names in Orford, some of them started going by nicknames. Thomas was known as "Wolf".
I have tentatively identified Thomas in the 1881 census as shown. There is no other Thomas Gosnell in the clan that was born even close to this time, and in Ontario to boot, which means that this Thomas must have been a son of one of the early immigrants. He is listed as a labourer on the farm of his kinsman, Lawrence Gosnell, and living close to his brother George. This census entry shows Thomas as unmarried - Dan Carney mentions a discrepancy between his sources, some indicating that he was unmarried and some that he married a Sarah Wolfe. The census certainly supports the former contention.
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Source:
Father: William Gosnell
Mother: ? (Raycroft) Gosnell
Married: Anna (or perhaps Avis)
Children:
Notes:
Lived in Inchinagotagh, County Cork, Ireland. Thomas and his wife Anna
emigrated to Ponca, Nebraska, USA.
Source:
Father: James Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Mary (Webb) Gosnell
Death: in County Cork, Ireland
Notes:
Thomas died in infancy
Source:
Father: John Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Reeder) Gosnell
Married: Margaret Mary McKenzie on 9 May
1876, in Highgate, Ontario.
She
was 23, he was 25 and they were both single and residing in Orford at
the time. Margaret was born on 6 May 1853 and died on 20
May 1926 in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada.She was the daughter of
Alexander McKenzie and Isabella McDonald. Margaret's uncle,
James R. McDonald was the husband of Ellen R. Gosnell.
Children:
Death: 9 December 1922, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Highgate, Ontario, along with his wife, Margaret.
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
The 1881 census shows Thomas aged 30, indicating birth in 1850 or 1851, a slight discrepancy to the 29 May 1849 shown by Bob Barker. A larger discrepancy occurs with his wife Margaret. The census shows her aged 36 and thus born 1844 or 1845, a significant difference to the true 1853.
Source:
Father: Samuel George Gosnell
Mother: Margaret (Gallagher) Gosnell
Occupation: Cooper
Census:
1880:
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States
Source:
Father: James Gosnell
Mother: Elizabeth (Salter) Gosnell
Married: Maud Alexander Walker on 30 September 1889 in Hamilton, Ontario. Maud was born on 25 March 1862.
Children:
Sources:
Father: Edward Gosnell
Mother: Ann (Smith) Gosnell
Occupation: Farmer
Census:
1881:
Osprey, Grey East, Ontario
Sources:
Father: William James Gosnell
Mother: Catherine Jane (Gosnell) Gosnell
Census:
1881:
Mountain, Marquette, Manitoba
Sources:
Father: Thomas Hickey Gosnell
Mother: Margaret (McKenzie) Gosnell
Death: 1959, in Orford, Ontario, Canada
Sources:
Source:
Notes: In 1931, at the time of her father's
death, Veronica was married and living in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Sources:
Mother: Christena (Ferguson) Gosnell
Married (1st): Ida _____
Children:
Married (2nd): Mary Carter
Children:
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: John Joseph Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Reeder) Gosnell
Married: Martha Lowis Thomas on 10 September 1875. Martha was born on 3 November 1857 in Orford Township, Ontario, and died on 6 April 1923 in Oil Springs, Ontario, Canada.
Children:
Death: 9 July 1931, in Petrolia, Ontario, Canada
Buried: Oil Springs Cemetary, Oil Springs, Ontario, Canada. The funeral service was held at the home of his son, Perry Gosnell at Lot 9 Concession 1, Township of Enniskillen on Saturday 11 July 1931
Notes:
Known as "Wink".
Census:
1881:
Harwich, Kent, Ontario
Source:
Father: John Gosnell
Mother: Sarah
Married (1st): ? Reycraft circa 1800
Married (2nd): Unknown
Children:
Sources:
Father: William Gosnell
Mother: ? (Raycroft) Gosnell
Married: Frances Talbot
Notes:
Lived in Inchinagotagh, County Cork, Ireland.
Source:
Father: George Gosnell
Mother: Mary Ann (Rowe) Gosnell
Married: Catherine Jane Gosnell
Children:
Death: April 28 1910
Notes: With the number of Gosnells with the same first names in Orford, some of them started going by nicknames. William was known as "Blucher".
William and Catherine rented a farm of 50 acres south of Highgate where their large family was born. In 1877 they moved to Clearville in Orford township and rented the Patterson farm of 300 acres extending to the very shores of Lake Erie, Here the family remained till 1880 when they moved to a ranch (W1/2 16-2-10W) at Pilot Mound, Manitoba.
Census:
1881:
Mountain, Marquette, Manitoba (Note that the name
is mistranscribed as "Gornell")
Source:
Father: James Gosnell
Mother: Ann (Gosnell) Gosnell
Death: 17 January 1862, in Orford Township, Ontario, Canada, aged 27
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Highgate, Ontario
Source:
Married (1st): Mary _____. Mary was born in County Cork.
Married (2nd): Catherine _____
Notes:
William Gosnell lived at Schaheena Kara in Kilcoe Parish, County Cork
in the early 1800's.
Source:
Father: James Gosnell
Mother: Elizabeth (Salter) Gosnell
Married: Allie Mitton.
Children:
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Notes: William and Allie Gosnell resided in Ridgetown Ont
Sources:
Father: George Gosnell
Mother: Abigail (Baker) Gosnell
Source:
Father: Edward Gosnell
Mother: Ann (Smith) Gosnell
Occupation: Farmer
Census:
1881:
Osprey, Grey East, Ontario
Sources:
Father: James Sweetman Gosnell
Mother: Sarah (Gallagher) Gosnell
Married: Martina Fisher in Rochester, New York on 30 June 1897. William's brother, James Gosnell, officiated at the wedding.
Occupation: Shoemaker
Census:
1880:
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States
Source:
Father: William James Gosnell
Mother: Catherine Jane (Gosnell) Gosnell
Sources:
Father: Christopher W. Gosnell
Mother: Christena (Ferguson) Gosnell
Married: _____ Horspool
Children:
Death: 1935
Buried: Gosnell Cemetary, Lot Old 216, Highgate, Ontario
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Mother: Martha (Wilkins) Gosnell
Census:
1881:
Orford, Bothwell, Ontario
Sources:
Father: James R. Gosnell
Mother: Anise Catherine (Hauser) Gosnell
Married: Myrta I. Irvine, in Orford
Township, Ontario, Canada. Myrta was born in 1887 and died in 1923, in
Orford, Ontario.
Children:
Sources:
Mother: Nora (Craston) Gosnell
Children:
Source:Mother: Anna or Avis _____
Children:
Notes:Source:
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