George Code

Abt 1800 - 1887  (~ 86 years)

• Name	George Code
  Birth	Abt Dec 1800	Croneleagh, Half Barony Shillelagy, County Wicklow, Ireland
  	also listed as Cronlea, Mullancuff Parish, Shillelagh, Wicklow Co., Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Residence	11 Nov 1821	Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Concession 12 L4W
  Land & Property	1829	Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Concession 12 L4W
  	MS693-Reel 119-Scan 35- Codd -and others
  Census	1871	Elma Twp, Perth County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Canada
  		1871 Census Elma Perth County George Code
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	94894511
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94894511
  _UID	57310ACEE0684ECF80F929AF2B47E98DFEAC
  Death	20 Mar 1887	Ewart, Manitoba, Canada
  Burial	Elma Centre Cemetery, North Perth County, Ontario, Canada
  		George Code Memorial
  Notes	(Research):1820 Emigration from Armagh I am indebted to the many researchers who have contacted me in the process of searching for their Irish roots, who have contributed pieces of the puzzle which unfolds below. After several years it remains a partially solved puzzle, and I welcome future contributions to this page from the folks whose ancestors lived at one time in Armagh, Ireland. Before I begin, let me lay out what this story is about, and how it impacted the people who participated in it. British North America was sparsely populated at the time of the War of 1812, when the expansionist attempted and failed to annex its northern neighbor - which was still some 50 years away from being a country in its own right. The border with the United States the St. Lawrence River, as seen in the map below, had its settlements at Prescott, Elizabethtown (Brockville), Gananoque and Kingston and a farming population which was pushing slowly northward. Roads were little more than forest trails, and transport was largely by foot. Could this rural backwash sustain another American attack? It seemed unlikely, when the idea emerged that the area not right on the border could be opened up to farming settlement, and that it could be populated by settlers experienced in defending themselves - who would form militias to do so when required. What better place to find such settlers than in the aftermath of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Government official, Peter Robinson (Peterborough was named after him) got the job done - transporting settlers in 1823 and 1825 - which initiated a steady stream of emigration. While the largely Protestant loyalists had emerged victorious, the aftereffects of a viciously fought war had rendered their previous hegemony precarious at best and about to crumble at worst. Here were a rag tag people, loyal to their Crown and fervent about their religion - who were unwelcome where they lived. It was time for them to move, and the attraction of support by the Crown, the hope of a promised land, pushed them to step forward. Few were prepared for what they would find - eight miserable weeks at sea - rampant infection aboard ship - and then a trek through heavily forested  no man's land to more heavily forested 100 acre bush lots - which would, for the most part, have to be cleared before they could grow anything - or own the land. Two stirring accounts of their experience have survived. The first account involved my CODD relatives from Aghold Wicklow who travelled on the Mary & Bell in 1817. They would venture as far as Kitley Township, and would establish an inn where the road forked - one trail going north to Perth and the other northeast to what would eventually become Smiths Falls. Many settlers would sojourn at Kitley before moving northward, and some would return here to settle. The second account of a traveller on the 1821 voyage of the David of London details the travails of Scottish settlers, escaping overpopulation, who would find different difficulties here - but never overpopulation.
  Person ID	I21712	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Thomas Code, Sr.,   b. Abt 1773, Wicklow, County Wicklow, Ireland d. 23 Jul 1852, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 79 years)
  Mother	Lady Elizabeth Twamley,   b. Abt 1778, Ireland d. Abt 1839, Innisville, Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 61 years)
  Family ID	F7378	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Thomas Code, Sr.,   b. Abt 1773, Wicklow, County Wicklow, Ireland d. 23 Jul 1852, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 79 years)
  Family ID	F9912	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Pearl Boyd,   b. Abt 1803, Keady, County Armagh, Ireland d. 29 Mar 1865, Ewart, Manitoba, Canada (Age ~ 62 years)
  Marriage	20 Feb 1824	Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Children	+ 1. Samuel Code,   b. 4 Dec 1824, Boyd's Methodist Cemetery, Innisville, Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Aug 1891, Elma Twp, Perth County, Ontario, Canada (Age 66 years) + 2. Thomas Code,   b. 4 Nov 1827, Boyd's Settlement, Lanark Township, Lanark, Ontario, Canada d. 6 Oct 1904, Trowbridge, Ontario, Canada (Age 76 years) + 3. George Code,   b. 28 Aug 1829, Boyd's Settlement, Lanark Township, Lanark, Ontario, Canada d. 12 Sep 1890, Ewart, Manitoba, Canada (Age 61 years) + 4. Elizabeth Code,   b. 1 May 1831, Trowbridge, North Perth, Perth, Ontario, Canada d. 5 Apr 1920, Clinton, Huron, Ontario, Canada (Age 88 years) + 5. Margaret Code,   b. 17 Apr 1834, Boyd's Settlement, Lanark Township, Lanark, Ontario, Canada d. 24 Dec 1893, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 59 years) + 6. John Richard Code,   b. 12 May 1847, Boyd's Settlement, Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Mar 1922, Trowbridge Twp, Perth County, Ontario, Canada (Age 74 years) + 7. Rachel Code,   b. 17 May 1847, Kitley Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada d. 20 Feb 1931, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States (Age 83 years)   8. William Code,   b. Abt 1848, Boyd's Settlement, Lanark Township, Lanark, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F7459	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - Concession 12 L4W - 11 Nov 1821 - Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Marriage - 20 Feb 1824 - Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Land & Property - Concession 12 L4W - 1829 - Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census - Canada - 1871 - Elma Twp, Perth County, Ontario, Canada Burial - - Elma Centre Cemetery, North Perth County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  1871 Census Elma Perth County George Code

  
  

• Sources

  [S99] Book, History of the County of Peterborough, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: C. Blackett Robinson, 5 Jordan Street, publisher, 1884.), accessed 4 Jul 2018), George Code Household; Year: 1871; Census Place: Elma, Perth North, Ontario; Roll: C-9941; Page: 32; Family No: 114., 971.363 H39 BR C.1. (Reliability: 3).