William Archibald Ashby b. 2 Jul 1819 Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Apr 1899 Fallbrook, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada: Lanark County Origins

William Archibald Ashby

1819 - 1899 (79 years)

Name	William Archibald Ashby
Nickname	Will
Biography	1819	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Upper Canada
	https://familygenes.ca/bio/william-archibald-ashby-1819-1899/
Birth	2 Jul 1819	Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
Christening	Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
	Rev. William Bell, Presbyterian Minister, Perth
Gender	Male
Location-Witness	8 Sep 1820	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [1]
	Concession 10 Lot 19 SW - Crown Grant
	Role: Witness
Census	1842	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
	Canada
	William Ashby, born in Canada, 1 household member, C10 Lot 19 Bathurst Twp, Anglican Settled date of 1812 is in error and accurate date not known. William was born in 1819. There is no record of his father who appears to have died in 1846
Census	1851	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
	Agricultural Census - Concession 10 Lot 19 - 300 acres, 288 are wild, wooded
	12 acres improved; 6 under crops, 6 in pasture
		1851 Agricultural Census
Census	1851	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [2]
	Canada
		1851 Census Bathurst Lanark William Ashby pg1
		1851 Census Bathurst Lanark William Ashby pg2
Census	1861	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [3]
	Canada
	Wm 1819 & Eliz 1822 Isabella 1846; Ruth 1848; Susanna 1850; Elizabeth 1852; John 1854; Martha 1857; Harriet 1858 Thomas Ennis and family listed with William's family
		1861 Census Bathurst Lanark William Ashby
Census	1861	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [4]
	Canada Agricultural
Location	1861	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [4]
	Concession 10 Lot 17 NE, Lot 18 SW, Lot 19 SW
Census	1871	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [5]
	Canada
		1871 Bathurst Lanark William Ashby pg2
		1871 Bathurst Lanark William Ashby pg1
Census	1881	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [6]
	Canada
		1881 Census Bathurst Lanark William Ashby
Census	1891	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [7]
	Canada
	Name William Ashley Gender Male Marital Status Married Age 71 Birth Year 1820 Birthplace Ontario Relation to Head-of-house Head Religion Church of England French Canadian No Spouse's Name Elizabeth Ashley Father's Birth Place England Mother's Birth Place England Province Ontario District Number 84 District Lanark South Subdistrict Bathurst Others in Record Elizabeth Ashley, Martha Ashley
		1891 Census Bathurst Lanark William Archibald Ashby (Ashley)
FamilySearch ID	29C4-1W9
Name	Ashley
Name	Will Ashby
_UID	89976BB628D0435FA37EE8534F01CACD1E7F
Death	21 Apr 1899	Fallbrook, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [8]
	Grandma Mather's notes: 21 Apr Name William Ashby Gender Male Age 79 Birth Date 1820 Birth Place Bathurst, Ontario Death Date 20/04/1899 Death Place Lanark Ontario Canada Religion Presbyterian Cause of Death Old Age Lanark Era, 26 Apr 1899 Died On Saturday, 11th conc. Bathurst, Mr. Wllm. Ashby, aged 84 years. He was an uncle of Mr. Harry Johnston of Lanark. Burial at Playfair cemetery on Monday. Ashby In Bathurst, on April 22nd, William Ashby, aged 84 years.
		William Ashby Death
Burial	22 Apr 1899	Playfairville, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
Notes	(Research):E. Miller work started here, dated 5-11-1996 Farm Concession 10 (west of Fallbrook) NE 1/2 Lot 17 Bathurst Deed 1851 to William Ashby SW 1/2 Lot 18 Bathurst Deed 1851 to William Ashby SW 1/2 Lot 19 Bathurst Crown 1820 to Sgt John Ashby from England 1842 Census (Rankin Report?) Ashby, William - b. Canada 1812, settler in Bathurst, Con 10 Lot 19, Anglican 1851 Census for Bathurst, Lanark Cty, Canada West Schedule A, roll C_11721, pg. 121, 123 Line 22 William Ashby, 32, 1820, Upper Canada, Farmer, Episcopalian Eliza Ashby, 29, 1823, Ireland Issabella, 6, 1846, UC Ruth, 5, 1847, UC Susan Ashby, 3, 1849, UC Eliza, 1, 1851, UC Martha Foster, 20, 1832, UC 1861 Census William 42 Farmer b. Ontario C/E Con 10 Lot 18 Elizabeth 39 Housewife b. Ireland Isabella 15 Ruth 13 Susan 11 Elizabeth 9 John 7 Martha 4 Harriet 3
Person ID	I4390	Lanark County Origins \| My maternal grandmother's Lineage, This is my Maternal LIneage
Last Modified	21 Nov 2024

Father	Sgt John Ashby, b. 6 Oct 1769, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, West Midlands, England d. Aft Jun 1843, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years)
Mother	Susanna "Susan" Andrews, b. 15 Apr 1775, Hingham, Norfolk County, England d. Bef 1842, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 66 years)
Marriage	26 Feb 1816	St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Family ID	F1464	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Elizabeth B. Foster, b. 17 Feb 1823, Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland d. 3 Oct 1902, Fallbrook, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 79 years)

Marriage 7 Nov 1843 Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada

Event Description: found in church records by E. Miller
7 Nov 1843, Rev. Michael Harris, witnesses John Balderson and William Foster, found in E. Miller notes by Diane Miller Duncan

Children

+	1. Isabella Ashby, b. 18 Jan 1845, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Dec 1921, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 76 years)
	2. Ruth Ashby, b. 13 Feb 1848, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. Bef 1881 (Age 32 years)
+	3. Susan Rene Ashby, b. 21 Dec 1850, Fallbrook, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 2 Mar 1930, Tilson, RM of Albert, Municipality of Two Borders, Southwestern Census Division, Manitoba, Canada (Age 79 years)
+	4. Elizabeth "Eliza" Ashby, b. Dec 1851, Fallbrook, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 15 Oct 1920, Sherbrooke South Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 68 years)
+	5. John Ashby, b. 12 Apr 1854, Fallbrook, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 2 Aug 1926, Fallbrook, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 72 years)
	6. Harriet Ashby, b. 11 Nov 1858, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 16 Jun 1935, Pipestone, Virden Census Division, Manitoba, Canada (Age 76 years)
+	7. Martha Ashby, b. 9 Sep 1859, Fallbrook, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 6 Sep 1934, Fallbrook, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 74 years)
+	8. William Samuel Ashby, b. 18 May 1862, Fallbrook, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 13 Mar 1913, Fallbrook, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 50 years)

Family ID F1339 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 4 Mar 2024

Sources

[S311] Ontario., Ontario, Land Registry Access (ONLAND), (Teranet Inc. ONLAND.CA -Ontario Land Registry Access . onland.ca), Patent, 8 Sep 1820, "Ontario, Bathurst, Concession 10," ONLAND.CA -Ontario Land Registry Access?(onland.ca : accessed 6 Jul 2019) (Reliability: 3).
[S128] Canada, 1851 Census, ((http://ancestry.ca)), William Ashby family. (Reliability: 3).
[S58] Public Archives of Canada, Canada, 1861 Census, ((http://ancestry.ca)), accessed 15 Apr 2019), William Ashby household; Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1041. (Reliability: 3).
[S58] Public Archives of Canada, Canada, 1861 Census, ((http://ancestry.ca)), accessed 15 Apr 2019), William Ashby Agricultural Census 1861; Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1043. (Reliability: 3).
[S120] Public Archives of Canada, Canada, 1871 Census, ((http://ancestry.ca)), accessed 2 Jul 2018), Willilam Ashby Household; Year: 1871; Census Place: Bathurst, Lanark South, Ontario; Roll: C-10017; Page: 36; Family No: 111. (Reliability: 3).
[S317] Statistics Canada Fonds, Record Group 31-C-1. LAC microfilm C-13162 to C-13286. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa., Canada, 1881 Census, ((http://ancestry.ca)), accessed 2 Jul 2018), William Ashby Household; Year: 1881; Census Place: Bathurst, Lanark South, Ontario; Roll: C_13233; Page: 18; Family No: 71. (Reliability: 3).
[S330] Government of Canada, Canada, 1891 Census, ((http://ancestry.ca)), accessed 15 Jan 2019), William Ashby Household; Year: 1891; Census Place: Bathurst, Lanark South, Ontario; Roll: T-6349; Family No: 25; pg 5. (Reliability: 3).
[S54] Ontario. Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010., Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1947, (Ancestry.ca :n.d.), Lanark." 1898, 014251, William Ashby, accessed 15 Apr 2019. (Reliability: 3).
Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 92

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