1. | Elizabeth Gibson was born on 25 Mar 1837 in Wigan, Lancashire, England; died on 25 May 1916 in Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
- _UID: 777F0D8528744347AF6130EFD26BFAB4C86C
- Immigration-Witness: 1842, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; from Wigan, Lancashire, England
- Census-Household Member: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
- Census-Household Member: 1861, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
Notes:
Immigration-Witness:
Role: Witness
"They left Liverpool on a sailing vessel that took six weeks to make the crossing to Montreal. They had got within a few days of Montreal when a storm from the west blew them back out into the Atlantic. During the voyage the two older girls , Mary and Sarah, prepared the meals. From Montreal they made their way to Brockville, Ontario where they spent the winter and then went up to Perth area where they rented farms for a number of years, including Bromley, a hamlet about 5 miles NW of Perth(sic, actually in Renfrew county) (where their youngest son James was born).The Bromley place may have been rented from the McNabs and if so, it would mark the beginning of a long-standing inter-family association.
On the 13th of May 1867 John purchased, for 800 pounds, the SW 1/2 and NE 1/2 of Lot 16, Bathurst Twp. Lanark Co. from Thomas Wilson, son of John's uncle George Wilson. George had settled there in 1816 and had encouraged John to emmigrate to the Perth area. George Wilson* built the wood frame portion of what we call the "Gibson family home" in the 1830's on the SW 1/2 of lot 16. John later acquired the adjoining southern portion of lot 17 (see photo of 1850's map), giving him a total of about 300 acres. In the 1880's John's son William built a larger brick house, attaching the old wood frame building to the rear of it.
?i?Posted 04 May 2012 by grantg5
Obit suggest that he arrived in 1845.?/i?
Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member
Neighbours of Alexander A. & Margaret McDonald
Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member
Elizabeth married George Wilson on 6 Jan 1862 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. George (son of John Wilson and Mary Taylor Forgie) was born on 19 Mar 1836 in Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 12 Jan 1915 in Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. John Lindsay Wilson
was born in 1864 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1897.
- 3. Agnes Murray Wilson
was born in 1866 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1939.
- 4. George Newton Wilson
was born in 1867 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1943.
- 5. Gilbert Graham Wilson
was born in 1868 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1891.
- 6. Arthur William Wilson
was born in Sep 1870 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1891.
- 7. Dr. Andrew Fenwick Wilson
was born in 1874; died in 1952.
- 8. Isaac Leslie Wilson
was born in 1877; died in 1921.
- 9. Margaret Elizabeth Wilson
was born in 1880; died in 1965.
- 10. Mary Ester Forgie Wilson
was born in 1883; died in 1939.
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