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Note H01055 Index

The date of the marriage is taken from the County Marriage registers of Ontario, Vol. 17 for Perth County compiled by Elizabeth Hancocks in 1986. This marriage in found on page 46. I am interpreting Fullarton as the place of marriage; it may be just where he is from. The presiding clergy man was Campbell

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Note H00024 Index

I put her birth in about 1805 as in the 1841 census, she is the same age as her husband William.

There are a few persons named Ham in the 1841 census for Lanreath but they all seem to be spread around and her parents do not appear.

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Note H01056 Index

The witnesses to the marriage were Elizabeth Haley (my great grandmother) and Thomas Bridgeman (groom's brother). The presiding minister was John Wakefield.

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Note H01057 Index

Their marriage is registered as 00868 in the 3d volume of 1879 for Perth County, Blanchard Township at page 338. He is 22, she 21. He is from West Nissouri, she from Blanchard. He is a farmer. His parents are those noted on the family page, hers are now noted there too. They are both noted as being born in Ontario but, of course, it was Canada West at the time they were born. The witnesses were Archibald Moir (her brother?) and John H. Cormer(?). both of Blanchard. He is shown as a Methodist and she a Baptist. The Reverend James G. Calder officiated.

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Note H00025 Index

He is described as a "sojourner" which may mean different things. In the later entries in the Boconnoc parish registers, he is shown as a "labourer." There is an Isaac Haley, "widower" who marries an Anne Rowe on October 11, 1807. Is this he, or a cousin? He would have been 55 years old then. There are 2 "Anne Haleys" buried in Boconnoc. The first one on June 28, 1805, aged 55 and the second on March 25, 1820, aged 75. For the moment, I am going to guess that his first wife died in 1895 and that he remarried to another Anne in 1807 who then died in 1820. On the other hand there was an Anne Rowe baptised in 1787, so perhaps the Anne who died in 1820 was not his wife. After all, there were literally dozens of Haleys around there.

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Note H01058 Index

This marriage is registered as 007789 on page 195 of 3d volume for 1887. She is shown as 25 so must have been born after April 6, 1861. He is shown as residing in West Nissouri but born in Blanchard. She was both born and was residing in West Nissouri. Her parents are as noted. This time her name is spelled "Christiana." The witnesses were Moses and Crittria(?) Broughton of West Nissouri. The ceremony was performed by J. W. Bring(?).

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Note H00026 Index

This is the baptism date for a Thomas Ham, in the Broadoak parish records. It may or may not be him. As well, the record has only one "m" in his father's last name.

This note appears in Reflections on a Haley Picnic: He was a soldier and fought in the Battle of Waterloo under Wellington. All our people in England were nearly all soldiers or sailors." The Battle of Waterloo occurred in June 1815 which would make him in his forties. This is possible but calls into question the accuracy of the note.

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Note H01059 Index

Their marriage was registered as #7783 for 1887 on page 192 of the register for that year. He was shown as age 28; she as 24. He was born and was living in West Nissouri at the time of the marriage; she likewise. He was a farmer. The witnesses were Albert Haley and J. Eunice McFarlane. He was Methodist; she likewise. They were married by J. W. Pring(?), Minister.

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Note H01060 Index

I say that it must have been after April 1891 as she was a widow living with her parents in that census.

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Note H00027 Index

Her date of death is the date of her burial. The parish record says that she died at age 72, which would have her born in the year before January 1775. I believe her parents to be Moses and Elizabeth Harris of Trebarret Gate.