DODSWORTH....origins YORKSHIRE, England
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DODSWORTH in

1871 Census ONTARIO

HOMESTEAD
in Bentinck Township
Dodsworth - Firbanks Line

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DODSWORTHS Wed 50 Years

PAYNTON,Saskachewan
about 1950
MYLES CAMPBELL DODSWORTH and
IBERNIA nee McFARLANE
McFarlane Family
MEAFORD, Ontario

SURNAMES

BROWN DALE PETER DODSWORTH DOUGLAS EDWARDS FERGUSON GOULD HARRISON HOLDERNESS IBBITSON KLINKENBEARD LEWIS MASHINTER PIERCEY PROCTOR SUNTER WALKER WISHART WOODS

DODSWORTH Folks
  • MEAFORD, Ontario
    later
  • PAYNTON, Saskachewan
    between North Battleford and Lloydminster
MYLES - born MEAFORD, Ontario
  • on Georgian Bay
  • and was my uncle Walter's father
Walter was a Mountie at Ottawa.
My early days were with the Dodsworth family in Ottawa, Canada. I spent the 1948 summer at Paynton.

I remember 1948
workers erecting poles for electric power - a new thing on the horizon in 1948. Until that year electricity hadn't come to that part of Saskachewan, but they did have telephones, the magneto ones with a crank on the side.

I remember the "COMMUNITY RING"
which everyone answered and Mr. Dodsworth listening at the phone, the look on his face as he listened and visualised the "community news" of the day, at Paynton, Saskachewan

The pleasant smell of a coal oil lamp was a familiar household characteristic and a luxury was a Coleman lantern.

I remember
the CASE eagle, standing on the world, in front of the tractor garage on the main street across from the railroad station where steam engines would stop every day and dazzle us kids with their panting, hissing and welcome smell of hot oil and grease.

1948 - It was a good summer for an eight year old kid, from Ottawa, with relatives in Saskachewan

I remember,
as a kid at Paynton, climbing into a big round General Steel Wares galvanized tub, in the middle of the kitchen floor, in front of the wood stove, to have a bath.

The water
was heated in buckets on the wood stove.

Myles and Ibernia
seemed to know what to do.

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Prior to living at
PAYNTON, Saskachewan
the DODSWORTH family lived at OUTLOOK, Saskachewan

Coincidental
happening

My brother ALAN PACE married SHIRLEY OGDEN nee SCHROEDER 1970 at Oakville, Ontario

When ALAN and SHIRLEY honeymooned, they visited ALAN's uncle WALTER DODSWORTH and aunt JESSIE in Victoria, BC.

WALTER was brought up near OUTLOOK, Saskachewan

SHIRLEY had an aunt from a town near OUTLOOK, Saskachewan

They discovered WALTER had dated an aunt of Shirley in his early days, in that small Saskachewan town.

He had taken Shirley's aunt a beauquet of flowers in his earlier days

....Trivial stuff
but what makes life
what it is

I had some happy memories
with the Dodsworths.
I could write more.
Maybe I will

This is where my
early childhood memory
and conscious visual life
commences

In my early days,
  • about 1940 I was brought to Canada during WW2 from Birmingham, UK, when cities were evacuated of children during the war.
  • I lived in the same county of Nova Scotia as these Ibbitsons & Dodsworths, but with BENNETT relatives at WALLACE. See BENNETT page
  • Later, I was taken to OTTAWA to live with a family of my father's sister, who had married a DODSWORTH.
  • It's unknown if those Dodsworths were related to the following DODSWORTHS of Nova Scotia, Ohio, New York state.
  • I hope you're not too confused with this.
- LOOK - you'll even see these NOVA SCOTIA Dodsworth-Tuttle folk lived at WALLACE NS - same area as my BENNETTS. What do you make of that !! - GPace

  

IBBITSON

Myles & Bernia DODSWORTH
  • had two children
  • Walter and Violet Dodsworth
  • Violet married Roy IBBITSON of the Nova Scotia IBBITSON clan
  • descendents of
    THOMAS IBBITSON 1844-1923
    and ELIZA OLIVER 1853-1913
click here - for ROY's family and links to other IBBITSON history sites

IBBITSON & DODSWORTH families are found in the same YORKSHIRE parishes

click Here
- IBBITSON lineage -
assembled by
MARTIN LUND
(Ibbitson historian)

Marty Lund says
My Lund, Ibbitson and Towse ancestors came from Yorkshire England to
New Brunswick Canada
in 1816-1820
The earliest known in Canada married as follows:

see more of Marty's ancestral story - Click Here

letters - from related folk

WILLIAM DODSWORTH
+ MARIA HOLDERNESS
    Pocklington, Yorkshire
    moved to Canada in 1847 with children
  • JOHN DODSWORTH b 1829
    + SARAH
    • Ann Jane (died age 4)
    • Susan Sarah b 1865
      + John William FURGUSON
        widower of cousin MARIA below
        m 22 June 1898 Chiltenham, Ontario
      • Charles Herbert Ferguson b 1898
      • Mary Isabelle Ferguson b 1900
      • Jack Dodsworth Connor Ferguson
      • Thomas Edward Ferguson
      • Edith Beatrice Ferguson
    • WILLIAM DODSWORTH b 1831
    • JANE DODSWORTH b 1834
    • JAMES DODSWORTH b 1835
    • MARY DODSWORTH b 1835
      + MATTHEW DALE

    • THOMAS DODSWORTH b 1837
      + MARY ANN
      • SARAH DODSWORTH b 1853
        + WILLIAM HARRISON
          m 22 Oct. 1879 in Peel Co. Ontario

      • WILLIAM DODSWORTH b 1862
        + SARAH WALKER
          m 10 Nov.1886 Peel Co.

      • MARIA DODSWORTH b 1866
          possibly died prior to 1898
          when JOHN WILLIAM m cousin
          Susan Sarah Dodsworth b 1865
        + JOHN WILLIAM FERGUSON
          m 3 Sept.1890 Brampton,Peel Co.
        • George Oliver Ferguson b 1890
        • Lillian Elizabeth Ferguson b 1892

      • ELIZABETH DODSWORTH b 1867
        + JOHN DOUGLAS
          m 24 Sept.1887 Winnipeg,Manitoba

      • JANE (Jennie) DODSWORTH
        + SAMUEL EDWARDS
          m 2 Dec.1891 Winnipeg, Manitoba

      • PHOEBE ANN DODSWORTH
        + WILLIAM HENRY WOODS
          m 24 Oct.1900 Winnipeg, Manitoba

      • THOMAS DODSWORTH
      • FRANK ALEXANDER DODSWORTH b 1892
      • ELLEN (Nellie) DODSWORTH b 1894

      • THOMAS LLOYD DODSWORTH b 1899
        + CATHERINE HUSBAND DEWAR WISHART
          m 17 Nov.1922 Winnipeg

    • PETER DODSWORTH - born 1841 Yorkshire, Eng.
      + JANE PIERCEY - daughter of
      JANE was married four times
      1. first in 1864 to William PROCTOR
      2. 1869 to Henry BROWN
      3. after 1873 to Peter DODSWORTH
      4. and in 1888 to Abel GOULD

      The children were step-children of
      Abel GOULD and his wife, JANE

      1. Mary Elizabeth 'Minnie' DODSWORTH
          - b 24 Aug 1879 Albion Twp.
          age 11 in 1891 Census
          Township of St. Vincent, MEAFORD Ontario
      2. Martha Ann DODSWORTH
          - b 24 Aug 1879 Albion Twp.
          age 11 in 1891 Census
          Township of St. Vincent, MEAFORD Ontario
          m ALEXANDER GILRAY 12 Jun 1904
      3. Myles Campbell DODSWORTH
          - age 9 in 1891 Census
          Township of St. Vincent, MEAFORD Ontario
          m IBERNIA McFARLANE 2 Sept 1903 Thornbury

    • ELIZABETH DODSWORTH b 1841
      + JOSEPH LEWIS
      m 22 Nov. 1860 York, Ontario

      1. WILLIAM LEWIS b 1861
      2. JOHN LEWIS b 1864
      3. JOSEPH LEWIS b 1866
      4. THOMAS LEWIS b 1869
      5. PETER LEWIS b 1871
      6. MARGARET LEWIS b 1873
      7. ROBERT LEWIS b 1879
      8. FREDERICK LEWIS b 1885

GILRAY-DODSWORTH

Hi Gord,
Thought you might like this photo.
Also found a little more info:
  • Jane's other BROWN child was
    ISAAC W. BROWN, b Mar 1872.
  • Jane and Peter Dodsworth had another dau., MARIA, born c 1877.
  • MYLES lived with his half-brother,
    ISAAC BROWN, in 1901.
  • MYLES' birthdate is given as 20 Oct 1880.

JANE PIERCEY 1844-1920
b 1 Mar 1844 Toronto Township
d 30 July 1920 St. Vincent Township,

  1. JANE m 1st 1864
    WILLIAM PROCTOR
    They had two sons,
    JOSEPH and WILLIAM.
  2. JANE m 2nd 1869
    HENRY BROWN.
    So far, I have only found one daughter, ISABEL, but I think I will be able to find out more when I check the 1881 Census.
  3. JANE m 3rd 1876 - PETER DODSWORTH.
    So far, I have the children as
    MARY ELIZABETH, MARTHA ANN
    and MYLES CAMPBELL    .
  4. JANE m 4th 1888
    ABEL GOULD.

DJ Hamilton,Ont

From a descendent
Apr 2008 comes new info to add to lineage at left

I am a direct descendant of THOMAS DODSWORTH
son of WILLIAM DODSWORTH and MARIA HOLDERNESS
of Yorkshire, England

and also brother of PETER DODSWORTH who married JANE PIERCEY who appears pretty central to your web site.

I can draw a detailed history of Thomas, Peter and their families both forward to now, and backward to their origins in Yorkshire, if you are interested and still around!
SEND COMMENT
S.Schnurr" Ontario, Canada

I found your website while searching for the name
MYLES DODSWORTH.

MYLES DODSWORTH, age 9, born Ontario, was in the 1891 Census of the Township of St. Vincent. Meaford is in St. Vincent Twp.

Myles had a sister, Minnie E. Dodsworth, age 11 in 1891. They were step-children of Abel GOULD and his wife, JANE.

I am going to do some further research on this, but I believe they were Jane's children. I also believe she was Jane PIERCEY who was married four times - first in 1864 to William PROCTOR, then in 1869 to Henry BROWN, then after 1873 to Mr. DODSWORTH and in 1888 to Abel GOULD.

This is what I found tonight:

  • Mary Elizabeth Dodsworth, b 24 Aug 1879 Albion Township
  • and Martha Ann Dodsworth, b 24 Aug 1879 Albion Township
    twin daughters of Peter Dodsworth and Jane Piercey
MARTHA ANN DODSWORTH 22, of Euphrasia (Twp.)
b "Tobocoe"???, (sounds like Etobicoke) Spinster, dau of Peter Dodsworth and Jane Percy m ALEXANDER GILRAY (name Fraser is written above Alexander), 28, of Euphrasia, b Euphrasia, son of Thos GILRAY and Ellen ATKINS on 12 June 1904 in Euphrasia Township

I also noticed in the marriage of
MARTHA ANN DODSWORTH to ALEXANDER GILRAY
that a witness was
MINNIE DODSWORTH
- so this wasn't Minnie! Minnie must have been the twin,
MARY ELIZABETH DODSWORTH!
(The 1891 census says she was 11, so this would fit with her birthdate in Aug 1879.)
So I'll have to check again for a Mary or Minnie in the marriages.

Death Notice:
JANE PIERCY GOULD

  • b 1st Mar 1844 Peel County, Ontario
  • d 30 July 1920 St. Vincent Twp., Grey County, Ontario
  • buried Meaford.
  • dau of James Piercy
  • reported by husband, Abel Gould

MYLES CAMPBELL DODSWORTH, 22

  • of Tp. St. Vincent, b Tp Euphrasia
  • Bachelor, Farmer
  • (obviously should be Piercey)
m IBERNIA McFARLANE, 23
  • of Tp. St. Vincent, b Tp. St. Vincent
  • Spinster, dau of Charles McFarlane and Isabella Dee(gan?)
  • on 2 Sept 1903 at THORNBURY, Ontario

DODSWORTHS Wed 50 Years

Myles Campbell DODSWORTH
 and wife Ibernia nee McFARLANE
PAYNTON, Saskachewan about 1950

Death:

JANE PIERCY GOULD

  • b 1st Mar 1844 Peel County, Ontario
  • d 30 July 1920 St. Vincent Twp., Grey County, Ontario
  • buried Meaford.
  • dau of James Piercy reported by husband, Abel Gould

Couldn't find Peter Dodsworth's death registration.

I checked the Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid (OCFA)

  • and found only one Peter Dodsworth
  • - buried at New England Methodist Cemetery,
    Euphrasia Township, Grey County!
This has to be the right person!

So....it looks like the families we are researching are the same!
I will have to do some further checking.

If you check the World Connect Project at Rootsweb.com and enter the name Jane Piercey, you will find my gedcom.

Jane was a daughter of

  • James PIERCEY and Isabella MASHINTER.
  • Isabella was a sister of my ancestor, Richard MASHINTER.
  • Both were children of George and Elizabeth MASHITER
    (note different spelling).

DJ Hamilton, Ontario

Descendants of
PETER DODSWORTH & JANE PIERCEY

1 William Dodsworth - b Yorkshire
+ Maria

Also, thanks to:
Harley Bearse-guidance councellor
and Lawrence W. Waddell-principal-
.....Delta Secondary School, Hamilton,Ontario
.....for their much appreciated help, in those difficult and turbulent years.

1871 census - Province of ONTARIO
shows 3 Dodsworths - possibly related

1871 Census

Possible ancestors of MYLES DODSWORTH
from IGI & ONTARIO CENSUS of 1871
(not confirmed)

DODSWORTH, Meria - Sex : Female
Age in 1871: 66 Calculated birthdate: 1804-1805
Birthplace : England
Ethnic origin : English
Religious affil. : Wesleyan Methodist
Province: Ontario PEEL County, Chinguacousy Township

NAC microfilm roll # : C-9958
Page : 42
Comment : Surname different than head of household.
Census Index: Ontario, Canada, 1871

DODSWORTH, Walter - Sex : Male
Age in 1871 : 35
Calculated birthdate : 1835-1836
Birthplace : England
Ethnic origin : English
Religious affil. : Wesleyan Methodist
Occupation : Farmer
Province : Ontario, Huron South, Goderich Township

NAC microfilm roll # : C-9930
Page : 23
Comment : Head of household.
Census Index: Ontario, Canada, 1871

the above WALTER DODSWORTH's
CHRISTENING could fit below
considering the "calculated" date
in the 1871 ONTARIO census
Calculated birthdate: 1835-1836

WALTER DODSWORTH
chr 11 Apr 1836 at Topcliffe by Thirsk, Yorkshire
....father ANTHONY DODSWORTH
....mother Ann

ANTHONY DODSWORTH
chr 8 May 1810 at Coverham with Horse, Yorkshire
....father ANTHONY DODSWORTH
....mother ESTHER

DODSWORTH, John - Sex : Male
Age in 1871 : 1 Calculated birthdate : 1870-1871
Birthplace : Ontario
Religious affil. : Wesleyan Methodist
Province : Ontario - Huron South, Goderich Township

Division : 4
NAC microfilm roll # : C-9930
Page : D
Comment : From death schedule.
Census Index: Ontario, Canada, 1871

From the IGI:

WALTER DODSWORTH
chr 11 Apr 1836
at Topcliffe by Thirsk, Yorkshire
....father ANTHONY DODSWORTH
....mother Ann

ANTHONY DODSWORTH
chr 8 May 1810
at Coverham with Horse, Yorkshire
....father ANTHONY DODSWORTH
....mother ESTHER

ALSO SEE:
Dishforth, Marton le Moor, & Skipton upon Swale

ELIZABETH DODSWORTH
Spouse: ANTHONY WEBSTER
Marriage: 26 NOV 1759
Topcliffe By Thirsk
Batch Number: M104761

JOHN DODSWORTH
Christening: 23 MAR 1765
Topcliffe By Thirsk
Father: THOS. DODSWORTH
Batch Number: C104761

THOS. DODSWORTH
Christening: 02 DEC 1766
Topcliffe By Thirsk, Yorkshire
Father: THOS. DODSWORTH
Batch Number: C104761

WILLIAM DODSWORTH
Christening: 20 JAN 1769
Topcliffe By Thirsk, Yorkshire
Father: THOS. DODSWORTH
Batch Number: C104761

WILLIAM DODSWORTH
Christening: 22 JAN 1769
Topcliffe By Thirsk, Yorkshire
Father: THOMAS DODSWORTH
Batch Number: C104762

JOHN DODSWORTH
Spouse: JANE BARKER
Marriage: 07 JAN 1792
Topcliffe By Thirsk
Batch Number: M104761

CHRISTOPHER DODSWORTH
Spouse: SARAH IDDISON
(probably IBBITSON)
Marriage: 28 NOV 1803 Topcliffe By Thirsk, Yorkshire
Batch Number: M104761

JOHN DODSWORTH
Birth: 09 SEP 1805
Christening: 06 OCT 1805
Topcliffe By Thirsk, Yorkshire
Father: CHRISTOPHER DODSWORTH
Mother: SARAH IDDISON
Batch Number: C104762

JANE DODSWORTH
Birth: 14 MAY 1808
Christening: 19 MAY 1808
Topcliffe By Thirsk
Father: CHRISTOPHER DODSWORTH
Mother: SARAH IDDISON
Batch Number: C104762

MARY DODSWORTH
Christening: 20 SEP 1846
Skipton Upon Swale, Yorkshire
Father: JOHN DODSWORTH
Mother: ELIZABETH
C105701

ELLEN WHARTON DODSWORTH
Christening: 11 APR 1847
Topcliffe By Thirsk, Yorkshire
Father: ANTHONY DODSWORTH
Mother: ANN
Batch Number: C104764

MARIANNE DODSWORTH
Christening: 25 MAR 1849
Topcliffe By Thirsk, Yorkshire
Father: ANTHONY DODSWORTH
Mother: ANN
Batch Number: C104764

WILLIAM DODSWORTH
Christening: 19 JUN 1853
Topcliffe By Thirsk
Father: THOMAS DODSWORTH
Mother: MARY
Batch Number: C104764

DODSWORTH from Yorkshire
to Nova Scotia and Ohio - early 1800s

Much of OHIO DODSWORTH info is from PAM GOODMAN who got all her information on MARMADUKE DODSWORTH from the CINCINNATI PUBLIC LIBRARY

THOMAS, his brother MARMADUKE
and METCALF, son of Marmaduke

THOMAS remained in NOVA SCOTIA
MARMADUKE and METCALF went to OHIO

click here - Ohio 1850 census - Dodsworths

Dodsworths were in
Cumberland County, Nova Scotia towns of Parrsboro, Wallace, Mill Village, Spring Hill.

THOMAS DODSWORTH b 1801 England
- married 22 May 1821 Cumberland Co, N.S.
+ AMY/AMEY HARRISON
b 27 June 1794 Nova Scotia m 1821
daughter of LUKE, son of JOHN HARRISON b abt 1720 Low Moor, RILLINGTON, near MALTON & NORTON, between YORK & SCARBOROUGH Yorkshire England

  • MARK VALENTINE DODSWORTH 1822-1887
    b 14 Feb 1822-1887 Dec 12 a machinist by trade
    + ABIGAIL HATFIELD 1842-1863
    b 17 May 1842-1863 Oct 06
    • TALBERT MELBY DODSWORTH b 1865
    • LILA MAY DODSWORTH 23 Jan 1866
    • LESLIE STERLING DODSWORTH 30 Sept 1870
    • BURPIE H. DODSWORTH b 07 Feb 1875

  • MARGARET DODSWORTH 1824-1841
    - b 13 Nov 1824-1841 Jul 14

  • GEORGE DODSWORTH
    b 02 Jun 1826-1908 Nov 28 shoemaker
    + OLIVIA HATFIELD 1829-1907
    b O3 Jun 1829 - 1907 Dec O6

    • ELLEN JANE DODSWORTH b 1856
      + GEORGE MILLS TUTTLE
      - b 1852 WALLACE NS - m 03 Jul 1884
      • ELDRED TUTTLE b 1879
      • MELBY TUTTLE b 1881
      • BLANCHE TUTTLE b 1887
      • ANNIE TUTTLE b 1889
      • LILLIE TUTTLE b 1890

    Webmaster note
    - I lived at WALLACE myself
    with the BENNETT family in 1943 - GTPace

  • THOMAS DODSWORTH 1830-1905
    - b 1830-1905 Jan - blacksmith
    + AUGUSTA b 1836
    • WILLIAM ARTHUR DODSWORTH - b 05 Apr 1856-
      + 1 EDITH M. WOOD - b 1860 Pictou NS d 08 Jan 1893 Athol Cemetery
      + 2 BARBARA - b 1850-1922 Sept 10
    • TWEEDIE DODSWORTH - b 1858-1865 Aug 22 Athol Cemetery
    • ANNIE L. DODSWORTH b 1863-1893 Jan 06 Athol Cemetery

  • JOSEPH H. DODSWORTH
    b 1835 Lower Maccan NS - carpenter house joiner
    + SARAH CAREY b 1844 m 16 Dec 1867 Mill Village NS
    • AMY CYNTHIA DODSWORTH
      b 10 Nov 1868 dressmaker
    • HERBERT BURTON DODSWORTH Dodsworth b 16 Nov 1870
    • SADIE HATTA DODSWORTH b 1879
    • LORENCE DODSWORTH b 1880

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correspondence from
Dodsworth descendents or researchers

Subject: Cincinnati, Ohio Dodsworths
Date: Fri, 02 May 2003
From: "Pat Hiler" pathiler@hotmail.com

I am researching my Cincinnati BURKE family. My great greatgrandfather PATRICK BURKE a native of Roscommon, Ireland worked at the CLIFTON SPRINGS Distillery in Cincinnati. It was owned by CALEB DODSWORTH

Patrick's three sons also worked there. This last summer I visited the spot where the distillery was located between the Mill Creek and the canal. I also found it on a Sanborn map.

The Burke family lived near the Dodsworth family in Cumminsville, a suburb of Cincinnati. If you have any information to share on the distillery I would appreciate having it.

Pat Burke Hiler - email Pat Burke Hiler

Other OHIO Dodsworths

Dodsworth Trucking
The name Dodsworth has been associated with quality trucking in the tri-state region since 1942.

I am the direct decendant of MARMADUKE DODSWORTH.
He is my great-great-great Grandfather and I will be buried in the DODSWORTH burial grounds someday here in Cincinnati.

I love hearing from other decendants and it is great to hear of MARMADUKE attending his sister's wedding

I would like to know why he came to the US. He seems to have come without his wife, but many children. Did his wife die? I would assume so. He remarried while here to Anna Klinkenbeard.

Please write if you have any other info on him or the family.

Thanks
Pam Kennedy Zahora - 8/17/04 - email Pam

(My great grandmother is MINNIE DODSWORTH HALEY, grandaughter of MARMADUKE. I remember her quite well as a young girl. I have seen a photo of her father (his name escapes me at this second), but I have never had any idea of the looks of MaARMADUKE. Dark hair? Light?? small, large??? What can you tell me about his sister?????

thanks!!

WEBMASTER NOTE
- Could the name MINNIE be a coincidence or a clue to a connection of my DODSWORTHS of Canada and these OHIO DODSWORTHS - notice the name MINNIE shows up in both Dodsworth families. NOTE - MYLES Dodsworth had a sister, Mary Elizabeth 'Minnie' DODSWORTH - b 24 Aug 1879, Their father was PETER DODSWORTH born 1841 Yorkshire. His mother was MARIA and possibly the MERIA that shows on the 1871 census of ONTARIO at the age of 66 so she would be born about 1804/5. I do not know where in YORKSHIRE my Dodsworths were from or if they are connected to the Nova Scotia - Ohio Dodsworths but my Dodsworths were connected to the IBBITSON people of Nova Scotia and that name also goes back to YORKSHIRE.
GTPace - email me

My Dodsworth info goes as follows:
says a descendent in COLORADO

THOMAS DODSWORTH (1768-1821)
m MARGARET KITCHING (1769-1814) in 1788 Eryholme, Yks.
This lineage seems to connect with NOVA SCOTIA-OHIO line
CLICK HERE to see more of this lineage

Their children were:
Mary, Martha, Marmaduke, Thomas.

From what I can surmise searching the IGI records ...... (Don't hold me to this though!) Thomas was the son of Francis Dodsworth b 1731 Thornton Watlass,Yks. I have been unable to discover his wife.

Their children were: Thomas(1768), Elizabeth(1770), John (1774). | Francis was the son of John Dodsworth(1693-1760) m Henrietta Hutton(1701-1798) in Marske By Richmond, Yorkshire 1717/18.

There children were:
John (1719), Timothy (1720), Dorothy(1721), Elizabeth(1723), Matthew(1726), Henry(1728), William(1728), Francis(1731), Henrietta Marie(1736), Frederick(1738).

| John was the son of John Dodsworth (b abt 1632) m Elizabeth Stapylton(abt 1654-1719) in 1679.

| Christopher Dodsworth (1601-1650) m Mary Fulthorpe 1629
| John Dodsworth (1568-1644) m Winifred Warde(1572-1627)
| John Dodsworth (1531-1609) m Anne Rokeby
| Richard Dodsworth (abt 1499-1540) m Dorothy Wyville
| Thomas Dodsworth(abt 1471-1514) m Matilda Place
| John Dodsworth(1445-?) m Margaret Montforth
| William Dodsworth(abt 1419-1469) m Unknown (abt 1423-)
| Ralph Dodsworth(abt 1393-?) m Unknown (abt 1397-?)
| Thomas Dodsworth m Agnes Thoresby (abt 1367- ?) 1415
{see Thornton Watlass Hall reference}
Cheers
Ken - Denver, Colorado - email Ken

1 THOMAS DODSWORTH
+ MARGARET KITCHING 1769-1814
m in 1788 Eryholme Yks
burial 26 July 1814 aged 43
  • 2 MARTHA DODSWORTH b 1792 YKS
    + GEORGE HARRISON m 1816 in Coverham
    MARMADUKE was a witness at MARTYHA's marriage
    • 3 MARY
    • 3 MARTHA
    • 3 MARMADUKE
    • 3 THOMAS

  • 2 MARMADUKE DODSWORTH
    - Chr 26 Mar 1797 West Witton, Yorkshire
    Father THOS. DODSWORTH Mother MARGARET
    + ISABELLA SUNTER
    - m 18 Aug 1819 Coverham with Horsehouse
    COVERHAM Christenings
    • 3 MARGARET - 24 Nov. 1819
    • 3 ELIZABETH - 04 Dec. 1820
    • 3 THOMAS - 27 Feb. 1822
    • 3 ROBERT - 20 Mar 1823
    • 3 MARMADUKE - 4 Nov 1824
    • 3 NANCY - 12 Apr. 1826
    • 3 METCALFE - 01 Jul 1828

MARMADUKE SR remarried in 1836
1850 OHIO census shows MARMADUKE
had 9 more children
  • 2 MARMADUKE DODSWORTH
    53 M born ENGLAND abt 1797 Farmer
    + ANN KLINKENBEARD - 39 F born KENTUCKY

    • 3 CALEB DODSWORTH - 14 (1836) M Ohio
    • 3 MARY DODSWORTH - 12 (1838) F Ohio
    • 3 MARTHA DODSWORTH - 09 (1841) F Ohio
      + SIDNEY L. KNOWLTON
      - wed 07 Jul. 1861 Hamilton, Ohio
    • 3 WILLIAM DODSWORTH - 07 (1843) M Ohio
    • 3 JOHN DODSWORTH - 02 (1848) M Ohio
    • 3 ANNIE DODSWORTH - 05 (1845) F Ohio

    • 3 METCALF DODSWORTH - 22 M born England

  • 2 THOMAS DODSWORTH - Chr 7 Dec 1800 West Witton - Father Thomas DODSWORTH Mother Margaret - married 22 May 1821 Cumberland Co, N.S.
    + AMY/AMEY HARRISON 1794 - b 27 June 1794 Nova Scotia m 1821

    daughter of LUKE, son of JOHN HARRISON b abt 1720 Low Moor, Rillington, near Molton. Yorkshire England

    • 3 MARK VALENTINE DODSWORTH 1822-1887
      - b 14 Feb 1822-1887 Dec 12 machinist
      + ABIGALE HATFIELD 1842-1863 b 17 May 1842-1863 Oct 06
      • TALBERT MELBY DODSWORTH b 1865
      • LILA MAY DODSWORTH 23 Jan 1866
      • LESLIE STERLING DODSWORTH 30 Sept 1870
      • BURPIE H. DODSWORTH b 07 Feb 1875

    • 3 MARGARET DODSWORTH 1824-1841 - b 13 Nov 1824-1841 Jul 14

    • 3 GEORGE DODSWORTH 1826-1908 b 02 Jun 1826-1908 Nov 28 shoemaker
      + OLIVIA HATFIELD 1829-1907 b O3 Jun 1829 - 1907 Dec O6
      • 4 ELLEN JANE DODSWORTH b 1856
        + GEORGE MILLS TUTTLE - b 1852 Wallace NS m 03 Jul 1884
        • Eldred TUTTLE b 1879
        • Melby TUTTLE b 1881
        • Blanche TUTTLE b 1887
        • Annie TUTTLE b 1889
        • Lillie TUTTLE b 1890

    • 3 THOMAS DODSWORTH 1830-1905 - b 1830-1905 Jan - blacksmith
      + AUGUSTA b 1836

      • WILLIAM ARTHUR DODSWORTH - b 05 Apr 1856-
        + 1 EDITH M. WOOD - b 1860 Pictou NS d 08 Jan 1893 Athol Cemetery
        + 2 BARBARA - b 1850-1922 Sept 10
      • Tweedie Dodsworth - b 1858-1865 Aug 22 Athol Cemetery
      • ANNIE L. Dodsworth b 1863-1893 Jan 06 Athol Cemetery

    • 3 JOSEPH HARRISON DODSWORTH b 1835
      Lower Maccan NS - carpenter house joiner
      + SARAH CAREY b 1844 m 16 Dec 1867 Mill Village NS

      • AMY CYNTHIA DODSWORTH b 10 Nov 1868 dressmaker
      • HERBERT BURTON DODSWORTH b 16 Nov 1870
      • SADIE HATTA DODSWORTH b 1879
      • Lorence DODSWORTH b 1880
      • GRACE DODSWORTH - b 1881 - d 09 Jan 1971
      • JOSEPH EDWARD DODSWORTH - b 24 Dec 1883 m 01 Jan 1920 d 06 Oct 1969
        + EDITH ETHEL DOW

DODSWORTH - FIRBANKS
and
CASTLE HOWARD of Yorkshire

A descendant writes:
I possibly, maybe have a link to
The Dodsworth family tree in Canada.....

My great, great grandfather was
THOMAS DODSWORTH born in 1822 and married to ANNE FIRBANKS, born in 1832 in Yorkshire, England.

A coat of arms for the DODSWORTH family exists, as they worked at the CASTLE HOWARD in England.

Thomas was employed as a mail carrier and Anne as a maid servant; Thomas' father worked as a blacksmith at the Castle Howard.

As I understand..... one day, as Anne was serving her master at the dinner table, her hand accidently touched the food. The master came down on her hand with his walking stick. Her husband, young THOMAS, vowed they would not have anymore of that and they decided to emigrate to Canada.

Anne's father stood on the wall of the castle, as she was waving good-bye as long as they could see him. He knew he would never set eyes on her again. They left TERRINGTON and LONINGTON in YORKSHIRE England for the new land - it took six weeks and they never wanted to go back as the crossing was so rough.

The DODSWORTHS arrived in CANADA and settled around SEAFORTH, Ontario for a couple of years,
SEAFORTH, Ontario - see Google Maps
not liking the surrounding country, they decided to come to the QUEENS BUSH

"Barns of the Queen's Bush" - a book of photos and stories involving 23 barns and two mills in the Queen's Bush area of Ontario - is now into its third printing.

  THOMAS travelled to DURHAM registry office to get a crown deed for the farm on which they lived.

They settled on Lot 4, Concession 12 of the
Township of Bentinck, Grey County
Province of Ontario in 1854
Original homestead was a wooden shanty with earth floor, but later constructed a stone and wood framed farm house. In 1900, the present barn was built, with the stonemasons getting $65.00 and the framers $65.00, the total cost for cutting the lumber and full construction cost $500.00.

The first telephone was installed in the farm in 1914 and changed in 1971 and hydro (electricity) was installed in 1972.

WEBMASTER's NOTE - Electricity is called HYDRO In ONTARIO - generated by water power - at NIAGARA FALLS

The old barn and homestead is 154 years old and still under the Dodsworth surname.

Thomas and Anne had 12 children as follows:
  • Hannah - born in 1853
    died of appendicitis in 1877
  • Rachel - born in 1854
    died at the grand old age of 96, in 1950
  • Elizabeth - born in 1857, died 1937
  • Richard - born in 1859, died 1944
  • John - born in 1861, died 1951 (my great grandfather)
  • Louisa - born in 1863, died in 1931
  • Thomas - born in 1865, died in 1892
  • William - born in 1867, died as an infancy of dyptheria 1867
  • Harriet - born in 1868, died ?
  • Mary Francis - born in 1870, died?
  • Eliza Jane - born in 1874, died 1962
  • Peter - born in 1876, died 1957
THOMAS DODSWORTH
died in 1889 of blood poison at the age of 67 and was buried in Malcolm Cemetery.

Thanks to
John Dodsworth - dodsworth@execulink.com
for sending this interesting Dodsworth info on his ancestry, assisting others to take part in the study.

This looks to be Anne's parent's marriage
and then her siblings.

JOHN FIRBANK
Spouse: HANNAH GAGE
Marriage: 31 DEC 1826
Terrington, Yorkshire
LDS Batch Number M008022

  • ELIZABETH FIRBANK
    Christening: 14 JAN 1829
    Terrington, Yorkshire
    Father: JOHN FIRBANK
    Mother: HANNAH
  • FRANCES FIRBANK
    Christening: 10 MAR 1830
    Terrington, Yorkshire
    Father: JOHN FIRBANK
    Mother: HANNAH
  • ELIZABETH FIRBANK
    Christening: 05 SEP 1831
    Terrington, Yorkshire
    Father: JOHN FIRBANK
    Mother: HANNAH
  • ANN FIRBANK
    Christening: 03 MAR 1833
    Terrington, Yorkshire
    Father: JOHN FIRBANK
    Mother: HANNAH
  • ELIZA FIRBANK
    Christening: 12 DEC 1834
    Terrington, Yorkshire
    Father: JOHN FIRBANK
    Mother: HANNAH
  • MARY FIRBANK
    Christening: 06 NOV 1836
    Terrington, Yorkshire
    Father: JOHN FIRBANK
    Mother: HANNAH
  • WILLIAM FIRBANK
    Christening: 06 JAN 1839
    Terrington, Yorkshire
    Father: JOHN FIRBANK
    Mother: HANNAH
  • JOHN FIRBANK
    Christening: 29 NOV 1840
    Terrington, Yorkshire
    Father: JOHN FIRBANK
    Mother: HANNAH
  • CHARLES FIRBANK
    Christening: 26 DEC 1842
    Terrington, Yorkshire
    Father: JOHN FIRBANK
    Mother: HANNAH
  • HANNAH FIRBANK
    Christening: 12 OCT 1845
    Terrington, Yorkshire
    Father: JOHN FIRBANK
    Mother: HANNAH

1850 OHIO Census

Dwelling
Value of Real Estate $100,000.
#12 602 608 Owned

MARMADUKE DODSWORTH - 53 M born England abt 1797 Farmer
+ ANN KLINKENBEARD - 39 F born Kentucky

  • Caleb DODSWORTH - 14 (1836) M Ohio
  • Mary DODSWORTH - 12 (1838) F Ohio
  • Martha DODSWORTH - 09 (1841) F Ohio
    + Sidney L. Knowlton - wed 07 Jul. 1861 Hamilton, Ohio
  • William DODSWORTH - 07 (1843) M Ohio
  • John DODSWORTH - 02 (1848) M Ohio
  • Annie DODSWORTH - 05 (1845) F Ohio

Metcalf DODSWORTH - 22 M born England

Dodsworth
West Witton, Yorkshire

THOMAS DODSWORTH
+ MARGARET

  • Marmaduke DODSWORTH
        Christening: 26 Mar 1797 West Witton, Yorkshire
        Father: Thos. DODSWORTH
        Mother: Margaret
        Marriage: 18 Aug 1819 Coverham With Horsehouse
    + Spouse: Isabella SUNTER
    • Marmaduke DODSWORTH
          Christening: 4 Nov 1824
          Coverham With Horsehouse
      likely the MARMADUKE that went to OHIO with son METCALF
          Father: Marmaduke DODSWORTH
          Mother: Isabella

  • Thomas DODSWORTH
        Christening: 7 Dec 1800 West Witton, Yorkshire
        Father: Thomas DODSWORTH
        Mother: Margaret

Dodsworth
Over Silton, Yorkshire

John DODSWORTH
    Spouse: Rebecka ANDERSON
    Marriage: 12 Mar 1804 Over Silton, Yorkshire

William DODSWORTH
    Christening: 7 May 1806 Over Silton, Yorkshire
    Father: John DODSWORTH
    Mother: Rebecca

Elizabeth DODWORTH
    Christening: 9 Aug 1807 Over Silton, Yorkshire
    Father: John DODWORTH
    Mother: Rebecca

John DODSWORTH
    Christening: 23 Feb 1811 Over Silton, Yorkshire
    Father: John DODSWORTH
    Mother: Rebecca

Anthony DODSWORTH
    Christening: 5 Jun 1814 Over Silton, Yorkshire
    Father: John DODSWORTH
    Mother: Rebecca

Robert DODSWORTH
    Christening: 20 Sep 1818 Over Silton, Yorkshire
    Father: John DODSWORTH
    Mother: Rebecca

Elizabeth DODWORTH
    Christening: 9 Aug 1807 Over Silton, Yorkshire
    Father: John DODWORTH
    Mother: Rebecca

Elisabeth DODSWORTH
    Spouse: James FEATHERSTONE
    Marriage: 14 Nov 1836 Over Silton

Metcalf - Dodsworth
Spennithorne, Yorkshire

Thos. DODSWORTH
    Spouse: Cordelia METCALF
    Marriage: 5 Jul 1768 Spennithorne, Yorkshire

and they are the parents of:

John DODSWORTH
Christening: 4 Nov 1770 Spennithorne
    Father: Thomas DODSWORTH
    Mother: Cordelia
- (possibly went to Over Silton, Yorkshire

George DODSWORTH
    Christening: 4 Mar 1773 Spennithorne
    Father: Thomas DODSWORTH
    Mother: Cordelia

Sally DODSWORTH
    Christening: 2 Apr 1775 Spennithorne
    Father: Thomas DODSWORTH
    Mother: Cordelia

William DODSWORTH
    Christening: 23 Jun 1779 Spennithorne
    Father: Thos. DODSWORTH
    Mother: Cordelia METCALF

Anthony DODSWORTH
(notice the Anthony name shows up later at Over Silton)
    Christening: 11 Feb 1781 Spennithorne
    Father: Thos. DODSWORTH
    Mother: Cordelia

Robert DODSWORTH
    Christening: 17 Dec 1783 Spennithorne
    Father: Thos. DODSWORTH
    Mother: Cordelia

the Christian names show the likely relationship here,
notice in the PRs, Elisabeth DODSWORTH
    Spouse: Mark SHEEL
    Marriage: 21 Jun 1775 Spennithorne

and in the Nova Scotia
family of Thomas Dodsworth b 1801 England - married 22 May 1821 Cumberland County, N.S.

Thomas first son was

Mark Valentine Dodsworth - b 14 Feb 1822-1887 Dec 12 machinist
    + Abigail HATFIELD b 17 May 1842-1863 Oct 06

It would seem that Thomas' aunt was likely the
Elisabeth DODSWORTH
who married Mark SHEEL at Spennithorne in 1775.

John "of Ruswick" est. birth 1725-30.

This JOHN is named on a baptism in PATRICK BROMPTON of his grandson JOHN b. 1802. John "of Ruswick" was buried at THORNTON STEWARD on March 1, 1786. I think he was married to ANN and they had at least three children:
  1. John b. 1765
  2. Francis b. 1766
  3. Ann b. 1771

All these baptisms were at THORNTON STEWARD.
I have some difficulty as there were 3 different "John Dodsworths" at Thornton Steward about this time.

RUSWICK is a farm manor that is situated between FINGHALL and PATRICK BROMPTON. Rusick was mentioned in the domesday book and did belong to Jervaulx Abbey until about 1536. It then passed into the hands of the Marquis of Ailesbury. It is currently owned by a family named Fall.

Dodsworth email Brian
researching Dodsworths of Wensleydale, Thornton Steward, Finghall, Patrick Brompton

I'm researching my Dodsworth people.
Prior to about 1850 they resided in the following villages, Wensleydale, Thornton Steward, Finghall, Patrick Brompton.

The oldest ancestor that I've confirmed is a John "of Ruswick" who was buried in 1786 at Thornton Steward. There is some possibility that this John was a son of George and his predecessors who lived at Akebar near Finghall. I am now trying to make up a list of Dodsworth people in Wensleydale as they possibly are vaguely related.

There was a Dodsworth who came from Dodworth about 1415 to marry the heiress of Thornton Watlass.

Could we of Wensleydale background all be related to this person's offspring? Who knows.

HARRISON - Cumberland County, Nova Scotia - Yorkshire origins

DODSWORTH researcher - Colene Dodsworth, PEI Canada says:

A Harrison genealogist told me that they think Luke had need of a fuller (Luke had several mills in MACCAN, Nova Scotia, south of AMHERST) and that THOMAS came to be employed there. Another family history says that Thomas and his two brothers came to North America. They were mechanics. The two brothers went to Ohio. USA (there are many Dodsworths in Ohio), and Thomas came to Cumberland Co. One of his sons was named Marmaduke and he had a daughter, Margaret. There were 9 children in this family.

"In a letter from Robert Dodsworth, North Yorkshire, England, he wrote the following"....

I thought the THOMAS DODSWORTH in the Mormon records, who was the son of THOMAS and MARGARET who had another son, MARMADUKE, might possibly be the right THOMAS. I haven't been able to locate any other previous information in the Nova Scotia records in the information I've seached so far.

I feel pretty sure that the THOMAS, christened at WEST WITTON (North Riding of Yorkshire) on 07 Dec. 1800 is your Thomas because of the fact that he named one of his children MARGARET, after his mother and another MARMADUKE, after his brother. Whilst THOMAS seems to have been a very common name in the Dodsworth family, MARMADUKE certainly was not.

I have covered the records completely for the period 1571 - 1697, but thereafter my information is very sketchy. The only Dodsworth information that I have after 1697 for West Witton is the two christenings that you have of Thomas and Marmaduke, and the burial of MARGARET DODSWORTH on 26 July 1814 aged 43.

Margaret's address is given as New Close House near CARLTON. Carlton is close to WEST WITTON. This is a pretty imposing sounding address for those times, and would seem to indicate that THOMAS (her husband) was probably a farmer.

I have also found the marriage of MARMADUKE on 09 August 1819 at COVERHAM (the adjoining parish to West Witton) to Isabella SUNTER.

They had the following children all christened at COVERHAM:-

  • 24 Nov. 1819 - Margaret - Marmaduke - shown as a labourer living at West Scrafton at the time(near West Witton)
  • 04 Dec. 1820 - Elizabeth - Marmaduke - labourer of West Scrafton
  • 27 Feb. 1822 - Thomas - Marmaduke - farmer of Swineside
  • 20 Mar 1823 - Robert - Marmaduke - farmer of Swineside
  • 04 Nov 1824 - Marmaduke - Marmaduke - snr. farmer of Highfield
  • 12 Apr. 1826 - Nancy - Marmaduke - farmer of Highfield
  • 01 Jul. 1828 - Metcalfe - Marmaduke - farmer of Highfield

2 Thomas DODSWORTH
+ Margaret - burial 26 July 1814 aged 43
  • 3 Marmaduke DODSWORTH - Chr 26 Mar 1797 West Witton, Yorkshire Father Thos. DODSWORTH Mother Margaret
    + Isabella SUNTER m 18 Aug 1819 Coverham with Horsehouse
    COVERHAM Christenings
    • 4 Margaret - 24 Nov. 1819
    • 4 Elizabeth - 04 Dec. 1820
    • 4 Thomas - 27 Feb. 1822
    • 4 Robert - 20 Mar 1823
    • 4 Marmaduke - 4 Nov 1824
    • 4 Nancy - 12 Apr. 1826
    • 4 Metcalfe - 01 Jul 1828

    Marmaduke SR remarried in 1836
    and had 9 more children
    1850 OHIO census shows

    Marmaduke DODSWORTH - 53 M born England abt 1797 Farmer
    + Ann KLINKENBEARD - 39 F born Kentucky

    • 4 Caleb DODSWORTH - 14 (1836) M Ohio
    • 4 Mary DODSWORTH - 12 (1838) F Ohio
    • 4 Martha DODSWORTH - 09 (1841) F Ohio
      + Sidney L. KNOWLTON - wed 07 Jul. 1861
      Hamilton, Ohio
    • 4 William DODSWORTH - 07 (1843) M Ohio
    • 4 John DODSWORTH - 02 (1848) M Ohio
    • 4 Annie DODSWORTH - 05 (1845) F Ohio

    • 4 Metcalf DODSWORTH - 22 M born England

  • 3 Thomas DODSWORTH - Chr 7 Dec 1800 West Witton Father Thomas DODSWORTH Mother Margaret

Bob Dodsworth writes:
I also have the burial of Marmaduke's father THOMAS at Coveham on 08 Apr. 1821 aged 54. Thomas is shown as being of SWINESIDE, so that it would appear that Marmaduke probably took over his father's farm on his death. I have only covered the records of Coverham up til 1837, but there is no further reference to Marmaduke or Isabella after 1828. I can certainly see no further mention of Thomas which would tend to support the fact he moved away. It would probably be worth researching the records of West Witton and surrounding parishes more closely. I could have a look for you next time I go up to Northallerton, but unfortunately this is unlikely to be before the Summer.

I feel pretty sure that all the Dodsworths living in the area of North Yorkshire where your Thomas came from at that time were descended from Thomas Dodsworth of Thornton Watlass. My understanding is that the family originated in Dodworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and that Thomas Dodsworth acquired the Thornton Watlass Estate in 1415 by marriage to Agnes daughter and heiress of Hugh Thoresby Chief captain of Richmondshire, and I think that this was the start of the Dodsworths in North Yorkshire. If I am right, then it's very likely that your Thomas and my family are related somewhere along the line.

Thornton Watlass Estate Incidentally, the Thornton Watlass Estate is still in the DODSWORTH family today.
click here - go to Thornton Watlass Hall in north Yorkshire and read history

The church at Thornton Watlass is fascinating, and there is a small section devoted to the Dodsworths who were quite clearly the Lords of the Manor. My wife and I have stayed at Thornton Watlass Hall, and the walls in the Sitting Room, Dining Room, Library, Halls and Staircase are completely covered with portraits of various members of the Dodsworth family that have lived there over the years.

Regards,
Bob Dodsworth

My great grandmother was MARGARETTA DODSWORTH LERCH. Her parents were THOMAS DODSWORTH and JANE HUTCHINSON. I have found Thomas on the 1850 census in SENECA, ONTARIO County, New York. Other than that, I don't have any information. Is there any chance he is connected to your Dodsworth line? Thank you!

Diane Kurtz     dkurtz@snet.net

I'm researching a DODSWORTH family, but mine originate in Middlesex/London (marriage of Anthony to Martha STILL/STEELE recorded at St Anne Soho in 1835). Fascinated to read that the DODSWORTHs were once landed gentry! I should be so lucky to trace my line back to Yorkshire even!

Julie     New Zealand     jools@maxnet.co.nz     Oct 3 2001


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I found your website while searching for the name MYLES DODSWORTH.

MYLES DODSWORTH, age 9, born Ontario, was in the 1891 Census of the Township of St. Vincent. Meaford is in St. Vincent Twp.

Myles had a sister, Minnie E. Dodsworth, age 11 in 1891. They were step-children of Abel GOULD and his wife, JANE.

I am going to do some further research on this, but I believe they were Jane's children. I also believe she was Jane PIERCEY who was married four times - first in 1864 to William PROCTOR, then in 1869 to Henry BROWN, then after 1873 to Mr. DODSWORTH and in 1888 to Abel GOULD.

This is what I found tonight:

Mary Elizabeth Dodsworth, b 24 Aug 1879 Albion Township
and Martha Ann Dodsworth, b 24 Aug 1879 Albion Township
twin daughters of Peter Dodsworth and Jane Piercey

Martha Ann Dodsworth, 22, of Euphrasia (Twp.), b "Tobocoe"???, (sounds like Etobicoke) Spinster, dau of Peter Dodsworth and Jane Percy m Alexander GILRAY (name Fraser is written above Alexander), 28, of Euphrasia, b Euphrasia, son of Thoas GILRAY and Ellen ATKINS on 12 June 1904 in Euphrasia Township

I also noticed in the marriage of
Martha Ann Dodsworth to Alexander Gilray, that a witness was Minnie Dodsworth - so this wasn't Minnie! Minnie must have been the twin, Mary Elizabeth Dodsworth! (The 1891 census says she was 11, so this would fit with her birthdate in Aug 1879.) So I'll have to check again for a Mary or Minnie in the marriages.

Myles Campbell Dodsworth, 22, of Tp. St. Vincent, b Tp Euphrasia, Bachelor, Farmer, son of Peter Dodsworth and Jane Pearson (obviously should be Piercey) m Ibernia McFarlane, 23, of Tp. St. Vincent, b Tp. St. Vincent, Spinster, dau of Charles McFarlane and Isabella Dee(gan?) on 2 Sept 1903 at THORNBURY, Ontario

Death:

Jane Piercy Gould, b 1st Mar 1844 Peel County, Ontario d 30 July 1920 St. Vincent Twp., Grey County, Ontario buried Meaford. dau of James Piercy reported by husband, Abel Gould

Couldn't find Peter Dodsworth's death registration.

I checked the Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid (OCFA) and found only one Peter Dodsworth - buried at New England Methodist Cemetery, Euphrasia Township, Grey County! This has to be the right person!

So....it looks like the families we are researching are the same! I will have to do some further checking.

If you check the World Connect Project at Rootsweb.com and enter the name Jane Piercey, you will find my gedcom. Jane was a daughter of James PIERCEY and Isabella MASHINTER. Isabella was a sister of my ancestor, Richard MASHINTER. Both were children of George and Elizabeth MASHITER (note different spelling).

Dave Johnson
Hamilton, Ontario

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