Whitson Edward Moore

1838 - 1924  (86 years)

• Name	Whitson Edward Moore  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Born	20 Nov 1838	Bayham Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Race	Irish
  Race	Scotch
  Race	Scottish  [3]
  Race	White
  Name	Whitson E Moore  [4]
  Name	Whitson Edward Moore
  Nationality	Canada
  Nationality	Canadian
  Residence	Bayham Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	Elgin East   [5]
  Residence	Bayham Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Residence	Bayham Township   [7]
  Residence	1851	Elgin, Canada West (Ontario), Canada   [4]
  	14 Age: 14; Servant Occupation: Servant; Wesleyan Methodist Religion: Wesleyan Methodist; EnumerationDistrict: 7; EnumerationDistrictName: Elgin County; SubEnumerationDistrict: 47; SubEnumerationDistrictName: Bayham
  Residence	1852	Bayham, Elgin County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada   [5]
  Residence	1861	Bayham, Elgin, Canada West, Canada   [5, 6]
  	Residence Religion: Wesleyan Methodist; Relation to Head: Head
  Residence	1871	Bayham, Elgin East, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Residence	1871	Bayham, Elgin East, Ontario   [3]
  	33 Age: 33; CountingDistrictNumber: 06; ParliamentaryDivision: 02; SubRegistrationDistrict: e; Widowed: M; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Farmer Occupation: Farmer; Weslyan Methodist Religion: Weslyan Methodist
  Residence	1881	Southwold, Elgin West, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Residence	1891	Southwold, Elgin West, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Residence	1891	Southwold, Elgin West, Ontario, Canada
  	52 Age: 52; Farmer Occupation: Farmer; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 61; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Head RelationToHead: Head; Methodist Religion: Methodist
  Residence	1901	Southwold, Elgin (west/ouest), Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Residence	1901	Ontario, Canada
  	63 Age: 63; Farmer Occupation: Farmer; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; DivisionNumber: G; EnumerationDistrict: 58; EnumerationDistrictName: Elgin (West/Ouest); LanguageSpoken: English; SubEnumerationDistrict: 6; SubEnumerationDistrictName: Southwold; TribeOrClan: Scottish; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Head RelationToHead: Head; Methodist Religion: Methodist
  Residence	1911	Elgin West, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Residence	1911	Elgin West, Ontario, Canada
  	StreetAddress: Southwold; 72 Age: 72; CountingDistrictName: 23 - Southwold; CountingDistrictNumber: 23; CountyNumber: 66; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Head RelationToHead: Head
  Residence	1 Jun 1921	Southwold, Elgin West, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Residence	1 Jun 1921	Southwold Tp, Southwold, Elgin West, Ontario, Canada
  	82 Age: 82; Methodist Religion: Methodist; Municipality: Southwold; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 76; SpeaksFrench: No; SubEnumerationDistrict: 12; SubEnumerationDistrictName: Southwold (Township); Widowed MaritalStatus: Widowed; Father RelationToHead: Father
  Died	27 Dec 1924	Elgin County, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 5]
  Buried	Southwold, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada   [1, 5]
  Person ID	I11462	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Andrew Moore,   b. 1805, Maryland, USA ,   d. Aft 1851  (Age > 47 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Leah Wilson,   b. 1821, Québec, Canada ,   d. Aft 1851  (Age > 31 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F3045	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catharine Stewart,   b. 2 Jan 1833, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 24 Aug 1912, Frome, Southwold, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Married	29 Dec 1861	Bayham Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada
  Married	29 Dec 1861	Elgin, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Allen Andrew Moore,   b. 25 Jan 1863, St. Thomas, Southwold Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 May 1937, Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada  (Age 74 years)  [natural]   2. Margaret Jane Moore,   b. 28 Aug 1864, Southwold Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Mar 1955, Frome, Southwold Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)  [natural]   3. Mary Christina Moore,   b. 3 Jun 1866, Southwold Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Jun 1940  (Age 74 years)  [natural]   4. Wilson Duncan Moore,   b. 28 Feb 1868, Southwold Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Mar 1868, Southwold Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)  [natural]   5. Leah Clara Moore,   b. 6 Feb 1870, Southwold Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Jul 1950, Bayham, Elgin, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)  [natural]   6. Canby William Moore,   b. 15 Oct 1871, Southwold Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Jan 1875, Southwold Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 3 years)  [natural]   7. Edward Stewart Moore,   b. 1 Nov 1873, Southwold Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Aug 1953  (Age 79 years)  [natural]   8. Lillian Bell Moore,   b. 10 Apr 1875, Southwold Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Oct 1969, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 94 years)  [natural]   9. Whitson Duncan Moore,   b. 17 Mar 1877, Southwold Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Sep 1953, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada  (Age 76 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2024
  Family ID	F3054	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "Mr. Moore taught at Smuck School at Maple Grove and at Corinth. He was 84 years old when in 1922 he very ably addressed the old teachers and pupils of Corinth School gathered to bid farewell to the old building with all its memories, and which was to be demolished to make room for the present modern building. "A few years after his marriage in 1861 to Miss Catherine Stewart, daughter of Duncan and Margaret Drummond Stewart of Maple Grove, Mr. Moore gave up teaching and farmed in Bayham. His first farm was the Todd farm. Later, he sold this and bought the Auston place, which he sold after some years to Ambrose Jackson in 1872. He then bought a farm at Frome. "In the early spring of that year he drove from his home near Straffordville to Frome to finish up negotiations over his new farm. On his way home he passed through St. Thomas, where a sale was being held. A farm in Bayham was being sold for taxes and just to help the sale he put in a bid and to his consternation a 200 acre farm was knocked down to him. He now had 400 acres of land on his hands, a lot of land in those days. "However, that same Spring, he sold 100 acres to Alex Grant Sr. Later, the other 100 of his acquisition to John Neville. Some time after this land passed into the hands of the Rollason brothers, who finished paying for it. "Whitson Edward was a prominent member of the then Methodist Church at Frome and superintendent of the Sunday School until his death in 1924. He was an early riser and when it became necessary for him to 'slow up', his family wanted him to rest longer in the morning. He said, 'When I was a young man I resolved that the sun would never find me in bed and it hasn't'. He was very fond of reading and if he saw any of the children idle he would say 'Don't be idle. If you have nothing to do, get a book'. There were seven children - Allen, Margaret, Mary, Leah, Edward, Lilly, Whitson. (sic)" (Talbot Times) In 1851, he was residing in Bayham township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada, with his parents and siblings. They were living next door to his future in-laws, the Stewarts and the Hatches. In 1871, he was residing in Bayham township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada, employed as a farmer, with his wife and children: Alan, Margaret, Mary, and Leah. In 1881, they were residing in Southwold township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada, with their children: Andrew, Maggie, Mary, Leah, Edward, Lilly, and Duncan. Whitson was employed as a farmer. In 1891, he was residing in Southwold township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada with his wife and children: Allan, Margaret, Mary, Leah, Edward, Lilly, and Duncan. In 1901, he was residing in Southwold township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada, employed as a farmer, with his wife and children: Margaret, Edward, and Lilly. In 1911, he was residing in Southwold township, Elgin West County, Ontario, Canada with his wife and adult children: Maggie, Mary and Edward. In 1921, he was a widower residing with his adult children: Edward, Margaret and Mary.

  
  

• Sources

  [S225] Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Whitson E. Moore https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60527&h=2099290&indiv=try [S5] Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938, 1943-1944, and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 312. Record for Whitson Edward Moore https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8946&h=464770&indiv=try [S89] 1871 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1871; Census Place: Bayham, Elgin East, Ontario; Roll: C-9900; Page: 46; Family No: 179. Record for Whitson E Moore https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1578&h=2260812&indiv=try [S80] 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1851; Census Place: Elgin, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C-11719; Page: 13; Line: 27. Record for Edwd Moore https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1061&h=2027071&indiv=try [S7] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;). Record for Allen Andrew Moore https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=170046278870&indiv=try [S128] 1861 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1018-1019. [S364] Ontario, Canada, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869.