Person Page - 1686

Edward Merlin Wells^1,2,3

• Father*: Albert George Wells² b. 28 May 1865, d. 1 Mar 1892
• Mother*: Francis Elizabeth Flindall b. 20 Feb 1867, d. 2 Feb 1943

• Birth*: 4 November 1888; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Birth Reg'n.#024612: Name: Edward Merlin Wells; Date: Nov 4 1888; Parents: Albert G. Wells & Francis E. Flindall; Inf.: Albert G. Wells, farmer, Brighton Twp.; Reg'd.: Dec 20 1888; Phys.: Dr. McDonald; Reg'r.: A. A. Becker (Ontario Birth Registration, #024612-1888, ancestry.com)
  Date 1889 per 1891 Census.^2,4

• Census*: April 1891; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 2 at 1891 Census: see Wilmot James Wells (grandfather)²
• Occupation*: circa 1917; Rochester, Monroe Co., New York, U.S.A.; Word War I Draft Registration Card: Name: Merlin Edward Wells; Born: Ont. Nov 24 1888; Reg'd.: Rochester, Monroe Co., New York; Roll: 1818804; Draftboard: 3 (image not available) (ancestry.com)

Wilmot Maxwell Tobey^1,2,3,4

• Father*: Milton Benjamin H. Tobey b. Aug 1854, d. c 1915
• Mother*: Jeanette S. "Nettie" Wells² b. 10 Jun 1856, d. 29 Aug 1925

• Birth*: 14 May 1877; Picton, Prince Edward Co., Ontario; Birth Reg'n.#025077: Name: Wilmot Maxwell Tobey; Born: May 14 1877; Location: Picton, Prince Edward Co.; Parents: Milton B. H. Tobey & Jeanette S. Wells; Informant: Milton B. H. Tobey, Tailor, Picton; Phys.: Dr. Platt; Reg'r.: John Twigg, Picton; Reg'd.: June 9, 1877 (Ontario Birth Registration, #025077-1877, ancestry.com) Date May 23 1877 & location Ont. urban per 1901 Census. Date 1877 per Burial. Date 1878 per 1891 Census.^2,5,6,7
• Marriage*: 23 September 1908; 104 Gloucester St., Ottawa, Carlton Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#006176: Groom: Wilmot Maxwell Tobey; Age: 31; Res: Ottawa; Status: bachelor; Occ.: Civil Servant; Rel.: Anglican; Parents: Milton Tobey & Nettie Wells; Bride: Annie Clarissa Kent; Age: 22; Res.: Ottawa; Status: spinster; Rel.: Pres.; Parents: S. Blair Kent, Civil Servant & Susie Craig; Wit.: Nettie Tobey, Brighton & S. Bair Kent, Ottawa; Date: Sep 23 1908; Place: Ottawa; Performed by: A. J. ?Howdy?, St. Andrews Manse, Ottawa; Reg'd.: Sep 23 1908; Reg'r.: John Henderson, Ottawa (Ontario Marriage Registration, #006176-1908, ancestry.ca)
  "TOBEY-KENT - A quiet but pretty wedding took place this afternoon at 2:30 at the residence of the bride's parents, 140 Gloucester St., when Miss Annie Clarissa Kent, was married to Mr. Wilmot Maxwell Tobey, of the Dominion Observatory staff, and formerly of Brighton, Ont. ... The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. Herridge ... The bridge, who was given away by her father ... After the ceremony a reception was held, and later Mr. and Mrs. Tobey left for Montreal, Quebec and other points. They will be absent two weeks and upon their return will reside at 216 Florence Street. ... The bride's mother, Mrs. Kent, ... Mrs. Tobey, of Brighton, Ont., mother of the groom, .... Ottawa Free Press Sep. 23" from The Brighton Ensign, October 9, 2005, seen on microfilm at The Trenton Public Library, Nov. 11, 2005.; Principal=Annie Clarissa Kent^8,9
• Divorce*: 1928; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Divorced in Brighton in 1928 per US Naturalization Declaration of Intention for Annie Clarissa Kent in 1939.¹⁰
• Marriage*: circa 1930; Ontario; Wilmot Maxwell Tobey was divorce in 1928 and married again - not sure when yet, but the name of his wife in his death notice is Ann Downey.; Principal=Anne Downey¹¹
• Death*: 4 November 1959; Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario; "Friday, November 6, 1950; Former Geodetic; Survey Expert; W. M. Tobey Dies; Assistant director of the Geodetic Survey of Canada from 1926 to 1942, Wilmot Maxwell Tobey of 231 Fourth Avenue, died in hospital yesterday after a lengthy illness. He was 82. Born at Picton, Ont., he graduated from the University of Toronto in 1900 with a master of arts degree and gold medal in mathematics. Mr. Tobey married Anne Downey and was appointed mathematician to the chief astronomer in Ottawa in 1901. He was commissioned a Dominion topographical surveyor in 1911, elected a member of the Engineering Institute of Canada in 1916 and appointed assistant director to the Geodetic Survey in 1926. He retired in 1942. Mr. Tobey held numerous offices with the Scottish Rite of the Masonic Order and attended Glebe United Church. Besides his wife, he leaves two stepdaughters. The funeral service will be held in the Hulse and Playfair Ltd. Chapel, 315 McLeod Street, tonight at 8. Interment will be at Brighton, Ont., on Saturday." Copy of the death notice sent to me via email by Diana Davis, Sep 23 2019.
  "Tobey, Wilmot Maxwell - in hospital on Wednesday, November 4, 1959, Wilmot Maxwell Tobey, husband of Ann Downing, of 231 Fourth Ave., in hi s83rd year. Resting at Huise and Playfair Ltd. 315 McLeod St. Service in the chapel Friday at 2 pm. Interment Brighton, Ont. on Saturday. Please omit flowers." from the Ottawa Journal, Thursday, November 5, 1959, pg 30.
  Date 1959 per Burial. Date Nov 4 1959 & location Ottawa per family tree of Nancy Mae Beebe-Gordon on ancestry.ca, Jan 2 2019.^5,10,12,11
• Burial*: 7 November 1959; Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) MOTHER; Nettie Wells Tobey; 1855 - 1925; Her Son; Wilmot Maxwell Tobey; 1877 - 1959 (Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, July 10, 2004)
  CemSearch: Name: Maxwell Wilmot Tobey; Born: 1877; Died: 19??; Notes: son of Nettie Wells Tobey; Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Sec 2 row 9; Other name: Nettie Wells Tobey (1855-1925) Date of Death Nov 4 1959 per family tree of Nancy Mae Beebe-Gordon on ancestry.ca, Jan 2 2019.^5,13,10

• Census: April 1881; Picton, Prince Edward Co., Ontario; Age 3 at 1881 Census: see Milton Tobey⁴
• Note: circa May 1881; Ontario; Wilmot Maxwell Tobey's father left in 1881 and would remarry in 1886 in the US. He is in Pasadena, California for the 1900 US Fed Census.¹⁴
• Census*: April 1891; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 13 at 1891 Census: see Wilmot James Wells (grandfather)²
• Note: 1900; University of Toronto, Toronto, York Co., Ontario; " ... he graduated from the University of Toronto in 1900 with a master of arts degree and gold medal in mathematics." per Death Notice.¹²
• Census: 1 April 1901; Brighton, Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 23 at 1901 Census: see Nettie S. Tobey (mother)⁷
• Residence: circa September 1901; Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario; " ... was appointed mathematician to the chief astronomer in Ottawa in 1901." per Death Notice.¹²
• Residence: 23 September 1908; Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario; Residence Ottawa per marr. reg'n.¹⁵
• Note: 1911; Ottawa, Ontario; " ... He was commissioned a Dominion topographical surveyor in 1911." per Death Notice.¹²
• Note: 1911; Civil Service List, Ottawa, Ontario; Civil Service List: Name: Wilmot Maxwell Tobey; Year Born: 1877; Year of Record: 1911; Comments: Names of all persons employed in the Civil Service on the 1st April, 1911; Event Description: The Civil Service List of Canada; Source Reference: National Library of Canada, Ottawa: Parliamentary Sessional Papers, Sessional Paper No. 30/page 37 (Civil Service List, 1911, ancestry.ca)¹¹
• Note: 1916; Ottawa, Ontario; " ... elected a member of the Engineering Institute of Canada in 1916 ... " per Death Notice.¹²
• Residence*: 13 August 1925; 104 Second Ave., Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario; Informant for Death Reg'n. of his mother, Jeanetta S. "Nettie" (Wells) Tobey.¹⁶
• Note: 1926; Ottawa, Ontario; " ... appointed assistant director to the Geodetic Survey in 1926." per Death Notice.¹²
• Note: 16 November 1934; Brighton High School Commencement, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; "B.H.S. Broadcaster ... Tuesday, November 27, 1934 ... Commencement ... Mr. Maxwell Tobey, who has so kinldy given a sholarship to the students of B.H.S. in honour of his mother, Nettie Wells Tobey, presented it to this year's winner Lillian Boes." from page 4 of B.H.S. Broadcaster, of Nov 27, 1934, found in family album of Marjorie Marshall, given to Dan Buchanan by Florence Chatten, Dec 10 2020.
  Note: His mother had passed away in 1925.
• Residence: 1940; 231 Fourth Ave., Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario; "Fourth Ave. ... 231 Tobey W. Maxwell, civil servant .. 137" & "231 Tobey, Mrs. W. Maxwell .. 138" per Canada Voter Lists, 1940, Ottawa, pg. 328 of 394 - ancestry.ca.¹¹
• Retirement*: 1942; Ottawa, Ontario; "He retired in 1942." per Death Notice.¹²
• Residence: 1945; 231 Fourth Ave., Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario; "Fourth Ave. ... 231 Tobey W.M., retired .... 210" & "231 Tobey, Mrs. W.M. .. 211" per Canada Voter Lists, 1945, Ottawa, pg. 397 of 474 - ancestry.ca.¹¹
• Residence: 1949; 231 Fourth Ave., Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario; "Fourth Ave. ... 231 Tobey W. Maxwell, retired....... 189" & "231 Tobey, Anne - ...... 190" per Canada Voter Lists, 1949, Ottawa, pg. 151 of 312 - ancestry.ca.¹¹
• Residence: 1957; 231 Fourth Ave., Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario; "231 Tobey W. Maxwell, retired....... 147" & "231 Tobey, Anne - ...... 149" per Canada Voter Lists, 1957, Ottawa, pg. 335 of 443 - ancestry.ca.
  Note: Wonder who this Anne is?? He was divorced from Anne in 1928. Was there another wife?¹¹
• Residence: before 4 November 1959; 231 Fourth Ave., Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario; Wife's residence 231 Fourth Ave., Ottawa per death notice in Ottawa Journal.¹¹
• Note*: before 4 November 1959; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; "FOREWORD - This publication stems from a personal hobby and undying interest in his home-town of Brighton by the late Mr. Wilmot Maxwell Tobey. Much of the material, and research was prepared by this devoted gentleman whose desire it was to give to the people of Brighton a detailed story of the village and of the surrounding area from its very inception to the present day.
  Unfortunately, declining health prevented, the old gentleman from completing his ambitious project and following his passing, the material which he had collected and with which I had given some assistance fell into my hands. As time has permitted, I have endeavoured to re-assemble these writings and to personally complete the project as far as indicated by the time span covered by this volume. This story is written in chronological sequence and a considerable amount of duplication is deliberately introduced in order to connect previous events with the particular year under review. Each chapter, is as a result complete in itself. I am sure it was Mr. Tobey*s wish as well as mine that this book be presented to the people of Brighton with the provisio that since much of it cannot be duplicated or replaced, it be retained in a safe and permanent place. We hope it will be useful in bringing back recollections of many of the persons who have long since departed from the town. Permission is granted to use this material or re-publish the anecdotes in any way deemed advisable or of public interest. It is a pleasure to present this history to the people of Brighton. W.M. Sprung, Cornwall, Ontario" this is the Foreword of The Tobey Book, which was compiled into a book in the 1970s after Wilmot Maxwell Tobey had accumulated the bulk of the material before he died in 1959.¹⁷

Henry S. Wells^1,2,3

• Father*: Wilmot James Wells² b. 12 Apr 1824, d. 16 Nov 1908
• Mother*: Mary Beriah Webster² b. 23 Dec 1827, d. 27 Jan 1914

• Birth*: 25 October 1848; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date Oct 25 1848 per Memorial. Date 1848 & location UC per 1861 Census.^2,3
• Death*: 10 March 1862; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date Mar 10 1862 per Memorial.³
• Burial*: 12 March 1862; Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Memorial: (see Exhibit) Hattie R.; Born July 17, 1858; Died Mar 10 1862; George J.; Born Apr 10 1853; Died June 20 1865; Henry S.; Born Oct 25 1848; Died Jan. 5 1868; Children of; W.J. & M.B. Wells (Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Susan Brose Collection, Oct 3 2005)³

• Census: 1852; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 4 at 1851 Census: see John Wells⁴
• Census*: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 13 at 1861 Census: see Wilmot James Wells²

Joshua "Webster" Wells^1,2,3,4,5

• Father*: Wilmot James Wells² b. 12 Apr 1824, d. 16 Nov 1908
• Mother*: Mary Beriah Webster² b. 23 Dec 1827, d. 27 Jan 1914

• Birth*: 27 March 1851; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date Mar 27 1851 per Memorial. Date 1851 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date 1850 & location Cda. per marriage reg'n.^2,4,5
• Marriage*: 11 December 1869; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Registration: Groom: Webster Wells; Age: 19; Res.: Brighton Twp.; Born: Cda.; Status; bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Parents: Wilmot and Mary Wells; Bride: Margaret Rawson; Age: 20; Res.: Brighton Twp.; Born: Cda.; Status: spinster; Parents: Eliah & Almira Rawson; Wit.: M. Smith, Brighton; Date: Dec 11 1869; Place: Brighton Village; Rel.: Epsic. Meth.; Performed by: P. E. Knox, Brighton Village (Ontario Marriage Registration, ancestry.ca); Principal=Margaret Rawson⁴
• Death*: 18 March 1881; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Mar 18 1881 per Memorial.⁵
• Burial*: 20 March 1881; Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (see Exhibit) J. Webster; Wells; Born Mar. 27., 1851; Died; Mar 18, 1881; Albert G.; Wells; Born: May 28, 1865; Died; May 1 1892 (Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Susan Brose Collection, Oct 3 2005)⁵

• Census: 1852; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 1 at 1851 Census: see John Wells³
• Census*: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 10 at 1861 Census: see Wilmot James Wells²
• Residence*: 11 December 1869; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Brighton Twp. per Brighton Twp. per marriage reg'n.⁴

George J. Wells^1,2,3

• Father*: Wilmot James Wells² b. 12 Apr 1824, d. 16 Nov 1908
• Mother*: Mary Beriah Webster² b. 23 Dec 1827, d. 27 Jan 1914

• Birth*: 10 April 1853; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date ?Apr 10? 1853 per Memorial. Date 1853 & location UC per 1861 Census.^2,3
• Death*: 20 June 1865; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date Jun 20 1865 per Memorial.³
• Burial*: 22 June 1865; Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Memorial: (see Exhibit) Hattie R.; Born July 17, 1858; Died Mar 10 1862; George J.; Born Apr 10 1853; Died June 20 1865; Henry S.; Born Oct 25 1848; Died Jan. 5 1868; Children of; W.J. & M.B. Wells (Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Susan Brose Collection, Oct 3 2005)³

• Census*: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 8 at 1861 Census: see Wilmot James Wells²

Harriet R. "Hattie" Wells^1,2,3

• Father*: Wilmot James Wells² b. 12 Apr 1824, d. 16 Nov 1908
• Mother*: Mary Beriah Webster² b. 23 Dec 1827, d. 27 Jan 1914

• Birth*: 17 July 1858; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date July ?17? 1858 per Memorial. Date 1858 & location UC & Name Harriet per 1861 Census.^2,3
• Death*: 10 March 1862; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date Mar 10 1862 per Memorial.³
• Burial*: 12 March 1862; Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Memorial: (see Exhibit) Hattie R.; Born July 17, 1858; Died Mar 10 1862; George J.; Born Apr 10 1853; Died June 20 1865; Henry S.; Born Oct 25 1848; Died Jan. 5 1868; Children of; W.J. & M.B. Wells (Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Susan Brose Collection, Oct 3 2005)³

• Census*: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 3 at 1861 Census: see Wilmot James Wells²

Jesse Wells^1,2

• Father*: James John Wells³ b. 23 Mar 1766, d. 1813
• Mother*: Content Castle³ b. c 1760

• Birth*: 2 November 1794; Ernestown Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Upper Canada; Date Nov 2 1794 & location Ernestown & parents John Wells & Content Castle per IGI Record. Date 1793 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Location Connecticut, USA per Death Reg'n. of his son Wilmot James Wells.^2,3,4
• Marriage*: before 1818; Upper Canada; per 1851 Census. per GEDCOM of Helen Brown, Nov 5, 2005. per family tree of jsymons526 on ancestry.com, June 29 2013.; Principal=Azubah Hawley^5,6

• Residence: 2 April 1831; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; "The exact date of Brighton's birth is April 2, 1831. It was announced in the Cobourg Star and the Newcastle General Advertiser: "Pursuant to notice, a meeting of the inhabitants of Cramahe and Murray was held at Union Hall, kept by Mr. S. Kellogg, on the 2nd April, 1831, for the purpose of naming the village now in progress at that place. Among the great variety of names proposed, it was decided by a committee chosen for the purpose that the village should be called, and in future be known, by the name of Brighton." Jesse Wells, Secretary. Jesse Wells was the father of Wilmot J. Wells, and great grandfather of Mr. Mazwell Tobey." from page 106 of The Tobey Book, assembled by Wilmot Mawell Tobey, Brighton Public Library.⁷
• Census: 1839; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1839 Census: Jesse Wells; 2 males under 16; 1 male over 16; 2 females under 16; 3 females over 16
• Residence: 7 September 1846; Conc 3 Lot 3, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Land Registry Records (B&S 8329) show that James D. Goslee sold 100 acres in the south part of lot 3, concession3, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co. to Jesse Wells. ITS Date: Sep 7 1846. Reg'n. Date: Jan 4 1847. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Twp., Conc 03, Pg 048 of 320, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Apr 13 2020)⁸
• Census: 1848; Conc 3 Lot 3, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; 1848 Census: J?? Wells; Lot 3, Conc 3, occupied, prop.; farmer
• Census: 1850; Conc 3 Lot 3, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; 1850 Census: Jesse? Wells; Lot 3, Conc 3, occupied, prop.; Total 6 Persons
• Residence: 15 December 1851; Conc 3 Lot 3, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Land Registry Records (B&S B247) show that Jesse Wells sold 44 acres of lot 3, concession3, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co. to Olcott B. Wells. ITS Date: Dec 15 1851. Reg'n. Date: Jun 7 1861. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Twp., Conc 03, Pg 048 of 320, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Apr 13 2020)⁸
• Note*: 1 January 1852; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Brighton Township was created January 1, 1852, from the west side of Murray and the east side of Cramahe, plus Presqu'ile Point. (Dan Buchanan, Sep 20 2023)
• Residence*: March 1852; Conc 3 Lot 3, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Residence per 1851 Census: Conc 3, Lot 3, Brighton Twp., 90 acres²
• Census*: March 1852; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 58 at 1851 Census: Wells, John, 58, b. Cda., Episc., farmer, married; Azubah, 53, b. Cda., Episc., married; Louisa, 26, b. Cda., Episc., single; Olcott, 22, b. Cda., Episc., lab., single; Mary J., 17; Charles, 9; Wilmot, 28, b. Cda., EM, farmer, married; Beriah, 24, b. Cda., EM, married; Henry, 4; Webster, 1 (1851 Census: Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., pg. 37 of 160, line 18 - ancestry.ca) Note: Ichabod Richmond is below, then Reuben Thompkins; John Hart is above.²
• Residence: 22 October 1852; Conc 3 Lot 3, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Land Registry Records (Grant A133) show that Jesse Wells sold part of lot 3, concession3, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co. to Wilmot J. Wells. ITS Date: Oct 22 1852. Reg'n. Date: Jul 9 1853. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Twp., Conc 03, Pg 048 of 320, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Apr 13 2020)⁸
• Residence: 24 November 1854; Conc 3 Lot 3, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Land Registry Records (Grant B246) show that Jesse Wells sold part of the south half west of the Old Percy Road in lot 3, concession3, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co. to Wilmot Wells. ITS Date: Nov 24 1854. Reg'n. Date: Jun 7 1861. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Twp., Conc 03, Pg 048 of 320, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Apr 13 2020)⁸

Azubah Hawley^1,2,3

• Father*: Martin Hawley b. 20 Feb 1764, d. 20 Jan 1844
• Mother*: Amy Rogers b. 1768, d. 1851

• Birth*: 14 June 1799; Fredericksburgh Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Upper Canada; Date 1798 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date 1799 per GEDCOM of Helen Brown, Nov 5, 2005. per family tree of jsymons526 on ancestry.com, June 29 2013. Date Jun 14 1799 & location Fredericksburg Twp., Lennox & Addington Co. per family tree of Richard Hope on ancestry.ca, Jun 19 2024.^2,4
• Marriage*: before 1818; Upper Canada; per 1851 Census. per GEDCOM of Helen Brown, Nov 5, 2005. per family tree of jsymons526 on ancestry.com, June 29 2013.; Principal=Jesse Wells^3,4
• Death*: 18 May 1874; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; per family tree of Richard Hope on ancestry.ca, Jun 19 2024.⁴

• Married Name: before 1818; Wells²
• Census: 1839; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1839 Census: 1 of 3 females over 16 - see Jesse Wells (Newcastle District Census & Assessment Records, Cramahe Twp.)⁵
• Census*: March 1852; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 53 at 1851 Census: see John Wells²

Louisa Wells¹

• Father*: Jesse Wells¹ b. 2 Nov 1794
• Mother*: Azubah Hawley¹ b. 14 Jun 1799, d. 18 May 1874

• Birth*: 1825; Napanee, Lennox & Addington Co., Upper Canada; Date 1825 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date 1825 & location Napanee¹

• Census*: March 1852; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 26 at 1851 Census: see John Wells¹

Olcott Benjamin Wells^1,2,3,4,5,6

• Father*: Jesse Wells² b. 2 Nov 1794
• Mother*: Azubah Hawley² b. 14 Jun 1799, d. 18 May 1874

• Birth*: 15 October 1830; Lennox & Addington Co., Upper Canada; No date per Memorial. Date Oct 17 1821? per CemSearch. Date Oct 15 1830 & location Brighton Twp. - age 70y 9m 15d at death Jul 30 1901. Date 1831 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1831 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1830 & location Cda. per 1861 Census. Date 1829 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date Oct 17 1830 & location Lennox & Addington Co. per family tree of Richard Hope on ancestry.ca, Jun 19 2024.^{2,7,3,4,5,6,8}
• Marriage*: circa 1858; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; per 1861 Census. per marriage reg'n. of son Norman Harvey Wells.; Principal=Amanda Haines^9,5
• Death*: 30 July 1901; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.#019013: Name: Olcott Benjamin Wells; Date: Jul 30 1901; Age: 70y 9m 15d; Res.: Conc 3, Lot 3, Brighton Twp.; Occ.: farmer; Status: married; Born: Brighton Twp.; Cause: brain complication; Phys.: none; Rel.: Meth.; Inf.: N.B.H. Dean; Reg'd.: Jul 31 1901; Reg'r.: Darius Crouter, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co. (Ontario Death Registration, #019013-1901, ancestry.ca) No date per Memorial. Date 1901 per CemSearch.^7,10,8
• Burial*: 2 August 1901; Woods Cemetery, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (see Exhibit) WELLS; Josephine M.; 1861 - 1943; Wife ofl; Normah H. Wells; 1865 - 1949; Clayton S. Wells; 1889 - 1957; Olcott B. Wells; and his wife; Amanda (Woods Cemetery, Cramahe Twp., image by Dan Buchanan, Jul 6 2009)
  CemSearch: Name: Olcott B. Wells; Born: Oct 17 1821; Died: 1901; ID: WOODS066; Other names: Wells, Clayton Hanly (1889-1957), Wells, Harriet Amanda (1835-1913), Wells, Josephine Maria [George] (1861-1943), Wells, Norman Harvey (1865-1949); Cemetery: Woods Cemetery, Conc 1, Lot 12, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Sec N Row 11 Plot 1; Note: Husband of Harriet Amanda. Dates provided by family (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pid=WOODS066%5E3)^7,8

• Residence*: 15 December 1851; Conc 3 Lot 3, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Land Registry Records (B&S B247) show that Jesse Wells sold 44 acres of lot 3, concession3, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co. to Olcott B. Wells. ITS Date: Dec 15 1851. Reg'n. Date: Jun 7 1861. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Twp., Conc 03, Pg 048 of 320, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Apr 13 2020)¹¹
• Census*: March 1852; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 22 at 1851 Census: see John Wells²
• Census: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 31 at 1861 Census: Wells, Oclott, 31, b. Cda., EM, farmer, married; Amanda, 25, b. Cda., EM, married; Thos., 2; Chas., 18, b. Cda., EM, school teacher, single; Haines, Wayman, 63, b. USA, EM, married (1861 Census: Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., pg. 377 of 899, line 33 - ancestry.ca)
  Note: Wayman Haines would be the father of Amanda Wells.⁵
• Census: April 1871; Brighton Twp., Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 40 at 1871 Census: Wells, O.B.(m), 40, b. Ont., Eng., Meth., farmer, married; Amanda, 36, b. Ont., Eng., Meth., married; Norman, 6; Charles, 6 (1871 Census: Brighton Twp., Northumberland East Co., dist. 55, sub-dist. C-1, pg. 1, line 9 - ancestry.ca)
  Note: Renselaer Haines is above and G.S. J. Johnson above him at line 1.⁶
• Census: April 1881; Brighton Twp., Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 50 at 1881 Census: Wells, Olcott, 50, b. Ont., Ger., EM, farmer, married; Amanda, 45, b. Ont., Ger., EM, married; Norman, 16; Dorman, 16; Mary, 9 (1881 Census: Brighton Twp., Northumberland East Co., dist. 123, sub-dist. C, pg. 19, line 4 - ancestry.ca)⁴

Mary Jane Wells^1,2,3

• Father*: Jesse Wells² b. 2 Nov 1794
• Mother*: Azubah Hawley² b. 14 Jun 1799, d. 18 May 1874

• Birth*: 1834; Upper Canada; Date 1834 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date 1834 & locaiton Ont. per family tree of Richard Hope on ancestry.ca, Jun 19 2024.^2,3
• Death*: 1854; Prince Edward Co., Canada West; per family tree of Richard Hope on ancestry.ca, Jun 19 2024.³

• Census*: March 1852; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 17 at 1851 Census: see John Wells²

Charles Wells^1,2,3

• Father*: Jesse Wells² b. 2 Nov 1794
• Mother*: Azubah Hawley² b. 14 Jun 1799, d. 18 May 1874

• Birth*: 1842; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1843 & location Cda. per 1861 Census. Date 1842 & location Cda. per 1851 Census.^2,3

• Census*: March 1852; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 9 at 1851 Census: see John Wells²
• Census: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 18 at 1861 Census: see Olcott Wells (brother)³

James John Wells^1,2,3

• Father*: James Wells³ b. 13 Sep 1728, d. 28 Sep 1776
• Mother*: Prudence Wright³ b. 31 May 1736, d. 22 Jul 1825

• Birth*: 23 March 1766; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; Date Mar 23 1766 & location Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Conn. per family tree of Richard Hope on ancestry.ca, Dec 21 2024. per IGI Record.^2,3
• Marriage*: 27 March 1793; Fredericksburgh Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Richard Hope on ancestry.ca, Dec 21 2024. per IGI Record.; Principal=Content Castle³
• Death*: 1813; Napanee, Lennox & Addington Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Richard Hope on ancestry.ca, Dec 21 2024.³

Content Castle¹

• Birth*: circa 1760; per IGI Record.¹
• Marriage*: 27 March 1793; Fredericksburgh Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Richard Hope on ancestry.ca, Dec 21 2024. per IGI Record.; Principal=James John Wells²

• Married Name: circa 1790; Wells¹

James Victor Tobey^1,2,3

• Father*: Jasper Dingman Tobey² b. 17 Sep 1845, d. 2 Aug 1918
• Mother*: Henrietta Sarah Bowles² b. 18 Jul 1850, d. 27 May 1933

• Birth*: 26 October 1882; Arran Twp., Tara, Bruce Co., Ontario; Birth Reg'n.#003550-1882: Name: James Victor Tobey; Born: Oct 26 1882; Location Tara, Bruce Co.; Parents: Jasper Dignam Tobey & Henrietta S. Bowles; Inf.: Jasper D. Tobey, Merchant, Tara; Phys.: Dr. Dumble; Reg'r.: J. D. Tobey; Reg'd.: Dec 27 1882
  Note: Of special interest here is the father's name which is specifically shown as Jasper Dignam Tobey; this should obviously be Jasper Dingman Tobey, in honour of Jasper Dingman.
  Note: Jasper Tobey is the Registrar for Arran Twp. at this time.
  Date 1882 & location Tara per marriage reg'n. - Mary Mabel (Foster) Henry.^2,4
• Marriage*: 23 June 1909; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#002548: Groom: James Victor Tobey; Age: 27; Res.: Tara; Status: bachelor; Occ.: Merchant, Rel.: Meth.; Parents: James Dingman Tobey, Merchant & Henrietta Sarah Bowles; Bride: Sarah Henderson; Age: 30?; Res.: Toronto; Status: spinster; Rel.: Meth.; Parents: Robert Henderson, deceased & Mary Ann Brinkman; R. T. & Mrs. M. A. Henderson, Toronto; Date: Jun 25 1909; Place: Toronto; Performed by: Eber Crummy, 501 Markham St., TO; Reg'd.: June 25 1909 (Ontario Marriage Registration, #002548-1909, ancestry.ca) Date Jun 23 1909 & location Toronto per GEDCOM of Susan Thomas Sandy, Nov 6, 2005.
  per Burial.; Principal=Sarah Anne Henderson^5,6,7
• Marriage*: 29 January 1938; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#001368: Groom: James Victor Tobey; Age: 55; Res. & Born: Tara, Ont.; Status: widpwer; Occ.: Insuarance Salesman; Rel.: United Church; Parents: J. D. Tobey & Henrietta Bowles; Bride: Mary Mabel Henry; Age: 53; Res.: Tara, Ont.; Born: Thornbury, Ont.; Status: divorcee; rel.: United Church; Parents: Alexander Foster & Saraah K. Catherfield; Intended Res.: Toronto; Wit.: Ivor M. Beel, 184 Dowling Ave., TO & Margaret S. Duncan, 49 Indian Drive, TO?; Date: Jan 29 1938; Place: Toronto; Performed by: Philip Duncan, 49 Indian Drive, TO, United Church; Sworn: Owen Sound, Jan 20 1938; Reg'r.: ?? Owen Sound (Ontario Marriage Registration, #001368-1938, ancestry.ca)
  per Burial.; Principal=Mary Mabel Foster⁸
• Death*: 23 October 1955; Arran Twp., Tara, Bruce Co., Ontario; Date 1955 per FindaGrave & transcrition. Date Oct 23 1955 & location Tara per family tree of Thomas Soper on ancestry.ca, Dec 23 2020.^5,9,10
• Burial*: 26 October 1955; Hillcrest Cemetery, Tara, Bruce Co., Ontario; FindaGrave: Name: James Victor Tobey; BIRTH: 16 Oct 1882, Tara, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada; DEATH: 1955 (aged 72–73); BURIAL:
  Hillcrest Cemetery, Tara, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada; PLOT: Section B, p 25, transcripts; MEMORIAL ID: 212158620; Inscr.: TOBEY, Sarah A Henderson, Wife of J Victor Tobey, 1878 - 1920, J Victor Tobey, 1882 - 1955, Beloved Husband of, Mabel Foster
  1884 - 1973 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212158620/james-victor-tobey)
  Cemetery Transcription: Sarah A. Henderson, wife of J. Victor Tobey 1878-1920; J. Victor Tobey 1882-1955; Beloved husband of Mable Foster 1884-1973 (Hillcrest Cemetery, Tara, Lot 30, Conc 9 & 10, Arran Twp., Bruce Co., Plot 284 - Ontario Archives)^5,9

• Census*: 15 April 1891; Tara, Bruce North Co., Ontario; Age 8 at 1891 Census: see Jasper D. Tobey³
• Residence: 2 December 1908; Owen Sound, Grey Co., Ontario; Witness at marriage of George Neil & Ethelyn Tobey.⁴
• Residence*: 23 June 1909; Tara, Bruce Co., Ontario; Residence Tara per marr. reg'n.⁴
• Residence: 29 January 1938; Tara, Bruce Co., Ontario; Residence Tara per marriage reg'n. - Mary Mabel (Foster) Henry.⁴

Patrick Johnston¹

• Birth*: circa 1825; per marr. reg'n. of daughter Louisa (Johnston) Tobey.¹
• Marriage*: before 1850; per marr. reg'n. of daughter Louisa (Johnston) Tobey.; Principal=Louisa Knox

Louisa Knox¹

• Birth*: circa 1825; per marr. reg'n. of daughter Louisa (Johnston) Tobey.¹
• Marriage*: before 1850; per marr. reg'n. of daughter Louisa (Johnston) Tobey.; Principal=Patrick Johnston

• Married Name: before 1850; Johnston¹

Henry Hess¹

• Birth*: circa 1825; per marr. reg'n. of son Thomas Y. Hess.¹
• Marriage*: before 1850; per marr. reg'n. of son Thomas Y. Hess.; Principal=Maria ?

Maria ?¹

• Birth*: circa 1825; per marr. reg'n. of son Thomas Y. Hess.¹
• Marriage*: before 1850; per marr. reg'n. of son Thomas Y. Hess.; Principal=Henry Hess

• Married Name: before 1850; Hess¹

Archibald McKechnie¹

• Birth*: circa 1825; per marr. reg'n. of son Harper McKechnie.¹
• Marriage*: before 1850; per marr. reg'n. of son Harper McKechnie.; Principal=Matilda Walker