Person Page - 3581

Emma Guillet¹

• Father*: John Guillet¹ b. 15 Sep 1802, d. 27 May 1872
• Mother*: Sarah Catharine Payne¹ b. 30 Apr 1827, d. 6 Jan 1911

• Birth*: 20 September 1849; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1850 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1849 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date Sep 20 1849 & location Cobourg per GEDCOM of Cheryl (Kemp) Taber, Feb 5 2016.^1,2,3
• Marriage*: 26 September 1871; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Cheryl (Kemp) Taber, Feb 5 2016.; Principal=Jonathan Pettet³
• Death*: 28 October 1877; Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of Cheryl (Kemp) Taber, Feb 5 2016.³

• Census: April 1861; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 12 at 1861 Census: see John Guillet²
• Census*: April 1871; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 21 at 1871 Census: see John Guillet¹
• Married Name: 26 September 1871; Pettet³

Charlotte Guillet¹

• Father*: John Guillet¹ b. 15 Sep 1802, d. 27 May 1872
• Mother*: Charlotte Payne b. 3 Apr 1806, d. 8 Aug 1845

• Birth*: 22 February 1844; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1844 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date Feb 22 1844 & location Cobourg per GEDCOM of Cheryl (Kemp) Taber, Feb 5 2016.^1,2
• Death*: 27 November 1874; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Date Nov 27 1874 & location Toronto per GEDCOM of Cheryl (Kemp) Taber, Feb 5 2016.²

• Census*: April 1861; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 17 at 1861 Census: see John Guillet¹

Albert Guillet¹

• Father*: John Guillet¹ b. 15 Sep 1802, d. 27 May 1872
• Mother*: Sarah Catharine Payne¹ b. 30 Apr 1827, d. 6 Jan 1911

• Birth*: 27 February 1852; Ontario; Date 1852 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date Feb 27 1852 & location Ont. per GEDCOM of Cheryl (Kemp) Taber, Feb 5 2016.^1,2
• Death*: 12 October 1868; Date Oct 12 1868 per GEDCOM of Cheryl (Kemp) Taber, Feb 5 2016.²

• Census*: April 1861; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 9 at 1861 Census: see John Guillet¹

Mary Elizabeth Scott^1,2,3,4,5

• Father*: James Bristol Scott² b. 5 Nov 1865
• Mother*: Agnes Ferguson² b. 2 Nov 1868

• Birth*: 27 May 1897; Oakland Twp., Brant Co., Ontario; Birth Reg'n.#.. : Name: Mary Elizabeth Scott; Date: May 27 1897; Parents: James Bristol Scott & Agnes Ferguson; ... pg. 2 n/a ... (Ontario Birth Registration, #... , ancestry.com) Date May 27 1897 per Memorial. Date May 27 1897 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1897 & location Oakland Twp., Brant Co. per marr. reg'n.^2,4,3,5
• Marriage*: 29 July 1925; Oakland Twp., Maple Grove, Brant Co.; Marriage Reg'n.#007087: Groom: Edwin Clarence Guillet; Age: 27; Res.: Toronto; Born: Cobourg; Status: bachelor; Occ.: Teacher; Rel.: United Church; Parents: Edwin Guillet & Lula Kemp; Bride: Mary Elizabeth Scott; Age: 28; Res.: Toronto; Born: Oakland Twp., Brant Co.; Status: spinter; Occ.: At Home; Rel.: United Church; Parents: James C. Scott & Agnes Ferguson; Expected Res.: Maple Grove, Brant Co.; Wit.: Jas. Lindsay, Aylmer West, Ont. & B. MacDuck, Welland, Ont.; Date: Jul 29 1925; Place: Maple Grove, Oakland Twp., Brant Co.; Performed by: William Carpenter, 150 Brock St., Brantford, United Church; Sworn: Cobourg, Jul 21 1925; Reg'r.: ?? Stong? (Ontario Marriage Registration, #007087-1925, ancestry.com); Principal=Edwin Clarence Guillet⁶
• Death*: 28 October 1984; Newmarket, Ontario; Date Oct 28 1984 per Memorial. Date Oct 28 1984 & location Newmarket per GEDCOM of Cheryl (Kemp) Taber, Feb 5 2016.^7,5
• Burial*: 31 October 1984; Cobourg Union Cemetery, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) GUILLET; Edwin C. Guillet; Sept. 29, 1898; June 26, 1975; And Wife; Mary Elizabeth; Scott; May 27, 1897; Oct. 28, 1984 (Cobourg Union Cemetery, Cobourg, April 19 2016)(Edwin C. Guillet's parents are on the other side of the stone)

• Census*: 12 April 1901; Oakland Twp., Oxford South Co., Ontario; Age 3 at 1901 Census: see James B. Scott³
• Residence*: 29 July 1925; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Residence Toronto per marr. reg'n.²
• Married Name: 29 July 1925; Guillet²

James Bristol Scott^1,2,3,4

• Birth*: 5 November 1865; Ontario; Date Nov 5 1865 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. per marriage reg'n. of daugher Mary Elizabeth (Scott) Guillet.^2,4
• Marriage*: before 1895; per marriage reg'n. of daugher Mary Elizabeth (Scott) Guillet.; Principal=Agnes Ferguson²

• Census*: 12 April 1901; Oakland Twp., Oxford South Co., Ontario; Age 35 at 1901 Census: Scott, James, 35, b. Ont. r. Nov 5 1865, Eng., Pres., farmer, & ??, married; Agnes, 32, b. Ont. r. Nov 2 1868, Scot., Pres., married; Mary E., 3, b. Ont. r. May 27 1897, Eng., Pres., daughter; Scott, Mary J., 60, b. Ont. r. Mar 29 1841, Eng., Meth., widow; William M., 37, b. Ont. r. Aug 11 1863, Scott, Meth., son, single (1901 Census: Oakland Twp., Oxford South Co., dist. 102, sub-dist. F-2, pg. 6, line 25 - ancestry.com)⁴

Agnes Ferguson^1,2,3

• Birth*: 2 November 1868; Ontario; Date Nov 2 1868 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. per marriage reg'n. of daugher Mary Elizabeth (Scott) Guillet.^2,4
• Marriage*: before 1895; per marriage reg'n. of daugher Mary Elizabeth (Scott) Guillet.; Principal=James Bristol Scott²

• Married Name: before 1895; Scott²
• Census*: 12 April 1901; Oakland Twp., Oxford South Co., Ontario; Age 32 at 1901 Census: see James B. Scott⁴

Lorenzo Miller Vandervoort^1,2,3

• Father*: Peter Miller Vandervoort² b. 1818, d. 3 Jan 1911
• Mother*: Elizabeth Sophia Billings² b. 18 Sep 1820, d. 3 Jan 1911

• Birth*: 25 September 1842; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Date 1840 & location CW per 1851 Census. Date Sep 25 1842 & location Sidney Twp. per family tree of DVandervort9992 on ancestry.com, Sep 2 2013.^2,3
• Marriage*: circa 1866; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; per family tree of DVandervort9992 on ancestry.com, Sep 2 2013.; Principal=Hannah Maria Mikel⁴
• Death*: 21 November 1917; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; per family tree of DVandervort9992 on ancestry.com, Sep 2 2013.³

• Census*: 1851; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Age 11 at 1851 Census: see James Vandervoort (grandfather)²

Albert Vandervoort¹

• Father*: Peter Miller Vandervoort¹ b. 1818, d. 3 Jan 1911
• Mother*: Elizabeth Sophia Billings¹ b. 18 Sep 1820, d. 3 Jan 1911

• Birth*: 1843; Ontario; Date 1843 & location CW per 1851 Census.¹

• Census*: 1851; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Age 8 at 1851 Census: see James Vandervoort (grandfather)¹

Jennet Vandervoort¹

• Father*: Peter Miller Vandervoort¹ b. 1818, d. 3 Jan 1911
• Mother*: Elizabeth Sophia Billings¹ b. 18 Sep 1820, d. 3 Jan 1911

• Birth*: 1847; Ontario; Date 1847 & location CW per 1851 Census.¹

• Census*: 1851; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Age 4 at 1851 Census: see James Vandervoort (grandfather)¹

Thomas Vandervoort¹

• Father*: Peter Miller Vandervoort¹ b. 1818, d. 3 Jan 1911
• Mother*: Elizabeth Sophia Billings¹ b. 18 Sep 1820, d. 3 Jan 1911

• Birth*: 1850; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Date 1850 & location CW per 1851 Census.¹

• Census*: 1851; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Age 1 at 1851 Census: see James Vandervoort (grandfather)¹

David Vandervoort¹

• Father*: Samuel Acker Vandervoort¹ b. 19 Jul 1789, d. 26 Apr 1870
• Mother*: Hannah Hess¹ b. 1794, d. 1874

• Birth*: 1813; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Upper Canada; Date 1813 & location Sidney Twp. per family tree of OregonCrary on ancestry.ca, Mar 1 2024. per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 1 2013.^1,2
• Marriage*: 8 August 1841; Victoria Dist., Canada West; Date Aug 8 1841 & location Victoria Dist. per family tree of OregonCrary on ancestry.ca, Mar 1 2024. per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 1 2013.; Principal=Esther Harman^1,2
• Marriage*: circa 1855; Cape Vincent, Jefferson Co., New York, U.S.A.; Ruth Margaret Bates is not married per 1850 US Fed Census.; Principal=Ruth Margaret Bates^2,3
• Death*: 5 March 1898; Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, U.S.A.; per family tree of OregonCrary on ancestry.ca, Mar 1 2024.²

Esther Harman¹

• Birth*: circa 1820; per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 1 2013.¹
• Marriage*: 8 August 1841; Victoria Dist., Canada West; Date Aug 8 1841 & location Victoria Dist. per family tree of OregonCrary on ancestry.ca, Mar 1 2024. per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 1 2013.; Principal=David Vandervoort^1,2

• Married Name: 8 August 1841; Vandervoort¹

Joheil Vandervoort¹

• Father*: Samuel Acker Vandervoort¹ b. 19 Jul 1789, d. 26 Apr 1870
• Mother*: Hannah Hess¹ b. 1794, d. 1874

• Birth*: circa 1818; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Upper Canada; per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 1 2013.¹

John Acker Vandervoort^1,2,3

• Father*: Frances Vandervoort b. 12 May 1764, d. 20 Apr 1836
• Mother*: Hannah Acker b. 7 Sep 1765, d. 2 Apr 1850

• Birth*: 2 February 1800; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Upper Canada; Date Feb 2 1800 & location Sidney Twp. per family tree of Vanlam86 on ancestry.ca, Mar 5 2024. Date 1800 & location Sidney Twp. per family tree of lherman49 on ancestry.ca, Sep 4 2020. per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 1 2013.^2,3
• Marriage*: 17 January 1826; St. Thomas Church, Belleville, Hastings Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of lherman49 on ancestry.ca, Sep 4 2020.; Principal=Anna Maria Stickles³
• Death*: 26 January 1879; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; per family tree of lherman49 on ancestry.ca, Sep 4 2020.³

Maria Madora Elizabeth Vandervoort^1,2,3

• Father*: Samuel Acker Vandervoort² b. 19 Jul 1789, d. 26 Apr 1870
• Mother*: Hannah Hess² b. 1794, d. 1874

• Birth*: 23 March 1830; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Upper Canada; Date Mar 23 1830 & location Sidney Twp. per family tree of Sarah Hubbs on ancestry.ca, Mar 6 2024. per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 1 2013.^2,3
• Marriage*: circa 1865; Hastings Co., Canada West; per family tree of Sarah Hubbs on ancestry.ca, Mar 6 2024.; Principal=William Sidney Yates³

• Married Name: circa 1865; Yates³

Matilda Vandervoort¹

• Father*: Samuel Acker Vandervoort¹ b. 19 Jul 1789, d. 26 Apr 1870
• Mother*: Hannah Hess¹ b. 1794, d. 1874

• Birth*: circa 1824; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Upper Canada; per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 1 2013.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1850; Principal=? Cole¹

• Married Name: circa 1850; Cole¹

Catherine Vandervoort^1,2,3

• Father*: Samuel Acker Vandervoort² b. 19 Jul 1789, d. 26 Apr 1870
• Mother*: Hannah Hess² b. 1794, d. 1874

• Birth*: 23 October 1821; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Upper Canada; Date 1823 & location Cda. per 1861 Census. Date 1821 & location Cda. per 1855 NY State Census. Date Oct 23 1821 per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 1 2013.^2,4,3
• Marriage*: circa 1852; Catherine in not shown as the second wife here, but timing after death of first wife and before next children suggests c. 1852. per family tree of OregonCrary on ancestry.ca, Mar 1 2024.; Principal=William Fairhall Bates^2,5
• Death*: circa 1905; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Nothing has been found re the death of Catherine (Vandervoort) Bates. Since she was living in Sidney Twp. in 1901, age 79, we must assume she died here and is not represented by a memorial. (Dan Buchanan, Mar 5 2024)

• Married Name: circa 1852; Bates²
• Census: 15 June 1855; Cape Vincent, Jefferson Co., New York, U.S.A.; Age 33 at 1855 NY State Census: see William T. Bates³
• Note: circa 20 November 1858; Cape Vincent, Jefferson Co., New York, U.S.A.; "It was late evening when King reached the Vandervoort farm. John and Elizabeth, Melinda's parents, had never met King before and his reason for coming alarmed them. King said that his wife's body was being exhumed and that soon a warrent for his arrest would be issued. He said there would also be a warrant for Melinda's arrest. He wanted to take her to the United States where they would be safe until the trouble was straightened out. Melinda's parents were reluctant to allow her to go with King, but the fear of her being arrested prevailed. They said she could go with King on the sole condition that the pair go to Melinda's aunt's house in Cape Vincent, New York, a small community on the St. Lawrence River." from 'Dr. William Henry King: A Gradual and Painful Death", in the book "Murder; Twelve True Stories of Homicide in Canada" by Ed Butts, pg. 43
• Note: circa 25 November 1858; Cape Vincent Twp., Fox Creek, Jefferson Co., New York, U.S.A.; "Aunt Catherine Bates" of the Dr. King story was Catherine Vandervoort, a daughter of Samuel Vandervoort and Hannah Hess. Her brother, John Hess Vandervoort, was the father of Dr. King's girlfriend, Melvenda Freeland (or Melinda) Vandervoort. Catherine Vandervoort married William Fairhall Bates around 1852 and lived on the Bates homestead in Cape Vincent Township, Jeffeson County, New York. The story says the farm house was about 6 miles south of the village of Cape Vincent, which is on the St. Lawrence River across from Wolfe Island and Kingston. Looking at the map, we can see that this distance is accurate. William Bate's father, Samuel Bates, had settled near Fox Creek, on the shore of Lake Ontario, very much at the eastern end of Lake Ontario and the western end of Cape Vincent Township. The Bates family owned several hundred acres of land on the mainland here as well as on Fox Island which is off-shore to the west in Lake Ontario. A map of the area from 1866 shows the name "Bates" on a section of land just in from the shore, on County Route 6 which makes a loop south from Cape Vincent Village, to the Fox Creek area and them east and north back to Cape Vincent. The village of Lyme is a few miles south of the Bates farm and there is a Bates Road in that area. The original Lyme Township was divided into Cape Vincent on the north and Lyme Townships on teh south, with a straight east-west line dividing them. The Bates homestead was not far north of the township line. (Dan Buchanan, Mar 5 2024)
• Census*: April 1861; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; Age 38 at 1861 Census: see Samuel Vandervoort (father)
  Note: Catherine (Vandervoort) Bates is with her parents on the family farm in Sidney Township for the 1861 Census, just two years after the Dr. King affair. She is clearly shown to be married, so William Bates may be off to California with others of his family - and many of the Vandervoort clan as well. (Dan Buchanan, Mar 5 2024)⁴
• Census: April 1901; Conc 6 Lot 28, Sidney Twp., West Hastings Co., Ontario; Age 80 at 1901 Census: Bates, Catherine, 80, b. Ont. r. Oct 23 1921, Dutch, Free M., lodger, widow (1901 Census: Sidney Twp., West Hastings Co., dist. 72, sub-dist. B-2, pg. 2, line 31 - ancestry.com)
  Note: Catherine Bates is an 80-year-old lodger listed under Charles H. Vanderwater, with his father, Daniel Vandewater just above. A siseter of Catherine's, Maria Madora Vandervoort, married William Sidney Yates and their daughter, Hope Yates, was the wife of Charles H. Vanderwater. Besides this family connection, the Vanderwater homestead was on Conc 6, Lots 28, 29 and 30, a bit to the north and east of the earlier Vandervoort farm just south of Wallbridge at Conc 4, Lot 25. The village of Chatterton is farther north from the Vanderwater home and Foxboro is a bit father north and east, in Thurlow Township. After this mention of Catherine Bates, I see nothing about her death. (Dan Buchanan, Mar 6 2024)⁶

William Fairhall Bates^1,2,3,4,5

• Father*: Samuel Bates b. 24 Jan 1796, d. 8 Nov 1874
• Mother*: Maria Campbell b. 2 Jun 1800, d. Oct 1867

• Birth*: 22 December 1822; Tenterden, Kent, England; Date 1823 & location England per 1855 NY State Census. Date 1824 & location England per 1850 US Fed Census. Date Dec 22 1822 & location Tenterden, Kent, England per family tree of OregonCrary on ancestry.ca, Mar 1 2024. per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 1 2013.^2,3,4,5
• Marriage*: circa 1847; New York, U.S.A.; per 1850 US Fed Census.; Principal=Sarah Jane Humphrey⁴
• Marriage*: circa 1852; Catherine in not shown as the second wife here, but timing after death of first wife and before next children suggests c. 1852. per family tree of OregonCrary on ancestry.ca, Mar 1 2024.; Principal=Catherine Vandervoort^2,5
• Death*: 22 February 1856; Cape Vincent Twp., Jefferson Co., New York, U.S.A.; Date Feb 22 1853? & location Cape Vincent Twp. per family tree of OregonCrary on ancestry.ca, Mar 1 2024.
  Note: Date here is 1853, but he is in the 1855 NY State Census. Appears as if he was not around when Dr. King came to stay. (Dan Buchanan, Mar 1 2024)⁵

• Immigration*: 19 April 1830; New York, U.S.A.; New York Arriving Passengers: Ship: Columbia; Arrival Date: Apr 19 1830; Arrival Port: New York, USA; Departure Port: London, England; Passengers: Samuel Bates, age 33; Maria Bates, 29; William, 7; Charles H., 5; Isaac, 1 (US, New York Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, Apr 19, 1830, Columbia, port of New York, pg. 3 of 5, ancestry.ca)⁶
• Census: 9 August 1850; Cape Vincent, Jefferson Co., New York, U.S.A.; Age 26 at 1850 US Fed Census: Bates, William, 26, b. England, lab., married; Sarah Jane, 24, b. England, married; L. Maria, 2, b. NY (1850 US Fed Census: Cape Vincent, Jefferson Co., NY, pg. 4 of 74, line 25 - ancestry.ca)⁴
• Census*: 15 June 1855; Cape Vincent, Jefferson Co., New York, U.S.A.; Age 32 at 1855 NY State Census: Bates, Wm. T., 32, b. England, farmer, married; Catherine, 33, b. Cda., married; Maria, 1, b. - (1855 NY State Census: Town of Cape Vincent, Jefferson Co., New York, pg. 11 of 41, line 28 - ancestry.ca)³
• Residence: 25 October 1872; Vallecito Valley, Alameda Co., California, U.S.A.; California Voters Register: Voting No.: 749; Name: Bates, William F.; Age: 49; Born: England; Occ.: farmer; Res.: Valecito Valley, "Transf'd from Sierra", Reg'd.: Oct 25 1872 (California Voter Registers, "The Great Register of Alameda Co.", 1867-1878, pg. 100 of 353, ancestry.ca)⁶
• Note*: circa 1874; Sunol Glen, Alameda Co., California, U.S.A.; A Place Called Sunol: The stories on this page are from the book A Place Called Sunol, by Connie and Allen DeGrange. This book is available from The Sunol Coffeehouse & Cafe (Main St. Sunol), the Niles Canyon Railway Sunol Depot store or by sending $19.95+$3.25 shipping to: DeGrange Publishing, PO Box 173, Sunol, CA, 94586.
  Sunol is a rural community of 900 to 1200 people located in Alameda County between the south San Francisco Bay and the Livermore Valley. The total land area designated as Sunol encompasses 86 square miles - about the same size as the city of San Francisco.
  The area now know as Sunol was originally settled by the Ohlone tribe about 5000 years ago. The Ohlone lived in small villages with well defined territorial boundaries. Their culture was highly developed and stable in this plentiful land teeming with wildlife and other resources. A bountiful yield of plant and animal foods was ensured by careful management of the land. Controlled burning of extensive areas was carried out each fall to promote the growth of seed-bearing annual plants as well as to increase the grazing areas for deer, elk and antelope. Acorns from the many oaks were a staple plant food. When the Mission San Jose was established by the Spanish, the Ohlone population fell from about 10,000 to 2,000 within 60 years, mostly as a result of contracting European diseases.
  In the mid 1800's, Antonio Maria Sunol and Maria Bernal Sunol gained ownership of 14,000 acres of Rancho El Valle de San Jose. One of their sons (also with the name Antonio Maria Sunol) build a complex of ranching support buildings near the present-day Sunol Water Temple. A larger community was created as disappointed gold miners settled as farmers.
  By the late 1800's trains came through Sunol and Niles Canyon as the easiest way enter and leave San Jose. The ready access to Sunol by the railroads helped develop Sunol as a vacation area for city dwellers. By the turn of the century, the town boasted four hotels, three grocery stores, a meat market, two barber shops, two restaurants, and a soda fountain. During the same period, land and water rights were acquired by the Spring Valley Water Company which supplied water to Oakland and San Francisco.
  The Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads had separate tracks through Sunol until 1984 when the Southern Pacific right-of-way was abandoned. In 1987, the Pacific Locomotive Association gain access to the Southern Pacific right-of-way and relaid the tracks between Sunol and Niles. They now offer steam train rides down Niles Canyon.
  In 1906, William Bourn, a major stockholder in the Spring Valley Water Company, and owner of the Empire Gold Mine, hired Willis Polk to design a "water temple" at Sunol where people could celebrate the "meeting of the waters." Bourn wanted to sell the water company to the City of San Francisco and saw the temple as a way to appeal to San Francisco voters (there is more information on the Water Temple at the Save our Sunol web site.)
  Sunol continued to develop as both an agricultural and recreational area. In 1925, Hazel Glen Avenue (now Kilkare Road) was improved, and 100 log cabins were constructed as summer retreats among the trees 3-1/2 miles up the canyon. The cabins in Kilkare Woods remained as summer homes until World War II when people started living in them all year because of a shortage of homes in the Livermore-Amador Valley.
  The current Sunol Glen school, built in 1925, has about 250 students in kindergarten through eighth grades. The school has always acted as a community center - the auditorium still contains a metal lined movie projection loft designed during the era of carbon-arc projectors.
  Over the years, fires have consumed much of the historic structures in Sunol. Most recently, between 1987 and 1989, three separate fires destroyed 7 businesses and a home on Main Street. Only now are they being replaced.
  This brief history is only glimpse into the essence of Sunol. It doesn't explain why there are bed races, how a community theatre group flourishes, or who would have a dog for a mayor. If you are interested in learning more, A Place Called Sunol is good starting point, or simply strike up a conversation in the Olde Townhouse Cafe." copied from (https://www.sunol.net/place/).
• Residence*: 3 December 1874; Sunal Glen, California, U.S.A.; Will of Samuel Bates of Cape Vincent NY; (Page 1) "Last Will and Testament of Samuel Bates. Be it remembered, that heretofore, to wit: on the 3rd day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy four, Nathan R. Bates of Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York, one of the ..
  Executors named in the last will and testament of Samuel Bates, late of the Town of Cape Vincent in the Couty of Jefferson, deceased, appeared in open Court, before the Surrogate of the County of Jefferson and made application to have the said last Will and Testament & codicil thereto annexed … Which relates to both Real and Personal Estate, proved: and on such application the said Surrogate did ascertain by satisfactory evidence who were the heirs at law and next of kin of the said testator, and their respective residences, and they are as follows Viz.: Said petitioner Nathan R. Bates, Charles Henry Bates, Samuel J. Bates and Margaret R. Jurry, all of the Cape Vincent, and James Bates of Lyme, all of Jefferson County, NY, and William F. Bates of Sunal Glen, California, children of the said testator all of full age."
  Page 02, lower right … "I charge upon my said Executors the payment of my general testamentary expenses out of my said estate. Likewise, I make, constitute and appoint my sons William Bates & Nathan R. Bates to be Executors of the my last Will and Testament, thereby rendering all former wills by me made … " pages copied from family tree of OregonCrary on ancestry.ca, Mar 2 2024.
  Note: William F. Bates is clearly shown here as one of the Executors of the will of Samuel Bates. He is said to be living in Sunal Glen, California.⁶
• Residence: 11 October 1880; 9th Ward, 9th Dist., San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California, U.S.A.; California Voters Register: 1880, San Francisco: Voting No.: 24; Reg'n. No.: 224; Name: William Bates; Age: 58; Born: At sea, under American Flag; Occ.: Contractor; Res.: S. s. Berry, Sixth & Seventh (California Voters Registers, 1880, San Francisco, 9th District, 9th Ward, Oct 11 1880, ancestry.ca)⁶

Elizabeth Vandervoort¹

• Father*: Samuel Acker Vandervoort¹ b. 19 Jul 1789, d. 26 Apr 1870
• Mother*: Hannah Hess¹ b. 1794, d. 1874

• Birth*: 1833; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Upper Canada; per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 1 2013.¹
• Death*: 1853; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 1 2013.¹

George Harman Sydenham Vandervoort^1,2,3

• Father*: David Vandervoort² b. 1813, d. 5 Mar 1898
• Mother*: Esther Harman² b. c 1820

• Birth*: 1844; Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; Date 1844 & location Belleville per Death Reg'n. - age 74y at death May 25 1918. Date 1844 per GEDCOM of jerryv@rangenet.com, Sep 2 2013.^2,4
• Marriage*: 13 June 1865; Hastings Co., Canada West; Date Jun 13 1864 & location Hastings Co., Ont. per family tree of PaulTaylor10 on ancestry.ca, Mar 2 2024. per GEDCOM of jerryv@rangenet.com, Sep 2 2013.; Principal=Charlotte McLeod^2,3
• Death*: 25 May 1918; Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.#019120: Name: Sydenham Vandervoort; Date: May 25 1918; Age: 74y; Res.: Belleville; Born: Belleville; Occ.: team boat captain; Status: married; Parents: David Vandervoort & Esther Harman; Cause: valvular disease of heart; Burial: Belleville Cemetery; Phys.: Dr. R. W. Tennent; Inf.: Frank Sharp, Church St., Belleville Reg'd.: May 25 1918; Reg'r.: J. Wilfred Holmes, Belleville (Ontario Death Registration, #019120-1918, ancestry.ca)
  Date May 25 1918 & location Belleville per family tree of DVandervoort9992 on ancestry.ca, Mar 4 2024. Date 1918 per family tree of PaulTaylor10 on ancestry.ca, Mar 2 2024.^3,5
• Burial*: 27 May 1918; Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; Locaiton Belleville Cemetery per Death Reg'n.⁴