Person Page - 4299

Obediah "Obe" Vansicklen^1,2,3

• Father*: Thomas Vansicklen² b. 1835, d. 10 Sep 1872
• Mother*: Melissa Elizabeth Fusee² b. 31 Jul 1840, d. 30 Oct 1879

• Birth*: 6 September 1872; Sanilac Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Michigan Birth Index: Name: Obediah Vansickler; Gender: Male; Birth Place: Sanilac, Michigan; Birth Date: 6 Sep 1872; Baptism Place: Sanilac, Michigan; Father's name: Thomas Vansickler; Mother's name: Malissa; FHL Film Number: 979464 (Michigan Birth Index, ancestry.ca) per family tree of kpaxtongeorge on ancestry.ca, March 26 2020.^2,4
• Marriage*: 5 June 1907; St. Steven's in the Fields, College St., Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#002367: Groom: Obe Vansicklen; Age: 34; Res.: Toronto; Born: Michigan; Status: bachelor; Occ.: slater; Rel.: Meth.; Parents: James Vansicklen & Malissa Fusee; Bride: Louisa Davis; Age: 27; Res.: Toronto; Born: England; Status: spinster; Parents: Levi Davis & Annie Abrah; Wit.: John Reggin & Selena Ann Vansicklen, Toronto; Date: Jun 5 1907; Place: Toronto; Performed by: J. s. Broughall; Reg'd.: June 7 1907 (Ontario Marriage Registration, #002367-1907, ancestry.ca)
  
  per family tree of kpaxtongeorge on ancestry.ca, March 26 2020.; Principal=Louisa Maud Beatrice Davis^2,5
• Death*: 12 November 1959; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; per family tree of kpaxtongeorge on ancestry.ca, March 26 2020.²

• Residence*: 5 June 1907; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Residence Toronto per marr. reg'n.³

Louisa Maud Beatrice Davis¹

• Birth*: 7 April 1880; Peckham, London, England; per family tree of kpaxtongeorge on ancestry.ca, March 26 2020.¹
• Marriage*: 5 June 1907; St. Steven's in the Fields, College St., Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#002367: Groom: Obe Vansicklen; Age: 34; Res.: Toronto; Born: Michigan; Status: bachelor; Occ.: slater; Rel.: Meth.; Parents: James Vansicklen & Malissa Fusee; Bride: Louisa Davis; Age: 27; Res.: Toronto; Born: England; Status: spinster; Parents: Levi Davis & Annie Abrah; Wit.: John Reggin & Selena Ann Vansicklen, Toronto; Date: Jun 5 1907; Place: Toronto; Performed by: J. s. Broughall; Reg'd.: June 7 1907 (Ontario Marriage Registration, #002367-1907, ancestry.ca)
  
  per family tree of kpaxtongeorge on ancestry.ca, March 26 2020.; Principal=Obediah "Obe" Vansicklen^1,2
• Death*: 24 August 1946; Scarborough, York Co., Ontario; per family tree of kpaxtongeorge on ancestry.ca, March 26 2020.¹

• Married Name: 5 June 1907; Vansicklen¹

Simon Mark^1,2,3,4

• Father*: Simon Mark² b. Oct 1799, d. 13 Feb 1866
• Mother*: Rebecca Bronson² b. 7 Jul 1799, d. c 1838

• Birth*: March 1830; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Date Mar 1830 & location St. Clair Co., MI per FindaGrave. Date Mar 1830 & location Cda. per Death Reg'n. Date Mar 1832 & location Cda. per 1900 US Fed Census. Date 1836 & location Cda. per 1880 US Fed Census. Date 1833 & location Cda. per 1870 US Fed Census. Date 1833 & location Cda. per 1860 US Fed Census. Date Mar 1832 & location Cda. per family tree of kpaxtongeorge on ancestry.ca, March 26 2020.
  Note: The FindaGrave record shows born St. Clair Co., MI. This may be from the family in the area, much after the fact, so may not be accurate. Unless we are dealing with a different Simon Mark altogether, this is wrong.^2,3,5,4
• Marriage*: circa April 1853; Woodhouse Twp., Norfolk Co., Canada West; It could be that Simon Mark and Mary Ann Wamsley were married at her home in Norfolk County, after Simon visited Brighton. (Dan Buchanan, May 28 2020) per family tree of Lesley Orsborn on ancestry.ca, May 24 2020.; Principal=Mary Ann Wamsley²
• Marriage*: 5 May 1874; Brockway, St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Michigan Marriage Record: County: St. Clair; Period: Year ending Dec 31 1874; No.: 2251; DatE: May 5 1874; Place: Brockway, MI; Groom: Simon Mark; Age: 40; Res.: Kenockee; Born: Canada; Bride: Oc.: farmer; Bride: Melissa Van Sickler; Age: 30; Res.: Fremont; Born: Canada; Performed by: William Robertson, Minister; Wit.: William & Agnes Robertson, Brockway (Michigan MArriage Record, St. Clair Co., No. 2251, pg. 527 of 624, anccestry.ca) Date May 5 1874 & location Brockway MI per family tree of kpaxtongeorge on ancestry.ca, March 26 2020.; Principal=Melissa Elizabeth Fusee^2,4
• Marriage*: 16 March 1883; Brockway, St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Michigan Marriage Record: County: St. Clair; Period: Year ending Dec 31 1883; No.: 1736; Date: Mar 16 1883; Place: Brockway, MI; Groom: Simon Marks; Age: 51; Res.: Port Huron, MI; Born: Canada; Occ.: farmer; BrideL Sarah Jane (Downey) Groat; Age: 36; Res.: Port Huron, MI; Performed by: J. S. Duffie, Justice of the Peace; Wit.: J. A. Menzies & D. A. Menroy, Brockway; Clerk: Fred A. Baker (Michigan Marriage Record, St. Clair Co., No. 1736, pg. 392 of 637, ancestry.ca) Date Mar 16 1883 & location Brockway MI per family tree of Lesley Orsborn on ancestry.ca, May 24 2020.; Principal=Sarah Jane Downey^2,4
• Death*: 4 August 1903; Lakefield Twp., Luce Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Michigan Death Certificate: No.: 271-6; County: Luce; Township: Lakefield; Name: Simon Marks; Date: Aug 4 1903; Age: 73y 4m; Born: Cda. - 1830 03; Parents: not known; Burial: Aug 5 1903, Marks Cemetery, Newberry; Inf.: Cornwell Marks, Helmer, MI; Reg'd.: Aug 5 1903; Reg'r.: F. P. Bohn, Newberry (Michigan Death Certificate No. 271-6, Luce Co., MI, pg. 962 of 3543 - ancestry.ca) Date Aug 4 1903 per FindaGrave. Date Aug 4 1903 & location Lakefield, Luce Co. MI per family tree of kpaxtongeorge on ancestry.ca, March 26 2020.^2,5
• Burial*: 6 August 1903; Forest Home Cemetery, Newberry, Luce Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; FindaGrave: Name: Simon Mark; Birth: Mar 1830, St. Clair County, Michigan, USA; Death: 4 Aug 1903 (aged 73), Luce County, Michigan, USA; Burial: Forest Home Cemetery, Newberry, Luce County, Michigan, USA; Memorial ID: 189564194; Note: Gravesite Details Have not been able to locate the plot in the cemetery but records from the Marks Cemetery indicate the body was moved to Forest Home because of water level problems at the Marks Cemetery in the 1980s. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189564194)⁵

• Residence*: 29 March 1853; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Simon Mark of Brighton Twp. is a witness at the marriage of John McNalley and Charlotte McPalley on March 29 1853, per marriage register of Rev. Joshua Webster.⁶
• Immigration*: circa June 1853; Michigan, U.S.A.; Immigration 1853 per 1900 US Fed Census. (Note: If this is the Simon Mark who was a witness at a marriage in Brighton Township in March 1853, and whose son was born in Canada in Jan 1854, it all works. Looks like he was in Norfolk Co., where his wif'e's family lived, for a time, then went over to Michigan. The wife and kid came later. (Dan Buchanan, May 28 2020)
• Census*: 16 August 1860; Kenockee, St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Age 27 at 1860 US Fed Census: Marks Simon, 27, b. Cda., farmer, married; Mary, 23, b. Cda., married; James, 8, b. Cda.; Wesley, 2 (1860 US Fed Census: Town of Kenockee, St. Clair Co., Michigan, pg. 17 of 20, line 38 - ancestry.ca)³
• Milit-Beg*: 30 September 1864; Kenockee, St. Clair Co., Michigan; American Civil War Soldiers: Name: Simon Marks; Enlistment Date: 30 Sep 1864; Enlistment Place: Kenokee, Michigan; Side Served: Union; State Served: Michigan; Sources: 10 (American Civiel War Soldiers, ancestry.ca)⁴
• Census: 23 June 1870; Kenockee, St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Age 37 at 1870 US Fed Census: Marks, Simon, 37, b. Cda., farmer, married; Mary, 32, b. Cda., keeping house, married; James, 15, b. Cda., works on farm, single; Wesley, 12, b. Michigan, attending sschool; Gilbert, 9, b. Michigan; Sarah, 7, b. Michigan; Henry, 2, b. Michigan; Charles, 3/12, b. Michigan (1870 US Fed Census: Kenockee, St. Clair Co., Michigan, pg. 6 of 31, line 15 - ancestry.ca)³
• Note*: 12 September 1873; Kenockee, St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Simon Mark's first wife, Mary Ann Wansey, died Sep 12 1873, soon after giving birth their last child, Harriet, who died in Oct 19 1873.⁴
• Residence: 5 May 1874; Kenockee, St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Residence per marriage record - Melissa (Fusee) Van Wicklen.⁴
• Note: 30 October 1879; Kenockee, St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Melissa, wife of Simon Mark, died Oct 30 1879.⁴
• Census: 19 June 1880; Kenockee, St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Age 44 at 1880 US Fed Census: Markes, Simon, 44, b. Cda., p.b. Cda., famer, married; (Lizze is in the next line but it has a line through it - she had died) Sarah, 18, b. Mcihigan, p.b. Cda., teaching school, single; Henry, 12, b. Michigan, p.b. Cda., lab., son; Charley, 10; Cornwill, 4; Lewis, 2; Miney M.(f), 5 months - Oct., dau. (1880 US Fed Census: Kenockee, St. Clair Co., Michigan, pg. 31 of 37, line 37 - ancestry.ca)³
• Residence: 16 March 1883; Port Huron, Michigan, U.S.A.; Residence Port Huron per marriage record - Sarah Jane (Downey) Groat.⁴
• Census: 6 June 1900; Butcherville Twp., St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Age 68 at 1900 US Fed Census: Marks, Simon, 68, b. Cda. Mar 1832, p.b. France & Conn.; Immig. 1853, 47 yrs in US - NA, lab., boarder, widower (1900 US Fed Census: Butcherville Twp., St. Clair Co., Michigan, pg. 4 of 12, line 76 - ancestry.ca)
  Note: Simon Mark is boarding with William Groat, age 32. His last wife, Sarah Jane, was married to a Groat, so this may be her kids.
  Note: This is the only place I have seen 1853 as the year of immigration - that helps.³

Cornwell Mark¹

• Father*: Simon Mark¹ b. Mar 1830, d. 4 Aug 1903
• Mother*: Melissa Elizabeth Fusee¹ b. 31 Jul 1840, d. 30 Oct 1879

• Birth*: 8 August 1876; Avoca, St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Date Aug 8 1876 & location Avoca, St. Clair Co. MI per FindaGrave. Date 1876 & location MI per 1880 US Fed Census. Date Aug 5 1875 & location Avoca, St. Clair Co., MI per family tree of kpaxtongeorge on ancestry.ca, March 26 2020.^1,2,3
• Marriage*: circa 1897; Michigan, U.S.A.; per FindaGrave.; Principal=Sarah Almeda Sutton²
• Death*: 24 March 1950; Mewberry, Luce Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Date Mar 24 1950 & location Newberry, Luce Co., MI per FindaGrave. Date Mar 24 1950 & location Lakefield, MI per family tree of kpaxtongeorge on ancestry.ca, March 26 2020.^1,2
• Burial*: 26 March 1950; Newberry, Luce Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; FindaGrave: Name: Cornwell Mark; Birth: 8 Aug 1876, Avoca, St. Clair County, Michigan, USA; Death: 24 Mar 1950 (aged 73), Newberry, Luce County, Michigan, USA; Burial: West Lakefield Cemetery, Luce County, Michigan, USA; Plot: 54E; Memorial ID: 25783817 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25783817/cornwell-mark)²

• Census*: 19 June 1880; Kenockee, St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Age 4 at 1880 US Fed Census: see Simon Mark³
• Residence*: 4 August 1903; Helmer, Michigan, U.S.A.; Informant for Death Cert. of his father Simon Mark.⁴

Louis Simon Mark^1,2,3

• Father*: Simon Mark² b. Mar 1830, d. 4 Aug 1903
• Mother*: Melissa Elizabeth Fusee² b. 31 Jul 1840, d. 30 Oct 1879

• Birth*: 22 July 1877; Kenockee, St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Date 1878 & location MI per 1880 US Fed Census. Date Jul 22 1877 & locaiton Kenockee per family tree of kpaxtongeorge on ancestry.ca, March 26 2020.^2,3
• Death*: 17 October 1950; Newberry, Luce Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; per family tree of kpaxtongeorge on ancestry.ca, March 26 2020.²

• Census*: 19 June 1880; Kenockee, St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Age 2 at 1880 US Fed Census: see Simon Mark³

Minnie Mable Mark¹

• Father*: Simon Mark¹ b. Mar 1830, d. 4 Aug 1903
• Mother*: Melissa Elizabeth Fusee¹ b. 31 Jul 1840, d. 30 Oct 1879

• Birth*: 11 October 1879; Kenockee, St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Date Oct 1879 & location MI per 1880 US Fed Census. Date Oct 11 1879 & location Kenockee per family tree of kpaxtongeorge on ancestry.ca, March 26 2020.^1,2

• Census*: 19 June 1880; Kenockee, St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Age 5 months at 1880 US Fed Census: see Simon Mark²

James "Antoine Foisy¹

• Birth*: 22 August 1754; Champlain, Quebec; Date Aug 22 1754 & location Champlain, Quebec, per family tree of marsch1965 on ancestry.ca, March 27 2020.¹
• Marriage*: 1775; Church of St. Mathieu, Beloeil, Quebec; Marriage Record: Groom: Antoine Foisy; Bride: Marie Josephe Gipoulon; Date: 1772-1778; Place: Beloeil, Quebec; Church: St. Mathieu (Quebec Vital and Church Records (Druin Collection), pg. 31 of 277, anestry.ca)(Appears to say 1775 at the top of the page) per family tree of marsch1965 on ancestry.ca, March 27 2020.; Principal=Marie Josephe LaFleur Gipoulon^1,2
• Death*: 26 July 1830; St. Mathias, Quebec; per family tree of marsch1965 on ancestry.ca, March 27 2020.¹

Marie Josephe LaFleur Gipoulon¹

• Birth*: circa 1741; Quebec, Quebec; per family tree of marsch1965 on ancestry.ca, March 27 2020.¹
• Marriage*: 1775; Church of St. Mathieu, Beloeil, Quebec; Marriage Record: Groom: Antoine Foisy; Bride: Marie Josephe Gipoulon; Date: 1772-1778; Place: Beloeil, Quebec; Church: St. Mathieu (Quebec Vital and Church Records (Druin Collection), pg. 31 of 277, anestry.ca)(Appears to say 1775 at the top of the page) per family tree of marsch1965 on ancestry.ca, March 27 2020.; Principal=James "Antoine Foisy^1,2
• Death*: 23 March 1827; Vercheres, Quebec; per family tree of marsch1965 on ancestry.ca, March 27 2020.¹

• Married Name: 1775; Foisy¹

Mary E. Martin¹

• Father*: Terrence "Terry" Martin¹ b. 22 Jul 1831, d. 1 Sep 1907
• Mother*: Sarah Elizabeth Fusee¹ b. 6 Sep 1838, d. 4 Feb 1925

• Birth*: 1855; Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1855 & location Cda. per 1860 US Fed Census.¹

• Census*: 25 July 1860; Greenwood Twp., St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Age 5 at 1860 US Fed Census: see Terrence Martin¹

Adelaide J. Martin¹

• Father*: Terrence "Terry" Martin¹ b. 22 Jul 1831, d. 1 Sep 1907
• Mother*: Sarah Elizabeth Fusee¹ b. 6 Sep 1838, d. 4 Feb 1925

• Birth*: 1856; Greenwood Twp., St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Date 1856 & location Michigan per 1860 US Fed Census.¹

• Census*: 25 July 1860; Greenwood Twp., St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Age 4 at 1860 US Fed Census: see Terrence Martin¹

Charles Martin¹

• Father*: Terrence "Terry" Martin¹ b. 22 Jul 1831, d. 1 Sep 1907
• Mother*: Sarah Elizabeth Fusee¹ b. 6 Sep 1838, d. 4 Feb 1925

• Birth*: 1858; Greenwood Twp., St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Date 1858 & location Michigan per 1860 US Fed Census.¹

• Census*: 25 July 1860; Greenwood Twp., St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Age 2 at 1860 US Fed Census: see Terrence Martin¹

Persses L. Martin^1,2

• Father*: Terrence "Terry" Martin² b. 22 Jul 1831, d. 1 Sep 1907
• Mother*: Sarah Elizabeth Fusee² b. 6 Sep 1838, d. 4 Feb 1925

• Birth*: April 1860; Greenwood Twp., St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Date Apr 1860 & location Michigan per 1860 US Fed Census - age 3 months at July 25 1860.²

• Census*: 25 July 1860; Greenwood Twp., St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Age 3 months at 1860 US Fed Census: see Terrence Martin²

Simon Mark^1,2,3,4

• Father*: Marcoux Mark² b. c 1760
• Mother*: ? ?² b. c 1760

• Birth*: October 1799; Montreal, Lower Canada; Date 1800 & location Canada West per 1860 US Fed Census. Date 1800 & location Cda. per 1855 NY State Census. Location France per 1900 US Fed Census of Mary (Mark) Gardei and Emmet A. Mark. Date 1799 & location Montreal per family tree of Maran Eberle Hayner on ancestry.ca, May 24 2020. Date c 1799 & location Ont. per family tree of marsch1965 on ancestry.ca, March 27 2020.^2,5,3
• Marriage*: 1824; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Date 1824 & location Ont. per family tree of marsch1965 on ancestry.ca, March 27 2020.
  Note: There is no mention of Mark in Percy or Cramahe Township census records until Joseph in 1850. I checked the early records again for Percy in particular, and found lots of Brunsons but no Mark. (Dan Buchanan, May 24 2020); Principal=Rebecca Bronson^2,6
• Marriage*: 21 December 1839; Sawmill Run, Little Valley, Cattaraugus Co., New York, U.S.A.; Second wife of Simon Mark was Almira per 1860 US Fed Census. Date Dec 21 1839 & location Sawmill Run, Little Valley, Cattaraugus Co., NY per family tree of Judy Marks on ancestry.ca, May 24 2020.; Principal=Almira Hill^3,2
• Death*: 13 February 1866; Portland, Ionia Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; per family tree of Maran Eberle Hayner on ancestry.ca, May 24 2020. per family tree of marsch1965 on ancestry.ca, March 27 2020.²

• Milit-Beg*: February 1816; Montreal, Lower Canada; "Peter Le May of Belleville in the Victoria District, labourer, maketh oath and saith that he, this deponent, served five months as a private in the Canadian Fencible Regiment during the late war with the United States, having previously served upwards of three years in the Canadian Voltigeurs; that while serving in the said Fencible Regiment, this deponent became acquainted with Simon Mark, who then served as a private in the same Regiment; that this deponent was previously acquainted with the said Simon Mark's father and family but had not known him;... " Archvies of Canada, Crown Land Petitions, C-2230, Percy, 1849, Bundle M5, Vol. 371, No. 34a https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-110.02-e.php?&q2=29&interval=50&sk=0&&PHPSESSID=npfo6qij0n1rpue06msk2mqnj1
• Milit-End*: July 1816; Montreal, Lower Canada; "The Canadian Regiment was disbanded in July and August 1816 at Kingston and Montreal." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Regiment_of_Fencible_Infantry⁷
• Residence*: 30 September 1816; Conc 1 Lot 6, Drummond Twp., Lanark Co., Upper Canada; " … Simon Mark was on the 30th September 1816 located for the south west half of lot number six in the first concession of township No. 2 or Drummond which lot was subsequently returned in the name of Alex Fraser." from a Crown Land Petition document dated March 7 1839, in response to a petition by Simon Mark to acquire land from the Crown due to his military service. He appearss to have had a lot in Drummond Twp., Lanark Co. (town of Perth) but did not occupy and improve the lot, so it was allocated to someone else. (Upper Canada Crown Land Petitions, 1839, Bundle 364A, Volume M21, No. 108, MF C02218, Archives of Canada, Digitized Crown Land Petitions.)⁸
• Census: 1817; Perth, Lanark Co., Upper Canada; Canadian Genealogy Index: Name: Simon Mark; Year: 1817; Place: Perth Town, Durmmond Twp.; Province: Ontario; Source: Extracts from the 1817 federal census of Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa.; Vol.: pg. 4 (ancestry.ca)
  Note: This suggests that Simon Mark was actually in Drummond Twp. in 1817, but he appearently did not stay long. He did not take up the lot allocated to him from the Crown Lands in 1816, due, he said in a later petition, to illness. Soon after, he was in Percy Twp., Northumberland Co. and married Rebecca Bronson. (Dan Buchanan, May 29 2020)^4,8
• Census: before 1824; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1824 Assessment: Simon Mark; no land; (Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada, 1837 Assesssment, line 7 - I printed these from the microfim at the Archives of Ontario.)
  Note: This assessment record has no census info included so we can't say if it was before or after the marriage with Rebecca Brunson.
• Census: 1837; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1837 Assessment: Simon Marke; no land; 1 milks cow; 1 male over 16; 4 males under 16; 1 female over 16; 1 female under 16; Total 7 (Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada, 1837 Assesssment, item 49 - I printed these from the microfim at the Archives of Ontario so in my collection, Simon Marke is at the top of page 3 - the original is all one long list.)
  Note: This Assessment record for Simon Marke shows no land but includes census info, as was sometimes done with assessment records.
  Note: The counts of 4 males under 16 and 1 female under 16 matches perfectly with the names I have collected for this family. It also assumes that the wife is still here. Other records say Rebecca died in 1836, but there appears to have been a wife here for this record in 1837. Maybe soon afterward??
• Residence: February 1839; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Crown Land Petition: "To His Excellency Sir George Arthur K C H Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Upper Canada and Major General Commanding the Forces therein. The Petition of Simon Mark of the township of Percy in the County of Northumberland, yeoman, Humbly sheweth … That your Petitioner located many years since the south west half of lot number six in the first concession of the township of Drummond as a Private in the Canadian Fencible Regiment during the late war and that having been prevented from sickness from settling therein the said land was taken from him and relocated. Your Petitioner therefore humbly pray that your Excellency will be pleased to permit him to relocate the same quantity of land in the waste land of the Crown and as in duty bound, Your Petitioner will ever pray … Simon Mark (X his mark)" Archvies of Canada, Crown Land Petitions, C-2230, Percy, 1849, Bundle M5, Vol. 371, No. 34 https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-110.02-e.php?&q2=29&interval=50&sk=0&&PHPSESSID=npfo6qij0n1rpue06msk2mqnj1⁸
• Residence: 27 February 1839; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; "The south west half of lot No. 6 in the first concession of the township of Drummond was ?decenched? the 14 June 1820 in the name of Alexander Fraser. I do not find any location or order for land in favor of the petitioner as a discharged soldier from the late Canadian Fencible Regiment. SGO 27 Feby 1839, J. Radeuhurst" Archvies of Canada, Crown Land Petitions, C-2230, Percy, 1849, Bundle M5, Vol. 371, No. 34 https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-110.02-e.php?&q2=29&interval=50&sk=0&&PHPSESSID=npfo6qij0n1rpue06msk2mqnj1⁸
• Residence: 1 August 1839; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; "In Council 1st August 1839. The petitioner should ?provide? proof of his identity and of the cause which ?endr…d? him to abandon his former location." Archvies of Canada, Crown Land Petitions, C-2230, Percy, 1849, Bundle M5, Vol. 371, No. 34 https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-110.02-e.php?&q2=29&interval=50&sk=0&&PHPSESSID=npfo6qij0n1rpue06msk2mqnj1⁸
• Census: 1840; Poland, Chautauqua Co., New York, U.S.A.; 1840 US Fed Census: Simon Mark; 1 male 5 to 9; 1 male 40 to 49; 1 female 30 to 39; Total 3 (1840 US Fed Census: Poland, Chautauqua Co., New York, ancestry.ca)³
• Residence: 28 January 1840; Belleville, Hastings Co., Upper Canada; "Peter Le May of Belleville in the Victoria District, labourer, maketh oath and saith that he, this deponent, served five months as a private in the Canadian Fencible Regiment during the late war with the United States, having previously served upwards of three years in the Canadian Voltigeurs; that while serving in the said Fencible Regiment, this deponent became acquainted with Simon Mark, who then served as a private in the same Regiment; that this deponent was previously acquainted with the said Simon Mark's father and family but had not known him; that the said Simon Mark served in the said Regiment until it was broken up when he was discharged
  That the said Simon Mark drew land abut a mile and a half from Perth and remaining on and about his land during five months and cleared a small piece of land, when he went to Montreal to see his parents; that the said deponent afterward worked with the said Simon Mark at Kingston and at River Trent and that he hath known the said Simon Mark to live in the township of Percy for many years past, as many as twenty years; that said Simon Mark always told this deponent that he could have his said land whenever he would to it and that he was ??yarant? that ?it was reloated?; Sworn before me at Belleville this 28th January 1840; Peter Le May (X His mark); Billa Flint, Jr., J.P." Archvies of Canada, Crown Land Petitions, C-2230, Percy, 1849, Bundle M5, Vol. 371, No. 34a https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-110.02-e.php?&q2=29&interval=50&sk=0&&PHPSESSID=npfo6qij0n1rpue06msk2mqnj1⁸
• Note*: 27 March 1849; Montreal, Quebec; "To His Excellency the Earl of Elgin and Commanding Governor General of British North America .. The Petition of Simon Mark of the township of Percy in the herewith District, yeoman, Humbly sheweth… That your Memorialist served as a private in the Regiment of Canadian Fencibles during the last war with the United States of America and became entitled to one hundred acres of land for his services,
  that soon after the close of the war he was located to one hundred acres of land near the Town of Perth in the Bathurst District, being the south west half of lot number six in the first concession of the Lanark R. Drummond, that he remained therein several months and made a small clearance thereon when he returned to Montreal to visit his relatives; that afterwards returning to the said land he found that in consequence of his absence it had been relocated to another, that on or about the 27th day of February 1839 he presented a petition that he might claim his land but that the same was ?? to him, that since that period all persons entitled to lands for their service during the ?late? belonging to the militia of Lower Canada have had their claims satisfied. That our Memorialist hath reason to believe that when ? petitioning for his land in the year 1839 the cause why he did not obtain the same was that having served in a Lower Canada Corps he was only entitled to his bounty from Lower Canadian lands as was held according to the rules of those days, notwithstanding he had been already located to land in Upper Canada at an early period. Your Memorialist therefore prays that your Excellency will be pleased to order such of the value of one hundred acres to be assured to him and as am duty bound. Montreal, March 27, 1849, Your Petitioner will always pray, Simon Mark, By his atty ?A. H. Meyer??" Crown Land Petitions, Archives of Canada, C-2230, Percy, 1849, Bundle M5, Vol. 371, No. 34 (pg. 647 of 1214 - 5 pages) https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-110.02-e.php?&q2=29&interval=50&sk=0&&PHPSESSID=npfo6qij0n1rpue06msk2mqnj1
  Note: This documet is dated and signed in Montreal, but it was likely produced by Simon's lawyer, who's name I can't make out. At this time he was living in Cattaraugus Co., NY. Maybe he travelled there to attend to this job. Cattaraugus Co. is not far south of Buffalo, NY.⁸
• Note: 17 April 1849; Crown Land Departement, Montreal, Canada East; "The Petitioner prays that ?scrip? may ?fare? to him in satisfaction of his claim as a Discharged Soldier from the Canadian Fencible, and states that he was located for the south west half of lot number six in the 1st Concession of the township of Drummond and settled therein. That it was located to another person and that he had not obtained other land in lieu thereof. The name of Simon Mark, a Discharged Soldier from the Canadian Fencibles was returned by the Military ?? Department as listed in September 1816 for the above mentioned lot, which was subsequently relocated to ?Lieut. Alexander Fraser of the New Brunswick Fencibles … and was ?diated? for Patent in his name 14th June 1820. No other land appears to have been assigned to Simon Mark in lieu thereof although on the 27th Feby 1839 a Petition in his name was reported upon. Considering the circumstance of this case, and further his claim for Provincial ?? and was entered and acknowledge in the year 1816 and also reviews in the year 1839 his case appears ?ally entitled to consideration with the discharged soldiers whose names were registered by the late Commissioner of Lands for Lower Canada and with the Militiamen of the same return of the Province whose claims have since the year 1841 continued to be acted upon.
  Crown Land Department, Montreal, 5 April 1849" and then, on April 13 1849 "The Committee recommend that Petitioner receive scrip to the amount of one hundred acres." (Archvies of Canada, Crown Land Petitions, C-2230, Percy, 1849, Bundle M5, Vol. 371, No. 34C https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-110.02-e.php?&q2=29&interval=50&sk=0&&PHPSESSID=npfo6qij0n1rpue06msk2mqnj1)
  Note: So, finally, Simon Mark got some money out of the Crown Land Department, in the form of scrip in the value of one hundred acres of land. By this time, he was in the US with a growing family, and could probably use the money more than the land.⁸
• Census: 8 June 1855; Coldspring, Cattaraugus Co., New York, U.S.A.; Age 55 at 1855 NY State Census: Mark, Simon, 55, b. Cda.., 3 yrs in town, farmer, married; Elmira, 36, b. Cattaraugus Co., 3 yrs in town, married; George L., 9, b. Cattaraugus Co., 3 yrs in town; Caroline E., 8, b. Ohio, 3 yrs in town; Charlotte E., 8, b. Cattaraugus Co., 3 yrs in town; Sarah E., 3, b. Cattaraugus Co., 3 yrs in town; Louisa R., 2, b. Cattaraugus Co., 2 yrs in town; William H., 4/12, b. Cattaraugus Co., 4 mo in town (1855 NY State Census: Town of Coldspring. Cattaraugus Co., New York, pg. 2 of 14, line 16 - ancestry.ca)³
• Census*: 18 July 1860; Portland, Ionia Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Age 60 at 1860 US Fed Census: Mark, Simon, 60, b. Canada West, farm lab., married; Almira, 40, b. New York, married; George L., 14, b. NY Caroline E., 13, b. Ohio; Mary A. C., 11, b. NY; Sarah E., 9, b. NY; Rosetta L., 7, b. NY; Wm. H. H., 5, b. NY; Emmet A.(m), 3, b. NY; Adaline, 1, b. Michigan (1860 US Fed Census: Portland, Ionia Co., Michigan, pg. 14 of 36, line 23, ancestry.ca)³

Rebecca Bronson^1,2,3

• Father*: Rev. Tillotson Bronson² b. 8 Jan 1762, d. 6 Sep 1826
• Mother*: Hannah Thompson² b. 5 Nov 1772, d. 28 Feb 1808

• Birth*: 7 July 1799; Waterbury, New Haven Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; Connecticut Town Birth Records: "Rebecca, d. Rev. Tillotson & Hannah, b. July 7 1799, Waterbury .. page 449" (Connecticut Town Birth Records, Cheshire Vital Records, pg. 193, Bronson, pg. 21 of 90, ancestry.ca)
  Location Connecticut per Death Cert. of son Joseph Mark. Date July 7 1799 & location Waterbury, Conn. per family tree of Marian Eberle Hayner on ancestry.ca, May 24 2020. per family tree of marsch1965 on ancestry.ca, March 27 2020.^2,3
• Marriage*: 1824; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Date 1824 & location Ont. per family tree of marsch1965 on ancestry.ca, March 27 2020.
  Note: There is no mention of Mark in Percy or Cramahe Township census records until Joseph in 1850. I checked the early records again for Percy in particular, and found lots of Brunsons but no Mark. (Dan Buchanan, May 24 2020); Principal=Simon Mark^2,4
• Death*: circa 1838; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; The 1837 Assessment record of Percy Twp. has census info for Simon Marke. It shows 7 total people, one male and one female over 16, 4 males under 16 and 1 female under 16. This matches perfectly with the names I have collection for Simon's early family with Rebecca Brunson. However, it also assumes that Rebeccs is still there, shown as a femaile over 16. It appears as if she died in Percy Twp. soon after the birth of daughter Margaret in 1836 and the 1837 Census. This is speculation based on real documents that don't tell us as much as we would like. This is the BEST information we have for this family. (Dan Buchanan, May 29 2020)
  Date 1835 & location Ont. per family tree of Marian Eberle Hayner on ancestry.ca, May 24 2020. Date 1836 & location Ont. per family tree of marsch1965 on ancestry.ca, March 27 2020.
  Note: Margaret Mark may be a daughter of Simon Mark and Rebecca Brunson. Maybe Rebecca died in childbirth? There is no Mark family in the area at the time other than Simon. The marriage records does not have parents named but the witnesses are James and Hannah Mark, so likely close family. Some speculation here, but based on numerous things we know or can assume. Would love to see more specifics re this.²

• Married Name: 1824; Mark²

Joseph Mark^1,2,3,4,5,6

• Father*: Simon Mark² b. Oct 1799, d. 13 Feb 1866
• Mother*: Rebecca Bronson² b. 7 Jul 1799, d. c 1838

• Birth*: 27 March 1824; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Date Mar 27 1824 & location Cda. per Death Cert. Date 1820 & location Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario Canada per CemSearch. Date Mar 1824 & location Cda.(Fr) per 1900 US Fed Census. Date 1823 & location Cda. per 1860 US Fed Census. Date 1823 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date 1822 & location ? per marriage register. Date Mar 27 1824 & location Percy Twp. per family tree of marsch1965 on ancestry.ca, March 27 2020.
  Note: Simon Mark does appear in a couple of census/assessment records in Percy and Joseph first appears in the 1850 Cramahe.^2,3,4,5,7,6
• Marriage*: 1 January 1846; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Marriage Register: Groom: Mark Joseph; Age: 24; Res.: Cramahe; Born: - ; Parents: - ; Bride: Lucinda Puffer; Age: 20; Res.: Cramahe; Born: NY; Parents: Benjamin & Mrs. Puffer; Wit.: Stuart Strevel, Cramahe & Lucinda Puffer, Cramahe; Date: Jan 1 1846 (Marriage Register of Rev. Joshua Webster, Hilton, pg. 13 (21/22)) Date Jun 1 1846 & location Cramahe per family tree of Maran Eberle Hayner on ancestry.ca, May 24 2020.; Principal=Lucinda Marie Puffer^2,6
• Death*: 3 April 1909; Kenockee, St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Michigan Death Cert.: No. 194 - 5; County: St. Clair; Township: Kenockee; Name: Joseph Mark; Date: Apr 3 1909; Age: 85y 7d; Born: Cda. Mar 27 1824; Status: married; Age 1st marriage - 21; Children: 1-, 8 living; Parents: Simon Mark, b. Cda. & Rebecca Brunson, b. Connecticut; Occ.: farmer; Inf.: Phoebe J. Mark, Avoca; Cause: natural causes; Phys.: Dr. Ardrie?, Avoca, Michigan; Burial: Spring Hill, Apr 6 1909; Und.: J. M. Smith, Avoca; Reg;d.: Apr 8 1909; Reg'r.: t. J. Ramsey (Michigan Death Certificate, No. 194-5, pg. 1640 of 3272, ancestry.ca)
  Date Apr 2 1909 & location Michigan per CemSearch. Date Apr 3 1909 & location Kenockee per family tree of marsch1965 on ancestry.ca, March 27 2020.^2,5,7
• Burial*: 5 April 1909; Spring Hill Cemetery, Avoca, St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; FindaGrave: Name: Joseph Mark; Birth: 1820, Cramahe, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; Death: 2 Apr 1909 (aged 88–89), Michigan, USA; Burial: Spring Hill Cemetery, Avoca, St. Clair County, Michigan, USA; Memorial ID: 80543436; Note: *Civil War Veteran, Private 3 Michigan Infantry Company-K, Enlisted: September 19, 1864, Discharged: June 27, 1867 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80543436)⁸

• Residence*: 2 June 1845; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Joseph Mark and Lucinda Puffer, both of Cramahe, are witnesses at the marriage of Lyman Windover of Cramahe and Mary Ann Gould of Murray, on Jun 2 1845 (Joshua Webster's Marriage Register, pg. 12)⁶
• Census: 1850; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; 1850 Census: Joseph Mark; Conc 8 Lot 5, occ., non-prop.; Total Persons: 3
• Note*: 1 January 1852; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Brighton Township was created Jan 1 1852, taking the east part of Cramahe and the west part of Murray to make up a third township. (Dan Buchanan)
• Census*: after April 1852; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 28 at 1851 Census: Mack, Joseph. 28, b. Cda., Epis., farmer, married; Lucinda, 30, b. Cda., Episc., married; Ellis(m), 3; Sanford, 2; Casey, Loretta, 20, b. Cda., Episc., ; James, 2, b. Cda., Episc. (1851 Census: Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., pg. 11 of 160, line 38 - ancestry.ca)
  Note: The name is clearly spelled "Mack" and not "Mark" in this record. Given names all match this family.
  Note: The location is Codrington, where Dan Buchanan grew up, and we know that because, George King, who was on the farm on the immediate north side of the village, a few years later named Codrington. The Whitney's and Washburns are there as well, indicating the same area.³
• Immigration*: 1854; Michigan, U.S.A.; Immigration 1854 per 1900 US Fed Census - in US 46 years.⁴
• Census: 16 August 1860; Kenockee, St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Age 37 at 1860 US Fed Census: Marks, Joseph, 37, b. Cda., farmer, married; Lucinda, 38, b. Cda., married; Ellis, 11, b. Cda.; Sandford, 9, b. Cda.; Harrison, 7, b. Cda.; George, 5, b. Michigan; Garrett, 3, b. Michigan; Willard, 9/12, b. Michigan (1860 US Fed Census: Town of Kenockee, St. Clair Co., Michigan, pg. 17 of 20, line 20 - ancestry.ca)⁴
• Milit-Beg*: 19 September 1864; Michigan, U.S.A.; Civil War Enlistment Sep 19 1864 per FindaGrave.⁸
• Milit-End*: 27 June 1867; Michigan, U.S.A.; Civil War Discharged Jun 27 1867 per FindaGrave.⁸
• Census: 1 June 1900; Kenockee, St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Age 76 at 1900 US Fed Census: Mark, Joseph, 76, b. Mary 1824 Cda.(Fr), p.b. Cda.(Fr), married 54 yrs., immig 1854, 46 yrs. in US - NA, farmer, married; Lucinda, 77, b. Cda.(Eng.) Aug 1822, p.b. NY & Cda.(Eng.), immig. 1854, 47 yrs in US, 10 children - 8 living, married; Phoebe, 32, b. Michigan Aug 1867, p.b. Cda.(Eng.), servant, single (1900 US Fed Census: Kenockee, St. Clair Co., Michigan, pg. 1 of 26, line 42 - ancestry.ca)⁴

Lucinda Marie Puffer^1,2,3,4,5

• Father*: James Puffer b. c 1800
• Mother*: Deborah Palmateer b. c 1800

• Birth*: 13 August 1822; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Date Aug 13 1822 & location Ont., Cda. per FindaGrave. Date Aug 1822 & location Cda. Eng. per 1900 US Fed Census. Date 1822 & location Cda. per 1860 US Fed Census. Date 1820 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date 1824 & location NY State per marriage register - Joseph Mark. Date Aug 13 1822 & location Percy Twp. per family tree of marsch1965 on ancestry.ca, March 27 2020.^2,3,4,5,6
• Marriage*: 1 January 1846; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Marriage Register: Groom: Mark Joseph; Age: 24; Res.: Cramahe; Born: - ; Parents: - ; Bride: Lucinda Puffer; Age: 20; Res.: Cramahe; Born: NY; Parents: Benjamin & Mrs. Puffer; Wit.: Stuart Strevel, Cramahe & Lucinda Puffer, Cramahe; Date: Jan 1 1846 (Marriage Register of Rev. Joshua Webster, Hilton, pg. 13 (21/22)) Date Jun 1 1846 & location Cramahe per family tree of Maran Eberle Hayner on ancestry.ca, May 24 2020.; Principal=Joseph Mark^2,6
• Death*: 7 May 1909; Kenockee Twp., Avoca, St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Date May 7 1909 & location Avoca, St. Clair, Michigan per FindaGrave. per family tree of marsch1965 on ancestry.ca, March 27 2020.²
• Burial*: 9 May 1909; Spring Hill Cemetery, Avoca, St. Clair Co., Michigan; FindaGrave: Name: Lucinda Marie Puffer Mark; Birth: 13 Aug 1822, Ontario, Canada; Death: 7 May 1909 (aged 86), Avoca, St. Clair County, Michigan, USA; Burial: Spring Hill Cemetery, Avoca, St. Clair County, Michigan, USA; Memorial ID: 90608290 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90608290/lucinda-marie-mark)⁵

• Residence*: 2 June 1845; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Joseph Mark and Lucinda Puffer, both of Cramahe, are witnesses at the marriage of Lyman Windover of Cramahe and Mary Ann Gould of Murray, on Jun 2 1845 (Joshua Webster's Marriage Register, pg. 12)⁶
• Census: 1 January 1846; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Residence Cramahe Twp. per marriage register.⁶
• Married Name: 1 January 1846; Mark²
• Census*: 1852; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 30 at 1851 Census: see Joseph Mark³
• Census: 16 August 1860; Kenockee, St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Age 38 at 1860 US Fed Census: see Joseph Mark⁴
• Census: 1 June 1900; Kenockee, St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; Age 77 at 1900 US Fed Census: see Joseph Mark⁴

David Finlay¹

• Father*: Wiliam J. Finlay¹ b. 7 Jan 1827, d. 8 Jun 1907
• Mother*: Samantha Potter¹ b. 11 Dec 1828, d. 18 Jan 1911

• Birth*: 1849; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1850 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1849 & location UC per 1861 Census.^1,2

• Census*: April 1861; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 12 at 1861 Census: see William Finlay¹
• Census: April 1871; Hamilton Twp., West Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 21 at 1871 Census: see William Finlay²

Catharine Finlay¹

• Father*: Wiliam J. Finlay¹ b. 7 Jan 1827, d. 8 Jun 1907
• Mother*: Samantha Potter¹ b. 11 Dec 1828, d. 18 Jan 1911

• Birth*: 1852; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1852 & location UC per 1861 Census.¹

• Census*: April 1861; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 9 at 1861 Census: see William Finlay¹

William Edward Finlay^1,2,3

• Father*: Wiliam J. Finlay² b. 7 Jan 1827, d. 8 Jun 1907
• Mother*: Samantha Potter² b. 11 Dec 1828, d. 18 Jan 1911

• Birth*: 1855; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1855 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1855 & location UC per 1861 Census.^2,3

• Census*: April 1861; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 6 at 1861 Census: see William Finlay²
• Census: April 1871; Hamilton Twp., West Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 16 at 1871 Census: see William Finlay³

Agnes Finlay¹

• Father*: Wiliam J. Finlay¹ b. 7 Jan 1827, d. 8 Jun 1907
• Mother*: Samantha Potter¹ b. 11 Dec 1828, d. 18 Jan 1911

• Birth*: 1857; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1858 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1857 & location UC per 1861 Census.^1,2

• Census*: April 1861; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 4 at 1861 Census: see William Finlay¹
• Census: April 1871; Hamilton Twp., West Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 13 at 1871 Census: see William Finlay²