Person Page - 4785

Nancy Purdy^1,2,3,4

• Birth*: 5 September 1813; Hastings Co., Upper Canada; Date 1814 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date 1813 & location CW per 1851 Census. Date Sep 5 1813 & location Hastings Co. per family tree of PaulTaylor10 on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.^2,3,4
• Marriage*: circa 1831; Upper Canada; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022. per family tree of PaulTaylor10 on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.; Principal=Robert Everett Grass²
• Death*: circa 1867; Ontario; Nancy is in 1861 Census but Gatrey is the wife of Robert E. Grass oer 1871 Census.^2,3,5

• Married Name: circa 1831; Grass²
• Census: 1851; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; Age 38 at 1851 Census: see Robert Grass⁴
• Census*: April 1861; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; Age 47 at 1861 Census: see Robert E. Grass³

Peter Grass¹

• Birth*: 27 January 1770; Tyron Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.¹
• Marriage*: 9 February 1808; Kingston Twp., Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.; Principal=Esther Everitt¹
• Death*: 25 June 1855; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.¹

Esther Everitt¹

• Father*: John Everett b. 1743
• Mother*: Mercy Purdy b. 1760

• Birth*: 1784; Cataraqui, Midland District, Province of Quebec; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.¹
• Marriage*: 9 February 1808; Kingston Twp., Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.; Principal=Peter Grass¹
• Death*: 6 May 1844; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Canada West; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.¹

• Married Name: 9 February 1808; Grass¹

Gatrey Ketcheson^1,2,3,4,5

• Father*: William Ketcheson b. 25 Sep 1782, d. 30 Jun 1874
• Mother*: Nancy Ann Roblin b. 16 Dec 1784, d. 1 Aug 1872

• Birth*: 1814; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Upper Canada; Date 1814 per FindaGrave. Date 1816 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1814 & location Ont. per 1871 Census.^2,3,4,5
• Marriage*: 5 January 1842; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.; Principal=William H. Hagerman²
• Marriage*: 29 April 1868; Hastings Co., Ontario; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.; Principal=Robert Everett Grass²
• Death*: 1899; Hastings Co., Ontario; Date 1899 per FindaGrave.³
• Burial*: 1899; Ketcheson Cemetery, Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; FindaGrave: Name: Gatrey Ketcheson Grass; BIRTH: 1814; DEATH: 1899 (aged 84–85); BURIAL: Ketcheson Cemetery, Sidney, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; MEMORIAL ID: 214046456; Note: Gatrey's first husband was William Hagerman who died in 1863, and he and some of their issue are also buried in the Ketcheson Cem. (separate memorial stones). (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214046456/gatrey-grass)³

• Note*: 1819; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Upper Canada; "His daughter Gatrey is the subject of a well known incident that happened when she was a child five years old. The family was living in the fifth concession of Sidney, and the child was sent on an errand to the house of a neighbor, Duncan Irvine, some miles distant. The forest intervened, and when darkness approached and she had not returned, the parents became alarmed. As it was evident that Gatrey had wandered from the trail and was lost, the two families instituted a search. Several Indian scouts and hunters were engaged, and for miles around the woods were searched; but the night was dark, and, to add to the difficulty, a storm of rain and hail set in. On Monday every settler and brave in the neighborhood turned out to assist; on Tuesday, the searchers had increased to three hundred. They shouted, fired guns, and looked into every hole and brush heap; caves of bears and other wild animals were examined. On Friday, Indian runners were sent up and down the Bay to call for help to find the body, as it was supposed by them that the child must be dead. The force increased to five hundred. They organized into squads and scoured the forest in every direction, but their efforts were unavailing until, just as they were about to abandon the search, the child was found, alive. The joyful news was proclaimed by shouts that made the forest ring with the glad acclaim. Gatrey had wandered eight days in the forest, and had subsisted on wintergreens. The nights were cold and she was barefooted and thinly clad. One night an animal of some kind lay upon her cold feet, and, lest it might kill her, she was afraid to stir. Just before she was found, she had lain down to die, having previously repeated a verse she had learned of her prayers. She was reduced to a skeleton, and it was some time before she fully recovered from the terrible experience. For months she shrank with terror at the approach of darkness; but in time the baneful effects of her eight day’s exposure to October weather in a Canadian forest passed away, and she grew into strong and vigorous womanhood." " from page 4 & 5 of "Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte", 1904.
• Married Name: 5 January 1842; Hagerman²
• Married Name: 29 April 1868; Grass²
• Census: April 1871; Sidney Twp., Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 57 at 1871 Census: see Robert E. Grass⁵
• Census*: April 1881; Sidney Twp., Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 65 at 1881 Census: see Robert E. Grass⁴

William H. Hagerman¹

• Father*: Henry Hagerman b. 1788, d. 28 Nov 1852
• Mother*: Tabitha Clapp b. 14 Aug 1791, d. 11 Jan 1881

• Birth*: 6 January 1818; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.¹
• Marriage*: 5 January 1842; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.; Principal=Gatrey Ketcheson¹
• Death*: 18 September 1863; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.¹

Benjamin Hagerman¹

• Father*: Henry Hagerman¹ b. 1788, d. 28 Nov 1852
• Mother*: Tabitha Clapp¹ b. 14 Aug 1791, d. 11 Jan 1881

• Birth*: 1820; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Upper Canada; Date 1820 per CemSearch.¹
• Marriage*: 6 January 1844; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; per CemSearch. Date Jan 6 1844 & location Sidney Twp. per family tree of taiwancooks on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.; Principal=Matilda Ketcheson^1,2
• Death*: 10 April 1884; Rawdon Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Date Apr 10 1884 per CemSearch. Date Apr 10 1884 & location Rawdon Twp. per family tree of taiwancooks on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.^1,2
• Burial*: 12 April 1884; Stirling Village Cemetery, Rawdon Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; CemSearch: Name: Benjamin Hagerman; Born: 1820; Died: Apr 10 1884; Age: 64y 3m 2d; ID: HARN29JO0173; No other names; Cemetery: Stirling Village Cemetery, Conc 1, Lot 10, Rawdon Twp., Stirling Village, Hastings Co., Sec B (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pid=HARN29JO0173%5E0)¹

Matilda Ketcheson^1,2,3,4

• Father*: William Ketcheson b. 25 Sep 1782, d. 30 Jun 1874
• Mother*: Nancy Ann Roblin b. 16 Dec 1784, d. 1 Aug 1872

• Birth*: 15 January 1820; Hastings Co., Upper Canada; Date 1820 per CemSearch. Date Jan 15 1820 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census.^2,4
• Marriage*: 6 January 1844; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; per CemSearch. Date Jan 6 1844 & location Sidney Twp. per family tree of taiwancooks on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.; Principal=Benjamin Hagerman^2,3
• Death*: 1 August 1907; Ontario; Date Aug 1 1907 per CemSearch.²
• Burial*: 3 August 1907; Stirling Village Cemetery, Rawdon Twp., Stirling, Hastings Co., Ontario; CemSearch: Name: Matilda Hagerman; Born: 1820; Died: Aug 1 1907; Age: 87y; ID: HARN29JO0174; Other name: Hagerman, George E.H. (1876-1880); Cemetery: Stirling Village Cemetery, Conc 1, Lot 10, Rawdon Twp., Stirling Village, Hastings Co., Sec B; Note: Wife of Benjamin Hagerman (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pid=HARN29JO0174%5E1)²

• Married Name: 6 January 1844; Hagerman²
• Census*: 30 April 1901; Rawdon Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Age 81 at 1901 Census: see William Hagerman⁴

Sarah Grass^1,2

• Father*: Robert Everett Grass² b. 11 Oct 1807, d. 8 May 1884
• Mother*: Nancy Purdy² b. 5 Sep 1813, d. c 1867

• Birth*: 1856; Canada West; Date 1856 & location Ont. per 1881 Census.²

• Census*: April 1881; Sidney Twp., Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 25 at 1881 Census: see Robert E. Grass²

Deborah Grass^1,2

• Father*: Robert Everett Grass² b. 11 Oct 1807, d. 8 May 1884
• Mother*: Nancy Purdy² b. 5 Sep 1813, d. c 1867

• Birth*: 1835; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Upper Canada; Date 1835 & location CW per 1851 Census.²
• Marriage*: 31 December 1853; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; "On 31st December 1853 in township of Sidney, near Frankford, at the residence of Robert Grass, the bride's father, Henry Boulter (M.D.) of Stirling, to Deborah Grass. Also, at the same time and place, Burnham G.G. Demorest (M.D.) to Esterh Ann Grass. (Rev. Thomas Demorest)" from Marriage Notices, the Christian Guardian, Toronto, Oct 1851-Dec 1854, page 406 (pg. 406 of 550) ancestry.ca); Principal=Dr. George Henry Boulter³
• Marriage*: 4 August 1891; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario; per family tree of Mark Augustine on ancestry.ca, Feb 24 2025.; Principal=Esther Emma Maria Grass⁴

• Census*: 1851; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; Age 16 at 1851 Census: see Robert Grass²
• Married Name: 31 December 1853; Boulter³

Ruliff Grass¹

• Father*: Robert Everett Grass¹ b. 11 Oct 1807, d. 8 May 1884
• Mother*: Nancy Purdy¹ b. 5 Sep 1813, d. c 1867

• Birth*: 1843; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; Date 1843 & location CW per 1851 Census.¹

• Census*: 1851; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; Age 8 at 1851 Census: see Robert Grass¹

Dr. George Henry Boulter^1,2,3

• Father*: George Boulter b. 5 Dec 1799, d. 8 May 1883
• Mother*: Sarah Peck b. 1797, d. 1 Feb 1841

• Birth*: 17 July 1825; Sophiasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Upper Canada; Date Jul 1825 per FindaGrave. Date Jul 17 1825 & location Sophiasburgh Twp. per family tree of Mark Augustine on ancestry.ca, Feb 24 2025.^2,3,4
• Marriage*: 31 December 1853; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; "On 31st December 1853 in township of Sidney, near Frankford, at the residence of Robert Grass, the bride's father, Henry Boulter (M.D.) of Stirling, to Deborah Grass. Also, at the same time and place, Burnham G.G. Demorest (M.D.) to Esterh Ann Grass. (Rev. Thomas Demorest)" from Marriage Notices, the Christian Guardian, Toronto, Oct 1851-Dec 1854, page 406 (pg. 406 of 550) ancestry.ca); Principal=Deborah Grass²
• Death*: 18 January 1894; Hastings Co., Ontario; Date Jan 18 1894 & location Ont. per FindaGrave. Date Jan 18 1894 & location Hastings Co. per family tree of Mark Augustine on ancestry.ca, Feb 24 2025.^3,4
• Burial*: 20 January 1894; Stirling Cemetery, Stirling, Hastings Co., Ontario; FindaGrave: Name: Dr. George Henry Boulter; Birth: Jul 1825; Death: 18 Jan 1894 (aged 68), Ontario, Canada; Burial: Stirling Cemetery, Stirling, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; Plot: D39; Memorial ID: 170789807 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170789807/george_henry-boulter)³

Michael Henry Grass¹

• Father*: Peter Grass¹ b. 27 Jan 1770, d. 25 Jun 1855
• Mother*: Esther Everitt¹ b. 1784, d. 6 May 1844

• Birth*: 1 February 1810; Kingston Twp., Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; Date Feb 1 1810 & location Kingston per FindaGrave. Date Feb 1 1810 & location Kingston Twp. per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.^1,2
• Marriage*: circa 1835; Upper Canada; Date c. 1835 per family tree of rocole135 on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.; Principal=Eveline Marsh¹
• Death*: 16 September 1894; Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; Date Sep 16 1894 & location Belleville per FindaGrave. Date 1894 & location Belleville per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.^1,2
• Burial*: 18 September 1894; Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; FindaGrave: Name: Michael Henry Grass; BIRTH: 1 Feb 1810, Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; DEATH: 16 Sep 1894 (aged 84), Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; BURIAL: Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; PLOT: Section K - Row 35 - Plot 5; MEMORIAL ID: 155354821; Note: Age 84 Yrs. 7 Mos. 15 d's (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155354821/michael-henry-grass?_gl=1*16jtxog*_ga*MTM2OTMxODYxNS4xNjM1ODgwODE4*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY2MDQxMzA5Ny4xODguMS4xNjYwNDIzMjkyLjA.)²

• Residence: 4 December 1858; Conc 1 Lot 28, Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; Land Registry Records (Mortgage B1065) show that James S. Ketcheson took a morgage for 150 pounds from Michael Henry Grass on 170 acres of lot 28, conc 1, Sidney Twp, Hastings Co. ITS Date: Dec 4 1858; Reg'n. Date: Dec 4 1858. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Hastings Co., Sidney Twp., Conc 1, Lot 28, Book 368, Pg 049 of 248, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Aug 13 2022)³
• Residence*: 2 November 1862; Conc 1 Lot 28, Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; Land Registry Records (B&S D78) show that James S. Ketcheson sold 170 acres of lot 28, conc 1, Sidney Twp, Hastings Co. to Michael Henry Grass. ITS Date: Nov 2 1862; Reg'n. Date: Nov 6 1862. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Hastings Co., Sidney Twp., Conc 1, Lot 28, Book 368, Pg 049 of 248, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Aug 13 2022)³
• Residence: 8 September 1882; Conc 1 Lot 28, Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Deed P4501) show that Michael Henry Grass sold 170 acres of the south east part of lot 27 and the south west part of lot 28, conc 1 & broken front, Sidney Twp, Hastings Co. to James S. Ketcheson. ITS Date: Sep 8 1882; Reg'n. Date: Sep 12 1882. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Hastings Co., Sidney Twp., Conc 1, Lot 28, Book 368, Pg 050 of 248, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Aug 13 2022)³

John Grass¹

• Father*: Peter Grass¹ b. 27 Jan 1770, d. 25 Jun 1855
• Mother*: Esther Everitt¹ b. 1784, d. 6 May 1844

• Birth*: 1812; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.¹
• Death*: 1812; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.¹

Daniel Everett Ebenezer Grass¹

• Father*: Peter Grass¹ b. 27 Jan 1770, d. 25 Jun 1855
• Mother*: Esther Everitt¹ b. 1784, d. 6 May 1844

• Birth*: 14 March 1815; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.¹
• Death*: 21 April 1909; Kingston Twp., Frontenac Co., Ontario; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.¹

Peter Lewis Grass¹

• Father*: Peter Grass¹ b. 27 Jan 1770, d. 25 Jun 1855
• Mother*: Esther Everitt¹ b. 1784, d. 6 May 1844

• Birth*: 10 December 1817; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.¹
• Death*: 30 June 1899; East Whitby Twp., Ontario Co., Ontario; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.¹

John S. Grass¹

• Father*: Peter Grass¹ b. 27 Jan 1770, d. 25 Jun 1855
• Mother*: Esther Everitt¹ b. 1784, d. 6 May 1844

• Birth*: 23 January 1822; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.¹
• Marriage*: 9 October 1850; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Canada West; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.; Principal=Margaret Patterson¹
• Death*: 9 January 1889; Kingston Twp., Frontenac Co., Ontario; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.¹

Margaret Patterson¹

• Birth*: 22 July 1823; Crailing, Roxburgh, Scotland; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.¹
• Marriage*: 9 October 1850; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Canada West; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.; Principal=John S. Grass¹
• Death*: 6 August 1903; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.¹

• Married Name: 9 October 1850; Grass¹

Jane Ann Grass¹

• Father*: Peter Grass¹ b. 27 Jan 1770, d. 25 Jun 1855
• Mother*: Esther Everitt¹ b. 1784, d. 6 May 1844

• Birth*: 13 October 1823; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.¹
• Death*: October 1903; Kingston Twp., Frontenac Co., Ontario; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.¹

Charles Grass¹

• Father*: Peter Grass¹ b. 27 Jan 1770, d. 25 Jun 1855
• Mother*: Esther Everitt¹ b. 1784, d. 6 May 1844

• Birth*: 1827; Kingston Twp., Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1853; Canada West; per family tree of Mark Augustine on ancestry.ca, Feb 24 2025.; Principal=Isabella Ann Graham¹
• Death*: 28 September 1896; Kingston Twp., Frontenac Co., Ontario; per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.¹

Peter Lewis Grass¹

• Father*: Michael Henry Grass¹ b. 1 Feb 1810, d. 16 Sep 1894
• Mother*: Eveline Marsh¹ b. 1808, d. 5 Mar 1881

• Birth*: 1838; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of rocole135 on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1865; Canada West; per family tree of rocole135 on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.; Principal=Elizabeth Little¹
• Death*: 1923; Northumberland Co., Ontario; per family tree of rocole135 on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.¹