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Jane Wells 1830 – 1906 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1830

Birth Location: Stanbridge Station, Quebec, Canada

Death Date: 17 Nov 1906

Death Location: Lot 6 Con 3 Reach Township, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada

Father: Simeon Wells

Mother: Olive Bryford

Spouse(s): Giles Silver, John Irish

Children(s): Egbert Silver, Amanda Silver, Emma Silver, Freeman Silver, Giles Silver, Elizabeth Irish, John Irish, Thomas Irish, Narcisa Irish, Mary Irish, Charles Irish

Jane Wells was born in 1830 in Stanbridge Station, Quebec, Canada, the child of Simeon (Robert) Wells and Olive C Bryford. In 1891, Jane Wells resided in Reach, Ontaro South, Ontario, Canada. Jane Wells married Giles John Silver, John R. Irish, and had children including Egbert Silver, Amanda O. Silver, Emma Amarilla Silver, Freeman Silver, Giles Silver, Elizabeth Jane Irish, John Edwin Irish, Thomas Irish, Narcisa Irish, Mary Cecelia Irish, Charles Samuel Irish. Jane Wells passed away in 1906 in Lot 6 Con 3 Reach Township, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada.

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Biography

  • Jane Wells was born in 1830 in Stanbridge Station, Quebec, Canada, the child of Simeon (Robert) Wells and Olive C Bryford.
  • In 1891, Jane Wells resided in Reach, Ontaro South, Ontario, Canada.
  • Jane Wells married Giles John Silver, John R. Irish, and had children including Egbert Silver, Amanda O. Silver, Emma Amarilla Silver, Freeman Silver, Giles Silver, Elizabeth Jane Irish, John Edwin Irish, Thomas Irish, Narcisa Irish, Mary Cecelia Irish, Charles Samuel Irish.
  • Jane Wells passed away in 1906 in Lot 6 Con 3 Reach Township, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada.

Immediate Family

Parents

Simeon Wells
1787 – 1863
Birth Location: Colchester, New London, Connecticut, USA
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Olive Bryford
1786 – 1874
Birth Location: U.S.
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Spouses(s)

Giles Silver
1824 – 1857
Birth Location: Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada
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John Irish
1825 – 1899
Birth Location: Quebec
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Children(s)

Egbert Silver
1848 – 1880
Birth Location: County of Durham, Whtiby, Ontario, Canada
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Amanda Silver
1850 – 1879
Birth Location: Whitby Twp., Ontario Co., Ontario, Canada
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Emma Silver
1853 – 1920
Birth Location: Reach Township, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada
ES
Freeman Silver
1856 – 1913
Birth Location: Reach Twp., Ontario Co., Ontario
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Giles Silver
1857 – 1925
Birth Location: Whitby, Ontario Co., Ontario, Canada
GS
Elizabeth Irish
1859 – 1898
Birth Location: Reach Township, Ontario County, Ontario. Canada
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John Irish
1862 –
Birth Location: Reach Township, Ontario County, Ontario. Canada
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Thomas Irish
1864 – 1932
Birth Location: Ontario
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Narcisa Irish
1865 –
Birth Location: County of Ontario, Reach Township, Ontario Canada
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Mary Irish
1865 – 1949
Birth Location: Reach Township, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada
MI
Charles Irish
1872 – 1957
Birth Location: Ontario, Ontario, Canada
CI

Jane Wells's Ancestors

Self
Jane Wells
1830 – 1906
Birth Place: Stanbridge Station, Quebec, Canada
Parents
Simeon (Robert) Wells
1787 – 1863
Colchester, New London, Connecticut, USA
Olive (C) Bryford
1786 – 1874
U.S.
Grandparents
Asahel Wells
1772 – 1829
Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Catherine Weld
1759 – 1847
Charlton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Joseph Bryford
1760 –
New York
Sarah Spears
1760 –
Connecticut, New York, USA
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Wells
1742 – 1818
Olive Newton
1747 – 1837
Noah Weld
1725 – 1794
Eleanor Ellis
1729 – 1779
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jonathan Wells
1718 – 1780
Abigail Dickinson
1715 – 1797
Isaac Newton
1686 – 1754
Abigail Putnum
Lt. Weld
1697 – 1761
Elizabeth Tucker
1701 – 1784
Benjamin Ellis
1699 – 1750
Eleanor Cook
1707 – 1779

Jane Wells's Descendants

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Jane Wells (1830 – 17 Nov 1906) m. Giles (John) Silver (1824 – 17 Jan 1857) m. John (R.) Irish (abt 1825 – 19 Mar 1899)
  1. 1. Egbert Silver (1848 – Bef. 1880) m. Sarah (Jane) Gordon (16 May 1847 – 5 Jul 1882)
  2. 2. Amanda (O.) Silver (Mar 1850 – 12 Jan 1879) m. Philip (Arthur) Fisher (11 Mar 1855 – 4 Sep 1937)
    1. 1. Cora (Ida) Fisher (1 Oct 1876 – Nov 1957) m. John (N) Mitchell (Apr 1869 – Mar 1952) m. Robert (Warren) Lambert (9 Aug 1876 – 1953)
    2. 2. George (William) Fisher (5 Dec 1878 – 15 Nov 1949) m. Hettie (Elizabeth) Winters (22 Aug 1887 – 24 Aug 1956)
      1. 1. Evelyn (Celesta) Fisher (6 Sep 1907 – 19 May 1956) m. Isaac (Truman (Pat)) Hutchins (5 Oct 1904 – 21 Jul 1987)
        1. 1. Iva (Irene) Hutchins (31 Dec 1926 – 19 Jan 1989)
        2. 2. Lawrence (E) Hutchins (22 Oct 1928 – 16 Nov 1928)
        3. 3. Clarence (William) Hutchins (20 May 1932 – 20 May 1932)
        4. 4. Kenneth (Eugene) Hutchins (16 Feb 1934 – 29 Jan 1986) m. Laverne (Ellen) Dunlap (19 Feb 1934 – )
      2. 2. Iva (Jessie Fisher) Ostrander (13 Sep 1908 – 26 Jan 1974)
      3. 3. Fay (Watson) Fisher (23 Oct 1910 – 27 Nov 1983)
      4. 4. Lloyd (Philip) Fisher (12 Nov 1912 – 22 May 1988) m. Ruth (Lucille) Barton (7 Mar 1922 – 17 Apr 2013) m. Winifred (Lucille) Vandecar (26 Oct 1900 – 15 Sep 1954)
      5. 5. Baby Fisher (28 Feb 1915 – 2 Mar 1915)
      6. 6. Elsie (Myrtie) Fisher (1 Jun 1916 – 19 May 1997) m. Vern (Clark) Pardo (2 Jul 1912 – 30 Jun 1958) m. Haston Cloyd (23 Aug 1923 – 24 Sep 2004)
        1. 1. Beverly (Jean) Pardo (4 Apr 1940 – ) m. John (Richard) Froelich (15 Feb 1929 – 20 Feb 2018)
        2. 2. Sharon (Lee) Pardo (28 Mar 1944 – Nov 13 2009) m. Gilbert (Preston) Guinnip (20 Jul 1943 – 1 Dec 1988)
        3. 3. Ralph (D) Pardo (17 Jan 1949 – )
      7. 7. Lennel (Arden) Fisher (27 Apr 1919 – 10 May 1919)
      8. 8. Eva (Arletta) Fisher (3 Jun 1921 – 2 Nov 1937)
      9. 9. George Fisher (29 Feb 1924 – 4 Sep 1989) m. Dorothy (Dawn) Dawley (22 Jun 1919 – 4 Jan 2012)
        1. 1. George (Junior) Fisher (13 Feb 1956 – Deceased)
        2. 2. Faye (E) Fisher (25 Feb 1957 – 27 Jan 2023) m. Kenneth (Alan) Hoig (25 Feb 1957 – )
        3. 3. Vern (Philip) Fisher (26 May 1958 – 8 Sep 1995)
      10. 10. Katie (Katherine) Fisher (5 Dec 1926 – 28 Jun 1998) m. Olen (Lee 'Jay') Harper (21 Feb 1928 – 7 Oct 1998) m. Donald (Eugene) Bivens (27 Apr 1924 – 9 Aug 1964)
        1. 1. Marty (Michael) Harper (9 Mar 1962 – 18 Oct 2013) m. Gwendolyn (Sue) Lowry (6 Nov 1962 – Abt 2007)
        2. 2. Jay Harper
        3. 3. George Bivens (Dec 1952 – )
        4. 4. Anthony Bivins (abt 1954 – )
        5. 5. Jeffrey (Lynn) Bivens (20 Jun 1954 – 24 Oct 2017)
    3. 3. Jessie (Olivia) Fisher (11 Feb 1873 – 10 Oct 1945) m. James Hopcroft (11 Sep 1870 – 22 Jun 1920)
      1. 1. Alice Hopcroft (01 Oct 1892 – 1960) m. Edward (Peter) Tobin (26 May 1891 – 21 Nov 1956)
        1. 1. Alice (L) Tobin (abt 1925 – )
        2. 2. Edward Tobin
        3. 3. Margaret Tobin
        4. 4. Carol (Ann) Tobin
    4. 4. George (Joshua) Fisher (5 Dec 1878 – )
  3. 3. Emma (Amarilla) Silver (28 Oct 1853 – 22 May 1920) m. Philip (Arthur) Fisher (11 Mar 1855 – 4 Sep 1937)
    1. 1. Alfred\Albert ('Allie') Fisher (May 1883 – 1903)
    2. 2. Maude Fisher (20 Jul 1885 – 19 Feb 1949)
    3. 3. Jenette ((Jennie)) Fisher (17 Mar 1890 – 4 Jun 1947)
    4. 4. Mayme (Leah) Fisher (28 Apr 1893 – 20 Feb 1943)
  4. 4. Freeman Silver (1 Jun 1856 – 23 Oct 1913) m. Sarah (Jane) Wood (3 Aug 1855 – 27 Feb 1912)
    1. 1. Florence (Ellen) Silver (29 Jul 1877 – 23 Nov 1882)
    2. 2. Egbert Silver (5 Apr 1881 – 5 Dec 1950)
    3. 3. Freeman (Wesley) Silver (3 Oct 1888 – 28 Oct 1925)
    4. 4. Sarah (Jane) Silver (21 Nov 1890 – 2 Apr 1892)
    5. 5. Lottie (Belle) Silver (18 Nov 1894 – 12 Aug 1896)
  5. 5. Giles Silver (Jul 1857 – 25 Jul 1925) m. Emma Roach (1867 – BEF 1907)
    1. 1. George (Freeman) Silver (9 Aug 1886 – Unknown)
      1. 1. Marguerite (Viola) Silver (7 Apr 1907 – Apr/1986)
    2. 2. Margaret (Viola) Silver (1888 – )
    3. 3. Sherman Silver (15 Nov 1889 – 6 Feb 1965) m. Mary (Ann) Knowles (17 Jan 1886 – 5 Feb 1965)
      1. 1. George (William) Silver (17 Nov 1910 – 1 Aug 1995) m. Margaret (Elizabeth"Betty") Houck (Mar 1910 – 30 Aug 1994)
      2. 2. Joseph (Freeman) Silver (8 Mar 1915 – )
      3. 3. Sherman Silver (26 Dec 1916 – 03 Oct 2003) m. Mary Louise m. Pearl Brodsky (12 May 1920 – 9 Mar 2020)
        1. 1. Daryl Silver
      4. 4. Elmar (Nelson) Silver (30 Jun 1919 – 1996) m. Audrey (Marjorie) Fisher (20 Aug 1920 – 16 Jan 2009)
    4. 4. Charlotte (Jane “Lottie”) Silver (29 Sep 1891 – )
  6. 6. Elizabeth (Jane) Irish (1859 – 14 Nov 1898) m. Robert (Charles) Brown (16 Sep 1857 – 1938)
    1. 1. Julia (Melissa) Brown (1880 – 1969)
    2. 2. John (Wesley) Brown (24 May 1885 – )
    3. 3. Gertrude Brown (1 Jul 1890 – 22 Nov 1898)
    4. 4. Thomas (Theodore Allen) Brown (24 May 1894 – 17 Jul 1946) m. Lillian (Mary Victoria) Herbert (24 May 1897 – Abt 1985)
      1. 1. Mildred Brown (abt 1914 – )
      2. 2. Eileen (Victoria) Brown (16 Jul 1922 – 23 Feb 2005) m. Leighton (Roger Stanley) Straube (24 Dec 1919 – 12 Jul 1993)
        1. 1. Jacqueline (May) Straube (2 Oct 1942 – ) m. William Wagner
        2. 2. Leighton ("Skip") Straube (18 Nov 1946 – ) m. Linda (O) Rooker (19 Oct 1946 – 19 Jun 2013)
  7. 7. John (Edwin) Irish (1862 – )
  8. 8. Thomas Irish (1864 – 05 Jan 1932)
  9. 9. Narcisa Irish (1865 – )
  10. 10. Mary (Cecelia) Irish (11 Sep 1865 – 14 Nov 1949) m. Adam (Henry) Waring (24 May 1859 – 4 Oct 1948)
    1. 1. Minnie Waring (12 Oct 1886 – 15 Jun 1895)
    2. 2. Jessie Waring (13 Oct 1888 – 11 Jun 1895)
    3. 3. Mable Waring (01 Jun 1890 – Jun 1895)
    4. 4. Carrie Waring (05 Oct 1893 – 1980)
    5. 5. Earl Waring (10 May 1896 – Dec 1970)
    6. 6. Margaret (Maggie) Waring (05 Oct 1898 – )
    7. 7. Cora (Corie) Waring (07 Apr 1901 – )
    8. 8. Flossie Waring (28 Oct 1903 – 30 Jun 1992) m. Joseph (Richard) Hodgkinson (10 May 1896 – 17 Sep 1970)
      1. 1. Georgina (Marie) Hodgkinson (12 Nov 1923 – 29 Sep 2015) m. Russell Kirkpatrick (Jun 3, 1920 – 11 Oct 1978)
        1. 1. James (Joseph) Kirkpatrick (29 May 1943 – Unknown)
      2. 2. Ivan (Earl) Hodgkinson (10 Sep 1927 – 2 Mar 1929)
      3. 3. Robert Hodgkinson m. Maureen Green
      4. 4. Helen (“Honey”) Hodgkinson ( – 3 Jan 1995) m. Jack (John) Bonfield
        1. 1. Joseph Bonfield
      5. 5. Barbara Hodgkinson m. Hill
  11. 11. Charles (Samuel) Irish (5 Sep 1872 – 1957) m. Mary (Louisa) Smith (24 Feb 1869 – 21 Aug 1963)
    1. 1. Walter (Roy Irish) Johnston (31 Oct 1893 – 09 Dec 1934) m. Margaret (Isabel) McDonald (1 Dec 1905 – 09 Jun 1975)
      1. 1. Howard (Oliver) Johnston (9 Apr 1925 – Mar 29 1988) m. Margaret ("Amy") Kirkey (Dec 4 1927 – 9 Dec 2008)
        1. 1. William ("Roy") Johnston (18 Jun 1949 – 18 Apr 2019) m. Cynthia
        2. 2. Douglas ("Doug" Howard) Johnston (Jul 31 1950 – )
        3. 3. Louise Johnston (1951 – ) m. Wier
        4. 4. Norman Johnston
        5. 5. Russell (B) Johnston
        6. 6. Harry Johnston
        7. 7. Fred Johnston
        8. 8. Alex Johnston
      2. 2. Frederick (Walter James) Johnston (20 Mar 1928 – 26 Jun 1998)
      3. 3. Infant Johnston (24 Feb 1935 – 24 Feb 1935)
        1. 1. Kathryn MacPherson m. Adams
      4. 4. Isabel Johnston

Jane Wells's Timeline

4 Records

1830
1830
Birth of Jane Wells in Stanbridge Station, Quebec, Canada
Stanbridge Station, Quebec, Canada
1831
abt 1831
Age 1
Birth of Jane Wells
None
1891
1891
Age 61
Jane Wells resided here in Reach, Ontaro South, Ontario, Canada
Reach, Ontaro South, Ontario, Canada
1906
17 Nov 1906
Age 76
Death of Jane Wells in Lot 6 Con 3 Reach Township, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada
Lot 6 Con 3 Reach Township, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1831

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1830
    Event Place: Stanbridge Station, Quebec, Canada

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1891
    Event Place: Reach, Ontaro South, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1891 Census of Canada, Year: 1891; Census Place: Reach, Ontaro South, Ontario, Canada; Roll: T-6358; Family No: 54

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Whitby East Township
    Record Source: Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938, Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; County Marriage Registers, 1858-June 1869; Reel: 9

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Nov 1906
    Event Place: Lot 6 Con 3 Reach Township, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada
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