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William Thomas Drinkwater 1839–1931 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 February 1839

Birth Location: Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada

Death Date: 26 Jun 1931

Death Location: Cheltenham, Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Father: William None

Mother: Sarah None

Spouse(s): Margaret Hall

Children(s): Annie Drinkwater, Sarah(Sadie) Drinkwater, Mary Drinkwater, Mabel Drinkwater, Ethel Drinkwater, Mary Drinkwater

William Thomas Drinkwater was born in 1839 in Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada, the child of William And Sarah. William Thomas Drinkwater married Margaret Allen Hall, and had children including Annie Leila Drinkwater, Ethel Margaret Drinkwater, Mabel Isabella Drinkwater, Mary H Drinkwater, Mary Hall Drinkwater, Sarah Sadie Eliza Drinkwater. William Thomas Drinkwater passed away in 1931 in Cheltenham, Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada.

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Biography

  • William Thomas Drinkwater was born in 1839 in Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada, the child of William And Sarah.
  • William Thomas Drinkwater married Margaret Allen Hall, and had children including Annie Leila Drinkwater, Ethel Margaret Drinkwater, Mabel Isabella Drinkwater, Mary H Drinkwater, Mary Hall Drinkwater, Sarah Sadie Eliza Drinkwater.
  • William Thomas Drinkwater passed away in 1931 in Cheltenham, Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Drinkwater's Ancestors

Self
William Drinkwater
1839–1931
Birth Place: Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada
Parents
William
1802–1894
Kemerton, Gloucester, England
Sarah
1807–1885
Clones, Managhen, Ireland
Grandparents
John Drinkwater
1770–1826
Kemerton, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Mary Turner
1767–1833
Kemerton, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Thomas Irvine
1775–1820
Crossmolina, Mayo Co., Ireland
Sarah Orme
1780–
Crossmolina, Mayo
Great-Grandparents
James Drinkwater
1740–1829
Sarah Roberts
–1789
Thomas Irwin
1752–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Hannah Bullock
1722–

William Drinkwater's Descendants

1.
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William (Thomas) Drinkwater (18 February 1839–26 Jun 1931) m. Margaret (Allen) Hall (10 Apr 1846–16 Jul 1924)
  1. 1. Annie (Leila) Drinkwater 1867–1937 m. William (Wilson) Wilkinson 1872–1950
    1. 1. Margaret (Sadie) Wilkinson 1891–1965 m. Robert (Harvey) Nixon 1883–1964
      1. 1. Annie (Phyllis) Nixon 1912–2005 m. Ernest (Patterson Cameron) Carr 1914–
      2. 2. Richard (Wilkinson) Nixon 1914–1968 m. Hilda (Maude) Truman 1915–
      3. 3. Wilson (James) Nixon 1917–1958
      4. 4. George Nixon 1919–1987 m. Annabelle Nixon 1918–1994
    2. 2. George (Austin Drinkwater) Wilkinson 1902–1980
    3. 3. Mary (Leila) Wilkinson 1894–1988 m. Thomas (Archibald) McKechnie 1889–
    4. 4. William (Elmer) Wilkinson 1888–1955
    5. 5. Jennetta Wilkinson 1889–1974 m. Donald ("Dan") Sinclair 1879–1962
      1. 1. Anna (Jeanette) Sinclair 1926–1938
      2. 2. Duncan (Wilkinson) Sinclair 1913–1987 m. Vera Jenkins 1915–1998
        1. 1. Caroll Sinclair 1943–1983
      3. 3. Alexina ("Allie" Elizabeth) Sinclair 1917–2007
    6. 6. Aileen (Mc) Quarria 1899–
    7. 7. Ida (Mc) Quarria 1900–
    8. 8. Allen (Mc) Quarria 1902–
    9. 9. S. (Maggie) Wilkinson 1892–
  2. 2. Sarah(Sadie) (Eliza) Drinkwater 1869–1936
  3. 3. Mary (Hall) Drinkwater 1869–1952
  4. 4. Mabel (Isabella) Drinkwater 1879–1965
  5. 5. Ethel (Margaret) Drinkwater 1878–1965 m. William (Wilber) Little 1875–1946
    1. 1. William (Neil) Little 1909–1980 m. Jessie (Margaret) McGee 1909–2005
    2. 2. Mary (Ethel) Macdonald 1919–2005
    3. 3. Richard (Drinkwater) Little 1912–1960 m. Elva (Annie) Mckee 1920–1999
    4. 4. Margaret (Hewson) Little 1910– m. Samuel (Goodwin) Ellison 1909–
  6. 6. Mary (H.) Drinkwater 1887–

William Drinkwater's Timeline

21 Records

1834
1834
Birth of William Thomas Drinkwater in Jarudins
Jarudins
1839
18 Feb 1839
Birth of William Thomas Drinkwater in Canada
Canada
1839
18 February 1839
Birth of William Thomas Drinkwater in Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada
Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada
1851
1851
Age 12
William Thomas Drinkwater appeared in census in Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada
Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada
1851
1851
Age 12
William Thomas Drinkwater resided here in Peel, Canada West (Ontario), Canada
Peel, Canada West (Ontario), Canada
1852
1852
Age 13
William Thomas Drinkwater appeared in census in Census
Census
1861
1861
Age 22
William Thomas Drinkwater appeared in census in Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada
Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada
1861
1861
Age 22
William Thomas Drinkwater resided here in Chinguacousy, Peel, Canada West, Canada
Chinguacousy, Peel, Canada West, Canada
1861
1861
Age 22
William Thomas Drinkwater resided here in Chinguacousy, Peel, Canada West, Canada
Chinguacousy, Peel, Canada West, Canada
1871
1871
Age 32
William Thomas Drinkwater appeared in census in Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada
Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada
1871
abt 1871
Age 32
William Thomas Drinkwater resided here in Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario
Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario
1873
1873/1874
Age 34
William Thomas Drinkwater resided here in Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada
Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada
1881
1881
Age 42
William Thomas Drinkwater appeared in census in Brampton, Peel, Ontario, Canada
Brampton, Peel, Ontario, Canada
1881
1881
Age 42
William Thomas Drinkwater resided here in Brampton, Peel, Ontario, Canada
Brampton, Peel, Ontario, Canada
1889
11 Oct 1889
Age 50
Death of William Thomas Drinkwater in Peel, Ontario, Canada
Peel, Ontario, Canada
1891
1891
Age 52
William Thomas Drinkwater resided here in Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada
Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada
1901
1901
Age 62
William Thomas Drinkwater resided here in Ontario, Canada
Ontario, Canada
1911
1911
Age 72
William Thomas Drinkwater resided here in , Peel, Ontario
, Peel, Ontario
1921
1 Jun 1921
Age 82
William Thomas Drinkwater resided here in Chinguacousy, Chingacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada
Chinguacousy, Chingacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada
1931
26 Jun 1931
Age 92
Death of William Thomas Drinkwater in Peel, Ontario, Canada
Peel, Ontario, Canada
1931
26 Jun 1931
Age 92
Death of William Thomas Drinkwater in Peel, Ontario, Canada
Peel, Ontario, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 Feb 1839
    Event Place: Canada
    Record Source:
    [1] 1861 Census of Canada, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1062
    [2] 1881 Census of Canada
    [3] 1871 Census of Canada, Year: 1871; Census Place: Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario; Roll: C-9958; Page: 14
    [4] Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 55
    [5] Canada, Find a Grave Index
    [6] 1851 Census of Ontario, Reel C-11746; Peel County; Township of Chinguacousy, Part 4; p. 227

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1834
    Event Place: Jarudins

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 February 1839
    Event Place: Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1871 Census of Canada, Reel C-9958; District Peel; Sub-district Chinguacousy; Division 4; Page 14

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Census
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source:
    [1] 1851 Census of Ontario, Reel C-11746; Peel County; Township of Chinguacousy, Part 4; p. 227
    [2] William is 14 years old
    He is a labourer
    He was born in Canada
    His religion is Church of England
    He is single
    He lives with his parents in a two story house

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Peel, Canada West (Ontario), Canada
    Record Source: 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Year: 1851; Census Place: Peel, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C-11746; Page: 227; Line: 37

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Census
    Event Date: 1852
    Event Place: Census
    Record Source:
    [1] 1851 Census of Ontario, Reel C-11746; Peel County; Township of Chinguacousy, Part 4; p. 227
    [2] William is 14 years old
    He is a labourer
    He was born in Canada
    His religion is Church of England
    He is single
    He lives with his parents in a two story house

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Census
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source:
    [1] 1861 Census of Ontario, Reel C-1063, Peel County, Chingaucousy District, Div. 2 Page 26
    [2] William is 14 years old
    He is a labourer
    He was born in Canada
    His religion is Church of England
    He is single
    He lives with his parents in a two story house

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Chinguacousy, Peel, Canada West, Canada
    Record Source: 1861 Census of Canada, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1062

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Chinguacousy, Peel, Canada West, Canada
    Record Source: 1861 Census of Canada, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1063

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Census
    Event Date: 1871
    Event Place: Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source:
    [1] 1871 Census of Canada, Reel C-9958; District Peel; Sub-district Chinguacousy; Division 4; Page 14
    [2] 1871 Census of Canada, Reel C-9957; District Peel; Sub-district Chinguacousy; Division 1; Page 6
    [3] William is 14 years old
    He is a labourer
    He was born in Canada
    His religion is Church of England
    He is single
    He lives with his parents in a two story house

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: abt 1871
    Event Place: Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario
    Record Source:
    [1] 1871 Census of Canada, Year: 1871; Census Place: Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario; Roll: C-9957; Page: 6; Family No: 24
    [2] 1871 Census of Canada, Year: 1871; Census Place: Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario; Roll: C-9958; Page: 14

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 18731874
    Event Place: Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source:
    [1] Directory of the County of Peel for 187374, p. 17
    [2] According to the Directory of Peel County 1873, Chiguacousy was a good agricultural township, watered on the west by the River Credit, in the centre by the Etobicoke, which is not a very valuable stream, and on th east by several small streams, branches of the Humber and Mimico. The population in 1871 was 6, 129.

    Chinguaycousy was divided by Hurontario Street running through its centre, the concessions numbering east and west from Hurontario Street.

    A large portion of the early settlers of Chinguacousy were the children of U.E. Loyalists, who came ot Canada at the close of the American Revolutoin, and settled in the neighbourhood of Niagara, but there wree many other classes of settlers.

    William lived on Concession 1 (west of Hurontario) on Lot 20

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Census
    Event Date: 1881
    Event Place: Brampton, Peel, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source:
    [1] 1881 Census of Canada, Reel C-123252, Dist 140, Sub-dist C, Div 3, Page 26, Family 119
    [2] William is 14 years old
    He is a labourer
    He was born in Canada
    His religion is Church of England
    He is single
    He lives with his parents in a two story house

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1881
    Event Place: Brampton, Peel, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source:
    [1] 1881 Census of Canada
    [2] 1881 Census of Canada, Year: 1881; Census Place: Brampton, Peel, Ontario; Roll: C_13252; Page: 26; Family No: 119

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1891
    Event Place: Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1891 Census of Canada, Year: 1891; Census Place: Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada; Roll: T-6361; Family No: 121

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1901
    Event Place: Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1901 Census of Canada, Year: 1901; Census Place: Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario; Page: 3; Family No: 21

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1911
    Event Place: , Peel, Ontario
    Record Source: 1911 Census of Canada, Year: 1911; Census Place: 19 - Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario; Page: 8; Family No: 82

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1 Jun 1921
    Event Place: Chinguacousy, Chingacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1921 Census of Canada, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 80; Census Place: 80, Peel, Ontario; Page Number: 2

    Genealogy Event 19
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Chinguacousy
    Record Source: Ontario, Canada, County Marriage Registers

    Genealogy Event 20
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Jun 1931
    Event Place: Peel, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source:
    [1] Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 55
    [2] Canada, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 21
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Oct 1889
    Event Place: Peel, Ontario, Canada

    Genealogy Event 22
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Jun 1931
    Event Place: Peel, Ontario, Canada

    Genealogy Event 23
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Cheltenham, Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: Canada, Find a Grave Index

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