Annie Mitchell

Other Events and Attributes:

• Marriage: 4 Mar 1871, Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Marriage Source: MS932_408; Ontario Canada Marriages 1857-1924
Groom: Henry Chas. Westbrook
Age 29, Batchelor, Residence Dereham
Occupation: Tavern Keeper
Birthplace: Oakland, Canada, abt 1842
Parents: Benjamin Westbrook & Polly Ann Westbrook (Hall)

Bride: Annie Mitchell
Age 23, Spinster, Residence Dereham
Birthplace: Darlington Twp, Canada
Parents: Chas & Lizzie A. Mitchell
Witnesses: Mrs. A. G. Searle & couldn't read other
Marriage Date: 4 March 1871
Place: Woodstock, Oxford Cty, Ontario

Research has found a grave of H C Westbrook in Pioneer Cemetery, Tillsonburg- death date on marker reads 1871. So perhaps Annie (Mitchell) was pregnant when Henry Charles ( Clinton) Westbrook died.

Shortly after this marriage, Anna (Mitchell - Westbrook) remarries to Oscar Wilson. This couple is enumerated on the Canadian 1881 census of South Norwich, Oxford South Cty, Ontario (Film FHL 1375903, District 165, SubDist C, Div 1, Page 22, Family 109.
Oscar Wilson, Male, Married, Age 28, Birthplace Ontario, Occupation Butcher, Religion E. Methodist
Anna Wilson, Female, Married, Age 31 , English, Birthplace Ontario, Religion E. Methodist
Clinton Wilson, Male, Age 8, Birthplace Ontario ** possibly Henry Clinton Westbrook - Son of Henry Charles Westbrook & Annie Mitchell
Minnie M. wilson, Female, Age 4, Birthplace Ontario
Isa D. Wilson, Female, Age 2, Birthplace Ontario
Freelove P. Wilson, Female, Married, Age 54, Birthplace USA, Methodist Canada religion (from previous researches - this is possibly Oscar Wilson's Mother but not proven at this point

1911 Canadian Census, Ontario, Oxford South Cty, Norwich South Twp (15), Page 7, Lines 35-29 inclusive
Family # 92
Wilson, Oscar, Male, Head, Married, Birth Jun 1853, Age 58, Occupation Farmer
Wilson, Anna, Female, Wife, Married, Birth Mar 1848, Age 63
Wilson, Darwin, Male, Son, Single, Birth Jan 1885, Age 26, At home
Wilson, Lillian, Female, Dtr, Single, Birth Jul 1880, Age 30, At home
Wilson, Melbourne, Male, Son, Single, Birth Oct 1895, Age 16, At home

Family/Spouse: Oscar Wilson. Oscar was born in Jun 1853 in , , Ontario, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Annie married Clinton H. Westbrook on 4 Mar 1871 in Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. Clinton (son of Benjamin Westbrook and Polly Ann Hall) was born in 1842 in Oakland, , Ontario, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Cannot find this birth anywhere in Ontario Births; have found this same name, born September 1877 to William J. Wilson & Mary Ann Elliott - so perhaps there still is one for Oscar & Annie or perhaps they were caring for another relative's child hw mar 2010

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 17 Mar 1879, Norwich Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; Ontario Births 1869-1909

Notes:

Birth: Certificate #022101, MS 929_39, Ontario Births 1869-1909
Date: 17 March 1879
Name: Isa Dora Wilson
Female
Parents: Oscar M. Wilson - Farmer & Annie Westbrook (Mitchell)
Signed by Oscar Wilson, Farmer, South Norwich
Registered 31 May 1879

Marriage: Certificate # 012233, Ontario Marriages 1868-1926 - MS 932_99
Groom: Adam A. Malcolm
Age: 23
birth place: Dereham, Ontario
Birth Year: abt 1876
Parents: Elias Malcolm & Aby Moyer
Bride: Dora Wilson
Age 20 yrs
Birth Yr 1879
Birth Place: Springford, Oxford Cty
Parents: Oscar Wilson & Annie (Mitchell) Westbrook
Date: 08 March 1899
Place: Oxford Cty, Ontario

Family/Spouse: A.A. Malcolm. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Jul 1881, , Oxford County, Ontario, Canada
• Census: 1911, Springford, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; 1911 Canadian Census
• Burial: 1961, Springford Cemetery, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; Springford Cemetery Records

Notes:

Birth: Ontario Births 1869-1909; Certificate #|024084, Film # MS929_50
date: 31 Jul 1881
Female
Name: Lilly Lovena Wilson
Parents: Oscar Wilson - Butcher & Annie Mitchell
Signed by Oscar Wilson, Butcher, South Norwich
Registered 25 Aug 1881


1911 Canadian Census, Ontario, Oxford South Cty, Norwich South Twp (15), Page 7, Lines 35-29 inclusive
Family # 92
Wilson, Oscar, Male, Head, Married, Birth Jun 1853, Age 58, Occupation Farmer
Wilson, Anna, Female, Wife, Married, Birth Mar 1848, Age 63
Wilson, Darwin, Male, Son, Single, Birth Jan 1885, Age 26, At home
Wilson, Lillian, Female, Dtr, Single, Birth Jul 1880, Age 30, At home
Wilson, Melbourne, Male, Son, Single, Birth Oct 1895, Age 16, At home

The 1881 census for this family doesn't enumerate a Lillian Wilson, thus from burial marker in Springford Cemetery, it appears this date of birth (1880) is wrong and the burial marker is more correct at 1881

Source: Tweedsmuir History, Springford Village & Farms, Springford Women's Institute
Lillian Wilson was well known in adulthood as a Private nurse who administered to the sick in their homes for many years. It appears Lillian never married


Burial marker - Springford Cemetery, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada
Oscar M. Wilson 1853-1919
His Wife, Annie Mitchell - 1848-1937
Darwin D. Wilson - 1885-1943
Lillian L. Wilson - 1881-1961
reverse of marker reads
Reverse of this marker has the following info
Olive J. - Wife of M. R. Wilson 1897-1918
M. R. Wilson - 1895-1977
His Wife , Pearl L. Oatman - 1896-1972
At this time, I am know Oscar M. Wilson & Annie Mitchell are Lillian L. Wilson's Parents
Darwin D. Wilson is Lillian's Brother (Sources being 1911 Census) & this burial marker
M. R. Wilson is presumably Melbourne R. Wilson - Brother to Lillian L. Wilson and that Melbourne had 2 wives. - Source 1911 census

Census:
Birth as Jul 1880, Age 30, residing with her parents Oscar Wilson & Annie Wilson and Brother Darwin D. Wilson

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1885, , , Ontario, Canada
• Census: 1911, Springford, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; 1911 Canadian Census
• Burial & Death: 1943, Springford Cemetery, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; Burial monument

Notes:

Birth: Source Ontario Births 1869-1909; Certificate # 025818, Microfilm MS929_79
Date: 07 Jan 1885
Male
Name: Darwin Dalbert Wilson
Parents: Oscar M. Wilson - Butcher & annie Mitchell
Signed by Oscar Wilson
Place: South Norwich, Ontario


1911 Canadian Census, Ontario, Oxford South Cty, Norwich South Twp (15), Page 7, Lines 35-29 inclusive
Family # 92
1911 Canadian Census, Ontario, Oxford South Cty, Norwich South Twp (15), Page 7, Lines 35-29 inclusive
Family # 92
Wilson, Oscar, Male, Head, Married, Birth Jun 1853, Age 58, Occupation Farmer
Wilson, Anna, Female, Wife, Married, Birth Mar 1848, Age 63
Wilson, Darwin, Male, Son, Single, Birth Jan 1885, Age 26, At home **
Wilson, Lillian, Female, Dtr, Single, Birth Jul 1880, Age 30, At home
Wilson, Melbourne, Male, Son, Single, Birth Oct 1895, Age 16, At home

Springford Tweedsmuir History, Village & Farm, Springford Women's Institute
Darwin Wilson lived in Springford until his death in 1943 when hit by a car. In 1926, after Oscar Wilson's death in 1919, Annie Wilson turned the farm over to Melbourne & Darwin.

burial Monument - Springford Cemetery, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada
Oscar M. Wilson 1853-1919
His Wife - Annie Mitchell 1848-1937
Darwin D. Wilson 1885-1943
Lillian L. Wilson 1881-1961
Reverse of this marker has the following info
Olive J. - Wife of M. R. Wilson 1897-1918
M. R. Wilson - 1895-1977
His Wife , Pearl L. Oatman - 1896-1972
At this time, I am know Oscar M. Wilson & Annie Mitchell are Darwin D. Wilson's Parents
Lillian L. Wilson is Darwin D. Wilson's Sister (Sources being 1911 Census) & this burial marker
M. R. Wilson is presumably Melbourne R. Wilson - Brother to Darwin D. Wilson and that Melbourne had 2 wives. - Source 1911 census confirmed with Tweedsmuir Local history Mar 5, 2010 hw

Census:
Age 26, Single, Male, living with parents Oscar & Anna Wilson, Farming

Burial & Death:
Monument - Darwin D. Wilson - 1885-1943 marker shared with Oscar M. Wilson, Wife Annie Mitchell, Lillian L. Wilson

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 28 Jan 1888, Norwich Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; Birth certificate
• Marriage: 25 May 1910, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; Marriage
• 1911 Census: 1911, Norwich Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; 1911 Canada Census
• Marriage: 17 May 1923, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; Marriage records

Notes:

Birth: Ontario Births 1869-1909; Film MS929_89; Certificate #026865
Date: 28 Jan 1888, South Norwich, Oxford Cty,Ontario
Male
parents: Oscar M. Wilson Farmer & Annie Mitchell
Signed by Oscar M. Wilson
Registered 16 Feb 1888


1891 Cdn Census: Norwich South, Oxford South, Roll:T-6361, Family #195
Lowell is enumerated with his Parents Oscar Wilson & Annie, as well as his siblings *Villie (Millie) age 13, Dora age 11, Lillie age 9, and Darwin Age 6.
Lowell's Gender is Male, Single, Age 3, Son, Methodist


Marriage: Ontario Canada Marriages 1869-1926, MS932_149
Groom: Lowell T. Wilson, Age 24,
Parents: Annie Mitchell & Oscar Wilson
Bride: Christina Arthur, Age 24
Single
Parents: William Arthur & Elizabeth Hunter
marriage Date: 25 May 1910, Oxford Cty, Ontario


1911 Cdn Census - Norwich South, Oxford South, Ontario, Page 5, Family #67
Lowall Wilson, Male, Married, Age 24, Birth Jan 1887, Head, Scotch
Christine Wilson, Female, Married, Age 27,
District 107, SubDistrict 15

Marriage: Ontario Canada Marriages 1869-1926 MS932_1-973
Groom: Lowell T Wilson, birthplace S. Norwich, Ontario, Age 34, Widow
Parents: Oscar Wilson & Annie Mitchell
Bride: Gertrude Alberta Brown, Spinster, Age 28, Birthplace Grand Rapids, MI
Parents: Benjamin Brown & Barbara McCurry
Marriage Date: 17 May 1923, Oxford

Border Crossing ; Ancestry.com, Detroit Border Crossings & Passenger Lists 1905-1957; Film M1478_116
Lowell Wilson Jr.
Arrival Date 08 April 1925
Port of Arrival: Detroit, Michigan
Age: 37
Birth date: abt 1888, South Norwich, Ontario
Race - English
Departure Contact: Wife Gertrude
Arrival Contact: Sister Mrs R C Manning ( I assume this to be Gertrude's sister, Lowell's sister in law) hw
Description of Lowell: 5' 8" in height, hair dark, eyes blue

1930 US Census - Marquette, Marquette, Michigan, Roll 1010, Page 9A, Enum Dist. 22, Image 755_0
Lowell Wilson,Head, Male, Renting, Married, White, Age 37, Married at 34, PoB Michigan(?) Parents Norway & Sweden, occ Labourer in Machine Shop
Abby Wilson, Wife, Female, Married, White, Age 33, Married at 29, PoB Michigan, Parents Michigan
Ruth C Wilson, Female, Dtr, Single, White, Age 2 7/12, Birthplace Michigan
Joyce M Wilson, Female, Dtr, Single, White, Age 7/12, Birthplace Michigan

This entry needs further research, as certainly Lowell Wilson was born in 1888, S Norwich Canada; there is no immigration date entered, thus wondering if Lowell ignored that by stating birthplace was Michigan.
I know soon after his 2nd marriage, Lowell went to Michigan and last address known was Grand Rapids, MI hw

Family/Spouse: Christine Arthur. Christine (daughter of W. Arthur and E. Hunter) was born about 1886; died on 4 Mar 1919 in Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lowell married Gertrude Alberta Brown on 17 May 1923 in Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. Gertrude was born about 1897 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 12 Oct 1895, Norwich Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; Birth Certificate
• Marriage: 20 Apr 1918, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; Marriage Affadavit
• Marriage: 7 Jun 1922, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; Marriage Affadavit
• Occupation: 1923-1975, Springford, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1922-1975, Springford, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; Farming
• Burial: 1977, Springford Cemetery, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; Springford Cemetery, Oxford Cty, Ontario, Canada
• Death: 1977, Springford, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Birth: Ontario Canada Births 1869-1909, MS929_133, Certificate # 028036
Name: Melbourne Rannie Wilson* should be Ramie
Male
Parents: Oscar Wilson, Farmer & Annie Wilson
Signed: Oscar Wilson, Springford
Birth Date: Oct 12 1895
Registered: Jul 15 1896

Marriage: Ontario Marriages 1858-1926, MS932_461, Affadavit #014796
Groom: Melborne Raymond Wilson
Age: 22 yrs
Residence: Oxford Cty, Ontario
Bachelor
Occupation: Farmer
Religion: Baptist
Parents: Oscar Wilson & Annie Mitchell
Bride: Olive Jane Witts
Age: 20 yrs
Res: Oxford Cty, Ontario
Spinster
Occupation: Clerk
Religion: Baptist
Parents: Cyrus Witts & Edith Hall
Date of Marriage: 20 April 1918, Oxford Cty
Family legend states that Olive (Witts) Wilson also died in the 1918 influenza epidemic.

Marriage: Ontario Marriages 1858-1926, MS932_621, Certificate #016935 Affadavit
Groom: Melbourne Raymond Wilson
Age: 26 yrs
Widow
Occupation: Farmer
Religion: Baptist
Residence: Springford, Oxford Cty, Ontario
Parents: Oscar Wilson & Annie Mitchell
Bride: Pearl Lillian Oatman
Age: 26 yrs
Spinster
Baptist
Residence: Tillsonburg
Parents: Willis Oatman & Minnie Woodard
Date of Marriage: 07 Jun 1922, Oxford Cty, Ontario

Tweedsmuir History Springford Village & Farms, Springford Women's Institute Notes
" Melbourne Wilson had married Olive Witts from Norwich in 1916 and Olive died in the flu epidemic in 1918. Melbourne remarried in 1922 to Pearl Oatman and they stayed on the farm, farming it and other lands until it was turned over to their Son Douglas and his wife Marilyn in 1970. Melbourne and Pearl had two children, Douglas & Jean. Jean married Lorne Woodford and lived in Tillsonburg for many years. Doug married Marilyn Blair and they lived on the Hartwell Shattuck farm across the road.
Melbourne was a general farmer, maintaining a her of 18 milk cows, 12 sows, 200-300 chickens, and four horses until he got his first tractor, a Titan, followed by an International 1530, both with steel wheels. About 1947, Melbourne got his first rubber-tired tractor, an International M. His interest lay in his field crops, in which he took great pride, and in the machinery with which to grow and harvest them. He had a White thrashing machine for many years and threshed for the neighbourhood. His cutting box filled wht silos of the community.
He also produced a large gallonage of maple syrup each year from his 25 acres of hard maples. A newspaper article written for the Tillsonburg News about 1960, reported that he hung 1550 buckets to gather sap to produce 200 gallons of maple syrup. This production had been an annual event on the farm for fifty years. He gathered the sap in three 125 gallon tanks to geed theevaporator, a structure about 20 feet long and several feet wide housed in the sugar shanty. The sap was boiled to 218 degrees Fahrenheit before it was drawn off for storage.
Melbourne's Son Douglas always farmed with him. When Doug Wilson married they purchased the Shattuck farm across the road and ran the two farms together. They raised steers in the 1960's. J. W. Maus of Ayr, put them in, 30 to 40 at a time, to raise on grain. On the two farms they would have 80 - 100 steers at a time. In the 1970's they stopped raising steers and went to cash crop farming. Doug also did custom work, combining, cultivating and applying anhydrous ammonia fertilizer.
Pearl Wilson died in 1972 and Melbourne died in 1977. For a time the old house was vacant, until Grandson Ronald lived in it when first married. Unfortunately, the house burned one cold night in 1984. The big barns were eventually torn down and only drive sheds remain. In 1991, Son Gary took over the farm operation and continues the cash crop farming."

Family/Spouse: Olive J. Witts. Olive (daughter of C. Witts and E. Hall) was born on 16 Sep 1897 in , Brant County, Ontario, Canada; died on 14 Dec 1918 in Norwich Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1918 in Springford Cemetery, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Pearl L. Oatman. Pearl (daughter of W. Oatman and M. Woodard) was born in 1896; died in 1972; was buried in Springford Cemetery, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Cannot find this birth registration on Ontario Births, Baptisms Ontario.
My source of his existence is the 1881 Cdn. census

Family/Spouse: L. Woodford. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary
Douglas Earl Wilson of R. R. #1, Otterville, passed away at the Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, January 24 2001 in his 74th year. Beloved husband of Marilyn (Blair) Wilson. Loving father of Dale Douglas Wilson of Springford and his fiance Wendy Alexander of Ingersoll, Gary Lee Wilson of R.R. #1 Otterville, Diana Lynn Wilson and her friend John Slomp of Simcoe and Ronald James Wilson and his wife Deb of Lyons. Cherished grandfather of Tammy Serrador, Sherry Wilson, Angela Wilson, Brianne Wilson, Doug Wilson, Brandon Wilson, Pamela Butler, James Butler, Carrie Butler as well as one great granddaughter Amber Serrador. Also survived by a Sister Jean Woodford and her husband Lorne of R. R. #1 Otterville. Cremation has taken place. Interment of ashes at a later day in Springford Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the Cancer Society

Family/Spouse: Marilyn Blair. Marilyn was born about 1932; died on 26 Aug 2008 in Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital, Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: J. Slomp. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]