William Thomlinson

b. circa 1801, d. between 12 January 1852 and 31 December 1854
William Thomlinson was born circa 1801 at England.1

William moved from England to Ireland and settled at Clonegal, Wicklow.2

William married Mary Walsh on 12 October 1835 at Aghold, Wicklow, Ireland.2

In the late 1830s or early 1840s William and Mary left Ireland and moved to Canada, settling near Dacre, Ontario.1

William farmed on at least two separate lots in Grattan Township, Ontario.3

William died between 12 January 1852 and 31 December 1854 likely at Dacre, Ontario.1,4

Children of William Thomlinson and Mary Walsh

Citations

  1. William Tumlson household, 1851 census of Canada West, Renfrew (district 33), Grattan (subdistrict 322), folio 1, p. 1, line 24; microfilm C-980, Mills Memorial Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
  2. William Tomlinson-Mary Walsh, marriage, 12 Oct 1835, Aghold Parish (Wicklow, Ireland), Marriages; digital image, Roots Ireland (http://www.rootsireland.ie/ : accessed 25 May 2013),.
  3. William Tomlinson entry, 1851 census of Canada West, agricultural schedule, Renfrew (district 33), Grattan (subdistrict 322), folio 1, p. 25, line 6; microfilm C-980, Mills Memorial Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
  4. Nathaniel James and John Hughes to Commissioner Duncan Ferguson regarding Mary Tomlinson, sworn affidavit, 21 March 1861, Renfrew County, Grattan, concession 4, lot 5; RG 1 C-IV Township Papers; microfilm MS 658, roll 165, Archives of Ontario, Toronto, William is enumerated in the 1852 census, but Mary is a widow by 1854, as stated in a sworn affidavit from 1861.