Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Methodist

Edward married Mary Jane Henry on 28 Feb 1878 in Wingham, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of George N. Henry and Hannah Keziah Naylor) was born on 23 Oct 1858 in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; died on 21 Jul 1933 in Millbrook, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 24 Jul 1933 in Maitland Cemetery, Goderich, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Etta Keziah McDowell was born on 27 Dec 1878 in Iowa, USA; died on 20 Sep 1907 in Galt, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Maitland Cemetery, Goderich, Ontario, Canada.
2. Harvey McDowell was born on 17 Sep 1880 in Iowa, USA; died on 13 Oct 1913 in East Wawanosh Township, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 15 Oct 1913 in Brandon-Belgrave Cemetery, Belgrave, Ontario, Canada.
3. Melburn McDowell was born on 19 Feb 1883 in East Wawanosh Township, Ontario, Canada; died on 7 Feb 1954 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 9 Feb 1954 in Gardiner's United Cemetery, Millbrook, Ontario, Canada.
4. Almira Myrtle McDowell was born on 11 Jun 1885 in East Wawanosh Township, Ontario, Canada; died on 21 Feb 1886 in East Wawanosh Township, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Burial Details Unknown.

Notes:

William McDowell was born on the boat coming to Canada from Ireland. His family lived first in Nova Scotia. He married Phoebe Densmore in 1840 and their first son, John McDowell, was born in Nova Scotia in 1843. The family moved from Nova Scotia, live for a time in New York State, and in 1855 moved to the Township of East Wawanosh, settling on the south half of Lot 34, Concession 6, about a mile north of the Westfield Church. John and his brother Robert were old enough to remember coming up the Erie Canal through New York State with all the family's possessions. - Taken from Wilderness to Wawanosh Page 109


Birth:
William McDowell was born in 1812 on the boat coming to Canada from Ireland.

William married Phoebe Euphemenia Densmore on 24 Jan 1840 in Rawdon, Nova Scotia, Canada. Phoebe (daughter of John Densmore and Ruth Rhoda Whittier) was born on 31 May 1820 in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 26 Oct 1865 in East Wawanosh Township, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1865 in Westfield Methodist Cemetery, Westfield, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Burial: 1865, Westfield Methodist Cemetery, Westfield, Ontario, Canada; Phoebe Densmore is recorded as the earliest burial recorded at Westfield Methodist Cemetery in 1865.
• Cause of Death: 26 Oct 1865, East Wawanosh Township, Ontario, Canada; Dress caught on fire cooking outdoors Oct 23 1865 and died of burns 3 days later.

Robert married Mary Herbert before 1816 in Republic of Ireland. Mary was born in 1793 in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom; died on 17 Aug 1884 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Harrisville Prairie Cemetery, Harrisville, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Ruth Rhoda Whittier on 3 Aug 1819 in Nova Scotia, Canada. Ruth was born on 10 Oct 1796 in Rawdon, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 5 Sep 1881 in Brussels, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

William Densmore was one of the original grantees of Newport Township 1761. On 1 January 1779 he leased 2 acres in Newport, N.S. from Winckworth Tongs as a house lot for a term of 21 years. On January 12 1784 Densmore assigned this lease to Benjamin DeWolf, Windsor merchant "by discount of money I owe him"

William married Elizabeth Shaw on 19 Feb 1784 in Douglas, Nova Scotia, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Arnold Shaw and Margaret Smith) was born in 1767 in Newport, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada; died in 1836 in Falmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]