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Note: Was in North Carolina in 1870 with family and other brothers Thomas and James and their families.
1901 census says DOB is Feb 25, 1837 in Ontario.
Jun 30th, 1870 Census in Friendship Postoffice, Friendship Twp, Guilford County, North Carolina with brothers James and Thomas's families next door.
Robert Preston age 34, farmer Isabella Preston age 28, keeping house Sylvester Preston age 4 Edgar Preston, age 2
(I think that these ages may be switched around as Sylvester was younger than the first Edgar that passed away in NC.) -------------------------
Western Land Grant: NW 17 3 11 W1 Part Section Township Range Meridian Reference: Cross-Reference RG: 68 Liber: 100 Folio: 568 Date of document: 1883/04/23 Names: ROBERT S. PRESTON Remarks: 160 ACRES SALE SECRETARY OF STATE
SW 17 3 11 W1 Part Section Township Range Meridian Reference: Cross-Reference RG: 68 Liber: 100 Folio: 567 Date of document: 1883/04/23 Names: ROBERT S. PRESTON Remarks: 160 ACRES HOMESTEAD SECRETARY OF STATE
5 4 11 W1 Section Township Range Meridian Reference: Cross-Reference RG: 68 Liber: 99 Folio: 197 Date of document: 1883/04/23 Names: ROBERT S. PRESTON Remarks: S1/2 OF S1/2 OF LS 3 + 4 OF 5 20 ACRES SALE SECRETARY OF STATE
SW 11 4 12 W1 Part Section Township Range Meridian Reference: Liber: 387 Folio: 203 File reel number: C-6246 Names: Alexander Murdoch et al Robert S Preston James Stuart Henry H Elsey Robert S Preston James Stuart Henry H Elsey
_______________________ Death date on the death certificate is July 3, 1917. Death REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1917-042134 --------------------------------
Hi Donna; I'm sorry but I do not live in the Pilot Mound area or in Manitoba, so I don't have access to records you are requesting. I was able to find the following information in "Prairie Pride Land" from Greenwood Burial Records (Northside) Preston (baby) 1947-1947 Plot 120 Preston Bessie Elsie 1909-1981 Plot 7 Preston Earle Balfour 1916-1986 Plot 120 Preston Edgar S. 1880-1963 Plot 41 Preston Hattie 1880-1971 Plot 41 Preston Isabella Skirrow 1843-1918 Plot 41 Preston Jane (Balmer) 1820-1902 Plot 283 Preston (John?) -1918 Plot 283 Preston Mervil Robert 1907-1976 Plot 7 Preston Richard 1833-1913 Plot 182 Preston Robert Skirrow 1837-1917 Plot 41 Preston Thomas 1824-1911 Plot 283 Preston William Burton 1904-1907 Plot 182
>From my own research I have found that the actual headstone produces moreinformation.
The following family history also appears with two pictures.
Preston, Robert and Isabelle by Noreen Paterson Robert, February 24 1836-July 31, 1916, married Isabelle Atkinson, 1841-1917 in 1861. Among the earliest settlers to come to the Pilot Mound district in 1878 were Robert Preston (R.S.), his brother Richard, and Richard's two sons Thomas Charles (T.C.) and Leonard. They filed on homesteads in waht is now the Goudney district on sections 17-3-11, 18-3-11, and 13-3-12. Before winter they built log-thatched homes for their families and in December, R.S. and Richard headed back east to Halton and Bruce Counties in Ontario. In April 1879 they arrived back with their young families, also accompanied by three older nephews, Thomas, Bert and James. R.S.'s family consisted of two small boys Sylvester and Eugene. A third son, Edgar, was born in March 1880 - reportedly the first white boy born in the district. In 1879 the Prestons built and operated a grist mill, and saw mill on the south east quarter of section 13-3-12 on the bank of the creek. Near the mills a store was opened which also served as the Post Office. This settlement of Preston's was not destined to prosper for long. In 1881 the two mills burned down. Later the saw mill was replaced. But when the railroad came through in 1885 the two sesttlements of Preston and Pilot Mound on the "Old Mound" were transferred to the present site of Pilot Mound. By the early 1900's all the Prestons except R.S. and Isabelle and their son Edgar had left the district and scattered west from Carnduff, SK to British Columbia and Nebraska. R.S. died on his original homestead in 1916 and his wife, the following year. In 1905 Edgar married Harriet (Hattie) Balfour (1880), another early settler who came to the Cooperfield district from Ontario in the spring of 1881 at the age of six months. They lived on the original Preston homestead until they retired to Stanley Avenue in Pilot Mound in 1945. Edgar died in 1963 and his wife in 1971. They had five children; twins, Mervil and Arthur (1908), Isabelle (1912), and a second pair of twins, Elmer and Earle (1916). Mervil, who lived on SE 18-3-11 W married Bessie Mathers (1909), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Mathers. They retired to Stanley Avenue in Pilot Mound. Mervil died in 1976, and Bessie died in 1981. They had two children, Lorne (1943), and Noreen (1948). Noreen married Brian Murray (1943) from Edwin, MB in 1969. They had two boys Brent (1972) and Mark (1973). They were divorced. Noreen married Lloyd Paterson (see James and Mabel Paterson history) Arthur married Jean Fraser (1912), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Fraser of Floral in 1942. Arthur died in 1981. Jean lives in Winnipeg. They had three children: John (1945), Dory (1947), and Alison (1949). Dory died in 1991. Dory had two sons Max (1972) and Zeke (1974), who now live in B.C. John and Alison live in Winnipeg. Alison works for the Post Office. Isabelle lives in Prairie View Lodge, Pilot Mound. Elmer married Mable McConnell (1908), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom McConnell of Sarles, N.D. in 1948. Earle, who lived on the old homestead, married Sadie Taylor (1907), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Taylor, in 1943. Earle served in the Canadian Air Force in World War II. They returned to farm 17-3-11 until they retired to Moffat Street, Pilot Mound. Earle died in 1986. Sadie lives in Prairie View Lodge, Pilot Mound. They have one son Bob (1952), who lives in Winnipeg. Bob works in the office equipment industry.
One picture includes Mervil, Arthur, Elmer, Earle, Edgar, Harriet and Isabelle. The other includes Lorna (Sanburn) and Lorne Preston, Patricia (Preston) and Robert Chuckrey, Trystain Chuckrey, Alice Sanburn and Payton Chuckrey, Heather (Preston) and Chris Hildebrandt.
I know there is an earlier history book of Pilot Mound area called Echoes of the Past but I have not been able to get a copy.
Vernalyn (Morrow) Heale Vernalyn Heale [lynn.heale@sympatico.ca] ---------------------- 1870 census United States
Name: Robert Preston Birth Year: abt 1836 Age in 1870: 34 Birthplace: On; Can Home in 1870: Friendship, Guilford, North Carolina Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate: View image Post Office: Friendship Household Members: Name Age Robert Preston 34 Isabella Preston 28 Sylvester Preston 4 Edgar Preston 2
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