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Note: N198 . 1821 Oct 12, Married Mary Skippen [nee Cotton] married at Wangford Cum Henham, Suffolk Co., England, to Henry Catchople Married & moved 5 miles to Reydon, Suffolk. Resided January 1817 in Reydon, Suffolk. Landed Guelph, Ontario 1831. . Noah Cotton lived on Oro Concession 10, Lot 14 E 1/2, Oro Twp., Simcoe County, 1837 settlement. . 1837 is also the year Mary Cotton settled into Garafraxa Twp., Wellington Co., with her second husband Henry Catchpole. - PJA. * A D Ferrier's Reminiscences, from lectures delivered to Farmers & Mechanics Institute, Fergus in 1864. Ferrier recalls his travels starting in 1830-1834. . 1834 Jun 3 - The stump of the first tree that had been felled in the bounds of Guelph as then standing & was recently fenced in. the most conspicuous house in Guelph was the Priory, after the agent for the Canada Company in Guelph. There had been a fire in Guelph too & the blackened ruins were still standing. Ref: Sketches of the Early Days of Fergus & vicinity, 1919. . 1853 - WILL of her husband Henry Catchpole: " To beloved wife [unnamed}, the bedding & a parcel of land with the brick house on the lot of land at 86 Norfolk Street, Guelph." Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts: Widow & Orphans Fund (Clergy): Donations: . 1853 Guelph, Mrs. Catchpole, 2s 6p. . 1854 Mar 31, Guelph, Mr. Catchpole, Mrs. Catchpole , 2s 6p Each . 1855 Apr 30, Mrs. Catchpole, 2s 6p., Mr. Catchpole, (Henry Jr.?) 2s. 6. Ref: Anglican Church of Canada, Toronto Diocese Archives. Descendant: . Ontario Marriage Certificate 001132- 89. George Peters, 27, Sailor, Tp Mongowen?, Little Current, s/o Wm Peters & Maggie Bell, married Eliza Jane Gamble, 18, Tp Artemesia, Little Current, d/o Robt. John Gamble & Mary Cotton Skippen, . Witn: Maggie Lena & James Caleb Skippen, (?), no residence given. 29 May, 1889, Little Current. Note: At this time, Little Current is largest town on isolated Manitoulin Island, Ontario & has a Native Reservation with some cattle farming settlements on the Island. - PJA. Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -
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