Individual 547: Detwiller, Alexander

Individual Record 547

Name} Detwiller, Alexander

Family History} Olson

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Race} White

Sex} Male

Birth: Date} Fam 17 May 1836

Place} , Perth, Ontario

Marr.: Date} Exa 1 Nov 1859

Place} Avonbank Presbyterian Church, Downie Twp., Perth (Link)

Death: Date} Exa 17 Sep 1887

Place} Fullarton Twp., Perth, Ontario

Burial: Date} Aft 17 Sep 1887

Place} Avonbank Presbyterian Cemetery, Downie Twp., Perth, Ontario

Grave Marker} Yes

Source 1}	31 = Letter
Source 2}	71 = Family notes
Source 3}	233 = Genealogy
Source 4}	236 = 1851 CAN cen
Source 5}	237 = 1861 CAN cen
Source 6}	243 = 1871 CAN cen
Source 7}	247 = 1881 CAN cen
Source 8}	267 = Land abstract
Source 9}	281 = Family notes
Source 10}	307 = Cemetery rec

Parents: } Christian Detwiller and Marian Campbell
Relationship No.} 13

1st Household No.} 80 =Fullarton Twp., Perth, Ontario

Occupation 1} Laborer
Occupation 2} Farmer

Religion/Church} Presbyterian

Spouses: Prime} Parker, Elizabeth
Total Number of} 1

Source 11} 319 = Marriage rec
Source 12} 340 = Geog history
Source 13} 353 = Family notes

Source 14} 405 = Cemetery rec
Source 15} 518 = Land deed
Source 16} 875 = Death rec

Source 17} 905 = Marriage rec
Source 18} 906 = Cemetery rec

Notes: Alexander Detwiller was born 17 May 1836 in Perth County, Ontario. He was the first son of Christian and Marian Detwiller, and had an older sister Hannah. After Alexander his brothers and sisters included Agnes, Henry, Andrew, Marion, Mary, John, and Susan. In 1851 the family is found living in the community of Motherwell, Fullarton Twp., Lot 31, Concession EMR (East Mitchell Road). The Lot was 90 acres in size, of which 18 acres were under cultivation. Christian was a farmer, and Alexander was a laborer. In 1854, Alexander is shown as the owner of the East 70 acres of Lot 31, the family farm.

Alexander's mother Marion died sometime between 1851 and 1861 as she does not appear in the 1861 census. In that census, his father Christian is listed as a widower, with seven of the children still at home in the family's 1½ story log house.

Alexander married Elizabeth Parker, 1 Nov 1859 in the Avonbank Presbyterian Church. In 1861 they were living on their farm in a log house. Alexander is now listed as a farmer. In 1871, six children were listed, namely Rebecca Dunn, Marion, Christopher, Elizabeth, John, and Alexander, in Fullarton Twp. A daughter Bertha had died as an infant in 1869, and Christopher was to die in 1876. By 1881, four more children had been added to the family, namely Annie, William, James and Isabella. By 1885, the family was complete, with the addition of Innis and Robert.

Alexander suffered from a liver disease for three years, and died 17 Sep 1887 of a kidney abscess. He is buried in the Avonbank Presbyterian Cemetery, Downie Twp., Perth, Ontario.

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