Individual 727: French, Agnes

Individual Record 727

Name} French, Agnes

Family History} Olson

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Race} White

Sex} Female

Birth: Date} Exa 30 Jan 1871

Place} Logan Twp., Perth, Ontario

Marr.: Date} Exa 28 Feb 1900

Place} Fullarton Twp., Perth, Ontario (Link)

Death: Date} Fam 7 Jan 1950

Place} , Perth, Ontario

Burial: Date} Cir 1950

Place} Woodland Methodist Cemetery, Mitchell, Perth, Ontario

Grave Marker} Yes

Source 1}	71 = Family notes
Source 2}	281 = Family notes
Source 3}	1357=Family hstry
Source 4}	873 = Birth record
Source 5}	244 = 1871 Can cen
Source 6}	248 = 1881 Can cen
Source 7}	928 = 1891 Can cen
Source 8}	905 = Marriage rec
Source 9}	930 = 1901 Can cen
Source 10}	918 = 1906 MB cen
Source 11}	919 = 1911 Can cen
Source 12}	933 = 1916 MB cen
Source 13}	1537=1921 Can cen
Source 14}	1360=Voter record
Source 15}	406 = Cemetery rec
Source 16}	906 = Cemetery rec
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Source 18}

Parents: } Thomas French & Susanna Hill
Household No.} 367

1st Household No.} 367 = Logan Twp., Perth North, Ontario

Occupation 1} Housewife
Occupation 2}

Religion/Church} Presbyterian/Methodist

Spouses: Prime} Detwiller, Alexander
Total Number of} 1

Notes: Agnes French was born 30 Jan 1871 in Logan Twp., Perth, Ontario. She was the ninth of ten children for Thomas French and Susannah Hill. In the 1871 Ontario census, the family was homesteading on Lot 30, Conc. 13, northwest of Mitchell, Logan Township, Perth County North, Ontario. The children were Thomas, 16, Susan, 14, John, 12, Mary, 11, William, 9, George, 7, Sarah, 5, Edward, 5, and Agnes, 3 months. Her parents and Thomas, the oldest, had been born in England, the rest in Ontario. Her father was a farmer, and their religious preference was Church of England.

In the 1881 Ontario census, Logan Twp., Agnes, 10, had one additional sister, Jane, then 6. The family's religious preference was Wesleyan Methodist. In the 1891 Ontario census, Logan Twp., the family's religious preference was Presbyterian. The children at home included Robert Thomas, 34, George, 28, Edward, 23, Agnes, 20, and Jane 16.

Agnes married Alexander Detwiller on 28 Feb 1900 in Fullarton Twp., and the couple moved to Manitoba. Alexander was a farmer. In the 1901 Canada census, they were living south of Brandon near Glenwood. They were listed as Methodist. In the 1906 Manitoba census, their postal address was Hayfield, which is a short way from Glenwood. E.H. Rimand, age 1, was living with them, listed as their son. In the 1911 Canada census, Earnest H. now carries his adoptive name Detwiller. The family's residence is described as being in Twp. 8, Range 20, West 1st Meridian, and a laborer named Arthur Bird is living with the family.

In the 1916 Manitoba census, their place of residence is on 1st Street, Souris Town. Agnes and Alexander adopted a girl. In the 1921 Canada census, they are living in Glenwood Municipality, Brandon. Earnest is now 16, and their daughter Doris is 4 years.

The Canada Voter List in 1940 records Alex. Detwiller, farmer, Mrs. Alex. Detwiller, and Doris Detwiller, spinster, as living in Hayfield, Beresford, Brandon, Manitoba. Ernest reportedly moved to British Columbia as an adult. Doris married Ernest Rennick. Nothing more is known about the family until the death of Agnes on 7 Jan 1950. Alexander died in 1954. They may have moved back to Ontario as both are buried in theWoodland Methodist Cemetery, Mitchell, Ontario.

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Immigr'n Date} N/A

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Education: Grade} or Top 2 Degrees}

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Last Updated
by} Karen Hancock

Date Updated} 20 Jan 2015
Date Created} 10 Oct 1999

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