| Male/Husband} Detwiller, John |
Family History} Olson |
| Female/Wife} Baker, Selina |
Relationship Type} Marriage |
| Marriage: Date} Exa 30 Dec 1875 |
Place} Elma Twp., Perth, Ontario |
Ended: On Date} Exa 13 Jan 1920
By} Death of husband |
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| 1st Household No.} 514 = London Twp., Middlesex, Ontario |
| Photographs} See below |
Last Updated
by} Karen Hancock |
Date Updated} 23 May 2014
Date Created} 6 Jun 1993 |
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| Notes: John Detwiller married Selina Baker on 30 Dec 1875 in Elma Twp., Perth, Ontario.
He was 23 years old and a resident of Fullarton Twp. She was 22 years old and
a resident of Elma Twp. Their witnesses were Charles Muirfield and Mary Ann Baker,
probably her sister. They were both Presbyterian. |
John and Selina started their married life living near the town of London in
Middlesex County. Their first son Charles was born in 1876
in Westminster Twp. He was followed by Minnie in 1878, Julia, 1881 (London Twp;),
Emma, 1882, John (Will), 1884, and James, 1886.
Shortly after James was born, John and Selina moved their family west to the
Province of Manitoba. In the 1891 Canada census, they were living in the Rural
Muncipality of Cornwallis. Franklin their seventh child was three years old and
had been born in Manitoba. Their last daughter, Eva, was born in 1892. Moving
farther west, John and Selina lived in the Glenwood/Hayfield area of Brandon,
Manitoba. In the 1901 Canada census, Minnie had died in 1898, and Julia was no
longer living at home. Living with them was grandson Herbert John Stewart, age 5.
By the the 1911 Canada census, Charles had married and left home, their grandson was still
with them, and they had a servant named Margaret C. Braus, age 24. Sometime after
1911, John and Selina moved and were living in Cornwallis, near Brandon, Manitoba.
In the 1916 Manitoba census, only their three youngest children were living with them.
John lived his entire life as a farmer.
John died 13 Jan 1920, and Selina died 11 Apr 1922. Both are buried in
the Brandon Hills Church Cemetery, Brandon, Manitoba. Also
buried there are Minnie Etta, and Emma Georgina, with her husband Richard Brandon. |
| Children: |
Total # of Children} 8 |
Seq. # of Primary} |
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