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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Elsley was born 1889, , Ontario, Canada (son of John Elsley and Margaret Wollis); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-275602
    • Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Elsley was born 1854, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of William Elsley and Ann Barkwell); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-232400
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; W. Methodist
    • Occupation: 1877, Arthur, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    John married Margaret Wollis 5 Jul 1877, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of Edmund Wollis and Jane MacKie) was born 1855, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Margaret Wollis was born 1855, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Edmund Wollis and Jane MacKie); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Margaret Elsley
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-232652
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of Scotland
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ch. of Scotland
    • Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Children:
    1. James Elsley was born 1878, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Florence Elsley was born 1880, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. William Elsley was born 1882, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Maud Elsley was born 1884, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Laura Elsley was born 1886, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. 1. John Elsley was born 1889, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William Elsley was born 30 Sep 1827, London, England (son of John Elsley and Hannah Harley); died 4 Oct 1919, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177233570
    • Eby ID Number: 00023-1818.2
    • Immigration: 1850, , Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1865, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; W. Methodist
    • Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Directory: 1884, Woolwich Township Crook's Tract Broken Front Concession Lot 5EGR, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Retired: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    WILLIAM ELSLEY.

    On Monday afternoon the funeral of the late Wm. Elsley proceeded from the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Robinson. 158 Oxford street, to the old Methodist burying ground in Winterbourne, North Oxford. The late Mr. Elsley was in his 93rd year. He was one of the pioneers of North Oxford, but for some time he had lived retired from his farm. At the graveside, which is in the old unused burying ground, an old friend, Rev. Mr. Lynn, took the occasion to eulogize this staunch old settler's memory in appropriate terms. The remains were laid to rest by sons and sons-in-law: Messrs. J. Elsley, L. C., A. D., W. Elsley and J. Robinson and S. W. Moore.

    The Expositor 07 Oct 1919, Tue Page 6

    William — Ann Barkwell. Ann (daughter of Robert Barkwell and Martha Longman) was born 15 Apr 1833, , Devonshire, England; died 16 Jan 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Ann Barkwell was born 15 Apr 1833, , Devonshire, England (daughter of Robert Barkwell and Martha Longman); died 16 Jan 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177233778
    • Name: Ann Elsley
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-48655
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesleyan Methodist
    • Residence: 1865, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; W. Methodist

    Children:
    1. 2. John Elsley was born 1854, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Caroline Elsley was born 6 Apr 1855, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 5 Aug 1855, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. George William Elsley was born 13 Dec 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Oct 1894, Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Mary Ann Elsley was born 5 Jan 1859, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 6 Dec 1859, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Sarah Jane Elsley was born 18 Jan 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Mar 1940, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mt. Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Levi Elsley was born 30 Dec 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 15 Feb 1863, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 May 1958, Rockwood, Eramosa Township, Wellington Co, , Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ebenezer United Church Cemetery, Campbellville, Nassagaweya Twp., Halton Co., Ontario.
    7. Martha Elsley was born 1865, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1865, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Rachel Elsley was born 28 Feb 1865, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 30 Dec 1866, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Alice Elsley was born 1867, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Charles Elsley was born Jul 1870, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    11. Albert Elsey was born 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    12. Emily Elsley was born 1871, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    13. Randall Elsley was born 1875, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1876, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    14. Lottie May Elsley was born 1878, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Apr 1918, , New York State, USA; was buried , Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Edmund Wollis was born 27 Jan 1823, Barnoldby-Beck, Lincolnshire, England; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-117703
    • Immigration: 1844, , Canada
    • Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; E. N. C.
    • Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ch. of England
    • Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

    Notes:

    Edmund Wollis was born at Barnoldby-Beck, near Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, on January 27th, 1823. In the year 1844 he came to Canada and for about two years worked in the townships of Darlington and Pickering. One morning in the spring time of 1846 he landed in Elora and then walked to Winterbourne to see the land in Waterloo County, of which he had heard. The river road through the long woods was only chopped out to about half its proper width, the logs forming the corduroy road were floating about in the many swamps, while, from the James Ross farm at the 'big bend' to the 'big ridge,' a distance of more than three miles, was without a clearing on either side of the road. Mr. Wollis soon took up his farm on the east side of the river road, at the 'little ridge.' To the south of him was Thomas Adsett's farm, while across the road from Adset, on the west,. was Richard Moreill and opposite to Mr. Wollis was, a little later, Stephen Webster. Each of these made clearings on the corners of their farms adjoining, so, that, as Mr. Wollis says, "they soon let daylight in."

    Mr. Wollis was married in August, 1855, to Jane Mackie, whose parents had come to Winterbourne, from Aberdeenshire, in October, 1837. Of their family: Margaret married John Elsley and lives near Mt. Forest; Mary died in September, 1900; George married Esther Gillies, near Mt. Forest; Annie married Samuel Burnett, lives near Listowel; Edmund married Alice Kirkness and lives near Mt. Forest; Elizabeth married William Glennie, lives in Eramosa, and Sarah, living with her parents, who, a few years ago, retired and now live in their comfortable home on the Elora and Salem road.

    The Early History of Elora, Ontario, and Vicinity by John R. Connon

    Edmund married Jane MacKie Aug 1855, , Ontario, Canada. Jane was born 1833, Aberdeen, , Aberdeen, Scotland; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Jane MacKie was born 1833, Aberdeen, , Aberdeen, Scotland; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Jane Wollis
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-117704
    • Immigration: Oct 1837, , Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of Scotland
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ch. of Scotland
    • Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

    Children:
    1. 3. Margaret Wollis was born 1855, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Mary Wollis was born 1857, , Ontario, Canada; died Sep 1900.
    3. George Wollis was born 1859, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Ann Wollis was born 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Edmund Wollis was born 1863, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Wollis was born 1865, , Ontario, Canada; died 9 Apr 1951; was buried , Eramosa Union Cemetery, Eramosa Township, Wellington Co., Ontario.
    7. John Wollis was born 11 Sep 1869, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1956; was buried , Winterbourne Presbyterian Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Jane "Jennie" Wollis was born Feb 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Sarah Wollis was born 1873, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Elsley was born 1781, , England; died 4 Mar 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-29442
    • Residence: 1826, St. Martin's Church-in-the-Fields, London, England
    • Occupation: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Episcopalian

    John married Hannah Harley 30 Apr 1826, St. Martin's Church-in-the-Fields, London, England. Hannah was born 1789, , England; died 3 Dec 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Hannah Harley was born 1789, , England; died 3 Dec 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Hannah Elsley
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-29443
    • Residence: 1826, St. Martin's Church-in-the-Fields, London, England

    Children:
    1. David Elsley was born 12 Sep 1825, Shoreditch, London, England; was christened 27 Sep 1825, Shoreditch, London, England; died 25 May 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 4. William Elsley was born 30 Sep 1827, London, England; died 4 Oct 1919, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. John Elsley was born 1832; died Oct 1840; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Charles Elsley was born 10 Sep 1832, , Ontario, Canada; died 2 Apr 1915, Walkerville, Sandwich South Twp., Essex Co., Ontario; was buried , Lakeview Cemetery, Leamington, Essex Co., Ontario.

  3. 10.  Robert BarkwellRobert Barkwell was born CALC 19 Jan 1810, , Devonshire, England; died 19 Oct 1886, Drayton, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried , Victoria Municipal Cemetery, Drayton, Wellington Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-171198
    • Residence: 1845, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesleyan Methodist
    • Occupation: 1886, Drayton, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; farmer

    Robert — Martha Longman. Martha was born 1814, , England; died 16 Nov 1898, Drayton, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried , Victoria Municipal Cemetery, Drayton, Wellington Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Martha Longman was born 1814, , England; died 16 Nov 1898, Drayton, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried , Victoria Municipal Cemetery, Drayton, Wellington Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Martha Barkwell
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-171199
    • Residence: 1845, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesleyan Methodist

    Children:
    1. 5. Ann Barkwell was born 15 Apr 1833, , Devonshire, England; died 16 Jan 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Robert Barkwell was born 1834; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. John Barkwell was born CALC 25 Jul 1835, , England; died 18 Sep 1919, Drayton, , Norfolk, England; was buried , Victoria Municipal Cemetery, Drayton, Wellington Co., Ontario.
    4. Elizabeth Barkwell was born 1838, , England; died 15 Nov 1894, , Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Paisley Cemetery, Paisley, Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada.
    5. Mary Barkwell was born 27 Sep 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 9 Nov 1845, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 24 Jan 1890; was buried , Greenfield Cemetery, Arthur, Arthur Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario.
    6. Diana Barkwell was born 9 Jan 1844, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 9 Nov 1845, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Martha Barkwell was born 1845, , Ontario, Canada; died 1917; was buried , Greenfield Cemetery, Arthur, Arthur Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario.
    8. Fanny Barkwell was born 1848, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Rachel Barkwell was born 1850, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Rebecca Barkwell was born 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


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