Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Harry Sanford Gofton

Male 1900 - 1978  (77 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Harry Sanford Gofton was born 5 Dec 1900, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Samuel F. Gofton and Mary Jane Copley); died 8 Sep 1978; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Harry married Rose Marie Heinbecker 27 Oct 1926, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Rose (daughter of William John Heinbecker and Dorothea Agnes Harlen) was born 21 Nov 1902, Magnetewan, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada; died 1982; was buried 26 Mar 1982, Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Delphine May Gofton was born 3 May 1927; died 12 Jan 1987; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Samuel F. GoftonSamuel F. Gofton was born 18 Sep 1864, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Robert Gofton and Rosana, son of Robert G. Gofton and Rosannah Fonger); died 19 Nov 1936, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Samuel married Mary Jane Copley 23 Dec 1896, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of John Copley and Clara, daughter of John Copley and Clarissa Battler) was born 12 May 1861, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Aug 1944, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary Jane Copley was born 12 May 1861, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John Copley and Clara, daughter of John Copley and Clarissa Battler); died 28 Aug 1944, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. 1. Harry Sanford Gofton was born 5 Dec 1900, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Sep 1978; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Robert G. Gofton was born 25 Feb 1832, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada (son of Samuel Gofton and Elizabeth Hall); died 26 Feb 1888, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada.

    Robert married Rosannah Fonger 1 May 1859, , Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada. Rosannah (daughter of William Fonger and Mary Regne Day) was born 25 Oct 1841, , Ontario, Canada; died 21 Apr 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Rosannah Fonger was born 25 Oct 1841, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of William Fonger and Mary Regne Day); died 21 Apr 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Alvina Gofton was born 1859, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Elmira Gofton was born 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Feb 1937; was buried , Groveside Municipal Cemetery, Whitby, Durham, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Elma Gofton was born 1861, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Roger Fonger Gofton was born 4 Jan 1863, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Apr 1949, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 2. Samuel F. Gofton was born 18 Sep 1864, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Nov 1936, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Marie Gofton was born 5 Dec 1866, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Apr 1867, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Lydia Jane Gofton was born 20 Mar 1868, , Ontario, Canada; died 8 Nov 1913, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Isabella Gofton was born 3 Jun 1870, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Sep 1944, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Robert Fonger Gofton was born 10 Dec 1871, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Oct 1946, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Rosa Maria "Rose" Gofton was born 13 Jul 1875, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Jan 1975, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. John Fonger Gofton was born Nov 1877, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1962; was buried , Barrie Union Cemetery, Barrie, Simcoe Co., Ontario.
    12. Smith Fonger Gofton was born 8 Sep 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Jul 1943, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    13. Isaac Fonger Gofton was born 10 Oct 1883, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jun 1962, Barrie, Simcoe Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Barrie Union Cemetery, Barrie, Simcoe Co., Ontario.

  3. 6.  John Copley was born 14 Jan 1834, , England (son of John Copley and Elizabeth Spowarge); died 3 Jul 1917, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    John married Clarissa Battler 1857. Clarissa (daughter of William Battler and Emma Cook) was born 15 Sep 1837, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Oct 1922, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Clarissa Battler was born 15 Sep 1837, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of William Battler and Emma Cook); died 26 Oct 1922, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. John William Copley was born 11 Apr 1857, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Apr 1937; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. James Copley was born 1858, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 3. Mary Jane Copley was born 12 May 1861, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Aug 1944, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Joseph Copley was born 1862, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. William Copley was born 1864, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Albert Copley was born Aug 1870, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Henry Albert "Harry" Copley was born 9 Aug 1870, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jul 1956, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Emma Copley was born 24 Aug 1872, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Sarah Ellen "Ellen" Copley was born 8 Jun 1874, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Feb 1960; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Alice Copley was born 2 Oct 1874, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Sep 1950; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Adelaide Copley was born 2 Feb 1879, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    12. Ellen Sarah Copley was born 8 May 1879, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Samuel Gofton was born Abt 1790, , England; died Jul, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Unmarked grave, Waterloo County, Ontario.

    Samuel married Elizabeth Hall 17 Apr 1815, Sigglesthorne, , Yorkshire, England. Elizabeth was born 9 Jun 1794, , England; died 21 Sep 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Hall was born 9 Jun 1794, , England; died 21 Sep 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Samuel Thomas Gofton was born 1815, Sigglesthorne, , Yorkshire, England; was christened 31 Jul 1815, Sigglesthorne, , Yorkshire, England; died 1877, , Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Washington Cemetery, Washington, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    2. John Gofton was christened 19 Aug 1817, Sigglesthorne, , Yorkshire, England; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Roger Gofton was born 10 Oct 1820, Sigglesthorne, , Yorkshire, England; died 1 Jun 1874, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Plattsville Community Cemetery, Plattsville, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    4. Nancy Gofton was born 1822, Sigglesthorne, , Yorkshire, England; was christened 16 Dec 1822, Sigglesthorne, , Yorkshire, England; died 30 May 1842; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 4. Robert G. Gofton was born 25 Feb 1832, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 26 Feb 1888, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada.
    6. Charlotte Gofton was born 10 Sep 1832, , Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jul 1900, , Ontario, Canada; was buried , Plattsville Cemetery, Plattsville, Oxford Co., Ontario.

  3. 10.  William Fonger was born 1801, Ancaster Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario; died 8 Sep 1879, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada.

    William — Mary Regne Day. Mary was born Abt 1811, , Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; died Bef 1845. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Mary Regne Day was born Abt 1811, , Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; died Bef 1845.
    Children:
    1. 5. Rosannah Fonger was born 25 Oct 1841, , Ontario, Canada; died 21 Apr 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  5. 12.  John Copley was born 1801, , England; died 24 Mar 1895, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    John married Elizabeth Spowarge 1825. Elizabeth was born 1802, , England; died 17 Jul 1882, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Elizabeth Spowarge was born 1802, , England; died 17 Jul 1882, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. 6. John Copley was born 14 Jan 1834, , England; died 3 Jul 1917, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Mary Copley was born 15 Jun 1836, , Nottinghamshire, England; died 17 May 1908, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Eliza Jones was born 1845, , England; died Yes, date unknown.

  7. 14.  William Battler was born CALC 25 May 1799, , England; died 14 Jun 1874; was buried , Washington Cemetery, Washington, Oxford Co., Ontario.

    William married Emma Cook 1820. Emma was born 1797, , England; died Bef 1871. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Emma Cook was born 1797, , England; died Bef 1871.
    Children:
    1. George Battler was born 24 May 1820, , Yorkshire, England; died 20 Apr 1899; was buried , Pinehill Cemetery, Pinehill, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Elizabeth Battler was born 1822; died 1867, , Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Washington Cemetery, Washington, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    3. Tamer Battler was born 1829; died 31 Mar 1849, , Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Washington Cemetery, Washington, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    4. Thomas Battler was born 9 Nov 1832, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Dec 1893, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Rhodes Battler was born 1834, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Jul 1897, , Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Plattsville Cemetery, Plattsville, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    6. Nancy Battler was born 1837, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Jul 1882, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. 7. Clarissa Battler was born 15 Sep 1837, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Oct 1922, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.