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Laura Jane Brighton

Female 1876 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Laura Jane Brighton was born 21 Oct 1876, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Aaron Brighton and Catherine "Kate" Hymmen); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Laura Jane Miller
    • Name: Laura Jane Walker
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-76179
    • Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Laura married Godfried "Fred" Walker 11 Mar 1896, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Godfried (son of Gottlieb Christian Walker and Mary Hausworth) was born 6 Jul 1875, Canton Berne, Switzerland; died 25 May 1903; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Laura married Aaron Miller 7 Sep 1910, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Aaron (son of Philip Miller and Betsey Bowman, son of Philip Mueller and Elizabeth "Betsey" Bauman) was born 1866, , Ontario, Canada; died 24 Jan 1937, Blandford Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Aaron Brighton was born 6 Sep 1846, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada (son of John Brighton and Amy Wilson); died 14 Jan 1908, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209033085
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-76177
    • Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
    • Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
    • Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1913, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Aaron — Catherine "Kate" Hymmen. Catherine (daughter of Johan Heinrich Peter "Peter" Hymmen and Helena Louisa Wescott) was born 2 Feb 1855, , Ontario, Canada; died 2 Feb 1943, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Catherine "Kate" Hymmen was born 2 Feb 1855, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of Johan Heinrich Peter "Peter" Hymmen and Helena Louisa Wescott); died 2 Feb 1943, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178398634
    • Name: Catherine "Kate" Brighton
    • Name: Catherine "Kate" Walker
    • Name: Katie Hymen
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-73376
    • Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
    • Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

    Notes:

    Family Photograph:
    Gottlieb Walker and secomd Catharine Hymmen

    Carole Kavelman originally shared this on 07 Sep 2019 to Ancestry Public Member Tree

    Children:
    1. Amy Ellen "Ellen" Brighton was born 6 Sep 1874, , Ontario, Canada; died 1953, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 1953, Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    2. Lena Jane Brighton was born 1876, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 1. Laura Jane Brighton was born 21 Oct 1876, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Adam Alexander "Alex" Brighton was born 26 Nov 1878, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Aug 1942, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Clara Brighton was born 1880, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Albert Brighton was born 1881, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Arthur F. Brighton was born 1883, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Adelia Brighton was born 12 Apr 1887, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Edward Brighton was born CALC 10 Feb 1889, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Nov 1913, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Heman L. Brighton was born 2 Aug 1889, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    11. Ethel May Brighton was born 9 Nov 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    12. Abner Brighton was born 26 Nov 1895, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jun 1946, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 13 Jun 1946, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    13. Oliver Brighton was born 19 Oct 1897, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Nov 1913; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Brighton was born CALC 24 Dec 1818, , England; died 2 Feb 1873, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bridgeport Free Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68317344
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-136874
    • Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; labourer
    • Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teamster
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
    • Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teamster
    • Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
    • Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    John married Amy Wilson 1838. Amy (daughter of Ephraim Willson, Sr. and Mary Wright Brown) was born CALC 12 Aug 1818, , Suffolk, England; died 12 Mar 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Amy WilsonAmy Wilson was born CALC 12 Aug 1818, , Suffolk, England (daughter of Ephraim Willson, Sr. and Mary Wright Brown); died 12 Mar 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68317761
    • Name: Amy Brighton
    • Name: Ann Wilson
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-29694
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
    • Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

    Notes:

    LIFE'S BATTLE O'ER.

    Mrs. Brighton's Sudden Death

    Mrs. John Brighton, an aged resident of seventy-five years, was found dead in bed in her home on corner Gaukel and Charles street this morning at 8.30 o'clock, by her daughter, Mrs. Simon Erb. The old lady occupied a portion of the same house as Mr. and Mrs. Erb and Sunday evening spent an hour or two with them, apparently in good health. Bidding them good night she went to her own apartments and closed down her shutters for the last time.

    Mrs. Erb noted this morning that there were no signs of her mother being up and became alarmed. She found it necessary to break into the house and there found Mrs. Brighton calmly sleeping the sleep that knows no waking.

    Mrs. Brighton was born in Suffolk, England and with her husband came to Canada when both were quite young. Mr. Brighton was for a number of years teamster for the Simpson Company and had the misfortune to be killed by a horse he was attending some twenty-one years ago.

    Besides Mrs. Erb, Mrs. Brighton leaves two other daughters, Mrs. John Poure and Mrs. J. P. Starnsman and one son in Berlin and four sons and four daughters in various other places. She was a very estimable lady and her death will be regretted though resulting from natural causes.

    Children:
    1. William Brighton was born 6 Oct 1838, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 23 Oct 1842, Dumfries Township, Gore District, Ontario; died 30 Jul 1910, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 1 Aug 1910, Rosebank Community Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Mary Ann Brydon was born 25 Apr 1840, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Mar 1925; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Matilda Brighton was born 3 Jul 1842, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 23 Oct 1842, Dumfries Township, Gore District, Ontario; died 16 Nov 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bridgeport Free Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Elizabeth Brighton was born 1846, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. 2. Aaron Brighton was born 6 Sep 1846, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 14 Jan 1908, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario.
    6. Charlotte Brighton was born 25 Mar 1849, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Nov 1928, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Henrietta Brighton was born 23 Feb 1851, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Nov 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Isabella Brighton was born 1852, , Ontario, Canada; died 16 May 1897, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Harriet Elizabeth Brighton was born CALC 23 Feb 1855, , Ontario, Canada; died 25 Dec 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Hester Brighton was born 1859, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    11. Charles Brighton was born 1859, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    12. Anne Maria "Annie" Brighton was born 17 Jan 1860, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1939, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada.
    13. Margaret Brighton was born 1861, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    14. Frederick Charles "Charles" Brighton was born Jan 1861, , Ontario, Canada; died 4 Feb 1931, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    15. Benjamin Franklin Brighton was born 7 Mar 1864, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Nov 1927, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Pleasant Cemetery, London, Middlesex Co., Ontario.
    16. George Brighton was born 2 Feb 1866, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Jan 1947, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Johan Heinrich Peter "Peter" Hymmen was born 1819, , Germany; died 24 Sep 1869, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Peter Hymmen
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-33269
    • Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Germany
    • Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

    Johan — Helena Louisa Wescott. Helena was born 15 Nov 1823, Wuppertal, , Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; died 3 Mar 1902, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Helena Louisa Wescott was born 15 Nov 1823, Wuppertal, , Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; died 3 Mar 1902, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Helena Louisa Hymmen
    • Name: Helena Louisa Wockelmann
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-33270
    • Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
    • Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
    • Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

    Children:
    1. Peter Ewald "Edward" Hymmen was born CALC 28 Nov 1846, Hagenham, , Bayern, Germany; died 16 Nov 1888, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Peter Louis Hymmen was born 21 Aug 1852, Centreville (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 May 1930, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 3. Catherine "Kate" Hymmen was born 2 Feb 1855, , Ontario, Canada; died 2 Feb 1943, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Lydia Hymmen was born 1857, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Henry Hymmen was born 17 Jul 1858, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. John Otto "Otto" Hymmen was born 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1910; was buried , Oak Hill Memorial Park, Escondido, San Diego, California, United States.
    7. Amelia Hymmen was born 1864, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Ephraim Willson, Sr. was born 8 Feb 1794, , Yorkshire, England; died 30 Aug 1872, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139970609
    • Name: Ephraim Wilson
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-90769
    • Residence: 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
    • Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
    • Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentelman

    Notes:

    Looking for Ephraim WILLSON born 1793, his wife, a daughter Amy WILLSON born 1818, and a son Ephraim Jr. born 1819. The children where all born in Yorkshire. They arrived in Canada around 1829 and settled in Waterloo Twsp. Ont. The family farm came to be called Hemlock Grove Farms. It was located in the German Tract settlement.

    Ephraim Sr. married 3 times. His first wife, unknown name, died about 1833 shortly after the family arrived in Canada; his second wife Elizabeth GOFTON he married 5 October 1835; he married his third wife Margaret McCLOY after his second wife's death in 1853.
    Amy WILLSON married a John BRIGHTON. Many of the BRIGHTON's in Waterloo County are their descendants.

    Ephraim Willson Jr. married Catherine O'BRIEN on 22 October 1844. Later in about 1867 Ephraim Jr. and his family left Waterloo Twsp. and moved to Plympton twsp. Lambton Co. Ont. where alot of my branch of the family has been ever since. Many in Ephraim Jr.'s branch of the family had one of the "L"s dropped hence the last name became WILSON. Does anyone recognize this family?
    Norm Wilson nwilson@webgate.net

    Branch Notes Vol 28 No. 1, Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society

    Ephraim — Mary Wright Brown. Mary was born CA 1794, , Yorkshire, England; died 1835, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 11.  Mary Wright Brown was born CA 1794, , Yorkshire, England; died 1835, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary Wright Willson
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-69848

    Children:
    1. 5. Amy Wilson was born CALC 12 Aug 1818, , Suffolk, England; died 12 Mar 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Ephraim W. Wilson was born 16 Nov 1819, , England; died Yes, date unknown.


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