Mary Asia Wilbee

1821 - 1899  (77 years)

• Name	Mary Asia Wilbee
  Born	11 Jun 1821	Atlantic Ocean   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Interesting	pioneer, story
  Name	Mary Ann Wilbee
  Name	Mary Asia Smith
  Residence	1838	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Residence	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	W. Methodist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-112489
  Died	23 Mar 1899	Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I112489	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Henry Wilbee,   b. Abt 1790, , England ,   d. Mar 1858, Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 68 years)
  Mother	Sarah Sanders,   d. CA 1821, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F51245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cushman "Cush" Smith,   b. 11 Nov 1800, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Sep 1891, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Married	24 Dec 1838	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Elisabeth Smith,   b. 23 Mar 1840, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Stephen Smith,   b. 17 Mar 1843, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Nov 1905  (Age 62 years)   3. Edward Smith,   b. 9 Jul 1843, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Jun 1878, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 34 years)   4. Thomas Smith,   b. 11 Nov 1844, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Jan 1872, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 27 years)   5. Elizabeth Smith,   b. 1846, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Henry Smith,   b. 1848, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Charlana Smith,   b. 1851, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Feb 1891, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 40 years)   8. Angus Smith,   b. 1853, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Prudence Smith,   b. 1856, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Sarah Smith,   b. 1860, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Amanda Smith,   b. 1865, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   12. Ira Smith,   b. Abt 1865,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F28505	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "It was at Capt. Smith's, in 1821, that the Wilbee's, a family of English settlers going to the Pilkington Estate, found shelter. Some of them were sick with typhus fever and were here nursed back to health. During the voyage out, on a vessel called the "Asia," a baby girl had been born and she was called "Mary Asia." At Capt. Smith's the young mother died of the hardships of the voyage, leaving the baby girl to be nursed and cared for, for two years, by Capt. Smith's family. One of the sons was especially kind to the mitherless bairn. The others in the family teased him by saying she would be his wife some day, never thinking that it might be true, but again was truth strangers than fiction for Mary Asia Wilbee became Mrs. Cushman Smith. The early history of Elora, Ontario and vicinity, John Robert Connon, 1906

  
  

• Sources

  [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 57. [S507] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Galt - First United Presbyterian. Cushman Smith, married Mary Aihy, Both of Woolwich. 24 Dec. 1838, Dumfries. Witnesses Joseph Nichlyn And Margaret Hany.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 11 Jun 1821 - Atlantic Ocean Residence - 1838 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 24 Dec 1838 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - W. Methodist - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 23 Mar 1899 - Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth