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

Mary Asia Wilbee

Female 1821 - 1899  (77 years)


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  • Name Mary Asia Wilbee 
    Born 11 Jun 1821  Atlantic Ocean Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Interesting pioneer, story 
    Name Mary Ann Wilbee 
    Name Mary Asia Smith 
    Residence 1838  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 1871  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    W. Methodist 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-112489 
    Died 23 Mar 1899  Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I112489  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

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

    Family Cushman "Cush" Smith,   b. 11 Nov 1800, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Sep 1891, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 24 Dec 1838  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Elisabeth Smith,   b. 23 Mar 1840, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Stephen Smith,   b. 17 Mar 1843, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1905  (Age 62 years)
     3. Edward Smith,   b. 9 Jul 1843, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1878, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years)
     4. Thomas Smith,   b. 11 Nov 1844, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1872, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)
     5. Elizabeth Smith,   b. 1846, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Henry Smith,   b. 1848, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Charlana Smith,   b. 1851, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1891, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
     8. Angus Smith,   b. 1853, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Prudence Smith,   b. 1856, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Sarah Smith,   b. 1860, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. Amanda Smith,   b. 1865, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     12. Ira Smith,   b. Abt 1865,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    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 
    1. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 57.

    2. [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
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 11 Jun 1821 - Atlantic Ocean Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1838 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 24 Dec 1838 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - W. Methodist - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 23 Mar 1899 - Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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