Henry Wilbee

Abt 1790 - 1858  (~ 68 years)

• Name	Henry Wilbee
  Born	Abt 1790	, England
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-177667
  Died	Mar 1858	Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I177667	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Sanders,   d. CA 1821, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Mary Asia Wilbee,   b. 11 Jun 1821, Atlantic Ocean ,   d. 23 Mar 1899, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F51245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Wood,   b. Abt 1795,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Henry Wilbee,   b. 1824, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Nov 1893, Brussels, Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario  (Age 69 years)   2. William Wilbee,   b. Abt 1826,   d. Woolwich Township Chalmer's Lot or The Bend Lot, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   3. George Wilbee,   b. 1829, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Oct 1886, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 57 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F51246	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Henry Wilbee was a son of George Wilbee and he was married before leaving England to Sarah Sanders. On the voyage out, on June 11, 1821, their daughter, Mary Asia, was born and the mother died at Capt. Smith's as already mentioned. Henry Wilbee afterward married Mary Wood. The farm that Henry Wilbee expected to own was part of Lot 3, on the 3rd concession, that was later known as the 'Blyth' farm, and his father George Wilbee had chosen part of Lot 3, on the 2nd Concession, that was afterward owned by George Fasken. The house in which Henry Wilbee lived was on the west side of the river road, on the Wolcott farm, and about two miles south from Elora. His father's house was on the east side of the road opposite. A small stream flowing from a spring crosses the road at this place and nearby is a cross, road that leads to a fording place on the Grand River. Their houses were on the side of the hill facing the south, and they lived here for some years, but there is nothing to mark the spot now. Both father and son were carpenters, and, like his father, Henry Wilbee, had to leave his home to find employment at his trade. It was almost five years after coming to Pilkington that the City of Guelph was started by the Canada Company and he helped to complete some of the first buildings there and he also worked at Goderich. In 1833 Henry Wilbee was employed by Mr. Gilkison to build a saw mill at the Elora Falls. To serve as a shelter while doing this work he built the first log shanty west of the Grand River anywhere near Elora, which means that at this time there was not another habitation between this part of the Grand River and Lake Huron. Later, in 1839, he came to live in Elora in a house on the west corner of Victoria and Woolwich streets. One of his contracts was the carpenter work of the first English Church. He left Elora in 1856 and died at Dundas in March 1858 at the age of sixty-two. In his family there were: Mary Asia married Cushman Smith; Henry married Caroline Penfold and lived at Brussels, he was killed there by a falling beam; William was killed by a falling tree near Capt. Smith's; Henrietta died when young; George married Jane Penfold. He died at Doon in October 1886. (Mrs. Hiram Card, living in Elora, is a daughter); John married Bethany Cowil and lives at Grand View, near Brantford; Thomas married Elizabeth Swain, he died at Brantford; Sarah married Charles Moss and went to Flushing, Michigan; Frederick married Mary O'Neill, lives in Hamilton; Elizabeth married Thomas Turner; Edwin M. lives in Piqua, Ohio; and Leonora died young. The Early History of Elora, Ontario, and Vicinity by John R. Connon

  
  

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  Born - Abt 1790 - , England Residence - - Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Died - Mar 1858 - Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth