Captain Edward Bourchier^[1]

1810 - 1901  (90 years)

• Name	Edward Bourchier
  Prefix	Captain
  Born	6 Jul 1810	Bramfield, , Hertfordshire, England   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185635308
  Residence	1838	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Military	1850	, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
  	Captain Seventh Battalion Oxford Militia
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-99120
  Died	10 Apr 1901	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Buried	Washington Cemetery, Washington, Oxford Co., Ontario   [3]
  Person ID	I99120	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Jane "Eliza" Marston,   b. 1 Jul 1821, Simcoe, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Aug 1906, Washington, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Married	1838	, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Children	1. Charles Bourchier,   b. 15 Mar 1855, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Oct 1934, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F25511	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  MARSTON, Lewis Josiah born October 6, 1822 - born Waterloo County ?? moved to Michigan prior to 1843, last name found as Maston, Martin, and Mastin. Older sister, Elizabeth J. Marston/Maston/Mastin, born in Waterloo County, June 1, 1821,married Edward Bouchier/Bourchier on July 6, 1838 location unknown. - Edward Bouchier, from England, was the Blenheim Township assessor in 1850 and a captain of the Seventh Battalion, Oxford Militia between January, 1850 and June, 1852. He appears on the 1871 census for Oxford North. Five children, born in Blenheim between 1839 and 1849. Eldest son, Edward Bourchier (born 1839) also appears on the 1871 census. In every case, Wesleyan Methodist is their religion.Any birth/christening records for Elizabeth J. Marston, leading to the names of my great-great grandparents? Barbara Hartfeil, email adibarb@bigzoo.net Waterloo Kin 2003 ____________________ News report from Ayr found in the Dumfries Reformer of February 25, 1874. On Monday the 16th inst., Edward Bourchier, Esq. , Bailiff of Her Majesty's, Fourth Division Court for the County of Waterloo, was rather unceremoniously interrupted in the discharge of his duties by Samuel S. Huber, Esq., otherwise known as "Sam Huber", who seized him by the Coat Collar and another easily accessible portion of his nether man and lifted him over a fence in the vicinity. Doctor Wood (homeopath) picked up the fallen official who was speechless with pain or cholera and attended to his physical wants. Dr. Alexander D. Campbell, Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925 ________________ AN OLD CITIZEN. A few days ago I met the venerable Edward Bourchier, bailiff. Mr. Bourchier was born in Herefordshire, England, in 1810, and if Providence spares him until next July he will have attained the advanced age of eighty-eight years. Despite the many years he has experienced the ups and downs of this life be is still vigorous in mind and body, and is in a fair way to reach the century mark. In his younger days he was one of the boys and spent money with a lavish hand, and at one time would even condescend to light his pipe or cigar with a five dollar bill. But times have changed since then, and the man is lucky now who has the necessary cash to supply himself even with tobacco Mr. Bourchier well remembers the time when Roseville and the Black Horse were in the zenith of their prosperity, when teamsters by the score and others enroute from all directions would stop at these havens of rest and refreshment, and have their bottles or demijohns refilled, or to indulge in a social drink at the bar. On many occasions they would hold high carnival along the public highway, and frequently a halt would be made to give fistic aspirants an opportunity to settle their differences in a general knock-down and drag out encounter. At that time, more than a half century ago, the Black Horse was a busy little hamlet - a pump factory, shingle mill, wagon and blacksmith shop and other local industries being then in full blast. To-day, not a trace of industrial life remains, and save the little brook hard by and the tall and stately poplar that bends and nods in the breeze, is there anything to refresh the memory of him who was in some way identified with its existence in early days. About twenty-five years ago, during the reign of the notorious Louis Mudge, the Black Horse tavern, from which the neighborhood derived its name, was destroyed by fire. This once noted tavern was erected about sixty years ago by a man named Darrow, and afterwards owned and conducted for many years by the late Nelson Newcombe, father of the writer, where the latter first saw the light of day, forty five years ago. Waterloo County Chronicle 14 Apr 1898, p. 3 ____________________ WELL-KNOWN BLENHEIMITE. Death of Edward Bourchier at the Age of 91 Years. Washington, April 11-There died at at his home, Washington, on Thursday forenoon. the 10th inst.. Edward Bourchier in the 91st year of his age. The immediate cause. of death was an apoplectic stroke, which he sustained on the 31st ult The deceased was born in England and was a son of a Church of England clergyman. He was a scholar was graduated at Oxford. In the and thirties his father sent him to this country with a large amount of means to push his fortune. He was. a pioneer of Blenheim township. He was an Ancient Free and Accepted Mason and was widely known. To the last he retained much of that polish and elegance of manners characteristic of the middle class of Englishmen.

  
  

• Sources

  [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 28 Dec 1870. Bourchier, Eliza Jane married 26 Dec 1870 to James Winterborn In Blenheim. Groom, a teacher; bride, youngest daughter of Captain E. Bourchier, Camden House, Blenheim, formerly of Bramfield Rectory, Herts, England. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Name:Edward Bourchier Gender:Male Age:90 Birth Date:abt 1811 Birth Place:England Death Date:11 Apr 1901 Death Place:Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada Religion:Methodist Episcopal Church Cause of Death:Apoplexy Occ: bailiff [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, W., America, N., Municipality, O., & Cemetery, W. (1810). Edward Bourchier (1810-1901) - Find A Grave.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 13 August 2019, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185635308/edward-bourchier. [S26] Lower Canada Marriage Bonds (1779-1858), C-6787. Name of Future Husband: BOURCHIER, Edward Res: Blenheim tp. Oxford co. Name of Future Wife: MASTON, Elizabeth Res: Wilmot Township, Halton County Reference: RG 5 B9 Volume: 35 Bond Number: 6181 Date: 1838-07-06

  
  

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  Born - 6 Jul 1810 - Bramfield, , Hertfordshire, England Residence - 1838 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 1838 - , Ontario, Canada Military - Captain Seventh Battalion Oxford Militia - 1850 - , Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 10 Apr 1901 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Washington Cemetery, Washington, Oxford Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth