Sarah Ann "Sally" Pipe

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• Name: Sarah Ann "Sally" Markham
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-29339
• Residence: 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesley Methodist
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

Sarah married James Markham 1840, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. James was born 1811, , England; died 27 Nov 1897, , Leelanau County, Michigan, USA; was buried , Oakwood Cemetery, Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-261263
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesley Methodist

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-81507

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• Occupation: Mentor Township, Oscoda Co., Michigan; druggist
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-81502
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesley Methodist
• Residence: 1867, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Brick Maker
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

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David Markham did not die before the 1911 census, despite his wife Anna being enumerated as a widow on that census. He died 09 Jan 1921 in Mentor Township, Oscoda Co., Michigan.

David spent most of his adult life as a brickmaker in Croswell, Michigan. He quickly abandoned Anna and married Jane (Jennie) Smurthwaite in Port Huron, St Claire, Michigan on 09 Sep 1874. I have not determined if there was a Michigan divorce (which would not have had legal standing in Ontario) but I suspect the wedding was bigamous. Two US born children are known (and a third is likely). His brother James married Sarah Ann Smurthwaite in Port Huron, Michigan in May 1875. I suspect that the two wives were sisters, and daughters of a Michigan brickmaker named Thomas Smurthwaite.

On the 1871 census Anna was enumerated as a widow, under her maiden name. I don't know if she really thought that she had been widowed or if that was just the story she was telling. On the 1881 and subsequent censuses she was once again enumerated as Anna Markham. She was listed as married in 1881, 1891, and 1901. David was in Berlin with Anna for the 1891 census, but on the 1900 Michigan census he was in Michigan, listed as divorced. He was a naturalized citizen and had supposedly lived in the US continuously since 1865 (clearly not correct).

David married Anna Kathrine Bitzer 31 Mar 1867, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Anna (daughter of Gottlieb Bitzer and Dorothea Schaak) was born 14 Jun 1849, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Military: American Civil War
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-81503
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesley Methodist

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-81504
• Birth: 19 Apr 1848
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesley Methodist

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"James W. Markham is the head of a small settlement located about three miles distant from Traverse City, and known as Norris,Ile [Leelanau County]. Here he is engaged in the manufacture of brick on a very extensive scale, and gives employment to form thirty to fifty men.." - Excerpt from "Portrait and Biographical Record of Northern Michigan," published by Record Publishing Company of Chicago, 1895.
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For these hands and their families he has erected a number of neat and substantial houses in the vicinity of his own home. Mr. Markham is a striking example of the self-made men of America. Hardly twenty years ago he was a poor man, with but little more than a few clothes and a shovel. Nevertheless, he possessed those inherited qualities of pluck and energy which compel fortune to smile, and after prospecting for a time he discovered a good bank of clay suitable for brick. He commenced in a small way as a manufacturer, and now sells brick by the million. The father of J. W., James Markham, who is living under his roof, is a native of England, but settled in Canada at an early day and engaged in farming. His wife, Sarah, nee Pipe, lived to be fifty-two years of age, and he is now in his eightieth year. Of their union were born the following children: Mary Ann, who became the wife of John Rogers, of Wiarton, Ontario; David, who is engaged in the brick and lumber business at Osceola, this state; John, who enlisted in the Civil War, and died abo. 1865; Jacob, who died in childhood; James W.; Abraham, now working in the car-shops at Port Huron; Sarah, Mrs. Walter Miller, of Wiarton; Isaac, a teamster of Croswell, this state; Samuel, a resident of Hamilton, Ontario; Isadore, a Canadian farmer; Charles, who died in infancy; and Joseph M., now of Cincinnati. James W. Markham was born in Waterloo, Canada, April 29, 1847, and remained upon his father's homestead until eighteen years of age. His services were needed in the farm management, and as there were no schools convenient, his education was decidedly neglected. When in his nineteenth year he started out for himself and worked on a farm, after which he spent two years learning the brick-making trade. In 1868 he came to this state, and for a time worked in the lumber woods near Croswell. During this time he made some brick, and later put up a machine for the manufacture of this article at Benzonia. After operating the machine for a period, he looked about him for a favorable situation, and settled upon Traverse City as the best for his purposes. Her he made the acquaintance of Perry Hannah...For the first year his retail sales amounted to only about five thousand brick, but now he annually retails over half a million. His works have an annual output of abo. four million. May 12, 1875, Mr. Markham was united in marriage with Sarah Ann Smurthwaite at Port Huron. Her parents, Thomas and Lavinia Smurthwaite, were natives of England and Nova Scotia, respectively, and the former has reached his seventy-third, and the latter her sixty-ninth, year. Their eldest son, William, is deceased. Thomas makes his home in Manistee; Jane is Mrs. Elno E. Parrott, of Illinois; Mary is the wife of William Tucker, of Sand Beach, Mich.; Joseph and James are deceased; and Lavinia is the wife of I. D. Lane, of Sand Beach. In the management of his business, Mr. Markham has been greatly assisted by his wife, who is a companion and helpmate in every sense. She keeps the books of the concerns, makes the financial calculations, and is his private secretary. In politics Mr. Markham is identified with the Republican party, and socially he is a Mason of the Seventh Degree."

Excerpt from "Portrait and Biographical Record of Northern Michigan," published by Record Publishing Company of Chicago, 1895.

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• Name: Sarah Ann Millar
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-457155
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesley Methodist
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist Canada

Sarah married Walter Henry Millar 19 May 1875, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Walter (son of John Millar and Janet) was born 16 Jan 1851, , Ontario, Canada; died 13 Sep 1936, Wiarton, Amabel Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bayview Cemetery, Wiarton, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan, United States
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-81505
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesley Methodist

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• Residence: Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-81506
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesley Methodist

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-261269
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesley Methodist

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-261272
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesley Methodist
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Occupation: 1882, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Residence: 1899, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada

Isadore married Adeline Tunney 8 Jun 1882, Plattsville, Blenheim Township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. Adeline (daughter of Ann Tunney) was born CALC 17 Sep 1854, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 19 Jan 1942, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-261273
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesley Methodist
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-328673
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laundress

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-132350
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-125947
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist Canada