David Markham: Waterloo Region Generations

Generation: 1

David Markham was born 22 Dec 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Jan 1921, Mentor Township, Oscoda Co., Michigan.

Other Events:

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

Notes:

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]

Children:

2. Ida Markham was born 1867, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
3. Ida Markim was born 1867, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

Generation: 2

2.	Ida Markham (1.David¹) was born 1867, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. Other Events: Eby ID Number: Waterloo-328673 Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laundress

3.	Ida Markim (1.David¹) was born 1867, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. Other Events: Eby ID Number: Waterloo-132350 Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran