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AMBERY, John (Rev.), A. M. – Late Professor of Classics and Logic in Trinity College, Toronto, Ontario – Died November 19, 1878 in London, England – He was a graduate of Brasenose College, Oxford, England – (Obit. 78).

ANDERSON, David (The Right Rev.), D.D. - Bishop of Rupert's Land (1849-64) – Born February 10, 1814 in London, England – Died November 5, 1885 at Clifton Parsonage, Bristol, England – He returned to England upon his resignation of his bishopric. – (Obit. 85).

ANDERSON, Geo. R. - Senior partner of the dry goods firm of Anderson, Billing & Co., Halifax, Nova Scotia – Died in August, 1886 in London, England – He was the eldest son of the late Hon. John H. Anderson, senator. – (Obit. 86).

ANDERSON, Samuel (Major), C.M.G. (1877), R.E. – Inspector of Submarine Defences, Eng., Surveyor on the North American Boundary Commission – Born November 15, 1839 in London, England – Died September 11, 1881 in Scotland – (Obit. 80-81).

ANDREWS, Henry Ogden, Q.C. (1867) – Died March 25, 1884 at Leamington, England – He was called to the Bar of Lower Canada in 1830. – (Obit. 84).

ARCHIBALD, Edward Mortimer, C.B. (1865), K.C.M.G. (1883) – Born May 10, 1810 at Truro, Nova Scotia – Died February 8, 1884 at Bristol, England – He studied law under his father, an eminent Colonial jurist, and entered the British service as Registrar of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland. – (Obit. 84).

BAKER, Godfrey Phipps – Postmaster of Ottawa – Born in 1822 at Shooter's Hill, Woolwich, England – Died March 16, 1882 at Ottawa, Ontario – (Obit. 82).

BARKER, Cephas (Rev.) – Born in 1818 at Chatham, England – Died November 14, 1881, London, Ontario – Had been 44 years in the service of the Bible Christian Church, labouring in England, P.E.I. and Ontario. – (Obit. 80-81).

BARKER, Edward John – M.D., Registrar of the City of Kingston, Ontario (1871) – Born December 31, 1799 in Islington, London, England – Died April 27, 1884 at Pittsburgh, Ontario – He emigrated to Kingston in 1832 – (Obit. 84).

BARLEE, Rev. George – Formerly Rector of East Chiltington, Sussex, England – Died April 2, 1878. Peterboro', Ontario, aged 44 – (Obit. 78).

BARLOW, Robt. – Late chief draughtsman, Canadian Geological Survey – Born February 18, 1813 at Margate, England – Died February 17, 1883 in Montreal, Quebec – He came to Canada in 1854. Father of Mr. Scott Barlow, the present chief draughtsman of the survey. – (Obit. 83).

BARRON, Fredk. Wm., M.A. (1845) – Principal of Upper Canada College (1843-56) – Born in 1806 in England – Died February 2, 1886 in Toronto, Ontario – He was of Irish Descent, the elder branch of his family being said to be represented in the person of Sir Hy. Winston Barron, of Wexford, Ireland. He sailed for Canada about 1834. His only son, Mr. J. A. Barron, Barrister, is now M.P. for North Victoria in the House of Commons. – (Obit. 86).

BAYFIELD, Henry Wolsey (Admiral) – Born January 21, 1795 at Hull, Yorkshire, England – Died February 10, 1885 at Charlottetown, P.E.I – He was the scion of an ancient English family, of Bayfield Hall, Norfolk. He resided for 14 years in the City of Quebec, viz., form 1827 to 1841, when he removed to Charlottetown, which continued to be his home until his death. He married in 1838 Fanny, only daughter of Gen. Chas. Wright. – (Obit. 85).

BECHER, Henry Corry Rowlet, Q.C. (1856) – Born in 1817 in London, England – Died July 6, 1885 at Falmouth, England – He came to Canada in 1835 and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1841. He was called to the Eng. Bar in 1882. – (Obit. 85).

BELL-SMITH, John – Painter – Born in 1810 in London, England – Died December 30, 1883 in Toronto, Ontario – Came to Canada in 1866. – (Obit. 83).

BENNETT, C. G. – An Englishman – Died March 5, 1885 in Montreal, Quebec aged 40 – Commits suicide in Montreal in a fit of depression owing to being out of employment – (JRO 85).

BENNETT, Preston – M.P.P. for Yale in the B.C. Assembly (1878) – Born near London, England – Died August 11, 1882 at Kamloops, British Columbia – Was an early immigrant to British Columbia – (Obit. 82).

BENSON, W. Thos. – M.P. for South Grenville in House of Commons (1882-5) – Born in 1828 at Parkside, Westmoreland, England – Died June 8, 1885 at Cardinal, Ontario – (Obit. 85).

BETTRIDGE, Wm. (Rev.), B.D. – Clergyman of the Church of England – Born August 30, 1791 in Warwickshire, England – Died November 21, 1879 at Strathroy, Ontario – He came to Canada in 1834 – (Obit. 79).

BISHOP, Samuel L., M.D. – Born in Dorsetshire, England – Died August, 1879, Bathurst, New Brunswick. – (Obit. 79).

BLATCH,George – Registrar of Court of Vice-Admiralty, New Brunswick (1867) – Born in 1808 in England – Died January 7, 1881 in St. John, New Brunswick – (Obit. 80-81).

BLINKHORN, Ann (Mrs.) - Native of Huntingdonshire, England – Died August 29, 1883 at Victoria, British Columbia aged 80 – Mrs. Blinkhorn, with her husband, since deceased, went to Victoria about 50 years ago as the first white settlers on Vancouver Island, independent of the H. B. Co.'s servants – (Obit. 84).

BORLASE, George Henry – Advocate – Born June 9, 1832 at St. Keyne, Cornwall, England – Died August 6, 1883 at Sherbrooke, Quebec – Drowned – Came to Canada in 1846. He married the eldest daughter of the late Sir Edmund Cox, Bart. His father was Rector at St. Keyne, Cornwall – (Obit. 83).

BOSWELL, Edward J. (Rev.), D.C.L. – Clergyman of the Church of England – Born in 1798 in England – Died August 26, 1879, Kingston, Ontario – (Obit. 79).

BOSWELL, Wm. – M.A., M.D. – Born October 11, 1809 in Dublin, Ireland – Died July 20, 1880, Norwood, London, England – He took up his residence in Quebec in Nov., 1851, and there continued to live up to within a short period of his death. – (Obit. 80-81).

BOWELL, John – Born in England – Died October 16, 1883 at Belleville, Ontario aged 84 – Father of the Hon. Mackenzie Bowell, Minister of Customs – (Obit. 83).

BROWN, David M. (Lieut.), R. N. – Supt. of Lights, at Halifax, N.S., Dept. of Marine & Fisheries – Born in Hampshire, England – Died December 3, 1883 – Lost on board the Dominion vessel Princess Louise, off Digby, Nova Scotia, in the Bay of Fundy – (Obit. 83).

BROWN, Ebenezer – Late M.P.P. for New Westminster, B.C. (1875-1882) – Born in England – Died June 5, 1883 at New Westminster, British Columbia – He went to B.C. In 1859. – (Obit. 83).

BURGIN, Mr. – a reputed English barrister – Died January 19, 1878, L'Orignal, Ontario – Commits suicide while laboring under temporary insanity – (JRO 78).

BURPEE, Isaac (Hon.) – M.P. for St. John, N. B., in the House of Commons, and long a prominent merchant in St. John – Born November 28, 1825 at Sheffield, New Brunswick – Died March 1, 1885 in New York City, U.S.A. – He was descended from a Huguenot family, that, driven out of France by religious persecution about the year 1570, took refuge in England, and subsequently, in 1622 or thereabouts, emigrated to America, where they joined the little colony of Puritans already formed at Massachusetts Bay. He removed to St. John in 1848. – (Obit. 85).

BUTLAND, Richard Brooking – Philanthropist – Born July 13, 1831 at Plymouth, England – Died October 20, 1886 in Toronto, Ontario – He was the youngest of a family of 3. He came with his mother to Toronto at the age of 26. – (Obit. 86).

CAPREOL, Fredk. Chase – Businessman – Born June 10, 1803 at Bishop Stoffard, Herefordshire, England – Died October 12, 1886 in Toronto, Ontario, where he had resided since 1833. He first came to Canada in 1829 – (Obit. 86).

CARLISLE, Henry – Mayor of St. Catharines, Ont. (1879-1881) – Born May 9, 1820 in Whitby, Yorkshire, England – Died December 13, 1882 at St. Catharines, Ontario – (Obit. 82).

CARRIS, Thos. – Born in Manchester, England – Died November 25, 1885 in Victoria, B.C. aged 102 – (DL 85).

CARTER, James (Hon. Sir), Kt. – Late Chief-Justice of the Province of New Brunswick – Born in 1805 – Died March 9, 1878 in England – He was the son of the late James Carter, Esq., of Portsmouth, England. He married in 1852, Margaret Spencer, daughter of the Venerable Archdeacon Coster, of New Brunswick. She died in 1866. Sir James spent the latter part of his life in England, at his seat Stratfield House, Mortimer, Berkshire – (Obit. 78).

CHAPMAN, Henry Saml. (Hon.) – Late a Judge in New Zealand – Born July 21, 1803 at Kennington, Surrey, England – Died December 27, 1881, Dunedin, New Zealand – He came to Canada in 1823. He returned in England several years later, and left for the antipodes shortly after he was called to the English Bar in 1840. – (Obit. 80-81).

CHAPMAN, Wm. – Late Commr of the Trust and Loan Co. of Canada – Died April 8, 1886 at Clifton, Bristol, England – (Obit. 86).

CLAY, Edwin (Rev.) – M.D., Dominion Immigration Agent at Halifax, Nova Scotia – Born in 1822 in Lincolnshire, England – Died March 14, 1884 in Halifax, Nova Scotia – He came to P.E.I. with his father, who was an army surgeon. He married a daughter of the late Hon. H. G. Pineo, M.L.C. at Pugwash, Nova Scotia. – (Obit. 84).

CLEMENT, Edwin (Rev., Methodist) – Born in 1819 in England – Died April 4, 1885 at Parkdale, Toronto, Ontario – (Obit. 85).

COCKBURN, James (Hon.), Q.C. (1863) – Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (1867-74) – Born February 13, 1819 at Berwick-on-Tweed, England – Died August 14, 1883 in Ottawa, Ontario – Came to Canada early in life. – (Obit. 83).

COFFIN, William Foster (Lieutenant-Colonel) – Commissioner of Ordnance and Admiralty Land for the Dominion – Born November 5, 1808 at Bath, England – Died January 28, 1878, Aux Ecluses, Ottawa, Ontario – He accompanied his father, a Major in the army, to Quebec in 1813. He returned to England in 1815. He returned to Canada in 1830. In a paper, read by him in 1872, he says : 'My grandfather, my father and two uncles were all present at Quebec during the siege.' He was married at Boston to one of the two daughters of Deputy Commissary General Clarke, who was nearly related to the late Lord Lyndhurst. The other daughter became the wife of the Honorable Charles Richard Ogden, at one time Attorney-General of Lower Canada. – (Obit. 78).

CORBETT, Augustus Patrick Myers (Surgeon Major) – M.D., late Surgeon P.C.O. Rifle Brigade – Died March 25, 1880 at Gosport, England – He was the eldest son of the late Sheriff Corbett, of Kingston, Ontario – (Obit. 80-81).

CORBY, Henry – ex-M.P.P for East Hastings in the Ont. Assembly – Born at Hanwell, England – Died October 25, 1881, Belleville, Ontario – (Obit. 80-81, see p. 402).

COSTER, N. Allan (Rev.) – Clergyman of the Church of England – Born in 1798 at Newbury, Berkshire, England – Died February 4, 1879, Richibucto, New Brunswick – (Obit. 79).

CRAMP, John Mockett (Rev.), D.D. – Baptist clergyman – Born at St. Peters, Isle of Thanet, England – Died December 6, 1881, Wolfville, Nova Scotia – He came to Canada in 1844. – (Obit. 80-81).

CRAMP, Thomas – Head of the extensive firm of David Torrance & son, and President of the Corn Exchange, Montreal – Born in 1827 in London, England – Died February 18, 1885 in Montreal, Quebec – He was the eldest son of the late Rev. Dr. Cramp, of Acadia College, Nova Scotia, whom he accompanied to Montreal about March, 1845. – (Obit. 85).

CREIGHTON, John (Hon.), Q.C. – President of the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia – Born in 1794 in Nova Scotia – Died March 16, 1878 at Lunenburgh, Nova Scotia – Mr. Creighton's grandfather was the first named in the Lunenburg grant; he came from Glastonbury, England, to Nova Scotia in 1749 – (Obit. 78).

CROFT, Henry H., D.C.L. (1850), F.C.S. – Born in 1820 in England – Died March 1, 1883, San Diego, Texas – Died at the residence of his son, Ranch les Hermanilas Came to Canada early in life – (Obit. 83).

CROMPTON, Thos. (Rev., Meth.) – Born in 1817 at Bury, Lancashire, England – Died April 24, 1886 at Hamilton, Ontario – He came to Canada in 1854. – (Obit. 86).

CUDLIP, John W. – Inspector of Customs (1874) – Died November 22, 1885 at St. John, New Brunswick – Died by accident – He was of good English family, and the son of a naval officer who served with distinction with Nelson at Trafalgar, and was also present at the siege of Washington. – (Obit. 85).

CUMBERLAND, Fred. Wm. (Lieut. Col.), C.E. – Managing Director of the Northern Railway Company of Canada – Born April 10, 1821 in London, England – Died August 5, 1881 in Toronto, Ontario – He came to Canada in September, 1847. A memorial of Col. C., consisting of a bronze bust executed under commission from the Northern Railway employees, was unveiled at Allandale, Ontario, in December, 1881. – (Obit. 80-81).

DALY, John Corry Wilson – a first pioneer of Stratford, Ontario – Born March 24, 1796 in Liverpool, England – Died April 1, 1878, Stratford, Ontario – He was thrice married, and had but two children – by his firs wife – Mrs. A. B. Orr, born at Cooperstown, New York, USA, and Mr. Thos. Mayne Daly, the well known Canadian politician, (now Mayor of Stratford), born in Hamilton – (Obit. 78).

DAVENPORT, Frances Georgina (Mrs.) (née Sewell) – Died December 7, 1885 at Balham, England – Daughter of the late Hon. Chief Justice Sewell, of Quebec, and widow of Major Trevor Davenport, of the 1st Royals – (Obit. 85).

DAVIES, Judah Philip – Auctioneer and commission merchant – Born in London, England – Died September 20, 1879, Victoria, British Columbia aged 58 – Went to California in 1849, and to B.C. in 1863 – (Obit. 79).

DAVISON, James – Manager of the Royal Canadian Insurance Co. – Native of Bedford, England – Died December 25, 1883 in Montreal, Quebec, aged 69 – (Obit. 83).

DAVISON, John (Rev., Primitive Methodist) – Born November 23 1799 at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England – Died March 1, 1884 in Toronto, Ontario – He came to Canada in 1847. – (Obit. 84).

DAY, Charles Dewey (Hon.), LL.D., D.C.L. – President and Chancellor of McGill University (Montreal, Quebec) – Born about 1806 at Bennington, Vermont – Died January 31, 1884 in England – He was the son of the late Ithamer H. Day, Esq., and accompanied his father to Montreal in 1812. – (Obit. 84).

De SOLA, Alex. Abraham, – LL.D. (1858) (Jewish) – Born September 18, 1827 in London, England – Died June 5, 1882 at New York – He came to Montreal in 1847, in response to a call from the Portuguese Hebrew congregation of that city, the incumbency of which he continued to hold until his death. His body was brought to Montreal for burial. – (Obit. 82).

DICKENS, Francis Jeffrey – Late Sub-Inspector in the N. W. Mounted Police (1874-86) – Born January 15, 1845 – Died June 11, 1886 at Moline, Illinois, U.S.A. - He was the 2nd son of the distinguished English novelist. – (Obit. 86).

DOANE, J. Homer – An old pioneer of B.C. – Born in 1812 at Barrington, Nova Scotia – Died December 15, 1882 in London, England – Settled in British Columbia in 1858, having previously lived in California. – (Obit. 83).

DOMVILLE, James Wm. (Lieut.-Genl.), Royal Artillery – Born August 2, 1817 at Greenwich, England – Died November 19, 1883 Kingshurst, Rothesay, New Brunswick – Died at his son's residence. He was of royal descent. He came to Canada in 1875 and settled in New Brunswick – (Obit. 83).

DOYLE, Chas. Hastings, K.C.M.G. (1868) – Lieut.-Governor of New Brunswick (1866-67; Lieut.-Governor of Nova Scotia (1867-70) – Born in 1804 – Died in March, 1883 in London, England – (Obit. 83).

DREW, Andrew (Admiral), R. N. – Flag officer on reserved half pay – Born in 1792 – Died December 18, 1878 in England – (Obit. 78).

DUDGEON, Adam Black – Late mayor of Collingwood, Ontario – Born June 10, 1824 at Berwick-upon-Tweed (England) – Died August 28, 1886 at Collingwood, Ontario – He emigrated to America about 1850. First lived at New York and Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A., but removed to Collingwood about 1856. – (Obit. 86).

DUFF, Archibald (Rev.), D.D. (Congregational) – Born April 23, 1810 in the Gallowgate, Aberdeen, Scotland – Died November 10, 1883 at Putney, England – Died while on a visit to England. He came to Canada in 1832, returned to Scotland in 1836, returned to Canada in 1856 and settled in Sherbrooke, Quebec. – (Obit. 83).

DUMBRILLE, Elizabeth (Mrs.) – Born in England – Died August 23, 1884 in Toronto, Ontario aged 99 – (DL 84).

DUNKIN, Christopher (Hon.), D.C.L. – Puisné Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec – Born in 1812 in London, England – Died January 6, 1881, Lakeside, Knowlton, Quebec – He came to Canada when young. – (Obit. 80-81).

DUNSFORD, James Wicks – ex-M.P.P. for (the County of) Victoria (Ontario) in Can. Assembly, 1861-67 – Born 1814 in England – (Died in 1882) – Came to Canada in 1837 – (Obit. 82).

DUTTON, Joseph E. – Commander of the Allan Line steamship Sardinian – Born in 1828 in Liverpool, England – Died July 6, 1884 in Montreal, Quebec – When a boy ran away to sea. – (Obit. 84).

DYDE, John (Col.) C.M.G. (1875), A.D.C. to the Queen (1879) – Born March 24, 1796 at Altona, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia (today in Germany) – Died March 5, 1886 in Montreal, Quebec – Died suddenly – He was the son of the late Robt Dyde, Esq., merchant, of London, who came to Canada in 1813. – (Obit. 86).

ELLIOTT, Adam (Rev.) – Missionary of the Anglican Church to the Six Nation Indians, Ontario – Born in 1802 in England – Died June 4, 1878, Tuscarora Parsonage, Grand River Reserve, Ontario – (Obit. 78).

ELLIOTT, John (Rev., Meth.) – Born October 17, 1824 in Cumberland, England – Died January 31, 1885 at Ayr, Ontario – He came to this country with his parents when young. His father dying when he was at the age of 20, the cares of a farm with brothers and sisters devolved upon him. Or his sons, one, Rev. R. J., is pastor at Caledonia, Ontario; another, G. M., is Collector of Customs at Napanee, Ontario; and another, J. G., is city editor of the Kingston Whig. – (Obit. 85).

EMERSON, G., of Ramsgate, England – Died November 7, 1885, Isle Royale, Lake Superior, Michigan, U.S.A. – Lost in the wreck of the iron steamship Algoma. – (JRO 85).

ENGLAND, Poole Vallancey (Gen.) - An English Soldier – Born in 1787 in Kingston, Ontario – Died November 6, 1884 at Dover, England – Entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich at the age of 17. – (Obit. 84).

EVANS (Mrs. Hellmuth) – Died May 21, 1884 at Birkenhead, England – Wife of the Rev. Dr. Hellmuth, late Bishop of Huron (Ontario). She was a daughter of the late Genl. Thos. Evans, C.B. – (Obit. 84).

EVANS, Hy. Sugden, F.C.S. – Chief Analyst for the Dominion (1884-86) – Born in 1830 in London, England – Died February 24, 1886 in New York. – (Obit. 86).

FALCONER, Thomas, F.G.S., F.R.G.S. – Late a County Court Judge in England – Died August 28, 1882 at Bath, England – In 1850 was selected as the arbitrator to determine the boundaries between Canada and New Brunswick – (Obit. 82).

FAUQUIER, Frederick D. (Rt. Rev.), D.C.L. – Missionary Bishop of Algoma, Ontario – Born in 1817 in England – Died December 7, 1881 in Toronto, Ontario – Left an ofphan at an early age he was adopted by an aunt. He came out to Canada when a young man. – (Obit. 80-81).

FERGUSSON, Robt. Colquhoun – Governor of the Union Bank of London, England – Born in April, 1824 in Edinburgh, Scotland – Died October 11, 1883 at Cornwall Gardens, London, England – He was the 7th son of the late Hon. Adam Fergusson, M.L.C. of Canada and a brother of the late Hon. Fergusson-Blair, a member of Sir John Macdonald's Govt. In 1867. – (Obit. 83).

FIELDE, Frederick (Capt.) – Late 88th Regt. of Foot – Born January 31, 1797 at Plymouth, England – Died in July, 1883 on his farm, Waterdown, Ontario – Emigrated to Canada in 1836. – (Obit. 83).

FLETCHER, Col. Henry Charles, C.M.G. – Late Governor General's Secretary, Canada – Died early part of September, 1879 in England aged 46 – (Obit. 79).

FLINTOFT, James – Sheriff of the County of Lambton, Ontario – Born in Yorkshire, England – Died July 1, 1878, Lambton, Ontario aged 74 – Came to Canada about 1816. He held the office of Sheriff of Lambton for 20 years, retiring in 1872, and being succeeded by his son – (Obit. 78).

FOREST, Chas. (Rev.), M.A. – Rector of Williamsburgh and Rural Dean of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry (Church of England) – Born in 1823 in London, England – Died December 24, 1881, Morrisburg, Ontario – (Obit. 80-81).

FORNERET, Cuthbert Augustus William (Capt.) – A retired officer of the British army – Born in 1794 in England – Died May 19, 1884 in Montreal, Quebec – He came of an essentially military race, his ancestors for centuries back having been soldiers. His father is Maj. Forneret, 60th Rifles. – (Obit. 84).

FORREST, Alfred Guy (Lt.-Col.), P.L.S. – Born April 8, 1828 in London, England – Died November 1, 1885 in Ottawa, Ontario – He was married to the eldest daughter of Mr. A. J. Russell, C.E., of Ottawa – (Obit. 85).

FORREST, Edmund Wm. (Capt.) – Late of Hon. E. I. Co.'s service – Born in London, England – Died July 4, 1880, Hull, Quebec – (Obit. 80-81).

FULLER, Thos. Brock (The Right Revd.), D.C.L., D.D. – Lord Bishop of Niagara (1875) – Born July 16, 1810 in Kingston, Ontario – Died December 16, 1884 at his residence, Bishophurst, Hamilton, Ontario – He was the only son of Mahor Thos. R. Fuller, of H. M.'s 41st Regt. of Foot, by Miss England, a cousin of the late Genl. Sir Richard England, K.C.B. He was also a lineal descendant, on the parternal side, of Dr. Thos. Fuller, the celebrated English divine of the 17th century. He had the misfortune to be deprived of both his parents while very young, and was adopted by his aunt, Mrs. Leeming, of Chippewa. He married in 1835, Cynthia, eldest daughter of the late Col. Saml. Street, of Niagara Falls, and sister of the late T. C. Street, Esq., M.P. – (Obit. 84).

GALES, Thos. (Rev., Baptist) – Temperance reformer – Born in 1841 at Wells, Norfolk, England – Died October 24, 1883 in Montreal, Quebec – He came to Canada in 1860 – (Obit. 83).

GAMBLE (Lady Macaulay) – Died July 17, 1883 at Sparkford Hall, Somerset, England, aged 80 – Relict of Hon. Sir James Buchanan Macaulay, C.B., formerly Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in Upper Canada – She was the daughter of Dr. John Gamble. – (Obit. 83).

GANE, Wm. Law – Litterateur – Born in 1815 at Harwich, England – Died September 27, 1879 in Ottawa, Ontario – He came to Canada in 1860 and settled in the Township of Lowe, Quebec – (Obit. 79).

GILLESBY, Wm. – Collector of Customs at Dundas, Ontario (1871-86) – Born November 24, 1824 at Little Corby, England – Died April 18, 1886 at Hamilton, Ontario – He came to Canada when quite young. – (Obit. 86).

GLOVER, John Hawley (His Excellency Sir), G.C.M.G. (1874) – Governor of Newfoundland (1876-81 and 1883-85) – Born in 1829 – Died September 30, 1885 in England – (Obit. 85).

GODFREY, Wm. Minns (Rev.), B.A., – Rector of Clementsport, Nova Scotia – Born in 1813 in England – Died in 1880 ou 1881 – (Obit. 80-81).

GOODERHAM, James – Miller – Born December 29, 1825 in Norfolk, England – Died May 11, 1879 in Toronto, Ontario – Railway accident – He was the second son of Wm. Gooderham, Esq., the senior partner of the well-known firm of Gooderham & Worts, Toronto, and a brother of William Gooderham, now President of the Nipissing Railway – (Obit. 79).

GOODERHAM, Wm. – President and one of the founders of the Bank of Toronto – Born August 29, 1790 at Scole, Norfolk, England – Died August 20, 1881 in Toronto, Ontario – He came to Toronto in 1832 and entered into partnership there with his brother-in-law, the late Mr. Jas. Worts, who died in 1834. In 1845 he was joined by Mr. J. G. Worts, the son of his old partner. – (Obit. 80-81).

GOODMAN, H. R., – M.D. – Born August 21, 1799 at Eastbourne, Sussex, England – Died March 1, 1879, Parkhill, Ontario – Dr. Goodman came originally to Canada in 1812, and did garrison duty at Quebec during the war with the U. S. that followed. He returned to England to study medicine, did practice for 10 years, at the en of which time he returned to Canada and made it his home – (Obit. 79).

GREENE, Thomas (Rev.) – Bible Christian Minister – Died November 15, 1878, Clinton, Ontario aged 78 – He labored fifteen years as an itinerent minister in England, and for the last thiry-four years in Ontario – (Obit. 78).

GREENSHIELDS, David J. – Head of the mercantile firm of Samuel Greenshields, Son & Co., Montreal – Born 1826 at Glasgow, Scotland – Died December 4, 1882 in London, England – (Obit. 82).

HALL, Vice Admiral Robert, C.B., – Navel Secy. To the Admiralty – Born July 5, 1817 at Kingston, Ontario – Died June 11, 1882 in London, England – (Obit. 82).

HALLEN, Rev. George, B.A. (Ch. of Eng.) – Born in 1794 in England – Died September 3, 1882 in Penetanguishene, Ontario – Came to Canada in 1835 – (Obit. 82).

HALY, William O'Grady (General Sir), K.C.B. – Commander of Her Majesty's forces in B. N. A. – Born in 1811 – Died March 19, 1878, Bellevue House, Halifax, Nova Scotia – Gout of the stomach – He was the son of the late Aylmer Haly, esq., J. P. of Wadhurst Castle, Sussex, England. He married in 1839, Hariette Craven, daughter of Hamilton Hebden, Esq., J. P., of Ely Grange, Frant, Sussex – (Obit. 78).

HARRINGTON, Thomas Douglsa – Late Deputy Receiver-General of Canada (1858-78) – Born June 7, 1808 at Windsor, England – Died January 13, 1882 at Prescott, Ontario – Came to Canada in 1832. He was accorded a Masonic funeral, his remains being interred in the old Blue Church Burial ground at Augusta, Ontario – (Obit. 82).

HARRIS, Joseph Hemington (Rev.), D.D. – Late Principal of Upper Canada College, Toronto – Died June 29, 1881 in England aged 81 – He came to Canada in 1829 and returned to England in 1837. – (Obit. 80-81).

HARRIS, Samuel (Rev., C. of E.) – Born in 1799 in Suffolk, England – Died November 2, 1884 at Simcoe, Ontario – He came to Canada in 1839. – (Obit. 84).

HARRIS, Thomas – High Sheriff of Vancouver Island, B.C. (1876), first Mayor of Victoria, B.C. – Born in 1816 in Hertfordshire, England – Died December 4, 1884 in Victoria, British Columbia – (Obit. 84).

HAWKINS, Thos, M.R.C.S. (Eng.) – Born August 1807 in London, England – Died January 16, 1886 at Port Stanley, Ontario – He came to Canada in 1834. – (Obit. 86).

HEATH, Edmund – M.P.P. for Pontiac in Can. Assembly (1857-61); M.P. for same constituency in House of Commons (1867-72) – Born September 13, 1813 in Bristol, England – Died January 21, 1883 in Clarendon, Quebec – (Obit. 83).

HEDLEY, Wm. – Representative in the Maritime Provinces of Dun, Wiman & Co. – Born November 29, 1833 at Oban, Argyll, Scotland – Died June 19, 1885 at Halifax, Nova Scotia – He was the son of Mr. Jno. W. Hedley, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, and came to Canada with his grandparents in 1845. – (Obit. 85).

HEFFERNAN, William Owen (Hon.), M.L.C., of Nova Scotia – Born in 1796 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia – Died April 3, 1878 – He was the son of Assistant-Surgeon D. Heffernan, of the Royal Navy; and a grandson of Major Wheaton, of the British Army. He married Lucretia, second daughter of Isaac Wylde, Esq., of Lancashire, England – (Obit. 78).

HELLMUTH (Mrs.) (née Evans) – Died May 21, 1884 at Birkenhead, England – Wife of the Rev. Dr. Hellmuth, late Bishop of Huron (Ontario). She was a daughter of the late Genl. Thos. Evans, C.B. – (Obit. 84).

HEU de BOURCK, Wm. Harvey (Rev., Congregational) – Born in 1803 in London, England – Died August 17, 1883 at Cap Rouge, Quebec, near Quebec City – He emigrated to Canada around 1845. – (Obit. 83).

HOBSON, Robt. – Sheriff of Welland, Ontario (1856) – Born in 1805 at Appleby, England – Died August 16, 1881, Welland, Ontario – He came to Canada in 1818 – (Obit. 80-81).

HODDER, Edward Mulberry – M.D., F.R.C.S (Eng.) – Born December 10, 1810 at Sandgate, Kent, England – Died February 20, 1878 in Toronto, Ontario – He was the son of Capt. Hodder, R. N. He came to Canada around 1838. He was married to a daughter of Captain Tench, H. M. 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers. Besides his widow, he leaves a large family of sons and daughters to mourn his loss – (Obit. 78).

HODGES, James, C.E. – Engineer of the contractors in the construction of the Victoria Bridge at Montreal, Quebec – Born April 6, 1814 at Quennborough, Kent, England – Died May 28, 1879, Penny-Hill, Bagshot, Surrey, England – (Obit. 79).

HOOPER, Angus Cameron – Member of the firm Wm. Dow & Co., Brewers, of Montreal – Native of Sussex, England – Died December 4, 1884 in Montreal, Quebec, aged 58 – He came to Canada about 1854 – (Obit. 84).

HOOPER, Rev. William (Bible Christian) – Died March 1, 1882 at Exeter, Ontario – He entered the ministry in 1840, in England, and, in 1845, was sent as a missionary to America. He had been Presdt. of the B.C. Conference on several occasions – (Obit. 82).

HOWELL, James (Rev.) – Late Secy. of the Can. Congregational Indian Missionary Society – Born in 1809 in Hampshire, England – Died November 5, 1881 in Toronto, Ontario – Came to America in 1854, and subsequently removed to Canada. – (Obit. 80-81).

IBBOTSON, Henry John, B.C.L. – Deputy Recorder of Montreal (1883) – Born in 1818 in London, England – Died February 4, 1883 in Montreal, Quebec – He was a son of the late Capt. Hy. Ibbotson, of H. M.'s 103rd Regt. of Foot. – (Obit. 83).

ISBISTER, Alex. Kennedy, M. A., LL.B. – Formerly a factor in the Hudson's Bay Co. – Died May 28, 1883 in England aged 61. – (Obit. 83).

JACKSON, George – Ex-M.P. – Born in Dec 1809 in Hutton, Yorkshire, England – Died March 6, 1885 at Durham, Ontario where he had resided since 1848 – He came to in 1844. – (Obit. 85).

JACQUES, Jno. – of the late firm of Jacques & Hay, manufacturing cabinet makers – Born in 1805 in Cumberland, England – Died February 14, 1886 in Toronto, Ontario – He came to Toronto in 1831. About the year 1871, he retired with a handsome fortune, the whole of which he bequeathed to his surviving child, Mrs. Jno. Stuart, of Hamilton. – (Obit. 86).

JAMES, John Collinson, C.E. – Chief Engineer and Supt. of Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, western division (1882) – Born in December 1846 at Otterbourne, Northumberland, England – Died February 27, 1883 in Winnipeg, Manitoba – He came to Canada in 1866. – (Obit. 83).

JUDAH, Henry Hague, Q.C. (1854) – Born April 28, 1808 in London, England – Died February 10, 1882 at his residence, Le Bocage, Montreal, Quebec – He came to Canada in early life – (Obit. 83).

KEELER, Joseph – M.P. for East Northumberland, Ont., in the House of Commons – Born May 24, 1824 at Colborne, Ontario – Died January 21, 1881, Ottawa, Ontario – Died in attendance on his Parliamentary duties – Of English descent, his family, for two generations, were Canadians. – (Obit. 80-81).

KENNEDY, Andrew (Rev.) (Presbyterian) – Born August 12, 1789 at Leadhills, Lancashire, England – Died May 19, 1882 at London, Ontario – Came to Canada in 1847 – (Obit. 82).

KENNEDY, Wm. Nassau (Lieut.-Col.) – Commanding 90th Winnipeg Rifles – Born April 27, 1839 at Darlington, Ontario – Died May 3, 1885 in London, England, returning to Canada from Egypt – Died of small-pox – His remains were accorded the hounours of a military funeral. The Queen bestowed a pension of £50 per annum on the widow, and an allowance of £12 per annum to each of the children of the deceased officer – He went to Winnipeg in 1870. – (Obit. 85).

KING, Thomas Davies – Litterateur – Born in 1819 in Bristol, England – Died November 8, 1884 in Montreal, Quebec – He came to Montreal in 1858 as a meteorologist. – (Obit. 84).

KNIGHT, Col. Alfred – Late Town Major of Quebec (1838-68) – Born September 19, 1793 at Woodbridge, Suffolk, England – Died August 17, 1882 at Quebec City – He married in Feb., 1829, a daughter of Capt. Wm. French. He emigrated to Canada in 1834. One of his sons is Mr. A. F. A. Knight, the well-known merchant of Quebec – (Obit. 82).

LAUDER, Abram Wm. - M.P.P. in the Ontario Assembly for South, and subsequently for East Grey (1867-84) – Born in 1834 at Bewcastle, Cumberland, England – Died February 20, 1884 at his residence ''Ardnacloich,'' Toronto, Ontario – His son, W. Waugh Lauder, is well known as an accomplished pianist.. – (Obit. 84).

LAWTON, W. G. – Merchant – Native of Wakefield, Yorkshire, England – Died November 21, 1879 in St. John, New Brunswick aged 73 – Came to St. John aroud 1834 – (Obit. 79).

LEACH, Wm. Turnbull (The Venerable), D.C.L. (1849), LL.D. (1857) – Archdeacon of Montreal (1865) – Born in March, 1805 at Berwick-upon-Tweed – Died October 13, 1886 in Montreal, Quebec – (Obit. 86).

LIDSTONE, James Spencer – Publisher – Died in November, 1884 in London, England – A former resident of Ottawa, Ontario – (Obit. 84).

LISTER, James – M.D. – Died March 23, 1878, Belleville, Ontario aged 65 – He was a son of the Capt. Lister, of Her Majesty's Coast Guard, Barnstaple, Devon, England – (Obit. 78).

LITTLE, Robert – Inspector of Schools for Halton, Ontario (1871) – Born February 7, 1835 at Woolwich, England – Died in April, 1885 at Acton, Ontario – (Obit. 85).

LITTLE, William Carruthers – M.P. for South Simcoe in House of Commons – Born in England – Died December 31, 1881, Allandale, Ontario – He came to Canada in 1847. – (Obit. 80-81).

LUNN, Wm. (Hon.) – Treasurer, Protestant Bd. of School Commrs., Montreal – Born July 18, 1796 at Devenport, England – Died June 19, 1886 in Montreal, Quebec – He came to Canada in 1819 – (Obit. 86).

MACARTNEY, Geo (Capt.) – Formerly of H.M.'s 100th Regt. of Foot – Died November 29, 1886 in London, England aged 69 – (Obit. 86).

MACAULAY (Lady) (née Gamble) – Died July 17, 1883 at Sparkford Hall, Somerset, England, aged 80 – Relict of Hon. Sir James Buchanan Macaulay, C.B., formerly Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in Upper Canada – She was the daughter of Dr. John Gamble. – (Obit. 83).

MANN, Frederick – An Englishman who had only been in this country a few months – Died October 12, 1883 at L'Orignal, Ontario aged about 18 – Hanged for the murder of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Cook, their daughter Emma Cook and their son George. He had pleaded guilty on September 17, 1883. – (JRO 83).

MARROTT, Frederick – Journalist – Born July 16, 1805 at Enfield, England – Died in December 1884 at San Francisco, California, U.S.A. – In 1856 he founded the News Letter in British Columbia, and in 1858, the Vancouver Gazette. – (Obit. 84).

MARSDEN, Wm. – M.D. (1830), M.A. (1868) – Born February 18, 1807 at Bolton, Lancashire, England – December 16, 1885 in Quebec City – He came to Canada with his parents in 1812, their vessel, an American brig, being captured on the wat by an English frigate. – (Obit. 85).

MASSIAH, Christopher Wm. – Journalist – Native of Briston, England – Died October 2, 1885 in Montreal, Quebec – He came to Canada about 1870 – Died from small-pox – (Obit. 85).

MATTHEWS, Matthew Henry (Rev.) – Presdt. of the Primitive Methodist Conference – Born in 1841 in Wiltshire, England – Died December 28, 1881, Yorkville, Ontario – Born in humble circumstances, he came to Canada in 1858. – (Obit. 80-81).

METCALFE, Jas. – M.P. for East York in the House of Commons (1867-78) – Born in 1821 in England – Died September 13, 1886 in Toronto, Ontario – Died suddenly – He had resided at one time in one of the Australian colonies. – (Obit. 86).

MICHEL, John (Field Marshal, the Rt. Hon Sir), G.C.B. – Born in 1804 – Died May 24, 1886 in England – Was Commander of H. M's. Regular forces in Canada, for some years, and while fulfilling the duties of that position became Administrator of the Govt., 1865-66 – (Obit. 86).

MONTIZAMBERT, Charles Nathaniel – Registrar of the Co. of Quebec (1845) – Born October 26, 1810 in Quebec City – Died April 1, 1885 in Quebec City – He was a descendant of Pierre Boucher, an early French settler of New France, who camew to this country ith his father in 1635, and was afterwards ennobled by Louis XIV of France. He married in 1843 Helen Elizabeth Terrot, youngest daughter of the late Hon. Matthew Bell, formerly of Northumberland, England, and lattery of Three Rivers, Quebec. – (Obit. 85).

MOODIE, Susanna (Mrs.) – Canadian authoress – Born December 6, 1803 in England – Died April 8, 1885 in Toronto, Ontario – She was the 6th daughter of Thos. Strickland Esq., of Reydon Hall, Suffolk, England, an a sister of Miss Agnes Strickland and Mrs. C. P. Traill, both of whom have achieved distinction in the world of letters. In 1831 she married Lieut. J. W. D. Moodie, of the 21st Fusiliers, and in the following year they emigrated to Canada. Mr. Moodie, her husband, became sheriff of Hastings, Ontario, and died in 1869 at Belleville, Ontario, where he was buried. In accordance with the often expressed wish of the deceased lady, her remains were interred beside those of her husband. – (Obit. 85).

MORRIS, John Spry – Late Commissioner of Crown Lands, Nova Scotia – Died April 21, 1881, St. Leonards-on-Sea, England – (Obit. 80-81).

MORRIS, Livingston Edward – Joint Prothonotary, Dist. of St. Francis (1855) – Born October 16, 1822 at Watford, England – Died July 14, 1884 at ''Beaumont'', Sherbrooke, Quebec – He was the youngest son of the late Lt.-Col. Wm. Morris, formerly of H. M.'s 97th Foot, came to Can., with his parents, in 1835. – (Obit. 85).

MOUNTAIN, Armine Wale (Rev.) – Vicar of St. Mary's, Stoney Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England – Born in 1823 in Quebec City – Died January 31, 1885 at Stoney Stratford, Budkinghamshire, England – He was the eldest son of the late Bishop G. J. Mountain, of Quebec. He removed to England in 1869. His remains were brought to Quebec and laid by the side of his revered father in the beautiful cemetery of Mount Hermon. He was a grand son of the late Bishop Mountain, first Anglican Bishop of Canada. – (Obit. 85).

MOUNTAIN, Matthew George – Merchant of Quebec – Born October 31, 1816 in Quebec City of English parentage – Died July 22, 1883 in Quebec City – (Obit. 83).

NESBITT, John James – Shipbuilder – Born in 1802 in England – Died June 26, 1882 in Quebec City where he had lived for 66 years – (Obit. 82).

NICOL, Wm. Bulmer – M.D., Prof. of Materia Medica in Univ. of Toronto (1842-56) – Born November 11, 1812 at Stockwell, Middlesex, England – December 24, 1886 in Toronto, Ontario, where he had resided since 1842 – He came to Canada in 1836. He married in 1839, Maria Alves, eldest daughter of the late Dr. Hy. Boys, Bursar of the Toronto University who held high rank in the army during the Peninsula war. – (Obit. 86).

ORTON, Henry – M.D. (1857) – Born December 1833 at the Manor House, Belston, near Nottingham, England – Died March 24, 1882 at Ancaster, Ontario – Died injuries 8 weeks after a horseback riding accident – His father, after whom he was named, and 3 of his brothers, Surgeon Major T. J. Orton (on the staff in India), Dr. G. T. Orton, M.P. for Centre Wellington in the House of Commons, and Dr. Richd. Orton, of Guelph, Ontario, are all eminent members of the medical profession, and we understand that for several generations every male member of the family (which is an old Leicestershire one) have been medical men. He was buried with Masonic honours – (Obit. 82).

PALMER, Arthur (Venerable), D.C.L. – Archdeacon of Toronto – Died May 4, 1881, Dublin, Ireland aged 75 – He came to Canada in 1832. Owing to ill-health he left Canada for England in 1870 and, for a time held a small living in Cumberland, which, however, owing to continued ill-health he was forced to relinguish in 1879. He took up his residence in Dublin where he died. – (Obit. 80-81).

PALSGRAVE, Chas. Theodore – For many years the proprietor of the Montreal Type Foundry – Born in 1799 in England – Died December 23, 1881 in Montreal, Quebec – (Obit. 80-81).

PARKER, Hy. – Police Magistrate for Oxford, Ontario, and President of the Agricultural and Arts Association of Ontario – Born in 1831 near Peterboro', Ontario, of English parentage – Died December 3, 1886 at Woodstock, Ontario – (Obit. 86).

PENNY, Edward Goff (Hon.) – Senator – Born May 15, 1820 at Hornsey, London, England – Died October 11, 1881 in Montreal, Quebec – He came to Canada in 1844. He married in 1857, Eleanor E., daughter of Oliver Smith, Esq., of Montreal, who followed him to the grave December 11, 1881. – (Obit. 80-81).

PENTON, Frederick Walter Long – Chief of Police, Montreal – Englishman by birth – Died April 1, 1879 in Montreal, Quebec aged 53 – He came to Canada in 1832 – (Obit. 79).

PHILBRIOK, Cornelius Jas., F.R.C.S. (1850), Eng., M.D (1853) – Born in 1815 at Colchester, England – Died December 2, 1885 at North Toronto, Ontario – (Obit. 85).

PHILLIPS, John – ex-M.P. – Born June 16, 1810 in Westmoreland, England – Died October 28, 1878, Dalhousie, New Brunswick – (Obit. 78).

PRENTICE, Edward Alex – Stockbroker – Born in 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland – Died November 17, 1886 at his residence, 16 Gloucester Place, Portman Square, London, England – His remains were interred at Hastings, after undergoing cremation at Woking. He was of Scotch and Danish extraction, his father being descended from the noble Danish family of De Breton. He came to Canada in 1854. He returned to Britain about 1876. He married in 1856 Eweretta Auldjo, grand-daughter of the Hon. John Richardson, M.E.C. of L.C., by whom he had 3 children, two of whom, a son and daughter, survive. – (Obit. 86).

PRICE, James Hervet (Hon.) – ex-M.P.P. (1841-51) – Born in 1797 in Cumberland, England – Died July 13, 1882 at Shirley, near Southampton, England – He was descended from an old Cumberland family. He came to Canada in 1828. He returned to England in 1851 – (Obit. 82).

PRINCE, Wm. Stratton – Registrar of South Wellingon, Ont. – Born about 1825 in England – Died November 15, 1881, Guelph, Ontario – He was a son of the late Col. (afterwards Judge) Prince – (Obit. 80-81).

PUNSHON, Wm. Moy (Rev.), LL.D. – Late Presdt. of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference in Can. – Born in 1824 at Doncaster, England – Died April 14, 1881, Brixton, London, England – He came to Canada in 1868 and returned to England in 1873. – (Obit. 80-81).

QUINN, J., of England (newly arrived) – Passenger – Died September 14, 1882, Georgian Bay, Ontario – Lost in the wreck of the steamer Asia – (JRO 82).

RACEY, Thos. – Registrar of Halton, Ontario (1846) – Born December 24, 1791 in Bath, England – Died March 21, 1881, Milton, Ontario – He came to Canada in 1805. – (Obit. 80-81).

RAMSAY, Robt. – M.D. (1861) – Born March 21, 1841 in London, England – Died January 4, 1886 in Toronto, Ontario – Died suddenly – He came to Canada in early life with his father, the late Rev. Canon Ramsay. – (Obit. 86).

RATTRAY, William J., B.A. – A well-known literary man – Born about 1835 in London, England – Died September 19 in Toronto, Ontario – He was the son of the late Mr. Alex. Rattray, who, coming to Canada, established himsel in trade in Toronto in 1848. He is the author of The Scot in British North America, 4 vols. – (Obit. 83).

READ John Chas. Edward Crewe (Lt.-Col.) – Brigade Major 8th Dist., V.M. (1882) – Born July 26, 1823 in Cheshire, England – Died April 5, 1884 in St. John, New Brunswick – He was the 3rd son of John Offley Crewe-Read, esq., of Llandinam Hall, County Montgomery, by his wife Charlotte, daughter of Sir Willoughby Lake, K.C.B. He married in 1851 in Nova Scotia, Henrietta, daughter of Hon. P. H. Clarke, M.L.C. of Cape Breton – (Obit. 84).

REYNOLDS, Thomas – President of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa Railway – Born in 1811 in Scotland – Died June 29, 1880 in London, England – (Obit. 80-81).

RHODES, Henry (Hon.) – Merchant – Born in 1824 in London, England – Died November 8, 1878, Victoria, B.C. – Previous to going to Victoria (in 1859), he was prominently identified with the commerce of the Sandwich Islands, where he arrived in 1845 – (Obit. 78).

RIDGWAY, F.C.S. – Journalist – Born in 1830 in Lancashire, England – Died May 1, 1881 in Ottawa, Ontario – (Obit. 80-81).

RIDOUT, Joseph D. – Retired Merchant – Born June 9, 1809 in Bristol, England – Died June 4, 1884 in Toronto, Ontario – He settled in Toronto in 1830, and two years afterwards, entered into partnership with his brother Geo. Percival (afterwards M.P. for Toronto) as hardware merchants. – (Obit. 84).

RING, Zebedee – Merchant of St. John, New Brunswick Born about 1807 near Sheffield, New Brunswick – Died April, 1878, Liverpool, England – He was the descendant of old U. E. Loyalist, who proceeded from New York to New Brunswick towards the close of the American Revolution – (Obit. 78).

RIORDAN, John – Paper manufacturer – Born in 1834 in the city of Limerick, Ireland – Died September 20, 1884 at St. Leonards-on-Sea, England – His remains were brought to Toronto, Ontario for interment. He left home quite young for the U.S.A., but subsequently removed to Canada. – (Obit. 84).

ROBINSON, Charles – ex-Warden of the Co. of Ontario, Ont. – Born March 3, 1812 in London, England – Died September 15, 1883 at Beaverton, Ontario – He came to Canada in 1832. – (Obit. 83).

ROEBUCK, John Arthur (Right Hon.), Q.C. – M. P. (Great Britain) – Born in 1801 at Madras, India – Died November 30, 1879 in London, England – Mr. Roebuck's father died in India, where he had held an appointment, and his widow returned to England with her six sons. In 1808 she married Mr. John Simpson (father of Mr. C. B. Simpson, the present Collector of Customs at Montreal); and in 1814, Mr. Simpson and his wife and four of her sons, including John Arthur, came to Canada, and took up their residence in Augusta, Ontario. They removed to Quebec City in 1820 and to Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec in 1822. In 1824, John Arthur proceeded to England, where he lived, up to the time of his death. – (Obit. 79).

ROGERS, Chas. J. – He had been a member of the London, England police force – Died January 28, 1885 at Victoria, British Columbia – Executed for the murder of Wm. Sterry on November 4, 1884 – (JRO 84, JRO 85).

ROGERS, R. Vashon (Rev., C. of E.), M.A. – Born in 1802 in Bristol, England – Died August 20, 1886 at Kingston, Ontario – He came to Canada about 1836 – (Obit. 86).

ROLLS, Charles – M.D. (1834) – Born in 1809 at Weymouth, England – Died June 26, 1884 in Toronto, Ontario – (Obit. 84).

ROSCOE, Francis James – Businessman – Born in 1831 in Liverpool, England – Died December 20, 1878, Victoria, British Columbia – He was a grandson of Mr. William Roscoe, the celebrated author and biographer, who represented Liverpool for some time in the British House of Commons – (Obit. 78).

ROSE, Charlotte (Lady) (née Temple) – Died December 3, 1883 at Queen's Gate, London, England – Wife of the Hon. Sir John Rose, Bart., G.C.M.G., formerly Minister of Finance of Canada, to whom she was married in June, 1843. She was a daughter of the late Robt. Emmet Temple, Esq., of Rutland, Vermont, U.S.A. – (Obit. 83).

ROSWELL, Francis Wm, C.B. (1879), C.M.G. (1880) – Born July 11, 1838 in England – Died September 4, 1885 in England – After the death of his brother-in-law, Mr. Wm. Dixon, chief Supt. of Emigration for the Dominion in England, he, by request of the Canadian Government, took over the duties of the office. He wa a nephew of mr. Hy. Roswell, of Toronto, Ontario. – (Obit. 85).

RUNDLE, Jas. – Born in England – Died August 10, 1884 at Darlington, Ontario aged 96 – (DL 84).

RYE, Francis – Barrister of Ontario (1876) – Born in 1848 at Chelsea, England – Died December 21, 1884 at Ventnor, Isle of Wight – He came to Canada in 1873, with his sister, the philanthropic Miss Rye. – (Obit. 84).

SACHE, Wm. – Stock broker – Englishman by birth – Died January 26, 1883 in Montreal, Quebec, over 60 years of age – (Obit. 83).

SCOTT, H. M., of England (newly arrived) – Passenger – Died September 14, 1882, Georgian Bay, Ontario – Lost in the wreck of the steamer Asia – (JRO 82).

SCOTT, Thomas – M.P.P. for North Grey in the Ontario Assembly (1867-75) – Born in Nottingham, England – Died September 17, 1883 at Owen Sound, Ontario – (Obit. 83).

SCOTT, Wm. Edward – M.D. (1844), Professor of Anatomy, McGill University, Montreal – Native of London, England – Died May 24, 1883 in Montreal, Quebec – He came to Montreal at an early age. – (Obit. 83).

SCOVIL, Wm. (Rev.), M.A. (1834), Ph.D. (1872) – Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Fredericton, New Brunswick – Died February 27, 1886 at Brighton, England, where he had latterly resided, aged 70 – (Obit. 86).

SEWELL, Frances Georgina (Mrs. Davenport) – Died December 7, 1885 at Balham, England – Daughter of the late Hon. Chief Justice Sewell, of Quebec, and widow of Major Trevor Davenport, of the 1st Royals – (Obit. 85).

SEWELL, Hy. Doyle (Rev.), M.A. – Vicar of Hedcorn, Kent, England (1850-86) – Died March 19, 1886 at Headcorn, Kent, England, aged 80 – He was the fourth son of the late Chief Justice Sewell of Lower Canada. – (Obit. 86).

SEYMOUR, Benjamin (Hon.) – Senator – Born in 1806 in Fredericksburg, Ontario – Died March 23, 1880, Port Hope, Ontario – Son of an English gentleman, who settled in Fredericksburg about 1793. – (Obit. 80-81).

SHEARD, Joseph – Mayor of the City of Toronto (1870-71) – Born in 1813 at Hornsey, Yorkshire, England – Died August 30, 1883 in Toronto, Ontario – He came to Canada in 1833. – (Obit. 83).

SHEWELL, Edward – Retired officer – Born in 1788 at Ickleford, England – Died February 11, 1879, Napanee, Ontario – He came to Canada after the Rebellion – (Obit. 79).

SIMCOE, Philip Francis, J.P. – Died October 12, 1885 at Penheale, Cornwall, England aged 51 – Fourth son of the late Rev. H. A. Simcoe, and grandson of the late Lieut.-Genl. John Graves Simcoe, first Governor of Upper Canada – (Obit. 85).

SIMPSON, John (Hon.) – Assistant Auditor-General of Canada – Born December 27, 1807 at Helmsley, Blackmoor, Yorkshire, England – Died September 19, 1878, Ottawa, Canada – He came to Canada about 1835 – (Obit. 78).

SKEAD, James (Hon.) – Senator (1867) – Born January 31, 1816 near Moresby Hall, Cumberland, England – Died July 5, 1884 in Ottawa, Ontario – (Obit. 84).

SKINNER, Henry – M.D. (1862) – Died September 14, 1885 at Kingston, Ontario – Fromerly of Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England – (Obit. 85).

SMITH, Bennett – An extensive ship builder – Died January 11, 1886 at Windsor, Nova Scotia aged 77 – His grand father came to Nova Scotia form England in 1773. The deceased with 3 brothers formed a ship building company – (Obit. 86).

SMITH, Robert (Hon.) – Puisné Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench for Manitoba (1884-85) – Born in 1837 at Loweswater, Cumberland, England – Died January 19, 1885 at Winnipeg, Manitoba – His death was caused by consumption. – (Obit. 85).

SPRAGGE, John Godfrey (Hon.) – Chief Justice of Ontario and President of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Ontario – Born September 16, 1806 at New Cross, Surrey, England – Died April 20, 1884 in Toronto, Ontario – He was the eldest son of the late Mr. Joseph Spragge, who emigrated with his family to Toronto. He married Catherine Rosamond, daughter of Dr. Alex. Thom, Staff Surgeon and Medical Supdt. of Military Settlements on the Rideau. This lady survived her husband only a few days, dying at Toronto on April 24, 1884. – (Obit. 84).

STEAD, Matthew – Architect – Born in 1808 at Ludlow, Shropshire, England – Died October 10, 1879 in St. John, New Brunswick – (Obit. 79).

STERRY, Wm. – Guard in the British Columbia Penitentiary at New Westminster – Native of Birmingham, England – Died November 4, 1884 at New Westminster, British Columbia – Shot and killed by another guard named C. J. Rogers, who had been a member of the London, England police force. Rogers is found guilty of wilful murder and sentenced to be hanged on January 18, 1885. – (JRO 84).

STRATFORD, William H. – Business man – Born September 12, 1808 at Sheerness, England – Died December 26, 1884 at Brantford, Ontario – He came to Canada in 1831. One of his sons has presented a hospital to the City of Brantford. He was a son of Dr. Jno. Stratford, who came to Canada in 1833. – (Obit. 84).

STRONG, Samuel Spratt (Rev.), D.D., D.C.L. (Church of Eng.) – Borin February 27, 1801 in Dorsetshire, England – Died October 6, 1880 in Toronto, Ontario – He came to Canada in 1835. He was the father of Hon. S. H. Strong, of the Supreme Court of Canada. – (Obit. 80-81).

STUART, Robt. Chas. Wm. (Lieut.-Col) – Chief clerk of the Governor-Genl. Secry's Office, Ottawa (1882-83) – Born in 1826 – Died January 21, 1883 in Ottawa, Ontario – He was the second son of the late Sir Simeon H. Stuart, 5th Bart., of Hartley, Mauduit, Hampshire. – (Obit. 83).

STURDEE, Hy. Parker – Lloyds Surveyor at St. John, N.B. – Born in 1808 in Devonshire, England – Died August 13, 1880 in St. John, New Brunswick – (Obit. 80-81).

SULLY, Richard – Businessman, writer – Born in Nottingham, England – Died September 23, 1879, London, Ontario aged 80 – (Obit. 79).

TANDY, George James – Mechanical Inspector of the Intercolonial and Canadian Pacific Railways – Born December 29, 1821 at Handsworth, near Birmingham, England – Died September 26, 1879, Moncton, New Brunswick – He came to Canada in 1862 – (Obit. 79).

TANDY, William – Journalist – Born in England – Died January 3, 1882 at Kingston, Ontario aged 41 – (Obit. 82).

TATE, George – Proprietor of Tate's Dry Docks, Montreal – Born in 1808 in Yorkshire, England – Died January 5, 1885 in Montreal, Quebec – His mother was a niece of Wilberforce, the philanthropist. He came to Canada in 1824. – (Obit. 85).

TAYLOR, John Fennings – Deputy Clerk and 1st Clerk Assistant of the Senate – Born March 14, 1817 in London, England – Died May 4, 1882 at Old Point Comfort, Virginia, U.S.A., whither he had gone for the benefit of his health – Came to Canada in 1836. A memorial window has been placed in St. Alban's Church, Ottawa, Ontario – (Obit. 82).

TAYLOR, Thos. – Paper manufacturer – Born about 1813 in Staffordshire, England – Died April 21, 1880 in Toronto, Ontario – Came to America with his parents, who took up their residence near Albany, N.Y., in 1821; removed to York (now Toronto) in 1825. The deceased and his brother retired from their manufacturing business, Thos. Taylor & Bro., in 1880 in favour of their nephews and sons. – (Obit. 80-81).

TEMPLE, Charlotte (Lady Rose) – Died December 3, 1883 at Queen's Gate, London, England – Wife of the Hon. Sir John Rose, Bart., G.C.M.G., formerly Minister of Finance of Canada, to whom she was married in June, 1843. She was a daughter of the late Robt. Emmet Temple, Esq., of Rutland, Vermont, U.S.A. – (Obit. 83).

TERROUX, Chas. A., N.P. – Deputy prothonotary of the Superior Court at Montreal – Native of London, England – Died October 14, 1884 at Montreal, Quebec, aged 75 – (Obit. 84).

THOMPSON, Saml. – Journalist – Born in 1810 in London, England – Died July 8, 1886 in Toronto, Ontario – He came to Canada in 1833. – (Obit. 86).

THOMSON, Samuel R. Q.C., – Born about 1824 in New Brunswick – Died November 19, 1880 in London, England – Of Irish descent, he was the son of Rev. S. Thomson, Rector of St. Stephen, N.B. – (Obit. 80-81).

THURGAR, John Vennor – Retired merchant – Born in 1797 in Yorkshire, England – Died March 1, 1880 in St. John, New Brunswick where he had carried on business for 57 years. – (Obit. 80-81).

TOPLIS, Wm. – Journalist – Born in 1837 at Matlock, Derbyshire, England – Died April 11, 1883 in Montreal, Quebec. He came to Canada about 1865. – (Obit. 83).

TURNER, Eliza Mary (Mrs. Vankoughnet) – Died March 28, 1879, Chudleigh, Devon – Relict of the late Hon. P. M. Vankoughnet, Chancellor of Upper Canada. She was the youngest daughter of the late Col. C. B. Turner, K. H. – (Obit. 79).

VANKOUGHNET, Eliza Mary (Mrs.) (nee Turner) – Died March 28, 1879, Chudleigh, Devon – Relict of the late Hon. P. M. Vankoughnet, Chancellor of Upper Canada. She was the youngest daughter of the late Col. C. B. Turner, K. H. – (Obit. 79).

VAUX, Thos. – Late Accountant to the House of Commons – Born June 18, 1797 at Wisbeach, Cambridge, England – Februaty 25, 1880, Ottawa, Ontario – He came to Canada in 1817. – (Obit. 80-81).

VENNOR, Henry George, F.G.S. (1870) – Born in 1841 in Montreal, Quebec – Died June 8, 1884 at his residence, ''The Towers'', in Montreal, Quebec – His father, an Englishman, was a member of the firm of Budden & Vennor, hardware merchants, having establishments in Quebec and Liverpool. – (Obit. 84).

Von IFFLAND, Wm. Anthony Forster (Lieut.) – Royal Artillery – Born October 23, 1863 at Portneuf, Quebec – Died February 26, 1885 at Plymouth, Devonshire, England – Died from a severe cold that developed into acute consumption – He was the son of the Rev. A. A. Von Iffland, M.A., Rector of St. Michael's Ch., Quebec – (Obit. 85).

Von KOERBER, Elise (Madame) – For some years employed in promoting emigration from the continent of Europe to Canada – Died in April 1884 in London, England aged 46 – Died suddenly – Wife of the late Baron W. von Koerber, for many years a draughtsman in the Crown Lands Dept. of Canada – (Obit. 84).

WALKEM, Charles – Late of the civil branch, Royal Engineers – Born January 12, 1805 near Saltash, Cornwall, England – Died August 17, 1883 in Kingston, Ontario – He came to Canada in 1847. Of his 7 sons, the eldest George A., was for some years Premier of British Columbia, while another, Richard T., is a Q.C. – (Obit. 83).

WELDON, John Wesley (Hon.) – Puisné Judge of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick (1865-85) – Born June 11, 1805 in New Brunswick – Died February 11, 1885 at Fredericton, New Brunswick – He was of English descent, his grandfather having emigrate from England in 1764. He was twice married, fistly to the daughter of the late Hon. Justice Upham, and some years after her demise, to Susan, the eldest daughter of the late Hon. Jusstice Halibruton, of Nova Scotia (''Sam Slick''). Mr. C. W. Weldon, Q.C., M.P., is a son by the first marriage. – (Addenda 85, see p. 447).

WETHEY, Henry Coffin Windeat – Barrister – Born at Exeter, England – Died May, 1878 in Toronto, Ontario – (Obit. 78).

WHITAKER, George (Rev.), M.A. – Late Provost of Trinity College, Toronto (1851-1881) – Died August 28, 1882 in England aged 72 – Returned to England in 1881 – (Obit. 82).

WILKES, Hy. (Rev. Cong.), M.A. (1833), D.D. (1850), LL.D. (1870) – Born June 21, 1805 in Birmingham, England – Died November 17, 1886 in Montreal, Quebec – He came to Canada with his family in 1820. He was married four times. – (Obit. 86).

WILLIAMS of KARS, William Fenwick (Genrl. Sir), Bart, G.C.B., D.C.L. – Lieut.-Governor of Nova Scotia (1865-69) – Born December 4, 1801 at Annapolis, Nova Scotia – Died July 26, 1883 in London, England – He was the descendant of a loyalist family of New York, which emigrated ot Nova Scotia, in 1783, on the conclusion of the war of the American Revolution. His father, Colonel Thos. Williams of the Royal Artillery, died in 1807. He (Col. Thomas Williams) married Maria, daughter of Capt. Thos. Walker, and left a family consisting of 5 daughters and 2 sons. of these the elder, Lieut. Thos. G. T. Williams, entered the Royal Artillery. – (Obit. 83).

WILLS (Mrs.) – Born in England – Died August 2, 1880 in Co. Perth, Ontario aged 100 – Death from longevity – (DL 80-81).

WOOD, John (Rev.), M.A. – Vicar of St. Matthews, Luton, Bedfordshire, England, (Anglican) – Born April 12, 1836 in Walpole, Ontario – Died November 22, 1883 in Toronto, Ontario – In 1864 he visited England where a curacy was offered him and accepted in the ch. In which his grandfather had preaches before him, at Ripley, Derbyshire. – (Obit. 83).

WOOD, Marshall – Sculptor – Born in England – Died in July 1882 in England – (Obit. 82).

WOOD, Robt. – Insurance agent – Born in 1812 in London, England – Died December 15, 1886 in Montreal, Quebec – (Obit. 86).

WOODMAN, Edward Septimus (Rev., Church of Eng.) – Born in 1829 at Marlborough, Wiltshire, England – Died March 13, 1880 at Westfield, New Brunswick – (Obit. 80-81).

WOODS (Mr.) – Born in Norfolk, England – Died September, 1880, Copley, Ontario aged 102 – Death from longevity – (DL 80-81).

WORKMAN, William – Merchant and banker, Mayor of Montreal from 1868 to 1870 – Born in 1806 near Lisburn, Ireland – Died February 23, 1878 in Montreal, Quebec – He was the descendant of an old English family, his ancestors from the time of Cromwell having resided in Ireland. He came to Canada and settled in Montreal in May, 1829, ten years later than his brother Benjamin. His parents settled on a farm in the vicinity of New Glasgow – (Obit. 78).

WORTS, James Gooderham – President of the Bank of Toronto – Born June 4, 1818 at Yarmouth, Norfolk, England – Died June 20, 1882 in Toronto, Ontario – He accompanied his father to Canada in 1831, and shortly after his death, in 1834, took part in the milling business established by Mr. Worts, senior – (Obit. 82).

WRIGHT, William – Ship-builder and owner, lived in New Brunswick – Born February 18, 1810 in Dumfriesshire, Scotland – Died February 17, 1878, Liverpool, England – Died from the effects of the extraction of an affected eye – His father was English ; his mother Scotch. He came to St. John (New Brunswick) in boyhood with his father, Mr. George Wright, and other members of his family. Later, a younger brother, named Richard, came out – (Obit. 78).

YARWOOD, C. St. George – Late Colector of Customs at Chippewa – Englishman by birth – Died July 30, 1884 at Belleville, Ontario aged 63 – (Obit. 84).

YATES, Horatio – M.D. (1842) – Born in 1822 at Otsego, New York, U.S.A. – Died March 11, 1882 at Kingston, Ontario – He came to Kingston, Ontario when 12 years of age. He is the son of the late Dr. Wm. Yates, of Otsego County, New York, and formerly of Sapperton, Derbyshire, England – (Obit. 82).



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