John Norman Jeffery

M, b. 17 December 1816, d. 26 August 1873
FatherJohn Matthew Jeffery Jr. b. 12 Jan 1787, d. 27 Oct 1838
MotherEunice Travis b. 11 Jun 1789, d. 17 Nov 1867
     John Norman was born on Tuesday, 17 December 1816 in Yarmouth, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada.1 John married Charlotte (?) circa 1840.2 John and Charlotte had children: Elizabeth [1841] [m. 12/18/1858 George Coote], John [5/23/1848] [m. Ellen Buchanan] & Emeline [1849].3 1851, John and his wife, Charlotte, were listed on the Canadian Census at the village of Oakville, Trafalgar Township, Halton County, Ontario, Canada. Enumerated in this household were John Jeffry [34 Nova Scotia][Widowed][ship's carpenter][Methodist], Elizabeth [11 Canada], John [5 Canada], Emiline [3 Canada], Eunie [63 Nova Scotia][Baptist], George Jeffry [38 Nova Scotia], Mary A. [28 Ireland], John [11 Canada], James [9 Canada], George M. [7 Canada], Melinda [6 Canada], Amos Randall [3 Canada], Elizabeth Randall [1 Canada]. John's wife died of consumption at age 25 years. The home is a one story framed house.4 John's wife, Charlotte, died in 1851 in Oakville, Halton County, Ontario, Canada, leaving him a widower. 1861, John was listed on the Canadian Census at Trafalgar Township, Halton County, Ontario, Canada. Enumerated in this household were John N. Jeffery [45 Nova Scotia], John [13 Upper Canada], Emeline [12 Upper Canada], Ennis [70 Nova Scotia]. John N. is a ship Carpenter.5 John married 2nd Mary (?) in 1865. John and Mary had children: George [1866], Ellen [1868] & Mary [1871]. 1871, John and his wife, Mary, were listed on the Canadian Census at Trafalgar Township, Halton County, Ontario, Canada. Enumerated in this household were John Jefry [53 Nova Scotia], Mary [25 Ontario], George [5 Ontario], Ellen [3 Ontario] & Ann [1/12 Ontario]. John is a carpenter.6 John departed this life on Tuesday, 26 August 1873 in Simcoe, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada, at age 56 years, 8 months and 9 days.7

Family 1

Charlotte (?) b. 1825, d. 1851

Family 2

Mary (?) b. 1845

Citations

  1. [S563] Family Data Collection - Births Record: 1816 - John Norman Jeffery; parents: John Jeffery & Eunice Travis Crowell; place: Nova Scotia, Canada '[Note: Crowell is Eunice's mother's maiden name - klm] - Ancestry.com.
  2. [S506] Note: John's wife is noted as Charlotte on their daighter's marriage record.
  3. [S335] Canadian, Marriage Records, 18 December 1858: Elizabeth Jeffry - Age: 17 years, born 1841; Parents: John N. & Charlotte Jeffry and George Coote - Age: 24, born Trafalger; Parents: Archibald & Elizabeth Coote; Place: Halton County, Ontario.
  4. [S2061] 1851 Canadian Census: the viillage of Oakville, Halton County, Ontario Emum. Dist. 1, sheet 15, line 40.
  5. [S2054] 1861 Canadian Census: Trafalger Township, Halton County, Ontario - Page 33, Line 26.
  6. [S2055] 1871 Canadian Census: Trafalger Township, Halton County, Ontario - Page 31, Line 13.
  7. [S506] Note: Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deatrhs Overseas, 1869-1947, Ancestry.com.