Deborah Jeffery

     Deborah was born on Thursday, 22 February 1821 in Yarmouth, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada.¹ Deborah married Thomas Buchanan on 2 November 1840 in Ontario, Canada. Thomas & Deborah had children: Margaret [4/12/1842-8/28/1911] [m. 7/18/1861 John Island], Elizabeth [12/24/1843-3/28/1923] [m. Nov. 1868 Henry Moffitt], John D. [2/04/1846-11/28/1933] [m. 12/27/1876 Sara Jane Penelton], Thomas [12/13/1847-6/22/1912] [m. 12/14/1868 Margaret Hicks], Elenor [5/15/1851- 12/__/1922] [John Jefferey], Mary Jerusha [3/19/1854- 6/19/1882] [m. 3/26/1879 Robert Neil], George Dale [2/02/1857-5/11/1941] [m. 3/20/1889 Elizabeth Hackett], William Jeffery [1/07/1862-1/18/1930] [m. 12/02/1891 Elenor Ellen Lindsay] & Martha [12/07/1869-3/31/1946] [m. 1899 John William Freeman].² 1861, Deborah and her husband, Thomas, were listed on the Canadian Census Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. Enumerated in this household were Thomas Buchanan [51 Ireland], Deborh [40 Canada], Margaret [19 Canada], Eliza [15 Canada], John [14 Canada], Thomas [12 Canada], Elenor [10 Canada], Mary [5 Canada], George D. [4 Canada], Martha [2 Canada], John Buchanan [88 Ireland] & Thomas [6 Canada]. Their home was a log house.³ 1871, Deborah and her husband, Thomas, were listed on the Canadian Census at Mono, Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada. Enumerated in this household were Thomas Buchanan Sen. [60 Ireland], Debora [50 Nova Scotia], John [20 Ontario], Mary [17 Ontario], George Dale [12 Ontario], Martha [10 Ontario] & William [7 Ontario]. Tjhomas is a farmer. Their son, Thomas is listed on the census directly above them. Thomas and his wife, Margaret, are both 22, and his sister-in-law, Ann Hicks is living with them; she is 17.⁴ 1881, Deborah and her husband, Thomas, were listed on the Canadian Census at Mono. Enumerated in this household were Thomas Buchanan [70 Ireland], Deborah [60 Nova Scotia], George D.[22 Ontario], William J. [18 Ontario] & Martha [20 Ontario]. .Thomas is a farmer.⁵ Deborah died on Friday, 4 December 1885 in the family home in Mono from lung & heart disease that she endured for 5 months.⁶ She was buried there in St. Johns Cemetery. The inscription on her tombstone reads: In Memory of Deborah wife od Thomas Buchanan Died 4 Dec. 1885 - Aged: 65 years.⁷