John Norman Jeffery

     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