Sixth Generation (Continued)
Deborah Armanella KERFOOT (Robert George5, George4, William3, George2, Thomas1).
Born on 31 Jul 1864 in Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Christened on 24 Mar 1867 in Wesleyan Methodist, Beckwith Twp, Lanark, Ontario, Canada. Deborah Armanella died in Ontario, California, USA, on 23 Jan 1945; she was 80. Buried abt 1945 in Ontario, California, USA.
- 1864 Canada, Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register, 1828-1910
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wjmartin/wm-k_18.htm
vol 3, pg 750, Lanark Ontario, Beckwith Twp, Deborah A Kerfoot d/o Robert G and E J, residing Beckwith
Born 1864-07-31 Beckwith
Baptised 1867-03-24 Beckwith, Rev W D Brown
- 1871 Canada Census
Name: Deborah Kerfoot
Gender: Female
Age: 6
Calculated Birth Year: 1865
Country or Province of Birth: O
Marital Status:
Ethnic Origin: Irish
Religion: W Methodist
Census Place: 04, Warwick i, Lambton 04, Ontario
Page Number: 49
Line Number: 10
House Number: 192
Family Number: 194
Film Number: 4396602
Library and Archives Canada Film Number: C-9897
Digital Folder Number: 4396602
Image Number: 00171
Household Gender Age
Deborah Kerfoot F 6
Robert Kerfoot M 30
- She made the long trek with her family from Beckwith Township to Warwick Tp, Lambton Co. in 1869. A few years later they moved to Iowa . Thereafter they moved to Dayton, Wellington Co and finally to North Dakota where they were pioneers. Their three children were forn there . In 1916 they sold the farm and moved to St. Paul, Minn., U.S.A. Six years later they joined Armanella's brother in Ontario, California, U.S.A.. The following is a letter to Winnifred Mair from Armanella:
"My husband's grandfather used to preach in my grandfather's house. My father did not remember --I don't know if he was born then, as I have only Uncle James Foster's letter telling me--he was sixteen years old at the time. So the service would be in the old log house my father was born in, and I remember seeing it once when four and one-half years old or so--same farm I was born on."
On 15 Dec 1886 when Deborah Armanella was 22, she married George Washington HEALY in North Dakota, USA. Born on 21 Sep 1857 in North Dakota, USA. George Washington died in Ontario, California, USA, on 6 Sep 1948; he was 90. Buried abt 1948 in Ontario, California, USA.
They had the following children:
John Edwin Brewster KERFOOT (Robert George5, George4, William3, George2, Thomas1).
Born on 19 Feb 1867 in Beckwith, Lanark, Ontario, Canada. Christened on 24 Mar 1867 in Wesleyan Methodist, Beckwith Twp, Lanark, Ontario, Canada.
- 1867 Canada, Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register, 1828-1910
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wjmartin/wm-k_18.htm
Vol 3, pg 750, Lanark Ontario, Beckwith Twp, John E B Kerfoot s/o Robert G and E J, residing Beckwith
Born 1867-02-19 Beckwith
Baptised 1867-03-24 Beckwith, Rev W D Brown
- As of 1952 he and his wife were retired and living in Ontario, California where he had been a druggist for many years.
George Webster Osbon KERFOOT (Robert George5, George4, William3, George2, Thomas1).
Born on 30 Nov 1871 in Warwick Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. Occupation: Dentist.
- With his parents he moved to Iowa as a small boy and then to Drayton, North Dakota, U.S.A. As of 1952 he and his wife were retired and living in Batavia, Ill. U.S.A. Before his retirement he had practiced as a dentist.
On 21 Apr 1898 when George Webster Osbon was 26, he married Harriet MURCHIE in Batavia, Illinois, USA. Born on 14 Jun 1877 in Frankfort-On-The-Main, Germany.
They had the following children:
Sarah Luena Alma KERFOOT (Robert George5, George4, William3, George2, Thomas1).
Born on 15 Jun 1875 in Watford, Lambton, Ontario, Canada. Christened on 1 Jan 1876 in Wesleyan Methodist, Watford, Lambton, Ontario, Canada.
- 1875 Canada, Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register, 1828-1910
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wjmartin/wm-k_18.htm
Vol 4, pg 399, Lambton Ontario, Warwick/Brooke/Watford, Sara Luina Kerfoot d/o Robert and Elizabeth, residing Watford
Born 1875-06-15 Watford
Baptised 1876-01-01 Watford, Rev Jas H McCartney
A second entry (almost identical) on Vol 4, pg 368 lists just Watford Twp, and name as Sarah L
Myrtle Erma KERFOOT (Robert George5, George4, William3, George2, Thomas1).
Unmarried. As of 1952, she had been living in Batavia, Ill., U.S.A. with her brother Osbon since the death of her parents. She worked as an office assistant for four doctors in that city.