| Date |
George Fletcher Beals - Fact or Comment |
| 5/24/1816 |
George Fletcher born [20] in Inglisville (near Bridgetown [133]), Annapolis Co, Nova Scotia [39b] [84,85]
, to Stephen and Nancy Beals. [214] |
| 8/18/1816 |
Baptized at Lunns Mills Chapel, Lunns Mills (aka Lawrencetown), Annapolis Co., NS [214] [11]. |
4/1/1820
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George's grandmother Abigail died in Lawrencetown. [195a]
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1816-1817
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George's family moved from
Inglisville, Annapolis Twp, to Clements Twp, based on George's birth
date and location, and the fact that father Stephen bought land there
in 1817. [208a]
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4/1827
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George's family listed in the 1827 Clements Twp Census. [184b] [11]
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8/30/1830
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George's grandfather Abel died in Lawrencetown. [195a]
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4/1838
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George's father Stephen and family were listed in the 1838 Census for Clements Twp, Annapolis Co., N.S. [213], but one of the older boys is missing from the headcount. Could George have already departed for Erin, Ontario?
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c.1837-1838
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George, along with George's older brother Samuel and younger brother Stephen,
moved from NS to Erin Township, Ontario where George set up a shoemaking
and repair shop at Crewsons Corner. Later, George moved to Erin Village
[pix:142]
and built a shoemaking shop there.
[11] [139g]
George's obituary (probably written by his son Robert) said he moved to Halton Township at the
age of 21 (i.e., c.1837-1838). [133]
Ontario census and assessment records for the period, up through 1840, do not list
any of the Beals family members. [132]
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| Date |
Ann Boomer - Fact or Comment |
| 11/25/1813 |
Born in Nova Scotia according to 1861 Census for Erin Twp, Ontario [19]; date based on age at death [116]. |
c.?
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[BWB: And, when and how did Ann Boomer get to Ontario?]
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| Date |
George Fletcher and Ann Beals - Fact or
Comment |
| 1/29/1840 |
George Fletcher, resident of Erin[50a], and Ann, resident of Esquesing, married [113] [114].
All told, they had 7 children [11] over the period 1843-55. |
| 6/25/1848 |
George's brother Stephen married Charlotte Boomer in Erin. [128]. |
| 3/15/1851 |
Son Robert Beals born in Trafalgar, Halton Co., Ontario. [20] [61]
[BWB: Don't know how he came to be born in Trafalgar, as all other family references put them in Erin.]
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| c.1853 |
George is not listed in the tax rolls for Erin Township [131].
|
| c.1855 |
George's brother Stephen moved to Grand Valley, about 20 years ahead of George
[138, 139].
|
| 1857 |
Ontario Index lists a George Beals, shoemaker, in Erin, Wellington Co. [31]
|
| 1861 |
1861 Census[19] for Erin Twp, Wellington
Co[24], Ontario lists the George Fletcher Beals
family; George reports he is a shoemaker. Also said to be a farmer
as well [11]. |
c.1871
|
1871 Census for Nassagaweya Township, Halton County, Ontario lists George and his family. [183] Other sources suggest George lived in
Erin until c.1875 -- but note that Nassagaweya Twp lies just south of Erin.
1871 Census for East Luther Twp lists his brother Stephen and family. [86]
|
| c.1875 |
George moved his business to Grand Valley (aka East Luther
[50b][pix:143]), Ontario (about 16 miles
northwest of Erin) [133]. |
4/1876
|
George was co-executor of his brother Stephen's
will. Later, he was called upon to give a full accounting of the dispersal
of the estate, as requested by Stephen's widow (the second wife). [117]
(Stephen's children erected a monument to their parent's memory [88].)
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8/5/1876
|
George's mother Nancy, 86, died in Clements Twp, Annapolis Co, NS, of old age. [160a]
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10/8/1876
|
George's father Stephen, 85, died in Clements Twp, Annapolis Co, NS, of old age. [160b]
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4/1881
|
George, 65, shoemaker, and Ann, 66, listed in the 1881 census for East
Luther district of Wellington Co., along with a Sarah, 10, b.Ont. [84]
[BWB: Don't know who this Sarah is.]
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4/1891
|
Listed again in the 1891 East Luther census; ages 75 and 76; Sarah
noted as 18. [85] |
| 1/20/1892 |
Wife Ann died in Grand Valley. [116]
[112]
Also see comment following [133]
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| Date |
George Fletcher Beals - Fact or Comment |
c.1893
|
George had a shoemaking shop in Grand Valley, according to an article in a special edition of the GV Tribune 10/8/1896. [139f]
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| c.1894 |
George and his son Robert (and presumably Robert's family) lived together
in East Luther Township. [136] |
| c.1896 |
George and his son Robert (and presumably Robert's family) moved to
Point Edward, a suburb of Sarnia, Ontario. [133] |
| 3/31/1901 |
George is listed in 1901 Census[20], Pt.Edward
Village (just north of Sarnia), Lambdon Co[26],
ONT, widowed and living with Robert and his family (3 generations in one
household!). |
c.1904
|
Lived on Victoria St. in Pt. Edward, at home of his son Robert. [98a]
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| 1/1/1905 |
Died in Pt. Edward, ONT at the home of his son, and buried in Grand Valley two days later [133]. [218]
[The GV Union Cemetery has no records prior to c.1950. A tornado came
through GV in 1985, scattering or destroying town records and leveling the
library.]
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