John Smith and Eleanor Andrews - Timelines/Facts

Date John Smith - Fact or Comment
ca.1829 Born in Deeping St. James, Lincolnshire, England to Benjamin and Catherine Smith.  [349]
4/1841
 John, 11, is listed with his birth family in the Census for Deeping St. James, along with his 4 brothers.  [349]
4/1851
 John, 21, Confectioner, is listed as living alone in the Census for Deeping St. James.  [351]
Date Eleanor Andrews - Fact or Comment
ca.1825
 Born in Lincolnshire, England to James and Ann Andrews, who were both born ca.1800.  [350]
4/1841
 James and Ann, along with 5 children, were listed in the Census for Stamford, Lincolnshire.  [350]
Date John and Eleanor Andrews - Fact or Comment
7/2/1851 Married at the Register Office in Stamford, witnessed by two of Eleanor's siblings.  [346]
11/20/1853 Daughter Mary Jane born at Stamford [295], who was to be the only surviving child of the couple.
1853-1855 Eleanor died, but no English death registration has been found. [363]
Date John Smith - Fact or Comment
10/17/1855 John married his second wife, Mary Stafford. [363]  The couple would eventually have 5 children; their first child was born 7/27/1856. [347]
4/1861
 The family is listed as living on Red Lion Square, Stamford, with Mary Jane and 3 other children.  [352]
4/1871
 The family still lived on Red Lion Square, Stamford, with their 5 children and a neice and nephew.  Mary Jane was listed in the Census as a Dressmaker.  [353]
ca.1872 John, Mary, child Mary Jane and the other 5 children immigrated to Courtland, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada. 
While there may have been personal reasons for this migration, Stamford England was experiencing an economic decline at this time and people were leaving for opportunities elsewhere.  The Smiths may have been part of this exodus.  [348]
6/10/1875 John's daughter Mary Jane married Robert Beals in Guelph, Ontario.
4/1881
 John, Mary, and 3 of their children were listed in the Census for Middleton Twp., Norfolk Co.  [354]
4/1891 John, Mary and 2 of their children were listed in the Census for Middleton Twp., Norfolk Co.  [324]
3/2/1901
 .John, 72, died and was buried in the Courtland Fellowship Baptist Cemetery in Courtland, Middleton Twp, Norfolk Co., Ontario.  [356]  John's second wife Mary died in 1921, aged 90, and two spinster daughters died in 1935 and 1936, aged 69 and 79 -- all buried in Courtland.

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