the Catholic and the Protestants combine
Sanders / Gay | Golden / Acton | Merrick / Doble |
John Sanders was born about 1801 in the Parish of Cookbury, Devon England. He was a member of the Bible Christian Church. John's parents are unknown at this time Mary Gay was born May 15, 1803 in Welcombe, Bideford, Devon, England. She married John February 5, 1827 in Cookbury, Devon, England. I have a copy of their marriage record but it is impossible to scan well enough to put online. According to an old proverb of Cornwall, the women of Wellcombe are remarkably dark, "Grained like a Wellcombe woman". page 100 Mary's parents were John Gay and Elizabeth Here is a not very clear picture of their tombstone, taken by a reliable researcher John & Elizabeth's tombstone in Welcombe - retouched a littleJohn & Elizabeth's tombstone - untouched |
Children of John Sanders and Mary Gay John Gay Sanders b. 1829 m. Rachel Wilson Elizabeth Gay Sanders b. 1830 m. Nathan Grills Eleanor Gay Sanders b. 1831 m. Thomas Dyer Thomas Gay Sanders b. 1833 m. Isabella Clark |
John Golden was born in Ireland, probably in County Mayo.. Diana was born in 1808 in County Mayo Ireland. She was married to John about 1830. John Golden died before 1850 when Diana married Patrick McLaughlin. They immigrated to Ontario about 1852. Diana in the 1871 census living with her son Thomas, and son William next door Diana and Patrick in the 1851 Census To understand why so many Irish left their homeland I have copied a paragraph from The letters of "Norah" on her tour through Ireland: being a series of letters to the Montreal "Witness" as special correspondent to Ireland. by Margaret Dixon McDougall. The land belonging to the Earl of Arran here - I cannot undertake to write the name of the locality by the sound - was a common waste and was let by the Earl at two shillings and sixpence per acre to Presbyterian tenants, who came here from the North I believe. Of course they had to reclaim, fence, drain, cultivate for years. They built dwellings and office houses; built their lives into the place. After they had spent the toil of years on improvement, their rents were raised to seven and sixpence per acre, five shillings at one rise; then it was raised to ten shillings; the next rise was to fifteen shillings and then to twenty. The land is not now able to bear more than fourteen shillings an acre rent and support the people who till it. These people have been paying a rack rent for years to this nobleman, the Earl of Arran, yet when starvation overtook them, he had neither helping hand nor feeling heart for them. |
Children of John Golden and Diana Acton Catherine Golden John Golden b. 1831 m. Mary Maria Golden b. 1840 m. William Merrick, the Catholics Bridget Golden b. 1845 m. Joseph Sanders , the Protestants Thomas Golden b. 1846 m. Barbara Acton
Children of Patrick McLaughlin and Diana Acton Jane McLaughlin William Acton McLaughlin Anne McLaughlin |
Diana's brother Abraham Acton listed in the Canada Company papers as having settled between 1st September and 31 December 1830 in Uxbridge, Home District on East 1/2 Lot 28, Concession 6. | Snip of the page for those who don't have a membership |
George Merrick was born February 5, 1812 in County Mayo, Ireland. He died June 2, 1900 in Ontario Maria Doble was born about 1817 in County Mayo, Ireland and died December 28, 1884 in Sunderland, Ontario. She married Greorge March 10, 1835 in Brock Township, Ontario. Marriage register states: Mariah Doble, Brock Twp., Home District, to George Merrick, Yeoman of Reach Twp., Home District. 10 Mar. 1835, Brock. William Bagsham, J.P. Witness. Wait Wright, Yeoman and Mary Anne Price both of Brock Tp., Home District George Joseph, a widow, in the 1891 census at OGSPI, living with son George Jasper. Scroll down. George & Maria in the 1881 census living with son Thomas |
Children of George Merrick and Maria Doble William Merrick b. 1837 m. Maria Golden Robert Merrick b.1839 m. Catherine Phair Maria Merrick b. 1842 d. 1843 Sarah Merrick b. 1844 m. Robert McDonald George Merrick b. 1848 m. Bridget Golding James Merrick b. 1852 m. Margaret Brown Thomas Merrick b. 1853 m. Ruth Brown Mary Ann Merrick b. 1858 m. Henry Welsh |