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Dublin / Bolands of Dublin
« on: Wednesday 01 March 23 00:09 GMT (UK)  »
I am looking for the parents and children of Thomas Boland who was born in Dublin in 1807 and married Rebecca (unknown last name) who was born in Dublin in 1806. They went to first England
 where a son James was born in 1835. And then about 1849 they went to Canada to Labrador and Newfoundland . Thomas was a minister with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG). He died in March 1856 and is buried in St. Georges Bay Newfoundland. Rebecca died on May 7 1883 and is buried in Lawrencetown Nova Scotia.
I am trying to find out who his parents were and if he and Rebecca had more children.

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Canada / Re: Edward George Hill
« on: Thursday 28 April 22 01:23 BST (UK)  »
I finally got the copy of his birth record. It lists his mother as Elizabeth Hill a Domestic Servant but no name or occupation is given for his father. This would confirm the suspicion that the baptism record was incorrect and that he was born out of wedlock to Elizabeth, the daughter of Richard Hill and Elizabeth Trezise. His birth date is April 21, 1877 at Roselidden Wendron in Cornwall. But unlike his baptism, he does not have a second name only Edward. The question still is what happened to him in Canada. The most likely candidate to date is the George Edward Hill living in Rapid City Manitoba who married Ellen Louise Bollman but I have nothing tying this man to the 4 year old  Edward Hill in the 1981 census from Peel County Ontario with his (now known mother) Elizabeth. Is it possible he died in Ontario shortly after the 1881 census?

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Canada / Re: Edward George Hill
« on: Friday 01 April 22 23:18 BST (UK)  »
I think the George Edward Hill suggested by bbart is a strong candidate. I did order a birth certificate and will post the results when they come. I asked for a digital copy also but that could take over a month. I will post the results when I get them.

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Canada / Re: Edward George Hill
« on: Thursday 31 March 22 18:38 BST (UK)  »
Sorry for the  slow response (sometimes work gets in the way). There is a  lot here and it will take me some time to go over it. Thanks to everyone who has looked into this.
I am still quite certain that my Edward is in the 1891 census from Trafalgar Ontario because that is the area his sister Mary Pearce lives. If he is Elizabeth's son why isn't he with her in the 1891 census when he was only 14?
I think I should request a birth record as John suggested.

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Canada / Re: Edward George Hill
« on: Wednesday 30 March 22 23:03 BST (UK)  »
Well you may be right and for a long time that is what I suspected. But I have to go by the baptismal record that says he is the son of Richard and Elizabeth. The reason why he came to Canada probably with his brother Richard and Grace may be by 1877 his parents, who had 11 other children, may have been too old to raise a young son and the opportunity in Canada would have seemed much greater.
So until I can find a record of his birth I will continue to list him as a son of Richard and Elizabeth in my family tree.
However my main direction now is to try and find out what happened to him. He did come to Canada, he is in the 1881 census that much is known for sure and I would love to know if he ever married, where he lived and worked and when and where he died.

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Canada / Re: Edward George Hill
« on: Wednesday 30 March 22 20:42 BST (UK)  »
I have checked census after 1891 to see if he was living with any of his siblings in Ontario or maybe near them, but his name doesn't come up. I have checked marriage and death records but although Edward Hill  comes up there is nothing to connect him to my Hill family. His brother Richard was my great grandfather.

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Canada / Re: Edward George Hill
« on: Wednesday 30 March 22 20:36 BST (UK)  »
Yes those were 4 of his siblings and his mother's maiden name was Trezise.

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Canada / Re: Edward George Hill
« on: Wednesday 30 March 22 20:15 BST (UK)  »
The Edward in the 1861 census was Edward Faul Hill who died in 1863. They had several more children before the second Edward was bon in 1877 and was baptised in 1879. His brother Richard and wife Grace came to Canada in 1880 and Edward probably came with them then.
The baptism shows Edward parents as Richard and Elizabeth. His sister Elizabeth as I mentioned married Thomas Leck.
I thought when I started researching Edward that maybe he was the son of Elizabeth, Richard and Elizabeth's daughter, but I am now convinced because of the baptism record that he was the youngest child of that family.
Either way I can't find any records of him after 1891 if that is him working for Jacob Olmstead. I think that is him in Halton County because his sister Mary Pearce lived ther with her family.

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Canada / Edward George Hill
« on: Wednesday 30 March 22 18:24 BST (UK)  »
I'm  trying to find more information on Edward George Hill who was born in 1877 in Wendron Cornwall England and came to Canada probably about 1881. He is in the 1881 census of Chinguacousy Ontario with his bother Richard and Richard's family and older sister Elizabeth who later married Thomas Leck.
I believe he is in the 1891 census of Trafalgar in Halton County working for Jacob Olmstead. An older sister Mary Pearce and her family are living in Trafalgar at this time so I believe he may have moved close to them. That is the last I can find for him and I was hoping to get more information if possible. Thanks for any help.

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