Death of William Lennox, Toronto, abt 1873/4, wife Mary Thompson

[Peggy13]

William Lennox, a hotel keeper, is found on the 1871 census in Toronto, St. Lawrence Ward, with wife Mary Thompson, and several children. His age is 32 (so born abt 1839)  which has to be wrong since his son John Hartford was born Oct 19, 1850 in Ontario. I am thinking William's birth is more like 1827 so age abt 45. I do not have the marriage recod of William and Mary abt 1850, thinking in Ontario. Here is the 1871 census. I don't find the family again so thinking both William and Mary died before 1881.
https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1871/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=3132858
This is probably William in the 1872-1873 tax records. If so, his death is after 1872.
https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/objects/237394/toronto-city-directory-for-187273-corrected-to-june-25th.
For background info, we find William's son John H. in 1881 under Lennon. https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1881/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=3491882
We also find son William A. in 1891 https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=2710328. Included in the household is sister Elizabeth born abt 1862 who later married Andrew Ferguson between 1891-1903 when her son Andrew Lennox Ferguson is born in Victoria, BC. Please ignore findagrave which has Elizabeth's birth as June 5, 1875.
William and Mary's youngest son was James Thompson Lennox born Jan 5, 1867 in Madoc, Hastings Co., Ontario and died June 22, 1958 in Toronto. Wife Elvira Ann Sparling born Mar 19, 1879 and died Mar 9, 1938 in Toronto.
It is believed that William and Mary's daughter Margaret was born abt 1854 and died July 14, 1926 in Toronto with wrong info about place of birth of father which was Ireland.
William and Mary's daughter Mary married John Martin Gill Dec 31, 1878 in Toronto (unverified). Maybe her marriage would indicate if parents deceased.
William and Mary's daughter Ruth A. aka Annie married George Alexander Masters Oct 17, 1883 in Peel, Ontario (unverified) and she died Dec 25, 1922 (unverified). Perhaps her marriage would indicate whether her parents were deceased or not. John's marriage in 1873 does not indicate whether parents deceased or not.
Thanks for any help with the deaths of William and/or Mary.
Peggy

[eileenwilson]

Marriage records in Ontario did not record if the parents were deceased or not at the time of the child's marriage. 

[eileenwilson]

Ruth Ann Lenox, aged 21, born Ontario, of Township of Toronto, daughter of William & Mary Lennox, married George Masters, aged 24, born Ontario, of Toronto, bachelor, storeman, on 17 October 1883 in Toronto Township, Peel County; witnesses, William McKee of Toronto, and Elijah M. Lennox of Toronto Township. Both parties Church of England.  (Note that Toronto Township, Peel County, is not the same as the City of Toronto, York County).

[Peggy13]

Thank you eileenwilson for you help and the marriage details for Ruth Ann Lennox. I did notice that it was Peel . Wonder who Elijah M. Lennox is.

[RunKitty]

John M Gill and Mary Lennox marriage is on familysearch.  It confirms the date you have - 31 Dec 1878, in Toronto.   John's parents were Martin and Mary Gill.   Mary's parents were William and Mary Lennox.   John is a bookkeeper, age 22, born Ireland, bachelor.   Mary is 21, born Canada. 

RK

[RunKitty]

familysearch has a death for John Martin Gill 12 May 1908.   He is 53, widowed, bookkeeper.

RK

[Peggy13]

Thank you RunKitty. So Mary died before 1908.
Peggy

[Peggy13]

I think it is possible this is William Lennox on the 1865 tax assessment in Toronto, which shows his age is 39 which would bring him closer to a date of birth 1826. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C39K-WXKN?cc=4130007&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A6Z3K-S443
It caught my attention that William‘s first son is John Hartford Lennox and I had a wild thought. I was wondering if William was baptized as Hartforde Lennox, September 29, 1826 in Aughrim, Ireland to parents, Richard and Mary. One thing wrong with that theory is that I don’t see a son Richard as one of his children. Of course, there is a gap between John’s birth and Margaret Jane’s where another child could fit. Or maybe Richard could be firstborn before John. If we found William’s death record, it might name his parents.

[Peggy13]

I just can't find the family in 1861. They have to there somewhere, in Toronto since William Andrew born there June 15, 1858.