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Thomas Cory

Male 1855 - 1928  (73 years)


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  • Name Thomas Cory 
    Birth 30 Dec 1855  Strathroy, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Census 1861  Adelaide Township, Middlesex, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • 6y, b. Canada
    Birth 1863  Strathroy, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 08 May 1871  Adelaide, Middlesex, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • 15y, b. ON, English
    Census 15 Apr 1881  Gladstone, Marquette, MB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • 26y, b. ON, Baptist farmer
    Event-Misc 11 Dec 1882  Sub. Dist. 7, Dist. Dauphin, MB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • homesteaded: 160 acres (NE Part Section 18, Township 16, Range 11 W1)
    Event-Misc 11 Dec 1882  Sub. Dist. 7, Dist. Dauphin, MB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • homesteaded: 160 acres (NE Part Section 18, Township 16, Range 11 W1)
    Census 1901  MacDonald District, Westbourne, MB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    • 45y, b. ON 30 Dec 1855, baptist farmer
    Death 30 Dec 1928  Chilliwack, BC, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 1936  Chilliwack, BC, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • "married and raised eight of a family"
    Name Big Tom Cory  [2
    Occupation Carlyle, SK, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    "Indian agent at Carlyle, Saskatchewan for many years" 
    Occupation Baptist farmer 
    Reference Number 19801 
    Person ID I19801  Haasdijk family tree
    Last Modified 16 May 2011 

    Father Thomas Cory,   b. 05 Jan 1835, Cornwall, ENG Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Aug 1920, Winnipeg, MB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Margaret Garrett,   b. 12 Sep 1839, SCO Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Oct 1920, Winnipeg, MB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 09 Apr 1855  Lambton, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    • from Eleanor Nicholson by email 25 Jan 2008
    Married 1858  Strathroy, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    • "he twenty years of age and she just sixteen"
    Family ID F9019  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ann Cox,   b. 10 Jan 1855, Ashford Hill, Kingsclere, Hants, ENG Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 04 Mar 1915, Winnipeg, MB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 07 Jan 1878  St Mary the Virgin Parish Church, Fairford, Gloustershire, ENG Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 12
    Children 
     1. Thomas Tregain Cory,   b. 10 Feb 1879, R.M. of Westbourne, MB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Esther Margaret Cory,   b. 14 Mar 1881, Gladstone, MB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 05 Jul 1966, New Westminster, BC, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     3. Grace Edith Cory,   b. 13 Mar 1883, Gladstone, MB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Nov 1982, Burnaby, BC, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 99 years)
     4. Honora Elizabeth Cory,   b. 20 Oct 1885, Gladstone, MB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jun 1960, Barrie, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     5. Sophia Marion Cory,   b. 28 Dec 1888, R.M. of Westbourne, MB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1991, Chilliwack, BC, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 102 years)
     6. John Cox Cory,   b. 12 Feb 1891, R.M. of Westbourne, MB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 01 Dec 1916, FRA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years)
     7. William Francis Cory,   b. 16 Feb 1893, R.M. of Westbourne, MB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Nov 1978, Chilliwack, BC, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     8. Henry Garrett Cory,   b. 31 Jan 1896, Gladstone, MB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Portage la Prairie, MB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Dorothy Ann Sabina Cory,   b. 04 Apr 1898, R.M. of Westbourne, MB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F9028  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

  • Notes 
    • went to Saskatchewan with Archibald Nicholson to get land grants [10]
    • a set of twins was born, but "names not known; both died in infancy" [13]

  • Sources 
    1. [S65] Census, Canadian, 1901 MB Automated Genealogy MacDonald Dist. #8, Subdist. Westbourne, Sch.1,Dwelling 37, Fam. 38, Film T-6433 (http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census/index.html).

    2. [S131] Bayliss, Mike, (1 Feb 2008), Mail 1 Feb 2008.

    3. [S65] Census, Canadian, 1861 ON Census, Enum. Dist. St. Andrew's Ward, Township of Adelaide, County of Middlesex, p. 31, lines 32-37, Film C-1049.

    4. [S209] Mrs. Doroty (Morton) Johnson, Beyond Third Crossing, (Gladstone Historical Book Com., Gladstone MB, Printed by Friesen Printers Altona MB, 1987), p. 391.

    5. [S65] Census, Canadian, 1871 Ontario Census Div.2, Dist. 8 North Middlesex, Subd. Adelaide, Microfilm, p. 59, Dwelling 228, Family 235, Film Roll C-9902.

    6. [S65] Census, Canadian, 1881 Can. Cens. Dist. 186 Marquette, Subd. Gladstone, Manitoba, p.4, lines 1-4, Dwelling 22, Family 22.

    7. [S78] Civil record, Manitoba homestead information on MB Gov't Website: Cross-Reference RG: 68, Liber: 99, Folio 294.

    8. [S78] Civil record, Manitoba homestead information on MB Gov't Website: Cross-Reference RG: 68, Liber: 99, Folio 291.

    9. [S65] Census, Canadian, 1901 MB Automated Genealogy MacDonald Dist. #8, Subdist. Westbourne, Sch.1,Dwelling 37, Fam. 38, Film T-6433 (http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census/index.html).

    10. [S130] Nocholson, Email 25 Jan 2008.

    11. [S209] Mrs. Doroty (Morton) Johnson, Beyond Third Crossing, (Gladstone Historical Book Com., Gladstone MB, Printed by Friesen Printers Altona MB, 1987), p. 390.

    12. [S65] Census, Canadian, 1901 MB Automated Genealogy MacDonald Dist. #8, Subdist. Westbourne, Sch.1,Dwelling 37, Fam. 38, Film T-6433 (Mike Bailiss Email: mabayliss@waitrose.com) (http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census/index.html).

    13. [S131] Bayliss, Mike, (1 Feb 2008), mail 1 Feb 2008.


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