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Harold John Cory Pearson

Male 1890 -


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Harold John Cory Pearson was born on 16 Oct 1890 in Gladstone, MB, CAN (son of Harold John Pearson and Sophia Elizabeth Cory).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 19821
    • Census: 1901, MacDonald Dist., Gladstone, MB, CAN

    Notes:

    Census:
    10y, b. MB 16 Oct 1890


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Harold John Pearson was born on 28 Jan 1867 in ENG.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 19799
    • Immigration: 1885
    • Occupation: Abt 1900; "grain partner with her [Sophie Cory] brother-in-law T.L. Morton for some years"
    • Census: 1901, MacDonald Dist., Gladstone, MB, CAN
    • Moved to: Abt 1920, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Notes:

    Occupation:
    English Church grain dealer; "partner of Thomas Morton in the firm of Morton and Pearson at Winnipeg"

    Immigration:
    from England

    Census:
    34y, b. England 28 Jan 1867, imm. 1885, English Church grain dealer

    Moved to:
    "where they raised five children"

    Harold married Sophia Elizabeth Cory on 21 Aug 1889 in Gladstone, Westbourne, MB, CAN. Sophia (daughter of Thomas Cory and Margaret Garrett) was born in 1869 in Strathroy, ON, CAN; died in 1953 in Atlanta, GA, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Sophia Elizabeth Cory was born in 1869 in Strathroy, ON, CAN (daughter of Thomas Cory and Margaret Garrett); died in 1953 in Atlanta, GA, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Pearson
    • Reference Number: 19793
    • Birth: 04 Feb 1870, Adelaide Twn, Middlesex, ON, CAN
    • Birth: 02 Apr 1870, ON, CAN
    • Census: 08 May 1871, Adelaide, Middlesex, ON, CAN
    • Census: 18 Apr 1881, Gladstone, Marquette, MB, CAN
    • Census: 1901, MacDonald Dist., Gladstone, MB, CAN

    Notes:

    Census:
    1y, b. ON, English

    Census:
    11y, b. MB

    Census:
    31y, b. ON 2 Apr 1870

    Children:
    1. 1. Harold John Cory Pearson was born on 16 Oct 1890 in Gladstone, MB, CAN.
    2. Margaret H. Pearson was born on 21 Jan 1892 in MB, CAN.
    3. Lilian J. Pearson was born on 27 Jan 1894 in MB, CAN.
    4. Charles M.H. Pearson was born on 21 Aug 1898 in MB, CAN.
    5. Constance Pearson was born in Sep 1904 in MB, CAN.
    6. H. Pearson


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Thomas Cory was born on 05 Jan 1835 in Cornwall, ENG (son of Thomas Cory and Honor Trudgeon); died on 30 Aug 1920 in Winnipeg, MB, CAN; was buried in Oct 1920 in St. John's Cemetery, Winnipeg, MB, CAN.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Thomas Corrie
    • Reference Number: 19790
    • Birth: 05 Jan 1836, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, ENG
    • Birth: 1838, Cornwall, ENG
    • Immigration: 1852
    • Census: 11 Jan 1852, Con 5, Lot 5,6, Metcalfe Twn, Middlesex, ON, CAN
    • Census: 1861, St. Andrew's Ward, Adelaide Township, Middlesex, ON, CAN
    • Moved to: 1871, Third Crossing, Gladstone, MB, CAN
    • Census: 08 May 1871, Adelaide, North Middlesex, ON, CAN
    • Event-Misc: 23 Oct 1880, Sub. Dist. 15, Dist. Portage La Prairie, MB, CAN
    • Event-Misc: 23 Oct 1880, Sub. Dist. 15, Dist. Portage La Prairie, MB, CAN
    • Census: 18 Apr 1881, Gladstone, Marquette, MB, CAN
    • Event-Misc: 02 Jun 1882, Sub. Dist. 15, Dist. Portage La Prairie, MB, CAN
    • Occupation: Abt 1890, Gladstone, MB, CAN; Justice of the Peace for many years
    • Census: 1901, MacDonald District, Gladstone, MB, CAN
    • Moved to: 1909, Winnipeg, MB, CAN
    • Census: 1911, 247 Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CAN
    • Death: 30 Sep 1920, 53 Cathedral Ave., Winnipeg, MB, CAN
    • Death: 1923, Winnipeg, MB, CAN

    Notes:

    Thomas Cory was baptized, could this be?

    had his foot amputated by Dr. Galloway "a former Gladstone boy". "Mr. Cory suffered a severe injury to his left foot during his early years on the farm" and suffered many years of pain.

    "celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary"

    Immigration:
    from England

    Census:
    b. c1834 England, l. ON, in Christopher Beer household

    Census:
    26y, farmer, b. England, m. 1854, Church of England, family in log home

    Moved to:
    "They joined a party of pioneers heading west in 1871, with Manitoba as their goel, trekking via Duluth, Moorehead, Red River Valley, joining up with the Fort Garry - Fort Edmonton trail, better known as the Saskatchewan trail, and on to Third Crossing, taking the north fork of the trail at the Portage, thus passing by the rich Portage plains, for they were seeking wood, water, and clear prairie land. This they found at Third Crossing, and Mr. Cory chose as his homestead, S.E. 1/4 24-14-12, on the west bank of the Whitemud river, later known as the Livingstone district, and only seven miles from the western boundary of Manitoba. The party met with many obstacles on their journey; were treated as intruders by the restless and mischievous Indians."

    Census:
    head of household, 36y, b. England, Ethnic origin English, Church of England, Anglican,

    Event-Misc:
    homesteaded: 20 acres S1/2 of N1/2 of LS 11 + 12 (Section 14, Township 14, Range 12 W1)

    Event-Misc:
    homesteaded: 160 acres (SE Part Section 24, Township 14, Range 12 W1)

    Census:
    45y, farmer, Church of England

    Event-Misc:
    homesteaded: 160 acres (SE Part Section 24, Township 14, Range 12 W1)

    Census:
    65y, b. England 5 Jan 1836, imm. 1852, English Church

    Moved to:
    before leaving Gladstone, a farewell address was given in honor of his wife: "she was referred to as 'Gladstone's Grand Old Lady'"

    Census:
    76y, b. Jan 1835, from Scotland 1852, retired, Anglican

    Death:
    "at the age of eighty-five. Fortynine of those years were spent in Manitoba"

    Died:
    85y, probably correct person

    Thomas married Margaret Garrett on 09 Apr 1855 in Lambton, ON, CAN. Margaret (daughter of John Garrett and Mary Kennedy) was born on 12 Sep 1839 in SCO; died on 07 Oct 1920 in Winnipeg, MB, CAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Margaret Garrett was born on 12 Sep 1839 in SCO (daughter of John Garrett and Mary Kennedy); died on 07 Oct 1920 in Winnipeg, MB, CAN.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Cory
    • Reference Number: 19791
    • Birth: 1842, Strathroy, ON, CAN
    • Living: 1851, Con 1, Lot 12, Metcalfe Township, Middlesex, ON, CAN
    • Census: 1861, Adelaide Township, Middlesex, ON, CAN
    • Immigration: 1867
    • Census: 08 May 1871, Adelaide, Middlesex, ON, CAN
    • Census: 18 Apr 1881, Gladstone, Marquette, ON, CAN
    • Census: 1901, MacDonald Dist., Gladstone, MB, CAN
    • Census: 1911, 247 Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CAN
    • Death: 1923

    Notes:

    "His [Mr. Cory] wife was highly esteemed and loved by all, showing Christian kindness te each and everyone in times of trouble and sorrow. She aided the doctor at confinements and in his absence, acted as mid-wife. She was described as the 'Nursing Ange' of her time."

    Living:
    13y

    Census:
    22y, b. Scotland, m. 1854, Church of England

    Immigration:
    from Scotland

    Census:
    32y, b. Scotland

    Census:
    42y, b. Scotland, Church of England

    Census:
    61y, b. Scotland 12 Sep 1839, imm. 1867, Baptist

    Census:
    72y, b. Scotland Feb 1839, imm. 1845, Baptist

    Death:
    "just one week after her husband at the age of eighty-one"

    Notes:

    Married:
    from Eleanor Nicholson by email 25 Jan 2008

    Married:
    "he twenty years of age and she just sixteen"

    Children:
    1. Thomas Cory was born on 30 Dec 1855 in Strathroy, ON, CAN; died on 30 Dec 1928 in Chilliwack, BC, CAN.
    2. Mary Honora Cory was born on 08 Sep 1858 in Gladstone, MB, CAN; died in 1940 in Winnipeg, MB, CAN.
    3. Desdemonai Cory was born about 1860 in ON, CAN.
    4. William Wallace Cory was born on 16 Jun 1865 in Strathroy, ON, CAN; died in 1942 in Ottawa, ON, CAN.
    5. Janet Marion Cory was born in 1867 in Strathroy, ON, CAN; died in 1943.
    6. 3. Sophia Elizabeth Cory was born in 1869 in Strathroy, ON, CAN; died in 1953 in Atlanta, GA, USA.
    7. Edith Cory was born about 1873 in Gladstone, MB, CAN.
    8. John Garrett Cory was born in 1875 in Third Crossing, MB, CAN; died in 1949 in Netley Marsh, MB, CAN.
    9. Margaret Cory was born in Nov 1880 in Gladstone, MB, CAN; died in 1946.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Thomas Cory (son of Thomas Cory and Jenifer Boswarrick); died about 05 May 1838 in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, ENG; was buried on 09 May 1838 in St. Bartholomew's Church, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, ENG.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 21167
    • Baptism: 27 Jul 1802, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, ENG

    Thomas married Honor Trudgeon on 21 Apr 1834 in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, ENG. Honor was born about 1804 in ENG; died on 29 May 1871 in Fort Benson, MN, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Honor Trudgeon was born about 1804 in ENG; died on 29 May 1871 in Fort Benson, MN, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Anorea
    • Name: Cory
    • Reference Number: 19826
    • Census: 1861, Adelaide Township, Middlesex, ON, CAN

    Notes:

    Census:
    57y, b. England, Church of England

    Died:
    "Tuesday, May 30: Mrs. Cory, senior died last night. The party gathered on a high wooded bank, over-looking a pretty, little lake, and committed her body to the grave about ten A.M." From The Lynch Party, 'The Historic Sites Advisory Board of Manitoba'

    Children:
    1. 6. Thomas Cory was born on 05 Jan 1835 in Cornwall, ENG; died on 30 Aug 1920 in Winnipeg, MB, CAN; was buried in Oct 1920 in St. John's Cemetery, Winnipeg, MB, CAN.
    2. Honora Trudgeon Cory

  3. 14.  John Garrett was born about 1791 in SCO; died in 1876 in London, ON, CAN.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 21180
    • Immigration: Abt 1841, Strathroy, ON, CAN
    • Moved to: 1845, Metcalfe Township, ON, CAN
    • Occupation: 1851, Con 1, Lot 12, Metcalfe Township, Middlesex, ON, CAN; farmer
    • Religion: 1851; Prebyterian

    Notes:

    Birth:
    60y in 1851

    Immigration:
    "via New England States, Nova Scotia, and thence to Ontario", or as late as 1845

    Moved to:
    went from Kingston to Port Stanley ON on a Great Lake ship

    John married Mary Kennedy. Mary was born about 1796 in SCO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Mary Kennedy was born about 1796 in SCO.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Garrett
    • Reference Number: 21181

    Notes:

    Name:
    surname from this source

    Birth:
    55y in 1851

    Children:
    1. Janet Garrett
    2. 7. Margaret Garrett was born on 12 Sep 1839 in SCO; died on 07 Oct 1920 in Winnipeg, MB, CAN.


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