`KIRKBRIDE Genealogy`

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Last updated 15-March-2007

Summary

This is truly a work-in-progress and efforts to expand knowledge of this line are still in motion; However, in all fairness it should be known that I am just a second hand story teller all of the work efforts are attributed to Lou Cameron, of Ontario who has pursued this family with a vengeance, and as you can see, a fair bit of success.

Generation A

Thomas Kirkbride – b in England, d 1865 and is buried in St. James Anglican Church Cemetery, Vaudreuil, Huron, Quebec and immigrated to Canada in 1846. He married Ann Hall in England and they immigrated to Canada in 1846. Ann Hall, born England d in 1847 and is buried at St. James Anglican Church Cemetery, in Vaudreuil, Huron, Quebec

1. Child01 – Unknown

2. Child02 – Unknown

3. Child03 – Unknown

4. Nancy Kirkbride – born 1819 in England died in Dec 13, 1876 in Godrich, Huron Co., Ontario. She was married (one source says they were married in Ireland and emigrated to Canada in 1846) Husband - Thomas Wickham born c 1811 County Wicklow Ireland, died 18—Huron Co., Canada, buried in Balls Cemetery. (See WICKHAM page for more details) Thomas and Nancy lived next door to Alex Kirkbride in the 1861 Census of Ontario.

5. Alex Kirkbride – Married Charlotte Lomas, b in the United States in 1833, d Huron County 1909 – They had a son called George b May 1859 and d Aug 28, 1862 (AE 3 yrs 8 mos). They also have a daughter – Jane who married John Narin. John was well known in the community and was married to xxx who died in xxxx and then married Jane. Jane and John gave to her Aunt Nancy the burial plot. See below.

6. James Kirkbride

Based on the story at this point

1. Maybe the Kirkbride family was originally in England and immigrated to Ireland for a while before coming to Canada – that would allow for the marriage of Nancy and Thomas Wickham.

2. All children of Thomas Kirkbride and Ann Hall would be born in England or Ireland since she died so shortly after arriving in Canada.

3. The Children 01, 02, and 03 are known to be buried in the St. Cemetery in Vaudreuil, Huron Co., Quebec. Apparently there are grandchildren buried in St. James Anglican Church Cemetery as well. Work is ongoing to name these children / people.

4. We found the grave of Nancy Wickham, in the Cemetery at Goderich, Ontario. After talking to the caretaker, who looked up some information in the records at his office, we learned that the plot was owned by John Narin, a well known name in the community according to the caretaker. Lou Cameron was able to place the wife of John Narin as Jane Kirkbride, daughter of Alex and Charlotte.

5. Like many immigrants from Ireland / England they must have come to the immigration station at xxx island, Quebec for processing. I have read stories where the new immigrants stayed in the area while they figured out what to do or to stay through the winter before moving to the west – the new cheap or free land of Upper Canada (Ontario) or as part of the Canada Company or other land scheme.

6. Per Wikipedia - History of Vaudreuil - On November 23, 1702, governor of New France Louis-Hector de Callière gave a seigneury to Philippe de Vaudreuil, who was governor of Montreal at the time. Rigaud de Vaudreuil will later become governor of New France. In 1725, the region had only 38 inhabitants. It was only about 1742, when people began to be interested in the region, that Vaudreuil's population rose. There were 381 people living in Vaudreuil in 1765. It is with the creation of the Grand Trunk railway that people began to live in Dorion, which was called "Vaudreuil Station". Dorion became a village in 1891. Dorion was bisected by Highway 20 which links downtown Montreal and Toronto as well as the Highway 401 in Ontario. A rail link between Toronto and Montreal is located in Dorion. Housing developments began in the 1950s and continued well into the 1970s. Throughout the 1980s and the 1990s, housing began sprouting north and east of Dorion. Vaudreuil and Dorion merged in 1994, becoming the current city of "Vaudreuil-Dorion". Vaudreuil-Dorion is a city in southwestern Quebec in the County of Vaudreuil-Soulanges. The result of the merger of two towns, Vaudreuil and Dorion, the city is located just off the western tip of the Island of Montreal, and is situated on the south shores of the Lake of Two Mountains. Vaudreuil-Dorion is the largest municipality in the county, and is currently experiencing high population growth as farmland is converted to residential areas and commercial developments. The city is the point of intersection for Canada's two busiest highways: Highway 40/Highway 520/Highway 20 (connecting the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor) and the Trans-Canada Highway. According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census:

· Population: 21 176 (as of 2005)

· % Change (1996 – 2001): 7.9

· Dwellings: 8,078

· Area (km²): 72.47

· Density (persons per km²): 274.9

March 14, 2006

Hi, Hope all is well.

I have been trying to find out where in Quebec I might find a marriage record for Nancy and Thomas. Very difficult to do, however, I have found the burial place for Nancy's parents in Vaudreuil, Hudson, Quebec. They are buried in the St. James Anglican Church cemetery as well as a couple of children and grand-children.

Nancy's father Thomas died in 1865, but her mother Ann Hall died in 1847. So at least we know they came over before then.

Guessing that Thomas and Nancy were not married in England and were married in Quebec....I would say it is a pretty good guess to start there. Will see what I can dig up. Will send you what I find.

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