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John (836) (see FAM NA5) and his brother William (837) sailed to USA on the brig Commerce arriving in Philadelphia 1819, and walked/canoed to Peel, County Ontario (just west of Toronto).

Williams' obituary states "He started from Toronto with his belongings on an ox cart, and reached his farm after eight days travel through almost unbroken forest. Although there were settlers before him, it was two weeks before he met a living soul. Apparently the voices were the Caesar Family".
The farm he settled at was granted to John, Location Ticket dated 09 March 1821, and John received a Patent on 03 July 1829.
William bought the farm from John in 1832. John bought the farm across the road in 1823.

WILLIAM (837) ##
1801 Feb 8 Baptised Titchmarsh, Huntingdon; 1800 Mar 4 (Nov 9 - are there two Wm's?) birth date son of Joseph (836) & Sarah.
1825 married at to Eliza (Elizabeth)Caesar, at Peel. Eliza born 1805 Nov Tipperary, Ireland. 1878 May 15 aged 73 years 6mos died Brampton.

According to a codicil made to William's Will on 27 January 1896, Mary had died "recently"

Census 1891 Canada
William 91 mar
Mary 72 wife
George 33 son Farm Land
Albert E 28 son grocery clerk

Ontario Census 1871 Reel C9958 he was a Farmer age 71 at Brampton Village, Peel.

Census 1851 Canada
William farmer England 47
Elizabeth wife Ireland 47
Jacob labourer Canada 22
James labourer Canada 20
Mary dau 18
Margaret dau 12
Thomas labourer 16
Mathew child 4
William child 8

Historical Information:
William Cunnington was one of the very early settlers of the northern part of Chinguacousy Township. He came from Northampton county, England to the state of Pennsylvania. After remaining there some two years, he traveled 200 miles to the Nigara Penisula by foot and canoe. After staying there two years, he moved to Lot 30, third line east, Chinguacousy, Peel County, in 1821 where he made his home for many years. He later retired to Brampton, passing on to his reward at the age of 96.
When he arrived at his farm it was two weeks before he was aware that any other white man was in the vicinity. Upon hearing a noise one morning, he was directed to where he located the Caesar Family. Two years later he married one of the young ladies of this Family. Of their seven sons and two daughters all chose to remain in Ontario, except two sons who removed the the Unites States and whose families still reside there². (One son and one daughter probably died as infants).
Another source states that William came from Lincolnshire, England in 1820 ³.
Pioneer settlers in William's part of Southern Ontario were faced with many hardships. Speaking of the early settlers ... "wherever they came from, they brought with them a religious tradition. But with "land to make", roads, houses, barns and fences all to build, few resources except their own determination, little cash income except from the sale of wood ashes, new settlers were hard pressed to meet urgent material needs. William Lyon MacKenzie reported thus on Chinguacousy in 1824: "Poverty and miserable roads." In those opening years there was no economic surplus to support church and minister ..." ⁴.
The first recorded land deeds for William show that on 28 June 1832 he bought 100 acres from John Cunnington for 50 pounds sterling. The next year on 2 March 1833 he bought 200 acres from Abraham Markle for 62 pounds, 5. Clearing the giant elms, cedar swamps and tangled bush with axe and oxen was certainly slow back-breaking toil. However, by 1843, ten years after buying his land, the tax assessor lists 50 of Williams' 300 acres as cultivated. He was also assessed for one house over four years, two oxen over four years, three milch cows, four horned cattle two-four years, and a framed house under two stories (This house was still standing in Sept. 1963.) The total evaluation was 164 pounds. 6
The next house William built was a two story dwelling. Built of large elm logs, hewn with a broad axe into 8 by 8 beams, this home stands as a tribute to the skill and patience of its builder. The present owner (Sept 1963) stated the walls were so well braced and the corners so sturdily joined, that he was able to put a thirty ton jack under one corner and raise one end of the bulding at a time so he could put in a cement foundation. He also mentioned that under one corner log there were the broken remains of an earthenware crock. He has remodelded the house and is living in it.
William and his Family were staunch adherents to the Methodist faith. They helped to build and support the first Methodist church in that area during 1851 and it was called Caesar's Church. This first church burned in a bush fire after thirteen years. He and his Family gave generously of their time and talents to help build buried in the little Caesar's Cemetery on the third concession east in Chinguacousy.
Stories Great grandfather lived at Lot 30 concession three east Chinguacousy. He walked from Toronto to his Crown deed farm in the year 1820. (Couthouse records show that the prior owners received the Crown deeds.) There were no roads at that time, all county. He made a shelter to sleep in that night and when he got up next morning he heard someone chopping at a distance. So he followed the sound and found a Family by the name of Caesar. Later he married one of the daughters named Eliza Caesar.
At one time he carried a grandfather clock from Toronto on his back. This clock was near seven and one-half feet tall. Toronto was a distance of thirty-three miles from his home. When he was ninety years old and retired in Brampton he would walk up to his son's farm before breakfast, a distance of nine miles ⁸. The first wagon he had he built himself, carrying the pieces bit by bit on his back for some distance. ⁹
Great grandfather was a walker. He had a kind of a trot. One morning he walked to his son's home in the country before breakfast. They were going to Orangville for the fair. His son asked him to wait while he hitched the horses to the buggy. William said he would go ahead. He started walking and as the story goes they had to hurry the horses right along to ever catch him. Earlier in his life, he packed a hundred pounds of sugar on his back from Tornonto to his home. ¹⁰.
Obituary. "Mr. William Cunnington, one of the oldest men of county of Peel, died at the residence of his son Jacob, on Friday afternoon last, at the patriarchal age of 96 years, He was, therefore as old as the century and could have taken up arms in the battle of Waterloo. He witnessed numerous and wonderful changes in all departments of life. Coming to Canada at the age of fifteen he procured a farm in the northern part of Chinguacousy. Starting from Toronto with his belongings upon an ox cart, he reached his farm after eight days travel through an almost unbroken forest. Although there were settlers before him, it was two weeks bfore he met a living soul. Going to work with a will and a determination, and being a man of wonderful vitality, he not only succeeded in hewing himself a home, but in accumulating considerable property. He cleared a great deal of land, the fruits of which both he and his Family enjoyed in after years. He resided in Brampton the last twenty-five years of his life, but until quite recently, thought nothing of walking to his son's residence in Caledon. He was an Englishman by birth, was an upright and honest man, of firm determination, but kindly and genial disposition. His Family numbered six sons and two daughters. With one exception they all survive him and are in prosperous circumstances.
The funeral, which took place in Caesar's Cemetery on Sunday morning, was well attended. The service at the house was conducted by Reverned J.J. Redditt, of St. Pauls's Church with which the deceased was for years connected." ¹¹

JOHN (7011)
1827 June 25 baptised son of William (837) & Eliza
1853 Feb 15 married to Janette McDonald Toronto ONT. Janette born Vancouver BC 1835 Feb 15 and died 1924 Jun 20 at Evanston.
1916 Jul 16 died Evanston WY.

WILLIAM CAESAR(7017)
1854 Mar 16 baptised Caledon, Peel son of John (7011) & Janette
1889 Feb 14 married (1) to Sarah Ann Faulkner
Children at Evanston, Uinta, WY:

+ Whose son was FRANK (7035) born Evanston WY 23.12.1889 ?? + one option - Death record John F born 1889 Dec 23. 1920 Nov 9 male white married to Jessie, age 30 years 10 months 16 days; a C Laborer. Father John C of Owensound Canada . Mother Nelma La Comb of Saganw Mich
Cause of death was as follows brain pierced by bullet - entered right temple, was removed/recovered ? from beneath skin on left temple. Operation on Nov 5, died 4 days later. Suicide.

Census 1910 Evanston Wyoming
John head wid 50 born Canada immigrated 1883 butcher
Frank son single 20 born Wymoning labourer

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15.05.1896 Mabel ..married (1) 04.03.1912 to Joseph Bierman, she m(2) to Ted Chinn. She died 11.12.1981 at Woodburn IO

22.02.1898 Flora Gertrude ...married (1) 05.08.1919 Ogden Weber UT to A C Hutchinson, m(2) 19.10.1953 to Wm Bradshaw

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14.10.1897 Edna...married(1)Evanston c1922 to Frank Anstatter, married (2) to Harvey Wilde.

29.03.1899 Janettte Hazel...married (1) to Dell Stevens, married (2) 06.10.1963 to Roy Metcalf

FRED WESLEY (7023) Married at Blaine ID 13.04.1926 to Elsie Wheeler. He died Blaine ID ...9.1962

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JOSEPH (7010) ##
1826 Feb 18 born Chinguacousy, son of William (837) & Eliza
1851 married (1) to Margaret Reyburn, died 1864 Sep 18 age 39 years.
1865 Nov 16 married (2) to Jane Ewings at Chinguacousy, she b c1827 Tipperary, Ireland and died 1898 Nov 7 aged 71 years at Peel.

1908 May 6 married (3) to Margaret J Oldfield, she nee Charles had previously married (1) to Oldfield, m (2) to Johnston, and after Josephs death was known as Mrs Johnston.

Census 1901 Canada
George head m 24 Nov 1856
J Mary wife m 14 Aug 1859
William son 8 Oct 1883
Joseph son 25 Jan 1887
W J George son 9 Jul 1889
E Albert son 22 Jan 1892
K Henry son 1 May 1894
L Clarence son 27 Dec 1896
Roy son 12 Sep 1899
Cecil son 12 Sep 1899
Joseph father 18 Feb 1826

Census 1891 Canada
Joe 65 mar farmer
Jane 63 mar born Ireland
George 34 mar son farmer
Mary 31 mar L (Georges wife?) born England
William 7 L
Joseph 4 L
George 1 L

Census 1881 Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario
Joseph 55
Jane 53 born Ireland
George 24
Ann 22
Mary 19
George 9 born Scotland

Census 1871 Canada
Joseph 45 farmer
Jane 43
William 19 farmer
Sarah 18
Eliza 16
Ann 14
George 15
Margaret 11
Mary 10

Census 1851 Canada is this 1861?
Thomas Farmer 25
Sarah wife 22
William 1
Joseph farmer 35
Margaret 36
William 9
Sarah 8
Elizabeth 6
George 5
Ann 4
Margaret 1

Census 1851 Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
Joseph farmer 25 Canada
Margaret wife 24 Canada
William 1 Canada
Margaret Raybern visitor 60 Ireland

1856 Nov 24 born, son of 12.11.1856,he m 09.09.1912 at Peel (Dianne Youden says m was

Census 1921
George head 64
Mary J wife 61
Albert E son 25
Harry R son 22
Cecil 21 son
Roy 21 son
Eleanor Sutton 17 A'dau

Census 1911
George 54
Mary Jane 51
Joseph 24
George Wilfred 21
Albert Ernest 19
Harry Ray 12
Clarence 14
Roy 11
Cecil 11

1883 Oct 8 WILLIAM (7127).
1909 Oct 9 married to Ida Robinson. (1885 Sep 21 to 1975 Jul 7)
1948 Sep 23 died.

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29.08.1865 Peel Eliza Jane ..married Peel c1887 to Thomas Chambers. She died 09.12.1936

He was married 12.07.1900 at Caledon East to Mary Jane (Jennie) McFarlane, she born Peel 02.11.1873. She died Peel 09.06.1910.

IGI has a JACOB born c1860 E Galafraxa, another born c1861 Peel, another born c1865 E Galafraxa...I think they are all the same person :

In memory of Jacob Cunnington died March 11 1898 aged 68 years 8mo's.
Ann wife of Jacob Cunnington died Feb 13 1893 in her 65th year.
Jacob, their son died Oct 26 1862 aged 6 mo's & 5 dys.
We Mourn Our Loss But Hope to Meet in Heaven Again.

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JAMES (7013) ##
1831 Jul 26 baptised, son of Wm (837) & Eliza
c1856 married to Mary Ann Caeser at Chinguacousy. (Mary Ann born 1836 Jul 4 and died 1911 Sep 20)
1918 Jun 18 died aged 86 Toronto.Both are buried in Prospect Cemetery. NB mothers name listed as Alice Caeser

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