John Husband
ID # 1171, (1782-1864)
| Father | George Husband |
| Mother | Elizabeth White |
| Birth | John Husband was born in 1782 at Mornmount, Tipperary, Ireland. |
| Marriage | He married Alicia Napier in 1818 at Ireland. The transcription of Henry Husband's diary states: I can give no particulars of my parents marriage in 1810. 'In 1810' appears to be an interpolation by the transcriber, perhaps from the family bible. This does not appear in Henry's diary, the image of which is available online. Henry simply says: I can give no particulars of my parents marriage. Having said that, the 1861 census in Nassagaweya Township of Halton County, shows John Husband, age 79, living with son William Husband. Alicia is still living, but, sadly, in the Toronto asylum. There is a column in the 1861 census, not always filled out, that appears to show John's year of marriage as 1810. With caution, and an examination of the enumerator's handwriting, and, more specifically, the formation of his number 8's, we may say that John was married in 1818. The number 8 appears on this census page aplenty. A close examination should allay any doubts. |
| Death | He died on 2 January 1864 at Nassagaweya Township, Halton County, Canada West. |
| Burial | He was buried at Ebenezer Cemetery, Nassagaweya Twp., Halton Co.. |
| Note | The list of children for John Husband and Alicia Napier as it appears in this tree begins with the list as provided by Valerie Husband Brook. Many years ago, a transcription of the diary of Henry Husband was obtained from Mrs. Brook and this included an inset of a tree for John and Alicia's family. Every effort has been made to find and provide supporting evidence. Henry's diary is held by the Oakville Public Library, though images of the pages may be had via 'Halinet'. (See: http://images.halinet.on.ca/2671501/page/5?n=) The transcription of Henry's diary states: I can give no particulars of the marriage of my parents in 1810, etc. The year 1810 as their marriage year does not appear on the actual diary page. Since the list of children begins with Eliza, born in 1818, a marriage year of 1810 seems unlikely. In any event, John returned to Ireland from his navy service in 1814 and thereafter married Alicia Napier. This makes sense considering the year of birth, 1818, for their first recorded child, Eliza. The diary tells that the family left Ireland when daughter Susan was a few weeks old and that they then came to Upper Canada, but first stopping at Black Rock near Fort Erie in about 1822. Black Rock is in New York State, near Buffalo (and, hence, yes, near Fort Erie). Henry goes on to say that they only stayed there for a year or so before moving on to Nassagaweya Township. Henry's statement that the family moved to Nassagaweya after a brief stay in Black Rock is possibly correct, but they were for a time in Bertie Township wherein Fort Erie is situated. The Abstract Index pages for Nassagaweya have yet to be examined in detail, but we do find John Husband gaining a patent from the Crown on the west half of lot 25 on the 4th concession in April of 1833 (100 acres). This suggests that he probably worked for others before gaining the patent. This was not a Crown Grant and would have involved the outlay of purchase funds. John's brother Robert was also present in the township for the Abstract Index page for lot 24 on the 5th concession shows him gaining the patent for the south west quarter (50 acres) in 1832. (These dates may be rather late so far as the records for these township lots are concerned. Once a person received a grant or patent from the Crown the abstract indexes were only recorded back to that grant or patent, but there was often earlier history for which a search of the Township Papers might provide insight - see microfilm series MS658 reels 333 and 334, Archives of Ontario. For example, the lot may have been previously leased by individuals, or groups of individuals, who might be cutting lumber. Such information is often lost on the Abstract Index pages which, in any event, weren't actually written up from the transaction registers until 1867.) Henry mentions the Trudgeon family as early settlers of Nassagaweya. The William Trudgeons, senior and junior, gained two patents on lot 22 in the 3rd concession as early as 1824. At a guess, the Trudgeons were at the very least early familiars of the Husbands. It will be mentioned here that the Trudgeon family deeded the land for the Ebenezer church and cemetery. A daughter of William Trudgeon's was the first to be buried in the cemetery in 1831, per the preamble to the transcription of the Ebenezer Cemetery. This transcription was first done in 1977 by William Britnell. Henry Husband's bible tells that his father died on January 2, 1864, in Nassagaweya Township, and that he was buried in the Ebenezer Church Cemetery. A transcription of the Ebenezer Cemetery is to hand, but John's gravestone was not found when the cemetery was first transcribed by William Britnell in 1977. The preamble to the cemetery transcription tells that the church's records were in the home of a minister that was destroyed by fire. Notes were later made by a minister who spoke with older members of the congretation. These are apparently available at the United Church Archives. The gravestone for Alicia Napier in St. James Anglican Cemetery has not survived (or at least is not visible), though Henry Husband makes mention of it in his diary. He tells of a visit to her grave. Henry wanted his parents commemorated on his family gravestone in St. Jude's Cemetery in Oakville, and so this was done. |
Children of John Husband and Alicia Napier |
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| Last Edited | 21 Apr 2022 |