Lovina Wedge
ID # 3201, (-1896)
| Birth | Lovina Wedge was born at Beverly Township. |
| Marriage | She married Joel Smith, son of William Smith and Rachel Walters, on 28 July 1840 at Dumfries Township, Gore District. Extracted from First Church, Galt, marriages as found on microfilm GS2987, marriage nbr. 83. This does not appear in the Gore District Marriage for such records as we have begin in 1842. After publication of Banns in Dumfries Joel Smith to Lovina Wedge, both of Beverly, 28 July 1840. Witnesses William Wedge and Reuben Babcock. |
| Death | She died on 6 March 1896 at Blenheim Township, Oxford Co.. |
| Burial | She was buried at Windfall Cemetery, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co.. |
| Note | Death reg. 014829-96 Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co. Lovina Smith died March 6, 1896. Age 95 yrs., 8 mos., 9 days. Born township of Beverly. Informant Jacob Smith, farmer, Drumbo. United Brethren. Vol. 9 of the Annals of the Forty, Loyalist and Pioneer Families of West Lincoln, 1783 - 1833, published by The Grimsby Historical Society, 1958 (reprinted 1988), page 60, tells of James Wedge, 1776-1861, and his wife Susan, who settled near Sheffield. This is part of a broader Wedge family history compiled by George Nunamaker of Rochester. Mr. Nunamaker ascribes to James and Susan the following children: James, William, Susan, Lavina, Oliver, Reuben. The Wedge family has not been looked at in detail for this tree, but we may note that the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society in its transcription of Sheffield Cemetery shows the following: James Wedge died December 25, 1861, aged 85 yrs, 5 mos, 2 dys. A stone for Susan was evidently not found. |
| Last Edited | 3 Apr 2018 |