Ellen Harper
ID # 4057, (1855-1899)
| Father | Robert Harper (1815-1884) |
| Mother | Sarah Edge (1825-1904) |
| Birth | Ellen Harper was born in 1855. |
| Marriage | She married James Dale on 13 May 1873 at Arthur Township, Wellington County. Mrge reg. 012435-73 Arthur Twp., Wellington Co. James Dale, 35, bachelor, farmer, C. Presbyterian. Born Scotland, residing Arthur Twp. North. Parents Andrew Dale and Margery Reid. Ellen Harper, 18, spinster, Church of England. Born Canada, residing Arthur Twp. North. Parents Robert Harper and Sarah Edge. Witnesses James McGirr and William Harper, both of Arthur Township. On May 13, 1873, at Arthur Township, by Rev. W. I. McKenzie. |
| Death | She died on 8 November 1899. |
| Burial | She was buried at Riverston Anglican Cemetery, Arthur Twp.. |
| Note | Ellen Harper Dale's death date is taken from a transcription of her gravestone provided by the Guelph branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society. It shows her death as being on Nov. 8th, 1899, and her age as being 46 years, 10 months, and 18 days. This calculates to a date of birth of 21 December 1852. This does not to agree with her age of 7 at the time of the 1861 census in Arthur Township. Census information has Ellen's date of birth at quite some variance. The 1861 census would suggest that she was born in 1854, the 1871 in 1857, the 1881 in 1858 and the 1891 plus her marriage registration would have her born in 1855. This tree has settled on 1855, but it's arbitrary. A death registration for Ellen or James has not been found. No information for james, census or otherwise, has been found beyond their date of marriage with the exception of the transcription of Ellen's gravestone in Riverston Cemetery. A burial for James Dale in Riverston is not in evidence nor has a registration of death been found. The best we may say is that Ellen married James Dale in 1873, but she is back in her parents' home at the time of the 1881 census and shown as Ellen Harper. Her daughter Susannah Dale is with the family as well. She is still there in 1891 as Ellen Harper, but her gravestone shows her as Ellen Dale. |
Child of Ellen Harper and James Dale |
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| Last Edited | 12 Jan 2017 |