Araminta Henrietta Palmer
ID # 7744, (1859-1915)
| Father | Richard Palmer (1818-1867) |
| Mother | Charlotte Thurman (1819-1905) |
| Birth | Araminta Henrietta Palmer was born on 9 May 1859 at Paris, Brant Co., Canada West. |
| Death | She died on 27 June 1915 at Brantford Township, Brant Co., at age 56. |
| Burial | She was buried on 30 June 1915 at Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario. |
| Marriage | She married Wellington Willson, son of Peter Willson and Rachel Pepper. A marriage registration for Wellington and Henrietta has yet to be found. |
| Note | A marriage registration for Wellington Willson and Araminta Henrietta Palmer has yet to be found, though one will surely exist. According to the 1851 and 1861 censuses, the Palmers were Church of England; in later census years they were of the Congregationalist church. Henrietta's place of birth as shown on her death registration is Paris, and this is entirely possible. The family appears in Paris as of the 1861 census and father Richard Palmer is a livery keeper. This census shows a child Milly, age 2, and this is probably Henrietta with Milly being used as a diminutive for Araminta. Certainly, by the time of the 1871 census, we find child Henrietta, age 11, in the household. Her father is evidently dead, for mother Charlotte is shown as a widow. This census places the family in Brantford Township. Death reg. 008062-15 Brantford Township, Brant Co. Araminta Henrietta Willson died June 27, 1915, at Brantford Township. Age 56, place of birth Paris, Ont. Burial West Toronto. Parents Richard Palmer and Charlotte Thurman. Physician Dr. Barber, informant H. S. Peirce, Brantford. The informant at Brantford, shown as Henry S. Peirce, was an undertaker in Brantford. This is per Vernon's City of Brantford Directory for 1915. Page 15 of the Monday, June 28, 1915, edition of the Toronto Daily Star has a brief death notice. This shows Henrietta's place of death as Brantford (Brantford Township is the more correct) on Sunday morning, June 27. Funeral on Wednesday at 2:30 PM from her late residence at 296 Western Avenue, West Toronto. Interment Prospect Cemetery. Her husband is identified as Wellington Willson. |
| Last Edited | 4 Feb 2020 |