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Donald Wells 1839 – 1917 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Aug 1839

Birth Location: East Williams, Ontario

Death Date: Jul 1917

Death Location: Middlesex, Ontario, Canada

Father: William Wells

Mother: Ann Grant

Spouse(s): Sarah Goodhand

Children(s): James Wells, Colin Wells, Annie Wells, Sarah Wells

It was in 1839 that Donald Wells was born in East Williams, Ontario, a child of William J. P. Wells and Ann Grant. Donald Wells went on to marry Sarah Ann Goodhand and had children such as James Wells, Colin Louis Wells, Annie M Wells and Sarah Josephine Wells. Donald Wells was deceased by 1917 in Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.

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Parents

William Wells
1817 – 1897
Birth Location: West Gwillimbury, Simcoe Co, Ontario, Canada
WW
Ann Grant
1813 – 1886
Birth Location: Glasglow, Scotland
AG

Spouses(s)

Sarah Goodhand
1836 – 1937
Birth Location: Canada
SG

Children(s)

James Wells
1874 – 1966
Birth Location: Ontario, Canada
JW
Colin Wells
1878 – 1963
Birth Location: Ontario
CW
Annie Wells
1887 –
Birth Location: Ontario
AW
Sarah Wells
1890 – 1963
Birth Location: Ontario, Canada
SW

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Aug 1839
    Event Place: Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, 1891 Census of Canada, 1901 Census of Canada, 1911 Census of Canada, Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1932, Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1934, Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1922, Year: 1891; Census Place: Williams East, Middlesex North, Ontario; Roll: T-6353; Family No: 89, Archives of Ontario; Series: MS248; Reel: 8, Year: 1901; Census Place: Williams (East/est), Middlesex (north/nord), Ontario; Page: 10; Family No: 94, Archives of Ontario; Series: MS935; Reel: 233, Year: 1911; Census Place: Williams East, Middlesex North, Ontario; Page: 4; Family No: 48

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: abt 1840
    Event Place: Canada
    Record Source: Archives of Ontario; Series: MS248; Reel: 8

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Aug 1839
    Event Place: East Williams, Ontario

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1852
    Event Place: Middlesex County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada
    Record Source: 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1861
    Event Place: East Williams, Middlesex, Canada West, Canada
    Record Source: 1861 Census of Canada, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1051

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1881
    Event Place: Williams East, Middlesex North, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1881 Census of Canada, Year: 1881; Census Place: Williams East, Middlesex North, Ontario; Roll: C_13269; Page: 2; Family No: 9

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1891
    Event Place: Williams East, Middlesex North, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1891 Census of Canada, Year: 1891; Census Place: Williams East, Middlesex North, Ontario; Roll: T-6353; Family No: 89

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1901
    Event Place: Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1901 Census of Canada, Year: 1901; Census Place: Williams (East/est), Middlesex (north/nord), Ontario; Page: 10; Family No: 94

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1911
    Event Place: Middlesex North, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1911 Census of Canada, Year: 1911; Census Place: Williams East, Middlesex North, Ontario; Page: 4; Family No: 48

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Warwick Township
    Record Source: Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1922, Archives of Ontario; Series: MS248; Reel: 8

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Jul 1917
    Event Place: Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1932, Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1934, Archives of Ontario; Series: MS935; Reel: 233

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Jul 1917
    Event Place: Middlesex, Ontario, Canada

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