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[another source gives birth year as 1801] See "Pioneer Sketches of Long Point Settlement", p. 438.
Harry Dell offered on the Dill Ancestry.com message board 11 Feb 2008:
Here are my notes on Richard Dell/Dill. I am descended from his father William thru another son. Note that the numerals refer to the sources at the end.
1. Richard DELL 1,2,3,4 was born5 about 1794 in Willoughby Twp.?, Welland Co., ON, Canada. He died on 5 Jan 1881 in Windham Twp., Norfolk Co., ON, Canada. The cause of death was Congestion of the lungs. He was buried on 7 Jan 1881 in Bethlehem Cemetery, Norfolk Co., ON, Canada. Jamieson says b. 1794.
1805 ON Census Norfolk Co. - William Dell, Windham, 39, NJ, 1802, Farmer; Hannah 30, Richard 7, Joseph 5.
Richard Dill, a private in 1st Flank Company, 1st Regiment, Norfolk Militia, Lt. Col. J. Ryerson & Capt. John Bostwick, during 1812. Apparently served during Battle of Ft. Erie & capture of Detroit. Also served with Daniel McCall's 2nd Co. 25 Apr to 24 May 1814, Lt. William Dell 2nd in command. Joseph Dell also a pvt. (1877 Historical Atlas of Haldimand & Norfolk Cos. also indicates Richard Dell, Windham served in War of 1812).
Database: Canadian Immigrant Records, Part One - December 3, 2003 7:38 AM
Name: Richard DELL - Year of Record: 1875 - Source/Event: Statement showing Militiamen of 1812-1815 who have applied to participate in the gratuity voted by Parliament in 1875. Comments: Militiaman (1812-1815). Age: 81. -Reference: National Library of Canada: Parliamentary Sessional Papers, 1876, No. 7 page 28. Source Information: Anonymous. Records of Immigrants to Canada. [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com., 1999-.
Marriage, children-Pioneer Sketches of Long Point Settlement, E.A. Owen, 1898 p 438. Listed in 1826 Windham Collection Rolls. Father William Dell Listed as a Lieutenant in the 1st Reg, Norfolk Militia December 1830, appointment 18 Feb 1812. Also listed, ages between 19 & 39, were Benjamin Dell, Richard & William Dill.
19 Apr 1845 Richard Dell aff.-Lots 3, 4, Con. 14, Windham (T.W. Walsh Papers, Eva Donly Museum, p. 4562-4).
1851 ON Census, Norfolk Co, Windham Twp., p. 11 - William Dill b. US, 86 Wesleyan Methodist; Hannah 78 (WM); Joseph 56 b. UC, labourer, single, WM; Richard 58 farmer, log house, b. UC, married (New Communion Methodist); Sarah 57 b. UC married (NCM); Peter Dill labourer b. UC 29 single NCM; Samantha M. Dill b. UC 24 single NCM; Jane Dill b. UC 16 NCM; Ann Dill b. UC 10 NCM; James A. Dill labourer b. UC 8 NCM.
1851 Agricultural Census, Norfolk Co., Windham Twp. p. 117 - Richard Dill Con. 13 Lot 3, 53 acres, also James H. Wilson Con. 13 Lot 3 107 acres.
1856 Tremaine Map shows R. Dell in Windham Twp, Con. 13.
1861 ON Census, Windham Twp. - Dell, Richard, farmer, NCM, 67, Sarah 60, Samantha, seamstress, 33, Ann 19, James B. 17, Melbourne 9 (son of Benjamin?).
1871 ON Census -Windham Twp, Norfolk Co., p. 28 - Richard Dell 74, English, farmer, NC Methodist, Sarah 72, James 26 md, Martha 22 md, Ann 28 sgl, Jessie f. 2.
Richard Dell of Windham rec'd $20.00 bounty in 1876/77 for service in the War of 1812. (Historical Atlas of Haldiman & Norfolk Cos. 1877-1879).
May have had 2 other children - Arabella & Elvira, per Linda Donaldson 2/7/98.
Death reported by James A. Dell.
Obit British Canadian of 5 Jan 1881-Died this morning in Windham of congestion of the lungs, Richard Dell in 87th year of his age. Funeral on Friday, from late residence, burial Bethlehem Cemetery. Steinhoff source says died 1 Mar 1881.
Dell -- Richard Dell died -- see OVSFA1881p. 43 -- Richard Dell, 86, died 5 Jan 1881 in Windham. Internment next Friday at Bethlehem Cemetery [BC18810105p3]
Richard married7 Sarah Ann STEINHOFF 6 daughter of Andrew Herman STEINHOFF and Janet "Jenny" MALCOLM on 7 Jan 1818 in ON, Canada. Sarah was born in 1801 in ON, Canada. She died on 16 Sep 1874.
Marriage, children-Pioneer Sketches of Long Point Settlement, E.A. Owen, 1898 p. 438. Note that Richard was her 1st cousin.
Richard Dell m. Sarah Ann Steinhoff. 1851 Census, Windham Twp. p. 11 shows Richard Dill, resided log house, farmer, b. UC, age 58, New Communion Methodist, along with Sarah age 47 and children Peter a labourer age 29, Samantha M. age 24, Jane age 16, Ann age 10, & James A. Dill age 8.
1861 Census, Windham Twp: Richard, farmer, NCM, 67, Sarah 60, Samantha, seamstress, 33, Ann 19, James B. 17, Melbourne 9.
1871 Census-Windham Twp, Norfolk Co. Richard Dell 74, English, farmer, NC Methodist, Sarah 72, James 26 md, Martha 22 md, Ann 28 sgl, Jessie f. 2.
Appendix A - Sources: 1. Bruce S. Elliott, Dan Walker, Fawne Stratford-Devai, Men of Upper Canada, Militia Nominal Rolls, 1828-1829 (Toronto, OGS, 1995), p. 157-158, Family History Library (LDS), 35 N. West Temple St., Salt Lake City UT 84150. 2. Assessment of Windham Twp. 1809-1826 (Norfolk Historical Society, Simcoe, `975), pp. 12, 19, 20, Eva Brooks Donley Museum, Simcoe, ON, Canada. 3. R. Robert Mutry, Long Point Settlers (1992), Eva Brooks Donley Museum, Simcoe, ON, Canada. 4. E. A. Owen, Pioneer Sketches of Long Point Settlement (1898), p. 438, Eva Brooks Donley Museum, Simcoe, ON, Canada. 5. Eric Jonasson, Canadian Veterans of the War of 1812 (Wheatley Press, Winnipeg, 1981), p. 30.Indicates Richard born "about 1794.". 6. E. A. Owen, Pioneer Sketches of Long Point Settlement , p. 438. 7. Grand River Branch, UEL , Loyalist Families of the Grand River Branch (1991), p. 345.
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[56928] Find A Grave memorial 198962425 offers: "Plymouth: Virgil Wayne Gray 61, died unexpectedly of natural causes Monday May 6,2019 at his Plymouth residence. Virgil was born in Carmel Feb. 7, 1958 the son of Charles D. and Helen (Tibbetts) Gray Sr. He was a graduate of Nokomis Regional High School in Newport. At the time of his death he was employed as a custodian at Nokomis Regional High School . He enjoyed his work at Nokomis. Virgil was an avid sports enthusiast, an avid gardener, and a great mechanic. Virgil is survived by his wife of 37 years Lori L. Gray of Plymouth, his daughter and husband Sara and Grayson Page of Richmond, VA., his brother, Charles D. Gray Jr. of Newport, 2 sisters, Charlotte Crocker of Levant, Valerie Edwards of Pittsfield, his father-in-law and his mother-in -law, Alton and Hilda Gray of Plymouth, his sister-in-law Carolyn Gray of Ellsworth, several nieces, nephews and cousins. He was predeceased by his parents, a daughter Jennifer Gray, two brothers Frankie and David, two sisters Ann Bragg and Shirley Richards."
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[37594] Conrad and wife Anna are from the unverified "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SPSM-MTZ) in 2014.
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[4651] The unverified Shannon Norman tree in Ancestry.com states Rachel was b. 28 April 1804 in Skipton, Yorkshire, England. Another source states she was b. in OH. The 1850 federal census in Franklin Twp., Fulton Co., OH lists a Rachel Jones at age 47 in the household of John Jones (age 80, b. in PA) and Catharine Jones (ago 69, b. in NY).
[59862] Isabelle is said to be daughter of James Humphrey McPhee (b. in 1869) & Melvina Baglole (1874-1969).
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Her ancestry is from Bryant Smith Austin (skip1@netcom.com) 12/98 based on recent research by Spanish genealogists (not verified by AEM). She and Alfonso VI did not marry. Todd A. Farmerie (taf2@po.cwru.edu Find A Grave memorial 142937909 offers:
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19 FEB 1913 - 27 DEC 2007
Father: Pedro de Alcantara of ORLéANS-BRAGANZA
Mother: Elisabeth DOBRZENSKY
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James Lawrence WILLHIDE
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He married Rebecca Shoup, 25 Dec 1969, Las Vegas, NV. The announcement of their marriage in "The Press Gazette" (Hillsboro, OH) on 17 Feb 1970, pg. 4, provides a nice summary of Lawrence's education and career:
Miss Shoup And Dr. Willhide Marry
Of interest to Hillsboro and Highland County music lovers is the announcement of the marriage of Miss Rebecca Shoup and Dr. J. Laurence [sic] Willhide, which took place on Christmas Day at the Chapel of the Bells in Las Vegas, Nev. Announcements have been received from the bride's sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Shoup Belden, Dayton.
The bride is the daughter of the late Arthur Augustus Shoup and of the late Anna Ozias Shoup. A graduate of the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, where she received a bachelor's and master's degrees,she is a professor of music at the University of Cincinnati.
Dr. Willhide is the son of the late Dr. Laurence [sic] E. Willhide and of the late Bertha Betz Willhide. A graduate in music of Oberlin College, he holds a bachelor of science degree from the University of Cincinnati, master's degree in music from the Cincinnati College Conservatory, and a doctor's degree in philosophy from the University of Southern California. For many years he was dean of the Cincinnati College Conservatory, and was prominent in the artistic and musical life of the city. He is a music editor of the Fearon Publishing Co., Palo Alto, Calif., where he and his bride will reside.
Dr. Willhide was a frequent guest in the home of the late Edward T. Powell and the late Jessie March Powell, and gave a number of outstanding concerts in Hillsboro. A native of West Union, he has served on Metropolitan Opera auditions board and has travelled widely in Europe seeking talented artists for this country.
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His entry in the Adams Co. Genealogical Society's Tiffin Twp. & West Union cemetery book shows that Lawrence was a Lieutenant in the US Navy reserves during World War II.
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