Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameJohn Henry Wells 
Birth20 Sep 1830, Albany, Albany Co, NY
Census1881, Williamsburg, Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
MemoDiv 1, pg 14
Census10 Apr 1891, Williamsburg, Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
Memoroll 6331, Family No: 51
Census1901, Williamsburg, Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
MemoDiv 1, pg 6
Death17 Sep 1910, Dundas Co, Ontario, Canada
BurialAultsville United Church Cem, Aultsville, Ontario, Canada
MemoMonument #62
OccupationFarmer
ReligionLutheran
FatherGeorge Eli Durham Wells (1799-1859)
MotherAnn Scott (1808-1885)
Misc. Notes
Birth listed as 1829 in 1901 census.
In 1891, they are listed on the same census page as his cousins Melissa and Selina, daughers of his uncle John. He is a farmer (60, US) with wife Charlotte and sons Alfred (30) and his wife Sarah (22), and Samuel (16).
They lived at East Williamsburg a rural community along the St. Lawrence River when he died and was buried at Aultsville.
PLACE: Aultsville, (Stormont Co), Ontario is no longer on the map as it was inundated by the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1958. Their tombstone was moved to the Long Sault Union Cem as a result.
In 1891, they are listed on the same census page as his cousins Melissa and Selina, daughers of his uncle John. He is a farmer (60, US) with wife Charlotte and sons Alfred (30) and his wife Sarah (22), and Samuel (16).
They lived at East Williamsburg a rural community along the St. Lawrence River when he died and was buried at Aultsville.
PLACE: Aultsville, (Stormont Co), Ontario is no longer on the map as it was inundated by the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1958. Their tombstone was moved to the Long Sault Union Cem as a result.
Spouses
Birth25 Sep 1838, Willoughby, Dundas Co, Ontario, Canada
Death19 May 1907, Dundas Co, Ontario, Canada
BurialAultsville United Church Cem, Aultsville, Ontario, Canada
MemoWales Section, Monument #62
Misc. Notes
Listed as from Willoughby and daughter of John George Swerdtfeger (1811-1893) & Celicia Snyder (1814-1876) in her marriage record. Her G. grandfather was Rev. Johann Willem Samuel Schwerdtfeger, the first Protestant Lutheran minister in Canada in 1790 who came from Albany and spoke German.
Died of gallstones.
Died of gallstones.
Marriage24 Dec 1858, Morrisburg, Dundas Co, Ontario, Canada
Marr MemoMorrisburg Luthern
ChildrenJames Alfred (1860-1937)
John Amos (1863-1908)
Edna Selicia (1865-1945)
Martha Ann (1870-1960)
George "Samuel" (1875-1949)
Birth8 Jan 1868, Froatheon, Ontario, Canada
Death2 Sep 1933, Dundas Co, Ontario, Canada
BurialSaint Lawrence Valley Cem, Long Sault, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Co, Ontario, Canada
FatherJohn Charles Watson (1820-1912)
MotherJulia Ann Casselman (1825-1908)
Misc. Notes
Dau of John Charles Watson and Julia Ann Casselman. She is listed with them as Wilmina (13) in the 1881 census, going to school. They are listed 2 families from that of John & Sarah Wells, and 2 families from Cornelius and Selina Wells.
Listed with Cornelius in 1901 census.
Widow of Cornelius Wells when she married John Henry Wells in 1907.
She is listed as a widow and living with her sister and father in Osnabruck Twp, Stormont Co, Ontario in 1911.
After John Henry Wells died, she married another neighbor - Thomas Peter Garlough (1858-1950) on 9 Dec 1922 in Stormont Co.
Listed with Cornelius in 1901 census.
Widow of Cornelius Wells when she married John Henry Wells in 1907.
She is listed as a widow and living with her sister and father in Osnabruck Twp, Stormont Co, Ontario in 1911.
After John Henry Wells died, she married another neighbor - Thomas Peter Garlough (1858-1950) on 9 Dec 1922 in Stormont Co.
Marriage16 Oct 1907, Dundas Co, Ontario, Canada