Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameJulia Wilhelmina “Mina” Watson
Birth8 Jan 1868, Froatheon, Ontario, Canada
Census1881, Williamsburg, Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
MemoDiv 1, pg 10
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.
Spouses
Birth27 Jan 1844, Williamsburg, Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
Death26 Aug 1906, Williamsburg, Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
BurialAultsville United Church Cem, Aultsville, Ontario, Canada
MemoMonument #85
BurialSaint Lawrence Valley Cem, Long Sault, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Co, Ontario, Canada
OccupationFarmer, railway worker
ReligionMethodist
FatherHenry George Wells (1805-1885)
MotherBridget S. Lacey (1814-)
Misc. Notes
His marriage record to his cousin Selina in 1874 lists his mother’s name as Isabella, which was true at the time, although she was his step-mother. It listed him as being 28 and a railway empolyee living in Osnabruck, where he was born.
Cornelius is listed in 1881 as a farmer at age 37 with his wife Selina (30) with no children. Listed two families away is (Julia) Wilmina Watson - his second wife.
He is listed in 1891 as a farmer (46, Ont) with his wife Salena (40, Ont), where it says his father is born in NY and mother in Ireland. He is listed next to his wife's sister, Melissa (Wells) Summers and her family.
He is listed in 1901 census with his wife Julia, and his birth date as 27 Jan 1845, but based on the 1881 census I have entered his birth as 1844.
After he died of heart failure in 1906, his widow married his brother, John.
Headstone for Cornelius and his first wife Selina was moved to Long Sault Union Cem due to construction of the St Lawrence Seaway. It lists his birth as 17 Jan 1844.
Marriage14 Jun 1899, Dundas Co, Ontario, Canada
Birth20 Sep 1830, Albany, Albany Co, NY
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.
Marriage16 Oct 1907, Dundas Co, Ontario, Canada
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