Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameGeorge Eli Durham Wells 
Birth1799, Schoharie Co, NY
Census1851, Williamsburg, Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
MemoDist 5, pg 71
Death17 Aug 1859, Williamsburg, Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
BurialSt John’s Lutheran Cem, Riverside Heights, Dundas Co, Ontario, Canada
MemoMonument #90
OccupationFarmer
ReligionChurch of England
FatherPeter Wells (1751-~1840)
MotherDianna Durham
Misc. Notes
His tombstone lists his death date as 17 Aug 1859 and age AE 60.
He lived in the Mohawk Valley of New York prior to the American Revolution and apparently migrated to Canada after the American Revolution. George D. Wells had three brothers who went to the Dundas/Stormont area of Ontario Canada with him - John, Cornelius, and Henry. They all were born in New York....and moved to Canada from Schoharie Co, NY. They were British Loyalists, and claimed a Dutch/German history.
His Wells family took up a 55 acre farm on Lot 5, Concession I, Williamsburg Twp, Dundas County, Ontario, Canada. The family held this farm until at least the early 1900’s. It was on the north side of the road running along the St. Lawrence River, about 5 miles or so west of the little village of Aultsville ON.
He is listed in the 1851 census as a farmer, age 52 and member of the Church of England. He is with his family of 4 sons, wife Anne and daughters Mary, Julia and Katherine.
He lived in the Mohawk Valley of New York prior to the American Revolution and apparently migrated to Canada after the American Revolution. George D. Wells had three brothers who went to the Dundas/Stormont area of Ontario Canada with him - John, Cornelius, and Henry. They all were born in New York....and moved to Canada from Schoharie Co, NY. They were British Loyalists, and claimed a Dutch/German history.
His Wells family took up a 55 acre farm on Lot 5, Concession I, Williamsburg Twp, Dundas County, Ontario, Canada. The family held this farm until at least the early 1900’s. It was on the north side of the road running along the St. Lawrence River, about 5 miles or so west of the little village of Aultsville ON.
He is listed in the 1851 census as a farmer, age 52 and member of the Church of England. He is with his family of 4 sons, wife Anne and daughters Mary, Julia and Katherine.
Spouses
Birth1808, Ireland
Death27 Dec 1885, Williamsburg, Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
BurialSt John’s Lutheran Cem, Riverside Heights, Dundas Co, Ontario, Canada
ReligionLutheran
Misc. Notes
Dau of James & Flora Scott, according to the marriage record for her second husband William Osborne.
Listed as Anne, age 43 in the 1851 census.
Married a second time to Wm Osborn on 19 Feb 1867
Listed with Wm Osborn as age 60, Lutheran and born in Ireland in the 1871 census.
Living with her son George in 1881 census, and listed as 69 and widowed at the time.
Listed as Anne, age 43 in the 1851 census.
Married a second time to Wm Osborn on 19 Feb 1867
Listed with Wm Osborn as age 60, Lutheran and born in Ireland in the 1871 census.
Living with her son George in 1881 census, and listed as 69 and widowed at the time.
Marriage1 Jan 1824, Albany, Albany Co, NY
Marr Memo1st Lutheran Church
ChildrenMary Jane (1825-1870)
Ann Eliza (1828-1901)
John Henry (1830-1910)
William (1832-1897)
George Edward (1835-1907)
Maria Catherine (1837-1900)
Julia Emeline (1840-1858)
James (Died as Infant) (1840-1850)
Catherine Elizabeth (1843-1888)
Cornelius (1845-1864)