Family History Research: by Lorna Flint Laughton
Rebecca PEARSALL
1813 - 1878 (64 years)-
Name Rebecca PEARSALL [1, 2] Birth Abt 1811 United States [3] - Since she would have been 51 on her next birthday after the census date of February 16, 1861, her birth year was calculated as circa 1811.
Birth 27 Jun 1813 New York, United States [1, 4] Gender Female Census 16 Feb 1861 Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Canada West, Canada [3] - Rebecca was enumerated as born in the United Stated, attending the Episcopal Methodist Church, aged 51 on her next birthday, female, and married. She was living in a frame house of four stories with her husband, her married son, John Bishop, her daughter-in-law, Margaret Bishop, her grandchildren, Willmont Bishop and Fostina Bishop, and her unmarried children, Richard Bishop, William F. Bishop, Lucinda Bishop, Catherine Bishop, Mahaly Bishop, Marthy Ann Bishop, and Alina Bishop. They lived on the west part of lot 64, concession 1 west of Green Point.
Birth United States [5] - On the 1891 census, Rebecca's daughter, Lucinda Trumpour, confirmed that her mother was born in USA.
Burial 1878 Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada [1] in Bethal Cemetery _TODO Open - REBECCA BISHOP. FHL microfilm # 1765849 item 3 B's 1869-1890. Died c. 1878 in Hillier. buried in Bethel Cemetery, Sophiasburgh. Not on Ontario Vital Statistics Project - January 25, 2005
_UID F9C4284AB24D44FA9C011ADEE1422DCD1E61 Death 1878 Hillier Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada [1] Burial 1878 Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada [1] Person ID I4200 Everyone Last Modified 15 Jul 2015
Father John PEARSALL, b. Abt 1784, Long Island City, Queens County, New York, United States d. 1876, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 92 years) Mother Hannah ABRAMS d. Abt 1859, Canada West, Canada Marriage New York, United States [4] Family ID F1535 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family James BISHOP, b. Abt 1806, Ireland d. 26 Nov 1864, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 58 years) Marriage Abt 1830 Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada [1] Children 1. Mary E. BISHOP, b. Abt 1832, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown 2. John BISHOP, b. Abt 1833, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada d. 1893, Ameliasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 60 years) 3. Lucinda BISHOP, b. Abt 1834, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada d. Yes, date unknown 4. James Richard BISHOP, b. Abt 1836, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada d. Yes, date unknown 5. Catherine BISHOP, b. Abt 1839, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada d. Yes, date unknown 6. Mahala BISHOP, b. Abt 1843, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Canada West, Canada d. Yes, date unknown 7. Martha Ann BISHOP, b. Abt 1846, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Canada West, Canada d. Yes, date unknown 8. A. BISHOP 9. Franklin BISHOP, b. 1 Nov 1849, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Canada West, Canada d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F1529 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 May 2004
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Sources - [S546] Gail Forsyth, A00467, 27 May 2004, A00467. (Reliability: 2).
- [S1138] No editor named., Canada. Ontario. Quinte. Family History. PLBQ, (Toronto, Ontario. 1904.), 12 Jun 2005, page 660 (Reliability: 2).
- [S1181] Canada Census 1861. Canada West (Ontario), Prince Edward County, Sophiasburgh sub district 5, page 6, lines 20 to 32, James Bishop family. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1138] No editor named., Canada. Ontario. Quinte. Family History. PLBQ, (Toronto, Ontario. 1904.), 12 Jun 2005, page 659 (Reliability: 2).
- [S1195] Canada Census 1891. Ontario, Hillier Sub-district, Prince Edward County District #112, page 11, family 62 lines 17-18. Lucinda (Bishop) Trumpour. (Reliability: 3).
- [S546] Gail Forsyth, A00467, 27 May 2004, A00467. (Reliability: 2).