Family History Research: by Lorna Flint Laughton

Mahala BISHOP

Female Abt 1843 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Mahala BISHOP  [1
    Birth Abt 1843  Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Canada West, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Birth Abt 1843  Canada West, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Since she would be 19 on her birthday following the census date of February 16, 1861, her birth year was calculated as circa 1843.
    Census 1861  Hillier Township, Prince Edward County, Canada West, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • She was enumerated as a visitor from Hallowell to the Richard S. Calnan family. She was with her sister, Lucinda Bishop. Amelia Pine and her son, James S. PIne, may have been visitors too or lived with or near the Calnan family.
    Census 16 Feb 1861  Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Canada West, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Mahaly was enumerated as born in Canada West, attending the Episcopal Methodist Church, aged 19 on her next birthday, female, and single. She was living in a frame house of four stories with her parents, James and Rebecca Bishop, her married brother, John Bishop, her sister-in-law, Margaret Bishop, her nephew and neice, Willmont Bishop and Fostina Bishop, and her unmarried brothers and sisters, Richard Bishop, Lucinda Bishop, Catherine Bishop, Marthy Ann Bishop, and Alina Bishop. They lived on the west part of lot 64, concession 1 west of Green Point.
    Inheritance Abt 1865  Prince Edward County, Canada West, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • She was mentioned in her father's will.
    Name Mahaly Bishop  [3
    _STAT Never Married 
    _UID A442629A184F4E12845C8E40485EE5FADCB5 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I4212  Everyone
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2013 

    Father James BISHOP,   b. Abt 1806, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1864, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Mother Rebecca PEARSALL,   b. 27 Jun 1813, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1878, Hillier Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1830  Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F1529  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1138] No editor named., Canada. Ontario. Quinte. Family History. PLBQ, (Toronto, Ontario. 1904.), 12 Jun 2005, page 661 (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S546] Gail Forsyth, A00467, 27 May 2004, A00467. (Reliability: 2).

    3. [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).

    4. [S949] A00843, 2 Feb 2008, Hillier Township, Enumeration District 5, page 68, A00843. (Reliability: 2).

    5. [S795] Laughton, Lorna Flint, A00702, (Calgary, Alberta, Canada. c. 1990.), 14 Oct 2005, # 86., A00702. (Reliability: 3).



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