Family History Research: by Lorna Flint Laughton
Elizabeth WELLWOOD
1804 - 1886 (82 years)-
Name Elizabeth WELLWOOD [1] Birth 12 Jan 1804 Ireland [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Birth 12 Jan 1804 Ireland [5] - Cecil Holmes Thompson calculated her birthdate from her gravestone, which said that she died aged 82 years, 5 months, 25 days on July 7, 1886.
Christening 28 Jan 1804 Freshford, County Kilkenny, Ireland [6] Gender Female Birth 12 Jun 1804 County Kilkenny, Ireland [1] Notes on Joseph Wellwood and his family.
Information from Will Greene to Cecil Thompson. No date. 1 page.Census 1821 Freshford, County Kilkenny, Ireland [7] - Elizabeth was living with her parents, Joseph and Alice Wellwood. She was aged 16.
Burial Jul 1886 Onondaga Township, Brant County, Ontario, Canada - Eliza was buried in Salt Springs Cemetery.
Death 7 Jul 1886 Brantford Township, Brant County, Ontario, Canada [2] - The informant of Eliza's death was J. W. Pattison. She was aged 82 years, 6 months. Her place of birth was Ireland, but the names of her parents, her father's birthplace, her mother's birthplace and the cemetery where she was buried were not recorded.
Family Ireland [8] - Elizabeth was the 12th child of her parents.
Family - Eliza was "Aunt Thompson" to Will Greene's mother. [I think that his grandfather was William Wellwood. Will's mother was a daughter of William Wellwood].
Family - Rudd family connection: Ken Bird, 922 Francis Road, Burlington, Ontario, L7T 3Y2. 905-637-9346 (March 1993 address). OGS # 5141
Reference Number 57.0 Will - [Did Eliza Thompson leave a will? Would her will be probated in Haldimand County or Brant County?] There was a will of an "Eliza Thompson" probated in Haldimand County, non-contentious business book # 49, grant book # 47, instrument # 733, register book 284, B.
_FSLINK https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=LJJD-21W _TODO Open - FHL index microfilm # 1,819,303 items 5-6 T-V 1869-1919. ELIZABETH THOMPSON born 12 Jan 1804. Died July 7, 1886. Not on Ontario Vital Statistics Project - January 25, 2005
_TODO Open - email Ken Bird, President of OGS, re Rudd and Wellwood families. birdsnest@sympatico.ca. Telephone: 905-637-9346. Fax: 905-637-4901. See the Rudd book. Find e-mail address in 2006 OGS Seminar list.
_TODO Open - WELLWOOD family:
index microfilm # 2034228 items 3-27 for 1925.
Registration in 1924 for Robert A. Wellwood. Index microfilm FHL # 2023013. Look before and after 1924
_TODO Open - Check this. Elizabeth (Wellwood) THOMPSON died July 7, 1886 in Brant County, but check Haldimand County too. Family History Library microfilm # 0,589,530 covers # 719-833, 1881-1884. Probate of an Eliza Thompson in non-contentious business book 49, grant book 47, instrument # 733, register book 284, B. Was this in Brant or Haldimand? Not in Brant County or Haldimand County yellow index.
_TODO Open - Ask Nancy Carson for Vol 36, No. 2 (1995/6) and Vol. 4, No. 3 (1997) for Kilkenny articles. AFHS has 0501, 0502, 0503, 0504, 0601, 0602, 0603, and 0604. (8). See index to articles in Ireland file folder. Nancy Carson has all the issues.
_UID 72CE39902800466B9A153697F71222F57EE4 Death 7 Jul 1886 Brantford Township, Brant County, Ontario, Canada [1, 2, 3, 4] Burial 9 Jul 1886 Onondaga Township, Brant County, Ontario, Canada Person ID I648 Everyone Last Modified 29 Mar 2019
Father Joseph WELLWOOD, b. Abt 1757, Ireland d. Dec 1828, Ireland (Age ~ 71 years) Mother Alice CHAMBERS, b. Abt 1767, Ireland d. 23 Jun 1832, Freshford, County Kilkenny, Ireland (Age ~ 65 years) Marriage 8 Jan 1784 Ireland [1] Joseph Wellwood and his descendants notes.
Information from Will Greene to Cecil Holmes Thompson. No date.Marriage 8 Jan 1784 Ireland [1] - Alice and Joseph were married by Rev. Oliver Flood.
Family ID F252 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family William THOMPSON, b. 8 Aug 1803, Ireland d. 18 Sep 1880, Onondaga Township, Brant County, Ontario, Canada (Age 77 years) Marriage 8 Dec 1831 Ossory Diocese, Ireland [5] - The marriage date could have been the 8th, 18th or 28th. The entry is difficult to read. The minister was the Rev. John A. Begnil (sp?).
Marriage 8 Dec 1831 Ossory Diocese, Ireland [10] - The marriage date could be the 8th or 28th - both are mentioned. They were married by licence.
Marriage 28 Dec 1831 Ossory Diocese, Ireland [3, 11, 12] - William and Elizabeth were married by Rev'd John A. Begnil [?]. [3]
Children 1. W. THOMPSON 2. Joseph THOMPSON, b. 14 Mar 1834, Ireland d. 17 May 1864, Canada West, Canada (Age 30 years) 3. John THOMPSON, b. 18 May 1836, Haldimand County, Upper Canada, Canada d. 2 Jun 1891, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada (Age 55 years) 4. Robert THOMPSON, b. 19 Jul 1838, Haldimand County, Upper Canada, Canada d. 13 Nov 1902, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada (Age 64 years) 5. Eliza Ann THOMPSON, b. 8 Jan 1842, Haldimand County, Canada West, Canada d. 6 Mar 1842, Haldimand County, Canada West, Canada (Age 0 years) 6. E.J. THOMPSON 7. D.W. THOMPSON 8. Alice THOMPSON, b. 7 Mar 1847, Haldimand County, Canada West, Canada d. 10 Mar 1847, Haldimand County, Canada West, Canada (Age 0 years) 9. Sarah Jane THOMPSON, b. 23 Jan 1849, Haldimand County, Canada West, Canada d. 23 Jan 1849, Haldimand County, Canada West, Canada (Age 0 years) Family ID F247 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Oct 2015
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Sources - [S1216] Thompson, Cecil Holmes, Family Researcher. Wellwood. Cecil Holmes Thompson, Notes about Joseph Wellwood and his family with information from Will Greene. No date. 1 page. (Reliability: 3).
- [S153] N. A. Vetere, Deputy Registrar General, A00127, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 30 January 1979.), 18 Aug 2000, Document # 889478/MSC (6), A00127. (Reliability: 3).
- [S322] Lorna Flint Laughton, A00263, 5 Dec 2001, A00263. (Reliability: 3).
- [S509] Thompson, Cecil Holmes, A00253, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada. c. 1938), 6 Aug 2003, page 3, A00253. (Reliability: 3).
- [S551] Thompson, Cecil Holmes, A00472, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada. c. 1938-1950), 2 Aug 2004, page 3, A00472. (Reliability: 3).
- [S338] Margaret Wellwood Duerr, A00275, (8 February 1977.), 21 Dec 2001, Aghnes Church, Diocese of Ossory, County Kilkenny: Baptisms 1795 - 1878., A00275. (Reliability: 3).
- [S338] Margaret Wellwood Duerr, A00275, (8 February 1977.), 21 Dec 2001, 1821 Census, County Kilkenny, Barony of Cranagh, Townland of Freshford, Village of Freshford in the parish of Freshford., A00275. (Reliability: 3).
- [S551] Thompson, Cecil Holmes, A00472, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada. c. 1938-1950), 2 Aug 2004, page 1, A00472. (Reliability: 3).
- [S672] Lorna Flint Laughton, A00585, 5 May 2005, A00585. (Reliability: 3).
- [S338] Margaret Wellwood Duerr, A00275, (8 February 1977.), 21 Dec 2001, Aghnes Church, Diocese of Ossory, County Kilkenny: Marriages 1794 - 1857., A00275. (Reliability: 3).
- [S338] Margaret Wellwood Duerr, A00275, (8 February 1977.), 21 Dec 2001, Aghnes Church, Diocese of Ossory, County Kilkenny: Marriage 1794 - 1857., A00275. (Reliability: 3).
- [S509] Thompson, Cecil Holmes, A00253, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada. c. 1938), 6 Aug 2003, pages 1 & 3, A00253. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1216] Thompson, Cecil Holmes, Family Researcher. Wellwood. Cecil Holmes Thompson, Notes about Joseph Wellwood and his family with information from Will Greene. No date. 1 page. (Reliability: 3).