Family History Research: by Lorna Flint Laughton

Richard LAZIER

Male 1805 - 1871  (66 years)


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  • Name Richard LAZIER  [1
    Birth 1805  Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Birth 1805  Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • He was the eldest son.
    Military Tyendinaga Township, Hastings County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • "He was a Captain of Volunteers, in active service in 1837-38, and was afterwards promoted to a Lieut. Colonelcy."
    Politics Tyendinaga Township, Hastings County, Canada West, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • He was appointed to the position of collector of Customs for Shannonville, a position that he held until his death.
    Residence 1825-1827  Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 1827  Hillier Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    on a farm known as the "Platt Farm" 
    • They built a barn, and then "had a chance to sell, sold and took the money and came to Tyendinaga".
    Politics Abt 1830  Tyendinaga Township, Hastings County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • "Richard Lazier became first Clerk of the old Court of Bequests of Hastings County, and subsequently and until the Court was abolished, one of the Commissioners of the same."
    Occupation Tyendinaga Township, Hastings County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • He continued "to farm in that township, and perceiving the prosperity to be derived from the lumbershing business, he started saw and grist mills at Milltown, near Shannonville, of which latter place he afteward became the collector of customs".
    Occupation Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    farmer 
    • "Richard Lazier, the eldest of the family, after marrying and farming for a time in Prince Edward County, moved to Tyendinaga."
    Reference Number 480.3111 
    Residence Tyendinaga Township, Hastings County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • He was one of the first settlers of Shannonville. "We bought five hundred acres of beautiful land, also a large two story house. The lower part of the house was all finished. We finished the upper part, with a very large room at one end for a Court Room, with the stairs going down the outside; the rest in sitting and sleeping rooms."
    Residence Tyendinaga Township, Hastings County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    on lot no. 5 
    • "We built a house on No. 5, one of the farm lots, and rented the big house to Edward Lewis. He living in it until it burned down. Then we built another and rented it to Mr. McMicheal."
    _UID 8F13A43480C14436B80EE1F3F0B69D607225 
    Death 29 Jun 1871  Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I7451  Everyone
    Last Modified 13 Sep 2009 

    Father Nicholas LAZIER,   b. 1781   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Catherine COCKBURN,   b. 1785   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F2341  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna APPLEBY,   b. 24 Jul 1805, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1903 (Age 97 years) 
    Marriage 11 Oct 1825  Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Marriage 11 Oct 1825  Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    by a Magistrate 
    • "As there was not a Minister to be had; there being only one and he was in bed sick at Kingston, and it being lawful for Magistrates to marry, I was married by one".
    Children 
     1. Thomas Appleby LAZIER,   b. 1826, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Nicholas Wellington LAZIER,   b. Abt 1827   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Richard Leonard LAZIER,   b. 1830   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Stephen Allen LAZIER,   b. 1833   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Meribeth Ann LAZIER,   b. 1837   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Colonel Samuel Shaw LAZIER,   b. 1840   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Rhoda Catharine LAZIER,   b. 1842   d. 1876 (Age 34 years)
    Family ID F2345  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Sep 2005 

  • Sources 
    1. [S771] Lazier, Mrs. Anna B. (Appleby), A00679, 6 Sep 2005, manuscript page 3, A00679. (Reliability: 4).

    2. [S771] Lazier, Mrs. Anna B. (Appleby), A00679, 6 Sep 2005, manuscript page 5, A00679. (Reliability: 4).

    3. [S771] Lazier, Mrs. Anna B. (Appleby), A00679, 6 Sep 2005, manuscript page 4, A00679. (Reliability: 4).

    4. [S1138] No editor named., Canada. Ontario. Quinte. Family History. PLBQ, (Toronto, Ontario. 1904.), 12 Jun 2005, page 979 (Reliability: 2).



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