Descendants of William KNEESHAW & Alice HORSLEY

William and Alice were both born and married in Yorkshire, England. Here they raised a family of at least eight children. Several of these children emigrated to Upper Canada, settling in Simcoe County. Their daughter Frances married John Wilson and this family migrated to Greenock Township, Bruce County about 1865.



Barbara WILSON-RAE-FRANCE is a direct descendant of this family. See her Pedigree Chart.
Other Ancestral Families connected to Barb are; KNEESHAW; McLELLAND/ COOK; ALEXANDER/ READ; IRWIN/ RODGERS; GROGAN/ STEPHENSON; McVEETY/ McLEAN/ McTAVISH; MEGRAW & WALLACE.

Katherine WATSON-VANDERPLAS is a direct descendant of this family. See her Pedigree Chart.
Other Ancestral Families connected to Katherine are; RITCHIE; DAVISON/ MORAN; LAMB
; BARRON; TAYLOR; BLACK; METCALF/ SIMKIN; TAYLOR; WILSON; KNEESHAW; RUMIG/ REISCH & REI/ McCULLY.

Gail TANNER - GOAR was born and raised in Elderslie Township. Her mother was Reta METCALFE, a descendant of one of the principal families on our Home Page. Gail is a direct descendant of the captioned couple, see her Pedigree Chart.
Other Ancestral Families connected to Gail are; TANNER/ WORDEN; ANDERSON/ McNEIL; METCALFE; WILSON; KNEESHAW; CRUICKSHANK; LAMB; FLETT & HOUSTON.

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