Descendants of Joseph & Ellen PARKINSON



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2. George PARKINSON (Joseph Howard1) was born on April 25, 1808 in Inskip, , Lancashire, England and died on May 27, 1839 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada aged 31.

George married Sarah CROFT. Sarah was born on April 10, 1809 in Keighley, , Yorkshire, England and died on December 25, 1891 in Thornbury, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada aged 82.

The child from this marriage was:

+ 5 F    i. Hannah PARKINSON was born on July 20, 1832 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada,4 died on October 1, 1903 in Meaford, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada4 aged 71, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery.

3. Hannah PARKINSON (Joseph Howard1) was born on July 31, 1811 in Inskip, , Lancashire, England1,2 and died on September 4, 1887 in , Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada1,2 aged 76.

Hannah married William TOLTON, son of William TOLTON and Elizabeth WHITTEN, in 1832. William was born in 1813 in Pilling, , Lancashire, England1 and died on May 21, 1901 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada1 aged 88.

William was educated at Oxford, and was a friend of Sir Roundell Palmer, who afterwards became Lord Selburne, and studied with him under his father, Rev. W. J. Palmer, Vicar of Mixbury. His dau., Jane P., has several letters written to her father by the late Lord Selburne, whom her father visited on his trips to England. The late William Tolton, Jr., m. Hannah Parkinson in 1832, who d. in 1887, age 76 years. Issue: Mrs. Charles McDougall (d.), Joseph, Thomas, Jr., William P., George P., Edward, John P., Mrs. Daniel McMillan, Jane P., Ellen (d.), Benjamin, David, Andrew, d. Sept. 23 1898; and Mrs. Lewis Armstrong (d.). Of this branch: Joseph went to the U.S., where he was Captain in the 4th Mich. Cavalry in the Civil War, and participated in seventeen engagements. He was wounded twice and had three horses killed under him. From: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario. Toronto:Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906


Children from this marriage were:

   6 F    i. Harriet TOLTON was born on June 12, 1835 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada and died in 1874 in , , Ontario, Canada aged 39.

Harriet married Charles McDOUGALL.

   7 M    ii. Joseph Thomas TOLTON was born on September 30, 1836 in , Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada and died on July 14, 1913 in , Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada aged 76.

+ 8 M    iii. William Parkinson TOLTON was born on January 3, 1838 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada1 and died on March 13, 1925 in , , Ontario, Canada1 aged 87.

   9 M    iv. George P. TOLTON was born in 1839 in , Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada.

   10 M    v. Edward TOLTON was born in 1841 in , Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada.

Edward married Effie McGILL on January 23, 1870 in , Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada. Effie was born about 1841 in , , Ontario, Canada.

+ 11 M    vi. John P. TOLTON was born in 1843 in , Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada.

   12 F    vii. Elizabeth TOLTON was born in 1844 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada.

   13 F    viii. Jane TOLTON was born in 1845 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada.

   14 F    ix. Ellen TOLTON was born in 1847 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada.

   15 M    x. Benjamin TOLTON was born in 1850 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada.

+ 16 M    xi. David TOLTON was born on February 2, 1849 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada5 and was buried in Guelph Woodlawn Cemetery, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada.

   17 M    xii. Andrew TOLTON was born in 1852 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada.

   18 F    xiii. Hannah TOLTON was born in 1854 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada.

4. Joseph PARKINSON (Joseph Howard1) was born in 1816 in , , , England3 and died on March 5, 1882 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada aged 66.

Events

• He worked as a farmer in 1861 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada.

Joseph married Hannah DUFFIELD, daughter of Henry DUFFIELD and Hannah STRICKLAND, in 1836 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada. Hannah was born on June 7, 1817 in , , , England3 and died in 1889 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada aged 72.

Children from this marriage were:

   19 M    i. Henry PARKINSON was born in 1837 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada.3

   20 F    ii. Ellen PARKINSON was born in 1839 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada.3

   21 F    iii. Hannah PARKINSON was born in 1841 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada.6

+ 22 F    iv. Mary Elizabeth "Bessie" PARKINSON was born on April 11, 1843 in Puslinch Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada and died on February 26, 1924 in Walkerton, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada aged 80.

   23 M    v. Joseph PARKINSON was born in 1845 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada.3

   24 F    vi. Lavina PARKINSON was born in 1848 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada.3

   25 M    vii. Lazerus PARKINSON was born in 1850 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada.3

   26 M    viii. James PARKINSON was born in 1852 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada.3

   27 M    ix. Leonard PARKINSON was born in 1854 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada.3

   28 F    x. Ada May PARKINSON was born in 1856 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada.3

+ 29 M    xi. William Ernest PARKINSON was born in 1859 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada.3

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