Henry MEREDITH

1806 - 1868  (62 years)

• Name	Henry MEREDITH
  Birth	1806	Co Sligo, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  _UID	3FC478D26E3842E79D414F573CE1526978C5
  Death	21 Nov 1868	Pakenham, Lanark, Ontario, Canada
  Burial	Saint Mark's Anglican Cemetery, Pakenham, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I19254	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2020

  
  

  Father	Rev. Robert MEREDITH,   b. 1 Jan 1750, Ireland d. 1 Jan 1830, Ireland (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Mary ORMSBY,   b. 1789   d. 13 Feb 1870, Co Sligo, Ireland (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	1 Jun 1811	Ballysadare, Co Sligo, Ireland
  Family ID	F3053	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Jane WILSON,   b. 1 Jan 1802, Wales d. 10 Jan 1886, Pakenham, Lanark, Ontario, Canada (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1827	Co Sligo, Ireland
  Children	1. Catherine MEREDITH,   b. 1 Mar 1831, Co Sligo, Ireland d. 11 Dec 1916, Marlborough Twp, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years)   2. Robert MEREDITH,   b. 21 May 1835, Co Sligo, Ireland d. 24 Aug 1905, Malakoff, Marleborough Twp., Carleton County, ON (Age 70 years)   3. Esther (Essie) MEREDITH,   b. 22 Nov 1836, Co Sligo, Ireland d. 20 Nov 1905, Pakenham, Lanark, Ontario, Canada (Age 68 years)   4. Matthew MEREDITH,   b. 24 May 1839, Co Sligo, Ireland d. 18 Apr 1917, North Gower Twp. Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 77 years)   5. Henry MEREDITH, Jr.,   b. 23 Mar 1842, Co Sligo, Ireland d. 8 Dec 1923, Quyon, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais, Quebec, Canada (Age 81 years)   6. Thomas MEREDITH,   b. 1847, Co Sligo, Ireland d. 5 Jul 1890, Lanark Co, Ontario, Canada (Age 43 years)   7. Jane MEREDITH,   b. 1847, Co Sligo, Ireland d. 14 Aug 1922, Elma Twp, Perth, Ontario, Canada (Age 75 years)   8. Olivia MEREDITH,   b. 1852, Pakenham, Lanark, Ontario, Canada d. 31 May 1885 (Age 33 years)
  Family ID	F5977	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2018

  
  

• Notes

  1806 Birth date is from "From the West" by Michael Faul - the story of the Meredith family https://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sharonmh&id=I14038 ID: I14038 Name: Henry MEREDITH Surname: Meredith Given Name: Henry Sex: M Birth: ABT 1792 in Ireland Death: 21 Nov 1868 in Ontario Burial: St Mark's Anglican Cemetery, Pakenham tp _UID: 93A1FCD29295C149B5168722523351EC69F0 Note: Henry Meredith of Pakenham owned SE1/2 Lot 5 Concession 8 in Pakenham Township and the log house and barns which he built were still standing early in 2006. His 4th son, Thomas lived on the Meredith homestead in Cedar Hill near Pakenham. Name probably Henry? listed in Pakenham, Lanark county, Canada West (Ontario) in the 1851 census (recorded as of January 1852) as head of household, age 60--only first intitial given. Others in the household were: wife E. age 45, daughters E. 17 and I. 5; sons R. 15, M. 13, H. 11 and T. 8, all born Ireland, and daughter A. 3, born Canada, indicating the family came to Canada about 1848. The family was Church of England. The 1871 online heads of households find the sons: Robert 40, in Marlborough, Carleton county; Matthew 30 in North Gower, Carleton county; Henry 26 and Thomas 22 in Pakenham (some discrepancies in ages, but not a concern?); all were farmers and Church of England. Tombstone indicates Henry was born County Sligo in Ireland. The 1851 agricultural census provides a fascinating glimpse into farm life at the time: Henry held 100 acres on the 9th Con., Lot E5 in Pakenham tp; he had 20 acres under cultivation; 9 acres under crops in 1851; 10 acres under pasture in 1851; 1 acre garden/orchard; 80 acres wild or wooded. In 1851 2 acres yielded 20 bushels of wheat; no barley or rye; 1 acre - 10 bushels peas; 3 acres - 3 bushels oats; no "B. Wheat" [buckwheat?]; 1 acre - 8 bushels Indian corn; 2 acres - 20 bushels potatoes; no turnips; 20 bundles or tons of hay; 20 lbs wool; 15 lbs. maple sugar; no cider; 8 yards fulled cloth; no linen; 12 yds flannel were produced on his 20 cultivated acres. -------------------------------------------------------------