in search of ... William Campbell (1891)
The 1891 Census of Canada shows William Campbell (72) still living in the "combined" Township of Burleigh, Anstruther and Chandos in Peterborough County together with his wife, Isabella Campbell (58)and their adult children George Campbell (27) and Mary Campbell (26).
Alexander Campbell, Isabella Campbell, Margaret Campbell, Jane Campbell and Agnes Campbell are not listed on this census page.
By 1897, when William Campbell dies ...
William Hayden Campbell (42) has left his wife, Catherine Jane Beggs (46) and their children Frederick Havens Campbell (17) and Bertram Lorne Campbell (12) and moved to Montana Territory in the United States where he will start a new life. Sarah Ann Campbell (33) has married Shelson Clifton Potter (40) and is living in Percy Township in Northumberland County. Sylvester Campbell (40) has married Jessie Abigail Sykes (26) and is likely living in Wollaston Township in Hastings County. David Sidey Campbell (32) has married Martha McPherson (29) and is living next to the William Campbell farm on the Rose Island Road in Chandos Township.
Wayne Wickson
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