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Thomas Brandon + Mary Burns

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Birth: June 11, 1856 — Warwick Twp., Lambton County
Birth: 1856 — Lot 11, concession 5NER, Warwick Twp.
Marriage: 1881
Occupation: Stock farmer on homestead
Occupation: By 1906 had 375 acres of land, one of the largest landowners inWarwick Twp.
Politics: Reform ticket of liberal Party
Member of: East Lambton Farmers' Institute; East Lambton Agricultural Society
Fact: Maybe born in 1853, not 1856
Politics: Was Deputy Reeve for 4 years and served on County Council
Death: February 2, 1907 — Warwick Township, Lambton County
Burial: Bethel Cemetery, Warwick Township, Lambton County, Ontario
Religion: Deacon at Ebenezer Congregational Church, Warwick Twp.
Reference number: B-8
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Thomas Brandon
1856–1907
Birth: June 11, 1856 — Warwick Twp., Lambton County
Death: February 2, 1907 — Warwick Township, Lambton County
Birth: August 1, 1812 — Cookstown (near Omaugh), County Tyrone, Ireland
Emigration: 1850 — Came to New York with brother George and George's family. James went back to Ireland, but George went on to Canada with his family.
Emigration: 1852 — James with wife and 7 children set sail from Ireland to Warwick Twp.
Childhood: Raised on a farm
Fact 1: James and his eldest son James who was 11 cleared the land for a house and farming.
Fact 2: youngest Matilda died at sea; a later child was named Matilda as a result
Fact 3: Annie Baird (from outside Canada) said he never learned to use an axe very well, but he dug ditches and made roads. His sons learned to chop.
Death: October 1895 — Warwick Twp., Lambton County at home of daughter Agnes, Mrs Alexander Karr
Burial: Bethel Cemetery, Warwick Township, Lambton County, Ontario
Religion: Presbyterian
Reference number: B
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James Brandon
1812–1895
Birth: August 1, 1812 — Cookstown (near Omaugh), County Tyrone, Ireland
Death: October 1895 — Warwick Twp., Lambton County at home of daughter Agnes, Mrs Alexander Karr
Birth: July 6, 1811 — Omaugh, County Tyrone, Ireland
Fact 1: Beers says she died in 1890
Fact 2: She came from Scotland to the north of Ireland during the Reformation.
Death: July 6, 1888 — Ontario
Burial: Bethel Cemetery, Warwick Township, Lambton County, Ontario
Religion: Presbyterian
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Matilda McElroy
1811–1888
Birth: July 6, 1811 — Omaugh, County Tyrone, Ireland
Death: July 6, 1888 — Ontario
Birth: August 10, 1863 — Ekfrid Twp., Middlesex County
Marriage: 1881
Marriage Fact: 1881 — Jan 3, 1894 (Beers); married by a Pres minister
Fact: Maybe born in 1862; maybe died in 1945
Death: January 1949 — Warwick Township, Lambton County
Burial: Bethel Cemetery, Warwick Township, Lambton County, Ontario
Religion: Congregational; interested in charities and mission work
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Mary Burns
1863–1949
Birth: August 10, 1863 — Ekfrid Twp., Middlesex County
Death: January 1949 — Warwick Township, Lambton County
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Death: 1903 — Warwick Twp., Lambton County
Burial: 1903 — Bethel Cemetery, Warwick Twp., Lambton County
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Henry Burns
–1903
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Death: 1903 — Warwick Twp., Lambton County
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Mary Ann Rose
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Marriage 1881