Samuel Meredith Janes, 1793–1870 (aged 77 years)
- Name
- Samuel Meredith /Janes/
Birth | about 1793 |
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Baptism | June 18, 1793 (aged 0) |
Military service | 1906 Beers Biographic Record of Lambton County states he served in the British Army |
Birth of a brother | William Janes about 1795 (aged 2 years) |
Baptism of a brother | William Janes June 28, 1795 (aged 2 years) |
Birth of a sister | Mary Janes about 1797 (aged 4 years) |
Baptism of a sister | Mary Janes March 19, 1797 (aged 4 years) |
Death of a paternal grandfather | William Jeanes February 4, 1807 (aged 14 years) |
Marriage | Anna Bond — View this family October 12, 1812 (aged 19 years) |
Birth of a daughter | Mary Janes about 1813 (aged 20 years) |
Baptism of a daughter | Mary Janes February 21, 1813 (aged 20 years) |
Death of a daughter | Mary Janes December 15, 1815 (aged 22 years) |
Occupation | Labourer 1817 (aged 24 years) |
Birth of a son | William Kenneth Janes September 17, 1817 (aged 24 years) |
Baptism of a son | William Kenneth Janes October 8, 1817 (aged 24 years) |
Birth of a son | Charles Meredith Janes about 1824 (aged 31 years) |
Baptism of a son | Charles Meredith Janes August 5, 1824 (aged 31 years) |
Occupation | Labourer 1828 (aged 35 years) |
Residence | 1828 (aged 35 years) |
Birth of a daughter | Matilda Meredith Janes about 1828 (aged 35 years) |
Baptism of a daughter | Matilda Meredith Janes April 7, 1828 (aged 35 years) |
Occupation | yoeman (landowner, farmer). The area where he settled is Griffeth St., Byron in 2011. He sold this property to his son William in 1845. 1839 (aged 46 years) |
Fact | 1839 (aged 46 years) |
Immigration | about 1840 (aged 47 years) |
Census | 1851 (aged 58 years) |
Residence | between 1840 and 1869 (aged 76 years) |
Birth of a granddaughter | Agnes Anna Janes November 7, 1851 (aged 58 years) |
Birth of a granddaughter | Agnes Anna Janes 1851 (aged 58 years) |
Birth of a grandson | Samuel Janes February 6, 1852 (aged 59 years) |
Birth of a grandson | Edward Orman May 18, 1852 (aged 59 years) |
Birth of a grandson | John Burley Janes May 2, 1853 (aged 60 years) |
Birth of a grandson | Charles Hamilton Janes October 13, 1854 (aged 61 years) |
Birth of a grandson | Henry Janes April 26, 1855 (aged 62 years) |
Birth of a granddaughter | Annie Bella Orman May 1, 1855 (aged 62 years) |
Birth of a granddaughter | Eliza Jane Ormand February 9, 1857 (aged 64 years) |
Birth of a granddaughter | Mary Ann Ingles Janes October 7, 1857 (aged 64 years) |
Birth of a granddaughter | Harriet Ann Janes October 29, 1857 (aged 64 years) |
Birth of a grandson | Arthur Janes March 22, 1859 (aged 66 years) |
Birth of a grandson | William Janes February 22, 1860 (aged 67 years) |
Birth of a grandson | Walter Orman April 7, 1860 (aged 67 years) |
Birth of a granddaughter | Mary Orman August 20, 1861 (aged 68 years) |
Birth of a grandson | Samuel Janes M.D. October 16, 1861 (aged 68 years) |
Birth of a grandson | Robert Auld Janes May 20, 1862 (aged 69 years) |
Birth of a granddaughter | Elizabeth Jane Janes November 6, 1862 (aged 69 years) |
Birth of a granddaughter | Janet Allen Janes March 10, 1864 (aged 71 years) |
Birth of a grandson | Meredith Orman June 24, 1864 (aged 71 years) |
Birth of a grandson | George Murray Janes August 7, 1864 (aged 71 years) |
Birth of a grandson | Truman William Ormond March 19, 1866 (aged 73 years) |
Birth of a granddaughter | Susan Melinda Janes May 7, 1866 (aged 73 years) |
Birth of a grandson | Thomas Ingles Janes June 16, 1866 (aged 73 years) |
Birth of a grandson | William Bond Janes July 4, 1868 (aged 75 years) |
Residence | between 1869 and 1870 (aged 77 years) |
Death of a wife | Anna Bond December 8, 1869 (aged 76 years) |
Birth of a granddaughter | Sarah Louisa Janes April 13, 1870 (aged 77 years) |
Death of a father | Samuel Jeanes |
Death of a mother | Mary Jeanes |
Politics | |
Death | May 27, 1870 (aged 77 years) |
Burial | 1870 (aged 77 years) |
Religion | Church of England |
Shared note | from page 4 The Janes Family History (1980) by Mary & Paul Janes From 1770 to 1890, 11 million people emigrated from the British Isles to North America. Emigration to the New World was the remedy from the "ills of mankind." What were these ills? The Industrial Revolution had created an unfortunate condition where machinery replaced 5/6 of the manpower. Agrarian consolidation caused distress, and created large numbers of paupers. Some of the oppressed and idle people showed their dissatisfaction by smashing machinery, burning factories, terrorizing rural districts and poisoning people. Money could be made by bringing in dead bodies. In this era also, the press was gagged. There was no freedom of speech; no public meetings were allowed. Agitators and reformers found life difficult if they criticized the system. Conditions in the factories and mines were little removed from slavery. Like millions of others, Samuel Meredith Janes decide to move his family from this state of affairs and try a new life in Canada. It couldn't be worse. His occupation is recorded as labourer, and later yoeman, so we can presume his conditions of living were not the best in Somersetshire. The Great Migrations Atlantic Crossing by Sailing Ship by Edwin C. Guillet, published by University of Toronto Press in 1963 describes vividly the conditions on the boats crossing the ocean. Some immigrants came with money, clothes, furnishings, household goods, harnesses, etc; some came with nothing. Many picked up diseases and died en route. But they all came with hope of a better life in North America. What a shock it must have been to come to large areas of unsettled land with no roads, post offices, mills, schools or churches. Those who had heard of the great settlements in the United Sates were especially overwhelmed that conditions in Canada were not the same. Many wanted to return but could not afford the passage; others went to the United States. Many died of tuberculosis, fever, the chills, brought on by the adverse weather conditions. But for the many who stuck it out in Canada, as did the Janes family, there were many advantages. Even though at first they lacked the daily comforts, they knew these were a goal within reach. There was hunting, fishing, plentiful food; as well a more equitable distribution of worldly goods. The class system was not so obvious. With the hospitality and the cooperative feeling of pioneer life and an abundance of food and drink, our ancestors persevered and succeeded. Only because of their perseverance are we -- the Janes kin -- here today. The pioneer Janes had to be rough and ready, because of their conditions. In learning about them, we learn about ourselves. |
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1793–1870
Birth: about 1793 — Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England Death: May 27, 1870 — Warwick, Ontario, Canada at home of son Charles |
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younger sister |
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1793–1870
Birth: about 1793 — Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England Death: May 27, 1870 — Warwick, Ontario, Canada at home of son Charles |
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Marriage | Marriage — October 12, 1812 — St. John's Church, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England |
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5 years
son |
1817–1888
Birth: September 17, 1817 — Glastonbury, England Death: June 6, 1888 — Delaware, Ontario, Canada |
7 years
son |
1824–1874
Birth: about 1824 — Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England Death: March 10, 1874 — Warwick, Ontario |
5 years
daughter |
1828–1902
Birth: about 1828 — Glastonbury, England Death: July 19, 1902 — Byron, Ontario, Canada |