I am having no luck finding a map showing Annabel Twp. in Bruce County. Would someone be able to help me? My connection is the Driffell family. Thank you!

I believe you are looking for "Amabel Twp."
http://www.rootsweb.com/~onbruce2/Maps.html

1901 Canadian Census
Amabel, Bruce County, Ontario
Village of Hepworth

17 41 Driffill William M Head M b. May 6 1828 age 72 b. England, emigrated 1850
18 41 Driffill Ann F Wife M b. Oct 22 1833 age 67 b. England, emigrated 1856

4270-90 Charles DRIFFELL, 30, carpenter, b. Perth, of Hepworth, s/o William & Elizabeth DRIFFELL married Catherine SMITH, 20, b. Hepworth, of same, d/o James & Mary SMITH, Wtn; Thomas & Jane HUNTER both of Allen Park September 30, 1890 at Allen Park.

By 1901, Charles and Catherine are in Algoma District:

16 98 Driffill Chas. M Head M b. May 22 1858 age 42
17 98 Driffill Catherine F Wife M b. May 10 1870 age 30
18 98 Driffill Ethel F Daughter S b. Mar 30 1890 age 10
Ethel's birth year should probably be 1891 if she is 10 in 1901. All indicate born in Ontario.

I think this is the family in the 1881 census -- the transcriber must have been unable to decipher the last name:

Household:

Name Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation Religion
William P... M Male English 54 England Farmer C. Presbyterian
Sarah Ann P... M Female English 52 England C. Presbyterian
Charles P... Male English 21 O <Ontario> Farmer C. Presbyterian


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Source Information:
Census Place Amabel, Bruce North, Ontario
Family History Library Film 1375912
NA Film Number C-13276
District 177
Sub-district E
Division 2
Page Number 11
Household Number 47

Thank you very much! Maybe you can answer another question for me: My mother always said her stepmother grew up in Annabel Twp, in the Lake of the Woods area. As far as I can see, LOTW is in western Ontario, by the Minnesota border. Is there an area in Amabel Twp by this name, or does my mom have 2 locations combined in her mind?
Thanks.

Thank you so much, Eileen! We had none of this information and never expected to. Can you tell me where some of these places are located--

Perth, of Hepworth (England?)

Allen Park

Algoma District

My father's ancestors lived in Goderich for a time, which I think is somewhere nearby on Lake Huron. Would there be census information on a James and Elizabeth Ellis, who lived there between 1855 and 1865, or is that too early?

Thank you for your time.
Joan, Michigan

Perth = Perth County (southwestern Ontario)
Hepworth = Village of Hepworth, Amabel Township, Bruce County (east of Sauble Beach on Lake Huron)
Allen Park = Village of Allan Park, Amabel Township, Bruce County
Algoma District = northern Ontario (northwest of Sault Ste. Marie)

Here's a link to a map of Bruce County. Click on Amabel Township to see a larger version:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/CountyAtlas/SearchMapframes...

James Ellis does not appear in the index to the Heads of Households in the 1871 Census in Goderich, but could be elsewhere.

There are other Ellis families in Goderich, going back to a Robert Ellis who appears in the 1842 assessment for Goderich.

There are census available, as early as 1861, for Goderich. Here's a link to a site which will give you the reel numbers, available through the LDS (although their reel numbers will differ):

http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s4=ONT&...

Thank you once again. I'm wondering if William Driffel remarried. On Charles's marriage certificate, he names his mother as Elizabeth. The 1881 and 1901 census reports name William's wife as Ann or Sarah Ann. Do you see a (re?) marriage for William between 1856 and 1881? I don't know how early a civil record was made of marriages, but William must have married during this period.

Algoma District gets the family closer to Lake of the Woods, where the family lived for some time.

If you have a reply, please contact me at gcarlson@chartermi.net as I can't access my Hotmail account at home right now.

Thanks for all your help.

Joan

I had forgotten that I had the transcription for Zion Amabel Cemetery and found the following, all in the same plot:

Frederick L. Driffell 1907-1963
Muriel L. Walker 1911 -
dau Ruth Ann Amelia 1941

Thank you again, Eileen!

I'm trying to do research along this line of Driffill's. As you can imagine, it gets hard since the spellings change or people spell them wrong. Since I saw a common name, I thought I'd share what I have to see if anything corroborates.

Richard Driffill b. 1610
Richard Driffill b. 1645 m. Ann Hubing
Ralph Driffill b. 1670
William Driffill b. 1704 m. Susannah Wressel
Ralph Driffill b. 1750 m. Martha Storm
Ralph Driffill b. 1772 m. Patience James
John Driffill b. 1799 m. Hannah Parker
William Driffill b. 1835 m. Elizabeth Spencer

Children: William Spencer Driffill 1869
Charles Driffill b. 1860
Amelia Jane Driffill b. 1860

Charles Edgar Driffill b. 1897 m. Vera Langley
Elizabeth Margaret Driffill b. 1937 m. Wayne McKnight


Any info helps, thanks