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How can I get locations from old census information (1851 and 1871)

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Re: Marsh - St. Vincent Township

Posted: 16 Jul 2008 6:46AM GMT
Classification: Query
This may be a double post but I want to make sure this gets posted. I added another line to the next paragraph. I recalled another possible clue.

I found the transcription which says it is on a rise well back from the road. If I remember correctly it is behind an eating establishment posibly an icecream stand. I believe Meaford is very small.

These are my ancestors in Story Cemetery all but Sam were readable a while ago, maybe 30-40 yrs ago. The Marshals are in 56,64,45
a Sarah Richie is in 56. Neither are listed in the complete directory. I suspect the stones were not so readable when the inventory took place. However, if you know what was on the stones you might be able to make out something.

I would be grateful for pictures.
SAMUEL MARSHALL AND MARY AGNES RITCHIE
Elizabeth Ritchie

JOHN SPRAGUE MARSH AND ELIZABETH MARSHALL in lot 13
Mary DOUGLAS John's 1st wife is in 12 next to her parents
If I remember correctly, there is a plot near these in the same row that is unlisted. If there is a stone it may very well be the grave you search, Johnson Marsh.

John Douglas of 9 not 11 seems to have a fairly readable stone. I have a picture of that stone. That might guide you to the other stones. If the stones are not all that readable I would use chalk or charcoal. I believe it is better to get the information and possibly speed up the decay than preserve the stone for a few more years and never learn who was there. You can donate that info to the HS.

I will attach these notes taken by a Marshal who visited that cemetery many years before.
SAMUEL MARSHALL AND MARY AGNES RITCHIE Samuel Marshall b. ca 1798 Renfrewhsire, Scotland Died 16 Oct 1884, Storey's Cemetery, St. Vincent Twp, Grey Co. Ont. Spouse: Mary Agnes Ritchie, b. ca. 1801, Scotland. (There is a Elizabeth Ritchie buried in Storey's Cemetery, died 3 March 1877, aged 95, native of Renfrewhsire, Scotland, whom I believe to be her mother) Also buried in Storey's Cemetery is a Thomas Marshall (potential brother to Samuel) died 9 Nov 1890, aged 82 and his wife Elizabeth Highlands,

Good luck!
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