William Edwards1

M, b. circa 1814
FatherRichard Edwards
MotherPatience (?)
Birth*William Edwards was born circa 1814 at England.2,1  
Marriage*He married Thankful Buck on 8 September 1841 at Johnstown, Canada West, British North America. The wedding party included Samuel M. Buck and Stephen W. Buck.3,1 
Birth of SonHis son Stephen Miles Edwards was born on 11 July 1846 at Canada West, British North America.4,5,6,7,8,9,1,10 
Birth of SonHis son Amos Nettleton Edwards was born circa 1852 at Mitchell, Perth, Canada West, British North America.11,12 
Birth of SonHis son William Ashael Edwards was born on 22 August 1854 at Canada West, British North America.13 
Birth of SonHis son Samuel Edwards was born circa 1857 at Johnstown, Canada West, British North America.14 
Birth of DaughterHis daughter Harriett Ellen Melissa Edwards was born circa 1859 at Canada West, British North America.15,16 
Occupation*William Edwards was a produce dealer between 1878 and 1886 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada.2,17,18,19,20 
Marriage*He married Elizabeth Harriett Weight, daughter of George Weight and Elizabeth (?), on 30 January 1878 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada. The wedding party included George Weight and Eliza (Farrell) Weight.2 
(Informant) BirthWilliam Edwards was listed as an informant on the birth certificate of Walter Francis Edwards on 2 December 1878 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada.21,22 
Property-Sale*William Edwards purchased 114 John Street (114 Legion Street in 2025), Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada , on 18 October 1880 from Edward Archer for $300. Josephine Archer signed a release permitting the transaction.23  
Birth of DaughterHis daughter Lillian May Edwards was born on 2 November 1880 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada.17,24 
Birth of DaughterHis daughter Maud Elizabeth Edwards was born on 3 September 1882 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada.18,25 
Birth of SonHis son John Wesley Edwards was born on 3 September 1884 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada.19 
Birth of SonHis son Cecil Roy Edwards was born on 2 October 1886 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada.20 
Property-Sale*Amos Nettleton Edwards, Elizabeth Harriett (Weight) Edwards, Stephen Miles Edwards, William Asel Edwards, Samuel Edwards, Walter Francis Edwards, Lillian May Edwards, John Wesley Edwards, Cecil Roy Edwards and Maud Elizabeth (Edwards) Timms, heir(s)-at-law of William Edwards sold 114 John Street (114 Legion Street in 2025), Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada , on 11 March 1912 to George Neal for $150. Sarah Elizabeth (Wills) Edwards, Caroline Trethewey Susannah (Dungey) Edwards, Margaret (McLaughlin) Edwards, Margaret (Johnston) Edwards and Alice Amelia (Mitchell) Edwards signed a release permitting the transaction.26  

Family 1

Thankful Buck d. 17 Mar 1867
Marriage*William Edwards married Thankful Buck on 8 September 1841 at Johnstown, Canada West, British North America. The wedding party included Samuel M. Buck and Stephen W. Buck.3,1 
Children

Family 2

Elizabeth Harriett Weight
Marriage*William Edwards married Elizabeth Harriett Weight, daughter of George Weight and Elizabeth (?), on 30 January 1878 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada. The wedding party included George Weight and Eliza (Farrell) Weight.2 
Children
Last Edited13 Feb 2025

Citations

  1. [S5764] Ontario Registrar General, Registrations of Deaths, 1869-, Stephen Edwards registration no. 028824 (2 Feb 1930); digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 2 Feb 2025); citing microfilm MS 935, roll 397, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  2. [S5770] Ontario marriage registrations, 30 Jan 1878, no. 008770, William Edwards and Elizabeth H Weight; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 3 Feb 2025); citing Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1926, MS932, roll 28, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  3. [S5769] "Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1942," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/… : accessed 03 Feb 2025), image 14 of 35, Wm Edwards and Thankful Buck, 08 Sep 1841, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  4. [S5756] 1871 census of Canada, Perth South, Ontario, population schedule, district 29, subdistrict e, division 01, p. 24, dwelling 90, family 90, Stephen Edwards household; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 2 Feb 2025); citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm roll C-9939.
  5. [S5757] 1881 census of Canada, Perth South, Ontario, population schedule, district 171, subdistrict G, division 1, p. 11, dwelling 46, family 46, Stephan M. Edwards household; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 2 Feb 2025); citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm roll C_13271.
  6. [S5759] 1891 census of Canada, Perth South, Ontario, population schedule, district 108, subdistrict E, division 2, p. 12, family 59, Stephen Edwards household; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 2 Feb 2025); citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm roll T-6363.
  7. [S5760] 1901 census of Canada, Perth (South/Sud), Ontario, population schedule, district 105, subdistrict E, division 2, p. 16, dwelling 175, family 179, Stephen M Edwards household; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 2 Feb 2025); citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm roll T-6491.
  8. [S5761] 1911 census of Canada, Perth South, Ontario, population schedule, district 111, subdistrict 31, p. 1, dwelling 8, family 8, Stephen Edwards household; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 2 Feb 2025); citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm roll T-20393.
  9. [S5762] 1921 census of Canada, Perth South, Ontario, population schedule, district 117, subdistrict 21, p. 13, dwelling 188, family 188, Stephen Edwards household; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 2 Feb 2025); citing Library and Archives Canada Series RG31.
  10. [S5765] Find a Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 Feb 2025), photograph, memorial # 189723159, gravestone for Stephen M. Edwards (1930), Woodland Cemetery, Mitchell, Perth, Ontario.
  11. [S5794] Ontario marriage registrations, 25 May 1874, no. 008926, Amos Nitleton Edwards and Caroline Trethaway Suannah Dungay; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 7 Feb 2025); citing Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1926, MS932, roll 15, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  12. [S5798] 1931 census of Canada, Parkdale, Ontario, population schedule, district 138, subdistrict 61, p. 7, dwelling 64, family 87, William R Edwards household; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 7 Feb 2025); citing Library and Archives Canada Series RG31.
  13. [S5776] Ontario marriage registrations, 23 Oct 1878, no. 004073, William Asel Edwards and Margaret McLaughlin; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 4 Feb 2025); citing Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1926, MS932, roll 27, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  14. [S5773] Ontario marriage registrations, 10 Jul 1879, no. 004034, Samuel Edwards and Margaret Johnston; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 4 Feb 2025); citing Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1926, MS932, roll 30, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  15. [S5772] Ontario marriage registrations, 21 May 1878, no. 004060, Henry Hoar and H E Malissa Edwards; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 4 Feb 2025); citing Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1926, MS932, roll 27, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  16. [S5916] 1916 Census of the Prairie Provinces, Humboldt, Saskatchewan, population schedule, district 18, subdistrict 25, p. 6, dwelling 71, family 72, George Hoar household; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 1 Mar 2025); citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm roll T-21936.
  17. [S5786] Ontario Registrar General, Registrations of Births and Stillbirths, 1869-, Lilly May Edwards registration no. 026313 (2 Nov 1880); digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 6 Feb 2025); citing microfilm MS 929, roll 45, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  18. [S5787] Ontario Registrar General, Registrations of Births and Stillbirths, 1869-, Maud Elizabeth Edwards registration no. 027392 (3 Sep 1882); digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 6 Feb 2025); citing microfilm MS 929, roll 56, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  19. [S5789] Ontario Registrar General, Registrations of Births and Stillbirths, 1869-, John Wesley Edwards registration no. 027389 (3 Sep 1884); digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 6 Feb 2025); citing microfilm MS 929, roll 67, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  20. [S5790] Ontario Registrar General, Registrations of Births and Stillbirths, 1869-, Cecil Roy Edwards registration no. 027860 (2 Oct 1886); digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 6 Feb 2025); citing microfilm MS 929, roll 78, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  21. [S5771] Ontario Registrar General, Registrations of Births and Stillbirths, 1869-, Walter Francis Edwards registration no. 024730 (2 Dec 1878); digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 3 Feb 2025); citing microfilm MS 929, roll 40, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  22. [S5781] Ontario marriage registrations, 5 Jun 1901, no. 013874, Walter Francis Edwards and Alice Amelia Mitchell; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 5 Feb 2025); citing Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1926, MS932, roll 105, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  23. [S5814] Mitchell, Ontario, Deed of Land, instrument no. MIT3003, west half of Lot 19, Park Lot 22, Plan 345 (1880), Edward Archer and Josephine Archer, his wife to William Edwards, 18 Oct 1880; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 13 Feb 2025).
  24. [S5785] Ontario marriage registrations, 12 Nov 1919, no. 006658, Joseph Hallett and Lilly Edwards; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 6 Feb 2025); citing Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1926, MS932, roll 479, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  25. [S5788] Ontario marriage registrations, 28 Jun 1911, no. 021194, Albert Wellington Timms and Maude Elizabeth Edwards; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 6 Feb 2025); citing Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1926, MS932, roll 189, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  26. [S5815] Mitchell, Ontario, Deed of Land, instrument no. MIT6800, west half of Lot 19, Park Lot 22, Plan 345 (1912), Elizabeth Edwards, Stephen Miles Edwards, Amos Edwards, Asel Edwards, Samuel Edwards, Walter F. Edwards, Lily Edwards, John Edwards, Cecil Edwards and Maud Timms, heirs-at-law of the estate of William Edwards to George Neal, 11 Mar 1912; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 13 Feb 2025).