Samuel Edwards

M, b. circa 1857
FatherWilliam Edwards b. c 1814
MotherThankful Buck d. 17 Mar 1867
Birth*Samuel Edwards was born circa 1857 at Johnstown, Canada West, British North America.1  
Occupation*He was a carpenter between 1879 and 1897 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada.1,2,3,4,5 
Marriage*He married Margaret Johnston, daughter of William Johnston and Eliza Jane (?), on 10 July 1879 at Fordwich, Huron, Ontario, Canada. The wedding party included Isabella Johnston and William Beswitherick.1 
(Informant) BirthSamuel Edwards was listed as an informant on the birth certificate of Stephen Miles Edwards on 28 September 1879 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada.2,6,7 
(Informant) BirthSamuel Edwards was listed as an informant on the birth certificate of William Asel Edwards on 4 November 1883 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada.3 
(Informant) BirthSamuel Edwards was listed as an informant on the birth certificate of Hulda Pearl Edwards on 28 June 1889 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada.4,8 
(Informant) BirthSamuel Edwards was listed as an informant on the birth certificate of Clarence Deane Edwards on 25 July 1897 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada.5 
OccupationSamuel Edwards was a builder in 1912 at Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada.9 
(Grantor) Property-SaleAmos 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.9  

Family

Margaret Johnston b. c 1860
Marriage*Samuel Edwards married Margaret Johnston, daughter of William Johnston and Eliza Jane (?), on 10 July 1879 at Fordwich, Huron, Ontario, Canada. The wedding party included Isabella Johnston and William Beswitherick.1 
Children
Last Edited13 Feb 2025

Citations

  1. [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.
  2. [S5791] Ontario Registrar General, Registrations of Births and Stillbirths, 1869-, Stephen Miles Edwards registration no. 024794 (28 Sep 1879); digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 6 Feb 2025); citing microfilm MS 929, roll 40, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  3. [S5799] Ontario Registrar General, Registrations of Births and Stillbirths, 1869-, William Asel Edwards registration no. 026894 (4 Nov 1883); digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 7 Feb 2025); citing microfilm MS 929, roll 61, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  4. [S5774] Ontario Registrar General, Registrations of Births and Stillbirths, 1869-, Hulda Pearl Edwards registration no. 028515 (28 Jun 1889); digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 4 Feb 2025); citing microfilm MS 929, roll 95, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  5. [S5800] Ontario Registrar General, Registrations of Births and Stillbirths, 1869-, Clarence Deane Edwards registration no. 033435 (25 Jul 1897); digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 7 Feb 2025); citing microfilm MS 929, roll 139, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  6. [S5792] Ontario marriage registrations, 19 Jun 1907, no. 002254, Stephen Miles Edward and Olivetta Bewley; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 6 Feb 2025); citing Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1926, MS932, roll 126, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  7. [S5793] 1931 census of Canada, Toronto Northwest, Ontario, population schedule, district 159, subdistrict 69, p. 4, dwelling 37, family 47, Stephen M Edwards household; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 6 Feb 2025); citing Library and Archives Canada Series RG31.
  8. [S5775] Ontario marriage registrations, 8 Oct 1924, no. 005171, Albert Ernest Webster and Hilda Pearl Edwards; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 4 Feb 2025); citing Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1926, MS932, roll 674, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  9. [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).