Elizabeth Lennox1

#57, (1849 - 1930)
FatherJohn Lennox1
MotherElizabeth Foster1
Pedigree
Charts5 Generations of Descendants of Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle (1791-1847)
Ancestors of Allan Lorne Bonnycastle (Dick's line)

Family

Francis Edward Bonnycastle (1841 - 1904)
Children

Life Events

BirthElizabeth Lennox was born on 8 Feb 1849 in Seymour Township, Northumberland County, Ontario.2,3
 
MarriageShe married Francis Edward Bonnycastle on 18 Nov 1865 in Seymour Township.
Record reads: Frank E. Bonnycastle, 24, of Seymour, son of Henry and Eleanor; Elizth Lennox, 16, of Seymour, daughter of John and Elizabeth; witness Richd Bonnycastle, Seymour [Frank's brother].1 
1871 CensusFrank and Elizabeth Bonnycastle appeared on the 1871 Census of Seymour Township, Northumberland County, Ontario, enumerated 2 Apr 1871. They and their children Ellener, Henry, and Charles were living on the farm with Frank's parents. Frank was 29, born in Ontario, religion Church of England, of English origin. Elizabeth was 21, of Irish origin, and born in Ontario. Their children Eleanor Elizabeth, Harold J and Charles Edward were living with them.4 
1881 CensusFrank and Elizabeth Bonnycastle appeared on the 1881 Census of Seymour Township, Northumberland County, Ontario, enumerated 4 Apr 1881. Frank was 39, born in Ontario and a Farmer. Elizabeth was 32 and born in Ontario. They and their children Eleanor, Charles, Eva, Gerald, Ernest, and Richard were in the same household as Frank's parents.5 
1891 CensusFrank and Elizabeth Bonnycastle appeared on the 1891 Census of Seymour Township, Northumberland County, Ontario, enumerated 7 Apr 1891. The Bonnycastle family lived in a two story stone house with 9 rooms. Frank was 49, born in Ontario, father born in New Brunswick, mother in England, religion Church of England, and was a Farmer employing one person. Elizabeth was 42, born in Ontario, parents born in Ireland, and religion Church of England. Their children Charles Edward, Eva Rosalind, Gerald Carlow, Ernest St. John, Richard Henry and Phyllis Frances were with them, as well as niece Anna Lyall Adair and one domestic servant.6 
1901 CensusFrank and Elizabeth Bonnycastle appeared on the 1901 Census of Seymour Township, Northumberland County, Ontario, at Concession 5 Lot 5, enumerated 19 Apr 1901. Frank was 59, born October 18 1841 in rural Ontario, of English origin, religion Church of England, and was a farmer. Elizabeth was 52, born in rural Ontario on February 8 1849, and was of Irish origin. Their children Eleanor Elizabeth, Charles Edward, Eva Rosalind, Richard Henry and Phyllis Frances were living with them, along with Eleanor's children Gladys, Geraldine, and Lyall; Edward's wife Henrietta and their children Helen and Charles; and one farm labourer.
They owned a 12 room stone house on 200 acres, also four houses, 4 lots, and 9 outbuildings.2 
(Surety) ProbateElizabeth Bonnycastle provided surety for the administration of Eleanor Mary Susan Bonnycastle's estate in 1906 in Northumberland County, Ontario.7 
(Other) 1911 CensusElizabeth Bonnycastle appeared on the 1911 Census of Seymour Township, Northumberland County, Ontario, in the household of Charles Bonnycastle and his wife Henrietta. She was recorded as Charles' mother, age 62, born Feb 1849 in Ontario, English, Canadian, and Anglican.8 
(Other) 1921 CensusElizabeth appeared on the 1921 Census of Seymour Township, Northumberland County, Ontario, in the household of her son Charles. She was 71 years old, widowed, and born in Ontario.9 
Item In 1925, Elizabeth registered her daughter Phyllis' birth. She was listed as "Mrs. F.E. Bonnycastle Box 349 Campbellford."10 
(Mentioned) Passenger ListElizabeth Bonnycastle of Campbellford was mentioned as nearest relative in Canada on a border crossing card for her daughter Phyllis Frances Hand on 7 Jun 1926. Phyllis was travelling to Detroit to join her husband.11 
(Mentioned) ObituaryThey was mentioned in her son Charles Edward Bonnycastle's 1929 obituary as surviving him.12 
DeathElizabeth died on 8 Mar 1930 in Seymour Township.
Information from registration: residence Lot 5 Con 5 Seymour, Irish, widowed, born Ontario 8 Feb 1849, age 81 yrs 1 month, lived at place of death 64 years, father John Lennox born Ireland, mother Elizabeth Foster born Ireland, informant daughter Mrs E E Wallace of 92 Wellesly St Toronto, burial Campbellford 10 Mar 1930, reg 10 Mar.3 
BurialShe was buried on 10 Mar 1930 in Christ Church Anglican Cemetery, Campbellford, Northumberland County, Ontario.13,3 
Gravestone14
Frank & Elizabeth Bonnycastle gravestone
also their son Ernest St John
Christ Church Anglican Cemetery, Campbellford
Last Edited26 Aug 2010

Citations

  1. Province of Ontario Marriage Registers: Northumberland County Marriage Register, p. 43; returns from the Methodist Episcopal Church, Family History Library.
  2. 1901 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Northumberland E (95), Seymour (i-1), page 9, line 47.
  3. Ontario Death Registration. Elizabeth Bonnycastle, #026486-30.
  4. 1871 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Ontario, Northumberland East (55), Seymour (g-2), page 52.
  5. 1881 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Ontario, Northumberland East (123), Seymour Township (G-1), page 1.
  6. 1891 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Ontario, Northumbrland East (98), Seymour Township (i-3), page 4.
  7. Eleanor Mary Susan Bonnycastle, Probate File Surrogate Court of Ontario (United Counties of Northumberland and Durham), Family History Library, Film #1452202.
  8. 1911 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Ontario, Northumberland East (101), Seymour Township, subdist 25, page 10.
  9. 1921 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Ontario, Northumberland, SD 42, Page 1.
  10. Ontario Canada Birth Registration. 901074-25 (dtr Phyllis).
  11. Border Crossings: from Canada to U.S., 1895-1956, images (www.ancestry.com) "Phyllis Frances Hand, 1926."
  12. Obituary of Charles E Bonnycastle in an unknown newspaper, 1929. from the collection of the Campbellford-Seymour Heritage Society, Campbellford, Ontario.
  13. Index of monumental inscriptions in the County of Northumberland County, Ontario, computerized index at Cobourg library "Elizabeth, wife of Frank Bonnycastle, 1848-1930."
  14. Monumental inscription on the gravestone of Frank & Elizabeth Bonnycastle & son Ernest (Christ Church Anglican Cemetery, Campbellford, Ontario).
  15. Death certificate of Eleanor Elizabeth Wallace, died 11 September 1950, registered 12 September 1950 in the Province of British Columbia, Certificate #50-09-008644.
  16. 1871 Census for Ontario, Canada "Northumberland County, Seymour Township, p52, family #180."
  17. Ontario Death Registration. Charles Edward Bonnycastle, #026452-29.
  18. Ontario Marriage Registration. Bonnycastle/Kent, #012572-01.
  19. Parish Register of Christ Church Anglican, Campbellford, Ontario (Diocese of Toronto Archives, photocopied records), Ernest St John Bonnycastle baptism, 1878.
  20. Parish Register of Christ Church Anglican, Campbellford, Ontario (Diocese of Toronto Archives, photocopied records), Richard Henry Bonnycastle baptism, 1881.
  21. Death certificate registered in the Province of Ontario "Richard Henry Bonnycastle, #022698-17."
  22. Ontario Canada Birth Registration. Phyllis Frances Bonnycastle, #901074-25 [delayed registration].
  23. Death certificate of Phyllis Frances Hand, died 8 January 1980, registered 8 January 1980 in the Province of British Columbia, Certificate #80-09-001129.