Dilmon Bricker Stafford1,2

#1261, (1856 - 1935)
FatherWilliam Stafford1 (1828 - 1902)
MotherRebecca Bricker1 (1837 - 1904)
Extended Family
ChartsAngus McKinnon & Mary McFadyen's children & grandchildren
Angus McKinnon & Mary McFadyen - 5 generations of descendants

Children of Dilmon Bricker Stafford and Sarah McKinnon

Life Events

BirthDilmon Bricker Stafford was born on 16 Mar 1856 in Saugeen Twp, Bruce County, Ontario.1,3
 
Residence In 1883, Dilmon Bricker Stafford lived in E1/2 Lots 23&24, Con 14, Bruce Township, Bruce County, Ontario.4 
MarriageHe married Sarah McKinnon on 31 Dec 1891 in Bruce Township, Bruce County, Ontario.
Information from registration: Dilmon Stafford, 33, residence Tp of Bruce, born Saugeen, bachelor, Farmer, Presbyterian, s/o William Stafford & Rebecca Bricker;
Sarah McKinnon, 24, residence Tp Bruce, born Bruce, spinster, Presbyterian, d/o John McKinnon & Euphemia McGillivray;
The witnesses were George Marrs & Isabella McKinnon, both of Bruce.1 
1901 CensusDilmon and Sarah Staford [sic] appeared on the 1901 Census of Bruce Township, Bruce County, Ontario, at Lot 23 Con 14. The family lived in a 5 room wooden house on 150 acres that they owned, with 1 house and 1 outbuilding. Dilmon was 44, born 16 Mar 1856 in rural Ontario, English origin, Presbyterian, a farmer living on his own means, and could read and write. Sarah was 34, born 12 April 1866 in rural Ontario, and also literate. Their children were Mary (8), Howard (6), William (4), Frederick (no age), and Euphemia (2.)3 
(Widowed) DeathHis wife Sarah died on 13 Jun 1907.5  
MarriageDilmon Bricker Stafford married Annie Sollors on 16 Mar 1911 in Southampton, Bruce County, Ontario.
Information from registration: Dilmon Bricker Stafford: farmer, widower, 53, Presbyterian, residence Bruce Township, s/o William Stafford, farmer & Rebecca Bricker;
Annie Sollors, spinster in parents' house, 42, Baptist, residence Southampton, d/o Isaac Sollors, farmer & Sarah Pattenden.
Witnesses were Ida Rankin and Greta Rankin both of Southampton.2 
1911 CensusDilman and Annie Stafford appeared on the 1911 Census of Bruce Township, Bruce County, Ontario. Dilman was 52, born March 1859 in Ontario, English, Presbyterian, and a farmer. His wife Annie was 43, born May 1868 in Ontario, English, and Presbyterian. They had one son, Peter, 8 years old.6 
(Next-of-kin) CEFDilmon Bricker Stafford was listed as next-of-kin on the Canadian Expeditionary Force attestation papers of William Earl Stafford on 15 Mar 1916. He was listed as father Dilmon Stafford of Port Elgin, Ontario.7 
1921 CensusDilman and Annie appeared on the 1921 Census of Bruce Township, Bruce County, Ontario, at Lot 24? & 23 Concession 14. They owned their 6 room brick veneer house. Dilman was 65, born in Ontario, and farmed his own farm. Annie was 53, born in England, immigrated in 1869. Their children at home were Peter (18, earned $325 on his father's farm) and John (15, student). The family was Presbyterian.8 
DeathDilmon died on 7 Dec 1935 in Saugeen Township, Bruce County, Ontario.
Information from certificate: Dilman Stafford, widower, of English origin, born 16 March 1856 in Ontario, age 79 years 9 months 22 days, farmer for 51 years, retired in 1928, father William Stafford birthplace England, mother Rebecca Bricker birthplace Ontario, residence east part Lot 31 & 32 Concession 7 Saugeen for 2 years. The informant was his nephew Geo Baker of Port Elgin. Burial in Port Elgin.9 
BurialHe was buried on 10 Dec 1935 in Port Elgin.9 
Last Edited30 Aug 2014

Citations

  1. Ontario Marriage Registration. Stafford/McKinnon, #001559-91.
  2. Ontario Marriage Registration. Stafford/Sollors, #002008-11.
  3. 1901 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Bruce (50), Bruce (a-4), page 9, line 46.
  4. Letters from Betty McKinnon, Ontario, to J Kolthammer, various dates, "14 July 1997."
  5. Ontario Death Registration. Sarah Stafford, #006939-07.
  6. 1911 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Ontario, Bruce North (59), Bruce (20), page 8.
  7. Canadian Expeditionary Force Attestation Papers & Enlistment Forms. Library and Archives Canada, (http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/020110_e.html), online images, William Earl Stafford, Regimental Number 651972.
  8. 1921 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Ontario, Bruce North, SD 21, Page 6.
  9. Ontario Death Registration. Dilman Stafford, #009749-35.
  10. Ontario Canada Birth Registration. Mary Viola Stafford, #003073-92.
  11. Ontario Canada Birth Registration. John Howard Stafford, #003011-94.
  12. Ontario Canada Birth Registration. William Earl Stafford, #004252-96.
  13. Ontario Canada Birth Registration. Catherine Euphemia Stafford, #006866-99.
  14. Ontario Canada Birth Registration. Frederick Gordon Stafford, #007379-01.
  15. Ontario Canada Birth Registration. Peter Herbert Stafford, #009174-02.
  16. Ontario Canada Birth Registration. Hiram Arthur Stafford, #008831-04.
  17. British Columbia Death Registration. Hiram Arthur Stafford, #64-09-010358.
  18. Ontario Canada Birth Registration. Angus McKinnon Stafford, #014757-05.
  19. Ontario Canada Birth Registration. John McKinnon Stafford, #012499-06.