Amy Johnson Crow, on her blog No Story Too Small, has challenged her fellow bloggers to post 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. This is week forty-one, in my attempt to catch up before the end of the year!
My great-great-great-great grandmother Faith Collins, daughter of John Colins, was born around 1817, likely in Yorkshire, England.
She married John Henry Hindle on Jun 9, 1838 in the Parish of Brayton, Yorkshire, England.
In around 1839 their first child, Anne, was born. Sometime around 1840, they emigrated to Canada and their family continued to grow. In total, John and Faith had eight daughters and six sons.
The 1851 Canadian census for Chinguacousy, Ontario, finds John (35) and Faith (34) living with Ann (13), John (11), James (9), Faith (7), Hannah (5), Elizabeth (4) and Thomas (2). By the time the 1861 census rolled around Anne was married and gone and the family had grown to include six more children. John (45) and Faith (25?!) are found living with John (21), James (18), Faith (16), Harriet (14), Elizabeth (13), Thomas (11), Henry (10), Margaret (9), William (6), Mary (4), Robert (3), and Sarah (1).
In 1871, the census for Chinguacousy shows John (57) and Pheth (54) living with Thomas (21), Henry (19), Margaret (17), William (15), Mary (13), Robert (12), Sarah (10) and Esther (8). And in 1881, John (60) and Faith (64) are still in Chinguacousy along with Sarah (20), James (34) and Mary (41).
Faith passed away on October 20, 1886 at 69 years of age. The cause of death was listed as congestion of lungs, 6 days.
John ended up emigrating to the United States in the late 1890s and passed away in Amity, De Kalb, Missouri in 1905. He was buried with Faith in Dixon’s Union Cemetery in Brampton, Ontario.
