Frederick Leroy Furney

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Generation: 1

Frederick Leroy Furney was born on 22 Jul 1889 (son of Herman Bradford Furney and Mattie McGhan); died in 1948.

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Race: White
Reference Number: 11935
Baptism: 2 Feb 1890, Woodstock, Ontario, Canada; 0 Age: 0
Arrival: 1910; 20 Age: 20
Residence: 1920, Ogilvie, Kanabec, Minnesota, USA; 30 Age: 30; Produce Buyer Occupation: Produce Buyer; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 51; HomeMortgaged: Mortgaged; HomeOwnership: Owned; Industry: Produce House; IsEmployed: Own Account; LanguageSpoken: English; NaturalizationStatus: Naturalized; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Head RelationToHead: Head

Family/Spouse: Martha Gunderson. Martha was born in 1899 in Minnesota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Gerald Martin Furney was born on 16 Oct 1917 in Kanabec, Minnesota, USA; died on 1 Apr 1992.
Frederich L Furney was born on 2 Apr 1919 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; died on 5 Sep 1919 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA.

Generation: 2

Herman Bradford Furney was born in 1869 in Canada (son of John Furnie and Jane DeGroat).

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Race: French
Reference Number: 11933
Residence: 1881, Dorchester North, Middlesex East, Ontario, Canada; 14 Age: 14

Herman married Mattie McGhan on 1 Jul 1888 in Oxford, Ontario, Canada. Mattie was born in 1867 in Shophollin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mattie McGhan was born in 1867 in Shophollin.
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Name: Mary Anne Mc Gahan

Reference Number: 11934

Children:

1. Frederick Leroy Furney was born on 22 Jul 1889; died in 1948.

Generation: 3

John Furnie was born in 1838 in Ontario, Canada; died on 3 Feb 1923 in Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Avon, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.

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NamePrefixAlias: 13
Race: French
Name: John Furney
Reference Number: 5690
Residence: 1871, Dorchester North, Middlesex East, Ontario; 28 Age: 28; CountingDistrictNumber: 09; ParliamentaryDivision: 03; SubRegistrationDistrict: b; Widowed: M; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Farmer Occupation: Farmer; Methodist Religion: Methodist

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Died:
82 Age: 82; CauseOfDeath: Nephritis

John married Jane DeGroat. Jane (daughter of Peter Ezera DeGroat and Harriet Rebecca Van Norman) was born on 19 Jul 1837 in Avon, Elgin, Ontario, Canada; died on 8 Apr 1924 in South Dorchester, Elgin, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Avon, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jane DeGroat was born on 19 Jul 1837 in Avon, Elgin, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Peter Ezera DeGroat and Harriet Rebecca Van Norman); died on 8 Apr 1924 in South Dorchester, Elgin, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Avon, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.

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Name: Jane Furnie
Reference Number: 6535

Notes:

Year of birth is entered as 1864 on death record. Obvious error. She is listed as 86 years and 9 months old in April 1924. Year should be 1837.

Children:

2. Herman Bradford Furney was born in 1869 in Canada.
Lillie Harriet Furney was born on 28 Dec 1869 in North Dorchester, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada; died on 14 Aug 1929 in South Dorchester, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Putnam, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 4

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Peter Ezera DeGroat was born on 21 Nov 1792 in Quebec, Canada (son of Joseph DeGroat and Hannah Ruiter); died on 13 Jun 1878 in North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Jun 1878 in Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.

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Birth: Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada
Race: Dutch
Name: Peter
Name: Peter Degroat
Name: Peter Degroat
Reference Number: 6796
Residence: Middlesex East
Birth: 1792, Canada
Birth: 1 Dec 1793
Residence: 1852, Dorchester North, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada; Age: 60
Residence: 1861, North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
Residence: 1871, Ontario, Canada; Age: 77
Residence: 1871, Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; Age: 77; Marital Status: Married

Notes:

Peter Degroat Will
Middlesex County, Ontario probate book G, P315. FHL img 472
Date: 13 May 1878 (he died in June 1878).
Residence: North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario.
Executors: Samuel Whaley and John Dafoe
Wife: Harriet
Sons: Bradford and Jonathon
Daughters: Jane Furney and Catherine Schall.

Son Henry not mentioned, perhaps deceased. However, Anson and Elias, definately not deceased, but not mentioned.

Birth:
Jan 1852 be 60 on 21 Nov

Birth:
calculated from gravestone

Peter married Harriet Rebecca Van Norman on 8 May 1828 in Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada. Harriet (daughter of John Van Norman and Rebecca Unknown) was born on 3 Jul 1809 in Ontario, Canada; died on 14 Mar 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Harriet Rebecca Van Norman was born on 3 Jul 1809 in Ontario, Canada (daughter of John Van Norman and Rebecca Unknown); died on 14 Mar 1890.

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Race: German
Name: Hariet Degroat
Name: Harriet R
Name: Harriet Rebecca VanNorman
Name: Harriet Vanorman
Reference Number: 6532
Birth: 25 May 1806
Birth: 1807, Ontario
Residence: 1861, North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
Residence: 1881, Dorchester North, Middlesex East, Ontario, Canada; Age: 74; MaritalStatus: Widowed

Notes:

Harriet's maiden name (Van Norman)appears on the death records for at least two of her children, Jane Furney and Jonathan Degroat.

Birth:
from 1851 census. jan 1852 b3 43 on 3 Jul

Birth:
death of child

Birth:
from gravestone calc birth date 84-9-17

Died:
Avon United Cemetery, Avon, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada

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Married:
St Thomas Church

Children:

Catherine DeGroat was born in 1828; died on 18 Aug 1912 in Dryden, Lapeer, Michigan, USA; was buried in Imlay City, Lapeer County, Michigan, United States of America.
Henry DeGroat was born on 20 Jan 1832.
Anson Henry DeGroat was born on 27 Feb 1833 in Bayham, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada; died on 1 Jun 1927 in Cedar Springs, Kent, Michigan, USA; was buried in Cedar Springs, Kent County, Michigan, USA.
5. Jane DeGroat was born on 19 Jul 1837 in Avon, Elgin, Ontario, Canada; died on 8 Apr 1924 in South Dorchester, Elgin, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Avon, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
Elias Degroat was born on 17 Mar 1838; died on 28 May 1926 in Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA.
Bradford DeGroat was born on 8 Sep 1844; died on 17 Feb 1921 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Johnathon DeGroat was born on 5 Apr 1847 in Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; died on 15 Feb 1936 in Leamington, Essex, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Avon, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.