Weston, GEORGE 1a

Birth Name Weston, GEORGE
Gender male
Age at Death 73 years, 3 months, 17 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1814-05-31 New York State, USA RootsWeb - Paterson FT; see also following Note 1b
Residence 1836 Goderich Township, Huron County, Ontario, Canada George built cottage RR2 Bayfield  
Event Note

A 1951 Ontario newspaper article* says that George Weston (who built the cottage which is the topic of the article in 1836) says his father, General Weston, moved to Canada and fought in the 1812 War. The whole family was captured and imprisoned, and that George was born in the prison camp in 1814.

The article also notes that the cottage is situated at RR2, Bayfield, and at the time of the article was still inhabited by Mr and Mrs Frank Picot, and that Mrs Picot's father is George's son Walter, who was born and lived all his life there.

*"newspaper article Weston cabin.tiff"

Occupation   Goderich Township, Huron County, Ontario, Canada Farmer and entrepreneur  
Event Note

Saw mill, lime kiln, cattle - all mentioned in the Newspaper article in previous Note.

Death 1887-09-17 Goderich Township, Huron County, Ontario, Canada RootsWeb - Paterson FT  

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Weston
    Sister     Weston, ELIZABETH 1808 1892
         Weston, GEORGE 1814-05-31 1887-09-17
    Brother     Weston

Families

Family of Weston, GEORGE and Cronyn, ELLEN EVELYN
Married Wife Cronyn, ELLEN EVELYN ( * about 1828 + ... )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Weston, ELIZABETH1844-11-021922
Weston, John1846-08-261932-05-26
Weston, Margaretabout 1848
Weston, Richardabout 1850
Weston, Ellenabout 1853
Weston, Janeabout 1856
Weston, Henryabout 1859
Weston, Walterabout 1862-02-001915-10-03

Source References

  1. Published Family Trees
      • Page: 2. RootsWeb - Paterson FT; I5505
      • Page: 2. RootsWeb - Paterson FT