| Robert THORN
Birth: 18 Jan 1794
Gagetown, New Brunswick
Death: 16 Jul
1866 Hillier, Ontario27
Father: Samuel
THORN (~1771-~1836)
Mother: Phoebe CHASE
(~1772-~1840)
Spouse: Miriam
CYPHERS
Birth:
Gagetown, New Brunswick
Death: 1876
Manitoulin Island, Ontario
Marriage: 18 Jan 1826 Gagetown, New
Brunswick37
Children:
Robert (1821-~1905)
Phoebe Married Wilson Searls. Settled
in Hillier.
Rachael Married William H. McFaul.
Settled in Hillier.
Alexander Married Theresa Searls.
Settled in Wellington.
David Married Nancy Chisholm. Settled
in Hallowell.
George Married Margaret Hubbs.
Settled, finally, on Manitoulin Island.
Benjamin Died in the Klondike.
Sophia Married Austin Carley. Settled
in Hillier.
Deborah Died young.
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Further information
for Robert Thorn:
- His son Robert was 4 years old when the family moved from New
Brunswick to Prince Edward County, Ontario, thus their listed
year of marriage (1826) is incorrect as their son Robert was born
in 1821.
- Excerpt from Pioneer Life on the
Bay of Quinte published by Rolph & Clark Ltd. 1904 reads: "He
[Robert Thorn 1794 - 1866] procured a hundred acres of virgin forest land in
the third concession of Hillier. The pioneers were not only subjected to
the encroachments of the forest, but to the depredations of the
wolves, who occasionally wrought sad havoc among their flocks.
Deer, partridge and many kinds of the best game abounded;
and mink, muskrat and duck were to be had in plenty by the creek
which ran through the farm and turned Trumpour's
mill-wheel."
Excerpt from Pioneer Life on
the Bay of Quinte published by Rolph & Clark Ltd. 1904
reads: "He [Robert Thorn 1821 - 1905] recalls his father
serving as a non-commissioned officer in the Rebellion of 1837;
that brief but momentous epoch in the history of the Dominion's
making. The father, [Robert Thorn 1794 - 1866] was an active
Conservative; his wife,
Miriam Cyphers, surviving him by ten years, and died while
living with their son, George, on Manitoulin Island."
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