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From: Marg McFarlane <>
Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Thomas Luxton + Sarah Thornthwaite
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:18:30 -0600
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Hi:

Am joining this thread in mid-stream so you may already have:

Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1922
County of Essex, Division of Windsor
Name: Charles W Luxton, divorced, hotel keeper, Anglican, resides Bay
City, Michigan
Age: 44
Father Name: Thomas Luxton, harnessmaker
Mother Name: Sarah Thornthwaite
Estimated birth year: abt 1866
Spouse Name: Margaret Van West, widow, resides Bay City, Michigan, Roman
Catholic
Spouse's Age: 44
Spouse Father Name: James Goyeau. lumberman
Spouse Mother Name : Rosanne Benson
Marriage Date: 23 Feb 1910
Marriage Place: Windsor, Essex
Witnesses: Elizabeth Acheson, Goderich, and Gertrude Smith, Windsor
Minister: F. W. Hollinrake, Windsor
Reg. #008314

Unfortunately, the above marriage came at a time when Place of birth was
not on the form. Son Charles is listed with the family on the 1870,
1880 US census further down this email.

1910 United States Federal Census > Michigan > Bay > Bay Ward 2 >
District 38, sheet 4A, April 21, 1910:

Charles W Luxton Head 44 Born Michigan, father born England,
mother Born Nova Scotia and Nova Scotia is crossed out and Canada
Englich substituted Married for the second time for 1 year Hotel
Keeper
Maggie Luxton Wife 44 Self and parents born Canada
Emigrated in 1879 Married for the 3rd time for 1 year, has borne 5
children, 4 still living
Peter Van West Step-son 14 Born Michigan, father born Holland,
mother born Canada
Helen Van West Step-dau 9 Same

1920 United States Federal Census > Michigan > Bay > Bay Ward 2 >
District 57, sheet 11B, January 12, 1920:

Charles W Luxton Head 54 MI ENG CAN Manager ____
Margaret Luxton Wife 55 CAN CAN CAN Emig 1878, nat 1885
Ellen Vanert Step-dau 18 MI HOLLAND CAN
Rosan Gokey Mother-in-Law Widow 76 Emig 1878, nat 1884

1930 United States Federal Census > Michigan > Bay > Bay City > District
6, sheet 10A, April 12, 1930:

Margaret Luxton Head Widow 64 Was married for the first time
at age 16 Self and parents born French Canada Emig 1880, nat

Bay City directory for 1884-5 :

LUXTON, Thomas - Propr Luxton House northeast corner of 32d and Harrison
LUXTON, Charles - Bartender T. Luxton, boards same
LUXTON, John - laborer, boards 217 Mercer
LUXTON, William - laborer Dolsen, Chapman & Co., boards 217 Mercer

1900 United States Federal Census > Michigan > Huron > Caseville >
District 4, sheet 3B, June 6, 1900:

Henry Luxton Head 30 January, 1870 MI ENG Nova Scotia
Day laborer
Rose Luxton Wife 24 April, 1876 MI GER GER
Ernest Luxton Son 1 May, 1889 MI MI MI

Thomas Luxton Head 68 March, 1832 Married 43 years Self
and parents born England Emigrated to the US in 1864, naturalized
Harnessmaker
Sarah Luxton Wife 57 May, 1843 Married 43 years,
has borne 8 children, 7 still living born Nova Scotia parents born
England Emigrated to US in 1864
Lola Carpenter GrDau 14 November, 1885 born Michigan, father
born MI, mother born Canada At school
Hattie A Carpenter GrDau 13 March, 1887 born Michigan, father born
MI, mother born Canada At school

1910 United States Federal Census > Michigan > Bay > Bay Ward 2 >
District 38, sheet 16A, April 29, 1910:

Sarah A Luxton Head Widow 67 born Nova Scotia Parents born
England Emig to US in 1864
James M Luxton Son Single 34 born MI Father born
England, mother born Nova Scotia Dredge Engineer

Henry & Rose are also still in Bay City. I imagine you already have the
1910 census for them. Family members:

Henry Luxton 40
Rose Luxton 33
Ernest Luxton 10
James Luxton 9
Elsie Luxton 6
Edward Luxton 2
Effie Luxton 2/12

Also in Bay City:

William T Luxton 43 born Canada, father born England, mother born at sea
Lola L Luxton 38
Orena Luxton 9

and here are Thomas and Sarah in 1880, spelling as indexed:

Thomas LUNTON Self M Male W 49 ENG
U. S. Mail Carrier ENG ENG
Sarah LUNTON Wife M Female W 40
NOVA SCOTIA Keeping House ENG ENG
John LUNTON Son S Male W 22 CAN
Mail Carrier ENG NOVA SCOTIA
Annie LUNTON Dau S Female W 19 CAN
At Home ENG NOVA SCOTIA
Ema LUNTON Dau S Female W 16 CAN
School Teacher ENG NOVA SCOTIA
Charles LUNTON Son S Male W 14 MI
At School ENG NOVA SCOTIA
Effa LUNTON Dau S Female W 12 MI
At School ENG NOVA SCOTIA
Henry LUNTON Son S Male W 10 MI
At School ENG NOVA SCOTIA
Frederick LUNTON Son S Male W 6 MI
ENG NOVA SCOTIA
James LUNTON Son S Male W 4 MI
ENG NOVA SCOTIA

Source Information:
Census Place Sebewaing, Huron, Michigan
Family History Library Film 1254582
NA Film Number T9-0582
Page Number 185A

and in 1870:

1870 United States Federal Census > Michigan > Bay > Bay City, Page 127,
June 24, 1870:

Spelling as Indexed:

LIRTON, Thomas 39 Harnessmaker born England Parents both foreign
born Has real estate worth $3000 Has personal goods worth $3000
Sarah 31 Keeping house born Nova Scotia
Parents both foreign born
John 12 CAN
Anna 9 CAN
Emma 6 CAN
Charlie 4 MI
Eddie 2 MI ---Should
be Effie according to 1880 census but original says Eddie, female
Henry 6 months MI

Some Luxton entries:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/search.htm

Scroll down and type Luxton in the search box. Don't select a County
for a wider search.

There are a couple of Thomas Luxton's born abt 1832ish on the 1851
Canada West (Ontario) census:

1851 census of 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick,
and Nova Scotia
DISTRICT: Huron County District Number: 16 Sub-District: Usborne
Sub-District Number: 137 Page: 49 Line: 45 Roll: C_11728 Schedule: A :

LUXTON, John Farmer born ENG Episcopalian 47 Married Log house
Ann
ENG 35 Married
John Laborer ENG
22 Single
Thomas " ENG
20 Single
William " ENG
18 Single
Margaret ENG
16 Single
Sophia
ENG 14 Single
Richard
ENG 10
Henry or Harry? ENG 7

and:

1851 census of DISTRICT: Oxford County District Number: 27
Sub-District: Ingersoll village, Sub-District Number: 267 Page: 39
Line: 12 Roll: C_11745 Schedule: A:

Thomas Luxton Saddler born England Episcopalian age 18 Single

He appears to be living with a Hoffman family. Perhaps this one is
yours as his occupation is Saddler and on later censi he was a
harnessmaker. Just a thought. Age on this 1851 census may vary by a
year or two as the age question was "age at next birthday". Also, some
locations didn't get this census done until 1852.

I didn't find Sarah Thornthwaite on the 1851 census but many census
areas' original pages are missing and therefore not indexed.

Marg in Sunny Alberta


















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