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Wife Ethel MOORE 22
Born: 1900 - Rogerstone, , Monmouth, Wales
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Mother: Ellen TRUSLER (1857- ) 15,18,22,25
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Wife Eva Jane MOORE 51,63
Born: 22 Apr 1903 - Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada 63
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Father: Hiram MOORE (1852- ) 51,52,54
Mother: Frances Ann WOLFRAM (1866- ) 51,64
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Birth Notes: Wife - Eva Jane MOORE
Husband Fredrick Isaiah MOORE 51,63
Born: 5 Mar 1893 - Cramahe Twp, Northumberland Co, Ontario, Canada 63
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Mother: Frances Ann WOLFRAM (1866- ) 51,64
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Husband Harold MOORE 22
Born: 1900 - Derby, , Derbyshire, England
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Mother: Sarah Ann DALLISON (1879- ) 18,19,22,25
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Husband Hiram MOORE 51,52,54
Born: Jun 1852 - Cramahe Twp, Northumberland Co, Ontario, Canada 51,52,64
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Father: Sylvester MOORE (1824-1894) 1,52,54,340,341
Mother: Mary Ann (1830-1885) 1,54,340
Marriage: 31 Dec 1884 - Cramahe Twp, Northumberland Co, Ontario, Canada 64
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation 64, Farmer, 1884 - Cramahe Twp, Northumberland Co, Ontario, Canada
• Residence 51, 1911 - Castleton, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada
Wife Frances Ann WOLFRAM 51,64
Born: May 1866 - Cramahe Twp, Northumberland Co, Ontario, Canada 51,64
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Father: Hamlet WOLFRAM ( - ) 64
Mother: Frances ( - ) 64
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1 M Harvey Franklin MOORE 51
Born: 23 Oct 1885 - Castleton, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada 63
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Spouse: Amelia (1892- ) 51
2 M Fredrick Isaiah MOORE 51,63
Born: 5 Mar 1893 - Cramahe Twp, Northumberland Co, Ontario, Canada 63
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3 F Wilhelmina Frances MOORE 51,63
Born: 23 Mar 1898 - Cramahe Twp, Northumberland Co, Ontario, Canada 63
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4 F Eva Jane MOORE 51,63
Born: 22 Apr 1903 - Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada 63
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Birth Notes: Husband - Hiram MOORE
1856 on Marriage certificate
General Notes: Husband - Hiram MOORE
Witness to his father's death
General Notes: Child - Harvey Franklin MOORE
Harry in 1911 census
Birth Notes: Child - Eva Jane MOORE
Husband John MOORE 18
Born: 1853 - Breadsall, , Derbyshire, England
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• Occupation, Printer Compositor
Wife Catherine PIPES 18,748
Born: 1856 - Derby, , Derbyshire, England
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1 M Joseph Frederick MOORE 18,22,25
Born: 1877 - Derby, , Derbyshire, England
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Spouse: Eliza May DALLISON (1876- ) 18,19,22,25
Marr: 1896 - Derby, , Derbyshire, England 25
2 M Alfred MOORE 18
Born: 1879 - Derby, , Derbyshire, England
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Spouse: Sarah Ann DALLISON (1879- ) 18,19,22,25
3 M Ernest MOORE 18
Born: 1880 - Derby, , Derbyshire, England
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General Notes: Child - Joseph Frederick MOORE
Goes by Fred
Death Notes: Child - Alfred MOORE
After Son was conceived but Before 1901Census
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Wife Lauren MOORE (details suppressed for this person)
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Mother: Lisa CHIVERS
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Husband Robert Francis SPEARPOINT 28,117
Born: 1878 - Southwark, , Surrey, England 28,117
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Father: William Ingram SPEARPOINT (1835-1914) 28,96
Mother: Elizabeth WOODS ( - ) 28
Marriage: 1901 - Southwark, , Surrey, England 28,117
Wife Mary MOORE 28
Born: 1878 - Bermondsey, , London, England 28
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1 F Ellen SPEARPOINT 28,117
Born: 1910 - Southwark, , Surrey, England 28,117
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2 M Arthur SPEARPOINT 28,117
Born: 1912 - Southwark, , Surrey, England 28,117
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Spouse: Ellen Florence TRACEY (1914-1960) 28,117
Marr: 1936 - Bermondsey, , London, England 28,117
3 F Mary SPEARPOINT 28,117
Born: 1916 - Southwark, , Surrey, England 28,117
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General Notes: Husband - Robert Francis SPEARPOINT
General Notes: Wife - Mary MOORE
MARY SPEARPOINT who died on Monday, 16th September 1940. Age 61. Wife of Robert Spearpoint, of 8 Priter Road. at Linsey Street Arch.
Cemetery: METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF Bermondsey, Greater London, Surrey, England, Section of the Civilian War Dead Register
General Notes: Child - Ellen SPEARPOINT
HELEN SPEARPOINT who died on Monday, 16th September 1940. Age 29. Daughter of Robert Spearpo int, of 8 Priter Road, and of Mary Spearpoint. at Linsey Street Arch.
Cemetery: METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF Bermondsey, Greater London, Surrey, England, Section of the Civilian War Dead Register
General Notes: Child - Arthur SPEARPOINT
General Notes: Child - Mary SPEARPOINT
MARY SPEARPOINT who died on Monday, 16th September 1940. Age 24. Daughter of Robert Spearpoi nt, of 8 Priter Road, and of Mary Spearpoint. at Linsey Street Arch.
Cemetery: METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF Bermondsey, Greater London, Surrey, England, Section of the Civilian War Dead Register
Husband Rev John Palen ROBLIN 7,10,55,130,131,133
Born: 2 May 1769 - Smiths Clove, Orange, New York, USA 359
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Died: 28 Feb 1813 - Richmond Township, Lennox-Addington, Ontario, Canada
Buried: - Hay Bay, Adolphustown Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario, Canada 130
Father: Philip ROBLIN Ue (Abt 1750-1788) 1,10,55,121,150,171,358
Mother: Elizabeth Esther MILLER (1754-1815) 10,55,150,171,173
Marriage: 1789 359
Wife Mary Elizabeth MOORE 55,130,131,133
Born: 1774 130
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Died: 1847 - Hay Bay, Adolphustown Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario, Canada 130
Buried: - Hay Bay, Adolphustown Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario, Canada 130
Father: William MOORE ( - ) 130,131
Mother: Mary McLEAN ( - ) 130
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1 F Nancy Anna ROBLIN 7,200
Born: 30 Apr 1795 - Adolphustown Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada
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Spouse: Thomas FLAGLER (Abt 1795-1872) 200
Marr: 16 May 1814 - Adolphustown Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada 200
2 M Rev. Philip John ROBLIN 7,10,54,131
Born: 1 Jun 1797 - Napanee, Lennox & Addington Co, Ontario, Canada
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Spouse: Jane CASEY (1800-1860) 10,54,131
Marr: 31 Dec 1818 - Ontario, Canada 131
Spouse: Sarah SAGER (1823- ) 130
Marr: 21 Sep 1869 - Weslayan Methodist Church, Belleville, , Ontario, Canada 64,120,130
3 F Maria Moore ROBLIN 10,130
Born: 1799 - Ontario, Canada
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Spouse: George Hill DETLOR (1794-1883) 10,52,130
Marr: 2 Jun 1818 130
4 M William Moore ROBLIN 130,131
Born: 1801 - Hay Bay, Adolphustown Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario, Canada
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Spouse: Catherine Hill DETLOR (1796- ) 7,131
Spouse: Elizabeth STEEL (1797-1869) 7,131
Marr: 29 Mar 1825 - St Albans Anglican Church, Adolphustown Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario, Canada 7
5 F Francis "Fanny" ROBLIN 7,130,131
Born: 1803 - Hay Bay, Adolphustown Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario, Canada
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Died: 1828 - Hay Bay, Adolphustown Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario, Canada
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Spouse: Isaac FRASER ( - ) 130
Marr: 3 Jun 1823 120
6 F Jennet ROBLIN 130,131
Born: 1805 - Hay Bay, Adolphustown Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario, Canada
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Spouse: Andrew DAVIS (1801-1876) 130
7 F Matilda ROBLIN 130,131
Born: 1807 - Hay Bay, Adolphustown Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario, Canada
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8 M John W ROBLIN 10,130
Born: 16 Feb 1811 - Adolphustown Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada
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Died: 7 Jun 1892 - Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA 120
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Spouse: Mary KIMMERLY (1816-1898) 10,130
Marr: 20 Apr 1834 - Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada 130
9 M David Philip / Allen ROBLIN 7,10,130,131
Born: 19 Apr 1812 - Adolphustown Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada
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Died: 1 Mar 1863 - Napanee, Lennox & Addington Co, Ontario, Canada
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Spouse: Pamela "Millie" HAWLEY (1812-1893) 7,130
Marr: 1832
Birth Notes: Husband - Rev John Palen ROBLIN
Some sources suggest 2 May 1774 however that puts him too close to his brother Owen's birth to be reasonable. Also only one son was over the age of 12 in 1783, that would have been John in this case/
General Notes: Husband - Rev John Palen ROBLIN
John Roblin, the eldest son of the Pioneer's family, was among the first converts under Darius Dunham's labours in the province, and became a zealous worker for the Methodist church and a popular local preacher, he could not sit in Parliament. His constituency re-electing him, his seat was again declared vacant by the same party and for the same reason. Returning home, he was elected for the third time; but he died before the next session commenced, and thus evaded that which threatened to become a serious cause of dissatisfaction, if not of disturbance. 10
Death Notes: Wife - Mary Elizabeth MOORE
George Detlor Diary says she died 1832
General Notes: Child - Rev. Philip John ROBLIN
Settled in Napanee
General Notes: Child - Maria Moore ROBLIN
Settled in Napanee 10
Death Notes: Child - Matilda ROBLIN
of Drowning
General Notes: Child - Matilda ROBLIN
THE GREAT DROWNING
From the Napanee Beaver, April 30th, 1897
Probably the most memorable drowning accident that ever occurred in this county was just in front of the old Adolphustown Methodist Church, on Sunday morning, August 29th, 1819. Though nearly seventy-nine years have since elapsed, and every one who ever witnessed that sad catastrophe has long since passed away, yet the remembrance of it still remains fresh with nearly all the descendants of the families of those days.
The circumstances were substantially as follows; There had been a great revival in the Methodist societies in nearly every part of his county that year, and the preachers then in charge of the Bay of Quinte circuit, Revs. Isaac Puffer and James Wilson, had arranged for a special quarterly meeting in the Adolphustown church for that day. A quarterly meeting at that time was almost sure to bring out a number of the zealous people from every society in the county. Those from all parts of North Fredericksburgh and the northern part of Adolphustown had to cross Hay Bay in small boats; the bay just opposite the old church is about a mile and a half wide. Barnard Cole and his family lived across the bay from the church; he owned a pretty large, skiff which was quite a rarity then, as the old time log canoes were much in use. That Sunday morning more assembled to cross at that place than it was safe for even his large boat to carry.
Some, it is said, would not venture in the boat at all, under the circumstances, and some who did so got out again and strongly urged their friends to do so. Among the latter was the late Gilbert Bogart, who died years ago at his farm at Riverside, on the Deseronto road now owned by Mrs. R Thompson. Feeling there was so much danger he went away crying because he could not prevail on his brother Peter to get out also. Peter was one of the victims. They were both young men at that time.
The morning was calm and beautiful; there was scarcely a ripple on the waters of the bay, and the owner of the boat had full confidence in its capacity to carry all its precious cargo, and more too. He strongly urged all to get in. Four of his own family were among the number, three of whom escaped. His son, the late Conrad B. Cole, who died an old man in North Fredericksburgh a few years ago, was one of the survivors, and has frequently told the writer of the events of that memorable day, and pointed out to him the exact spot where the boat filled and the drowning took place. It is not to be wondered at that every incident in connection with that catastrophe was indelibly fixed in his memory to the end of life.
There were eighteen in the boat all of whom, with the exception of Barnard Cole and his wife, were young people. They were all members of the Methodist church, and most of them recent converts. Everything went smoothly and pleasantly at first and the young people had been singing hymn after hymn among the popular revival hymns of those days. When half way over it was found the boat was leaking very freely and settling lower in the water in consequence. A bailing dish had been forgotten, and the men at the oars began to pull with all their strength, seeing the danger that thus threatened them. Finally it occurred to one of them to use his Sunday hat for bailing purposes, but by that time the water was pouring in too fast to be thus got rid of.
THE CALAMITY OCCURS
When within about forty rods from shore, Peter German, one of the young men, said to the others he was a good swimmer and would jump out and swim to shore, and thus lighten the load. In doing so he thoughtlessly stepped on the edge of the boat, tipping it so that water poured in over the top. That alarmed the already much frightened young women who suddenly leaned to the other side, settling it so much that the boat at once filled with water, partly upsetting at the same time. Of course now all was confusion and dismay. The young women, who could not swim struggled and clung to each other and in this way they were all drowned. Peter Bogart, one of the young men, though a good swimmer, is said to have been carried down by some clinging to him whom he was trying to save. John German, who was also a good swimmer, turned back to help when he heard the cries of his sister but she had sank beneath his reach when he got there. He then became so bewildered that he did not attempt to swim to shore again, but swam around and up and down the bay until he sank exhausted. His body was found some distance from the others, and was not recovered until the next day. Those who had enough presence of mind to cling to the boat were kept floating until help came, but ten of the eighteen were drowned.
SOME OF THE INCIDENTS
Years ago, every family about the bay had its store of incidents to tell about that great drowning. It would require a volume almost to have related them all. It is said that the preliminary prayer meeting had began and one had just prayed "make this a day long to be remembered,: when the first shriek was heard. Rev. Isaac Puffer was in charge of the meeting and looking up, he at once saw the terrible struggle only a few rods away from the church. He at once called out "our friends out in the bay are in distress," and all rushed out on the banks. The church stands within a few rods of the water's edge. The scenes on the shore are represented to have been even more heart rending than those in the water. Some were witnessing the struggle of their own children or near relatives. Some tore their hair or their clothing in their agony. Some are said to have rolled on the ground in their agony, others seemed paralyzed at the sight. Prayers and appeals went up to God from the hundreds thus assembled. Boats were near by and soon several were called out to the rescue. Seven were picked up who had been clinging to the boat. One, Mrs. Cole, was found floating on her back in the water, past consciousness, but was resuscitated soon after. She lived many years after and used to frequently say that she found drowning easy and painless, but the agonies of resuscitation were such that she wished they had left her as she was. Some of the others were also restored with considerable difficulty but all the survivors lived many years.
THE VICTIMS
The names of those drowned will be found in the verse here appended. The first named, John and Jane German, were young people of the same family, children of Stophel German, a local preacher and one of the first subscribers for the building of the church. The late Nathan German of North Fredericksburgh, George German, of Gosport, and Mrs. Wm. Vallear of Richmond, were members of the same family. Their parents witnessed the terrible scene from the shore and the agony of the mother was said to have been dreadful to witness. She was a beautiful singer, but never was heard to sing again though she lived nearly forty years after. They lived on the north shore, on the beautiful farm now owned by Mr. James Jaynes. Peter Bogart's parents lived next farm, Abraham and "Polly" Bogart, the latter of whom lived to be over a hundred years of age. The large and well know Bogart family, of Adolphustown, were all of the same family. Our townsmen, Messrs. G. Bogart, postmaster; J.M. Bogart, and Marshall Bogart, of "Riverside" are all nephews. It is said that Peter Bogart and Jane German were to have been soon married and it was in striving to save her life he lost his own. Mary Cole lived next farm, the daughter of Barnard Cole, already referred to. She was soon to have been married to Joseph Johnson of Prince Edward, near Picton, who was also one of the company that day but survived. She had a presentiment of some such sudden death in a dream the night previous, and told Mr. Johnson of it in the morning. Mary and Jane Detlor were from North Fredericksburgh, and lived on the farm now owned by our townsman, W. Nelson Doller, Esq. They were connected with the Detlor families now living in Napanee and this vicinity. Betsy McCay also lived in the same vicinity, on Little Creek, she was a sister of the late Asa McCay, of Clarksville, and A.B. McCay, Esq., who lived and died on the old homestead. Huldah Madden lived on the boundary line between Fredericksburgh and Ernesttown, a concession north of where the Morven brick church now stands, near the farm of Robert Collins, Esq. She was a sister of the late Stauts S. Madden, father of Mr. W.D. Madden, of Napanee, and Wm. Madden, York Road, who died a few months ago. Matilda Roblin was a member of the large Roblin family still residing in this county, but where she lived we do not know. She was a sister of the late David Philip Roblin and Mrs. Geo. H. Detlor. Betsy Clark, was, we believe, a daughter of Elias Clark, on the "back bay" of Adolphustown, a family well known to all the old residents. So far as we can ascertain they were all of U.E. Loyalist families.
RECOVERING AND BURYING THE BODIES
Burger Huyck, living on the north shore, on the farm now occupied by Samuel Hawley, his son-in-law, was an expert fisherman and had a fishing seine. This was at once got and brought over. It was cast about the scene of the calamity and at the one draw, eight of the dead bodies were brought to shore. The ninth was got soon after, but it was not till the next morning that the body of John German was found, as he had swam some distance off before he finally sank. The church was at once transformed into a morgue; of course all the regular services for that day were broken up. Carpenters were at once got and the work of coffin making began - there were no professional undertakers in this country then. Word went speedily around and the absent friends soon began to arrive. The next day the funeral took place, the ten coffins all being placed in a row outside of the church. Such a concourse of people had gathered that the church could only hold a part of them. The preacher was Isaac Puffer, then a well known "circuit rider" here, who afterwards went to the States, where he lived and died. He was a very eccentric man and knew every chapter and verse of scripture by heart, and could readily quote any verse, or tell at once where any quoted passage could be found. The writer well remembers hearing him preach to a large congregation in the same church during a visit to his old time circuit, late in the forties. He was then a venerable and gray haired old man. So affecting was that funeral scene that, over and over again would the preacher break down and nearly the entire congregation break out into sobbings and tears.
Eight of the graves were side by side in the old burying ground just opposite the church. The ninth was laid beside some other member of her family. One, Mary Cole, was buried on the north side of the bay in the well known burial place there, on her father's farm, where nearly all the earlier settlers of that section found their last resting place. Strange to say there does not remain anything now to mark even the spot where all these memorable graves are, though the ground is in a good state of preservation. It is said, however, to be located about the middle of that historic old "God's acre."
The following lines were composed and printed soon after and sold in separate slips by the many hundreds.. At one time, there were few houses in all the old Midland district in which copies could not be found, and nearly all the young people for two generations committed them to memory. We doubt if any other production, crude as it is, was ever so extensively read and committed to memory in this part of Upper Canada. The Beaver has formerly published them but as many are still asking for them they are again re-produced in these columns. Some have attributed their authorship to Isaac Files, then a school teacher in Prince Edward, Rev. John Carroll, Mr. Playter and others claim they were written by Alexander Shorts, who lived and died in Richmond, a few miles west of Selby. Our friend, W. S. William, Esq., now of California has informed us it was his father, the late Isaac Williams, who was well known to many in Napanee some years ago. He was then a young man residing near Picton.
THOMAS W. CASEY
A BALLAD ON THE DEATH OF TEN YOUNG PEOPLE, DROWNED IN HAY BAY
Come all you good people, of every degree, Read over these lines, which are penned down by me. And when you are reading these lines, which are true, Remember this warning is also to you.
In the year of our Lord, 1819, On the 29th of August, on Sunday I mean -- The place where it happened I'll also put down, But the loss I can't tell of , in Adolphustown.
These people were all in good health and in prime, All modestly clothed in apparel so fine, -- To Church they were going, their God to adore -- To reach the said place they had Hay Bay to cross o'er.
The boat being small, and their number eighteen, To go over together they all ventured in; -- They launched away singing a sweet excise, Their moment near by them was hid from their eyes.
The voice of Jehovah speaks unto us all; Always to be ready, to go at his call, And when you are reading these mournful lines o'er, Death may be sent for you, and enter your door.
The boat being leaky, the water came in To bale with their hats, they too late did begin. They looked at each other and began for to weep. The boat filled with water and sank in the deep.
Their friends on the shore then for help flew with speed, And eight of the number from the water they freed; There were brothers and sisters and parents also, Soon heard the sad story, which filled them with woe.
A seine was preparing to draw them to land Their friends all a-weeping, around them did stand; Such cries and lamentings were never before, The loss was so fatal, that none could restore.
There were John and Jane German, Peter Bogart also; There Mary and Jane Detlor, in the waters below; There was Matilda Roblin, and Betsy Macoy; Betsy Clark, Huldah Madden, and the said Mary Cole.
To the unchangeable regions their spirits are fled. And left their poor bodies inactive and dead Their friends with loud weeping around them were found, Their bodies preparing to enter the ground.
On the Monday following, their coffins were made, And into the same their dead bodies were laid, And solemnly borne into the Churchyard; Their graves, in rotation, for them were prepared.
A large congregation, on that solemn day Assembled together to visit their clay; To join the afflicted in their mournful state, And also to comfort in sorrow so great.
A sermon was delivered on that solemn scene, By Sir Isaac Puffer, form Job 19; Although these vile bodies the worms may destroy, They shall see God in glory in fullness of joy.
The sermon being over, and brought to a close, And some words of comfort were offered to those Whose hearts were quite broken and filled with grief, And in a few moments these bodies must leave.
Their coffins were open to all public view, That all might behold them and bid them adieu; And then to convey them to the silent clay, No more to behold them till the judgement day.
And now we must leave them beneath the cold ground; Till Gabriel's trumpet shall give the last sound; Awake! Thou that sleepest, and arise from your tomb, And come forth to judgment to hear your last doom.
General Notes: Child - John W ROBLIN
All following generations without source were imported from the following source
Settled in Waterdown New York
John and Mary lived in Richmond Twp from 1851 to 1881. It is believed that they moved sometime after that to Watertown, Jefferson Co., New York.
The location and dates of death for John and Mary are unknown.
Census: 1851 Ontario Census - Richmond Twp: John 41, living with Mary 36, William P 17, Anna Maria 16, David 15, Jacob L. 13, Alonzo W. 10, Sarah M. 8, Amelia J. 6 and Peter Wilmot 3.
1871 Ontario Census - Richmond Twp: John living with Mary and 5 children (census practically unreadable)
1881 Ontario Census - Richmond Twp: John 63, living with Mary 57 and James 14. 7,10,130
General Notes: Child - David Philip / Allen ROBLIN
Settled in Napanee
ROBLIN, DAVID, lumber merchant and politician; b. 19 April 1812 in Adolphustown Township, Upper Canada, fifth of the nine children of John Roblin and Mary Moore; m. in 1832 Pamelia Hawley, and they had ten children; d. 1 March 1863 at Napanee, Canada West.
John Roblin, an Adolphustown farmer and Methodist lay preacher, died when David was still a child. Largely “self-educated,” David opened a small general store in Richmond Township in 1832, moved his business to Napanee in 1841, and during the next decade expanded into the timber trade and speculation in United Empire Loyalist scrip with considerable success.
Like most Upper Canadian politicians of the period, Roblin entered politics through municipal channels. He was Richmond Township’s first reeve (1841–57), and served as first warden (1849–57) of the United Counties of Frontenac and Lennox and Addington. He used his considerable municipal influence to promote the passage of the Grand Trunk Railway legislation, the construction of the Addington Colonization Road, and the rebuilding of the county courthouse and jail in Kingston. His political influence also gained him such dividends in the 1850s as a large timber limit in Frontenac from the Francis Hincks* administration, a Grand Trunk Railway sub-contract to build a bridge over the Napanee River, and an appointment as company arbitrator for the GTR in April 1854.
Roblin was not simply a political “railwayman,” however, for Reform zeal ran through the family. Both his father and his cousin, John Philip Roblin*, sat in the assembly. David contested Lennox and Addington unsuccessfully in the 1844 and 1851 elections against the Tory incumbent Benjamin Seymour. Throughout his political career Roblin labelled himself a Reformer, and he was an admirer of Marshall Spring Bidwell*, Peter Perry*, and particularly Robert Baldwin*, whom he described in 1861 as “that good and great man, the lamented and ever-to-be revered champion of our liberties.”
Victorious in the elections of 1854, Roblin, along with such colleagues as John Ross*, Angus Morrison*, and Sidney Smith*, was persuaded by Hincks to join the new Liberal-Conservative coalition. Though he continued to identify himself as a Baldwin Reformer, he supported John A. Macdonald* loyally on every major issue, including Macdonald’s unpopular stand against representation by population.
Roblin survived the 1857 election, but the eclipse of his personal and political fortunes was already under way. Two unsuccessful legislative attempts, which he supported, to separate Lennox and Addington from Frontenac (in 1858 and 1860) alienated both his Addington supporters and the Kingston political triumvirate of Macdonald, Alexander Campbell*, and Sidney Smith. His lumber business, which had suffered severe losses in the 1857–58 depression following the collapse of the London, England, timber market, continued to decline, leading to the loss of his Frontenac timber limits and all his property except for the family home. In the election of 1861 he was defeated by the official Conservative candidate, Augustus F. G. Hooper*, a Newburgh merchant. Ill and bankrupt, Roblin retired from politics and died in 1863.
In 1857 Macdonald wrote of Roblin: “When I was in straits, he stood by me like a man & I can never forget him.” Yet for all Roblin’s faithful support of the Liberal-Conservative coalition, he continued to have a Reform identity, which was undoubtedly the root of his eventual defeat for it satisfied neither Clear Grits nor Conservatives in a period when the polarization of parties made the separate existence of the Baldwin Reform group both meaningless and irritating. The Toronto Globe, for example, castigated Roblin as a “Reform renegade,” at the same time that the Conservative Chronicle and News of Kingston labelled him one of Macdonald’s “most pliant instruments.” Indeed it was the support of such coalition Reformers as Roblin that provided the precarious edge the Conservatives enjoyed in the assembly throughout most of the decade after 1854.
James A. Eadie
Lennox and Addington Hist. Soc. (Napanee, Ont.), IV (Roblin family papers), A (David Roblin papers); V (John Stevenson papers) (copies at PAC). Napanee Standard (Napanee, [Ont.]), 1854–63. W. S. Herrington, History of the county of Lennox and Addington (Toronto, 1913), 151, 157, 206, 223, 275, 317, 341, 401–3. J. A. Eadie, “Politics in Lennox and Addington County in the pre-confederation period, 1854–1867” (unpublished ma thesis, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont., 1967); “The political career of David Roblin,” Lennox and Addington Hist. Soc., Papers and Records, (Napanee, Ont.), XIV (1972), 48–63.
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Husband Robert A POLLEY 1,109,110,340
Born: 1843 - Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada 340,383
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Father: Robert A POLLEY (1801- ) 1,52,54,78,109,110,228,230,340,384,385,386
Mother: Mary Ann HACKETT (1810-1887) 1,52,109,110,228,231,340,385,386,387,388
Marriage: 12 Aug 1867 - Haldimand, Northumberland West, Ontario, Canada 1,340
Other Spouse: Unknown ( - ) 389
Other Spouse: Unknown ( - ) 389
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation, Farmer
• Religion, Church of England
• Residence, 1866-1874 - Cramahe Twp, Northumberland Co, Ontario, Canada
• Immigration 390, Canada to USA, Abt 1874
• Residence 390, USA, 1874-Dec 1879
• Residence, 1876 - Michigan City, LaPorte, Indiana, USA
Son Arthur's Birth
Wife Melissa MOORE 54,109,340
Born: 1845 - Whitby, , Ontario, Canada 1,109
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Died: 12 Jan 1880 - Cramahe Twp, Northumberland Co, Ontario, Canada 341
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Father: Sylvester MOORE (1824-1894) 1,52,54,340,341
Mother: Mary Ann (1830-1885) 1,54,340
Noted events in her life were:
• Occupation 341, Farmer's Wife
Children
1 M Arthur Sandford POLLEY 14,51,52,389
Born: 4 Jan 1876 - Michigan City, LaPorte, Indiana, USA 51,389
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Died: 10 Nov 1963 - Toronto, , Ontario, Canada 389
Buried: - Toronto, , Ontario, Canada 389
Spouse: Jessie Eliza LEEPER (1879- ) 14,51,52,79,339
Marr: 10 Aug 1904 - Toronto, , Ontario, Canada 14
General Notes: Husband - Robert A POLLEY
**Believe he was buried in Castleton -(Pam & Paul Money)
Robert Jr. was married three times and lived in Michigan City USA for some time -(Pam & Paul Money)
IGI reports a marriage for a Robert Polley born abt Jul 1947 Canada to a Rosa Alice Ruble on Sep 1882 in Howard City, Montcalm, Michigan.
There is also another Robert Polley marriage on 12 Jun 1887 in Chicago, IL to a Mary Ann MAGEE but no specifics on Robert so could have been someone else.
-Cobourg - Arrest for Forgery - On Christmas eve, Constable W. Orr went to Cramahe, about a mile and a half below Castleton, and arrested, Robert H Polley, who was charged with forging the name to his father, to a note about six years ago. After the forgery, Polley cleared out to the United States, where it is supposed he remained till about a month ago; when on his return the arrest was made, as stated. Constable Orr brought his prisoner to Cobourg, when his father satisfied the claimants of the amount in question with a new note, and nobody appearing against Polley, he was released.
Peterborough Examiner - January 15th, 1880
Same article with same details found in the Cobourg World, January 9, 1880 page 3 col.2
**Notes on article - Robert's wife passed away only weeks after his reported return in the article, he may have brought her back from the US for her last days (to see her family) or she may stayed behind when he left and he was coming to visit her. Either way the timing in relation to her death does point to some meaning for his return. His son Arthur is said to be born in Ontario on the 1881 census but I have been unable to find his birth, maybe he was born in the US?
Robert Polley Jr. purchased 40 acres, S part of the N 1/2 L2 C7 Haldimand from Jonathan Russ, the surveyor, in October 1866.
1869 Robert Polley: Concession 7. Lot 1, 50 acres. Value of each parcel recorded at 500.
Robert A. Polley - 25 years of age, 2 people living in his household. 230,383,385
Birth Notes: Wife - Melissa MOORE
Born in Cramahe according to Death Certificate
Death Notes: Wife - Melissa MOORE
Phthisis Pulmonalis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) for about 1 year, Aged 32 years, Sylvester Moore informant (Father)
General Notes: Wife - Melissa MOORE
RACE Irish
Burial Notes: Child - Arthur Sandford POLLEY
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
General Notes: Child - Arthur Sandford POLLEY
Owner/operator of shoe stores in Toronto and Orillia bit of a gambler - horses and stock market after retired, he played in prospecting in North Bay and Marathon areas
Husband Oliver MOORE 54
Born: 1847 - Ontario, Canada 54
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Father: Sylvester MOORE (1824-1894) 1,52,54,340,341
Mother: Mary Ann (1830-1885) 1,54,340
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Husband Reginald MOORE 22
Born: 1893 - Rogerstone, , Monmouth, Wales
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Father: William MOORE (1845- ) 22,25
Mother: Ellen TRUSLER (1857- ) 15,18,22,25
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