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Harriet Byron Creelman

Harriet Byron Creelman

Female 1806 - 1879  (72 years)

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  • Name Harriet Byron Creelman 
    Birth 18 Oct 1806  Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1861  Yarmouth, Elgin, ONT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Harriet Lanning, age 53, born NS. Baptist 
    Census 1871  Yarmouth, Elgin, ONT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 64, born NS, R. Baptist 
    Death 2 May 1879  Yarmouth, Elgin, ONT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial First Yarmouth Baptist Church Cemetery, Yarmouth, ONT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1096  Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart, Descendants of Francis & Elizabeth (Peck) Perkins
    Last Modified 18 Oct 2015 

    Father William Creelman,   b. Abt 1780   d. 1848, Detroit, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Harriet Turner,   b. 19 Mar 1783, Horton, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1843 (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 14 Feb 1802  Saint John's Anglican, Cornwallis Twp, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Quakers according to Levi Montross bio

      Listed as Crealman on marriage record [1]
    Histories
    Montross Family Genealogy
    Montross Family Genealogy
    Family ID F464  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 William Francis Perkins,   b. 31 Jan 1799, Horton, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1848, Yarmouth, Elgin, ONT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)  [2
    Marriage 3 Dec 1823  Aylesford, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. James Perkins,   b. 18 Jan 1824, Aylesford, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1895, Petrolia, Lambton, ONT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    +2. Harriet Ann Perkins,   b. 5 May 1827, Aylesford, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 1899, Centerville, Turner, SD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    +3. Sarah Eliza Perkins,   b. 16 Feb 1830, Aylesford, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 May 1902, Yarmouth, Elgin, ONT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     4. Maria Olivia Perkins,   b. 1843, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1871, Dayton, Tuscola, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)
    +5. William Alonzo Perkins,   b. 15 Sep 1845, Sparta, Elgin, ONT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1920, Detroit, Wayne, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F220  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 John Lanning,   b. 20 Jul 1808   d. 9 Jun 1873, Yarmouth, Elgin, ONT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage 6 Jan 1856  Yarmouth, Elgin, ONT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F447  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    John & Harriet (Creelman) Lanning
    John & Harriet (Creelman) Lanning
    Photo is labelled "Harriet Creedman". Most likely it is a photo of Harriet (Creelman) Perkins sitting with her second husband John Lanning.

    Headstones
    Harriet (Creelman) Perkins Gravestone
    Harriet (Creelman) Perkins Gravestone
    In Memory of / Harriet B / (unreadable) Perkins

    Additional infomation from First Yarmouth Baptist Church Cemetery Inscriptions (at http://www.elginogs.ca/Home/ancestor-indexes/gravestones/yarmouth---first-baptist-plains)
    PERKINS Harriet B. w/o Wm. F., d. May 2, 1879, AE 72 y 6 m 15 d
    LANNING Harriet B w/o John LANNING , died May 3, 1879
    Harriet (Creelman) Perkins Gravestone Detail
    Harriet (Creelman) Perkins Gravestone Detail
    Detail of gravestone showing the names "Harriet" and "Perkins"

    Histories
    Excerpts from the 'Descendents of Edward Perkins'
    Excerpts from the "Descendents of Edward Perkins"

  • Notes 
    • Second Marriage for Harriet
      John LORING, Yarmouth & Harriet B. PERKINS, Yarmouth; January 6, 1856
      witnesses: William FREEMAN, Yarmouth; James PRATT, Yarmouth; License

      From ELGIN COUNTY MARRIAGES, 1858 - 1869
      Elgin County Branch Ontario Genealogical Society
      www.elginogs.ca/marriages/elginmarriages1853to1873.htm

  • Sources 
    1. [S98] Taylor, John Wilson, Montross : a family history : Pierre Montras and his descendants, (Staunton, Va.: McClure Print. Co., 1958).

    2. [S80] Perkins, Caroline Erickson, The descendants of Edward Perkins of New Haven, Conn, (Rochester, NY, C.E. Perkins, 1914), pg 93-97.