Summary of what I know about GREAT- GRANDFATHER DANIEL O'BRIEN (1832-1925)
By Douglas James O'Brien in 2007
Daniel O'Brien was born on Oct 7 1832 on a farm located at Lot 25, Con V in Markham Twp. In 2007 this is still a farm - on the South side of Elgin Rd East - between Warden Ave. & Kennedy Rd.......
...Daniel is the son of Jane Forest Jenkins 1812 – 1887 and William O'Brien 1807-1847. William took an active part during the Mackenzie Rebellion, and being a sympathizer with the movement, his house on several occasions was searched, and he himself narrowly escaped being arrested, having to conceal himself for some time in the bush. By this exposure he contracted a disease from which he never afterwards recovered, and died in 1847, at the comparatively early age of forty years, leaving a nice estate to his wife and six children. (from the York County Atlas of 1878)
Oldest of the six children, Daniel was 15 when his father died. His siblings were as follows:
James O'Brien , b. 1834, d. 1920 in Barrie;
William O'Brien b. Mar 31, 1837. Married Julia Giletta in 1866 & moved to Petrolia, ON;
Hugh O'Brien b. Dec 1839, married Mary Willis in 1861, died Dec 1916 at King City;
Benjamin O'Brien b. Mar 1 1842;
Jane O'Brien b. Sept 23 1837 – married Joseph Bailey, a Veterinarian in Barrie, ON; When Jane was born, her father had been dead for 2 months.
Daniel learned the Blacksmith trade in Pickering, and took over an established blacksmith shop in Stouffville where O'Brien Ave. runs South off Main St. East. In 1854, he moved his business to a farm in King Twp., Lot 7, Concession 5.
On Feb 10, 1857, he married Alice Wood, (1838-1913), daughter of Joseph Wood, a nearby farmer, town clerk, and Justice of the Peace - who had emigrated with his father from England in 1830. Her mother was Katherine Smelser.
Daniel & Alice had 10 children as follows:
Emma J., b.1858 ; Joseph M., b.1860; Eda Ella, b.1862; Frederick Wm., b.1863; Annette Lincoln, b. 1865; Benjamin Jenkins, b.1867(my grandfather); Lewis James, b.1868; Elena Augusta (Kate), b.1872; Charles Henry, b.& d. 1875; Edna Elliston, b.1878.
In 1875, they moved to a house on 18 acres north of what was the village of Laskay on part of Lot 5 Con. VI, King Twp. and Daniel established a blacksmith forge in a shed out front. This house, which is still in use, is located at the SW corner of what is now called Weston Rd. & the King-Nobelton Side-road (in 2007).
The O'Briens were Liberal in politics and Presbyterian in religion. Daniel was an ardent member of the Sons of Temperance and always took an active interest in the work of the order.
When he retired, he turned the Blacksmith business over to son Joseph. After his wife Alice died in 1913, he lived with daughter Kate Teasdale in Aurora until he died in 1925 at age 97.
The house, known as the "Old Forge", was built in 1858, and had been used as an Inn. In 1859 , a Garret Blough was registered as the Innkeeper.
During the Second World War, it was owned by a distant cousin of Alice named Clifford Taylor. He bought the house cheaply because it had been empty for quite a while and was supposed to be haunted. In 1974, and still in 2007, it is the residence of Mr. & Mrs. D.C. Whitton.
Further notes.
Daniel is the grandson of William O'Brien, 1779 – 1840 and Rebecca Jenkins b.Nov 26 1782, who came to Ontario from Noel, Nova Scotia with eight children in August 1829. William O'Brien was a carpenter by trade, but devoted the greater portion of his life to farming. He bought and cleared a farm on Lot 25, Con 8 in Pickering Township just South-West of what became Claremont village. In 2007, this also is still Oak Ridge Moraine farmland and part of the once planned Pickering Airport Lands.
By Douglas James O'Brien in 2007
Daniel O'Brien was born on Oct 7 1832 on a farm located at Lot 25, Con V in Markham Twp. In 2007 this is still a farm - on the South side of Elgin Rd East - between Warden Ave. & Kennedy Rd.......
...Daniel is the son of Jane Forest Jenkins 1812 – 1887 and William O'Brien 1807-1847. William took an active part during the Mackenzie Rebellion, and being a sympathizer with the movement, his house on several occasions was searched, and he himself narrowly escaped being arrested, having to conceal himself for some time in the bush. By this exposure he contracted a disease from which he never afterwards recovered, and died in 1847, at the comparatively early age of forty years, leaving a nice estate to his wife and six children. (from the York County Atlas of 1878)
Oldest of the six children, Daniel was 15 when his father died. His siblings were as follows:
James O'Brien , b. 1834, d. 1920 in Barrie;
William O'Brien b. Mar 31, 1837. Married Julia Giletta in 1866 & moved to Petrolia, ON;
Hugh O'Brien b. Dec 1839, married Mary Willis in 1861, died Dec 1916 at King City;
Benjamin O'Brien b. Mar 1 1842;
Jane O'Brien b. Sept 23 1837 – married Joseph Bailey, a Veterinarian in Barrie, ON; When Jane was born, her father had been dead for 2 months.
Daniel learned the Blacksmith trade in Pickering, and took over an established blacksmith shop in Stouffville where O'Brien Ave. runs South off Main St. East. In 1854, he moved his business to a farm in King Twp., Lot 7, Concession 5.
On Feb 10, 1857, he married Alice Wood, (1838-1913), daughter of Joseph Wood, a nearby farmer, town clerk, and Justice of the Peace - who had emigrated with his father from England in 1830. Her mother was Katherine Smelser.
Daniel & Alice had 10 children as follows:
Emma J., b.1858 ; Joseph M., b.1860; Eda Ella, b.1862; Frederick Wm., b.1863; Annette Lincoln, b. 1865; Benjamin Jenkins, b.1867(my grandfather); Lewis James, b.1868; Elena Augusta (Kate), b.1872; Charles Henry, b.& d. 1875; Edna Elliston, b.1878.
In 1875, they moved to a house on 18 acres north of what was the village of Laskay on part of Lot 5 Con. VI, King Twp. and Daniel established a blacksmith forge in a shed out front. This house, which is still in use, is located at the SW corner of what is now called Weston Rd. & the King-Nobelton Side-road (in 2007).
The O'Briens were Liberal in politics and Presbyterian in religion. Daniel was an ardent member of the Sons of Temperance and always took an active interest in the work of the order.
When he retired, he turned the Blacksmith business over to son Joseph. After his wife Alice died in 1913, he lived with daughter Kate Teasdale in Aurora until he died in 1925 at age 97.
The house, known as the "Old Forge", was built in 1858, and had been used as an Inn. In 1859 , a Garret Blough was registered as the Innkeeper.
During the Second World War, it was owned by a distant cousin of Alice named Clifford Taylor. He bought the house cheaply because it had been empty for quite a while and was supposed to be haunted. In 1974, and still in 2007, it is the residence of Mr. & Mrs. D.C. Whitton.
Further notes.
Daniel is the grandson of William O'Brien, 1779 – 1840 and Rebecca Jenkins b.Nov 26 1782, who came to Ontario from Noel, Nova Scotia with eight children in August 1829. William O'Brien was a carpenter by trade, but devoted the greater portion of his life to farming. He bought and cleared a farm on Lot 25, Con 8 in Pickering Township just South-West of what became Claremont village. In 2007, this also is still Oak Ridge Moraine farmland and part of the once planned Pickering Airport Lands.
Summary of what I know about GREAT- GRANDFATHER DANIEL O'BRIEN (1832-1925)
By Douglas James O'Brien in 2007
Daniel O'Brien was born on Oct 7 1832 on a farm located at Lot 25, Con V in Markham Twp. In 2007 this is still a farm - on the South side of Elgin Rd East - between Warden Ave. & Kennedy Rd.......
...Daniel is the son of Jane Forest Jenkins 1812 – 1887 and William O'Brien 1807-1847. William took an active part during the Mackenzie Rebellion, and being a sympathizer with the movement, his house on several occasions was searched, and he himself narrowly escaped being arrested, having to conceal himself for some time in the bush. By this exposure he contracted a disease from which he never afterwards recovered, and died in 1847, at the comparatively early age of forty years, leaving a nice estate to his wife and six children. (from the York County Atlas of 1878)
Oldest of the six children, Daniel was 15 when his father died. His siblings were as follows:
James O'Brien , b. 1834, d. 1920 in Barrie;
William O'Brien b. Mar 31, 1837. Married Julia Giletta in 1866 & moved to Petrolia, ON;
Hugh O'Brien b. Dec 1839, married Mary Willis in 1861, died Dec 1916 at King City;
Benjamin O'Brien b. Mar 1 1842;
Jane O'Brien b. Sept 23 1837 – married Joseph Bailey, a Veterinarian in Barrie, ON; When Jane was born, her father had been dead for 2 months.
Daniel learned the Blacksmith trade in Pickering, and took over an established blacksmith shop in Stouffville where O'Brien Ave. runs South off Main St. East. In 1854, he moved his business to a farm in King Twp., Lot 7, Concession 5.
On Feb 10, 1857, he married Alice Wood, (1838-1913), daughter of Joseph Wood, a nearby farmer, town clerk, and Justice of the Peace - who had emigrated with his father from England in 1830. Her mother was Katherine Smelser.
Daniel & Alice had 10 children as follows:
Emma J., b.1858 ; Joseph M., b.1860; Eda Ella, b.1862; Frederick Wm., b.1863; Annette Lincoln, b. 1865; Benjamin Jenkins, b.1867(my grandfather); Lewis James, b.1868; Elena Augusta (Kate), b.1872; Charles Henry, b.& d. 1875; Edna Elliston, b.1878.
In 1875, they moved to a house on 18 acres north of what was the village of Laskay on part of Lot 5 Con. VI, King Twp. and Daniel established a blacksmith forge in a shed out front. This house, which is still in use, is located at the SW corner of what is now called Weston Rd. & the King-Nobelton Side-road (in 2007).
The O'Briens were Liberal in politics and Presbyterian in religion. Daniel was an ardent member of the Sons of Temperance and always took an active interest in the work of the order.
When he retired, he turned the Blacksmith business over to son Joseph. After his wife Alice died in 1913, he lived with daughter Kate Teasdale in Aurora until he died in 1925 at age 97.
The house, known as the "Old Forge", was built in 1858, and had been used as an Inn. In 1859 , a Garret Blough was registered as the Innkeeper.
During the Second World War, it was owned by a distant cousin of Alice named Clifford Taylor. He bought the house cheaply because it had been empty for quite a while and was supposed to be haunted. In 1974, and still in 2007, it is the residence of Mr. & Mrs. D.C. Whitton.
Further notes.
Daniel is the grandson of William O'Brien, 1779 – 1840 and Rebecca Jenkins b.Nov 26 1782, who came to Ontario from Noel, Nova Scotia with eight children in August 1829. William O'Brien was a carpenter by trade, but devoted the greater portion of his life to farming. He bought and cleared a farm on Lot 25, Con 8 in Pickering Township just South-West of what became Claremont village. In 2007, this also is still Oak Ridge Moraine farmland and part of the once planned Pickering Airport Lands.
By Douglas James O'Brien in 2007
Daniel O'Brien was born on Oct 7 1832 on a farm located at Lot 25, Con V in Markham Twp. In 2007 this is still a farm - on the South side of Elgin Rd East - between Warden Ave. & Kennedy Rd.......
...Daniel is the son of Jane Forest Jenkins 1812 – 1887 and William O'Brien 1807-1847. William took an active part during the Mackenzie Rebellion, and being a sympathizer with the movement, his house on several occasions was searched, and he himself narrowly escaped being arrested, having to conceal himself for some time in the bush. By this exposure he contracted a disease from which he never afterwards recovered, and died in 1847, at the comparatively early age of forty years, leaving a nice estate to his wife and six children. (from the York County Atlas of 1878)
Oldest of the six children, Daniel was 15 when his father died. His siblings were as follows:
James O'Brien , b. 1834, d. 1920 in Barrie;
William O'Brien b. Mar 31, 1837. Married Julia Giletta in 1866 & moved to Petrolia, ON;
Hugh O'Brien b. Dec 1839, married Mary Willis in 1861, died Dec 1916 at King City;
Benjamin O'Brien b. Mar 1 1842;
Jane O'Brien b. Sept 23 1837 – married Joseph Bailey, a Veterinarian in Barrie, ON; When Jane was born, her father had been dead for 2 months.
Daniel learned the Blacksmith trade in Pickering, and took over an established blacksmith shop in Stouffville where O'Brien Ave. runs South off Main St. East. In 1854, he moved his business to a farm in King Twp., Lot 7, Concession 5.
On Feb 10, 1857, he married Alice Wood, (1838-1913), daughter of Joseph Wood, a nearby farmer, town clerk, and Justice of the Peace - who had emigrated with his father from England in 1830. Her mother was Katherine Smelser.
Daniel & Alice had 10 children as follows:
Emma J., b.1858 ; Joseph M., b.1860; Eda Ella, b.1862; Frederick Wm., b.1863; Annette Lincoln, b. 1865; Benjamin Jenkins, b.1867(my grandfather); Lewis James, b.1868; Elena Augusta (Kate), b.1872; Charles Henry, b.& d. 1875; Edna Elliston, b.1878.
In 1875, they moved to a house on 18 acres north of what was the village of Laskay on part of Lot 5 Con. VI, King Twp. and Daniel established a blacksmith forge in a shed out front. This house, which is still in use, is located at the SW corner of what is now called Weston Rd. & the King-Nobelton Side-road (in 2007).
The O'Briens were Liberal in politics and Presbyterian in religion. Daniel was an ardent member of the Sons of Temperance and always took an active interest in the work of the order.
When he retired, he turned the Blacksmith business over to son Joseph. After his wife Alice died in 1913, he lived with daughter Kate Teasdale in Aurora until he died in 1925 at age 97.
The house, known as the "Old Forge", was built in 1858, and had been used as an Inn. In 1859 , a Garret Blough was registered as the Innkeeper.
During the Second World War, it was owned by a distant cousin of Alice named Clifford Taylor. He bought the house cheaply because it had been empty for quite a while and was supposed to be haunted. In 1974, and still in 2007, it is the residence of Mr. & Mrs. D.C. Whitton.
Further notes.
Daniel is the grandson of William O'Brien, 1779 – 1840 and Rebecca Jenkins b.Nov 26 1782, who came to Ontario from Noel, Nova Scotia with eight children in August 1829. William O'Brien was a carpenter by trade, but devoted the greater portion of his life to farming. He bought and cleared a farm on Lot 25, Con 8 in Pickering Township just South-West of what became Claremont village. In 2007, this also is still Oak Ridge Moraine farmland and part of the once planned Pickering Airport Lands.
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DANIEL OBRIEN
1832 - 1925
ALICE E. WOOD, His Wife
Dec. 10, 1838 - Feb. 6, 1913
No man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. Jno. X. 26.
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