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George Henry Keeling

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George Henry Keeling

Birth
Sydenham Township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada
Death
20 Mar 1942 (aged 88)
Owen Sound, Grey County, Ontario, Canada
Burial
Owen Sound, Grey County, Ontario, Canada GPS-Latitude: 44.5472374, Longitude: -80.9428482
Plot
G-BLH-10 Gr.1
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George Keeling was born to Charles Keeling and Alice Thomas. He is found in the 1861 and 1871 census's in Sydenham Township with them.
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Census Year: 1861 ( (L.A.C.) Library Archives Canada Rec.)
Item Number: 2691933
Surname: Keeling
Given Name(s): Joseph
Age: 57
Province: Canada West (Ontario)
District Name: Grey
Sub-District Name: Sydenham
View digitized page of Census of 1861 (Canada East, Canada West, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia) for Image No.: 4391552_00162
JPG (Image No.: 4391552_00162)
PDF (Image No.: 4391552_00162)

28 Charles Keeling 27 England Ch. Eng. Log House Single Family
29 Alice Keeling 25 Upper Canada Ch. Eng. Married.1853
30 George Keeling 7 Upper Canada --------------
31 David Keeling 5 Upper Canada --------------
32 Mary Keeling 4 Upper Canada --------------
33 Rosa Keeling 1 Upper Canada --------------

34 Joseph Keeling 57 England Ch. Eng. Log House Single Family
35 Hannah Keeling 57 England Ch. Eng. Married 1830.
36 Mary Keeling 24 England Ch. Eng.
37 William Keeling 22 England Ch. Eng.
38 David Keeling 20 England Ch. Eng.
39 James Keeling 16 England Ch. Eng.
40 Peter Keeling 14 England Ch. Eng.
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George married Dorothy Fanny Burnside on 27 July 1877 in Owen Sound.
Dorothy had previously married Robert Elliott c 1872 (son of James Elliott and Margaret (Peterson) Elliott. Robert died 3 Oct 1876.
Robert and Dorothy had two sons:
John Frances Elliott (1873) and
Robert James Elliott (1875).
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"Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
Name: George Reeling (sic)
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 27 Jul 1877
Event Place: Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada
Age: 23
Birth Year (Estimated): 1854
Father's Name: Charles Reeling (sic)
Mother's Name: Alice Reeling (sic)

Spouse's Name: Fanny Dorothy Burnside (Widow)
Spouse's Age: 22
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1855
Spouse's Father's Name: John Burnside
Spouse's Mother's Name: Sidney Burnside

Page: 002962
GS Film Number: 1863648
Digital Folder Number: 004529118
Image Number: 01097
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Note 1: The wedding registrations with their info are three aside on the page. All Capital 'K' characters on the sheet were transcribed as 'R' characters. Thus: 'Keeling' became 'Reeling'; and Keppell Township on the one on the far right became 'Reppell' township....

Note 2: Concerning the above wedding registration of George Keeling and Dorothy Fanny Burnside.
'Signed in the Presence of William and Elizabeth Keeling'. This is George's uncle and his wife Elizabeth Parker; the younger brother of George's father Charles Keeling.
This info comes from my GrUncle Perry Wesley Keeling's family bible, from which he read the notations on (B/M/D's) when I took my parents to the Owen Sound area in 1978.
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Canada Census, 1881
Name: George Kelmy
Name Note: 246 House inhabited, 156 Dist N1 North Gray
Gender: Male
Age: 26y
Birth Year: 1855
Birthplace: Quebec (Note: born Sydenham Twp, Grey)
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Farmer
Ethnicity: English
Religion: C of England
Head of Household Name: George Kelmy
Born During Last Year:
Event Place: Sydenham, Grey North, Ontario, Canada
District Number: 156
Sub-District: B
Division: 1
Page Number: 56
Household ID: 757781
Family Number: 251
Digital Folder Number: 4466843
Image Number: 00029
GS Film number: 1375898
Affiliate Film Number: C-13262

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
George Kelmy M 26y Quebec
Fanore Kelmy F 24y Quebec
John Kelmy (Elliott) M 8y Quebec
Robert Kelmy (Elliott) M 6y Quebec
Charls Kelmy M 2y Quebec
Sidne Kelmy M : O Quebec

Citing this Record:
"Canada Census, 1881," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVFR-W25 : accessed 14 June 2015), George Kelmy,
Sydenham, Grey North, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 56; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13262, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,898.
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Census Year: 1891
Item Number: 1552353
Surname: Keelling
Given Name(s): George
Age: 35
Province: Ontario
District Name: Grey North
Sub-District Name: Owen Sound (Town)
View digitized page of Census of Canada, 1891 for Image No.: 30953_148141-00006
JPG (Image No.: 30953_148141-00006)
PDF (Image No.: 30953_148141-00006)

(Sub.District: Bayward Owen Sound)
page 13
20 George Keelling M 35 Ontario England England Baptist Labourer
21 Dorothe Keelling F 35 USA Ireland Ireland Baptist
22 Robert Eliott Keelling M 16 Ontario Ontario USA Baptist Labourer
23 Charles Keelling M 13 Ontario Ontario USA Baptist
24 Sidney Keelling M 11 Ontario Ontario USA Baptist
25 George Keelling M 9 Ontario Ontario USA Baptist
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page 14
01 Joseph Keelling M 6 Ontario Ontario USA Baptist
02 Hattie Jane Keelling F 3 Ontario Ontario USA Baptist
03 Allen Bruce Keelling M 9/12 Ontario Ontario USA Baptist
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Source Information: 1901 Census of Canada
Subdistrict: Sydenham, GREY (North/Nord), ONTARIO
District Number: 65
Subdistrict Number:g-3; Township of Sydenham
Archives Microfilm:T-6469

2 34 19 Keiling George M Head M Jan 8 1854 47 Ontario Baptist Farmer
2 35 19 Keiling Fanny D F Wife M May 22 1855 45 USA Baptist
2 36 19 Keiling George M Son S Nov 13 1882 18 Ontario Baptist Farmer
2 37 19 Keiling Joseph A M Son S Apr 20 1884 16 Ontario Baptist
2 38 19 Keiling Hattie J F Dau S Oct 2 1887 13 Ontario Baptist
2 39 19 Keiling Allan B M Son S Jul 19 1889 11 Ontario Baptist Student
2 40 19 Keiling Martha I. F Dau S Sep 3 1892 8 Ontario Baptist
2 41 19 Keiling Perry W M Son S May 31 1896 4 Ontario Baptist
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George and Dorothy bought the property listed below in 1891:

Euphrasia II - Marjorie Alderice. ISBN 0-919615-29-5.
1891 -Euphrasia Twp, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada.
Lot 21, Concession 12 - 100 acres.
George Keeling

Note: This is across from Dorothy's parents property - John and Sidney Burnside.
George and Dorothy's property was on the South-East quadrant of the Euphrasia-Holland Townline - the T-Intersection of the Temple Hill road (22A) heading east. Goring.
The Burnsides were on the west side of the Euphrasia-Holland Townline.
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They later bought the following properties:

Original Patent to Ralph Sutton; Conc 2 SCR, Lot 10; 18 Dec 1873 - all 100 acres.
14 April 1902. B+S.
Conc 2 SCR, Lot 10
Book 196 - #6640
Ralph (Alexander?) Sutton to George Keeling
Concession 2 SCR, Lot 10 W1/2 50 acres. $450.00

22 Sept 1906. B+S
Book 213 - #7586
Joseph T. Raven to George Keeling
Concession 2 SCR, Lot 10 E1/2 50 acres. $600.00
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Their oldest son Charles (married Margaret Ellen Sutton) bought the properties to the east of them - East-West half Lots 7 and 8 Conc 2 SCR, and the East half Lot 9 Conc 2 SCR.
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https://brucegrey.ogs.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2018/08/Greenwood-Northern-Extension-II.pdf

North Extension II
Transcribed by Ken Young, Betty Siegrist, Melba Croft and Izetta Fraser, July & August 1985 Updated August 1988.
Transcribed from original BGOGS publication Typed & Digitized by Jean C. Warwood -2012

MORROW Elizabeth Morrow d. Feb 25 1877 17 yrs. d/of John & Elizabeth
George Keeling 1942
Dorothy Keeling 1936
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George Keeling was born to Charles Keeling and Alice Thomas. He is found in the 1861 and 1871 census's in Sydenham Township with them.
******************************
Census Year: 1861 ( (L.A.C.) Library Archives Canada Rec.)
Item Number: 2691933
Surname: Keeling
Given Name(s): Joseph
Age: 57
Province: Canada West (Ontario)
District Name: Grey
Sub-District Name: Sydenham
View digitized page of Census of 1861 (Canada East, Canada West, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia) for Image No.: 4391552_00162
JPG (Image No.: 4391552_00162)
PDF (Image No.: 4391552_00162)

28 Charles Keeling 27 England Ch. Eng. Log House Single Family
29 Alice Keeling 25 Upper Canada Ch. Eng. Married.1853
30 George Keeling 7 Upper Canada --------------
31 David Keeling 5 Upper Canada --------------
32 Mary Keeling 4 Upper Canada --------------
33 Rosa Keeling 1 Upper Canada --------------

34 Joseph Keeling 57 England Ch. Eng. Log House Single Family
35 Hannah Keeling 57 England Ch. Eng. Married 1830.
36 Mary Keeling 24 England Ch. Eng.
37 William Keeling 22 England Ch. Eng.
38 David Keeling 20 England Ch. Eng.
39 James Keeling 16 England Ch. Eng.
40 Peter Keeling 14 England Ch. Eng.
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George married Dorothy Fanny Burnside on 27 July 1877 in Owen Sound.
Dorothy had previously married Robert Elliott c 1872 (son of James Elliott and Margaret (Peterson) Elliott. Robert died 3 Oct 1876.
Robert and Dorothy had two sons:
John Frances Elliott (1873) and
Robert James Elliott (1875).
******************************
"Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
Name: George Reeling (sic)
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 27 Jul 1877
Event Place: Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada
Age: 23
Birth Year (Estimated): 1854
Father's Name: Charles Reeling (sic)
Mother's Name: Alice Reeling (sic)

Spouse's Name: Fanny Dorothy Burnside (Widow)
Spouse's Age: 22
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1855
Spouse's Father's Name: John Burnside
Spouse's Mother's Name: Sidney Burnside

Page: 002962
GS Film Number: 1863648
Digital Folder Number: 004529118
Image Number: 01097
******************************
Note 1: The wedding registrations with their info are three aside on the page. All Capital 'K' characters on the sheet were transcribed as 'R' characters. Thus: 'Keeling' became 'Reeling'; and Keppell Township on the one on the far right became 'Reppell' township....

Note 2: Concerning the above wedding registration of George Keeling and Dorothy Fanny Burnside.
'Signed in the Presence of William and Elizabeth Keeling'. This is George's uncle and his wife Elizabeth Parker; the younger brother of George's father Charles Keeling.
This info comes from my GrUncle Perry Wesley Keeling's family bible, from which he read the notations on (B/M/D's) when I took my parents to the Owen Sound area in 1978.
******************************
Canada Census, 1881
Name: George Kelmy
Name Note: 246 House inhabited, 156 Dist N1 North Gray
Gender: Male
Age: 26y
Birth Year: 1855
Birthplace: Quebec (Note: born Sydenham Twp, Grey)
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Farmer
Ethnicity: English
Religion: C of England
Head of Household Name: George Kelmy
Born During Last Year:
Event Place: Sydenham, Grey North, Ontario, Canada
District Number: 156
Sub-District: B
Division: 1
Page Number: 56
Household ID: 757781
Family Number: 251
Digital Folder Number: 4466843
Image Number: 00029
GS Film number: 1375898
Affiliate Film Number: C-13262

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
George Kelmy M 26y Quebec
Fanore Kelmy F 24y Quebec
John Kelmy (Elliott) M 8y Quebec
Robert Kelmy (Elliott) M 6y Quebec
Charls Kelmy M 2y Quebec
Sidne Kelmy M : O Quebec

Citing this Record:
"Canada Census, 1881," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVFR-W25 : accessed 14 June 2015), George Kelmy,
Sydenham, Grey North, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 56; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13262, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,898.
******************************
Census Year: 1891
Item Number: 1552353
Surname: Keelling
Given Name(s): George
Age: 35
Province: Ontario
District Name: Grey North
Sub-District Name: Owen Sound (Town)
View digitized page of Census of Canada, 1891 for Image No.: 30953_148141-00006
JPG (Image No.: 30953_148141-00006)
PDF (Image No.: 30953_148141-00006)

(Sub.District: Bayward Owen Sound)
page 13
20 George Keelling M 35 Ontario England England Baptist Labourer
21 Dorothe Keelling F 35 USA Ireland Ireland Baptist
22 Robert Eliott Keelling M 16 Ontario Ontario USA Baptist Labourer
23 Charles Keelling M 13 Ontario Ontario USA Baptist
24 Sidney Keelling M 11 Ontario Ontario USA Baptist
25 George Keelling M 9 Ontario Ontario USA Baptist
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page 14
01 Joseph Keelling M 6 Ontario Ontario USA Baptist
02 Hattie Jane Keelling F 3 Ontario Ontario USA Baptist
03 Allen Bruce Keelling M 9/12 Ontario Ontario USA Baptist
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Source Information: 1901 Census of Canada
Subdistrict: Sydenham, GREY (North/Nord), ONTARIO
District Number: 65
Subdistrict Number:g-3; Township of Sydenham
Archives Microfilm:T-6469

2 34 19 Keiling George M Head M Jan 8 1854 47 Ontario Baptist Farmer
2 35 19 Keiling Fanny D F Wife M May 22 1855 45 USA Baptist
2 36 19 Keiling George M Son S Nov 13 1882 18 Ontario Baptist Farmer
2 37 19 Keiling Joseph A M Son S Apr 20 1884 16 Ontario Baptist
2 38 19 Keiling Hattie J F Dau S Oct 2 1887 13 Ontario Baptist
2 39 19 Keiling Allan B M Son S Jul 19 1889 11 Ontario Baptist Student
2 40 19 Keiling Martha I. F Dau S Sep 3 1892 8 Ontario Baptist
2 41 19 Keiling Perry W M Son S May 31 1896 4 Ontario Baptist
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George and Dorothy bought the property listed below in 1891:

Euphrasia II - Marjorie Alderice. ISBN 0-919615-29-5.
1891 -Euphrasia Twp, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada.
Lot 21, Concession 12 - 100 acres.
George Keeling

Note: This is across from Dorothy's parents property - John and Sidney Burnside.
George and Dorothy's property was on the South-East quadrant of the Euphrasia-Holland Townline - the T-Intersection of the Temple Hill road (22A) heading east. Goring.
The Burnsides were on the west side of the Euphrasia-Holland Townline.
******************************
They later bought the following properties:

Original Patent to Ralph Sutton; Conc 2 SCR, Lot 10; 18 Dec 1873 - all 100 acres.
14 April 1902. B+S.
Conc 2 SCR, Lot 10
Book 196 - #6640
Ralph (Alexander?) Sutton to George Keeling
Concession 2 SCR, Lot 10 W1/2 50 acres. $450.00

22 Sept 1906. B+S
Book 213 - #7586
Joseph T. Raven to George Keeling
Concession 2 SCR, Lot 10 E1/2 50 acres. $600.00
******************************
Their oldest son Charles (married Margaret Ellen Sutton) bought the properties to the east of them - East-West half Lots 7 and 8 Conc 2 SCR, and the East half Lot 9 Conc 2 SCR.
******************************
https://brucegrey.ogs.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2018/08/Greenwood-Northern-Extension-II.pdf

North Extension II
Transcribed by Ken Young, Betty Siegrist, Melba Croft and Izetta Fraser, July & August 1985 Updated August 1988.
Transcribed from original BGOGS publication Typed & Digitized by Jean C. Warwood -2012

MORROW Elizabeth Morrow d. Feb 25 1877 17 yrs. d/of John & Elizabeth
George Keeling 1942
Dorothy Keeling 1936
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