Orlando was only three years of age when his mother, step-father and siblings left
Fayette County, PA in 1818 for Waterloo County in Ontario.
He spent most of his adult life in the Greensville-Dundas area of Ontario where he
farmed and was also a cabinet maker.
He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. D. R. Rowan in Guelph.

Orlando was married twice.
In 1835 he married Sarah Evans (Aug. 17,
1819-Jan.29,1841), who was buried in the
Dundas Union (Old) Cemetery in West
Flamborough Twp. Her tombstone forms
part of the cairn in the cemetery.
Orlando and Sarah had four children:
(1) Louisa (May 30, 1836-Jan. 17, 1891)
married Abraham Davis Green (1827-1902).
Both are buried in Grove Cemetery, Dundas.
They had six children, Laura Anne, Wesley,
Bertha, Minnie, Brock and Orlando Blake.

(2) Laura (b. 1838) likely died before
1851 as she was not on the 1851 census
of West Flamboro Twp., with her parents.

(3) William Henry (May 13, 1839-Apr. 16,
1922) married Jane Mitchell. Both are
buried in Woodlawn, Guelph. They had
nine children, Helena Adelaide, Orpha
Jane, Louisa, Wm. Edwin, Agnes, Emma,
Charles Ernest, Orlando Henry and
Florence Edith.

(4) Harold (ca1840-before 1851)

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After the death of Orlando's first wife, Sarah,
he married Elizabeth (Moyer) Simons,
(1817-Apr. 1, 1888), a widow, about 1842.
She had a daughter with her first husband,
John Simons, named Elizabeth Simons (Feb.
15,1835-May 23,1924) who married John
McDougall Dunn (Sept. 14, 1847-May 18,
1923) on Oct. 20, 1869. He was a son of
William Dunn and Flora McDougall, natives
of Scotland. John and Elizabeth are
buried in Woodlawn, Guelph.

Orlando and Elizabeth had seven children.
(1) Abigal Adelaide (Oct. 30, 1843-June 11,
1923), married Daniel Richard Rowan (1846-
1927), both buried in Woodlawn, Guelph.
They had one child, Orlando Eby Rowan.

(2) Helena Adelaide (Mar. 30, 1850-June 9,
1912) married to William Dunn (1845-1935)
a brother of John McDougall Dunn named above.
She is buried in Woodlawn, Guelph and he
in Hilton Beach Cem., St. Joseph Island
with his second wife.

(3) Marshall (1851-Jan. 1, 1913) married
Rachel Maria McMann (1852-1946) and are
buried in Tunis Cemetery in W. Flamboro Twp.
They had two children, Rena and Harold
Marshall.

(4) Joseph (1852-May 10, 1860)

(5) James Lawford (Aug. 29, 1854-Oct. 19,
1929) died in White Cloud, Wilcox, MI. On
Mar.19,1880, he married Margaret Alexandra
McDonald (1854-1928), who died in Stratford,
ON but is buried in Forest Home Cem., Forest
Park, IL. They had two children, Alice
Elizabeth and Charles Robert.

(6) Harriet A. (b. ca1859) - alive on
1871 census but no further info is known.

(7) Annie Mann (July 2, 1864-Sept.26, 1871)