John Wilkinson, Sr. was my 3rd-great-grandfather. He was born in Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada on 26 Oct 1845 to Richard John Wilkinson and Mary Terry (sometimes referred to as Mary Lamoreaux). He was the second of five known children of this couple, and their eldest son.
On 29 Jul 1871, he married my 3rd-great-grandmother, Mahala Sayers, in Port Hope, Northumberland (now Durham) County, Ontario, Canada. She was the daughter of John Henry Sayers and Mary Cahoon, both Irish immigrants to Canada. They had eight known children, the eldest of whom was my 2nd-great-grandmother, Mary J. Wilkinson Lewis.
John was a carpenter, and he and his family continued to live in Durham County until 1880, when he emigrated to Montague Township, Muskegon County, Michigan, in the United States. The Sayerses, his wife's family, had already begun to emigrate to that area. John, Mahala, and their children eventually settled in Whitehall Township in Muskegon County, where John continued his carpenter trade, and they attended the Episcopalian church. The youngest three children were born in Michigan.
John died 10 Sep 1917 in the City of Muskegon, and was buried in Oakhurst Cemetery. Many of his children and in-laws are buried there as well.
On 29 Jul 1871, he married my 3rd-great-grandmother, Mahala Sayers, in Port Hope, Northumberland (now Durham) County, Ontario, Canada. She was the daughter of John Henry Sayers and Mary Cahoon, both Irish immigrants to Canada. They had eight known children, the eldest of whom was my 2nd-great-grandmother, Mary J. Wilkinson Lewis.
John was a carpenter, and he and his family continued to live in Durham County until 1880, when he emigrated to Montague Township, Muskegon County, Michigan, in the United States. The Sayerses, his wife's family, had already begun to emigrate to that area. John, Mahala, and their children eventually settled in Whitehall Township in Muskegon County, where John continued his carpenter trade, and they attended the Episcopalian church. The youngest three children were born in Michigan.
John died 10 Sep 1917 in the City of Muskegon, and was buried in Oakhurst Cemetery. Many of his children and in-laws are buried there as well.
John Wilkinson, Sr. was my 3rd-great-grandfather. He was born in Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada on 26 Oct 1845 to Richard John Wilkinson and Mary Terry (sometimes referred to as Mary Lamoreaux). He was the second of five known children of this couple, and their eldest son.
On 29 Jul 1871, he married my 3rd-great-grandmother, Mahala Sayers, in Port Hope, Northumberland (now Durham) County, Ontario, Canada. She was the daughter of John Henry Sayers and Mary Cahoon, both Irish immigrants to Canada. They had eight known children, the eldest of whom was my 2nd-great-grandmother, Mary J. Wilkinson Lewis.
John was a carpenter, and he and his family continued to live in Durham County until 1880, when he emigrated to Montague Township, Muskegon County, Michigan, in the United States. The Sayerses, his wife's family, had already begun to emigrate to that area. John, Mahala, and their children eventually settled in Whitehall Township in Muskegon County, where John continued his carpenter trade, and they attended the Episcopalian church. The youngest three children were born in Michigan.
John died 10 Sep 1917 in the City of Muskegon, and was buried in Oakhurst Cemetery. Many of his children and in-laws are buried there as well.
On 29 Jul 1871, he married my 3rd-great-grandmother, Mahala Sayers, in Port Hope, Northumberland (now Durham) County, Ontario, Canada. She was the daughter of John Henry Sayers and Mary Cahoon, both Irish immigrants to Canada. They had eight known children, the eldest of whom was my 2nd-great-grandmother, Mary J. Wilkinson Lewis.
John was a carpenter, and he and his family continued to live in Durham County until 1880, when he emigrated to Montague Township, Muskegon County, Michigan, in the United States. The Sayerses, his wife's family, had already begun to emigrate to that area. John, Mahala, and their children eventually settled in Whitehall Township in Muskegon County, where John continued his carpenter trade, and they attended the Episcopalian church. The youngest three children were born in Michigan.
John died 10 Sep 1917 in the City of Muskegon, and was buried in Oakhurst Cemetery. Many of his children and in-laws are buried there as well.
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