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Hiram David Sawyer

Male 1836 - 1921  (85 years)


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  • Name Hiram David Sawyer 
    Born 1836  Dunham, Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Died 26 Feb 1921  Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I1551  Algonquin Highlands Settlers
    Last Modified 10 Sep 2022 

    Father Benjamin E. Sawyer,   b. 1814, Dunham, Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1885, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Catherine Burhart,   b. 20 Sep 1812, Sorel, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1887, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Family ID F317  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eliza Jane Redner,   b. 1842, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1918, West Guilford, Guilford, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 1857 
    Children 
     1. William Henry Sawyer,   b. 21 May 1858, Fenelon Falls, Victoria, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Sep 1897, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years)
     2. Eliza Jane Sawyer,   b. 20 Oct 1860, Fenelon Falls, Victoria, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1941, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    +3. Mary Jane Sawyer,   b. 1 Sep 1862, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1924, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     4. Benjamin Sawyer,   b. 5 Aug 1864, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 1942, Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     5. George Hiram Sawyer,   b. 1869, Bexley, Victoria, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 1896, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2017 
    Family ID F319  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Hiram David Sawyer 1921 obituary
    Hiram David Sawyer 1921 obituary

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.
      Birth date: abt 1835 Birth place: Lower Canada Residence date: 1852 Residence place: Ontario County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada
      http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1851canada&h=149526&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt


    2. [S9] 1871 Census of Canada, Ontario / Peterborough North / Snowdon / Page 18, Family 67.
      Age 35 on this census. Born Quebec. Trapper.

    3. [S8] 1881 Census of Canada, Ontario / Peterborough East / Stanhope, Sherborne & McClintock / Page 1, Family 5.
      Age 45 on this census. Name is recorded as Hiram D. Sawyer.

    4. [S25] 1891 Census of Canada, Ontario / Victoria North / Stanhope / Page 9, Family 46.
      Age 52 on this census. Married, no wife in household, living with son Benjamin.

    5. [S16] 1911 Census of Canada, Ontario / Haliburton / Stanhope / Page 4, Family 36.
      Enumerated as Widowed, living with daughter Eliza & her husband James Sawyer on this census.

    6. [S24] Ontario Death Registrations, Reg# 15207-21.
      Widowed. Died at Lot 28, Con 7, Stanhope of chronic nephritis and cerebral hemorrhage. Place of burial not recorded.