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Richard Sisson

Male Abt 1810 -


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  • Name Richard Sisson 
    Nickname Deaf Dickie 
    Born Abt 1810  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Buried St. Peter's Anglican Church Cemetery, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Although there is a modern gravemarker in St. Peter's Cemetery inscribed with a date of death 13 Apr 1887, this death date is for a different Richard Sisson who died in Manvers, Durham County on that date.
    Person ID I173  Algonquin Highlands Settlers
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2023 

    Father James Sisson,   b. 1786, Westmorland, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1847, Cavan, Durham, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Dorothy Baines,   b. 1781, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 07 Apr 1865, Cavan, Durham, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F226  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ann Sisson,   b. 7 Oct 1849, Manvers, Durham, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1931, Guilford, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 29 Mar 1870  Cavan, Durham, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Teresa Sisson,   b. 29 Aug 1869, Cavan, Durham, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1941, Maple Lake, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     2. Philip Sisson,   b. 30 Apr 1870, Cavan, Durham, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1951  (Age 81 years)
     3. Luke Sisson,   b. 25 Apr 1873, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1908, Guilford, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years)
    +4. Mark Sisson,   b. 12 Jun 1875, Dysart, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1942, Haliburton, Dysart, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    Photos
    Richard and Ann Sisson
    Richard and Ann Sisson
    Stanhope Museum Collection 13.02.001
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2017 
    Family ID F223  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S9] 1871 Census of Canada, Ontario / East Durham / Cavan ED 4 / Page 27, Family 90.
      Age 60 on this census. Wife Ann is 21.

    2. [S8] 1881 Census of Canada, Ontario / Peterborough East / Dysart et al / Page 20, Family 82.
      Age 71 on this census.