Re: James McTeer, Matier, Ireland to Wolfe Island, Ontario, Canada
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In reply to:
James McTeer, Matier, Ireland to Wolfe Island, Ontario, Canada
Robert Collie 10/05/13
A reference to him in 1850s - bottom of p 215?
http://books.google.com/books?id=Y0EzVy0O6HkC&pg=PA214&lpg=PA214&dq=%22james+matier%22+%22wolfe+island%22&source=bl&ots=DkcOgzu76g&sig=Bl05CLwM2JSdUMypc32RSPxVY2k&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tdZmUqm5K-qg2QXPl4CoDA&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22james%20matier%22%20%22wolfe%20island%22&f=falsehttp://books.google.com/books?id=Y0EzVy0O6HkC&pg=PA214&lpg=PA214&dq=%22james+matier%22+%22wolfe+island%22&source=bl&ots=DkcOgzu76g&sig=Bl05CLwM2JSdUMypc32RSPxVY2k&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tdZmUqm5K-qg2QXPl4CoDA&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22james%20matier%22%20%22wolfe%20island%22&f=false
His Will:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~theislands/probatewills/howe/catherinecassidyHIwill.htmhttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~theislands/probatewills/howe/catherinecassidyHIwill.htm
2.
I James Matier of the Township of Wolfe Island in the County of Frontenac, Yeoman do make and publish this my last will and testament as follows:
It is my will that my debts personal and testamentary expenses be first paid.
I give and bequeath to my son James Matier one hundred dollars to be paid to him thirty days after my funeral.
Subject thereto I give and bequeath will devise all the rest and residue of my estate both real and personal and wheresoever situate to my son William Matier absolutely.
I nominate and appoint my said son William Matier and William Brown Card the exectors of this my will.
Witness my hand this 6th day of April AD 1894
Signed in the presence ofhis
… John MatierJamesxMatier
William B Cardmark
And the headstone:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~theislands/cemetery/Wolfe/HorneCem/hornetrans20.htmlhttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~theislands/cemetery/Wolfe/HorneCem/hornetrans20.html
Stone 192-full view
Stone 192
James Matier
Died May 9 1894
Aged 71 years
His wife
Mary Marshall
Died April 5 1894
Aged 69 years
Stone 193
(Leaning against above stone)
In memory of
James Matier
Died
Dec 16 1882
Aged
91 years 11 mos(1791)
And you have his census info, etc?
1871 -
Name: James Matier
Gender: Male
Age: 79
Birth Year: abt 1792
Birth Place: Ireland
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Presbyterian
Origin: Irish
Province: Ontario
District: Frontenac
District Number: 65
Division: 01
Subdistrict: Wolfe Island
Subdistrict Number: d
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
James Matier 79
Margaret Matier 72