Individual Details
Elijah Wright Finch
(Abt 1840 - 23 May 1898)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1840 | Seneca Township, Haldimand County, Upper Canada, British North America | |||
| Census-shared | 1861 | (James C Finch) Lot 1 2nd Range East of the Plank Road, Seneca Township, Haldimand, Canada, British North America |  |  | |
| Marriage | 2 April 1862 | Wentworth County, Canada West, British North America - Almira Marilla Kelly | | | |
| Census | 1881 | Glanford Township, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada | | ||
| Census | 1891 | Glanford Township, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada | | ||
| Death | 23 May 1898 | of pneumonia - Glanford Township, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada | | ||
| Burial | North Glanford Cemetery, North Glanford, Ontario, Canada | |
Families
| Spouse | Almira Marilla Kelly (1834 - 1902) |
| Child | Robert Kelly Finch (1862 - 1946) |
| Child | Sarah H Finch (1864 - 1865) |
| Child | Jonathan Wesley "Nicolas" Finch (1866 - 1947) |
| Father | James C Finch (1806 - 1887) |
| Mother | Sarah Wright (1811 - 1884) |
| Sibling | David Finch (1833 - 1904) |
| Sibling | Marilla Finch (1838 - 1898) |
| Sibling | Nile Perry Finch (1847 - 1918) |
Notes
Census-shared
The 1851 census records for Seneca Township have been lost.Marriage
This was Almira's second marriage. Her first husband Francis French died in 1860.Endnotes
1. 1861 Census of Canada West (Ontario), Seneca Township, Haldimand County, personal census, district 4, subdistrict Seneca, page 63, lines 22-25, household of James Finch ; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Census of 1861 (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1851/ : accessed 13 October 2021).
2. "Canada, Ontario County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2568642: accessed 30 March 2022), marriage registration, Elijah Finch and Elmira [Almira] French, married Wentworth County, 2 April 1862; citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
3. 1881 Canada Census, Glanford Township, Ontario, Nominal Return of the Living, district 147, subdistrict D, division 1, page 12, dwelling 52, family 55, household of Elijah Finch ; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Canada Census, 1881 (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1881 : accessed 12 October 2021).
4. 1891 Canada Census, Glanford Township, Nominal Return of the Living, district 129, subdistrict D, page 33, family 158, Elijah Finch Household ; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Canada Census, 1891 (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891 : accessed ).
5. "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1307826: accessed 30 March 2022), death registration 023013, Elijah Wright Finch, died Wentworth County, 23 May 1898; citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
6. Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 October 2021), memorial page for Elijah Finch, Find A Grave Memorial # 160749517, citing North Glanbrook Cemetery (North Glanford, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada).