Individual Details
James C Finch
(Abt 1806 - 29 August 1887)
Sometime in the 1830s he relocated to Seneca Township in Haldimand County. Seneca is listed as the birthplace for his children on various records. The family lived on a farm on Lot 1 in the 2nd Range East of the Plank Road (modern day Highway 6). He appears in the 1861 census in Seneca.
In 1861, he purchased a small parcel of land in the village of Mount Hope (Glanford Township) and was a pedlar. He died in 1887 and is buried with his wife Sarah at the North Glanford Cemetery.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1806 |  | |||
| Military | 28 December 1828 | 2nd Regiment of Gore Militia (Trafalgar, Nelson, Flamborough) - Gore District, Upper Canada, British North America |  | ||
| Property | 17 November 1832 | Lot 25 Concession 2, Trafalgar Township, Upper Canada, British North America | | ||
| Property | 7 December 1851 | Part Lot 1 in the 2nd Range East of the Plank Road - Seneca Township, Haldimand, Canada, British North America | | | |
| Census | 1861 | Lot 1 2nd Range East of the Plank Road, Seneca Township, Haldimand, Canada, British North America | | | |
| Property | 1 March 1861 | a 1/4 acre parcel - Concession 4 Lot 5, Glanford Township, Wentworth, Canada, British North America | | ||
| Census | 1871 | Glanford Township, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada | | ||
| Census | 1881 | Glanford Township, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada | | ||
| Death | 29 August 1887 | | | ||
| Burial | North Glanford Cemetery, North Glanford, Ontario, Canada | |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Wright (1811 - 1884) |
| Child | David Finch (1833 - 1904) |
| Child | Marilla Finch (1838 - 1898) |
| Child | Elijah Wright Finch (1840 - 1898) |
| Child | Nile Perry Finch (1847 - 1918) |
Notes
Birth
He presumably was born in Upper Canada. Trafalgar Township?Property
James C Finch sold for ten pounds Part Lot 1 in the 2nd Range East of the Plank Road to the municipal council of Haldimand County for a public road.Census
The 1851 census records for Seneca Township have been lost.Death
The date of death is inscribed on his grave marker.Endnotes
1. Bruce S. Elliott Dan Walker & Fawne Stratfod-Devai, Men of Upper Canada: Militia Nominal Rolls 1828-1829 (Toronto, Ontario: Ontario Genealogy Society, 1995), page 68.
2. James C Finch petition, 17 November 1832, Upper Canada Land Petitions, RG 1, L3, volume 202a, "F" bundle leases 1801-1836, petition 133; microfilm C-2027, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
3. memorial number 3339, James C Finch sale to Haldimand County, 1851; Haldimand County Deeds and land records, 1788-1954, Seneca Township, v. 1, no. 19-6474 1847-1858; FHL microfilm 171328, page 267, image 152 of 262.
4. 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).
5. James Finch, memorial no 540, pg 600; Land records of Wentworth County, 1796-1893, Glanford Township v. A-B (1-466, 1-603) 1847-1865; FHL microfilm 008342982, image 583 of 619.
6. 1871 Canada Census, Glanford Township, Ontario, Nominal Return of the Living, district 22, subdistrict d, page 16, dwelling 55, family 56, household of James C Finch ; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Census of Canada, 1871 (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1871 : accessed 12 October 2021).
7. 1881 Canada Census, Glanford Township, Ontario, Nominal Return of the Living, district 147, subdistrict D, division 1, page 39, dwelling 173 family 179, household of James Finch ; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Canada Census, 1881 (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1881 : accessed 7 November 2021).
8. Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 October 2021), memorial page for James Charles Finch, Find A Grave Memorial # 160749520, citing North Glanford Cemetery (North Glanford, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada).
9. Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 October 2021), memorial page for James Charles Finch, Find A Grave Memorial # 160749520, citing North Glanford Cemetery (North Glanford, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada).