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- 6. Henry Wall-This is Annabelle (Miller) Holley's line.
Born in Montague Township, Lanark Co in Feb. 1st, 1836 and died May 13th, 1910, Bentinck Twp, Grey Co. Henry also came to Grey County in the 1840s with his parents and lived on Con. 1 SDR. Henry married Elizabeth Hillis on Mar. 8th, 1858 in Durham County, Ontario. Elizabeth was born on July 12th, 1836, at Co. Monaghan, Ireland and died Aug. 25th, 1902, Bentinck Twp.
Elizabeth's parents, William Hillis (1799) and Mary Boyd (1794), were also a neighbour of the Wall family east of Hanover. Both William and Mary were from Co Monaghan, Ireland. William died on Dec.29th, 1881, age 82 and Mary died on April 25th, 1898, age 104. Dates and ages are from their gravestones at the Durham Cemetery, Bentinck Twp, Grey Co, Ontario, along with where born, "Native of Co. Monaghan, Ireland." They were from the town of Monaghan in Co Monaghan. They are listed in the Legnacreeve-Braddox Presbyterian Church Records there. Initially William Hillis and Mary Boyd lived at Aghnasedagh (a townland), which is part of Monaghan Town, but they attended Legnacreeve Church, which is in the town of Clontibret. Other Hillis families also listed at the same Church are James & Beth Hillis of Lisaginny, Clontibret, & Robert & Mary Hllis of Roghan, Derrynoose.
The children (all born in Ireland) of William and Mary:
-James, born 1830, married Elizabeth Wall (see her section).
-Margaret, born Nov. 12th, 1833, married David Connor.
-William 1835. Never married.
-Elizabeth, born May 29th, 1837, married Henry Wall.
-Sarah, born May 29th, 1837, twin to Elizabeth, married George Torry.
-Mary, born Apr 5th, 1842, married John White on Jan 10th, 1871.
-Ann, born 1848. Never married.
-Jane, Nov. 18th, 1845, married William Running on March 9th, 1875.
-Rebecca born on March 12th, 1850. She married Edwin Disney on Jan. 7th, 1879 (the name Helen is in marriage record).
The family was in Canada by the 1851 Bentinck Twp, Grey Co, Ontario census. James Hillis married Elizabeth Wall, Henry's sister. Henry Wall married Elizabeth Hillis, James sister. So a Hillis brother and sister married a Wall brother and sister.
Henry and Elizabeth probably lived on the lot that James Wall took out from the Crown before he and Mary Ann moved to Sydenham Township, possibly Lot 23, Con 1 SDR. They are both buried in the Crispin Cemetery, Hanover, Grey Co, Ontario.
The 1861 Bentinck Twp Grey Co, Census shows that they lived next to Henry's parents, Moses & Ann Wall. Their first two children, Mary Ann (1859 – 1931) and Moses (1861 – 1926) were born there. They then moved to Lot 11, Con 7 Bentinck Twp in 1862. Their third child was William (1863 – 1934). The other children were John (1865 – 1943), Rebecca (1868 – 1948), Margaret Jane (1870 – 1946), and Robert (1873 – 1878). Except for William, the children of Henry and Elizabeth all remained in the Grey County area. William left for the west in about 1906 and we believe that he died in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1934. There is a record of one William Wall who died in Vancouver in 1934 and his age at death was shown as 63 years. Mary Ann never married. Moses Wall (the son) married Mary Elizabeth Donnelly (b. 1864), daughter of John and Alice Donnelly of Bentinck Township. Moses and Mary's children were:
-John Henry (b. 1885) who married Sarah Cowdrey (b. 1882) on May 23, 1907.
-Elizabeth (Bessie) (1887-1947) who married Sam Wendorf (b.1882). -James (1888-1945).
Henry and Elizabeth's son John married Isabella Teasdale and their children were:
-Edgar, who died in infancy.
-Ruth who married Ross Miller.
-Ruby who married Edward Stangler and later Sylvester Benninger.
-Rebecca (1868-1946) never married.
-Margaret Jane married Willie Owens on Oct. 13th, 1895, Hanover. Their children: Ethel and William.
Henry Wall was my Great Grandfather, his son John Wall, was my Grandfather, his daughter Ruth Wall (Miller), was my Mother. We have a lot more information on the descendants of Henry Wall & Elizabeth Hillis available. -Annabelle
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