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- 3. James Wall
Born May 4, 1829 in Beckwith Twp and died January 8, 1909. James came to Grey County with his parents and siblings and took out Lot 22 on Con. 1 SDR. Shortly after that he moved to Sydenham Twp. The 1851 Census shows him living there with his sister Mary Ann. He is listed as being a blacksmith. He married Caroline (Lana) Frank in that location and their descendants were two daughters, Mary Ann Wall (b.1853-d. January 28, 1928), who, in 1872, married Alfonzo Berdan (b.1853-d.1921) and Catherine Matilda Wall (b.1856-d. October 12, 1928) who, in 1873, married John Henry Chute (b. about 1852). The weddings of both Mary Ann and her sister Catherine Matilda were in Elgin Co. Caroline Frank Wall apparently died while the girls were very young. James then moved from Grey County to Elgin County. It would be quite a journey with two small children in the 1850s. Elgin County marriage records show that on Apr. 25, 1859 James Wall married Delilah Ferguson King (b. Abt. 1841–d. December 22, 1916). Delilah was the widow of Joseph King and had a daughter, Elizabeth King (b.1855-d.1892), who, in 1873, in Elgin County, married William Chute (b. 1854-d.1929). Descendants of James and Delilah were Lannie Wall (b.1864–d.1875), Susan Wall (b.1865-d.1952) married in 1883 to Ruben A. Powers (b.1859-d.1922), Joseph Danford Wall (b. 1866-d. March 16, 1882) who died after falling from a tree, Margaret Jane Wall (b.1868-d.1868), John David Wall (b. 1869-d.1936) married in 1885 to Cynthia Ann Perry (b.1864-d.1948), and Dilley M. Wall (b. 1875-d.1940) married in 1891 to Charles A. Roloson (b.1868-d.1941). James Wall is shown in the 1871 -1881, 1891, and 1901 censuses as living in Elgin County. James passed away Jan. 8, 1909 and is buried in the Luton Cemetery near Aylmer, and Delilah passed away Dec. 22, 1916 and is buried with James at Luton Cemetery. It is interesting to note that Elizabeth King (Delilah's daughter from her first marriage) and Catharine Wall (James' daughter from his first marriage), step-sisters, were both married on Dec. 10, 1873, to two brothers, William and John Chute.
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