A Proctor is defined as someone employed to manage the affairs of another, according to one definition; or one who acted as an attorney in an ecclesiastical court."
Generation 1
Robert PROCTOR b. abt 1796/97 in possibly Freshford, County Kilkenny, Ireland; died 19 Jan.1852 (tombstone) or 2 Jan.1851 (deed); buried in Clinton Cemetery; religion - Church of England.
He married before 1831 in Ireland to Ann ANDERSON (b.ca.1798/99 in Tipperary, Ireland; d.31/28 May 1863; buried in Clinton Cemetery).
Robert Proctor homesteaded (about 1839) on Lot 27 Con.11 just south of Holmesville in Goderich Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada.
-- 1839, Jan.10 -- purchased
Lot 27 Con.11 from the Canada Company (Goderich Twp. history)
-- 1842 Population Return -- 5 people total in family
-- 1843 Assessment & Population Returns -- Robert Procter
on Con.11 Lots 27,28, 80 acres; 6 people in family
-- 1844 Assessment & Population Returns -- Robert Procter
on Con.11 Lot 27, 80 acres (5 acres cultivated, 75 acres uncultivated);
7 people in family
-- 1845 Assessment & Population Returns -- Robert Proctor
on con.11 Lot 27, 80 acres; 7 people in family
-- 1847 Assessment & Population Returns -- Robert Procter
on Con.11 Lot 27, 80 acres (45 uncultivated, 35 cultivated); 7
people in family
-- 1848 Assessment Return -- Robert Procter on con.11 Lot 27,
80 acres (40 uncultivated, 40 cultivated)
-- 1848 Census -- no information about family members other than
1 male attending school and 2 children between 5 years and 15
years of age
-- 1850 Census --Robert Procter on Con.11 Lot 27, 80 acres (25
in crop, 5 in pasture, 50 acres wooded or wild); 7 people in family
resident (& 2 family members absent) when census taken
-- 1851 Census -- missing
-- 1854, Jan.17 -- Canada Company deeded Con.11 Lot 27 (80 acres)
to Ann Proctor, widow of Robert Proctor -- farm described as being
the south end of Lot 83 Maitland Con. and the east half of Lot
27 original survey, total 80 acres
-- 1861 Census -- Robert dead; wife Ann living with son William
and family; have not yet found other family members
-- 1867, Feb.7 -- Con.11 Lot 27 transferred by Deed from Robert
Proctor (son of Robert) to William Proctor -- in accordance with
terms of father Robert's will (which was mentioned but not included
with the deed)
-- 1869, Oct.5 -- Wm. Proctor et ux sold Con.11 Lot 27 (80 acres)
to Thos. C. Pickard -- William listed as an Innkeeper
Children:
1) William -- b.ca.1831/33
in Ireland; m. Ellen Sturdy
2) Simon -- b.ca.1832/33 in Ireland; d.2 July 1854; buried in
Clinton Cemetery
3) (female) -- b.ca 1835 ??
4) Robert -- b.ca.late 1842/early 1843 in Ontario (1843 Population
return and 1871 census) or ca.Dec.1844/Jan.2,1845 (tombstone)
-- in 1867 a saddler in Lucknow (unmarried ?? -- wife not mentioned
in deed)
-- m. Martha Shelton (b.ca.1851/52 [tombstone & 1871 census];
d.Mar.26,1923, ae 71 yr.) sometime between 1867 and 1871 census
-- 1871 census -- aged 28, a saddler in Lucknow, wife Martha aged
19; no children listed (information from Marian Zinn)
-- died May 2,1901 ae 56 yr. 4 mo.; buried in Kincardine Cemetery,
Bruce County
5) (female) -- b.ca.late 1843/early 1844 in Ontario
6) (male) -- b.ca.late 1848/early 1849 } twins ???
7) (male) -- b.ca.late 1848/early 1849 } twins ???
Generation 2
William Proctor b.ca. 1832/33 (census) or 1831 (marriage index) in Ireland; religion - Church of England.
He married 15 Sept.1859 to Ellen (Helen) Sturdy (b.ca.1835/36, d/o Hugh Sturdy & Elizabeth Shaw; Goderich Twp. History indicates Ellen died in 1906 but no documentation found so far).
-- 1851 census -- (census for
Goderich Twp. missing)
-- 1861, February 5 -- William Proctor, township of Goderich,
yeoman (mortgage, Volume II, Instrument #121)
-- 1861 census -- William a farmer on Con.8 Lot 30 (80 acres)
of Goderich Twp., aged 29, b.Ireland, Church of England; wife
Ellen aged 23, b.Canada; child: Adaline aged 1, b.Canada; 1-story
log house; also mother Ann Proctor, widow aged 63, b.Ireland
-- 1863 -- farming on Lot 30 Con.8 Goderich Twp. (Sutherland's
Directory)
-- although 1861 Census and 1863 Directory indicate William Proctor
was farming on Con.8 Lot 30, there was no reference to that name
on the land abstracts for that property, so if William farmed
there he must have been renting
-- 1867, Feb.7 -- Con.11 Lot 27 transferred by Deed from Robert
Proctor (son of Robert) to William Proctor -- in accordance with
terms of father Robert's will (which was mentioned but not included
with the deed) -- William Proctor of the township of Goderich,
farmer
-- 1867, March 8 -- William Proctor, township of Goderich, farmer
(mortgage, Volume III, Instrument #452)
-- 1867, March 29 -- William Proctor of Township of Goderich,
yeoman (discharge of mortgage, Volume III, Instrument #456)
-- 1867 & 1868 -- innkeeper in Holmesville (Goderich Twp.
history)
-- 1869, April 5 -- William Proctor of Township of Stanley, Inn
Keeper (mortgage, Volume IV, Instrument #385)
-- 1869 -- listed as #375 on Goderich Township Voters' List, Con.11
Lot 27, value $800
-- 1869 -- householder on Lot 12 Huron Road in Goderich Twp. (Sutherland's
Directory)
-- 1869, Oct.4 -- William Proctor of Township of Goderich, Innkeeper
(discharge of mortgage, Volume V, Instrument #33)
-- 1869, Oct.5 -- Wm. Proctor et ux sold Con.11 Lot 27 (80 acres)
to Thos. C. Pickard -- William listed as an Innkeeper in Goderich
Township
-- 1871 census -- ?
-- 1872, Oct.3 -- William Proctor, Township of Goderich, farmer
(discharge of mortgage, Volume VII, Instrument #778)
-- 1881 census -- farmer aged 48 in Sarnia Twp., Lambton Co.;
wife Ellen aged 45; 11 children
-- 1891 census -- ?
-- 1901 census -- ?
Children:
1) Adaline Mary (b.ca.1860/61/62
in Goderich -- Twp.?) m.31 Oct.1887 in Sarnia to Allan McNeil;
3 children: Alan W., Anna Margaret, Hugh S.; Anna married Stephen
William Head in Detroit March 24,1913
2) Clara Ann (b.ca.1861/62/63
3) Hugh Henry (b.ca.1863/64/65)
4) Elizabeth Ellen (b.ca 1864/65/69) -- with Hugh & Elizabeth
Sturdy in 1871 census; in Goderich (town) in 1881
5) Simon Clarence (b.ca.1866/67)
6) Margaret (b.ca.1867/68)
7) William (b.ca.1871/72)
8) Annie Caroline (b.ca.1873/74) } twins
9) Oswald Sturdy (b.ca.1873/74) }
10) Edward Anderson (b.ca.1877/78)
11) Ernest (Earnest) (1881 census indicates b.ca.Jan/Feb.1881;
birth registration indicates b.July 12, 1880 in Sarnia Twp.) }
twins
12) Royal (1881 census indicates b.ca.Jan/Feb.1881; birth registration
indicates b.July 12, 1880 in Sarnia Twp.) } twins
Notes:
1861 Census, Huron County, Goderich Twp., Div.#3, page 14, line 47:
William Proctor, farmer, b.Ireland,
C.of England, aged 29, married
Ellen Proctor, b.Canada, C.of England, aged 23, married
Adaline Proctor, b.Canada, C.of England, aged 1, single
Ann Proctor, b.Ireland, C.of England, aged 63, widow
1 male and 3 females in the family; log house, 1 story, 1 family
Generation 3
Adaline PROCTOR b. 22 JUN 1862 in Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; m. 31 OCT 1887 in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada to Allan MC NEIL b. 31 JUL 1865 in Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada.
Annie Margaret McNeil and her mother Adaline PROCTOR McNeil about 1900 in Lucknow, Huron County, Ontario, Canada photographer: D. Paterson, Lucknow, Ontario
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