Ancestors of Ellen Rhoda Fowler

James Fowler

James Fowler was born in 1795 at Ashkirk,Selkirkshire, Scotland. James Fowler married Ann Tait in December 1821 at Peebles, Peeblesshire. The 1841 census shows he was living at Eddleston Parish, Peeblesshire, Scotland with his father John Fowler, Sr., age 70 (born 1771). James moved to Peebles Parish and was living with his wife Anne and two daughters, Elizabeth and Isabella as of March 30, 1851. He was living with his wife at East Happreaw, Stobo, Peeblesshire in 1861. A family tree by Davidson shows that James Fowler died in April 1874 and his father John Fowler Sr. died in 1851.

SOURCES: Scotland 1841, 1851 census. Marriage James and Ann 1821.

Ann Tait

Ann Tait was born on April 20, 1794 at Riggs, Traquair, Scotland. She was baptized April 20, 1794. Ann Tait’s parents were Robert Tait, woolen weaver, and Elisabeth Boa. Robert Tait was born June 6, 1751 at Deenfoot, Peeblesshire, Scotland. He died July 22, 1818 at Neidpath Toll, Peebleshire, Scotland.

James Fowler and Ann Tait had these children;

John Fowler b. April 24, 1822 at Peeblesshire, Scotland

Alexander Fowler b. 1827 at Peeblesshire, Scotland

Peter Fowler b. 1829 at Peeblesshire, Scotland

William Fowler b. 1831 at Peeblesshire, Scotland

Elizabeth Fowler b. 1832 at Newlands, Peeblesshire, Scotland

Isabella Fowler b. 1833 at Newlands, Peeblesshire, Scotland

Walter Fowler b. 1837 at Peeblesshire, Scotland

Peter Fowler had a farm next to his brother, John Fowler's farm. Peter Fowler (born 1829) married Margaret Brown who was born in 1835. They had at least four children:

James Fowler b. 1860 in Huron, Ontario

Peter Fowler b. 1864 in Huron, Ontario

Andrew Fowler b. Dec. 1865 in Huron, Ontario d. 1886

John Fowler b. May 18, 1872 in Huron, Ontario d. 1872

Andrew Fowler died March 19, 1886 at age 20 yrs 3 mos.

Margaret Brown died May 23, 1872 at age 37 years according to Peter Fowler’s monument and her dead certificate. She died 5 days after the birth of her son John.

John Fowler died July 14, 1872 at age 1 month 27 days.

Peter Fowler married Isabella Patterson who was born in 1847 in Scotland. They had at least one child:

Isabella Fowler b. 1880 in Huron, Ontario

Isabela Patterson, wife of Peter Fowler, died on September 17, 1899 at Huron, Ontario at age 52 yrs 5 mos.

Peter Fowler died on December 3, 1899.

Ann Tait died March 30, 1862 at Easterhappreu, Stobo, Peebleshire, Scotland.

SOURCES: Ann Tait baptism. Ann Tail death. 1841 Scotland census James Fowler. Elizabeth Fowler birth. Peter Fowler monument. Margaret Brown death.

John Fowler would marry Janet Grosert, a daughter of William Grosert.

William Grosart

William Grosart was born in Innerleithen, Peebleshire, Scotland about 1791. William married Margaret Murray. The marriage was in 1809 at Innerleithen, Peebleshire according to a family tree by Jennifer Hargreaves.William was living at Easterhapprew in the civil parish of Stobo, Peeblesshire, Scotland with his 3 children in 1841.

Margaret Murray

Margaret Murray was born at Newlands, Peebleshire, Scotland about 1797. She married William Grosert in 1809 at Innerleithen, Peebleshire, Scotland. William and Margaret had at least nine children;

Thomas Grosert b. November 11, 1811 at Peebleshire, Scotland

John Grosert b. November 27, 1814 at Peeblesshire, Scotland

Janet Grosert b. July 14, 1816 at Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland d. 1858

Elizabeth Grosert b. 1819 at Newlands, Peeblesshire, Scotland d. 1902

Mary Murray Grosert b. 1822 at Peebleshire, Scotland d. 1897

Margaret Grosert b. 1824 at Peebleshire, Scotland d. 1951

Ellen Grosert b. 1826 at Stobo, Peeblesshire, Scotland

William Grosert b. 1829 at Peebleshire, Scotland

Ann Grosert b. 1833 at Stobo, Peeblesshire, Scotland

Margaret Murray died on February 28, 1836 at Easterhappreu, Stobo, Peeblesshire.

Janet Grosert would marry John Fowler.

SOURCES: Scotland 1841, 1851 census. Margaret death record.

John Fowler

John Fowler was born on April 24, 1822 in Peeblesshire, Scotland, a son of James Fowler and Ann Tait.

John Fowler was living with John Peorlows, a blacksmith, in 1841 as a blacksmith apprentice in Eddleston, Peeblesshire.

John was living at Manor Parish in the county of Peebles prior to his marriage. He married Janet Grosert on October 13, 1844 in Peebles Parish, Peebles, Scotland. The Manor parish is directly southwest of Peebles parish.

John Fowler immigrated to Canada in 1845. John and Janet settled at Scarborough, York, Ontario. John and Janet had two sons, William Grosert Fowler (born 1856) and Charles Fowler (born 1857). Janet Grosert died in 1858 as shown on her tombstone.

Sometime after 1856, John started farming at lot 15, concession 1, in Morris township, Huron County, Ontario. The farm was near the town of Wingham, some 40 miles north of Stratford. Wingham's population was over 700 by 1874, mushrooming to 3000 by 1879.

The Ontario 1861 census shows John Fowler living with Margaret Fowler, born in Scotland, age 19 (born 1842), unknown relation, and William G. Fowler, age 5 (born 1856) all at Morris Township, Huron County, Ontario.

John Fowler then married Jane Brown on November 18, 1861. The marriage record shows John Fowler, age 39, at Morris Twp, Huron, Ontario, born at Peeblesshire, Scotland, parents James Fowler and Ann. Jane Brown, age 32 (born 1829), at Morris, Huron, born at Lanarkshire, Scotland, parents Gilbert Brown and Mary. However, a John Fowler monument shows that his wife Jane Brown was born in 1820. The 1901 census shows Jane Brown was born April 14, 1821.

Jane Brown immigrated to Canada in 1844 according to the 1901 census.

John Fowler and Jane Brown had 2 children;

Eliza Fowler b. 1863

John Flower, Jr. b. August 12, 1865

By 1891 John Fowler retired from farming and became a blacksmith. His son, John Fowler junior was farming his father's land. Two other persons were living with the family in 1891; Isabella Brown who was a domestic servant age 67, and William Cleghorn who was a farm servant age 16.

Jane Brown died December 4, 1906 at the farm house in Morris Twp, Huron, Ontario at age 85.

Eliza Fowler had moved out by 1891.

John Fowler, Jr. was farming at his parent's farm at age 26 in 1891. He married Margaret who was born October 17, 1868 in Canada of Irish parents. They had a son:

Alfred C. Fowler b. December 27, 1895

Jane Brown’s sister Isabella Brown was single in 1901, born December 5, 1822. She immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1875.

John Fowler, Jr. Margaret and Alfred were living with John's parents in 1901.

John Fowler died of senile decay on February 16, 1905 in Wingham, Huron, Ontario at the age of 82. His residence at the time of his death was his farm at Morris township.

SOURCES: Acme History; Teeswater Newpaper article on William Fowler. Census 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901; death record. Marriage record of John Fowler and Jane Brown. Monument of John Fowler & Jane Brown.

Janet Grosart

Janet Grosart was born July 14, 1816 in Peebleshire, Scotland, daughter of William Grosart and Margaret Murray. She was living at Easterhapprew in the civil parish of Stobo, Peeblesshire in 1841. Note: At the time of the June 6, 1841 census, Janet was age 24 yr, 10 mo, but the census records the age as 20 because ages of persons over 15 were rounded down to the next lower multiple of 5.

Janet Grosart married John Fowler on October 13, 1844 in Peebles Parish, Peebles, Scotland. John Fowler immigrated to Ontario in 1845 according to the 1901 census. Janet likely immigrated with her husband John. They had 2 children:

William Grosert Fowler b. February 11, 1856 at Scarborough, York, Ontario

Charles Fowler b. 1857

Janet Grosert died in 1858 as shown on her tombstone.

SOURCES: Marriage record, death record, census 1871, 1901. Janet Grosert Monument

William Grosert Fowler would marry Ellen Maria Hiscocks, granddaughter of Henry Hiscock.

Henry Hiscock

Henry Hiscock was born in 1774, at Rowde, Wiltshire, England, a son of John and Elizabeth Hiscock. Henry was christened on May 8, 1774.

Henry married Mary Pitt on November 13, 1803 at Minety, Wiltshire, England.

Henry was a labourer according to his children's christening records. He died July 31, 1834 at Minety, Wiltshire, England at age 60.

(Note: The death record shows his age 57. If this is correct, he was born in 1776 or 1777 of unknown parents.)

The grave yard to the right of the old Minety Church has many old grave stones bearing the Hiscock name however many of the inscriptions cannot be deciphered. On one stone was the name Hiscock and in brackets (late of Oakney Park Farm). Apparently there have been no Hiscock at the Oakney Park Farm since 1858 as the male line of the family died out. The main house was run as the Oakney Manor Hotel for a number of years. It was demolished in 1958 as the hotel was too far off the tourist track to be successful. The building had some historical interest having been originally a hunting lodge for Henry VIII. The property includes a farm house with a three-quarter mile tree lined driveway, tennis courts, rose gardens and an old walled garden about 250 feet by 150 feet with stone walls 12 to 14 feet high. One stone in the garden wall is marked 1754. The farm house has three foot thick stone walls, fourteen rooms and with old hand hewn oak beams and rafters and a stone roof. It is not clear which Hiscock lived here.

SOURCES: Christening record; marriage record; death record; Excerpt of letter by William F. Hiscocks, August 5, 1960.

Mary Pitt

Mary Pitt was christened on March 12, 1780 in Minety, Wiltshire, England, a daughter of James and Honor Pitt.

Mary Pitt married Henry Hiscock on November 13, 1803 at Minety, Wiltshire, England.

They had 7 children:

John Hiscock b. February 1804 at Minety, Wiltshire

Honor Hiscock b. October 1806 at Minety, Wiltshire

Elizabeth Hiscock b. September 1808 at Minety, Wiltshire

Mary Hiscock b. January 1814 at Minety, Wiltshire

Henry Hiscock b. 1818 at Minety, Wiltshire

Jane Hiscock b. 1820 at Minety, Wiltshire

Robert Hiscock b. October 8, 1821 at Minety, Wiltshire

John Hiscock was baptised on February 21, 1804. John Hiscock married Sara and were living at Minety in 1841. They had 2 children:

Henry Hiscock b. 1836

James Hiscock b. 1839

Honor Hiscock was baptised on October 5, 1806.

Elizabeth Hiscock was baptised on September 18, 1808.

Mary Hiscock was baptized on January 16, 1814.

Robert Hiscock was baptised on November 18, 1821.

In 1841, Mary was living with her mother Honor Pitt, age 85, and her two children Henry and Jane. Also boarding in the house were four young iron plate workmen all between the ages of 20 and 24 years. Mary Pitt was living at #3 East Place, St. Mark's, Swindon at Minety.

Mary Pitt was buried on June 17, 1861 at the parish of Minety St. Leonard's at the age of 81.

SOURCES: Birth record; marriage record; death record; census 1841; baptism record of Honor, Elizabeth, Mary and Robert Hiscock.

Robert Hiscock would marry Miriam Mathews, daughter of Jeremiah Mathews.

Jeremiah Mathews, Rev.

Jeremiah Mathews was a farmer in 1832 at Brinkworth, Wiltshire, England, according to baptism records of his daughter Meriam. Jeremiah was a son of Walter Mathews. Jeremiah was also a reverend at the Minety Church in the village of Minety according to William F. Hiscocks. Minety is a short distance from Brinkworth. This church is over 730 years old and is a history church of England.

Jeremiah Mathews married Mary Sherwood.

Jeremiah died about 1845.

SOURCES: Excerpt of letter by William F. Hiscocks, August 5, 1960; Meriam's baptism record.

Mary Sherwood

Mary Sherwood was a daughter of Robert Sherwood.

Mary Sherwood married Jeremiah Mathews. They had 5 children:

Aaron Mathews b.

Nehemiah Mathews b. March 11, 1830 at Brinkworth

Miriam Mathews b. January 29, 1832 at Brinkworth

Rohda Mathews b. February 21, 1834 at Brinkworth

Rhoda Mathews b. September, 1834 at Brinkworth

I could not locate a record of Aaron Mathews birth or baptism. All their other children were baptized at the Primitive Methodist Church, Brinkworth, Wiltshire, England.

Nehemiah was baptized on April 30, 1830 at Brinkworth.

Miriam was baptized on March 21, 1832 at Brinkworth.

Rohda was baptized on March 19 1834 at Brinkworth. She apparently died in infancy.

Rhoda was baptized on October 16, 1836 at Brinkworth.

Mary Sherwood died on board a ship to Canada in 1847. She was immigrating to Canada with her daughter Miriam Mathews after her husband died.

Note: Grace Hiscocks' family tree incorrectly shows Miriam Mathews birth date as January 20, 1830.

SOURCES: Baptism records of Nehemiah, Miriam, Rohda, and Rhoda; Grace Hiscocks' family tree.

Robert Hiscocks

Robert Hiscock was born on October 8, 1821 in Minety, Wiltshire, England, the seventh child of Henry Hiscock and Mary Pitt. Robert was baptised on November 18, 1821 as Robert Hiscock without the 's', but he added the 's' to his name when he immigrated to Canada in 1843.

Robert married Miriam Mathews in about 1847 in Ontario. They were Methodists.

Robert and Miriam lived at Chinguacousy Township, near Mayfield in Peel County, Ontario in 1861 with their four children. Robert was a merchant according to the 1861 census. They moved to Dungannon in West Wawanosh Township, Huron County, Ontario by 1871. Robert was a shoe maker and owned a boot and shoe store in Dungannon. Dungannon is a village of about 200 people located 10 miles northeast of Goderich. The Huron and Kinloss Municipal Telephone company built the exchange office in 1961 on the lot where the boot and shoe store was located.

They moved to the village of Teeswater, Bruce county by 1891, where Robert continued to work as a shoe maker for a few years. Teeswater is a village of 1000 people located southwest of Walkerton. The town was named after the river that runs through it. The river in turn took its name from the Tees River in England. Teeswater is predominantly a Scotch Presbyterian town near Lake Huron.

Robert died on May 9, 1902 in Teeswater, Bruce, Ontario.

Note: Grace Hiscocks' family tree incorrectly shows Robert Hiscock birth as October 8, 1923.

SOURCES: Baptism record; Census 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901; Grace Hiscocks' family tree; Grave stone; Death record; From Bush Trails to Present Tales, A History of Dungannon..

Miriam Mathews

Miriam Mathews was born on January 29, 1832 in Brinkworth, Wiltshire, England, the second child of Jeremiah Mathews and Mary Sherwood. (Note: Grace Hiscocks family tree and the 1901 census shows Miriam's birth on January 20, 1830.) Miriam was baptised on March 21, 1832.

Miriam immigrated to Canada with her mother in 1847. Her mother died aboard the ship.

Miriam married Robert Hiscocks in about 1847 in Ontario.

They had 11 children:

John Henry Hiscocks b. April 30, 1849 d. April 30, 1849

Mary Jane Hiscocks b. March 25, 1850 d. April 20, 1850

Elizabeth Mary Hiscocks b. April 14, 1851 d. May 10, 1851

John Henry Hiscocks b. September 21, 1853 d. December 5, 1920

Mary Honor Hiscocks b. March 21, 1855

William Pitt Hiscocks b. February 13, 1857 d. 1890

Elizabeth Jane Hiscocks b. November 10, 1859 d. August 15, 1882

Ellen Maria Hiscocks b. May 31, 1861 d. July 11, 1933

Robert James Hiscocks b. October 28, 1862 d. February 16, 1924

Jeremiah Joseph Hiscocks b. April 28, 1864 d. June 9, 1922

Miriam Rhoda Hiscocks b. June 17, 1867 d. May, 1953

Miriam Hiscocks died of cancer on February 16, 1904 at Teeswater, Huron County, Ontario.

John Hiscocks was a store clerk at age 28.

Mary Hiscocks was a dress maker at age 26.

William Hiscocks was a store clerk at age 24.

Elizabeth Hiscocks was a dress make at age 20.

Robert James Hiscocks was a store clerk at age 19. He married Martha Hooey, born October 4, 1860. Robert was a merchant and Martha was a banker in 1901. Robert ran a general store in Teeswater, named the R. J. Hiscox Store. They had three sons:

William Franklin Hiscocks b. December 19, 1890

Robert Henry (Harry) Hiscocks b. July 6, 1892

Fredrick Mathew Hiscocks b. October 2, 1897.

Martha Hooey died October 1, 1934.

William served in World War 1. William Hiscocks visited Minety, England in the summer of 1960 and wrote a letter describing the church and Hiscock property. He died about 1961.

Robert (Harry) Hiscocks had a daughter:

Grace Hiscocks b.

Grace wrote a letter to Stella King (nee Fowler) dated August 7, 1979 in which she included a family tree. Her address was 247 Biseborough Drive, Toronto,

Fredrick Hiscocks served in World War I.

Jeremiah (Jerry) Hiscocks married Alice Ewing in 1887. Alice was born July 13, 1864 in Teeswater, Ontario. The couple lived in Dungannon for a few years until they moved to Teeswater where Jerry opened and operated a tailor shop in 1891. Jerry ran a business of funeral directors and furniture dealers by 1901.

They had two children;

Bertram Hiscocks b. July 7, 1988 at Teeswater, Ontario.

Elizabeth Hiscocks b. February 16, 1891 at Teeswater, Ontario.

Alice's mother, Ann Ewing, born January 29, 1830 in Scotland, and her daughters Louise , born December 19, 1872, and Nettie, born April 17, 1880, were living with Jerry and Alice in 1891 and 1901. Alice Ewing died in 1939.

SOURCES: Census 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901; Grace Hiscocks' family tree; Death record; All Our Yesterdays - A History of Culross Township 1854 - 1984.

William Grosert Fowler

William Grosert Fowler was born on February 11, 1856 at Scarborough, York, Ontario, the first child of John Fowler and Janet Grosert. He grew up on his father's farm at Morris township, Huron county.

In March 1877, William came to the village to Teeswater, Bruce county where he became a tailor. Teeswater is a village of 1000 people located southwest of Walkerton. William started his business with a friend William Little. Their names are associated with the two brick blocks which they have built, including the Fowler Block, which includes three stores.

William Fowler married Ellen Maria Hiscocks on December 31, 1880 in Dungannon, Huron, Ontario.

William and Ellen had 12 children. William served on the village council for several terms and was treasurer of the village for 30 years. He served on the School Board and other civic bodies. He was an elder of Knox Presbyterian Church from 1907 to 1925, when he entered the United Church. William was secretary-treasurer for over 40 years of the Bible Society. He was treasurer of the Teeswater Independent Order of Oddfellows Lodge No. 183 for 50 years.

William Fowler died October 3, 1946 in Teewater, Bruce, Ontario. He is interred at the Teeswater cemetery.

SOURCES: Marriage record; Census 1871, 1891; Teeswater cemetery; All Our Yesterdays - A History of Culross Township 1854 - 1984; Teeswater Newspaper article on 85th birthday.

Ellen Maria Hiscocks

Ellen Maria Hiscocks was born on May 31, 1861 in Mayfield, Peel, Ontario, the eighth child of Robert Hiscocks and Miriam Mathews. She grew up at Dungannon, Huron county where her father had a boot and shoe store.

Ellen Hiscocks married William Grosert Fowler on December 31, 1880 in Dungannon, Huron, Ontario at the Methodist Church. William was late for his wedding because weather conditions were such that driving was almost impossible from Teeswater. The groom arrived at 9 o'clock in the evening and the wedding festivities were concluded before the New Year dawned. They had twelve children, seven survived childhood:

Robert (Bert) John Fowler b. September 2, 1882 at Teeswater

William Grosert Fowler, Dr. b. February 10, 1886 at Teeswater

Evelyn (Jessie) Fowler b. August 11, 1889

Mary (Min) Elizabeth Fowler b. March 9, 1892 ('93 - 1901 census)

Ellen Rhoda Fowler b. December 31, 1894 at Teeswater

Margaret (Madge) Wilhemina Fowler b. March 15, 1896

Stella Fowler b. September 16, 1900

Ellen Hiscocks died on July 11, 1933 at Teeswater, Bruce, Ontario. She is interred at the Teeswater cemetery.

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