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Pioneer - RAWSON, Francis
Biographical Sketches of
Early Settlers of Wellington County
Information from: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario.
Toronto: Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906
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RAWSON, Francis
, was b. Burlington, Yorkshire, Eng., 1839. When he came to Canada in 1857 and
landed in Toronto, he had just 50c, in his pocket, but he had good health,
self-reliance, energy and an ambition to succeed. He soon found employment and
worked his way up to Puslinch, where he remained six years. He then spent two
yeas in Nassagaweya, coming to Guelph Tp. in 1865, and purchasing his present
homestead in con. 12, which, with other farms that he has since purchased,
makes his holdings at this time 381 acres of land. This has all been acquired
by his own exertions. He is a straightforward, upright citizen. He m. Eliza J.
Kirby, dau. of the late Robert Kirby, who came to Guelph Tp. about 1847. Issue:
Ernest, Jesse, Jennie and Franklin A. Ernest m. Elizabeth McNee, and works the
town line farm. Issue: George F.
From: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario. Toronto:Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906 |
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