Gorrill, Josephine Elizabeth

Birth Name Gorrill, Josephine Elizabeth 1a 2a
Gender female
Age at Death 85 years, 5 months, 19 days

Narrative

JOSEPHINE ELIZABETH GORRILL, the eldest child of Humphrey Gorrill and Eleanor Dyment, was born at Glenwood 1 June 1860. At the age of 24 she married at Glenwood 2 October 1884 Thomas Alexander Oulton, who had been born 20 March 1860 at Trout River, New Brunswick, to Robert Trenholm Oulton and Jane Main. His father had come to Lot 14 after the death of his wife, Jane, according to the history of Lots 13 and 14, Climbing the Hill (page 95).
Thomas Oulton and Elizabeth Gorrill had five children: Humphrey, Robert, Pearl, Eleanor and Roy, all of whom are accounted for in the 1901 census. Thomas was a farmer and the family belonged to the Presbyterian Church. Elizabeth died at Brae Harbour 20 November 1945. In the Presbyterian (now United) cemetery.

Josephine was survived by her husband, two daughters, Pearle (Mrs. Vernon Metherall), Fortune Cove; and Eleanor (Mrs. W. A. Trenholm), Montreal; three sons: Humphrey of Glenwood, Robert of Brae, and Roy at home. Mrs. Mary Moreshead of Sydney, N.S. and Mrs. Ella H. Warren of Boston, Mass., are sisters. Irving, Lincoln and Garfield Gorrill of the Canadian West, and Simeon, Amos and Thomas Gorrill of Glenwood are brothers (from her obituary on PEI Ancestry).

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth June 1, 1860 Prince Edward Island, Canada   1b 2b
Death November 20, 1945 Brae Harbour, Lot 9, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada    

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Gorrill, HumphreyMay 21, 1829April 21, 1907
Mother Dyment, EleanorSeptember 10, 1838June 22, 1922
         Gorrill, Josephine Elizabeth June 1, 1860 November 20, 1945
    Brother     Gorrill, John? about 1861 about 1861
    Brother     Gorrill, Alfred January 17, 1862 August 12, 1934
    Brother     Gorrill, John Simeon November 17, 1863 December 25, 1949
    Brother     Gorrill, William Humphrey Sargent July 13, 1866 August 28, 1875
    Sister     Gorrill, Mary Lavinia Beatrice December 15, 1867 July 11, 1956
    Brother     Gorrill, George Irving Charles July 21, 1870 October 24, 1956
    Brother     Gorrill, Amos Richard Baxter April 1, 1872 March 10, 1959
    Sister     Gorrill, Sarah Helena Ella Ellie November 9, 1873 May 23, 1965
    Sister     Gorrill, Alice Susanna May 6, 1875 January 18, 1932
    Brother     Gorrill, William Humphrey Walter 1877 July 8, 1879
    Brother     Gorrill, Albert Lincoln December 19, 1879 May 30, 1959
    Brother     Gorrill, Ernest Garfield January 12, 1881 1952
    Brother     Gorrill, Thomas Humphrey Lodge February 28, 1883 February 8, 1952
    Brother     Gorrill, Walter 1889 1905

Families

Family of Oulton, Thomas Alexander and Gorrill, Josephine Elizabeth
Married Husband Oulton, Thomas Alexander ( * March 20, 1860 + 1950 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage October 2, 1884 Summerside, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada Trinity Methodist/United  
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Oulton, Humphrey GorrillSeptember 15, 1885December 30, 1957
Oulton, Robert Freeman TrenholmOctober 18921985
Oulton, Iola PearlFebruary 25, 1895June 23, 1974
Oulton, Wesley RoyFebruary 6, 1899October 20, 1986

Source References

  1. 1911 Census of Canada
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        Birth date: June 1862 Birth place: Prince Edward Island Residence date: 1911 Residence place: Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada

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        Birth date: June 1862 Birth place: Prince Edward Island Residence date: 1911 Residence place: Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada

  2. 1881 Census of Canada
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        Birth date: abt 1860 Birth place: Prince Edward Island Residence date: 1891 Residence place: Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada

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        Birth date: abt 1860 Birth place: Prince Edward Island Residence date: 1891 Residence place: Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada