My Family Tree

1789John SMITH was born 7 Apr 1801 in Prince Edward Island, and christened 19 Apr 1801 in St. Paul's Church of England. Charlottetown. He was the son of Joseph Smith and his wife Catherine Anderson. However, there was also in the St. Paul's Church of England records a John Alexander Smith, born 1789, to JOHN and Catherine Smith - this man died in 1837 in Lot 49, and seems to be from a different family.

John Smith married Sarah Vincent 26 Feb 1827 in Charlottetown,Prince Edward Island. On the marriage license, John Smith was from Lot 49, and Sarah Vincent was from Malpeque. She was born about 1802 in New London, Prince Edward Island.

According to the PEI Baptismal Index and other sources, John and Sarah had the following children:
Mary Ann Smith b. 9 Mar 1828 in New London, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Robert Smith b. about 1830 died in Western Road (not in PEI Baptismal Index)
Sarah Maria Smith b. 1 Jan 1831 in Margate, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada (lot 20)
Gap- possibly children who died? One of the missing boys from the 1861 census, perhaps
John Smith b. 28 Sep 1838, bap. in Kensington, Prince Edward Island, Canada
William Henry Smith b. 7 Jan 1839 in Prince Edward Island - not in PEI Baptismal Index, perhaps this should be William A. Smith
Catherine Matilda Smith b. 16 Aug 1846 in New London, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada - no further record found, assume she died before 1849, when Jane Catherine was born.
Joseph F Smith b. 1847 not in the PEI Baptismal Index
Jane Catherine Smith b. 15 Sep 1849 in New London, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada

The family moved from New London to Lot 2. The most likely entry in the 1861 census is the one for John Smith, between the farms of Thomas Simmonds and Harry Simmons. There are 11 in the household, including two married couples. All are Church of England, and all were born on the Island. The male and female over 60 would be John Smith and Sarah Vincent.
There were:
1 male, and 2 females under 5 (grandchildren perhaps? or a mistake?)
2 males between 6-15 (Joseph F & ?)
1 male between 16-21 (William )
2 males and one female between 21-45 (this would most likely be a son (in law?) and daughter (in law?)
They were two years into the lease.
There was possibly a mistake in recording the females in the household.

The administration papers for the estate of Joseph Smith, who died in 1871, said that he was survived by his parents, his widow, three brothers, William, John and Robert of Lot 2, and three sisters, Elizabeth, Maria and Jane. Elizabeth, married to Henry Simmonds, farmer; Maria to Thomas Simmonds, farmer; Jane unmarried.

1881 census: Household Members:
John Smith 82
Sarah Smith 75
James Edward Smith 28 (probably their grandson, James Edward Simmonds, b. 1855)
Sarah Elizabeth Simmonds 20 (probably James' sister, dau. Thomas Simmonds and Sarah Maria Smith, b. 1869)

In the 1891 census, Sarah gave her status as widowed; she died 30 Dec 1891.

Buried: Christ Church Graveyard, Kildare Cape