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1 CONC Ireland 1766 Religious Census Record info about William, jnr NODWELL
1 CONT Name: William, jnr NODWELL Religion: Protestant Parish: Magherafelt Dioces
1 CONC e: Armagh County: Londonderry Townland: Magherafelt
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1 CONT W - L Mercer has a great deal of information about a Mercer family whi
1 CONC ch he says shared the family farm, Rusky.  Notes from him follow.
1 CONT ALEXANDER MERCER b.June, 1827 in Derry County, Ulster near Limavady a
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1 CONT 17 Dec. 1894 in Artemesia Townships (nr. Markdale), Grey County Ontari
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1 CONT 23 Sep. 1848 in Philadelphia to MARY JANE SMYTH b. 14 Nov. 1821 possib
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1 CONT Derry or Antrim  County Ireland, and d. 6 Nov. 1919 in Artemesia Townshi
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1 CONT Moved to Ontario circa 1855 and purchased a 100 acre farm from Gavin Simps
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1 CONT (Easterly Lot #32, Concession #8, Erin township Wellington County. Sold
1 CONT their farm on 5 Nov. 1877 to a cousin, Robert C. Nodwell, Andrew's younge
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1 CONT son. The Mercer's moved to Markdale and subsequently purchased a farm on t
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1 CONT East Line, Artemesia Township Grey County about one mile southeast of
1 CONT Markdale and their homestead there was still in excellent conditi
1 CONT 1983
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1 CONT There son, ALEXANDER MERCER was born in Philadelphia Pa. on 22 Dec. 1853 a
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1 CONT was my grandfather. He was married to Isabel Ruth Foster on Jan 1, 1884 a
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1 CONT he died Sept. 25, 1935 in Chilliwack BC. They left Markdale in 1889. I ha
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1 CONT more information on the entire family which I would be happy to mail if y
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1 CONT are interested.
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1 CONT You mention a R.D. Nodwell--I have a record for Robert C(arrick?) Nodwe
1 CONC ll b.
1 CONT 20 Jan 1857 and d. 28 May 1949. He was a farmer and lived in Erin Townshi
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1 CONT Wellington County (near Hillsburgh).  A bit more on the Nodwells---The fir
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1 CONT mention I have in my records of the Nodwell (originally Nedwill as Merc
1 CONT was originally Mercier) family is as follows a Mercer(no first name), wi
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1 CONT Elizabeth(who died in Guelph) shared a farm called "Rusky" near
1 CONT Newtonlimavady (now called Limavady, Town-Land Anaghmore, in Derry Count
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1 CONT with William Nodwell. Elizabeth Mercer's sister Isabella married Andrew
1 CONT Nodwell, oldest child of William and his second wife, Letitia Dunn, who
1 CONT emigrated  in 1838 with their six youngest children to Ontario and settl
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1 CONT on Lot #24, Concession #8 Erin Township.  His son William from his first
1 CONT marriage remained in Ireland and Andrew (1810-1884) and Isabella Mercer
1 CONT (1819-1879) who were married in 1836 and lived in Ireland until 1839
1 CONT emigrated to the USA and lived in Philadelphia for three years before goi
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1 CONT to Ontario and settling on  Lot #22, Concession 8 Erin Township.
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