Willett Casey Dorland

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Hugh Donald Latimer October 12, 1910 to May 10, 1986, Photographer

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Born: 02 October 1859
Died: 04 August 1939
Parents: Jonathan Ricketson Dorland and Julia Ann Cole
Marriage 1: 28 February 1883 Elizabeth Ann Maybee
Marriage 2: 19 October 1932 Charity Almina "Mina" Steenburgh
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Genealogical information used with permission courtesy Dan Buchanan, www.treesbydan.com

Father*: Jonathan Ricketson Dorland2 b. 8 Jul 1810, d. 1883
Mother*: Julia Ann Cole2 b. 1820, d. 8 Feb 1869
Birth*: 27 October 1859; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1859 per Memorial. Date Jan 29 1861 & location Murray Twp. per Death Reg'n. Date 1858 & location Cramahe per marr. reg'n. Date Oct 1868 per 1911 Census. Date Oct 27 1858 per 1901 Census. Date 1859 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. per GEDCOM of Don & Jeanne Ross, May 31, 2003. Location Hillier per Genealogy for Margaret Lillian (Dorland) Peister, Tweedsmuir Histories, Reel 2.2,4,5,6,7,8,9,3
Marriage*: 28 February 1883; Brighton Twp., Smithfield, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#008119: Groom: Willet C. Dorland; Age: 24; Res.: Brighton Twp.; Born: Colborne; Status: bachelor; Oc.: farmer; Parents: Jonathan & Julia Ann Dorland; Bride: Elizabeth Ann Maybee; Age: 22; Res.: Brighton Twp.; Born: Murray; Status: spinster; Parents: John M. & Henrietta Maybee; Wit.: John Maybee, Brighton & Phebe C. Hilgen?, Smithfield; Date: Feb 28 1883; Place: Brighton; Rel.: MC; Performed by: Rev. J. Kilgore?; Reg'r.: C. Richmond (Ontario Marriage Registration, #008119-1883, ancestry.com)
per GEDCOM of John Maybee, June 10, 2005.; Principal=Elizabeth Ann Maybee2,10
Marriage*: 19 October 1932; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Don & Jeanne Ross, May 31, 2003.; Principal=Charity Almina "Mina" Steenburgh2
Death*: 4 August 1939; Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; Date Aug 4 1939 per GEDCOM of Don & Jeanne Ross, May 31, 2003. Date Aug 4 1939 per IGI Record. Date 1939 per Memorial.
Note: "He lived out his life here until his death in 1939." from "Dorland family celebrates 20 years in area" by Robert L. Peister, copied from The Tweedsmuir Histories of Codrington, Reel 2, Metro Toronto Reference Library, Nov 2007.2,11,3,6
Burial*: 6 August 1939; McPhail's Cemetery, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) Willett C. Dorland; 1859 - 1939; Elizabeth A. Maybee; His Wife; 1861 - 1930 (McPhail's Cemetery, Brighton Twp._3
Census: April 1861; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 4 at 1861 Census: see Daniel B. Dorland12
Residence: 1868; Brighton Twp., Holland Farm, Northumberland Co., Ontario; "The Dorland Family reached Northumberland County in 1868 when Willet Casey Dorland, at ten years of age, came to live with his Great Aunt and Uncle, Alice and Ichabod Holland, of Holland Farm, Pleasant Valley, Brighton Township. He lived out his life here until his death in 1939. Willet Casey married Elizabeth Maybee, a descendant of Captain Abraham Maybee, and it is their descendants who live in Brighton Township." (from newspaper clipping of Dorland Reunion 1984, copied from The Tweedsmuir Histories of Codrington, Reel 2, Metro Toronto Reference Library, Nov 2007)6
Note*: 8 February 1869; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Willet Casey Dorland's mother, Julia Ann (Cole) died Feb 8 1869 & was buried in Salem Cemetery.3
Census: April 1871; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 14 at 1871 Census: see Daniel B. Dorland (uncle)13
Census: April 1871; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 13 at 1871 Census: see Ichabod Holland (a cousin - Willet's mother was a daughter of Samuel Cole and so was Alice (Palmer) Holland ,Ichabod's wife.13
Residence: 28 February 1883; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Brighton Twp. per marr. reg'n.7
Census: April 1891; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 32 at 1891 Census: Dorland, Willet, 32, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Meth., farmer, married; Elizabeth, 30, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Meth., married; Francis(m), 6, b. Ont., p.b. Ont.; Clara, 4; James, 2 (1891 Census: Brighton Twp., pg. 4, line 6)9
Residence: April 1901; Conc 6 Lot 28 & 29, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence per 1901 Census: Conc 6, part Lot 28 & 29, Brighton Twp.5
Census: April 1901; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 42 at 1901 Census: Dorland, William, 42, b. Ont. Oct 27 1858, Ger., Meth., farmer, Head, married; Elizabeth, 40, b. Jan 18 1861, Wife, married; Francis A., 16, b. May 1 1884, daughter; Alice, 4, b. Apr 3 1896, daughter; Arthur, Harry, 18, b. Feb 19 1883, Irish, Servant (1901 Census Index on Archives Canada Web site: dist 95, a-4, page 11, line 4)5
Residence*: June 1911; Conc 6 Lot 29, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence per 1911 Census: Conc 6, Lot 29, Brighton Twp.4
Census*: June 1911; Brighton Twp., Orland, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 52 at 1911 Census: Dorland, Willet C., 52, b. Ont. Oct 1858, Ger., Meth., farmer, married; Elizabeth A., 50, b. Ont. Jan 1861, Ger., Meth., married (Conc 6, Lot 29) (1911 Census Image from Archives Canada Web site: Orland, page 7, line 3)4
Residence: 20 June 1926; Brighton Twp., Codrington, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Informant for Death Reg'n. of his brother Samuel S. Dorland.8
Note: circa 1930; Brighton Twp., Orland, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Willet Casey Dorland appears in The Latimer Photos which were taken by Hugh Latimer during the late 1920s and early 1930s at his father's General Store in Orland. (The Latimer Photos, Codrington Public Library)14
Residence: 20 May 1930; R. R. #1, Codrington, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Informant for Death Reg'n. of his wife Elizabeth Ann (Maybee) Dorland.8
Residence: 4 September 1933; Murray Twp., Wooler, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Informant for Death Reg'n. of his wife Almina Steinburg.8
Family 1: Elizabeth Ann Maybee b. 18 Jan 1861, d. 13 May 1930
Marriage*: 28 February 1883; Brighton Twp., Smithfield, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#008119: Groom: Willet C. Dorland; Age: 24; Res.: Brighton Twp.; Born: Colborne; Status: bachelor; Oc.: farmer; Parents: Jonathan & Julia Ann Dorland; Bride: Elizabeth Ann Maybee; Age: 22; Res.: Brighton Twp.; Born: Murray; Status: spinster; Parents: John M. & Henrietta Maybee; Wit.: John Maybee, Brighton & Phebe C. Hilgen?, Smithfield; Date: Feb 28 1883; Place: Brighton; Rel.: MC; Performed by: Rev. J. Kilgore?; Reg'r.: C. Richmond (Ontario Marriage Registration, #008119-1883, ancestry.com)
per GEDCOM of John Maybee, June 10, 2005.; Principal=Elizabeth Ann Maybee2,10
Francis Albert "Frank" Dorland+ b. 1 May 1884, d. 30 Aug 1953
Clara Henrietta Dorland2 b. 11 Aug 1886, d. 7 Apr 1894
James Alton Dorland2 b. 8 Sep 1888, d. 22 Dec 1899
Alice Dorland b. 3 Apr 1896, d. Nov 1975
Family 2: Charity Almina "Mina" Steenburgh b. 31 Aug 1863, d. 3 Sep 1933
Marriage*: 19 October 1932; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Don & Jeanne Ross, May 31, 2003.; Principal=Charity Almina "Mina" Steenburgh2
Citations
Willett C. Dorland per Memorial.
[S22] Rootsweb, online unknown url.
[S15] Unknown author, Tombstone Inscription.
[S60] Unknown author, 1911 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
[S13] Unknown author, 1901 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
[S52] Unknown location, Tweedsmuir Histories; unknown film.
[S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm.
[S12] Unknown author, Ontario Death Registrations, Record Type: microfilm, Name Of Person: Ontario Archives.
[S6] Unknown author, 1891 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
[S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm, #008119-1883.
[S19] IGI Record, online unknown url.
[S10] Unknown author, 1861 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
[S14] Unknown author, 1871 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
[S87] Unknown subject unknown record type; unknown repository.

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