William Dennis was born on 10 March 1813 in Humberstone, Welland, Ontario, Canada.
1 He and
Rebecca Brewer were married on 26 March 1833 in Malahide Township, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.
2 He and
Rebecca Brewer were married on 26 March 1833 in Malahide, Elgin, Ontario, Canada. He and
Martha Jane McKinnie were married on 26 September 1876 in St. Thomas, Yarmouth, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.
3,4 He died on 7 March 1878, at age 64, in Malahide, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.
1 He was buried in Luton Cemetery (Plot #1), Malahide, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.
1 William Dennis was also known as William Dennis. He was a Carpenter.
3 Witnesses to the marriage of William and Rebecca were James Dennis and Israel Doan.
The 1842 North Malahide Township Census indicates William owned 68 acres of land ( N, Concession 5, Lot 21) and his occupation is a carpenter.
The 1871 Malahide Township Census lists William, age 58, Carpenter; in District 6, Sub district C, Div 2, page 42.
According to the OGS Directory of Surnames- 1995 Edition, William resided in Humberstone Township, Welland County until 1832 and then moved to Malahide Township, Elgin County until his death in 1878.
Notes from Grace Noad:
"Rebecca, his wife died in June of 1876 and in September of that same year he remarried to a widow who had two children, her first marriage was to George Smart and the children were Thomas Smart born 1871 and Elizabeth Smart born 1874. I don't know why he remarried but we did a lot of digging and found our that he had enough sense to give the Delhi property to his daughter so the one (who had apparently married again) just got the farm in Malihide. I have William Dennis' Family Bible but some entries have been erased so much that there is a hole in the page. I had an idea that this second marriage never took place but we sent for and got the marriage record and a bonus was that William's parents names were on it!"
From Grace Noad's notes:
William Dennis bought the S 1/2 of Lot 21 in Con V, Malahide (67 acres) on 24 April 1845 (Registered 10
September 1847) from King's College (was it Clergy reserve?).
A strange sequence of events:
. 19 Apr 1876, George Smart died.
. 15 Jan 1876, William held the mortgage on the Delhi property for (son-in-law) Adam Gerhard.
. 12 Jun 1876, Rebecca (Brewer) Dennis died.
. 18 Sep 1876, William gave the Delhi mortgage to his daughter Martha Jane Gerhard.
. 26 Sep 1876, William married Martha Jane Smart, a widow, age 28, parents Charles and Lucinda Asthander (I
have the marriage Record). Martha was the widow of George Smart. They had a son Thomas born Mar 1871,
daughter Elizabeth born 1874.
. 7 Mar 1878, William died.
. 25 Jul 1878, Martha Jane Rockey and husband John Rockey sold the Dennis property as sole heir of William
Dennis. I have a copy of the Deed which they gave to W. L. Hunt. I have William and Rebecca Dennis' Bible.
One entry has been erased so much as to make a hole in the page! Witnesses at William and Rebecca's marriage
were James Dennis and Israel Doan. The Minister was Rev. N. D. West, Canadian Wesleyan Church. This is my
mother's great grandfather.