The Harper Family

                                       Richard Harper & Jane Oliver Lemin

Richard Harper Sr. was born on Feb. 25th, 1815 in Cornwall, England, and died March 31st 1897 in Pilkington, Wellington, Ontario. He is buried in Elora Cemetery, in Elora, Wellington, plot A7-3.

Jane Oliver Lemin was born February 18th, 1816 in Cornwall, England, and died April 26th, 1896 in Pilkington, Wellington, Ontario. She is buried in Elora Cemetery, in Elora, Wellington, plot A7-3.

They emigrated to Canada in 1849.

Their children:

1) John Harper, born in 1841 in England, and died July 16th of 1916 in Toronto. He married Ann Coxhead on January 1st, 1867 in Wellington County. Buried: Elora Cemetery.

        Ann Coxhead was born in 1847 in Pilkington, Wellington, Ontario, and died May 28th, 1914 in Toronto. She died from cancer of the uterus which she had for one year. Her parents were Caesar Coxhead Jr. (1818, Oxfordshire, England - Mar. 25 1894, Ontario) and Sarah Stockford (1819 England- Mar. 25 1894, Ontario). Buried:

           Their children: 1) Sarah Jane Harper Marshall, born 1868 in Pilkington, and died in                                     1834. Buried in Elora Cemetery. Married Andrew Marshall, (1866-1940, buried                               in Elora Cemetery) son of John* and Catharine Oblander Marshall (born Germany                                    1838). Siblings: Thomas, Hannah Bosomworth, Edmund, Robert, Unnamed                                                                          Baby, John S, David. All buried in Elora.

                                                  John*'s parents were Thomas Marshall Sr. and Hannah Harbottle                                                            (dau.  of John Harbottle and Ann Crisp).                                                                                           Hannah is buried in Elora Cemetery. Thomas' burial is unknown. He died                                                          before 1861 and the cemetery was erected in 1864.

                               2) Emma, born Mar. 15, 1886 in Pilkington, and died Nov. 20 1905 in Elora.                                                          Buried in Elora Cemetery. Died of typhoid.


2) Charles Lemin Harper, born Mar. 30, 1843 in Cornwall, England, and died Dec. 5 1910 in Elora. He married Annie Burkholder on June 25th, 1870 in Drayton. He was a blacksmith.

                                Annie Burkholder was born in 1848 to Joshua Burkholder (1818-1901, Salem,                                       Wellington, he was a farmer, married July 14, 1843, children William, Annie,                                     Mary) and Hannah Howard (1823-1905)

                           Their children: 1) Hannah Jane Harper, born Oct. 24, 1870 in Pilkington, died in                                    1955. Married William Henry Stafford Jr. (1870-1929) on oct. 23, 1895 and had                                        one child, Reta Evelyn Stafford (1908-1990).

                              2) Charles Tilson Harper, born 1876 in Ontario, died 1963.

3) Aaron Harper, born Jan. 26 1850 in Wellington, and died Dec. 4, 1931 in Nichol, Wellington. Married Mary Oakman (1856-1935) and had four children.

                                Their children: 1) Regina Cory Harper, born April 24, 1874 Pilkington, and                                                  died 1946. Married John French (1867-1942).

                                                   2) William Emerson Harper, born Aug. 15, 1878, died May 14                                              1937, married Annie Ida Rumble Dec. 6 1900 at Alma. Later married Joanna                                         Grills on Apr. 3 1915 in Wellington.

                                                   3) Wilbert Harper, born Oct. 28 1880 in Pilkington, died Nov. 2                                                         1935 in Pilkington. Married Charlotte Alice Bryant (1888-1944). One                                                        child, Alfred Aaron Harper (1910-1912).

                                                    4) Oliver Arthur Harper, born Oct. 2 1884, died Feb. 23, 1923. He                                   was an accountant. He married Verna Moore Sheldon Oct. 2 1913 in Chatham.
                                     
4) Miriam Harper, born 1852 in Pilkington and died Jan. 7 1915 in Elora. Married William Pulkinghorn (1850-1921). Two children: John Leslie (1876-1958, married Mary Frances French) and Charles Harper (1887-1888).

5) Moses Harper, born Mar. 14, 1854 Pilkington, and died June 30th 1935 in Nichol. Married Harriet Ann Maria Ford (1863-1936).

6) Grace Harper, born Apr. 18 1859, and died Aug. 20, 1859. Buried in Elora Cemetery but it was not open at the time, so it is likely that she was re-interred.

7) Ann Harper, born in 1863 in Ontario, and died in 1956. She married Edward Albert Werth (1860-1932), and had one known child, Ervin Kernal Werth (1899-1971).

                                            Photo of Moses Harper, son of Richard and Jane.