1847
Baptised
20 February 1847 at Laxton
20 February 1847, Laxton— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
George Wainman
1847 – 1928
George Wainman was baptised on 20 February 1847 at Laxton, son of Charlotte Wainman. He married Frances Cross on 18 February 1867. George died on 7 December 1928 at Simcoe.
A distillation, assembled from sourced records · 2026
- Baptism
- 20 February 1847, Laxton
- Marriage
- February 1867 to Frances Cross of Ashby Lincolnshire
- Death
- 7th December 1928, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
- Parents
- Charlotte Wainman
- Children
- Mary Ann Wainman born 1870 William Wainman born 1873 Elizabeth Wainman born 1874 Sarah Wainman born 1877 Frances Wainman born 1881
- 1851c
- Living with grandparents, David and Elizabeth Wainman in Laxton
- 1867
- Marries Frances Cross. George was 20 and Frances 19 and both were living in Laxton
- 1869
- Sets sail for Canada
- 1881c
- Living in Orillia, Canada George Wainman aged 34, born 1847 England, Episcopal Fanny Wainman aged 32, born England Mary Ann Wainman aged 11 born Ontario William Wainman aged 8 born Ontario Elizabeth Wainman aged 7 born Ontario Sarah Ann aged 4 born Ontario Henry Wainman aged 0 born Ontario Address: Orillia, Simcoe North, Ontario Occupation: Barber
- 1892
- Letter from George to England Orillia Dec 12th 1892 My dear Aunt You will think I have forgotten you but I have not. I think about you every day. I hope you are all ……as it leaves me and my family at the present. Thank God for it. I was barbering ever since I left England until last spring, and I have got a farm 2 1/2 miles from Orillia. It is a first class farm, a fine brick house and good buildings and orchard. I had about 300 bushels of apples this fall. I have two horses and four cows, two heiffers. I had twenty pigs until last week I killed eight. Bass Lake is right at the lower part of our farm. I have a boat and I cot (sic) some very fine fish last summer. I exchanged property for it in town. It was 700 pounds.…it is only forty acres and I have two stores in Orillia yet They rent for 3£ a month. If I .….…...get all straightened up I shall come to see you if all's well. I wish you to write and let me know how you all are and how Robert and Anne and Annie Elizabeth is getting along and send me my sister Lizzie….addresss so I can write to them. Tell uncle Thomas and Willie to send me word how they are getting along. I should like to …… and see them and all of you which I think I shall some time. When I get some spare money. The time is not very good here at present. When you write tell me all you can about all, I should very much like to hear from you and uncle Woodall. I was very sorry Robert died. George and …….. Is married. I think I have no more to say at this time so I conclude and remain your nephew, George Wainman, Coldwater Road, Orillia, Canada Love from all to all, Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, PS A man with a little money could get a good cheap farm. Although there is not much money in it.
In your grandmother’s words · from her notebook
Family
Marriage
Children
Life
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1851
Census · 1851
1851
Living with grandparents, David and Elizabeth Wainman in Laxton— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1867
Married Frances Cross
18 February 1867
February 1867 to Frances Cross of Ashby Lincolnshire— From Janet Brock’s research
The record image is with the family — family sign-in
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1869
In 1869
1869
Sets sail for Canada— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1881
Census · 1881
1881
Living in Orillia, Canada George Wainman aged 34, born 1847 England, Episcopal Fanny Wainman aged 32, born England Mary Ann Wainman aged 11 born Ontario William Wainman aged 8 born Ontario Elizabeth Wainman aged 7 born Ontario Sarah Ann aged 4 born Ontario Henry Wainman aged 0 born Ontario Address: Orillia, Simcoe North, Ontario Occupation: Barber
— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1892
In 1892
1892
Letter from George to England Orillia Dec 12th 1892 My dear Aunt You will think I have forgotten you but I have not. I think about you every day. I hope you are all ……as it leaves me and my family at the present. Thank God for it. I was barbering ever since I left England until last spring, and I have got a farm 2 1/2 miles from Orillia. It is a first class farm, a fine brick house and good buildings and orchard. I had about 300 bushels of apples this fall. I have two horses and four cows, two heiffers. I had twenty pigs until last week I killed eight. Bass Lake is right at the lower part of our farm. I have a boat and I cot (sic) some very fine fish last summer. I exchanged property for it in town. It was 700 pounds.…it is only forty acres and I have two stores in Orillia yet They rent for 3£ a month. If I .….…...get all straightened up I shall come to see you if all's well. I wish you to write and let me know how you all are and how Robert and Anne and Annie Elizabeth is getting along and send me my sister Lizzie….addresss so I can write to them. Tell uncle Thomas and Willie to send me word how they are getting along. I should like to …… and see them and all of you which I think I shall some time. When I get some spare money. The time is not very good here at present. When you write tell me all you can about all, I should very much like to hear from you and uncle Woodall. I was very sorry Robert died. George and …….. Is married. I think I have no more to say at this time so I conclude and remain your nephew, George Wainman, Coldwater Road, Orillia, Canada Love from all to all, Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, PS A man with a little money could get a good cheap farm. Although there is not much money in it.
— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1928
Died
7 December 1928 at Simcoe
7th December 1928, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
Records & papers
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