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3. Robert TOOKE (John1) was born on October 7, 1804 in Houghton-on-the-Hill, , Norfolk, England,2,3 died in 1869 in Kincardine Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada4 aged 65, and was buried in Armow Methodist Cemetery Kincardine Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.

Events

• He emigrated from , , Norfolk, England about 1837.

• Robert resided in Blandford Twp, Oxford Co, Ontario, Canada in 1851 .

• Robert farmed on Lot 13, Con 6, Kincardine Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada, in 1854-1858

• He owned a sawmill on S/E Corner Lot 16, Con 16 in Kincardine Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada in 1867-1874.

Robert married Elizabeth BURTON, daughter of John BURTON and Elizabeth (__?__), on April 23, 1829 in North Pickenham, , Norfolk, England.1.,4 Elizabeth was born on April 4, 1808 in North Pickenham, , Norfolk, England,2,4,5 died on April 9, 1908 in Kincardine Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada2,4,6 aged 100, and was buried in Armow Methodist Cemetery Kincardine Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.

Events

• Elizabeth resided at the home of her son Samuel in Tiverton, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada in 1901.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 11 M    i. John TOOKE was born on December 13, 1829 in South Pickenham, , Norfolk, England and died on March 3, 1915 in Baysville, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada2 aged 85.

+ 12 M    ii. William TOOKE was born on November 13, 1831 in North Pickenham, , Norfolk, England2 and died before 1885 in Kincardine Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.2

+ 13 M    iii. Robert TOOKE was born on October 27, 1833 in North Pickenham, , Norfolk, England4 and died in , , Saskachewan, Canada.

+ 14 F    iv. Sarah Elizabeth TOOKE was born on March 6, 1836 in North Pickenham, , Norfolk, England4 and died before 1881.

+ 15 M    v. Samuel TOOKE was born on May 31, 1839 in Blenheim Twp, Oxford Co, Ontario, Canada4,5,7 and was christened on September 16, 1844 in Blenheim Twp, Oxford Co, Ontario, Canada.4

+ 16 F    vi. Mary Ann TOOKE was born on November 19, 1842 in Blandford Twp, Oxford Co, Ontario, Canada7 and died on April 16, 1923 in Armow Kincardine Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada8,9 aged 80.

   17 F    vii. Hannah TOOKE was born on March 9, 1844 in Blandford Twp, Oxford Co, Ontario, Canada2 and died in 1851 in Blandford Twp, Oxford Co, Ontario, Canada aged 7.

+ 18 M    viii. Frederick Wakefield TOOKE was born on August 18, 1847 in Blandford Twp, Oxford Co, Ontario, Canada,10,11 died on January 2, 1907 in Paisley, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada6 aged 59, and was buried in Starkvale Cemetery Paisley, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.12

7. Leonard Barnard TOOKE (John1) was born on April 23, 1815 in Houghton-on-the-Hill, , Norfolk, England2,3 and died in 1871 in Armow Kincardine Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada2,3 aged 56.

Events

• He emigrated with his wife and three children in 1844 from , , , England. 3

• Leonard resided in Wilmot Twp. Waterloo Co, Ontario, Canada in 1851 .

• Leonard farmed on Lot 19, Con 5, Kincardine Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada, in 1854-1871

Leonard married Matilda Maud BURTON, daughter of John BURTON and Elizabeth (__?__), on October 11, 1834 in North Pickenham, , Norfolk, England.3 Matilda was born on August 4, 1816 in North Pickenham, , Norfolk, England2,3 and died on December 20, 1899 in McLean Twp, Muskoka Dist, Ontario, Canada3 aged 83. Another name for Matilda was MAUD.

Matilda, sister of Sara Burton, settled in Kincardine Twp with her husband Leonard Tooke, in 1854, in a one-storey log house. Matilda, born 1824, and her husband Leonard, born 1811, were immigrants from England. They had 4 children, born in England: Charlotte, married Robert Trollop, who died 1859, and later married George Shewfelt; William, who married Henrietta, and farmed here; Eliza m. John Browning in 1861; Rhoda m. James Harmer in 1862. Later, 5 more children were born in Ontario: George; Ellen; Harriet; Alice Amanda; Francis.

Events

• She emigrated in 1844.

• She worked as a mid-wife at the birth of Violet Gleeson in 1885 in Bracebridge, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 19 F    i. Charlotte TOOKE was born on November 30, 1834 in , , , England2,3 and died on March 7, 1927 in Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada2 aged 92.

+ 20 M    ii. William Leonard TOOKE was born on January 22, 1837 in North Pickenham, , Norfolk, England2 and died on December 10, 1927 in Winnipeg, Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada2,13 aged 90.

+ 21 F    iii. Eliza TOOKE was born in 1839 in North Pickenham, , Norfolk, England and died on April 30, 1861 in Kincardine, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada aged 22.

+ 22 F    iv. Rhoda Elizabeth TOOKE was born on September 18, 1842 in North Pickenham, , Norfolk, England and died in 1930 in Cambridge, , Ontario, Canada aged 88.

   23 F    v. Susanna TOOKE was born in 1846 in Wilmot Twp. Waterloo Co, Ontario, Canada.2

+ 24 M    vi. George Wellington TOOKE was born on March 10, 1850 in Wilmot Twp. Waterloo Co, Ontario, Canada and died in 1928 in Dunseith, Rolette, North Dakota, USA2 aged 78.

+ 25 F    vii. Ellen TOOKE was born in January 1851 in Wilmot Twp. Waterloo Co, Ontario, Canada,2,14,15 died on June 17, 1913 in Barrie, Simcoe Co, Ontario, Canada2 aged 62, and was buried in Bracebridge Anglican Cemetery, Muskoka Dist, Ontario, Canada.

+ 26 F    viii. Harriet TOOKE was born on December 30, 1853 in Wilmot Twp. Waterloo Co, Ontario, Canada and died in 1946 in Thessalon, Algoma Dist, Ontario, Canada aged 93.

+ 27 F    ix. Alice Amanda TOOKE was born on July 27, 1858 in Kincardine Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada, died on December 14, 19482 aged 90, and was buried in Bracebridge Anglican Cemetery, Muskoka Dist, Ontario, Canada.

   28 F    x. Francis Victoria TOOKE was born on November 23, 1860 in Kincardine Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada and died on April 15, 1935 in Wingham, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada2 aged 74.

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