William Lyon (1827 - 1897)

Born 1 Mar 1827 in Storrington, Frontenac, Upper Canada

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Died 1 Mar 1897 at age 70 in Storrington, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

This profile is part of the Lyon Name Study.

William was born in 1827 in Upper Canada (Ontario, Canada). He married Margaret Payne and they had 8 children. (see below) He passed away in 1897.

William and Margaret PAYNE LYON had 8 children: Charles (1856-1935); Laura (1854-1929) who married William SLEETH (1849-?); Johanna (1865-1936) who married William GUMMER (1860-1925) and after his death, Thule CLARKE; Robert (1870-1938) who married Ethel SLACK; Lydia (1868-1915) who married Robert SHANNON (1853-?); Lyman (1860-1939) who married Elizabeth HORNING (1863-1899); Elizabeth (1862-?) who married Charles BURT and Amanda, the latter born in Inverary, Ontario in 1858.

Sources

• Family records
• 1871 Canadian Census
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176560835/William-Lyon
• Photos of Lyon-Payne tombstones http://seiz2day.com/sbmerk/family/lyonstone.html
• "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDFW-SJD : 9 March 2018), William Lyon, 01 Mar 1897; citing Starrington, Frontenac, Ontario, yr 1897 cn 9349, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,853,836.