Lehonora (Blonde) Miller (abt. 1863 - 1881)

Born about 1863 in Canada West

Wife of Joseph Robert Miller — married 5 Apr 1880 in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada

Died 8 Aug 1881 at about age 18 in Harwich, Kent, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Lehonora Blonde was born about 1863 in Canada West, probably in Harwich township, Kent County where her parents, John D. Blonde and Mary Jane Alleman, kept a farm.^[1]

On 5th April 1880, she married Joseph Robert Miller, of Harwich township, in Chatham, Ontario.^[2][3]

Eighteen months after the birth of her son, Charles Joseph,^[4] Lehonora Miller née Blonde died at home in Harwich township on the 8th August 1881. She was in her nineteenth year. Her body was buried in St Anthony's churchyard in Chatham.^[5]

Census enumerations

1871 census (Canada)

• John D. Blonde, male, age 53, born in France, religious denomination: Roman Catholic, origin: French, occupation: farmer, married
• Mary, female, age 44; born, religion, and origin do., married
• Celesto, male,, age 19, born in Ontario, religion and origin do., occupation: farmer
• Augut [sic], male, age 18, do., …
• Josephine, female, age 16; born, religion, and origin do.
• Victoria, female, age 14, do., …
• Rosina, female, age 12, do., …
• Henry, male, age 10, do., …
• Lehonora, female, age 8, do., …
• Charles, male, age 5, do., …
• Mary L., female, age 3, do., …
• census place: Harwich township, Kent County, Ontario^[1]

1881 census (Canada)

• Miller, Joseph, [male], […illegible…], married
• Miller, H[‚] [Honora?], [female], […illegible…], married
• Miller, Charles, [male]
• census place: Harwich township, Kent County, Ontario^[6]

Note: These pages were very faded, and much of the writing was illegible.

Research notes

• Estimated date of birth:—approximated by reference to the age recorded in the 1871 census of Canada.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Canada 1871 Census. Extract: John D. Blonde, male, age 53, born in France, religious denomination: Roman Catholic, origin: French, occupation: farmer, married; Mary, female, age 44; born, religion, and origin do., married; Celesto, male, age 19, born in Ontario, religion and origin do., occupation: farmer; Augut [sic], male, age 18, do., …; Josephine, female, age 16; born, religion, and origin do.; Victoria, female, age 14, do., …; Rosina, female, age 12, do., …; Henry, male, age 10, do., …; Lehonora, female, age 8, do., …; Charles, male, age 5, do., …; Mary L., female, age 3, do., …; census place: Harwich township, Kent County, Ontario. Original record: Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1871. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, n.d.. RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Archival ref. roll no. C-9891, district no. 2 Kent, sub-district: D Harwich, division no. 2, pg. 24. Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by subscription; extract by Alison Kilpatrick, 2020-07-20).
2. ↑ Roman Catholic Church. Diocese of London, Ontario. Solemnization of a Marriage. Extract: “Joseph Miller, male, age 27, son of [—] Miller and Magdalenae, his wife. Eleonoram Blonde, female, daughter of Joannis D. Blonde and Mary Jane Alleman. Marriage solemnized in Ontario, 5th April 1880.” Index online at ancestry.ca (accessed by subscription, 2020-07-20).
3. ↑ Province of Ontario (Canada). Schedule B.—Marriages. Town of Chatham. Extract: Joseph Miller, age 27, resident of Harwich township [Kent County]; born at Niagara Falls, Canada; bachelor, farmer, religious denomination: Catholic, son of John Miller and Margaret Miller. Elenora Blonde, age 17, resident of Harwich township, born in Harwich township, spinster, religious denomination: Catholic, daughter of John Blonde and Mary Jane Alleman[?]. Marriage solemnized in St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic church, Chatham, after banns, by the Rev. Junsuant Bevur]?], 5th April 1880; witnesses: Henry Blonde, Mary Blonde. Original record: Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928. Archival ref. reel no. 33, registration nos. 10/004967. Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by subscription; extract by Alison Kilpatrick, 2020-07-20).
4. ↑ Canada 1901 Census. Extract: Joseph R. Miller, male, white, head, married, born 24 June 1847, age 53, born in Ontario, origin: French, religious denomination: Roman Catholic, occupation: farmer, education: reads and writes, language: speaks English; Mary A., female, white, wife, married, born 23 August 1856, age 44, born do., origin: “not given;” religion, education, and language do.; Charles, male, white, son, born 19 May 1880, age 20; born, origin, and religion do., occupation: [illegible], education and language do.; census place: Camden township, Bothwell (electoral district), Ontario. Original record: Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1901. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2004. Archival ref. district no. 45 Bothwell, sub-district no. 6, polling sub-division no. 3, pg. 6, household no. 56, family no. 56, enumerated 22nd April 1901. Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by subscription; extract by Alison Kilpatrick, 2020-07-20).
5. ↑ Province of Ontario (Canada). Schedule C.—Deaths. Registration District of Kent. Division of Harwich. Extract: Ellener Miller, died 8 August 1881, female, age not stated, cause of death not stated; informant: John Homer, caretaker, St Anthony Cemetery [Chatham, Ontario]; buried in St Anthony’s cemetery, 10th August 1881; registered 10th July 1882, W.R. Fellows, Division Registrar. Note by Mr. Fellows: The foregoing [several deaths] were enclosed to me by the caretaker of the Roman Catholic Cemetry [sic] Chatham several of which have been registered heretofore, some are of unknown families but all reported as having died in the Township of Harwich.” Original record: Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1948 (MS 935, reels 1-694), Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Archival ref. reel no. 31, nos. 13/087754. Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by subscription; extract by Alison Kilpatrick, 2020-07-20).
6. ↑ Canada 1881 Census. Extracts: Household (1): David Miller, male, age 43, born in Ontario. religious denomination: Roman Catholic, origin: German, occupation: farmer, married; [—]ines [Frances?], [female], age 43, born in Germany, religion and origin do., married; [—]rion [Mary Ann?], [female], age 77, born in Germany, religion and origin do., widow; Frank, [male], age [10?], born in Ontario, religion and origin do., attending school; John Gagg [or Gaff], [male], age [15?], born do., religion do., national origin: [illegible], occupation: farmer; census place: Harwich township, Kent County, Ontario. Household (2): Miller, Joseph, [male], […illegible…], married; Miller, H[—] [Honora?], [female], […illegible…], married; Miller, Charles, [male]; census place: Harwich township, Kent County, Ontario. Household (3): Miller, John, age 55, born in Ontario, origin: religious denomination: Roman Catholic, origin: [illegible], occupation: farmer, marital condition: widower; lodging in the household of Charles and Christiana White, whose farm was situated adjacent or across from that of John’s brother, David, in Harwich township, Kent County. Note: The first two households were enumerated on page 19, the third on page 20. Original record: Canada. "Census of Canada, 1881." Statistics Canada Fonds, Record Group 31-C-1. LAC microfilm C-13162 to C-13286. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa. Archival ref. film no. C-13278, district no. 180 Kent, sub-district “D” Harwich, division no. 1; extract no. 1: pg. 19, family no. 81; extract no. 2: pg. 20, family no. 86 extract no. 3: pg. 18, family no. 80. Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by subscription; extracts by Alison Kilpatrick, 2020-07-20).