1861: Church of England, married, living with his wife and 9 children (includes Lyman Cline and Matilda Cline listed as Macklems). Seneca, Haldimand, Canada West.[4]
1871: Presbyterian, Irish origin, living with his wife and 5 children.
Tilbury West, Essex, Ontario, Canada.[3]
1881: Farmer living with his wife.
Tilbury, Essex, Ontario, Canada.[5]
1888: He passed away on 21 Jan 1888 in Essex, Ontario, Canada.[1] He was originally buried in the Macklem Family Cemetery on the land he owned. His remains were relocated to McDowell Cemetery once it opened.
Research Notes
So far no records have been found to prove who are the parents of this William Macklem. DNA connections with a number of family members cause us to believe his grandparents were William Macklem and Ann Hastings. A brother of Liza (Macklem) Gervais has done a yDNA test and his results are R-BY32085 which puts the origin of this branch of Macklem's in Scotland.
Each of the currently known sons of that couple, with the exception of Thomas Adam Macklem, had sons named William who were still living at the time this William Macklem was born, so I believe there is a good chance that Thomas and his wife Catherine Wideman are William's parents. There is one other possibility currently being considered for William's parents: 'Elder' John Macklem and his wife Marie Magdelena Wide had a son John Macklem in 1823, with no other information provided in the Macklem Family book[6] Could that 'John' have been this William Macklem? (Entered 2017-10-16 by Kay Wilson.)
Sources
↑ 1.01.1 Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938, 1943-1944, and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947
↑ Seneca Township Map 48, Haldimand County, RG 1-100 Patent plans, Archives of Ontario
↑ 3.03.1 Media: Census/Tax Census, 1871 Canada Ontario, William & Eve (nee?) Macklem Publication: Year: 1871; Census Place: Tilbury West, Essex, Ontario; Roll: C-9890; Page: 55; Family No: 181. Source Information Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1871 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. p. 55, line 2
↑ Media: Census/Tax Census, Canada Census Returns for 1861, William & Eve (nee?) Mclem Publication: Year: 1861; Census Place: Seneca, Haldimand, Canada West; Roll: C-1029 - C-1030. Source Information Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Census Returns of 1861 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. p. 347, line 36.
↑The Macklem Family in the United States and Canada, compiled by Merritt Arthur Peterson, Michigan 1982, viewed on familysearch.org, page 110.
See Also
Family Tree Reference by Nancy Clement and Liza Gervais: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176796447/william-macklem: accessed 11 December 2022), memorial page for William Macklem (31 Oct 1823–21 Jan 1888), Find a Grave Memorial ID 176796447, citing McDowell Cemetery, Comber, Essex County, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by nannette (contributor 46825463).
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