Amelia (Sherwood) King (abt. 1815 - 1891)

Born about 1815 in Brockville, Elizabethtown, Leeds, Upper Canada

Ancestors

Wife of John King MD — married 10 Jan 1833 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Died 12 Apr 1891 at about age 76 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Amelia, born about 1815, was the daughter of Levi Sherwood and Charlotte Jones. She married Dr. John King.

She passed away in 1891. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK8T-1NG : 2 March 2021), Amelia King, 12 Apr 1891; citing Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, 20159, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,853,539.

History of Leeds and Grenville,

The SHERWOOD Family

He died in 1850 leaving four sons and three daughters.

Henry the eldest son, at one time represented the Town of Brockville and afterwards the City of Toronto, and held the offices of Solicitor and Attorney_General.

George, his second son, represented Brockville for about twenty years. He held the offices of Receiver-General and Commissioner of Crown Lands, in the Cartier-McDonald Ministry, and retired from Parliament about the year 1863. He was in 1865, appointed Judge of the County of Hastings.

Samuel, his third son, was Registrar of the City of Toronto at the time of his death in 1867.

Edward, the fourth son, was at the time of his death, 1877, Registrar of the County of Carleton.

Charlotte, the eldest daughter, is the widow of the late Hon. John Elmsley, who was at one time a member of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada.

Amelia, the second daughter, is the widow of the late John King, MD of Toronto

Helen, the third daughter, is the widow of John Crawford, Esq., late Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Ontario, who died in the year 1875.

History of Leeds and Grenville Thad. W. H. Leavitt, Originally published in 1879, page 72

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