John had emigrated to Canada by 1848, when he married Scottish-born Isabella Holmes on 28 November in Gore, Canada West.[2]
The family had moved to the United States of America by 1863, when their youngest child was born in Michigan. In 1870 they lived in the Township of Wales, St Clair, Michigan. John was a farmer, owning real estate worth $3,000 and a personal estate of $1,000. The couple's children were:[3]
John died in 1873 and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Wales Township.[4]
Sources
↑ All Hallows, Walkington. 3 Mar 1816: baptism of John, son of Peter and Elizabeth West. England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975. findmypast.co.uk. Accessed 7 Sep 2018
↑ "Ontario, District Marriage Registers, 1801-1858," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2C1-L7YG : 20 February 2019), John West, 28 Nov 1848; citing Gore, Canada West, British Colonial America, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,030,051.
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 February 2020), memorial page for John West (1816–11 Feb 1873), Find A Grave Memorial no. 107734657, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Wales Township, St. Clair County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by Marguerite (contributor 48040627)
DNA
DNA evidence to support paternal and maternal relationships comes from an AncestryDNA test match between the mother of Katie Fuller and her half fourth cousin, who share 42cM across 4 segments. Their most recent common ancestors were Peter West and Elizabeth Curtis. Fuller-8857 19:25, 30 October 2021 (UTC)
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