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Bill Campbell Family and History
The Genealogy of the Campbell Family
THOMAS AMAZIAH STRAIN
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Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. THOMAS AMAZIAH STRAIN was born on 27 Apr 1852 in Toronto (Hogg's Hollow), ON, CAN (son of WILLIAM WRIGHT STRAIN and MARGARET SUSAN BRAY); died on 9 Jul 1937 in Tisdale Cemetery, South Porcupine, ON, CAN. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: 1881, Singer Sewing Machine dealer in Thessalon
- Residence: 1881, Assiginack Indian Village, Manitoulin Island, ON, CAN
- Residence: 1881, Thessalon, ON, CAN
- Occupation: Abt 1900, Reeve of Algoma
- Residence: 1900, Little Rapids, ON, CAN
- Occupation: 1910, Bricklayer at Porcupine. MacIntyre Gold Mine camp
- Residence: 1910, 22 Bruce Ave., Porcupine
THOMAS married RACHEL GEROW in 1876 in Flesherton, Grey Co. ON, CAN. RACHEL (daughter of WILLIAM (GEORGE H) GEROW and ELLEN MARY (MARIA) CHRISTMAS) was born in 1857 in Flesherton, Grey Co, ON, CAN; died on 9 Jun 1937 in Tisdale Cemetery, South Porcupine, ON, CAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- MARY ELLEN STRAIN was born in 1878; died in 1878.
- THOMAS E. STRAIN was born on 29 Oct 1879 in Markdale, Grey Co. ON, CAN; died in 1923 in Thessalon, ON, CAN after drowning in Pearl Lake rescuing a girl who fell through the ice; was buried in 1923 in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Thessalon, ON.
- IDA MAUD STRAIN was born in 1880.
- MARGARET ELLEN (NELL) STRAIN was born on 30 Sep 1881 in Assiginack, Manitoulin Isl. ON, CAN; died on 13 Sep 1970 in Winnipeg, MB, CAN; was buried in 1970 in Brookside Cemetery, Sec 27, Plot 740.
- SARAH GERTRUDE STRAIN was born in 1883; died in 1884; was buried in 1884 in Flesherton Cemetery, Grey Co, ON, CAN.
- ALMEDA A. STRAIN was born in 1887; died in 1887.
- FREDERICK MERVIN STRAIN was born in 1891; died in 1911 in Porcupine, ON, CAN in a fire and explosion that wiped out the town..
- BERT STRAIN was born in 1893 in Thessalon, Algoma Dist., ON, CAN; died in North Bay, ON, CAN; was buried in 1893 in North Bay, ON, CAN.
- NORA ETHEL STRAIN was born about 1898 in Thessalon, ON, CAN; died in 1919 in Thessalonn, ON, CAN of peritonitis from burst appendix; was buried in 1919 in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Thessalon, ON, CAN.
- LOUIS RUSSEL STRAIN was born in 1899; died in 1899.
- EVA GLADYS STRAIN was born in 1900 in Thessalon, Algoma Dist., ON, CAN; died in 1953 in South Porcupine, Tisdale, ON, CAN; was buried in 1953 in South Porcupine, ON, CAN.
- EDNA STRAIN
- SARAH GERTRUDE STRAIN was born in 1876; died in Infant in Flesherton, ON, CAN.
2. WILLIAM WRIGHT STRAIN was born in 1807 in Co. Monaghan, NIR (son of Father Strain); died in 1902 in Twp. Patton, Algoma District, ON, CAN; was buried in 1902 in Little Rapids, Algoma Dist. ON. WILLIAM married MARGARET SUSAN BRAY about 1850. MARGARET was born in 1829 in Pickering Twp. ON, CAN; died in 1902 in Twp. Kirkwood. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. MARGARET SUSAN BRAY was born in 1829 in Pickering Twp. ON, CAN; died in 1902 in Twp. Kirkwood. Children:
- 1. THOMAS AMAZIAH STRAIN was born on 27 Apr 1852 in Toronto (Hogg's Hollow), ON, CAN; died on 9 Jul 1937 in Tisdale Cemetery, South Porcupine, ON, CAN.
- SARAH STRAIN was born in 1857 in Essa Twp., Simcoe Co., ON, CAN.
- GEORGE STRAIN was born in 1859 in Toronto, York, ON, CAN; died in 1937 in Gore Bay, Manitoulin Is. ON, CAN; was buried in 1937 in Gordon Cemetery, Manitoulin Is, ON, CAN.
- WILLIAM J. STRAIN was born in 1861 in Toronto, York, ON, CAN; died in 1947 in Gore Bay, Manitoulin Is., ON, CAN; was buried in 1947 in Gordon Cemetery, Manitoulin Is, ON, CAN.
- CHARLES W. STRAIN was born in 1872 in Artemesia Twp., Grey Co., ON, CAN.
Generation: 3
4. Father Strain Children:
- JOSEPH STRAIN was born in Jun 1808 in Newbliss, Monaghan Co, NIR; died on 24 Apr 1897 in Flesherton, Artemesia Twp., Grey Co., ON, CAN; was buried in 1897 in Flesherton, Artemesia Twp., ON, CAN.
- 2. WILLIAM WRIGHT STRAIN was born in 1807 in Co. Monaghan, NIR; died in 1902 in Twp. Patton, Algoma District, ON, CAN; was buried in 1902 in Little Rapids, Algoma Dist. ON.