Ahsan Marie Parke m. to McCoskie

Ahsan Marie (nee Parke) McCoskie,1853-1892

  • Born in Port Dover, Haldimand, Ontario.
  • In 1871 census, 19 years, single, living with, widowed mother in Woodhouse, Norfolk, Ontario. 
  • In 1901 census, living in Victoria, married, three children, living in Victoria City Yates Street Ward, British Columbia, 86 years, living with son and his four children. Son occupation is sea captain. 
  • Buried at Ross bay with McCoskie and Kergin relatives. One common headstone, 
  • Loyalist Ancestor: John Willson, 1744-1798, first came to Upper Canada along with his friend Nathaniel Pettit in the late 1700s. They both moved with their families from New Jersey where they had both been imprisoned for not siding with the rebels and maintaining Loyalist allegiances.