Sarah Ann Wilson m. to Parke

Sarah Ann (nee Wilson) Parke, 1815-1904

  • Born in Woodhouse, Norfolk, Ontario.
  • In 1871 census, 56 years, widowed, living with two children, widowed mother in Woodhouse, Norfolk, Ontario 
  • In 1901 census, living in Victoria, widowed, 86 years, living with widowed son-in-law and his four children. Son-in-law 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.