Edwin Wilcox Fear was an early Brethren emigrant to Ontario, Canada, in 1845, and employed as a schoolteacher.

Birth

Edwin Wilcox Fear was born October 22, 1816 in London, England.

Marriage and Family

Edwin married Sarah Ann, born Dec. 11, 1811 in England.

Their children were:

Samuel Wilcox Fear (b. 1835 England) married Susan Jones, had son Samuel Benjamin Fear, born Sept. 13, 1876 in Brant, Ontario.
Mary Fear (b. 1839 England)
Martha Fear (b. 1843 England)
Elizabeth Ann Fear (1847-1930), born in Simcoe, Ontario, February 9, 1847. She married George B. Proctor, a builder and widower, son of John Proctor & Helen Havios Proctor, on June 20, 1906 in Simcoe, Ontario, both identified as PB. George was born and also living in Tilsonburg when married. They were married in the home of Richard Seale Holmes at 630 Wellington, London, Ontario. Another witness was Mary Freel of Thamesford. It was officiated by J.J. Ross. She died Dec. 14, 1930, in London, the informant was a nephew, Dr. Siole (sic?) Holmes, of 277 Regent St., London.
Sarah Ellen Fear (b. 1847)
Eliza Jane Fear (b. 1849)
Ruth Fear (b. 1854 Brantford) married Richard Seale Holmes, who was born in Goderich, Ontario, son of Samuel & Muriel Holmes, and was employed as a bookkeeper at the time of their wedding. Ruth was living in Westminster at that time, also, on Mar. 14, 1883. They were married by Alexander Grant.

Simcoe (+1847+)

Edwin's daughter Elizabeth was born while they were living in Simcoe, Ontario.

Brantford (+1851-1854+)

In 1851, via censuses, Edwin was employed as a schoolteacher, with his entire family identifying as "Christian Brethren", living in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, and may have been a founder of the Brantford Meeting Room, ON, the earliest known Brethren assembly in Ontario.

Guelph (+1861+)

By 1861, Edwin was living in Guelph, and would presumably have been there when John Nelson Darby ministered at the Guelph Meeting Room, ON in the 1860's.

London (+1895)

Edwin died Sept. 19, 1895 in London, Ontario and was buried in the Mount Pleasant cemetery, and presumably in fellowship in his later years in the London Meeting Room, ON. Sarah died in 1901, at the age of 90, also in London, Ontario.

Sources

Gordie Hanna via Ancestry.ca via Facebook
www.ancestry.com: 1851 Census of Canada West;
www.findagrave.com

Edwin Wilcox Fear

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