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View Tree for Jesse SargeantJesse Sargeant (b. 20 Jul 1823, d. 30 Dec 1873)

Jesse Sargeant (son of John Sargeant and Hannah Winterbottom)257, 258 was born 20 Jul 1823 in Saddleworth Springhead, West Yorkshire, England258, and died 30 Dec 1873 in Derby Township, Ontario, Death certificate #002-324 Yr 74 Completed by Dr Allan Cameron MD, two months after death258. He married Elizabeth Barnes on 17 Nov 1850 in Owen Sound , On258, daughter of William Barnes and Maria.

 Includes NotesNotes for Jesse Sargeant:
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Jesse The Imigrant

According to his marriage certificate, Jesse was 27 when he got married in 1850. This would make his date of birth 1823 Our research in England shows him to have a date of birth of 20 July 1823. Dyson Sargeant found his death certificate (#002-324 Yr 74)in the Ontario Archives. It is signed by Dr Allan Cameron 2 mos after his death . The cause of death was "empyema of 2 months duration and his age was shown as unknown. The certificate was not very legible.

In the Derby Twp history,he is shown as coming to Canada with the William Ormandy family. This family settled in Elora Ontario in 1844 or 1845 and then moved to Owen Sound some years later. Ormandy was involved in the weaving trade.

Elora Backwoodsman_ (newspaper) 25 May 1858

"All debts owed to the late firm of William and Thomas Ormandy must be paid to John J Martin at the Elora Cloth Factory"

The Early History of Elora and Vicinity_ , shows the name Ormandy, from
Barnsley Yorkshire.(Barnsley is in the exact centre of the Yorkshire coal
fields, the biggest in Britain and its older streets wear the grime to prove it.
In the 18th century it was a major linen weaving town.)
It also shows Mr and Mrs Winfield were from Barnsley Yorkshire where most of
the family were born. ---those in the family were---Elizabeth who married Wm
Ormandy. However, the 1851 census of Pilkington Twp (just to the south of Elora)
does not list a Sargeant.
The family verbal record has it that Jesse and the Ormandies were part of a
group of 40 weavers brought from England to Canada to get the weaving trade
going. Certainly the river at Elora lent itself to setting up of mills and there
was a thriving cloth trade in weaving of wool at Elora.
Beth Murtagh found a listing in the Mormon Genealogical Records showing a
Jesse Sarjant, father John, mother Hannah, born 9 March 1823 in Saddleworth
Springfield Yorkshire. Saddleworth is near Oldham near Manchester . Barnsley is
fairly near but further to the east.
We have searched the archives of the Wellington County Archives and museum,
which contains census, assessment rolls, church rolls, members of the Mechanics
Institute , newspapers from that time, etc; all without finding any mention of
Jesse Sargeant. There is no mention of any other Sargeant or Sergeant in the
Elora area records of that time. There are no mentions of a Barnes family (his
later wife's name) or of William Gordon and Mary Anne Gordon (witnesses at his
wedding).
There are though, a significant number of people showing weaving as an
occupation in the census and assessment rolls with names like James Key, Alex
Brown, Thos Land, Thos Ormandy (age 62) etc all from England.
Dow--I don't know if Grandfather Jesse was religious. He just was a hard
working labouring man and started to raise his family. My father was 12
(actually 9) and the others just babies, when he died. In fact I believe the
youngest baby wasn't born. They didn't have any social assistance, they didn't
have widow's allowance, didn't have baby bonuses or old age pensions. They
simply had to go out and work as young children and support the home. I have no
knowledge of any other relatives in Canada that helped them. I have never seen a
picture of Jesse. On my mother's side they had tin-types and she had a picture
of her father and mother . I remember more of my mother's side of the family.
They had a lot of stumping to do. It was all pioneer work to break up the
land.
Article in Owen Sound Daily Sun-Times about Henry Sargeant says that "his
parents cut out their farm from the virgin forest."
Mildred--I never saw a picture of my grandfather.
Dow--I have no idea where he was born. He came as an immigrant from England.
They were quite poor and he worked out. They didn't own their own farm until
later on in life. I can't remember how he died. As far as I know he died near
Owen Sound when my Dad (William Sargeant), was 12. My father didn't talk too
much about him. It was such a long time from the time he died to the time I was
born . My father only mentioned where he lived and showed me the place. They
lived in this little log house (see photo of log house in photo section--this is
believed to be the original log house) and moved up on the 3rd Concession at
RR#3 Owen Sound. They lived on a little 50 acre farm there. They owned it. The
deed shows that it was 5 acres and was purchased in 1859.
Bert---Jesse was running after a beast. I don't know whether it was a sheep
or what it was, but he got overheated and I guess he took pneumonia and died. He
was just quite young.
Bessie Randal says that he was running after a beast, tripped and impaled
himself on a root. An abscess formed and he died several days later on the 30th
December 1873.
There is no record of the death in local papers of the time. The Owen Sound
Public Library is missing the papers from the end of the year until several
weeks into 1874.
Bert--I don't know how many years afterward, my grandmother married again---
fellow by the name of Fraser. Anyway your grandfather (William Sargeant), he
kicked him out. I guess he was kind of a useless fellow and that's the last I
heard of him."
George Sargeant's burial plot shows a grave stone of Elizabeth Fraser who
died 15 Sept 1924. On checking the newspaper for that date, we found the
following:

Late Mrs Fraser Repected in Derby was born in Township of Sydenham and was eighty five years old. An old and respected citizen of Derby passed away on Friday at noon in the person of Mrs Elizabeth Fraser in her 86th year. The deceased had been ill for quite a long time and her death was not unexpected. She was born in the Township of Syndenham of English parents. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Barnes. Sixty five years ago she was married to Mr Jesse Sargeant of Derby, who predeceased her fifty years ago. Forty years ago she was united in marriage to Mr Hugh Fraser also of Derby , who died five years later. Since that time Mrs Fraser has
continued to live in Derby, lately with her daughter Mrs W C Barber at whose
home she passed away. She was a Methodist in religion. Four sons and four
daughters are left to mourn her loss. They are Mrs T Coleman, Owen Sound: Mrs W.
C. Barber , Derby; Mrs Wm King, Derby; Mrs D.D. Robinson of Amabel, and William,
George, Henry and Dan Sargeant all of Derby. The funeral will take place from
the home of Mr W C Barber, Derby, on Monday afternoon. Service at the home will
be at 2.00 p.m. conducted by Rev Mr Thomas of Owen Sound North."
Bert--I don't know where Jesse was buried. If it was the Methodist
Cemetery, that would probably be on the East Hill of Owen Sound. That cemetery
was moved and the bodies etc taken to Greenwood.
Jesse worked at Harrison Mill. That would be the woolen mill. That's right in
town at 6th and 2nd Ave E at the lights there. You go straight west on that
short street and it would take you right down to where the old woolen mill used
to be It's still standing I think maybe it's used now for band practice, part of
it. I don't know where the records from that mill would be.
Our check of the library records and enquiries in the Owen Sound area seem to
indicate that records of the Harrison Mill, for that era, do not exist.
John--You and I talked about Elizabeth Barnes. Do you know who she was
related to?
Bert--I don't know where her family came from. I remember her as she lived
with us for some time before she died. She had only one arm. She was going into
town with somebody else and was riding in the buggy. The horse started to run
away going down the cemetery hill. She thought she was going to get killed so
she went to jump out and the driver, whoever she or he was, grabbed her and she
got her arm tangled in the wheel of the buggy and it took it off about the upper
mid arm. She worked through most of her life with one arm. I can't recall if it
was right or left.
Dow--My grandmother raised a family of 8 children. She had one arm. Her right
arm was taken off in an accident. A dog ran out and scared the team pulling the
democrat.
Marjorie--You knew grandma was one-armed? I remember she had it taken off
going down Ingle's hill. A dog ran out and scared the horses. She threw the
butter and eggs and then she jumped and caught her arm in the wheel. I used to
go up to Grandma's every Saturday. She was at the top of the hill and we lived
at the bottom. I would wash the churn. I would get 10 cents.
Dow--She had a lot of black currents and she'd get Roseline, Grace, Mother
and I to go up and help pick. She only had one hand so we helped them to pick.
She asked us in to dinner, this one day. She had green peas and lovely pork and
all the nice trimmings. She'd put on a lovely dinner. I was trying to cut my
meat and the meat slipped off the plate and the peas went scattering all over
the floor. I felt so terribly ashamed of it. I didn't know what to say.
"Oh," she said,"An accident can happen to any child. Don't think anything of
it. I will gather them up." She didn't scold us, but I remember helping her and
I guess she appreciated it."
Lois Campbell has Elizabeth's dining room table and some of her china. It is
Clarrisa Blue. Beth Stratton has a 4 footed cup and saucer from her also.
Bert: "I think she is buried at Greenwood"
There is a tombstone in the George Telford Sargeant plot in the Greenwood
Cemetery for Elizabeth Fraser.

In the notes, I have included some quotations from my research into the
society from which Jesse Sargeant emigrated.
There had been a cholera epidemic (1830), there was massive unemployment in
England due to the industrial revolution taking place and the demand for wool and materiel prompted by the Napoleonic War decreasing when Napoleon was defeated and replacing the cottage weaving industry with factories, and the immigration societies set about trying to relocate desperate thousands of folks. In Yorkshire by the 1820s, mechanization of weaving had thrown many handloom weavers out of employment. Some of these are known to have formed immigration societies. It may well be that Jesse Sargeant was part of that major movement in English society. Emigration from Great Britain, between 1840 and 1845, averaged 33,804 people
per year.

The following are some notes by Beth Murtagh
3 May 1983 Grey County Land Registry Owen Sound

2 May 1857 - Jesse Sargeant Bought 5 acres from James Sharpe for 125 pounds - situated south west part Lot 13, Conc 1, Derby Twp, Grey Co. James Sharpe held mortgage of 85 pounds to be paid over a period of 2 years (Sept 1859)

31 Oct 1859 - Jesse Sargeant sold the 5 acres to James Sharp for $500.00

17 Dec 1859 Jesse Sargeant bought 25 acres from Thomas and Elizabeth Civil for $307.00. Composed of the east 25 acres of the north 50 acres of the south half of lot 11, Conc 3 Derby Twp Grey Co

11 Mar 1890 William Sargeant bought 50 acres from John Ormandy for $160.00 composed of the west half of the south half of Lot 14, Conc 3 of Township of Derby. Together with a right of way 30 feet wide alongthe northerly limit of the east half of the south half of lot 14, Conc 3.

22 Apr 1908 William Sargeant sold 50 acres to William C Barber for $1500.00

15 May 1908 William Sargeant bought 100 acres from George Alfred Sargeant and Frances Maud Alice Sargeant for $3800.00 "Composed of the south half of lot 15, Conc 3, Derby Twp ( Known as the Lou Danard farm)

25 Apr 1946 William Sargeant sold 100 acres to Stirling and Blanche Palmer for $5200 composed of the sout half of Lot 15, Conc 3 Derby Twp.

More About Jesse Sargeant:
Burial: 01 Jan 1874, East Hill Cemetery, Owen Sound, Ontario (May also be known as the Methodist Cemetery.258
Emigration: 1845, Came to Canada with a group of weavers, Ormandy family.258
Nationality: English.258
Occupation: Labourer at Inglis Mill and a small holding farmer.258

More About Jesse Sargeant and Elizabeth Barnes:
Single: 17 Nov 1850, Owen Sound , On.258

 Includes NotesMarriage Notes for Jesse Sargeant and Elizabeth Barnes:
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Elizabeth Barnes (known as Betsy apparently) was married a second time to Hugh Fraser. She is buried in Greenwood Cemetery as Elizabeth Fraser

Children of Jesse Sargeant and Elizabeth Barnes are:
  1. +Hannah Marie Sargeant, b. 18 Oct 1860258, d. 1942258.
  2. +Harriet Sargeant, b. 09 Jun 1862, Derby Township, Ontario258, d. 31 Jan 1948, Owen Sound General Hospital, Owen Sound Ontario258.
  3. +William Sargeant, b. 24 Apr 1864, Owen Sound, Ontario259, 260, d. 07 Sep 1952, London, Ontario261, 262.
  4. +George Alfred Sargeant, b. 1866, Near Inglis Falls, Owen Sound On262, d. 23 Jan 1945262.
  5. +Martha J. Sargeant, b. 16 Aug 1869, Derby Township, Ontario262, d. 1925, Derby Township, Ontario262.
  6. +Henry Sargeant, b. 16 Nov 1870262, d. 23 Mar 1962262.
  7. Daniel Sargeant, b. 14 Nov 1872, Derby Township, Ontario263, 264, d. 21 Feb 1961, Owen Sound Ontario265, 266.
  8. +Arabella Emma Sargeant, b. 07 Mar 1874266, d. 1969266.
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