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A Trip to the Perry Gifford Farm
by Janette Burnham Lozon

Perry died May 1, 1847, and was buried at the Gifford farm in South Cayuga. His widow moved to Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County with her children, and probably was married again. Not much seems to be known about Mary Elizabeth. Family lore says that she was the young daughter of a near neighbour and that she had come to the Gifford home to nurse the sick first wife of Perry Gifford. On Perry Jr.'s death registration her name is Mary Elizabeth Clifford McDowell. There is a Clifford family who lived at one time on the Clement tract in Canborough Township.

Sources:

• 1. Mabel Dunham "Grand River" (McClelland & Stweart Ltd. Toronto, 1945)
• 2. Keith Nathan Topp "The Family History of Perry Gifford and His Descendants of South Cayuga Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada" 1989
• 3. "The Windecker Hotel" (Haldimand Past Times Vol. 15, Issue 4, December 2004
• 4. 1861 Census of South Cayuga (Reel #C1029, NA)
• 5. Land Petition of William Fradenburgh, letter from Lewis Burwell, Surveyor, to William Hepburn, Trustee of the Six Nations Indians (Reel #C11,477, NA)
• 6. Personal correspondence from Les Barker, March 2003, a descendant of Perry Gifford Jr.'s daughter, Mary Ann Gifford Barker
• 7. 1881 Census of South Cayuga (Reel #13, 255, NA) page 3
• 8. Bruce S. Eliot, Dan Walker, Fawne Stratford-Devai "Men of Upper Canada, Militia Nominal Rolls 1828-29) page 83 - 1st Regiment haldimand Militia, Numbers 13 14, Henry and Hiram Gifford, both aged 24. This matches with Eliza Jane Doonen's account, written in 1929, that says Perry and his first wife were the parents of twins named Hiram and Harvey (page 24 of Keith Topp's "Family History of Perry Gifford")
• 9. Death Registration of John Gifford (Reel #1722172, FHL LDS) The death registration tells us that John Gifford, born in "York State, U.S.", died 16 October, 1872. According to a coroner's inquest John Gifford had "dropped dead in the Bush."
• 10. Death Registration of Rebecca Mead (MS935-30#06038, as found at ancestry.ca, death registrations). The death registration tells us that Rebecca was 78, widow of John Gifford, born in Nova Scotia. There was no certificate made at the time and it was "said to be a 'paralytic stroke', she had been ill about a week before she died. Dr. Heartwell attended and Bejamin M. Gifford, a watchmaker from Port Rowan.
• 11. Personal correspondence from Roy Siple January 2001, a descendant of Perry's son, Harvey Gifford (1805-1886)
• 12. lesbarker.com
• 13. Death Registration of Perry A. Gifford (Reel #025541-1929 FHL LDS)
• 14. SGS Newsletter June 2006 "Locating Graves". An abbreviated version can be found in the "Haldimand Past Times" June 2007 newsletter.
• 15. "Cherokee County, Iowa Biographies 1914" found May, 2007 at "more Historical Books and Publications Online-Cherokee County-1914" www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/historicl/1914_25.html
• 16. "Biographical History of Cherokee County,IA" (W.S.Dunbar&Co., Chicago, 1889) transcribed by Darlene Coover, found May, 2007 at Cherokee county, Iowa GenWeb Site. www.rootsweb.com/~iacherok/biographies/giffordwilliam.html
• 17. Cheryl MacDonald, editor, "Grand Heritage A History of Dunnville and the Townships of Canborough, Dunn, Moulton, Sherbrooke and South Cayuga" (Dunnville District Heritage Association 1992)
• 18. Talbot District Marriages, 1837 - 1857, part 3, found at: homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/TalbotDistrict 1837-1857, part 3
• 19. Illinois Marriages, 1831-1900 compiled by Jordan Dodd and Liahona Research, found at Ancestry.com. Record can be found at the County Court Records at Rockford Illinois.
• 20.Microfilm roll M653_2301860 Census for Silver Creek, Stephenson Co., Illinois, and M593_377 1870 Census for Poyner, Black Hawk, Iowa., both found at Ancesty.com, listing Hiram Gifford and his wife, Christena.
• 21. Civil War Records found at Ancestry.com
• 22. 1925 Census for Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, James Gifford, 87, records his parents as Eliza Delair and Harvey Gifford.
• 23. 1860 Census for Pine Rock, Ogle County, Iowa found at Ancestry.com
• 24. 1900 Census for Clark, Tama, Iowa found at Ancestry.com.
• 25. 1925 Census for Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa found at Ancestry.com
• 26. Records for United States National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldires 1866 - 1938, found on Ancestry.com. Records for Daniel Gifford and Andrew Gifford
• 27. Microfilm Roll T623-121 1900 census for Boulder, Colorado
• 28. Iowa Roll IA 1885_148
• 29. 1900 Census for Sarver, Big Horn, Wyoming found at Ancestry.com
• 30. 1930 Census for Basin, Big Horn, Wyoming found at Ancestry.com.
• 31. 1901 Census for Bothwell, Kent, Ontario.
• 32. Death Registration for Jane Vasbinder found at Ancestry.ca.
• 33. MS932_2 Marriage registration of Thomas Starkey and Jennette Russell.
• 34. 1872 Birth Reg'n of John William Starkey, born 6 January 1872 s/o Thomas William Starkey & Jenette Russel of Walsingham MS929_8
• 35. 1871 Census for Walsingham, Norfolk South