Name |
Martin Rutter Switzer |
Born |
9 May 1805 |
Washington County, NY |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
30 May 1860 |
Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, ON, Canada |
Buried |
Switzerville United Church Cemetery, Ernestown Twp., Lennox & Addington, ON, Canada |
Notes |
- An agriculturist who owned a farm a short distance from Switzer's Chapel.
Martin became an honoured and useful local preacher in 1846.
SWITZER, Martin R. was born in 1805 in Ernestown, 1849 local preacher
Martin was part of the Lennox and Addington Temperance Society.
Martin and his family where listed in the 1851-52 census in the Township of Ernestown, Lennox & Addington Cty., Ontario, Concession 7 lot 16 as follows:
Name Age Sex S/M/W B-Place Rel. Occ Res
Switzer, Martin R. 45 M M Canada West WM F 1.5 stone
Switzer, Margaret 41 F M Canada West
Switzer, Almira J. 19 F S Canada West
Switzer, Egerton 13 M S Canada West
Switzer, Sarah 12 F S Canada West
Switzer, Edmond 9 M S Canada West
Switzer, Wilbur 2 M S Canada West
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Person ID |
I4705 |
Taggart Family |
Last Modified |
27 Mar 2005 |
Family 2 |
Margaret Neville, b. 5 Jun 1811, Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, ON, Canada , d. 9 Dec 1888, Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, ON, Canada (Age 77 years) |
Married |
26 Oct 1836 |
Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, ON, Canada |
Children |
+ | 1. Dr. Egerton Ryerson Switzer, b. 1837, d. 1923 (Age 86 years) |
| 2. Sarah Elizabeth Switzer, b. 1842, d. 1918 (Age 76 years) |
+ | 3. Edmund Burke Switzer, b. 23 Jun 1843, d. 1 Apr 1920 (Age 76 years) |
+ | 4. Wilbur Fisk Switzer, b. 30 Jan 1850, Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, ON, Canada , d. 13 Feb 1913, Vernon, North Okangan, BC, Canada (Age 63 years) |
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Photos |
| Home of Martin Rutter Switzer Family
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Histories |
| Switzerville United Methodist Church 1826-1988 Village of Switzerville - Twp. of Ernestown, ON, Canada |
Family ID |
F3371 |
Group Sheet |