Johnson Champley Kidd ^{134,385,1155,2827,2828}

  General Notes:

1861 census, Perth County, Wallace Township.
March 12, 2003.. looked for the Johnson Kidd family and was not located in Wallace Twp, Perth County on 1861 census. .. jca
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1871 census, Listowell Village, Perth North (030), ON., film C-9942,
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page 7
Kidd, Johnson C, male, age 42, born England, Church of England, English origin, occupation: Innkeeper, married
Kidd, Catherine, female, age 25, born Ontario, Roman Catholic, Irish, married
", William, male, age 21, born Ontario, Church of England, English, single
", Samuel, male, age 19, born Ontario, Church of England, English, single
", Angeline, female, age 17, born Ontario, Church of England, English, single
", Richard, male, age 14, born Ontario, Church of England, English, single
", Garbut, male, age 12, born Ontario, Church of England, English, single
", Cynthia, female, age 10, born Ontario, Church of England, English, single
", Mariah, female, age 6, born Ontario, Church of England, English, single

  Research Notes:

Listowel - previous names were Mapleton and Windham, both of which were used by inhabitants. In 1856 the post office opened, and, unable to decide between the two names, the officials went with neither of them and picked a name out of the air, the name of a town in Ireland. The inhabitants of Listowel (sometimes spelled Listowell in early years) didn't even know how to pronounce it; the name of the Irish city is pronounced "Lis-TOLE" but even today the name of the Perth County town is pronounced "LIST-uh-wel" or "LIST'w'l."
Source: W. S. Johnston, p. 93

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These should be the cemetery indexes for Johnson Champley Kidd and his wife Mariah (Winch) Kidd. jca

KIDD Johnson C., Spring Hill Cemetery, Wellington, Peel, WW-4362
KIDD ,Maria , Spring Hill Cemetery, Wellington , Peel , WW-4362

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Farmer, 1851, Maryborough, Wellington North, Ontario. ¹³⁴

• Residence: a log shanty, 1851, Maryborough, Wellington North, Ontario. ¹³⁴

• Occupation: Innkeeper, 1871, Listowell, Perth North, ON. ²⁸²⁷

• Religion: Church of England, 1871, Listowell, Perth North, ON. ²⁸²⁷

Johnson married Mariah Winch, daughter of Samuel Winch and Elizabeth Monteney, on 27 Nov 1848 in Ontario. (Mariah Winch was born about 1826 in E. Gwillimbury, ON, Canada ¹³⁴ and died 1871 ?.)

Johnson next married Catherine. (Catherine was born about 1846 in Ontario ²⁸²⁷.)