Bever Bonner (Abt 1809-1860)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Jane Jane Bonner+ Sarah Bonner Matilda Bonner Susan Bonner Henry Bonner Stephen Bonner Bever Bonner 1 2 3 Born: Abt 1809, Ontario 4 Marriage: Jane Died: 1860, Niagara on the Lake, Lincoln County, Ontario aged about 51 5    Cause of his death was liver disease.6   General Notes: The family of Bever Bonner of Niagara, Ontario. This family is very likely the source of the Jane Bonner who married Robert Fizette in Niagara in 1851. It would appear to be the only Bonner family in Niagara and even all of Lincoln County in 1851. Robert Fizette succeeded Bever Bonner as the chief constable of Niagara in 1866 as per the "History of Niagara", published 1914. 1851 census, Province: Canada West (Ontario) District: Lincoln County District Number: 22 Sub-District Number: 210 Page: 83 Line: 11, film roll: C-11736 Bever Bonner Canada West (Ontario), Lincoln County abt 1809 England Jane Bonner Canada West (Ontario), Lincoln County abt 1811 Ireland Sarah Bonner Canada West (Ontario), Lincoln County abt 1836 Upper Canada Matilda Bonner Canada West (Ontario), Lincoln County abt 1838 Upper Canada Susanna Bonner Canada West (Ontario), Lincoln County abt 1840 Upper Canada Henry Bonner Canada West (Ontario), Lincoln County abt 1843 Upper Canada Stephen Bonner Canada West (Ontario), Lincoln County abt 1845 Upper Canada Further research shows the widow Jane Bonner and her children living in the same house in 1861 as Robert and Jane Fizette and their 3 children giving further evidence of this Bonner-Fizette relationship.   Noted events in his life were: • Occupation: High Constable, 1851, Niagara on the Lake, Lincoln County, Ontario. 4 6 Bever married Jane. (Jane was born about 1813 in Ireland 4 5.)

1 National Archives of Canada. :
1861 census, Town of Niagara, Lincoln County, Ont.
page 8

Jane Bonner, born Ireland, religion Episcopal, age 47, female, widow
Sarah Bonner, born Upper Canada, Episcopal, age 27, female, single
Matilda Bonner, born Upper Canada, Episcopal, age 22, female, single
Susan Bonner, born Upper Canada, Episcopal, age 20, female, single
Stephen Bonner, born Upper Canada, Episcopal, age 16, male, single, absent
Robt Fizette, Carpenter, born Upper Canada, married 1851, Episcopal, age 40, male, married
Jane Fizette, born Lower Canada, Episcopal, age 31, female, married
Mary Jane Fizette, born Upper Canada, Episcopal, age 9, female, single
William Fizette, born Upper Canada, Episcopal, age 7,male, single
Charles Fizette, born Upper Canada, Episcopal, age 4,male, single

deaths in 1860: B. Bonner , age 53, offection? of liver
Frame house: one and half stories,
No. of families living in house: One

2 National Archives of Canada. :
Niagara, St. Lawrence Ward, image 94
enumeration District One, page 1
line 24
Robert Fizett, Ship Carpenter, born U. Canada, Ch of England, age next birthday 24, married
Jane Fizett, born Quebec, Church of England, age next birthday 22, married

St. Davids Ward, image 178
enumeration District One, page 42
line 11
Bever Bonner, High Constable, born England, Church of England, age next birthday 43, male
Jane Bonner, born Ireland, Church of England, age next 41, female,
Sarah Bonner, born U. Canada, Church of England, age 16 next, female
Matilda Bonner, born U. Canada, Church of England, age 14 next, female,
Susanna Bonner, born U. Canada, Church of England, age 12 next, female
Henry Bonner, born U. Canada, Church of England, age 9 next , male
Stephen Bonner, born U. Canada, Church of England, age 7 next, male

3 Janet Carnochan, History of Niagara, published 1914. The History of Niagara, published 1914, Janet Carnochan

page 151
At a later meeting it was moved that B. Bonner be appointed market clerk, high bailiff, bell ringer, inspector of chimneys, and poundkeeeper, at a salary of 75 pounds a year. One of the council objected to this munificent salary as an unnecessary expenditure of the public funds.

page 153
(The office of) chief constable (was held ) by Bever Bonner, 1845 to 1865; Robert Fizette, 1866 to 1875; William Curtis, 1875 to 1886; and R. Reid for a period of twenty six years, from 1886 to 1912

page 174
The names of No 1 company at the time of the Fenian Raid are furnished to us in a statement presenting the silver bugle, given by the ladies of the town, to the company on their return from Philipsburg, 1865, to the historical collection. They are as then given by their own signatures:
[ names of 28 men including : Robt. Fizette]

4 National Archives of Canada.

5 National Archives of Canada.

6 Janet Carnochan, History of Niagara, published 1914.

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