John Ashton Wilkes

- 1867

• Name	John Ashton Wilkes
  Born	England
  Christened	Migrated to Canada in 1820
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Apr 1867	Montreal, Canada
  Record Change	12 Apr 2009
  Occupation	Distillery
  	Jeweller
  Buried	Greenwood Cem., Brantford, Ont.
  Person ID	I60489	120k
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	John Wilkes, II.,   b. of Birmingham, England ,   d. Birmingham, England
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Ann Ashton,   b. of Birmingham, England
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	of Birmingham, England
  Family ID	F26102	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susan Phillips,   b. 23 Oct 1782, Birmingham, England ,   d. 11 Jan 1858, Brantford, Ont.  (Age 75 years)
  Married	02 Aug 1804	Carr's Lane, Indep.Church, Birmingham, England
  Children	1. William Arthur Wilkes,   b. of Birmingham, England ,   d. Buffalo, n.y., Usa  [Natural]   2. Edwin Wilkes,   b. of Birmingham, England  [Natural]   3. Ann Wilkes,   b. of Birmingham, England  [Natural]   4. Susan Marie Wilkes,   b. of Birmingham, England ,   d. Montreal, Canada  [Natural]   5. Emma Wilkes,   b. of Birmingham, England ,   d. Bef 1835  [Natural]   6. Henry Wilkes,   b. 21 Jun 1805, of Birmingham, England ,   d. 17 Nov 1886, Montreal, Canada  (Age 81 years)  [Natural]   7. John Aston Wilkes, II.,   b. 15 Feb 1807, of Birmingham, England ,   d. 24 Sep 1836  (Age 29 years)  [Natural]   8. James Wilkes,   b. 27 Dec 1808, Birmingham, England ,   d. 28 Aug 1904, Brantford, Ontario  (Age 95 years)  [Natural]   9. Frederick Thomas Wilkes,   b. 09 Oct 1817, of Birmingham, England  [Natural]   10. George S. Wilkes,   b. 20 Feb 1820, of Birmingham, England ,   d. 08 Jul 1906, New York City, n.y.  (Age 86 years)  [Natural]   11. Charles Rann Wilkes,   b. 07 Aug 1825, of Canada ,   d. 09 Jul 1910, Winnipeg  (Age 84 years)  [Natural]
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F26104	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John was a Jeweller in Birmingham, England in 1820. Later the family emigrated to Upper Canada. Their journey from England took 6 weeks and 44 days. They arrived in New York, sailed up the Hudson River to Albany, travelled by wagon to Syracuse, then to Oswego and finally by schooner to York (now Toronto), Canada where they settled until 1825 when they moved to Brantford, Ontario. There John owned a general store and in 1830 he opened a distillery. The Wilkes family were one of the first to settle in Brantford. In 1834 John Wilkes was instrumental in the founding of the Congregational Church of Brantford. John's wife Susan died in Brantford on 11 Jan., 1858. John was living with his son, James, in Brantford in 1861, but later moved to Montreal, where he died on 16 Apr., 1867 at the home of his daughter, Susan Walker. John and Susan are buried in Greenwood Cem. in Brantford.