Henry Newton : Short Biography

Henry Newton and his wife Mary Bryan/Bryant were born in Ireland, possibly Laois (Kings) County and went to Canada in the 1830’s. Not much is known about them, but according to family history they both died in the late 1840’s or early 1850’s and have not been found on any census record.

According to the St. Lawrence Steamboat Company Passenger list there was a Henry Newton and wife and children listed as arriving from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada to Montreal, Quebec on 2nd June 1831. They eventually settled in the province of Ontario, Canada.

Certainly by 1837 Henry Newton was shown in the City of Toronto and Home District Directory as living on Concession 1, Lot 27, Albion Township, Peel County, Ontario, Canada.  Their children have been identified as Robert (1821-1895), George Newton (1823-?), Henry (1824-1905), William (1826-1923), and Maria (1828-1918). All the children were born in Ireland. On their death certificates, Robert is listed as from Queen’s County and Maria and Henry were identified as being born in King’s County.

Robert Newton (1821-1895), farmer married Margaret Fallis before 1848 and they lived in Albion and they had 5 children. Margaret Fallis, a native of Enniskillen, Fermanagh Ireland died in 1855 in Wallace Perth County. Robert next married Isabella McKnight in 1857 Wallace, Perth County.  They had 11 children together and lived in Perth County and in Howick, Huron County, before moving to Manitoba.  When Robert Newton died in Elton Manitoba in 1895, his death Certificate stated he was from Queen’s County, Ireland.

George Newton (1823-?) was a farmer who married Letitia Eason/Esson in 1849 in Simcoe County, Ontario. They had 3 children. George’s date of death is unknown. The last census information for him is 1871.

Henry Newton (1824-1905), was a Storekeeper in Howick, Huron County.  He married Lydia Hill Bloomily, a widow in 1862.  Lydia died in a fire in Howick in 1864 and Henry married Susan Ghent Sutherland in 1865 in Wellington County.  By the 1901 Census Henry had moved to Kootenay East, British Columbia.  Henry died in 1905 in Athalmer B.C.  His place of birth was listed as Kings County, Ireland.

William Newton (1826-1923), farmer married Eleanor Holt in 1855 in Waterloo., Ontario.  Eleanor Holt is the sister of Thomas Holt.  Thomas Holt married Maria Newton.  According to the 1901 Census William emigrated to Canada in 1834.  On the 1911 Census his emigrated to Canada in 1837

Maria Newton (1823-1918) married Thomas Holt, a farmer, in 1846 in Albion, Peel County and according to her obituary in 1918; Maria was born in King’s County Ireland. The Newton family including her parents and 4 brothers left Ireland on April 18, 1835 and landed in Toronto on July 11, 1835.  They moved to Albion, Peel County and she lived there until she married and moved to Wellington County.  The 1901 Census state Maria emigrated to Canada in 1843, but the 1911 Census states 1835.