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Excerpt from Pioneer Sketches of Long Point Settlement, E.A. Owen, originally published 1898, reprinted 1972

One of the oldest and best known families of Norfolk is the Anderson family, of Vittoria. Captain Walter Anderson was one of the mudsills in our social foundation, and no name figures more prominently in the annals of old Charlotteville during the first half of the century than that of Anderson.

Walter Anderson was a native of Edinburgh, Scotland. He was born in 1753, and came to America and settled in the colony of New Jersey just before the colonies threw off their allegiance to the English king. He remained loyal during the trouble of the Revolution, but what particular part he played in the drama does not appear. At the close of the war a party of Loyalists took refuge in a New Jersey fort to escape the abuse that was heaped upon them by their victorious fellow-colonists, and Mr. Anderson was one of them. Being sorely pressed in their place of retreat, Mr. Anderson and a comrade managed to escape in the night, and wend their way into Pennsylvania. They were destitute of means, but had good constitutions, and were richly endowed with that native pluck which so signally distinguishes the sons of "Auld Scotia," making them equal to any emergency in every civilized portion of the globe. Mr. Anderson was a strict Presbyterian, and a ready talker withal, and he proposed to his fellow refugee that they travel as missionaries—he as a preacher, and his friend as an elder. The scheme was adopted and proved highly successful. At one place in a back township they remained a whole week, holding meetings in a school-house and receiving material aid. Who but a Scotchman would have thought of this? They were thus enabled to avoid suspicion as to their being Loyalist refugees, and were housed and feted while making their way out of the country. They came to Upper Canada, and, after sending for his family, Mr. Anderson settled in the Niagara District on land which he drew as a U.E. Loyalist.

In 1799 he came up to Long Point settlement with his family. His daughter, Rebecca, possessed a U.E. Loyalist right in her own name, and this she transferred to John McCall in consideration of his relinquishment of Lot 20, 4th concession of Charlotteville. The old Government deed for this Lot and Lot 12, in the 5th concession, has been preserved. It bears date May 17th, 1802, and is signed by Peter Hunter, Esq., "our Lieutenant-Governor of our said Province, and Lieutenant-General commanding our forces in our said Province of Upper Canada." Mr. Anderson was a stonemason by trade, and he was attracted to this lot by the plentiful supply of stone it contained.

During the first session of the first term of the Court of Quarter Sessions, held at the house of James Monroe, on the 8th day of April, 1800, Walter Anderson petitioned for a reduction of his statute labor, and the Court granted the petition, fixing his labor for that year at four days. He was a member of the grand jury at this term of Court, it being the first grand jury in the Court history of old London District.

As before stated, Captain Anderson was a staunch Presbyterian. He was very strict in his home government and very positive in his religious opinions. He donated two acres in the village of Vittoria for Presbyterian church purposes, but he did not live to see a church edifice erected thereon. This stalwart old pioneer died in 1818 from injuries received in falling from a roof while engaged in building a chimney, being in his 66th year. Mary, his wife, died in 1814, in her 57th year.

Captain Walter Anderson had a brother, who settled in New York. William Anderson, a son of this brother was a shoe merchant in New York city, but nothing more is known of this branch of the family.

A number of Captain Anderson's children died in early childhood. Those who grew up were five sons—Walter, John, Joseph, James and Henry; and two daughters—Rebecca and Elizabeth.

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Family/Spouse: Mary UNKNOWN. Mary was born in 1757; died on 18 Apr 1814 in Vittoria, Norfolk, Ontario, CANADA; was buried in Saint Andrews United Cemetery, Vittoria, Norfolk, Ontario, CANADA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Col. Walter Anderson, eldest son of Walter, was one of the solid men of old Charlotteville in his day and generation. He was ever at the front in all matters pertaining to public affairs. He was straightforward, out-spoken and very positive in his manners, and was looked up to as a leading citizen. When the venerable Simpson McCall first began to show signs of budding into a political stump speaker, he made a speech at a town meeting—at least it was what Mr. McCall at that time thought was a speech. It happened a good many years ago, and Mr. McCall is not quite so positive now that it was really a speech, as he was the next morning after it was delivered. Well, on the following day he met Mr. Anderson on the hill above the village, and that dignitary accosted him with: "Hello, you little rooster, when are you going to crow again?" "Oh, I don't know," replied the rooster," "I ‘spose at the next town meetin'."

Col. Walter Anderson was a leading factor in the old Town Boards, filling various positions during the early stages of the development of our municipal system; and when the Talbot District Council was organized in 1842, he became one of the first members. During the rebellion he served as captain of a company of militia, and, subsequently, was appointed lieutenant-colonel in the Norfolk militia, succeeding Colonel Rapelje. Lot 21, adjoining the old homestead on the east, was a clergy reserve, and this lot was leased by Mr. Anderson. He was a man of robust constitution, and kept up his horseback riding after he passed his 80th year. He died in 1869, having reached his 85th year. Colonel Anderson married Sarah McQueen, of Port Dover, who survived him ten years, having reached the ripe old age of ninety years. They left nine sons and daughters—Mary Ann, who married Jacob Wood; Amelia, who married James Stone, of Normandale; Rebecca Ann, who married Hanford Oaks; James, who settled in Walsingham; John, who settled on the homestead; Walter, who enlisted in the American civil war, taken prisoner at Vicksburg, and never heard of after; Henry, who settled in the States; Eliza, who married Dr. Dimon, of Port Rowan; and Sarah, who became the second wife of Dr. Dimon.

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Family/Spouse: Sarah MCQUEEN. Sarah was born in 1789 in Bertie Township, Welland, Ontario, CANADA; died on 29 Mar 1870 in Vittoria, Norfolk, Ontario, CANADA; was buried in Saint Andrews United Cemetery, Vittoria, Norfolk, Ontario, CANADA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Rebecca Anderson, eldest daughter of the original Walter, came into possession of the old homestead by virtue of her father's will. She never married. She was born in Niagara District in 1788,[10] and was eleven years old when the family came to Long Point. As before stated, it was through her U.E. Loyalist right that her father was enabled to secure a patent for the old homestead. She was thirty-one years old when she came into possession of the old home. She was her father's favorite heir, and he willed the bulk of his property to her. But "Aunt Becky," as she was familiarly called, did not fully avail herself of the advantage given her by her father's will. She was generous and open-hearted, and the old homestead was ever a welcome home for her bachelor brothers, and her purse strings always hung loose when the cry of want was heard. She possessed an individuality peculiarly her own, and, probably, no woman of her time in the county possessed more striking characteristics than she. A good share of the village of Vittoria was built on her land, and this called for a considerable amount of business tact on her part, and brought her frequently before the public. In these matters she proved equal to every occasion, showing much business ability and executive force. She granted the school section in which she lived, a leasehold of a lot of land, to be held by the lessees in perpetuity for school purposes, in consideration of "one barley corn per year." Of course, if the land be put to any other use it will revert to her heirs. "Old Aunt Becky" died in 1863, in her 76th year.

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• Census: 1851, Charlotteville, Norfolk, Ontario, CANADA
• Census: 1861, Norfolk, Ontario, CANADA

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Joseph Anderson, second son of the original Walter, was a "church warden" in the days when township affairs were managed by the old "Town Commissioner" system. He married Sarah Spurgin, and settled near Normandale. He had two sons—William and Walter; and five daughters—Nancy, Elizabeth, Amert K., Sarah and Mary Ann. Of this family—William married Julia Brown, and settled near Port Rowan; Walter married Mary Jane Thompson, and settled at Normandale; Nancy married Hugh Mabee, and settled at Port Rowan; Elizabeth married Isaac Franklin, and settled near Port Rowan; Amert K. married Oliver McCall, and settled finally at Port Rowan; Sarah Jane married Dr. Byron Franklin, of Port Rowan; and Mary Ann married John Fick, and settled in Walsingham.

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1851 Canadian Census shows Joseph Anderson, farmer, b. US, Baptist, age 56; Sarah, b. CANADA, Baptist, age 53; Nancy, b. CANADA, Baptist, age 28; Walter, laborer, b. CANADA, Baptist, age 25.

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1861 Canadian Census shows Joseph Anderson, age 66, b. Upper Canada; Sarah, 62, b. Upper Canada; Ammert, female, 28, b. Upper Canada; Walter, 35, b. Upper Canada.

Family/Spouse: Sarah SPURGEON. Sarah was born in 1800 in Charlottesville, Ontario, CANADA; died on 14 Feb 1885 in Walsingham, Norfolk South, Ontario, CANADA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"John Anderson, fourth son of the original Walter, never married. He lived a bachelor's life, and was credited with being an aider and abettor in a good many "larks" that broke the monotony of pioneer life in his day. He and his brother Henry built and operated the Anderson distilleries. The first was built on the lake shore above Normandale. and the second on the old homestead at Vittoria. John Anderson died in 1833."

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Henry Anderson, fifth and youngest son of the original Walter, was a baby in the arms of his mother when the family came to Long Point. He was born into the world in time to secure a vested right to land as a son of a U.E. Loyalist, and when he grew up he drew a lot near Lynedoch. Henry also served as a District Councillor. He was a hard worker and a man of business. He built a grist-mill east of Vittoria, and he and his brother John operated a large distillery business. He died in 1873, in his 76th year, from injuries received in a road accident while returning from port Rowan, having gone to that village on a matter of business. He, like John, never married, the two brothers having lived at the old homestead with their sister Rebecca.

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Family/Spouse: John Graves SECORD. John was born on 5 Aug 1802 in Norfolk, Ontario, CANADA; died on 17 Jan 1856 in Norfolk, Ontario, CANADA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1851, Walsingham Township, Norfolk South, Ontario, CANADA
• Census: 1861, Walsingham Township, Norfolk South, Ontario, CANADA
• Census: 1871, Walsingham, Norfolk South, Ontario, CANADA
• Census: 1881, Walsingham Township, Norfolk South, Ontario, CANADA
• Census: 9 Jun 1900, Harrisville Township, Alcona, MI

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1851 Canadian census at Warrick Township, Norfolk, Canada West, shows William Anderson, 33, b. Canada West, Baptist; Julia, 24, b. US, Baptist; children b.Canada West: Alice, 15; Sarah, 13; Henry, 2.

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1861 Canadian census at Walsingham Township, Norfolk, Canada West, shows William Anderson, 42, b. Canada West, Baptist, farmer; Julia E., 35, b. Canada West, Baptist; children b.Canada West: Thos. C., 17; Alice, 15; Sarah, 13; Henry, 11; Rebecca, 9; Lewis, 7; Walter, 3.

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1871 Canadian census at Walsingham Township, Norfolk, Ontario shows William Anderson, 52, b. Ontario, Baptist, Scotch, farmer; Julia, 46, b. Ontario, Baptist; children b. Ontario: Henry, 20; Rebecca, 18, Lewis, 16; Walter, 12.

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1881 Canadian census at Walsingham Township, Norfolk, Ontario shows William Anderson, 52, b. Ontario, Baptist, Scotch, farmer; Julia, 56, b. USA, Baptist; children b. Ontario, Joseph, 10. Immediately following is Walter Anderson, 23 and his wife Melinda.

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1900 census at Harrisville Township, Alcona, MI shows William Anderson, b. Apr 1819, 81, married 57 years, b. CANADA, parents b. NY/OH, immigrated 1883, farmer; Julia, b. May 1827, 73, 7 children born/5 living, b. OH, parents b. NY/IN; Pearle, granddaughter, b. Oct 1893, 6, b. MI, parents b. CANADA(E)/OH.

William married Julia BROWN on 14 Jan 1843 in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk, Ontario, CANADA. Julia (daughter of Reuben BROWN and Joanna WHITE) was born on 26 Apr 1826 in OH; died on 29 Apr 1909 in Harrisville, Alcona, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: John FICK. John was born in Apr 1819 in Walsingham, Norfolk South, Ontario, CANADA; died on 4 Nov 1882 in Walsingham, Norfolk South, Ontario, CANADA; was buried in Port Royal Cemetery, Port Royal, Norfolk, Ontario, CANADA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Hugh Alexander MABEE. Hugh was born in 1823 in Haldimand, Ontario, CANADA; died on 31 Mar 1889 in Walsingham, Norfolk South, Ontario, CANADA; was buried in Bayview Cemetery, Port Rowan, Norfolk, Ontario, CANADA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Walter married Mary Ann THOMPSON on 4 May 1865 in Walpole Township, Haldimand, Ontario, CANADA. Mary was born on 15 Jul 1841 in Normandale, Norfolk, Ontario, CANADA; died on 2 Apr 1896 in Norfolk, Ontario, CANADA; was buried in Normandale Cemetery, Normandale, Norfolk, Ontario, CANADA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Elizabeth married Isaac FRANKLIN on 10 Jan 1856 in Talbot, Ontario, CANADA. Isaac died before 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Amaret married Oliver MCCALL on 27 Feb 1862 in Norfolk, Ontario, CANADA. Oliver was born about 1830 in CANADA; died on 25 Jul 1895 in Walsingham Township, Norfolk South, Ontario, CANADA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Dr. Dr. William Byron FRANKLIN on 27 Oct 1858 in Ontario, CANADA. Dr. was born about 1832 in Walsingham Township, Norfolk, Ontario, CANADA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Anna Marie WOLLENOUGH. Anna was born in Sep 1844 in Norfolk, ENGLAND; died on 1 Nov 1913 in Harrisville, Alcona, MI; was buried in Springport Cemetery, Harrisville, Alcona, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alice married Arthur Francis MCCOLL on 16 Mar 1871 in Vienna, Elgin, Ontario, CANADA. Arthur was born about 1849 in Walsingham, Norfolk South, Ontario, CANADA; died on 19 May 1900 in Walsingham, Norfolk South, Ontario, CANADA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sarah married William COWAN on 15 Oct 1870 in Norfolk, Ontario, CANADA. William was born in 1849 in CANADA; died on 8 Feb 1936; was buried in Springport Cemetery, Harrisville, Alcona, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Henry married Margaret COWAN on 16 Jul 1871 in Norfolk, Ontario, CANADA. Margaret was born on 11 Mar 1855 in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk, Ontario, CANADA; died on 30 Dec 1932 in Harrisville, Alcona, MI; was buried in Springport Cemetery, Harrisville, Alcona, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Rebecca married William BALMER on 2 Sep 1876 in Haldimand, Ontario, CANADA. William was born about 1855 in Haldimand, Ontario, CANADA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rebecca married William ATCHISON on 8 Jul 1888 in Greenbush, Iosco, MI. William was born in 1852 in CANADA; died in 1912; was buried in Springport Cemetery, Harrisville, Alcona, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1881, Walsingham, Norfolk South, Ontario, CANADA
• Census: 15 Jun 1900, Harrisville Township, Alcona, MI

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1881 Canadian census at Walsingham, Norfolk South, Ontario shows Lewis Anderson, 24, b. Ontario, Baptist, nationality, Scotch, farmer; Jennie. 19, b. Ontario, Baptist, nationality, Scotch

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1900 census at Harrisville, Alcona, MI shows Louis Anderson, b. May 1856, 44, married 20 years, b. CANADA, parents b. CANADA, farmer; Jennie, b. Oct. 1862, 37, 6 children born/5 living, b. CANADA, parents b. CANADA/ENGLAND; children b. MI: Sarah J., b. May 1887, 13; Milton, b. Apr 1893, 7; Hattie, b. Nov 1894, 5; Coral, b. May 1896, 4; Myrtle, b. Dec 1897, 2.

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Louis married Lily Jennette BECKER on 9 Feb 1879 in Walsingham, Norfolk South, Ontario, CANADA. Lily (daughter of Solomon BECKER and Lucy FERRIS) was born on 12 Mar 1863 in Walsingham, Norfolk South, Ontario, CANADA; died on 22 Jan 1949 in Harrisville, Alcona, MI; was buried on 24 Jan 1949 in Springport Cemetery, Harrisville, Alcona, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Walter married May RITTER on 24 Aug 1899 in Harrisville, Alcona, MI. May was born about 1879 in Greenbush., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Joseph married Mary SPECHT on 22 Feb 1894 in Au Sable, Alcona, MI. Mary was born in 1876 in MI; died on 19 May 1959 in Colville, Stevens, WA; was buried in Clark Fork Cemetery, Clark Fork, Bonner, ID. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]