Elisha FOUNTAIN [192] ¹⁶⁰

  General Notes:

Elisha was born in Canada, according to the 1871 Canadian Census and was of Irish origin. He moved with his wife Sarah and family from Nova Scotia to Ontario sometime between 1855 and 1860. They moved from Ontario to Goetzville, Chippewa County, Michigan in 1880.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: 1871 Canada, 1871, South Bruce, Bruce, Ontario, Canada. Dist 27 Sub-dist C Div 3 Page 25

FOUNTAIN Elisha, head, age 58, b. Ontario[sic] Rel. Wesleyan Methodist Occ. Farmer ...

• Occupation: Farmer, 1871, South Bruce, Bruce, Ontario, Canada. ¹²¹

• Religion: Weslyan Methodist, 1871, South Bruce, Bruce, Ontario, Canada. ¹²¹

• Census: 1880 United States, 14 Jun 1880, De Tour Village, Chippewa, Michigan, United States. 1880_MI_Chippewa_4_41_6b

1880 U.S. Census: Census Place: Detour, Chippewa, Michigan Source: FHL Film 1254576 NA T9-0576 Page 140B

FOUNTAIN Elisha, head, M, age 68, b. NOVA SCOTIA, F b. NS, M b. NS, Occ. Farm Laborer FOUNTAIN Sarah, wife, M, age 59, b. NOVA SCOTIA, F b. NS, M b. NS, Occ. Keeping House FOUNTAIN Andrew, son, S, age 25, b. NOVA SCOTIA, F b. NS, M b. NS, Occ. Farmer FOUNTAIN Elilles, daughter, S, age 20, b. CAN, F b. NS, M b. NS, Occ. Out At Service FOUNTAIN Roina, daughter, S, age 14, b. CAN, F b. NS, M b. NS, Occ. Help At Home FOUNTAIN Charles E., S, age 9, b. CAN, F b. NS, M b. NS

• Occupation: Farm Laborer, 14 Jun 1880, , Chippewa, Michigan, United States. ¹¹⁷

Elisha married Sarah Ann TAYLOR [193] [MRIN: 90], daughter of Thomas Dobson TAYLOR [615] and Sarah RODGERS [616], on 29 Jan 1844 in Westchester Station, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. (Sarah Ann TAYLOR [193] was born on 25 Apr 1821 in River Philip, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada ¹¹⁰ and died after 1889 in Goetzville, Chippewa, Michigan, United States ¹¹⁰.)

  Marriage Notes:

Elisha and Sarah Ann came to Goetzville in the 1870's with their five children: George, Sarah Jane, Hannah, Elilis, and Andrew. They had lived in Nova Scotia, then in Harrison, Ontario before coming to Goetzville.