Dr. Matthew Henry Garvin

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Family/Spouse: Vera M. Dougall. Vera was born about 1881; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matthew married Elizabeth Taylor in 1903. Elizabeth was born about 1881; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Matthew married Eleanor Gertrude Munro on 13 May 1875 in Clarke Twp., Durham Co., Ontario, Canada. Eleanor (daughter of Henry Munro and Elizabeth Bradley Doak) was born on 9 Aug 1854 in Clarke Twp., Durham Co., Ontario, Canada; died on 28 Feb 1952 in Montreal, , Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Rosedale Cottage

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Henry was a farmer. He served as a sitting Member of the Old Parliament of Canada for West Durham from 1854 to 1867.

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Birth:
Yonge Township

Henry married Elizabeth Bradley Doak in 1853. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Doak and Betsey) was born on 3 Oct 1814 in Northfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, USA; died on 24 Jan 1901 in Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried in , Durham Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Elizabeth was educated in Boston, Massachusetts. She played the organ at harvard University.

According to the 1878 Atlas, she emigrated from USA in 1853 and it is assumed that she married Henry about this time. She brought with her to Rosedale Farm, Lot 29, Conc 2, the first piano in the West Durham County.

After leaving Rosedale Farm, she lived with her daughter Eleanor Munro Garvin in Hamilton. Henry's granddaughters, Florence Munro Sheppard and Margaret Bowen Downing occasionally visited her in Hamilton.

She died in 1901 and is buried in the Bethel Cemetery.

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Buried:
Bethel Cemetery, Clarke Township

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Daniel made a petition for land as a United Empire Loyalist. In it he stated that he was the son of Catherine Leech, widow, and that he had attained the age of 21 years, so he was born in or before 1787.

An old family note records "born 1774" in the notes column, but we don't know to whom this refers. It also has the note, Mrs. Mallory, widow, 4 sons 1 daughter. Hannah, later Page, was possibly the widow, Mrs. Mallory, who may have married again after Mallory's death. Her son, James Page stated that he was the half brother of Henry Munro.

Daniel died between 1808 and 1810 as he is listed on the 1808 census of Yonge Township, Leeds County, Ontario, but on the 1810 census, his wife Hannah Munroe is listed.

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Daniel married Hannah before 1802. Hannah was born about 1781; died on 19 Feb 1853. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Hannah is believed to have married three times. Early family notes have a "Mrs. Mallory, widow" listed in the remarks after Daniel Munro. Her tombstone, "Hannah Page" was "erected by her affectionate son, Henry Munro, Esq." In another note, her son, James Page, is noted as the half-brother of Henry Munro. Eleanor Munro Garvin (1854-1952), daughter of Henry Munro, in a letter in 1937, says that she remembers Pete Mallory and James Page in connection with her grandmother and the family. In, "History of Leeds and Grenville from 1749 to 1879", on p. 112 listing the Mallory family, is noted a son, Peter Mallory (no wife named), with sons William (deceased) and Peter, living in Oshawa (1879).

By 1837, Hannah was the witness for her Munro sons' land grants and was granted her own land in Markham Township.

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Buried:
Bethel Cemetery

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Thomas married Betsey. Betsey was born about 1791; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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