The Becketts

From Land Records in Kent County, Ontario, Canada the following Dawn Township (Book A) record was abstracted:

Dawn Township, Book A

#103

27 Oct 1853

21___6th Concession

Peter Beckett and Elizabeth Jane Beckett of Pelham, Welland, Prov Can, yeoman

To

Theodore Simmons of Gainsborough, Lincoln, Canada

200 acres +-

1852 Census Canada West, Welland (county), Pelham township:

6	Beckett, Peter	Farmer	Canada	Methodist Episcopal Church		35	M
7	Beckett, Elizabeth J.	Seamstress	Canada	Methodist Episcopal Church		25	F
8	Beckett, William H.	Labourer	Canada F	Methodist Episcopal Church		5	M
9	Beckett, Samuel L.		Canada F	Methodist Episcopal Church		2	M

Canada Census, 1881

name: Peter Beckett

calculated birth year: 1818

census place:  Pelham, Monck, Ontario, Canada

  Household  Gender Age Birthplace

Peter Beckett M 63y  Ontario

Elisabeth J Beckett F 53y  Ontario

Alice Beckett F 22y  Ontario

Peter W. Beckett  M  19y  Ontario

Haney B. Beckett M 14y  Ontario

Ida M. Howey F 17y  Ontario

Mary Conley F 10y Ontario

Ontario Deaths,1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947

Peter Beckett 

Death: 26 Sep 1900 

Pelham Tp, Welland, Ontario 

Male age: 83