Matilda Jane FICK

Matilda Jane FICK

Female 1831 - 1895  (64 years)

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  • Name Matilda Jane FICK 
    Born 24 Aug 1831  Houghton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Reference Number
    _MARNM Sherman 
    _UID DF69B03A49A85A42B3006C9EB79977BF02AD 
    Died 15 Dec 1895  Houghton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: Paralysis 
    Buried Baptist Cem, Houghton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I231  SteveParker
    Last Modified 1 Feb 2019 

    Father Peter Henry FICK,   b. 1803, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1892, Houghton Twp, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Mary Fick,   b. 1810, Port Royal, Walsingham, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Feb 1881, Walsingham, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 22 Sep 1830  Woodhouse Twp, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID 47503A96CF4679469305799461299CEEF46A 
    Family ID F3612  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joseph Henry SHERMAN,   b. 13 Jul 1827, Berlin, Ionia, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jun 1906, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 4 Feb 1850  Houghton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID DE28D5806DBDD144A4D343031E62E230E93F 
    Notes 
    • Marriage Information
      Date
      02 APR 1850
      Location
      Ontario, Canada
      to Joseph Henry SHERMAN
    Children 
     1. William Lewis SHERMAN,   b. 28 May 1851, Houghton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 1908, Wauchula, Hardee, Florida, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     2. Joseph Henry SHERMAN,   b. 6 May 1854, Houghton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1854, Houghton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     3. James Milton SHERMAN,   b. 28 Nov 1857, Houghton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Sep 1934, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     4. Sarah Elizabeth SHERMAN,   b. 12 Feb 1859, Houghton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1941, London, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     5. Mary Jane SHERMAN,   b. 10 Aug 1861, Houghton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 1928  (Age 67 years)
     6. Angeletta Louisa SHERMAN,   b. 13 Sep 1863, Houghton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1903, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
     7. Lambert Lincoln SHERMAN,   b. 3 Mar 1868, Houghton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Mar 1938, Woodstock, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    Last Modified 29 Mar 2021 
    Family ID F123  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • July 1, thirty-four million people will celebrate Canada Day. 145 years ago, in 1867, the British North America Act went into effect, united the provinces of Canada (East and West), New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia into a single country called Canada. Canada East and Canada West became the provinces of Québec and Ontario respectively. Although Canada had some autonomy, it was not until 1982 that the Constitution was patriated and they became fully autonomous, although they do remain a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.


      !NOTE: (following taken from paper written by Vernon Sherman, great grandson of Matilda)
      "Matilda Jane Fick weighed 95 lbs. and could stand upright under her husband's outstretched arm. She was a school teacher at Houghton Center Ontario for three years after her marriage. In her later years Matilda Jane had become far-sighted although she could still read without glasses. Her grand-daughter, Elizabeth recalled many times when she had seen Matilda jane, a little old woman, sitting hunched over a chair beside the box stove, during the long winter afternoons, reading from her Bible which was laying on the floor between her feet.
      Matilda died 15 December 1895, and was buried in the Baptist Cemetary on Lake Road less that a mile east of Hemlock near Houghton, Ontario. (5 infant great grandsons of Andrew Sherman are also buried there."

      Father of Matilda Jane Fick

      1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia about Peter H Fick
      Name: Peter H Fick
      Gender: Male
      Age: 49
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1803
      Birthplace: United States
      Province: Canada West (Ontario)
      District: Norfolk County
      District Number: 25
      Sub-District: Walsingham
      Sub-District Number: 240
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Peter H Fick 49 agriculture
      Mary Fick 42 baptist, born Canada
      Elizabeth Fick 19 baptist, born Canada
      Gilbert Fick 13 baptist, born Canada

      1861 Census of Canada about Peter C Fick
      Name: Peter C Fick
      [Peter H Fick]
      Gender: Male
      Age: 59
      Birth Year: 1802
      Birthplace: Green U S
      Marital Status: Married
      Home in 1861: Walsingham, Norfolk, Canada West
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Peter C Fick 59
      Mary Fick 50, born Norfolk, Canada West
      Nancy Fick 8, born Norfolk, Canada West
      Gilbert Fick 22, born Norfolk, Canada West, laborer

      1871 Census of Canada about Peter H Fick
      Name: Peter H Fick
      Gender: Male
      Age: 68
      Birth Year: abt 1803
      Birth Place: Ontario
      Marital Status: Married
      Religion: Baptist
      Origin: Dutch
      Province: Ontario
      District: Norfolk South
      District Number: 11
      Division: 01
      Subdistrict: Walsingham
      Subdistrict Number: b
      Neighbors: View others on page
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Peter H Fick 68 farmer
      Mary Fick 61 born Ontario, Baptist
      Nancy Fick 18 born Ontario, Baptist
      Martha Fick 10 born Ontario, Baptist

      1881 Census of Canada
      Name: Peter H Fick
      Gender: Male
      Marital Status: Widowed
      Age: 78
      Birth Year: 1803
      Birthplace: USA
      Religion: Baptist
      Occupation: Farmer
      Province: Ontario
      District Number: 157
      District: Norfolk South
      Sub-District Number: B
      Subdistrict: Walsingham
      Division: 2
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Gilbert Fisk 40 farmer
      Sarah Fisk 32
      James Fisk 13
      Mary Fisk 11
      Henry Fisk 9
      Calista Fisk 8
      Albert Fisk 5
      Clarence Fisk 3
      Laurie Fisk 2
      Peter H Fisk 78

      1891 Census of Canada about Peter H Fick
      Name: Peter H Fick
      Gender: Male
      Marital Status: Widowed
      Age: 88
      Birth Year: abt 1803
      Birthplace: United States
      Relation to Head of House: fath
      Religion: Baptist
      French Canadian: No
      Father's Birth Place: Nova Scotia
      Mother's Birth Place: United States
      Province: Ontario
      District Number: 97
      District: Norfolk South
      Subdistrict: Houghton
      Neighbors: View others on page
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Joseph Sherman 63 Carpenter, father born New Brunswick, Mother born ontario
      Matilda Sherman 60 born Ontario, father born USA, Mother born Ontario
      Sarah E Sherman 32 born Ontario, father born Ontario, Mother born Ontario
      Louise Sherman 27 born Ontario, father born Ontario, Mother born Ontario
      Lambert L Sherman 23 born Ontario, father born Ontario, Mother born Ontario
      Peter H Fick 88 father, born USA, his father born NS, Mother born USA

      Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947 about Matilda Jane Sherman
      Name: Matilda Jane Sherman mechanic's wife
      Death Date: 15 Dec 1895 Cause of death: paralysis
      Death County or District: Houghton, Norfolk
      Age: 64
      Gender: Female Mechanics wife baptist
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831
      Birth Location: Canada
      Informant: Ed Francis of Houghton