Cornelius John Lighthall

BORN: 16 August 1795 in Schenectady, New York

DIED: 1881 in Vankleek Hill, Ontario

MARRIED: 1823

SPOUSE: Eliza Jane Beers (Lizzie) born 1805 in Hawkesbury, Ontario, died 1881 in Pennsylvania, USA

CHILDREN:

Mary Anne born 11 February 1824 in Pointe Fortune, Quebec, died 2 February 1904 in Glengarry, Ontario

James born 23 June 1825 in Pointe Fortune, Quebec, died 15 May 1889 in Prescott, Ontario

Cornelius John born 23 June 1828 in Vankleek Hill, Ontario, died 10 July 1901 in Helena, Montana, USA

Peter born 1830 in Hawkesbury, Ontario

Henry born in 1833

George born in 1834

Eliza Jane born 1836 in Vankleek Hill, Ontario, died June 1838 in Vankleek Hill, Ontario

Abraham (Known as Abram) born 1838 in Vankleek Hill, Ontario

Eliza Anne born 1840 in Vankleek Hill, Ontario

Charles Frederick born October 1843 in Vankleek Hill, Ontario

NOTES:

Cornelius moved from Schenectady to the Hawkesbury Ontario area around the turn of the 19th century. He worked on the Ottawa River, ferrying goods and people from the Montreal area to the rapids at Pointe Fortune where they were transhipped for further passage up the river. After marrying Eliza Jane he captained his own streamboat on the river and they bought a 100 acre farm at Vankleek Hill, also working as collector and assessor.