SOURCES


1. Return of the Inhabitants of the Township of Augusta, Johnstown District, Canada West.
2. National Archives of Canada, "Returns of the Inhabitants of the Township of Augusta," 1813, MG9, D8-1, reel C-1345.
3. Lewis Humberstone notes on Humberstone family. October 1996.
4. Based on personal visits to Blue Church graveyard, July and August 1998.
5. Letter from Judge Lewis Shepard, Augusta, to Samuel P. Thomas, innkeeper, notifying him that he was named by Samuel Humberstone as executor of his will.
6. Tombstone inscription, Blue Church, August Twp, Ontario.
7. F.R. Berchem. The Yonge Street Sotry 1793-1860: An Account from Letters, Diaries and Newspapers. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. p.80.
8. Henry Scadding. Toronto of Old: Collections and Recollections. Toronto: Willing & Williamson, 1878. p.445.
9. Reminiscenses of Edward L. McConaughy.
10. C.B. Robinson. History of Toronto and County of York. Toronto, 1885. p.191.
11. F.R. Berchem. The Yonge Street Sotry 1793-1860: An Account from Letters, Diaries and Newspapers. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. p.80.
12. Henry Scadding. Toronto of Old: Collections and Recollections. Toronto: Willing & Williamson, 1878. p.445.
13. C.B. Robinson. History of Toronto and County of York. Toronto, 1885. p.192.
14. 1837 Census of Upper Canada (on web site).
15. Ibid. Last Will and Testament of Thomas Humberstone.
16. C.B. Robinson. History of Toronto and County of York. Toronto, 1885. p.192.
17. F.R. Berchem. The Yonge Street Sotry 1793-1860: An Account from Letters, Diaries and Newspapers. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. p.61.
18. From written statement of civil authorities who married the couple in York, Upper Canada (Ontario).
19. US Census, 1880, Illinois, Ogle County. (Lynnville, p.9); Catherine Fletcher, Ann's daughter, lists her mother's birthplace as Nova Scotia.
20. C.B. Robinson. History of Toronto and County of York. Toronto, 1885. p.192.
21. US Census, 1880, Illinois. Whiteside Co. (Fulton City).
22. Ibid. Whiteside Co. (Fulton City, family no. 280).
23. Ibid. Whiteside Co. (Fulton City).
24. Ibid. Whiteside Co. (Fulton City).
25. Ibid. Whiteside Co. (Fulton City).
26. Ibid. Whiteside Co. (Fulton City).
27. 1871 Census of Ontario, Canada. from searchable database on web site http://stauffer.queensu.ca/docsunit/searchc71.htm.
28. C.B. Robinson. History of Toronto and County of York. Toronto, 1885. p.192.
29. Christian Guardian. (Toronto, Ontario). November 16, 1842 (cited in Ontario Marriage Notices, Thomas B. Wilson, Lambertville, NJ: Hunterdon House, 1982, p.93).
30. US Census, 1860, Illinois, Ogle County. (Lynnville, fam.no.1325).
31. 1870 US Census, Ogle County, Illinois. (Lynnville Township, family number 133).
32. US Census, 1880, Illinois, Ogle County. (Lynnville, SD#2, ED#159, p.9).
33. 1870 US Census, Ogle County, Illinois. (Lynnville Towship, family number 133).
34. US Census, 1860, Illinois, Ogle County. (Lynville, fam.no.1325).
35. 1870 US Census, Ogle County, Illinois. (Lynnville Township, family 133).
36. US Census, 1880, Illinois, Ogle County. (Lynville, p.9).
37. 1870 US Census, Ogle County, Illinois. Lynville Township (family number 133).
38. Ibid. (Lynville Township, family number 133).
39. Ibid. (Lynnville Township, family number 133).
40. 1851 Ontario Census. York County, ED#1, p.22, line 43.
41. US Census, 1860, Illinois, Ogle County. (Lynnville, fam.no.1319).
42. US Census, 1870, Maine, Aroostook County. (Lynnville, p.14).
43. marriage certificate and marriage license.
44. Christian Guardian. (Toronto, Ontario). September 22, 1847 (cited in Ontario Marriage Notices, Thomas B. Wilson, Lambertville, NJ: Hunterdon House, 1982, p.61).
45. "Passes to His Rest" (obituary), Rochelle, Ill. newspaper, 27 June 1902, p.1.
46. 1851 Ontario Census. York County, ED#1, p.22, line 42.
47. US Census, 1860, Illinois, Ogle County. (Lynnville, family number 1319).
48. 1870 US Census, Ogle County, Illinois. (Lynnville, p.14).
49. Final Certificate of Naturalization, 1 November 1878.
50. Ibid. "Passes to his rest" (obituary), Rochelle, Ill. newspaper, 27 June 1902, p.1.
51. McConnaughey Genealogy (typed manuscript, copied from an unknown original), 1963.
52. US Census, 1860, Illinois, Ogle County. (Lynnville, fam.no.1319).
53. US Census, 1880, Illinois, Ogle County. (Rochelle, SD#2, ED#153, p.19), p.99.
54. US Census, 1850, Pennsylvania. Allegheny County (Lawrenceville), p.346.
55. US Census, 1880, Illinois, Ogle County. (Rochelle, SD#2, ED#153, p.19), p.99.
56. Information from Michael Humberstone, Tempe, AZ (mhumberstone@excite.com).
57. US Census, 1880, Illinois, Ogle County. (Rochelle, SD#2, ED#153, p.19), p.99.
58. Social Security Death Index Database. On World Wide Web site: http://www.ancestry.com/ssdi/main.htm.
59. "McConaughy-May Nuptials," Rochelle, Ill. newspaper.
60. Ibid. obituary, Rochelle, Ill. newspaper, March 1950.
61. Obituary, "Phillipa Jane May Passed Away Tuesday," Rochelle, Ill. newspaper.

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