From the collection of John Rochon
The following information was provided with the photo: "Uri S. VARNUM, 48, widower, carpenter & joiner, Dorchester twp., Warwick twp., s/o Samuel VARNUM & Harriet WAIT, married Annie C. WOOD, 42, Michigan US, Sarnia twp., d/o Isaiah WOOD & Lavena WOODROW, witn: Ephraim HALER of Plympton & Vida (or Aida) V. VARNUM of Detroit, 12 April 1898 at Sarnia
Mr Varnum was the son of Daniel Porter Varnum and Harriet Sybal (or Sybel) (nee Wait) Varnum. Both sisters were born in Dorchester Ontario (Canada), not far from London Ontario. Nancy was born in 1851 and Eliza Amelia Varnum in 1854. Nancy's husband John Atkins (1844-1917) was also born in Dorchester. They were married in 1866 and had 9 children (the first in 1870). Two of their children died before reaching their first birthday. Their youngest daughter (born in 1891) was named Eliza Sybel, after Nancy's sister and mother.
Eliza Varnum Grant's husband, Allen (1845-1909), was born in London, England, the son of Margaret (McGillivray) and Angus Grant. They had one daughter, Lena , who was born in London England in Ocotber 1876. We weren't able to find a date of death for Eliza."
The second photo is of Mr. & Mrs. Barret D. Varnum by John Barron of Sarnia, ON.
From the collection of John Rochon
The following information was provided with the above photo: "According to Middlesex County Records 1880, when Barrett Dier, 23, married Jane Anthony, 26 at Metcalfe, Middlesex County, Ont. (near Ottawa) Jan. 1, 1880 he was a farmer of Springfield, Ont., 15 miles S.E. of London. Jane was the daughter of Charles & Elizabeth Anthony of Metcalfe. The witnesses were William Anthony of Wyoming and Maggie Booth of Bothwell. By 1881 the census showed Jane Varnum, 25 and Irish and Barratt (sic)D. Varnum, 24 English living with the James Karr family in Warwick Township, Lambton County (near Watford). The age difference between Barrett and Jane seemed to have shrank. Much later, a photo taken of the couple and their two daughters Elizabeth and Florence playing croquet on a farm (posted on Geni) indicates the location is Waubuno. A post office opened there on Lot 13, Con. 2, Moore Township and one of postmasters was B. D. Varnum, Though the post office passed out with rural mail delivery, the church, school and community is still known as Waubuno. Later photos of the early 1900s seem to indicate the family eventually moved from the country to the city of Sarnia.
And we also discovered this information about Mr Varnum's sister (Nancy Melissa Varnum Atkins) and her family:21. John Howe5 Atkins (John4, John3, John2, John1) was born June
03, 1844 in Dorchester, Ontario, Canada, and died February 02, 1917 in
Shabbona, Michigan, United States. He married Nancy Melissa Varnum
November 24, 1866 in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada, daughter of Daniel
Varnum and Harriet Wait. She was born April 30, 1851 in Dorchester,
Ontario, Canada, and died April 11, 1915 in Shabbona, Michigan, United
States.
Children of John Atkins and Nancy Varnum are:
46 i. Arthur Maitland6 Atkins, born August 20,
1870 in North Dorchester, Ontario, Canada; died Unknown. He married
Helen E. Shepard August 23, 1905; born September 23, 1874; died
Unknown.
+ 47 ii. Oliver Aldwin Atkins, born April 12, 1873
in Plympton, Ontario, Canada; died 1950 in Sandusky, Sanilac Co.,
Michigan, United States.
+ 48 iii. Mary Harriet Atkins, born March 25, 1876;
died Unknown.
49 iv. Porter John Atkins, born April 02, 1879
in Forest, Ontario, Canada; died February 15, 1880 in Forest, Ontario,
Canada.
+ 50 v. Persis Obediah Atkins, born August 16,
1880.
+ 51 vi. Ami Anson Atkins, born February 13, 1885.
52 vii. Ella Maul Atkins, born May 29, 1887; died
August 29, 1887.
+ 53 viii. Edith May Atkins, born September 13, 1889.
+ 54 ix. Eliza Sybel Atkins, born July 10, 1891."
Also, just found this Varnum family photo while looking through my collection:
From the collection of John Rochon
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