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      A family portrait of Flora Dowsind Peacock & Joseph Forster's children. Back: Caroline, Harriet, Fannie Flora, Pheobe Front; William, Herbert, Mary Ann, Edward, Thomas Joseph

      George Henry Wilkinson 1842-1916 and wife Maria Patterson 1863-1939. George Wilkinson was one of the seven sons and three daughters of francis Wilkinson and Clarissa Simons.

      Morley 1886-1931 was the only child of George Wilkinson and Maria Patterson

      Clarissa Simons' father Bildad Simons was one of the first settlers of Trafalgar Twp. A land patent for lot 30 1 SDS was granted to him in 1806 as settlement duties had been fulfilled. Francis Wilkinson and Clarissa Simons were married 2 November 1831. Clarissa 1807-1886 & Francis 1795-1884. Their …

      Please look through all the pages to your right of unknown photos of family members in the Wilkinson Norton Family Album. They are most likely relatives of Robert Wilkinson of Palermo and Louisa Norton of Saltfleet.

      Demarius Norton 1854-1942 was the third Norton sibling to marry a child of Francis & Clarissa (Simons) Wilkinson of Palermo. She married James Andrew Wilkinson 1850-1934. There children were Herbert 1882, Kenneth, Samuel, and Clara Wilkinson 1884.

      Hiram was hired by Elizabeth's father Francis Wilkinson as a farmhand and that is how their relationship evolved. They were married 2 April 1867, the year of Canada's confederation. This is their wedding photo. Hiram 1846-1919 & elizabeth 1840-1918

      Elizabeth Wilkinson 1840-1918 daughter of Francis and Clarissa (Simons) Wilkinson. Married Hiram Clark Norton 2 April 1867

      By 1850 Francis 1795-1884 & Clarissa 1807-1886 owned and farmed in Palermo just west of old Bronte Rd at Dundas. In his will Francis left the farm equally to his sons George, Walter and James. Walter sold his share to the other two.

      Demarius Norton 1854-1942 was one of three children of John Norton and Elizabeth Clark of Tapleytown who married offspring of Francis Wilkinson and Clarissa Simons of Palermo. Demarius married James, called Andy, Wilkinson

      Elizabeth Wilkinson 1840-1918, daughter of Francis and Clarissa (Simons) Wilkinson. Born at Palermo, Trafalgar Twp., and died at Tansley, Nelson Twp. Halton County. C1860

      Taken before Francis’ brother Hiram George Norton was born in September 1876. Elizabeth Wilkinson 1840-1918, Hiram Clark Norton 1846-1919 on the left, young Francis John Norton in the middle bottom 1868-1880 and unknown man on the right probably either Hiram or Elisabeth’s brother.

      Francis John Norton, 1868-1880, son of Hiram Clark and Elizabeth (Wilkinson) Norton. Frances died of typhoid fever at the age of 12. His brother was Andrew George Hiram Norton, b. September 9, 1876 d. August 18, 1947 in Halton Co.

      Demarius Norton moved from Tapleytown to Palermo at the time of her marriage to Andy Wilkinson. All of her children were born in Palermo, including her daughter shown here, who was called Ethel, not Clara. Demarius Norton 1854-1942 was one of three children of John Norton and Elizabeth Clark of …

      James Andrew Wilkinson (1850-1934) was known as Andy. He married Demarius Norton (1854-1942) on 26 January 1881. This is their wedding photo. They farmed the land which Andy inherited from his father Francis Wilkinson in 1884, until his death.

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      School photo from Palermo Public School, 1947. Ron Wettlaufer is on the far left, back row. Palermo Schoolhouse is located at 2431 Dundas Street West. The schoolhouse is currently home to the Trafalgar Historical Society. There was a school in Palermo as early as 1819. It was one of 3 …

      Students gather for a school photo. Ron Wettlaufer stands in the back row, centre. The teacher is his mother Ethel Wettlaufer. Ethel Wettlaufer taught at the Palermo school, S.S. #2, Trafalgar Township, Halton County, starting in 1944 and through into the 1950s. Her teaching contracts are shown as individual records …

      This is the brick schoolhouse built at Palermo, Trafalgar Township in 1875. It sat back a bit further on the lot than does the new building. The school was hit by lightening and ultimately destroyed, with a new building for the school opening in 1942.