Matthew BRANDON

1871 - 1942  (71 years)

• Name	Matthew BRANDON
  Birth	21 May 1871	Wallace Township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada
  Christening	8 Oct 1871	Wallace Township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	8 Oct 1871	Wallace Township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada
  	Actual Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal record has blank year & is under other dates for 1870. However 3 children -Christina, Wm Thomas & Matthew were baptized at one time & Matthew was not born until May 1871 so baptisms must have been in 1871.
  	Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Record
  Location	1881	LefroyTownship, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
  	Census
  Location	1891	Algoma District, Ontario
  	Census
  Location	1901	Kirkwood, Algoma District, ON
  	Census
  Location	1911	Lefroy, Kirkwood, Algoma East, Ontario
  	Census
  Location	1921	Huron St., Thessalon (Town/Ville), Algoma, Ontario, Canada
  	Census; Occ-Carpenter
  _UID	849184198E2C4B0FB09F86B905606A224501
  Death	23 Oct 1942	Thessalon, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
  Burial	Forest Lawn Cemetery (Protestant) Thessalon, ON REF# ST-075-086-0
  Person ID	I16	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Christopher BRANDON,   b. Abt 1832, Fermanagh, Ireland d. 10 Feb 1890, Bruce Mines, Algoma Ontario, Canada (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Jane EVANS,   b. Mar 1834, Stranahone Townland, Magheraculmoney, Co Fermanagh, Ireland d. 12 Jan 1920, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	30 Aug 1860	Northumberland and Durham, Ontario
  Family ID	F830	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Zina JOHNS,   b. 26 Feb 1867, Wingham, Chinguacousy Township, ON Canada d. 18 May 1949, Thessalon, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	3 Aug 1896	Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Lillie Lylath BRANDON,   b. 24 Aug 1897, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada d. 22 Sep 1976 (Age 79 years)   2. Zina Virell BRANDON,   b. 24 Aug 1898, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada d. 11 Mar 1899, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 0 years)   3. Mildred Merle (Millie) BRANDON,   b. 28 Jan 1900, Ansonia, Algoma District, Ontario d. 1974 (Age 73 years)   4. Mabel VERA BRANDON,   b. 5 Jul 1901, Thessalon, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada d. 27 Aug 1995, Toronto, ON Canada (Age 94 years)   5. William Mathew BRANDON,   b. 5 Dec 1902   d. 31 Jul 1985, Espanola, ON Canada (Age 82 years)   6. Ezra Earl BRANDON,   b. 28 Aug 1906, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada d. 22 May 1978, Sudbury, ON Canada (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F8	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2014

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Matthew Brandon Cropped from group picture
  		Grampa Matthew Brandon with mom (Mabel Calista Preston)
  		Obituary for Matthew Brandon Thessalon Newspaper
  		Matthew and Zina's Family BACK: Vera, Bill, Lillie, Ezra, Millie FRONT: Zina (Mother) and Matthew (Father)
  		Valentine-Front From Matt to his wife Zina
  		Valentine-Back From Matt Brandon to his wife Zina

  
  

• Notes

  Matthew and Zina married in Sault Ste Marie in 1896. Initially, they farmed in Cloudslee, Lefroy Twp, Algoma, Ontario where, in 1889, Matthew was recognized for his prize-winning timothy hay - it measured 6'4". Excerpt from Shantymen & Sodbusters - Pg 68 - by J. E. MacDonald - "There was keen rivalry among the settlers that year to see who could produce the finest specimen of grain. ... the farmers of Lefroy Township, west of Kirkwood, also brought in prize specimens; among them Matt Brandon, who produced a sample of timothy hay measuring six feet, four inches." c1918 the family moved into the village of Thessalon; and in 1924, they bought a home on Lot D, Huron Street, Thessalon from John A Kinch. From book "This Point of Land" (J. E. MacDonald) - Page 134 - when speaking of the power plants at Thessalon and Little Rapids - "Two old timers in Algoma, Archie Coyne and Matt Brandon tended the plant at Little Rapids during the 1930's. Their parents had come to Algoma about 1880, and were among the earliest settlers in Rose and Lefroy Townships."