Ancestry of
Avril Lavigne

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Lydia Jane Brewster

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• • 2nd Great-grandmother of Avril Lavigne — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 25 
  • Father:
  • Daniel Brewster 
  • Mother:
  • Emmeline Steel   
  • Birth Date:
  • 8 Apr 1866 
  • Birth Location:
  • Bedford, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 5 Jun 1928 
  • Death Location:
  • Leeds and Grenville County, Ontario, Canada 
  • Burial Date:
  • 7 Jun 1928 
  • Burial Location:
  • Westport United Church Cemetery, Westport, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada 
  • Spouse Name:
  • George Washington Loshaw
  • Marriage Date:
  • 16 Aug 1882 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Newboro, Leeds, Ontario, Canada 
  • Children:
  
  

  Samuel Loshaw (Ahnentafel No:12 )

  Violet Pearl Loshaw

  • Notes: 

  • Lydia's name appears as Elizabeth on the 1871 Canada census.

• Sources for Lydia Jane Brewster

  • ¹ Canada Census, Ontario, 1871, Addington County, Bedford, p. 31, image 16 of 47.
  • ² Canada Census, Ontario, 1881, Addington County, Bedford, p. 7, Image 4 of 41.
  • ³ Canada Census, Ontario, 1911, Frontenac, Sub-Dist 5, Bedford, p. 3, Image 3 of 5.
  • ⁴ Canada Census, Ontario, 1921, Frontenac, Sub-Dist 18, Bedford, p. 1, Image 2 of 5.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/16/2022).
  • ⁶ Ontario, Canada Births, 1832-1917, Birth certificate for son Samuel Loshaw.
  • ⁷ Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1948, Death certificate for son Samuel Loshaw.
  • ⁸ Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1948, Death record for Lydia Jane Loshaw.
  • ⁹ Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1940, Marriage record for son Samuel Loshaw and Martha Donaldson.
  • ¹⁰ Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1940, Marriage record for daughter Violet Pearl Loshaw and Joseph Walter Gray.
  • ¹¹ Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1940, Marriage record for George W. Lowshaw and Lydia Jane Brewster.

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