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Will Arnett

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Richard Lippincott Denison

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Will Arnett — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 56 
  • Father:
  • George Taylor Denison 
  • Mother:
  • Esther Borden Lippincott   
  • Birth Date:
  • 13 Jun 1814 
  • Birth Location:
  • Weston, Ontario, Canada 
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  • Death Date:
  • 10 Mar 1878 
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  • Burial Location:
  • St. John's Cemetery on the Humber, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Susan Maria -----
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  • Child:

  Edwin Oliver Denison (Ahnentafel No:28 )

• Sources for Richard Lippincott Denison

  • ¹ Canada Census, 1861, Canada West, Toronto, Image 685 to 751.
  • ² Canada Census, 1871, Ontario, Toronto West, St Patricks Ward, p.68, Image 389 of 531.
  • ³ Canada, City and Area Directories, 1819-1906, 1885, Toronto City Directory, p. 354, Entry for widow S. Maria Denison .
  • ⁴ Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1940, Marriage record for son Edwin Oliver Denison and Mary Lattimore.
  • ⁵ Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto: A Collection of Historical Sketches of the Old Town of York from 1792 until . . ., Toronto: J. Ross Robertson (1894), 112.
  • ⁶ The Canadian Journal of Science, Literature, and History, Vol. 13, Toronto: Copp, Clark and Co. (1873), 447.
  • ⁷ CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project, St John's Cemetery on the Humber / Denison Family Cemetery, York County, ON, Image of tombstone for Col. Richard Lippincott Denison.
  • ⁸ Chambers, Capt. Ernest J., The Governor-General's Body Guard: A History of the Origin, Development and Services of the Senior Cavalry Regiment . . ., Toronto: E. L. Ruddy (1902), 34-35, 109, 122.
  • ⁹ Denison, Robert Evelyn, A History of the Denison Family in Canada, 1792 to 1910, Grimsby, Ontario, Canada: n. p. (1910), 16-17.
  • ¹⁰ Gagan, David, The Denison Family of Toronto, 1792-1925, Toronto: University of Toronton Press (1973).
  • ¹¹ Manitoba Historical Society, "Memorable Manitobans: Edwin Oliver Denison (1852-1915)", (accessed 04/30/2020).
  • ¹² Thompson, Samuel, Reminiscences of a Canadian Pioneer for the Last Fifty Years: An Autobiography, Toronto: Hunter, Rose and Company (1884), 169-171.

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