Here is a photo of my great grandfather Jonathan Wesley Finch with his five children (back l-r: Margaret, George / front l-r: Clifford, Cassie, and Nile).
Jonathan was born on December 10, 1866 in Glanford Township, Wentworth County, Canada West (modern day Ontario). In 1903, he married Nancy Ellen Reed. In the 1910s, they moved their family west to Manitoba. It was here where my grandfather Clifford was born. Sadly, a week after he was born Nancy Ellen died – leaving Jonathan with a newborn and four other children. Soon after, Jonathan would bring the family back to Ontario.
He was a farmer and apparently was a pretty good baseball player, as well. For some unknown reason, he also went by the name “Nicholas.” Jonathan Wesley Finch died on February 1, 1947 in West Flamborough, Wentworth County and is buried at the North Glanford Cemetery in Glanbrook, Ontario.
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