Frances Billing1

b. 19 February 1858
Last Edited9 Feb 2013
FatherThomas Billing1 b. 16 Mar 1824, d. 28 Apr 1893
MotherCaroline Amelia Wolff1 b. c Feb 1824, d. 2 Dec 1895

Family

 James Patton b. 8 Aug 1844
Marriage*29 September 1877James Patton; Wesleyan Methodist Church, Quebec City, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "...James Patton, of the city of Sherbrooke, bachelor, miner, and Frances Billings of Valcartier...witnesses Francis Patton and Margart McCartney."2 
Birth*19 February 1858St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada1 
Baptism2 April 1858Christ Church Anglican, St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada1 
Married Name29 September 1877Patton2 
Marriage*29 September 1877James Patton; Wesleyan Methodist Church, Quebec City, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "...James Patton, of the city of Sherbrooke, bachelor, miner, and Frances Billings of Valcartier...witnesses Francis Patton and Margart McCartney."2 

Citations

  1. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; Quebec, Valcartier, Church of England, 1865.
  2. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; Quebec City, Methodist Weslayan Church, 1877.

Hannah Elizabeth Billing1,2

b. 4 August 1851, d. 4 December 1882
Last Edited9 Feb 2013
FatherThomas Billing2 b. 16 Mar 1824, d. 28 Apr 1893
MotherCaroline Amelia Wolff2 b. c Feb 1824, d. 2 Dec 1895

Family

 Francis Patton b. 21 Jun 1842
Marriage*8 April 1869Francis Patton; Christ Church Anglican, St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "Francis Patton, bachelor of St. Gabriel de Valcartier was married by license to Hannah Billing, spinster, daughter of Thomas and Caroline Billing of the same place...witnesses Henry Patton and Jane Patton."1 
Child 1.Jane Patton4 b. 1873
Birth*4 August 1851St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada2 
Baptism5 October 1851St. Peter Anglican Church, Quebec City, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; Sponsors Margaret Dee and Hannah Wolff.2 
Married Name8 April 1869Patton1 
Marriage*8 April 1869Francis Patton; Christ Church Anglican, St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "Francis Patton, bachelor of St. Gabriel de Valcartier was married by license to Hannah Billing, spinster, daughter of Thomas and Caroline Billing of the same place...witnesses Henry Patton and Jane Patton."1 
Death*4 December 1882St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "...daughter of Thomas Billing, wife of Francis Patton..aged 30 years..."3 
Witness: Thomas Billing
Witness: Francis Patton
Burial*6 December 1882Christ Church Anglican Cemetery, St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada3 

Citations

  1. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; Quebec, Valcartier, Church of England, 1869.
  2. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; Quebec, Anglican St. Peter, 1851.
  3. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; Quebec, Valcartier, Church of England, 1882.
  4. [S737] Will of Caroline Amelia Wolff; Translated from the Original Will.

Henry Billing1

b. 28 March 1863
Last Edited18 Jul 2019
Relationship2nd cousin 2 times removed of Patricia Ann Monogue
ChartsDescendants of Michael Cassin
Descendants of William Neilson
FatherJohn Abraham Billing1 b. 21 Feb 1828, d. 16 Mar 1904
MotherAgnes Janet Neilson1 b. 26 Feb 1838, d. 5 May 1918
Birth*28 March 1863St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada1 
Baptism12 July 1863Christ Church Anglican, St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "...baptized Henry, son of John Billing of Valcartier...and of Agnes by her maiden name Neilson was born on the twenty eighth day of March and baptized on the 12th day of July 1863..."1 

Citations

  1. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Church of England, Saint Catherine, Valcartier, Quebec, 12 July 1863. Baptism of Henry, son of John Billing and Agnes Neilson.

Ida Billing1

b. 21 December 1869
Last Edited4 May 2014
FatherWilliam Billing1 b. 19 Mar 1838, d. 8 Dec 1918
MotherSarah Brown1 b. c 1841, d. 22 Dec 1899
Birth*21 December 1869St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada1 
Baptism20 June 1870Wesleyan Methodist Church, Bourg-Louis, Portneuf County, Quebec, Canada1 

Citations

  1. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Quebec, Portneuf County, Bourg-Louis, Methodist Weslayan Church, 1870.

Iola Alice Billing1

b. 30 November 1907
Last Edited9 Feb 2013
FatherThomas Billing Jr.1
MotherMary Ann McBain1
Birth*30 November 1907St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada1 
Baptism18 December 1907Christ Church Anglican, St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada1 

Citations

  1. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; Quebec, Valcartier, Church of England, 1908.

John Abraham Billing1,2,3

b. 21 February 1828, d. 16 March 1904
Last Edited19 Jul 2019
ChartsDescendants of Michael Cassin
Descendants of William Neilson
FatherCurtis Billing4 b. c 1789, d. 3 Aug 1872
MotherMary Abraham4 b. 21 Dec 1797, d. 15 Aug 1881

Family

 Agnes Janet Neilson b. 26 Feb 1838, d. 5 May 1918
Marriage17 June 1858Agnes Janet Neilson; Church of Scotland, St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "John Billing and Agnes Neilson both of Valcartier, were married by dispensation of license on the seventeeth day of June, 1858.
David Shanks, minister
William Neilson, father of the bride
Charles Billing, father of the groom."2,6 
Children 1.William Billing2 b. 31 Jul 1859
 2.Curtis Collin Billing8 b. 27 Jun 1861, d. 4 Dec 1905
 3.Henry Billing9 b. 28 Mar 1863
 4.John Thomas Billing10 b. 4 Apr 1865
 5.Mary Billing11 b. c 1867
 6.Margaret Billing12 b. c 1870
 7.Lillian Gertrude Billing+3 b. 23 Jun 1876
Birth*21 February 1828Quebec, Canada5 
Baptism24 February 1828Aubigny Church of England, Aubigny, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada5 
Marriage17 June 1858Agnes Janet Neilson; Church of Scotland, St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "John Billing and Agnes Neilson both of Valcartier, were married by dispensation of license on the seventeeth day of June, 1858.
David Shanks, minister
William Neilson, father of the bride
Charles Billing, father of the groom."2,6 
Death*16 March 1904Quebec, Canada; Aged 76 years.7 
Burial*March 1904Christ Church Anglican, St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; Buried with his wife.7 

Citations

  1. In his daughter's (Lillian) baptismal record, it states his name is John Abraham Billing.
  2. [S71] "Canada, Census of 1861; Sub-census for St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec.
  3. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Church of England, Saint Catherine, Valcartier, Quebec, 20 August 1876. Baptism of Lillian Gertrude, daughter of John Billing and Agnes Neilson, born 23 June 1876.
  4. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, Quebec Aubigny Anglican Church, Levis, 1828.
  5. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Aubigny Anglican Church, Levis, Quebec; 24 February 1828.
  6. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Drouin Database, Church of Scotland, Valcartier, 1858.
  7. [S435] E-mail Message. From June Johnston - pictures of gravestones in Valcartier churches, November, 2006.
  8. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Church of England, Saint Catherine, Valcartier, Quebec. 25 August 1861. Baptism of Curtis Collin, son of John Billing and Agnes Neilson.
  9. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Church of England, Saint Catherine, Valcartier, Quebec, 12 July 1863. Baptism of Henry, son of John Billing and Agnes Neilson.
  10. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Church of England, Saint Catherine, Valcartier, Quebec, 21 May 1865. Baptism of John Thomas, son of John Billing and Agnes Neilson.
  11. [S370] 1871 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Census Place: St Gabriel de Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec; Roll: C-10094; Page: 6; Family No: 18. Listing for the family of John and Anis (sic) Billing, lists Mary, aged 4.
  12. [S370] 1871 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Census Place: St Gabriel de Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec; Roll: C-10094; Page: 6; Family No: 18. Listing for the family of John and Anis (sic) Billing, lists Margaret, aged 9 months.

John Joseph Billing1

b. 18 June 1865
Last Edited9 Feb 2013
FatherThomas Billing1 b. 16 Mar 1824, d. 28 Apr 1893
MotherCaroline Amelia Wolff1 b. c Feb 1824, d. 2 Dec 1895
Birth*18 June 1865St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada1 
Baptism3 September 1865Christ Church Anglican, St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada1 

Citations

  1. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; Quebec, Valcartier, Church of England, 1865.

John Thomas Billing1

b. 4 April 1865
Last Edited18 Jul 2019
Relationship2nd cousin 2 times removed of Patricia Ann Monogue
ChartsDescendants of Michael Cassin
Descendants of William Neilson
FatherJohn Abraham Billing1 b. 21 Feb 1828, d. 16 Mar 1904
MotherAgnes Janet Neilson1 b. 26 Feb 1838, d. 5 May 1918
Birth*4 April 1865St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada1 
Baptism21 May 1865Christ Church Anglican, St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "...baptized John Thomas, son of John Billing of Valcartier...and of Agnes by her maiden name Neilson was born on the fourth day of April and baptized on the 21st day of May 1865..."1 

Citations

  1. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Church of England, Saint Catherine, Valcartier, Quebec, 21 May 1865. Baptism of John Thomas, son of John Billing and Agnes Neilson.

Joseph Billing1

b. 14 February 1828, d. 10 October 1828
Last Edited13 Jun 2022
FatherCurtis Billing1 b. c 1789, d. 3 Aug 1872
MotherMary Abraham1 b. 21 Dec 1797, d. 15 Aug 1881
Birth*14 February 1828Quebec, Canada2 
Baptism24 February 1828Aubigny Church of England, Aubigny, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada3 
Death*10 October 1828Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada4 
Witness: Curtis Billing
Witness: Mary Abraham
Burial*12 October 1828Anglic Cathedral Holy Trinity Church, Quebec City, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "Joseph, son of Curtis Billing of the Settlement of Val Cartier and Mary his wife, aged eight months and nineteen days died on the the tenth and was buried on the twelfth of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.4 

Citations

  1. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, Quebec Aubigny Anglican Church, Levis, 1828.
  2. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Aubigny Anglican Church, Levis, Quebec; 24 February 1828. Baptismal entry for Joseph Billing, born 21 February 1828. Accessed 2 June 2022 at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1091/…
  3. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Aubigny Anglican Church, Levis, Quebec; 24 February 1828.
  4. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Aubigny Anglican Church, Levis, Quebec; 12 October 1828. Burial entry for Joseph Billing, died 10 October 1828. Accessed 2 June 2022 at https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/…

Joseph Billing

b. 14 August 1833
Last Edited7 Mar 2019
FatherCurtis Billing b. c 1789, d. 3 Aug 1872
MotherMary Abraham b. 21 Dec 1797, d. 15 Aug 1881
Birth*14 August 1833Quebec County, Quebec, Canada1 
Baptism15 September 1833Anglican Travelling Missionaries, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada1 

Citations

  1. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, Quebec City, Anglican Travelling Missionaries, 15 September 1833.

Lillian Gertrude Billing1

b. 23 June 1876
Last Edited24 Apr 2023
Relationship2nd cousin 2 times removed of Patricia Ann Monogue
ChartsDescendants of Michael Cassin
Descendants of William Neilson
FatherJohn Abraham Billing1 b. 21 Feb 1828, d. 16 Mar 1904
MotherAgnes Janet Neilson1 b. 26 Feb 1838, d. 5 May 1918

Family

 John Walter Thompson b. 11 Jan 1881
Marriage*11 June 1901John Walter Thompson; Christ Church Anglican, St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "John Walter Thompson of Quebec City, boilermaker, son of George Thompson of Valcartier, farmer, and Lillian Gertrude Billing, daughter of John Abraham Billing of Valcartier, farmer, were married by license with the consent of parents there have been offered no opposition or impediment...in the presence of Thomas G. Billing and Jane C. Thompson..."2 
Witness: Jane Caroline Thompson
Children 1.Agnes Thompson3 b. c 1903
 2.Mary Margaret Thompson3 b. 25 Jun 1904
Birth*23 June 1876St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada1 
Baptism20 August 1876Christ Church Anglican, St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada1 
Married Name11 June 1901Thompson2 
Marriage*11 June 1901John Walter Thompson; Christ Church Anglican, St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "John Walter Thompson of Quebec City, boilermaker, son of George Thompson of Valcartier, farmer, and Lillian Gertrude Billing, daughter of John Abraham Billing of Valcartier, farmer, were married by license with the consent of parents there have been offered no opposition or impediment...in the presence of Thomas G. Billing and Jane C. Thompson..."2 
Witness: Jane Caroline Thompson

Citations

  1. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Church of England, Saint Catherine, Valcartier, Quebec, 20 August 1876. Baptism of Lillian Gertrude, daughter of John Billing and Agnes Neilson, born 23 June 1876.
  2. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Church of England, Saint Catherine, Valcartier, Quebec, 11 June 1901. Marriage of Lillian Gertrude, daughter of John Abraham Billing and John Walter Thompson, son of George Thompson of Valcartier.
  3. [S780] Family Search, online https://familysearch.org, "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBC-GRDQ : 16 March 2018), Mary Thompson in entry for John Thompson, 1911; citing Census, Québec East Sub-Districts 15-44, Quebec, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,418,566.

Margaret Billing1

b. circa 1870
Last Edited18 Jul 2019
Relationship2nd cousin 2 times removed of Patricia Ann Monogue
ChartsDescendants of Michael Cassin
Descendants of William Neilson
FatherJohn Abraham Billing1 b. 21 Feb 1828, d. 16 Mar 1904
MotherAgnes Janet Neilson1 b. 26 Feb 1838, d. 5 May 1918
Birth*circa 1870St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada1 

Citations

  1. [S370] 1871 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Census Place: St Gabriel de Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec; Roll: C-10094; Page: 6; Family No: 18. Listing for the family of John and Anis (sic) Billing, lists Margaret, aged 9 months.

Mary Billing1

b. circa 1867
Last Edited18 Jul 2019
Relationship2nd cousin 2 times removed of Patricia Ann Monogue
ChartsDescendants of Michael Cassin
Descendants of William Neilson
FatherJohn Abraham Billing1 b. 21 Feb 1828, d. 16 Mar 1904
MotherAgnes Janet Neilson1 b. 26 Feb 1838, d. 5 May 1918
Birth*circa 1867St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada1 

Citations

  1. [S370] 1871 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Census Place: St Gabriel de Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec; Roll: C-10094; Page: 6; Family No: 18. Listing for the family of John and Anis (sic) Billing, lists Mary, aged 4.

Mary Alice Billing1

b. 22 February 1868
Last Edited18 Jan 2014
FatherCurtis Billing1 b. 11 Dec 1829, d. 17 Aug 1906
MotherMargaret Anne Brown1 b. 2 Feb 1846, d. 30 Oct 1900
Birth*22 February 1868St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "...daughter of Curtis Billing, farmer of St. Gabriel West..and Margaret Ann, his wedded wife by maiden name Brown..."1 
Baptism25 June 1868Christ Church Anglican, St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada1 

Citations

  1. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Quebec, Quebec County, Valcartier, Church of England, 1868.

Mary Ann Billing1

b. 19 August 1826, d. 13 February 1892
Last Edited13 Jun 2022
FatherCurtis Billing2 b. c 1789, d. 3 Aug 1872
MotherMary Abraham2 b. 21 Dec 1797, d. 15 Aug 1881

Family

 Thomas Brown b. c 1817
Marriage*1844Thomas Brown1 
Children 1.Mary Jane Brown8 b. c 1845
 2.William Brown8 b. 17 Mar 1847
 3.Curtis Brown8 b. 10 Mar 1849
 4.Margaret Brown8 b. c 1851
 5.John Brown9 b. 19 Dec 1853
 6.Agnes Brown10 b. 4 Jan 1856, d. 29 Mar 1858
 7.Thomas Brown11 b. 7 Nov 1857
 8.James Brown12 b. 29 Apr 1860
 9.Andrew Brown+13 b. 29 Oct 1861, d. 1933
 10.Benjamin Brown14 b. 8 Jun 1867, d. 26 Sep 1901
Birth*19 August 1826St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada3 
Baptism22 August 1826Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "Mary Ann, daughter of Curtis Billing of the settlement of Valcariter,..., farmer, and of Mary, his wife, formerly Mary Abraham, was born...and privately baptized..."3 
Married Name1844Brown1 
Marriage*1844Thomas Brown1 
(Witness) Death29 March 1858Agnes Brown; St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "...daughter of Thomas Brown and his wife Mary Ann...aged 2 years, 3 weeks and 4 days..."4 
Will23 January 1883St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; 

23rd January 1883
Will of Mary Ann Billing
Widow of Thomas Brown


From records of Notary Charles Henry Andrews
No. 3135
Translated from the Original Will at the Quebec Archives



On the twenty third day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty three, at the request of Mary Ann Billing, widow of the late Thomas Brown, I the undersigned Public Notary residing at the City of Quebec in the Province of Quebec and at her residence situate in the Parish of Valcartier in the Fifth Concession did write down her last will and testament in the following words:

I do will and bequeath unto my sons Andrew and Benjamin Brown all my rights and title in and to all immoveable properties to me belonging as their own absolute property.

I do will and bequeath to my daughter Mary Jane the sum of two hundred dollars; to my daughter Margaret the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars; to my sons John and James Brown the sum of four hundred dollars each; to Eleanor Billing wife of John Clarke, the sum of fifty dollars and to my son Curtis Brown the sum of fifty dollars.

I will and bequeath to my sons John and James all the stock, the farming implements and household furniture unto my son Andrew. It was thus made and named unto me the said Notary and acknowledged and declared by the said Testatrix in the presence of William Hornby and William McBain of the aforesaid Parish, Farmer's, witnesses.

Thus done and executed on the day and year first above written and recorded in the office of Charles H. Andrews, the undersigned Notary, under the Notarial Number three thousand one hundred and fifty.

The said Testatrix having signed together with said witnesses, the present will having been first duly read she declared it to contain her true wishes and intentions.

Marginal notes good, Words struck out are null.

Mary Billing, her signature;
Wm, McBain, his signature;
William Hornby, his signature;
C.H. Andrews, N.P., his signature
____________________________________________

Transcribed by Gerald Neville, 2011
Note by Patricia Balkcom: There is a later will written in 1889.5 
Will*6 April 1889St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada;

6th April 1889
Last Will of Mary Ann Billing
Widow of Thomas Brown

From records of Notary Philippe Huot
No. 9460
Quebec Archives Microfilm #4M01-5213

On this day, the sixth of April one thousand eight hundred and eighty nine, before the undersigned Notary Public for the Province of Quebec and the witnesses hereinafter named, all residing at the City of Quebec, personally came and appeared Mary Ann Billing, of the Parish of St. Gabriel of Valcartier, widow of the late Thomas Brown, in his life time of the same place, Farmer, who made and dictated her last will and testament as follows, that is to say:

I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Mary Jane Brown, wife of Adam Wright, a sum of three hundred dollars together with my feather bed, two pairs of double blankets, and two quilts and two pillows.

I give unto my son John Brown two hundred dollars.

I give and bequeath unto my son Benjamin Brown the sum of three hundred dollars, two tables which are in my sewing room, my wardrobe, my three covered cupboards, my clock, one chest of drawers (the largest), all my delft and cooking utensils and the bed and bedding he is now using and my sofa.

I give and bequeath unto my son Andrew Brown my horse, cattle, my iron plough, my mowing machine, one cow and all other cows and the sheep which I may have and possess at the time of my death.

I give and bequeath unto my son James Brown my large three-deckered kitchen stove and a kitchen table and I do hereby ratify the gift I have already made to him of four cows and two heifers.

I give and bequeath unto my two sons, Benjamin Brown and Andrew Brown, share and share alike between them all my rights, claims, shares and interests in the woodland situated in the Seigniory of St. Ignace bought before Mtre. Cinq-Mars, N.P., the third day of June eighteen hundred and sixty eight, said lot now known under the number eight hundred and eighty six upon the Official Plan and Book of Reference of the Cadastre of the Parish of St. Gabriel of Valcartier, subject however and on condition that they will allow my other son Curtis Brown to cut upon said land all the firewood necessary for his use and this as long as he will remain in the house which he is now occupying.

And as to the rest of the cash money and of other moveable effects which I may die possessed of and which are not included and disposed of in and by my present will, I wish and direct that after my funeral and other legitimate expenses be paid, the same be equally divided between my four sons, William Brown, Thomas Brown, Curtis Brown & James Brown and my daughter Margaret Brown, wife of James Montgomery, share and share alike.

I do hereby nominate and appoint as Executors of this my present last will and testament, my son, Benjamin Brown, and William Hornby, my brother-in-law, and I do hereby expressly revoke all former wills and codicils at anytime heretofore by me made, declaring the present to be my only true last will and testament.

It was thus made and dictated by the said Mary Ann Billing, widow of Thomas Brown, Testatrix, unto the said Notary and witnesses, on the day and year first above written and the present last will having been read over in full to the said Testatrix by Mtre. Philippe Huot in the presence of Messrs. Jean-Baptiste Rivard Dufresne, Advocate, & François-Xavier Maheux, Clerk in the Archives Office, both of Quebec, witnesses expressly called for the Execution hereof & who were present all the time, she declared to well understand the same and persisted therein as containing her true last will & testament.

Done and executed at the said City of Quebec in the Office of the said Philippe Huot, on the day and year first above written, under the number nine thousand four hundred and sixty of his record, in testimony whereof the said Testatrix hath signed with and in the presence of the said Notary and of the said witnesses, who have also signed in the presence of the said Testatrix and in the presence of each other, after the reading thereof according to law and the observance of all the formalities required for the validity of wills.

Two marginal notes approved are good.

Mary Ann Billing, her signature;
J.B.R. Dufresne, his signature;
F.X. Maheux, his signature;
P. Huot, N.P., his signature

Transcribed by Gerald Neville, 2011
Note by Patricia Balkcom: Mary Ann died 4 years later at the reported age of 66years.6 
Death*13 February 1892St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "...wife of Thomas Brown...aged 66 years..."7 
Burial*16 February 1892St. Andrew Presbyterian Cemetery, St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; Witnesses were Curtis Brown, Andrew Brown, and Francis Patton.7 

Citations

  1. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Janice Copeman's database at http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi
  2. [S545] Will of Jane O'Neil, #92; Quebec Archives Online; Notary Records of Paul T. Picard, unknown repository, Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, Quebec, Anglican Travelling Mission, 1826.
  3. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, Quebec City, Anglican Travelling Missionaries, 22 April 1826.
  4. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, Quebec County, Valcartier, Church of Scotland, 1858.
  5. [S799] Will of Mary Ann Billing; Transcribed from the Original Will.
  6. [S727] Will of Mary Ann Billing; #4M01-5213.
  7. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, Quebec County, Valcartier, Church of Scotland, 1892.
  8. [S345] 1851 Census of Canada, online www.ancestry.com.
  9. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, QuebecCounty, Valcartier, Church of Scotland, 1854.
  10. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, QuebecCounty, Valcartier, Church of Scotland, 1856.
  11. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, QuebecCounty, Valcartier, Church of Scotland, 1858.
  12. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, QuebecCounty, Valcartier, Church of Scotland, 1860.
  13. [S435] E-mail Message. From Roy Brown (e-mail address) to Pat Balkcom 13 April 2006. Roy is the G-G-G-Grandson of William Brown (born 1781).
  14. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, Quebec County, Valcartier, Church of Scotland, 1867.

Mary Ann Billing1

b. circa 1855, d. 19 May 1910
Last Edited2 Jan 2014
FatherThomas Billing1 b. 16 Mar 1824, d. 28 Apr 1893
MotherCaroline Amelia Wolff1 b. c Feb 1824, d. 2 Dec 1895

Family

 George Thompson b. 28 Jan 1853, d. 10 Jan 1939
Marriage*12 October 1874George Thompson; Wesleyan Methodist Church, Quebec City, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "...George Thompson, of Valcartier, farmer, age 22, and Mary Ann Billing of the same place, age 23, were by authority of special license...
Witnesses were John Thompson and Clara Medora Cassin."1 
Witness: Clara M. Cassin
Children 1.Jane Caroline Thompson5 b. 18 Jan 1876
 2.Thomas Thompson6 b. 10 Oct 1877, d. 27 Feb 1920
 3.Clara Thompson2 b. 16 Dec 1878, d. 22 Dec 1878
 4.Francis Thompson7 b. c 1880
 5.John Walter Thompson+8 b. 11 Jan 1881
 6.Mary Thompson9 b. 30 Nov 1882, d. 20 Mar 1930
 7.Caroline Amelia Thompson10 b. 22 Jan 1884, d. 12 Apr 1948
 8.George Percival Thompson11 b. 22 Mar 1885
 9.Isabella Marion Thompson11 b. 6 Aug 1886
 10.Frederick James Thompson12 b. 24 Feb 1888
 11.Charles Joshua Thompson13 b. 9 Jan 1890, d. 24 Apr 1915
 12.Ada Margaret Thompson14 b. 9 Aug 1891
 13.Frederick Arnold Thompson15 b. 21 May 1893
Birth*circa 1855St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; Date based on age on gravestone.1 
Married Name12 October 1874Thompson1 
Marriage*12 October 1874George Thompson; Wesleyan Methodist Church, Quebec City, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "...George Thompson, of Valcartier, farmer, age 22, and Mary Ann Billing of the same place, age 23, were by authority of special license...
Witnesses were John Thompson and Clara Medora Cassin."1 
Witness: Clara M. Cassin
(Witness) Death22 December 1878Clara Thompson; St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "...daughter of George Thompson, of St. Gabriel East of Valcartier, farmer and of his wife Mary Ann (formerly maiden name) Billing, aged 8 days..."2 
Will*27 June 1905St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; 27th June 1905
Last Will of Mary Ann Billing[:BOLD]
(Wife of George Thompson)
From records of Notary Cyrille Renaud
No. 3011
Transcribed from the original at the Quebec Archives



On this twenty seventh day of June one thousand nine hundred and five, before me Cyrille Renaud Public Notary residing in the Parish of St. Ambroise of Jeune Lorette undersigned, personally appeared Mrs. Mary Ann Billing, wife of George Thompson, Farmer, residing in the Parish of St. Gabriel of Valcartier who being of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding hath requested me the said Notary to write down and receive in due form of law her last will and testament which she has declared in manner and form following, that is to say:

1º I desire that all my just debts, funeral and testamentary expenses be paid by my executor hereinafter named as soon as possible after my death.

2º I leave and bequeath to my son Frederick Thompson all my moveable and immoveable properties wherever the same may be found and to whatever the same shall amount hereby constituting my said son my universal legatee and my testamentary executor to the charge by my said son to pay to his sister Ida Marguerite Thompson the sum of two hundred dollars by installments of fifty dollars each consecutive year after my death without interest.

3º I give also to my said daughter Ida Marguerite Thompson the use of the half of the house upstairs being the south east end of the house and the bed and bedding for the room.

4º I revoke all wills I may have heretofore made and I declare the present to be my only true last will and testament.

Done and passed at St. Ambroise under Notarial Number three thousand and eleven. And after the reading of the said will to the Testatrix by the Notary in presence of Joseph Fournier, Carriage Maker, and Francis Savard, Blacksmith, both of the Parish of St. Ambroise, witnesses requested, the Testatrix, the Notary and witnesses have signed in the presence of each other.

One marginal note is good.

Mary Ann Billing, her signature;
Joseph Fournier, his signature;
François Savard, his signature;
Cy. Renaud, N.P., his signature

Transcribed by Gerry Neville, 2011

Note by Patricia Balkcom: Mary Ann died 5 years later on the 19th of May 1910. She was in her mid-fifties. She and George had at least 12 children – only the two youngest are mentioned in the will.
3 
Death*19 May 1910St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "...wife of George Thompson, farmer of the 1st Concession..."4 
Witness: George Thompson
Burial*21 May 1910Christ Church Anglican Cemetery, St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; Gravestone states: In loving memory of Mary Ann Billing beloved wife of George Thompson died May 19, 1910, aged 54 years. George Thompson born Jan 28, 1853, died Jan 10, 1939; also their son Joshua Charles, killed in action April 24, 1915 WW 1914-1918. On side: John Walter Thompson 1880-1948 beloved husband of Laura Daigle.

Witnesses to the church record were Geo. Thompson and Curtis Billing.4 

Citations

  1. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; Quebec City, Methodist Weslayan Church, 1874.
  2. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Quebec, Quebec County, Valcartier, Church of England, 1878.
  3. [S777] Will of Mary Ann Billing; Transcribed from the Original Will.
  4. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Quebec, Quebec County, Valcartier, Church of England, 1910.
  5. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Quebec, Quebec County, Valcartier, Church of England, 1876.
  6. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Quebec, Quebec County, Valcartier, Church of England, 1877.
  7. [S513] 1911 Canada Census, online www.ancestry.com, Quebec, Quebec, St. Gabriel de Valcartier, p.10, Family #46 at Ancestry.com.
  8. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Quebec, Quebec County, Valcartier, Church of England, 1881.
  9. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Quebec, Quebec County, Valcartier, Church of England, 1883.
  10. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Picture of Gravestone in Family Trees - gives birth and death.
  11. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Quebec, Quebec County, Valcartier, Church of England, 1885.
  12. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Quebec, Quebec County, Valcartier, Church of England, 1888.
  13. [S796] Patricia Balkcom, Cemetery Marker for Joshua Charles Thompson, Church of England Cemetery, Valcartier, Quebec.
  14. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Quebec, Quebec County, Valcartier, Church of England, 1891.
  15. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; Quebec, Valcartier, Church of England, 1893.

Rhoda Emily Billing1

b. 4 April 1892
Last Edited9 Feb 2013
FatherWilliam James Billing1 b. 18 Nov 1867
MotherJanet McBain1
Birth*4 April 1892St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada1 
Baptism15 May 1892Christ Church Anglican, St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; Sponsors were Thomas Billing and Eliza Thompson.1 

Citations

  1. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; Quebec, Valcartier, Church of England, 1892.

Thomas Billing1

b. 16 March 1824, d. 28 April 1893
Last Edited13 Jun 2022
FatherCurtis Billing2 b. c 1789, d. 3 Aug 1872
MotherMary Abraham2 b. 21 Dec 1797, d. 15 Aug 1881

Family

 Caroline Amelia Wolff b. c Feb 1824, d. 2 Dec 1895
Marriage*13 April 1847Caroline Amelia Wolff; Christ Church Anglican, St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "Thomas Billing, bachelor of Valcartier...was married by license, to Caroline Amelia Wolff, daughter of A.J. Wolff, Esq. of His Majesty's 60th Regiment...Witnesses A.J. Wolff, Curtis Billing, and James Wolff.1,4 
Children 1.Curtis Billing7 b. 1 Jul 1848
 2.Hannah Elizabeth Billing+8 b. 4 Aug 1851, d. 4 Dec 1882
 3.Charles Stuart Billing9 b. 9 Apr 1853
 4.Mary Ann Billing+10 b. c 1855, d. 19 May 1910
 5.Frances Billing11 b. 19 Feb 1858
 6.Elizabeth Billing+12 b. 18 Aug 1862, d. 1948
 7.John Joseph Billing11 b. 18 Jun 1865
 8.William James Billing+13 b. 18 Nov 1867
Birth*16 March 1824Quebec, Canada3 
Baptism18 April 1825Anglican Cathedral Holy Trinity Church, Quebec City, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; “Thomas, son of Curtis Billing, of the City of Quebec, Butler to the Honorable H.W. Ryland, and of Mary his wife, was born on the sixteenth of March and baptized on the eighteenth of April in 1824.” 3 
Marriage*13 April 1847Caroline Amelia Wolff; Christ Church Anglican, St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "Thomas Billing, bachelor of Valcartier...was married by license, to Caroline Amelia Wolff, daughter of A.J. Wolff, Esq. of His Majesty's 60th Regiment...Witnesses A.J. Wolff, Curtis Billing, and James Wolff.1,4 
(Witness) Death4 December 1882Hannah Elizabeth Billing; St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "...daughter of Thomas Billing, wife of Francis Patton..aged 30 years..."5 
Will*7 January 1891St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada;

7th January 1891
Last Will of Thomas Billing
Husband of Caroline Amelia Wolff


From records of Notary Jean Baptiste Delage
No. 10537
Quebec Archives Online



On this day, the seventh of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety one, before the undersigned Notary Public for the Province of Quebec, Canada, residing in the City of Quebec, and John William Thomson and Francis Patton, farmers, of the Parish of St, Gabriel of Valcartier, in the County of Quebec, witnesses to these presents, personally came and appeared, Thomas Billing, of the said Parish of St. Gabriel of Valcartier, farmer, who has made as follows his last will & testament:

1st I ratify and confirm the donation which I have made this day with my wife in favour of William James Billing, Curtis Billing, & Mary Ann Billing, my children, before J.B. Delage, Notary, & I further bequeath and devise unto them the properties moveable and immoveable which I give them by said deed of gift.

2nd Out of the sum due to me by John Joseph Billing, my son, if there is enough still due at my death, I give, bequeath and devise a sum of one hundred dollars to Frances Billing, my daughter, wife of James Patton payable on the day of my death; sixty dollars to Charles Stuart Billing and fifty dollars to Elizabeth Billing, wife of John Liddy after the death of my wife, and as to the balance, if a balance there is, I give to my wife the power of bequeathing the same to my children or one of them, as she will think fit. She will be entitled to the interest of the sum due by my said son during her life time.

3rd I appoint & name the said John William Thomson & Francis Patton, my friends, my testamentary executors & their charge will last as long as they will think proper for the execution of this my will.

4th I revoke all former wills made by me before this day.

This last will received by Jean-Baptiste Delage, the undersigned Notary, in the presence of the said witnesses, having been read by the said Notary, in the presence of the said witnesses, to the Testator, he declared well to understand the same and has persisted in the same as containing his last will & intentions.

Thus done & executed at Valcartier aforesaid, dwelling of the Testator, under the number ten thousand five hundred & thirty seven of the records of the said Notary.

In witness whereof the said Testator has signed with and in the presence of the said Notary and witnesses, who have also signed with and in the presence of the said Testator and in the presence of one another after the reading done.

Four marginal notes are good & ten words erased are null.

Thomas Billing, his signature; Francis Patton, his signature; John W. Thompson, his signature; J.B. Delage, N.P., his signature

______________________________________________


NOTE:
The Deed of Donation by Thomas Billing and his wife Caroline Amelia Wolff follows:

7th January 1891

Donation by Thomas Billing and Caroline Amelia Wolff to
William James Billing, Curtis Billing, and Mary Ann Billing

From the records of Notary Jean-Baptiste Delage, Record Number 10537
Quebec Archives Online

On this day, the seventh of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety one, before the undersigned Notary Public for the Province of Québec, Canada, residing in the City of Quebec, personally came and appeared:

Thomas Billing, Farmer, and Caroline Amelia Wolff, his wife, by him duly authorized to the effects thereof, of the Parish of St. Gabriel of Valcartier, in the County of Quebec, of the one part,

And William James Billing, Curtis Billing, Farmers, and Mary Ann Billing, wife of George Thompson, Farmer, by him, also present duly authorized to the effects hereof, also of said Parish of St. Gabriel of Valcartier, of the second part.

Which said parties of the first part do give and grant, à titre de donation entrevifs, with guarantee against all encumbrances & troubles whatever, unto the said parties of the second part accepting hereof, that is to say:

Unto the said William James Billing:
1º A lot of ground situate in the said Parish of St. Gabriel of Valcartier, Seigniory of St. Gabriel, Second Concession, being part of that now known and designated upon the official plan and in the Book of Reference thereto for said parish under the number (85) eighty five and containing three arpents and a half in front by thirty arpents in depth & joining on the North side the land of the late Francis Martin and on the South side that of John Joseph Billing, with the house, barn and other buildings thereon erected.
2º Another lot of ground situate in the said parish, said seigniory, & said concession, being part of that now know and designated upon said plan and in said Book of reference thereto for said parish under the numbers (80 & 81) eighty & eighty one and containing three arpents in front by thirty arpents in depth and joining on the North side the land of James Johnson and on the South side that of John Joseph Billing with the old building thereon erected.
3º Another lot of ground situate in the same parish, Seigniory of St. Ignace, concession N.W. of Lake St. Charles, containing one ardent in front by forty-five arpents in depth, more or less, joining on the North side the land of John Joseph Billing and on the South side that of Curtis Billing hereafter described, and being the centre portion of lot number (894) eight hundred and ninety four upon said official plan and Book of reference thereto for said parish.
4th All furniture & moveable effects which are in the buildings above given and on the lands above described, all agricultural implements, cattle, heresies, and generally all moveable effects which the said donors now possess, with the only exception of the sum which is now due to the donor by his son John Joseph Billing.

To the said Curtis Billing accepting hereof:
A lot of ground situate in the said Parish of St. Gabriel of Valcartier, said Seigniory of St. Ignace, concession N.W. of Lake St. Charles, containing one ardent in front by forty five arpents more or less in depth, joining on the North side the land of William James Billing above given and on the South side that of one Verret, which lot is the South portion of lot number (894) eight hundred and ninety four above mentioned.

To the said Mary Ann Billing accepting hereof:
A lot of ground situate in said Parish of St. Gabriel of Valcartier, said Seigniory of St. Gabriel, first concession, at the place called "St. Gabriel West," containing four arpents & a half in front by twenty arpents in depth, more or less, joining on the West side the land of Melechior Landrigan and on the East side that of Patrick King and now known and designated upon said plan and in said Book of Reference thereto for said Parish of St. Gabriel of Valcartier under the number (23) twenty three.

As the whole is now and with which the said donees do declare themselves satisfied.

Said properties belonging to the said donor by and in virtue of good and valid titles.

To have and to hold said properties by the said donees in full ownership from this day, with the exception of one half of those given to the said William James Billing of which half the said donor doth reserve the usufruct during his life time.

This donation is made by the donor in consideration of the love they do bear to the donees.

This donation is further made at the charge by the said William James Billing of keeping with him his mother, the said Caroline Amelia Wolff, from the day of the death of the donor during her life time, and furnishing her with food, clothing and all things necessary for life and of taking care of her and in such case the said William James Billing will be bound as he doth bind and oblige himself by these presents, to pay to his said mother an annual rent of seventy five dollars by quarterly installments and in advance. And in such case the said Caroline Amelia Wolff will have the right of dwelling in the house above given, with the use of the furniture requisite.

The said William James Billing doth moreover oblige himself to cause to be buried the said donors and to be erected on their grave a small monument or head stone with their names engraved, to pay their debts and all their funeral expenses.

And for securing the payment of the above stipulated annual rent, the said William James Billing doth mortgage the immoveable properties given to him by the present Deed of Donation.

And by these presents the said Caroline Amelia Wolff, doth renounce to all dower, présise or couturier which she and her children can or could claim on the above described immoveable properties.

Thus done and executed at Valcartier aforesaid, dwelling of the said Donors, on the day, month and year first above written, under the number ten thousand five hundred and thirty six of the records of Jean-Baptiste Delage, Notary.

In witness whereof the said parties have signed with the said Notary, after the reading done.

Sixteen words erased are null.

Thomas Billing, his signature; Caroline, Amelia Wolff, her signature; William James Billing, his signature; Curtis Billing, his signature; Mary Ann Billing, her signature; George Thompson, his signature; J.-B. Delage, N.P., his signature

Transcribed by Gerald Neville, 2011

Note by Patricia Balkcom: Thomas died on the 28th of April 1893 at the age of 69 years. His wife survived him.6 
Death*28 April 1893St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; Aged 69 years.1 
Witness: Caroline Amelia Wolff
Burial*April 1893Christ Church Anglican, St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada1 

Citations

  1. [S641] Gravestone, unknown cd.
  2. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, Quebec City, Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral, 1825.
  3. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, Quebec City, Anglican Holy Trinity Cathedral, 18 April 1825.
  4. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; Quebec, Valcartier, Church of England, 1847.
  5. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; Quebec, Valcartier, Church of England, 1882.
  6. [S736] Will of Thomas Billing; Quebec Archives Online.
  7. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; Quebec, Valcartier, Church of England, 1848.
  8. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; Quebec, Anglican St. Peter, 1851.
  9. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; Quebec, Valcartier, Church of England, 1853.
  10. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; Quebec City, Methodist Weslayan Church, 1874.
  11. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; Quebec, Valcartier, Church of England, 1865.
  12. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; Quebec City, Methodist Weslayan Church, 1862.
  13. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; Quebec, Valcartier, Church of England, 1868.

Thomas Billing1

b. say 1760
Last Edited13 Jun 2022

Family
Child 1.Curtis Billing+1 b. c 1789, d. 3 Aug 1872
Birth*say 17601 

Citations

  1. [S938] Irish Genealogy, online irishgenealogy.ie, Entry for the baptism of Curtis Billing, son of Thomas Billing, baptized in the Parish of Urglin, County Carlow, Ireland.

Thomas Billing Jr.1

Last Edited9 Feb 2013

Family

 Mary Ann McBain
Marriage*Mary Ann McBain1 
Children 1.Ethel Maud Billing1 b. 26 Apr 1906, d. 10 May 1906
 2.Iola Alice Billing2 b. 30 Nov 1907
Marriage*Mary Ann McBain1 
(Witness) Death10 May 1906Ethel Maud Billing; St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada1 

Citations

  1. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, Quebec, Valcartier (Church of England, Saint Catherine), 10 May 1906.
  2. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; Quebec, Valcartier, Church of England, 1908.

Walter Brown Billing1

b. 4 March 1874
Last Edited18 Jan 2014
FatherCurtis Billing1 b. 11 Dec 1829, d. 17 Aug 1906
MotherMargaret Anne Brown1 b. 2 Feb 1846, d. 30 Oct 1900
Birth*4 March 1874St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada1 
Baptism13 September 1874Christ Church Anglican, St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; Sponsor was John Billing.1 

Citations

  1. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Quebec, Quebec County, Valcartier, Church of England, 1874.

William Billing1

b. 31 July 1859
Last Edited18 Jul 2019
Relationship2nd cousin 2 times removed of Patricia Ann Monogue
ChartsDescendants of Michael Cassin
Descendants of William Neilson
FatherJohn Abraham Billing1 b. 21 Feb 1828, d. 16 Mar 1904
MotherAgnes Janet Neilson1 b. 26 Feb 1838, d. 5 May 1918
Birth*31 July 1859St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada1,2 
Baptism18 September 1859Christ Church Anglican, St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "...baptized William, son of John Billing of Valcartier...and of Agnes by her maiden name Neilson was born on the thirty first day of July and baptized on the eighteenth day of September, 1859..."
Present - Catherine Billing, John Billing.2 

Citations

  1. [S71] "Canada, Census of 1861; Sub-census for St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec.
  2. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Church of England, Saint Catherine, Valcartier, Quebec. Baptism of William, son of John Billing and Agnes Neilson.

William Billing1

b. 19 March 1838, d. 8 December 1918
Last Edited13 Jun 2022
FatherCurtis Billing1 b. c 1789, d. 3 Aug 1872
MotherMary Abraham1 b. 21 Dec 1797, d. 15 Aug 1881

Family

 Sarah Brown b. c 1841, d. 22 Dec 1899
Marriage*2 April 1861Sarah Brown; Wesleyan Methodist Church, Quebec City, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "William Billing of Valcartier, farmer, and Sarah Brown of the same place, spinster were married by authority of special license on the ..."
Witnesses: John Rourk
Curtis Billing3 
Children 1.Curtis Billing5 b. 5 Nov 1864
 2.Ida Billing6 b. 21 Dec 1869
Birth*19 March 1838Quebec County, Quebec, Canada2 
Baptism4 May 1838Aubigny Church of England, Aubigny, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada2 
Marriage*2 April 1861Sarah Brown; Wesleyan Methodist Church, Quebec City, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "William Billing of Valcartier, farmer, and Sarah Brown of the same place, spinster were married by authority of special license on the ..."
Witnesses: John Rourk
Curtis Billing3 
(Witness) Death22 December 1899Sarah Brown; St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada4 
Death*8 December 1918Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada 

Citations

  1. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, Quebec Aubigny Anglican Church, Levis, 1838.
  2. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Aubigny Anglican Church, Levis, Quebec; 04 May 1838.
  3. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Quebec, Quebec City, Weslayan Methodist Church; Ancestry.com Image #10 of 47. Marriage entry for William Billing and Sarah Brown, 02 April 1861.
  4. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Quebec, Valcartier, Church of England, Saint Catherine; Ancestry.com Image #10 of 13. Burial entry for Sarah Brown Billing, 25 December 1899.
  5. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, Bourg Louis, Methodist Weslayan Church, 1865.
  6. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Quebec, Portneuf County, Bourg-Louis, Methodist Weslayan Church, 1870.

William James Billing1

b. 18 November 1867
Last Edited9 Feb 2013
FatherThomas Billing1 b. 16 Mar 1824, d. 28 Apr 1893
MotherCaroline Amelia Wolff1 b. c Feb 1824, d. 2 Dec 1895

Family

 Janet McBain
Marriage*5 March 1891Janet McBain; Christ Church Anglican, St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "William James Billing, farmer, son of Thomas Billilng, farmer, of Valcartier, and Janet McBain, daughter of William Brown McBain, farmer of St. Gabriel East of Valcartier, both majors, ...witnesses William McBain and Mary E. Billing."2 
Children 1.Rhoda Emily Billing5 b. 4 Apr 1892
 2.Clara Gertrude Billing6 b. 30 May 1893
 3.Detta Ida Billing3 b. 13 Jun 1895, d. 19 Jan 1896
Birth*18 November 1867St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada1 
Baptism23 February 1868Christ Church Anglican, St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada1 
Marriage*5 March 1891Janet McBain; Christ Church Anglican, St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "William James Billing, farmer, son of Thomas Billilng, farmer, of Valcartier, and Janet McBain, daughter of William Brown McBain, farmer of St. Gabriel East of Valcartier, both majors, ...witnesses William McBain and Mary E. Billing."2 
(Witness) Death19 January 1896Detta Ida Billing; St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; Aged 7 months, 7 days.3 
Will*1 October 1907St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada;

1st October 1907
Last Will of William James Billing
Husband of Janet McBain


From records of Notary Cyrille Renaud
No. 3716
Quebec Archives – Transcribed from the Original



On the first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and seven, before me Cyrille Renaud Public Notary residing in the parish of St. Ambroise of Jeune Lorette undersigned, personally appeared: William James Billing, Farmer, residing in the Parish of St. Gabriel who being of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding hath requested me, the said Notary and witnesses, to write down and receive in due form of law his last will and testament which he has declared in manner and form following, that is to say:

1º I desire that all my just debts, funeral and testamentary expenses be paid as soon as possible after my death.

2º I give and bequeath to my wife Jannet McBain all my moveable and immoveable properties wherever the same may be found and to whatever the same shall amount hereby constituting my said wife my universal legatee, to the charge by my said wife to pay to each of my daughters Rhoda Emily Billing & Clara Gertrude Billing the sum of five hundred dollars by installments of fifty dollars to each every year after my death until the full payment.

3º I nominate, constitute and appoint my said wife as Executrix of this my will and testament.

4º I revoke all will and testament I may have heretofore made and I declare the present to be my only true last will and testament.

Done and passed at St. Ambroise under Notarial Number three thousand seven hundred and sixteen. After the reading of the present will to the Testator by the Notary in presence of Joseph Edgar Leduc, Accountant, and Pierre J.A. Savard, both residing in the Parish of St. Ambroise, the Testator, the Notary and witnesses have signed in the presence of each other.

William James Billing. his signature;
J.E. Leduc, his signature;
P.J.A. Savard, his signature;
Cy. Renaud, N.P., his signature

Transcribed by Gerald Neville, 2011

4 

Citations

  1. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; Quebec, Valcartier, Church of England, 1868.
  2. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; Quebec, Valcartier, Church of England, 1891.
  3. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; Quebec, Valcartier, Church of England, 1896.
  4. [S738] Will of William James Billing; Translated from the Original Will.
  5. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; Quebec, Valcartier, Church of England, 1892.
  6. [S436] Ancestry.com, online at www.ancestry.com, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; Quebec, Valcartier, Church of England, 1893.

Leonce Bilodeau1

Last Edited29 Jun 2017

Family

 Theresa Mary Catherine Murphy b. 18 Mar 1921
Marriage*11 September 1954Theresa Mary Catherine Murphy; St. Patrick Catholic Church, Quebec City, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada1 
Marriage*11 September 1954Theresa Mary Catherine Murphy; St. Patrick Catholic Church, Quebec City, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada1 

Citations

  1. [S508] St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Catholic Record Transcriptions, Baptism of Theresa Catherine Mary Murphy, 20 March 1921. Marginal note in baptismal record states date, place of marriage and groom as Leonce Bilodeau.

Thomas Bimy1

b. say 1800
Last Edited18 Mar 2010
Birth*say 18001 
Land*13 August 1823St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; Appears to have been granted Lot #10 in the Second Concession of Riviere Aux Pins, South side of the river. Lot was 3 by 30 arpents.1 

Citations

  1. [S431] Web site: Quebec Archives online at http://www.banq.qc.ca/accueil/. Source is Fonds Ministère des Terres et Forêts (Land Records). Cote (reference)#E21,S64,SS5,SSS2,D337.

Elizabeth Birch1

b. circa 1792
Last Edited18 Oct 2011

Family

 William Crawford b. c 1793, d. 12 Apr 1869
Marriage*William Crawford; Ireland1 
Children 1.William Crawford2 b. c 1823
 2.Henry Crawford1 b. c 1825
 3.Mary Ann Crawford1 b. c 1832
Birth*circa 1792Ireland1 
Married NameCrawford1 
Marriage*William Crawford; Ireland1 

Citations

  1. [S346] 1861 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Canada East, Quebec, Valcartier, p.416.
  2. [S346] 1861 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Canada East, Quebec, Valcartier, p.415.

Elizabeth Birmingham1

b. circa 1871
Last Edited21 Dec 2015
FatherMichael Birmingham1 b. 1836, d. 17 May 1886
MotherMary Ann Neadrow1 d. b 7 Feb 1876
Birth*circa 1871Quebec, Canada1 

Citations

  1. [S780] Family Search, online https://familysearch.org, "Québec, district judiciaire de Québec, tutelles et curatelles, 1639-1930," images, (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/… : accessed 21 December 2015), Files > 1889-1890, no. 30908-31066 > image 481-484 of 1293; Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec, Sainte-Foy (Quebec National Library and Archives, Sainte-Foy). Entry for the Tutorship to the minor children of Michael Birmingham, November 12, 1889.

Georgia Birmingham1

b. 1913, d. 1949
Last Edited1 Jun 2022
ChartsDescendants of Lawrence Corrigan

Family

 Gerald Corrigan b. c 1913, d. c 1954
Marriage*Gerald Corrigan1 
Children 1.Thomas Corrigan+1 b. 1945, d. 1982
 2.Elizabeth Corrigan1 b. c 1947, d. Aug 2010
Birth*19131 
Married NameCorrigan1 
Marriage*Gerald Corrigan1 
Death*19491 

Citations

  1. [S435] E-mail Message. From Gerry Corrigan to Patricia Balkcom, November 7, 2019.

Jane Magdalen Birmingham1

b. 22 July 1880
Last Edited20 Dec 2015
FatherMichael Birmingham1 b. 1836, d. 17 May 1886
MotherElizabeth McKeown1 b. 25 Nov 1850

Family

 Alexander Joseph Earley
Marriage*1 October 1912Alexander Joseph Earley; St. Patrick Catholic Church, Quebec City, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "...between Alexander Joseph Early (sic), son of age of James Early and Mary Shead of St. John's parish, Boston, on the one part and Jane Magdelen Birmingham, daughter of age of the late Michael Birmingham and of Elizabeth McKeown of this parish on the other part; ...in the presence M.J. Buckley and J. V. Birmingham..."2 
Birth*22 July 1880Riviere-la-Madeleine, Gaspe County, Quebec, Canada1 
Baptism24 July 1880Riviere-la-Madeleine, Gaspe County, Quebec, Canada; "...born the day before yesterday of Michael Birmingham, ... merchant and of Elizabeth McKeown, of this mission. Godfather Honore Beland, godmother Flumince McDonell..."1 
Married Name1 October 1912Earley2 
Marriage*1 October 1912Alexander Joseph Earley; St. Patrick Catholic Church, Quebec City, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada; "...between Alexander Joseph Early (sic), son of age of James Early and Mary Shead of St. John's parish, Boston, on the one part and Jane Magdelen Birmingham, daughter of age of the late Michael Birmingham and of Elizabeth McKeown of this parish on the other part; ...in the presence M.J. Buckley and J. V. Birmingham..."2 

Citations

  1. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Quebec, Gaspe County, Riviere-la-Madeleine. Bapismal record for Jane Magdalen Birmingham, July 22, 1880.
  2. [S771] Drouin Collection, www.ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, Quebec, Quebec County, Quebec City, St. Patrick. Marriage listing for Alexander Joseph Early (sic) and Jane Magdelen Birmingham, October 1, 1912.