The Ditton family

William DITTON was born about 1745 in England.  He died on 8 Aug 1819 in Aston Rowant, Oxford, England.  He married on 2 Jul 1782 in Aston Rowant, Oxford, England to Mary VARNOM.  She was born about 1759. She died on 16 May 1818 in Aston Rowant, Oxford, England.

According to (IGI Batch Number: C038311) they had nine children all born in Aston Rowant, Oxford, England:


1) William DITTON was born about Feb 1783.

2) Anne DITTON was born about Apr 1785.  She married on 20 Dec 1806 in Aston Rowant, Oxford, England to John TOWERTON. They had six children all born in Oxfordshire, England.

2a) William TOWERTON was born about 1816. He died in 1889 in Buckinghamshire, England. He married on 10 Jul 1845 to Maria TRENDELL. They had seven children all born in Stokenchurch, Oxfordshire, England :
  2a1) John TOWERTON was born about 1847. He married Susan
  2a2) Thomas TOWERTON was born about 1851. He married Jane. They had four children all born in Stokenchurch.
    2a2a) Francis TOWERTON was born about 1883.
    2a2b) Norman Harry TOWERTON was born abourt 1887.
    2a2c) Arnold TOWERTON was born about 1888. 2a2d) Mary Maria TOWERTON was born about 1892.
  2a3) Ann TOWERTON was born about 1853. She married in 1874 in Oxfordshire to Thomas DUTTON.
  2a4) Henry TOWERTON was born about 1856.
  2a5) Ellen TOWERTON was born abut Nov 1858.
  2a6) Emily TOWERTON was born about Nov 1860.
  2a7) Owen TOWERTON was born about 1866. He died on 9 Dec 1936 in Buckinghamshire, England. He married about Aug 1896 in Buckinghamshire, England to Flora JOHNSON. She was born about 1871 and died on 8 Apr 1964 in Buckinghamshire, England.

2b) Stephen TOWERTON was born about 1821.

2c) Ann TOWERTON was born about 1823. She died about May 1885 in Buckinghamshire, England.  She married about Nov 1843 in Buckinghamshire, England to Jabez BOWDEN.
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They had two children born in Buckinghamshire, England.
    2c1) Sarah Ann BOWDEN was born about Nov 1845. She died about Feb 1898 in Buckinghamshire, England. She married about Feb 1868 in Buckinghamshire, England to Cornelius LACEY.
They had six children all born in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England:
    2c1a) Agnes Ann LACEY was born about Feb 1870. She died about Feb 1960 in Buckinghamshire, England. She married about 1894 to Walter DANCER. They had two children both born in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England:
      2ala1) Arthur DANCER was born about 1895
      2ala2) Clifford Charles DANCER was born on 5 Sep 1908. He died about 2004 in Buckinghamshire, England. He married in 1939 to Miss SMITH. Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England.
    2c1b) Herbert Thomas LACEY was born about 1872. He died 25 Aug 1922 in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. He married about Nov 1895 in Buckinghamshire, England to Annie HOLMES.  They had one son:
      2c1b1) Percy Frank LACEY was born 19 Dec 1897 in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. He died about Feb 1983 in Buckinghamshire, England.
    2c1c) Edith Kate LACEY was born about May 1874 in Buckinghamshire, England. She married about Aug 1895 to Edwin James Martin. They had two daughters:
      2c1c1) Beatrice Nellie MARTIN was born about Nov 1897.
      2c1c2) Florence Emily MARTIN was born about Aug 1899 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England.
    2c1d) Beatrice Nellie LACEY was born about abt Nov1877 she died about May 1892 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England.
    2c1e) Florence Emily LACEY was born about May 1879 and died about Nov 1883 in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England.
    2c1f) George Ernest LACEY was born about Nov 1881 and died about 1 Aug 1961 in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. He married Rose.
   2c2) Thomas BOWDEN was born about Aug 1848. He married about 1870 to Martha WISEMAN. They had seven children all born in Buckinghamshire, England:
    2c2a) Elizabeth A BOWDEN was born about Nov 1873.
    2c2b) Thomas BOWDEN was born about 1876.
    2c2c) Jabez BOWDEN was born about May 1877.
    2c2d) Henry BOWDEN was born about Aug 1879.
    2c2e) Bertha Mary BOWDEN was born about Feb 1881. She married about May 1902 in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England to Walter Harry PALMER.
    2c2f)  Frank BOWDEN was born about Nov 1886.
   2c2g) Gilbert John BOWDEN was born about Nov 1889.

2d) John TOWERTON was born about 1826. He died on 28 Apr 1891 in Buckinghamshire, England. He married Jane.
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They had a son:
  2d1) John TOWERTON was born about 1865 in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. He died on 29 Jun 1910 in Buckinghamshire, England.  He married about Aug 1889 in Buckinghamshire, England to Ellen ALDRIDGE.
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They had a daughter:
    2d1a) Laura TOWERTON was born about Nov 1890 in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England.

2e) Thomas TOWERTON was born about 1825. He died about Aug 1849 in Buckinghamshire, England. He married on 15 Feb 1846 in Hillingdon, Middlesex, England to Frances Ann STONE. They had two daughters both born in Stokenchurch, Oxfordshire, England:
  2e1) Annie TOWERTON was born about 1846. She died about Feb 1916 in Buckinghamshire, England. She married 1st about Nov 1869 to Herbert James TOOVEY. They had a daughter:
    2e1a) Frances Ann Louisa TOOVEY was born about Feb 1870. She died on 18 Oct 1939 in Buckinghamshire, England. She married about Nov 1895 in Buckinghamshire, England to Henry SUTTON.
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They had two sons both born in Buckinghamshire, England:
    2ela1) Herbert SUTTON was born about Feb 1896 and died about Feb 1959.
    2e1a2) Harold Henry SUTTON was born on 15 Jan 1900 and died about Nov 1975.
Annie TOWERTON married 2nd on 23 Oct 1881 to Thomas Samuel GREEN. They had three children all born in Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire, England:
    2ela3) Thomas William GREEN was born on 10 Apr 1884. He died about Feb 1974 in Buckinghamshire, England. He married on 30 Dec 1906 to Maud Violate STREET.
    2e1a4) Daisy Kate GREEN was born about 1886. She died on 8 Apr 1956 in London, England. She married about 1913 to Alfred STAGG.
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    2ela5) Hilda Mary GREEN was born on 28 Jul 1890. She died about 1972 in Buckinghamshire, England. She married about 1914 to William E CASTLE.
  2e2) Mary TOWERTON was born about May 1849.

 

2f) Elizabeth TOWERTON was born about 1828. She married about May 1850 in Buckinghamshire, England to Henry STRANGE. They had four children all born in Buckinghamshire, England:
  2f1) Alfred STRANGE was born about 1851. He married about May 1869 to Adah FRYER. They had two children:
    2f1a) Henry STRANGE was born about Feb 1876 in Birmingham, England.
    2f1b) Eliza STRANGE was born about Feb 1878 in Buckinghamshire, England.
  2f2) John STRANGE was born about 1853.
  2f3) Eliza STRANGE was born about 1856
  2f4) Fredric STRANGE was born about 1858

3) Thomas DITTON was born about Feb 1787.  Tabitha Rodd. More below.

4) James DITTON was born about Mar 1789.

5) Richard DITTON was born about Mar 1791. He died in 1866 in Oxfordsire, England. He married Mary NEIGHBOR. She was born about 1801 and died in 1845 in Oxfordsire, England. They had nine children all born in Aston Rowant, Oxford, England.

5a) Mary DITTON was born about 1821.

5b) Robert DITTON was born about 1823. He married Eliza. They had five children all born in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England.
  5b1) James DITTON was born about 1856. He married Emma. They had four children all born in Oxfordshire, England:
    5b1a) Robert DITTON was born about 1886 in Albourne, Wiltshire, England.
    5b1b) Daisy DITTON was born about 1887.
    5b1c) David DITTON was born about 1889. He died 8 Apr 1916 in France and Flanders.
    5b1d) Jane DITTON was born about 1893.
  5b2) Louisa DITTON was born about 1857
  5b3) Rosa DITTON was born about 1857. She died 8 Aug 1945 in Henley, Oxfordshire, England.
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  5b4) Agusta DITTON was born about 1860.
  5b5) Walter DITTON was born about 1868. He married in 1901 in Ibstone, Buckinghamshire, England to Annie HALL. They had four children:
    5b5a) Walter Humphries DITTON was born about 1898 in Staghampton, Oxford, Englanf. He died on 30 Nov 1917 in France and Flanders.
    5b5b) Ronald Frank DITTON was born on 26 Sep 1905 in He died in 1978 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.
    5b5c) Gladys Anne DITTON was born about 1908 in Fulham, Niddlesax, England.
    5b5d) Eric Geoffrey DITTON was born on 11 Apr 1909 in Fulham, Niddlesax, England. He died in 1987 in Worthing, West Sussex, England.

5c) Samuel DITTON was born about 1825. He died about 1881 in Middlesex, England.

5d) Tabitha DITTON was born about 1827. She died about 1884 in Oxfordshire, England. She married Thomas HOLLAND. They had five children all born in Oxfordshire, England:
  5d1) Ann HOLLAND was born about 1855.
  5d2) Richard HOLLAND was born about 1857. He married about 1881 to Ann NEAL. They had twelve children all born in Oxfordshire, England.
    5d2a) Harry HOLLAND was born about 1882.
    5d2b) Ellen HOLLAND was born about 1884.
    5d2c) Florence Kate HOLLAND was born about 1885.
    5d2d) George HOLLAND was born about 1887.
    5d2e) Albert HOLLAND was born about 1889.
    5d2f) Eva HOLLAND was born about 1890.
    5d2g) Reginald HOLLAND was born on 12 Apr 1892. He died about Aug 1979 in Berkshire, England.
    5d2h) Algernon HOLLAND was born on 30 Aug 1893. He died about 1977 in Oxfordshire, England.
    5d2i) Minnie HOLLAND was born about May 1895.
    5d2j) Septimus HOLLAND was born about 1897. He died on 24 Sep 1964 in Ealing, Middlesex, England.
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    5d2k) Mary HOLLAND was born on 10 May 1901. She died about 1992 in Oxfordshire, England. She married in 1938 to Frederick H ALLEN.
    5d2l) Elizabeth HOLLAND was born about1906.
  5d3) Mary HOLLAND was born about 1860.
  5d4) Fred HOLLAND was born about 1863.
  5d5) Elizabeth HOLLAND was born about 1866. She married George DORLING. They had two daughters born in Sutton, Surrey, England:
    5d5a) Lillian DORLIING was born about 1888.
    5d5b) Daisy Walden DORLING was born about Feb 1891. She married about Nov 1917 in Epsom, Surrrey, England to Jack A SENNING.

5e) William DITTON was born about 1829. He died about 1894 in Oxfordshire, England. He married about Nov 1850 in Oxfordshire to Eliza HOBBS. They had eleven children all born in Oxfordshire, England:
5e1) Mary Ann DITTON was born about 1850.
5e2) John DITTON was born about 1853. He married in 1874 to Rebecca SEYMOUR. They had a daughter:
  5e2a) Mary Eliza DITTON was born about 1879 in Oxfordshire.
5e3) Fred DITTON was born about 1855. He died in Jul 1879 in Middlesex, England.
5e4) Henry DITTON was born about 1857. He died about 1881 in London, England.
5e5) Elizabeth DITTON was born about 1860. She died about 1888 in Buckinghamshire, England. She married in 1878 in Buckinghamshire to James HUSSEY. They had three children all born Buckinghamshire, England:
  5e5a) William Stephen HUSSEY was born about 1879.
  5e5b) Frederick John HUSSEY was born about 1882. He married on 22 Dec 1900 in Notting Hill Christ Church, England to Kate SMITH. They had three daughters:
    5e5b1) Violet Kate HUSSEY was born about Feb 1902 and died about Feb 1919 in Kingston, England.
    5e5b2) Alice Elizabeth HUSSey was born about Nov 1903 in Paddington, England.
    5e5b3) Hilda Gwendolyn HUSSEY was born about Aug 1909 in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England.
  5e5c) Margaret Kate HUSSEY was born about 1884.
5e6) Louisa DITTON was born about1861. She died about 1914 in Oxfordshire, England. She married in 1882 in Oxfordshire to Mark RAVENING. They had four children all born in Oxfordshire, England:
  5e6a) Fred RAVENING was born about 1883. He died about Mar 1951 in Wallingford, England.  He married about Aug 1912 in Buckinghamshire, England to Lily B DOWNING.
  5e6b) Frank RAVENING was born about 1886.
  5e6c) Mark Albert RAVENING was born about 1888. He died 7 Nov 1914 in France and Flanders. He married on 20 Jan 1912 in Fulham St Matthew, England to Elizabeth HOLLIMAN.
  5e6d) Alma Annie RAVENING was born 5 Sep 1898. She died in 1979 in Berkshire, England. She married in 1923 in Reading, Berkshire, England to George EYRE.
5e7) James DITTON was born about was born about 1863. He died in 1937 in Berkshire, England. He married in 1893 in Berkshire, England to Louisa Ann WAIZENEKER. They had five children all born in Bershire, England
  5e7a) Louis May DITTON was born about 1885.
  5e7b) Kenneth Benedic DITTON was born about 1896. He died on 5 Apr 1916 in France and Flanders.
  5e7c) Cecelia Victoria DITTON was born on 11 Sep 1897. She died about Jun 1985 in Slough, Berkshire, England. She married in 1923 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England to James A KEMP.
  5e7d) Albert Victor DITTON was born about 1897. He died about 1912 in Berkshire, England.
5e8) Ellen Eliza DITTON was born about 1864. She married in 1886 in Buckinghamshire, England to Thomas BRADURY. They had two children born in Oxfordshire, England:
  5e8a) George T BRADURY was born about 1889.
  5e8b) Kate BRADURY was born about 1891.
5e9) Georgina DITTON was born about 1866. She died on 25 May 1935 in Middlesex, England.
5e10) Thomas DITTON was born about 1869. He died about 1900 in London, England. He married on 15 Feb 1890 in Paddington, England to Clara White JONES.  They had four children all born in Paddington, England:
  5e10a) Florence Clare DITTON was born about 1891. She died about Dec 1916 London, England. She married 26 Dec 1915 in Paddington, England to Harold Lawrence IRWIN.
  5e10b) Thomas William DITTON was born about 1892. He died about 1955 in Ealing, England. He married on 6 Jul 1913 in London, England to Lily WEBB.
  5e10c) Richard Henry DITTON was born about 1897. He died on 16 Mar 1959 in Ealing, England. He married in 1928 to Florance A BERNARD.
  5e10d) Charlotte Susanah DITTON was born about 1900. She died about 1918 in Paddington, England
5e11) Richard DITTON was born about 1871. He died about 1941 in Brentford, England. He married 1st on 21 Jan 1895 in Chelsea, England to Ruth JAYCOCK. They had four children in London, England:
  5e11a) Violet Ruth Cicely DITTON was born about 1897 in Chelsea, London, England. She married about 1919 in Brentford, Middlesex, England to Sidney Arthur CORK. (Sidney had a daughter from another marriage – Ruth M CORK born about 1916) They had five children:
      5e11a1) Elsie E CORK was born about 1920 in Brentford, Middlesex.
      5e11a2) Renee Mable CORK was born on 15 Apr 1922 in Gibralter. She died about 2996 in Norwich, Norfolk, England. She married 1st about 1943 in Brentford, England to Dennis A R STRIDE-O'CONNOR. He was born about 1921 in Southwark, London. He died about 1948 in Ealing, England. They had a son.  She married 2nd about 1950 in Ealing, England to John A PERRY. They had a daughter: Lynda M PERRY was born about 1951 in Ealing.
      5e11a3) Dorothy M CORK was born about 1925 in Gibraltar. She married about 1945 to Harold H PORTER.
      5e11a4) Sidney Arthur CORK was born about 1928 in Brentford, Middlesex.
      5e11a5) Victor Richard CORK was born 26 Apr 1934 in Hampshire, Berkshire, England. He died in 1970 in London, England. He married in 1957 to Sylvia G MAHONEY.
  5e11b) Lily DITTON was born about 1898. She married 28 May 1921 in Yorkshire, England to John William RIDER.
  5e11c) Gertrude DITTON was born about 1899. She married about 1923 in London to Edward Henry J TULLY.
  5e11d) Richard Thomas William DITTON was born on 8 Nov 1904 in Ealing, England. He died in 1977 in London, England. He married about Nov 1926 in Middlesex, England to Evelyn K RICHARDS.
He married 2nd on 18 Apr 1908 in Ealing, England to Doris Amelia MEADES. They had two children:
 5e11e) Frederick Lloyd DITTON was born about 1909. He died about 1923 in Middlesex, England.
 5e11f) Doris Amelia DITTON was born about 1910. She died in 1963 in London, England. She married in 1937 in Brentford, England to Ernest DOWNHILL.

5f) John DITTON was born about 1831. He died about Jul 1899 in Oxfordshire, England. He married Anne. They had four children all born in Oxfordshire, England:
  5f1) Frederick DITTON was born about 1860. He married 1st on 5 Mar 1882 in Shadewell, England to Isabella WHITNEY. They had six children all born in London, England:
    5f1a) Frederick DITTON was born about 1883.
    5f1b) Florence Isabelle DITTON was born about 1885. She died about Dec 1949 in Filham, London, England.
    5f1c) Alfred DITTON was born about 1886.
    5f1d) Frank DITTON was born about 1889.
    5f1e) Stanley DITTON was born about 1890. He died about 1956 in Wandsworth, London, England.
    5f1f) Sidney DITTON was born on 4 Jan 1892. He died about 1870 in Fulham, London, England. He married on 26 Dec 1921 in Notting Hill, England to Jane WONTERS.
    5f1g) George Frederick DITTON was born about 1907.
  5f2) Mary DITTON was born about 1862.
  5f3) Albert Edward DITTON was born about 1865. He died about 1915 in England. He married about 1881 in Oxfordshire to Martha DOBLE. They had five children all born in London, England:
    5f3a) Albert Henry DITTON was born on 18 Sep 1886. He died in 1971 in London, England
    5f3b) Arthur Edward DITTON was born about 1888. He married in 1910 to Mary Maud DAVIES. They had a daughter:
      5f3b1) Elsie Maud DITTON was born about 1910 in London, England.
    5f3c) Nellie Rose DITTON was born on 20 Jul 1889. She died in 1979 in London, England.
    5f3d) Stanley DITTON was born on 11 Jul 1891. He died on 3 Jan 1983 in Portland, Oregon. He married Katherine.
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    5f3e) Sydney John Samuel DITTON was born on 27 May 1899. He died on 20 Feb 1925 in Portland, Oregon.
  5f4) Emily DITTON was born about 1870.

5g) Agusta DITTON was born about 1833. She died about 1899 in Oxfordshire. She married about 1858 in Oxfordshire to Richard HOBBS. He was born about 1835 and died about 1880 in Oxfordshire, England. They had five children all born in Oxfordshire, England:
  5g1) Agusta HOBBS was born about 1859.
  5g2) Walter HOBBS was born about 1862. He married about 1887 to Emmaline.
  5g3) Edward HOBBS was born about 1867.
  5g4) George HOBBS was born about 1868. He married about 1899 to Clare Elizabeth NASH. They had two children born in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England:
    5g3a) Ada Irene HOBBS was born about Aug 1902. She died about 1919 in Oxfordshire, England.
      5g3b) William George HOBBS was born on 5 Feb 1908. He died about 1992 in Devon, England.
  5g5) Cecil Ivan HOBBS was born about 1874. He died about 1929 in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England. He married about 1901 to Caroline Mary EELES. They had two children born in London, England:
    5g5a) Ernest Cecil HOBBS was born on 8 Dec 1901. He died about Jun 1969 in Eton, England.
   5g5b) Albert Richard HOBBS was born on 26 Feb 1907. He died about Jun 1982 in Isle of Wight, England.

5h) James DITTON was born about 1836. He married 1st to Meritte MEEKE. They had two children born in Oxfordshire, England:
  5h1) Jabez DITTON was born about 1862. He died about 1955 in Middlesex, England. He married about 1886 to Louisa Jane WILLIAMS. They had four children all born in Surrey, England:
    5h1a) George James DITTON was born on 25 Sep 1887. He died about 1979 in London, England. He married 1st about 1909 to Lucy Ada MANLEY. He married 2nd on 16 Nov 1918 to Phyllis May NICE.
    5h1b) Walter John DITTON was born about 1891. He died about 1941 in Surrey, England.
    5h1c) Winfred Louisa DITTON was born about 1895. She married about 1920 to Frederick Thomas SUCKLING.
    5h3d) Gladys MDITTON was born about 1900 and died about 1906.
  5h2) Mary Jane DITTON was born about 1865.
James married 2nd on 1 Jun 1868 in Hammersmith, England to Catherine HARRISON.

5i) Frederick DITTON was born about 1841.
   

6) Robert DITTON was born about Sep 1793.

7) John DITTON was born about Nov 1795.

8) Samuel DITTON was born about Jun 1798. He married Elizabeth. They had three children all born in Oxfordshire, England:
  8a) William DITTON was born about 1831. He married ist to UNKNOWN. They had two children both born in Middlesex, England:
    8a1) Florence DITTON was born about 1852.
    8a2) Thomas DITTON was born about 1855.
  William married 2nd on 22 Feb 1857 to Anna Elizabeth WATSON.  They had three children all born in Middlesex, England:
    8a3) Elizabeth DITTON was born about 1858.
    8a4) Eugenie Mary Woodhouse DITTON was born 26 Jan 1863. She married about 1886 in London, England to James ALDOUS.
    8a5) Joseph Victor William DITTON was born about 1867. He died about Nov 1951 in Syrrey, England.
  8b) Robert DITTON was born about 1833. He married on 23 Noc 1856 in England to Mary Ann WIXON. They had a son:
    8b1) Alfred John was born about 1858 in Middlesex, England. He died on 15 Jan 1940 in Essex, England. He married about 1880 to Margaret Caroline COBB. They had four children all born in Essex, England:
      8b1a) Percy Ernest Samuel DITTON was born about 1882. He died in 1928 in Essex, England. He married in 1911 to Edwina BAKER.
      8b1b) Edgar Robert Jessie DITTON was born on 4 Aug 1884. Hw died in 1972 in Devon, England. He married in 1906 to Hilda SKY. They had a daughter:
        8b1b1) Peggy Patricia DITTON was born on 6 Feb 1907 in Devon, England. She died about Jan 1996 in Devon, England. She married in 1930 to Robert G STAMP.
    8b1c) Rosina Lily Victoria DITTON was born about 1889.  She married in 1915 to Robert LEE.
    8b1d) Maurice Alfred Hugh DITTON was born on 3 Jan 1902. He died on 8 Feb 1994 in London, England.  He married in 1931 to Eileen Aimee MacNALLY.  The family lived on and off in Londond, England and Tacoma, Washington. They had a daughter:
        8b1d1) Sally M DITTON was born about 1935 in Essex, England.
  8c) James DITTON was born about 1839.

9) Martha DITTON was born about Oct 1762.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following information is from Diane Khoury.

THOMAS DITTON, SR. (abt. 1787--1851) Emigrant ancestor from England to Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. The St. Mary, St. Marylebone, Middlesex, England (now London) parish register records his occupation as "servant" at the time of his son Thomas's baptism in 1818. Evidence suggests the family may have left London about 1827 and gone to Brighton in Sussex. There, the Ditton family became part of the Petworth Emigration Scheme sponsored by the Earl of Egremont, a wealthy English philanthropist. With the cooperation of the Anglican Church,"worthy poor" were aided in emigrating and establishing themselves in Canada.

The Ditton's sailed on "the British Tar," a small brig carrying 135 passengers, in 1834. This voyage has been described in some detail in No Trifling Matter, by Professor Sheila Haines, a book based on government and church reports as well as letters written by some of the emigrants. The emigrants dispersed to various locations after reaching Canada, the Dittons, with several other families, going to Woodstock, Ontario, where work was readily available. There, a group of retired officers from the British military were establishing "estates" and needed gardeners, carpenters, and mechanics to help maintain them. The voyage took almost seven weeks. Leaving Portsmouth in mid-April, they reached York (Toronto) via Quebec, Montreal, and Kingston, in June, then travelled overland by wagon to Blandford, Oxford County, arriving in late June. Ditton's family had grown larger during the trip from England. One week out to sea, his wife gave birth safely to a daughter. Four of their other children accompanied them on the voyage and had come down with the measles just before the ship sailed.

   Ditton evidently advanced himself by going to Canada. He became a landowner and voter, neither of which were likely possibilities for him in the England of his day. In Canada, he was described as a yeoman, one who owned the land he farmed. He received a crown deed for property in Woodstock, lot 2 west side, concession 3, in 1844. This property was bordered by Light, Henry, Graham, and Vincent streets. Although in January 1850 he mortgaged 4 acres of land in Woodstock for 25 pounds Canadian, this mortgage was discharged a year later in January 1851, and he was able to leave this property to his family when he died. As a landowner, he had the right to vote, and as a voter of Woodstock he signed a petetion protesting a parliamentary election in 1844. He died in 1851 in Woodstock, Ontario, and was buried July 1, 1851, at Old St. Paul's cemetery, Woodstock.

Petworth Emigration, 1832

Thomas DITTON, born circa 1787 in England; buried 1 July 1851 at Old St. Paul's Anglican Church, Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. He married in 1816 at St. Marylebone, Middlesex, England to Tabitha RODD. She was born circa 1790 in England. She died after 1861, probably in Ontario, Canada.
[Tabitha RODD Christening: 1 May 1791,Tiverton, Devon, England
Parents: Father: Thomas RODD Mother: Mary]

They had eight known children:

Thomas DITTON, born 10 Feb. 1818, inMiddlesex, England; died 20 Apr. 1854 at Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. He married 31 Dec. 1839 to Ann LAMPORT.

William DITTON, born 25 Nov 1819, in Middlesex, England; died circa 1847 at Goderich, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.

Lucy DITTON, born 29 Mar 1822, in Middlesex, England; died 13 Nov 1881, in Ontario, Canada. She married 28 Oct. 1841 in Woodstock, Ontario to Bernard SESSIONS.

Emma DITTON, born 29 May 1824, Middlesex, England; died 20 Jul 1902, in Ontario, Canada. She married 1st. 28 Oct. 1841 in Woodstock, Ontario to John BROWN; 2d. 19 Oct. 1849 in BrockDistrict, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada to Charles POPE.

Francis DITTON, born 9 Feb. 1828 at Brighton, Sussex, England; died 16 May 1881 in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, USA. He married his brother Thomas's widow, Ann LAMPORT, on 12 Mar. 1855 in Goderich, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.

Alfred DITTON, born 28 Apr. 1831, probably in Brighton, England; died 22 Feb. 1874, in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, USA. He married 6 Jul. 1854 at Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada, to Mary MCKAY.

Mary DITTON, christened 14 Dec. 1832 at St. Nicholas Church, Brighton, Sussex, England. She probably died in Brighton before 1834.

Mary Ann "Annie" DITTON, born 28 Apr. 1834, at sea, on "The British Tar." Died 11 Mar 1913 in Los Angeles County, CA. She married 28 Sep. 1855 at Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada, to Charles Thomas PASCOE. (note: Mary Ann was born while the family was emigrating to Canada.)

   "This is the last will and testament of Thomas Ditton of the town of Woodstock in the county of Oxford, yeoman. In the first place--I will that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid out of my estate, by my executrix and executor hereinafter named. Secondly after the payment of my just debts and funeral expenses as hereinafter mentioned--I will and bequeath to my beloved wife Tabitha to be held and enjoyed during her natural life, the north four acres of Park lot number two north of Henry Street known as lot number two in the third Range in the town of Woodstock and all other real and personal property of which at the time of my death I may be possessed. Thirdly after the death of my wife I will and bequeath the said four acres of land hereinbefore mentioned and described to my two sons Francis and Alfred, to be divided between them Francis to take the west two acres and Alfred the east two acres on which are my dwelling house and garden and bequeath to them all the residue of my personal property after my said wife's death to be equally divided between them. Subject nevertheless to this promise that during her life my said sons Francis and Alfred shall well and sufficiently and comfortably support their said mother, my wife, and also support until she be settled in life my daughter Ann. And lastly I nominate and appoint my said wife Tabitha executrix and Walter Jones of the said town of Woodstock executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking and annulling all wills codicils or testaments by me at any time heretofore made or published. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this sixteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one."

Thomas DITTON Jr. and Ann LAMPORT

Thomas DITTON, born 10 Feb. 1818, at St. Marylebone, Middlesex, England; died 20 Apr. 1854 at Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. He married 31 Dec. 1839 to Ann LAMPORT.
5 known children all born in Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario Canada:

Dan & Maria MOONMaria DITTON, B. 22 nOV 1841, Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada, d. 21 Dec 1882, Auburn, Cayuga County, NY; married 3 Aug. 1861, Auburn, NY to Daniel Moon. Both are Pictured at right circa 1861. They had 10 children. All were born in Auburn, NY, except Frank, who was born in Weedsport, NY. All are buried in Fort Hill cemetery, Auburn, NY, except William, who is buried in Soule cemetery, Cayuga County, NY. (Sources: Moon family Bible and cemetery records.):
    Frank Graham MOON b. 9 May 1862; d. 16 Feb. 1930.
    William Henry MOON b. 12 Aug 1863; d. Oct. 1942.
    Thomas Alfred MOONb. 29 Oct. 1864; d. 14 May 1943.
   Caroline Mary Moon, b. 9 Feb. 1867; d. 12 Jan. 1870
    Walter Russell MOON b. 9 Sept. 1869; d. 3 June 1956.
    Edward Howard MOON b. 29 Mar. 1872; d. 26 Apr. 1937.
    Edith Vernon MOON b. 20 June 1874; d. 27 June 1894.
    Emma Maria MOON b. 30 Sep 1878; d. 26 Sept. 1885.
    Joseph Garfield Moon, b. 28 Sept. 1880; d. 2 Jan. 1968
    Anna Isabella Moon, b. 9 Aug. 1882; d. July 1969

Ann DITTON, b. 27 Mar 1840, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada, d. 10 Feb. 1841, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.

Thomas DITTON, b. 10 Apr. 1843, Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada, d. 5 Jul. 1890, Auburn, Cayuga Co., NY; married 21 Mar. 1866, Locke, Cayuga Co., NY to Mary J. DONALD. 2 known children all b. in Cayuga Co, NY:
    Charlotte "Lottie" DITTON b. circa 1872.
    Henry T. DITTON b. circa 1876.
    Andrew C. DITTON b. circa 1886, d. circa 1942.

William DITTON, b & d. 9 Nov. 1845, Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.

Isabella DITTON, b.21 Nov. 1846, Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada, d. 20 Jul. 1910, Auburn, Cayuga Co., NY; circa 1867, Auburn, Cayuga Co., NY to Frederick R. Adams. 4 know children all b. in Cayuga Co, NY:
    Frederick ADAMS b. circa 1869.
    Gertrude ADAMS b. circa 1872.
    Florence ADAMS b. circa 1874.
    Edward H. ADAMS b. circa 1877.

Lucy DITTON and Bernard SESSIONS

Lucy DITTON, born 29 Mar 1822, in Middlesex, England; died 13 Nov 1881, in Ontario, Canada. She married 28 Oct. 1841 in Woodstock, Ontario to Bernard SESSIONS, born abt. 1815 in England, died 18 Feb 1855, in Woodstock, Oxford, County, Ontario, Canada.
6 known children:

Emma SESSIONS, b. circa 1842, Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada, d. 16 Jun 1843, Woodstock, Oxford, County, Ontario, Canada.

John SESSIONS, b. circa 1843, Woodstock, Oxford, County, Ontario, Canada. Don't know what happened to him.

George SESSIONS, b. circa 1846, Woodstock, Oxford, County, Ontario, Canada. Don't know what happened to him.

Charlotte Eliza SESSIONS, circa 1847, Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada, d. Aug. 1847, Woodstock, Oxford, County, Ontario, Canada.

William Ditton SESSIONS, b. circa 1850, Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada, d. before 1861, Woodstock, Oxford, County, Ontario, Canada.

Alfred Burnett SESSIONS, b. 27 Apr 1852, Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada, d. 7 Sep 1945, Los Angeles Co, CA; m 3 Nov 1880. in Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada to Annie Louise LAZENBY/LASENBY b. 22 May 1863, Canada, d. 5 Nov 1955, Los Angeles Co, CA.
three known children:
  Laura Lucy SESSIONS b. 22 Nov 1882, Canada; d. 3 Jul 1954, Alameda Co, CA; m Andrew W. GRIFFITH. They had a daughter Elizabeth.
  Minnie E. SESSIONS b. 15 Aug 1884, Canada; d. 21 Apr. 1974, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA; m Dec 1915, San Diego Co, CA to Merle Ashby McCREERY. Son Robert D. McCREERY (may be from an earlier marriage).
  Maude A. SESSIONS b. 26 Jan 1885, Canada or California, d. 21 May 1967, Orange Co, CA; m Clyde C. Babcock. children: Margaret b. abt 1906 & Jack G. born 11 Nov 1914 in Los Angeles.

Federal Census of 1871 (Ontario Index)
SESSIONS , LUCY
Stray: Individual bears a different surname than the head of the family
Sex: Female
Age: 49
Birthplace: ENGLAND
Religion: Church of England, Anglican
Origin: ENGLISH
District: OXFORD NORTH ( 014 )
Sub-district: Woodstock Town ( E )
Division: 2
Page: 102
Microfilm reel: C-9913
Reference: RG31 — Statistics Canada

Federal Census of 1871 (Ontario Index)
SESSONS , ALFRED
Stray: Individual bears a different surname than the head of the family
Sex: Male
Age: 17
Birthplace: ONTARIO
Religion: Church of England, Anglican
Origin: ENGLISH
Occupation: SERVANT
District: OXFORD NORTH ( 014 )
Sub-district: Woodstock Town ( E )
Division: 2
Page: 20
Microfilm reel: C-9913
Reference: RG31 — Statistics Canada

1881 Census Place: Woodstock, Oxford North, Ontario, Canada
Source: FHL Film 1375903 NAC C-13267 Dist 166 SubDist E Div 2 Page 70 Family 369, Sex Marr Age Origin Birthplace
Lucy SESSIONS F W 61 English England, Religion: Church of England
Alfred SESSIONS M M 28 English Ontario, Occ: Cabinet Maker Religion: Church of England
Ann SESSIONS F M 18 English Ontario, Religion: Church of England

Death Certificate Transcription: # 10609
Alfred Burnett Sessions d. 9/7/1945 4:30am Male Cauc.
b. 4/27/1852 Woodstock, Ontario, Canada
Lived in community 59 years Citizenship = USA Age = 93years 4months 10days
Deathplace: Pasadena Lutheran Hospital, Pasadena
Residence: 265 Hampden Terrace, Alhambra
Married Spouse; Annie L Sessions, 81 years
Occupation: Painter (retired), Housepainting
f. unknown
m. Lucy Ditton, unknown birthplace
Informant: Minnie E Mc Creery, 2879 Sunset Place, Los Angeles
Burial: 9/10/1945 Forest Lawn Cemetery
Funeral Director: Forest Lawn Memorial Park Ass'n, Glendale
Cause: Generalized arteriosclerosis
Other: Fracture of right hip
Accident: 9/31/1945 Alhambra at home yard, fell from ladder picking avocados

Death Certificate Transcription: # 19777
Annie Louise Sessions d. 11/5/1955 8:15pm
Female Cauc. Widowed b. 5/22/1863 Canada Citizen of Canada
Age =92 Occupation: Homemaker
f. David Lasenby, Canada
m. Margaret Crawford, Canada
Informant: Minnie E. McCreery
Residence:Deathplace: 101 S. Manhattan Place, Los Angeles, CA
Residence of city for 5 years
Burial: 11/9/1955 Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Mortuary: Forest Lawn Memorial Park Ass'n, Inc. Glendale
Cause: Ciruclalory failure 1day Old age (92) Arterivasclerosis years (hard to read)
Other: Senility

Emma DITTON and John BROWN

Emma DITTON, born. 29 May 1824, in, Middlesex, England; died 20 Jul 1902 in Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. Emma married 28 Oct 1841, Brock District, Ontario to John BROWN. He died before 1849, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.
3 known children:

Bernard BROWN, born. May 1842, Ontario, Canada. Married 16 May 1872, in Bates, Missouri, USA to Louisa M McLAIN b.c. 1853, Missouri, d. before 1900, Missouri.
6 known children all born in Missouri: Charlotte A. BROWN, May 1842; Emma BROWN, Nov 1874; Julia A. BROWN, Feb 1876; Fanny E. BROWN, Jul 1879; Oscar BROWN, Nov 1885; Freddy BROWN, Oct 1889.

Alfred Francis BROWN, b. 17 Apr 1844, Ontario, Canada, died 12 Jun 1903. Married 15 Dec 1869, in Norfolk, Ontario, Canada to Lucinda COOK.
One kniow child: John William BROWN b. 14 Mar 1876 in Ontario Canda, m. Lillian Beatrice NEVILL.

John BROWN, born, 03 Aug 18466, Ontario, Canada. Married 30 Mar 1881, in Middlesex, Ontario, Canada to Martha Ellen PIMPERTON.
3 known children all born in Ontario, Canada: Fred BROWN, b. 22 Oct 1882; Emma Ella BROWN, 26 Jan 1885; Carrie May BROWN, 03 Dec 1888
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Emma DITTON and Charles POPE

Emma was Charles POPE's 2d. wife and he had at least 2 sons (Charles & James) by his 1st. wife. He was born circa 1818 in England. They married 19 Oct 1849, E. Oxford, Oxford, Ontario. He was a farmer in East Oxford, near Woodstock.
6 known children all born in Ontario, Canada:

Emma POPE, b. circa 1854, d. 12 Apr 1874, Ontario Canada. Married 04 Dec 1868, in East Oxford, Ontario, Canada to David WATT.
3 known children all born in Oxford, Ontario, Canada: E. May WATT, b. 9 Nov 1870 m Samuel CLARKE; James WATT b.c. 1873; William David WATT b. 09 Jul 1874 m Bertie May CHEANEY.

Mary Ann POPE, b. 22 Jan 1854. Married 12 Apr 1876, in Middlesex, Ontario, Canada to William Albert DARVILLE.
6 known children all born in Ontario, Canada: William Smith DARVILLE, 17 Feb 1877; Sarah Annie DARVILLE, 13 Jan 1881; Louisa DARVILLE, 01 Mar 1882; Florence DARVILLE, 04 Aug 1883; Boy DARVILLE b & d 09 Jul 1885.

William POPE, b. 09 Jul 1856. Married 25 Dec 1879, in Middlesex, Ontario, Canada to Priscilla REDMAN.

Jane Ellen POPE, b. 07 Jun 1859. Married 02 Dec 1879, in Middlesex, Ontario, Canada to Robert HAVERSTOCK.
4 known children all born in Ontario, Canada:Lester Stewart HAVERSTOCK, 23 Sep 1880; Iva Maud HAVERSTOCK, 06 Jul 1882; Amy Leolia HAVERSTOCK, 18 Jul 1884; Bertha Louise HAVERSTOCK, 04 Jan 1886.

Julia POPE, b. circa 1863. Married 08 Apr 1885 in Middlesex, Ontario, Canada to Charles William WAKELING.
5 nown children all born in London Township, Middlesex, Ontario: Charles James WAKELING, 12 May 1887; Ella May WAKELING, 23 Mar 1889; Emma Elizabeth WAKELING, 03 Feb 1891; Marion WAKELING, 29 Nov 1892; Susan WAKELING, 12 Oct 1894.

Susan Sophia POPE, b. 11 Jan 1871.

Frank Ditton CW Frank Ditton

Francis DITTON and Ann LAMPORT

Francis DITTON, born 9 Feb. 1828 at Brighton, Sussex, England; died 16 May 1881 in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, USA. He married his brother Thomas's widow, Ann LAMPORT, on 12 Mar. 1855 in Goderich, Huron County, Ontario, Canada. Francis & Ann were in Auburn, Cayuga Co., NY by 1860. Francis fought in the American Civil War with Co. I of the 94th Regiment, New York Infantry. He is pictured at left in his Civil War uniform and at right in his later years. Both pictures are courtesy of Diane Khoury.

1known child:

Francis DITTON Jr., b. 13 Nov.1860, Auburn, Cayuga Co., NY, d. 1942, Auburn, Cayuga Co., NY; married circa 1899, NY to Tabithiana "Annie" DITTON, b. circa 1858, Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada, d. 1936, Auburn, Cayuga Co., NY. They had no children.

Alfred DITTON and Mary MCKAY

Alfred DITTON, born 28 Apr. 1831, probably in Brighton, England; christened there 30 Mar. 1834; died 22 Feb. 1874, at Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, USA. He married 6 Jul. 1854 at Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada, to Mary MCKAY. Alfred & Mary were still in Canada for the 1871 census.

7 known children:

Alfred William DITTON, b. circa 1855, Woodstock, Oxford Ontario, Canada, d. circa 1874-77, Auburn, Cayuga Co., NY; married Elizabeth "Libbie.

Tabithiana "Annie" DITTON, b. circa 1858, Woodstock, Oxford Ontario, Canada, d. 1936, Auburn, Cayuga Co., NY; married circa 1899, NY to Francis DITTON Jr.

Mary J. DITTON, b. circa 1859, Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada m 1884 inMarquette Mich to William LAMONT.

James Alfred DITTON, b. circa 1862, Ontario, Canada.

Margaret DITTON, b. Sep. 1864, Southampton, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada, d. circa 1929, Cayuga Co., NY, married circa 1885 to Frank L. BROWN. know of one child: Raymond BROWN, b. circa 1886.

Emma DITTON, b. circa 1867, Ontario, Canada.

Ada E. DITTON, b. circa 1870, Ontario, Canada.

Mary Ann DITTON and Charles Thomas PASCOE

Mary Ann "Annie" DITTON, born 28 Apr. 1834, at sea, on "The British Tar." , died 11 Mar. 1913 in Los Angeles Co., CA, married 28 Sep. 1855 at Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada, to Charles Thomas PASCOE. (note: Mary Ann was born while the family was emigrating to Canada.)
9 known children:

Edith Tabitha Le Pelletier PASCOE, b. 5 Jun 1857 in Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada, d. Los Angeles Co. CA, m 21 May 1878, in Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada to Robert Wesley BOWES b. 2 Oct 1855, Canada, d. 1918, Los Angeles Co, CA.

Annie Leola PASCOE, b. 22 Apr. 1859, Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada, m circa 1891, Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada to Dewitt KING.

Edward Charles PASCOE, b. 3 Nov. 1861, Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. Married 23 Jan 1889 in Greenville, Montcalm, Michigan to Lottie C. CRIPPEN.

Alfred PASCOE, b. 24 Nov. 1865, Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada, d. 9 Feb. 1945, (Puenta) Pomona, Los Angeles Co, CA; m 18 Jul. 1892 in Pomona, Los Angeles Co. CA. to Katherine Cornelia BOND, b. 16 Dec. 1870, in Minneapolis, Minn, d. 10 Aug 1946, Riverside CA.

Mary PASCOE, b. 1 Dec 1867, Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario County, Canada, m circa 1887, Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada to William Henry JOHNSON.

William PASCOE b. circa 1869, Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.

Annie PASCOE, b. 23 Aug. 1870, Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada, d. 27 Feb 1944, Orange Co, CA; m circa 1891, Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada to William DRUMM.

George J. PASCOE, b. 18 Jul 1874, Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada, d. 26 Jun 1945 San Bernardino Co, CA.

Maria Isabella PASCOE, b. 14 Dec 1874, Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada, d. 27 Oct 1939, Los Angeles, California; m 8 Aug 1900, in Los Angeles, California to William Grant LEHMAN.

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