The following material
on the immediate ancestry of
Shania Twain
should not be considered either
exhaustive or authoritative, but
rather as a first draft.
Michael Meggison and Yvonne Demoskoff
contributed to this report.
| Ancestry of Shania Twain | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Eilleen Regina Edwards ("Shania Twain"), b. Windsor, Ont., 28 Aug. 1965 |
| PARENTS | |
| 2 |
Clarence Edwards,
b. ...
m. Garson, Sudbury Dist., Ont., ... 1964, div. ... |
| 3 | Sharon Morrison, b. Vita, Man., 4 June 1945, d. ... 1 Nov. 1987 [she m. (2) Jerry Twain, d. 1 Nov. 1987] |
| GRANDPARENTS | |
| 4 |
Harold Edwards,
b. Pembroke, Renfrew Co., Ont., 26 Jan. 1905
[delayed birth registration 250369-68],
d. ...
m. Kapuskasing, Cochrane District, Ont., ... 1927 |
| 5 | Regina Benson, b. ... [ca. 1912], d. ... 1997 |
| 6 |
George Bertram Morrison,
b. Nipissing District, Ont., 15 March 1906 [cert #033136],
d. ...
m. |
| 7 | Eileen Pearce, b. Newbridge, co. Kildare, 10 April 1911, d. ... |
| GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 8 |
Thomas Garland Edwards,
b. Alice, Renfrew Co., Ont., 29 Aug. 1881 [cert #030612],
d. ...
m. Alice, Renfrew Co., Ont., 3 Nov. 1904 [cert. #016650] |
| 9 | Mary Irving, b. Alice, Renfrew Co., Ont., 18 July 1882 d. ... |
| 12 |
James Bertram Morrison,
b. Baltimore, Ont., 18 Nov. 1874,... [ca. 1876],
d. ...
m. Sturgeon Falls, Nipissing District, Ont., 28 March 1900 |
| 13 | Mary Elizabeth Brisbois, b. Peterborough, Ont., 14 May 1877, d. ... |
| 14 |
Francis George ("Frank") Pearce,
b. ... 1887,
d. ...
m. St. Michael's, Aldershot, 2 Oct. 1909 |
| 15 | Lottie Louise Reeves, b. Weybourne, Norfolk, ... 1888, d. ... |
| GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 16 |
Jacob Edwards,
b. ... [ca. 1844],
d. ... [by 1901]
m. |
| 17 | Susan Kidd, b. ... , Ont., 4 Sept. 1854, d. ... [living 1935] |
| 18 |
Patrick Irving,
b. Alice, Renfrew Co., Ont., ... 1849,
d. Alice, Renfrew Co., Ont., 7 Jan. 1900 [cert #023792]
m. Pembroke, Renfrew Co., Ont., 1 Feb. 1873 [cert #011181] |
| 19 | Mary Ann Howard, b. Chapeau, Iles aux Allumettes, Ottawa [later Pontiac] Co., Ont., 24 July 1852, d. ... 1935 |
| 24 |
James Morrison,
b. ... , Ireland, ... [ca. 1838],
d. ...
m. Port Hope, Northumberland Co., Ont., 28 June 1874 |
| 25 | Jane Donaldson, b. Peterborough, Peterborough Co., Ont., ... [ca. 1847], d. ... |
| 26 |
Moise Brisebois,
b. St-Timothée, Beauharnois Co., QC, ... April 1852,
d. Sturgeon Falls, Nipissing, Ont., 9 Oct. 1929 [cert #025361]
m. |
| 27 | Hester Anne Firmin, b. Healey Falls, Northumberland Co., Ont., 10 May 1856, d. Cache Bay, Nipissing District, Ont., 9 May 1926 [cert #023819] |
| 30 |
Sidney Reeves,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
| 31 | ... , b. ... , d. ... |
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 32 |
Richard Edwards,
b. Honey Hill, Castlewarn, co. Kilkenny, ... [ca. 1800],
d. Pembroke, Renfrew Co., Ont., 28 Feb. 1888 [cert. #015819]
m. Franktown, Lanark Co., Ont., 9 Nov. 1825 |
| 33 | Elizabeth Saunders, b. Knockalane, co. Kilkenny, ... [ca. 1803], d. Alice, Renfrew Co., Ont., 15 July 1877 [cert. #013302] |
| 36 |
William Irving,
b. ... , Ireland, ... [ca. 1809],
d. Alice, Renfrew Co., Ont., 4 July 1881 [cert #016694]
m. |
| 37 | Mary Nash, b. ... , Ireland, ... [ca. 1820], d. Wylie, Renfrew Co., Ont., 11 Feb. 1914 [cert #027573] |
| 38 |
Richard Howard,
b. ... , Ireland, ... [ca. 1813],
d. Chapeau, Iles des Allumettes, Pontiac Co., Québec, 11 Dec. 1903
m. Basilique Notre-Dame, Ottawa, 4 Aug. 1846 |
| 39 | Anne Maloney, b. ... , Ireland, ... [ca. 1826], d. Chapeau, Iles des Allumettes, Pontiac Co., Québec, 8 Oct. 1913 |
| 48 |
John Morrison,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
| 49 | Sarah ... , b. ... , d. ... |
| 50 |
William Donaldson,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
| 51 | Sarah ... , b. ... , d. ... |
| 52 |
Eusèbe Brisebois,
b. ... [ca. 1828],
d. ...
m. St-Timothée, Beauharnois Co., QC, 11 Nov. 1851 |
| 53 | Zoé Charbonneau, bapt. St. Eustache, Deux Montagnes Co., Québec, 2 Aug. 1826, d. St-Timothée, Beauharnois Co., QC, 7 March 1861 |
| 54 |
George Firmin,
b. ... , Ont., ... [ca. 1833],
d. ... [1881-1891]
m. |
| 55 | Harriet Brabant, b. ... , Ont., 13 Nov. 1835, d. Peterborough, Peterborough Co., Ont., 26 May 1912 [cert #026154] |
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 74 |
James Nash,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
| 75 | ... , b. ... , d. ... |
| 76 |
Thomas Howard,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
| 77 | Helen Walsh, b. ... , d. ... |
| 78 |
Brian Maloney,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
| 79 | Honora ... , b. ... , d. ... |
| 104 |
François Brisebois,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
| 105 | Euphronsine ... , b. ... , d. ... |
| 106 |
Antoine Charbonneau,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. St. Eustache, Deux Montagnes Co., Québec, 7 Jan. 1823 |
| 107 | Maria Lagarde, b. ... , d. ... |
| 110 |
Joseph Brabant,
b. ... [ca. 1811],
d. Douro, Peterborough Co., Ont., 26 Sept. 1885 [cert #014785]
m. |
| 111 | Hester Leduc, b. ... [ca. 1814], d. ... [before 1881] |
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 212 |
François Charbonneau,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
| 213 | Marie Silvestre, b. ... , d. ... |
| 214 |
Paul Lagarde dit St-Jean,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
| 215 | Marguerite Poirier dite Deloge, b. ... , d. ... |
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
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