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Plewes Family History and Research |
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| Name | Born | Arrival | Death | |
| John Plewes (father) | 1796 | 1851 | 1851 | |
| Anne Stabler Plewes (mother) | 1797 | 1851 | 1895 | |
| — | James Plewes (brother) | 1822 | c1845 | 1887 |
| — | William Plewes (brother) | 1828 | c1845 | 1895 |
| — | Simon Plewes (brother) | 1830 | 1851 | 1876 |
| — | David Plewes (brother) | 1833 | 1851 | 1905 |
| — | Isaac Warcup (brother-in-law) | 1839 | 1854 | 1924 |
Plewes family skills and education:
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This millstone is outside the Brant Historical Society and museum in Brantford. Its source is not known,
but it is typical of a grist mill (flour mill) milling stone from the 19th century.
| 1796 | Born Speeton, Yorkshire |
| 1816 | Marriage to Anne Stabler |
| 1841 | English Census, Catwick, age 44, has wife Anne and 10 children: James 19, Esther 18, Mary 16, George 14, William 12, Simon 10, David 8, Alfred 6, Hannah 4 and Charlotte 1 |
| 1851 | English Census, Catwick, age 54, has wife Anne and 6 children: Esther 27, Simon 20, David 18, Alfred 16, Hannah 13 and Charlotte 10. James and William have gone to Canada. Mary and George? |
| 1851 | Works at Mill in Acton with son Simon, possibly William and wife Anne |
| 1851 | Died, drowned in the Mill Sluise less than one year after coming to Upper Canada |
| 2011 | Mill Pond in Acton today. The mill is a modern flour mill on the same location.  |
| 1797 | Born Catfoss, Yorkshire |
| 1816 | Marriage to John Plewes |
| 1841 | English Census, Catwick, age 44, has husband John and 10 children: James 19, Esther 18, Mary 16, George 14, William 12, Simon 10, David 8, Alfred 6, Hannah 4 and Charlotte 1 |
| 1851 | English Census, Catwick, age 54, has husband John and 6 children: Esther 27, Simon 20, David 18, Alfred 16, Hannah 13 and Charlotte 10. James and William have gone to Canada. Mary and George? |
| 1851 | Works at Mill in Acton with son Simon, possibly William and wife Anne |
| 1851 | Husband John dies at the mill in Acton. This when her true character as family matriarch begins to show. |
| 1852 1876 | the Terra Cotta Years |
| 1871 | Living in Brantford with David and family |
| 1895 | Passed Away, likely Acton, Ontario |
| 1822 | Born Sigglesthorne, Yorkshire |
| 1841 | English Census, Catwick, age 19 |
| c1845 | Marriage to Sarah MacDonald |
| 1846 | Birth of first child, James S. |
| 1851 | Canada Census, Thorold, listed as Miller, living with wife Sarah, children: James S (6), Ann (4) and John (2) as well as brother Alfred (18) |
| c1880 | Kimberly Mill. It still stands today as a wine store.  |
| 1885 | Died in Dunnedin, Nottawasaga, "Falling over mill dam and exposure to water - lived 4 hours" |
| 1828 | Born Catwick, Yorkshire |
| 1841 | English Census, living in Catwick with brothers and sisters |
| 1859 | assignment of William Grigg, Bayham, to Isaac W. Plewis, Bayham, March 24, 1859; witnessed by Joseph Grawburg [?], and James Chandler; sworn before James Bentley, J.P., North Half Lot 23, Concession 9 |
| 1861 | Canada Census: Living in Bayham Ontario, listed as Mill Owner, age 33, living with A Plewes (27) (Alfred?) and Elizabeth Plewes (5) daughter? |
| 1862 | Marriage to Ameilia Francis Case of Chippewa |
| 1871 | Canada Census, London, Ontario, age 40, with wife Amelia F (28), children David (6), Eber (4) Edmondson (2) and Clara (3 mo). Also, Elizabeth (14), who is she? |
| 1884 | Death Records, 20 Jul 1884 George aged 6 days, 2 Aug 1884 Esther Jane, aged 27 (mother). All lived at lot 7 concession 18, Middlesex |
| 1886 | MeadowLily Mill  |
| 1891 | Canada Census, London, Ontario, age 61, with wife Amelia F (49), children Ethel (10), Pearl (6) Hever (24) |
| 1895 | Died London, Ontario, buried Mount Pleasant Cemetery, London |
| 1830 | Born Catwick, Yorkshire |
| 1841 | English Census, Catwick, age 11 |
| 1851 | English Census, Catwick, age 21 |
| 1851 | Works at Mill in Acton with father John Plewes |
| 1863 | Marriage to Janet Smith of Salmonville (now Terra Cotta) |
| c1869 | Built a magnificent home  |
| 1876 | Died, drowned in the Mill Sluise |
| 1922 | Janet Smith Plewes passed away in Toronto |
| 1833 | Born Catwick, Yorkshire |
| 1841 | English Census, Catwick, age 8 |
| 1851 | English Census, Catwick, age 18 |
| c1854 | Marriage to Nancy Cleaver, no record found |
| 1854 | Acquired Property with James Cleaver (father of Nancy) near Caro Michigan |
| 1856 | First Daughter Mary, born Halton, likely Lowville |
| 1861 | James Cleaver and family living in Nelson; David and Nancy taken over Lowville Mill? |
| 1867 | David purchases Holmedale Mills, listed address on Colborne Street, likely the warehouse. Holmedale was producing 1,000 barrels of flour per week. |
| 1868 | Kerby Mill c1898  |
| 1869 | Town Councillor Brantford through to 1871 |
| c1871 | Builds house at 104 Brant Avenue, listed as partner with Isaac Warcup, warehouse on Colborne |
| 1871 | Census, living in Brantford with wife, nine children and mother Anne and servant, Fanny Johnston |
| 1881 | Census, living in Brantford with wife and twelve children |
| 1881 | office at Market and Park in Hamilton (now Copps Coliseum site), partner with George Snider from St Jacobs |
| 1882 | Office at 47 Colborne Street to 1884 |
| 1883 | Financial difficulties after Winnipeg lumber operation (partners Mann and Peer) fails |
| 1885 | Purchases the Salmonville Grist Mills from his brother's estate (Acton Free press, November 19) |
| 1885 1887 | Evidence of several houses in city directory. Office on south side of Colborne near King, home on Brant Avenue near Palace and on Chestnut Avenue, both east and west side of Newton near Chestnut (Newton is now 1 block of Chestnut near Palmerston), east side of Brant near Henrietta and possibly south side of Darling. |
| 1886 | At 140 York in London, partner with William. (This item might be David S Plewes?) |
| 1888 | Alderman, City of Brantford |
| 1889 | Open letter to western Ontario farmers: Sow less barley, American purchases are down; sow more early spring wheat avoiding the hard varieties. |
| 1890 | Dominion Millers Association, Room 17, Imperial Bank Building, Toronto |
| 1891 | Census, living in Brantford with wife and six children |
| 1891 | Traveller to England with wife Nancy and daughter Sarah |
| 1892 | Dominion Millers Association, 513 Board of Trade Building, Toronto |
| 1894 | Many Plewe's living at 9 Napoleon (now Dufferin between Lorne Crescent) in Brantford |
| 1895 | Travel to England with sister Annie and daughter Mary |
| 1897 | Wife Nancy passes away in Toronto |
| 1900 | Home listed as 101 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto |
| 1901 | Living in Toronto, 193 Parkside Drive, with daughter Mary, Sarah and son David. |
| 1905 | Lives with daughter at 41 Lorne Crescent, for dying weeks |
| 1905 | August, Interment Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto |
| 1837 |  Born Hull, Yorkshire.
Isaac is included here because he is a brother-in-law to the Plewes' and has many partnerships with David.
Milton, Brantford, and Campbellville appear to be some form of partnership with Isaac. The Brantford partnership may be in retail only.
Although there is no direct evidence it is strongly suspected that the Oakville milling operation is a partnership with David Plewes. |
| 1851 | English Census, living in Hornsea age 13 with father Isaac and three sisters |
| 1854 | 19 May 1854 arrives New York from Liverpool. Appears to be travelling alone. |
| 1861 | Marriage to Charlotte Plewes of Catwick (sister of the other Plewes miller brothers) |
| 1861 | A history prepared by A Calvert. It appears credible. |
| 1924 1926 |  Died on this 85th birthday, Oakville, Ontario. Charlotte Plewes Warcup passed away. Interred at St Judes in Oakville. |