The Lipsit's of Detroit

I have been working a family tree dedicated to my father Mason B. Lipsit. He was born near Mount Brydges, Caradoc Township, Ontario, Canada in 1896. The Lipsit family reunion was the oldest family reunion in the province of Ontario. For over 75 years it took place at Springbank Park in London, Ontario and later at Lion's Park in Mount Brydges.

Jane (Yeager) Lipsit (my father Mason's grandmother) was one of 16 children. In 1845 Jane married Lewis Lipsit (the son of William Lipsit who joined the British army during the American revolution and was discharged in Nova Scotia after serving in the war of 1812 as a Colonel). In 1859 Jane and Lewis moved from Saltfleet Township (near Dundas - west of Niagra Falls) to a 100 acre farm in Caradoc Township, Middlesex County, Ontario (the south half of Lot 19, Concession III) east of Mnt. Brydges. They took out a mortgage of $ 140.00 to pay for it. In 1872 Lewis died leaving Jane a widow at 45 with 13 children aged 4 to 26. She died in 1916 at age 90 with 41 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren. Jane's children started the Lipsit reunion and lived to an average age of 75 (61 to 89).

My mother, Elsie Louise Leslie, was born in the Mattapan district of Boston, Mass. in 1897. James Leslie (Laslle) (my mother Elsie's grandfather) was one of 13 children born in Nova Scotia, Canada. After his 1st wife died, he married Eliza Crowell, 19 years his junior and continued with 11 more children. The last was born when James was 61 years old. He lived to age 89. Eliza's grandfather, Ebenezer Crowell, moved from Yarmouth Massachusets to Nova Scotia after the Revolutionary War.

I have deleted my family tree files from the website, but would be willing to share information with anyone doing genealogical research.

I would appreciate any help with information on any of the families that are represented here. Some of them include:

o Hinkley o Soule o Dunham o Burton
o Shotwell o Freeman o Wright o Smith
o Baxter o Green o Shea o Yeager
o Northcott o Leslie o Lassle o Crowell
o Lawton o Tilley o Mathie o McFarland
o Shuert o Charnley o Miller o Pierce
o Wells

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You can email me at:
jimlipsit at comcast dot net
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Books

• The Lipsit's of Detroit (view PDF)

Family Photos

• Elsie on Revere Beach - 1914 (111 KB)
  Mom was 17 at the ocean near Boston when the camera captured her with the latest swim wear including shoes and the latest digital, waterproof watch. Always ahead of technology! The dog was a robot too!
• Mason Lipsit ~ 1946 (14 KB)
  This was taken in the living room during our home photo processing days.
• Jane Yeagar & her children ~ 1890 (133 KB)
  Jane (Mason's grandmother) with twelve of her thirteen children.
• Elsie Lipsit ~ 1952 (20 KB)
  This was taken at a cider mill outside of Detroit. Nice hat Mom !
• Caradoc Township, Ontario 1878 (2510 KB)
  This map shows Caradoc Township farms in 1878. Mason Lipsit was born on what is shown as William Northcott's (Mason's mother's father) farm on the 4th (IV) Concession/Lot 16 (triangle shaped lot). Use the scroll bars on your browser to locate the lot.
• Detroit Lipsits ~ 1958 (14 KB)
  Elsie, Mace, Bob, Jim & Dick at Bob & Margaret's house in Wyandotte, Mi.
• The ship "Hercules" in Naples (19 KB)
  Samuel Hinckley, Mason's 7th great-grandfather, left Sandwich, England for New England in March 1634/5 on the Hercules with wife Sara and children Susan, Sara & Mary & niece Elizabeth. Samuel's son Thomas was the last Governor of the Plymouth Colony.
• Our house on Wildemere (17 KB)
  15505 Wildemere. 1959 Ford. Notice the block path on the left was for a wheelbarrow to dump coal into the basement coal bin. Dad updated to gas after I started a fire messin' with the hot coals (always advancing technology). The estate was forward thinking with "near" zero lot lines, excellence in horticultural presentations and bedroom escape paths onto the roof in case of fire or nights too hot to sleep indoors.
• The ship "Gale" (16 KB)
  The Gale brought 123 families of "Foreign Protestants" from Rotterdam, Holland to Halifax, Nova Scotia in June of 1751 including a 22 year old carpenter from Wurtemberg, Germany - Marcus Godfried Lassle (Leslie) - Elsie Leslie's 2nd great-grandfather.
• Mace's Store on Fenkell (41 KB)
  Dad is seated. Mr. Oak is behind the counter of this corner candy, ice cream and patent medicine store (Courtesy Home Service @ 3300 Fenkell in Detroit). ~ 1948. Dad worked seven days a week (10 am to 10pm Mon thru Sat and noon to 8pm on Sun).
• Charles & Mary Lipsit ~ 1883 (25 KB)
  This is Mason's parents. Charles Lipsit and Mary Northcott. She died when my father was 4 years old.
• Frank & Mary Leslie ~ 1885 (26 KB)
  This is Elsie's parents. Frank Leslie and Mary Lawton.
• Lipsit Family 1973 (54 KB)
  Everyone but Dad. From L to R, Dick, Margaret II (Jim's), Karen, Margaret I (Bob's), Elsie, Robert Jr. (Chuck), Linda, Jim, Cathy, Nancy, Carol & Bob. In the front: Jim (when he was Jimmy), Bill, Dan & baby Jean. Taken on Easter 1973 in Dick & Carol's backyard in Winter Park, Fl
• Elsie Leslie's home - Boston. (281 KB)
  This is where Elsie grew up at 53 Cook St. (now Cookson Terrace) in the Mattapan area of Boston ~ 1910. It housed four families.

Related Links

• My son Jim's (James Mason Lipsit) Web Page - KOOL
• McFarland Family Tree Web Site
• Leslie/Crowell (Elsie Lipsit ancestors) Web Site
• County Atlas (Maps) & people search for Ontario (~1880)