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5. MARTHA² BOBIER (GREGORY¹) was born 1801, and died 1874. She married JOHN MILES FARLAND Abt. 1821. He was born 1790 in Ayrshire, Scotland, and died 1838 in Euphemia Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.

More About JOHN MILES FARLAND:
Education: Graduate of Edinburgh University in Scotland
Occupation: 1824, Taught (boys' ?) school in his own house (lot 15, con. 11)

Children of MARTHA BOBIER and JOHN FARLAND are:

26.	i.		MARY ANNE³ FARLAND, b. April 01, 1824, Port Talbot, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada; d. May 26, 1909.
	ii.		HENRY LESLIE FARLAND, b. Abt. 1825.

More About HENRY LESLIE FARLAND:
Christened: November 13, 1825, By Rev. Alexander Mackintosh
Individual Note: November 13, 1825, Sponsors at christening were Leslie Patterson, William Buchanan and Lydia Patterson
Individual Note (2): Apparently died young

iii.

MARGARET FARLAND, b. Abt. 1828.

More About MARGARET FARLAND:
Christened: April 13, 1828, By Rev. Alexander Mackintosh
Individual Note: April 13, 1828, Sponsors at christening were Walter and Mary Patterson and Margaret Bobier

27.	iv.		MARIA LAIZA FARLAND, b. July 20, 1829, Canada.
	v.		ELIZABETH FARLAND, b. January 02, 1831.

More About ELIZABETH FARLAND:
Christened: January 30, 1831, By Rev. Burnham
Individual Note: January 30, 1831, Sponsors at christening were Joseph and Mary Patterson and Hannah Patterson

vi.

CAROLINE FARLAND, b. March 18, 1832.

More About CAROLINE FARLAND:
Christened: May 06, 1832, By Rev. Burnham
Individual Note: May 06, 1832, Sponsors at christening were Joshua Bobier, Elizabeth Weldon and Nancy Patterson

vii.

MATILDA FARLAND, m. TUBBS.

6. JOHN² BOBIER (GREGORY¹) was born December 22, 1804 in Wexford County, Ireland, and died February 25, 1882 in Ontario, Canada. He married (1) MATILDA SCARLETT June 21, 1829 in Port Talbot, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada. She was born March 1811 in Canada or England, and died 1857 in Reeder Township, Anderson County, Kansas. He married (2) CAROLINE MANNEY February 02, 1869. She was born April 1816 in Ireland, and died 1916.

Notes for JOHN BOBIER:
The following entry was listed in the Lambton County (Ontario, Canada) 1880 Atlas/History:

JOHN BOBIER, of Florence, is a gentleman who has secured a creditable pecuniary position, as well as an enviable reputation as a man and a citizen, by his own unaided efforts.
Arriving from Ireland (where he was born in the County Wexford in 1804) in a condition of extreme poverty, he was obliged to travel on foot with his father's family from the City of New York to Canada, where, after their arrival, they located near Port Talbot, in Elgin Co. There the subject of this sketch attained his majority, after which he removed to that portion of the Township of Euphemia since set off as the Township of Zone, where settlers were few and far between in that region, and the present site of Florence was a wilderness. In his new location Mr. Bobier commenced the life of a pioneer, and successfully coped with the freaks of fortune through a long period of privations.
Desiring greater latitude for farming operations, he removed to Kansas soon after the admission of that State to the Union, but not relishing the wild aspect of "life on the border," he returned to Canada, where he has since continued to reside, a portion of the time at Newbury, Middlesex Co., and latterly in retirement in Florence, where he is justly esteemed for his intelligence and social qualities.
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The following excerpt, found under "The Bobier Family," was taken from the book "The Dixon County History", published in 1982:

The Nebraska Bobiers all seem to have a common ancestor. He was John Bobier, who was born in 1804 in Wexford County, Ireland, and emigrated to Canada in 1816, eventually settling in the Village of Florence in Ontario, Canada. John's ancestors were French Huguenots driven to Ireland some generations before his birth. His family was so poor that they were obliged to travel by foot from their port of entry, New York City, to Canada.
John married Matilda Scarlet, believed to be the daughter of a John Alfred and Lady Elizabeth (Meredith) Scarlet, in 1829. Matilda was of English descent. John and Matilda (Scarlet) Bobier had fifteen children between the years 1830 and 1853: Lucy Ann (Potter), Hannah (Ward), William Henry, Emily (Dygart-Bentley), John, Richard, Alfred, Matilda (Bolton), Lorinda (Mitton), George Washington, Eliza Martha (Huston), Maria (Bloom), Isaac, Francanna, and Margaret (Johnston-Leitch). Many of these children came to the United States, including Emily, Alfred, Matilda, George Washington, and Isaac. Isaac, in particular, was responsible for many Dakota County Bobier descendants.
(Submitted by Susan T. Meier)

More About JOHN BOBIER:
Burial: Ontario, Canada
Christened: December 30, 1804, St. Mary's Parish, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland
Individual Note: February 25, 1882, Died in either Lambton County or Kent County
Individual Note (2): Arrived in Reeder Township, Anderson County, Kansas, shortly after April 1856

More About MATILDA SCARLETT:
Burial: July 19, 1857, Reeder Township, Anderson County, Kansas
Individual Note: Possibly born in 1814
Individual Note (2): 1857, Died of "consumption" (pulmonary tuberculosis) and was recorded as the first death in Reeder Township

More About CAROLINE MANNEY:
Individual Note: Birthdate also seen as February 12, 1816
Individual Note (2): Marriage info for John and Caroline also seen as married in Canada in Feb. 1868
Religion: Methodist

Children of JOHN BOBIER and MATILDA SCARLETT are:

28.	i.	LUCY ANN³ BOBIER, b. May 26, 1830, Euphemia Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.
29.	ii.	HANNAH BOBIER, b. October 29, 1831, Euphemia Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada; d. Euphemia Township, Canada West.
	iii.	WILLIAM HENRY BOBIER, b. March 02, 1833, Ontario, Canada; m. MARY; b. 1845.
30.	iv.	MARTHA EMILY BOBIER, b. February 02, 1834, Canada; d. December 29, 1912, Wayne, Wayne County, Nebraska.
31.	v.	JOHN BOBIER, b. August 1835, Ontario, Canada.
32.	vi.	JOSEPH RICHARD BOBIER, b. April 19, 1837, Florence, Euphemia Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada; d. March 30, 1914, Asher, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.
33.	vii.	ALFRED M. BOBIER, b. March 05, 1839, Ontario, Canada; d. February 15, 1894, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska.
34.	viii.	MATILDA BOBIER, b. January 26, 1841, Canada.
35.	ix.	LORENDA BOBIER, b. September 04, 1842, Ontario, Canada; d. January 27, 1867, Canada (?).
36.	x.	GEORGE WASHINGTON BOBIER, b. August 13, 1844, Florence, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada; d. April 06, 1930, Florida.
37.	xi.	ELIZA MARTHA BOBIER, b. May 07, 1847, Euphemia Township, Ontario, Canada; d. September 28, 1909, Canada.
38.	xii.	MARIA H. BOBIER, b. December 30, 1848, Euphemia Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada; d. November 12, 1911, Canada.
39.	xiii.	ISAAC NEWTON PALMER BOBIER, b. February 19, 1851, Euphemia Township (Florence), Lambton County, Ontario, Canada; d. July 30, 1890, (sister Eliza's home) Florence, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.
	xiv.	FRANCANNA BOBIER, b. August 07, 1852, Ontario, Canada.
40.	xv.	MARGARET BOBIER, b. September 07, 1853, Ontario, Canada; d. May 17, 1928.

7. ANNE² BOBIER (GREGORY¹) was born October 10, 1810 in Wexford County, Ireland, and died February 23, 1846 in Euphemia Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. She married RICHARD FANSHER July 14, 1831 in Dawn Township, Lambton County (or Bothwell County), Ontario, Canada. He was born November 15, 1803 in Montgomery County, New York, and died July 19, 1877 in Euphemia Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.

More About RICHARD FANSHER:
Individual Note: September 29, 1846, Remarried to Cynthia Scott after first wife's death; two children
Individual Note (2): 1849, Married a third time to Mary Watts Ryckman; two children

Children of ANNE BOBIER and RICHARD FANSHER are:

41.	i.		DAVID WOLCOTT³ FANSHER, b. April 19, 1834, Euphemia Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada; d. February 1873, Junietta, Nebraska.
	ii.		RICHARD FANSHER, b. July 20, 1836, Euphemia Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada; d. Bef. 1840, Euphemia Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.

More About RICHARD FANSHER:
Individual Note: Died in infancy

42.	iii.	WILLIAM HENRY FANSHER, b. October 28, 1838, Euphemia Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada; d. March 25, 1898, Hyde Park, California.
43.	iv.	ARTHUR FANSHER, b. March 18, 1840, Euphemia Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.
	v.	MARTHA FANSHER, b. April 20, 1841, Euphemia Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada; d. Bef. 1844, Euphemia Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.
	vi.	EMILY FANSHER, b. April 13, 1842, Euphemia Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada; d. Bef. 1850, Euphemia Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.
	vii.	ELIZABETH AURORA FANSHER, b. May 05, 1843, Euphemia Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada; m. CHRISTOPHER SMITH BENJAMIN, August 29, 1863, Kalamazoo, Michigan; b. December 02, 1833.

More About ELIZABETH AURORA FANSHER:
Individual Note: Three children
Individual Note (2): 1877, Lived at Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska

More About CHRISTOPHER SMITH BENJAMIN:
Individual Note: Another researcher has his surname as Christophers but did not give a first name

44.	viii.		MARGARET MARIA FANSHER, b. October 24, 1844, Euphemia Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.
	ix.		ANNE FANSHER, b. January 17, 1846, Euphemia Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada; d. April 11, 1878, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska.

8. ARTHUR² BOBIER (GREGORY¹) was born May 08, 1815 in Dublin, Ireland, and died February 21, 1888 in London, Ontario, Canada. He married (1) HANNAH D. SCARLETT July 13, 1834 in Zone, Kent County, Ontario, Canada. She was born 1817 in Wales (?), and died 1852. He married (2) MARY JANE LENOVER 1852. She was born June 18, 1833 in Ontario, Canada, and died September 17, 1908 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.

More About ARTHUR BOBIER:
Burial: Dresden, Ontario, Canada
Individual Note: February 21, 1888, Died at 3:30 p.m. due to inflamation and a general breaking up of the system
Individual Note (2): February 21, 1888, Died at the home of his son, Alexander Q. Bobier, while there on a visit
Military service: Obituary states he "shouldered a musket in defence of his country"
Occupation: Extensive business in farming, grape culture, etc.
Religion: Member of the Methodist church for 51 years

More About HANNAH D. SCARLETT:
Burial: Dresden, Ontario, Canada
Individual Note: Apparently came from Chatham, Ontario, Canada, according to husband's obituary
Individual Note (2): 1852, Died in the summer

Marriage Notes for ARTHUR BOBIER and HANNAH SCARLETT:
Witnesses at Arthur and Hannah's marriage were John Moorhouse and John Bobier.

More About MARY JANE LENOVER:
Burial: Dresden, Ontario, Canada
Individual Note: Apparently came from Florence, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada
Individual Note (2): June 18, 1833, Place of birth also seen as Wexford County (or Dublin), Ireland

Children of ARTHUR BOBIER and HANNAH SCARLETT are:

	i.	WILLIAM HENRY³ BOBIER, b. 1835; d. 1835.
45.	ii.	WINIFRED BOBIER, b. September 09, 1836; d. September 27, 1911, North Dresden, Ontario, Canada.
	iii.	JANE BOBIER, b. 1837; d. 1848.
46.	iv.	HESTER BOBIER, b. 1839; d. November 11, 1918, Harney (?), North Dakota.
	v.	ALFRED M. BOBIER, b. February 02, 1841; d. March 05, 1863.
47.	vi.	EDWARD C. BOBIER, b. 1842, Euphemia Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada; d. 1897.
	vii.	ELIZA H. BOBIER, b. 1847; d. July 13, 1864.
	viii.	HANNAH BOBIER, b. November 01, 1848.
	ix.	MARGARET M. BOBIER, b. 1850; d. March 04, 1862.

More About MARGARET M. BOBIER:
Individual Note: Another researcher gives year of birth as 1843

48.

ARTHUR BOBIER II, b. May 26, 1851, Shetland, Ontario, Canada; d. December 17, 1928, Kent Bridge, Ontario, Canada.

Children of ARTHUR BOBIER and MARY LENOVER are:

xi.

LOMILA³ BOBIER, b. November 22, 1853; d. February 10, 1896; m. DONALD MCKELLAR.

More About LOMILA BOBIER:
Residence: 1888, Living on River Road at Chatham, Ontario, Canada

49.	xii.	ALEXANDER QUINN BOBIER, b. March 04, 1856; d. February 25, 1922.
	xiii.	APPLETON ALONZO BOBIER, b. July 27, 1858; d. March 13, 1862.
	xiv.	THADDEUS D. BOBIER, b. May 22, 1860; d. October 06, 1861.
	xv.	MARY ARMELIA BOBIER, b. June 19, 1862; d. January 15, 1938; m. JOSEPH P. WELLS.

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