Robert A POLLEY

1844 - 1918  (73 years)

• Name	Robert A POLLEY  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	4 Jul 1844	Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5, 6]
  	Death certificate lists "Coldburg, Ont" (likely meaning Cobourg) but other information on certificate is inaccurate. Info would have been given by his then wife so the likely didn't know the complete picture.
  Gender	Male
  _FSFTID	MJ1S-489
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MJ1S-489
  _UID	0AB9F20A55D749DC887104DA902E881542A4
  Residence	1861	Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  		1861 Census Robert POLLEY Mary Ann nee HACKETT and Family.jpg
  Occupation	1871	Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Farmer
  		1871 Census Robert POLLEY and Mary Ann nee HACKETT.jpg
  Residence	1871	Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  		1871 Census Robert POLLEY and Mary Ann nee HACKETT.jpg
  Immigration	Abt 1874  [7]
  	Canada to USA
  Occupation	Michigan, USA   [6]
  	Carpenter
  		Robert A Polley Jr Death Certificate.jpg
  Occupation	Farmer
  Residence	1866-1874	Cramahe Twp, Northumberland Co, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1876	Michigan City, LaPorte, Indiana, USA
  	Son Arthur's Birth
  Residence	1874-Dec 1879  [7]
  	USA
  Occupation	1880	Reynolds, Howard City, Montcalm, Michigan, USA   [8]
  	Carpenter
  		1880 Census Robert A Polley.jpg
  Residence	1880	Reynolds, Howard City, Montcalm, Michigan, USA   [8]
  	In the home of Rinard and Catherine MABEE
  		1880 Census Robert A Polley.jpg
  Occupation	1900	Howard City, Montcalm, Michigan, USA   [9]
  	Carpenter
  		1900 Census Robert Polley and Family.jpg
  Residence	1900	Howard City, Montcalm, Michigan, USA   [9]
  		1900 Census Robert Polley and Family.jpg
  Occupation	1910	Howard City, Montcalm, Michigan, USA   [10]
  	Farmer
  		1910 Census Robert Polley and Family.jpg
  Residence	1910	Howard City, Montcalm, Michigan, USA   [10]
  		1910 Census Robert Polley and Family.jpg
  Occupation	1918	Michigan, USA   [6]
  	Farmer
  	From death certificate "Has farmed for past few years"
  		Robert A Polley Jr Death Certificate.jpg
  Religion	Church of England
  Residence	1878-20 Mar 1918	Howard City, Montcalm, Michigan, USA   [6]
  	According to death certificate he lived in the city for "about 40 years"
  		Robert A Polley Jr Death Certificate.jpg
  Death	20 Mar 1918	Howard City, Montcalm, Michigan, USA   [6]
  	Cause: Softening of Brain, Thrombosis
  		Robert A Polley Jr Death Certificate.jpg
  Burial	23 Mar 1918	Howard City, Montcalm, Michigan, USA   [6]
  	Reynolds Cemetery
  		Robert A Polley Jr Death Certificate.jpg
  		Robert A POLLEY JR Grave.jpg
  Person ID	I4741	Ryeland Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Robert A POLLEY,   b. Aft Apr 1801, Ireland d. 10 Apr 1892, Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann HACKETT,   b. 23 Nov 1810, County of Monaghan, Ireland d. 8 May 1887, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland Co, Ontario, Canada (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	27 Feb 1833	Lansingburgh, Rensselaer, New York, USA   [11, 12, 13]
  	"- Married - In this town, Mr Robert POLLY to Miss Mary Ann HACKET, both of Lansingburgh." - Lansingburgh Gazett March 19th 1833 No 85 At Lansingburgh Feb 27 1883 Mr Robert Polley and Miss Mary Ann Hackett both of said town were married according to the rites of the *** Church Trinity Episcopal Church is the Episcopal church in the area at the time and would be the most likely place for their marriage. However it burned down in 1868 and others have indicated that all the records were lost at that time.
  		Robert A Polley Mary Ann Hackett Marriage.png
  Family ID	F1329	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Melissa MOORE,   b. 1845, Whitby, , Ontario, Canada d. 12 Jan 1880, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland Co, Ontario, Canada (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	12 Aug 1867	Haldimand, Northumberland West, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Children	1. Arthur Sandford POLLEY,   b. 4 Jan 1876, Michigan City, LaPorte, Indiana, USA d. 10 Nov 1963, Toronto, , Ontario, Canada (Age 87 years)
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F1527	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Rosa Alice RUBLE,   b. 4 Apr 1865, Ohio, USA d. 1 Sep 1951, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	Sep 1882	Howard City, Montcalm, Michigan, USA   [4]
  Children	1. Mabel M POLLEY,   b. 5 Jul 1884, Howard City, Montcalm, Michigan, USA d. 1 Jan 1974, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA (Age 89 years)   2. Lena B POLLEY,   b. 29 Aug 1887, Howard City, Montcalm, Michigan, USA d. 6 May 1971, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F1949	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Jul 1844 - Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1861 - Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada Marriage - 12 Aug 1867 - Haldimand, Northumberland West, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1871 - Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1871 - Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Carpenter - - Michigan, USA Residence - 1866-1874 - Cramahe Twp, Northumberland Co, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1876 - Michigan City, LaPorte, Indiana, USA Occupation - Carpenter - 1880 - Reynolds, Howard City, Montcalm, Michigan, USA Residence - 1880 - Reynolds, Howard City, Montcalm, Michigan, USA Marriage - Sep 1882 - Howard City, Montcalm, Michigan, USA Occupation - Carpenter - 1900 - Howard City, Montcalm, Michigan, USA Residence - 1900 - Howard City, Montcalm, Michigan, USA Occupation - Farmer - 1910 - Howard City, Montcalm, Michigan, USA Residence - 1910 - Howard City, Montcalm, Michigan, USA Occupation - Farmer - 1918 - Michigan, USA Residence - 1878-20 Mar 1918 - Howard City, Montcalm, Michigan, USA Death - Cause: Softening of Brain, Thrombosis - 20 Mar 1918 - Howard City, Montcalm, Michigan, USA Burial - 23 Mar 1918 - Howard City, Montcalm, Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  -Cobourg - Arrest for Forgery - On Christmas eve, Constable W. Orr went to Cramahe, about a mile and a half below Castleton, and arrested, Robert H Polley, who was charged with forging the name to his father, to a note about six years ago. After the forgery, Polley cleared out to the United States, where it is supposed he remained till about a month ago; when on his return the arrest was made, as stated. Constable Orr brought his prisoner to Cobourg, when his father satisfied the claimants of the amount in question with a new note, and nobody appearing against Polley, he was released. Peterborough Examiner - January 15th, 1880 Same article with same details found in the Cobourg World, January 9, 1880 page 3 col.2 Robert Polley Jr. purchased 40 acres, S part of the N 1/2 L2 C7 Haldimand from Jonathan Russ, the surveyor, in October 1866. 1869 Robert Polley: Concession 7. Lot 1, 50 acres. Value of each parcel recorded at 500. Robert A. Polley - 25 years of age, 2 people living in his household. Robert Jr. was married three times and lived in Michigan City USA for some time -(Pam & Paul Money) [5, 14, 15]

  
  

• Sources

  [S602] 1861 Canadian Census. [S603] 1871 Canadian Census. [S198] Robert Polley and Melissa Moore Marriage, Haldimand Book, LDS Family History Center, Kitchener, Ontario. [S20] FamilySearch International Genealogical Index v5.0, (URL: http://www.familysearch.org). [S795] Assessment records of Haldimand, 1869, Trent University Archives. [S584] Michigan Ancestry.com, Robert Polley Death Certificate, (n.d.), death certificate. (Reliability: 3). [S835] Peterborough Examiner. [S783] 1880 United States Federal Census. [S209] 1900 United States Federal Census, (1 June 1900). [S164] 1910 United States Federal Census. [S169] Mary Ann Polley nee Hackett Obituary. [S170] Lansingburgh Gazette. [S1250] Ancestry.com, New York, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of Rochester Church Records, 1800-1970. [S792] Allan N. Birney, Oak Heights Neighbours 1800-1950, (Mika Publishing Company, Belleville Ontario URL: http://www.ourroots.ca). [S793] Collectors Roll for the Township of Haldimand, Trent University Archives.