The Great Migration of Canada ~ This Bramble Bush

   52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2021: Week 14 (GREAT)

When I thought about GREAT I immediately thought about the great grandparents that make up this Bramble Bush. 

In searching for the biggest great I started clicking through the top of our lines. I discovered I am only up to about 5th or 6th greats on most of our lines.

 When I first started searching I hit several brick walls. By adding extended family I was able to break through those early brick walls. I decided then that I would not race to the top. I would make sure I added as many family connections as I could before going higher. 

It seems I need to refocus on going higher before going any wider. 

In pondering what else I wanted to write about I stumbled upon THE GREAT MIGRATION OF CANADA, 1815-1850. 

I was intrigued to learn that over 400,000 British citizens left their homes to move to Canada.

What an adventure that must have been. They bravely set off for a land they knew nothing about. After many days at sea they traveled across a new land in search of their new home. 

Their journey resulted in this family calling itself CANADIAN. Their courage and hopes resulted in this Bramble Bush being rooted solidly in Canada.

What a gift I was given by these early immigrants who braved all to come to Canada. 

Each had a story that I do not know, but wish I could have asked before it was too late. 

I was intrigued by a group of Bayes siblings who immigrated to Canada within THE GREAT MIGRATION timeline.

Samuel & Elizabeth had 10 children.  Their children were aged 8 months to 16 when Samuel died.

7 of their children immigrated to Canada: Rosemond, John Christmas, Mary, Ann, Samuel,  Solomon, James (Joseph). One stayed in England: Elizabeth. Two I have not been able to confirm yet: Rebecca & Celia.  

Rebecca and her husband (James Hewitt) appear to have stayed in England, but their daughter was married in Canada when she was 22.

In looking at the movement from England to Canada it's clear the family members moved at different times. I haven't yet found the arrival dates for most of them.  They all ended up in the same general area. Some were married in England before coming to Canada, and some married in Canada. It appears as though not all of the members of this family immigrated to Canada, but a reasonably exhaustive search hasn't yet happened to make this conclusion. 

There are more branches of this Bramble Bush who arrived from Britain during THE GREAT MIGRATION OF CANADA.

This one family is on my maternal grandmother's paternal side.

THE BAYES FAMILY 

The Parents

Samuel Bayes
BIRTH ABT. AUG 1778 • Thornage, Norfolk, England
DEATH 21 JUL 1818 • Hunworth, Norfolk, , England
and
Elizabeth Alexander Saunders
BIRTH ABT 1784 • , Norfolk, England
DEATH JANUARY 1866 • Burgh, Norfolk, England, UK

The Children

Rosemond Bayes
BIRTH 11 SEP 1801 • Edgefield, Norfolk, England
DEATH 4 JAN 1896 • Haldimand, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada

Rebecca Bayes
BIRTH 10 FEB 1803 • Thornage, Norfolk, , England
DEATH Unknown

John Christmas Bayes
BIRTH DEC 1804 • King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England
DEATH 3 NOV 1877 • Peel, Ontario, Canada

Mary Bayes
BIRTH 6 SEP 1806 • Hunworth, Norfolk, England
DEATH 4 JAN 1896 • Haldimand, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada

Ann Bayes
BIRTH 22 JAN 1809 • Hunworth, Norfolk, England
DEATH 1852 • Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Celia Bayes
BIRTH 23 SEP 1810 • Hunworth, Norfolk, England
DEATH Unknown

Samuel Bayes
BIRTH 3 APR 1812 • Hunworth, Norfolk, , England
DEATH 20 NOV 1884 • Bidwell, Algoma, Ontario, Canada

Elizabeth Bayes
BIRTH 2 JAN 1814 • Hunworth, Norfolk, England
DEATH DEC 1878 • Holt, Aylsham, Norfolk, England

Solomon Bayes
BIRTH 26 NOV 1815 • Hunworth, Norfolk, , England
DEATH 25 OCT 1882 • Northumberland, , Ontario, Canada

James (Joseph) Bayes
BIRTH NOV 1817 • Norfolk, , England
DEATH 4 MAY 1897 • Forest, Lambton, Ont.

Solomon Bayes is my 4th great grandfather. He was 26 years old when he married 18 year old Mary in Canada. Mary was also born in England. I have not found the date of her arrival in Canada, but she immigrated with her parents and the majority of her siblings. 

Mary Ann Tuck
BIRTH 15 JAN 1823 • Sharrington, Norfolk, England
DEATH 28 JAN 1908 • Cramahe, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada

Her parents:

James Tuck
BIRTH 19 JAN 1791 • Sharrington, Norfolk, England
DEATH 13 JAN 1881 • Cramahe Township, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada
&
Martha Bolter
BIRTH ABT 1788 • Norwich, Norfolk, England
DEATH 24 NOV 1883 • Northumberland, Ontario, Canada

I will never know the story firsthand of how my people decided to journey to Canada or how difficult their decision & journey was. 

I will always be grateful that I was born into a world where I was safe & free. Their efforts were not squandered by those who came after them.

Grateful to be Canadian!

This is why I search - 



Cause ... 





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Sources:

Exodus: Movement of the People Conference, The Great Migration of Canada. Retrieved April 9th 2021 from https://www.exodus2013.co.uk/the-great-migration-of-canada/

Intriguing History, The Great Migration of Canada saw one of the biggest movements of people around the globe1. Retrieved April 9th 2021 from
https://intriguing-history.com/great-migration-of-canada/

xtimeline, 1815-1850 The Great Migration, Retrieved April 9th 2021 from
http://www.xtimeline.com/timeline/Events-leading-up-to-Canadian-Confederacy/1815-1850-The-Great-Migration-1

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