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Four Generations
First Generation - Joseph, Ruth and their eight children
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Image Credit: Ireland House Museum, IHM2000.5.39
Joseph Ireland, 1792-1869
Joseph immigrated to Upper Canada from Yorkshire, England, in 1819 when he was 27.
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Image Credit: Ireland House Museum, IHM2000.3.1
Ruth Ireland (nee Best), 1802-1867
Ruth made the long, uncomfortable journey to Upper Canada from England with her father, Robert Best, and mother, Mary Best (nee Gaskell).
Second Generation - John, Eliza Ann, and their 12 children
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Image Credit: Ireland House Museum, IHM2000.3.10
John Ireland, 1839-1904
In 1886, John was the President of the Township of Nelson Association for the apprehension and conviction of horse thieves.
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Image Credit: Ireland House Museum, IHM2000.3.16
Eliza Ann Ireland (nee Naisbitt), 1946-1900
Eliza died on August 12, 1900, from complications of Typhoid Fever.
Third Generation - George, Lucy, and their daughter
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Image Credit: Ireland House Museum, IHM1989.1.68 A
George Naisbitt Ireland, 1885-1972
George was a member of the Holstein Breeder’s Association.
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Image Credit: Ireland House Museum, IHM1989.1.68 B
Lucy Ireland (nee Springer), 1885-1938
Lucy was an accomplished pianist, taught piano, accompanied local vocalists, and played the organ at St. John’s Anglican Church on Dundas Street in Burlington.
Fourth Generation - Lucie Marie Ireland and William Bush
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Image Credit: Ireland House Museum, IHM2000.2.5
Lucie Marie Ireland, 1923-1985
Marie attended S.S. #5 Nelson for her primary school education, located on Guelph Line in Burlington, just north of Highway #5.
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Image Credit: Ireland House Museum, IHM1987.4.16
William Claire Bush and Marie Bush (nee Ireland), 1914-1986
William and Marie got married on September 23, 1963, at St. John’s Anglican Church, and they were divorced a year later.