Fifth son, seventh child of Cunitia EVANS 1794 - 1855 and the Rev. Henry Adams Sergison ATWOOD

Born 9th November 1836

Died 28th May 1912

Married Anne Fotheringhame Traill, Jan 1858

James emigrated from Ashleworth to Ontario, Canada.

He married Anne Fotheringhame Traill who was from a pioneering family, founders of Lakefield. Anne dau. of Capt. & Catherine Parr Traill (née Strickland)

James and Anne settled at Lakefield, a small town near the Kawartha Lakes region of Ontario. They named their home ‘Ashelworth.’

Children

James and Anne had seven children, all born in Ontario and who lived there most of their lives.

1) Henry Arthur Strickland ATWOOD b.1860 d.1864

2) Emily Grace ATWOOD b.1863 d.1940 m. Fredrick Houchen LINGWOOD b.1869 d.1933

3) Clinton Arthur ATWOOD b.1865 d. 1952

4) Catherine “Kate” ATWOOD b.1868 d.1954 m. John William Trubner TODD b.1864 d.1948

5) George Evans ATWOOD b.1869 d.1954 m. Clemence Lucy Belfield LEFEVRE b.1877 d. 1969

6) Anne Traill Fotheringhame "Annie" ATWOOD b.1871 d.1972

7) Florence ATWOOD b.1874 d.1957

The Atwood family is associated with nineteenth-century settlement in the Lakefield, Ontario region. James Parr Clinton Atwood (1836 - 1912) immigrated to Canada from Gloucestershire in 1855 and married Anne Traill Fotheringhame (Annie) Traill (1838 - 1931), daughter of Thomas Traill and Catharine Parr Traill, in 1858. Together they had seven children: Henry, Emily, Clinton, Katharine, George, Anne, and Florence.

The Atwood family is related to the Upper Canada Traill, Moodie, and Strickland families.

Ashleworth (sometimes formerly spelled ‘Ashelworth’) is a village about six miles north of Gloucester, England.

When I lived in Gloucester (1997-2002) it was a favourite haunt of mine. In those days I hadn’t fully made the family connection with the place. It had a riverside pub, the Boat Inn, by the bank and ancient ferry crossing of the River Severn. Sadly, the Boat Inn is now closed due to frequent flooding of recent years. The ferry ceased back in the 1950’s.

Ashleworth has a magnificent medieval tithe barn, now in the care of the National Trust. The barn was built in the period 1481 – 1515.