Silliker, John
Birth Name | Silliker, John |
Gender | male |
Narrative
AN ISLAND REFUGE" pg. 273
"John and his brother, Joseph, were the survivors of the vessel 'Union' which was wrecked off Halifax. Their first cousin, Jacob, was master of this vessel."
"John and Joseph moved to the western part of the Island from Bedeque and settled in Knutsford about 1855. Captain John and Ellen obtained a block of about 600 acres of land between the O'Leary Road and Boulter Road. The house and barn still stand. The first house was built with split shingles and wooden pegs to hold the rafters together. The family traveled seven miles to West Cape School in an ox cart. The Sillikers donated land and lumber for the Methodist church in Knutsford, and also for the first school. Captain John and Ellen Silliker had a large family, six sons and five or six daughters."
See also the Silliker family on the Island Register.
Jean Meggison's Dyment genealogy:
Captain John Silliker of Dutch decent, the first settler in Knutsford, settled about halfway on the O’Leary Road. His wife was Ellen Duggan. They had a large family. The house and barns still stand in good repair, 1963 and was the first house built in Knutsford. Their sons were; James, Jacob (Jake), John married Matilda Frost and farmed in Mount Royal. James on the adjoining farm was unmarried. After the father's death his mother and sister lived with him. William Morrel lived for some time at this home when John went sailing, with the help of the women, cared for the farm, William Morrel later married Louise Wedlock, a neighbor's daughter, and they made their home in Dexter, Maine. Jake settled near his father as did Patrick who married Maria Frost (Rye) and William married Clare Frost. William later moved to the old home, where his grandson, Roy MacDowell still farms. The daughters were Ellen, Almira, Dolly, who married Benjamin Campbell, Mary Ann who married Joseph Shaw, Margaret married John Dyment.
Events
Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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Marriage | February 15, 1838 | wit. Patrick & Dan'l Duggan, Jacob Silliker; William Cudall, JP | ||
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Death | before 1881 | Prince Edward Island, Canada | ||
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Parents
Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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Father | Silliker, Strang | about 1781 | ||
Mother | Waugh, Elizabeth | about 1790 | September 25, 1864 | |
Silliker, John | before 1881 | |||
Brother | Silliker, Joseph | March 12, 1811 | ||
Sister | Silliker, Margaret | January 13, 1818 | May 14, 1889 |
Families
Family of Silliker, John and Duggan, Ellen |
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Married | Wife | Duggan, Ellen ( * 1815 + 1899 ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Children |
Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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Silliker, Patrick William | December 29, 1922 | |
Silliker, Annie Elizabeth | 1842 | |
Silliker, John James | 1848 | 1888 |
Silliker, Margaret | March 1848 | April 17, 1927 |
Silliker, Mary Ann | August 16, 1858 | September 6, 1939 |