Elijah Binkley

ID: I2809 Name: Elijah Binkley 1 2 Sex: M ALIA: /Eliga/ Birth: 18 JUL 1820 in Ancaster Twp, Wentworth County, Ontario Death: 13 FEB 1898 in West Flamborough Twp, Wentworth County, Ontario 3 of Rheumatism & general debility Religion: New Connexion Methodist Residence: BET 1853 AND 1898 Con.# 4, Part of Lot #16 and #15, West Flamborough Twp, Wentworth County Residence: 1851 Windham Twp, Norfolk County, Ontario Burial: UNKNOWN Millgrove Cemetery, Millgrove, Ontario 4 Occupation: Farmer / Brickyard Owner Reference Number: 27 Note:

   I have found two News Clippings about Elijah:

   Weekly Times - Sept. 29, 1887 (I think this was an old Dundas paper)

   PLEASANT GARDEN PARTY

   The garden party held at the residence of Mr. Elijah Binkley, Millgrove, last Thursday afternoon was a grand success, both financially and in point of attendance. There were over three hundred present. Loma's Brass Band, from Hamilton, arrived early and played a number of pieces on the ball grounds during the afternoon to the satisfaction of all. The ball match between a picked nine of the Bullock's Corners and the Flamborough clubs against the Millgrove club was very exciting, and resulted in favor of the visitors by one run. In the evening the tables were well bountifully spread and ample justice was done by the crowd. At night the grounds were illuminated with Chinese lanterns, etc. A good program was presented under the presidency of Mr. Robt. Flatt. The speech by Rev. David Hunt, the playing of the band, the singing of the Carey family and the recitations were all first-class. The proceedings lasted until 10 o'clock, when the people dispersed for their homes well satisfied with their afternoon's and evening's enjoyment.

   Hamilton Spectator - Oct 22, 1888

   A GAY OLD DECEIVER

   ELIJAH BINKLEY, A SEPTUAGENARIAN, SUED FOR BREACH OF PROMISE

   If what Miss Margaret White, of Dundas, says is true, Elijah Binkley, the patriarch of West Flamborough, is a naughty old man, and he has grievously trifled with a young maid's best affections in a manner that is anything but a good example to the rising generation. 'Lije is about 70 years of age, a widower, with half a dozen married sons and daughters and a procession of grandchildren. He belongs to the well known and widely diffused family of Binkley, whose names are to be found on the books of nearly every polling sub-division of the County. A writ has been issued against the old gentleman by Carscallen & Cahill, solicitors for Miss Margaret White, a maiden of thirty-five summers ( but who doesn't look it ), for that the said Binkley did promised to marry the girl and failed to keep said promise, whereby he has blighted her young life to the extent $5,000 and costs. It is alleged that Binkley courted Miss White for some months, and proposed marriage. He was accepted, but he failed to claim the prize which the matrimonial lottery has slung in his direction.

   Miss White waited a respectable time, and then had her lawyers send a gentle reminder to Mr. Binkley requesting him to come to time. This brought a letter from the defendant, in which he pathetically gives a physical inventory of himself, and ends up by remarking that he is 69 years of age, weighs 119 pounds, and hopes they won't put him to the cost of a suit, because he is innocent. The writ was issued on Oct. 18, and the suit promises to be rich in interesting and spicy details, and there is said to be more than appears on the surface.

   I have not been able to find anymore of the "spicy details" :-)

   The Homestead:

   Elijah built a handsome brick house on Con. 4, Lot # 16 South, West Flamborough Twp. before 1875. At that time the property included a sawmill and a brickyard where the bricks for the house (and many other buildings in the area) were made. The house is still standing. It has a newer two-storey front porch with pillars that make it look elegant and more modern then it is. It is also deeper then the original.

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Father: William Binkley b: 14 AUG 1784 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Mother: Barbara Baringer b: 28 JUL 1784 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Marriage 1 Mary Jane Macklem b: 6 FEB 1830 in Barton Twp, Wentworth County, Ontario

   Married: 8 APR 1847 in Wentworth County, Ontario 5

Children

   Has No Children William Henry Binkley b: 31 JAN 1849 in West Flamborough Twp, Wentworth County, Ontario

   Has No Children Eliza Jane Binkley b: 31 MAY 1851 in Wentworth County, Ontario

   Has Children Miles Oliver Binkley b: 11 FEB 1854 in West Flamborough Twp, Wentworth County, Ontario

   Has Children Charles Wesley Binkley b: 16 JAN 1856 in West Flamborough Twp, Wentworth County, Ontario

   Has No Children David Marshall Binkley b: 3 JUN 1858 in West Flamborough Twp, Wentworth County, Ontario

   Has Children Martha Elizabeth Binkley b: 10 JUL 1861 in West Flamborough Twp, Wentworth County, Ontario

   Has No Children George Macklem Binkley b: 13 AUG 1862 in West Flamborough Twp, Wentworth County, Ontario

Marriage 2 Mary Rymal Cummins b: 29 DEC 1840 in Millgrove, West Flamborough Twp, Wentworth County, Ontario

   Married: 7 OCT 1863 in Methodist New Connection Parsonage, Wentworth County, Ontario 6

   Note: Married by Rev. James Shaw.

Children

   Has Children Mary Melinda Binkley b: 21 MAY 1867 in West Flamborough Twp, Wentworth County, Ontario

   Has No Children George Wallace Binkley b: MAR 1868 in West Flamborough Twp, Wentworth County, Ontario

   Has Children Margaret Irene Binkley b: 29 MAR 1868 in West Flamborough Twp, Wentworth County, Ontario

   Has No Children Mark Binkley b: 1869 in West Flamborough Twp, Wentworth County, Ontario

   Has Children Albert Edwin Binkley b: 25 JAN 1870 in West Flamborough Twp, Wentworth County, Ontario

   Has Children Clara Emilene Binkley b: 21 MAY 1873 in West Flamborough Twp, Wentworth County, Ontario

   Has No Children John Delmar Binkley b: 16 FEB 1874 in West Flamborough Twp, Wentworth County, Ontario

   Has No Children Ashworth E. Binkley b: ABT 1876 in West Flamborough Twp, Wentworth County, Ontario

   Has No Children Silas Eastman Binkley b: 4 APR 1877 in Hamilton, Ontario

   Has Children Harvey Russell Binkley b: 12 JAN 1878 in West Flamborough Twp, Wentworth County, Ontario

   Has No Children Orlando Harvey Binkley b: 12 JAN 1879 in West Flamborough Twp, Wentworth County, Ontario

   Has No Children David Binkley b: 1880 in West Flamborough Twp, Wentworth County, Ontario

   Has No Children Elmer Elijah Binkley b: 8 MAR 1881 in West Flamborough Twp, Wentworth County, Ontario

Sources:

   Title: Binkley Family Tree

   Author: Binkley, Marie & Gordon Hunt

   Publication: 1972

   Note: Contains a three page Historical "Preface" and a two page hand-drawn family tree.

   Repository:

   Note: Waterdown-East Flamborough Heritage Society, Waterdown, Ontario

   Media: Other

   Title: Stirling/Hastings/McEachern/Ford - Roots and Branches of These Families of Ontario

   Author: Archer, Elizabeth

   Publication: 2004

   Note: Contact: elizabeth.archer@sympatico.ca

   Repository:

   Note: Ancestry.com

   Media: Electronic

   Title: Ontario Canada Deaths 1869 - 1934

   Repository:

   Note: Ancestry.com

   Media: Electronic

   Page: Roll: MS935_90.

   Title: Tombstone Reading - Millgrove

   Author: Binkley, Carol (Kennedy)

   Publication: On-going

   Note: Photographs

   Repository:

   Note: Miigrove Cemetery, Millgrove Ontario, Canada

   Media: Tombstone

   Page: Millgrove Cemetery

   Title: Marriage Registers of Upper Canada/Canada West - Vol. 13

   Author: Walker, Dan & Fawne Stratford-Deval

   Publication: Gore District 1842 - 1856 c.1995

   Repository:

   Note: Flamborough Heritage Society, Waterdown, Ontario

   Media: Book

   Page: p.76

   Title: County Marriage Registers of Ontario 1858-1869 Wentworth County

   Author: Britnell, W.E.

   Publication: Generation Press c1981

   Repository:

   Note: Hamilton Public Library, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

   Media: Book

   Page: vol #7 - Ref # 110