Melissa Arabella Prosser Kane

U.E.L. (United Empire Loyalist) descendant via her mother's father

Per daughter Stella Marvella’s death certificate, her father Thomas Kane was born in Londonderry, Ireland, and her mother Melissa Arabella Prosser was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick. [https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11617-56286-9?cc=1538285

NOTABLE Ancestors:

Maternal:

• Adalbert II, King of Italy (c932-971 AD) ... 26th great-grandfather
• Alfonso VII "el Emperador", King of Castille and León (1105-1157 AD) ... 21st great-grandfather
• Edward I Plantagenet "Longshanks", King of England (1239-1307 AD) ... 17th great-grandfather
• Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of France and England (1122-1204 AD) ... 20th great-grandmother
• Fernando III “El Santo”, King of Castile, Spain (1199-1252 AD) … 19th great-grandfather
• Harald “Fairhair” Halfdansson, I, King of Norway (860-933 AD) … 32nd great-grandfather
• Henry III Plantagenet, King of England (1207-1272 AD) ... 17th great-grandfather
• Hereward "The Exile", Thegn of Mercia, England (1035-1072 AD) ... 25th great-grandfather
• John Plantagenet "Lackland", King of England (1166-1216 AD) ... 19th great-grandfather
• Louis VI Thibaut “Le Gros”, King of France (1081-1137 AD) … 22nd great-grandfather
• William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy and King of England (1024-1087 AD) ... 23rd great-grandfather

The History of the County of Brant, Ontario. Warner, Beers, & Co, Toronto, 1883, page 618. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~onbrant/biosburf.htm "MRS. MELISSA KANE, Burford, widow of the late Thomas Kane, was born in New Brunswick, May 25, 1838. Her father, David Prosser, was a native of New Brunswick, and came to Burford in 1837. Mr. Kane was son of Thomas and Alice Kane, natives of Ireland. They were wrecked off the coast of Newfoundland on their voyage to Canada in1835. Mr. Kane was proprietor of a saw-mill in Burford, but unfortunately was burned out twice. He died July 13, 1882, leaving a family of thirteen children, two of whom are married; the eldest Emma, is married to Wilfred J. Maus, and the second, Nellie, is married to James Lapierre Campbell, the remaining being Josiah P., George Y., Stella, Wilfred J., Melissa, David P., Mabel, Maud, Thomas A., Daniel D. and Charles R. D."

1852 Census for the province of Canada (now 3 provinces): http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census52/View.jsp?id=397&highligh... George Mills (Christian, yeoman, age 26, b. New Brunswick) living with wife Emma C. (b. New Brunswick, age 34); 5 Prosser step-children: Melisa (sic) Prosser (b. New Brunswick, age 15), Eleunor (sic) Prosser (b. New Brunswick, age 13), Charlotte Prosser (b. "Canada F", age 11), Clarissa Prosser (b. "Canada F", age 9), Josiah Prosser (b. "Canada F", age 7); and their two children: Maria Mills (b. "Canada F", age 3) and Richard Mills (b. "Canada F", age 1).....all in Burford, Brant County, Ontario.

1861 Ontario, Canada, Census: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MQWZ-DZC [North Norwich, Oxford, Ontario, Canada, Enumeration District #01, Sheet Number #6, Library & Archives Canada Film #C-1060-1061, Film #2435935, Digital Folder #4391949, Image #00487] Thomas Kain (male, age 31, married, born Ireland c.1830); Melissa Kain (female, age 24, married, born New Brunswick c.1837); Emma Kain (female, age 5, born U C c.1856); Ellen Kain (female, age 4, born U C c.1857); and Josiah Kain (male, age 1, born U C c.1860).

1881 Canada Census: Burford, Brant South, Ontario, Canada, District #159, Subdistrict B, Division 6, p. 26, house #770741, family #119, digital fold #4466850, image #00700, film #1375899, library and archives Canada film #1375899 [LDS Search Results] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/MN1V-TSX/p_450301707 The family name is cited "Kane." Thomas Kane, male, age 51, calculated birth year 1830 in Ireland, is a married lumberman and head of household. With him are "Melissia" Kane aged 45, Josiah Kane aged 21, George Kane aged 18, Estelle Kane aged 15, William Kane aged 12, Minnie Kane aged 10, David Kane aged 8, Mabel Kane aged 6, Maud Kane aged 4, Thomas Kane aged 3, Daniel Kane aged 2, Caroline Kane aged 6 months, James Campbell aged 24, Ellen Campbell aged 23, and "Mellisia" Campbell aged 5 months. [Melissa's name is misspelled and the names of several children are incorrect.]

1891 Canada Census: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MW2P-WJV Melissa Kane, female, age 52, estimated birth year 1839, born New Brunswick, widowed, Free Church, Ontario, District Elgin West, District #61, Sub-district Dutton, Library and Archives Canada Film Number: 30953_148136

1901 Canada Census: http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census/View.jsp?id=62127&highligh... At age 63, living in Kootenay West/Slocan, Yale & Cariboo, B.C., with son Charles (20), his wife Alice (18), Charles' and Alice's son Ernest (1), and Charles' brother/her son Daniel (23). [Melissa's name is cited incorrectly as "Melina."]