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William Massey, a Canadian in the Civil War 1820 Wicklow Ireland ~ November 13, 1865 St. Marys Ontario From The St. Marys Journal-Argus, Thurs. July 7, 1927: "Old Boys Recall Incidents of Bygone Days" features an interview with Marion Gibbs (Massey) Birtch about her husband William A. Birtch. Her father, William Massey is mentioned: "Mrs. Birtch, despite her 73 years, is yet very active and possessed of a very good memory. She was the daughter of the late William Massey and was born in Dereham, Quebec [Brian's Note: For Dereham read Durham] some distance East of the city of Quebec. When Mrs. Birtch was just a child of 3 or 4, her parents came to St. Marys and bought the property on Waterloo St. mentioned previously [referred to as the old Massey homestead on Waterloo Street North]. At that time all the land about was standing timber and Mrs. Birtch retains in her memory a picture of her cradle standing on the newly laid flooring of the dwelling erected by her father...... Her father later built the dwelling at the Junction that was afterwards known as the Burley House.......When the Civil War broke out in the States Mrs. Birtch's father went to Tennessee and joined Grant's Army and after the war he was so broken in health that after spending six months in a Federal Hospital he was discharged and came home to St. Marys where he died. " William's gravestone in St. Mary's cemetery reads: WM. MASSEY died Nov 13, 1865 Aged 45 years Also his wife Ellen died Apr. 3, 1876 aged 53 years I have not yet found William's Civil War Service Records in Tennessee. It is possible his daughter's memory was flawed, or that he enlisted under another name. Wishing you had an ancestor photograph? Check out the 1800s photographs and antique photo albums on Lost Faces. There are over 2,500 photos in this growing genealogy collection Ancestry.com Databases 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia 1901 Census of Canada 1906 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta The Naval Service of Canada: Its Official History Ontarian families : genealogies of United-Empire loyalists and other pioneer families of Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837, Upper Canada War of 1812: Miscellaneous Canadian Records Smith's Canadian gazetteer The Canadian biographical dictionary Find Military Ancestors Soldiers of the First World War (CEF) searchable database Courts-martial of the First World War War Diaries of the First World War Soldiers of the South African War, 1899 - 1902 Second World War Service Files: Canadian Armed Forces War Dead Soldiers of the South African War, 1899 - 1902 Second World War Service Files: Canadian Armed Forces War Dead Your ancestors' names may be waiting for you! Great news! Ancestry is offering several different FREE trials of their most popular databases. These databases include history and genealogy records 14 Day FREE Trial Annual US Deluxe Membership 14 Day FREE Trial Annual World Deluxe Membership

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