The Rix Family
The Rix Family may have been Huguenots who fled the Low Countries in the 16th century
They came to England and settled in the Worstead area.
They married into the Grey family, who had obtained their land from William 1 in 1066
See Grey History
They lived at Goswold Hall
They worshipped at Thrandeston Church
Generation 1
The earliest Rix we know of is John Rix 1st (1652-1706) of Palgrave, Norfolk, England
John Rix and Francis Grey (1656-1716) of Norfolk England
Their children were
John 2nd (1683-1745) m. Mary (1691-1765)
Elizabeth (1685-1723) m Charles Ives
Francicus (1688----) m Elizabeth
Benjamin(1689-1692) d. y.
Robert (1696-1697) d. y.
Bentiman(1696-1697) d. y.
William(1700-1705) d. y.
Mary(1701-----)
Generation 2
This generation has two men named John Rix.
John 2nd Rix is the son of John 1st.
John 3rd is his cousin, the son of Franciscus
John 2nd Rix married Mary
They had five children
John 4th (1710-1746) m Prudence? (1708-1803)
Mary (1712-1729)
Thomas 1st (1712-1776) m Mary Grey (1714-1776)
William (1717-1717)
Francis(1794-1797)m William Blakeley
Nothing more is known of this line
John 3rd married Elizabeth Chiver (1712-1767)
Their children were
Robert (1758-1828)
Thomas 2nd (1752-1820)
Elizaberh
John 5th (1748-1851)
Sarah (1755-1788
Henry 1st (1761-1816)
Mary
Elizabeth
Generation 3
John 5th (1748-1781) m. Sarah Fulcher (1752-1893)
Thomas 2nd (1752-1820) m Hannah Wharton
Sarah (1755-1788)
Robert (1758-1828) m Esther
Henry 1st(1761-1816) m Sarah Waters (1756-1837)
Elizabeth m. Osborne Roper
Mary
John 5th and Sarah Fulcher
Their children were
Sarah (1771-1778)
John 6th (1776-1816) who married Susannah Roper(1776-1847)
Thomas 2st and Hannah Wharton
Their children were
George (1801---)
Thomas 3rd(1803-1887) who married Mary Holman (1811-1891) They came to Canada in 1832
Robert m. Esther
They had a son Henry 2nd (1778-1866)
Generation 4
John 6th and Susannah Roper
Their children are
John 7th (1800----)
Thomas 4th (1801-1876) m Mary Anne (1803-1858)
Sarah (180-1825)
Robert (1806-1830)
Henry 3rd(1808-1840)
William (1816-1893) m Harriet Murton (1811-1804)
Generation 5
Thomas 4th and Mary Anne
Thier children are
Sarah Jane (1833-1865)
Marion
Elizabeth M Thomas Reynolds
Thomas 5th
William
Spencer
Mary Ann
Ann Mary
Harriet Jane (1841-1931) m Walter Wright(1842-1926)
They had seven children
One was Arthur (1875-1957) who married Grace Evelyn Maling (1881-1972)
The New Canadians Generation 4
Thomas 3rd Rix and Mary Holman were born in England.
Their children were
Thomas 6th Rix (1832-1906) who was born Kent England
He married Margaret Dunlop(1832-1879)who was born in Calder, Lanankshire, Scotland.
George Joseph Rix (1834-1912) married Hattie Payne (1838-1921)
They lived at Lot 6 Con 1 S Orillia. They retired to Smith St Orillia.
Willian Rix (1837-1925) married Eliza Goss (1837-1922)
Richard married Charlotte Smith (1844-1867) then married Francis Beard (1853-1933)
They farmed at lot 4 Con 2 S Orillia until 1893 then moved to Orillia
Joseph Rix (1843-1902)
John Jame Rix (1845-1932) married Maria Theresa Beard (1854-1922)
Susannah Rix(1849----) married George Smith.
Sarah Rix(1852----) married George James Smith. (----1910).
There is some confusion about the two couples above.
According to the work done by the family in the 1960's, the above is correct.
To add to the confusion, the first George was apparently called James as well.
George James and Sarah both died in Toronto.
Generation 5
Thomas Rix 3rd and Margaret Dunlop's children
Margaret Cowan Rix (1852-1908) married John Logan Thompson (1848-1920)
Mary Rix (1854-1922) married Walter Black (1849-1907)
James Rix (1857-1931) married Minerva Walker (1871-1951)
Janet Rix (1858----)
Thomas Robert Rix 4th (1860-1975)
William John Rix (1862-1935) married Matilda Beard (1865-1939)
George Alexander Rix (1865-1945) married Sadie Gillespie (1876-1945)
Theodore (1863-)
Ruth Angeline (1865-1949) married Joseph Ellsmere (1854-1924)
After Margaret died Thomas Rix 3rd married Lucinda Irwin.
Thomas Rix 3rd and Lucinda Irwin's children
Elizabeth (1880-1967)
Herburt David Rix(1882-1928) married E. Pearl Wice (1891-1968).
Richard Wesley Rix (1884-1920)
A son who died at birth in 1884.
George Joseph Rix married Hattie Payne
They had nine children
Maria Sophia Rix(1858-1878) married Edward Francis Quick (1855-1949). After she died at 20 he married Ella Bella (below)
Anna Maria Rix(1860-1956) married John T Nelson (1857-1948)
Emma Jane Rix (1862-1916) married William Fawcett
Ella Bella Rix (1864-1948) married Edward Quick (above)
David T. Rix (1853-1937) married Mary Semple (----1899) then Emma Turner (1883-1959)
Susan Matilda Rix (1870-1943) married Richard Graham (1862-1932) then Arthur Beard
George Henry Rix (1872-1926) married Eliza Coroline Partridge Baker(1871-1919)
John Joseph Rix(1875-1889)
William Edward Rix(1879----) married Alta Huff
William Rix and Eliza Goss
Their children were:
Charles (1864-1952) who married Catherine Degeer
W. Francis (1866-1952) married Janet Walker (1874-1945)
John Rix (1868-1872)
Mary Rix (1870-1872)
Martha Rix (1870-1872)
Matilda Rix (1872----) married Rev. Joseph Dutton
Mary Jane Rix (1874-1946) married Rev, George Waugh (1870-1945)
Sarah Rix (1875-1925) married Frank Heard
Annie Eliza Rix (1878-1964) married Thomas Ball (1877-1967)
Richard Rix married Charlotte Smith
They had one child Charlotte (1867-1889)
Richard Rix then married Francis Beard
Thier children are:
Carrie Rix (1876-1940) married Alfred Parker (1876-1940)
Louis R. Rix (1879-1971) married Georgina Haywood (1881-1960).
Mabel L. Rix (1884-1945) married Wilson Elder (1887-1937).
Joseph Rix married Mary Cunningham Reid
Thier children were:
Susan Cunningham Reid Rix (1865---) married Thomas Carmichael
Jane Elizabeth Rix (1870---)
Sarah Cunningham Rix
Charlotte Rix
Mary Rix
John Rix
Herbert Rix
Alfred Rix
John James Rix married Maria Theresa Beard
Their children were:
Herb Rix
Clayton Rix
Edward Rix
Percy Rix
Berta Rix (1875-1953)
She married Alfred Ellis than Arthur Beard
Hazel (1875-----)
She married Frank Ballhorn
Arthur Rix (1876----)
Austin Rix (1893-----)
Susannah Rix married George Smith
Their children were;
Florence Smith
Fred Smith
Sarah Jane Rix married George James Smith
Their children were
Herburt
Ned
Richard
Ernest
Generation 6
Some people are omitted as no more is known, or are living
Margaret Cowan Rix (1852-1908) married John Logan Thompson
Information about John Logan Thompson is limited at this time.
His father John, owned East 1/2 (100 acres) at Lot 3 Concession 3. He purchased it in Nov. 1877, and it was sold by John Logan in 1913.
They had five children
Thomas Thompson (1879-1960) married Sarah Mclean (1870-1952)
They had one daughter Audrey. She never married
Mary Ellen Thompson (1882-1932) who married Arthur Beard (see Beard section)
Walter Thompson who died at 16
Maude, who married Albert Walker.
They had a daughter Mary
Maude then married his brother Wellington Walker.
They had three children, Velma, Lottie and Jim.
George Thompson who married Charlotte Bonney. They had eight children
Mary Rix married Walter Black
Their children are
Margaret Lillian (1875-1961) who married Charles Henry Horton (1876-1960)
Hector James (1876-1963) married Emily Ruth Bonney (1855-1959)
Thomas Alexander (1880-1943) married Lily Mae Coutts (1889-1964)
Catherine Elizabeth (1883-1970) married Donald Douglas Coutts (1880-1957)
They had two daughters
Marion Christine (1885-1974)married James Craig (1877-1959)
They had two sons and two daughters
Ruth Rachael (1887-1972) married George Robert Smith (1887-1952)
They had two sons and two daughters
Louis (1889) infant death
Mary Lucinda (1893-1982) married Ernest Harold Bonney (1893-1981)
They had two daughters and one son
Walter William (1893-1946) married Susan Ashford (1893-1946)
James married Minerva Walker
Thier children are
Mary (1894-1933) who married Frederick Peacock (1889-1957)
They had one daughter Fern
James (1896-1961) who married Christina McKay (1896-1977)
They had six children
William John Rix married Matilda Beard
They had a son Ernest M Rix
George Alexander Rix married Sadie Gillespie
They had a son Alexander and a daughter named Ruth
Ruth Angeline Rix married Joseph Thomas Ellsmere
Their children are
James A Ellsmere (1890-1946) married Mary Shellswell (1890-1968)
They had one daughter
Thomas J. Ellsmere (1892-1952) married Ann Henry (Martha?)
They had one daughter
George Joseph Ellsmere (1895-1951) married Agnes Shellswell
Elizabeth Ellsmere (1895-1929) married Walter Fawcett.
Charles Ellsmere (1898-1979) married Millie Hastings (1906-1942) then Annette Holtz (1819-1970). The first family had four children, the secong family had three.
Margaret Minerva Ellsmere (1900-1947) married Harry Brock (1906-1950)
They had a son and a daughter.
Edward Herbert (1903-1931)
He drowned at Meaford Ontario
Mary L. Ellsmere married A. McMaster then J Robert Kendrick (1894-1973)
Albert Ellsmere (1907-1984) married Enola Buswell They had a daughter
Ernest Ellsmere.
They had eight children
Sadie Ellsmere (1912-1937)
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