Ancestry of Shania Twain

compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner


The following material on the immediate ancestry of Shania Twain should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.

Michael Meggison and Yvonne Demoskoff contributed to this report.





William Addams Reitwiesner

wargs@wargs.com


Ancestry of Shania Twain
1 Eilleen Regina Edwards ("Shania Twain"), b. Windsor, Ont., 28 Aug. 1965
PARENTS
2 Clarence Edwards, b. ...
m. Garson, Sudbury Dist., Ont., ... 1964, div. ...
3 Sharon Morrison, b. Vita, Man., 4 June 1945, d. ... 1 Nov. 1987 [she m. (2) Jerry Twain, d. 1 Nov. 1987]
GRANDPARENTS
4 Harold Edwards, b. Pembroke, Renfrew Co., Ont., 26 Jan. 1905 [delayed birth registration 250369-68], d. ...
m. Kapuskasing, Cochrane District, Ont., ... 1927
5 Regina Benson, b. ... [ca. 1912], d. ... 1997
6 George Bertram Morrison, b. Nipissing District, Ont., 15 March 1906 [cert #033136], d. ...
m.
7 Eileen Pearce, b. Newbridge, co. Kildare, 10 April 1911, d. ...
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8 Thomas Garland Edwards, b. Alice, Renfrew Co., Ont., 29 Aug. 1881 [cert #030612], d. ...
m. Alice, Renfrew Co., Ont., 3 Nov. 1904 [cert. #016650]
9 Mary Irving, b. Alice, Renfrew Co., Ont., 18 July 1882 d. ...
12 James Bertram Morrison, b. Baltimore, Ont., 18 Nov. 1874,... [ca. 1876], d. ...
m. Sturgeon Falls, Nipissing District, Ont., 28 March 1900
13 Mary Elizabeth Brisbois, b. Peterborough, Ont., 14 May 1877, d. ...
14 Francis George ("Frank") Pearce, b. ... 1887, d. ...
m. St. Michael's, Aldershot, 2 Oct. 1909
15 Lottie Louise Reeves, b. Weybourne, Norfolk, ... 1888, d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
16 Jacob Edwards, b. ... [ca. 1844], d. ... [by 1901]
m.
17 Susan Kidd, b. ... , Ont., 4 Sept. 1854, d. ... [living 1935]
18 Patrick Irving, b. Alice, Renfrew Co., Ont., ... 1849, d. Alice, Renfrew Co., Ont., 7 Jan. 1900 [cert #023792]
m. Pembroke, Renfrew Co., Ont., 1 Feb. 1873 [cert #011181]
19 Mary Ann Howard, b. Chapeau, Iles aux Allumettes, Ottawa [later Pontiac] Co., Ont., 24 July 1852, d. ... 1935
24 James Morrison, b. ... , Ireland, ... [ca. 1838], d. ...
m. Port Hope, Northumberland Co., Ont., 28 June 1874
25 Jane Donaldson, b. Peterborough, Peterborough Co., Ont., ... [ca. 1847], d. ...
26 Moise Brisebois, b. St-Timothée, Beauharnois Co., QC, ... April 1852, d. Sturgeon Falls, Nipissing, Ont., 9 Oct. 1929 [cert #025361]
m.
27 Hester Anne Firmin, b. Healey Falls, Northumberland Co., Ont., 10 May 1856, d. Cache Bay, Nipissing District, Ont., 9 May 1926 [cert #023819]
30 Sidney Reeves, b. ... , d. ...
m.
31 ... , b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
32 Richard Edwards, b. Honey Hill, Castlewarn, co. Kilkenny, ... [ca. 1800], d. Pembroke, Renfrew Co., Ont., 28 Feb. 1888 [cert. #015819]
m. Franktown, Lanark Co., Ont., 9 Nov. 1825
33 Elizabeth Saunders, b. Knockalane, co. Kilkenny, ... [ca. 1803], d. Alice, Renfrew Co., Ont., 15 July 1877 [cert. #013302]
36 William Irving, b. ... , Ireland, ... [ca. 1809], d. Alice, Renfrew Co., Ont., 4 July 1881 [cert #016694]
m.
37 Mary Nash, b. ... , Ireland, ... [ca. 1820], d. Wylie, Renfrew Co., Ont., 11 Feb. 1914 [cert #027573]
38 Richard Howard, b. ... , Ireland, ... [ca. 1813], d. Chapeau, Iles des Allumettes, Pontiac Co., Québec, 11 Dec. 1903
m. Basilique Notre-Dame, Ottawa, 4 Aug. 1846
39 Anne Maloney, b. ... , Ireland, ... [ca. 1826], d. Chapeau, Iles des Allumettes, Pontiac Co., Québec, 8 Oct. 1913
48 John Morrison, b. ... , d. ...
m.
49 Sarah ... , b. ... , d. ...
50 William Donaldson, b. ... , d. ...
m.
51 Sarah ... , b. ... , d. ...
52 Eusèbe Brisebois, b. ... [ca. 1828], d. ...
m. St-Timothée, Beauharnois Co., QC, 11 Nov. 1851
53 Zoé Charbonneau, bapt. St. Eustache, Deux Montagnes Co., Québec, 2 Aug. 1826, d. St-Timothée, Beauharnois Co., QC, 7 March 1861
54 George Firmin, b. ... , Ont., ... [ca. 1833], d. ... [1881-1891]
m.
55 Harriet Brabant, b. ... , Ont., 13 Nov. 1835, d. Peterborough, Peterborough Co., Ont., 26 May 1912 [cert #026154]
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
74 James Nash, b. ... , d. ...
m.
75 ... , b. ... , d. ...
76 Thomas Howard, b. ... , d. ...
m.
77 Helen Walsh, b. ... , d. ...
78 Brian Maloney, b. ... , d. ...
m.
79 Honora ... , b. ... , d. ...
104 François Brisebois, b. ... , d. ...
m.
105 Euphronsine ... , b. ... , d. ...
106 Antoine Charbonneau, b. ... , d. ...
m. St. Eustache, Deux Montagnes Co., Québec, 7 Jan. 1823
107 Maria Lagarde, b. ... , d. ...
110 Joseph Brabant, b. ... [ca. 1811], d. Douro, Peterborough Co., Ont., 26 Sept. 1885 [cert #014785]
m.
111 Hester Leduc, b. ... [ca. 1814], d. ... [before 1881]
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
212 François Charbonneau, b. ... , d. ...
m.
213 Marie Silvestre, b. ... , d. ...
214 Paul Lagarde dit St-Jean, b. ... , d. ...
m.
215 Marguerite Poirier dite Deloge, b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
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