Looking to make new family connections with decedents of William John Couch & Mary Ellen (Aikens) Couch and then later Emery Nelson & Mary Ellen (Aikens-Couch) Nelson.

William & Mary Ellen (Aikens) Couch married 1879 and moved from Hullet Township, Huron County, Ontario with their family to operate a farm in Gosfield, Essex County, Ontario, Canada

William John Couch, b. 1860, Usborne Township, South Huron County, Ontario
Wife: Mary Ellen Aikens, b. 1857 of Nova Scotia
Children:
William Couch, b. 1879, Hullet Township, Huron County, Ontario
Margaret Sophia Couch, b. 1883, Hullett Township, Huron County, Ontario
Annie Couch, b. 1887, Gosfield, Essex County, Ontario

William John Couch died 1887, so Mary Ellen (Aikens) Couch remarried in 1891 to Emery Nelson of Grimsby, Lincoln County, Ontario. Both continued operating the farm in Gosfield.

Emery Nelson, b. 1855, Grimsby, Lincoln County, Ontario
Mary Ellen (Aikens-Couch) Nelson, same
Children:
John Almer Nelson, b. 1895, Essex County, Ontario
William Couch, b. same, married Fannie Lester, b. 1887, Amherstberg, Essex County, Ontario with known child, Annie Couch, b. 1922
Margaret Sophia Couch, b. same, married Howard John Mortimore, b. 1880, Colchester, Essex County, Ontario with known child, Ellen Fern Mortimore, b. 1906
Annie Couch, b. same, married George Vincent, b. 1874, Gosfield, Essex County, Ontario with known child, Morris G. Vincent, b. 1910

Emery Nelson died 1898 and Mary Ellen (Aikens-Couch) Nelson continued operating the farm in Gosfield until she died in 1931. Mary Ellen (Aikens-Couch) Nelson is buried in Kingsville.

Regards,
Dan Kennedy
London, Ontario
couchresearch@gmail.com