I'm researching Waterfords with VA, TN, OH and Canadian connections and believe we may be researching similar lines. Specifically, Letitia
WATERFORD (b. @1832 in US) married my greatgrandfather John
MYERS in
Camden Twp,
Kent Co., Ontario on Nov. 10, 1855. They had 8 children: Elizabeth, John, Jr., Florinda, Charles, Alexander, Malinda, Adam and Anna.
My Letitia
WATERFORD was the daughter of Adam
WATERFORD (b. VA) and Elizabeth Unknown (b. VA). Their family appears in
Sullivan Co., TN (possibly Blountville) in both the 1830 & 1840 US Census. Adam is dead by 1840. By 1850 the family appears in
Goshen,
Clermont Co., OH and identifies the following siblings of Letitia WATERFORD: Alexander,
Granville, Eniston/Emerson/Emberson, Melinda, Sarah,
Lafayette, Elizabeth. Letitia's brother William has a separate family in
Clermont OH by 1850 (I believe he may have married in 1839 in TN to B. Atchison). The entire family moved to
Kent Co., Ontario, Canada by 1855. Emerson/Emberson
WATERFORD married Mary A. GRIFFIN in
Chatham in 1858; Sarah
WATERFORD married Jonathan
GRINAGE in 1859 in
Chatham and Alexander
WATERFORD married Martha Jane
GRIFFIN in 1859 in
Chatham. By 1861 Letita and John
MYERS lived in Camden/Gore and the remaining WATERFORDS lived in
Chatham. The family (other than Letitia) falls off of the Ontario Census after 1861 -- I believe they moved to BC before 1871. Alexander and William
WATERFORD show up in Portland, OR in the 1880 US Census. I've found some later land references to Emberson/Emberson
WATERFORD in southern
California but haven't had a chance to research this further.
Please let me know if we are researching similar lines. I'd love to share research if you're interested.