WILLIAM BILLING (Chart B-1)

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ROSS INDEX

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Family Chart No. R-13

     2nd Generation                                             Billing/Brown Family

WILLIAM BILLING
son of WILLIAM and REBECCA (ABRAMS or ABRAMSON) BILLING
was born 19 March 1838 at Valcartier, Quebec
Resided at Valcartier, Quebec
Occupation:  Postmaster of Valcartier Village

His father, WILLIAM BILLING, came from Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland, and his mother, REBECCA ABRAMS (or ABRAMSON) came from Queens County, Ireland, now known as County Laoighis, also spelled Laois, or Leix.

He married SARAH BROWN
on 2 Apr 1861 at Valcartier
daughter of HENRY BROWN
she was born 20 July 1841 at Valcartier
and died 23 December 1899 at Valcartier
buried at Valcartier, 25 December 1899 in the Church of England cemetery

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Children of WILLIAM and SARAH (BROWN) BILLING:

CURTIS
     born 25 November 1864 at Valcartier
     died 12 October 1953 at Montreal, Quebec
     married ELLEN NEIL of Valcartier  4 July 1890
          she was born 26 September 1871
          died 31 December 1949
     children: IDA ISABEL;  CECIL LEVISON;  EFFIE ETHEL

HENRY HERBERT
     born 11 September 1867 at Valcartier
     died at D'Arcy, Saskatchewan 23 January 1969  aged 101 years 4 months 12 days
     married ALICE NEIL of Valcartier 28 July 1897
          she was born 20 September 1875
          died 5 October 1969
     children: WALLACE;  WILLIAM ERVINE;  HAROLD GEORGE;  PEARL BELVA;
     LEVISON HENRY;  RUBY ALICE;  REGINALD HERBERT

IDA
     born 22 December 1870 at Valcartier
     she died 20 January 1899 at Quebec City
     married PERCY DRUMMOND ROSS 25 September 1889
          he was born 30 March 1966
          died 4 April 1938
     children:  DORA GWENDOLINE;  HELEN ISABEL SAIT;  IDA BEATRICE;
     MARY MARJORIE;  DOROTHY IDA BILLING

MARY ELLEN (BABE)
     born 22 May 1872 at Valcartier
     died 30 January 1951 at Montreal, Quebec

LEVISON
     born 22 April 1874 at Valcartier
     died in U.S.A. in 1958
     married IDA REILLY in 1900
          she was born about 1878
     children:  BESSIE;  LEVISON WILLIAM;  GERALD

This record was compiled by Henry Ross Wiggs of Westmount Que.
30 May, 1971
Sources of data:  Cecil and Effie Billing of Westmount, Quebec, and Miss Helen S. Ross of Loretteville, Quebec.