Saide

(submitted by Dr. Greg Stott)

Zepherine (Zeforino) Saide (or Said, c.1811–) and his wife Margaret (c.1821–) settled on a twenty-five acre farm on the south half of Lot 2, Con. 6 SER sometime before 1861. Margaret was a native of Ireland, but her husband was born in Malta. They raised a large family: Dennis (c.1843–), David, Jeremiah (c. 1849–), John (c. 1851–), Margaret (c.1853–), Richard (c.1855–), Michael Joseph (c.1862–), and Margaret Theresa (c.1869–).

The 1867 census lists Zeforino, 62 years old, at Lot 10, Con. 1 NER (Warwick Village). His son Dennis, a 20 year old farmer, is at Lot 9, Con. 2 NER north of the village. By 1871 Jeremiah was listed as schoolteacher.

Dennis married Mary Deegan (1849–1895) of Forest and they had four children, two of whom died shortly after birth. Their daughters were Mary Catherine (Kate) and Rosanna (Rose). William Brandon purchased the Dennis Saide place and by 1901 Dennis and his daughters had apparently left Warwick Twp.

Dennis’s brother, John Saide, had died in 1894 after a lengthy illness. The Watford Guide-Advocate reported that John Said had been living on Lot 9, Con. 5 SER. His widow Bridget (1847–) continued to live there with their children: Albert J. (1883–), Dora T. (1885–), Lena M. (1886–), and William J. (1889–).

Chapter 24 of 25 - Saide Family

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