Rodney Hess ¹⁵⁷⁸

  Noted events in his life were:

• 1851 Census of Canada, 1851. ¹⁶⁵³ Williamsburg, Dundas, Ontario, Canada
Ontario, Dundas Co., Williamsburg Twp., p. 121, lines 35-45;
Rodney, age 12, with father Abram, age 55, mother Mary, age 57, and si blings Ira, age 24, Joseph, age 22, Peter, age 22, Silas, age 16, an d Mary, age 14.

• 1861 Census of Canada, 1861. ¹⁵⁴⁸ Williamsburg, Dundas, Ontario, Canada
Ontario, Dundas Co., Williamsburg Twp., p. 75, lines 48-50, p. 76, lin es 1-8;
Rodney, age 19, with father Abram, age 64, mother Mary, age 66, and si blings Ira, age 33, Cyrus, age 26, Silas, age 25, William, age 12, wit h Harriet (wife of Silas?), age 25, and children Ellen, age 5, Selene , age 4, Ranson Cyrus, age 2.

• Occupation: Farmer, 22 Feb 1873. ¹⁵⁷⁸ Williamsburg, Dundas, Ontario, Canada

• Residence, 22 Feb 1873. ¹⁵⁷⁸ Williamsburg, Dundas, Ontario, Canada

• 1881 Census of Canada, 1881. ¹⁵⁷⁹ Williamsburg, Dundas, Ontario, Canada
Ontario, Dundas Co., Williamsburg Twp., p. 27, lines 7-10, household 1 6;
Rodney, age 42, with wife Minerva, age 25, and children Edeth, age 3 , and Cyris, age 2.

Rodney married Mary Minerva Fetterly, daughter of Peter Henry Fetterly and Eliza Beckstead, on 22 Feb 1873 in Williamsburg, Dundas, Ontario, Canada.¹⁵⁷⁸ (Mary Minerva Fetterly was born about 1849 in Williamsburg, Dundas, Ontario, Canada ¹⁵⁶¹.)