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- Elijah was an agriculturist a short distance from Switzer's Chapel. He was Justice of the Peace and Recording Steward of the church for over 30 years. He was one of the first Trustee's of Switzer's Chapel. Came to Upper Canada with his family in 1807. Elijah was converted at a camp meeting in Adolphestown in 1819 and for many years he led the singing at the Chapel.
Justice of the Peace. Living in 1847 in Ernestown Township, Ontario, Canada.
1851 census
Name Age Sex S/M/W B-Place Rel. Occ Res
Switzer, Elijah 56 M M USA WM F 1.5 frame
Switzer, Catherine 50 F M C W WM
Switzer, Christopher 23 M S CW WM L
Switzer, Catherine 25 F S CW WM Dripmaker
Switzer, Mary 21 F S CW WM SchT
Switzer, Lydia 20 F S CW WM SchT
Switzer, Hester Ann 11 F S CW WM
Prudhomme, Timothy 24 M S Ire RC L
Living in 1857 in Switzerville, Addington, Ontario, Canada.
In 1865, on his birthday, Elijah's house and belongings where all destroyed by fire.
Elijah had typhoid fever before his death.
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