William Frederick Colgate

[HBCwife]

b.29 Apr 1858 I believe in Tunbridge Wells. Parents were John and Sophia. Emigrated to Canada in 1880.
Married Alice Maud Lennon 13 Jun 1881 in Toronto, ON, Canada. Worked as a printer. Interested in plants - did paintings of wildflowers.

[Sue Mackay]

1861 census RG9661/108/9 Shorwell, Isle of Wight

John COLGATE gardner 33 b West Peckham, Kent
Sophia wife 32 b East Peckham, Kent
Edwin John 9 b Hadlow, Kent
Arthur Herbert 8
Francis Joseph 6
Georgiana 5
William Frederick 3
Younger children all born Tunbridge, Kent

[Sandyhall]

What information are you looking for ?

Did this parents go to Canada with them ?

I have found them in 1861 and 1871 Census with his brothers
Edwin John Christening date 25 Jan 1852 - Hadlow, Kent, England
Francis Joseph Christening date 20 Aug 1854 - Tunbridge, Kent, England
Arthur Herbert Christening date 3 Apr 1853 - Tonbridge, Kent, England

[Sue Mackay]

1870 census RG10/1170/136/4

Family still on Isle of Wight. The fact that the eldest child was born in Hadlow leads me to think that the other children were born in Tonbridge rather than Tunbridge Wells

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadlow

[Sandyhall]

What information are you looking for ?

Did this parents go to Canada with them ?

I have found them in 1861 and 1871 Census with his brothers
Edwin John Christening date 25 Jan 1852 - Hadlow, Kent, England
Francis Joseph Christening date 20 Aug 1854 - Tunbridge, Kent, England
Arthur Herbert Christening date 3 Apr 1853 - Tonbridge, Kent, England

These are Christening Places and Date not birth dates

Births Mar 1853
Colgate Arthur Herbert Tunbridge Vol no 2a, Page no 376.

[Sue Mackay]

There is a marriage for a John COLEGATE (note extra e) registered in Tonbridge, Kent June quarter 1851 Vol 5 p628. Others on the same page include a Sophia HUNT

[Sue Mackay]

There is a marriage for a John COLEGATE (note extra e) registered in Tonbridge, Kent June quarter 1851 Vol 5 p628. Others on the same page include a Sophia HUNT

Definitely worth getting this marriage certificate via https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/

1851 census (taken just before above marriage) HO107/1615/253/5 Parish of Hadlow

George HUNT 39 aglab born East Peckham with wife and family
Also Sophia, sister, aged 23, dressmaker, born East Peckham

[Sandyhall]

Wouldn't it be better to get a child's Birth Certificate first as that will have the mother's maiden name on it before getting a Marriage certificate

Births Mar 1853
Arthur Herbert Colgate. Tunbridge Vol no 2a, Page no 376.

[HBCwife]

Information given to me earlier indicated that both brothers were in Ontario for the 1871 Canada Census.

Edwin is listed in the 1901 Guelph, Ontario, Canada Census with his wife Frances Jackman and family.
It says he and his wife immigrated in 1872. Perhaps he returned to England and married Frances before going back to Canada.
He was working as a "Rent Regulator" in 1901.

There was a younger George Colgate working as a Labourer in Fort Frances that year. It says that he was born in Canada 3 Jun 1873 so he might possibly be a son of Edwin's.

Colgate is not a common name in Canada and is becoming even less common.
None of my generation's Colgate have male children to pass the name on to.

Thank you for your consideration.

[wimsey]

is the founder of the company also in your tree ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Colgate