J. Silles (Port Arthur, 1886)

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J. Silles
OccupationFarmer

J. Silles was a farmer in Port Arthur, in the Thunder Bay District of Ontario. The surrogate-court probate records list three different decedents named J. Silles in the district; this article covers the one whose estate was probated at Port Arthur in 1886.

The estate was probated in the Thunder Bay District surrogate court in 1886 and inventoried at $4,631.60 (equivalent to $179,040 in 2025). He died testate, leaving a will, and was survived by five children.[1]

References

  1. Probate record of J. Silles, farmer, Port Arthur (1886), surrogate court probate file no. 7. Canadian Regional Historical Wealth Micro-Data Collection, compiled by Livio Di Matteo, Lakehead University.