tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65009708146711370262024-03-17T22:26:53.183-04:00 Meehan My FamilyJerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18283946530996717598noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500970814671137026.post-17008518640461521462017-12-27T09:06:00.002-05:002017-12-27T09:06:55.237-05:00THE FAULKNER FAMILY - CANADA PROJECT 150<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In 2017 the Ontario Genealogical Society asked their members for stories about the families who l</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ived in Canada at the time of confederation in 1867. I thought it was a good idea and decided to write about each family unit. This is the last family of my project</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My great great grandparents William Faulkner (1815-bef 1901) and Annie Jane/Hannah Crosby (1819 - 1876) were both born in Ireland, possibly Dublin. They emigrated to Canada between 1847 and 1849, probably due to the Irish Famine with their 2 sons John Crosby and George Lewis and settled in Ontario.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">William and Annie Jane had at least 7 children. John Crosby was born in Dublin in 1844 and George Lewis in 1845. According to a Family Bible, their next son Ford was born in either 1847 or 1849 (the date has been overwritten) and he was born in Toronto, Ontario</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">By 1850 the family had moved to Simcoe County, as their son William Joseph was born in Tecumseh, Simcoe County, Ontario on July 1, 1850 and baptised on 18 May 1851. More children followed, Mary Jane born 1852, Henrietta born 1853 and Annie Margaret born 1855.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">William was a tailor According to the book entitled <u>Governor Simcoe Slept Here</u> by the Bradford West Gwillimbury Local Historical Association, Volume 1 and 2, William Faulkner was the first tailor in the village of Newton Robinson. Newton Robinson is a village about 50 miles north of Toronto, in Simcoe County.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">William Faulkner was the first tailor in the village. About the year 1852, a building was erected immediately north of the Chantler Store. William Faulkner occupied it as a dwelling and tailor shop.</span></i><br />
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<i>Faulkner bought lot "E", built a house and operated a tailor business until 1868, when he sold the property to John Merrick. George Ogilvie and J. M. McClean were successful tailors during prosperous years.</i></span><br />
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<i>The tailor shop stood where the present Women's Institute Hall (Orange Hall ) is now located</i></span><br />
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Another book from Simcoe County also mentions the Faulkners as being established in Newton Robinson around the same time: <u>Newton Robinson: A History of the United Church and the Community 1841-1987</u> by Bernice Merrick Ellis writes that a new church in the Bradford Circuit, Wesley Chapel appears in the June 1849 - 1850 annual report. </span><br />
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<i>The Latimer's corners log church appears under its own name for the first time. There can be no doubt that is what it was. The subscribers are familiar Newton Robinson Church names.....</i></span><br />
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<i>The Village itself had been formally christened Newton Robinson in the year 1848.</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> In the Missionary lists of the next few years more names that would be well known appeared, including......<b>Wm. and Hanna Falkne</b>r.....</span></i><br />
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Certainly William and Annie Jane were in the village of Newton Robinson as William Faulkner, tailor, is listed in the 1869 Gazetteer for the area. According to the 1871 Census they lived in Tecumseth and William's occupation was tailor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sadly Annie Jane died in 1876 and by that time William and Annie were back living in Toronto. After Annie's death William seemed to move around to be near his children. In 1877 he was living in Fordwich, Huron near his daughter Mary Jane Rowe and son Ford. He was living with Mary Jane and her family according to the 1881 census.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">By the time the 1891 census was taken, William had moved to the Muskoka, Parry Sound, Ontario, area to be near his sons John Crosby, photographer and William Joseph, baker who both had businesses in the area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What happened to William after that remains a mystery. I haven't located a death certificate, and William doesn't seem to appear on the 1901 Census. Several researchers have listed his death as January 28, 1896, but further investigation reveals that death certificate is for an Annie Jane Faulkner a farmer's wife. Did he move to North Dakota, USA to be near his daughter Annie Margaret Fawcett?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Annie Jane's burial location is unknown as well. Are they buried together somewhere in Ontario?</span><br />
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Jerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18283946530996717598noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500970814671137026.post-57964641620848987822017-12-04T09:44:00.000-05:002017-12-13T08:05:37.965-05:00THE MEEHAN FAMILY - CANADA PROJECT 150<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In 2017 the Ontario Genealogical Society asked their members for stories about the families who l</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ived in Canada at the time of confederation in 1867. I thought it was a good idea and decided to write about each family unit. There were more than I first imagined.</span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">Patrick Meehan was m</span>y great great grandfather. He was born in Ireland about 1806 in Ireland, possibly Donegal. He was married to Elizabeth "Bessie" Magee. Bessie was also born in Ireland about 1812 I don't know if they married in Ireland or met in Canada.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Patrick and Bessie had at least 3 children born in Kingston, Ontario: James, Ellen and George. James Meehan was born on November 26, 1842 in Kingston and baptised at St. Mary's Church in Kingston on 8 December 1842. The parents are listed as "residents" of Kingston as opposed to other listings in the parish records that refer to "immigrants". So Patrick and Bessie were living in Kingston from at least November 1842.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The other two children were also baptised at St. Mary's. Ellen was born May 2, 1845 and baptised on June 8, 1845 and George Thomas was born on March 30, 1850 and baptised on May 19, 1850.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At some point between 1851 and 1861 the family moved from Kingston to Belleville, Ontario. Unfortunately the 1851 census is missing for parts of Kingston and Belleville, so it is not clear exactly when they moved.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Nevertheless, by 1861 the family was living in Belleville, in the Coleman district. Patrick is listed as a labourer and the family is living in a 1 1/2 stories frame house.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">According to our family history, James joined the US army and participated in the US Civil War in 1863. He was injured in the US and remained there and lived in Wisconsin with his wife and 9 children. There certainly was a James Meehan, born in Canada who did live in Wisconsin. His father was named Patrick Meehan, but the mother's name is unknown.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">My direct ancestor George Thomas Meehan married Emma Howson in Belleville in 1874. See Howson family link: </span><a href="https://mymeehanfamily.blogspot.ca/2017/11/the-howson-family-canada-project-150.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Howson Family </span></a><span style="color: #222222;"> George and Emma had at least 7 children all born in Belleville and baptised at St. Michael's The Archangel Church. By the 1901 Census the family had moved to Toronto. George died in 1919 and Emma died in 1913. They are both buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Toronto.</span></span></span><br />
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Jerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18283946530996717598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500970814671137026.post-65836387805663072012017-11-21T09:07:00.000-05:002017-12-13T08:03:07.018-05:00THE HOWSON FAMILY - CANADA PROJECT 150<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">George Howson is my 3x great grandfather and was born in 1794 in Buckland, Berkshire, England. He married Jane Lay in October 1816 in Abingdon, Berkshire. The county boundaries have changed since then and Abingdon is now considered part of Oxfordshire. Jane was born about 1794 and baptised in Eynsham, Oxfordshire, England in 1795.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">According to the book </span><u style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">"Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of</u><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><u style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">York"</u><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"> (Canada) published in circa 1905, the Howson family came to Canada about 1832. There is paragraph about George Plant who married Georgianna Adelaide Howson (granddaughter of George Howson) <i>" ...George Howson, who was born in Oxford, England where he married Jane Lay. In 1832 they came to Canada settling at Belleville, where Mr. Howson was a market gardener...."</i></span><i><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;" /></i><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;" /><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.2px;">George and Jane had at least 3 children. Their first son Thomas was born on June 15, 1817 and died 1 day later in Abingdon. They had 2 more sons Thomas born in 1818 and George born in 1820, possibly Buckland, Berkshire. At some point, around 1832 the family of 4 emigrated to the Belleville area of Ontario, Canada. There were also some cousins of George Howson who emigrated to Belleville about the same time from the Oxfordshire area, namely the Cox and Little families.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.2px;">The first known record of the Howson family in Canada is 1844 when George (1820) married Bridget O'Neill in Marysville, Ontario. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.2px;">George (1794) owned land in Thurlow, Hastings Ontario where he was a market gardener. The 1851 census lists his land as</span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"> Concession 2, Lot 9, 25 acres of land. He later sold this land to the Grand Trunk Railway.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">Son Thomas Howson (1818-1896) married Rebecca Reynolds/Runnels(1824-1893) about 1842 possibly in Kingston Ontario. They had at least 11 children and moved to Morrisburg, Dundas, Ontario where Thomas was a tinsmith. Thomas and Rebecca retired to Picton, Prince Edward County, Ontario where they are buried.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">Son, George (1820-1856), my direct ancestor, married Bridget O'Neill(1812-1884). Bridget was from Thomastown, Kilkenny, Ireland. They had at least 5 children, all girls: Jane(Jannett), Eliza, Emma Teresa, Margaret and Bridget. They were all baptised at St Michael's The Archangel Roman Catholic Church in Belleville, Ontario.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #222222;">Emma Teresa Howson is my direct ancestor. She married George Thomas Meehan. Link to: </span><a href="https://mymeehanfamily.blogspot.ca/2017/12/the-meehan-family-canada-project-150.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Meehan Family</span></a></span></span><span style="color: blue;"> </span><br />
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<br />Jerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18283946530996717598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500970814671137026.post-18847357939162174412017-11-11T08:03:00.000-05:002017-11-11T08:04:05.976-05:00#CanadaRemembers - JOSEPH HENRY DOWN (1889-1915)<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Imagine, it’s easy if you try”. You are Joseph Henry Down born in 1889 and
you have signed up for the war in 1914.
You are young, an electrician and linesman. The war will be an adventure and it will be
over by Christmas everyone says so. You
leave behind a mother and father, and brothers and sisters, a wife and 2 soon
to be 3 children and 2 stepdaughters.
What an adventure. One of your
brothers and an uncle also signed up and you are all sent together for training
in Quebec.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joseph Henry Down - taken in Salisbury, England circa 1914</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You eventually end up at Ypres as a Sapper in the 2nd Field
Company, Canadian Engineers . On April
12, 1915 you send a card to your family.
It’s preprinted: yes, I‘m well, yes, I received your letter of March 26,
1915. This will be great news for the
family. They have to rely on the radio
broadcasts and the newspaper headlines.
Gossip is rampant at the stores back in Toronto, everyone has someone in the war. Every scrap of news is analyzed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">War letter from Joseph Down, postmarked Toronto April 26, 1915</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“No hell below us, above us only sky.” Of course when you wrote the card the gas
attacks hadn’t started. You have been on
duty for 24 hours straight, possibly 48.
Little do you know it but you are in the middle of the 2nd battle of
Ypres. It is chaos. There are so many wounded and the attacks
just keep coming. Your Lieutenant
volunteers your Section to hold back the enemy.
It’s 10:00am April 24, 1915 and you are shot in the head, along with
several soldiers in your Section. You
are just one of many of the thousands of dead. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Imagine there are no countries, nothing to kill or die for,
and no religion too.” Back home your
family still unaware receives your card.
It is post marked April 26, 1915.
They don’t know the truth you are already dead. In their ignorance they
are jubilant. We have news he’s ok! Tell all your friends and family, he is safe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18283946530996717598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500970814671137026.post-88084823129280707202017-11-09T08:55:00.001-05:002017-11-10T06:50:21.167-05:00MAURICE FITZGERALD FAMILY - CANADA PROJECT 150<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Another family ancestor who lived in Canada at the time of confederation in 1867. Maurice Fitzgerald is my 2x great grandfather.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The family belief is that Maurice Fitzgerald (1803- 1881) came from Tralee, Kerry, Ireland. He married his wife, Ellen Pendergast/Prendergast (1803-1872) in Ireland as their first daughter Nancy was born there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As Nancy Fitzgerald's date of birth is listed as 1828 Ireland and the next daughter Mary was baptised on 14th December 1833 at St. Paul's Basilica in Toronto, the family came to Canada between 1828 and 1833 and settled in the Toronto, Ontario area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ellen and Maurice Fitzgerald began a family that consisted of at least seven children including: Nancy, Mary, Bridget, Michael, Ellen, Johanna and David. The baptisms of five of the Fitzgerald children were found in the Baptismal Records at St. Paul's Basilica, in Toronto. These records range from 1833 to 1844. On the 11th May 1850, their daughter Anne/Nancy Fitzgerald married Michael Stedman / Steadman at St. Paul's Basilica.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For some reason the family moved to Hornellsville, Steuben county, in New York State for a short period of time. The family is listed on the 1850 US Census and their daughter Nancy and her husband Michael Stedman were also living nearby.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">By the 1852 Canada Census, enumerated in January 1852, Maurice, his daughters Mary, Ellen and Johanna are listed as living in York, Ontario along with an Ellen Studman (?Stedman), aged 4. His wife Ellen, son Michael and David are not listed with the family and perhaps they stayed in Hornellsville.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">By the 1861 Canada Census, David Fitzgerald, the youngest son was listed as born in Upper Canada in 1851 and Ellen, Michael are back with the family. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Maurice and his son Michael owned land at Concession 1, Lot 6 , in the Southeast part of York County, Ontario. According to the history of the Toronto Golf Club 1876-1976, Michael Fitzgerald owned approximately 65 acres that extended from Woodbine Avenue to Coxwell Avenue and north to the Grand Trunk Railway Tracks and south to Queen Street in 1869. In 1876 the Toronto Golf Club rented a vacant portion of the farmland to play golf. This informal agreement lasted until 1894 when the Toronto Golf Club sought more permanent accommodation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Fitzgeralds also sold some of that land to the St. John The Baptist Norway Anglican Church. The Church History of St. John indicates the church property was extended south of the Church circa 1880. "This lot was the site of the home of Mr. Fitzgerald, father of Mr. Michael Fitzgerald whose farm began north of St. John's and ran up to the Grand Trunk tracks" This is in the Woodbine and Kingston Road area of Toronto.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ellen Fitzgerald died 5 June 1872 and is buried in St. Michael's Cemetery in Toronto. Maurice remarried in September of that year. He married a widow Ann Altridge O'Neill at St. Paul's Basilica. Maurice's parents were listed as Patrick Fitzgerald and Annie Walsh.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Maurice died in 1881, and he was living at 20 Water Street in Toronto. He is buried with his first wife Ellen in Plot 128 North of Bridget St.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Their children Michael Fitzgerald born 1838 married Fanny Down and Ellen Fitzgerald born 1841 married John Busby. I have previously written about Richard Down see <a href="https://mymeehanfamily.blogspot.ca/2017/06/richard-down-and-mary-hooper-doidge.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Richard Down Family</span></a> and John Busby see <a href="https://mymeehanfamily.blogspot.ca/2017/08/john-busby-canada-project-150.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">John Busby Family</span></a></span><br />
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Jerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18283946530996717598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500970814671137026.post-11606704722144264022017-10-26T08:05:00.000-04:002017-11-01T06:30:21.447-04:00GEORGE CREW CANADA PROJECT 150<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Another family ancestor who lived in Canada at the time of confederation in 1867. George Crew is my 2x great grandfather.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">George's great-granddaughter, maintained George Crew came from Leeds, Yorkshire, England. She also maintained that George had a brother named Daniel Crew who lived in Scarborough, Ontario and ran the Half-way House Hotel near Midland and Kingston Road in Scarborough and her mother Ivy used to visit family there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The date George left England is not known, possibly as early as 1822, but certainly he was in Crapaud, Lot 29, Prince Edward Island by 1841. According to the 1841 Census which names Head of family only, there was a George Crew at Lot 29, who was a Miller and a Farmer. The total family consisted of 3 people: 1 Male age between 16 and 45, 1 Male upwards of age 60, both from England and 1 Female under 16 years of age and "being native of this Island". Whether George is the older or the younger member of the family is unknown. Is the older crew George's father? Could it be John Crew of Bramley by Leeds? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">George was listed variously as a Mill worker and Millwright over the years. Also could the young female have been a servant or possibly George's future wife Mary Bailey as she was born in 1824 and might have been just under 16 at the time?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Both men from England, paid their own passage from England and they owned 4 acres of 2nd best quality farm land. They owned 5 sheep, 1 "Neat Cattle" and 2 hogs. They had a 999 year lease on their property</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There were other Crew families living in Crapaud, Lot 29 so it is quite possible that they were all related, - Daniel, Joseph and Benjamin, also born in England. Daniel Crew is the same Daniel that moved to Scarborough, Ontario.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There is a Crew family born in Bramley by Leeds, Yorkshire England that may also be connected to George Crew. John Crew and Dinah Scurrah Rhodes, married in Leeds in 1799. This family had the following children: Daniel Dix Crew born 1805, Benjamin born 1807, Joseph born 1813, William Scerrah born 1818 and Hannah born 1818. This family has not been connected to the PEI family however the names are similar - Daniel Joseph and Benjamin. Also the name Scurrah was used by Daniel Crew to name his son Charles Scurrah Crew. To further complicate matters George Crew cannot be linked to the Bramley Crew family or the PEI Crew family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">George married Mary Bailey in 1843, in Crapaud and they had at least 12 children. The witnesses to the wedding were Edward Duffy and Joseph Best. Baptisms for 5 of the children have been found in Crapaud: John, bap 1844, Ellen, bap 1846, Hannah bap 1847, James Bailey bap 1849 and Elisa bap 1858. While the other children Joseph born 1852, William born 1854,and George born 1854 do not appear on the baptism index but are listed on later census as being born in PEI. The next son Benjamin born 1860 was born either in PEI or New Brunswick and the next 3 children, Alice born 1862, Haysen and Mary Evaline (twins), born 1865 were born in Sackville New Brunswick, but no baptism records have been located. The birth dates are all estimates.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The family moved sometime between 1858 and 1861, as they were living in Sackville, New Brunswick according to the 1861 Census where George is listed as a Mill man</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Between 1865 and 1870 the family had moved again and they now lived on Main Street, in Markham, Ontario per the 1871 Census. Sadly Mary Bailey Crew, sons Haysen and James Bailey died during 1870. This left George Crew as a widower with 9 children. According George's great-granddaughter, son John Crew born 1844 remained in New Brunswick.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The family remained in Markham and George died there in 1900. He is buried in the Church of England Cemetery, which is attached to Grace Church in Markham. Mary Bailey Crew, Haysen and James Bailey Crew are also buried at the same cemetery. There doesn't appear to be a grave marker.</span>Jerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18283946530996717598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500970814671137026.post-78334281700051507172017-09-22T09:23:00.000-04:002017-09-25T08:03:18.569-04:00GEORGE MCKNIGHT AND MARY SMITH - CANADA PROJECT 150<i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">First Published in the Halton-Peel Branch of the Ontario Genealogy Society Newsletter -<u> Special Edition Halton-Peel KINections - Canada 150 Project</u> - July 2017</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">George McKnight (abt 1817-1884) was born in Fermanagh
Ireland and came to Canada about 1836.
According to his wife Mary Smith McKnight’s (abt 1821-1909) obituary,
George McKnight married Mary Smith in 1835 in Enniskillen, Fermanagh Ireland
and they emigrated to Toronto, Ontario. The obituary is probably from the
Listowel Standard, Perth County, dated May 28, 1909. The obituary states: "<i>...and settled in Toronto, where Mr.
Mcknight engaged in the mercantile business for two years. From there they moved to Albion Township and
followed farming until 1854. In that
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Other researchers have quoted an autobiography by a
Fermanagh Patterson Rutherford that claims the business that George McKnight
operated was a Dry Goods Store near the Eaton's store on Yonge Street in
Toronto. There was a listing for a
McKnight and Saxon listed as Wholesale Merchants in the 1837 Toronto & Home
District Directory. The address is
simply Yonge Street, Toronto. This was a
business listing and I have not found a home address for the McKnight family,
so possibly they lived above the store.
There was no listing for Mr. Saxon either. Certainly looking at other businesses in the
area, in this time frame, the dry goods stores seemed to be on Yonge Street
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moved to Peel County by 1839. Certainly
the family was listed in Albion on the 1851 Census. According to the book <u>The Way it was: a History of Minto</u>, George McKnight was one
of the original landowners of Minto Township, Wellington County and purchased
Lots 41 and 42 on Concession 1. The land
sale is recorded as September 10 and 11, 1854.
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">George’s parents James and Ann/Hannah Colwell Mcknight and
George’s siblings also came to Albion around the same time. The <u>1846-1847 Brown’s Toronto City and
Home Directory</u> shows a James McKnight living at Concession 3, Lot 29 in
Albion, Peel County. It is possible
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(1839-1913), Anne Jane (1841-1894), Margaret (1843-1920), Sarah (1847-1929),
John (1847-1911), James (1850-1931) born in Albion, Peel County. George (1857-1936), Mary (1861-1938), Elizabeth
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sarah McKnight was baptized August 19, 1849
in Albion and she was born in Albion on January 6, 1847 according to the
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Margaret, Sarah, John and James are all listed on the 1852 Census living in
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born in 1839, it is possible the family was living in Albion as early as 1839;
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Jerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18283946530996717598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500970814671137026.post-19267042915130728882017-08-30T09:24:00.001-04:002023-08-24T11:42:04.923-04:00HENRY NEWTON AND MARY BRYAN/BRYANT - CANADA PROJECT 150<div class="MsoNormal">
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Ireland, possibly Kings County and came to Canada in the 1830’s. Not much is known about them, but according
to family history they both died in the late 1840’s or early 1850’s and have
not been found on any census record.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Quebec City to Montreal on 2<sup>nd</sup> June 1831.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Toronto and Home District Directory</u> as living on Concession 1, Lot 27,
Albion Township, Peel County. Their
children have been identified as Robert (1821-1895), Henry (1824-1905), William
(1826-1923), Maria (1828-1918) and possibly George Newton (1823-?). There is also an entry in the 1847 Brown’s
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Maria Newton, aged 16 and Henry Newton aged 21 were
confirmed in the church on October 28, 1844 in Albion. Their address was listed as Lot 20,
Concession 2, Albion, per the <u>Index for Baptismal Register for the Mission
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before 1848 and they lived in Albion.
They had 5 children: Ester Ann (1848-1933), Mary (1849-1937), William
Henry (1851-1921), Susan (1853-1864) and Margaret (1855-1912). Margaret Fallis, a native of Enniskillen, Fermanagh
Ireland died in 1855 in Wallace Perth County.
Her parents James Fallis(1802-1882) and Ester Spence (1803-1869) also of Fermanagh
died in Albion and are buried in Crawford Cemetery. Robert married Isabella
McKnight in 1857 Wallace, Perth County.
They had 11 children together and lived in Perth County and in Howick,
Huron County, before moving to Manitoba.
When Robert Newton died in Elton Manitoba in 1895, his death Certificate
stated he was from Queen’s County, Ireland. More information about <a href="https://mymeehanfamily.blogspot.ca/2012/08/newton-family-part-1.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Robert Newton part 1</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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according to the 1851 Census, but by 1861 he had moved to Howick Huron. He married Lydia Hill Bloomily, a widow in
1862. Lydia died in a fire in Howick in
1864 and Henry married Susan Ghent Sutherland in 1865 in Wellington County. By the 1901 Census Henry had moved to
Kootenay East, B.C. Henry died in 1905
in Athalmer B.C. His place of birth was
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when his family first emigrated, but by the 1851 census he is living in
Waterloo. He is living with his presumed
brother George Newton and his wife Letitia McFadyen Newton. William married Eleanor Holt in 1855 in
Waterloo. Eleanor Holt is the sister of
Thomas Holt. Thomas Holt married Maria Newton. According to the 1901 Census William
emigrated to Canada in 1834. On the 1911
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according to her obituary in 1918; Maria was born in Kings County Ireland. The
Newton family including her parents and 4 brothers left Ireland on April 18,
1835 and landed in Toronto on July 11, 1835.
They moved to Albion, Peel County and she lived there until she married
and moved to Wellington County. The 1901
Census state Maria emigrated to Canada in 1843, but the 1911 Census states
1835.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
Jerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18283946530996717598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500970814671137026.post-62384624379184359762017-08-08T09:00:00.001-04:002017-09-01T15:53:50.716-04:00JOHN BUSBY - CANADA PROJECT 150<i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></i>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Toronto Branch of the Ontario Genealogy Society invited members to share stories about ancestors who lived in Canada at the time of confederation in 1867. John Busby is my maternal great-grandfather. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Little is known of John Busby (1819-1899) before he came to
Canada. The census records indicate he
was born in Scotland about 1819 and his death certificate gives Edinboro
(Edinburgh) as his place of birth. He
married Ellen Fitzgerald (1840-1907) about 1862 as their first son John was
born in November 1862 in York, Ontario.
I have not found him on the 1861 Census nor have I found a marriage
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occupation varied from Labourer to Shoemaker to Railway Employee. He was listed as a Protestant but his
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The first recorded entry mentioning John Busby is his son’s
baptism at St. Paul’s Basilica, Power Street on 7 June 1865. John and Ellen Busby had at least ten
children that I have located and possibly they had 13 children as family
history indicates. The children
included: John born 1862, Catherine & Mary (twins) born 1865, Ellen born
1866, Agnes born1870, Martha Ann born 1872, Matilda (Elizabeth) born 1875,
Bertha born 1878, William born 1881, and Gerald Fitzgerald born 1884. Seven of the children were baptised at St.
Paul's Basilica in Toronto and only 2 of the children’s births were registered.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On the 1871 Census the family was listed as living in
Toronto East, St. Lawrence Ward., bounded by Queen, Yonge, lakefront and McGee
Street (east of Broadview Avenue).. When
the 1881 census was taken in April, the family was living in York East, York
East. Some of the 1891 census records
are missing for York East, but the Toronto directories indicate that from 1884-
1891 the family lived in Norway Village and John Busby was a tenant of
Concession 1, Lot 6. This land was owned
by his father-in-law Maurice Fitzgerald.
The 1892-1899 directories show the family living in Little York at
Coleman Corners where John and his wife Ellen ran a boarding house for railway
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September 1899 after being struck by a train.
<u>The Globe & Mail Newspaper</u> of 2 October 1899, carried the
following headline: <b>KILLED BY AN ENGINE
- JOHN BUSBY, AN AGED RESIDENT OF COLEMAN, STRUCK BY A TRAIN AND DIED IN A FEW
HOURS. </b> The following is a partial
transcription: “The Grand Trunk express
from the west struck John Busby, an aged resident of Coleman, who was walking
on the tracks near York station on Saturday morning and six hours later Mr.
Busby died in the General Hospital....The train was immediately stopped and
Busby was taken from under the engine and carried to the station....and Busby
was then placed on the first train for the city.....He was 79 years of age and
was a well-known resident of Coleman.....”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">John is buried in St. John Norway Cemetery alongside his
wife Ellen Fitzgerald Busby who died on 8 February 1907. They are buried in the Old Plan of the
cemetery at Plot 68 along with other Busby family members.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In 1936, when his daughter Mary Busby Bell (1865-1936) died
an article appeared in the <u>Toronto Star</u> about her death. The headline of the article was <b>DAUGHTER OF
PIONEER MRS. A. BELL PASSES.</b> The article
indicates that John Busby was born in Edinburgh, Scotland the same day as Queen
Victoria was born in 1819 (May 24, 1819 - Queen Victoria's Birthday). It also states that John Busby was "a
veteran of the gold rush of '49 and a sheriff in California. He knew Buffalo Bill, Kit Carson, General
Sherman and General Grant of civil war fame and President Lincoln." </span></div>
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Jerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18283946530996717598noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500970814671137026.post-18269445156534603242017-06-13T09:32:00.000-04:002017-09-01T15:54:13.614-04:00RICHARD DOWN AND MARY HOOPER DOIDGE- CANADA PROJECT 150<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Richard Down was born in 1833 in Devon, England. He was christened on 22 September 1833, at The Abbey Chapel - Presbyterian in Tavistock, Devon. He married Mary Hooper Doidge on 22 December 1855, at Stoke Damerel, Devon. Mary H. Doidge was also born in Devon and christened at the Tavistock Parish Church on 17 July 1835.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">According to family history Richard and Mary emigrated to Canada on their honeymoon on the <i>Empress of Ireland</i> ship. Their first child, Thomas was born in Bowmanville, Ontario in 1858. They might have settled there initially as there were other Down and Doidge families living in the area. As yet, there has been no link made to these families. Richard Down’s mother was Patience Walters from Devon and there were also some Walters families living in the Ontario County area at the same time which might have been relatives as well.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Between 1858 and 1860 the family moved to Toronto. Richard Down is listed in the 1860 </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Toronto City Directory </i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">as a carpenter, living at 80 Victoria Street. The family has now grown and the children include Thomas Walter born 1858, Fanny born 1860, Charles Walter born 1861, Edith May Maude Mary born 1863, William Henry Walter born 1865 and John Hooper born 1866 . All the children were born in Toronto with the exception of Thomas. The family attended the St. James Cathedral in Toronto and several of the children were baptised there. There is a family burial plot at St. James Cemetery which is affiliated with the church.</span><br />
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<i>First Published in the Toronto Branch of the Ontario Genealogy Society Newsletter - Toronto Tree - January/February 2017.</i><br />
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My grandfather Joseph Henry Down died at the 2<sup>nd</sup>
Battle of Ypres, Belgium on April 24, 1915.
His body was not recovered, and there is no grave, but he is listed on
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with over 55,000 other soldiers who lost their lives in the battle.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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In order to commemorate Joseph’s death my husband John and I
decided to plan a trip to Ypres in April 2015.
As part of the planning, we researched Joseph from cradle to grave. The family had always lived in the east end
of Toronto and I didn’t realize how many places they had lived in while still
maintaining to be “East-Enders”.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Our plan was to find as much information about Joseph as
possible analysing all the data I had collected in my genealogy research, plus
additional information from any military records. My husband also contacted the Legion and
received a bag of poppies. Our intent
was to leave a poppy at every location where Joseph lived and we visited. So before we made the journey to Ypres, we
started in Toronto.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I haven’t located Joseph’s birth certificate, but the family
attended St. John’s the Baptist Norway Church.
I made an appointment at the Diocese of Toronto Anglican Archives on
Adelaide Street in Toronto. The Archives
are open 2 days a week and while you don’t need an appointment, it’s
recommended to call ahead to ensure the records you need are available. <a href="http://www.toronto.anglican.ca/parish-administration/archives/">http://www.toronto.anglican.ca/parish-administration/archives/</a>
It was my first time at the archives and
I was surprised when I was given the actual parish records to research. So I donned my cotton gloves and very
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Joseph Henry Down was
born on September 23, 1889, in the village of Norway, now a part of Toronto,
Ontario, Canada, the son of Charles Walter Down and Alice Maude Crew. He was baptized at St. John’s Norway Church
on September 5, 1890 and his parents are listed as living in Norway, and his
father is listed as a Milk Dealer.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Toronto Directories were invaluable in our
research. Joseph’s family lived mostly
in the east end of Toronto. Jane
McNamara has listed all the directories on her blog which was very handy for
this research. <a href="http://wherethestorytakesme.ca/toronto-city-directories/">http://wherethestorytakesme.ca/toronto-city-directories/</a> These
directories can also be accessed through the Toronto Public Library website,
but I found Jane’s list more convenient as all the directories are listed on
one page.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In 1893, the family is listed as living on Woodbine Avenue,
Norway and his father also lists a business under Grocer and Fruit and Fishes
etc. on 692 Queen Street East, near Broadview Avenue. By 1899 the Grocery store was 668 Queen
Street East, whether a new location or simply a re-numbering of the street is
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The 1912 Directory lists Joseph’s father Charles with an
additional Cartage Business , listed as C. W. Down & Son at 81 Hamilton
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Joseph attended Queen Alexandra Public School on Hamilton
Street, near Broadview and Dundas Streets.
A search on the Toronto branch
King and County page lists 4 Down surnames.
All belong to my grandfather’s line.
Joseph and his brothers William, Charles and R.E. (Richard Edward) Down
are listed on the plaque. Of the 4
brothers only Richard survived and returned to Toronto. The King and Country page also a wonderful
sidebar on the main page with links to military websites. <a href="http://torontofamilyhistory.org/kingandcountry/">http://torontofamilyhistory.org/kingandcountry/</a><a href="http://torontofamilyhistory.org/kingandcountry/"></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Sometime between 1908
and 1913 the Joseph’s family also acquired property where they built a house on
Bellefair Avenue in the east end of Toronto.
In 1911 Joseph married Bertha Snider (nee Busby). Bertha was 10 years older and she was a widow
with 2 daughters, Mildred Agnes Ellen and Marjory Maxine Snider. Bertha and Joe had 3 children, Charles
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Using the birth registrations for Joseph and Bertha’s
children together with the directories gave us more address to check out. Thankfully the addresses still remained in
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So off we went, armed with a list of locations, a bag of
poppies and a camera. We found all the
locations on our list. I was familiar
with some of the addresses as my grandmother and my great grandmother lived in
the same houses until their deaths. Some
of the street numbers changed on the streets, but using the street directory,
was an enormous help. The street
directory portion of the directory lists all the streets in alphabetical order
and by house number. It also lists the intersections, so you can get an idea of
the vicinity of the house you are researching.
I was able to pinpoint the general area of the house number by using the
cross streets as reference. For instance
in 1914 , 290 Woodbine Avenue is
located at the crossroad of Kingston
Road and Woodbine Avenue. That is not
the case today. 290 Woodbine is a long
block south of Kingston Road and I imagine the new 290 is a much more
substantial house. Some of the houses
had disappeared completely replaced by an apartment block in one instance. We did our best and photographed the houses
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My great grandfather’s Grocery
store on Queen Street East is still there and is now a Hemp Store. Around the corner on Munroe Street, the
stables are gone and there are apartments.
My great grandmother’s house on Bellfair Avenue looks almost unchanged,
except for a few cosmetic enhancements.
At “582” (as it was known in my family, no need to add Woodbine Avenue),
it too appeared much the same as I remembered and I was left to wonder how my
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Our last stop was St. John’s Norway
Cemetery on Woodbine Avenue. While
Joseph isn’t buried there his name along with his brothers is inscribed on the
Down family gravestone and we left our last poppy on the grave.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Toronto part of our journey was
complete. Poppies were left at every
location and now we were ready for our European excursion to continue our poppy
trail through England, France and Belgium.
I wonder what the homeowners thought when they found a poppy fastened
unobtrusively to their shrubbery?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Jerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18283946530996717598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500970814671137026.post-48215200567293530112017-01-26T09:15:00.000-05:002017-01-26T09:15:40.563-05:00JOSEPH HENRY DOWN (1889-1915) - SERENDIPITYMy husband and I were recently in Ottawa, Ontario from January 18 - 22, 2017 to watch the Canadian Figure Skating Championships. We had some free time before the event and planned to see Rideau Hall and an Art Gallery.<br />
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I'm not sure why I chose to visit the Veterans Affairs Canada website at this particular time. I think there was a posting in the Ontario Genealogical Society Facebook page about Military Records and I followed the link.<span style="color: blue;"> </span><a href="http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/books" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Veterans Affairs Canada</span></a><br />
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There are 7 Books of Remembrance at the Memorial Chamber at Parliament Hill. Each day a page on each book is turned to commemorate the soldiers who were killed in action. The books can be searched by name and/or year of death. I searched the database for my grandfather Joseph Henry Down, who died at the 2nd Battle of Ypres on April 24, 1915. <br />
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His page was to be displayed on January 19, 2017. This was incredible luck. We toured the Parliament Buildings early January 19, 2017 and were in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower before 11:0 am. There is a small ceremony when the pages are turned at 11:00 am.<br />
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This is the second time that my research on Joseph Down and Figure Skating have coincided. In 2015 we were on our way from Toronto to Kingston, Ontario to watch the 2015 Canadian Figure Skating Championships and discovered there was an exhibit at the War Museum in Ottawa to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the 2nd Battle of Ypres. We included a trip to Ottawa prior to going to Kingston.<br />
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I'm starting to think maybe Joseph is a skating fan.Jerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18283946530996717598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500970814671137026.post-44317355777214543802017-01-14T09:07:00.000-05:002017-01-14T09:11:10.808-05:00THE REAL MEEHAN O'LEARY CONNECTION<br />
Over 4 years ago I wrote about the O'Leary sisters country and western group and the very tentative connection to my Meehan family see <a href="https://mymeehanfamily.blogspot.ca/2012/06/meehan-oleary-connection.html" target="_blank">Meehan-O'Leary Connection</a>.<br />
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Since that time I have been in contact with a descendant of Teresa Meehan and Norman Dunne O'Leary. Susan also introduced me to another relative Rosemary. Rosemary is a descendant of Mary Ann Meehan and Lorne Sheridan. Susan, Rosemary and I share the same great grandparents George Thomas Meehan (1851) and Emma Howson.(1851)<br />
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Both Susan and Rosemary have been very generous and shared family pictures. My grandfather George Meehan (1882) and my grandmother Isabel Faulkner were separated and I didn't know my grandfather. So when Susan shared the Meehan family photo I was thrilled. <br />
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The picture was taken circa 1907 and appears to be taken for a formal gathering, possibly a wedding.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back Row L to R: George Meehan (1882),Margaret Meehan (1876), James Meehan (1880), Mary Ann Meehan (1878), Seated George T. Meehan (1851) Teresa Meehan (1886) Emma Howson Meehan (1851)<br />
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Jerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18283946530996717598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500970814671137026.post-64953992452074314562014-11-08T09:46:00.000-05:002023-11-09T08:28:43.069-05:00JOSEPH HENRY DOWN - TIMELINE FOR WORLD WAR 1<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">As the 100 year anniversary of the first World War is upon us, I started to research where my grandfather Joseph Henry Down had been stationed during the War. The Canadian government is digitizing all the service records for the soldiers of the first world war. This is good and bad news. Good news that the files will be available for free online. Bad news because they are not available to the public while they are being digitized. Because my grandfather's surname starts with a "D", these records are unavailable at this time. So, I have taken much of my information from the <u><em>Official History of the Canadian Army in the</em> <em>First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914 - 1919</em></u><em> </em>book<em>, </em>by Colonel G. W. L. Nicholson.<br /><br />
<em><br /></em></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Joseph was born September 23, 1889 in Toronto. He was married to Bertha Snider (nee Busby) in 1911. Bertha was a widow with 2 girls, Mildred and Marjory. Joseph and Bertha had 3 children: Charles, Geraldine "Dolly" and Joseph. It should be noted that his son, Joseph, was born in December 1914 and his father probably didn't see his son.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">On August 4, 1914, England declared war on Germany. Shortly after that Samuel Hughes, the Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence ordered that a recruitment settlement be established at Valcartier, Quebec.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Accordingly, Joseph, felt the call of duty and left his family behind to sign up. He was deemed fit for duty on September 1 at Valcartier and then signed his Attestation paper on September 25, 1914. He was assigned to the 1st Division Engineers, 2nd Field Company. He was a Sapper in the army and he had been a linesman before entering the service.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The new recruits were sent from Valcartier to Quebec City by train in October to board ships for England. Apparently there was too much equipment for the ships that had been procured and loading appears to have been a shambles. On October 3, 1914, the 2nd Field Company left for England aboard the "Zeeland" bound for Southampton. During the 11 day crossing there was a rumour that the Germans would intercept them at Southampton and so at the last moment, the ship was directed to dock in Plymouth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Plymouth was not ready for such a large contingent of ships, machinery and people. It took 9 days to unload the cargo and send everything and everyone to Salisbury where the training camp was located on Salisbury Plains. The Divisional HQ was established at "Ye Olde Bustard" 3 miles north west of Stonehenge. According to the war diaries for the time at Salisbury it rained almost non stop and outdoor training had to be suspended. As well the contractors who were building the barracks for the soldiers were well behind schedule and many men were still living in tents as the winter approached. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">In February 1915, the soldiers started to move to France. On February 2, 1915 an advance party left Avonmouth, Bristol for St. Nazaire, France. The Southampton to Le Havre route unavailable to them, because of fear of a German attack. It was then a 500 mile journey to the Front.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">On February 15, the Division arrived in the Hazebrouck Strazeele area, where they commenced training with the British Troops until the beginning of March 1915. From March 10 -12 they fought in the battle of Neuve Chapelle and then were assigned a tour of duty in the Fleurbaix sector.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Between April 14 - 17, the 1st Division relieved the French 11th Division in the Ypres area in Belgium. They found the area very wet because they were close to the Yser canal. The trenches were shallow and needed to be reinforced. Some of the shallow trenches had been used as latrines and others used to store dead bodies. The Canadian soldiers had to dig deeper trenches and repair the others.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">On April 22, they were engaged in the Battle of Gravenstafel. This battle was the first battle where the Germans used chlorine gas attacks as part of the battle strategy. The Canadians had no gas masks for protection. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The second gas attack occurred at the Battle of St. Julien took place between April 24, and May 5, 1915. There were more gas attacks by the Germans with the Canadian army supplied with wetted handkerchiefs to combat the gas. Sadly this is where Joseph Henry Down's war ended. He was not felled by a gas attack, but by a bullet. He was killed in action," shot through the head and killed instantly about noon on the 24th of April 1915, whilst on duty with a working party in the Ypres Salient, near St. Julien." according to his service record.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">On May 3, 1915 the army withdrew after losing over 5,000 Canadian Soldiers. Joseph Down's body was never recovered and his name along with 55,000 other soldiers is commemorated on the Menin Memorial Gate in Belgium. </span>Jerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18283946530996717598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500970814671137026.post-50477098942826005552014-07-20T07:56:00.000-04:002016-01-27T08:23:24.869-05:00LETTER TO AN UNKNOWN SOLDIER<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Until August 4, 2014, everyone from around the world has an opportunity to write a letter to an unknown soldier. This project is called 14-18 Now to commemorate the start of WW1. You can write to the unknown soldier or you can write to one of your relatives. All the letters will be published on the website. As of July 20, 2014, the site has received over 14,000 letters from around the world from all walks of life and age groups. So please write a letter to say thank you, write a letter to say stop all wars, just say something. This is the link: <b> <a href="http://www.1418now.org.uk/letter/?skipenter" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">1418now</span></a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I chose to write to my grandfather Joseph Henry Down (1889 - 1915). He was shot in the head and killed at Ypres. He is memorialized on the Menin Gate with so many other war dead. He looks like a handsome man in his uniform. Little did he know that he would be killed 6 months after enlisting. He left behind 3 children and 2 adopted children and a broken-hearted family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here is my letter to <b><a href="http://www.1418now.org.uk/letter/jerri-grimley/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Grandpa Joe</span></a> .</b> I don't really know if I would call him Grandpa Joe, but that seems right. I called my grandmother Grandma Bert or some times just Bert, short for Bertha, a name she really didn't like. </span><br />
<a href="http://www.1418now.org.uk/letter/jerri-grimley/" target="_blank">My letter to Grandpa Joe</a><br />
<br />Jerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18283946530996717598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500970814671137026.post-90248674364725538632013-11-09T06:17:00.001-05:002013-11-09T14:50:16.614-05:00REMEMBRANCE DAY AND THE POPPY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I was researching George Howson my 2x great grandfather, I simply searched George Howson England to see what information if any I could find.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">As you can imagine I found quite a few (4,670,000, to be exact).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I have found George Howson, the educator in Yorkshire. I have found George Howson, the silversmith in Sheffield. I have various Howsons who were Innkeepers, and since my George was an victualler, I thought they were possibly related. I still haven't made my way down the list of all 4,6700,000 and now I know that George lived at least for a short period of time in Abingdon, Berkshire, it might help narrow down my search (123,000, my odds are getting better).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">But at this time of year the George Howson that interests me most is Major George Arthur Howson (1886-1936). He was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Hampshire Regiment in England and served 1914 -1918 in the war. He was promoted to Captain and awarded the Military Cross at the battle of Passchendaele in 1917. He was promoted to Major and left the army in 1920.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">After the war he started the Disabled Society for injured ex-Servicemen. An American War Secretary was inspired by John McCrae's poem in <em>Flanders Field</em> and started selling poppies as a remembrance for those who had died in the war and to support ex-servicemen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">George Howson suggested to the British Legion that his Disabled Society could make the poppies. The poppy was designed so that it could be made by people with disabilities. The legion continues to sell poppies to this day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">So, Major Howson, I don't think you belong to me, but thanks for your service to your country and your wonderful idea, that helps make the poppy a symbol of remembrance.</span>Jerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18283946530996717598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500970814671137026.post-40009866683529547152013-10-04T12:27:00.001-04:002013-10-04T16:21:34.590-04:00ROAD TRIP - ABINGDON<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">We arrived in Abingdon-on-Thames on a beautiful sunny day after spending the morning in the City of Oxford. It's just a bus ride way about 5 1/2 miles south of Oxford.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Abingdon, in now considered part of Oxfordshire, but historically it was in Berkshire. It claims a long history that dates back to the Iron Age. A defensive enclosure was discovered in the town centre that dates back to the Iron Age and shows evidence of Roman occupation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">St. Helen's Church dates back to 1100 and is still in use today. And that is where my personal interest begins in Abingdon. We are on a search to find St. Helen's Church where I know my George Howson married Jane Lay in October 1816. They also had a son Thomas born in June 1817 and sadly died one day later. I've already checked with the Oxford Family History Society and they can find no burial records or any other baptismal records, for that matter for George and Jane.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">George Howson is listed as a victualler and so we will definitely need to search out some pubs. Just for authenticity sake, you understand. Morland was the main brewery in Abingdon for many years. While Morland brewery was purchased by the Greene King Brewery, you can still see some of the Morland signs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Armed with a map of Abingdon, off we go to find the Church. St. Helen's Church is a large Church with it's own small cemetery. Unfortunately, the church isn't open for tours when we are here. So, I'll just have to view it from the outside. Many of the tombstones in the surrounding cemetery are hard to read. We did find a tombstone for a Charles Lay, but I have no idea if he is one of "my" Lay people. The stone reads: <em>An affectionate remembrance of</em> <em>Charles Lay, who died on November 29, 1849</em>, <em>age 39</em>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We arrived in Oxford on a beautiful sunny summer day, but there is heavy rain in the forecast, so we are hoping we can fit in our walking tour of Oxford before that happens. George Howson (1790), is my 3 times great grandfather and I believe he was born in Oxford. This reference comes from a publication entitled "<strong>Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of</strong> <strong>York</strong>" (Canada) published in circa 1905.<br /><br />There is a paragraph about George Plant who married Georgianna Adelaide Howson (granddaughter of George Howson) " ...George Howson, who was born in Oxford, England where he married Jane Lay. In 1832 they came to Canada settling at Belleville, where Mr. Howson was a market gardener...." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">So, I'm not sure if George actually lived in the City of Oxford, or if the reference is for the County. But, I do know that George Howson and Jane Lay were married in Abingdon, Berkshire, which is not far away. Oxford dates back to 900 AD and the University is one of the oldest in the English speaking world. There is also a long history of brewing beer in Oxford. Since I think George Howson was an Innkeeper in Abingdon, it's conceivable that he lived and worked in Oxford as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The University is a series of Colleges and does not have a main campus. Since the colleges date so far back in history is easy to imagine what the area looked like in the 1800s.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The University dominates the City and there are lots of students and tourists here. The main mode of transportation appears to be the bicycle. Our tour guide tells us to be wary of the bikers or as he calls them the "assassins." As they don't stop for pedestrians.</span><br />
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Jerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18283946530996717598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500970814671137026.post-80951041795889089992013-08-25T07:55:00.000-04:002013-08-25T07:55:10.372-04:00ROAD TRIP - ENGLAND<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">We recently booked a last minute vacation, and I found that we had 5 days in England with nothing special planned. As we were staying near Salisbury, Wiltshire we looked at day trips we could take from that location.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I immediately thought of George Howson, my 3x great grandfather. I knew from information from the Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS), that George Howson had married Jane Lay in 1816, at St. Helens Church in Abingdon-On-Thames, Oxfordshire. They also had a son Thomas Howson born in 1817, who died at 1 day old, also at St. Helens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">According to the parish records, George was listed as a victualler of West St. Helen's Street at that time. Unfortunately the OFHS have no tombstone records of any Howsons buried at St. Helen's cemetery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Since we were in England for such a short time, I didn't feel I could devote a day of research in the library. However, I did want to see Abingdon and perhaps walk the streets that George and his wife Jane may have walked so many years ago. Another factor was that my husband in not very interested in genealogy and we both needed to enjoy the day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">We decided to make an overnight trip and accomplish 3 things. The first was a walking tour of Oxford City. Our tour guide was very funny and we walked past many of the colleges. According to him Trinity is the best as he is an alumni. The day was perfect for a tour and we enjoyed ourselves. The next part of the trip was a visit to Abingdon, which is just a short bus ride from Oxford. The 3rd event was a trip to Banbury to see a Fairport Convention concert, as this is one of my husband's favourite bands.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">After all the various tickets and hotel accommodations were booked we were ready to go. St. Helen's Church is open to the public on certain days, but we would be there late afternoon so we couldn't go inside, but there was still the outside of the church and the churchyard to discover. I wanted to see the church and West St. Helen's Street, where George lived. There were also a lot of pubs listed, on Ock Street. Since another meaning for victualler is an Innkeeper I have been working on the premise that George might have been a pub landlord. My husband was interested in this concept, he loves a good pub.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">So armed with not much more than a Family Group Record of George Howson, a one page history of the St. Helen's Church and a street map of Abingdon, we were on our way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span>Jerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18283946530996717598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500970814671137026.post-70315609687384862952013-07-02T08:32:00.001-04:002017-10-04T07:55:41.808-04:00MCKNIGHT FAMILY - PART 3<u></u><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The <u>Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario </u>has an obituary for George McKnight, that lists his wife Mary Smith and his children. George McKnight was born about 1817 according to the various census, but this biography/obituary states he was born in 1827 in Fermanagh, Ireland and he emigrated to Canada in the early fifties (1850) with his family. This is incorrect as Isabella his daughter, was born in Ontario about 1839. So while some of the information is suspect it does give a sense of who George McKnight was.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">From other sources, I know he came to Wellington County by 1854 as he is listed as one of the first owners of land in Minto Township at Concession 1, lots 41 and 42. The biography states "There were no roads at this time and the McKnight found their way through Wallace and up to their location the 'blazed' path. Here Mr. McKnight made a small clearing and built a log house, eventually clearing the whole farm and living upon it until his death." The article also states that he was a Conservative and the family were members of the Church of England.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">The most valuable part of the biography lists his children and more importantly who they married. Unfortunately the daughters are listed by their married names, i.e.: Mrs. Robert Newton. This takes some sorting out to discover which daughter it means. Luckily the men fare better, they are listed by name and the full name of their wives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">By using the biography as well as information from other sources here are the family marriages:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Isabella (1839 - 1913) m. Robert Newton</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ann J. (1841 - 1894) m. Leonard Denney/Denny</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Margaret (1843 - 1920) m. Moses Aldrich</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sarah (1847 - 1929) m. Robert Magwood, George Adams, E. G. Harris</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana";">John (1849 - 1911) m. Elizabeth Phillips</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana";">James (1850 - 1931) m. Sarah Rutherford</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana";">George (1857 - 1931) m. Mary Jane Lovell</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Mary (1861 - 1938) m. Charles Heuckerote </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Samuel (1865 - 1957) m. Elizabeth Rothwell</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Most of the family seemed to stay in the Wellington County area and George McKnight's farm stayed in the family for years after his death. I believe there are still quite a few McKnight family descendants in the area to this day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">George McKnight was born about 1817 in Fermanagh, Ireland where he married Mary Smith who was born about 1817. According to Mary's obituary in 1909, they married in 1835. Shortly after their marriage they came to Canada and settled in Toronto for approximately 2 years where they ran a dry goods store, possibly with a Mr. Saxon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">After that time they moved to Albion, Peel County, Ontario. On the 1851 Census, George and Mary are recorded as living in Caledon, Peel County. Their children are listed as:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Margaret (1843 - 1920)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">According to the book <u>They Way it was: A history of Minto Township</u>, by Clifford Harrison, George McKnight was the original owner of Lots 41 and 42, Concession 1 in Minto, Wellington County in 1854. The land sale for Minto is recorded as September 10 and 11, 1954.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Unfortunately the McKnight family seems to have been missed on the 1861 Census in Minto as I can not find the family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">However, the 1871 Census for Minto shows that the family is still there and that more children were born:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">The birth years that are given here are just approximations as there are no birth certificates to support the dates. Many of the dates are different from the information that was available at the date of death. On Isabella McKnight's death certificate from Manitoba, her date and place of birth are recorded as April 6, 1839 and Palmerston, Minto Township. However, by looking at the census, she was probably born in Caledon, Peel County and not Minto, Wellington County.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">George McKnight Senior died Nov 16, 1884 in Minto. He was still residing at Lot 42, Concession 1. At the time of his death his age was recorded as 67 years, 9 months and 18 days. If my math is correct, his birth date is April 3, 1817. Mary Smith McKnight his wife died May 15, 1909 in Wallace, Perth County. They are both buried in the Shipley Cemetery in Wallace.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />Jerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18283946530996717598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500970814671137026.post-9919638251782754262013-04-02T08:03:00.000-04:002013-04-02T08:03:41.598-04:00MCKNIGHT FAMILY - PART 1<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a picture of George McKnight (1817 - 1884) and Mary Smith (1817 - 1909)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">George is my 3x great grandfather and came from Enniskillen, Fermanagh County Ireland. He emigrated to Canada before 1839 as his first known daughter Isabella McKnight was born in Upper Canada in 1839. There are quite a few researchers working on this family and the general consensus seems to be that George and Mary were married in Ireland before they came to Canada.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I met a new researcher on the Internet last month, who is a Mcknight. He asked me if I had a tree on the Mcknights. The George Mcknight family was one of the first families I researched. As their daughter Isabella married </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6500970814671137026#editor/target=post;postID=1497686597922425035" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Robert Newton</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and that started me on my genealogical research, I thought I had done quite a bit of work on this family, but now I see there is a lot more to do. So while I have put together a family tree, it is sadly lacking in information, backed up by sources.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think there are several reasons for this. The first reason of course is that I've learnt more about how to document properly. The second reason is that because there are so many trees out there already, I left this tree on the back burner to pursue another day. But I think the most compelling reason that this family has been left is because I find Irish genealogy hard to get a handle on. I never know whether a place name is a Civil Parish, a Townland, a county, a post-town. etc. And as I have found it can be all of those things.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">So for now I think I'll just concentrate on the Canada side of my research. I need to fully explore George McKnight's family since he came to Ontario and tidy up the information I have. Maybe then I'll feel brave enough to tackle those Irish sources, if I can find them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I've just realised another reason I've been procrastinating about the McKnights: they had very large families. When there are 10 children in a family, the documentation piles up. There is also the added complications when the families inter-marry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">George McKnight's parents were James McKnight and Hanna/Ann/Sarah Colwell (1796 - 1870). They were born in Ireland and while there is no documentation, it is thought that they both came to Ontario. Ann McKnight is found on the 1851 Census as a widow. The thinking is that the family came in the late 1830's - 1840's and settled in Ontario, but James died around 1845. I'm not sure there is any proof of this, but it seems to be a possibility.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The 1837 Toronto & Home District Directory lists a Mcknight & Saxon on Yonge Street Toronto as Wholesale Merchants and Wholesale dry goods store. I wasn't sure if this was my George McKnight as I first found him in Albion, Peel County, Ontario with his family. However several other trees have indicated that he was a shop owner and perhaps that it was a family run business. Recently, another researcher Laurence kindly sent me an obituary for Mary Smith McKnight who died in 1909.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I think the obituary was from the <u>Listowel Standard Newspaper</u>, May 28, 1909, and it states that Mary Smith was born in 1815 in Fermanagh Ireland; she married George McKnight in 1835, in Fermanagh and they came to Canada in 1836. They settled in Toronto where George McKnight was "engaged in mercantile business for two years". After Toronto they moved to Albion, Peel County where they farmed. In 1854 they were some of the first families to acquire land in Minto Township, Wellington county. According to the obituary, their land was a dense forest and they had to clear the land to make a home for themselves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">So this confirms the story that George and Mary first settled in Toronto. Unfortunately I couldn't find George Mcknight's address in the directory, perhaps he lived above the store. Also Mr. Saxon is missing as well. It also confirms that George and Mary married in Ireland.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">It appears that George McKnight's siblings also came to Ontario and settled in the same area. I've found 7 children listed as James and Ann Colwell Mcknight's family in Peel and Wellington counties. But I think I shall leave that for another day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br />Jerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18283946530996717598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500970814671137026.post-91081904047185527512013-03-13T10:07:00.000-04:002013-03-29T07:06:23.144-04:00FAULKNER FAMILY - PART 7<br />
Annie Margaret Faulkner was the youngest daughter of William Faulkner (1815 - ) and Annie Jane Crosby (1819 - 1886). She was born in Newton Robinson, Simcoe County, Ontario about 1857 and died in Consort Alberta in 1939.<br />
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Annie Margaret married Joseph Hugh Fawcett in Huron County in 1878. Joseph Fawcett was listed as a farmer and by the 1881 Census the family was living in Peel , Wellington County. They had a large family some born in Ontario, but the majority of children were born in North Dakota. The family moved there in about 1883 where there was land available.<br />
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Unfortunately, most of the 1890 US census has been destroyed, so according to the 1900/1910 US census the children are listed as follows:<br />
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<li>William Melville - 1879 - 1891</li>
<li>John Franklin - 1881 - 1926</li>
<li>Joseph Ford - 1882 - 1964</li>
<li>Henrietta Louise - 1884 - 1884</li>
<li>Nina Irene - 1885 - 1980</li>
<li>Matilda Elsie - 1889 - 1968</li>
<li>Cecil Everett - 1893 - 1951</li>
<li>Ethel May - 1895 - 1960</li>
<li>William Dewey - 1898 - 1963</li>
<li>Charley Eames - 1901 - 1970</li>
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Joseph Fawcett owned Timber culture land in North Dakota according to the <span style="color: blue;"> </span><a href="http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/results/default.aspx?searchCriteria=type=patent|st=ND|cty=|ln=fawcett|fn=joseph|sp=true|sw=true|sadv=false" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"> US Bureau of Land Management</span></a><span id="goog_1977793050"></span> His land is listed as 160 acres of land in the Township/Range of 130N-059W, which is in Dickey North Dakota. The land was sold in 1910 and the family owned a pool hall in Ludden North Dakota. After that, the family moved to Alberta and were homesteaders north of Loyalist Alberta west of Consort.<br />
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In searching the internet for genealogy information, I have been in contact with a descendant of Matilda Fawcett and he has shared some photos and information with me. Matilda Fawcett kept a scrapbook of her family's history. She kept newspaper clippings and photos which has been a real treasure trove of information. Much of the information in this blog has been taken from the documents that he shared with me.<br />
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According to the <a href="http://abgensoc.ca/homestead/search.php?_mode=search&SURNAME_type=starts&SURNAME=fawcett&GIVEN_NAME_type=starts&GIVEN_NAME=joseph&x=0&y=0" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Alberta Homestead Records 1830 -1970</span></a> Joseph Fawcett owned land in Section 20, Township 36, Range 7, Meridian 4. Which is near Loyalist Alberta. It also states that Joseph died in 1916. The land was then assigned to Annie Margaret Fawcett and there is also an entry for this same property for their sons Cecil Fawcett and William Dewey Fawcett. There are no dates on the Index, so further investigation is needed to determine when they actually owned the land. However according to the the Border Crossing - US to Canada information Matilda Fawcett crossed the border in April 1912 and listed that she was going to her father. She was also travelling with her niece and nephew who stated they were going to their father. I haven't found Annie Margaret and Jospeph Fawcett on the 1916 census, but did find John Franklin Fawcett, a widower, his children Blanche and Russell, as well as Dewey Fawcett. On the 1916 Census John Franklin and Dewey are listed as living in Township 35, Range 7, Meridian 4. Which seems close to where Annie Margaret and Joseph had land, but not quite.<br />
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I find from the scrapbook, Melville Fawcett died in 1891 at the age of 11, in North Dakota, from spinal meningitis and he is buried in the Ludden Cemetery.. There was a lovely poem in the newspaper clipping dedicated to him. <u>The Enterprise </u>Newspaper from Consort Alberta has an obituary for Annie Margaret Faulkner Fawcett who died in 1939 in Consort. The obituary confirms that Joseph died in 1916. It also indicates that Annie Margaret lived in Toronto as a young girl and woman. I think this is something I need to examine more closely. I seem to have her living in Simcoe County and then marrying in Huron County. I do know the family lived at some point in Toronto, so that is something more to check out on the ever growing "Faulkner" list.<br />
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Thankfully the obituary also lists where her offspring were living at the time of death. I find Dewey is in Loyalist, Alberta; Ford is in South Dakota; Charles is in Oregon and Cecil is in Saskatchewan. Three daughters and their married names, hooray, are also listed: Ethel May has married Adrian Grexton and is living in Ontario; Matilda has married Willard Robinson and is living in Consort Alberta; and Nina Irene is married to Edwin Isamin and is also living in Consort. Frank, Melville and Henrietta had pre deceased her. At the bottom of this obituary, a handwritten note indicates Joseph H. Fawcett was born Apr 3, 1856 and died March 30, 1916.<br />
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From another obituary for Frank Fawcett, we learn that he died from a farming accident in 1936. His children are mentioned as Russell and Blanche who has married an A. J. Canning.<br />
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What a wonderful scrapbook, for the family to own. They also the have William Faulkner's eyeglasses and William Faulkner family bible. As any one who traces their family genealogy knows, these artifacts are priceless. I thank all the extended family members who have shared these with me. Now if we could only find out more about our elusive William Faulkner and Annie Margaret Crosby in Ireland.<br />
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<br />Jerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18283946530996717598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500970814671137026.post-13032899652774035502013-01-30T08:50:00.000-05:002013-01-31T05:23:39.668-05:00FAULKNER FAMILY - PART 6Willliam Joseph Faulkner is the 4th son born to William Faulkner (1815- ) and Annie Jane Crosby (1819 - 1876). According to the Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register, he was born in Tecumseth, Simcoe County, Ontario, on July 1, 1850 and baptised the following May in Bradford. So far this baptism record is the only record I've found for any of the children.<br />
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It does establish the family in Simcoe County in the 1850's even though the 1851 Census is no longer available for this County. Ford Faulkner an older brother is listed as being born in Toronto, between 1847 and 1849. This gives us a time frame for the family. William senior and his wife Annie Jane came from Ireland with 2 children born in Ireland between 1844 and 1845. If Ford Faulkner was born between 1847 and 1849 the family must have emigrated in that time period. Likewise they must have moved from Toronto to Simcoe County by July 1, 1850, where William senior was the first tailor in Newton Robinson.<br />
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William Joseph Faulkner married Saphronia Diana Garbutt in West Gwillimbury, Simcoe, in 1880. They lived in Simcoe County and then by 1891 the family had moved to the Muskoka area, where William was a baker.<br />
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William and Saphronia Faulkner had at least 4 children:<br />
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Lewis Norman Faulkner 1881 - 1908<br />
Henrietta Jane Faulkner 1885 - 1965<br />
William Garbutt Faulkner 1889 - 1970<br />
Florence M. Faulkner 1895 - 1931<br />
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The <a href="http://www.vintagepostcards.org/Northern-Ontario-Postcard-Photographers.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Vintage postcards</span></a> website indicates that William Joseph Faulkner had a bakery and confectionery shop in Sundridge, Muskoka County, but it burnt down in 1903. This shop was at Paget and Main Streets and was next to his brother John Crosby Faulkner's photography shop.<br />
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William died in 1905 while working with his son William Junior on a harvest excursion in Strathclair Manitoba. William Senior worked as a baker for the harvest. Another researcher sent me a newspaper article, date and paper unknown, that recounts his death. However, the article indicates he died on the excursion in Strathclair, while his death registration was in South River, Parry Sound, Ontario. Strathclair is about 2,000+ km west of South River, so I'm not sure how accurate the newspaper article is. The article goes on to say, that the body was brought home for interment and William is buried in the South River Cemetery in Sundridge, Ontario<br />
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There are no known pictures of William Joseph Faulkner, but here is a nice one of his son William Garbutt Faulkner (1889 - 1970). This has been shared with me, by a descendant of William Faulkner's family. I always think it odd that there aren't more photographs of the Faulkner family, since John Crosby Faulkner was a professional photographer. I guess it's like the old story of the cobbler's children never having any shoes.<br />
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At some point the family had land in Saskatchewan. Saphronia Diana Faulkner is listed on the Saskatchewan Homestead Index. Charles George Gandier and Thomas Edward Casson. is also listed in the same area, which I think was near Battleford, Saskatchewan. As the property is listed in Saphronia's name I'm assuming this was sometime after 1905.<br />
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I've just found the family in Battleford, Saskatchewan on the 1916 Census. It was a tricky one to sort out. The Ancestry Index had her listed as "Sophronia Din* *Lronor". Oh, well, now I'll have to be creative to find out where they were on the 1911 Census.<br />
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Henrietta married Charles George Gandier in Ontario in 1903 and they are living near Battleford. William Garbutt Faulkner married Blanche Pike in 1915, in Saskatchewan and Thomas Casson and Florence Faulkner were the witnesses Saphronia Diana Faulkner is living with William Garbutt Faulkner.. Florence Faulkner is listed as a spinster so she must have married Thomas Casson after that period. According to the Census they moved west in 1909.<br />
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Saphronia Faulkner died in 1921, but the exact details are not known. Possibly she died in Saskatchewan.<br />
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<br />Jerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18283946530996717598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500970814671137026.post-37413431471287424612013-01-02T08:56:00.000-05:002013-01-05T06:39:16.992-05:00FAULKNER FAMILY - PART 5Mary Jane Faulkner was born May 1, 1852 (per her death certificate) in Ontario. She died in 1909, in Fordwich, Huron, Ontario. Mary Jane was the oldest daughter of Willliam Faulkner (1815 -) and Annie Crosby (1819 - 1876). The Faulkner family had emigrated to Canada from Dublin Ireland around 1847-1849. Mary Jane's older brother William Joseph Faulkner was recorded as baptised in Simcoe County in 1851, so it is probable that Mary Jane was born there as well, possibly in Newton Robinson.<br />
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This picture of Mary Jane Faulkner appears to be from a larger group photo. The photographer is shown as "Faulkner, Sundrige". This is Mary Jane's brother John Crosby Faulkner, who had a photo studio in Sundridge Ontario. The back of the photo says "Aunt Mary" according to a distant relative who sent me this copy. The photo belongs to the Annie Margaret Faulkner family. Annie Margaret is the younger sister of Mary Jane.<br />
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Mary Jane Faulkner married James Rowe in 1873 in Simcoe County. James Rowe was from Cornwall, England and his parents are listed as James and Susan Rowe. James and Mary Jane settled in Howick, Huron County according to the 1881 Census. William Faulkner, Mary Jane's father is also living with the family. A few doors away, Ford Faulkner, his wife Sarah Newton Faulkner and her brother Edward Newton are also living in Howick. James Rowe was listed as a brickmaker, a farm labourer and also an insurance agent on the various census.<br />
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Mary Jane and James Rowe had at least 7 children:<br />
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<li>Henrietta Gertrude 1876 -</li>
<li>Susan Jane (Elsie) 1878 -</li>
<li>Alberta 1881 -</li>
<li>Matilda "Tillie" 1885 -</li>
<li>Annie Mary 1887 -</li>
<li>Elmer Austin 1894 - 1918</li>
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Henrietta Rowe married Charles W. Ruttan in Huron County in 1906. Susan Rowe married John Thompson in 1903 also in Huron. Tillie married Herbert Bricker Huron in 1918. Lance Corporal Elmer Austin Rowe was killed in the First World War and is buried in France. He was attached to the Fort Garry Horse Unit, so he must have been in Manitoba prior to enlisting in the Army.<br />
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When Mary Jane Rowe died in November 1909, her daughter Alberta wrote a letter to Annie Margaret Faulkner Fawcett. Annie Margaret Fawcett was living in Ludden North Dakota at the time. It's a lovely letter from Alberta expressing her sorrow at her mother's death.<br />
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The letter indicates that Will had just been married and returned home with his new bride and did not return for the funeral. I'm not sure where home is, but I think perhaps it is Manitoba. The letter also mentions Etta (Henrietta) had returned for the funeral with her 3 month old baby and expects to stay all winter as it is a long journey home. Once again, I believe that Henrietta and Charles Ruttan lived in Manitoba. At the time of Mary Jane's death Alberta, Tillie and their father James Rowe were at her bedside.<br />
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The letter goes on to say that Uncle John and Aunt Jennie (John Crosby Faulkner and his wife Jennie Stewart) and Uncle Ford and Aunt Sarah (Ford Faulkner and his wife Sarah Ann Newton) "came up" for the funeral. The letter closes by wishing her aunt Annie Margaret a Merry Christmas and is signed "Niece, Alberta xxx"<br />
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There was a notice in a local paper in Huron County that indicated " On account of the late Mrs. Jas. Rowe's funeral, there will not be any service at Newbridge on Sunday afternoon." Newbridge was a small village in Huron County.<br />
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Mary Jane Faulkner was buried in Fordwich Cemetery. Her husband James Rowe died in 1919 and he was buried with her. The tombstone inscription also lists their son Elmer Austin Rowe.<br />
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