Marjorie married Emil CZILLINGER-HORVATH on 27 Dec 1967 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Emil was born on 28 Mar 1934 in Fertod, Hungary; died on 23 Dec 2019 in Victoria, British Columbia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
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Clarence A. Clayton, of 510 Admiral St., Woodstock, died at Woodstock General Hospital on Monday. He was born in Harrington, a son of the late Albert and Caroline Clayton. He was employed with Maple Dairies in Woodstock for 29 years, starting in 1929, and then with the Oxford County board of education for eight years prior to retiring in 1971. He was a member of Central United Church where he was active in the companion club and was a life member of King Solomon's Masonic Lodge, No. 43, A.F. and A.M. He is survived by his wife the former Sara G. (Swayzie), son Frank of Toronto, daughter Marjorie Horvath of Victoria, B.C., grandchildren Jim, Michelle and David Clayton and Emil and Lynn Horvath. He was the last surviving member of his own family. Friends will be received at the R.D. Longworth Funeral Home, 134 Riddell St., Woodstock, Wednesday from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., where the funeral and committal services will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. with Rev. Donald Moore of Central United Church officiating. Burial will be at Hillview Cemetery. Contributions to the Ontario Heart and Stroke Foundation or the rehab unit of Woodstock General Hospital would be greatly appreciated.

Clarence married Sara Gwendolyn SWAYZIE on 25 Aug 1934 in Otterville, Oxford, Ontario. Sara (daughter of Benjamin Elias SWAYZIE and Mary Elizabeth JORDAN) was born on 16 Jul 1909 in East Oxford, Oxford, Ontario; died on 8 Nov 2009 in Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario; was buried in Hillview Cemetery, Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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CLAYTON- Peacefully at the Woodstock General Hospital on Sunday November 8th 2009. Sadie G. Clayton (nee Swayzie) of Woodstock in her 101st year. Beloved wife of the late Clarence A. Clayton (1988). Dear mother of Marjorie Czillinger-Horvath and her husband Emil of Victoria, B.C. and Frank and his wife Jackie Orange of Toronto. Loved grandmother of Jim (Sue), Michelle, David (Sherron), Emil, Lynn (Calvin) and great grandchildren Brittani, Amanda, Matthew, Sara, Andrew and Connor. Predeceased by her daughter in law Karen Clayton, two sisters and one brother. Sadie was a longtime member of Faith (Central) United Church. Friends may call at the Longworth Funeral Home 845 Devonshire Ave., Woodstock (519-539-0004) Wednesday November 11th after 2:30 pm where the complete funeral service will be held Wednesday at 3:30 pm. Private interment to be held at a later date in Hillview Cemetery. Contributions to the Arthritis Society would be appreciated. Online condolences at www.longworthfuneralhome.com

Woostock Sentinal-Review November 10, 2009

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Albert and Carolina both came to Canada on the SS Dominion in May 1875 but they didn't know each other.

Woodstock Sentinel Review January 24, 1933 page 8:
DIED
CLAYDON-At the Woodstock General Hospital on Monday, January 23rd, 1933, Albert Claydon.

The funeral service will take place from his late residence, Eastwood, on Wednesday, Jan, 25th, services at 2:30 p.m. Interment in Hillview Cemetery, Woodstock.

Woodstock Sentinel Review January 26, 1933
FUNDERAL OF A. CLAYDON

The funeral of A. Claydon, Eastwood, who passed away in the Woodstock Hospital on Monday, was held from his late residence in Eastwood on Wednesday afternoon. Rev. G.A. Barnard of Innerkip had charge of the service and interment was made in the Hillview United Cemetery.

The pallbearers were: Alfred Clark, Albert Clark, Walter Clark, George Clark, James Clark and Ernest Clark.

Albert married Carolina CLARK on 2 Jul 1883 in Millbank, Ontario. Carolina (daughter of William CLARK and Sophia BINGHAM) was born on 21 Jan 1860 in Pattiswick, Essex, England; died on 7 Jan 1928 in East Oxford, Oxford, Ontario; was buried in Hillview Cemetery, Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth listed in Free BMD in Braintree Volume 4a page 340.

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Benjamin married Mary Elizabeth JORDAN on 28 Sep 1898 in Eastwood, Oxford, Ontario. Mary (daughter of Francis John JORDAN and Elizabeth HEATH) was born on 7 Jul 1872 in East Oxford, Oxford, Ontario; died on 17 Mar 1949 in Oxford County, Ontario; was buried in Hillview Cemetery, Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Free BMD lists their marriage in December quarter 1850, Dunmow District, volume 12 page 167

Robert married Sarah BENTALL on 23 Nov 1850 in Stebbing, Essex, England. Sarah (daughter of Thomas BENTALL and Mary GOODWIN) was born on 19 Oct 1828 in Felsted, Essex, England; died on 14 Jul 1909 in Stebbing, Essex, England; was buried on 19 Jul 1909 in Stebbing, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William married Sophia BINGHAM on 4 Sep 1857 in Pattiswick, Essex, England. Sophia (daughter of John BINGHAM and Bridget BROWN) was born on 1 Jun 1837 in Pattiswick, Essex, England; died on 9 Feb 1917 in Lot 32, Concession 1, West Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario; was buried in Broadview United Church Cemetery, West Zorra Township, Oxford, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Death date as per death record #024410.

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Date as per marriage certificate.

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Heritage On Main: The Former Dominion Hotel (The Blue Note Café) at 218-224 Main Street
Article by Laura McKay, on behalf of Heritage Winnipeg Corp.
Thank you to Greg Agnew, Heritage Winnipeg Board Member, for his assistance with images.

To follow up on this or any other articles on the blog, contact Heritage Winnipeg's Executive Director.

The Dominion Hotel, later known as the Blue Note Café, at 218-224 Main Street was demolished in 2011. The place where it stood remains empty, the silhouette still visible on the adjacent Winnipeg Hotel. Before it was an iconic hangout for Winnipeg musicians, the home of the Blue Note Café was everything from a hotel to a barbershop.

In 1872, the Hudson's Bay Company surrendered all but 450 acres of land to the Dominion of Canada. The remaining land was surveyed and sold off to form the town of "Selkirk" (not to be confused with the current city of Selkirk). Lot 18, where the Dominion Hotel was later built, was purchased in July of 1872 by Charles Garratt, of the Garratt House Hotel for $1250. Lots purchased along Main Street were also required to have a structure built on them worth at least $2000 within 18 months of purchase in the hope of building up the appearance of Main Street.

Garratt resold the land shortly after purchase to Elias Swayze (Swaze), who immediately began the construction of a hotel. The Dominion Hotel opened in 1873, the same year as the Garry House (Winnipeg Hotel) next door. Their locations were considered choice as the federal government had new Customs House and Land Office buildings planned for the York Avenue end of the block. At the end of the 19th century, it was also very common for people to more or less live in hotels, as immigrating populations struggled to find accommodations and traveling salesman made extended visits with their wares.

The newly built Dominion Hotel was a wooden structure with 22 rooms in addition to a large hall where 21 beds were set up. The building featured a 12 x 14ft parlour, an 18 x 20ft billiard room, and an 18 x 20ft bar room in addition to a 12 x 20ft kitchen. In the summer of 1873, Swayze briefly had a partner named Smith, but the relationship was short lived and he continued to run the business on his own.

On May 3, 1877, an arsonist set fire to the Kahler stable behind the hotel. The fire spreads and while the fire brigade does their best, the building is destroyed. Thankfully all of the patrons and their luggage made it out safely but without insurance, Swayze was unable or unwilling to rebuild. He sold the property to Joseph Kahler, owner of the stable that burned. He built a new hotel by the same name in the summer after the fire.

The new building was a 40 x 60ft, 2 1/2 storey wood frame structure with a prominent boom town front and a small porch running along a portion of the north side. A new stable was also added in 1878, presumable replacing the one that had burned the year before.

Kahler operated the hotel until 1884, when it briefly became the "Dominion Club" with the backing of a W. R. Strachan. It then once again became a hotel under J.K. Paisley (of the Paisley House Hotel) in 1886.

Hannah Kahler, Joseph's wife, then took over the hotel's management from 1887-1889. This rapid change both in use and management is likely a sign that the hotel was no longer as attractive to patrons as it once was, as more sophisticated establishments took its clientele. For the next several years, the hotel was either vacant or leased by other proprietors, although it would seem to continue to be owned by Kahler.

By 1893, the hotel had become a boarding house operated by a Joseph Keeler (possibly a misspelling of Kahler). Joseph Kahler likely passed away in 1894 and his widow, Hannah, continued to operate the boarding house until 1901, when the Montgomery brothers from the Winnipeg Hotel next door purchased the Dominion as an annex to the accommodations they provided. The intention was to either demolish the Dominion and built an addition on the property or else to renovate it to meet their purposes.

However, this plan never came to a fruition, likely due to the opening of the Commercial Hotel in 1902 in the Macdonald Block next door, as well as the Montgomery brothers' continued interests in other properties. The Dominion remained an annex to the Winnipeg Hotel until 1908, after which various people operated a rooming house in the upper floors with either a shoemaker and/or barber in the ground floor stores. It was about this name that the name "Dominion Hotel" was moved to another building at 523 Main Street, near where City Hall is now.

By the 1920s, the building was clearly deteriorating in photographs, with structural problems causing the facade to sag badly. A barber and shoe maker continued to run their businesses out of the building, along with a second hand store.

In 1934, a portion of the building was taken over by the Main Spot Café and Crystal Dyers went into the north end of the structure in 1937. Records are unclear, but it is likely that the upper floors were demolished around 1937 as well, with the length of the building also being cut in half around this time. Following the demolition, the remaining portions of the building were renovated to meet the Café and Dyers' need

In 1951, the building once again underwent renovation, this time to the exterior, in the art moderné style. It remained the Main Spot restaurant until it opened as the Blue Note Café, a popular local hangout for musicians, in March of 1983. The Blue Note Café stayed in the building until the mid-1990s when it relocated to another venue before closing down altogether. Below is a short documentary about the Blue Note Café and its contributions to the Winnipeg music scene in its heyday.

The vacant shell of the building was demolished in 2011, 134 years after it was built.
Sources & Links
'Paradise' Lost - Winnipeg Free Press 2013
Winnipeg love-hate: Bluenote Graveyard - Winnipeg Free Press 2011

http://heritagewinnipeg.blogspot.ca/2015/09/heritage-on-main-former-dominion-hotel.html viewed May 31, 2017

Elias married Nancy CAMERON on 20 Aug 1860 in Kintore, Oxford, Ontario. Nancy (daughter of Robert CAMERON and Nancy ROSS) was born on 22 Aug 1836 in East Nissouri, Oxford, Ontario; died on 12 Jan 1905 in Spokane, Spokane, Washington; was buried in Greenwood Memorial Terrace, Spokane, Spokane, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From the Woodstock Daily Sentinel Review Monday, August 14, 1922

THE LATE FRANCIS JORDAN
The death occurred at the home of his son-in-law, Benj. Swayze, Eastwood, on Sunday afternoon, August 6th, of Francis Jordan, in his 77th year. The deseased had been ill for about eight months and for the last five months had been confined to his bed.

The late Mr. Jordan came to Canada from Wanborough, England, about 56 years ago. He lived in the vicinity of Brampton for 4 years where he married Miss Elizabeth Heath. They then moved to a farm near Eastwood and he had lived in this community ever since. He had been a member of the Eastwood Methodist church for 48 years. He is survived by two children: Mrs. Benj. Swayze of Eastwood and Mrs. John Burbanks, of East Zorra.

The funeral was held on Wednesday afternoon, Rev. Geo. Shields of Innerkip taking charge of the service. The casket was covered with many beautiful floral offerings. The remains were laid to rest in Princeton cemetery, beside those of his wife, who predeceased him seventeen years ago. Relatives present from a distance were: Samuel Spencer of Seaforth; Dr. Fred Heath, of Georgetown, Thomas and William Heath of Brampton.

From the Woodstock Daily Sentinel Review Saturday, August 12, 1922

THE LATE FRANCIS JORDAN
Following an illness of several months duration, the death of Francis Jordan occurred at the home of his daughter, Mrs. B. Swayzie on Sunday afternoon. Mr. Jordan was one of the oldest and most highly estimated residents of Eastwood. He was a faithful and valued member of the Methodist church, while he most ably filled the position of steward for 14 years.

Two daughters, Mrs. B. Swayzie of Eastwood, and Mrs. J. Burbank of Zorra, survive. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Shields from the home of Mr. Swayzie on Wednesday afternoon. Internment was made in the Princeton cemetery. The pall-bearers were J. Schell, A. Clayton, M. Shelby, N. Lazenby, G. Town and W. Weir.

Francis married Elizabeth HEATH on 12 Oct 1869 in Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario. Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel HEATH and Martha JEEVES) was born on 2 Jan 1835 in Brinkworth, Wiltshire, England; died on 28 Nov 1905 in Eastwood, Oxford, Ontario; was buried in Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Oxford County, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From the Woodstock Daily Sentinel Review Thursday, December 7, 1905

Eastwood. Dec 5--The Eastwood community was saddened last week by the death and funeral of Mrs. Francis Jordan, who lived for over a quarter of a century in this neighborhood. Mrs. Jordan, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Heath, came with her parents and a large family of brothers and sisters from England, when a small child and settled at Weston near Toronto.

On her marriage to Mr. Jordan, she moved to this neighborhood where they have lived ever since. For a number of years they were engaged in farming, but lately they have lived retired near the village. Mrs. Jordan leaves two daughters, Mrs. E.B. Swayzie, and Martha, both of Eastwood, to mourn her loss. Of her brothers and sisters there are but two living, Mr. Heath of Weston and Mrs. (Rev.) Stonehouse of Aurora. They were present at the funeral.

She was for years a member of the Methodist church. She was a devoted wife and mother and an earnest Christian.

Rev. Mr. Cohoe assisted by Rev. Mr. Goldberg conducted the serves at the house and addressed the large gathering of relatives, friends and neighbors who had gathered to pay their last respects to the deseased in a very able and Ernest manner. Internment took place at the Princeton cemetery Friday, Nov. 30.

Name:
Elizabeth Heath

Gender:
Female

Baptism/Christening Date:
01 Feb 1835

Baptism/Christening Place:
PRIMITIVE METHODIST,BRINKWORTH,WILTSHIRE,ENGLAND

Birth Date:
02 Jan 1835

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Father's Name:
Samuel Heath

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Mother's Name:
Martha Geeves

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Indexing Project (Batch) Number:
C07763-1

System Origin:
England-ODM

Source Film Number:
0816592 (RG4 3326)

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JMLF-JQP viewed April 18, 2012