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  1. 1.  Living

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Living
    2. Living

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Living

    Living married Florence May AXFORD [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Florence May AXFORD
    Children:
    1. Living
    2. Living
    3. 1. Living


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  George FERN was born on 27 Jan 1894 in Bolton, Lancashire, England (son of Henry FERN and Ellen DOWNES); died on 18 Aug 1961; was buried in White Chapel Cemetery, Hamilton, ON.

    Notes:

    George Fern was a gymnast when young. During World War 1 he served in the British Army in the Medical Corps. After the war he married Doris Schofiled and emigrated to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada where many of his family had settled. He found work at the Canadian Westinghouse Company as a stockkeeper until his death. He was noted for his photographic memory of numbers which was invaluable in keeping track of the model and part numbers of the many thousands of parts in his charge. He was the subject of a feature article on his unusual ability in the Hamilton Spectator.

    He ventured to California and other places prospecting for gold.

    Buried:
    George is buried in Block A - 77 space 3 at White Chapel Cemetery.

    George married Doris Elizabeth (Barnes) SCHOFIELD on 14 Apr 1923 in Bolton, Lancashire, England. Doris was born on 15 May 1898 in Bolton, Lancashire, England; died on 20 May 1951 in Hamilton, ON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Doris Elizabeth (Barnes) SCHOFIELD was born on 15 May 1898 in Bolton, Lancashire, England; died on 20 May 1951 in Hamilton, ON.
    Children:
    1. 2. Living


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Henry FERN was born on 23 Jun 1857 in Hulme Charlton, Manchester, England; was christened on 8 Nov 1857 in Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, England (son of Henry FERN and Elizabeth PYBUS); died on 29 Aug 1937 in Bolton, Lancashire, England; was buried in 1937 in Bolton, Lancashire, England.

    Notes:

    About 1888, Henry's family moved to Bolton near George Fern and his family. Henry's wife, Ellen (Downes) Fern, died in 1902 and his children had all moved to Canada and the USA by the early 1920s. His nephew, Alfed Fern, looked after his funeral when he died in 1933. He is buried in All Souls churchyard with his wife.

    Died:
    Alan Eatock's records show his death in 1933.

    Buried:
    Henry is buried in All Souls churchyard, Bolton, with his wife, Ellen.

    Henry married Ellen DOWNES on 7 Mar 1880 in Salford, Lancashire, England. Ellen (daughter of James DOWNES and Sarah Rebecca TAYLOR) was born on 10 Sep 1859 in Louth, Lincolnshire, England; died on 25 Mar 1902 in Bolton, Lancashire, England; was buried in 1902 in Bolton, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Ellen DOWNES was born on 10 Sep 1859 in Louth, Lincolnshire, England (daughter of James DOWNES and Sarah Rebecca TAYLOR); died on 25 Mar 1902 in Bolton, Lancashire, England; was buried in 1902 in Bolton, Lancashire, England.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Ellen Downes birth certificate reads. "10 Sep 1859, Born, Ellen, dau of james Downes, Private in the 4th Regiment of Foot, and Sarah Downes, formerly Taylor, at Healey's Court, Louth, Lincolnshire."

    When Ellen Downes father, James Downes, retired from the Army, the family moved to Salford where she married Henry Fern, a packing-case maker. Her first four children were born there. Then she and her family moved to Bolton where the other children were born.

    Buried:
    Ellen is buried in All Souls churchyard with her husband, Henry, in Bolton.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Henry and Ellen were married at St. Clement's Church, Salford, Lancashire.


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    Children:
    1. Margaret Emma (Maggie) FERN was born on 13 Feb 1881 in Salford, Lancashire, England; died on 24 Mar 1938 in Hamilton, ON; was buried in Mar 1938 in Hamilton, ON.
    2. Clara Ellen FERN was born on 20 Jun 1882 in Bolton, Lancashire, England; died on 14 Jul 1960 in Hamilton, ON.
    3. James Henry FERN was born in 1885 in Salford, Lancashire, England; died about 1933 in Blackpool, Lancashire.
    4. Wallace Taylor FERN was born on 28 Oct 1886 in Salford, Lancashire, England; and died.
    5. Beatrice FERN was born on 1 Feb 1889 in Bolton, Lancashire, England; died on 2 Feb 1981 in Hamilton, ON; was buried in White Chapel Cemetery, Hamilton, ON.
    6. Emma FERN was born on 8 Dec 1891 in Bolton, Lancashire, England; died on 30 Jul 1979 in Hamilton, ON; was buried in White Chapel Cemetery, Hamilton, ON.
    7. 4. George FERN was born on 27 Jan 1894 in Bolton, Lancashire, England; died on 18 Aug 1961; was buried in White Chapel Cemetery, Hamilton, ON.
    8. Edith FERN was born on 9 Apr 1896 in Bolton, Lancashire, England; died on 21 Oct 1990 in Dundas, ON; was buried in White Chapel Cemetery, Hamilton, ON.