Family/Spouse: Benjamin MORRISON. Benjamin was born in in Portadown County, Armagh, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Simpson married Unknown BEGGS in 1838 in Aughnacloy. Unknown (daughter of John BEGGS) was born in in Aughnacloy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ e-mail from Dana Erskine 10-28-2003 re Woodland cemetery inquiry

Hi Dana,
As I mentioned earlier, we do not keep records regarding how each person is related. However, I was able to piece some information together from the stone. It appears the dates you have are correct, but the pieces of the puzzle are not put together correctly. David died February 29, 1880 and was buried in the cemetery of St. Pauls Cathedral March 2, 1880. Once Woodland opened, everyone in the old cemetery was transferred here. He was moved here with two other family members in May of 1883. The stone says his wife was Anne, who died January 5, 1883.
As far as Mary, I have three listed. Mary A. Morrison, who died April 1, 1857, was the wife of Benjamin Morrison.
# 2 Mary Erskine, died May of 1856, was only a child of about 9.
# 3, Mary Erskine died August of 1875 at 18. The way the records are worded, I believe she was never married.

NOTE 2./ 1881 Census
Census Place: Ward 6, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada : Source: FHL Film 1375906 NAC C-13270 Dist 170 SubDist F Div 1 Page 24 Family 109
Sex Marr Age Origin Birthplace Occ: Religion:
George JACOBS M M 39 English England Policeman Church of England
Elizabeth JACOBS F M 33 English England Church of England
John JACOBS M 13 English O Church of England
Ann JACOBS F 12 English O Church of England
Minnie JACOBS F 10 English England Church of England
Jennie JACOBS F 8 English England Church of England
Lilly JACOBS F 4 Irish Ireland Church of England
Ann ERSTINE F W 53 Irish Ireland Church of England
Jane ERSTINE F 22 Irish O Church of England

NOTE 3./ Ontario Death Registration

Name: Ann Erskine
Death Date: 5 Jan 1883
Death Location: Middlesex
Gender: Female
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
Birth Location: Ireland

Anne married David ERSKINE on 13 Nov 1845 in Portadown, Seagoe, County Armagh, Ireland. David (son of David ERSKINE and Janet UNKNOWN) was born in 1803 in Portadown County, Armagh, Ireland; died on 29 Feb 1880 in London Township, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 02 Mar 1880 in Woodland Cemetery, London, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Letter from Marguerite Harriet Moloney, to Bob Millie, 7-27-02.

" Grandma EE Jacobs used to tell us the story about when she went to join Grandpa at his post in India at the turn of the century. A coolie was taking her in a rickshaw, to join Grandpa. When it grew dark, the coolie refused to go further. Grandma had Granpa's corn cob pipe in her knitting bag. She held the bowl in her hand, put the stem against his ribs and told the coolie to keep on going, or she would shoot him! He went on to their destination in a hurry! "

NOTE 2./ Histoical Note: The Year Was 1873

The year was 1873 and much of the world was entering into a long period of economic depression. The beginning of the Long Depression is typically marked by the crash of the Vienna stock market, which sent ripples across Europe and eventually the United States with the fall of Jay Cooke & Company. The Cooke investment bank was heavily invested in the overbuilt railroad system which was beginning to fail. With the fall of this prominent company, a financial panic ensued and the New York Stock Exchange had to close for ten days. Railroads, factories, banks, and businesses had to close their doors resulting in skyrocketing unemployment rates. The Long Depression would last into the 1890s.

There were other smaller scale disasters in 1873. The British SS Atlantic out of Liverpool (with a stop at Queenstown) hit a submerged rock en route to New York and was wrecked in heavy seas off Nova Scotia. It is estimated that 545 of the 952 passengers perished.

In Baltimore, Maryland, a fire began in the factory of Joseph Thomas and Sons and spread over ten acres of the city. Photos of the fire and aftermath can be found online at the Maryland Historical Society.

A cholera epidemic swept through Birmingham, Alabama. Below is an interesting excerpt from a report from Mortimer H. Jordan, who was secretary of the Jefferson County Medical Society of Birmingham, Alabama, at the time of the epidemic (found on the website of the Reynolds Historical Library at the University of Alabama at Birmingham).

The treatment adopted was the opium and mercurial. When the stomach seemed so inactive that nothing made any impression upon it, an emetic of mustard, salt, ginger, and pepper, suspended in hot water, in many cases produced a warm glow over the surface of the body in a few moments. . . . Diuretics produced no good results. No condition in life, sex, or age escaped. The sucking babe and those of extreme age suffered alike from its ravages.

Before closing this paper, justice demands that we should briefly allude to the heroic and self sacrificing conduct, during this epidemic, of that unfortunate class who are known as 'women of the town.' These poor creatures, though outcasts from society, anathematized by the church, despised by women and maltreated by men, when the pestilence swept over the city, came forth from their homes to nurse the sick and close the eyes of the dead. It was passing strange that they would receive no pay, expected no thanks; they only went where their presence was needed, and never remained longer than they could do good. While we abhor the degradation of these unfortunates, their magnanimous behavior during these fearful days has drawn forth our sympathy and gratitude.

Further north and west, Jesse James and the James- Younger gang robbed a Rock Island train near Adair, Iowa. This first train robbery netted the gang more than $2,300, but was most likely a disappointment for the gang. They were expecting a $100,000 gold shipment, but that shipment had been switched to another train at the last moment.

North of the border in Canada, the Dominion Parliament had more lawful goals in mind when it established the North-West Mounted Police, the predecessor of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Canada was growing and in 1873 Prince Edward Island joined the federation as Canada's smallest province.

In music, the song Home on the Range was born (Daniel Kelly & Brewster M. Higley). The tune went on to become the state song of Kansas and is known around the world.

NOTE 3./ 1891 London City, Middlesex, Ontario census,
Name: Elizabeth A Jacobs
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Age: 43
Birth Year: abt 1848
Birthplace: England
Relation to Head of House: Mother
Religion: Church of England
French Canadian: No
Father's Birth Place: Ireland
Mother's Birth Place: Ireland
Province: Ontario
District Number: 89
District: London City
Subdistrict: Ward 4
Archive Roll #: T-6352

Household Members: Name Age
John T Jacobs 23
Elizabeth A Jacobs 43
Annie Jacobs 22
Mary Jacobs 20
Jane Jacobs 18
Lily Jacobs 14

NOTE 4./ The Fourth National Census, 1901

The first census of the young nation of Canada was taken in 1871, four years after four colonies became Canada. Manitoba and British Columbia joined Canada in 1870 and 1871 and therefore missed being included in the census. By 1901, the year of the fourth census, there were seven provinces, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and British Columbia, and the Territories, a vast area that included what became Saskatchewan, Alberta, the Yukon, and Northwest Territories.

Government officials planning censuses increased the number of questions every time; for example, there were twelve columns to be completed on the form in 1891 and thirty-one in 1901. All the additional information is a benefit to genealogists, although I wish two columns from 1891 had been retained--the ones asking for the birthplaces of the individual's father and mother. Their absence is partially compensated for by the addition of questions about origin, nationality, and date of immigration. Also useful for genealogy is the addition of columns for date and place of birth, as well as another for the exact date of birth. The 1901 census also seeks information about the work or employment of each person and how much they earned.

Beginning with the name of each person enumerated, this is the list of columns:

Name of each person in household 31 March 1901
Sex
Colour
Relationship to head of household
Single, married, widowed, or divorced
Month and date of birth
Year of birth
Age at last birthday
Country or place of birth (If Canada, include province and add "r" or "u" for rural or urban.)
Year of immigration
Year of naturalization
Racial or tribal origin
Racial or tribal origin
Nationality
Religion
Profession, occupation, or trade
Living on own means
Employer, Employee, or Working on Own Account
Working at a trade in factory or in home
Months employed at trade in factory
Months employed at trade in home
Months employed in other occupation than trade in factory or home
Earnings from occupation or trade
Months at school in the year
Can read
Can write
Can speak English
Can speak French
Mother tongue
Infirmities

It is of significant interest to read the point on the 1901 form about using "r" and "u" to indicate whether the Canadian birthplace was rural or urban.

Elizabeth married George JACOBS on 05 Feb 1867 in London, Ontario, Canada. George (son of John JACOBS and Mary Ann VICKERS) was born on 28 Apr 1841 in Sunbury, (Hanworth), Middlesex County, England (near Hampton Court Palace); died on 09 Jan 1929 in London, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Woodland Cemetery, London, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ 1871 London, Middlesex, Ontario census

Name Birth Year Birth Place Home in 1871
David Erskine abt 1803 Ireland London, Middlesex East, Ontario
Anne Erskine abt 1826 Ireland London, Middlesex East, Ontario
David Erskine abt 1851 Ontario London, Middlesex East, Ontario
Robert Erskine abt 1855 Ontario London, Middlesex East, Ontario
Mary Erskine abt 1858 Ontario London, Middlesex East, Ontario
Jane Erskine abt 1859 Ontario London, Middlesex East, Ontario
Harry Erskine abt 1864 Ontario London, Middlesex East, Ontario

NOTE 2./ Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants <>

Erskine, David Morrison
He was born in London, Ontario in 1850, and moved west in 1886 and died in 1931 in Olds, Alberta. He married Sarah Fitzsimons at London, Ontario, in 1876. Sarah was born in 1854, at London and died in 1889 in Calgary, Alberta. They had six children. Mr Erskine was employed as a horse trainer and later was in road construction.

NOTE 3./ 1881 Parry Sound Ontario Census<>

ERSKINE 1881 census 131o family 134
@ca.on.muskoka.parry_sound_village_&_parry_harbour_&_parry_island page 27 film C13244 lds1375880
electoral district of Muskoka but geographic district of Parry Sound
1 ERSKINE David m 30 Ont Meth Irish carpenter married
2 ERSKINE {?} Sarah f 26 Ont Meth Irish married
3 ERSKINE Mary f 3 Ont Meth Irish
4 ERSKINE Robert m 1 Ont Meth Irish

Name: Erskine, DavidSex: MAge: 30Place of Birth: Ont. (Ontario)Religion: MethodistEthnic Origin: IrishOccupation: CarpenterProvince: OntarioDistrict: Muskoka (131)Sub-district: Parry Sound & Parry Island (O)Page: 27Microfilm: C-13244Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada

NOTE 4./ 1891 Calgary Alberta census, Name: David M Erskin
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1851
Birthplace: Ontario
Relation to Head of House: Head
Religion: Methodist
French Canadian: No
Father's Birth Place: Ireland
Mother's Birth Place: Ireland
Province: Territories
District Number: 197
District: Alberta
Subdistrict: Calgary
Archive Roll #: T-6425

Household Members: Name Age
David M Erskin 40
Sarah Erskin 36
Mary Erskin 13
Robert Erskin 11
Ernest Erskin 9
Annie Erskin 8
Louissa Erskin 5

NOTE 5./ 1901 Yale & Cariboo District, British Columbia, Canada census,
Name: David M Erskine
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Age: 50
Birth Date: 23 May 1850
Birthplace: Ont
Relation to Head of House: Head
Racial or Tribal Origin: Irish
Nationality: Canadian
Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Carpenter
Province: British Columbia
District: Yale & Cariboo
District Number: 5
Sub-District: Yale (North/Nord)
Sub-District Number: K-1
Family Number: 132
Page: 13

Household Members: Name Age
David M Erskine 50
Walter G Lloyd 21
Edward Floder 24
Fredk Elliott 26

NOTE 6./ The Canadian County Atlas Digital Project
<>

Last Name First Name County Township Town Occupation Birthplace
Erskine David Middlesex London Carpenter; Builder Canada

Full record for Erskine, David
Last Name Erskine
First Name David
Nativity Canada
Business Carpenter; Builder
Year Settled 1877
Post Office London
Township London
County Middlesex
Atlas Date 1878
Concession 1: Lot #7

NOTE 7./ Historical Perspective: The Year Was 1885
The year was 1885 and the flow of settlers to western Canada increased greatly with the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
And in Canada's North-West Territories there were rumblings of a rebellion. In what is now Saskatchewan and Alberta, three groups had grievances with the Canadian government in Ottawa. The Metis, descendants of fur traders and indigenous peoples, were concerned about legal claim to their land; white settlers were waiting for official property titles necessary to secure loans and felt their interests weren't represented; and the starving First Nations peoples who had been promised farming equipment and aid were angry that treaties weren't being observed.

The rebellion, which would only last for two months, was led by Louis Riel, a Metis who had fought for the rights of Manitoba residents during the Red River uprising in 1869-70. He formed a provisional government and armed forces. These forces clashed with government troops at Duck Lake and although the Metis claimed this first victory, the rebellion was subdued by the end of May, and Louis Riel was arrested and hung for treason.

In the United States, anti-Chinese sentiment was on the rise following the California gold rush, which had brought more than 100,000 Chinese to American shores. In September of 1885, violence erupted. In a Union Pacific Coal Mine in Rock Springs, Wyoming, there was a dispute over who had the right to work in a particularly rich area of the mine. Paid by the ton, white workers rioted, burning the Chinese quarter of town, and killing twenty-eight Chinese miners. The perpetrators were never prosecuted and Army troops had to be called in to protect those Chinese who wished to return to their homes.

In Chicago, Sarah E. Goode, a former slave, became the first African American woman to be awarded a patent from the U.S. government for her design of a “cabinet bed.” Her invention could be used as a cabinet by day, but opened into a bed for sleeping.

In June of 1885 the U.S. received a package--actually two hundred and fourteen packages. In them was the Statue of Liberty, waiting to be assembled on Bedloe’s Island. The statue would be unveiled in late October of 1886.

Great strides were made in the field of medicine in 1885, when Louis Pasteur successfully treated Joseph Meister for rabies with his new vaccine.

David married Sarah FITZSIMONS on 14 Feb 1877 in West Nissouri, Middlesex, Ontario. Sarah (daughter of Heatley FITZSIMONS and Margaret Mary MCMARTIN) was born in 1854 in West Nissouri, Middlesex County, Ontario; died on 26 Apr 1899 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Never MARRIED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ 1871 London, Middlesex, Ontario census

Name Birth Year Birth Place Home in 1871
David Erskine abt 1803 Ireland London, Middlesex East, Ontario
Anne Erskine abt 1826 Ireland London, Middlesex East, Ontario
David Erskine abt 1851 Ontario London, Middlesex East, Ontario
Robert Erskine abt 1855 Ontario London, Middlesex East, Ontario
Mary Erskine abt 1858 Ontario London, Middlesex East, Ontario
Jane Erskine abt 1859 Ontario London, Middlesex East, Ontario
Harry Erskine abt 1864 Ontario London, Middlesex East, Ontario

NOTE 2./ 1881 Census of Canada, 1881
Name: Erskine, RobertSex: MAge: 26Place of Birth: O (Ontario)Religion: C. PresbEthnic Origin: IrishOccupation: FarmerProvince: OntarioDistrict: Middlesex East (167)Sub-district: Westminster (A)Page: 50Microfilm: C-13268Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada

NOTE 3./ 1891 Hamilton City, Ontario census,
Name: Robb Erskin
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 36
Birth Year: abt 1855
Birthplace: Ontario
Relation to Head of House: Head
Religion: Church of England
French Canadian: No
Father's Birth Place: Ireland
Mother's Birth Place: Scotland
Province: Ontario
District Number: 72
District: Hamilton City
Subdistrict: Ward 3
Archive Roll #: T-6341

Household Members: Name Age
Robb Erskin 36
Emily Erskin 34
Clara Erskin 7
Beatrice Erskin 5
Fred Erskin 3
James Erskin 10/12

NOTE 4./ 1901 London, Middlesex East, Ontario Census: District: ON MIDDLESEX (East/Est) (#87)
Subdistrict: London c-6 Page 9 <>

Surname Given Names Sex Relationship M/S Birth Date Age
7 97 Erskine Robert M Head M Dec 23 1854 46
8 97 Erskine Emily F Wife M May 3 1856 44
9 97 Erskine Clara F Daughter S Nov 14 1883 17
10 97 Erskine Beatrice F Daughter S Oct 26 1885 15
11 97 Erskine Fred M Son S Oct 21 1887 13
12 97 Erskine James M Son S May 26 1890 10
13 97 Erskine Gordon M Son S Aug 18 1892 8
14 97 Erskine Mildred F Daughter S Nov 5 1895 5
15 97 Erskine Lilly M. F Daughter S May 31 1898 2
16 97 Erskine Lenard S. M Son S Aug 4 1900 8 mon

NOTE 5./ 1911 London Middlesex Ontario census,

Name Parent or spouse names Home in 1911 Birth Year Birthplace
Robert Erskine Emily Ontario, London City, London 1852 Ontario Head
Emily Erskine Robert Ontario, London City, London 1855 Ontario Wife
Fred Erskine Robert, Emily Ontario, London City, London 1887 Ontario Son
James Erskine Robert, Emily Ontario, London City, London 1890 Ontario Son
Gordon Erskine Robert, Emily Ontario, London City, London 1891 Ontario Son
Leonard Erskine Robert, Emily Ontario, London City, London 1891 Ontario Son
Mildred Erskine Robert, Emily Ontario, London City, London 1895 Ontario Daughter
Lillie Erskine Robert, Emily Ontario, London City, London 1898 Ontario Daughter

Robert married Emily Saunders DRAKE about 1878 in London, Ontario, Canada. Emily (daughter of John James S DRAKE and Sarah Ann UNKNOWN) was born on 03 May 1856 in Peterborough, Ontario; died on 11 Mar 1938 in London, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 14 Mar 1938 in Woodland, Middlesex, London, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Never MARRIED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ 1871 London, Middlesex, Ontario census

Name Birth Year Birth Place Home in 1871
David Erskine abt 1803 Ireland London, Middlesex East, Ontario
Anne Erskine abt 1826 Ireland London, Middlesex East, Ontario
David Erskine abt 1851 Ontario London, Middlesex East, Ontario
Robert Erskine abt 1855 Ontario London, Middlesex East, Ontario
Mary Erskine abt 1858 Ontario London, Middlesex East, Ontario
Jane Erskine abt 1859 Ontario London, Middlesex East, Ontario
Harry Erskine abt 1864 Ontario London, Middlesex East, Ontario

NOTE 2./ 1901 London City, Ontario census

Name: Jane Erskine
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Age: 43
Birth Date: 4 Feb 1859
Birthplace: Ontario
Relation to Head of House: Sister
Racial or Tribal Origin: English
Nationality: Canadian
Religion: Presbyterian
Province: Ontario
District: London (City/Cité)
District Number: 86
Sub-District: London
Sub-District Number: D-1
Family Number: 23
Page: 3

Household Members: Name Age
George Jacobs 59
Elizabith E Jacobs 53
Mary L Jacobs 30
Jane E Jacobs 28
Jane Erskine 43

NOTE 3./ 1911 London City, Ontario census

Name: Jane W Erskine
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Age: 52
Birth Date: Feb 1859
Birthplace: Ontario
Family Number: 66
Relation to Head of House: Sister
Tribal: English
Province: Ontario
District: London City
District Number: 94
Sub-District Number: 42
Place of Habitation: 312 Grosvenor
Census Year: 1911
Page: 6

Household Members: Name Age
George Jacobs 70
Elizabeth E Jacobs 63
Jane W Erskine 52

Family/Spouse: Never MARRIED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Never MARRIED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harry married Jessie E SNODGRASS on 18 Jan 1887 in Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario. Jessie (daughter of William SNODGRASS and Janet HOLBURN) was born on 09 Feb 1866 in Argyleshire, Lancashire, England; died after 1901 in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ 1891 London City, Middlesex, Ontario census,

Name: John T Jacobs
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1868
Birthplace: Ontario
Relation to Head of House: Head
Religion: Church of England
French Canadian: No
Father's Birth Place: England
Mother's Birth Place: England
Province: Ontario
District Number: 89
District: London City
Subdistrict: Ward 4
Archive Roll #: T-6352

Household Members: Name Age
John T Jacobs 23
Elizabeth A Jacobs 43
Annie Jacobs 22
Mary Jacobs 20
Jane Jacobs 18
Lily Jacobs 14

NOTE 2./ 1901 Census of Canada : ONTARIO: London City

Family Name Sex Colour Relationship Single/married, DOB Age at last birthday
199 Jacobs John D M Head M Nov 21 1867 33
199 Jacobs Asminta(?) F Wife M Oct 13 1867 33
199 Jacobs Margareta F Daughter S Jul 14 1893 7
199 Jacobs Lillian F Daughter S Apr 28 1876 5
199 Jacobs Agnes W F Daughter S Jun 7 1899 1

Name: John D Jacobs
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 33
Birth Date: 21 Nov 1867
Birthplace: Ontario
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Arminta
Racial or Tribal Origin: English
Nationality: Canadian
Religion: Church Of England
Occupation: Iron Moulder
Province: Ontario
District: London (City/Cité)
District Number: 86
Sub-District: London
Sub-District Number: D-7
Family Number: 199
Page: 19

Household Members: Name Age
John D Jacobs 33
Arminta Jacobs 33
Margarete Jacobs 7
Lillian Jacobs 15
Agnes W Jacobs 1

NOTE 3./ 1911 London, Middlesex, Ontario census,
Name: John D Jacobs
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 44
Birth Date: Nov 1866
Birthplace: Ontario
Family Number: 7
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Araminta
Tribal: English
Province: Ontario
District: London City
District Number: 94
Sub-District: London
Sub-District Number: 43
Place of Habitation: 864 William
Census Year: 1911
Page: 1

Household Members: Name Age
John D Jacobs 44
Araminta Jacobs 44
Margarite Jacobs 18
Lily Jacobs 16
Winifred Jacobs 11
George Jacobs 8

NOTE 4./ Author's insight by Bob Millie

Henry Thomas Beale Millie (HTB) and George Jacobs (As well as John David Jacobs) all went to the Riel Rebellion together, leaving out of London Ontario between April 1-7, 1885. HTB and George both later worked for the Grand Trunk railway (Now Canadian Pacific) after they returned from the West. It is undetermined whether they were employed at the same time or not, and for both men it was only a short time of employment, as HTB reinlisted and George went onto McCreary's Department store, or his Police work.
Sadly, HTB's son, Harry William Robert Millie, went to work for the Grand Trunk as a brakeman, and bled to death at age 25, after having one leg severed by a train car wheel. Daisy never remarried. HTB Millie died 3 months later of gangrene.
The uncanny parallel continues here. Captain George William Jacobs was invalided home from Britain during WW II in May 1943 on the maiden voyage of the Lady Nelson, Canada's first Hospital ship. George William Jacobs dies October 11, 1943, and his father, John David Jacobs passes on November 18, 1943. Only 37 days apart.
What else was similar ??? George Jacobs was 5' 4" tall and HTB was 5' 7" tall.

NOTE 5./ HISTORICAL REFERENCE

"The Atlanta Constitution" (Atlanta, Georgia), 15 December 1901, page 3:
MARCONI SPEEDS MESSAGES ACROSS ATLANTIC OCEAN

From Newfoundland to Cornwall Italian Inventor Sends Message Without Wires.

St. Johns, N.F., December 14. Signor Marconi announced the most wonderful scientific discovery of modern times tonight in stating that he had received electric signals across the Atlantic ocean from his station in Cornwall, England. He explains that before leaving England he made plans for accomplishing this result, for while his primary object was to communicate with ocean liners in mid-ocean he hoped also to succeed in attaining the wonderful scientific achievement of wireless telegraphy across the Atlantic.

Signor Marconi's station in Cornwall is most powerful. He has an electric force, generated there, a hundred times greater than at his ordinary stations. Before he left England he arranged that the electrician in charge of the station which is located at Poldhu, should begin sending signals daily after a certain date, which Signor Marconi would cable him after having perfected his arrangements here.

Signor Marconi arrive here a week ago Friday, selected Signal Hill, at the entrance to the harbor, as an experimenting station and moved his equipment there. Last Monday he cabled to the Poldhu station to begin sending signals at 3 p.m. daily and to continue until 6 p.m. these hours being respectively 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., St. Johns time. During these hours Wednesday Signor Marconi elevated the kite with an aerial wire by means of which signals are sent or received. He remained at the recorder attached to the receiving apparatus and to his profound satisfaction signals were received by him at intervals, according to the programme arranged previously with the operator at Poldhu.

These signals consisted of repeating at intervals the letter "s" which, in Marconi's code is made by three dots, or quick strokes. This signal was repeated so frequently and so in accordance with the plan, arranged to provide safeguards against the possibility of a mistake, that Signor Marconi was satisfied that it was a genuine transmission from England. . .

John married Arminta GARDINER on 05 Oct 1892 in Memorial Church, London, Middlesex, Ontario. Arminta (daughter of William Fitch GARDINER and Agnes SISSON) was born on 13 Oct 1867 in Bethany, Durham County, Ontario; died on 04 Jun 1949 in London , Ontario; was buried on 04 Jun 1949 in London , Ontario, Canada, Woodland P, 344 - NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Annie married Alexander Cecil THOMPSON on 10 Jun 1894 in London, Ontario, Canada. Alexander (son of Robert Sawyer THOMPSON and Anne Jane WILLIAMS) was born on 14 Jan 1862 in St. Mary's, Perth County, Ontario; died on 19 Jan 1946 in London, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Woodland, London (Section P,R) Middlesex London MX-152-6. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Never MARRIED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ For further information on Jane nee Jacobs Hession at London Life as of 10-28-2003:
Contact Don Spanner, Archivist, London Life Corporate Archives, 255 Dufferin Avenue, London, Ontario N6A 4K1.
Phone: (519) 435-4268
Fax: (519) 435-7400
Email: [email protected]

E-mail from
Hi Coz Bob
I was just upstairs with the LL archivist and I have an article about Jane Elizabeth Jacobs Hession that
was in the 1967 edition of the London Life newsletter "This is the Life". Cousin Dawn

NOTE 2./ 1891 London City, Middlesex, Ontario census

Name: Jane Jacobs
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Age: 18
Birth Year: abt 1873
Birthplace: England
Relation to Head of House: Sister
Religion: Church of England
French Canadian: No
Father's Birth Place: England
Mother's Birth Place: England
Province: Ontario
District Number: 89
District: London City
Subdistrict: Ward 4
Archive Roll #: T-6352

Household Members: Name Age
John T Jacobs 23
Elizabeth A Jacobs 43
Annie Jacobs 22
Mary Jacobs 20
Jane Jacobs 18
Lily Jacobs 14

Jane married Edmund Vincent HESSION on 04 Jun 1908 in London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. Edmund (son of Thomas Gilbert HESSION and Hannah CUMMINGS) was born on 15 Jun 1875 in Georgetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada; died in 1943 in London, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Saint Peter's Roman Catholic Cemetery, London, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Note 1./ : e-mail from Jim Johnson 12-10-2003: St. Luke's Hospital, New York, & Grandma's Aunt Lillie:

While on breaks at Roosevelt Hospital I have been admiring old photos of St. Luke's and Roosevelt Hospitals, of Women's Hospital (where modern gynecology was founded), of the nurses wearing
corsets, bustles and hats, and scratching my head. I got the lawyers to start talking about it yesterday because I was wondering aloud if these photos aren't of where my Grandma Buffum's Aunt Lillie had come to nursing school. Oh, yes, Mr. Engel said, they had a very important nursing school and still do, and there's an archivist named such-and-such who has all kinds of great materials, like photos and letters and documents going all the way back.

I didn't get a chance to add that my relative who was in nursing school there had contracted polio and died back in Ontario in her 20s. But the photos were great, nonetheless. The hospital rooms were heated by fireplaces. The place looked pretty nice. There is a haunting photo on the wall of one hallway taken looking down a long hallway of pre-war doorjambs with the windows up at the top and the ornate carpentry that's so impossible to keep clean.

I just did a search on my computer through Bob M's email to be sure I got my facts straight. In fact, it was St. Luke's Hospital that Millie Jacobs (Grandma Buffum's aunt) was training in when she got sick in the early 1900s:
Jan. 28, 2002, by Bob M: "Liliy was training for the nursing profession at St. Lukes hospital in New York City. She contracted polio however and returned home to London where she died in 1903 at age 26. In 1908 Mary L was a Nurse in Philadelphia, which at the time was considered the fashion and social capital of North America."

Family/Spouse: Never MARRIED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown ELLIOTT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clara married John Arthur WILSON on 09 Oct 1907 in London, Middlesex, Ontario. John (son of Edward WILSON and Matilda Louise WILSON) was born on 15 Apr 1872 in Nissouri Township, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Beatrice married Benjaman John GRAHAM on 24 Apr 1911 in London, Middlesex, Ontario. Benjaman (son of George Aitcheson GRAHAM and Mary MCCUTCHEON) was born on 10 Jan 1884 in London, Middlesex, Ontario; died after 1911 in Middlesex County East, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Fred married Bertha Viola EDWARDS on 24 Apr 1918 in Essex County, Ontario. Bertha (daughter of Neil EDWARDS and Carrie PERRY) was born in May 1889 in Tilbury Twp, Essex County, Ontario; died on 24 Jan 1964 in London, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 27 Jan 1964 in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, London Middlesex MX-141. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Helen UNKNOWN. Helen was born in 1893; died on 13 Aug 1939 in London, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 15 Aug 1939 in Woodland, London (Section D,E,ED,EF,EN,F,FN) Middlesex London MX-152-2. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gordon married Annie Elizabeth DYKES on 02 Jun 1915 in Middlesex County, Ontario. Annie (daughter of John DYKES and Annie YALE) was born in 1897 in Aldboro Twp, Elgin County, Ontario; died on 21 Jul 1941 in London, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 23 Jul 1941 in Woodland Cemetery, London, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Orville BENNET. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ OCFA has record of 2 other Erskine surname interred at Woodland cemetery, London, Ontario, with the same reference # as Leonard S. Erskine. I will record those here for future reference and research as to their exact relationship. << ERSKINE Leonard S. Woodland, London (Section J) Middlesex London MX-152-9>>; <>; <>

NOTE 2./ E-mail from Dana Erskine Van Clieaf : 10-30-2003 :
Leonard Simpson Erskine (my great-grandfather) was born in a Hotel that the family owned on Hamilton Rd. by Gore Rd. in East London. I have nothing to back this up, though, just what Grumpa told me. I could probably confirm by talking to one of my Aunts. Dana

NOTE 3./
Surname Given Names Relationship M/S Birth Date Age
Erskine Robert M Head M Dec 23 1854 46
Erskine Emily F Wife M May 3 1856 44
Erskine Clara F Daughter S Nov 14 1883 17
Erskine Beatrice F Daughter S Oct 26 1885 15
Erskine Fred M Son S Oct 21 1887 13
Erskine James M Son S May 26 1890 10
Erskine Gordon M Son S Aug 18 1892 8
Erskine Mildred F Daughter S Nov 5 1895 5
Erskine Lilly M. F Daughter S May 31 1898 2
Erskine Lenard S. M Son S Aug 4 1900 8 mon

Leonard married Lottie Revena BRAKE on 12 Jun 1920 in Elgin County, Ontario. Lottie (daughter of Alfred Samuel BRAKE and Sarah Amelia "Minnie" SWITZER) was born on 20 Apr 1900 in Guelph, Wellington South, Ontario; died on 26 May 1992 in London, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 28 May 1992 in Woodland Cemetery, (Section J ), Reference MX-152-9, London, Ontariio.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]