Notes:

Richard L Hamilton, Part One:

Two Hamilton siblings married two McCutcheon siblings:
Richard L Hamilton married Jane Matilda McCutcheon &
his sister Hadassah Hamilton married John McCutcheon.

. 1840 - There were 2 flours mill on Lot 28 in Con 2 & 3. A Water on the next lot 29 in the third concession, there was a water saw mill.
Ref: A Sketch of Co. Halton, Canada West, 1862.

. 1846 Smith's Canadian Gazetter, Province of Canada West:
Esqsuesing, Twp. in Gore District, with excellent land & many good farms, generally well cultivated. What of superior quality is grown in this & adjoining townships. Nine hundred acres of Crown lands are open for sale at 8 Shillings per acre. 4 grist & 11 saw mills.

. 1852 Agricultural Census Chinguacousy Twp., Peel Co., Ontario
Hamilton, Con. 4, Lot 1, Chinguacousy, 100 Acres, 75 A. cultivated 43 A. under crops in 1851; 31 A under pasture 1851, 1 A. garden or orchard; 25 A under wild wood; 25 A. produced 400 bushels of wheat.
4 A. produced 80 Bsh. peas.; 4A. produced 150 bsh. oats; 10 Acres produced 15 tons of hay, 47 lbs. wool; 5 bulls, oxen or steers, 5 milch cows, 5 horses, 24 sheep, 4 pigs, 300 lbs. beef; 21 cwts. Pork.

* REMARKS on the January 1852 CENSUS, written by Allen Bowfield (b. c1825, also farmer in Chingoucousy.)
In reference to the soils: The nature of the soil will be best explained by stating that there are 2 kinds of land in the ward. The one may be called sandy loam. In the neighbourhood of which soil in a few cases most excellent building sand is founded. The sandy loam with sharp subsoil grows good wheat, barley & peas; The other goes by the name of clay land has a deep black top soil with heavy clay below. Grows first rate vegetables as good crops of hays & oats. Ward No. 2 is not as favourably situated for water as some localities. In many instances the farmer depends principally upon the well. The water of which is generally of superior quality. There are a few living streams. On one of which there is a grist mill. Incapable, however of doing must dry weather for want of bountiful supply of water. The average valve of land throughout the Ward is about seven pounds per acre.
Note1: No Fulled cloth or linen or Flannel implies James Hamilton, Sr. was no longer weaving.
. James Hamilton owned an high number of animals in comparison with most neighbors whose average was 2 bulls, 4 milk cows & double the number of sheep! These were likely raised for the market. Also indicates a dependable water supply. Not for nothing was James Hamilton a Canada Land Agent. - PJA 2011.

. 1856-66 Mitchell & Co.'s Canada Classified Directory Canada West: Halton, Acton. Hamilton, R., carpenter.

. 1856 son Richard L Hamilton was living alone in a long cabin near Acton, Esquesing Twp., Ontario, working as a carpenter, no doubt earning money to help support his mother & siblings. In 1864 Alex Hamilton emigrated first to (Ohio) & then Michigan to farm.

. Esquesing is a native word for which lies at the end.

. 1859 Acton Esquesing Tp., Halton Co., A Telegraph Station on the GTR.

. 1861 Jan 25 Enumerated twice,
> First in Flamborough Twp., Enumerated, but 'Family member not present':
Rebecca Hamilton, Toll Keeper, Age 46/1815 UC
Richard Hamilton, Carpenter, Age 26/1835 UC
Hadassa Hamilton, Laborer, Age 19 1842 UC
James Hamilton, Nursery agent, Age 17 / 1844 UC

> 2nd Peel Co., CHINGOUCOUSY TWP, Dist 5, P85"
Richard Hamilton, Carpenter, b Canada 26/1835, resides by himself, in Log 1.5 story cabin.

> 1861 Agricultural Census Chingoucousy Twp., Peel Co., Ontario. Enumeration District No 5, 2nd page of Page 110, Line 37.
Richard Hamilton, Con 4, Lot 4, 200 Acres, 110 cultivated, 88 A. in 1860, Under pasture in 1860, 20 Acres; Orchard/Garden 2 A., Woods 10 A., Farm value $12,000.
Fall Wheat 30A yielded 570 bushel., Spring Wheat 10A/200bu., Barley 21A/200 bu; Rye nil, Peas 5A /100bu; Oats 18A /100; Potatoes 21A /600 bu.; Turnips 3A /170Bu; Magul Wuztel [turnips] 1A /111 bu; Hay 21 bushels. [This census is somewhat blurry.]

. This Certifies that the rite of Holy Matrimony was celebrated between
Richard Hamilton of Acton & Jane M McCutcheon of Erin Township
on Thursday Jane 24th, 1861 at Hugh McCutcheons
by Rev. Joseph Musnworth, Congregational Ministries, Georgetown.
Wit: Stewart McCutcheon, Alex Hamilton.
Ref: Bible of Jane Matilda McCutcheon Hamilton.

. 1861 Jun 15 - MARRIAGE LICENSE.
Hamilton, RICHARD, born 'City of Toronto', residing Esquesing Twp., Age 26*,
Son of Rebecca & James Hamilton, married
McCUTCHEON, Jane M, Age 20 (=1841*), b. Erin, daughter of Mary & Hugh McCutcheon,
Wit: Stuart McCutcheon of Erin & Alex Hamilton of Esquesing, Ontario & Married 24 OCT. 1861 at the Congregational Church, Georgetown, Halton Co.
Note3: Brother Alex was witness at his wedding. It is possible that his mother was present at Richard's wedding as she did not emigrate to the US until 1864.The marriage license is just before Richard's birthday on April 20 when he would be 27 years old.

. 1861 January 24 - Congregational Church, Halton Co., Georgetown
Jane M McCutcheon, Born & resides Erin Twp., Age 20 /1841,
daughter of Mary & Hugh McCutcheon,
married Richard Hamilton, Age 26 / born 1836, Toronto, resides Esquesing Twp.,
son of Rebecca & James Hamilton.

* 1861 Jun 15 - MARRIAGE License Halton County:
RICHARD HAMILTON, born 'City of Toronto', residing Esquesing Twp., Age 26 / 1835,
Son of Rebecca & James Hamilton, married
JANE M. McCUTCHEON, Age 20 (=1841*), b. Erin, daughter of Mary & Hugh McCutcheon,
Witnesses: Stuart McCutcheon of Erin & Adaz Hamilton of Esquesing, Ontario.
Married 24 OCT. 1861 at the Congregational Church, Georgetown, Halton Co.
Note3:* The marriage license is just before his birthday on April 20 when he would be 27 years old 'Adaz" that is his sister Hadassah Hamilton.
XReference: His mother Rebecca Lawrence Hamilton's Land Grant states Town of York, Residence 1833.

. 1866 Toronto Peel Directory:
Richard Hamilton, Con 4 Lot 4, EHS, freeholder, Chinguacousy Twp.
James Hamilton: Con 4, Lot 1, Chinguacousy Twp.
John Hamilton Con 4, Lot 5, East Hurontario Street.
John Hamilton Con 6, Lot 25 house. Chinguacousy Twp. [ie. near Acton, Ontario].

. 1869 Prov. of Ont. Gazetteer & Directory Acton: A station on the Grand Trunk Railway, in the Township of Esquesing, County Halton, containing 2 flour mills, 4 sawmills, 2 shingle factories, 1 planing mill, 1 tannery, 1 foundry, 1 cloth factory, 4 churches, 1 common school, 3 hotels. The principal trade is in grain, lumber, cord wood, leather & hops. Land averages from $28 to $35 per acre. Distant from County Town 11 miles, from Toronto, 30 miles & from Guelph, 14 miles. Money order office. Daily mail. Population, 700. Hamilton, Richard, carpenter.

. 1873 Directory of County Peel, Chinguacousy - East of Hurontario St.:
John Hamilton, Lot 20, Con 5
Richard Hamilton, Lot 13, Con 6.
. 1881 Halton Co. Gazetteer, Hamilton,Richard, Carpenter, Acton.
. 1882 Hamilton, Richard, Acton, carpenter, Lovell's Business & Professional Directory of the Province of Ontario for 1882, (Montreal: John Lovell & Son, 1871), page 204.

. 1877 Peel Co. Atlas, Chinguacousy S Twp.,
Richard Hamilton, Farmer, Settled 1831, Brampton Post office, 1877 [deeded from his father?]
Mrs. Hamilton, Con 2, NDS, Lot 11, 100 Acres, non-resident 1877, Non-Resident;
Ada Hamilton, Con 4 E, Lot 2 Chinguacousy South, (now Peel Co.), 50 Acres, Non Resident.
Con. 3E, Lot 4, 150 Acres; Con 3E, Lot 3
Con. 4E, Lot 4, 200 Acres
Con. 4E, Lot 2, 50 Acres, Ada Hamilton, Chinguacousy S, Ada Hamilton [i.e. Hadassah?]
James Hamilton Con 4, Lot 1, Chingoucousy Twp.;
John Hamilton Con 4, Lot 5 also a John Hamilton Con 6, Lot 25 house. Chinguacousy Twp.

Note4: Wages in Upper Canada 1842: Carpenters, 6 s, 10 p. Halifax Currency per diem.

Note5: 1855 Transferred by his WILL: Richard Hamilton, Con 4 Lot 4, freeholder, Chinguacousy Twp. Halton. &
James Hamilton Con 4, Lot 1, Chingoucousy Twp.;
John Hamilton Con 4, Lot 5 also a John Hamilton Con 6, Lot 25 house. Chinguacousy Twp.
Note6: Concession 4 East is now located between Bramalea Rd. & Heart Lake Road, Peel Co., it was split in half, with the northern half becoming part of the town of Caledon & the southern half, along with the township of Toronto Gore, joining the town of Brampton. - PJA 2010.

Acton Tanneries of Beardmore
- Geo. Beardmore purchased the Acton plant 1864, Fire again destroyed the plant in 1872 & rebuilt the same year. About 1880 they built their Bracebridge plant. 1899 they build their brick warehouse. Ref: Esquesing Historical Society Newsletter May 1990.
- 1877 Feb 8 Acton Tannery, The number of sides tanned annual is from18,000 to 20,000, all South American stock, imported from NY & Boston, 2,000 cords of hemlock bark earth year @ $20,000. Wages for a large number of skilled workmen is $400 per month. 100 vats. 4 acres.About 1879 they opened a larger business at Bracebridge & the dispose of that tannery. In May 1883 they set to work tearing down & remodeling the Acton property Ref: Acton Free Press.

ACTON FREE PRESS:
. 1875 Aug 25 - Village Council met last Thursday evening. A petition was presented from J H Smith & others for a drain on Main street from opposite Richard Hamilton's. also, one from A Stephenson, R. Hamilton & others to have Willow st. graded from the corner opposite the Post Office to the new paw factory Both potions were laid over till next meeting.
. 1875 Nov 12 - Acton's Progress, Acton has Stephenson grown more the past 3 years than at any time, during many years of its previous history & the season now closing has probably been productive of a greater number of new buildings & a greater outlay of money than any previous year.
* Main Street: Wm. Stephenson - A 1 ½ story frame dwelling, 22 X 30, Gothic front, upright battens, neatly designed, & well finished, at a cost of about $800. Built by RICHARD HAMILTON.
. ROBERT AGNEW - ADDITION TO THE DOMINION HOTEL, RICHARD HAMILTON, builder. Cost about $300.
. 1875 Dec 16 - Acton Municipal: For the Council, we hear several new names mentioned, among them being, Richard Hamilton we have, however, no positive information from the parties themselves.
Note7: 65 Main St. N, Lot 28, Con 3, Cultural Heritage Value: Acton Veterinary Clinic: Built c. 1875 by Richard Hamilton, an esteemed carpenter credited by George Beardmore as Acton's best, on the former site of a woolen mill; The 5th or 6th brick home built in Acton; Representative of Gothic Revival style architecture including stone windowsills, bargeboard detail in gable, & dichrome [red & beige] brick detail under eaves, at corners and arch over windows.
Ref: Halton Hill Heritage Register, Phase 3 dated 2016.

> 1875 Dec 28, page 1 - Village of Acton, For Reeve, Dr. McGarvin - proposed by F Snyder & R. Hamilton. For Councillors: D D Christie, H J Hall, Ed. Moore - Proposed by R. Hamilton.
. Speeches of the Candidates: I am very sorry Mr. Hamilton is going to retire [from the race], as we have always been co-workers in the interest of the village. Glad to see that Acton is keeping her place among the villages of the county, & whether in the Council or out I shall do all in my power to help her to keep that place.
> 1875 Dec 30 - (A printed election ballot to be cut out & filled in:)
Election of Members for the Municipal Council for the village of Acton, in the County of Halton, On Monday, the 3rd day of 1876 January - For Councillors. #2, HAMILTON, Richard Hamilton, carpenter.

. 1876 Mar 2 - Acton Finance Committee reported the following accounts & recommended their payment. On motion of Messrs. Secord & Hamilton a committee was appointed to select the standing by-laws of the municipality & ascertain the cost of printing hem in pamphlet form.
. 1876 Dec 7 - Municipal elections will soon be on. Matters very quiet her yet no work of any new candidates. We presume the present Reeve & the ochre members of the Council will the exception of Mr. Hamilton, will soon be making their obeisance to the electors again.

>1876 Dec 28, Village of Acton, For Reeve, Dr. McGarvin - proposed by F Snyder & R. Hamilton. For Councillors: D D Christie, H J Hall, Ed. Moore - Proposed by R. Hamilton.
. Speeches of the Candidates: I am very sorry Mr. Hamilton is going to retire [from the race], as we have always been co-workers in the interest of the village. Glad to see that Acton is keeping her place among the villages of the county & whether in the Council or out I shall do all in my power to help her to keep that place.

****Date? Acton Village Council met on Tuesday evening. Councillors: Duncan Kennedy, Benjamin Nicklin, Thos. Easton, Peter McCass were proposed by R. Hamilton.

. 1877 Jan 18, p.3, The last meeting of the old Council was held shortly before noon on Monday, all the embers present except Mr. Hamilton.

. 1877 Feb 8, Beardmore & Sons have about concluded arrangements to remove their entire operations to Bracebridge & that the concern here in Acton will be closed in about a year fro this time. This step has been forced upon them by the growing difficulty of pricing sufficient bark at a reasonable cost. for several years past the supply has been brought long distances, even in some case as much as 20 miles by team & further by railway. It is quite probable that the building will be used for the manufacture of upper leather & other light stock, requiring but a very small quantity of [Hemlock] bark but a larger number of skilled workmen.
. 1877 May 3, page 3, - Mr. Richard Hamilton, ex-councilor of this village, has secured the contract or building & equipping Mr. Beardmore's new tannery at Bracebridge. He will probably be absent all summer.
Note8: The following construction was under the direction of Richard Hamilton:

. 1877 Aug 9, Beardmore's Tannery at Bracebridge. The Bracebridge Gazette of the 27th ult., gives an interesting account of the new tannery premises being erected at that place. The editor of the Gazette mentions having interviewed our friends, Mr. Richard Hamilton, the contractor & Mr. Z A Hall, the manager, by whom he was courteously received & from who he obtained information concerning the capacity of the building & the process of manufacturing leather: Tan yard, 65X112 ft., one story; leach house & bark shed 84X34 ft. with lean-to, 3 ft; dry house, 61x37ft., 5 stories; sweat pits, stone building, 45x345ft., one story; boiler house 35x45 ft., brick; engine house 14x35ft, brick; in the centre of the engine house there will b a brick chimney, 90 ft high, with a stone foundation 14x14ft, 6ft deep; the chimney being hollow at the bottom & consisting of inner & outer walls ob rick work, but tinselly carried in the solid, as the wall tapers on the outside.
There will be 8 coolers, 14x16ft, in the leech house. On the top of them will stand four tubs, 14ft. in diameter & 10 feet high. From the engine house to the yard a shaft will cross about 34ft. long, to work the hide mills & water pumps.
Tramways will run from the various buildings to the dry house & store shed & from the store shed to the wharf. A wire rope to turn the shaft in the dry house & work the hoist, will run from engine house to the dry house - thus the loads of hides will be conveyed to the different stories of the dry house, each floor of which is traversed lengthwise by a trimway working in the centre of hall on either side of which are five rooms, each containing 100 sides of leather; the dry house could thus contain, 5,000 hides, though in practice this number will not be reached, because some of the lower stories are occupied by a congress? of steam pipes.
About 450 cords of tan back [ Xtree pat??] have been delivered on the piling grounds at opposite sides of the river.
. 12 carpenters, 4 masons & an average of 10 laborers are employed on the works & the whole concern when finished will make so big a hole in $20,000, that the residue will be nowhere.
The Beardmore tannery will probably be the largest tannery in Ontario & certainly the model tanner in the Dominion. - . -

. 1877 May 10 - Complementary Supper: On the eve of Mr. Zolman Hall's departure from Acton, a number of his friends assembled at the Dominion Hotel to honor him with a complimentary supper, as a token to the universal esteem in which he is held in this his native place. ... removing to Bracebridge to take the management of new Beardmore tanner being erected there. The party comprised a large number of our most prominent citizens, ... Richard Hamilton. Mr. Hall responded warmly.
. 1877 Oct 25, To Acton Reeve Council, I am soon to vacate Acton Tannery, I am looking for a tenant, but have not yet heard of anyone to undertake so large a concern. [ & also] I hereby give notice that I do not now buy Hemlock Bark, as I have a full supply on hand. G L Beardmore, Acton Tannery.

. 1878 Feb 28 - We are pleased to see Mr. Richard Hamilton has recovered from his late illness enough to him to return to Acton from Bracebridge. He arrived home on Monday evening. [i.e. Monday Feb 25th].

. 1881 Halton Co Gazetter: Village of Acton: Richard Hamilton, carpenter.
. 1881 Oct 20 - Eramosa Fall Fair: Rockwood, last Thursday, Successful exhibitors: Agricultural Productions, Class 11, Grain etc. Indian corn: R. Hamilton.
1882 Jul 13 - Richard Hamilton - Assessment from $1100 to $800 on pt. lot Block 1 the owner.

. 1881 Dec 29, Thrus. - For councillors nominations there are in the field for elections, Messrs. Speight, Campbell, Moore, Richard Hamilton, John Kennedy, B Necklin & C T Hill.
For Councillors: Richard Hamilton, Proposed by G Havill, seconded by Thos. C Moore. Thos Easton, Peter McAnn & Ben Necklin, proposed by R Hamilton. The returning officer then declared the hour for receiving nomination expired. Speeches were made by a large number of those present.

. 1882 Jul 13 - Court of Revision met on the 5th ins. The following changes were made in the Assessment Roll:
9. Richard Hamilton - Assessment reduced from $1100 to $800 on pt. lot block 1, is owner.
. 1882 Dec 28 - Richard Hamilton - nominated by Wm. Hemstreet, 2nd by A A Secord, Sr.; H.W. Storey, Nominated by Richard Hamilton. For Councillors: R. Hamilton.

. 1883 Jan 11 - Richard Hamilton desires us to state that he did not consider himself a candidate at the recent municipal elections.
* 1883 Mar 15, p. 3 - Mr. Richard Hamilton, of Acton, who is to take charge of the building department of J. McMillan & Co.'s, Lumbering Mill, has moved into Erin. - Reported in the Erin Advocate.
. 1883 May 31, p3 - Mr. R Royce has moved into the residence on Main Street, recently purchased from Mr. R. Hamilton.
. 1884 Mar 6 - Acton, Messers. R. Hamilton & C Walker, of Erin, were in town on Monday.
. 1884 Apr 17 - Advertisement: 2,000 Cords Hemlock Bark wanted @ $5.50 per cord, delivered at their Tannery in Acton before Nov 2, 184, Bark must be bright on flesh, flat & full 4 feet long, curled or damaged bark only received at a proportionate reduction. We wish it distinctly understood no bak will be received after the first of Nov without special contact. Beardmore & Co.
. 1884 Jul 10 - Demands Immediate Attention. Owing to the careless or want neglect of Beardmore Tannery mangers, late quantities of tan bark & other deleterious substances are allowed to run into the stream passing through Acton & large quantities of bark etc, are now to be seen in the steam & along its banks all the way to Limehouse. If continued, this will have the effect not only of filling up the stream & ponds, but will inevitably kill the trout with which the stream abounds. The practice of dumping the bak into the stream is certainly an illegal one, & should be immediately prohibited by the proper authorities.

. 1887 Oct 20, Thursday - A large number of citizens attended the World's Fair at Erin yesterday. !
. Erin show yesterday was a great success. The weather was delightful & visitors crowded in swarms. The village didn't begin to accommodate the people. The reputation of this far-farmed exhibition has been fully sustained.
. 1887 Dec 1 - Mr. Richard Hamilton, of Erin as in town (Acton) yesterday.
. 1888 Feb 9 - Mr & Mrs Richard Hamilton, of Erin, were visiting friends this week.
Mr & Mrs. Chas. H. Walker, of Erin, visiting friends in Acton last week.

> 1889 Oct 17, Erin, Mr. Richard Hamilton has just returned from visiting all over Michigan & other parts of the States, meeting relatives he had not seen in about 33 years. [i.e. since 1856!] Page 2 as copied from the [Erin] Advocate.

* 1896 Jun 4 - Richard Hamilton of Erin, a former resident of Acton is preparing the planks for the saw vats at the tannery. He has put in nearly all the vats at the tanner for 30 years [1866]. Republished in the Acton Free Press on 1916 Jun 1.
. 1897 Feb 11 - Mr & Mrs Richard Hamilton, Erin, were in town yesterday.
. 1899 Wellington Co. Directory, Hamilton, Richard, grocer. Population 700.

. ACTON'S EARLY DAYS: At the corner of Mill & River Streets occupied part of the site of John Holt was old woollen mill. It was built by Richard Hamilton, on of the best carpenters Acton ever had. He built it for his own residence about 70 years ago [1869]. He previously built the residence on Fairview Avenue, near Fairview Cemetery. After living there for a short time he sold that house to David Williamson, who lived there from shortly after his marriage until he went over to the Malcolm McPherson farm in Nassagaweya. Richard Hamilton lived in the brick house a good many years. ... The late George Beardmore thought no one in the community could put in (tannin) vats equal to Richard Hamilton.
Mr. & Mrs. Hamilton's only daughter (only child) married Mr. Charles Henry Walker, manufacturer, of Erin Village & the family sold out their interests in Acton & moved to Erin. Mr. Hamilton went into the grocery business there & continued until his death [in 1909].

Crossing River Street, which was opened when Acton Plow Company's works were built, we come to the Acton Creek. The source of this splendid stream is the spring on the third line, a little over a mile to the north, where it comes from the rock. The creek flows through the Near property, supplying the trout ponds & hatchery ...across Main Street into Fairy Lake which covers 88 acres. Many a trout have I caught in the bed of the creek when it meandered among the willows. Many a dozen speckled beauties have I seen caught in the big mill pond from flat-bottomed boats or long rafts.
Ref: Acton Free Press, 1939.

* Hamilton family photo available c 1895 Erin.

History of the Acton House Richard Hamilton built:
. 1926 Nov 18 - Old Times Along the New Highway: Beside the home of stone mason Malcom Kennedy's the wee cottage with a history. It was built by John Hold when he erected the Wollen Mills on the lot where M. J H Reid's fine brick residence now stands. Mr & Mrs Sidney Smith reside there while there palatial residence was being erected. It is known as Fairview Place for the past 50 or 60 years, Mrs C S Smith lived their most of her married life & where she passed away last spring.

> > > The fine home of James H Reid, at the corner of Main & River Streets, was erected by the late Richard Hamilton, carpenter and contractor, for himself & his wife and Miss Ella, their daughter. It was a perfect piece of construction and when built was regarded as one of the best houses in this country. Mr & Mrs Hamilton resided there until Richard gave up his contracting work & more to Erin, where he went into the grocery business.
Mr Robt. Royce purchased the property when Mr & Mrs Hamilton & daughter removed from Acton. Mr Royce's daughter, Mrs Orr was left alone through the removal of her children to make their way in life. After them, James H Reid, a retired farmer purchased the property & for the last 12 or 15 years has made this home. Mr. Reid has kept the place as neat as a new pin all the time.
River Street was at one time the site of the Mill race & flume from the dam to the Wollen Mills.When Acton Plow Co. was established, over where the Hydro Power Station & mason Kitting Works are now, the course of the stream was diverted & the old mill race was discarded & River St. opened.The fine old car pine timbers of Plow Factory went up in smoke when the factory was destroyed by fire 30 years ago [1901] 50 years ago I saw many shoal of speckled trout & under the old log bridge there I caught my fear share of them under the grass banks further down steam. On the north side of stream there was a saw mill on the Smith property. I remember when lumber was sawn there. Between the old mill & stone house, there was at one time a carriage shop of Tom Easton. Other houses on Main street were the first brick cottage built by Charlie Holmes, Royal Exchange Hotel (now Bank of NS & Patterson's Meat Market). Wm. Overton's blacksmith, the old school lane, Smith's Shingle Factory, Store Glove Leather Tannery. Mary is calling me to dinner. I must go. Signed, The Red Man McCutcheon.

Acton History Contd.
Across Ransom Street (now Fairview Ave) from the Cook Homestead: Richard Hamilton built a fine frame house of attractive design shortly after he was married, about 80 years ago. dick Hamilton, was on of the best carpenters ever had in Action. This house he regarded with much pride. It was one of the finest houses the village then possess, but he didn't live there long. He took a fancy to but a brick house for a home down town & shortly after the Acton Plow Co. was organized in 1874 & bought the old Holt Mill property & part of the Sidney Smith frontage on Main St., he bought from the Company the lot at the corner of Main & River Streets & but his new home. It was a fine brick house this time & still stands there in good state of repair. James H reed is the present owner. It was the 5th or 6th brick house erected in Action. David Williamson & his bride resided there next, as well as Wilson Ramshaw for quite a time. Next to Hamilton was Esra Adams.
by, The Old Man of the Big Clock Tower (regular column) in Acton Free Press, published 1937.11.25.
. 1979 Aug 29, Dr. Ron Trenton, Esquesing Historic Society is trying to preserve Acton's past by cataloging the town's older buildings..He is living in a house build in the 1860 or 1870, The building was constructed by Richard Hamilton, who also built what is now Rott Little School. When he was renovating it , he found parts of a newspaper dated 1879 behind some wallpaper. He learned of the building's hasty by asking neighbors.

.1901 Jul 18, Obituary: Wm. Marsales, an early resident for nearly 70 years was resident in Action, Lot 1, Con 5, deacon of Disciples of Christ, Bearers, Richard Hamilton.
Note: Will Mmarsales operated the rolling machine at the mill, & owned part of the land on which the tannery was built.
. 1902 May 22. Obituary: Mrs. James Brown, Ruth Ann Hall, eldest daughter of Asa Hall, Esq., Born 1841 in Acton. Her husband lived 14 y. on Lot 1, Con 4, Erin, where he operated a saw mill. Friends from a distance were in attendance: Mr. Richard Hamilton & (his daughter), Mrs. C W. Walker, Erin.
Ref: Acton Free Press.

. Land Registry Office, ACTON VILLAGE. Lot 28, Con 3
. 1856 May 28, Instrument 355C Mortgage, Reg 4 May 1856, Richard Hamilton.
. 1863 Nov 25, Instrument #54 F Quit Claim, Reg 11 NOV 1864, Richard Hamilton.
(Investment group Wm & Mary Glass; subdivided lot). The next lot is the Halton Disciples of Christ Church, South of Mill Street. (Document is too faint to know for sure who was the grantor/grantee. There was much land speculation in Acton & consequently continual land partitioning by the Glass-Adams etc. PJ Ahlberg. )
. 1872 Mar 25, Bargain&Sale, Wm. Stephenson & Wife, to Richard Hamilton, 34 acres, Part West Half Lot 28, Con 3, $1.
. 1874 Jul 22, B&S, Wm. Stephenson, to Richard Hamilton, Part W Half, subject to a certain mortgage, $50
. [also found in] VILLAGE of ACTON. Copy Book Vol. 11, 8 OCT 1874. (i.e. duplicate copy) Richard Hamilton, Carpenter of Acton.

ACTON VILLAGE, Abstract Book Lot 2 Block 14.
Ins. 355, Mortgage 2 & 1856. Reg. 4 MAY 1855 Grantee: Richard Hamilton.
1863 Nov 25, Instrument 54. Quit claim, Reg. 11 NOV 1864. Richard Hamilton.

Ontario Land Registry Abstract Esquesing Book 711
Lot 32, Con 28, Esquesing, Halton Co.
. 1872, Mar 25, Bargain&Sale, Wm. Stephenson & wife, to Richard Hamilton, 34 Held perches, Part of Wly. Half of Lot 28, $7.
. 1874 July 22, Partial, Wm. Stephenson, to Richard Hamilton 36 sq. perches of Part Wly Half. Subject to a certain Mortgage. $1.
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Page Two:
Died, Richard Hamilton, died Feb 4th 1909
Ref: Bible of Jane Matilda McCutcheon Hamilton.

> Died, Hamilton - In Erin, on Thursday, February 4th, aged 74 years.
Ref: Acton Free Press, published 11 Feb 1909, p. 2.

. OBITUARY1: Mr. Richard Hamilton, of Erin Village, died very suddenly last Thursday. He had been at his usual work & business about the store the day before & death came without warning. The funeral on Sunday afternoon was very largely attended. Mr. Hamilton spent his boyhood & middle life in Acton & was highly esteemed here. He was a house carpenter & builder & was foreman carpenter for Messrs. Beardmore & Co. at the tanneries for many years. During his residence here Mr. Hamilton built one of the first brick houses in town - the comfortable residence at the corner of Main & River streets, at present owned & occupied by Mr. J. H. Reed & family. About twenty years ago he removed to Erin. Mrs. Hamilton & her daughter, Mrs. C. H. Walker, survive. Mrs. Walker was bereaved by the death of her husband last fall.
Ref: Acton Free Press, 11 Feb 1909, P 3, Col 2.

. OBITUARY2: That "in the midst of life we are in death" was most impressively forced upon Erin, Ontario, attended by a large number of sorrowing friends. The pallbearers were H. Mathews, D. McCleland, G. F. Sutton, J. D. Leitch, H. R.Smith & H. Barbour., one of our prominent & most highly esteemed citizens, was, almost without a moments warning, summoned from the activities of his life to the realities of the unknown world beyond. Up to the moment he was stricken Mr. Hamilton was in the enjoyment of his usual good health & his unexpected & startlingly sudden death within 24 hours thereafter, came as a great shock to his family, to his friends & to the community at large.
Deceased was born in Toronto 73 years ago, was for many years a successful builder & contractor & some 25 years ago came to Erin, where he engaged in the grocery business & won the respect & esteem of every one with whom he came in contact during that quarter of a century. His genial presence will be greatly missed in business, religious & social circles.
His youngest brother predeceased him by only nine months & those who survive are Alexander of Bangor, James of Grand Rapids, Mrs. Warner of Fairville, Mrs. McCutcheon of Grand Rapids & Miss Rebeckah Hamilton, Fairville, all in Michigan.
On January 24, 1861, he married Jane McCutcheon of the 3rd line, Erin & she & an only daughter, Mrs. C. H. Walker are left to mourn the loss of a faithful husband & a loving father. They have the sympathy of all. Deceased was a devout member of the Disciple Church & a member of the A.O.U.W. Services were held by Rev. G. O. Black in the above church on Sunday afternoon & the interment took place to Erin Cemetery, the funeral being attended by a large number of sorrowing friends.
The pallbearers were H. Mathews, D. McCleland, G. F. Sutton, J. D. Leitch, H. R.Smith & H. Barbour.

ESTATE FILE, Richard Hamilton died 4 Feb, 1909. Application of Jane Matilda Hamilton, widow, of Erin, Wellington Co.
Real & personal, valued at $3,050.00.
Richard Hamilton of Village of Erin, County of Wellington, Merchant.
All in favour of Jane Matilda Hamilton & thence of any surveying children.
The property #13 East side of Main Street, Erin, W 1/2 Lot 15, 10 Con., Erin Twp. According to a Plan of Survey made by Charles J. Wheelock, Esq., filed at Guelph.
Signed, R. Hamilton. Witness Humphrey Matthews, Erin, Harness Maker & Wm. M. Dowell, Barrister-At-Law.
PROPERTY $1,800. - . -
Securities A.O.W.W. 150.
FARMING IMPLEMENTS 300.
STOCK-IN-TRADE 300.
$3,505.00

. 1919 Jun 12. Obituary: In his young manhood Mr. John Bell learned the trade of carpenter & framer. He & the late Richard Hamilton built numbers of the buildings in Acton & vicinity. They built the store on the site of the Secord block on the south side of Mill Street for Mr. Benzie, one of our early merchants. This store was burned down about 50 years ago. [1869]. When the Civil War broke out in 1862 the family moved to Niagara, NY & joined the American Army.

JOHNSON COUSINS: Cousins Richd. Lawrence Johnson, Senior live also in Esquesing Twp. as did his brother Robert Lawrence Johnson (Lot 30, Con 1.) & also his son Richd. Lawrence Johnson, Junior, also live in Acton, & surely must have have known each other. R L Johnson, Jr. was born 1869 & thus 30years younger than R L Hamilton.

. 1856-66 Mitchell & Co.'s Canada Classified Directory Canada West:
Carpenter & Builders, Acton. Hamilton, R., carpenter.
. 1871 Ontario Directory: Acton West; Village, A large quantity of wheat is purchased here. There is a considerable mfg. of flour, lumber & leather. Hamilton Richard, carpenter.
. 1892 Ontario Gazetteer & Directory, Hamilton, Richard, grocer & crockery.
. 1898-99 Western Ontario Gazetteer & Directory: Erin, Hamilton, Richard, grocer.

Transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you- . -

Richard Lawrence Hamilton, Part THREE, Life in Old Ontario

. PIONEERS of OLD ONTARIO:
One of the great privations at the beginning was in the long intervals between regular religious observances. I remember when we were crossing the ocean, William Hunter, who afterwards settled in Chinguacousy, came to our quarters & had prayers with us every night & morning. After we arrived at our new home the first regular services were held by the Rev. Mr. McMurchy, who came over from Eldon township for the purpose. John Gunn, father of the founders of Gunn's Limited, was a volunteer helper. He made a regular practice of reading Scriptures & praying with the old people of the settlement, who, owing to growing infirmities, were unable to attend the regular church services that were held. Daniel Cameron was another who helped in this same way.

When church services were held, people travelled as much as 30 miles to take part, said Angus McDougall, the son of the speaker.
I have known them, even in my time, to come in lumber-wagons from as far as Sutton on the south, Uptergrove? on the north & Woodville on the west to the old stone church at Beaverton. Their earnestness was shown not only in the distance they travelled but in the patience with which they sat through services lasting from eleven o'clock till four, while their simple faith & devout thankfulness were voiced in the Psalms which filled the old church with a stern melody. Duncan Gillespie was the precentor. He read the Psalms line by line & then led the congregation as they sang in praise & thanksgiving. The favourite Psalms were the 103 & 123rd. …

. A CHINGUACOUSY VILLAGE:
Few men witnessed more varying stages of the pioneer period than did Abraham Campbell, whom I met at Lot 28 on the first concession of Chinguacousy in July, 1899. Mr. Campbell spent his life on the farm on which he was born when Chinguacousy was the farthest settlement north of the lake. As a child & youth he saw other pioneers pass his door on their way to the virgin forests of Dufferin, Grey & Bruce. He was witness of the annual summer pilgrimage of the men from the newer lands of the north to the older settlements of the south in search of employment in which they might earn bread for the winter. As the forests of the northland were pushed back before the attack of the axe-men, he viewed the winter procession of teams by which the grain of the north country was hauled toward lake ports. To all this Mr. Campbell was able to add what his father had told him of days prior to the period covered by his own recollection, the period when even the Niagara district was young. His father as a youth was at Queenston Heights, Stoney Creek & Lundy's Lane & one of the most prized possessions of the Campbell homestead, when I was there in 1899, was an iron pot,18 inches in diameter, captured from the American forces at Stoney Creek & still doing duty in the Campbell homestead over eighty years later.
Ref: WHEN OAKVILLE RIVALED TORONTO 1879.

Mr. Campbell's father & 6 brothers took up 1000 in Chinguacousy about 1820, after having journeyed from the old family home in Lincoln County by an ox-team. From Cooksville to their locations, the way led over a road made through the bush with their own axes. A quarter of a century later Campbell's Cross, on the highway connecting north & south, was a scene of bustling life." There was a tavern there containing 18 rooms," said Mr. Campbell, "& in those rooms I have known 20 or 30 people to be accommodated over night. As late as two o'clock in the morning I have seen the bar-room so full of people that one could not get near the bar itself. There were three stores in the village at that time & they were all busy places. Whence did the business come? Largely from the north country, which by that time had begun to produce a surplus. I have seen as many as one hundred teams arrive with grain in a single day. Part of the grain was bought by local merchants & teamed by them to Port Credit for shipment by water. Some of the farmers hauled their own grain all the way to the lake port.

" Teaming this grain was real labour. Between Chinguacousy & the north, hauling was possible only in winter & even then 25 to 30 bushels made a load. In coming down the Caledon mountain it was necessary to put a drag on the sleighs. Those who did their own teaming to Toronto or Port Credit frequently used ox-teams & sleighs to Campbell's Cross & then borrowed wagons for the journey to Toronto. On some of these journeys the snow was up to the backs of the oxen when north of the Caledon mountain, [Hwy. 10/ Hurontario St., Halton Co. - PJA], - while south of our place the animals wallowed to their bellies in slush & mud. Some of these northern farmers came from as far back as Owen Sound with grass seed, venison & pork for sale, the round trip occupying well over a week. At times the nights were spent in the bush while sleet or rain beat in through the partial covering afforded by the forest. But the people were happy with it all. Return cargoes usually consisted of groceries & a half-barrel of whiskey & as long as the latter kept the interior warm, exterior cold did not matter much to the hardy men of that day.

"At the period covered by my earliest recollection bears & wolves were common in Chinguacousy. I have more than once seen cows come home with flanks & udders so badly torn that the animals had to be killed. During the 'thirties, 'forties & 'fifties, the father of Kenneth Chisholm, who for years represented Peel in the Legislature, made staves from the oaks that covered a good deal of the township. The staves were hauled to the Credit by oxen, floated down the stream to the Port & thence shipped to England. About 1860, while I was assisting in removing an old oak stump, we unearthed a tool that had been used in splitting staves.

"One of my earliest election recollections is connected with the contest in which Colonel Ed. Thompson defeated William Lyon Mackenzie in the year before the Rebellion [1837]. That was the most exciting electoral battle we ever had. The electors of Caledon, Chinguacousy & Toronto townships all went to Streetsville to vote. The polls remained open for a week or two & for most of that time my father was engaged in hauling Tories to the voting place. On the last day of polling five or six teams were massed &, headed by bagpipes, took the last of the voters to the poll.

When Oakville rivaled Toronto: Robert W. Brock, whom I met at Belfountain about the same time that 1 had the interview with Mr. Campbell, gave some further information of early days in Peel & Dufferin. "At the time of my earliest recollections," Mr. Brock said, "the Centre Road had displaced the first concession of Chinguacousy was the leading highway to the north. In the late 'sixties, I have seen that road black with teams & traffic going on day & night. This continued until the old narrow gauge T. GK & B. was built to Owen Sound & markets were opened at Orangeville, Shelburne & Dundalk. Then the glory of Churchville & Streetsville began to wane.
Ref: When Oakville Rivaled Toronto, 1879. - - -

Birth:
Obituary says he was married Jan 24, 1861.

Died:
DOB also given on Death Cert. COD: cerebral heamorrhage after a few hours, Grocer.

Buried:
Row 20, Plot 14, with his wife & granddaughter Henrietta Charlotte Walker.

Richard married Jane Matilda MCCUTCHEON on 15 Jun 1861 in Georgetown, Esquesing Twp., Halton Co., Ontario. Jane was born on 10 Oct 1841 in Acton, Esquesing Twp., Halton Co., Ontario; died on 17 Nov 1917 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario; was buried in Erin Union Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ella is the daughter of Jane Matilda McCutcheon & Richard Lawrence Hamilton.

. 1876 Dec 7 - Acton Public School, results of a written examination in grammar: third Class, Ellen Hamilton 92%.
Ref: Acton Free Press.

. Ontario Marriage Registration # 3874, Acton, Halton Co., Ontario
Charles H Walker, Age 24/ b.1857, Resided Twp. of Erin, Born Erin, Manufacture,
Son of Elizabeth Walker & John S Walker, married
Ella Hamilton, Age 18 / 1863 in Twp. of Esquesing, Born Esquesing,
Daughter of Jame Hamilton an Richard Hamilton.
Wit: John Corraick, Erin & S M Law, Acton. Married at Acton, 15 Jun 1881. License.

. The Altar - Walker - Hamilton - In Acton, on the 15th inst., at the residence of the bride's father, by Elder A. Anderson of Hamilton, Mr. C. H. Walker of Erin Village to Miss Ella, the only daughter of Mr. Richard Hamilton of this village.
Ref1: ACTON FREE PRESS, Thursday, June 16, 1881 & in the Erin Advocate "
Ref2: ERIN ADVOCATE, Published every Wednesday.

NOTE1: A similar copy was written in Ella Hamilton's Bible & given to her eldest granddaughter, Jennie Walker's bible.

. 1881 Jun 23 - Mr. C. H. Walker & his newly made bride (Miss Ella Hamilton, of this village) returned from their wedding trip on Friday evening, after visiting friends in Toronto & Collingwood. They left for their new home in Erin Village on Saturday.
Ref: Acton Free Press, page 3, column 2.

. 1883 WELLINGTON COUNTY DIRECTORY:
The Erin Disciples church is a brick building, seating 300. It was erected in 1873, at the cost of $4,200. Services at 11 a.m.; Sunday school at 10 a.m. There are 75 members. The pastorate is vacant.

. Mr. C. H. Walker & his newly made bride, (Miss Ella Hamilton, of this village) returned from their wedding trip on Friday evening, after visiting friends in Toronto & Collingwood. They left for their new home in Erin Village on Saturday.

. 1897 Jan 14 - Erin, A grand musical entertainment was given by the ladies of the Disciple Church, in the Temperance Hill last evening. The programme consisted of vocal & instrumental music, solos & recitations.

. 1902 May 22. Obituary: Mrs. James Brown, Ruth Ann Hall, eldest daughter of Asa Hall, Esq. Born 1841 in Acton. Her husband lived 14 years. on Lot 1, Con 4, Erin, where he operated a saw mill. Friends form a distance were in attendance: Mr. Richard Hamilton (her father) & Mrs. C W. Walker, Erin. Ref: Acton Free Press.

. 1911 Census Erin, Ontario, Ella Walker, b 1863.
Ella sold up the foundry & house & moved with her girls to Toronto.

ERIN ADVOCATE Weekly Newspaper, Ontario:
. 1909 Aug 25 Wed.- Mrs. Chas. W Walker, of West Toronto, who has been spending a 2 weeks vacation with friends & relatives here, returned home on Saturday evening, sorry to leave, but looking forward to a return visit next year.
[Chas. Walker died in June 1908. Ella sold up the foundry & moved with her girls to Toronto in 1922 to nurse her dying daughter Kate Walker.]

. 1911 Jan. 4 - Mr. Frank Walker, Union Bank, Smith's Falls, at home. Mr. & Mrs. J. Felker, of Toronto, spent New Years with his mother, Mrs. C H Walker. May 24, 1911 - Mrs. J. Felker, Toronto; & Mrs. T. Justice & daughter, of Dauphin, Manitoba, are here on a visit to their mother, Mrs. C. Walker
. 1911 May 31- Mrs. J. Felker,
Mr. John Walker, who has been visiting his mother here, for sometime returned to Winnipeg on Tuesday last.
who has been here on a visit to her mother, Mrs. C. Walker, returned to her home in Toronto last week, accompanied by her sister Ruby.
. 1911July 12 - Mrs. J. Felker, Toronto, is here on a visit to her mother, Mrs. C. Walker.
. 1911 Oct. 18- Erin Fair Visitors: Mr & Mrs. J. Felker, Toronto, at Mrs. C. Walker's, 6,000 people attended the Fair last Friday.
. 1911 Dec. 27- Mr. & Mrs. J. Felker, of Toronto; Mr. Frank Walker, of Smiths Falls; Miss I. Walker, with their mother, Mrs. Walker.

. 1932 Jan 7 - Erin - Mrs. J. Felker an family &
Misses Irene & Ruby Walker of Toronto, Mr. Hughes of Regina Sask. [ should be son Babe Walker of Regina, Sask?], spent Christmas with their mother, Mrs. Ella Walker.

Notes2: For more Advocate social news, please look under the various individuals - PJA

. 1935 Wellington Co., voters list: Mrs. Chas. widow, Erin.

. 1938 Jun 30 - Ospringe - McCUTCHEON REUNION, held Saturday afternoon at the home of Mr Mrs Robert S McCutcheon, THIRD LINE, Erin, home offers McCutcheon settlers for 3 generations. The first McCutcheon came from Ireland over a 100 years go & purchased the home from the Crown.
Inspire of unfavorable weather in early afternoon, 110 guest registered. Games & races:
Races under 13: Helen Aitken & CHARLIE FELKER [born 1924]
After the races, supper was served on the lawn, President Robt. McC. called the guests to order & extended to all a hearty welcome.
MRS ELLA WALKER, gave a short history of the McCutcheon clan, which was very interesting.
Ref: Acton Free Press.

. ELLA HAMILTON'S FAMILY BIBLE: 12 X 9 X 4.5 inches thick. This Bible does not bear a publication date as such, but does have a publisher's note that it was entered into US Librarian of congress in 1876. The first entry for Richard & Jane's marriage was, thus entered at least two to three decades later. The Bible was then given to her eldest daughter, Jennie Walker, who in turned left it her eldest & only daughter, Marie Felker. The Bible then came to Marie's niece, myself, Patricia Felker Ahlberg.
> Here I would like to make interesting notation: Between the pages of Luke XXI -XXII, there are several dark blue ink spots. Additionally, caught up in the binding was a broken & spent wooden match head. Grandmother Ella was well noted for smoking a pipe! - So which came first the flying match head or spilt ink?

. First Family Record is a richly coloured Certificate of Holy Matrimony,
Richard Hamilton of Acton
& Jane M. McCutcheon of Erin Township
on Thursday, Jany 24th, 1861 at Hugh McCutcheons
by Revd. Joseph Unsworth, Congressional Minister, Georgetown.

. HAMILTON, ESTATE FILE, WELLINGTON, #8251, RG 2, 1917 Nov. 17
Petition of Ella Hamilton Walker: city of West Toronto, York Co., Widow
Jane M. Hamilton of the village of Erin, Wellington Co. left $1,000 in Real Estate. Signed, Ella M Walker
WILL dated 1 November 1910, Died "I devise & bequeath the sum to my daughter Ella Walker & for her & assign excepting the sum of $400 which I bequeath to my grand-daughter Jennie Felker - Residue to my said daughter." Executrix is my daughter Ella Walker.
Signed, Jane M. Hamilton
Witnesses: Janette McDowell, Erin, William McDowell Arch H. MacDonald Solicitor. Real Estate Description: 1/1 7 of an acre, being part of Easterly half of Lot #14, 9th concession of Erin, described by metes & Bounds in a Conveyance dated 1 May, 1891, from Charles Staples, of Golden, Colorado, & his wife to the said Jane Matilida Hamilton.

. Ontario Death Registration #5413, died Nov 17, 1917:
Born Erin, 78 , 1839, Erin, Residence 855 Keele St., Toronto, housework, widow, died of cancer uteri, for 1 year.

. DISCIPLES OF CHRIST.
Briefly then, the Esquesing church grew peacefully into the principles of the Campbellian reformation, & in June, 184 3, the first June meeting of the Ontario Disciples, was held. On that occasion the name "Disciples of Christ" or "Christians" was used. The site of this meeting house was near Norval, actually on the Menzies farm, Lot 8, 10th line, Esquesing. So small was the log building, that at the first June meeting, Ash records that numbers of the listeners had to vacate their seats in order to permit others to hear.
This Esquesing church was characterized by very strict discipline as to its members' conduct. For, with this strong desire to maintain the purity of the witness to the gospel, there was evident the air of exaltation & discovery which are elements in any youthful cause. There was not much experience to fall back upon, & the Bible was truly an honored medium of counsel toward maintaining a high standard of conduct with which to exalt the Christian profession; & who ca n deny the wholesomeness of such an aim? Consider the delicacy of the recording scribe who could indite upon his record s about a sister that had erred & been removed from fellowship- "for a crime mentioned in I Corinthians." ...This forest sanctuary to Christ which Esquesing folk raised, has long since passed from common knowledge, but the spiritual emanations from that Bible-loving people still grasp at the stars.

> Please see the McCutchons on the separate McCutcheon Family of Erin, Wellington Co., Ontario. at Rootsweb.com .

Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Birth:
'Mamma' & " Grama Hammy"

Buried:
Row 28, Plot 14

Mary married Charles Henry WALKER on 15 Jun 1881 in Acton, Esquesing Twp., Halton Co., Ontario. Charles was born on 6 Mar 1857 in Erin Village, Wellington Co., Ontario; died on 24 Jun 1908 in Erin Village, Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried in Erin Union Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Births Jennie Walker, Born March 11, 1883
. Marriages Jennie Walker & John Felker on March 24, 1918.
Ref: Bible of Jane Matilda McCutcheon Hamilton.

. Ontario Birth Registration # 501402
Jennie Walker, 26 y. b, 11 March, 1883, Erin, Ont.; Mother Ella Hamilton Age 19, Father Charles Henry Walker Age 26, Carriage builder Manufacture, Residence, Erin, Ontario.
Married notations: Declaration by mother, Family Bible record, marriage.
Informant: Annie Walker, 228 Fairman (?) ave, Toronto & Dr. Henry McNaughton, Erin, ON.

. 1883 Mar 22 - Born - In Erin, on Sunday, 5th March, the wife of Charles H Walker, of a daughter.
Ref: Acton Free Press, 22 Mar 1883, page 2, column 2.
Walker, Charles (Daughter), Birth announcement, Acton Free Press, 9 Mar 1893, page 2, column 1.

. Jennie was born in the large red brick house her father, John Walker, built next to his blacksmith & carriage shop at Scot & Main Streets, Erin, Ontario. She help to raise her younger siblings. Jennie & her new husband moved to Toronto where John Felker had a good job with CCM plant. On Thanksgiving & holidays they would go back to Erin to visit her mother & picnicking at Stanley Park in Erin or Belfountain.
Jennie had a hard time providing after her husband died young. Daughter Marie quit high school to help her mother & brothers. She sure loved her hockey & football. Jennie was famous for her apple & especially her mincemeat pies, which she made by hand in barrels for the fancy grocery store in Erin. Her peanut butter cookies were the absolute best & were made with whole half peanuts with a fork impression on top. Although I've tasted many a cookie since, I've never had one better!

The young Jennie Walker had worked in her grandparent's fancy grocery story in Erin. After she married John Felker, she had a grocery store beside her home at 324 Weston Rd., Toronto. They were the first to have large wooden cabinet radio in the store which stood in the middle of the entrance way. Neighbours would come in to listen to the programing. - P J Ahlberg.

> . Jennie Was Given A Gold Pocket Watch For Playing The Piano For The Erin Church. One Winter She Took Her Father's Horse & Cutter Herself On The Back Roads To Play In The Little White Church Where Her Girlfriend Was Getting Married.

. One winter Jennie drove by herself her father's horse & cutter to the Melville White Church where here girlfriend was getting married. Melville White Church is the oldest standing church in the west Caledon. The cemetery at Greenlaw Corners no longer exists, but the remnants of their cemetery can still be seen at the corner of Mississauga Road and The Grange Sideroad.
The church was built by the Daniel McMillan & Bros. of Erin. The church was painted white by them & hence the White Church name. The church was hand hewn squared timer framing, clad with horizontal wood siding & simple, clean lines with natural lighting. McMillan would preach in Gaelic. Some of the names of those early Presbyterian Congregationalists worshippers were: Crichton, Gibson, Frank, Pattulo, Burnet, Kirkwood, Foster, Hunter, McLachlan, MacMillan, McEachern, Campbell & Sharp.

. Ontario Marriage certificate 024328-10 (Wellington Co)
John Wesley Felker, 30, painter, borns Garafraxa Twp., Resides West Toronto,
s/o John FELKER & Mary Patterson,
married Jennie Walker, 27, born & resides Erin, Disciple of Christ.
d/o Charles H. Walker & Ella Hamilton
Witn: J.D. Leach & Frank E. Walker both of Erin, Mar. 4, 1910 at Erin
by Rev. Geo. Black, Baptist.

. 1910 April 7, Thursday. Married. Felker-Walker - In Erin, on Thursday, 28th? March, by Rev G O Black,
John Felker of Toronto, to Jennie, daughter of the late Chas. H Walker.
Ref: Acton Free Press.

. Jennie like to tell the story how one winter her father allowed Jenn to take his horse & cutter to go by herself, on the back roads to play the music at her girlfriend's wedding in the small white church, surrounded by trees. Well the country roads then often had cedar branches bushing you & the narrow washboard were certainly not planed flat like todays paved roads!
Jennie & sisters were always repeating that the snow in Erin used to be has high as the telephone poles.

Notes for further research: Estimated years might be between 1899 to 1910 when Jenn was married in Erin Village herself. One might suppose the country church could have been a Disciples of Christ that Jenn attended in Erin Village but the Melville White Church, a mile & half (3 Kms.) south of Belfountain, today on the west side of 15962 Mississauga Road, south of The Grange Sideroad, would resemble the church. Gramma would point out the church when we passed it, but to be honest, it is difficult to reconcile the modern roads & settings. - PJ Ahlberg

. Uncle James Walker came every Sunday with his family to Sunday dinner on Weston Road with his niece, Jennie Walker Felker. James was a short man. - P J Ahlberg, 2010, Toronto.

. 1911 Jun Census, Toronto 47/45? Dundas St., 2nd CENSUS FOR THIS YEAR!
Felker John Wesley, b Dec 1879, Ontario, age 31, painter, Wages 50 hr/week, $910.
Felker, Jennie Walker, b Mar 1883, Ontario age 28

ERIN ADVOCATE Newspaper, ONTARIO:
. 1909 Aug 25, Wed. - Mrs. Chas. W Walker, of West Toronto, who has been spending a 2 weeks vacation with friends & relatives here, returned home on Saturday evening, sorry to leave, but looking forward to a return visit next year.

. 1909 Oct 27 - Miss J. Walker, visited Toronto Friends, on Thanksgiving Day.
. 1909 Sep 22 - Mr. J. Felker, Toronto, spent Sunday with friends in town.

. 1911 Jan 25 - The first Carnival of the season held at the Rink on Thurs. evening was a success & was much enjoyed by many skaters. Prize winners were Best Boy skater under 9, Clayton Justice, Best Girl., Best Dressed Lady: 1st Mrs. Baird, 2nd, Miss R. Walker.
. 1911 May 24 - Mrs. J. Felker, Toronto; & Mrs. T. Justice & daughter, of Dauphin, Manitoba, are here on a visit to their mother, Mrs. C. Walker.
. 1911 May 31 - Mrs. J. Felker, who has been here on a visit to her mother, Mrs. C. Walker, returned to her home in Toronto last week, accompanied by her sister Ruby.
. 1911 July 12 - Mrs. J. Felker, Toronto, is here on a visit to her mother, Mrs. C. Walker.
. 1911 Oct. 18 - Erin Fair Visitors: Mr & Mrs. J. Felker, Toronto, at Mrs. C. Walker's, 6,000 people attended the Fair last Friday.
. 1911 Nov. 22 - Mrs. R. Hamilton is visiting her granddaughter, Mrs. J. Felker, Toronto [i.e. Jane Matilda McCutcheon].
. 1911 Dec. 27 - Christmas visitors, Mr. Neil Felker, of Toronto & formerly of the Advocate with friends in town.
Mr. & Mrs. J. Felker, of Toronto; Mr. Frank Walker, of Smiths Falls; Miss I. Walker, with their mother, Mrs. Walker.

. 1932 Jan 7 - Erin, Mrs. J. Felker & Family, & Misses Irene & Ruby Walker of Toronto; Mr. Hughes of Regina, Sask. spent Christmas with their mother, Mrs. Ella Walker.
Ref: Acton Free Press.

Ontario Land Registry Office Abstract Book 215, Plans 61 & 282:
. Village of Erin., Wellington County
Lot 12, Con 9, p68, (NE halt of divided Lot 14), Saw Mill Lot, South West Side, Main Street:
. 1891 May 1, Bargain&Sale, Chas Staples & wife, to Jane Matilda Hamilton, NA pt 1/17 Acres, with right of lane. [ 3 rooms in house situated on Lot 12, ft. in 15.3 frontage /1874.1.31];
. 1918 Jany 9, B&S, Ella H Walker, Extx. of Jane M Hamilton, ded. & inner personal capacity & Jennie Felker. to James Small NWPart 1/17A. $1,000.
. 1918 Jan 9, Mortgage, James Small & wife, to Jennie Felker, NW, $800, Discharged 1956.12.4.

. Jennie had a photo taken of her standing in in the doorway of her grandparent's Hamilton store in Erin. Later she ran her own grocery store on Weston Rd., Toronto.
Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Birth:
Main Street, Erin Village

Died:
6 Saskatoon.

Buried:
R15-16

Jennie married John Wesley JACK FELKER, .IV in 1910 in Erin Village, Wellington Co., Ontario. John was born on 2 Dec 1880 in Belwood, W Garafraxa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; died on 14 Aug 1929 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario; was buried on 16 Aug 1929 in Erin Union Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. [Birth?} Registration Cards: Ella Walker No. 81 274 10.
. Marriages.Ella Walker & Thomas Justice on Feb. [10, 1904].
Ref: Bible of Jane Matilda McCutcheon Hamilton.

. 1884 Jul 4, Birth announcement of a son to Charles Walker
Ref: Guelph Weekly Mercury Newspaper, Published 1884 July 10th.

Aunt Lal was a short, jolly lady with dark hair. Her husband Tom work for the CNR, so she had a train pass. Every Christmas she would arrive at Union Station. Arrival by train was then an big exciting affair. Crowds would gather around the exit gate waiting for the travellers to arrive. Aunt Lal would descend the gangplank wearing a black Persian lamb fur coat with a beautiful Christmas corsage with coloured sparkly bells set with a ribbon. After the rounds of hugs & kisses, nephew Charles Felker would drive his aunt to his mother's house. Christmas diner would be celebrated with at least the 3 sisters, Lal, Jenn, & Irene. Lal would visit her other married sisters, Winn & Mary.

. Erin Advocate Newspaper
May 24, 1911, Mrs. J. Felker, Toronto; & Mrs. T. Justice & daughter, of Dauphin, Manitoba, are here on a visit to their mother, Mrs. C. Walker.

. 1916 Winnipeg, Manitoba Census, 485 Carlaw Ave.
Justice, Thomas S, 38y / 1878, Ontario, Presby., 1908, Car repair, CNR
Ella, Married, 32y / 1884, Ontario
Jennie R, 12, 1904, Ontario
David W Justice, son, 2/12 months, 1916 Manitoba.

. 1929 Jun 19 from Winnipeg, Manitoba. - Border Crossing, via GN.Ry, at Blaine, Washington, 1929 Jun 25th:
Nellie Justice, Age 44, 5 ft. 4", 210 Lbs. ,
Emily Justice, Age 60/1869, 149lbs. Gray, b. Canada,
Emily Justice, sister-in-law & David W. Justice .

. 1929 August 29, Erin, Mr. Wm. Justice of Winnipeg, Man. spent a few days with Mr & Mrs. Jas. Justice.
Ref: Acton Free Press, p. 4
Note: XRef: Lal Walker Justice were in Erin for the funeral of her sister's husband, John Felker.

Signed Res. Ellen McLachlan, Erin Twp., Wellington Co.,
James Milloy, J.P.

. 1942 Dominion of Canada, Province of Ontario, Birth Registration # 902231.
Ellen Walker, Born 20 Jul 1844, Erin,
Daughter of Ellen Hamilton & Charles Henry Walker, Erin, Carriage Maker. I Ellen Walker, of the City of Toronto, York County, I am the mother of the aforesaid.
Signed, Toronto, 4th day December, 1942, Ella Hamilton Walker. - - -

Birth:
Alt Names: when young: Nellie, and later Lal.

Died:
(Winnipeg)

Notes:

. Ontario Birth Reg #038446. Nov 23, 1885.
Frank WALKER, male, Father Charles Walker, machinist,
Mother Ella HAMILTON. Informant Charles Walker, machinist, Village of Erin.
Registered Jan 13, 1886. Accoucheur Dr. McNaughton, Registrar Wm Tyler.

. Births Frank Walker, born November 23rd 1885.
. Deaths, Frank E Walker, died July 28th 1930.
Ref: Bible of Jane Matilda McCutcheon Hamilton.

. 1910 Mar 24, witness at his sister Jennie's wedding in Erin, Ont. Signed, Frank E Walker, Erin.

Erin Advocate Newspaper:
1909 Jun 16Wednesday, June 16, Mr. F. Walker, teller in the Union Bank & Miss McNichol, spent Sunday in Guelph.
. 1909 July 7, Mr. Frank WALKER, Teller at the Union Bank, who has been on his vacation, spent the weekend at Toronto taking in the Lacrosse match on Saturday & the 12th at Brampton, on Monday.
. 1911 Jan. 4, Mr. Frank Walker, Union Bank, Smith's Falls, at home.
1911 Dec 27, Mr. & Mrs. J. Felker, of Toronto; Mr. Frank Walker, of Smiths Falls; Miss I. Walker, with their mother, Mrs. Walker.

. 1912 Aug 29 - Death of William R. Collier
The death took place at Hamilton last Friday of William R. Collier, of Acton. Mr. Collier had been an invalid for more than 10 years. He was born in Garafraxa in 1867. In 1896 he was joined in wedlock to Elizabeth F. Campbell, daughter of the late George Campbell. Eleven or 12 years ago they came to live in Acton. He was a member of the Church of England. Mrs. Collier & 2 children survive, also 3 sisters & his mother. The remains were brought to Acton on Friday & the funeral on Sunday afternoon was largely attended. Rev. J. C. Wilson, B.A., officiated. Messrs. G. Statham, D. Carnochan, Geo. Mann, J. Adamson, W. H. Smith & W. D. Smith, were the bearers.
The following friends from a distance attended: Mr. & Mrs. W. Godfrey, Guelph; Mr. & Mrs. H. Campbell & family, Mr. Selby Campbell & Mr. H. Kaiser, of West Toronto; Messrs. C. Overland, G. T. Scott, J. Miller, J. T. Austin, T. Akins, W. Neville, J. Murray & F. Walker, Erin; Mr. & Mrs. J. McDonald, Mr. J. Cole, Mrs. M. Maw, Mrs. F. E. Cole, Mr. & Mrs. H. Kentner, Georgetown.

. 1930 Jul 31, Thurs. Deaths, At the Hospital , Sarnia, Ont., on Monday Jul 28th 1930, Francis E Walker, formerly of Erin, Ont., in his 45th year.
. 1930 Jul 31, Thrus. F E Waker Died Suddenly at Sarnia
A gloom was cast over the village on Monday evening, when the news spread the F E Walker, of Inwood, Ontario, had died suddenly in a hospital at Sarnia. it was indeed a severe shock to his widowed mother & the family, one of whom knew he was ill, & in fact, he had been ailing but a few days, & was inches office on Saturday. He was taken quite seriously ill & was removed to a Sarnia Hospital, where it was decided an operations necessary & he passed away very suddenly, evidently from a heart attack.
Frank, as he was so well known by everyone in this community, commenced his business career in the Union Bank, in Erin, & after a few years absence, returned to the village as manager of the bank, during which time ge gained many warn friends both in the business & social life of the community. After sever years he was removed to Hagersville, during which time the Royal Bank took over the Union Bank & Frank remained on their staff & was in their employment at Inwood, as manager, the he died.
the sympathy of the community is extended to his bereaved wow, nee jessie Overland, of Erin & to his mother, brother & sisters, viz. Mrs Ella Walker, Erin, John of Regina, Sask.
Mrs J Felker, Toronto, Mrs T Justice, Winnipeg, Man; Irene, Ruby (Mary) Mrs P Finn (Winnie), Mrs H Jameson & Kathleen, al of Toronto.
Funeral will beheld from the residence of his father-in-law, Charles Overland, Erin one Thus. Jul 31, at 2:30 pm, under Masonic auspices, to Erin Cemetery.

. 1930 Aug 7 Thrus., Erin any attend the Funeral of the Late F E Walker
A very large concourse of sympathizing finds & neighbors assembled at the home of Mr Charles overland, on thus. last, to attend the funeral the late F E Walker, who passed away suddenly, as Sarnia on July 28th. Rev j A Grant, pastor of Burns Presbyterian Church, took the service, assisted by Rev A W Downer, pastor of All Saints Church & Rev Latimer, of Inwood, Ont., each paying a beautiful tribute to the memory of the deceased; following this, the masonic Brethren conducted a short service. The many beautiful floral tributes bespoke the high esteem in which the deceased was held. There service at the grave side, at Erin Cemetery was impressive & here the Masonic brethren carried out their burial service.
Relatives from a distance who attended the funeral were Mr Mrs W L Hamilton, 19 Mr Richard Hamilton, Shelburne,
Mr Mrs Smith McCutcheon of Brantford; Mr Ewart Brock of Montreal; Mr Clifford Walker of Guelph; Mr Mrs T S Justice & son Walker, of Winnipeg; Mr Mrs F Topping, of St.Joseph Missouri; Mr Mrs J W Walker; Mr Mrs J Walker, of Toronto.
There were friends present from many points throughtout the province & Masonic Brethren were present from many local points.


. Ontario Death Registration # 21306. 28 Jul 1930,
Frank Edward Walker, born 22 Nov 1888 (?), Erin, Ont., married, Scotch, son of Ella & Charles Walker. Sarnia Hospital., Ontario. - - -

Died:
Res. Inwood, Ont. Aged 42y 8m., d. Sarnia Hospital; Cerebral hemorrhage 20 Minutes & hereditary actue impetia?

Buried:
Monument # R13-1.

Frank married Jessie Trout Kirkwood OVERLAND on 22 Oct 1909 in Erin Village, Wellington Co., Ontario. Jessie was born on 6 Dec 1886 in Erin Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; died on 1 May 1961 in Erin Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried on 3 May 1961 in Erin Union Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Stewart 'BABE' Walker is the son of Ella Hamilton & Charles Walker, Blacksmith & carriage Mfg., of Erin, Wellington Co., Ontario.

. Born John S Walker, born August 20th, 1887.
. Deaths, John Stewart Walker, Nov 9th 1954.
Ref: Bible of Jane Matilda McCutcheon Hamilton.

Erin Advocate Newspaper:
Wednesday, 30 June, 1909, Page 1, High School Report: Promoted from Senior 3 to 4, Alice Walker (& more names.) Junior 3 to Senior 3: RUBY WALKER, Bertha Hamilton, ( 6 other names) M M Reid, teacher,
LOCAL NEWS Item: Mr. John Walker, who has been in the North West for sometime is home on a visit to his mother, Mrs. C. Walker. [i.e. Ella Hamilton Walker].

. 1909 July 7- Mr. J. Walker, Toronto, & his friend, Mr. F. Stubbs at his mother's, Mrs. C H Walker. [i.e. home for Dominion Day visit.]
. August 4, 1909 - Walkers of Toronto, returned home on Saturday after Mr. John, spending a week with Erin friends.

. 1932 Jan 7, Erin, Mrs. J. Felker & Family, & Misses Irene & Ruby Walker of Toronto; Mr. Hughes of Regina, Sask. spent Christmas with their mother, Mrs. Ella Walker.
Ref: Acton Free Press.
Note: Probably the newspaper reporter confused the name Hughes of John Walker. Perhaps he may have been thing about John's father-in-law, Hugh Sampson. - PJA. - - -

Birth:
Verify, DOB, ALT NAME; Babe.

Notes:

. Wellington Co. Registration #036485, Mar 5, 1893.
Irene WALKER, female. Father Chas. H. Walker, manufacturer,
mother Ella HAMILTON.
Informant Chas H. Walker (father).
Registered Apr 5, 1893. Accoucheur Dr. McNaughton. Registrar William Conboy.

. Born Irene Walker, born March 5th 1893.
. Registration Cards, Irene Walker, 81 241 191.
Ref: Bible of Jane Matilda McCutcheon Hamilton.

. Born, Walker - In Erin, on Sunday 5th March, the wife of Charles Walker, a daughter.
Ref: Acton Free Press, 9 Mar 1893, page 2, column 1.

. 1913 Jun 11 - Port Huron, Michigan border crossing, Irene Walker, b. Erin, Canada, Age 20, Irish, Mother Ella Walker, Erin, First visit to US; purpose: visit Cousin Rev, Jas Hamilton 435 Ethel Ave. Grand Rapids, Money shown $83, Height 5' 6", Med. complexion, Auburn hair, blue eyes
Irene raised her nephew, Ed Brock, after her sister Alice Walker Brock died.

Erin Advocate Newspaper
. 1911 March 11 - Skating carnival: Best Lady representing Night: I. Walker, Lady & Gents Skater, Jane Homer, Irene Walker; &
- Miss Irene Walker has secured a position as head Milliner with a firm at Little Current, & left for that place on Monday morning last.
[Getting to Manitoulin Island, especially in the dead of winter, must have been quite an experience for Irene - no wonder she was soon home! Isolation on the island was complete. The population on the island & in the town was small. One wonders just how many ladies dress hats could been sold.- PJA 2010].

. 1911 July 5, Miss Irene Walker is home from Little Current, Ontario.

. Wellington Co. Registration #036485, Mar 5, 1893.
Irene WALKER, female. Father Chas. H. Walker, manufacturer,
mother Ella HAMILTON.
Informant Chas H. Walker (father).
Registered Apr 5, 1893. Accoucheur Dr. McNaughton. Registrar William Conboy.

. Born Irene Walker, born March 5th 1893.
. Registration Cards, Irene Walker, 81 241 191.
Ref: Bible of Jane Matilda McCutcheon Hamilton.

. Born, Walker - In Erin, on Sunday 5th March, the wife of Charles Walker, a daughter.
Ref: Acton Free Press, 9 Mar 1893, page 2, column 1.

. 1913 Jun 11 - Port Huron, Michigan border crossing, Irene Walker, b. Erin, Canada, Age 20, Irish, Mother Ella Walker, Erin, First visit to US; purpose: visit Cousin Rev, Jas Hamilton 435 Ethel Ave. Grand Rapids, Money shown $83, Height 5' 6", Med. complexion, Auburn hair, blue eyes
Irene raised her nephew, Ed Brock, after her sister Alice Walker Brock died.

Erin Advocate
. 1911 March 11 - Skating carnival: Best Lady representing Night: I. Walker, Lady & Gents Skater, Jane Homer, Irene Walker; &
- Miss Irene Walker has secured a position as head Milliner with a firm at Little Current, & left for that place on Monday morning last.
[Getting to Manitoulin Island, especially in the dead of winter, must have been quite an experience for Irene - no wonder she was soon home! Isolation on the island was complete. The population on the island & in the town was small. One wonders just how many

Buried:
R16-13

Notes:

Alice comes from a long line of Walkers. The name Alice was been used at least since 1614, June 19, Sedgefield, England, daughter of Robert Walker.

. Born, Alice Walker, born March 11th 1899.
. Registration Cards, AliceWalker No. 67 535 201 &
. Registration Cards, Alice Walker No. 67 535 2011.
. Deaths, Alice Walker Brock, died June 17th, 1921.
Ref: Bible of Jane Matilda McCutcheon Hamilton.

. 1911 Apr 8 Census, Erin, Ontario: Alice Walker.

Erin Advocate newspaper
. Wednesday, 30 June, 1909, Page 1, High School Report: Promoted from Senior 3 to 4. Alice Walker, (& more names) Junior 3 to Senior 3: RUBY WALKER, Bertha Hamilton, ( 6 other names) M M Reid, Teacher,
LOCAL NEWS Item: Mr. John Walker, who has been in the North West for sometime is home on a visit to his mother, Mrs. C. Walker. i.e. Ella Hamilton Walker].

. Ontario Birth Registration # 044405. April 24, 1897,
Alice Louise WALKER, Female, Father Charles H. Walker, Manufacturer,
Mother Ella HAMILTON, Informant Charles H. Walker,
Registered June 24, 1897, Physician Dr. Gear Reg #044495.

. a second registration:
2. Erin, Co. Wellington, Schedule (index) Alice Louise Walker, female, April 1897, father Chas H Walker, mother Ella Hamilton.

. Ontario Birth Registration # 035116.
Aug 22, 1895, Alice WALKER, female, father Chas. A. Walker, manufacturer, mother Ella HAMILTON.
Informant Chas. A. Walker, Erin. Registered Sep 2, 1895.
Accoucheur Dr. McNaughton.
Registrar Wm. Conboy. Verify.

. Marriages, Alice Walker & Ewart Brock, on Aug. 11, 1920.
Ref: Bible of Jane Matilda McCutcheon Hamilton.

. Ontario Marriage Registration, 10 Aug 1920
Ewart Brock, Age 25 y / b. 1891, Resided 1962 St. Urbain, Montreal, born York, Ontario,
Son of Mary Ann Wood & Elijah Brock,
Married Alice Louise Walker, Cashier, 23 y/b.1902, born Erin, resided 113 Gothic Ave.,
daughter of Ella Hamilton & Charles Walker,
married at Church of Christ Disciples by C. A Brady.
Wit: W E H Brock, Newmarket & Irene Walker, 113 Pacific, Toronto.

. Ontario Death Registration #7, Erin Wellington
Alice Walker. Died Sept 1, 1895 .11 days, Erin, By Dr. McNaughton. Informer: Mrs. C H Walker, Erin, 1895.

NOTE: Rather perplexing: Is this a twin child? or was this misfiled under the death rather than birth registration.
Eleven days before Sep 11, 1895 is 21 Aug 1895, - but Alice Louise was born 24 Apr 1895 & died 17 Jun 1921. - PJA 2010.
Transcripts by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Buried:
R16 -13

Notes:

Ontario Birth Registration, Wellington Co. # 42154:
Walker, Ruby, F. b. Mar 11th, 1899, daughter of Chas. H Walker, manufacturer,
& Ella Hamilton,
Informant Chas H. Walker, Village of Erin, Registered April 11, 1899.
Accoucheur Henry Gear, M.D. [Erin Village, Ontario] .

. Births, Ruby Walker, born March 11th 1899.
. Registration Cards, Ruby Walker 70 642 3.
Ref: Bible of Jane Matilda McCutcheon Hamilton.

. 1911 Apr 8 Census, Erin, Ontario: Ruby Walker.
* Ruby Walker recalled the she & her sister Mary Walker, would some times peak into the blacksmith shop from the double doorway. Her father would bring down the hammer down with a loud clack on the anvil to scare the children away from this scary & dangerous place. Her father Charles Walker, made plows, wagon, carriages & cutters - (cutters, not sleighs, corrected Ruby.)

Ruby was a Registered Nurse. First non-catholic graduate from St. Joseph Nursing school. Always respectful of religion.

> Aunt Ruby also recalled that as a child she was sickly & her mother Ella kept her in bed for 3 years. Eldest sister, Jenn looked after Rub' & in fact, she considered Jenn to be like her mother. The convalesce must have taken, because Rub' was a robust & active lady who lived to the ripe age of 88.
Much later in life when, Mary, Winn & Mary were retired, they lived most happily in the small small apartment building, each in their own apartment. They would gather in Ruby's living room to play endless games of cards & scrabble. Ruby enjoyed watching wrestling & the rough . tumble of women's Roller Derby. If you came to Rub's place, you better be prepared for a game of cards or Scrabble, a fresh perked cup of coffee with a thick slice of a date square. However she did conceded that sister Mary made the better runny butter tart. Ruby made her's thicker with currents. Ruby always insisted that old people should eat healthy!
Ref: As recounted to great-niece Pat Felker, 1975.

Erin Advocate
Wednesday, 30 June, 1909 - Page 1, High School Report: Promoted from Senior 3 to 4, Alice Walker, (& more names) Junior 3 to Senior 3: RUBY WALKER, Bertha Hamilton, (6 other names) M M Reid, Teacher, LOCAL NEWS Item: Mr. John Walker, who has been in the North West for sometime is home on a visit to his mother, Mrs. C. Walker. [i.e. Ella Hamilton Walker].
- Wednesday, 10 December, 1909, Pg. 1, School Report, Monthly:
Division II: Alice Walker, Honors
Honors: Ruby Walker, Charlie Overland, Will Bush -pass (& 4 more names) Teacher: M M Reid. Junior 2, Honors, Mary Walker, Junior Division, Part I, Class B, Winnie Walker, 88 marks, Part II, Class A: Kathleen Walker, 82 marks, Teacher: Madge T Fowlick.

. 1911 Jan. 25 - The first Carnival of the season held at the Rink on Thurs. evening was a success & was much enjoyed by many skaters. Prize winners were Best Boy skater under 9, Clayton Justice, Best Girl., Best Dressed Lady: 1st Mrs. Baird, 2nd, Miss R. Walker.

. May 31, 1911 - Mrs. J. Felker, who has been here on a visit to her mother, Mrs. C. Walker, returned to her home in Toronto last week, accompanied by her sister Ruby.

. 1912, Jan. 24 Shredded Wheat Banquet, by the Women's Institute at Town Hall. Well attended: Menu: Creamed Chick on shredded WheatXXmore. Shredded Wheat ice cream. Institute choir sang solos: Miss W. Pearson & Ruby Walker.

. 1932, Jan 7, Erin, Mrs. J. Felker & Family, & Misses Irene & Ruby Walker of Toronto; Mr. Hughes of Regina, Sask. spent Christmas with their mother, Mrs. Ella Walker.
Ref: Acton Free Press.

. 1946 Oct 19, Detroit Border Crossing,
Ruby McDougall, Born Erin, Ont, 3.11.99, Age 47, Race Engl. Nationality, Nearest Relative: Sister, Irene Walker, 16 Rivercrest Rd., Toronto, Ont. Visits not extending one month, Husb., William Morgan McDougall, Milner Hotel, Boise Idaho., Perm. Resident, Money $100. Ever arrested: No.
Height 5 ft. 5 in. Complexion Medium, Hair brown, Eyes Brown.

> USA Declaration of Intention to (become an American citizen)
Ruby McDougall, residence Milner Hotel, Boise, born Mar 11, 1899, age 47 y. [Information as below Naturalization].
Signed photo of Ruby McDougall attached.
Note: As scrolling through these records, I came across this small photo of Ruby. It really jolted me upright in my chair. This is a very gorgeous photo of Ruby at age 47: Short dark hair pilled on top, thin eye brows of the the 40's style, medium lipstick, those lovely large ear lobes, I now recall. She is wearing a nice light (blue?) dress with white feather swirls. Aunt Ruby like to wear large black, clip-on earrings. She would take off earrings off, put on the table before her & still while holding her coffee cup, she would light up a cigarette with her silver lighter. Foremost I must mention are Ruby's dark eyes smiling gently at you. - sincerely, g. niece, Pat Ahlberg 2013.

Boise City Directory
. 1950 - Mrs. Ruby McDougall, nurse Elks Home, h 1709 N 8th.
Wm M McDougall (Ruby) Mgr. Nebraska Bar, h 1709 N 8th.
1955, Mrs Ruby McDougall, supt. Elk's Convalescent, Home, h1709 N 85h,
Wm M McDougall & Ruby, tavern opr., h1709 N8th.

. Idaho Naturalization Records,
Ruby McDougall, 1709 N. 8th St. Boise, Housewife & Nurse, Age 52, born Mar 11, 1899, Erin, Ontario, Complexion Medium, brown eyes & hair, height 5 feet 4.5 inches, weigh 176 Lbs., walks with limp.
married William Morgan McDougal on Aug 3, 1946, at Boise, Idaho, He was born at Goderich, On, Jan 20, 1894, No children. Last residence, Toronto, ON.
Affidavit of witnesses, Clarence J Rigney, Detective, 1902 N 7th St. Boise; & Phylis Catalano, housewife, 3401 Crescent Rim Dr. Boise. - both have known Ruby since Nov 1, 1946. Sworn Ruby McDougall, 12 Feb, 1952.

. US Social Security Death Index:
Ruby McDougall, B. 11 Mar 1899, Death Sep 1987 - Reported from U.S. Consulate, Canada, Civil: Idaho before 1951, SSN: 518 32 1215.

. When young in Erin village, Ruby & sister Mary Walker answered Dr. Gear's telephone switchboard. They would plug in various telephone lines to connect patients calling him.

. After retirement back in Toronto, Ruby liked to go to occasionally to Woodbine race track to bet on the the trotters. She liked to crochet with a cup of fresh perked coffee always on the go.
* Wish I could find what I did with Aunt Ruby's butter tart recipe. She made delicious thick butter tarts with lots of filling. Ruby often would serve you a piece of thick oatmeal date square which her fresh perked coffee. This was also a favorite of recipe also:

. Ruby's Rhubarb Custard Pie
3 Cups fine cut rhubarb, cover with boiling water & let stand 5 minutes, then drain.
2 Tbls. butter
1 & half Cups sugar
2 Tbls. flour
3 eggs, pinch of salt
5 Tablespoon water
Mix well, put rhubarb in egg mixture, then into crust.
Bake 400 until crust brown. Reduce to 320 & bake 3/4 hour. - - -

Notes:

. Ontario Statement of Birth # 501496,
Erin, Wellington Co., Walker, Mary Lillian, DOB Aug 9, 1901,
Daughter of Charles Henry Walker, Erin, Erin Twp., Wellington Co., Canadian, Racial Origin, English, Age 44, Born Erin, Trade: Manufacturer, Type of industry: Farm Implements, &
Mary Ellen Hamilton, Address: Erin, Cdn. Racial Origin: Irish, Age 38, Born Acton, On, Housewife, Children Born to this mother BEFORE this birth, born Alice 7, now living 4. Medical practitioner: Henry Gear.
Certified true & correct, May 24, 1956, 727 Windermere Ave., Toronto, Signed, Mary Finn.

. Births, Mary Walker, born August 9th 1901.
. Registration Cards, Mary Walker, No. 81 256 45.
. Marriages, Mary Walker & P W Finn, on May 21st, 1923.
Ref: Bible of Jane Matilda McCutcheon Hamilton.

. 1911 Apr 8 Census, Erin, Ontario, Mary Walker.
Erin Advocate
August 4, 1909 - Walkers of Toronto, returned home on Saturday after Mr. John, spending a week with Erin friends. [Walker girls, Rub, Alice, Mary, Irene?]

. 1909 December 10, Wed. Pg. 1, School Report, Monthly:
Division II: Alice Walker, Honors
Honors: Ruby Walker, Charlie Overland, Will Bush -pass (& 4 more names) Teacher: M M Reid. Junior 2, Honors, Mary Walker, Junior Division, Part I, Class B Winnie Walker, 88 marks, Part II, Class A: Kathleen Walker 82 marks Teacher: Madge T Fowlick.

X-Reference & Note of Coincidence:
3rd Cousin once removed, Edna Maude JOHNSTON Overholt, 1903 Acton - lived on the same street, at 502 Windermere St., & at the same time 1951, as Mary WALKER Finn, who lived on Windermere, the second house from Annette Ave. It is unknown if they were aware of this relationship. - PJ Ahlberg, 2011.

. Mary was a tall dark haired lady with a distinctive happy laugh.

* Saturday mornings were a good time to drop in for a visit while Mary's delicious butter tarts were still warm. Mary & sister Ruby were always in a contest who made the best butter tarts. Mary's tarts were more runny than Ruby with currents & walnuts. Ruby cooked her tarts thicker, but did allow that Mary did a better pastry crust! Aunt Mary also made delicious Hermits cookies, scoffed up while still hot. To conjure up Mary's memory, here is her recipe:

Mary's Hermits:
1 Cup butter (half a pound)
1 Cup brown sugar, creamed & add 1 egg
1 tablespoon cream
Sift together 3 cups flour
3/4 Teaspoon soda
1 Teaspoon baking soda
Add grated rind & just of 1 orange
1 Cup dates
1 Cup walnuts
Add canned citron, which was nice! Fairly stiff batter.
Oven 350 degrees. Cook about 15-17 minutes. - - -

Notes:

. Ontario Birth Registration # 045863,
Dec 6, 1903, Winnifred WALKER, female,
Father Chas. H. Walker, manufacture, Erin,
Mother Ella HAMILTON.
Informant Chas H. Walker. Registered Dec 24, 1903. Accoucheur H. Gear.

. Births, Winnifred Walker, born December 6th 1903.
. Marriages, Winnifred Walker & Homer Jamieson, on June 28th 1926.
Ref: Bible of Jane Matilda McCutcheon Hamilton.

. 1911 Apr 8 Census, Erin, Ontario. Winnifred Walker.

Homer & Winn were a very devoted couple.

Erin Advocate newspaper
Wednesday, 10 December, 1909, Pg. 1, School Report, Monthly:
Division II: Alice Walker, Honors
Honors: Ruby Walker, Charlie Overland, Will Bush -pass (and 4 more names) Teacher: M M Reid. Junior 2, Honors: Mary Walker, Junior Division, Part I, Class B, Reid Walker, 88 marks, Part II, Class A: Kathleen Walker, 82 marks Teacher: Madge T Fowlick.

. Ontario Marriage Registration # 28056. 28 May 1926, Toronto.
Homer Jacob Jamieson, Age 34 /1892, Presbyterian, 1073A Bathurst St. Toronto married Winnifred Walker, bookkeeper, 22 /1903,
Res. 372 Bresford Ave., Toronto, Ontario, married at Church of Christ, 217 Western Avenue, Toronto.
Witness, Mrs. Ella Walker, 372 Beresford Ave; and Mrs. Lydia Jamieson, 422 Glabie, West Toronto.
Bride d/o Charles Henry Walker, Ella Hamilton. - - -

Notes:

Ontario Birth Registration # 048347 Jul 28, 1905,
Kathleen H. WALKER, female,
Father Chas. H. Walker, manufacturer, Erin Village, mother Ella HAMILTON.
Informant Chas. H. Walker. Registered Aug 28, 1905.
Accoucheur Henry Gear.

. 1911 Apr 8 Census, Erin, Ontario, Cathalene Walker

Erin Advocate
Wednesday, 10 December, 1909, Pg. 1, School Report, Monthly:
Division II: Alice Walker, Honors
Honors: Ruby Walker, Charlie Overland, Will Bush -pass (and 4 more names.) Teacher: M M Reid. Junior 2, Honors , Mary Walker, Junior Division, Part I, Class B, Winnie Walker, 88 marks, Part II, Class A: Kathleen Walker, 82 marks, Teacher: Madge T Fowlick.

1935 Wellington Co., voters list: Miss Kate, Nurse, Erin. - - -

Died:
COD: cancer.

Buried:
R16 - 13.

Notes:

. Births, Henrietta C Walker born Aug 4th, 1908.
. Died, Henrietta C Walker, December 4th, 1908. √
Ref: Bible of Jane Matilda McCutcheon Hamilton.

. Ontario Death Registration, Wellington Co. #14 - 39479.
Walker, Henrietta C, died Dec 2, 1908, Aged 4 months,
resided Main Street, Erin, Infant daughter of Chas. H Walker, Erin Village,
Died of Infantile diarrhea for 2 months, Dr Henry Gear, Disciple of Christ. - - -

Died:
Aged 4 months.

Buried:
Bur. with grandparents, Richd. & Ella Hamilton

Notes:

Seventh generation in America. Marie was a proud Canadian and new her heritage.

Remberances of My Aunt Marie, by Pat Felker, 2013.
Marie was one of the found members of Golf & Country Club/Gulf, Curling were she could always be found on Saturdays. For twenty-five years she had a pair of red seats, in the first row of the Maple Leaf Gardens. That was back when you could reach out a touch the hockey players. Later they put in glass walls near the goalie poles.
Marie owned a riding horse which was stabled on the Richview Sideroad. After her father deceased, she had to quit school to support mother & brothers.

Marie was one of the first women to have her own car & was a world traveler. One time she took a trip to Montreal with a couple of girlfriends in the backseat. When they came to a very high metal bridge, Marie grip the steering wheel tight & press on. On the other side of the Montreal bridge she turn round to see why her friends were so quiet & she found them cowering on the floor with the hands over their hands! She also visited Europe, Hawaii & many US cities.

Marie liked to drive a good car & sip on glass of premium Canadian whisky.
Spinster. Marie owned a riding horse, boarded him on Richview Side Rd. Member of Weston Gulf & Country Club. She also loved curling. For many years she served tea every week at the CNIB. During the War II support effort she & gramma knitted woolen socks for the 'boys'.

. Marie was a tall, stately lady, brown hair, & dark brown eyes. - One Thanksgiving weekend Aunt Ruby & Marie were at the Erin Fall Fair. On Main St. & the corner of Scotch St. they notice the two story red brick house was for sell. Marie knocked on the door & said her Aunt Ruby had been born in the house. Could they have a little look look inside? The lady with white hair asked Marie to remove her sunglasses. Yes you have the Walker's dark brown eyes, come in. Ruby said the sparse front parlor on the right looked just the same. Over there by the wood stove was were they put the chamber pot, which always froze overnight in the winter. There was a Kitchen plumbing in the back. - PJ Ahlberg 2010.

1961 Sept 18. & the same on 1966 May 16: Soroptimist Club North Toronto & North York. At the home of E Marie Felker, 6 Saskatoon, Weston, 8:00 PM.

Marie Felker was a long time volunteer at the CNIB. She would serve tea & cookies to the blind at their Institute on Bayview Avenue.

1862 July 9, Toronto Soroptimist Club, 17th Annual convention. Several flying to the meeting in Hawaii: Miss Marie Felker, Miss Grace Hutchings.
Ref: Globe & Mail Newspaper, Toronto.
Note: Both ladies were head secretaries to the president of the famous Canadian companies, CCM, Marie Felker & Grace Hutchings, at the Cdn. cookie & candy empire, McCormicks, London, Ontario.- PJA

George S Veraden, CCM president from 1941 until 1962. Braden was said to be a "Strict, upright man" who ruled with an iron hand. Having been sales representative for the Maritime Provinces & Eastern Ontario, Braden had been named export manger in 1922 & general manger in 1933. Despite his extensive experience with the company, Braden failed to connect with the workers the way CCM founder, Tommy Russell had. Aristocratic & aloof, Braden was seldom seen on the factory floor. With Canada's wartime economy in full stride at the time of Braden's takeover at CCM, goods were once again pour from Canada's factories. CCM's production of bicycles for 1940 was as high as it had ever been & could have been higher. Braden cautioned Canadians waiting for bicycles not to get overly excited. With the shortage in steel, Braden warned, "Many of our bicycle employees have been transferred to munitions work." ... Geo. Braden retired on May 9, 1958. The new President, M P Jolly was named the new president of CCM & Tom Nase became, the VP.
Ref: Canada Cycle & Motor, The CCM Story, John A McKenty, 2011.

Notes: Geo. S. Braden has started as a stenography with CCM, so perhaps he was sympathetic to the efficient & hardworking Marie Felker, becoming his secretary. Marie had to forgo her yearning for university education, in order to provide for her widowed mother & younger brothers. Marie accompanied Braden to Montreal during the meetings with C. D. Howe concerning the CCM converting their bicycle mfg. into army boot making, machine guns & Lee Enfield refiles for the World War II effort.
Famous Cdn. photographer, Yousuf Karsh took portrait photos of Braden & his wife with their horses. (Richview Sideroad Riding Stables, Etobicoke?) After his death (c. 1958), his secretary Marie Felker was given the charge of looking after Mrs. Geo. Braden who was in a nursing home.
Employed before Marie employed at CCM was Marie's father, John Felker, painter; & also Aunt Irene Walker, bookkeeper & her sister-in-law, Caroline Felker, assembly line
In 1957 Aunt Marie bought her niece, Patsy the best & most beautiful CCM blue metallic three speed bicycle that a child could ever want.
Marie Felker retired from the CCM after the new president wanted his own person to be secretary. - P J Felker - Ahlberg.

- "FELKER, Ella Marie - Peacefully at Central Park Log, Albion Road, on Tuesday, May 22, 2007. Marie Felker in her 92nd year, daughter of the late John Wesley Felker & Jennie (Walker) Felker. Beloved sister of Charlie Felker & the late John Felker (1203). Marie was a long time employee of Canada Cycle & Motor Limited, a member of Weston Golf Club & in 1986 she was presented with a life membership of the Soroptimist International Club of North Toronto & North York. Funeral service will be held at the Turner & Porter Yorke Chapel, 2357 Bloor St. W., at Windermere, east of the Jane subway, on Friday, May 25, 2007 at 1 p.m. with visitation beginning at 12 noon. Interment to follow at Erin Union Cemetery." United Church Minister officiated. Cousin Bill Fill gave a touching remembrance of Marie's Life. Buried in a cement liner, as was her mother, beside her parents, Jennie & John Felker. [Descendant of Rebecca Lawrence].

Soroptimist Foundation of Canada, Marie Felker Secretary-Treasurer 1965 - 1975
Ella Marie Felker left a legacy to the club. We have applied the money to various projects & we are having the city plant a tree in her memory. here will be plaque with her name & that she was a member of our club.
S.I. XX contacted the President last fall about the possibility of us assisting girls in Kisumu Kenya to go to school. XX is a development worker who travels widely & has made friends with some Soroptimist' s in Kisumu, Kenya. While visiting there, she heard that a local family had had to sell their cow in order to pay school fees for their daughter. Toronto has donated $750 from the Felker legacy to keep this girl in school & to help a third girl with fees.
Ref: Soroptimist Int. Eastern Canada Region, May 2009.

In Memory of Ella Marie Felker who bequeath $10,000 to the Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto April 2008 to Mar 31, 2009. - - -

Birth:
E Marie Felker.

Buried:
Buried with parents & brother Charles Felker.

Notes:

John is the son of Jennie Walker & John JACK Wesley Felker.6th.

CIVIL SERVICE OF CANADA. THE Civil service Commission announces the establishment of the following eligible lists.
The letters O.A.S. indicate eligibility for the preference awarded to ex-service men. Letter Carrier & Mail Porter, Post Office
Department, Toronto. Ontario.

Felker, John Walker, O.A.S. TORONTO, ONT.
Ref: December 13, 1947, Canada Gazette & Ottawa, April 19, 1948.

While in Cortona, Italy John burnt his leg on the motor cycle he used for assessing how accurate Canadian bombardment was during the battle for Cortona, Italy.

John shared a house with his sister Marie Felker. John was a very tall blond man gentle & relaxed man.

After World War Two, John work as a Postie delivering mail in Weston & Rexdale, Ontario. In the winter time, John would arrive home from his postal route on Saturday mornings, all cold & change into a fresh pair of grey wool socks before heading out again to finish his route in Rexdale. On Saturday afternoon John would return from his postal route, sit down on the couch & call "Hey Bel, Black Label" Carling's beer.

John was a renaissance man who enjoyed planing & making things for himself: Round benches for the oak trees on the 6 Saskatoon Avenue. A live trap-and-release cage for red neck pheasants in the back yard; his own fishing tackle with feathers & a Scrabble board with wood numbers. He & wife Caroline would play many Scarbble games with Aunts Mary, Irene & Ruby Walker.

John loved watching hockey & Canadian football. He & Caroline built by their own hands a large cottage in the Collingwood's Blue Mountains, Ontario. He pumped the spring water up hill for the three seasons. In winter you roughed it. The cottage had a large upper deck for admiring the the view & feeding the birds. John & Caroline enjoyed a bottle of beer & plenty of rounds of card games. - - -

Birth:
(Toronto).

Buried:
Etobicoke, Ontario, Lot 601, Plot B3, at burial time this plot was beside a small bush.

Family/Spouse: Caroline BUTTE. Caroline was born in in Waterloo, Waterloo Co., Ontario; died in in Toronto, York Co., Ontario; was buried in Glendale Memorial Gardens. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Charlie is the son of Jack John Felker & Jennie Walker of Erin, Ontario.

When young, John & Charlie like to fish in Erin off the White Bridge. Later he had a row boat of go fishing together with his children.

The under aged Charlie Felker registered in the Royal Canadian Air Force, where he load bombs on the Lancaster bomber planes. He was a lifetime ember of the Royal Canadian Legion. On the November 11 Remberance Day memorial on TV from Ottawa, Charlie stood at attention and shed a tear for his comrades.

After the War, Charlie proudly studied bookkeeping at Humber Collegiate, Toronto
CIVIL SERVICE OF CANADA, THE Civil service Commission announces the establishment of the following eligible lists.
The letters O.A.S. indicate eligibility for the preference awarded to ex-service men. Clerk: Employment and Claims Officer, Grade 1, Toronto.
Regional Office, Unemployment Insurance, Insurance Branch.
Notice Preference is to be given to qualified candidates in the locality where each vacancy occurs.
Felker, Charlie Hamilton, OAS., Toronto. Ontario.

It was here at the UICommission that he met his first wife, a war widow. They had2 children.

While working for the UIC, Chas. was posted at the St. Clair Ave., Toronto office, Kingston, Perth, & Pembroke, Ontario.
Charlie and his brother John Felker, they like to fish off the white bridge in Erin, Ontario. Later they would go on day trips, sometimes with John's wife Caroline, fishing in a row boat.

FELKER, Charles Hamilton - Passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 19, 2009 in his 85th year. Beloved friend of Ale Quinday. Father of Greg Felker and Pat Ahlberg. Charles will be sadly missed by Violetta, Romeo, Alona, Sarah, Angela & Jamielee, and by his cousin Bill Finn. Visitation will be held at THE SIMPLE ALTERNATIVE FUNERAL CENTRE - MISSISSAUGA (1535 South Gateway Road, at Dixie, 905-602-1580), on Wednesday, July 22 from 12 - 2 p.m. Funeral Service to follow in the Chapel at 2 p.m. - - -

Birth:
WEston Road.

Died:
Heart disease, diabetes.

Buried:
Ashes buried beside his mother.