George married Sarah HENSHAW on 27 Feb 1832. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Henry's first wife, Margaret, died in 1867 and his infant daughter, Clara, died soon after. In 1876, he married Margaret's young sister, Elizabeth, 20 years his junior. (See notes with Elizabeth Pybus)

Henry married Elizabeth PYBUS on 25 May 1876 in Hulme Charlton, Manchester, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Benjamin PYBUS and Elizabeth TAYLOR) was born in 1830 in Manchester, Lancashire, England; was christened on 30 Mar 1851 in Manchester St. Andrew Ancoats; died about 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann married Robert SUMMERS in 1855. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married William BOOTH on 12 Sep 1875 in St. Mark, Hulme, Manchester. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
John Fern's birthday in these records appears six years prior to the wedding of his mother Elizabeth and Henry Fern. This should be confirmed.

George married Margaret STEWART on 28 Nov 1875 in Manchester St. Mark Hulme. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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

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

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

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

Family/Spouse: Sarah LEIGH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Clara died in infancy a few months after her mother Margaret died.

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

Family/Spouse: Annie UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joseph was a high ranking member of the Masonic Lodge.

Joseph married Bertha Matilda EATOCK on 29 Jun 1911. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

After coming to Canada, the family was quite poor and Margaret Emma had to go out to work doing house-cleaning. In 1916 Timothy decided to join the Canadian Army and was sent overseas in 1917. Later in 1917, Maggie had twin daughters, Margaret and Lillian. The family lived in the Cochrane Road Survey in Saltfleet Township (now part of Hamilton). For a time, her brother Wallace Taylor Fern, his wife elizabeth Ellen, and daughter Audrey Fern lived in the survey also. After World War 1, the family moved to
Hamilton's East End. Margaret Emma was happy to have some of her siblings nearby.


After a difficult life, Margaret Emma lived long enough to see her family's proospects improving:Timothy receiving a fair War Disabilities Pension; Stanley working at the wholesale hardware company, Wood, Alexander and James Ltd.;Frederick teaching a growing class of violin students; Alan teaching elementary school; Lillian and Margaret doing office work.

Birth:
Another record showed DOB as 8 Feb 1881.

Buried:
Alan Eatock has recorded that Margaret, his mother, is buried in Whitechapel Cemetery, Hamilton, ON but, in the same paragraph, he quotes the death notice saying, "Interment in Westmount Memorial Park Cemetery."

Margaret married Timothy EATOCK on 17 Jun 1905. Timothy was born on 6 Jun 1879; died in Oct 1961 in Hamilton, ON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clara married Walter OLLERTON in Bolton, Lancashire, England. Walter was born on 2 Mar 1883; died on 31 May 1947. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Alan Eatock's record states that James Henry was "born 4th quarter 1885."

James married Mary Hannah (Molly) JONES about 1922. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Alan Eatock's records state "born 4th quarter 1886."

Wallace married Elizabeth Ellen (Nellie) CATTERALL in 1912 in Bolton, Lancashire, England. Elizabeth was born on 22 Nov 1886; died in Dec 1979. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Beatrice is buried with her sister, Emma, in the Fairmount Gardens area of the cemetery in plot 266 space 1.

Notes:

Emma and her sister, Beatrice, often visited England where they had friends and their niece, Joyce.

Died:
Emma died of a heart attack and a stroke.

Buried:
She is buried with her sister, Beatrice, in the Fairmount Gardens area of the cemetery in plot 266 space 2.

Notes:

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

He ventured to California and other places prospecting for gold.

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

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

Notes:

The following was written by James Henry Moore, elder son of Edith (Fern) Moore.

"My mother, Edith Moore (nee Fern), was the youngest child of Henry Fern, Packing Case Maker, born June 23, 1857, Hulme Charlton, Manchester, England and Ellen Downes, born December 10, 1859, Louth, Lincolnshire, England, with four sisters and three bothers. Henry and Ellen were married March 27, 1880 and their first child, Margaret, was born February 8, 1881.

"My mother was born April 9, 1896 and her mother, Ellen, died March 25, 1902 in Bolton, Lancashire when my mother was five years old. Her father did not remarry and continued to live in Bolton, Lancashire until his death in 1937. In Lancashire it was customary for girls to go into the textile mills to work at an early age (10 - 12) and my mother's sisters were already working when their mother died.

"School started at age three and my mother, who was five, and her brother George, who was eight, were students at the time of their mother's death so that none of the familty were at home on a continuous basis requiring constant supervision. At the time of their mother's death, the two older sisters, Clara at 20 and Margaret at 21 years of age, took over her responsibilities in the home and gave guidance and protection to the younger children. And when they married a few years later, they continued to shoulder the responsibility for their "baby sister" with help from Beatrice and Emma who were then also old enough to provide the necessary assistance and guidance to their "baby sister."

"In Lancashire, in the decade before World War I (which started in 1914), there was a definite trend towards emigration to Canada and this family was no exception. Although Henry, the father, stayed behind in Bolton, by the time war was declared the entire family had relocated to the east end of Hamilton, although brother Jim was soon to move to Arizona and susequently to Los Angeles and, some time later, Beatrice and Emma were to relocate in San Francisco.

"During the war years (1914 - 1918), my mother was at the stage of her life when girls normally had an active social life and she was no exception. She was active in the Y.W.C.A. and excelled in gymnastics. She was active in volunteer work with the Red Cross and, in 1917, at the age of 21, she was made a Life Member of the Canadian Red Cross Society for her efforts in raising money.

"At that time, she was working at the Hamilton Westinghouse plant testing gas meters. When she first arrived from England, she worked in the knitting mills which was the most logical occupation for an immigrant from Lancashire, the centre of the English textile industry.

"She had a boyfriend who went away to the war and did not come back.

"In 1918, she decided to visit her brother Jim who was in Arizona prospecting for gold. While she travelled by train for most of the trip, she finsihed up travelling by stage coach to reach her destination. She spent some time there and then moved with him to Los Angeles before deciding to return to the Hamilton area.

"She met my father in 1919 and they were married May 12, 1920. They celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1970 with many good wishes including a telegram from Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau.

"My mother was a very outgoing, social person. During the early days of her marriage, while she lived in Mount Hamilton, she was an active member of the Mount Hamilton United Church and Ladies Auxiliary. She was also a hard worker in the Ladies Institute in that area. After relocating at 40 Stirton Street in Hamilton, she transferred her activities to St. Giles United Church where she was, again, very active in the Ladies Auxiliary.

"In 1979, she was formally recognized for 62 years of volunteer service when she received her second citation from the Red Cross.

"During her lifetime, she enjoyed music and played both violin and piano, although she was more accomplished as a pianist. Even during the closing years of her life, she retained the ability to play for others.

"After my father died in 1972, she remained a widow, living alone in her apartment on Balmoral Avenue at the Delta, except for a few years when she was joined by her sister, Beatrice, who died February 2, 1981. Eventually, it was necessary for her to move into St. Joseph's Villa, Dundas, in June, 1984, where supervisory care was available.

"Edith Moore died October 21, 1990 in her 95th year from congestive heart failure."

Died:
Edith died of congestive heart failure in her 95th year.

Buried:
Edith is buried with Lorne in the Fairmount Block of the cemetery in plot 238.

Edith married James Lorne MOORE on 12 May 1920 in Hamilton, ON. James (son of James Albert MOORE and Luella (Ella) Jane MATTICE) was born on 19 Apr 1894 in Charlotteville, ON; died on 16 Jul 1972 in Hamilton, ON; was buried in White Chapel Cemetery, Hamilton, ON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]