Lodemia Johnston1,2,3

F, #69293, b. 15 September 1892
  • Birth*: 15 September 1892; Ontario; Date Sep 15 1892 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census.2
  • Census*: April 1901; 2 North Belmont St., Norwood, Peterborough Co., Ontario; Age 9 at 1901 Census: see James Johnson2
  • Residence*: 24 January 1912; Norwood, Peterborough Co., Ontario; Witness at marriage of William James Andrews & Mary Mabel Johnson.3

Citations

  1. Lodemia Johnson per marriage reg'n. of sister Mary Mabel Johnson.
  2. [S13] Unknown author, 1901 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  3. [S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm.

Gladys Johnston1,2,3

F, #69294, b. 6 January 1895
  • Birth*: 6 January 1895; Asphodel Twp., Norwood, Peterborough Co., Ontario; Birth Reg'n.#026258: Name: Gladys Johnson; Date: Jan 6 1895; Parents: James Johnson & Margaret Clarke; Inf.: James Johnson, lab., Asphodel; Reg'd.: May 27 1895; Reg'r.: John Brackenridge (Ontario Birth Registration, #026258-1895, ancestry.com) Date Jan 6 1895 & location Ont. urban per 1901 Census.2,4
  • Census*: April 1901; 2 North Belmont St., Norwood, Peterborough Co., Ontario; Age 6 at 1901 Census: see James Johnson2

Citations

  1. Gladys Johnson per Birth Reg'n.
  2. [S13] Unknown author, 1901 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  3. [S4] Unknown author, Ontario Birth Registrations, Record Type: Microfilm, Name Of Person: Ontario Achives (birth).
  4. [S4] Unknown author, Ontario Birth Registrations, Record Type: Microfilm, Name Of Person: Ontario Achives (birth), #026258-1895.

Timothy Whitred1

M, #69295, b. 1869
  • Birth*: 1869; England; Date 1869 & location England per marriage reg'n.1
  • Marriage*: 1 March 1900; Norwood, Peterborough Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.# : Groom: Timothy Whitred; Age: 31; Res.: Hastings; Born: England; Status: bachelor; Occ.: Enginerr; Parents: George Whitred & Sarah - ; Bride: Minnie Johnston; Age: 32; Res. & Born: Hastings; Status: spinster; Parents: William Johnston & Margaret Moffat; Wit.: Mrs. J. F. Somerville; Date: Mar 1 1900; Place: Norwood; Rel.: Bapt. & Pres.; Performed by: Rev. J. F. Somverville; Reg'd.: Jun 18 1900; Reg'r.: James Calder (Ontario Marriage Registration, #013544-1900, ancestry.com); Principal=Mary "Minnie" Johnson2
  • Residence*: 1 March 1900; Hastings, Peterborough Co., Ontario; Residence Norwood per marr. reg'n.1

Family: Mary "Minnie" Johnson b. 1866

Citations

  1. [S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm.
  2. [S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm, #013544-1900.

George Whitred1

M, #69296, b. circa 1835
  • Birth*: circa 1835; per marriage reg'n. of son Timothy Whitred.1
  • Marriage*: before 1865; per marriage reg'n. of son Timothy Whitred.; Principal=Sarah ?1

Family: Sarah ? b. c 1835

Citations

  1. [S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm.

Sarah ?1

F, #69297, b. circa 1835
  • Birth*: circa 1835; per marriage reg'n. of son Timothy Whitred.1
  • Marriage*: before 1865; per marriage reg'n. of son Timothy Whitred.; Principal=George Whitred1
  • Married Name: before 1865; Whitred1

Family: George Whitred b. c 1835

Citations

  1. [S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm.

Flora Helen Sills1

F, #69298, b. 2 September 1810, d. 17 July 1832
  • Birth*: 2 September 1810; Date Sep 2 1810 per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, May 10 2009.1
  • Marriage*: before 1828; Canada West; per 1861 Census.; Principal=Joseph Johnson2
  • Death*: 17 July 1832; Hallowell Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; Date Jul 17 1832 per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, May 10 2009.1
  • Married Name: before 1828; Johnson2

Family: Joseph Johnson b. 1795, d. 22 Nov 1876

Citations

  1. [S22] Rootsweb, online unknown url.
  2. [S10] Unknown author, 1861 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.

Joseph Johnson1

M, #69299, b. 1795, d. 22 November 1876
  • Birth*: 1795; Picton, Prince Edward Co., Upper Canada; Date 1795 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1795 & location Cda. per 1861 Census. Date 1794 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date 1795 & location Picton per family tree of DKGMO2 on ancestry.ca, Jun 11 2024.1,2,3,4
  • Marriage*: before 1828; Canada West; per 1861 Census.; Principal=Flora Helen Sills1
  • Marriage*: before 1850; Canada West; per 1851 Census. per 1861 Census.; Principal=Charlotte ?1,3
  • Death*: 22 November 1876; Date Nov 22 1876 per family tree of DKGMO2 on ancestry.ca, Jun 11 2024.4
  • Census: 1852; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 57 at 1851 Census: Johnson, Joseph, 57, b. Cda., EM, yeoman, married; Charlotte, 35, b. Cda., EM, married; George S., 22, b. Cda., EM, yeoman (1851 Census: Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., pg. 69 of 172, line 7 - ancestry.com)3
  • Census*: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 66 at 1861 Census: see George S. Johnson (son)1
  • Census: April 1871; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 76 at 1871 Census: Johnson, Joseph, 76, b. Ont., Irish, EM, farmer, married; Charlotte, 54, b. Ont., Irish, married; Eliza, 8, b. Ont., Dutch, EM, single (1871 Census: Brighton Twp., div. 1, pg. 1, line 1 - Conc 3, Lot 3, 9 acres, owner)2

Family 1: Flora Helen Sills b. 2 Sep 1810, d. 17 Jul 1832

Family 2: Charlotte ? b. 1816

  • Marriage*: before 1850; Canada West; per 1851 Census. per 1861 Census.; Principal=Charlotte ?1,3

Citations

  1. [S10] Unknown author, 1861 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  2. [S14] Unknown author, 1871 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  3. [S11] Unknown author, 1851 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  4. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

George Sills Johnson1,2,3

M, #69300, b. 22 February 1830, d. 20 August 1909
  • Birth*: 22 February 1830; Millville, Upper Canada; Date Feb 22 1830 & location Ont. per Death Reg'n. Date Feb 22 1830 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1830 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1830 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1830 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1830 & location Cda. per 1861 Census. Date 1829 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date 1830 & locaton Millville per marriage reg'n. - Angeline Unger.2,4,5,6,7,8,3,9
  • Marriage*: before 1856; Canada West; per 1861 Census.; Principal=Catherine H. ?2
  • Marriage*: 28 July 1875; North Fredericksburgh Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#004984: Groom: G. S. Johnson; Age: 45; Res.: Briton; Born: Millville; Status: widower; Occ.: Carpenter; Parents: Joseph & Elenor Johnson; Bride: Angeline Unger; Age: 33; Res.: Camden; Born: North Fredericksburgh Twp.; Status: spinster; Parents: Daniel & Eliza Unger; Wit.: Bruce E. Johnson, Picton & Mary Unger, North Fredericksburgh Twp.; Date: Jul 28 1875; Place: North Fredericksburgh Twp.; Rel.: Meth. Episc.; Performed by: Rev. David Wilson; Reg'r.: Thos. Anderson, North Fredericksburgh Twp. (Ontario Marriage Registration, #004984-1875, ancestry.com) per 1881 Census. per 1901 Census.; Principal=Angeline Unger6,10
  • Death*: 20 August 1909; College St., Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.#013244: Name: George Sills Johnson; Date: Aug 20 1909; Res.: College St., Belleville; Born: Ont., Feb 22 1830; Status: married; Occ.?: County Constable, retired 8 yrs.; Parents: Joseph Johnson & Flora Sills, both born Prince Edward Co.; Cause: rhuematism, many yrs.; Phys.: Dr. Connors; Inf.: B. C. Sills, Belleville; Reg'd: Aug 18 1909; Reg'r.: W. C. Mikel (Ontario Death Registration, #013244-1909, ancestry.com)11
  • Census: 1852; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 22 at 1851 Census: see Joseph Johnson9
  • Note*: 8 June 1859; Jail, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; "Prison Scenes; “On Wednesday pm the 8th June, I visited the Dr. in his cell in company with Geo. J. of Brighton;” And later… ; “During the time of my stay in prison the Dr. spoke very earnestly about seeing Mr. and Mrs. Lawson, that night by 12 o’clock, not to talk over the past, but to have a mutual forgiveness passed between them. He solicited Mr. J. to telegraph them, which he did; they did not get the telegram until dark, and the reply was that the notice was too short, at which the Dr. seemed much disappointed.” These quotes are from "Prison Scenes" written by Reuben Decourcy after he had visited Dr. William Henry King at the Cobourg Jail on the night before Dr. King was to be hung for poisoning his wife. Decourcy does not give the full name, but says he was accompanied by "Geo. J. of Brighton" and then "Mr. J." telegraphed the Lawson's at the request of Dr. King. Looking at the 1861 Census for Brighton Village, there are no similar names, but in Brighton Township we see G. S. Johnson who happens to be the right age and a Carpenter in Brighton at the time. His location is Conc 3, Lot 3, south of Hilton. This is very likely the fellow who accompanied Decourcy that night.
  • Census*: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 31 at 1861 Census: Johnson, G. S.(m), 31, b. UC, EM, Carpenter, married; C. H.(f), 30, b. UC, EM, married; C. M.(f), 4; H.(m), 2; Joseph, 66, b. UC, EM, farmer, married; Charlotte, 45, b. UC, EM, married (1861 Census: Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., pg. 377 of 899, line 38 - ancestry.com)2
  • Residence*: April 1861; Conc 3 Lot 3, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Residence per 1861 Census: Conc 3, Lot 3, Brighton Twp., 7 acres.2
  • Residence: 12 June 1867; Conc 3 Lot 3, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Land Registry Records (Grant D322) show that Willim E. Johnson & wife sold "the same", lot 3, concession 3, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co. to George S. Johnson. ITS Date: Jun 12 1867. Reg'n. Date: Jan 2 1869. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Twp., Conc 03, pg. 049 of 320, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Apr 13 2020)12
  • Census: April 1871; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 41 at 1871 Census: Johnson, G. S., 41, b. Ont., Irish, EM, Carpenter, married; F. H.(f), 40, b. Ont., Irish, EM, married; Hedley? H.(m), 11 (1871 Census: Brighton Twp., div. 1, pg. 1, line 1 - Conc 3, Lot 3, 7 acres, owner)4
  • Residence: April 1871; Conc 3 Lot 3, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence per 1871 Census: Conc 3, Lot 3, Brighton Twp., 7 acres, owner.4
  • Residence: 28 July 1875; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Brighton per marr. reg'n.3
  • Residence: 4 August 1879; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Informant for Death Reg'n. of Almond Potter.5
  • Census: April 1881; Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Age 51 at 1881 Census: Johnson, George S., 51, b. Ont., Ger., EM, Carpenter, married; Angeline, 38, b. Ont., Ger., EM, married; Unzer, Mary, 32, b. Ont., Ger., EM, single (familysearch.org)7
  • Census: April 1891; Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Age 61 at 1891 Census: Johnson, George S., 61, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Meth., Chief Constable, married; Angeline, 48, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., married (1891 Census Online: Thurlow Twp., dist. 73, sub-dist. 2, pg. 1, line 22)8
  • Census: April 1901; Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Age 71 at 1901 Census: Johnson, George S., 71, b. Ont. r. Feb 22 1830, Ger., Meth., Constable, married; Angline, 58, b. Ont. r. May 31 1842, Scot., Meth., married; Minger, Thornton C., 24, b. Ont. r. Feb 16 1887, Ger., lodger, student, single; Sills, Ethel M., 15, b. Ont. r. Jul 25 1885, Ger., lodger, student, single (1901 Census Online: Thurlow Twp., dist. 70, sub-dist. c-9, pg. 3, line 1, T-6472 - Conc 2, Lot 3)6
  • Residence: April 1901; Conc 2 Lot 3, Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Residence per 1901 Census: Conc 2, Lot 3, Thurlow Twp.6

Family 1: Catherine H. ? b. 1831

  • Marriage*: before 1856; Canada West; per 1861 Census.; Principal=Catherine H. ?2

Family 2: Angeline Unger b. 31 May 1842, d. 1930

  • Marriage*: 28 July 1875; North Fredericksburgh Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#004984: Groom: G. S. Johnson; Age: 45; Res.: Briton; Born: Millville; Status: widower; Occ.: Carpenter; Parents: Joseph & Elenor Johnson; Bride: Angeline Unger; Age: 33; Res.: Camden; Born: North Fredericksburgh Twp.; Status: spinster; Parents: Daniel & Eliza Unger; Wit.: Bruce E. Johnson, Picton & Mary Unger, North Fredericksburgh Twp.; Date: Jul 28 1875; Place: North Fredericksburgh Twp.; Rel.: Meth. Episc.; Performed by: Rev. David Wilson; Reg'r.: Thos. Anderson, North Fredericksburgh Twp. (Ontario Marriage Registration, #004984-1875, ancestry.com) per 1881 Census. per 1901 Census.; Principal=Angeline Unger6,10

Citations

  1. G. S. Johnson per marr. reg'n. - Angeline Unger.
  2. [S10] Unknown author, 1861 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  3. [S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm.
  4. [S14] Unknown author, 1871 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  5. [S12] Unknown author, Ontario Death Registrations, Record Type: microfilm, Name Of Person: Ontario Archives.
  6. [S13] Unknown author, 1901 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  7. [S16] Unknown author, 1881 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  8. [S6] Unknown author, 1891 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  9. [S11] Unknown author, 1851 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  10. [S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm, #004984-1875.
  11. [S12] Unknown author, Ontario Death Registrations, Record Type: microfilm, Name Of Person: Ontario Archives, #013244-1909.
  12. [S46] Unknown location, Ontario Land Registry Records; unknown film.

Catherine H. ?1,2,3,4

F, #69301, b. 1831
  • Birth*: 1831; Upper Canada; Date 1831 & location UC per 1861 Census.2
  • Marriage*: before 1856; Canada West; per 1861 Census.; Principal=George Sills Johnson2
  • Married Name: before 1856; Johnson2
  • Census*: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 30 at 1861 Census: see George S. Johnson2
  • Census: April 1871; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 40 at 1871 Census: see George S. Johnson3

Family: George Sills Johnson b. 22 Feb 1830, d. 20 Aug 1909

Citations

  1. C. H. per 1861 Census. F.? H.? per 1871 Census. Catherine Johnson per CemSearch record for dau. Carrie Johnson.
  2. [S10] Unknown author, 1861 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  3. [S14] Unknown author, 1871 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  4. [S39] Unknown name of person unknown record type, unknown repository, unknown repository address.

Carrie M. Johnson1,2,3

F, #69302, b. July 1857, d. 2 November 1862
  • Birth*: July 1857; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date Jul 1857 per CemSearch - age 5y 4m at death Nov 2 1862. Date 1857 & location UC per 1861 Census.2,3
  • Death*: 2 November 1862; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date Nov 2 1862 per CemSearch.3
  • Burial*: 4 November 1862; Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Canada West; CemSearch: Name: Carrie Johnson; Born: - ; Died: Nov 2 1862; Age: 5y 4m; ID: MTHOPE416; No other names; Cemetery: Mount Hope Cemetery, Conc A, Lot 35, Brighton Twp., Village of Brighton, Northumberland Co., Sec 1 Row 21; Note: Daughter of George and Catherine Johnson. (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pid=MTHOPE416%5E0)3
  • Census*: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 4 at 1861 Census: see George S. Johnson2

Citations

  1. Carrie Johnson per CemSearch. C.M.(f) Johnson per 1861 Census.
  2. [S10] Unknown author, 1861 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  3. [S39] Unknown name of person unknown record type, unknown repository, unknown repository address.

Hedley W. H. Johnson1,2,3,4,5

M, #69303, b. June 1859, d. 5 January 1879
  • Birth*: June 1859; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1859 & location Brighton Twp. per Death Reg. - age 19 at death Jan 5 1879. Date 1860 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1859 & location UC per 1861 Census.2,3,5
  • Death*: 5 January 1879; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.#009998: Name: Hedley W. H. Johnson; Date: Jan 5 1879; Age: 19; Occ.: student at law; Born: Brighton Twp.; Cause: phthiasi, 15m; Phys.: Dr. A. R. McDonald; Inf.: George S. Johnson, Brighton; Reg'd.: Jan 7 1879; Rel.: ME; Reg'r.: T. J. Wright, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co. (Ontario Death Registration, #009998-1879, ancestry.ca) Date Jan 5 1879 & location Brighton Twp. per family tree of linuskitty2 on ancestry.com, Nov 2 2013.4,6
  • Census*: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 2 at 1861 Census: see George S. Johnson2
  • Census: April 1871; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 11 at 1871 Census: see George S. Johnson3

Citations

  1. Hedley W. H. Johnson per Death Reg'n. Hedley H. per 1871 Census. H. per 1861 Census. Hedley W. H. Johnson per family tree of linuskitty2 on ancestry.com, Nov 2 2013.
  2. [S10] Unknown author, 1861 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  3. [S14] Unknown author, 1871 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  4. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
  5. [S12] Unknown author, Ontario Death Registrations, Record Type: microfilm, Name Of Person: Ontario Archives.
  6. [S12] Unknown author, Ontario Death Registrations, Record Type: microfilm, Name Of Person: Ontario Archives, #009998-1879.

Charlotte ?1

F, #69304, b. 1816
  • Birth*: 1816; Ontario; Date 1816 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1816 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date 1816 & location Cda. per 1851 Census.1,2,3
  • Marriage*: before 1850; Canada West; per 1851 Census. per 1861 Census.; Principal=Joseph Johnson1,3
  • Married Name: before 1850; Johnson1
  • Census: 1852; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 35 at 1851 Census: see Joseph Johnson3
  • Census*: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 45 at 1861 Census: see George S. Johnson1
  • Census: April 1871; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 54 at 1871 Census: see Joseph Johnson2

Family: Joseph Johnson b. 1795, d. 22 Nov 1876

Citations

  1. [S10] Unknown author, 1861 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  2. [S14] Unknown author, 1871 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  3. [S11] Unknown author, 1851 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.

Eliza Johnson1

F, #69305, b. 1863
  • Birth*: 1863; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1863 & location Ont. per 1871 Census.1
  • Census*: April 1871; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 8 at 1871 Census: see Joseph Johnson1

Citations

  1. [S14] Unknown author, 1871 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.

Angeline Unger1,2,3

F, #69306, b. 31 May 1842, d. 1930
  • Birth*: 31 May 1842; Fredericksburgh Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Canada West; Date 1842 per CemSearch. Date May 13 1842 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1843 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1843 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1842 & locaiton North Fredericksburgh Twp. per marr. reg'n.2,4,5,3
  • Marriage*: 28 July 1875; North Fredericksburgh Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#004984: Groom: G. S. Johnson; Age: 45; Res.: Briton; Born: Millville; Status: widower; Occ.: Carpenter; Parents: Joseph & Elenor Johnson; Bride: Angeline Unger; Age: 33; Res.: Camden; Born: North Fredericksburgh Twp.; Status: spinster; Parents: Daniel & Eliza Unger; Wit.: Bruce E. Johnson, Picton & Mary Unger, North Fredericksburgh Twp.; Date: Jul 28 1875; Place: North Fredericksburgh Twp.; Rel.: Meth. Episc.; Performed by: Rev. David Wilson; Reg'r.: Thos. Anderson, North Fredericksburgh Twp. (Ontario Marriage Registration, #004984-1875, ancestry.com) per 1881 Census. per 1901 Census.; Principal=George Sills Johnson2,6
  • Death*: 1930; Ontario; Date 1930 per CemSearch.7
  • Burial*: 1930; Riverview Cemetery, Napanee, Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; CemSearch: Name: Angeline Johnson; Maiden: Ungar; Born: 1842; Died: 1930; ID: RI1-D3; Other names: Dean, Rachel [Ungar] (1840-1908), Sills, Mary [Ungar] (1846-1919), Ungar D. ( -1878), Ungar, Eli ( -1848), Ungar, Eliza [Denison] ( -1858), Ungar, Ethel May (1882-1908), Ungar, John W. (1846-1921), Ungar, S. M. R. [McQuin] (1855-1913), Ungar, William ( -1861); Cemetery: Napanee Riverview Cemetery, Conc 1, Lot 18 & 19, Richmond Twp., Town of Napanee, Lennox & Addington Co.; Note: Wife of G. S. Johnson (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pid=RI1-D3%5E9)7
  • Residence*: 28 July 1875; Camden Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; Residence Camden per marr. reg'n.3
  • Married Name: 28 July 1875; Johnson2
  • Census: April 1881; Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Age 38 at 1881 Census: see George S. Johnson4
  • Census: April 1891; Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Age 48 at 1891 Census: see George S. Johnson5
  • Census*: April 1901; Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Age 58 at 1901 Census: see George S. Johnson2

Family: George Sills Johnson b. 22 Feb 1830, d. 20 Aug 1909

  • Marriage*: 28 July 1875; North Fredericksburgh Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#004984: Groom: G. S. Johnson; Age: 45; Res.: Briton; Born: Millville; Status: widower; Occ.: Carpenter; Parents: Joseph & Elenor Johnson; Bride: Angeline Unger; Age: 33; Res.: Camden; Born: North Fredericksburgh Twp.; Status: spinster; Parents: Daniel & Eliza Unger; Wit.: Bruce E. Johnson, Picton & Mary Unger, North Fredericksburgh Twp.; Date: Jul 28 1875; Place: North Fredericksburgh Twp.; Rel.: Meth. Episc.; Performed by: Rev. David Wilson; Reg'r.: Thos. Anderson, North Fredericksburgh Twp. (Ontario Marriage Registration, #004984-1875, ancestry.com) per 1881 Census. per 1901 Census.; Principal=George Sills Johnson2,6

Citations

  1. Angeline Unger per marr. reg'n.
  2. [S13] Unknown author, 1901 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  3. [S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm.
  4. [S16] Unknown author, 1881 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  5. [S6] Unknown author, 1891 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  6. [S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm, #004984-1875.
  7. [S39] Unknown name of person unknown record type, unknown repository, unknown repository address.

Margaret Rannie1

F, #69307, b. September 1860, d. 26 October 1860

  • Birth*: September 1860; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1860 & location UC per 1861 Census. per email from Dave Rannie, May 10 2009.1,2
  • Death*: 26 October 1860; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date Sep 1860 per Memorial. CemSearch says burial was Oct 28 1860 but this Margaret is included in the April 1861 Census, age 1??? per email from Dave Rannie, May 10 2009.1,2,3
  • Burial*: 28 October 1860; Burnbrae Cemetery, Seymour Twp., Burnbrae, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Memorial: (See Exhibit) In; Memory of; Margaret; Mitchell; Wife of; Alex. Rannie; Died; Feb. 24, 1894; Aged 54 Y'rs, 12 d; Their Children; William; Died Dec 1863; Aged 2 Y'rs 1 M; Margaret; Died Sep 1860 (Burnbrae Cemetery, Seymour Twp., Nov 26 2011, by Dan)
    CemSearch: Name: Margaret Rannie; Born: - ; Died: Sep 1860; Age: - ; ID: BURNBR210; Other names: Rannie, Alexander (1836-1916), Rannie, Margaret [Mitchell]( -1894), Rannie, William, ( -1863), Rannie, William ( -1873); Cemetery: Brunbrae Cemetery, Conc 5, Lot 22, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Plot 210; Note: DAu. of Alex and Margaret, buried Oct 28, 1860. (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pid=BURNBR210%5E2)
    Note: CemSearch shows burial Oct 28 1860 but this Margaret is in April 1861 Census???4,2,3
  • Census*: April 1861; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 1 at 1861 Census: see William Rainie (grandfather)2

Citations

  1. [S33] Unknown author, "Email Message," e-mail to unknown recipient.
  2. [S10] Unknown author, 1861 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  3. [S15] Unknown author, Tombstone Inscription.
  4. [S39] Unknown name of person unknown record type, unknown repository, unknown repository address.

Oscar Proctor McConnell1,2,3,4,5

M, #69308, b. 15 June 1868, d. 25 September 1935

  • Birth*: 15 June 1868; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1868 per Memorial. Date Jun 15 1868 & location Ont. per Death Reg'n. Date 1869 & location Ont. per 1931 Census. Date 1870 & location Ont. per 1921 Census. Date Jun 1868 (says age 32?) & location Ont. per 1911 Census. Date Jun 15 1868 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1869 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1869 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1869 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1868 & location Brighton per marr. reg'n. Date 1868 & location Ont. per family tree of "Paula Rogers12" on ancestry.com, June 26 2010.2,6,7,8,9,10,3,4,11,5,12
  • Marriage*: 25 December 1894; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#008770: Groom: Oscar Proctor Mcconnell; Age: 26; Res. & Born: Brighton; Status: bachelor; Occ.: yeoman; Parents: William McConnell & Jane Clark; Bride: Margaret Edith Rainie; Age: 23; Res. & Born: Seymour Twp.; Status: spinster; Parents: Alexander Rainie & Margaret Mitchell; Wit.: Walker Kemp, Chicago & Elizabeth J. Rainie, Seymour; Date: Dec 25 1894; Place: Seymour Twp.; Rel.: Pres.; Reg'r.: J. B. Ferris (Ontario Marriage Registration, #008770-1894, ancestry.com); Principal=Margaret "Edith" Rannie2
  • Death*: 25 September 1935; Main St., Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.#025715: Name: Oscar Proctor McConnell; Date: Sep 25 1935; Place: Main St., Brighton; Res.: Brighton Village, 2 mo.; Age: 67y 3m 10d; Born: Jun 15 1868, Ont.; Status: married; Occ.: farmer; Parents: William McConnell & Jane Clark, b. Ont.; Inf.: Miss Nettie McConnell, Brighton, sister; Cause: heart disease, several years; Phys.: Dr. F. M. Dure, Brighton; Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Sep 27 1935; Reg'd.: Sep 27 1935; Reg'r.: Oscar L. Morrow, Brighton (Ontario Death Registration, #025715-1935, ancestry.com) Date 1935 per Memorial. Date 1935 per email from Dave Rannie, Apr 10 2009.13,14,5
  • Burial*: 27 September 1935; Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) McCONNELL; Oscar P. McConnell; 1868 - 1935; His Wife; Margaret Edith Rannie; 1871 - 1945; His Sister; Nettee B. Mcconnell; 1872 - 1958 (Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Susan Brose Collection 614 2, Oct 2005)
    per Death Reg'n.3,5
  • Census: April 1871; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 2 at 1871 Census: see William McConnell9
  • Census: April 1881; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 12 at 1881 Census: see William McConnell8
  • Census: April 1891; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 22 at 1891 Census: see William McConnell7
  • Residence*: 25 December 1894; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Brighton per marr. reg'n.2
  • Census*: April 1901; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 32 at 1901 Census: McConnell, Oscar, 32, b. Ont. r. Jun 15 1868, Eng., Pres., farmer, married; Edith, 30, b. Ont. r. Jan 26 1871, Eng., Pres., married; Nettie, 29, b. Ont. r. Jan 18 1872, Eng., Pres., sister, single; Lorenzo, 14, b. Ont. r. Nov 8 1886, adopted son; Donald, 3, b. Ont. r. Oct 7 1897, Eng., Pres., son; William, 75, b. Ont. r. Jul 18 1825, Eng., Pres., father, married; Jane, 66, b. Ont. r. Jan 18 1835, Eng., Pres., married (1901 Census Online: Brighton Twp., dist. 95, sub-dist. a-3, pg. 7, line 40, T-6485 - Conc 2, Lot 34)6
  • Residence: April 1901; Conc 2 Lot 34, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence per 1901 Census: Conc 2, Lot 34, Brighton Twp. ( Location is east and a bit south of Hilton, beside Samuel McMaster)6
  • Census: 1911; Brighton Twp., Hilton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 32 at 1911 Census: McConnel, O. P., b. Ont. Jun 1868, Scot., Pres., farmer, married; Margaret E., 39, b. Ont. Jan 1872, Scot., Pres., married; W. Donald, 13, b. Ont. Oct 1898, son; A. Rannie(m), 8, b. Ont. Oct 1903, son; Hubert B., 2, b. Ont. Jul 1909, son; Nettie B., 39, b. Ont. Jan 1872, sister, single; Blakely, William, 70, b. Ont. July 1841, Germ., Meth., hired man married (1911 Census: Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., dist. 101, sub-dist. 4(17-3), pg. 5, line 14 - Hilton, 2nd Conc, Lot 35? - ancestry.com)4
  • Residence: 1 February 1911; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Informant for Death Reg'n. of his mother Jane (Clark) McConnell.3
  • Census: 1921; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 51 at 1921 Census: McConnell, Oscar, 51, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Eng., Pres., farmer, married; Edith, 48, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Eng., Pres., married; Donald, 23, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Eng., Pres., farmer, married; Annie, 21, b. England, p.b. England, imm. 1920, Eng., Pres., married; Rannie(m), 18, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., son; Hubert, 11; Nettie, 47, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Eng., Pres., sister, single (1921 Census: Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., dist. 107, sub-dist. 4, pg. 9, line 6 - ancestry.com)11
  • Census: 1931; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 62 at 1931 Census: McConnell, Oscar, 62, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Scot., UC, dairy farmer, married; Edith, 60, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Scot., UC, married; Rannie, 28, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Scot., UC, life insurance salesman, single; Hubert, 22, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Scot., UC, lab. on father's farm, single; Collings, Arthur, 35, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Scot., UC, servant - farm lab., single; Bedal, Hazel, 23, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Scot., UC, public school teacher, border, single (1931 Census: Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., dist. 133, sub-dist. 5, pg. 8 (pg 9 of 11), line 8 - ancestry.ca)12
  • Residence: 1935; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; "148 McConnell, P.O., farmer, Brighton" & "149 McConnell, Hubert, farmer, Brighton" & "150 McConnell, Mrs. O.P. (W), married woman, Brighton" & "151 McConnell, Mrs. Hubert (W), married woman, Brighton" Canada Voters Lists, 1935, Northumberland Co., Brighton Twp., pg. 9 of 126, ancestry.ca.10
  • Residence: 30 April 1935; Village Lot 32, South Main St., Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Grant 6748) show that James McQuoid & Mildred McQuoid sold "said lot" (Village Lot 32, South Main St.), Village of Brighton, Northumberland Co. to Oscar P. McConnell for $2,000. ITS Date: Apr 30 1935; Reg'n. Date: May 9 1935. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 004,pg. 161 of 399, (Conc 01, Lot 01, south Main St.), page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Apr 6 2023)15

Family: Margaret "Edith" Rannie b. 26 Jan 1871, d. 28 Aug 1945

  • Marriage*: 25 December 1894; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#008770: Groom: Oscar Proctor Mcconnell; Age: 26; Res. & Born: Brighton; Status: bachelor; Occ.: yeoman; Parents: William McConnell & Jane Clark; Bride: Margaret Edith Rainie; Age: 23; Res. & Born: Seymour Twp.; Status: spinster; Parents: Alexander Rainie & Margaret Mitchell; Wit.: Walker Kemp, Chicago & Elizabeth J. Rainie, Seymour; Date: Dec 25 1894; Place: Seymour Twp.; Rel.: Pres.; Reg'r.: J. B. Ferris (Ontario Marriage Registration, #008770-1894, ancestry.com); Principal=Margaret "Edith" Rannie2

Citations

  1. Oscar P. McConnell per Memorial. Oscar Proctor McConnell per Death Reg'n. O. P. McConnel per 1911 Census.
  2. [S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm.
  3. [S12] Unknown author, Ontario Death Registrations, Record Type: microfilm, Name Of Person: Ontario Archives.
  4. [S60] Unknown author, 1911 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  5. [S15] Unknown author, Tombstone Inscription.
  6. [S13] Unknown author, 1901 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  7. [S6] Unknown author, 1891 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  8. [S16] Unknown author, 1881 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  9. [S14] Unknown author, 1871 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  10. [S83] Ancestry.ca, online unknown url.
  11. [S121] Unknown author, 1921 Census.
  12. [S222] Unknown author, 1931 Census.
  13. [S33] Unknown author, "Email Message," e-mail to unknown recipient.
  14. [S12] Unknown author, Ontario Death Registrations, Record Type: microfilm, Name Of Person: Ontario Archives, #025715-1935.
  15. [S46] Unknown location, Ontario Land Registry Records; unknown film.
  16. [S22] Rootsweb, online unknown url.

Nettee Belle McConnell1,2,3,4,5,6

F, #69309, b. 18 January 1872, d. 1958

  • Birth*: 18 January 1872; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1872 per Memorial. Date 1872 & location Ont. per 1911 Census. Date Jan 18 1872 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1872 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1872 & location Ont. per 1881 Census.2,7,8,4,6
  • Death*: 1958; Ontario; Date 1958 per Memorial.6
  • Burial*: 1958; Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) McCONNELL; Oscar P. McConnell; 1868 - 1935; His Wife; Margaret Edith Rannie; 1871 - 1945; His Sister; Nettee B. Mcconnell; 1872 - 1958 (Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Susan Brose Collection 614 2, Oct 2005)6
  • Census: April 1881; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 9 at 1881 Census: see William McConnell7
  • Census: April 1891; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 19 at 1891 Census: see William McConnell8
  • Census*: April 1901; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 29 at 1901 Census: see Oscar P. McConnell (brother)2
  • Census: 1911; Brighton Twp., Hilton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 39 at 1911 Census: see Oscar P. McConnell (brother)4
  • Census: 1921; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 47 at 1921 Census: see Oscar P. McConnell (brother)4
  • Residence*: 27 September 1935; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Informant for Death Reg'n. of her brother Oscar Proctor McConnell.9
  • Residence: 31 October 1940; Village Lot 32, Main St. South, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Lease 7016) show that Alexander Rannie McConnell leased "said lot", Village Lot 32, South Main St., Village of Brighton, Northumberland Co. to Margaret Edith McConnell and Nettie Belle McConnell. ITS Date: Oct 31 1940; Reg'n. Date: Nov 28 1940. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 004, pg. 161 of 399, (Conc 01, Lot 01, south Main St.), page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Apr 6 2023)10
  • Residence: 31 March 1943; Village Lot 32, Main St. South, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Release 7175) show that Margaret Edith McConnell and Nettie Belle McConnell were release from the least in 7016 by Alexander Rannie McConnell re Village Lot 32, South Main St., Village of Brighton, Northumberland Co. ITS Date: Mar 31 1943; Reg'n. Date: Apr 2 1943. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 004, pg. 161 of 399, (Conc 01, Lot 01, south Main St.), page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Apr 6 2023)10
  • Residence: 1945; Vilalge Lot 32, Main St. South, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; "220 McConnell, Mrs. Oscar, widow, Brighton" & "221 McConnell, Miss Nettie B., spinster, Brighton" Canada Voters Lists, 1945, Northumberland Co., Village of Brighton, pg. 79 of 178, ancestry.ca.11

Citations

  1. Nettee B. McConnell per Memorial. Nettie Belle McConnell per GEDCOM of Neil Myers Clark, May 11, 2009. Nettie B. per 1911 Census. Nettie per 1921 Census.
  2. [S13] Unknown author, 1901 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  3. [S22] Rootsweb, online unknown url.
  4. [S60] Unknown author, 1911 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  5. [S121] Unknown author, 1921 Census.
  6. [S15] Unknown author, Tombstone Inscription.
  7. [S16] Unknown author, 1881 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  8. [S6] Unknown author, 1891 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  9. [S12] Unknown author, Ontario Death Registrations, Record Type: microfilm, Name Of Person: Ontario Archives.
  10. [S46] Unknown location, Ontario Land Registry Records; unknown film.
  11. [S83] Ancestry.ca, online unknown url.

Lorenzo McConnell1

M, #69310, b. 8 November 1886
  • Birth*: 8 November 1886; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Nov 8 1886 & location Ont. rural & "Adopted son" per 1901 Census.1
  • Census*: April 1901; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 14 at 1901 Census: see Oscar P. McConnell1

Citations

  1. [S13] Unknown author, 1901 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.

Donald William "Don" McConnell1,2,3,4,5,6,7

M, #69311, b. 7 October 1897, d. 23 April 1973
  • Birth*: 7 October 1897; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1897 per CemSearch. Date 1898 & location Ont. per 1921 Census. Date Oct 1898 & location Ont. per 1911 Census. Date Oct 7 1897 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census.2,5,6,7
  • Marriage*: 26 July 1920; Northumberland Co., Ontario; per family tree of jenkanderson on ancestry.com, Dec 4 2014.; Principal=Anna Louisa Stagg4
  • Death*: 23 April 1973; Broward, Florida, U.S.A.; Date 1973 per CemSearch. Date Apr 23 1973 & location Broward, Florida per family tree of jenkanderson on ancestry.com, Dec 4 2014.4,7
  • Burial*: 25 April 1973; Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; CemSearch: Name: Don McConnell; Born: 1897; Died: 1983; ID: MTHOPE677; Other names: Stagg, Ann (1899-1957); Cemetery: Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Conc A Lot 35, Brighton Twp., Sec 2 Row 10 (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pid=MTHOPE677%5E0)7
  • Census*: April 1901; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 3 at 1901 Census: see Oscar P. McConnell2
  • Census: 1911; Brighton Twp., Hilton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 13 at 1911 Census: see Oscar P. McConnell5
  • Note: 1917; Grove Park, London, England; "Brighton Boys with the Imperial Army as Transport Drivers. Photo taken in Grove Park, London. England. On left, Donald McConnell, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. P. McConnell. On right, Wade Morrow, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Morrow." from pg. 034 of Newspaper Clippings, a collection donated by Shawnee Spencer to the Brighton Digital Archives, 2022.8
  • Note*: 7 September 1917; Chatham, Kent, England; "INTERESTING LETTER FROM DONALD MCCONNELL; South Hill Barracks, Chatham, Kent, Sept. 7, 1917; Dearest Mother: Well at last I am settled down to the old routine. I am driving a three ton Lorrie, the same kind of a bus I drove in E. Africa. We do all kinds of transport work around the town. We have to keep our cars shining like a mirror and as we draw coal a good share of the time it is some task to keep them up to the mark. Some nights it is 7:30 when we finish and I can tell you 1 am ail in and glad to go straight to the old kip. We had a decent little air raid here last night, one of the worst that has ever been in England. lt is the first time the Huns have ever raided this place. Three bombs dropped about 400 yds from this camp and it jarred us up pretty severely. Some of the guys nearly went crazy and went dashing around the tent in great style. We have a crazy Scotchman in our tent, he wanted to run but we shoved him back in the tent. He says he doesn't mind how often they come as long as they don't wake him up. The raid commenced about 11.15 and was all cleared away by 11.30 but it is surprising what an immense amount of damage they can do in in a short time. The bombs dropped right in a room where 300 sailors were sleeping, 147 were killed and 100 wounded. I had to take my Lorrie and help bury the poor fellows next day, that was the saddest task I have had yet. It was such a bright moonlight night the gunners could not find the planes to fire on them, so they got away without a scratch. This makes four air raids I have been through so I should be getting used to them but I can't say that I think them very pleasant, fellow can't dodge a bomb very handily. In the morning we found that one bomb had dropped, within 25 yards of our tent but did not explode which was most fortunate for us.
    This is a rotten town, very dirty, but we always go up to Rochester when we go out for the evening. It is a very nice little town, and in it is an old fort which was built by the Normans, a real old one, right out of the history pictures. We have a little clique hero four of us, a Scotchman, an Englishman, a Welshman .and a Canadian (myself). Three have been to E. Africa and one to Mesapotamia. None of the other fellows here have ever been out of England. We planned to go down to service in the Cathedral at Rochester …. " OCR of newspaper clipping in collection of Florence Chatten, provided to me for scanning Nov 23 2019.
  • Census: 1921; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 23 at 1921 Census: see Oscar P. McConnell6
  • Residence*: circa 1930; Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.; "Don and Frank; They had known each other since they were little more than toddlers, had sat side-by-side in church and Sunday school, but it was in high school that their friendship was truly cemented. Don was no slouch academically, but Frank was smart as a whip - two whips - and though he was 23 months Don’s junior, they were in the same class. They graduated in 1915. Don could scarcely wait for his eighteenth birthday that October. He would be a soldier. Frank was not about to let his friend embark on this adventure without him. Though barely sixteen, he too joined up - quite illegally. But there was a lot of winking by Officialdom at that time in that regard.
    They sailed for England for training and there became separated. Frank was to spend his war in Europe, but Don was seconded into the Ambulance Corps - and was to remain there as things fell out - and ended up as an ambulance driver in equatorial Africa. He suffered bouts of malaria and stomach ailments which would trouble him the rest of his life. He used to tell how, once, he lay in a field hospital “too sick to move and too weak to groan, when an Irish priest stopped at the foot of my cot I summoned up enough strength to say to him, ‘I’m sorry, Father, I’m not of your Faith’ - The man had an elfin face and a brogue to soothe the savage seas - and he exclaimed, ‘What! With a name like yours and those Irish blue eyes and not a Catholic? A damn pity to be sure!’”
    When the hostilities ended, Frank came home and went to university. And, seasoned warrior though he was, he was still younger than many of his classmates. But Don, returning to England before being de-mobbed, met an English Rose and brought home a war bride. So, no higher education for him. He needed work. He farmed with his Dad for a while, but when the Ontario Provincial Police were created to chase down the rum runners plying the river between Windsor and Detroit, he answered the call and became one of the original members of that force. “Hah!” (He was to tell us later) ‘The bootleggers outnumbered us ioo to i. Their boats were bigger, better and faster. I lasted six months. On the day they started to shoot at me, that was the day I handed in my resignation. I didn’t mind being shot at in the war. You expected that. But I didn’t figure I wanted to dodge bullets in my own country or even on its doorstep.”
    He moved on to Detroit became an American citizen and drove a bus for the Detroit Street Railway for 36 years. However, his American remains are buried in Canadian soil; right here in Mount Hope cemetery, in fact in the family plot For Don was my uncle, my father’s older brother. He had read more books than any man I have ever met Dad once remarked that he was kind of surprised that Don was even there for his own funeral. Said he always figured he’d be in the bathroom, reading, and miss the whole thing.
    And Frank? Well, Frank remained “smart as a whip” his whole life. He became a dentist a leading citizen of his town, a minion of his church and community. And he could, I swear, on foot cover the 150 yards of Young Street between his residence and his office in only about a second or two more than Donavan Bailey would require. He became, he was, Dr. F.H. (Frank) Dunnett; 24 September 1997" from "Don and Frank", pg. 25 & 26, in the book "Over My Shoulder, An Anthology of Brighton Memories", by Peter J. McConnell, Conolly Publishing Ltd., Brighton, 1998.9

Family: Anna Louisa Stagg b. 1 Jan 1900, d. 1951

  • Marriage*: 26 July 1920; Northumberland Co., Ontario; per family tree of jenkanderson on ancestry.com, Dec 4 2014.; Principal=Anna Louisa Stagg4

Citations

  1. Don McConnell per CemSearch. Donald William McConnell per GEDCOM of Neil Myers Clark, May 11, 2009. William Donald McConnell per family tree of jenkanderson on ancestry.com, Dec 4 2014. W. Donald McConnel per 1911 Census. Donald per 1921 Census.
  2. [S13] Unknown author, 1901 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  3. [S22] Rootsweb, online unknown url.
  4. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
  5. [S60] Unknown author, 1911 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  6. [S121] Unknown author, 1921 Census.
  7. [S39] Unknown name of person unknown record type, unknown repository, unknown repository address.
  8. [S215] Shawnee Spencer, Clippings SS.
  9. [S168] Peter J. McConnell, Over My Shoulder.

Theressa A. McConnell1,2,3

F, #69312, b. 31 October 1857
  • Birth*: 31 October 1857; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1859 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1858 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1857 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date Oct 31 1857 & location Cda. per family tree of wemettsue on ancestry.ca, Oct 24 2019.2,3,4,5
  • Census: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 4 at 1861 Census: see William McConnell4
  • Census: April 1871; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 13 at 1871 Census: see William McConnell3
  • Census*: April 1881; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 22 at 1881 Census: see William McConnell2

Citations

  1. Theressa A. per 1871 Census.
  2. [S16] Unknown author, 1881 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  3. [S14] Unknown author, 1871 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  4. [S10] Unknown author, 1861 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  5. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.