Person Page - 3729

Albert E. Dunk^1,2,3,4

• Father*: William Albert Dunk² b. 2 Dec 1849, d. 11 Mar 1887
• Mother*: Mary Jane "Martha" Kerr² b. 18 Jan 1852, d. 9 Mar 1904

• Birth*: 27 December 1880; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Dec 27 1880 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1881 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. per family tree of edward_evelyn on ancestry.com, May 2 2015.^2,3,4

• Census*: April 1891; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 10 at 1891 Census: see Martha Dunk (mother)³
• Census: April 1901; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 20 at 1901 Census: see Martha Dunk (mother)⁴

Thomas "James" Dunk^1,2,3,4

• Father*: William Albert Dunk² b. 2 Dec 1849, d. 11 Mar 1887
• Mother*: Mary Jane "Martha" Kerr² b. 18 Jan 1852, d. 9 Mar 1904

• Birth*: 3 July 1882; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1882 per CemSearch. Date Jul 3 1882 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1883 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1883 per family tree of edward_evelyn on ancestry.com, May 2 2015.^2,3,4,5
• Death*: 12 April 1910; Ontario; Date Apr 12 1910 per CemSearch. per family tree of edward_evelyn on ancestry.com, May 2 2015.^2,5
• Burial*: 14 April 1910; Christ Church Anglican Cemeteru, Campbellford, Northumberland Co., Ontario; CemSearch: Name: Thomas James Dunk; Born: - ; Died: Apr 12 1910; Age: 27y; ID: CAMPCC0099; Other names: Dunk, Martha Jane [Kerr] ( -1904), Dunk, William Albert ( -1887); Cemetery: Christ Church Anglican Cemetery, Church St., Campbellford, Plot 188; Note: Burial Record says buried April 15, 1910, aged 26 years, carpenter. (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pid=CAMPCC0099%5E0)⁵

• Census*: April 1891; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 8 at 1891 Census: see Martha Dunk (mother)⁶
• Census: 18 April 1901; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 18 at 190 1Census: see Martha Dunk (mother)⁴
• Residence*: 17 June 1909; Campbellford, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Witness at marriage of Garnet George Kerr & Annie Petherick.⁶

Jane Dunk^1,2,3

• Father*: William Albert Dunk² b. 2 Dec 1849, d. 11 Mar 1887
• Mother*: Mary Jane "Martha" Kerr² b. 18 Jan 1852, d. 9 Mar 1904

• Birth*: 1884; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1884 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. per family tree of edward_evelyn on ancestry.com, May 2 2015.^2,3

• Census*: April 1891; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 7 at 1891 Census: see Martha Dunk (mother)³

Elizabeth "Bessie" Dunk^1,2,3,4

• Father*: William Albert Dunk² b. 2 Dec 1849, d. 11 Mar 1887
• Mother*: Mary Jane "Martha" Kerr² b. 18 Jan 1852, d. 9 Mar 1904

• Birth*: 22 April 1886; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Apr 22 1886 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1886 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. per family tree of edward_evelyn on ancestry.com, May 2 2015.^2,3,4

• Census*: April 1891; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 5 at 1891 Census: see Martha Dunk (mother)³
• Census: 18 April 1901; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 14 at 1901 Census: see Martha Dunk (mother)⁴
• Residence*: 21 January 1903; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Witness at marriage of George William Dunk & Jessie Blair Stewart.⁵

Samuel H. Dunk^1,2,3,4

• Father*: William Albert Dunk² b. 2 Dec 1849, d. 11 Mar 1887
• Mother*: Mary Jane "Martha" Kerr² b. 18 Jan 1852, d. 9 Mar 1904

• Birth*: 12 August 1887; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Aug 12 1887 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1888 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. per family tree of edward_evelyn on ancestry.com, May 2 2015.^2,3,4

• Census*: April 1891; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 3 at 1891 Census: see Martha Dunk (mother)³
• Census: 18 April 1901; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 13 at 1901 Census: see Martha Dunk (mother)⁴

Edna Jessie Margeurite Post^1,2,3

• Father*: Cephrenes Emory "Frean" Post b. 11 Feb 1860, d. 20 Jul 1929
• Mother*: Jessie Alexandria Trumpour b. 27 Apr 1861, d. 14 Apr 1954

• Birth*: 7 March 1905; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Mar 7 1905 per CemSearch. Date 1905 & location Ont. per 1921 Census. Per GEDCOM of Leon V. Honey, Sept 2, 2002. Date Mar 7 1905 & location Cramahe Twp. per family tree of kerrmcoy54 on ancestry.com, May 2 2015.^2,3
• Marriage*: 30 March 1935; per family tree of kerrmcoy54 on ancestry.com, May 2 2015.; Principal=William Albert Dunk²
• Death*: 13 October 1963; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario; Date 1963 per CemSearch. Date Oct 13 1963 & location Kingston per family tree of kerrmcoy54 on ancestry.com, May 2 2015.^2,3
• Burial*: 16 October 1963; Woods Cemetery, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; CEMSearch: Name: Cephrenes E. Post; Born: Feb 11 1860; Died: Jul 20 1929; ID: WOODS135; Other names: Dunk, Edna J. M. [Post] (1905-1963), Dunk, William A. (1906-1964), Post, Catherine E. [Ainsworth] (1828-1898), Post, Jessie A. [Trumpour] (1861-1954); Cemetery: Woods Cemetery, Conc 1, Lot 12, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co.; Note: Husband of Jessie A. (Trumpour) Post, son of James Quackenbush Post. Info from Ancestry Members Public Family Tree. (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pID=WOODS135%5E0)³

• Census*: 2 June 1921; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 16 at 1921 Census: see Cephrenes E. Post⁴
• Married Name: 30 March 1935; Dunk²

William Stewart¹

• Father*: James Alexander Stewart b. 17 Apr 1817, d. 7 Jun 1887
• Mother*: Ann Mitchell b. 11 Mar 1807, d. 16 Apr 1891

• Birth*: 2 January 1850; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario; per family tree of kerrmcoy54 on ancestry.com, May 2 2015.¹
• Marriage*: 23 September 1872; Ontario; per family tree of kerrmcoy54 on ancestry.com, May 2 2015.; Principal=Jane Milne¹
• Death*: 18 December 1930; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; per family tree of kerrmcoy54 on ancestry.com, May 2 2015.¹

Jane Milne¹

• Father*: William Milne¹ b. c 1823, d. 1865
• Mother*: Isabella Miller¹ b. c 1839, d. 1888

• Birth*: 24 July 1854; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; per family tree of kerrmcoy54 on ancestry.com, May 2 2015.¹
• Marriage*: 23 September 1872; Ontario; per family tree of kerrmcoy54 on ancestry.com, May 2 2015.; Principal=William Stewart¹
• Death*: 1942; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; per family tree of kerrmcoy54 on ancestry.com, May 2 2015.¹

• Married Name: 23 September 1872; Stewart¹

William Milne¹

• Birth*: circa 1823; Lunan, Forfarshire, Scotland; per family tree of kerrmcoy54 on ancestry.com, May 2 2015.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1850; per family tree of kerrmcoy54 on ancestry.com, May 2 2015.; Principal=Isabella Miller¹
• Death*: 1865; per family tree of kerrmcoy54 on ancestry.com, May 2 2015.¹

• Residence*: April 1861; Conc 4 Lot 25, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; 1861 Agr Census: Name: William Milne; Conc: 4; Lot: north quarter Lot 25; Acres: 50 (1861 Agricultural Census, Seymour Twp. (Haldimand), Northumberland Co., pg. 86 of 163, ancestry.ca)
  Note: This page has been mis-filed!! This is clearly Seymour Township people but it is filed under Haldimand. There is no township name on the page, so someone guessed. (Dan Buchanan, May 7 2021)

Isabella Miller¹

• Birth*: circa 1839; Shacathre, Forfarshire, Scotland; per family tree of kerrmcoy54 on ancestry.com, May 2 2015.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1850; per family tree of kerrmcoy54 on ancestry.com, May 2 2015.; Principal=William Milne¹
• Death*: 1888; per family tree of kerrmcoy54 on ancestry.com, May 2 2015.¹

• Married Name: circa 1850; Milne¹

William Post "Bill" Dunk^1,2

• Father*: William Albert Dunk² b. 26 Feb 1906, d. 3 Jul 1964
• Mother*: Edna Jessie Margeurite Post² b. 7 Mar 1905, d. 13 Oct 1963

• Birth*: 17 December 1936; Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Dec 17 1936 per Brighton Independent article by Joyce Cassin, April 30, 2015 - see Death.²
• Death*: 26 April 2015; Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario; "Brighton loses a hero: by Joyce Cassin - New - Brightion - ... Bill was born December 17, 1936 and died on April 26, 2015, less than three weeks before his and Sandra's 51st wedding anniversary. .... Bill was the son of the late William Albert Dunk and Edna Jessie Post and is survived by Sandra (nee Turney), his children Janine and Brett (wife Alexandra) and granddaughter Brandy Williams. Brother of Jim Dunk of Brighton (Wife Sandy and children Tracy, Trisha and Trevor) and the late John Dunk (wife Barb and chidlren Mark and Tammy). Bill retired in 1992 after a 36-year career with the Ontario Ministry of Transportation. .. He began as a snowplow driver in Grafton and ended up as supervisor of Port Hope and District, which covered an area almost up to Algonquin Park. ... Prior to that he was partly responsible for putting in the trails at Presqu'ile Provincial Park as his job with the Ministry of Lands and Forests. He was very active in Brighton throughout his lifetime, serving as a fastball and hockey coach, a 23-year town councillor, board/committee member of Quinte Access for 20 years, Northumberland County Accessibility Adivory Committee, Lower Trent Conservation Authoritt and, from 1992, a Waterfront Regeneration Trust board member that brought the Waterfront Trail from Toronto through Brighton. Bill was also known for his skills as the Brighton and District Curling club ice maker, always earning much praise over the 14 years he was involved with the club. In 2010, Bill received the Provincial Community Service Hero Award for his contributions to sports in the community, and in 2008, Bill and Sandra received Brighton's "Mr. & Mrs." civic award for outstanding service and contribution to the community. ... The family will receive friends at the Brighton Funeral Home, 130 Main Street, Brighton on Friday, May 1, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and at the Brighton & District Club (85 Elizabeth Street), on Saturday, May 2, from 10 a.m. A celebration of Bills life will follow at the Curling Club at 12 noon. Cremation with interment at Salem Cemetery at a later date. ... " from The Brighton Independent, April 30, 2015
  Passed away peacefully at the Kingston General Hospital on Sunday, April 26, 2015 at the age of 78.
  Bill was the son of the late William Albert Dunk and Edna Jessie (Post). Bill is survived by Sandra Ann (nee Turney), his beloved wife of 50 years, his children Janine and Brett (wife Alexandra) and granddaughter Brandy Williams.
  Brother of Jim Dunk of Brighton (wife Sandy and children Tracy, Trisha and Trevor) and the late John Dunk (wife Barb and children Mark and Tammy).
  Bill retired in 1992 after a 36-year career with the Ontario Ministry of Transportation. He was very active in Brighton throughout his lifetime, serving as a fastball and hockey coach, long-time town councillor, board/committee member (Quinte Access, Northumberland County Accessibility Advisory Committee, Lower Trent Conservation Authority and others) and curling club ice maker.
  In 2010, Bill received the Provincial Community Sports Hero Award for his contributions to sports in the community. In 2008, Bill and Sandra received Brighton’s “Mr. & Mrs.” civic award for outstanding service and contribution to the community. His hobbies included curling, shuffleboard, fishing, golf, wood working, playing cards and spending time with family and friends.
  The family will receive friends at the Brighton Funeral Home, 130 Main Street, Brighton, Ontario (613-475-2121) on Friday, May 1st, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and at the Brighton Curling Club (85 Elizabeth St, Brighton, Ontario) on Saturday, May 2nd from 10 a.m. A Celebration of Bill’s life will follow at the Curling Club at 12 o’clock noon. Cremation with interment at a later date.
  The family would like to thank the caring and compassionate medical staff in the intensive care units of Kingston General, Belleville and Trenton Hospitals.
  Memorial donations may be made to the Municipality of Brighton (Curling Club re: new plant) in memory of Bill Dunk by cheque, or Quinte Access Transportation." Obit, http://www.canadianobituaries.com/william-post-bill-dunk-obituary-april-26-2015.html²

• Residence*: 2 December 1964; Village Lot 16, Prince Edward St. West, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Grant 37167) show that Ben & Esther Remouche sold "said lot", Village Lot 16, Prince Edward St. West, Brighton Village, Northumberland Co. to William P. & Sandra Dunk (Joint Tenants) for $5,200. ITS Date: Dec 2 1964. Reg'n. Date: Dec 31 1964. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 006, Pg 272 of 282, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Feb 8 2022.)³
• Residence: 1965; 82 Prince Edward St., Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; "85 Dunk, Sandra, housewife, 82 Prince Edward, Brighton" & "86 Dunk, William, DHO operator, 82 Prince Edward, Brighton" Canada Voters Lists, 1965, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, ancestry.ca)⁴
• Residence: 1968; 82 Prince Edward St., Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; "68 Dunk, William P., D.H.O. operator, 82 Prince Edward St." & "69 Dunk, Mrs. Sandra Ann - 82 Prince Edward St." Canada Voters Lists, 1968, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, ancestry.ca)⁴
• Residence: 1972; 82 Prince Edward St., Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; "74 Dunk, William, machine operator, 82 Prince Edward" & "75 Dunk, Mrs. Sandra - 82 Prince Edward" Canada Voters Lists, 1972, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, ancestry.ca)⁴
• Note*: 1992; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; "Bill retired in 1992 after a 36-year career with the Ontario Ministry of Transportation... " per Death of William Post "Bill" Dunk.²

John Dunk¹

• Father*: William Albert Dunk¹ b. 26 Feb 1906, d. 3 Jul 1964
• Mother*: Edna Jessie Margeurite Post¹ b. 7 Mar 1905, d. 13 Oct 1963

• Birth*: circa 1940; Ontario; per Death of William Post "Bill" Dunk.¹
• Death*: before 2014; per Death of William Post "Bill" Dunk.¹

Donald Bentley Taft^1,2

• Father*: Alva Bentley Taft² b. 9 Mar 1886, d. 1960
• Mother*: Cora Belle McLaughlin² b. Nov 1888, d. Apr 1977

• Birth*: 16 February 1916; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Feb 16 1916 & location Brighton Village per Death Reg'n. - age 3m 26d at death Jun 11 1916.²
• Death*: 11 June 1916; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.#023965: Name: Donald Bentley Taft; Date: Jun 11 1916; Age: 3m 26d; Res. & Born: Brighton Village; Parents: Alva Bently Taft & Cora McLaughlin; Burial: Carrying Place; Cause: heart failure; Phys.: R. J. Wade; Inf.: Alva Bently Waft, Brighton Village; Reg'd.: Jun 11 1916; Reg'r.: A. Marn?, Brighton (Ontario Death Registration, #023965-1916, ancestry.com)
  "Died. Taft: In Brighton, Sunday, June 11th, 1916, Donald Bentley, infant son of Alva B. and Cora Taft, aged 3 months and 26 days. The funeral service was held at the parents' residence, Prince Edward St. Tuesday afternoon, 13th inst., and interment took place at the Carrying Place." from pg. 037 of Newspaper Clippings, a collection donated by Shawnee Spencer to the Brighton Digital Archives, 2022.^3,4
• Burial*: 13 June 1916; Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) Donald B.; Died; June 11, 1916; Aged 3 Mo.; 25 D's; Norma; Died; Mar 21, 1921; Aged 3 Y'rs; ? D's; Children of Alva B. & Cora Belle Taft (Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Jul 10 2004)⁵

Orval Asa Taft¹

• Father*: Leonard Lewis Clayton Taft¹ b. 7 Sep 1880
• Mother*: Emma Louisa Benson¹ b. 1891

• Birth*: 4 November 1910; Conc 2 Lot 93, Ameliasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; Birth Reg'n.#042052: Name: Orval Asa Taft; Date: Nov 4 1910; Parents: Leonard Lewis Clayton Taft & Emma Louisa Benson; Place: Conc 2, Lot 93, Ameliasburgh Twp.; Married: Trenton, Sep 8 1909; Phys.: Dr. File; Inf.: Leonard Lewis Clayton Taft, Ameliasburgh; Reg'd.: Dec 2 1910 (Ontario Birth Registration, #042052-1910, ancestry.com)²

• Residence*: 1949; Ameliasburgh Twp., Carrying Place, Prince Edward Co., Ontario; "175 Taft, Orval, labourer, Carrying Place" Canada Voters Lists 1935-1980, Ameliasburgh Twp. - 1949, pg. 7 of 152 (ancestry,.com)³

William Smith¹

• Birth*: circa 1865; per family tree of wa6024 on ancestry.com, May 27 2015.¹
• Marriage*: before 1885; per family tree of wa6024 on ancestry.com, May 27 2015.; Principal=Francis McQuinn¹

Francis McQuinn¹

• Birth*: circa 1865; per family tree of wa6024 on ancestry.com, May 27 2015.¹
• Marriage*: before 1885; per family tree of wa6024 on ancestry.com, May 27 2015.; Principal=William Smith¹

• Married Name: before 1885; Smith¹

James G. Farrow¹

• Father*: Clayton Lewis Farrow¹ b. 16 Jun 1911, d. 1988
• Mother*: Annetta I. "Anita" Taft¹ b. 28 Aug 1914, d. 2002

• Birth*: 1945; Ontario; Date 1945 per Memorial.¹
• Death*: 1979; Date 1979 per Memorial.¹
• Burial*: 1979; Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) FARROW; Clayton L. Farrow - 1911 - 1988; His Wife; Annetta I. Taft - 1914 - 2002; Their Son; James G. Farrow - 1945 - 1979 (Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Sep 26 2004)¹

Elizabeth Butler "Bessie" Ketchum^1,2,3,4,5

• Father*: Maitland Parker Ketchum² b. 25 Oct 1842, d. 29 Sep 1894
• Mother*: Sarah Maria Butler² b. 28 Aug 1842, d. 8 Mar 1910

• Birth*: 22 September 1875; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1876 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1876 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1876 per marriage index. Date Sep 22 1875 & location Brighton per family tree of Kimberly Ronson on ancestry.com, May 31 2015.^2,3,4,5
• Marriage*: 15 June 1909; Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Cook Co., Illinois Marriage Index, 1871-1920: Groom: Ronald Struart Mackechnie; Age: 35; Bride: Elizabeth Ketchum; Age: 32; Marriage Date: Jun 15 1909; Marriage Place: Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois; MF: 1030459 (Ancestry.ca) Date Jun 15 1909 & locaiton Chicago per family tree of martintriall on ancestry.ca, Apr 12 2018.; Principal=Ronald Stuart MacKechnie^2,4
• Death*: 1939; per family tree of martintriall on ancestry.ca, Apr 12 2018.²

• Census*: April 1881; Brighton, East Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 5 at 1881 Census: see Maitland P. Ketchum³
• Census: 13 April 1891; Brighton, Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 15 at 1891 Census: see Maitland Ketchum⁵
• Married Name: 15 June 1909; MacKechnie²

Maria ?¹

• Birth*: 17 October 1825; England; Date Oct 17 1825 & location England per 1901 Census. Date 1826 & location England per 1861 Census.^1,2
• Marriage*: circa 1854; Ontario; per 1861 Census.; Principal=Edward Fulford¹

• Married Name: circa 1854; Fulford¹
• Census*: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 35 at 1861 Census: see Edward Fullford¹
• Census: 9 April 1901; Port Hope, Durham Co., Ontario; Age 76 at 1901 Census: see Edward Fulford²

Alfred Fulford¹

• Father*: Edward Fulford¹ b. 6 May 1828
• Mother*: Maria ?¹ b. 17 Oct 1825

• Birth*: 1855; Brigton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1855 & location UC per 1861 Census.¹

• Census*: April 1861; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 6 at 1861 Census: see Edward Fulford¹