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     Major Gordon Joshua Wright Proctor was born on 16 March 1913 at Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Late Birth Reg'n.#903043: Name: Gordon Joshua Wright Proctor; Date: Mar 16 1913; Place: Brighton, Ont; Parents: Charles Russell Weller Proctor, Bank Manager, Brighton & Mona Louisa Wright; Phys.: Dr. H. F. Rundle; Inf.: Mona Louisa Proctor, 25 Sydenham St., Kingston; Reg'd.: Apr 24 1931 (Ontario Late Birth Registration, #903043-1913, ancestry.com) Date 1913 & location Ont. per 1921 Census. Date Mar 16 1913 & location Brighton per family tree of jhgeorgeIII on ancestry.com, Nov 6 2012. per "Proctor Family Tree" on a wall upstairs in Proctor House, Sept. 25, 2004.
"On September 17, 1911, I was born in the bank house behind the Standard Bank in Brighton - in the seven years I was followed by three brothers and one sister in the following order: Gordon Joshua Wright Proctor, Naida Louise Wright Proctor, Charles Stanley Wright Proctor and Auston Wright Proctor, all healthy babies." from John W. Proctor AutoBIO, pt. 7 & 8.^1,2,3,4 He lived in 1919 at Edmonton, Alberta; "The Proctor family moved to Edmonton" per family tree of Paul Kelly, May 19 2017.¹ He appeared on the census of 4 June 1921 at 9738 111 St., Edmonton, Alberta; Age 8 at 1921 Census: see Charles Proctor.³ He lived in 1926 at Ontario; "The Proctor family returned to Ontario" per family tree of Paul Kelly, May 19 2017.¹ He died in January 1999 at Ashford with Shepway, Kent, England, at age 85; Date Jan 1999 & location Ashford with Shepway, Kent, England per family tree of jhgeorgeIII on ancestry.com, Nov 6 2012. per "Proctor Family Tree" on a wall upstairs in Proctor House, Sept. 25, 2004.¹

     Naida "Louise" Proctor was born on 18 October 1914 at Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1915 & location Ont. per 1921 Census. Date 1914 & location Brighton per "Proctor Family Tree" on a wall upstairs in Proctor House, Sept. 25, 2004. Date Oct 18 1914 & location Ont. per family tree of Paul Kelly, May 19 2017.
"On September 17, 1911, I was born in the bank house behind the Standard Bank in Brighton - in the seven years I was followed by three brothers and one sister in the following order: Gordon Joshua Wright Proctor, Naida Louise Wright Proctor, Charles Stanley Wright Proctor and Auston Wright Proctor, all healthy babies." from John W. Proctor AutoBIO, pt. 7 & 8.^1,2,3 She appeared on the census of 4 June 1921 at 9378 111 St., Edmonton, Alberta; Age 6 at 1921 Census: see Charles Proctor.¹ As of after 1935,her married name was Hopper. She lived on 14 December 1950 at Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario; "Mrs. R. C. W. Hooper and her little daughter, Nancy, leave at the end of the week for Shilo, Man., to join Major Hooper and take up residence there." from the Ottawa Journal, Dec 14 1950, per family tree of Paul Kelly, May 19 2017.² She died in January 2017 at Victoria, British Columbia, at age 102; per family tree of Paul Kelly on ancestry.ca, May 19 2017.²

     Fllt-Lt. Charles Stanley Wright "Chuck" Proctor was born on 14 January 1917 at Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; "Born. Proctor: At Brighton, on Sunday, Jan. 14, 1917, to Mr. and Mrs. C. R. W. Proctor, a son." from pg. 038 of Newspaper Clippings, a collection donated by Shawnee Spencer to the Brighton Digital Archives, 2022.
Date Jan 14 1917 per findagrave - per family tree of Paul Kelly on ancestry.ca, May 19 2017. Date 1917 & location Ont. per 1921 Census. Date 1917 per family tree of jhgeorgeIII on ancestry.com, Nov 6 2012. Date 1917 per "Proctor Family Tree" on a wall upstairs in Proctor House, Sept. 25, 2004.
"On September 17, 1911, I was born in the bank house behind the Standard Bank in Brighton - in the seven years I was followed by three brothers and one sister in the following order: Gordon Joshua Wright Proctor, Naida Louise Wright Proctor, Charles Stanley Wright Proctor and Auston Wright Proctor, all healthy babies." from John W. Proctor AutoBIO, pt. 7 & 8.^1,2,3,4 He appeared on the census of 4 June 1921 at 9378 111 St., Edmonton, Alberta; Age 4 at 1921 Census: see Charles Proctor.² He died on 15 September 1946 at Estevan, Saskatchewan, at age 29; "On Sunday morning, 15 Sept 1946, an RCAF Dakota transport plane crashed at Estevan Airport, in Saskatchewan, with the loss of 21 RCAF personnel; all airmen had served honourably during WWII, many of them having been decorated for their war-time acts of valour. F/L Charles Stanley Wright PROCTOR DFC was one of the casualties of this tragic accident. From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-Military Service:-Rank: Flight Lieutenant Service Number: J/6150, age: 29 Force: Air Force Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force Citation: Distinguished Flying Cross, Honours and Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross. Additional Information:- Son of Charles Russell Weller Proctor and Mona Louisa Proctor of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; husband of Helen Isabelle Proctor of Toronto. Commemorated on Page 589 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance." from family tree of LyndaBeedham on ancestry.ca, May 20 2017.
Date Sep 15 1946 & location Estevan, Sask. per family tree of Paul Kelly on ancestry.ca, May 19 2017. Date Sep 15 1946 per www.canadaatware.com. Date 1946 per family tree of jhgeorgeIII on ancestry.com, Nov 6 2012. Date 1946 per "Proctor Family Tree" on a wall upstairs in Proctor House, Sept. 25, 2004. per family tree of Paul Kelly on ancestry.ca, May 19 2017.
"The plane crashed and burned at 10:30 am (CDT) Sept. 15, 1946, killing 20 RCAF Pilots, plus one ground crew who was on board. It crashed near a ravine at the west end of one of the runways, in the NW part of the Landing field, a place that had become knwon by local residents as "Death Valley" because of a number of RCAF accidents which took place there during the war. ..... The victims were all members of No. 124 Communications Squadron, RCAF, from Rockcliffe, Ontario. At the time they were being sent to Estevan tofly Cornell trainers out of Estevan. These planes were being returned to Hector Airport, Fargo, ND."
and about Charles Stanley Proctor..... "Flt. Lt. Charles Stanley Wright Proctor, b. 1917, in On., d. Age 29, Svc Number J6150; Wife Mrs. Helen Isabelle Proctor, Toronto, 248 Heath Street West, Toronto; Buried Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto, ON, awarded Distinguished Flying Cross, Feb 2, 1943; Served overseas, and was commened forhis Navigator Bomb aiming ability, on enemy targets. Living in Edmonton AB whth his parents in 1921. He had 3 brothers and a sister in 1921. Father - Charles Russell Weller Proctor b. Mar 16 1871, Brighton, Northumberland Co., ON, d. 1930, Bannk Manager in Edmonton in1921; Mother Mona Louisa Wright, b. 1884 in Quebec, d. 1974; Grandfather John Edward Proctor b. mar 29 1824, d 1911" quoted from web site of Doug Gent - "My Genealogy and History Pages of Estevan Saskatchewan Canada, Dakota Airlne Crash, Sept. 15, 1946" - http://gent-family.com/Estevan/estevandakotacrash.html.¹ He was buried on 18 September 1946 at Park Lawn Cemetery, Humbervale, York Co., Ontario; Memorial: (see Exhibit) Flight Lieutenant; C. S. W. Proctor, DFC; R.C.A.F; 15th Sept., 1946 (Park Lawn Cemetery, Humbervale, Etobicoke Twp., York Co., Ont. - contributed 7/22/10 by tombstonecanuck@yahoo.ca.)
per Findagrave. per family tree of Paul Kelly on ancestry.ca, May 19 2017.^1,5

     Barbara Isabel Proctor was born on 31 March 1946 at Toronto, Ontario; Date Mar 31 1946 & location Toronto per family tree of LyndaBeedham on ancestry.ca, May 20 2017. Date 1946 & location Toronto per family tree of Paul Kelly on ancestry.ca, May 19 2017. per "Proctor Family Tree" on a wall upstairs in Proctor House, Sept. 25, 2004.¹ As of 26 May 1973,her married name was Ash. She died on 28 September 1981 at Toronto, Ontario, at age 35; Date Sep 28 1981 & location Toronto per family tree of LyndaBeedham on ancestry.ca, May 20 2017. per family tree of Paul Kelly on ancestry.ca, May 19 2017.¹

     Sub. Lt. Auston Wright Proctor was born on 31 December 1919 at Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1919 & location Ont. per 1921 Census. Date Dec 31 1919 & location Brighton per family tree of jhgeorgeIII on ancestry.com, Nov 6 2012. Date 1919 sent to me via email by Cathy (cathereiss@aol.com) on Nov 6 2012. Date 1918 per "Proctor Family Tree" on a wall upstairs in Proctor House, Sept. 25, 2004.
"On September 17, 1911, I was born in the bank house behind the Standard Bank in Brighton - in the seven years I was followed by three brothers and one sister in the following order: Gordon Joshua Wright Proctor, Naida Louise Wright Proctor, Charles Stanley Wright Proctor and Auston Wright Proctor, all healthy babies." from John W. Proctor AutoBIO, pt. 7 & 8.^2,1,3,4 He appeared on the census of 4 June 1921 at 9378 111 St., Edmonton, Alberta; Age 2 at 1921 Census: see Charles Proctor.³ He lived in 1926 at Ontario; "The Proctor family returned to Ontario" per family tree of Paul Kelly, May 19 2017.¹ He died on 27 September 1940 at age 20; "Name: PROCTOR, AUSTON WRIGHT; Age: 21; Date of Birth: 1919; Date of Death: 27 Sep 1940; Rank: Sub-Lieutenant; Unit: Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve; Force: Navy
Service Number: O60364; Reference: R112
Volume: 30495; Extra Information: Son of Mona L. Proctor, of Toronto, Ontario." sent to me via email by Cathy (cathereiss@aol.com) on Nov 6 2012. Date 1940 per "Proctor Family Tree" on a wall upstairs in Proctor House, Sept. 25, 2004.²

     Melissa Harnden was born in 1836 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Date 1836 per Burial. Date 1835 per 1851 Census. Date 1841 per 1881 Census.^1,2,3 She appeared on the census of March 1852 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 16 at 1851 Census: see Zadock Harnden.¹ As of before 1860,her married name was Servius.^4,3 She married Joseph T. Servius before 1860 at Canada West; per 1881 Census. per GEDCOM of Dan Harnden, Nov. 24, 2004.^4,3 Melissa Harnden appeared on the census of April 1861 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 22 at 1861 Census: see Zadock Harnden.⁵ She appeared on the census of April 1881 at Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 40 at 1881 Census: see Joseph T. Servius.³ She died on 18 August 1921 at Ontario; Date Aug 18 1921 per Burial.² She was buried on 20 August 1921 at Salem Cemetery, Cramahe Twp., Salem, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) In; Memory of; Melissa Harnden; Wife Of; Joseph T. Servius; Died Aug 18, 1921; Aged 85 Years; Dear Old Mother (Salem Cemetery, Salem, Jul 10 2004.)²

     Charles Wesley Harnden was born on 24 July 1839 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Date Jul 24 1839 & location Brighton per FindaGrave. Date Jul 24 1839 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1839 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1840 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1840 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1840 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date 1838 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date Jul 24 1838 per GEDCOM of Dan Harnden, Nov. 24, 2004.^{1,2,4,5,6,7,8,3} He appeared on the census of March 1851 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 13 at 1851 Census: see Zadock Harnden.¹ He appeared on the census of April 1861 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 21 at 1861 Census: see Zadock Harden.⁴ He married Laura Almeda Phillips, daughter of Beekman Phillips and Isabella Cumming, on 31 January 1867 at Cramahe Twp., Colborne, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Marriage Reg'n.# ..; Groom: Charles W. Camden; Age: 27; Res.: Brighton Twp; Born: Cramahe Twp; Parents: Ridock & Sarah Camden; Bride: Laura Phillips; Age: 32; Res. & Born: Brighton Twp; Parents: Bickman & Isabella Phillips; Date: Jan 31 1867; Place: Colborne Twp., Northumberland Co. (Ontario Marriage Register, ancestry.ca)
Date Jan 31 1867 & location Colborne per family tree of MillingtonBranch on ancestry.com, Oct 13 2022. per GEDCOM of Dan Harnden, Nov. 24, 2004.^2,9,10 Charles Wesley Harnden lived on 18 April 1867 at Conc 9 Lot 7, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Grant D43) show that Charles W. Harnden sold 100 acres of the west half of lot 7, concession 9, Brightoon Twp., Northumberland Co. to John A. Harnden. ITS Date: Apr 18 1867. Reg'n. Date: Jul 13 1867. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Twp., Conc 9, page 062 of 160, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Feb 23 2022.)¹¹ He appeared on the census of April 1871 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 31 at 1871 Census: Harnden, Charles, 31, b. Ont., Eng., WM, farmer, married; Laura, 27, b. ont., Eng., Bapt., married; Harry, 3; Flora, 2 (#62, Pg. 18, Line 5.)⁵ He appeared on the census of April 1881 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 41 at 1881 Census: Harnden, Charles, 41, b. Ont., Irish, EM, farmer, married; Laura A., 36, b. Ont., Eng., EM, married; Ralf H., 13; Flora, 11; Maud, 7 (1881 Census: Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., dist. 123, sub-dist. C-3, pg. 8, line 22 - ancestry.com.)⁶ He appeared on the census of April 1891 at Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 52 at 1891 Census: Harnden, Charles W., 52, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Pres., farmer, married; Laura, 46, b. Ont., p.b. US & Scotland, Pres., married; Harry R., 23, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Pres., Book Keeper, single; Flora I.?, 21, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Pres., Milliner, single; Hellen Maud, 17; Blakley, Laura L., 10, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Pres., adopted daughter (1891 Census: Brighton Village, Northumberland Co., dist. 98, sub-dist. b-1, pg. 5, line 12 - ancestry.com.)⁷ He appeared on the census of April 1901 at Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 61 at 1901 Census: Harnden, Charles, 61, b. Ont. r. Jul 24 1839, Eng., Meth., farm lab., married; Laura A., 56, b. Ont. r. Dec 3 1844, Scot., Meth., married; Harry R., 31, b. Ont. r. Apr 30 1869, Eng., Meth., Dentist's Apprentice, single; Helena M., 26, b. Ont. r. Apr 27 1874, Eng., Meth., Milliner, single (1901 Census: Brighton Village, Northumberland Co., dist. 95, sub-dist. b-2, pg. 3, line 47 - ancestry.com.)⁸ He died on 10 May 1908 at Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, at age 68; Date May 10 1908 & location Fort Saskatchewan per FindaGrave. L.A. Harnden is a widow in Alberta per 1911 Census, with son R.H. Harnden.^12,3 He was buried on 12 May 1908 at Fort Saskatchewan Cemetery, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta; FindaGrave: Name: Charles Wesley Harnden; BIRTH: 24 Jul 1839, Brighton, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; DEATH: 10 May 1908 (aged 68), Fort Saskatchewan, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada; BURIAL: Fort Saskatchewan Cemetery, Fort Saskatchewan, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada; PLOT: E-05 (Old Section); MEMORIAL ID: 152066985; Note: (Side 1) In Memory Of
CHARLES WESLEY HARNDEN; Who Died at Fort Saskatchewan; May 10th 1908. Aged 68 YRS 9 MOS. 18 DAYS; Born at Brighton, ONT; July 24th 1839 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152066985/charles-wesley-harnden.)³

     Hester Ann Harnden was born on 10 January 1842 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1842 per Memorial. Date Jan 10 1842 per Death Reg'n. Date 1840 per 1851 Census. Date 1840 & location Cramahe Twp. per marriage register.
Note: Death Reg'n. shows her parents were Zadock Harnden and Sarah Glover.^1,2,3,4 She appeared on the census of March 1852 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 11 at 1851 Census: see Zadock Harnden.¹ She appeared on the census of April 1861 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 19 at 1861 Census: see Zadock Harnden.⁵ She lived on 24 February 1862 at Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Residence Haldimand per marriage register.² As of 24 February 1862,her married name was Markle.⁶ She married George Marakle, son of John G. Markle and Catherine McNichol, on 24 February 1862 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Marriage Register: Groom: George Markle; Age: 22; Res.: Cramahe Twp; Born: Richmond Twp; Parents: John G. & Catharine Markle; Bride: Esther Ann Hardy; Age: 20; Res.: Haldimand Twp; Born: Cramahe Twp; Parents: ? & Sarah Hardy; Date: Feb 24 1862; Place: Northumberland Co. (ancestry.com)
Note: This marriage register shows surname of bride as "Hardy". Kristen's GEDCOM shows that it should be Harnden, a daughter of Zadoch and Sarah Harnden.
Date Feb 24 1862 & location Cramahe Twp. per GEDCOM of Kirsten, Aug 8, 2010.
Note: Guessing this is Esther Harnden, daughter of Zadoch???⁶ Hester Ann Harnden died on 21 November 1909 at Conc 2 Lot 7, Hope Twp., Durham Co., Ontario, at age 67; Death Reg'n.#021215: Name: Ester Ann Maracle; Date: Nov 21 1909; Age: 67y 10m 11d; Res.: Conc 2 Lot 7, Hope Twp; Born: Jan 10 1842; Status: wife; Parents: Zidoch Harnden & Sarah Glover, both born US; Phys.: Dr. A. H. Aldrich; Inf.: E. M. Maracle, Port Huron, Michigan; Reg'd.: Nov 21 1909 (Ontario Death Registration, #021215-1909, ancestry.com) Date 1909 per Memorial.^7,4 She was buried on 23 November 1909 at Welcome United Church Cemetery, Welcome, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (see Exhibit) RUSK; Henry J. Rusk; 1876 - 1962; His Wife; Florence H. Marakle; 1883 - 1952; George Marakle; 1839 - 1923; His Wife; Ester A. Harnden; 1842 - 1909 (Welcome United Church Cemetery, Welcome, Northumberland Co., image from CemSearch, Oct 26 2024)
CemSearch: Name: Esther Ann Marakle; Maiden: Harnden; Born: 1842; Died: Nov 21 1909; Age: 67y; ID: WELCUNB2243; Other names: Marakle, George (1839-1923), Rusk, Florence Helena [Marakle] (1883-1952), Rusk, Henry James (1876-1962); Cemetery: Welcome United Church Cemetery, Conc 2, Lot 11, Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Sec B2 row 02 Plot 243; Note: Died Hope Twp., wife of George Marakle. (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pid=WELCUNB2243%5E0.)^8,4

     Zacheus Harnden was born in 1846 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1846 per 1851 Census.¹ He appeared on the census of March 1852 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 5 at 1851 Census: see Zadock Harnden.¹ He appeared on the census of April 1861 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 13 at 1861 Census: see Zadock Harnden.²

     Alice Harnden was born in 1850 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1850 per 1851 Census.¹ She appeared on the census of March 1852 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 1 at 1851 Census: see Zadock Harnden.¹ She appeared on the census of April 1861 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 10 at 1861 Census: see Zadock Harnden.² She appeared on the census of April 1871 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 20 at 1871 census: see Zadock Harnden.³ As of 1 January 1873,her married name was Cryderman.⁴ She married Charles Wesley Cryderman, son of Ezra Cryderman and Sylvia Ann Russ, on 1 January 1873 at Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#009890: Groom: Charles Cryderman; Age: 27; Res. & Born: Cramahe Twp; Status: bachelor; Occ.: yeoman; Parents: Ezra & Lydia Cryderman; Bride: Alice Harnden; Age: 22; Res. & Born: Brighton Twp; Status: spinster; Parents: Zeddoc &Sarah Harnden; Wit.: George S. Cryderman, Percy Twp. & Anna Cryderman, Cramahe; Date: Jan 1 1873; Place: Percy Twp; Rel.: E. M; Peformed by: Rev. E. S. Rupert; Reg'r.: R. P. Hurlburt (Ontario Marriage Registration, #009890-1873, ancestry.com.)⁵