Person Page - 2311

     Catherine H. ? was born in 1831 at Upper Canada; Date 1831 & location UC per 1861 Census.¹ As of before 1856,her married name was Johnson.¹ She married George Sills Johnson, son of Joseph Johnson and Flora Helen Sills, before 1856 at Canada West; per 1861 Census.¹ Catherine H. ? appeared on the census of April 1861 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 30 at 1861 Census: see George S. Johnson.¹ She appeared on the census of April 1871 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 40 at 1871 Census: see George S. Johnson.²

     Carrie M. Johnson was born in July 1857 at 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.^1,2 She appeared on the census of April 1861 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 4 at 1861 Census: see George S. Johnson.¹ She died on 2 November 1862 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West, at age 5; Date Nov 2 1862 per CemSearch.² She was buried on 4 November 1862 at 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.)²

     Hedley W. H. Johnson was born in June 1859 at 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.^1,2,4 He appeared on the census of April 1861 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 2 at 1861 Census: see George S. Johnson.¹ He appeared on the census of April 1871 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 11 at 1871 Census: see George S. Johnson.² He died on 5 January 1879 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, at age 19; 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.^3,5

     Charlotte ? was born in 1816 at 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 As of before 1850,her married name was Johnson.¹ She married Joseph Johnson, son of Andrew "Andries" Johnson and Mary "Maritje" Lawson, before 1850 at Canada West; per 1851 Census. per 1861 Census.^1,3 Charlotte ? appeared on the census of 1852 at Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 35 at 1851 Census: see Joseph Johnson.³ She appeared on the census of April 1861 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 45 at 1861 Census: see George S. Johnson.¹ She appeared on the census of April 1871 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 54 at 1871 Census: see Joseph Johnson.²

     Eliza Johnson was born in 1863 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1863 & location Ont. per 1871 Census.¹ She appeared on the census of April 1871 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 8 at 1871 Census: see Joseph Johnson.¹

     Angeline Unger was born on 31 May 1842 at 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.^1,3,4,2 She lived on 28 July 1875 at Camden Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; Residence Camden per marr. reg'n.² As of 28 July 1875,her married name was Johnson.¹ She married George Sills Johnson, son of Joseph Johnson and Flora Helen Sills, on 28 July 1875 at 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.^1,5 Angeline Unger appeared on the census of April 1881 at Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Age 38 at 1881 Census: see George S. Johnson.³ She appeared on the census of April 1891 at Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Age 48 at 1891 Census: see George S. Johnson.⁴ She appeared on the census of April 1901 at Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Age 58 at 1901 Census: see George S. Johnson.¹ She was buried in 1930 at 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.)⁶ She died in 1930 at Ontario; Date 1930 per CemSearch.⁶

     Margaret Rannie was born in September 1860 at Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1860 & location UC per 1861 Census. per email from Dave Rannie, May 10 2009.^1,2 She died on 26 October 1860 at 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 She was buried on 28 October 1860 at 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 She appeared on the census of April 1861 at Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 1 at 1861 Census: see William Rainie (grandfather.)²

     Oscar Proctor McConnell was born on 15 June 1868 at 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.^{1,5,6,7,8,9,2,3,10,4,11} He appeared on the census of April 1871 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 2 at 1871 Census: see William McConnell.⁸ He appeared on the census of April 1881 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 12 at 1881 Census: see William McConnell.⁷ He appeared on the census of April 1891 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 22 at 1891 Census: see William McConnell.⁶ He married Margaret "Edith" Rannie, daughter of Alexander Rannie and Margaret Mitchell, on 25 December 1894 at 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.)¹ Oscar Proctor McConnell lived on 25 December 1894 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Brighton per marr. reg'n.¹ He appeared on the census of April 1901 at 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.)⁵ He lived in April 1901 at 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.)⁵ He appeared on the census of 1911 at 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.)³ He lived on 1 February 1911 at Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Informant for Death Reg'n. of his mother Jane (Clark) McConnell.² He appeared on the census of 1921 at 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.)¹⁰ He appeared on the census of 1931 at 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.)¹¹ He lived in 1935 at 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.⁹ He lived on 30 April 1935 at 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.)¹² He died on 25 September 1935 at Main St., Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario, at age 67; 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.^13,14,4 He was buried on 27 September 1935 at 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.^2,4

     Nettee Belle McConnell was born on 18 January 1872 at 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.^1,6,7,3,5 She appeared on the census of April 1881 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 9 at 1881 Census: see William McConnell.⁶ She appeared on the census of April 1891 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 19 at 1891 Census: see William McConnell.⁷ She appeared on the census of April 1901 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 29 at 1901 Census: see Oscar P. McConnell (brother.)¹ She appeared on the census of 1911 at Brighton Twp., Hilton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 39 at 1911 Census: see Oscar P. McConnell (brother.)³ She appeared on the census of 1921 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 47 at 1921 Census: see Oscar P. McConnell (brother.)³ She lived on 27 September 1935 at Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Informant for Death Reg'n. of her brother Oscar Proctor McConnell.⁸ She lived on 31 October 1940 at 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.)⁹ She lived on 31 March 1943 at 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.)⁹ She lived in 1945 at 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.¹⁰ She died in 1958 at Ontario; Date 1958 per Memorial.⁵ She was buried in 1958 at 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.)⁵

     Lorenzo McConnell was born on 8 November 1886 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Nov 8 1886 & location Ont. rural & "Adopted son" per 1901 Census.¹ He appeared on the census of April 1901 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 14 at 1901 Census: see Oscar P. McConnell.¹

     Donald William "Don" McConnell was born on 7 October 1897 at 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.^1,4,5,6 He appeared on the census of April 1901 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 3 at 1901 Census: see Oscar P. McConnell.¹ He appeared on the census of 1911 at Brighton Twp., Hilton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 13 at 1911 Census: see Oscar P. McConnell.⁴ He "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. in 1917 at Grove Park, London, England.⁷ He "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. on 7 September 1917 at Chatham, Kent, England. He married Anna Louisa Stagg on 26 July 1920 at Northumberland Co., Ontario; per family tree of jenkanderson on ancestry.com, Dec 4 2014.³ Donald William "Don" McConnell appeared on the census of 1921 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 23 at 1921 Census: see Oscar P. McConnell.⁵ He lived circa 1930 at 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, 1998.⁸ He died on 23 April 1973 at Broward, Florida, U.S.A., at age 75; Date 1973 per CemSearch. Date Apr 23 1973 & location Broward, Florida per family tree of jenkanderson on ancestry.com, Dec 4 2014.^3,6 He was buried on 25 April 1973 at 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.)⁶

     Theressa A. McConnell was born on 31 October 1857 at 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.^1,2,3,4 She appeared on the census of April 1861 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 4 at 1861 Census: see William McConnell.³ She appeared on the census of April 1871 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 13 at 1871 Census: see William McConnell.² She appeared on the census of April 1881 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 22 at 1881 Census: see William McConnell.¹

     Alexander "Rannie" McConnell was born on 11 October 1902 at Conc 2 Lot 34, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Birth Reg'n.#028296: Name: Alexander Rannie McConnell; Date: Oct 11 1902; Parents: Oscar McConnell & Miss Edith Rannie; Res.: Conc 2 Lot 34; Occ.: farmer; Phys. & Inf.: C. M. Sanford; Reg'd.: Oct 16 1902; Reg'r.: Fred Wade, Brighton Twp. (Ontario Birth Registration, #028296-1902, ancestry.ca) Date Oct 11 1902 per FindaGrave. Date 1903 & location Ont. per 1931 Census. Date 1903 & location Ont. per 1921 Census. Date 1903 & location Ont. per 1911 Census. Date Oct 11 1902 & location Brighton per family tree of jenkanderson on ancestry.com, Dec 4 2014. Date Oct 1903 per GEDCOM of Neil Myers Clark, May 11, 2009.^{1,2,3,4,7,5,6} He appeared on the census of 1911 at Brighton Twp., Hilton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 8 at 1911 Census: see Oscar P. McConnell.³ He appeared on the census of 1921 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 18 at 1921 Census: see Oscar P. McConnell.⁴ He was Occupation "life insurance salesman" per 1931 Census. in 1931 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario.⁶ He appeared on the census of 1931 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 28 at 1931 Census: see Oscar McConnell.⁶ He lived on 30 April 1935 at 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.)⁸ He lived on 31 October 1940 at Village Lot 32, Main St. South, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Grant 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.)⁸ He married Nora Jean McMichael on 12 March 1942 at Toronto, York Co., Ontario; per family tree of jenkanderson on ancestry.com, Dec 4 2014.² Alexander "Rannie" McConnell lived on 23 July 1962 at Village Lot 32, South Main St., Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Grant 30546) show that Alexander R. McConnell, Hubert B. McConnell (Executors of the estate of Nettie B. McConnell sold said lot to Jarko & Nunia Zavi for $7,000. ITS Date: Jul 23 1962; Reg'n. Date: Aug 2 1962. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 004,pg. 162 of 399, (Conc 01, Lot 01, south Main St.), page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Apr 6 2023.)⁸ He lived on 23 July 1962 at Village Lot 32, Main St. South, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Grant 30546) show that Alexander R. McConnell, Hubert B. McConnell (Executors of the estate of Nettie B. McConnell sold "said lot", Village lot 32 South Side of Main St., Village of Brighton, Northumberland Co. to Jarko Zavi & Nunzia Zavi (Joint Tenants) for $7,000. ITS Date: Jul 23 1962. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Village of Brighton, Book 004, pg. 162 of 399, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Apr 6 2023.)⁸ He Priscilla Anderson told me that her uncle, Rannie McConnell, was an amazing actor and he encouranged his nephew, Peter McConnell, in that field. Alexander Rannie McConnell was a successful salesman, first with insrance, then with DeLaval, then with automobiles. Just the sales type. Priscilla recalls him coming from Toronto to Brighton a play or theatre event and being the life of the event. He was handsome, gregarious and social. Neat fellow! (Dan Buchanan, Jul 7 2023) circa 1970 at Ontario.⁹ He died on 25 October 1982 at Toronto, York Co., Ontario, at age 80; Date Oct 25 1982 per FindaGrave. Date Oct 25 1982 & location Toronto per family tree of Alex Hume on ancestry.ca, Jun 13 2023. per family tree of jenkanderson on ancestry.com, Dec 4 2014.^2,5 He was buried on 28 October 1982 at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario; FindaGrave: Name: A. R. “Mac” McConnell; BIRTH: 11 Oct 1902; DEATH: 25 Oct 1982 (aged 80); BURIAL: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada; MEMORIAL ID: 153327892 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153327892/a.-r.-mcconnell.)⁵

     Hubert Ballard McConnell was born on 23 July 1908 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Birth Reg'n.#034031: Name: Hubert Ballard McConnell; Date: Jul 23 1908; Parents: Oscar Proctor Mcconnell, farmer, & Edith Rannie; Inf. & Phys.: Dr. C. M. Sanford, Brighton (Reg'd.: Jul 28 1908; Reg'r.: Fred O. Wade, Brighton Twp. (Ontario Birth REgistration, #034031-1908, ancestry.com) Date 1908 per Memorial & FindaGrave. Date Jul 23 1908 & location Brighton per FindaGrave. Date 1909 & location Ont. per 1931 Census. Date 1910 & location Ont. per 1921 Census. Date 1909 & location Ont. per 1911 Census. Date Jul 23 1908 & location "Ancestral Farm (Sunner Heights Farm), Brighton Twp. - per family tree of jenkanderson on ancestry.com, Dec 4 2014. Date Jul 1908 & location Brighton Twp. per GEDCOM of Neil Myers Clark, May 11, 2009.^{1,2,6,3,4,5,7,8} He appeared on the census of 1911 at Brighton Twp., Hilton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 2 at 1911 Census: see Oscar P. McConnell.³ He appeared on the census of 1921 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 11 at 1921 Census: see Oscar P. McConnell.⁴ He appeared on the census of 1931 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 22 at 1931 Census: see Oscar McConnell.⁸ He lived on 30 June 1934 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Brighton Twp. per marr. reg'n.⁹ He married Maxcine Gertrude Ackley, daughter of Edward Ackley and Effie May Washburn, on 30 June 1934 at Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#016979: Groom: Hubert Ballard McConnell; Age: 25; Res. & Born: Brighton Twp; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Rel.: United Church; Parents: Oscar Procter McConnell & Margaret Edith Rannie; Bride: Maxine Gertrude Ackley McGloughlin; Age: 26; Res.: Brighton; Born: Craigmont?, Renfrew Co; Status: "Teacher"?; Occ.: teacher; Rel.: United Church; Parents: Edward Ackley & Effie May Washburn; Wit.: Alexander Rannie McConnell, Brighton & Mrs. Audrey May Brooks, Brighton; Date: June 30 1934; Place: Brighton Twp; Performed by: A. K. McLeod, Brighton, United Church; Sworn: Belleville, 25 Junr 1934; Reg'r.: Joseph Holmes, Belleville (Ontario Marriage Registration, #016979-1934, ancestry.ca)
Date Jun 30 1934 & location Brighton per family tree of jenkanderson on ancestry.com, Dec 4 2014.^2,10 Hubert Ballard McConnell lived in 1935 at 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.¹¹ He lived on 28 December 1935 at Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Witness at marriage reg'n. of Bernard James Morgan & Clara Audrey May Brooks.⁹ He lived in 1962 at North York Twp., Toronto, York Centre, Ontario; "64 McConnell, Hubert, temperance wkr. ... 162" & "64 McConnell, Mrs. Maxine, teacher ... 163" & "64 McConnell, Peter, Policeman ... 164" Canada Voter Lists, 1962, York Centre, Lurgan Dr. ... pg 68 of 841, ancecstry.ca. He lived on 23 July 1962 at Village Lot 32, Main St. South, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Grant 30546) show that Alexander R. McConnell, Hubert B. McConnell (Executors of the estate of Nettie B. McConnell sold "said lot", Village lot 32 South Side of Main St., Village of Brighton, Northumberland Co. to Jarko Zavi & Nunzia Zavi (Joint Tenants) for $7,000. ITS Date: Jul 23 1962. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Village of Brighton, Book 004, pg. 162 of 399, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Apr 6 2023.)¹² He died on 9 February 1983 at Lakeland, Florida, U.S.A., at age 74; Date 1983 per Memorial & FindaGrave. Date Feb 9 1983 & location Lakeland, Florida per family tree of jenkanderson on ancestry.com, Dec 4 2014.^2,7,5 He was buried on 11 February 1983 at Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) McCONNELL; Hubert B. McConnell; 1908 (Masonic Symbol) 1983; His Wife; Maxcine G. McGloughlin; 1907 - 1998 (Mount Hope Cemetery, Susan Brose Collection, 612 2, Oct 2005)
FindaGrave: Name: Hubert Ballard McConnell; Birth: 23 Jul 1908, Brighton, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; Death: 9 Feb 1983 (aged 74), Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, USA; Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; Memorial ID: 190534029 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190534029.)^5,7

     Sophia Clark was born in 1811 at Queen's Co., New Brunswick; Date 1811 & location Cda. per family tree of wemettsue on ancestry.ca, June 14 2021. Date c. 1810 & location Queen's Co., NB per GEDCOM of Neil Myers Clark, May 11, 2009.^1,2 As of before 1824,her married name was McConnell.¹ She married Marenus Gilbert "Miron" McConnell, son of Eli Seely McConnell and Roxey ?, before 1824 at Upper Canada; per GEDCOM of Neil Myers Clark, May 11, 2009.¹ Sophia Clark died circa 1846 at Canada West; Date b. 1846 & location Ont. per family tree of wemettsue on ancestry.ca, June 14 2021. per GEDCOM of Neil Myers Clark, May 11, 2009.^1,2

     John Mitchell was born on 1 December 1851 at Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date Dec 1 1815 & location Seymour Twp. per family tree of ct99246 on ancestry.ca, Nov 7 2021. per email from Dave Rannie, May 10 2009.^1,2 He married Jane Fry, daughter of Thomas Fry and Mayzod ?, before 1875 at Ontario; per email from Dave Rannie, May 10 2009.¹ John Mitchell married Elizabeth Martin, daughter of John Martin and Susan Spry, before 1880 at Ontario; per email from Dave Rannie, May 10 2009.¹ John Mitchell died on 2 January 1936 at Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, at age 84; Date Jan 2 1936 & location Seymour Twp. per family tree of ct99246 on ancestry.ca, Nov 7 2021. per email from Dave Rannie, May 10 2009.^1,2

     Jane Fry was born in 1850 at Canada West; Date 1850 & location UC per 1861 Census. per email from Dave Rannie, May 10 2009.^1,2 She appeared on the census of April 1861 at Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 11 at 1861 Census: see Thomas Fry.² As of before 1875,her married name was Mitchell.¹ She married John Mitchell, son of John Mitchell and Isabella Innes, before 1875 at Ontario; per email from Dave Rannie, May 10 2009.¹ Jane Fry died in 1876; per email from Dave Rannie, May 10 2009.¹

     Arthur T. Mitchell was born in 1876 at Ontario; per email from Dave Rannie, May 10 2009.¹ He married Jennie Sanders before 1896; per email from Dave Rannie, May 10 2009.¹ Arthur T. Mitchell died in 1950; per email from Dave Rannie, May 10 2009.¹

     Jennie Sanders was born circa 1876; per email from Dave Rannie, May 10 2009.¹ As of before 1896,her married name was Mitchell.¹ She married Arthur T. Mitchell, son of John Mitchell and Jane Fry, before 1896; per email from Dave Rannie, May 10 2009.¹

     Elizabeth Martin was born on 25 October 1842 at Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Oct 25 1842 & location Seymour Twp. per family tree of ct99246 on ancestry.ca, Nov 7 2021. per email from Dave Rannie, May 10 2009.^1,2 As of 22 November 1864,her married name was Stollery.² She married John Stollery on 22 November 1864 at Northumberland Co., Canada West; per family tree of ct99246 on ancestry.ca, Nov 7 2021.² As of before 1880,her married name was Mitchell.¹ Elizabeth Martin married John Mitchell, son of John Mitchell and Isabella Innes, before 1880 at Ontario; per email from Dave Rannie, May 10 2009.¹ Elizabeth Martin died on 30 December 1901 at Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, at age 59; Date Dec 30 1901 & location Seymour Twp. per family tree of ct99246 on ancestry.ca, Nov 7 2021. per email from Dave Rannie, May 10 2009.^1,2

     May Louise Mitchell was born on 25 May 1881 at Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date May 25 1881 per email from Dave Rannie, May 10 2009. Date 1882 & location Seymour Twp. per marr. reg'n.^1,2 She lived on 3 April 1907 at Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Seymour Twp. per marr. reg'n.² As of 3 April 1907,her married name was Grills.¹ She married Alfred "Fred" Grills, son of Richard Piper Grills and Mary Ann Fry, on 3 April 1907 at Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#015920: Groom: Alfred Grills; Age: 26; Res. & Born: Seymour Twp; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Rel.: Meth; Parents: Richard P. Grills & Mary Fry; Bride: Louise May Mitchell; Age: 25; Res. & Born: Seymour Twp; Status: spinster; Rel.: Meth; Parents: John Mitchell & Bessie Martin; Wit.: Ernest Mitchell & Mary Gould, Seymour Twp; Date: Apr 3 1907; Place: Seymour Twp; Performed by: Rev. G. Copleland; Reg'd.: apr 19 1907; Reg'r.: J. B. Ferris (Ontario Marriage Registration, #015920-1907, ancestry.com) per email from Dave Rannie, May 10 2009.^1,3 May Louise Mitchell died on 2 September 1938 at age 57; per email from Dave Rannie, May 10 2009.¹

     Alfred "Fred" Grills was born on 13 April 1880 at Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Apr 13 1880 per email from Dave Rannie, May 10 2009. Date 1881 & location Seymour Twp. per marr. reg'n.^1,2 He lived on 3 April 1907 at Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Seymour Twp. per marr. reg'n.² He married May Louise Mitchell, daughter of John Mitchell and Elizabeth Martin, on 3 April 1907 at Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#015920: Groom: Alfred Grills; Age: 26; Res. & Born: Seymour Twp; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Rel.: Meth; Parents: Richard P. Grills & Mary Fry; Bride: Louise May Mitchell; Age: 25; Res. & Born: Seymour Twp; Status: spinster; Rel.: Meth; Parents: John Mitchell & Bessie Martin; Wit.: Ernest Mitchell & Mary Gould, Seymour Twp; Date: Apr 3 1907; Place: Seymour Twp; Performed by: Rev. G. Copleland; Reg'd.: apr 19 1907; Reg'r.: J. B. Ferris (Ontario Marriage Registration, #015920-1907, ancestry.com) per email from Dave Rannie, May 10 2009.^1,3 Alfred "Fred" Grills died on 12 November 1968 at age 88; per email from Dave Rannie, May 10 2009.¹

     Laura Tinney was born in 1881 at England; Date 1881 & location England per marr. reg'n.¹ She lived on 21 February 1906 at Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Seymour Twp. per marr. reg'n.¹ As of 21 February 1906,her married name was Grills.² She married Albert Grills, son of Richard Piper Grills and Mary Ann Fry, on 21 February 1906 at Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#014865: Groom: Albert Grills; Age: 28; Res. & Born: Seymour Twp; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Rel.: Meth; Parents: Richard P. Grills & Mary A. Fry; Bride: Laura Tinney; Age: 25; Res.: Seymour Twp; Born: England; Status; spinster; Occ.: housekeeper; Rel.: Meth; Parents: Josiah Tinney & Metura Stephens; Wit.: Wm. H. Grills & Elsie Tinney, Seymour; Date: Feb 21 1906; Performed by: Rev. C. H. Fusee; Reg'd.: Feb 26 1906; Reg'r.: J. b. Ferris (Ontario Marriage Registration, #014865-1906, ancestry.com.)²

     Albert Grills was born in 1878 at Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1878 & location Seymour Twp. per marr. reg'n.¹ He lived on 21 February 1906 at Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Seymour Twp. per marr. reg'n.¹ He married Laura Tinney, daughter of Josiah Tinney and Meturah Stephens, on 21 February 1906 at Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#014865: Groom: Albert Grills; Age: 28; Res. & Born: Seymour Twp; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Rel.: Meth; Parents: Richard P. Grills & Mary A. Fry; Bride: Laura Tinney; Age: 25; Res.: Seymour Twp; Born: England; Status; spinster; Occ.: housekeeper; Rel.: Meth; Parents: Josiah Tinney & Metura Stephens; Wit.: Wm. H. Grills & Elsie Tinney, Seymour; Date: Feb 21 1906; Performed by: Rev. C. H. Fusee; Reg'd.: Feb 26 1906; Reg'r.: J. b. Ferris (Ontario Marriage Registration, #014865-1906, ancestry.com.)²

     Ernest John Mitchell was born on 5 December 1882 at Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Birth Reg'n.#023740: Name: Ernest John Mitchell; Date: Dec 5 1882; Parents: John Mitchell & Elizabeth Martin; Inf.: John Mitchell, farmer, Seymour Twp; Reg'd.: Dec 15 1882; Reg'r.: John Rutherford (Ontario Birth Registration, #023740-1882, ancestry.com.)² He married Mary J. Gould, daughter of John Gould and Margaret Hopps, on 22 May 1907 at Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#015923: Groom: Ernest J. Mitchell; Age: 24; Res. & Born: Seymour Twp; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Rel.: Meth; Parents: John Mitchell & Bessie Martin; Bride: Mary J. Gould; Age: 19; Res. & Born: Seymour Twp; Status: spinster; Rel.: Meth; Parents: John Gould & Margaret Hopps; Wit.: H. S. Mitchell, Seymour Twp. & Carrie M. Kilne, Campbellford; Date: May 22 1907; Place: Seymour Twp; Performed by: Rev. G. Copeland; Reg'd.: May 22 1907; Reg'r.: J. B. Ferris (Ontario Marriage Registration, #015923-1907, ancestry.com.)³

     Mary J. Gould was born in 1888 at Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1888 & location Seymour Twp. per marr. reg'n.¹ As of 22 May 1907,her married name was Mitchell.¹ She married Ernest John Mitchell, son of John Mitchell and Elizabeth Martin, on 22 May 1907 at Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#015923: Groom: Ernest J. Mitchell; Age: 24; Res. & Born: Seymour Twp; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Rel.: Meth; Parents: John Mitchell & Bessie Martin; Bride: Mary J. Gould; Age: 19; Res. & Born: Seymour Twp; Status: spinster; Rel.: Meth; Parents: John Gould & Margaret Hopps; Wit.: H. S. Mitchell, Seymour Twp. & Carrie M. Kilne, Campbellford; Date: May 22 1907; Place: Seymour Twp; Performed by: Rev. G. Copeland; Reg'd.: May 22 1907; Reg'r.: J. B. Ferris (Ontario Marriage Registration, #015923-1907, ancestry.com.)²

     John Gould was born circa 1855; per marriage reg'n. of daughter Mary J. (Gould) Grills.¹ He married Margaret Hopps before 1885; per marriage reg'n. of daughter Mary J. (Gould) Grills.¹

     Margaret Hopps was born circa 1855; per marriage reg'n. of daughter Mary J. (Gould) Grills.¹ She married John Gould before 1885; per marriage reg'n. of daughter Mary J. (Gould) Grills.¹ As of before 1885,her married name was Gould.¹