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     Dorcas Staples was born in August 1862 at Ontario; Date Aug 1862 & location Ont. per 1911 Census. Date 1862 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1863 & location Cda. per marr. reg'n.^1,3,2 She lived on 28 March 1881 at Hope Twp., Durham Co., Ontario; Residence Hope Twp. per marr. reg'n.¹ She married John Weatherup, son of Thomas Weatherup and Wealthy Haskill, on 28 March 1881 at Port Hope, Durham Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#007997: Groom: John Weatherup; Age: 30; Res.: Hope Twp; Born: Cda; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Parents: Thomas & Wealthy Weatherup; Bride: Dorcas Staples; Age: 18; Res.: Hope Twp; Born: Cda; Status: spinster; Parents: George & Mary Staples; Wit.: George & Mary E. Staples, Hope Twp; Date: Mar 28 1881; Place: Port Hope; Rel.: Meth; Performed by: W. H. ?Lane?, Ministyer; Reg'r.: H. V. Sanders, Pot Hope (Ontario Marriage Registration, #007997-1881, ancestry.com.)⁴ Dorcas Staples appeared on the census of April 1891 at Ops Twp., Victoria South Co., Ontario; Age 29 at 1891 Census: see John Weatherup.³ She appeared on the census of 1911 at Glenelg St., Lindsay, Victoria Co., Ontario; Age 49 at 1911 Census: see John Weatherup.² She lived on 22 August 1929 at 506 Patterson St., Peterborough, Peterborough Co., Ontario; Informant for Death Reg'n. of her husband John Weatherup.⁵

     George Staples was born circa 1830; per marriage reg'n. of daughter Dorcas (Staples) Weatherup.¹ He married Mary ? before 1860; per marriage reg'n. of daughter Dorcas (Staples) Weatherup.¹

     Mary ? was born circa 1830; per marriage reg'n. of daughter Dorcas (Staples) Weatherup.¹ She married George Staples before 1860; per marriage reg'n. of daughter Dorcas (Staples) Weatherup.¹

     Edith May Masters was born in 1899 at Tooting, South London, England; "Edith May Masters was born in Tooting, South London, England in 1899." from "Living In Hope" by Sue Allan, domtom publishing ltd, 2011, pg. 196.¹ She "It was not long afterwards that I met Bill Weatherup. After work, Hattie and I were walking arm in arm along Merton High Street on soggy evening in March, nineteen-eighteen. Just after an omnibus turned in at Merton Garage, two soldiers jumped off it and crossed the road in front of us. ... The long and the short of it is that Bill and his mate invited us for a drink down at the Nelson's Arms. Afterwards, they took us to the pictures. And then after that, Bill and I were together every day until his leave was up and he had to go back to rejoin his unit in France." from "Living In Hope" by Sue Allan, domtom publishing ltd, 2011, pg. 207 & 208. in March 1918 at Merton High Street.¹ She "In early February I got a letter postmarked 'Liverpool'. Bill was back in England. Bill was back and already prepared for 'demobilization', and then he would soon be sent home to Canada." from "Living In Hope" by Sue Allan, domtom publishing ltd, 2011, pg. 213. in February 1919 at England.¹ She "In his letter, Bill informed me that the Army had just received word that the Canadian Government was about to pass an order offering free passage for all Canadian dependants from their homes in England to Canada. And then, to my great surprise, Bill asked to marry him." from "Living In Hope" by Sue Allan, domtom publishing ltd, 2011, pg. 214. in February 1919 at England.¹ She married William Henry Weatherup, son of Robert Weatherup and Sarah Jane McCracken, on 19 February 1919 at Holy Trinity Church, Wimbledon, England; "Bill came to me on a three-day pass. And so, on the nineteenth of February, despite my mother's misgivings, we were married at Holy Trinity Church, just off Wimbeldon Broadway." from "Living In Hope" by Sue Allan, domtom publishing ltd, 2011, pg. 216.¹ As of 19 February 1919,her married name was Weatherup. Edith May Masters "I didn't see him again until he was posted briefly at Whitley in Surrey that May, but he had soon been whisked away again to Rhyl, back to Knotty Ash, and then on to Buxton, to prepare for demobbing - which had been promised to the men some time the beginning of autumn." from "Living In Hope" by Sue Allan, domtom publishing ltd, 2011, pg. 216. in May 1919 at Whitley, Surrey, England.¹ She "As I settled myself in, I listened to the other's bright and hopeful talk about what the future was going to hold for us. I got so swept along by their exited chatter that I soon found myself hardly able to contain my own excitement at finally being on my way to start my new life in Canada with Bill. One week; one week at sea and we would be there!" from "Living In Hope" by Sue Allan, domtom publishing ltd, 2011, pg. 238. circa 7 August 1919 at Liverpool, England.¹ She "So later I slept a little better than I might have, but still thoughts of the demise of the Titanic lingered in the back of my mind. But I needn't have worried at all, because the next afternoon we docked at Halifax, and then sped onwards towards Ontario and Bill's home county of Northumberland." from "Living In Hope" by Sue Allan, domtom publishing ltd, 2011, pg. 241. circa 14 August 1919 at Northumberland Co., Ontario.¹ She "At first, I was led to believe that I would be allowed to stay with Bill for a few days at Warkworth, before he was demobbed. But as things turned out, I was sent on ahead - alone - to his family home. I had also been expecting to go to a town called Cramahe, only to be told that Bill's widowed mother had recently relocated to a village called Norham in the Township of Percy. There, I soon discovered that I could have easily walked back to Warkworth from his mother's new home, but Bill might as well have been based a thousand miles away." from "Living In Hope" by Sue Allan, domtom publishing ltd, 2011, pg. 242. circa 16 August 1919 at Percy Twp., Norham, Northumberland Co., Ontario.¹ She "Angeline and I took to each other at once. Although Sarah Weatherup had ten children, only Angeline, and her younger brothers, Charles and Fred, still lived at home. The older daughters, Ida, Mary, and Eliza, were all grown up and married, as was eldest son, John. There had been another son, George, but he had died from Tuberculosis at the age of twenty, not long before Bill had gone off to war. And another brother, James, had died in infancy." from "Living In Hope" by Sue Allan, domtom publishing ltd, 2011, pg. 245. circa 17 August 1919 at Percy Twp., Norham, Northumberland Co., Ontario.¹ She "Come the last week in May, nineteen-twenty-five, four-year-old Freddie, baby Doris, and I, were aboard the White Star Line's 'Doric', heading out of Quebec and on our way to England." from "Living In Hope" by Sue Allan, domtom publishing ltd, 2011, pg. 268. on 26 May 1925 at England.¹

     Beatrice Melissa Quackenbush was born on 29 April 1908 at Ontario; Date 1908 per Memorial. Date Apr 29 1908 & location Ont. per family tree of LizHuegel on ancestry.com, May 11 2016.^1,2 As of 1929,her married name was Weatherup.^1,2 She married Frederick Kenneth Weatherup, son of Robert Weatherup and Sarah Jane McCracken, in 1929 at Campbellford, Northumberland Co., Ontario; per Memorial. Date 1929 & location Campbellford per family tree of LizHuegel on ancestry.com, May 11 2016.^1,2 Beatrice Melissa Quackenbush died on 16 December 2005 at Warkworth, Northumberland Co., Ontario, at age 97; per family tree of LizHuegel on ancestry.com, May 11 2016.² She Memorial: (See Exhibit) WEATHERUP; 1905 - Fred K. - 1974; 1908 - Beatrice M. - ; Son; 1941 - Clarence E. 1956 (Stone Cemetery, Percy Twp.) per family tree of LizHuegel on ancestry.com, May 11 2016. on 19 December 2005 at Ontario.^1,2

     Clarence E. Weatherup was born in 1941 at Ontario; Date 1941 per Memorial. Date 1941 per Memorial.^1,2 He died on 2 April 1956 at Ontario; Date 1956 per Memorial. Date Apr 2 1956 per family tree of LizHuegel on ancestry.com, May 11 2016.^1,2 He was buried on 5 April 1956 at Stone Cemetery, Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) WEATHERUP; 1905 - Fred K. - 1974; 1908 - Beatrice M. - ; Son; 1941 - Clarence E. 1956 (Stone Cemetery, Percy Twp.) per family tree of LizHuegel on ancestry.com, May 11 2016.^1,2

     George Weatherup was born in 1872 at Hope Twp., Durham Co., Ontario; Date 1872 & location Ont. per 1881 Census.¹ He appeared on the census of April 1881 at Amabel Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario; Age 9 at 1881 Census: see James Weatherup.¹

     Margaret Weatherup was born in 1874 at Ontario; Date 1874 7 location Ont. per 1881 Census.¹ She appeared on the census of April 1881 at Amabel Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario; Age 7 at 1881 Census: see James Weatherup.¹

     Joseph Weatherup was born in 1878 at Ontario; Date 1878 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1878 & location Ont. per 1881 Census.¹ He appeared on the census of April 1881 at Amabel Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario; Age 3 at 1881 Census: see James Weatherup.¹ He appeared on the census of April 1891 at Hope Twp., Durham Co., Ontario; Age 13 at 1891 Census: see James Weatherup (father.)²

     Robert J. Norton was born on 4 July 1860 at Brock Twp., Ontario Co., Canada West; Date 1862 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1863 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1863 & location Brock, Ont. per mar. reg'n. Date Jul 4 1860 per GEDCOM of Elizabeth Archer, Feb 9, 2018.^1,3,2,4 He appeared on the census of April 1871 at Arran Twp., North Bruce Co., Ontario; Age 8 at 1871 Census: see Levi Norton.³ He appeared on the census of April 1881 at Amabel Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario; Age 19 at 1881 Census: see Levi Norton.¹ He lived on 9 December 1886 at Amabel Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario; Residence Amabel per marr. reg'n.⁴ He married Catherine McKentail, daughter of Angus McKentail and Mary M. Leva, on 9 December 1886 at Amabel Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#001449: Groom: Robert Norton; Age: 20; Res.: Amabel; Born: Brock, Ont; Status: bachelor; Occ.: Cooper; Parents: Levi Norton & Harriet Waltenburg; Bride: Catherine McKentail; Age: 24; Res. & Born; Sydenham; Status: spinster; Parents; Angus MKentail & Mary M. Leva; Wit.: David Conlki & Addie Smith, Amabel; Date: Dec 9 1886; Place: Amabel; Rel.: Meth. & Pres; Peformed by: Rev. J. J. Noblel Reg'r.: R. H. Murray, Amabel (Ontario Marriage Registration, #001449-1886, ancestry.ca.)⁵ Robert J. Norton lived on 28 May 1894 at Arran Twp., Tara, Bruce Co., Ontario; Informant for Death of Daniel Norton, a brother.⁶ He appeared on the census of April 1901 at Owen Sound, North Grey Co., Ontario; Age 40 at 1901 Census: see Elijah Williams (father-in-law.)⁷

     Donald Norton was born in 1864 at Canada West; Date 1866 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1864 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1865 & location Ont. per 1871 Census.^1,3,2 He appeared on the census of April 1881 at Amable Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario; Age 17 at 1881 Census: see Levi Norton.¹ He married Hannah (?) circa 1882 at Ontario; per 1891 Census.^3,5 Donald Norton appeared on the census of 29 April 1891 at Amabel Twp., North Bruce Co., Ontario; Age 25 at 1891 Census: Norton, Donald, 25, b. Ont., p.b .Ont. & Quebec, Meth., farm lab., married; Hannah, 24, b. Ont., p.b. Eng., Meth., married; Thos., 7, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Meth; William, 3; Earnest, 1; Levi, 75, b. Que., p.b. Gremnay & Scotland, father, married; Harriet, 63, b. Ont., p.b. NB & Scot., Meth., motehr, married; Jane, 30, b. Ont., p.b. Que & Ont., Meth., sister, single (1891 Census: Amabel Twp., North Bruce Co., dist. 52, b. sub-dist B-1, pg. 46, line 18 - ancestry.ca.)³

     Walter James Weatherup was born on 12 June 1884 at Hope Twp., Durham Co., Ontario; Birth Reg'n.#024406: Name: Walter James Weatherup; Date: Jun 12 1884; Parents: John Weatherup & Dorcus Staples; Inf.: J. Weatherup, farmer, Hope Twp; Reg'd.: May 22 1885; Phsy.: T. R. ??Corbett; Reg'r.: E. D. Dodd, Hope Twp. (Ontario Birth Registration, #024406-1885, ancestry.com.)² He appeared on the census of April 1891 at Ops Twp., Victoria South Co., Ontario; Age 7 at 1891 Census: see John Weatherup.³

     Mary Weatherup was born in 1886 at Ontario; Date 1886 & location Ont. per 1891 Census.¹ She appeared on the census of April 1891 at Ops Twp., Victoria South Co., Ontario; Age 5 at 1891 Census: see John Weatherup.¹

     Dorcas Pearl Weatherup was born in 1887 at Ontario; Date 1887 & location Ont. per 1891 Census.¹ She appeared on the census of April 1891 at Ops Twp., Victoria South Co., Ontario; Age 4 at 1891 Census: see John Weatherup.¹

     Vincent Weatherup was born in 1889 at Ontario; Date 1889 & location Ont. per 1891 Census.¹ He appeared on the census of April 1891 at Ops Twp., Victoria South Co., Ontario; Age 2 at 1891 Census: see John Weatherup.¹

     John Henry Weatherup was born in March 1891 at Ops Twp., Victoria South Co., Ontario; Date Mar 1891 & location Ont. per 1891 Census.¹ He appeared on the census of April 1891 at Ops Twp., Victoria South Co., Ontario; Age 1 month at 1891 Census: see John Weatherup.¹

     Stanley Weatherup was born in August 1894 at Ontario; Date Aug 1894 & location Ont. per 1911 Census.¹ He appeared on the census of 1911 at Glenelg St., Lindsay, Victoria Co., Ontario; Age 17 at 1911 Census: see John Weatherup.¹

     Else Weatherup was born in October 1896 at Ontario; Date Oct 1896 & location Ont. per 1911 Census.¹ She appeared on the census of 1911 at Glenelg St., Lindsay, Victoria Co., Ontario; Age 15 at 1911 Census: see John Weatherup.¹

     Burton Weatherup was born in October 1899 at Ontario; Date Oct 1899 & location Ont. per 1911 Census.¹ He appeared on the census of 1911 at Glenelg St., Lindsay, Victoria Co., Ontario; Age 12 at 1911 Census: see John Weatherup.¹

     Ephraim Weatherup was born in 1867 at Hope Twp., Durham Co., Ontario; Date 1868 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1867 & location Ont. per 1871 Census.^1,2 He appeared on the census of April 1871 at Hope Twp., Durham East Co., Ontario; Age 4 at 1871 Census: see Thomas Weatherup.¹ He appeared on the census of April 1881 at Hope Twp., Durham East Co., Ontario; Age 13 at 1881 Census: see Thomas Weatherup.²

     Aliger John Robins was born in 1884 at Alnwick Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1884 & location Alnwick per marr. reg'n.¹ He lived on 11 December 1907 at Alnwick Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Alnwick Twp. per marr. reg'n.¹ He married Ida Weatherup, daughter of Robert Weatherup and Sarah Jane McCracken, on 11 December 1907 at Hastings, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#015758: Groom: Aliger John Robins; Age: 23; Res. & Born: Alnwick Twp; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Rel.: CE; Parents: Wm. Robins & Sarah Reynolds; Bride: Ida Wetherup; Age: 19; Res. & Born: Alnwick Twp; Status: spinster; Rel.: Meth; Parents: Robert John Wetherup & Sarah Jane McCracken; Wit.: J. & B. Thomson, Hastings; Date: Dec 11 1907; Place: Hastings; Performed by: Rev. D. A. Thomson; Reg'r.: A. W. Wilson, Hastings (Ontario Marriage Registration, #015758-1907, ancestry.com.)²

     William Robins was born circa 1855; per marriage reg'n. of son Aliger John Robins.¹ He married Sarah Reynolds before 1880; per marriage reg'n. of son Aliger John Robins.¹

     Sarah Reynolds was born circa 1855; per marriage reg'n. of son Aliger John Robins.¹ She married William Robins before 1880; per marriage reg'n. of son Aliger John Robins.¹

     Frederick Charles Weatherup was born on 6 February 1921 at Percy Twp., Norham, Northumberland Co., Ontario; "It was in the small hours of a freezing cold morning in early February when I woke with the most dreadful cramps in my abdomen. My moans woke Bill, who then ran downstairs to fetch his mother. She confirmed what I already dreaded; I had gone into labour." ... and ... ""With the next contraction Sarah Weatherup delivered my child." from "Living In Hope" by Sue Allan, domtom publishing ltd, 2011, pg. 257 & 259.¹ He "After Edith May had disappeared from my late father's life, Dad had been nearing his teens. He then joined Doris in being brought up in the care of his maternal grandparents, John and Annie Masters." from "Living In Hope" by Sue Allan, domtom publishing ltd, 2011, pg. 290. circa 1927 at England.¹ He "Desperately unhappy with his lot in life under his grandparent's guardianship, my father ran off and, after lying about his age, enlisted in the British Army. He Trained at Woolwich - to become a Gunner in the Artillery." from "Living In Hope" by Sue Allan, domtom publishing ltd, 2011, pg. 290. circa 1928 at England.¹ He "Dad handed me a piece of paper on which he had written down the name of his grandmother, Annie Middleton, and that of her husband, John Masters. Then Dad told me that his mother, Edith May, had married a Canadian WW1 soldier and that she had immigrated to Ontario. And all that my father knew about his won origins was that his birth certificate was issued for the 'Township of Percy' in Ontario." from "Living In Hope" by Sue Allan, domtom publishing ltd, 2011, pg. 287. circa 2004 at England.¹ He died circa 2005 at England; "My by then eighty-four-year-old dad, Fred, had just been told that his cancer was terminal ... " from "Living In Hope" by Sue Allan, domtom publishing ltd, 2011, pg. 287.¹

     Bessie Weatherup was born on 2 August 1923 at Brighton Twp., Orland, Northumberland Co., Ontario; from "Living In Hope" by Sue Allan, domtom publishing ltd, 2011, pg. 264.¹ She died on 3 August 1923 at Brighton Twp., Orland, Northumberland Co., Ontario; from "Living In Hope" by Sue Allan, domtom publishing ltd, 2011, pg. 266.¹

     John Masters was born circa 1865 at England; from "Living In Hope" by Sue Allan, domtom publishing ltd, 2011, pg. 290.¹ He married Annie ? circa 1895 at England; "After Edith May had disappeared from my late father's life, Dad had been nearing his teens. He then joined Doris in being brought up in the care of his maternal grandparents, John and Annie Masters." from "Living In Hope" by Sue Allan, domtom publishing ltd, 2011, pg. 290.¹