Person Page - 3475

     Abigail Clement was born circa 1783; per family tree of Anne Burnham on ancestry.ca, June 15 2020.¹ As of 1808,her married name was Burnham.¹ She married Silas Burnham, son of Asa Burnham Sr. and Elizabeth Cutler, in 1808; per family tree of Anne Burnham on ancestry.ca, June 15 2020.¹

     Betsy Burnham was born on 17 February 1781 at Dunbarton, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, U.S.A; per family tree of Anne Burnham on ancestry.ca, June 15 2020.¹ She died on 6 November 1839 at Dunbarton, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, U.S.A., at age 58; per family tree of Anne Burnham on ancestry.ca, June 15 2020.¹

     Rachael Burnham was born on 11 February 1789 at Dunbarton, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, U.S.A; per family tree of Anne Burnham on ancestry.ca, June 15 2020.¹

     Azubah Burnham was born on 25 March 1796 at Dunbarton, Hillsborugh Co., New Hampshire, U.S.A; per family tree of Anne Burnham on ancestry.ca, June 15 2020.¹

     James McConnell was born circa 1810; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Marianne Elizabeth (McConnell) Burnham.¹ He married Cecilia ? circa 1836; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Marianne Elizabeth (McConnell) Burnham.¹

     Cecilia ? was born circa 1810; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Marianne Elizabeth (McConnell) Burnham.¹ She married James McConnell circa 1836; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Marianne Elizabeth (McConnell) Burnham.¹ As of circa 1836,her married name was McConnell.¹

     Adele Nolin was born on 24 October 1871 at St. Boniface, Manitoba; Date Oct 24 1871 & location St. Boniface, Manitoba per family tree of Taylor Burnham, June 15 2020.^1,2 As of 12 September 1896,her married name was Burnham.¹ She married William Finlow Burnham, son of John Burnham and Jane "Jennie" Henderson, on 12 September 1896 at Winnipeg, Manitoba; Manitoba Marriage Index: Groom: William F. Bunbain; Bride: Adele Nolin; Date: Sep 12 1896; Place: Winnipeg, Manitoba (Manitoba Marriage Index, ancestry.ca)
Note: There are too many things not right about this. Need to see the details of the marriage registration to know that this is William Finlow Burnham of Cobourg - or not.¹ Adele Nolin died in 1930 at Winnipeg, Manitoba.¹

     Benjamin Burnham was born in February 1754; per family tree of Marv_Coulthard on ancestry.ca, June 15 2020.¹ He died on 29 May 1810 at age 56; per family tree of Marv_Coulthard on ancestry.ca, June 15 2020.¹

     Niram Burnham was born on 14 May 1786 at Dunbarton, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire, U.S.A; per family tree of Marv_Coulthard on ancestry.ca, June 15 2020.¹ He married Mary ? circa 1812; per family tree of Marv_Coulthard on ancestry.ca, June 15 2020.¹ Niram Burnham died on 28 April 1842 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West, at age 55; per family tree of Marv_Coulthard on ancestry.ca, June 15 2020.¹

     Mary ? was born on 3 March 1786 at U.S.A; Date 1785 & location USA per 1851 Census. Date Mar 3 1786 per family tree of Marv_Coulthard on ancestry.ca, June 15 2020.^1,2 As of circa 1812,her married name was Burnham.¹ She married Niram Burnham, son of Nathan Burnham and Hannah Marshall, circa 1812; per family tree of Marv_Coulthard on ancestry.ca, June 15 2020.¹ Mary ? appeared on the census of 1851 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 66 at 1851 Census: see David M. Burnham (son.)²

     David Moral Burnham was born on 16 February 1813 at Dunbarton, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire, U.S.A; Date 1816 & location US per 1861 Census. Date 1812 & location US per 1851 Census. Date Feb 16 1813 & location Dunbarton, NH per family tree of Marv_Coulthard on ancestry.ca, June 15 2020.^1,2,3 He married Lucinda Clark circa 1850 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Married per 1851 Census. per family tree of Marv_Coulthard on ancestry.ca, June 15 2020.^1,2 David Moral Burnham appeared on the census of 1851 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 39 at 1851 Census: Burnham, David M., 39, b. US, CE, farmer, married; Lucinda, 28, b. Cda., CE, married; Phillip, Mary, 28, b. Cda., CE, servant, widow; Carroll, Sels?(m), 17, b. Ireland, RC, lab., single; Burnham, Mary, 66, b. US, CE, single; Thomas, 30, b. Cda., CE, farmer, single (1851 Census: Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., pg. 84 of 162, line 20 - ancestry.ca)(Note: Adnrew J. Burnham is above with family. This looks like sons of Niram and Mary Burnham - and Mary herself.² He appeared on the census of April 1861 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 45 at 1861 Census: Burnham, David M., 45, b. US, CE, farmer, married; Lucinda, 45, b. UC, CE, married; John, 5, b. UC; Thomas, 38, b. UC, CE, lab., single (1861 Census: Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., pg. 808 of 899, line 1 - ancestry.ca)(Note: Thomas is below.)³ He died on 4 November 1865 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West, at age 52; Date Nov 4 1865 per Memorial. per family tree of Marv_Coulthard on ancestry.ca, June 15 2020.^1,4 He was buried on 6 November 1865 at St. Peter's Anlgican Chuch Cemetery, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Memorial: In; Memory of; David M. Burnham; Died; Nov. 4, 1865; Aged; 52 Years (St. Peter's Anglican Church Cemetery, Cobourg, Aug 18 2016, by Dan.)⁴

     Lucinda Clark was born in 1823 at Upper Canada; Date 1816 & locaiton UC per 1861 Census. Date 1823 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date 1823 & location Ont. per family tree of Marv_Coulthard on ancestry.ca, June 15 2020.^1,2,3 As of circa 1850,her married name was Burnham.¹ She married David Moral Burnham, son of Niram Burnham and Mary ?, circa 1850 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Married per 1851 Census. per family tree of Marv_Coulthard on ancestry.ca, June 15 2020.^1,2 Lucinda Clark appeared on the census of 1851 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 28 at 1851 Census: see David M. Burnham.² She appeared on the census of April 1861 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 45 at 1861 Census: see David M. Burnham.³ She died on 4 November 1869; per family tree of Marv_Coulthard on ancestry.ca, June 15 2020.¹

     Thomas Burnham was born in 1821 at Upper Canada; Date 1823 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date 1821 & location Cda. per 1851 Census.^1,2 He appeared on the census of 1851 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 30 at 1851 Census: see David M. Burnham (brother?)¹ He appeared on the census of April 1861 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 38 at 1861 Census: see David M. Burnham (brother.)²

     Andrew J. Burnham was born in 1814 at Upper Canada; Date 1814 & location Cda. per 1851 Census.¹ He married Ameilia ? circa 1845 at Canada West; per 1851 Census.¹ Andrew J. Burnham appeared on the census of 1851 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 37 at 1851 Census: Burnham, Andrew J., 37, v. Cda., CE, farmer, married; Amelia, 27, b. US, CE, married; Mary Jane, 5; Charles, 3; Morrison, James, 13, b. Ireland, Free Church, lab. (1851 Census: Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., pg. 84 of 162, line 15 - ancestry.ca)(Note: Below are David M. Burnham with new wife Lucinda and below them is Mary Burnham. age 66, likely the mother of these boys, Andrew, David and Thomas.¹

     Ameilia ? was born in 1824 at U.S.A; Date 1824 & location US per 1851 Census.¹ As of circa 1845,her married name was Burnham.¹ She married Andrew J. Burnham, son of Niram Burnham and Mary ?, circa 1845 at Canada West; per 1851 Census.¹ Ameilia ? appeared on the census of 1851 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 27 at 1851 Census: see Andrew J. Burnham.¹

     Mary Jane Burnham was born in 1846 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1846 & location Cda. per 1851 Census.¹ She appeared on the census of 1851 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 5 at 1851 Census: see Andrew J. Burnham.¹

     Charles Burnham was born in 1848 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1848 & location Cda. per 1851 Census.¹ He appeared on the census of 1851 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 3 at 1851 Census: see Andrew J. Burnham.¹

     John Clark Burnham was born on 7 January 1857 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1857 per Memorial - age 44 at death Nov 6 1901. Date Jan 7 1857 per FindaGrave. Date Jan 7 1857 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1857 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1856 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date Jan 7 1857 & location Cobourg per family tree of Marv_Coulthard on ancestry.ca, June 15 2020.^1,6,7,8,4,5 He appeared on the census of April 1861 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 5 at 1861 Census: see David M. Burnham.¹ He lived on 7 January 1884 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Hamilton Twp. per marriage reg'n.² He married Henrietta Rosevear, daughter of William Rosevear and Margaret ?, on 7 January 1884 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#008106: Groom: John Clark Burnham; Age: 27; Res. & Born: Hamilton Twp; Status: bachelor; Off.: farmer; Parents: David M. & Lucinda Burnham; Bride: Henrietta Rosevear; Age: 25; Res. & Born: Hamilton Twp; Status: spinster; Parents: William & Margaret Rosevear; Wit.: Charles J. McIntyre, Port Hope & Ellen Ewart, Cobourg; Date: Jan 7 1884; Place: Home of Bride's father, Hamilton Twp; Rel.: Epsic. & Pres; Performed by: Chas. H. Cooke, A.B., by license; Reg'd.: Jas. Wilgar, Hamilton Twp. (Ontario Marriage Registration, #008106-1884, ancestry.ca.)⁹ John Clark Burnham appeared on the census of 29 April 1891 at Hamilton Twp., West Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 34 at 1891 Census: Burnham, John C., 34, b. Ont., p.b. US, CE, farmer, married; Henrietta, 33, b. Ont., p.b. England & Scotland, CE, married; Lucinda C., 5, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., CE, dau; David W., 2 (1891 Census: Hamilton Twp., West Northumberland Co., dist. 99, sub-dist. D-2, pg. 15 (22 of 95), line 10 - ancestry.ca.)⁴ He appeared on the census of April 1901 at Hamilton Twp., West Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 44 at 1901 Census: Burnham, John C., 44, b. Ont. r. Jan 7 1857, Eng., CE, married; Henrietta, 42, b. Ont. r. May 19 1858, Eng., CE, married; Lucinda, 15, b. Ont. r. Oct 18 1885, Eng., CE, dau; David, 12, b. Ont. r. Feb 26 1889, Eng., CE, son (1901 Census: Hamilton Twp., West Northumberland Co., dist. 96, sub-dist. D-3, pg. 4 (20 of 99), line 42, ancestry.ca.)⁵ He died on 6 November 1901 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario, at age 44; Date Nov 6 1901 per Memorial. Date Nov 6 1901 & location Cobourg per FindaGrave. Date Nov 6 1901 & location Cobourg per family tree of Marv_Coulthard on ancestry.ca, June 15 2020.^6,7,8 He was buried on 8 November 1901 at St. Peter's Anglican Church Cemetery, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) In Memory of; John Clark Burnham; Died Nov. 6th, 1901; Aged 44 Years; His Beloved Wife; Henrietta; Rosevear; 1858 - 1929; David W. -- ; Died Dec. 28th, 1920; Aged 32 Years (St. Peter's Anglican Chucrh Cemetery, Cobourg, Aug 18 2016, by Dan)
FindaGrave: Name: John Clark Burnham; Birth: 7 Jan 1857; Death: 6 Nov 1901 (aged 44), Cobourg, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; Burial: St. Peter's Anglican Church Cemetery, Cobourg, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; Memorial ID: 41426804 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41426804.)^7,8

     Henrietta Rosevear was born on 19 May 1858 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1858 per Memorial. Date May 19 1858 per FindaGrave. Date May 19 1858 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1858 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1859 & location Hamilton Twp. per marr. reg'n.^1,3,2,4,5 She lived on 7 January 1884 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Hamilton Twp. per marr. reg'n.¹ As of 7 January 1884,her married name was Burnham.¹ She married John Clark Burnham, son of David Moral Burnham and Lucinda Clark, on 7 January 1884 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#008106: Groom: John Clark Burnham; Age: 27; Res. & Born: Hamilton Twp; Status: bachelor; Off.: farmer; Parents: David M. & Lucinda Burnham; Bride: Henrietta Rosevear; Age: 25; Res. & Born: Hamilton Twp; Status: spinster; Parents: William & Margaret Rosevear; Wit.: Charles J. McIntyre, Port Hope & Ellen Ewart, Cobourg; Date: Jan 7 1884; Place: Home of Bride's father, Hamilton Twp; Rel.: Epsic. & Pres; Performed by: Chas. H. Cooke, A.B., by license; Reg'd.: Jas. Wilgar, Hamilton Twp. (Ontario Marriage Registration, #008106-1884, ancestry.ca.)⁶ Henrietta Rosevear appeared on the census of 29 April 1891 at Hamilton Twp., West Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 33 at 1891 Census: see John C. Burnham.⁴ She appeared on the census of April 1901 at Hamilton Twp., West Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 42 at 1901 Census: see John C. Burnham.⁵ She died in 1929 at Ontario; Date 1929 & location Ont. per Memorial & FindaGrave.^3,2 She was buried in 1929 at St. Peter's Anglican Church Cemetery, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) In Memory of; John Clark Burnham; Died Nov. 6th, 1901; Aged 44 Years; His Beloved Wife; Henrietta; Rosevear; 1858 - 1929; David W. -- ; Died Dec. 28th, 1920; Aged 32 Years (St. Peter's Anglican Chucrh Cemetery, Cobourg, Aug 18 2016, by Dan)
FindaGrave: Name: Henrietta Rosevear Burnham; Birth: 19 May 1858; Death: 1929 (aged 70–71), Ontario, Canada; Burial: St. Peter's Anglican Church Cemetery, Cobourg, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; Memorial ID: 41426678 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41426678/henrietta-burnham.)^3,2

     William Rosevear was born circa 1830; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Henrietta (Rosevear) Burnham.¹ He married Margaret ? circa 1855; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Henrietta (Rosevear) Burnham.¹

     Margaret ? was born circa 1830; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Henrietta (Rosevear) Burnham.¹ She married William Rosevear circa 1855; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Henrietta (Rosevear) Burnham.¹ As of circa 1855,her married name was Rosevear.¹

     David William Burnham was born on 26 February 1889 at Hamilton Twp., Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1888 per Memorial - age 32 at death Dec 28 1920. Date Feb 26 1889 & location Cobourg per Death Reg'n. Date Feb 26 1889 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census.^1,4,2 He appeared on the census of 29 April 1891 at Hamilton Twp., West Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 2 at 1891 Census: see John C. Burnham.³ He appeared on the census of April 1901 at Hamilton Twp., West Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 12 at 1901 Census: see John C. Burnham.² He died on 28 December 1920 at Isolation Hospital, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, at age 31; Death Reg'n.#008730: Name: David William Burnham; Date: Dec 28 1920; Age: 31y; Place: Inoculation Hospital, Toronto, 1 day; Born: Cobourg, Feb 26 1889; Status: single; Occ.: Electrical Engineer; Parents: John C. Burnham, b. Cda. & - b. Cda; Inf.: George ? Hogg, Baltimore, uncle; Burial: Cobourg, Dec 29 1920; Und.: Washington & Johnston, 717 Queen St., Toronto; Cause: scarlet fever, 8 days; Phys.: H. G. ?Skerinski?, Isolation Hospital; Reg'd.: Dec 29 1920 (Ontario Death Registration, #008730-1920, ancestry.ca) Date Dec 28 1920 per Memorial.^5,4 He was buried on 29 December 1920 at St. Peter's Anglican Church Cemetery, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) In Memory of; John Clark Burnham; Died Nov. 6th, 1901; Aged 44 Years; His Beloved Wife; Henrietta; Rosevear; 1858 - 1929; David W. -- ; Died Dec. 28th, 1920; Aged 32 Years (St. Peter's Anglican Chucrh Cemetery, Cobourg, Aug 18 2016, by Dan.)⁴

     Lucinda C. Burnham was born on 18 October 1885 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Oct 18 1885 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1886 & location Ont. per 1891 Census.^1,2 She appeared on the census of 29 April 1891 at Hamilton Twp., West Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 5 at 1891 Census: see John C. Burnham.¹ She appeared on the census of April 1901 at Hamilton Twp., West Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 15 at 1901 Census: see John C. Burnham.² As of 12 June 1907,her married name was Baptist.³ She married John Murray Baptist on 12 June 1907 at Northumberland Co., Ontario; per family tree of Marv_Coulthard on ancestry.ca, June 16 2020.³

     John Murray Baptist was born in 1885 at Hamilton, Ontario; per family tree of Marv_Coulthard on ancestry.ca, June 16 2020.¹ He married Lucinda C. Burnham, daughter of John Clark Burnham and Henrietta Rosevear, on 12 June 1907 at Northumberland Co., Ontario; per family tree of Marv_Coulthard on ancestry.ca, June 16 2020.¹ John Murray Baptist died on 23 June 1944 at Oak Bay, Victoria, British Columbia; per family tree of Marv_Coulthard on ancestry.ca, June 16 2020.¹

     John W. Johnston was born circa 1850; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Constance Mary (Johnston) Way.¹ He married Mary Robertson circa 1880; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Constance Mary (Johnston) Way.¹

     Mary Robertson was born circa 1850; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Constance Mary (Johnston) Way.¹ She married John W. Johnston circa 1880; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Constance Mary (Johnston) Way.¹ As of circa 1880,her married name was Johnston.¹

     William Henry Freeman was born on 31 August 1911 at Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Birth REg'n.#035859: Name: William Henry Freeman; Date: Aug 31 1911; Place: Conc 9, Lot 5, Haldimand Twp; Parents: James H. Freeman, Mason & Lillian Vansicklin; Parents: Married: Dec 11 1903, Castleton; Phys: Dr. Aylesworth; Inf.: Lillian Freeman, motgher; Reg'd.: Sep 27 1911; Reg'r.: Reuben Lawless, Haldimand Twp. (Ontario Birth Registration, #035859-1911, ancestry.ca.)²

     May B. Freeman was born in 1897 at Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1897 & location Haldimand Twp. per marriage reg'n.¹ She lived on 7 January 1915 at Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Haldimand Twp. per marriage reg'n.¹ As of 7 January 1915,her married name was Simpson.¹ She married Isaac Finley Simpson, son of Robert Nelson Simpson and Sarah Jane Sopha, on 7 January 1915 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#010816: Groom: Isaac Finley Simpson; Age: 21; Res.: Craamhe Twp; Born: Brighton Twp; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Rel.: Meth; Parents: Robert Nelson Simpson & Sarah Jane Sopha; Bride: May B. Freeman; Age: 18; Res. & Born: Haldimand Twp; Status: spinster; Rel.: Meth; Parents: James H. Freeman & Lillianm VanSicklen; Wit.: R. N. & Sarah Jane Simpson, Castleton; Date: Jan 7 1915; Place: Cramahe Twp; Performed by: Wm. H. Sparow, Castleton, Meth; Sworn: Warkworth, Jan 7 1914?; Reg'r.: Thos. A. Allen, Warkworth (Ontario Marriage Registration, #010816-1915, ancestry.ca.)²

     Margaret Beatrice Freeman was born on 16 August 1907 at Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Late Birth Reg'n.#502515: Name: Margaret Beatrice Freeman; Date: August 16 1907; Place: Haldimand Twp; Parents: James Henry Freeman & Lillian Artincy Vansicklen; Inf.: Margaret B. Hobbs; Reg'd.: Mar 7 1970; Reg'r.: A. J. Wilke, Toronto (Ontario Late Birth Registration, #502515-1970, ancestry.ca) Date 1908 & location Percy Twp. per marr. reg'n.² As of 20 April 1929,her married name was Hobbs.¹ She married Samuel Edward Hobbs Jr., son of Samuel Edward Hobbs Sr. and Clara Brittain, on 20 April 1929 at Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#018708: Groom: Samuel Edward Hobbs; Age: 26; Res.: Fenellla; Born: Birmingham, England; Status: bachelor; Occ.: Cheese Maker, Rel.: Pres; Parents: Samuel Edward Hobbs, b. England & Clara Briton; Bride: Margaret Beatrice Freeman; Age: 21; Res.: Fenella; Born: Percy Twp; Status: spinster; Rel.: Free Meth; Parents: James Henry Freeman b. Burnley?, Ont. & Lillian Vansicklen; Expected Res.: Percy Twp; Wit.: Ivan A. Caldwell, Foxboro & Katie Hobbs, Stirling; Date: Apr 20 1929; Place: Percy Twp; Performed by: F. H. Howard, Warkworth, United Church; Sworn: Campbellford, Apr 15 1929; Reg'r.: G. A. Hay, Campbellford (Ontario Marriage Registration, #018708-1929, ancestry.ca.)³ Margaret Beatrice Freeman lived on 6 February 1932 at Springbrook, Hastings Co., Ontario; Witness at marriage of Ivan A. Caldwell and Katie Hobbs.¹ She "However, the factory was still their home and they continued to live there through the years, until Sam's death in 1978, on July 3, his birthday." from newspaper article in Brighton Independent 1985, copy found in WI archives during digitizing by Dan Buchanan. on 3 July 1978 at Cedar Creek Cheese Factory, Hilton, Northumberland Co., Ontario. She lived on 14 May 1982 at Conc 3 Lot 36, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (109527 Treasurer's Consent) re Estate of Samuel E. Hobbs; Part as in No. 12950 (Ontario Land Registry Records, Brighton Twp., Conc 3, Lot 36, pg. 316 of 320, downloaded from OnLand)
Note: 12950 is the record for the purchase of the property by Samuel Edward Hobbs, from Horace Way in 1942.⁴ She Cedar Creek Cheese Factory article in WI Archives from Brighton Independent 1985; This under the picture of Mrs. Hobbs…..
"Two small pails of anthracite daily keep the coal-stove and Mrs. Margaret Hobbs snug and warm." Article ...
Short of doing a complete property search, it is not easy to pinpoint the date that Cedar Creek Cheese Factory was actually built. Structures built before the days of building permits are not recorded in the registry offices - only the land sales and changes are traceable. As with so much of our history, we are grateful for 'the human factor'.
Previous to the ownership of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hobbs, the factory belonged to Mr. Horace Way, who according to Mrs. Edith Way (his daughter-in-law) bought the property stretching back to the Third Concession, in 1899; she believes that the building was in place at the time but was perhaps not a factory, and that it was remodeled for the purpose of cheesemaking. Mrs. Way visited her in-laws at Cedar Creek many times while living in Detroit, where her husband Lisle worked, but when his health failed the family returned to Cedar Creek. He and his mother died at Cedar Creek on the same day, and Edith stayed on at the factory to help look after things, during the years 1936 - 37. Although this was a sad and difficult time for their mother, daughters Rene, Dorothy and Yvonne remember many happy times. Rene, (now Mrs. Gerald Simpson) remembers the busy factory and being occasionally allowed to weigh out cheeses; she liked to help herself to the 'starter'; and take cores from the cheeses in the curing room at the north end of the building for taste-sampling. At that time, this all-important room was lined with shelves full of curing cheeses and cooled by huge blocks of ice cut from the nearby pond in winter, which were placed around the perimeter walls of the room. She has good memories of the skating parties on that same pond when friends and neighbors came and her grandfather would light the fire in the bunkhouse so that they had somewhere to go to get warm. In summer, she and her sisters would run up the hill to her uncle's farm to play - and once, she used a six-quart basket of fresh eggs to make mud pies. They were also allowed to use an old cheese vat for a swimming pool, and she particularly loved sleeping in her bedroom under the eaves to the sound of the rain on the roof, and the feeling of safety and security there.
Mrs. Way remembers that the hydro was installed in 1930, and that after the new electric lights were installed, the first two new appliances were an electric cooking stove and the all-important washing machine. She also recalls that an Imperial Oil gas pump was installed about that time for the convenience of motorists, who were becoming more numerous as mass production brought cars onto the market which were cheap enough for the average man to afford - and just about everyone wanted one. Still, all recollections cannot be happy, and the death of her husband Lisle and his mother happening on the same day must have been a particularly traumatic time. They were laid out before the funeral in one of the upstairs bedrooms, a customary practice in days when home funerals were very much commoner than today.
Cedar Creek Cheese Factory - a place of work and home, with many untold memories of days that will never return - a pity that those old walls can't talk. Happily, there are still some people who can, and I hope that some of them will leave a written record to share with generations not yet born, who will want to know about life in "The Good Old Days,'' at Cedar Creek.
For Mrs. Margaret Hobbs, the rambling clapboard building on Highway 30 near Hilton is not just a retired cheese factory, it's also her home. Tucked snugly under the eaves of the old building are surprisingly spacious living quarters, consisting of a large living-room, kitchen-dining room, several bedrooms and any amount of smaller rooms for extra accommodation or storage. A coal-burning stove sits quietly at one end of the living-room radiating welcome heat into the room, while a large cookstove dominates the kitchen. Margaret Hobbs has the best of both worlds - the comfort of yesteryear and the convenience of today. On occasion, she has fed as many as twenty-four people at her table. "One Christmas", says Margaret, "the stoves and I sure were hopping, - it was the year when the highway went through and the McFarlands and their men were here as well as our own and the family". As a token of thanks, she was presented with a beautiful glass plate, which she still holds in high esteem and obviously cherishes.
Cedar Creek Cheese Factory has been Margaret's home since 1941, when she and her husband Sam bought it from the estate of Horace Way, for whom Sam worked as a Cheesemaker, First Class. Sam and Margaret had eleven years of previous experience at Brae, about six miles east of Campbellford, and at Fenella before that, and the great attraction of Cedar Creek for them was summed up in one word - electricity. The factory at Brae didn't have it, and Cedar Creek did, since 1930, eliminating or at least easing, some of the more arduous chores. The Hobbs' operation boasted three large vats for making the cheeses, and electricity meant that the milk-and-starter mixture could be "paddled" mechanically instead of by hand, and the whey could be pumped upstairs for further processing. But even with electricity, cheesemaking was hard work, keeping two hired men and Sam Hobbs busy fulltime, from making the starter (using rennet, containing rennin, a milk-curdling enzyme necessary to form curds), right through to pressing the cheeses into 95 lb "hoops" from which they emerged wrapped in cheesecloths ready for maturing, and then shipment to domestic markets or overseas. As today, government inspectors were apt to arrive at any time, to ensure that health and cleanliness regulations were being kept, and to test the quality of the finished product by taking core samples of the maturing cheeses in the curing room. In addition to these 95 lb. round cheeses, others of varying sizes were made for the area farmers, usually in the fall, and fresh cheese curd was also produced.
The two or three hired men usually lived in their own bunkhouse to the rear of the factory (it is still there) and cooking their meals, washing their clothes and bedlinens was part of Margaret's job, as well as working in the factory when needed. The washing was a big job and had to' be done every day, since the men wore white clothing and aprons while working and everything had to be kept meticulously clean. This included the three large vats, the starter vat, milk tanks, hoops, separator and milk paddles - everything that came into contact with milk. The enormous amount of water necessary for this was pumped from the nearby pond and heated in a huge cast-iron boiler encased with brick, which is still in evidence in an adjoining room. The cheeses' final resting place before shipment was the curing room, kept cool by an overhead refrigeration unit, a great improvement installed by Sam after he took over operations. With thick exterior walls and an enormous door nearly a foot thick, this must have been a pleasantly cool place to work on a hot summer day, and years later when it was unused Margaret and Sam enjoyed its cool comfort as a summer kitchen by the addition of some furniture and houseplants, of which Margaret is very fond.
Unfortunately, Sam's health began to deteriorate and he even became allergic to the rennet starter, and so in 1955 he was forced by circumstances to cease operations. In later years he worked as a school custodian, as perhaps some of the pupils and teachers at E.N.S.S. will remember, and he also worked for the hydro company. However, the factory was still their home and they continued to live there through the years, until Sam's death in 1978, on July 3, his birthday. Margaret stayed on, but is not alone very much - she has many friends and neighbors who visit her often and keep 'an eye' on things. She is also a member of two senior citizens clubs, enjoys the social activities at the Codrington Community Hall, and enjoys taking trips around the community and farther afield. After many years of hard work, she fully appreciates having an easier life "We really did work hard in those days," she says, "sometimes we hardly took time to eat, and, as long as the milk came in, we had to make cheese. One time, when there was a strike on, we had so much milk come in that we only had about three hours' sleep a night, we ate sandwiches as we worked, and we did that until the strike was over - we were all worn out by that time." No wonder that she enjoys taking things easier these days.
Small cheese factories such as Cedar Creek used to be an integral part of the local economy and a valued source of income for the area farmers, but things have changed quite drastically in the last decade or so and there are now only a few where there were once many. Whether this is of overall benefit is perhaps debatable, but it seems a pity to allow such an important industry to sink beneath the sands of time without a trace. It is a hopeful sign, therefore, that an attempt is being made to at least provide a written or filmed recognition of the industry in this area. Mr. Don Pollock of the Dairy Inspection Branch of the O.M.A.F., Stirling, is trying to pinpoint all of the old factories that were once in existence here, and it is the Central Ontario Cheesemakers' Association's intent to make a film with this in mind. It is hoped that they will have a filmed map with all the cheese plants marked in time for display at the International Ploughing Match to be held in Stirling in 1986. (Article transcribed and copied here by Dan Buchanan, June 17 2020. in 1985 at Former Cedar Creek Cheese Factory, Hilton, Northumberland Co., Ontario.⁵ She died in 1993 at Ontario; Date 1993 per Memorial.⁶ She was buried in 1993 at Burnbrae Cemetery, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) HOBBS; Samuel E. Hobbs; 1902 - 1978; His Wife; Margaret B. Freeman; 1907 - 1993 (Burnbrae Cemetery, Aug 11 2006, by Dan.)⁶

     Samuel Edward Hobbs Jr. was born on 3 July 1902 at St. Clement, Nechells, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England; England Baptisms, 1902: Date of Baptism: July 20 1902; Date of Birth: July 3 1902; Given Name: Samuel Edward; Parents: Samuel Edward & Clara; Surname: Hobbs; Adobe: 91 Railway Terrace; Occ.: Shoeing smith; Performed by: ?? (Birmingham, England Baptisms, 1902, page 25 of 101, ancestry.ca) Date 1902 per Memorial. Date 1902 per CemSearch. Date 1902 & location Ont. per 1921 Census. Date July 1902 & location England per 1911 Census. Date 1903 & location Birmingham, England per marr. reg'n.^1,5,2,6,4,3 He immigrated in November 1904 to Quebec, Quebec; Passenger List arriving Quebec, Nov 1904.⁵ He immigrated in 1905 to Ontario; Immigration 1905 per 1911 Census.² He appeared on the census of 1911 at Seymour Twp., Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 9 at 1911 Census: see Samuel Edward Hobbs, Sr.² He appeared on the census of 8 June 1921 at Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 19 at 1921 Census: Hobbs, Samuel, 19, b. Ont., p.b. Eng., lab., single (1921 Census: Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., dist. 107, sub-dist. 45, pg. 4, line 48 - ancestry.ca)(Note: Samuel Hobbs is with the family of James Stewart.)⁶ He lived on 20 April 1929 at Haldimand Twp., Fenella, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Fenella per marr. reg'n.¹ He married Margaret Beatrice Freeman, daughter of James Henry Freeman and Lilly Vansicklen, on 20 April 1929 at Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#018708: Groom: Samuel Edward Hobbs; Age: 26; Res.: Fenellla; Born: Birmingham, England; Status: bachelor; Occ.: Cheese Maker, Rel.: Pres; Parents: Samuel Edward Hobbs, b. England & Clara Briton; Bride: Margaret Beatrice Freeman; Age: 21; Res.: Fenella; Born: Percy Twp; Status: spinster; Rel.: Free Meth; Parents: James Henry Freeman b. Burnley?, Ont. & Lillian Vansicklen; Expected Res.: Percy Twp; Wit.: Ivan A. Caldwell, Foxboro & Katie Hobbs, Stirling; Date: Apr 20 1929; Place: Percy Twp; Performed by: F. H. Howard, Warkworth, United Church; Sworn: Campbellford, Apr 15 1929; Reg'r.: G. A. Hay, Campbellford (Ontario Marriage Registration, #018708-1929, ancestry.ca.)⁷ Samuel Edward Hobbs Jr. "Farmers drew milk to Cedar Creek Cheese factory in old Model T or 490 Chev. cars that they made into trucks. Frank Harden and Roscoe Morrow loved to race each other. One memorable morning, Frank slammed into the cement loading dock so hard he rammed the engine under the seat, ruining the truck. Roscoe laughed for days." from page 40 of Florence Chatten's book, "Brighton Township", published in 2009. circa 1930 at Cedar Creek Cheese Factory, Hilton, Northumberland Co., Ontario.⁸ He "On occasion, she has fed as many as twenty-four people at her table. "One Christmas", says Margaret, "the stoves and I sure were hopping, - it was the year when the highway went through and the McFarlands and their men were here as well as our own and the family". As a token of thanks, she was presented with a beautiful glass plate, which she still holds in high esteem and obviously cherishes." from article in Brighton Independent, 1985, found in WI Archives while digitizing by Dan Buchanan.
Note: The phrase "when the highway went through" would mean when No. 30 was upgraded and straightened through Hilton which was 1930, 1931. This would be a time that Sam was the cheesemaker at the Cedar Creek Cheese Factory although the property was still owned by Horace Way. Samuel and Margaret Hobbs bought the place in 1942, according to land registry records. (Dan Buchanan, June 17 2020) in 1931 at Cedar Creek Cheese Factory, Hilton, Northumberland Co., Ontario.⁹ He lived on 6 February 1932 at Rawdon Twp., Spring Brook, Hastings Co., Ontario; Witness at marriage of Ivan A. Caldwell and Katie Hobbs.¹ He "Cedar Creek Cheese Factory has been Margaret's home since 1941, when she and her husband Sam bought it from the estate of Horace Way, for whom Sam worked as a Cheesemaker, First Class. Sam and Margaret had eleven years of previous experience at Brae, about six miles east of Campbellford, and at Fenella before that, and the great attraction of Cedar Creek for them was summed up in one word - electricity. The factory at Brae didn't have it, and Cedar Creek did, since 1930, eliminating or at least easing, some of the more arduous chores." from newspaper article in Brighton Independent 1985, copy found in WI archives during digitizing by Dan Buchanan. in 1941 at Cedar Creek Cheese Factory, Hilton, Northumberland Co., Ontario. He lived on 15 April 1942 at Conc 3 Lot 36, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Grant 12950) show that Constance Way, admix for estate of Horace Foster Way, Constance Way (Widow), & Jane Elizabeth Moran (consent of J. N. Baird, Dep official guardian) sold "pts. - except part taken for Highway. See as to ?? of spring & well & creek & pond; subject to easement, together with all plant machinery desired in business of making cheese.", Conc 3, Lot 36, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., to Samueil Edward Hobbs for $4,500. ITS Date: Feb 28 1942; Reg'n. Date: Apr 15 1942 (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Twp., Conc 3, pg. 311 of 320, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Apr 13 2020)
Note: This was selling everything, including the cheese factory, its machinery, the creek, well and pond.⁹ He lived in 1949 at Conc 3 Lot 36, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; "98 Hobbs, Sam, Cheesemaker, Brighton, R.R. 1" & "99 Hobbs, Mrs. Margaret - Brighton, R.R. 1" (Canada Voter Lists, 1949, Brighton Twp., pg. 53 of 156, ancestry.ca.)⁵ He "Unfortunately, Sam's health began to deteriorate and he even became allergic to the rennet starter, and so in 1955 he was forced by circumstances to cease operations. In later years he worked as a school custodian, as perhaps some of the pupils and teachers at E.N.S.S. will remember, and he also worked for the hydro company." from newspaper article in Brighton Independent 1985, copy found in WI archives during digitizing by Dan Buchanan. in 1955 at Cedar Creek Cheese Factory, Hilton, Northumberland Co., Ontario. He "Cedar Creek Cheese Factory, now a home, closed in 1957" from page 47 of Florence Chatten's book, "Brighton Township", published in 2009.
Note: The article featuring Margaret Hobbs says they "ceased operations" in 1955 when Sam's health deteriorated. in 1957 at Cedar Creek Cheese Factory, Hilton, Northumberland Co., Ontario.⁸ He lived in 1958 at Conc 3, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; "113 Hobbs, Sam, Caretaker - Brighton" & "114 Hobbs, Margaret - Brighton" Canada Voters Lists, 1958, Brighton Township, conc 4 & 5. and 3 & 4, formerly Murray, pg. 75 of 187, ancestry.ca.)⁵ He died on 3 July 1978 at Cedar Creek Cheese Factory, Hilton, Northumberland Co., Ontario, at age 76; "However, the factory was still their home and they continued to live there through the years, until Sam's death in 1978, on July 3, his birthday." from newspaper article in Brighton Independent 1985, copy found in WI archives during digitizing by Dan Buchanan.
Date 1978 per Memorial & CemSearch.^4,3 He was buried on 5 July 1978 at Burnbrae Cemetery, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) HOBBS; Samuel E. Hobbs; 1902 - 1978; His Wife; Margaret B. Freeman; 1907 - 1993 (Burnbrae Cemetery, Aug 11 2006, by Dan)
CemSearch: Name: Samuel E. Hobbs; Born: 1902; Died: 1978; ID: BURNBR436; Other names: Hobbs, Clara [Britton](1902-1978), Hobbs, Margaret B. [Freeman](1907- ), Hobbs, Samuel E. (1875-1940); Cemetery: Burnbrae Cemetery, Conc 5 , Lot 22, Seymour Twp., Plot 436 (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pid=BURNBR436%5E2.)^4,3