Person Page - 5046

Walter Edwin Lear^1,2,3,4,5

• Father*: William James Lear² b. 1 Jul 1850, d. 10 Oct 1921
• Mother*: Mary Susan Darnell² b. 5 Mar 1853, d. 16 May 1931

• Birth*: 23 October 1879; Little Rock Twp., Kendall Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Date Oct 23 1879 & location United States per Death Reg'n. Date Oct 23 1879 & location USA per 1901 Census. Date 1879 & location USA per marriage reg'n. - Ethel Kathleen Appleton. Date Oct 23 1879 & location Little Rock, Kendall Co., Illinois per family tree of llhjgh on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2024. Date Oct 23 1879 & location Plano, Kendall Co., Ill. per FindaGrave.^2,3,4,6,7
• Marriage*: 6 September 1906; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#003036: Groom: Walter Edwin Lear; Age: 26; Res.: Toronto; Born: USA; Status: bachelor; Occ.: Barrister; Parents: Wm. Jas. Lear & - Darnell; Bride: Ethel Kathleen Appleton; Age: 21; Res.: Toronto; Born: Cda.; Status: spinster; Parents: Harvey Price Appleton & - Guthrie; Wit.: Gertrude Appleton, Toronto & Rose Emma Leverington, Toronto; Date: Sep 6 1906; PlacE: Toronto; Re.: CE; Performed by: C. B. Kendrick; Reg'd.: Sep 7 1906 (Ontario Marriage Registration, #003036-1906, ancestry.ca); Principal=Ethel Kathleen Appleton^2,8
• Death*: 30 October 1944; General Hospital, Niagara Falls, Welland Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.#066172: Name: Walter Edwin Lear; Date: Oct 30 1944; Age: 65y 7d; Place: General Hospital, Niagara Falls; Res.: 2598 Bellevue, Niagara Falls, 15y; Born: USA, Oct 23 1879; Nat.: Eng.; Status: married; Spouse: Mrs. Ethel Lear; Occ.: Barrister (retired); Parents: William James Lear, b. Ont. & Mary Susan Darnell, b. USA; Inf.: Harvey G. Lear, 251 24th St. ? ? NY, son; Burial: Lundy's Lane Cemetery, Stamford Twp., Niagara Falls, Nov 1 1944; Permit: W. S. Orr, Niagara Falls; Und.: Morse & Son, Niagara Falls; Cause: Stomach cancer; Phys.: James R. McGain?, Niagara Falls; Reg'd.: Oct 31 1944; Reg'r.: W. S. Orr, Niagara Falls (Ontario Death Registration, #066172-1944, ancestry.ca) Date Oct 29 1944 & location Niagara Falls, Ont. per FindaGrave.^9,7
• Burial*: 1 November 1944; Lundy's Lane Cemetery, Stamford Twp., Niagara Falls, Welland Co., Ontario; FindaGrave: Name: Walter Edwin Lear; BIRTH: 23 Oct 1879, Plano, Kendall County, Illinois, USA; DEATH: 29 Oct 1944 (aged 65), Niagara Falls, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada; BURIAL: Lundy's Lane Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada; PLOT: Plot 0048 - Grave 1 - Section C; MEMORIAL ID: 167246931; Note: WALTER EDWIN LEAR— As a writer on legal subjects and author of standard law books of value, and as a barrister in active practice, Walter Edwin Lear is, to quote a contemporary: "Doing a great work for the profession." He descends from one of the oldest existing French Canadian families, dating back to the middle of the 17th century. His great-grandfather, Francis de L'Éveille, fought with the Canadian regiment of Fencibles during the War of 1812, while his grandfather, Joseph Lear, and his great-uncle, John Lear, served on the Loyalist side during the rebellion in Upper Canada, 1837-38 Queen’s Own Rifles.
  On the maternal side his ancestry dates in America to 1665, when Colonel Henry Darnell and his brother John, sons of Sir Philip Darnell, London, England, landed in Maryland as officials of that colony under Lord Baltimore.
  Walter Edwin Lear, third son of James and Mary Susan (Darnell) Lear, was born in Piano, Illinois, October 23, 1879, and there the first 10 years of his life were passed. In 1889 he came to Canada, and until 1908, Brighton, Ontario, was his home. After completing public school study in Brighton High School, he completed classical courses at Trinity University, Toronto, and law courses at Ontario Law School. He began the practice of law in Brighton in 1907 as a barrister, and there continued until 1908, when he moved to Toronto, which city has since been his home, the seat of his law practice, and the scene of his literary and editorial labors.
  In addition to the exactions of a private law practice, Mr. Lear was the editor of "The Ontario Weekly Reporter," a popular series of law reports. Vols. 14-27 (1909-1917), and the author and publisher of several valuable law books which have become standard works of authority. Among these works are: "A Digest of 124 - THE MUNICIPALITY OF TORONTO Canadian Case Law," 1900-1916, 6 vols.; "Privy Council Appeal Cases," 1807-1913, 24 vols.; "Banks and Banking in Canada;" "Practical Guide to Canadian Company Laws;" "Annotated edition of Canadian Criminal Code;""Ontario Land Laws;" and works on the law of Oaths and Bills of Exchange.
  He is president of the Prudential Financiers Limited (1921), and president of Law Books Company, Limited, both Toronto corporations. He is a member of the Masonic order and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a member of the Anglican Church, and a Liberal in politics.
  Mr. Lear married, in September, 1906, Ethel Kathleen Appleton, daughter of Harvey Price Appleton, of Unionville, Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Lear are the parents of Sir Walter Byron Lear de L'Eveille; Edwin (Ted) Oscar Lear; Mary Ethel Kathleen Lear; and Harvey James Lear.
  Inscription: WALTER E. LEAR; 1879-1944; ETHEL K.; APPLETON; HIS WIFE; 1885-1964 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167246931/walter-edwin-lear?_gl=1*18soblc*_gcl_au*MTg0NDkwNTU3Mi4xNzA2NjI0OTQ3*_ga*NTYwMjIyMjkyLjE2NzQ5Mzg5MDg.*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*Yzk5ZTk4NjUtZTA2MS00NmQ0LTg3MGQtM2UyOTllY2Y1ZDZmLjc3My4xLjE3MDY5OTUzNzAuNTkuMC4w*_ga_QPQNV9XG1B*Yzk5ZTk4NjUtZTA2MS00NmQ0LTg3MGQtM2UyOTllY2Y1ZDZmLjMwNC4xLjE3MDY5OTUzNzAuMC4wLjA.)
  
  
  Date Nov 1 1944 & location Lundy's Lane Cemetery per Death Reg'n.^2,7

• Census: 22 June 1880; Little Rock Twp., Kendall Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Age 7 months at 1880 US Fed Census: see William J. Lear⁵
• Census*: 4 April 1901; Brighton, Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 21 at 1901 Census: see William James Lear⁴
• Residence: 6 September 1906; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Residence Toronto per marriage reg'n. - Ehtel Kathleen Appleton.³
• Residence: 8 October 1907; Village Lot 22, Prince Edward St. East, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Grant 4092) show that Jason S. Tice & wife sold "said lot", Village Lot 22, Prince Edward St. East, Brighton Village, Northumberland Co. to Walter E. Lear for $2,600. ITS Date: Oct 8 1907. Reg'n. Date: Oct 10 1907. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 007, pg. 153 of 310, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Oct 12 2020)¹⁰
• Note*: November 1907; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Walter Edwin Lear, third son of James and Mary Susan (Darnell) Lear, was born in Piano, Illinois, October 23, 1879, and there the first 10 years of his life were passed. In 1889 he came to Canada, and until 1908, Brighton, Ontario, was his home. After completing public school study in Brighton High School, he completed classical courses at Trinity University, Toronto, and law courses at Ontario Law School. He began the practice of law in Brighton in 1907 as a barrister, and there continued until 1908, when he moved to Toronto, which city has since been his home, the seat of his law practice, and the scene of his literary and editorial labors." from FindaGrave.⁷
• Residence: 30 May 1908; Village Lot 22, Prince Edward St. East, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Grant 4184) show that Walter E. Lear & wife sold "part", Village Lot 22, Prince Edward St. East, Brighton Village, Northumberland Co. to Harry W. Snelgrove for $2,200. ITS Date: May 30 1908. Reg'n. Date: Apr 6 1908. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 007, pg. 153 of 310, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Oct 12 2020)¹⁰
• Residence: 23 September 1918; 116 Simpson Ave., Toronto, York Co., Ontario; IS WWI Draft Registration Card: Name: Walter Edwin Lear; Res: 116 Simpson Ave., Toronto; Age: 38; Born: Oct 23 1879; Citizen by Father's Naturalization Before Majority: Yes; Occ.: Lawyer; Bus.: Myself, 152-154 Bay St., Toronto; Nearest Relative: Ethel Kathleen Lear, 116 Simpson Ave., Toronto; Date: Sep 23 1918 (Local Board for the city of Niagara Falls, NY)(US World War I Draft Registration Card, New York, Niagara Falls, 182, Draft Card L, pg. 637 of 1165, ancestry.ca)¹¹
• Residence: 1929; 2598 Bellevue, Niagara Falls, Welland Co., Ontario; Resident at 2598 Bellevue for 15 years per Death Reg'n. - Oct 30 1944.²
• Residence*: before 30 October 1944; 2598 Bellevue, Niagara Falls, Welland Co., Ontario; Normal residence at time of death 2598 Bellevue, Niagara Falls per Death Reg'n.²

Ethel Kathleen Appleton^1,2,3

• Father*: Harvey Price Appleton³ b. c 1855
• Mother*: ? Guthrie³ b. c 1855

• Birth*: 1885; Ontario; Date 1885 & location Cda. per marriage reg'n. - Walter Edwin Lear.^2,3
• Marriage*: 6 September 1906; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#003036: Groom: Walter Edwin Lear; Age: 26; Res.: Toronto; Born: USA; Status: bachelor; Occ.: Barrister; Parents: Wm. Jas. Lear & - Darnell; Bride: Ethel Kathleen Appleton; Age: 21; Res.: Toronto; Born: Cda.; Status: spinster; Parents: Harvey Price Appleton & - Guthrie; Wit.: Gertrude Appleton, Toronto & Rose Emma Leverington, Toronto; Date: Sep 6 1906; PlacE: Toronto; Re.: CE; Performed by: C. B. Kendrick; Reg'd.: Sep 7 1906 (Ontario Marriage Registration, #003036-1906, ancestry.ca); Principal=Walter Edwin Lear^2,4

• Residence*: 6 September 1906; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Residence Toronto per marriage reg'n. - Walter Edwin Lear.³
• Married Name: 6 September 1906; Lear²

Harvey Price Appleton¹

• Birth*: circa 1855; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Ethel Kathleen Appleton & Walter Edwin Lear.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1880; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Ethel Kathleen Appleton & Walter Edwin Lear.; Principal=? Guthrie¹

? Guthrie¹

• Birth*: circa 1855; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Ethel Kathleen Appleton & Walter Edwin Lear.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1880; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Ethel Kathleen Appleton & Walter Edwin Lear.; Principal=Harvey Price Appleton¹

• Married Name: circa 1880; Appleton¹

William James Lear Jr.^1,2,3

• Father*: William James Lear² b. 1 Jul 1850, d. 10 Oct 1921
• Mother*: Mary Susan Darnell² b. 5 Mar 1853, d. 16 May 1931

• Birth*: 1 October 1873; Plano, Kendall Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Date Oct 1 1873 & location USA per 1901 Census. Date 1872 & location Illinois per 1880 US Fed Census. Date 1873 & location Plano, Illinois per marriage reg'n. - Minnie Mabel Lindsay.^2,3,4
• Marriage*: 8 July 1901; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#... : Groom: William James Lear, Jrs.; Age: 27; Res.: Brighton Village; Born: Plano, Illinois; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Parents: William James Lear, Sr. & Mary Susan Lear; Bride: Minnie Mabel Lindsay; Age: 23; Res.: Brighton Twp.; Born: Deseronto; Status: spinster; Parents: Richard Gordon Lindsay & Lydia Adelaide Lindsay; Wit.: .. (pg 2 missing!!) ; Date; Jul 8 1901; Place: Northumberland Co. (Ontario Marriage Registration, # ... , ancestry.ca); Principal=Minnie Mabel Lindsay³

• Census: 22 June 1880; Little Rock Twp., Kendall Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Age 8 at 1880 US Fed Census: see William J. Lear, Sr.⁴
• Residence: 21 March 1894; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Witness at marriage of Frank Leroy Lear & Maud Carson.³
• Census*: 4 April 1901; Brighton, Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 27 at 1901 Census: see William James Lear²
• Residence*: 8 July 1901; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Brighton per marriage reg'n. - Minnie Mabel Lindsay.³

Mark Lear¹

• Father*: William James Lear¹ b. 1 Jul 1850, d. 10 Oct 1921
• Mother*: Mary Susan Darnell¹ b. 5 Mar 1853, d. 16 May 1931

• Birth*: 11 September 1884; U.S.A.; Date Sep 11 1884 & location USA per 1901 Census.¹

• Census*: 4 April 1901; Brighton, Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 15 at 1901 Census: see William James Lear¹

Minnie Mabel Lindsay¹

• Father*: Richard Gordon Lindsay¹ b. 4 Jan 1850, d. 7 Apr 1916
• Mother*: Lydia Adelaide Clark¹ b. 12 Jul 1853, d. 11 Mar 1933

• Birth*: 1878; Tyendinaga Twp., Deseronto, Hastings Co., Ontario; Date 1878 & location Deseronto per marriage reg'n. - William James Lear, Jr.¹
• Marriage*: 8 July 1901; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#... : Groom: William James Lear, Jrs.; Age: 27; Res.: Brighton Village; Born: Plano, Illinois; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Parents: William James Lear, Sr. & Mary Susan Lear; Bride: Minnie Mabel Lindsay; Age: 23; Res.: Brighton Twp.; Born: Deseronto; Status: spinster; Parents: Richard Gordon Lindsay & Lydia Adelaide Lindsay; Wit.: .. (pg 2 missing!!) ; Date; Jul 8 1901; Place: Northumberland Co. (Ontario Marriage Registration, # ... , ancestry.ca); Principal=William James Lear Jr.¹

• Married Name: 8 July 1901; Lear¹

Frank Leroy Lear^1,2,3

• Father*: William James Lear² b. 1 Jul 1850, d. 10 Oct 1921
• Mother*: Mary Susan Darnell² b. 5 Mar 1853, d. 16 May 1931

• Birth*: 10 October 1873; Plano, Kendall Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Date 1874 & location Illinois per 1880 US Fed Census. Date 1874 & location Oswego, Illinois, USA per marriage reg'n. - Maud Carson. Date Oct 10 1873 & location Plano, Kendall Co., Illinois per family tree of llhjgh on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2024.^2,4,3
• Marriage*: 21 March 1894; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#008564: Groom: Frederick Leroy Lear; Age: 20; Res.: Brighton; Born: Oswego, Illinois, USA; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Parents: W. J. & Mary L. Lear; Bride: Maud Carson; Age: 22; Res.: Brighton Twp.; Born: Prince Edward Co.; Status: spinster; Parents: Alex & Elizabeth Carson; Wit.: C. H. Scirver, Smithfield & W. L. Lear, Brighton; Date: Mar 21 1894; Place: Brighton Twp.; Re;.: Meth.; Performed by: Rev. H. ? Mountera? (Ontario Marriage Registration, #008564-1894, ancestry.ca) Date Mar 21 1894 & location Brighton per family tree of llhjgh on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2024.; Principal=Mary Ellen "Maud" Carson^2,5
• Death*: 26 March 1960; Orlean, Cattaragus Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of llhjgh on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2024.²

• Census*: 22 June 1880; Little Rock Twp., Kendall Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Age 6 at 1880 US Fed Census: see William J. Lear³
• Residence*: 21 March 1894; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Brighton per marriage reg'n. - Maud Caron.⁴

Mary Lear¹

• Father*: William James Lear Jr.¹ b. 1 Oct 1873
• Mother*: Minnie Mabel Lindsay¹ b. 1878

• Birth*: 1915; Ontario; Date 1915 & location Ont. per 1921 Census.¹

• Census*: 22 June 1921; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 6 at 1921 Census: see William Lear (grandfather)¹

Richard Gordon Lindsay¹

• Birth*: 4 January 1850; Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Minnie Mabel Lindsay & William James Lear, Jr. Date Jan 4 1850 & locaiton Thurlow Twp. per family tree of Bruce Lindsay on ancestry.ca, Mar 28 2025.^1,2
• Marriage*: 20 September 1871; Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; Excerpt: Pi:.494--495, Pioneer Life On The Bay Of Quinte
  Vt!liam James Lear, wasbornJuly 1st, 1850, in Clark township, county of Durham, and made his home with his
  parents until 1870, when he married Mary Susan, daughter of Abraham Darnell, at Sandwich, Illinois. Mr. Lear ran a drug store in Missouri for about thineen months, and next followed the barber business in Oswego, Illinois. Three years later he sold out and purchased one hundred and twenty acres ofland in
  Livingstone Co1U1ty, same state. He sold the farm in 1878 and rerumed to Plano and engaged with the Marsh Han-ester Company, which afterwards became the Deering Harvester Company. He next leased and operated quite successfully the Schnddcr's Flour :Mills near Plano and later on acquired considerable real
  estate and dealt in live stock, with good success. Being left well off by his uncle, John Lear, he removed to Brighton, where he has since resided. Mr. Lear is a member of no lodge or secret organization. In politics he is a Liberal and a leader of his party. He has several times
  been nominated for public office, but has always declined the nomination. He is a large property holder, owning several fine farms in Prince Edward County and elsewhere. His family consists of four sons, as follows:
  William James Lear, born on his grandfather Darnell's
  homestead about three miles south of Plano; married Minnie Mabel, daughter of Richard Gordon Lindsay and Lydia Adelaide Clark, his wife, on the 8th ofJuly, 1901, at Brighton. He took up his residence on lot 29, concession 1, township of Hillier, which brought back one branch of the family to Prince Edward County. Here his three children were bcrn, to wit: Agnes Mabel, born on the 15th of April, 1902; John, on the 25th of April, 1903; Harold Ernest,' on the 2nd of July, 1904. * Frank LeRoy Lear, born on the 10th of October, 1873,in the city of Oswego, Illinois; married Mary Ellen Maud, daughter of Alexander Carson and Elizabeth Breakenridge, his wife, on the 21st of March, 1894, at Smithfield, Ontario. He now resides
  on lot 8, concession 7, township of Brighton. His children: Ethel Mary, born May 24th, 1896; Joseph Edwin, born March 10th, 1898; Alfred LeRoy, born February 28th, 1900, and died on the 6th October in the same year;
  Frank, born April 13th, 1905. * Walter Edwin, born on the 23rd of October, 1879, in the city of Plano. Illinois. He is a student at law of Osgoode Hall, Toronto, Ontario. *Mark, born September 11th, 1885 at Schneider's Mills, one and one-half miles south of Plano. He is an under-graduate in arts of Queen's University, at Kingston. Sourco: ?? Clark, Pioneer Life On The Bay Of Ouinte (1904, with new index and Introduction 1999) inaqe repm/ CD, (IMon: Giol>e/Hedage Pr~ss, 2010). Pages 494-49; Principal=Lydia Adelaide Clark^1,3
• Death*: 7 April 1916; Rochester, Monroe Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of Bruce Lindsay on ancestry.ca, Mar 28 2025.²

Lydia Adelaide Clark^1,2,3

• Birth*: 12 July 1853; Canada West; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Minnie Mabel Lindsay & William James Lear, Jr. Date Jul 12 1853 & location Ont. per family tree of Bruce Lindsay on ancestry.ca, Mar 28 2025.^2,3
• Marriage*: 20 September 1871; Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; Excerpt: Pi:.494--495, Pioneer Life On The Bay Of Quinte
  Vt!liam James Lear, wasbornJuly 1st, 1850, in Clark township, county of Durham, and made his home with his
  parents until 1870, when he married Mary Susan, daughter of Abraham Darnell, at Sandwich, Illinois. Mr. Lear ran a drug store in Missouri for about thineen months, and next followed the barber business in Oswego, Illinois. Three years later he sold out and purchased one hundred and twenty acres ofland in
  Livingstone Co1U1ty, same state. He sold the farm in 1878 and rerumed to Plano and engaged with the Marsh Han-ester Company, which afterwards became the Deering Harvester Company. He next leased and operated quite successfully the Schnddcr's Flour :Mills near Plano and later on acquired considerable real
  estate and dealt in live stock, with good success. Being left well off by his uncle, John Lear, he removed to Brighton, where he has since resided. Mr. Lear is a member of no lodge or secret organization. In politics he is a Liberal and a leader of his party. He has several times
  been nominated for public office, but has always declined the nomination. He is a large property holder, owning several fine farms in Prince Edward County and elsewhere. His family consists of four sons, as follows:
  William James Lear, born on his grandfather Darnell's
  homestead about three miles south of Plano; married Minnie Mabel, daughter of Richard Gordon Lindsay and Lydia Adelaide Clark, his wife, on the 8th ofJuly, 1901, at Brighton. He took up his residence on lot 29, concession 1, township of Hillier, which brought back one branch of the family to Prince Edward County. Here his three children were bcrn, to wit: Agnes Mabel, born on the 15th of April, 1902; John, on the 25th of April, 1903; Harold Ernest,' on the 2nd of July, 1904. * Frank LeRoy Lear, born on the 10th of October, 1873,in the city of Oswego, Illinois; married Mary Ellen Maud, daughter of Alexander Carson and Elizabeth Breakenridge, his wife, on the 21st of March, 1894, at Smithfield, Ontario. He now resides
  on lot 8, concession 7, township of Brighton. His children: Ethel Mary, born May 24th, 1896; Joseph Edwin, born March 10th, 1898; Alfred LeRoy, born February 28th, 1900, and died on the 6th October in the same year;
  Frank, born April 13th, 1905. * Walter Edwin, born on the 23rd of October, 1879, in the city of Plano. Illinois. He is a student at law of Osgoode Hall, Toronto, Ontario. *Mark, born September 11th, 1885 at Schneider's Mills, one and one-half miles south of Plano. He is an under-graduate in arts of Queen's University, at Kingston. Sourco: ?? Clark, Pioneer Life On The Bay Of Ouinte (1904, with new index and Introduction 1999) inaqe repm/ CD, (IMon: Giol>e/Hedage Pr~ss, 2010). Pages 494-49; Principal=Richard Gordon Lindsay^2,4
• Death*: 11 March 1933; Pulteney, Steuben Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of Bruce Lindsay on ancestry.ca, Mar 28 2025.³

• Married Name: 20 September 1871; Lindsay^2,4

Sarah Jane Lear^1,2,3

• Father*: Joseph Lear² b. 25 Dec 1821, d. 22 Mar 1914
• Mother*: Mary Jane Perrin² b. 1 May 1827, d. 6 May 1897

• Birth*: 1847; Canada West; Date 1847 & location Cda. per 1870 US Fed Census. Date 1847 & location UC per 1861 Census.^2,3

• Census: April 1861; Clarke Twp., Durham Co., Canada West; Age 14 at 1861 Census: see Joseph Lear³
• Census*: 16 July 1870; Fox Twp., Millbrook, Kendall Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Age 23 at 1870 US Fed Census: see Joseph Lear²

Nathaniel Lear¹

• Father*: Joseph Lear¹ b. 25 Dec 1821, d. 22 Mar 1914
• Mother*: Mary Jane Perrin¹ b. 1 May 1827, d. 6 May 1897

• Birth*: 1863; Canada West; Date 1863 & location Cda. per 1870 US Fed Census.¹

• Census*: 16 July 1870; Fox Twp., Millbrook, Kendall Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Age 7 at 1870 US Fed Census: see Joseph Lear¹

William Edward Lear¹

• Father*: Benjamin Jeduthren Lear¹ b. 30 Oct 1821, d. 7 Oct 1918
• Mother*: Phoebe Millie Hartfole¹ b. 1823, d. 1875

• Birth*: July 1848; Prince Edward Co., Canada West; Date Jul 1848 & location Prince Edward Co. per Death Reg'n. - age 70y 11m at death Jun 1 1919.¹
• Death*: 1 June 1919; 228 Coleman St., Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.#015406: Name: William Edward Lear; Date: Jun 1 1919; Age: 70y 11m; Res.: 228 Coleman St., Belleville; Born: Prince Edward Co.; Burial: Belleville Cemetery; Occ.: carpenter; Status: married; Parents: Benjamin Lear & - ; Cause: protstate cancer, 2y; Phys.: Dr. J. A. Faulkner, Belleville; Inf.: Mrs. W. E. Lear, Belleville; Reg'd.: Jun 1 1919; Reg'r.: J. Wilfred Holmes, Belleville (Ontario Death Registration, #015406-1919, ancestry.ca)²
• Burial*: 3 June 1919; Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; Burial Belleville Cemetery per Death Reg'n.¹

Walter Byron Lear¹

• Father*: Walter Edwin Lear¹ b. 23 Oct 1879, d. 30 Oct 1944
• Mother*: Ethel Kathleen Appleton¹ b. 1885

• Birth*: 14 June 1907; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Birth Reg'n.#032184: Name: Walter Byron Lear; Date: Jun 14 1907; Parents: Walter Lear, lawyer & Ethel Kathleen Appleton; Phys. & Inf.: C. M. Sanford, MD, Brighton; Reg'd.: Jun 16 1907; Reg'r.: T. C. Lockwood, Brighton (Ontario Birth Registration, #032184-1907, ancestry.ca) per family tree of llhjgh on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2024.^1,2

Edwin Oscar "Ted" Lear^1,2

• Father*: Walter Edwin Lear² b. 23 Oct 1879, d. 30 Oct 1944
• Mother*: Ethel Kathleen Appleton² b. 1885

• Birth*: 4 June 1909; 920 Hara Ave., Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Birth Reg'n.#004706: Name: Edwin Oscar Lear; Date: Jun 4 1909; Place: 920 Hara Ave., Toronto; Parents: Walter Edwin Lear, Barrister & Ethel Kathleen Appleton; Married: Toronto, 1906; Phys.: Dr. Hunter; Inf.: W. E. Lear, 920 Hara Ave., TO; Reg'd.: Jul 2 1909 (Ontario Birth Registration, #004706-1909, ancestry.ca) per family tree of llhjgh on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2024.^2,3

Ethel Kathleen Lear¹

• Father*: Walter Edwin Lear¹ b. 23 Oct 1879, d. 30 Oct 1944
• Mother*: Ethel Kathleen Appleton¹ b. 1885

• Birth*: 14 August 1911; 14 Tyndall Ave., Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Birth Reg'n.#008044: Name: Ethel Kathleen Lear; Date: Aug 14 1911; Place: 14 Tyndall Ave., Toronto; Parents: Walter Edwin Lear, Barrister & Ethel Kathleen Appleton; Married: Toronto, Sep 6 1906; Phys.: D. Lusk; Inf.: W. E. Lear, 14 Tyndall Ave.; Reg'd.: Sep 12 1911 (Birth Registration, #008044-1911, ancestry.ca) per family tree of llhjgh on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2024.^1,2
• Death*: November 2001; Birmingham, Warwickshire, England; per family tree of llhjgh on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2024.¹

Harvey James Lear^1,2

• Father*: Walter Edwin Lear² b. 23 Oct 1879, d. 30 Oct 1944
• Mother*: Ethel Kathleen Appleton² b. 1885

• Birth*: 29 March 1916; 1247 King St. W., Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Birth Reg'n.#004428: Name: Harvey James Lear; Date: Mar 29 1916; Place: 1247 King St. W., TO; Parents: Walter Edwin Lear, Barrister-at-Law & Ethel Kathleen Appleton; Married: Sep 6 1906, Toronto; Phys.: H. H. Murray; Inf.: W. E. Lear, 1247 King St. W., TO; Reg'd.: Apr 8 1916 (Ontario Birth Registration, #004428-1916, ancestry.ca) per family tree of llhjgh on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2024.^2,3
• Death*: 20 February 1960; Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of llhjgh on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2024.²

Luella "Joye" Daniels^1,2,3,4

• Father*: William Henry Daniels² b. 1 Mar 1900, d. 16 Jan 1985
• Mother*: Sarah Susannah Bird² b. 13 Feb 1897, d. 2 May 1986

• Birth*: 25 August 1925; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Aug 25, 1925 per Memorial. Date Aug 1925 & location Ont. per 1931 Census. Date Aug 25 1925 & location Brighton per family tree of Elva Patterson on ancestry.ca, Feb 5 2024.^2,3,4
• Marriage*: circa 1960; Ontario; per family tree of Elva Patterson on ancestry.ca, Feb 5 2024.; Principal=Robert Lambert Waterhouse²
• Death*: 31 July 2014; Community Nursing Home, Port Hope, Durham Co., Ontario; "JOYE WATERHOUSE Obituary; JOYE LUELLA WATERHOUSE At the Community Nursing Home Port Hope on Thursday, July 31, 2014, age 88 years. Joye Waterhouse of Brighton, daughter of the late William Daniels and the late Sarah (Bird). Loving mother of Jim Waterhouse and his wife Christine of Brighton. Predeceased by her son Bill Waterhouse. Sister of Sandy and her husband Fred Barnes of Maple Leaf. Sadly missed by her grandchildren Megan Waterhouse, Lucas Waterhouse, Samantha Waterhouse and Allison Hanson. The family will receive friends at the Brighton Funeral Home, 130 Main Street, Brighton, on Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from 1 o'clock until the service, to follow in the funeral home at 3 o'clock. Cremation with interment Mount Hope Cemetery. As an expression of sympathy, donations to Community Care Brighton or The Princess Margaret Hospital would be appreciated by the family. www.rushnellfamilyservices.com. Published by Toronto Star on Aug. 5, 2014." (https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/thestar/name/joye-waterhouse-obituary?id=43434497)
  per family tree of Elva Patterson on ancestry.ca, Feb 5 2024.
  Date Jul 31 2014 per Memorial.^2,5,4
• Burial*: 3 August 2014; Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (see Exhibit) WATERHOUSE; Luella "Joye"; (Daniels); August 25, 1925; July 31, 2014 (Mount Hope Cemetery, Brighton, image by Dan Buchanan, Jun 28 2025)⁴

• Census*: 1 June 1931; Main St., Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 5 at 1931 Census: see William Daniels³
• Married Name: circa 1960; Waterhouse²
• Residence: 24 September 1982; Village Lot 11, Alice St. East, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Grant 111009) show that Greymac Trust Co. sold "part", Lot 11, Alice St. East, Brighton Village, Northumberland Co. to Joye Waterhouse "Power of Sale under Mortg. No. 96565". Reg'n. Date: Sep 24 1982. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 001, pg. 086 of 339, OnLand.ca)
  Note: Joye Daniels was the wife of Robert Waterhouse, a major developer and builder of homes in Brighton. Jiom, their son, built the townhouse units on Chapel St. where I first lived when I came back to Brighton in 2010. (Dan Buchanan)⁶
• Residence*: 2 March 1983; Village Lot 11, Alice St. East, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Grant 113453) show that Joye Waterhouse sold "Part 2 Plan 38R2266", Lot 11, Alice St. East, Brighton Village, Northumberland Co. to Marvin & Wendie Kerr (Joint Tenants). Reg'n. Date: May 2 1983. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 001, pg. 088 of 339, OnLand.ca)⁶
• Residence: 9 January 1990; Village Lot 11, Alice St. East, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Transfer 163349) show that Eric Haworth sold " same land as in No. 62421 land deed No. 149042", Lot 11, Alice St. East, Brighton Village, Northumberland Co. to Joye Daniels Ltd. for $500,000. Reg'n. Date: Jan 9 1990. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 001, pg. 090 of 339, OnLand.ca)⁶
• Residence: 9 January 1990; Village Lot 11, Alice St. East, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Transfer 153825) show that Luella Joye Waterhouse sold "Part 1 Plan 38R-2266", Lot 11, Alice St. East, Brighton Village, Northumberland Co. to Joye Daniels Ltd. for $500,000. Reg'n. Date: Jan 9 1990. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 001, pg. 089 of 339, OnLand.ca)⁶
• Residence: 9 February 1994; Village Lot 11, Alice St. East, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Notice of Application for 1st Registration Land Titles Act 221916) show that a "Notice of Application for 1st Registration Land Titles Act" was registered re "Application No. 93075-39, Parts 1, 2 & 3 on attached plan", Lot 11, Alice St. East, Brighton Village, Northumberland Co. with Grantee Joye Daniels Ltd. Reg'n. Date: Feb 9 1994. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 001, pg. 090 of 339, OnLand.ca)⁶
• Residence: 14 April 1994; Village Lot 11, Alice St. East, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Certificate of 1st Registration Land Titles Act 223675) show that a "Certificate of 1st Registration Land Titles Act" was registered re "Application No. 93075-39", Lot 11, Alice St. East, Brighton Village, Northumberland Co. with Grantee Joye Daniels Ltd. Reg'n. Date: Apr 14 1994. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 001, pg. 090 of 339, OnLand.ca)⁶

Robert Lambert Waterhouse¹

• Birth*: 5 March 1924; Ingersoll, Oxford Co., Ontario; per family tree of Elva Patterson on ancestry.ca, Feb 5 2024.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1960; Ontario; per family tree of Elva Patterson on ancestry.ca, Feb 5 2024.; Principal=Luella "Joye" Daniels¹
• Death*: 11 February 2002; Ingesoll, Oxford Co., Ontario; per family tree of Elva Patterson on ancestry.ca, Feb 5 2024.¹