January 2007

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Cemetery Express

January 17, 2007 in connell | No comments

Cemetery Express

In the summer of 1985, I went on a photo expedition to discover some of my ancestral roots. One of the highlights of that journey was discovering the burial grands of my great great grandparents, Robert and Sophia Connell behind the old stone church in Yonge Mills just outside of Brockville, Ontario.

The cemetery is divided in half by the main CN line between Montreal and Toronto. Long before the original Grand Trunk Railroad was first put through this area, a section of land was divided off from one of the early farmsteads to serve as a burial ground. Robert 1830 (directly underneath the train headlights) and Sophia 1846 (above) are among some of the earliest stones that can be found there.

How many travelers have passed through this cemetery over the years? What would they think?

See a photo I took recently upon the return to this same spot.

The Richards Family – 1902

January 11, 2007 in connell, peer, richards | No comments

The Richards Family 1902

From Left to right – Clifford Roy, William Henry, Ethel May, Harold
Edison (in front), Lucy Adeline and Howard Victor.

1901 Census:

  • William H Richards, male, white, head, married, born Ontario – Mar 24, 1864, age 37, origin Irish, nationality Canadian, religion Methodist, occupation Farmer
  • Lucy A Richards, female, white, wife, married, born Ontario – Nov 7, 1866, age 34, origin French, nationality Canadian, religion Methodist, speaks English, doesn’t speak French
  • Ethel M Richards, female, white, daughter, born Ontario – Jan 13, 1887, age 14, origin Irish, nationality Canadian, religion Methodist
  • Clifford R Richards, male, white, son, born Ontario – May 18, 1889, age 11, origin Irish, nationality Canadian, religion Methodist
  • Howard V Richards, male, white, son, born Ontario – Oct 14, 1891, age 9, origin Irish, nationality Canadian, religion Methodist
  • Harold E Richards, male, white, son, born Ontario – Mar 11, 1897, age 4, origin Irish, nationality Canadian, religion Methodist

Helen Lottie Good

January 4, 2007 in charlton, good | 3 comments

In Loving Memory of Helen Lottie, the dearly beloved wife of Robert Charlton, 26 Western Hill, Durham.

Who died Monday, March 15th, 1920, aged 29 years and 11 months. Will be interred in St. Cuthbert’s Churchyard, on Thursday, March 18th. Service in the house at 2 o’clock.

“And all my days I’ll go the kindlier and sweeter for her dear sake.”

Helen Lottie Good - 1909

Death Notice:
The Late Mrs Charlton
Filmore, Saskatchewan

The following particulars regarding the death of the late Mrs. Charlton was sent to The Filmore Press by Mr. Thomas Dale, secretary of the Mission Hall, in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, and will be read with interest and sympathy by both relatives and friends in filmore and district.

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26 Western Hill, Durham

January 2, 2007 in charlton, good, green | 1 comment

Of all the houses in Britain, this is probably the one that means the most to me.

26 Western Hill, Durham

26 Western Hill Rd is the place where my Grandmother Helen Lottie Good died. It is the house of my Great Grandparents, William Browell Charlton and Mary Green. The place my Grandparents were visiting with my father and his younger brother when all of a sudden, everything went wrong.
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