Della Charlton (nee Connell),
Passed away peacefully on Wednesday August 13, 2008 at Sunset Manor, Collingwood, Ontario in her 93rd year. Della, beloved wife of the late William Charlton and the late Wendell Phipps. Dear mother of Bob and his wife Agnes of Stayner, Ontario, Jim and his wife Louise of Kirkland, Quebec and John [...]
Yet another death notice I received through the kind folks at the Durham Clayport Reference and Local Studies Dept, this one gives local perspective to the death of my Grandmother, Helen Lottie Good in 1920.
Death of Mrs. R. Charlton
The death occurred under painfully sudden circumstances on Monday afternoon at 26 Western Hill, Durham, the residence [...]
I was fortunate this week to put my hands on a copy of an obituary from The Durham Chronicle dated June 11, 1920 for my Great Grandmother, Mary Charlton. This provides the first and only account we have of her. The account below indicates she was severely afflicted by rheumatism and was confined to her [...]
Thanks to Allan Argue of Woodville, Ontario for providing this scan of Gertrude Raney’s obituary from the Cannington Gleaner dated Wednesday, January 15th, 1969. Gertrude was my Helen Lottie Good’s sister.
LOSS TO DURHAM TRADE UNIONISM
Passing of Mr. W. B. Charlton
A Devoted Servant
We record with regret the death of Mr. William Browell Charlton, which occurred on Saturday at 26 Western Hill, Durham after a prolonged illness, at the age of 77 years. for over half a century he had been one of the most highly respected, [...]

Background of this photo: In March of 2006, I came across this photo of James and Agnes Good, Helen Lottie Good’s parents and my great grandparents. The photo was placed on a University of Regina personal web page (now removed) along with other family details by a distant cousin of mine, Grant Urban. Thank you [...]
William James Peer
Note: this entry originally posted Feb. 17 ‘07, updated with family photos courtesy Julie Peer Mar. 26 ‘07
The following information came to light in a correspondence this past week from Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy who is also researching the Peer lines in Ontario.
Death 2 April 1902. Death Certificate, [...]
Richard Richards Death Certificate links family to Wexford, Ireland.
Farmer Robert Powell reported the tragedy of Richard Richards being struck down by a team of runaway horses on January 29th 1874. The 40 year old Richards, who had lost both his wife Eliza (nee Hinton) and daughter Etta in 1872, was killed instantly.
Proving you can’t always believe a transcript no matter how good the source, here is a photo of the original 1899 death Register showing Reuben Peer, age 79, born in Ontario. You’ll have to click through the photo to my Flickr account to read it properly.
It reads: Reuben Peer, male, 26th February 1899, age [...]
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 [...]