May 1924 Editions



      May 7, 1924

      P. 8
      James H. Ashdown
      d. Apr 5 1924 Winnipeg MB, 5 days after his 80th birthday

      P. 23
      Birth - Marjorie Down Farrill
      b. April 16 1924 at Port Elgin ON
      daughter of Rev F.G. and Mrs Farrill

      Birth - Mary Elizabeth White
      b. Mar 27 1924 Hazemore SK
      daughter of Rev J.T. and Mrs White

      Birth - Barbara Anne King
      b. April 5 1924 Cambridge Mass.
      daughter of Rev and Mrs George B. King of Islington ON

      Birth - Arthur William Edmunds
      b. Mar 3 1924 Chungchow, Szechwan, China
      son of E.W. and Mrs Edmunds (nee Lorenia M Wilson)

      In Memoriam - Mrs Eliza McDonald
      d. May 3 1922 Lindsay ON
      signed her children


      May 14, 1924

      P. 14
      Late Wm. Heatherington of Alberta - an apprecitation
      d. Mar 21 1924 at home in New Brigden AB of pneumonia
      survived by wife, two sons: Emerson and George, 2 daughters: Miss Margaret at home and Mrs Fuller of Stettler AB, and 1 brother John
      (I have the whole record for this one if anyone is researching this family)

      Late Mrs Makins - an appreciation
      b. Juliett Smith, Jan 9 1849 near Weston ON
      m. 1904 Henry Makins (predeceased by several years)
      d. Jan 22 1924 ON
      buried Exeter ON
      1884 moved to Exeter with parents and family
      (I have the whole record for this one if anyone is researching this family)

      Late Rev C.W. Reynolds - an appreciation
      d. Mar 11 1924 Toronto ON
      buried Oshawa ON
      married 3 times - "Twice his home was shattered and shadowed by the removal of his loved life partner"
      survived by wife, daughter Miss Leonore, 3 sons: EVan of Oshawa ON and Morris and Arthur at home
      (I have the whole record for this one if anyone is researching this family)

      P. 19
      Late Mrs A.A. Drinkwater - an appreciation
      b. Ann Amelia, Jan 24 1837 Mirimichi NB, eldest daughter of James and Elizabeth Walter who came from England
      m. George Drinkwater (d. 1906 St. Thomas ON)
      d. Feb 1924 buried Feb 21 1924 St. Thomas Cemetery beside husband
      moved with her family from NB to Acton ON then to Bruce Co. ON
      after marriage lived in Arran Twp ON then Port Stanley ON then St. Thomas (where her husband died) then London ON
      6 children: Dr William of Monticello Iowa, Joseph (deceased), Dr. W.G. of Gormania West Virginia, Miss Alena A. who lived with and cared for her parents until their deaths, Mrs W.J. Perkins of Detroit Michigan, and Mrs. John Bate of Brandon MB
      All brothers and sisters have passed on except for Mrs William Thomas of Los Angeles CA, Mrs William Frost and William Walter of Seattle WA, and Mrs Thomas Brown of Sandwich ON

      P. 23
      Marriages - Milling - Balfour
      m. Apr 23 1924 at residence of bride's mother in Lindsay ON
      Mr. Eugene Milling of Richmond, Lennox Co. ON to Miss Mary Adeline Balfour of Lindsay ON


      May 21, 1924

      P. 17
      Late Mrs. A.M. Wilson - an appreciation
      b. Lydia Victoria Kerr, Sept 11 1849, daughter of the late George and Elizabeth Kerr of Greenbush, Leeds Co. ON
      m. A.M. Wilson
      d. Apr 5 1924 Greenway ON
      survived by husband, daughter Mae, and two brothers J.W. Kerr of Elgin ON and Rev G.J Kerr of Lambeth ON
      (I have the whole record for this one if anyone is researching this family)

      Late Rev Thomas C. Sanderson - an appreciation
      b. Mar 12 1851 Sheffield, Addington Co, ON
      m. Miss Janet Paul of Newburgh, Addington Co, ON
      d. Easter Sunday 1924 at his home in Dresden ON
      buried Dresden Cemetery
      nine years prior moved to Dresden ON
      funeral held Apr 22 1924
      survived by wife and 2 daughters: Mrs G.M. Fisher of London ON and Mrs G.W. Godfrey of Sudbury ON
      (I have the whole record for this one if anyone is researching this family)

      P. 22
      Wedding - Brown - Hamilton
      M. Apr 23 1924 Princeton ON
      Miss Mary Hamilton to A. Edward Brown
      (I have the whole record for this one if anyone is researching this family)

      P. 23
      Marriages - Miners - Coombs
      m. May 7 1924 London ON
      Mr John Miners of Exeter ON to Mrs Emma J Coombs of Bowmanville ON
      (I have the whole record for this one if anyone is researching this family)

      Death - Gertrude Torrance Cloke
      d. Apr 8 1924 Hamilton ON
      wife of Fred Cloke and daughter of late Rev Wm. Torrance
      (I have the whole record for this one if anyone is researching this family)

      In Memoriam - Minnie E. Bradshaw (nee Rodd)
      d. May 9 1922 at home of her sister Mrs G Moody of Oshawa ON
      signed brothers and sisters
      (I have the whole record for this one if anyone is researching this family)

      Golden Wedding
      May 4 1924 Rev J.S. Williamson and Mrs Williamson celebrated 50th anniversary at home in Toronto ON
      m. 1874 Hamilton ON
      nee Miss Ada Woolverton of Hamilton ON
      for last 5 years have lived in Toronto ON
      three daughters: one lives at home, Mrs J.R. Gibson is in Toronto ON
      , and Mrs (Rev) H.H. Bingham is in Calgary ON
      (I have the whole record for this one if anyone is researching this family)


      May 28, 1924

      P. 15
      Late Howard L. DeBeck - an appreciation
      d. April 1924 Penticton BC
      mother passed on a few years ago at the age of 105, a son Cifford gave his life in the Great War
      survived by wife, sons and daughters
      (I have the whole record for this one if anyone is researching this family)

      2 articles about Late James H. Ashdown - neither one has any vital stats though
      (I have the whole record for this one if anyone is researching this family)

      Late Mrs W.S. Maclaren - an appreciation
      b. Mary Henderson, 1843, daughter of the late A.H. Henderson of Huntingdon
      m. 1875 W.S. Maclaren (predeceased 1909), brother of Justice J.J. Maclaren of Toronto ON
      d. Mar 14 1924 Huntingdon
      was one of a family of fourteen, one of whom was the late Rev Dr W.C. Henderson and another the late Mrs (Rev Dr) W.J. Crothers
      survived by two sons Harold (C.E.) of Huntingdon and Dr Archie of Calgary AB, one sister Miss Kate still lives in Huntingdon
      (I have the whole record for this one if anyone is researching this family)

      P. 16
      Golden Wedding Mr and Mrs William Rowntree
      m. Mar 31 1874 Fairbank ON?
      celebrated 50 years March 31 1924 in Florida
      reside in Toronto ON
      Mrs Rowntree daughter of late William Farr of Davenport Road
      family of ten: William (died when very young), Henry, Charles, Percival C. (all in business in Toronto ON), Mrs A.W. Pearson of Weston, Mrs R.S. King of Midland, Mrs. T.R. Arnold of Mount Dennis, Annie E. (principal at a highschool in Waterford), Sarah and Emma L. at home
      nine grandchildren
      photos
      (I have the whole record for this one if anyone is researching this family)

      P. 17
      Golden Wedding
      Mr and Mrs Thomas Clark of Kingsville celebrated 50 years together May 5 1924
      m. May 5 1874 in the Methodist Church in Kingsville
      Mrs Clark was Lucinda Jane Arner, daughter of late John Arner of Colchester South
      Mr Clark was one of a family of twelve, ten of who survive and eight of whom joined them at this celebration
      three children: Philip on the farm, Mrs E.C. Scratch of Gosfield South and Miss Lena at home
      five grandchildren and three great grandchildren
      (I have the whole record for this one if anyone is researching this family)

      P. 20
      Late Asahel Adelbert Bond - an appreciation
      aka Ace
      b. Wellington Co. ON
      d. Dec 13 1923 Salmon Arm BC, 70 years old
      moved to Western Manitoba in 1882 (year of first great migration)
      1910 moved to Salmon Arm BC
      survived by widow who has returned to live with son John A. on the old homestead in Manitoba, while daughter Mrs W.J. Honey remains in Salmon Arm with her family
      (I have the whole record for this one if anyone is researching this family)

      P. 23
      Births - Whitmore, a daughter
      b. May 14 1924 Medicine Hat AB
      daughter of Rev and Mrs N.W. Whitmore of Eyremore AB

      Deaths - Caroline Teskey Giles
      d. May 8 1924 at Brockville ON
      wife of late John G. Giles
      buried May 10 1924 Oakland Cemetery Brockville ON

      Deaths - Mary Evangeline Porter Martin
      d. May 5 1924 West Vancouver BC
      wife of Rev R.G. Martin of Gregg MB
      buried May 10 1924 at Gregg MB

      Deaths - James Kelso Creighton, M.D.
      d. May 20 at home in Stettler AB
      son of late James Creighton f Dorchester ON and brother of the editor of this paper

      In Memoriam - Ada Nellie Aldridge
      d. April or May 1923
      wife of Rev W.G. Aldridge, minister of Silverthorn Methodist Church

      In Memoriam - Mrs Millicent Dobson
      d. June 1 1919 Weston ON
      signed daughter

      Late Mrs T. Culbert
      b. Emma Singleton of Singleton ON - named after her father and grandfather (later known as Crosby ON)
      d. autumn of 1923 at home of son Mr Willard Chipman in Toronto ON after many months in the Toronto General Hospital
      wife of Thomas Culbert
      lived in Singleton ON until a few years ago when retired to Brockville ON with husband
      stricken with an incurable disease
      (I have the whole record for this one if anyone is researching this family)