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Families Numbered 101 to 125
101. JANE6 HENDERSON (BARBARA5 SHILLINGTON, JAMES4, THOMAS3,
JOHN2) She married SAM FULLER.
Notes for JANE HENDERSON:
The couple moved to Iowa. Sam Fuller was a younger brother of John
Fuller. See Margaret Shillington
Children of JANE HENDERSON and SAM FULLER are:
i. ETHEL7 FULLER, m. CHARLES QUINN.
Notes for ETHEL FULLER:
As of 1952 the couple lived at Boone, Iowa.
ii. EDNA FULLER, m. PAUL LEITHOFF.
Notes for EDNA FULLER:
As of 1952 the couple lived at Westhope, North Dakota, U.S.A.
iii. HARRY FULLER, m. HULDA JOHNSON.
Notes for HARRY FULLER:
As of 1952 the couple lived at Sherwood, North Dakota, U.S.A.
iv. MAURINE FULLER, m. GEORGE
HURDLEBRINK.
Notes for MAURINE FULLER:
As of 1952 the couple lived at Sherwood, North Dakota, U.S.A.
102. JAMES ALBERT6 HENDERSON (BARBARA5 SHILLINGTON, JAMES4, THOMAS3,
JOHN2) was born 1861 in Watford, Ontario, Canada, and died 1939 in Sherwood,
North Dakota, Canada. He married LYDIA SHERMAN 23 December 1939
in At her mother's home in Scranton, Iowa, U.S.A..
Notes for JAMES ALBERT HENDERSON:
As a boy he moved with his parents to a farm at Scranton, Iowa. At
first he worked hauling clay to a tile factory and his wife continued
to teach. After a year they were able to establish themselves on
a farm three miles south of Scranton, Iowa. Five years later they moved
into Scranton and James, always a lover of horses set up a livery barn.
He farmed in Nebraska and Saskatchewan (Elmore District). He retired in
1932 and went to live in Sherwood,North Dakota.
His daughter in law, Winnifred Fitch contributed this poem for their
golden wedding anniversary;
Fifty years together and we've travelled along life's way,
Since we were wed in eighty-five that late December day.
Our thought oft turn to Iowa, where as boy and girl we met,
Those friends, those scenes, those carefree days, we never can forget.
And far the trail has led us through years of loss and gain,
From the cornfields of Nebraska to the lonely Western plain.
Where the prairie rolled unbroken as far as the eye could view
Here, filled with hopes of pioneers we started life anew.
For the wheat lands promised plenty with their soil of rich black loam,
And now for more than thirty years we've called this country home.
Though at times the way was hard and some of the years were lean,
We've never missed the riches that are worth the while to glean.
For now we are rich in friendships, and blessed with health beside:
The children that we bore and loved all round us here abide
Our circle is unbroken, though half a century's passed
May we travel toward the sunset together, till the last.
More About JAMES ALBERT HENDERSON:
Burial: Sherwood, North Dakota, Canada
Notes for LYDIA SHERMAN:
As of 1952 she was 87 years of age and living in a Lutheran home Sherwood
N.D. She had a lively active mind and furnished most of the information
about the Barbara Shillington aand Henderson branch of the family.
Children of JAMES HENDERSON and LYDIA SHERMAN are:
249. i. RAY SHERMAN7 HENDERSON,
b. 11 March 1887, Scranton, Iowa, U.S.A..
ii. FAY ERMA HENDERSON, b. February
1889; d. 1951.
Notes for FAY ERMA HENDERSON:
She graduated from Capital City Commercial College in Des Moines, Iowa
and held a secretarial post with a firm in Deer Lodge, Montana until her
death.
250. iii. HENRY JAY HENDERSON,
b. 1891.
251. iv. ALBERT DAY HENDERSON,
b. 1895, Scranton, Iowa, U.S.A..
252. v. TRUMAN KAY HENDERSON, b.
1896, Nebraska, U.S.A.
253. vi. MCKINLAY GAY HENDERSON,
b. 1898.
103. MINA6 ALCOCK (LYDIA5 SHILLINGTON, JAMES4, THOMAS3, JOHN2)
was born 24 August 1863, and died 23 October 1947. She married DAVE
CRAM.
Children of MINA ALCOCK and DAVE CRAM are:
i. CEDRIC7 CRAM.
ii. WINNIE CRAM.
iii. WILLARD CRAM.
iv. ORRIE CRAM.
v. MABEL CRAM.
104. JOSEPH6 ALCOCK (LYDIA5 SHILLINGTON, JAMES4, THOMAS3, JOHN2)
was born 23 July 1865, and died 5 February 1920. He married (1)
WINNIE BAKER. He married (2) EDITH ZINKAN.
Child of JOSEPH ALCOCK and WINNIE BAKER is:
254. i. VIVIAN7 ALCOCK.
Children of JOSEPH ALCOCK and EDITH ZINKAN are:
ii. LOIS7 ALCOCK, m. G. LIGHT.
Notes for LOIS ALCOCK:
As of 1953 she was living in Vancuver, B.C.
iii. NORMAN ALCOCK.
Notes for NORMAN ALCOCK:
He graduated from Queen's University as an Electrical Engineer in 1949
with a brilliant scholastic record. In his final year he was awarded the
Charles Forescue Fellowship by the American Institute of Electrical Engineering.
He then studied at and graduated from the California Institute of Technology
and McGIll University. During the second World War he did radar research
at Ottawa and spent four years at Chalk River, Ontario doing atomic and
nuclear research. As of 1953 he was Vice President of Isotope Enterprises
a Canadian company seeking to develop practical uses for the atomic research
being done. As of 1953 he was working at a plant owned by that company and
situated just outside of Oakville, Ontario,
105. ANNIE6 ALCOCK (LYDIA5 SHILLINGTON, JAMES4, THOMAS3, JOHN2)
was born 10 October 1869. She married EVERETT STRATHY. He died
1930 in Seattle, Washington.
Notes for ANNIE ALCOCK:
They moved to the U.S.
Notes for EVERETT STRATHY:
He died in Seattle, Washington in the 1930's.
Children of ANNIE ALCOCK and EVERETT STRATHY are:
i. FREDA7 STRATHY.
ii. ERIC STRATHY.
iii. RALPH STRATHY.
iv. DORIS STRATHY.
v. KEITH STRATHY.
vi. LOIS STRATHY.
vii. DON STRATHY.
106. ALMA6 ALCOCK (LYDIA5 SHILLINGTON, JAMES4, THOMAS3, JOHN2)
was born 18 September 1873. She married CLARENCE STEWART.
He died 1951 in Vancouver ,British Columbia, Canada.
Notes for ALMA ALCOCK:
As of 1953 she was living at 2461- West 20th Street, Vancouver, B.C.
Children of ALMA ALCOCK and CLARENCE STEWART are:
i. GARNET7 STEWART.
ii. RONALD STEWART.
Notes for RONALD STEWART:
As of 1953 he was in the furniture store business in Fort William (now
Thunder Bay), Ontario, Canada
iii. ALEX STEWART.
Notes for ALEX STEWART:
AS of 1953 he was employed by the Canadian Pacific Railway.
iv. CLARENCE STEWART.
Notes for CLARENCE STEWART:
As of 1953 he was an optometrist and had a business in Vancouver, B.C.
107. EDITH6 ALCOCK (LYDIA5 SHILLINGTON, JAMES4, THOMAS3, JOHN2)
was born 18 September 1877, and died 1910. She married GARNER GAHAN.
He died 1910.
Notes for GARNER GAHAN:
He was a medical doctor.
Children of EDITH ALCOCK and GARNER GAHAN are:
i. REVELL7 GAHAN.
ii. EILEEN GAHAN.
iii. WALTER GAHAN.
iv. GERALD GAHAN.
v. ARTHUR GAHAN.
108. JAMES6 ALCOCK (LYDIA5 SHILLINGTON, JAMES4, THOMAS3, JOHN2)
was born 2 September 1877. He married FERRIS WALTON.
Notes for JAMES ALCOCK:
He and his brother went into ranching at Milk River, Alberta, Canada.
After many years they took up farming at Okotoks, Alberta, Canada.
Child of JAMES ALCOCK and FERRIS WALTON is:
i. LYALL W. W.7 ALCOCK, b. 1904;
m. AMO BELL, 14 June 1941.
Notes for LYALL W. W. ALCOCK:
He graduated from the College of Agriculture, University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.. Then he worked as a supervisor at the Brooks
Irrigation District, Alberta for the Canadian Pacific Railway. As
of 1953 he and Amo were ranching in the foothills west of Nanton, Alberta,
Canada. They were raising thoroughbred horses. At that time their address
was R.R. 1, Nanton, Alberta, Canada.
Notes for AMO BELL:
She was a graduate of the University of Alberta in Arts and in 1934
graduated from the University of Toronto in Social Sciences.
109. ANNA CAROLINE6 SHILLINGTON (JOHN "LITTLE"5, JAMES4, THOMAS3,
JOHN2) was born 20 August 1870 in Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Ontario,
Canada, and died 10 April 1948 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She
married ALBERT MORTON 16 February 1892 in Munster. Ontario, Canada.
He was born 31 July 1868 in Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Ontario,
Canada, and died 17 October 1945 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Notes for ANNA CAROLINE SHILLINGTON:
Some time time after their marriage they moved to Manitoba. Anna died
in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Children of ANNA SHILLINGTON and ALBERT MORTON are:
255. i. HAROLD ARTHUR7 MORTON,
b. 9 April 1893, Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada.
256. ii. JOHN EVERETT. MORTON,
b. 4 August 1906, Lauder, Manitoba, Canada.
110. ARTHUR EDWARD6 SHILLINGTON (JOHN "LITTLE"5, JAMES4, THOMAS3,
JOHN2, THOMAS1 KERFOOT) was born 8 October 1881 in Goulbourn Township, Carleton
County, Ontario, Canada, and died 11 May 1943 in Gainsboro, Saskatchewan,
Canada. He married HANNAH KEELER 13 November 1901 in Lauder, Manitoba,
Canada. She was born 13 January 1874 in Battersea Township, Storrington,
England.
Notes for ARTHUR EDWARD SHILLINGTON:
He farmed in Lauder, Manitoba, Canada.
Notes for HANNAH KEELER:
As of 1953 she was alive and living on the family farm at Hartney,
Manitoba, Canada.
Child of ARTHUR SHILLINGTON and HANNAH KEELER is:
257. i. IRENE KATHERINE7 SHILLINGTON,
b. 20 September 1905, Lauder, Manitoba, Canada.
111. HARRIET SARAH6 SHILLINGTON (JOHN "LITTLE"5, JAMES4, THOMAS3,
JOHN2, THOMAS1 KERFOOT) was born 8 August 1881 in Gouldourn Township, Carleton
Co., Ontario, August 8, 1881. She married JACOB B. MUTER 3 July 1906
in Lauder, Manitoba, Canada. He was born 2 May 1877 in West Montrose,
Bruce Co. Ontario, Canada, and died 31 January 1931 in Loreburn, Sa skatchewan,
Canada.
Notes for HARRIET SARAH SHILLINGTON:
Some time after their marriage the couple moved to Lauder manitoba,
Canada. As of 1953 she was living at 9 Maple Avenue, Port Credit, Ontario,
Canada
Children of HARRIET SHILLINGTON and JACOB MUTER are:
258. i. WATSON HAROLD7 MUTER, b.
3 January 1908, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan; d. 9 November 1998, Moose Jaw,
Saskatchewan, Canada.
259. ii. JOHN ROSS MUTER, b. 7
July 1913, Hawarden, Saskatchewan, Canada.
260. iii. LLOYD SHILLINGTON MUTER,
b. 21 July 1918, Hawarden, Saskatchewan, Canada; d. 11 November 1944,
Holland.
112. JOHN H.6 MCFARLANE (ELIZA5 SHILLINGTON, JAMES4, THOMAS3,
JOHN2) was born 27 November 1872 in Munster, Ontario, Canada, and died 27
June 1946 in Carievale, Saskatchewan. He married STELLA LOTSPIECH.
She was born in Mt Union, Iowa, United States.
More About JOHN H. MCFARLANE:
Burial: Workman Cemetery, Carvievale, Saskatchewan. Canada
Notes for STELLA LOTSPIECH:
As of 1953 she was living at Gainsborough, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Children of JOHN MCFARLANE and STELLA LOTSPIECH are:
i. EDNA PEARL7 MCFARLANE, b. 2
July 1902, Carievale, Saskatchewan, Canada; d. 18 December 1902, Carievale,
Saskatchewan, Canada.
More About EDNA PEARL MCFARLANE:
Burial: Workman Cemetery, Carvievale, Saskatchewan. Canada
261. ii. VELMA MCFARLANE, b. 3
November 1904, Elmore, Saskatchewan, Canada.
262. iii. CLARENCE ALBERT MCFARLANE,
b. 11 October 1906, Elmore, Saskatchewan, Canada.
263. iv. EARLE WILLIAM MCFARLANE,
b. 15 July 1912, Elmore, Saskatchewan, Canada.
264. v. ELLEN ANNA MCFARLANE, b.
6 March 1918, Elmore, Saskatchewan, Canada.
113. ELIZA6 MCFARLANE (ELIZA5 SHILLINGTON, JAMES4, THOMAS3, JOHN2)
She married MR. KEMP.
Notes for ELIZA MCFARLANE:
After her husband's death she lived in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Child of ELIZA MCFARLANE and MR. KEMP is:
i. LELA7 KEMP, d. 1940; m. MR.
MILLER.
Notes for LELA KEMP:
They had six children.
114. ERNEST6 EDWARDS (MARGARET5 SHILLINGTON, JAMES4, THOMAS3,
JOHN2)
Notes for ERNEST EDWARDS:
He was married.He moved to Scranton, Iowa, U.S.A. His wife's name is
not known
Child of ERNEST EDWARDS is:
i. AGNES7 EDWARDS, m. MR. GOODRICH.
Notes for AGNES EDWARDS:
As of 1953 she was living at 1424 White Ave., Grand Junction, Colorado,
U.S.A.
115. ALBERT6 EDWARDS (MARGARET5 SHILLINGTON, JAMES4, THOMAS3,
JOHN2)
Notes for ALBERT EDWARDS:
He lived in Scranton, Iowa, U.S.A.
Children of ALBERT EDWARDS are:
i. PAUL E.7 EDWARDS.
Notes for PAUL E. EDWARDS:
As of 1953 he was living at 3414 Canton Avenue, Jackson, Mississippi,
U.S.A.
ii. FORREST EDWARDS.
Notes for FORREST EDWARDS:
As of 1953 he was living at 2201 Lincolnwood Drive, Evanston, Illinois,
U.S.A.
116. WILBER C6 FULLER (MARGARET5 SHILLINGTON, JAMES4, THOMAS3, JOHN2)
Notes for WILBER C FULLER:
He worked for the railways in Iowa and South Dakota. He and his wife
made their home at Mobridge, South Dakota. Thereafter they moved to Cottage
Grove, Oregon to be close to their youngest daughter, Margaret Maxine
(ne Fuller) Morton. Mrs. Fuller died on 12 March1948. As of 1953 Wilber
was lving with this daughter at P.O. Box 304, Cottage Grove, Oregon, U.S.A
Children of WILBER C FULLER are:
265. i. MARGARET MAXINE7 FULLER.
ii. STEPHEN FULLER.
Notes for STEPHEN FULLER:
As of 1953 he was living in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
iii. BERTHA FULLER.
Notes for BERTHA FULLER:
As of 1953 she was living in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
iv. MARY FULLER.
Notes for MARY FULLER:
As of 1953 she lived at Cottage Grove, Oregon, U.S.A.
v. BILL FULLER.
Notes for BILL FULLER:
As of 1953 he lived at Olympia, Washington, U.S.A.
117. ADAM TOZELAND6 SHILLINGTON (SAMUEL KERFOOT5, JAMES4, THOMAS3,
JOHN1) was born 12 August 1870 in Prospect, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada,
and died 22 May 1946. He married ETHEL FLORENCE JONES 31 July 1899,
daughter of JOHN JONES and MARY WYMAN. She was born 4 July 1874,
and died 28 January 1946.
Notes for ADAM TOZELAND SHILLINGTON:
He was educated in the public schools of Kempville. He wrote entrance
exams at McGill University in Montreal on September 15, 16 and 17th of September
1890 He was admitted and commenced the study on Medicine on Oct 1, 1890.
He left a diary in which he chronicled his studies. He finished his first
year on March 19, 1891. He returned home for the summer.He was graduated
in medicine from McGill University in 1894. On October 29, 1894 he openned
his medical practice in Ottawa at 305 Banks Street. A deeply religious
person, he noted in his diary that on November 15, 1984 he transfered his
membership fro the Kempville Methodist Chruch to the McLeod Street Methodist
Church in Ottawa . On October 31, 1895 he was elected to the Official Board
of the Church. Then he completed a post graduate course in England.
He returned to Canada and enlisted in the Canadian Militia. He became a
medical officer of an Ottawa unit. During this time he also established
a medical practice on Bank Street in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. During
the First World War he crossed with the First Division and served in France
and England until the signing of the Armistice on November 11, 1918. Col
Shillington was the first Canadian to set foot in France during the First
World War when in charge of No. 2 Stationary Hospital. He was ordered to
move to LeTouquet in October 1914. Proceeding to France a day ahead of his
unit he met it at the landing at Boulogne. Returning to Canada after the
war he resumed his practice in Ottawa. Enlisting in the active Army
again in 1939 he served as President of the Standing Medical Board. He attained
the rank of Colonel. He retired from the army in January 1944. He resumed
his practice again . He retired the following year due to ill health. On
that occasion he was honoured by a testimonial dinner put on by the medical
community of whom he had been a prominent member. Col Shillington was
chairman of the legislation committee for the Ontario Medical Association
when the legislation was passed which created the Canadian Medical Association.
He was also Vice-President of the Ontario Medical Association in 1913.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine in London, England and
was a member of the American Medical Association. He died in the Veterans
Pavilion of the Ottawa Civic Hospital on May 29, 1946 after a lengthy illness.
His wife predeceased him the previous March of that year.
Children of ADAM SHILLINGTON and ETHEL JONES are:
266. i. JOHN TOZELAND7 SHILLINGTON,
b. 18 July 1900, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
267. ii. ETHEL MAUDE SHILLINGTON,
b. 9 February 1902, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
iii. SAMUEL KERFOOT SHILLINGTON,
b. 21 May 1904, Ottawa, Ontario, Canda; d. 14 June 1906, Ottawa, Ontario,
Canda.
268. iv. JAMES GEORGE KERFOOT SHILLINGTON,
b. 1 December 1905, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; d. 1 January 1962.
v. VIOLA FRAKE SHILLINGTON, b.
14 August 1909, Ottawa, Ontario, Canda; d. 5 November 1910, Ottawa, Ontario,
Canda.
118. JENNIE ADINA6 SHILLINGTON (SAMUEL KERFOOT5, JAMES4, THOMAS3,
JOHN2) was born October 1876 in Prospect County, Lanark, Ontario, Canada,
and died 28 February 1950 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canda. She married ROBERT
CHARLES ROSE 18 July 1896 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He was born
25 November 1862 in Morrisburg, Ontario, Canada, and died 20 November 1944
in Ottawa, Ontario, Canda.
More About JENNIE ADINA SHILLINGTON:
Burial: United Church Cemetery, Morrisburg, Ontario, Canada
Notes for ROBERT CHARLES ROSE:
He was an inspector of public schools in Carleton County and retired
about 10 years before his death at Ottawa.
More About ROBERT CHARLES ROSE:
Burial: United Church Cemetery, Morrisburg, Ontario, Canada
Children of JENNIE SHILLINGTON and ROBERT ROSE are:
269. i. JEAN SHILLINGTON7 ROSE,
b. 24 October 1897, Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada.
ii. DONALD CHARLES ROSE, b. 17
April 1901, Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada; m. WINNIFRED L. SANDFORD, 17
June 1929; b. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Notes for DONALD CHARLES ROSE:
He earned a Ph D. and was a physicist at the National Research Council
at Ottawa, As of 1953 they were living at 11 Hutchison Ave, Ottawa, Ontaro,
Canada.
270. iii. ANNA CATHERINE ROSE,
b. 18 August 1902, Prescott, Ontario, Canada.
iv. LILLIAN BEATRIX FRANCES ROSE,
b. 10 February 1904; d. 30 April 1949.
Notes for LILLIAN BEATRIX FRANCES ROSE:
She was unmarried.
More About LILLIAN BEATRIX FRANCES ROSE:
Burial: United Church Cemetery, Morrisburg, Ontario, Canada
271. v. GEORGE EDWARDS ADAM ROSE,
b. 31 May 1911, Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada.
119. GEORGE6 KERFOOT (WILLIAM5, GEORGE4, WILLIAM3, GEORGE2, THOMAS1)
was born 7 March 1842 in Montague Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada,
and died 11 August 1908 in Aberdeen, Manitoba, Canada. He married
ANNIE JEMINA FOSTER 31 December 1869 in her mothers home, in Montague County
near Smith Falls, Ontario, Canada. Her father had died on February
11, 1853=2
Notes for GEORGE KERFOOT:
In 1886, his father, William, bought 200 acres of land in Vespra Tp,
Simco Co., near Minesing Village for his three sons, George, Thomas and
John. The description of the land was Lot 2, Concession 10, Vespra
Tp. Simco County, Ontario, Canada, near Minesing village. They moved
there and immediately began to make improvements on the land. His wife's
uncle, James Foster was married to George's aunt, Mary Kerfoot. The wedding
dinner was eaten at a table in Annie Foster's home which her parents had
got when the were married in 1840 and which was a prized possession
in 1953 of their daughter, Edith Irene Masson.
George Kerfoot and his wife lived on their Minesing farm until the
spring of 1882, when with the four little girls, they moved to Manitoba
and took up land first iin the Snowflake district and later at Aberdeen
where his family of seven grew up. A friendly man he was able to "raise
a tune" at the little church services that were always held in country schools
in those days. In 1953 several of his descendents were still living in the
district.
More About GEORGE KERFOOT:
Burial: Crystal City Cemetery, Crystal City, Manitoba, Canada
Children of GEORGE KERFOOT and ANNIE FOSTER are:
272. i. S.L. MARY JEMIMA7 KERFOOT,
b. 15 July 1872, Minesing, Ontario, Canada.
273. ii. ETHEL E. ELIZABETH KERFOOT,
b. 11 September 1874, Minesing, Ontario, Canada; d. May 1939, Carns, Nebraska,
U.S.A.
iii. LUELA ISABEL KERFOOT, b.
2 August 1877.
Notes for LUELA ISABEL KERFOOT:
She was never married. She lived with her parents until her father's
death and then she and her mother lived with Edith after Edith's marriage.
After her mother's death, she soon became a patient and lived under Edith's
care until her death. She is buried in the Crystal City Cemetery in the
family plot with her father and mother and little brother Merton.
274. iv. OLIVE MABEL KERFOOT, b.
20 July 1880, Minesing, Ontario, Canada; d. 29 January 1924, Woodbay, Manitoba,
Canada.
275. v. WILLIAM WILFRED FOSTER
KERFOOT, b. 8 September 1882, Snowflake, Manitoba, Canada.
276. vi. EDITH IRENE KERFOOT, b.
3 August 1884, Snowflake, Manitoba, Canada.
277. vii. JOHN HAROLD KERFOOT,
b. 3 November 1886, Crystal City, Manitoba, Canada.
viii. GEORGE MERTON KERFOOT, b.
24 August 1889.
120. THOMAS6 KERFOOT (WILLIAM5, GEORGE4, WILLIAM3, GEORGE2, THOMAS1)
was born 31 January 1844 in Montague Township, Lanark County, Ontario,
Canada, and died 7 November 1921 in Minesing, Ontario, Canada. He
married EMMA BROWN 1870. She was born 7 November 1848, and died 28
November 1894 in Minesing, Minesing, Ontario, Canada.
Notes for THOMAS KERFOOT:
In 1886, his father, William, bought 200 acres of land in Vespra Tp,
Simco Co., near Minesing VIllare for Thomas and his two brothers,
George and John. The three sons moved there and immediately began
to make improvements on the land. The description of the land was Lot 2,
Concession 10, Vespra Tp. Simco County, Ontario, Canada, near Minesing
village. He and his wife lived their entire lives on this land. The land
since passed from the family.
The History of Vespra contains the following quotation about
barn raisings taken from a diary of Thomas Kerfoot:
In these days barns were put up by these men: 1875 Thomas Kerfoot,
Mr Kent, Mr. Bell, Mr. Brown, Jim Carnigan, Stephen Elliott. 1896-Sam Jacobs,
Campbell, Bremmer, William Johnson, 1877-H. Priest, McEwen, John Kerfoot,
McKinley, Livingston. 1878-Elliott, Jacob.
More About THOMAS KERFOOT:
Burial: Minesing Cemetery, Minesing, Ontario, Canada
More About EMMA BROWN:
Burial: Minesing Cemetery, Minesing, Ontario, Canada
Children of THOMAS KERFOOT and EMMA BROWN are:
278. i. HORACE W.7 KERFOOT, b.
5 February 1872, Minesing, Ontario, Canada; d. April 1938, Toronto, Ontario.
ii. MARY E. KERFOOT, b. 15 August
1873, Minesing, Ontario, Canada; d. 20 June 1947, Aurora, Ontario, Canada.
Notes for MARY E. KERFOOT:
She never married.
More About MARY E. KERFOOT:
Burial: Minesing, Ontario, Canada
279. iii. HAROLD E. KERFOOT, b.
31 December 1875, Vespra Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
iv. LAURA A. KERFOOT, b. 22 January
1879, Vespra Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
Notes for LAURA A. KERFOOT:
She graduated in nursing in 1914 and then went West where she worked
as a nurse. Later she reurned to Ontario and lived with cousins of her
mother, Clubines, at Thornhill, Ontario.
v. FLORENCE W. KERFOOT, b. 8 June
1881, Vespra Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada; d. 6 April 1920.
Notes for FLORENCE W. KERFOOT:
She remained single and went to British Columbia, following her bother
Harold. She died there in April 6, 1920 and is buried in the Okanagan
Valley, B.C.
More About FLORENCE W. KERFOOT:
Burial: Okanagan Valley, British COlumbia, Ontario.
280. vi. IDA KERFOOT, b. 3 August
1884, Minesing, Ontario, Canada; d. 28 February 1944, Sharon, Ontario, Canada.
281. vii. T. WILFRED KERFOOT, b.
9 November 1894, Minesing, Ontario, Canada.
121. JOHN S.6 KERFOOT (WILLIAM5, GEORGE4, WILLIAM3, GEORGE2,
THOMAS1) was born 21 June 1846 in Montague Township, Lanark County, Ontario,
Canada, and died 25 February 1909 in Minesing, Minesing, Ontario, Canada.
He married LYDIA SCOTT 1872 in Lydia's father's home in Montague Township..
She was born in Montague Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, and
died 7 April 1931 in Minesing, Ontario, Canada.
Notes for JOHN S. KERFOOT:
He and his wife farmed all their lives near Minesing Village,
Ontaio, Canada. A plaque on the outside of the present United Church lists
John Kerfoot as one of the members of the building committee who oversaw
the construction of the Church in 1896.
The History of Vespra contains the following quotation about
barn raisings taken from a diary of Thomas Kerfoot:
In these days barns were put up by these men: 1875 Thomas Kerfoot,
Mr Kent, Mr. Bell, Mr. Brown, Jim Carnigan, Stephen Elliott. 1896-Sam Jacobs,
Campbell, Bremmer, William Johnson, 1877-H. Priest, McEwen, John Kerfoot,
McKinley, Livingston. 1878-Elliott, Jacob.
More About JOHN S. KERFOOT:
Burial: Minesing Cemetery, Minesing, Ontario, Canada
More About LYDIA SCOTT:
Burial: Minesing Cemetery, Minesing, Ontario, Canada
Children of JOHN KERFOOT and LYDIA SCOTT are:
282. i. WILLIAM JOHN7 KERFOOT,
b. 24 June 1876, Minesing, Ontario, Canada; d. 26 December 1944, Prescott,
Prescott, Ontario, Canada.
ii. FREDRICK AUSTIN KERFOOT, b.
20 December 1878.
122. SAMUEL H6 KERFOOT (WILLIAM5, GEORGE4, WILLIAM3, GEORGE2,
THOMAS1) was born 5 July 1851 in Montague Township, Lanark County, Ontario,
Canada, and died 13 January 1890 in Penetang, Ontario, Canada. He
married KATE MAW 1880. She was born 21 July 1854 in Etobicoke Tp,,
Simco County, Ontario, Canada, and died 19 March 1903 in Harriston, Ontario,
Canada.
Notes for SAMUEL H KERFOOT:
He made the long trek with his family to Warwick Tp. Lambton
County in the spring of 1870. Sometime later he joined his brothers
at Minesing, Ontario where he carried on the business of keeping bees.
Later he and his wife, Kay Maw, moved to Penetang, Ontario, Canada .
More About SAMUEL H KERFOOT:
Burial: Minesing Cemetery, Minesing, Ontario, Canada
More About KATE MAW:
Burial: Minesing Cemetery, Minesing, Ontario, Canada
Child of SAMUEL KERFOOT and KATE MAW is:
i. CARRIE DOONAN7 KERFOOT, b.
31 March 1882.
Notes for CARRIE DOONAN KERFOOT:
Carrie was an adopted child. As of 1950 she was still alive. She had
a large family. Some of her childlren were carpenters. They built a fine
comfortable home for their parents in the Village of Pekinsfield, near
Penetang, Ontaio, Canada. Carrie and her husband retired there in
1949.
123. LYDIA M6 KERFOOT (WILLIAM5, GEORGE4, WILLIAM3, GEORGE2,
THOMAS1) was born 6 November 1855 in Montague Township, Lanark County,
Ontario, Canada, and died 6 November 1889 in Warwick VIllage, Ontario,
Canada. She married JAMES MORRIS 1 October 1889 in Watford, Ontario,
Canada.
Notes for LYDIA M KERFOOT:
Her mother died when she was a child. The following anecdote illustrates
her childhood in the middle of the last century as well as the bonds
that developed between her and her sister Eliza. There was not enough
room at the table for everyone to sit down at once and the three girls
had to take turns eating. Deborah who was older persuaded
the two younger girls that it would be the same if they waited and let
Deborah go first everytime. Then the two yonger girls who were close could
eat together. When Deborah went to Watford to learn dressmaking.
Lydia and Eliza had to do all the housework including making all the meals.
This continued until Lydia was married. When she died at an early age she
left a husband and three small children.
More About LYDIA M KERFOOT:
Burial: Methodist Cemetery, Warwick, Ontario, Canada
More About JAMES MORRIS:
Occupation: Blacksmith at Warwick, Ontario Canada
Children of LYDIA KERFOOT and JAMES MORRIS are:
283. i. ARTHUR WHITMAN7 MORRIS,
b. 7 August 1874, Warwick Village, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.
ii. BABY MORRIS, b. 1876.
Notes for BABY MORRIS:
The baby died within a few days of its birth and was never named.
iii. ERNEST FRANKLIN MORRIS, b.
9 January 1877, Warwick VIllage, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada; d. 29
June 1951, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada; m. (1) EMMA HOWDEN; d. 20
December 1928, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada; m. (2) HAZEL RUSH; b.
Oklahoma, United States of America.
Notes for ERNEST FRANKLIN MORRIS:
He went by his middle name Franklin or Frank. As a young man he worked
for Swift Bros. drygoods merchants in Watford, Ontario, Canada where he
rose to become head of the staff and chief buyer for the company.
Reasons of ill health compelled him to leave and go to Rossland, British
COlumbia in 1908. He worked as manager of a drygoods store there. After
two years he openned his own store in Penhold, Alberta, Canada. Thereafter
he carried the business of drygoods in Rossland, B.C., Nanaimo, B.C., and
then Lees, Alberta and finally at Kewlona, British Columbia. After his retirement
from the business he and his second wife, Hazel lived for a time at Grimsby,
Ontario to be near his brother, Art. They reurned to Kelowna in 1947 and
lived at 795 Wolsey Avenue until his death.
More About ERNEST FRANKLIN MORRIS:
Burial: Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
More About EMMA HOWDEN:
Burial: Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
284. iv. HERBERT ROY MORRIS, b.
9 May 1885, Chatham, Ontaro, Canada..
124. ELIZA H.6 KERFOOT (WILLIAM5, GEORGE4, WILLIAM3, GEORGE2,
THOMAS1) was born 27 February 1858 in Montague Township, Lanark County,
Ontario, Canada, and died 9 March 1929. She married JOHN M. MORRIS.
He died 30 September 1936.
Notes for ELIZA H. KERFOOT:
Her father was a widower and when her sister Lydia was married in 1873
she was 14 year of age. She had to do all the housework, including cooking
the meals. This continued for the next 9 years until her own marriage.
More About ELIZA H. KERFOOT:
Burial: Hillsdale Cemetery, Petrolia, Ontario, Canada
Notes for JOHN M. MORRIS:
John M.Morris was a school teacher at Charing Cross, Ontario when he
married Eliza Kerfoot on December 25, 1882. After his wife's death
in 1929 he gathered the material for this family tree. In the days before
email and affordable long distance telephone service it was exhausting,
time-consuming work requiring enormous patience and perserverance. He died
without completing it. His daughter Winifred Mair (No. 193) completed the
work and published the book 'The Kerfoot Family History' in 1953. This Shillington-Kerfoot
Family Tree is largely composed from the information contained in that book.
More About JOHN M. MORRIS:
Burial: Hillsdale Cemetery, Petrolia, Ontario, Canada
Occupation: Teacher
Children of ELIZA KERFOOT and JOHN MORRIS are:
285. i. MILTON IRVING7 MORRIS,
b. 12 November 1883, Charing Cross, Ontario, Canada.
ii. CAROLYN LEVINA MORRIS, b.
12 July 1885, Charing Cross, Ontario, Canada.
Notes for CAROLYN LEVINA MORRIS:
She remained unmarried. She attended Westervelt Business College at
the same time as her brother Milton and like him won a gold metal. She graduated
as a stenographer in 1906. She was employed in the office of A. W. Parks,
Oil Springs, Ontario, Canda until Jan 1910. She then joined the Public
Service of Canada in the Department of Pensions and National Health.
She was a amateur artist of some merit and worked in both water colours
and oils. She retired in the spring of 1944. As of 1953 she was living in
an apartment at 308B O'Connor St., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. In 1939 a beautiful
pair of stain glassed windows were erected in Carolyn's honour by her parents
in the newly built United Church at Warwick VIllage, Lamton County, Ontario,
Canada.
286. iii. EDNA WINIFRED MORRIS,
b. 12 November 1887, Charing Cross, Ontario, Canada.
iv. HAZEL ERMYN MORRIS, b. 4 June
1890, Chatham, Ontaro, Canada.; d. 10 November 1946, London Hospital.
Notes for HAZEL ERMYN MORRIS:
She was mentally and physically haandicapped. She lived on her parents
farm but spent her last years at a hospital in London, Ontario.
More About HAZEL ERMYN MORRIS:
Burial: Petrolia, Ontario, Canada
287. v. ALICE LISLE MORRIS, b.
23 November 1894, Inwood, Ontario, Canada.
288. vi. HUBERT MERVYN MORRIS,
b. 31 July 1896, Inwood, Ontario, Canada.
125. WILLIAM HENRY6 KERFOOT (WILLIAM5, GEORGE4, WILLIAM3, GEORGE2,
THOMAS1) was born 18 April 1860 in Montague Township, Lanark County, Ontario,
Canada, and died 16 September 1920 in Minesing, Ontario, Canada.
He married ELIZABETH J. WALTON 30 December 1886 in Grenfel, Ontario, Canada.
She was born in Scarboro Tp, York Co., Ontario, Canada, and died 2 April
1921 in Minesing, Ontario, Canada.
Notes for WILLIAM HENRY KERFOOT:
He was one of eight children who moved with their father to Warwick
Tp, Lambton Co., Ontario. At the time of his sister's (Eliza), marriage
in 1882 the remaining family moved to Watford, Ontario and he joined his
brothers, John and Thomas, at Minesing, Ontario, Canada. He took over the
land of his brother George who had gone to Manitoba. He remained there for
the balance ofhis life. He was remembered as a kindly, dependable self-effacing
man.
More About WILLIAM HENRY KERFOOT:
Burial: Minesing Cemetery, Minesing, Ontario, Canada
More About ELIZABETH J. WALTON:
Burial: Minesing Cemetery, Minesing, Ontario, Canada
Children of WILLIAM KERFOOT and ELIZABETH WALTON are:
289. i. EVELYN M.7 KERFOOT, b.
21 October 1888, Minesing, Ontario, Canada.
290. ii. RICHARD ROY KERFOOT, b.
7 March 1890, Minesing, Ontario, Canada; d. 19 November 1948, Toronto,
Ontario.
iii. WILLIAM WALTON KERFOOT, b.
7 October 1898.
iv. HAZEL I. KERFOOT, b. 29 March
1900, Minesing, Minesing, Ontario, Canada; d. 26 April 1900, Minesing,
Minesing, Ontario, Canada.
More About HAZEL I. KERFOOT:
Burial: Minesing Cemetery, Minesing, Ontario, Canada
Continued in the report for Families 126-149
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