February 1921 Editions



      Thank you to Johanna Effler for transcribing these.
      I have pictures of the originals of these and full transcriptions (again thanks to Johanna) if anyone is interested.


      February 2, 1921

      P. 20
      Death – Rev. Richard Corrigan, B.A.
      d. Saturday, January 22, 1921 at his home in Toronto
      his Widow and one daughter, Mrs. J. Harris survived

      Personal – Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Cox
      Celebrated their silver wedding anniversary (25th ) in Grandview Methodist Church, Vancouver, B.C. on Monday, December 17th, 1920
      m. December 27th, 1895 in Horning’s Mills, ON. By Rev. William Hall
      left shortly after the marriage >MB>BC


      P. 24
      Death – Dr. James P. Kennedy
      d. October 26, 1920
      s/oRev. James Kennedy
      survived by his wife and four daughters – Gretta, PQ; Dr. Irlena; Heloise, Toronto ON; and Aileen, Toronto ON

      Death – Hon. A. L. Sifton
      b. abt 1860 St. John's ON, son of John W. Sifton, MLA Manitoba
      d. January 21 1921
      brother of Hon. Clifford Sifton

      Death –Harriet A. Argue Nesbitt
      d. Wednesday, January 12th, 1921 at home, Richmond, ON
      widow of John Nesbitt of Fallow Field

      In Memoriam – Mamie Olive Guild
      b. c.1905, d/o Mr and Mrs L.R. Guild
      d. February 2nd, 1920
      signed Father, Mother, and Brothers

      In Memoriam – Silas Sieles Lake
      d. Tuesday, January 27th, 1920
      signed by daughter - Mrs. B. E. Bell

      P. 25
      Death – Mrs. Ellen Adams (nee Wynn)
      b. Montague
      m. 1867 Williams Adams (d. Jan 18 1919)
      d. December 23rd, 1920
      survived by three daughters: Mrs. W. Sterling, Cornwall; Mrs. E. Hanes and Mrs. W. W. Reynolds, Hainsville; and one son, J. C. Adams, at home

      Death – Mrs. Mary Smith
      b. c.1828 Morewood
      d. September 17th,1920 Kars
      predeceased by husband George and two daughters
      survived by four daughters and two sons

      Death – Mr. Thomas Ribey
      d. November 19th, 1920
      survived by wife and five daughters

      P. 26
      Marriage – Mr. Lorne Elmer Elley and Miss Sarah Ellen Ferguson
      m. January 6, 1921 Central Methodist Church, Calgary AB by Rev. Charles A. Sykes B.D.
      Mr. Elley moved from Bothwell, ON. To Vilna AB. 1913
      Miss Ferguson moved from Sarnia, ON. To Wahatao, AB 1916


      February 9, 1921

      P. 20
      Thomas Willerton, A Tribute(Winnipeg MB)
      b. July 1833, Lowerth, near London, ENG
      d. 1921
      predeceased by wife c.1907
      survived by four sons and one daughter
      came to Canada in 1875 > Minto,ON > Neepawa, MB, > 1911 Vancouver BC

      P. 23
      Birth - Alma Jane Pauline Townsend
      b. Nov 5 1920 Pendleton ON to Rev. and Mrs. T. F. Townsend (nee Lucy Eleanor “Nellie” Medcof)

      Birth - Dorothy Olive Cotton
      b. Jan 20 1921 Copetown to Rev. and Mrs. H. Cotton

      Death - Annie Mary Howden
      d. Jan 25 1921 99 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto, ON
      d/o George and Mary Howson


      February 16, 1921

      P. 23
      Death - James Haygarth
      d. Jan 6 1921 at residence of his only child, Mrs. J. H. Hogg, Toronto ON
      Survived by wife and daughter, Mrs. J. H. Hogg
      from Oakville

      Death - Sarah J. Rilance Washburn
      b. Jun 9 1841 Oakwood
      d. Jan 15 1921 Sherbrooke PQ
      predeceased by her husband, Lewis Washburn of Athens, ON
      Survived by only daughter, Louise May, and her husband Rev. B. B. Brown, and their two children, Lyla I. and B. Stanley Washburn; her only son, William L. Washburn, Athens; and her brother, Rev. William Rilance, Montreal

      Death - Stanley H. Hoyle
      b. ca.1892
      d. accidently on December 16 1920
      buried Ingersoll Cemetery
      Survived by parents Alex and Elizabeth Hoyle of Sweaburg

      Death - Mrs. Delorma
      b. ca.1848
      d. Jan 15 1920 Ottawa ON after an operation

      Death - Carnaby Thurston
      b. 1835 England
      m. 1859 to Margaret Cassidy
      d. Jan 22 1921 after lingering illness at the home of his daughter, Mrs. F. E. Gordon, Dunsford, ON
      Predeceased by his wife
      Survived by: three sons Thomas William, John Cole and Samuel Milton, all of Dunsford, also two daughters, Mrs. F. E. Gordon and Mrs. Harry Skitch of Milbrook
      came to Canada with his parents when only five years old ca. 1840

      In Memoriam - John K. Wickett
      d. Feb 20 1915 Brandon MB
      Signed wife and children


      February 23, 1921

      P. 4
      Mrs. Chester D. Massey, an appreciation
      b. May 23, 1858 Gloversville NY, d/o late Gilbert and Ann Phelps, of Gloversville NY
      m. Jan 3 1907 Mr. Chester D Massey
      d. Jan 29, 1921 Pasadena, CA (Las Escinas Sanitorium)
      predeceased by her Aunt Mrs. Hart A. Massey
      moved to Toronto in the year 1900
      had two step-sons

      P. 11
      Diamond Wedding Anniversary - Mr. and Mrs. George Thomson Goderich ON
      celebration December 25, 1921
      m. 1860 at Chislehurst
      Mr. Thomson b. 1840 near Brantford, Ont. to Scotch parents
      moved at an early age with parents to Chislehurst, Huron County ON > Walton > Wingham > Goderich in the year 1896
      Mrs. Thomson: b. 1839 near Wedmore, ENG
      at seven years of age came with her parents to Paris, ON > Huron County Family: Fred of Petrolea; Lewis of Arden, MB.; Mrs. Ada Walters and Mrs. W. S. Hern, Goderich ON; Henry, Wingham ON; and Rev. A. E. M., pastor of Trinity Church, Wallaceburg ON


      P. 13
      Diamond Wedding Anniversary - Mr. And Mrs. Peter Warren
      celebrated Jan. 17 1921 Dunsford, Township of Verulam
      m. in Prince Albert
      lived with their youngest son, Fred on the old homestead
      Nine children; two Mary Ferguson and Margaret Warren are deceased. Those living are John Warren and Mrs. J. H. Taylor, of Bobcaegeon; George, Abraham and Wesley Warren, Toronto ON; Mrs. Hurst in the United States, and Fred at home
      two young grand-daughters, Margaret Warren and Evelyn Taylor


      P.15
      Late - Jennie E. Fox
      d. October 29th, 1920, after a brief illness d/o the late Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Fox
      Survived by: Three sisters. Mrs. Elmer Davis, Kingston; Mrs. Jacobs, Lincoln, Neb.; and Miss Fox, Toronto; with two brothers, the Rev. J. Wesley Fox, Aurora, Ont., and Dr. W. H. Fox, Chicago


      P. 17
      Late - Rev. William W. Sparling
      b. Jun 20 1847 Euphrasia, Grey Co, ON, s/o Richard Sparling the second settler in the Township
      m. 1878 Emily J. L. Cosford, second d/o the late Rev. Thomas Cosford, of London Conference
      d. December 25,1920
      Survived by: wife and five sons - Lieut. Col. H. C., St. John, N. B.; Howard H., of Sioux Lookout; Percy P. of Billings, Mont.; Morley W., of Cobourg, and Roy R. at home
      Predeceased by youngest son, Vincent, killed on active service in France and buried near Lens


      P.19
      Golden Wedding Anniversary - Mr. James and Mrs. Martha Johnston (nee Atkinson)
      celebration took place at “Gore Cottage,” Coleraine, the home of Mr. And Mrs. James Johnston
      James Johnston b. Dec 17 1842, Brampton ON. moved with his parents to his present home some seventy-six years ago
      married at Malton to Martha Atkinson, of Etobicoke
      seven children, all of whom are living, namely, Mrs. M. E. McCort, of Saskatoon SK; Alex. J. of Lewvan, SK; Arthur E. on the homestead; Mrs. Chester Kurts, Wilbert T., Mrs. W. D. Smith and Fred. N., all of D’Arcy, SK; also fourteen grandchildren including one granddaughter - Marion Johnston
      guests included Mrs. Hector McDonald, of Holland Landing, and Mr. John Johnston, of Laurel, bridesmaid and groomsman of fifty years ago


      P.20
      Tribute - Samuel Staffurth Martin
      b. 1824 England
      m. 1857 Miss Mary Jane Storm
      d. Dec 19 1920 100 Pembrooke Street, Toronto ON
      crossed the sea to Toronto in 1855
      nine children were born to them, of whom all survive except one who died in infancy
      predeceased by wife thirteen years prior, just after the golden wedding had been celebrated


      P.24
      Death - Thomas Carscadden
      b. ca. 1835 IRE
      d. Nov 5 1920
      came to Canada at age of three with his parents

      Death - George Oberlin McFarlane
      b. ca.1901 Munster, ON, s/o Mr. and Mrs. W. Alex McFarlane, Nokomis, SK
      d. December 31 1920 at Regina College as a result of the typhoid epidemic in that institution

      Death - Archibald Scott
      b. ca. 1840 Carleton County, Ontario
      m. 1864 Miss Julietta Argue, of Huntley, Ontario
      d. Dec 18 1920, aged eighty years, at the home of his son, T. R. Scott, Calgary AB
      lived in Russell, ON, for many years, they moved to Calgary in 1907, where his wife died in 1910
      survived by two sons and four daughters – John Scott, of Regina SK; T. R. Scott and Mrs. A. U. Wilson, of Calgary AB; Mrs. H. W. Wilson, and Mrs. H. J. Morrow, of Drumheller AB

      Death – Herman A. Burr
      b. ca. 1874
      d. Jan 15 1921 at his home in Bloomfield
      survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. F. Ward, of Toronto ON; one son, Carman, at home; also his father Peter Burr, of Bloomfield; and four sisters, Mrs. Ward of Consicon(?); Mrs. Effie Story of Halowell; Mrs. T. E. Waring of Pieton; and Mrs. J. E. Baxter of Bloomfield

      Death – Mrs. Thompson
      m. Jan 17 1877 J. W. Thompson
      d. Jan 17 1921 death occurred forty-four years to the very day and hour of marriage
      survived by her husband and two daughters, devoted wives of clergymen, and three sons
      thirty-five years of her married life was spent in Egbert, near Thornton

      Death - Mrs. Letitia Morton Bowles
      b. Nova Scotia, youngest daughter of Joseph and Mary Thorne Shaw
      m. 1869 to William Cochrane Bowles, I.S.O.
      d. Dec 29 1920 Ottawa ON
      survived by: her son, Dr. Thorne Bowles, three daughters, Mrs. Eugene Forsey, Mrs. Ernest Latter, Miss Hazel Bowles, and four grandsons

      Birth - John Bruce Harnwell Foster
      b. Jan 24 1921 to Rev. J. L. and Mrs. Foster, of Varna

      Death – Alice Lawson
      d. Jan 31 1921, at Brandon MB
      wife of William Lawson, and d/o the late Robert Brunskill