Profile: Jane Emily Williams & William Henry Madden

Jane Emily Williams [1851-1936] & William Henry Madden [1853-1936]

Jane Emily Williams was the first born child of Isaac Amos Williams and Caroline Seymour Sanders. She was born in Guelph, Wellington in Canada West on 23 Nov 1851 [D04285] during the time that Isaac was working for his father’s brewery. She grew up in Guelph and attended school in Guelph [D03763] before the family moved to Mount Forest, Wellington County in the 1860s [D03788] and then Lindsay, Victoria County in the 1870s [D03761].

Jane married William Henry Madden, a Methodist minister on 2 July 1879 in Lindsay [D03761]. Prior to her marriage, Jane was a member of the Church of England [D03763, D03788] but converted to Methodism prior to her marriage [D03761].

William Henry Madden was born 4 Jan 1853 in Napanee, Lennox & Addington County [D03761, D04984, D04981] the son of David B. Madden and Anna James. At a young age, his family moved from Napanee to Otonabee, Peterborough [D04984] where he presumably met Jane Emily Williams as Otonabee is not far from Lindsay.

William’s profession as a minister required him to relocate frequently, and as such, the family lived in a number of different places in Ontario. Shortly after they were married, they moved to Eugenia Falls, Grey County [D03836, D04979], but after three years moved on to other charges including Minden, Haliburton County [D03847], Georgina, York County [D03845], Collingwood, Grey County [D03838], Medonte, Simcoe County [D04980], Meaford, Grey County [D04981] and finally Aurora, York County [D04982].

William and Jane’s first child, Clarence Eugene Madden was born 13 March 1880 in Eugenia Falls, Grey County [D03836]. He died of pneumonia on 16 February 1916 at the age of twenty-one as was about to enter the ministry like his father [D03837, D05047].

Henry Percival Madden was born 5 October 1881 [D03848]. He worked as a banker [D05196, D05194, D05201, D05197] and married Gertrude Lavinia Hart on 2 February 1911 [D05194]. He died on 5 April 1937 [D05193].

Jane and William’s first daughter, Evangeline Louise Madden was born 10 July 1883 [D03847]. She married Dr. Hilary N. Wilkinson, a dentist, on 28 September 1910 [D05198] and died 7 January 1949 [D05209].

Frederick Walter Madden was born 26 January 1885 [D03844]. He followed in his father’s footsteps and worked as a minister [D05210]. He married Stella Evelyn Hames on 21 June 1917 [D05210]. He died in 1957 [D04644].

Olive Seymour Madden was born 26 July 1886 [D03845]. She married William John Broley on 10 August 1904 [D03838] and died in 1963 [D03855].

Jane and William’s youngest child, Lillian Southmayd Madden was born 26 January 1889 [D03838]. She died of tuberculosis at the young age of twenty-five on 8 September 1914 [D03839].

Jane Emily Madden herself died 21 April 1936 of cardiac failure at the age of eighty-four [D03792]. She and her husband were living in Aurora, York County at the time. In her obituary she was remembered for being “of a particularly happy and cheerful disposition, her merry laugh often ringing out.” And for being involved with her religion and children’s lives [D05047].

Reverend William Henry Madden died just over two months after his wife on 29 June 1936 in his eighty-fifth year [D03835, D04875].

Both Jane Emily and William Henry Madden are buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto [D03829].



Sources:
[D03761] Ontario Archives of Ontario, Ontario, Canada Marriages, 10516, Madden-Williams; digital images, Ancestry.ca, "Ontario, Canada Marriages,"(accessed 15 May 2018).

[D03763] 1861 census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Wellington, Guelph, p. 31; RG 31; digital images,Ancestry.ca (accessed 20 May 2018).

[D03788] 1871 census of Canada, Ontario, district 35, sub-district e, Mount Forest, p. 49, dwelling 173, family 173; RG 31; digital images(accessed 20 May 2018).

[D03792] Ontario Archives of Ontario, Ontario, Canada Deaths, MS935, Reel 534: 351, 3260, 2371; digital image, Ancestry.ca, "Ontario, Canada Deaths," Ancestry.ca (26 May 2018).

[D03829] Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Toronto, York, Ontario).

[D03835] Ontario Archives of Ontario, Ontario, Canada Deaths, MS 935 Reel 576: 433, 40364; digital image, Ancestry.ca, "Ontario, Canada Deaths," Ancestry.ca (2 Jun 2018).

[D03836] Ontario Archives of Ontario, MS 929, reels 1-245, MS929 Reel 43: 8401, 23; digital image, Ancestry.com, "Ontario, Canada Births," (2 Jun 2018).

[D03837] Ontario Archives of Ontario, Ontario, Canada Deaths, MS935 Reel 01: 579, 5; digital image, Ancestry.ca, "Ontario, Canada Deaths," Ancestry.ca (2 Jun 2018).

[D03838] Ontario Archives of Ontario, MS 929, reels 1-245, MS929 Reel 93: 168, 11764; digital image, Ancestry.com, "Ontario, Canada Births," (2 Jun 2018).

[D03839] Ontario Archives of Ontario, Ontario, Canada Deaths, MS935 Reel 203: 428, 36193; digital image, Ancestry.ca, "Ontario, Canada Deaths," Ancestry.ca (2 Jun 2018).

[D03844] Ontario Archives of Ontario, MS 929, reels 1-245, MS929 Reel 74: 708, 44798, 13; digital image, Ancestry.com, "Ontario, Canada Births," (2 Jun 2018).

[D03845] Ontario Archives of Ontario, MS 929, reels 1-245, 41815, 8; digital image, Ancestry.com, "MS929 Reel 80," (2 Jun 2018).

[D03847] Ontario Archives of Ontario, MS 929, reels 1-245, MS929 Reel 61: 28254, 1; digital image, Ancestry.com, "Ontario, Canada Births," (2 Jun 2018).

[D03848] Ontario Archives of Ontario, MS 929, reels 1-245, MS929 Reel 50: 494, 26905, 10; digital image, Ancestry.com, "Ontario, Canada Births," (2 Jun 2018).

[D03855] Alliston United Cemetery (Alliston, Simcoe, Ontario).

[D03858] Ontario Archives of Ontario, Ontario, Canada Marriages451, 19067, Broley-Madden; digital images, Ancestry.ca, "Ontario, Canada Marriages,"(accessed 3 Jun 2018).

[D04285] "Births," (Guelph) Guelph Weekly Herald, 2 Dec 1851, p. 3, col. 2.

[D04644] Erskine Cemetery (Durham, Ontario).

[D04875] ”Deaths,"Flesherton Advance, 1 Jul 1936, p. 1, col. 2; digital images(accessed 15 Dec 2018), Grey Highlands Historical Newspapers.

[D04979] 1881 census of Canada, Ontario, district 155, sub-district A-3, Artemesia, p. 13, dwelling 65, family 65; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry.ca (accessed 2 Dec 2018).

[D04980] 1891 census of Canada, Ontario, district 116, sub-district 6, Medonte, p. 4, family 22; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry.ca, Ancestry (accessed 2 Dec 2018).

[D04981] 1901 census of Canada, Ontario, district 64, sub-district D-2, Meaford, p. 2, dwelling 15, family 15; RG 31; digital images(accessed 8 Dec 2018).

[D04982] 1911 census of Canada, Ontario, district 137, sub-district 31, Aurora, p. 36, dwelling 109, family 113; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry.com (accessed 9 Dec 2018).

[D04984] 1861 census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Peterborough, district 12, Otonabee, p. 52; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry.ca (accessed 15 Dec 2018).

[D05047] ”Mrs. Madden Passes," Flesherton Advance, 22 Apr 1936, p. 1, col. 6; digital images(accessed 2 Dec 2018), Grey Highlands Historical Newspapers.

[D05193] Ontario Archives of Ontario, Ontario, Canada Deaths, MS935 Reel 578: 384, 3465, 2231; digital image, Ancestry.ca, "Ontario, Canada Deaths," Ancestry.ca (8 Dec 2018).

[D05194] Ontario Archives of Ontario, Ontario, Canada Marriages, Reel 159, 3524, Madden-Hart; digital images, Ancestry.ca, "Ontario, Canada Marriages,"(accessed 8 Dec 2018).

[D05196] 1911 census of Canada, Ontario, district 82, sub-district 40, Hensall, p. 8, dwelling 109, family 109; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry.com (accessed 8 Dec 2018).

[D05197] 1921 census of Canada, district 93, sub-district 94, Highgate Village, p. 5, dwelling 71, family 73; RG 31; digital images, ancestry.com (accessed 8 Dec 2018).

[D05198] Ontario Archives of Ontario, Ontario, Canada Marriages, Reel 151: 231, 24712, Wilkinson-Madden; digital images, Ancestry.ca, "Ontario, Canada Marriages,"(accessed 9 Dec 2018).

[D05201] Ontario Archives of Ontario, MS 929, reels 1-245, MS929 Reel 227: 461, 26304; digital image, Ancestry.com, "Ontario, Canada Births," (9 Dec 2018).

[D05209] "Deaths," Toronto Star, 10 Jan 1949; digital images(accessed 15 Dec 2018).

[D05210] Ontario Archives of Ontario, Ontario, Canada Marriages, Reel 432, 19013, Madden-Hames; digital images, Ancestry.ca, "Ontario, Canada Marriages,"(accessed 16 Dec 2018).