Profile: Daisy May Smith Morgan [1891-1973]

Daisy May Smith Morgan [1891-1973]

Daisy May Smith was born 24 Mary 1890 in Eugenia Falls, Grey County, Ontario [D04858]. She was the youngest child of Adam Smith and Kate Williams, and like her older three brothers and two sisters was born in family home [D04832].

She married William Earnest Morgan, a bricklayer from Artemesia 5 June 1912 [D04739, D04874]. The wedding was held at her parents' home with a prepared altar set up in the drawing room [D04874]. The service was performed by Daisy's uncle, William Madden and her sister, Georgina played the bridal march [D04874]. Many guests from out of town attending the wedding including Mrs. Dyer from Toronto (sister of Kate Williams Smith), Georgina Smith of Toronto and George Graham of Parry Sound [D04873].

After the honeymoon trip, William and Daisy May moved into the house opposite her parents' house on Inkerman St. N. in Eugenia [D05025].

William and Daisy May had one daughter, Patricia Victoria Morgan, born on 24 May 1913 [D04888] and one son Douglas, born in 1921 [D04882]. Patricia married Glenn Ross MacDonald and died on 3 May 1966 at the age of 66 [D04886].

William Morgan died on 16 September 1930 at the age of 50 [D04883].

In her later years, Daisy May moved to Owen Sound and later Mount Forest in 1969 [D04826]. She died 24 December 1973 at the age of 83 [D04829]. At the time of her death, she had five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren [D04826, D04829].

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Sources:
[D04739] Ontario Archives of Ontario, Ontario, Canada Marriages, 8882, Morgan-Smith; digital images, Ancestry.ca, "Ontario, Canada Marriages,"(accessed 21 Oct 2018).

[D04826] Grey County Surname Collection , Dec 28 1973; digital images(accessed 2 Nov 2018), Grey County Surname Collection.

[D04829] Grey County Surname Collection ; digital images.

[D04832] Grey County Surname Collection , 25 Feb 1936; digital images(accessed 9 Nov 2018).

[D04858] Ontario Archives of Ontario, MS 929, reels 1-245, MS929 Reel 98: 683, 10773, 30; digital image, Ancestry.com, "Ontario, Canada Births," (28 Oct 2018).

[D04873] "Eugenia Paragraphs," Flesherton Advance, June 6,1912, p. 1, col. 3; digital images(accessed 18 Nov 2018), Grey Highlands Newspaper Collection.

[D04874] "Morgan-Smith," Flesherton Advance, June 13, 1912, p. 4, col. 1; digital images(accessed 18 Nov 2018), Grey Highlands Newspaper Collection.

[D04882] 1921 census of Canada, district 84, sub-district 7, Artemesia, p. 8, dwelling 84, family 84; RG 31; digital images, ancestry.com (accessed 3 Nov 2018).

[D04883] Ontario Archives of Ontario, Ontario, Canada Deaths, MS935, Reel 382: 323, 6526; digital image, Ancestry.ca, "Ontario, Canada Marriages," Ancestry.ca (4 Nov 2018).

[D04886] Mount Forest Cemetery (Southgate, Grey, Ontario).

[D04888] Ontario Archives of Ontario, MS 929, reels 1-245, MS929, Reel 240: 25934; digital image, Ancestry.com, "Ontario, Canada Births," (4 Nov 2018).

[D05025] Mildred Young Hubbert, editor, Split Rail Country: A History of Artemesia Township (Owen Sound, Ontario: Stan Brown Printers Limited, 1986).

Profiles: Dora Evalena Smith Graham [1885-1979] and George Wellington "Well" Graham [1877-1928]

Profiles: Dora Evalena Smith Graham [1885-1979] and George Wellington "Well" Graham [1877-1928]

Dora Evalena Smith (or Evalena, as she was later known) was born in Eugenia Falls 30 May 1885, the second daughter and third child of Adam Smith and Kate Williams [D04857]. Like her brothers and sisters, she was born in the family home in Eugenia Falls [D04832].

She married George Wellington "Well" Graham, the second son of George Graham and Elizabeth Ellis on 3 Dec 1915 in Flesherton, Ontario [D04871, D04738].

George Wellington "Well" Graham was born 26 April 1877 in Vandeleur in Grey County Ontario [D04738, D04879, D04887, D04810]. His parents were George Graham and Elizabeth Ellis [D04738, D04887]. His parents were immigrants from Scotland who settled in the Grey Highlands area just south of Eugenia in the 1850s [D05025 p105]. Well worked in a sawmill in his early days [D04738] but later become a photographer of events in Eugenia [D05025 p105, D04879]. The two had two children together: Gordon and Phyllis.

Well died 9 November 1928 of influenza [D04887] and is buried in Flesherton cemetery [D04810].

Dora died 26 Aug 1979 in her 95th year, outliving all of her brothers and sisters [D04834]. At the time of her death she was living in Collingwood and had four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren [D04834]. She is buried in Flesherton cemetery along with her husband[D04834, D04810]

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Sources:
[D04738] Ontario Archives of Ontario, Ontario, Canada Marriages, 5218, Graham-Smith; digital images, Ancestry.ca, "Ontario, Canada Marriages,"(accessed 21 Oct 2018).

[D04810] Flesherton Cemetery (Fleshterton, Grey, Ontario).

[D04832] Grey County Surname Collection , 25 Feb 1936; digital images(accessed 9 Nov 2018).

[D04834] Grey County Surname Collection , 1979; digital images(accessed 2 Nov 2018), Grey County Surname Collection.

[D04857] Ontario Archives of Ontario, MS 929, reels 1-245, 1845873: 27, 10469, 53; digital image, Ancestry.com, "Ontario, Canada Births," (28 Oct 2018).

[D04871] "Eugenia Paragraphs," Flesherton Advance, 9 December 1915, p. 1, col. 3; digital images(accessed 3 Nov 2018), Grey Highlands Newspaper Collection.

[D04879] 1921 census of Canada, district 84, sub-district 7, Artemesia, p. 8, dwelling 81, family 81; RG 31; digital images, ancestry.com (accessed 3 Nov 2018).

[D04887] Ontario Archives of Ontario, Ontario, Canada Deaths, MS935 Reel 359: 435, 16379, 2; digital image, Ancestry.ca, "Ontario, Canada Deaths," Ancestry.ca (2 Nov 2018).

[D05025] Mildred Young Hubbert, editor, Split Rail Country: A History of Artemesia Township (Owen Sound, Ontario: Stan Brown Printers Limited, 1986).

Profile: Georgena Viola Smith (1883-1978)

Georgena Viola Smith (1883-1978)

Georgena Viola Smith was born 22 December, 1863, the second child and eldest daughter of Adam Smith and Kate Williams [D04856, D04833]. In her younger years, she worked as a seamstress in Toronto [D04880] and lived in Buffalo, New York for a time between 1904 and 1905 [D04881]. She later worked as a practicing nurse back in Eugenia Falls where she grew up [D04881]. She also played organ at the Methodist (later United) church, including at her sister's wedding [D04874].

In 1941 she moved to San Leandro, California to live with her aunt Edith Bostaph. A border crossing card from 1941 describes her as being five feet, eight and a half inches in height, with brown eyes, medium complexion and grey-brown hair [D04881]. The card also mentioned a slight scar on her nose [D04881]. Although she never married, she remained close with her family and made frequent visits to see her parents, aunts and uncles [D04873, D04923, D04881]. She died 18 March, 1978 at the age of 95 [D04833, D04811] and is buried in Flesherton Cemetery along with her younger sister, Daisy May [D04811]

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Sources
[D04811] Flesherton Cemetery (Flesherton, Grey, Ontario).

[D04833] Grey County Surname Collection , 1978; digital images (accessed 2 Nov 2018), Grey County Surname Collection.

[D04856] Ontario Archives of Ontario, MS 929, reels 1-245, 1845867: 622, 9996, 70; digital image, Ancestry.com, "Ontario, Canada Births," (28 Oct 2018).

[D04873] "Eugenia Paragraphs," Flesherton Advance, June 6,1912, p. 1, col. 3; digital images(accessed 18 Nov 2018), Grey Highlands Newspaper Collection.

[D04874] "Morgan-Smith," Flesherton Advance, June 13, 1912, p. 4, col. 1; digital images(accessed 18 Nov 2018), Grey Highlands Newspaper Collection.

[D04880] 1911 census of Canada, Ontario, district 128, sub-district 87, Toronto, p. 1, dwelling 4, family 4; RG 31; digital images,Ancestry.com (accessed 3 Nov 2018).

[D04881] "Detroit Border Crossings and Passenger and Crew Lists 1905-1963," online images, Ancestry.ca (accessed 16 Jan 2019), 3 Feb 1941.

[D04923] "Eugenia," Flesherton Advance, October 22, 1930, p. 1, col. 1; digital images(accessed 17 Nov 2018), Grey Highlands Newspaper Collection.

Profile: Helen Douglas (1852-1936)

Profile: Helen Douglas (1852-1936)

Helen Douglas was born 17 November 1852 in Guelph, Wellington County, Ontario [D00535, D00763, D00744, D01559, D02547, D02555, D03207]. She was the second daughter and second child of John Douglas and Louisa Williams. She moved along with the rest of her family from Guelph to Owen Sound in the mid-1850s and spent the rest of her life in Owen Sound [D00237].

She married Thomas James Decatur on 20 December 1880 in Toronto [D03207]. Thomas was an American-born lawyer living in Orillia, Simcoe County at the time [D02936, D03207, D04726, D05106]. Thomas and Helen lived together in Orillia for a few years [D04726] before Thomas died at the young age of 38 in 1887 [D02963].

After the death of her first husband, Helen moved back in with her mother for a few years [D00763] and then married George Milford, a Toronto merchant on 31 January 1894 [D00744]. They later moved back to Owen Sound where they lived at 970 4th Avenue East, just down the street from the Douglas family homestead [D02509, D02547]. Back in Owen Sound, Helen became heavily involved with the Division Street United Church [D04777].

George died 8 Jan 1925 of acute heart failure at the age of seventy-nine [D01131, D02554, D03816]. After George’s Death, Helen moved into the Douglas family homestead at 962 4th Avenue East [D00237, D02555, D04727, D04776, D04777]. Helen herself died in her eighty-fourth year on 18 June 1936 [D00237, D01131, D02555]. Both Helen and George are buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound [D01131, D03816].

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Sources:
[D00237] "Mrs George Milford Died on Thursday," Grey County Surname Collection , 18 june 1936; digital images(accessed 31 Aug 2019).

[D00535] 1901 census of Canada, Ontario, district 65, sub-district D-8, Owen Sound, Grey North, Ontario, p. 10, family 95; RG 31; digital images(accessed 9 Jul 2017).

[D00744] Ontario Archives of Ontario, Ontario, Canada Marriages, MS932; Reel: 81: 16, 4115, Milford-Decatur; digital images, Ancestry.ca, "Ontario, Canada Marriages,"(accessed 10 Sep 2017).

[D00763] 1891 census of Canada, Ontario, district 68, sub-district Owen Sound Center Ward, Owen Sound, p. 35, family 175; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry.ca, Ancestry (accessed 5 Oct 2017).

[D01131] ”Owen Sound Greenwood Cemetery Interments" (typescript, 2005), p. 222.

[D01559] 1871 census of Canada, Ontario, district 37, sub-district 1-G, Owen Sound, p. 67, dwelling 258, family 262; RG 31; digital images(accessed 6 Sep 2018).

[D02509] 1911 census of Canada, Ontario, district 73, sub-district 48, Owen Sound, p. 8, dwelling 72, family 77; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Oct 2018).

[D02547] 1921 census of Canada, district 83, sub- district 45, Owen Sound, p. 2, dwelling 16, family 17; RG 31; digital images,ancestry.com (accessed 7 Oct 2018).

[D02554] Ontario Archives of Ontario, Ontario, Canada Deaths, MS935; Reel:324: 745, 14604, 8; digital image, Ancestry.ca, "Ontario, Canada Deaths," Ancestry.ca (29 Sep 2018).

[D02555] Ontario Archives of Ontario, Ontario, Canada Deaths, MS935; Reel:550: 339, 17186; digital image, Ancestry.ca, "Ontario, Canada Deaths," Ancestry.ca (29 Sep 2018).

[D02963] Ontario Archives of Ontario, Ontario, Canada Deaths, MS935; Reel: 49: 225, 15838; digital image, Ancestry.ca, "Ontario, Canada Deaths," Ancestry.ca (17 Sep 2018).

[D03207] Ontario Archives of Ontario, Ontario, Canada Marriages190, 13286, Decatur-Douglas; digital images, Ancestry.ca, "Ontario, Canada Marriages,"(accessed 29 Sep 2018).

[D03816] Greenwood Cemetery (Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario), G-W34- 4-.

[D04726] 1881 census of Canada, Ontario, district 139, Orillia, p. 117, dwelling 525, family 538; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry.ca (accessed 17 Oct 2018).

[D04727] Canada, Canada, Voters Lists, vol. 1935: 2690; digital images, Ancestry.ca, "Canada Voters Lists 1935-1980," (accessed 31 Aug 2019).

[D04776] "Died," Grey County Surname Collection , 18 June 1936; digital images(accessed 31 Aug 2019).

[D04777] ”Mrs. George Milford Buried on Saturday," Grey County Surname Collection , 22 Jun 1936; digital images(accessed 31 Aug 2019).

[D05106] 1871 census of Canada, Ontario, district 40, sub-district 04c, Cardwell, p. 42, dwelling 142, family 142; RG 31; digital images(accessed 31 Aug 2019).

The Tragic Death of Harold Wright Douglas

Harold Wright Douglas was the eldest son of T.W. Douglas and Winnifred Henrietta Victoria Wright. He was born 23 July 1885 in Owen Sound [D05715, D06025].



In the spring of 1904, at the age of nineteen, Harold Wright Douglas moved to Toronto to work for Purdy Mansell & Co., a plumbing and steamfitting company located based in Toronto at 16 Adelaide St. West [D00236, D06020]. He had previously worked for Owen Sound plumber A.J. Ross [D00236, D06020].

While in Toronto, Harold roomed at 346 Berkeley Street along with his co-worker William Bell [D00236, D01210, D06022].

Around 4:00 in the afternoon of Sunday 4 June 1904, Harold and William borrowed a canoe from Ewan’s boat-house at the foot of Sherbourne street and began paddling out on Toronto Bay [D00236, D01210]. When they were about four-hundred yards out, Harold, who was cold stood up to put on his coat. The action caused the canoe to overturn, spilling both Harold and William into the lake. The two of them clung on to the side of the canoe and waited for help [D00236, D01210, D06022].

Boaters James Cockerell and James Ramsden were also out on the water at the time and came to the assistance of the two young men. The two were able to rescue William Bell, but Harold had let go and had sunk beneath the waters by the time that they arrived [D00236, D01210, D06022].

A search was conducted, and the drowned body of Harold Wright Douglas was recovered the following day around 3:00 in the afternoon by ex-Esplanade Constable George Williams [D01209, D06020].

His well-attended funeral was held on Wednesday, 15 June 1904 at the residence of his parents [D06016, D6021, D06023]. He is buried at Greenwood Cemetery [D01131, D04954].

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Sources:
[D00236] "Harold Douglas Drowned," (Owen Sound) The Advertiser, Owen Sound , 14 June 1904, p. 1, col. 6.

[D01131] "Owen Sound Greenwood Cemetery Interments" (typescript, 2005), p. 81.

[D01209] "Douglas' Body Recovered," Toronto Star, 14 Jun 1904, col. 3; digital images, Pages of the Past (accessed 6 Apr 2019).

[D01210] "Canoes Claimed Two More Victims," Toronto Star, 13 Jun 1904, p. 7, col. 2; digital images, Pages of the Past (accessed 6 Apr 2019).

[D04954] Greenwood Cemetery (Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario), G-S9-1.

[D05715] "Births," (Owen Sound) The Advertiser, Owen Sound, 30 July 1885, p. 2, col. 5.

[D06016] "Interred on Wednesday," (Owen Sound) The Advertiser, Owen Sound , 17 Jun 1904, p. 1, col. 3.

[D06020] (Owen Sound) Owen Sound Times, 17 Jun 1904, p. 1, col. 4.

[D06021] (Owen Sound) Owen Sound Times, 17 Jun 1904, p. 5, col. 5.

[D06022] "Harold Douglas Drowned at Toronto," (Owen Sound) Owen Sound Sun , 14 Jun 1904, p. 1, col. 4&5.

[D06023] (Owen Sound) Owen Sound Sun, 17 Jun 1904, p. 1, col. 2.

[D06025] Ontario Archives of Ontario, MS 929, reels 1-245, MS929, Reel 70: 11742, 96; digital image, Ancestry.com, "Ontario, Canada Births," (16 Mar 2019).