X00241: More on Ann Hardy Barnhill and Mary Hardy Hyatt Sisters?

I've posted previously about X00241 and whether Ann Hardy Barnhill and Mary Hardy Hyatt were in fact sisters.

I've recently found Ann Hardy Barnhill in the 1911 census living in Esquesing.

The census record gives a correct age for Ann of 72 years (which she would have been in 1911), but an incorrect year of birth of 1831 (as opposed to 1838). It also says that she came to Canada in 1835, which is incorrect. But if she had said that she came to Canada when she was four years old (which would have been correct) they would have recorded it as 1835.

She's living with her daughter Nancy as well as Everett Barnhill, son of Matthew Hyatt and Mary Hardy. Nancy's relation to the head of household is given as "aunt" and Ann's relationship is given as "Grandma", which further confuses things because if my theory is correct, their relationships would be "cousin" and "aunt" respectively.

So, it looks as if Everett is related to the family, but it's not entirely clear what the relationship is at this point. It looks like I'll have to go back and re-evaluate what information I have at this point.

Profile: Harold Edwin Burnet

Harold Edwin Burnet (1891-1957)

Frank Burnet and Louisa Emily Hewett’s second child, Harold Edwin was born 21 March 1891 [D04043, D04044, D04061, D06760, D06843].

Harold Burnet moved to Battle River, Alberta prior to world war one and worked as a farmer [D04061, D06757]. He married Juanita Fern Harris on 10 January 1916 in Coronation, Alberta [D06760]. In 1923, Frank and Juanita emigrated to the United States, settling in McKenzie, Washington where he found work as the superintendant of the C.A. Harris sawmill [D06764, D06758, D07293].

Harold continued to work at the sawmill until 1944 when he relocated to Wenatchee, Washington and bought the Cascade Auto Court [D07293]. He sold his interest in the auto court in 1947, investing instead in rental properties in Wenatchee [D07293].

His wife, Juanita died 23 December 1948 [D06755, D06769]. Harold married his second wife, Winnifred Opal Funk on 20 January 1950 [D07262, D07263]. Harold died 29 November 1957 in Hood River, Oregon at the age of sixty-eight [D06764, D07293].  

Profile: Reginald K Burnet

Reginald K Burnet [1893-1963]

Louisa and Frank Burnet had six children together. Francis Ernest Burnett was the first, born on 5 November 1889 [D03783, D04043, D04044, D06723]. Harold Edwin was next, born 21 March 1891 [D04043, D04044, D04061, D06760, D06843]. The family moved out to Victoria, British Columbia in the early 1890s, where Reginald Kenneth Burnet was born on 21 December 1893 [D03783, D04139, D04044, D06741]. The Burnet family returned to Orillia about three years later. Their fourth son, Hebert Hewett was born in Orillia 31 May 1896 [D06731]. On 12 September 1898, a set of twins was born, including their first daughter, Helen Louise Burnet and Horace Arthur Burnet [D06709].

With a long history of military involvement, many members of the the Burnet family joined up with the Canadian Expeditionary Forces when the first World War began. Francis Ernest Burnet, the eldest son at twenty-five, was the first of the family to enlist on 12 May 1915 in Saskatoon [D06723]. He was assigned to the 53rd Battalion initially [D06723].

Reginald K. Burnet and his father, Frank Burnet both enlisted on the same day, 26, January 1916: Reginald in Orillia and Frank in Calgary [D04060, D06746]. Frank was so keen to join the fight, he claimed to be ten years younger than he actually was in order to enlist [D04060]. Reginald joined his family’s old regiment, the Simcoe Foresters, which had now become the 157th Battalion [D06746]. Frank was assigned to the 137th [D04060].

Reginald Burnet Sailed to England in October of 1916 [D06746]. In November, he was transferred from the Simcoe Foresters to the 10th Canadian Machine Gun Company and was in France the following March [D06746].

In August of 1917, the 10th Canadian Machine Gun Company was one of sixteen machine gun companies fighting in the battle of Hill 70 . On 24 August, Reginald received a gun shot wound to the left side of his head and lost consciousness [D06746]. He woke up a few days later in a hospital in St. Omer, France with a fractured skull [D06746]. Suffering with memory loss and impairment in his speech, he was sent for rehabilitation and later sent back home to Canada in April of 1918 [D06746].

Reg Burnet began his working career in 1911 with R.H. Montgomery, merchant tailor and men’s furnisher [D07315, D07317]. After the war, he returned to Orillia and found work at the store, which had been taken over from R.H. Montgomery by Jack Sinclair [D04139, D06742, D07313, D07315].

He married Wynona Beatrice Williams in Orillia on 8 April 1919 [D04139]. Wynona only lived for a short time after the marriage, dying in a hospital maternity ward on 1 August 1920 at the age of twenty-six [D04209].

A few years later, Jack Sinclair sold the clothing store to a group of four partners, Reg Burnet among them [D07315, D07317]. They renamed it the Arrow Store [D04317].

Reg remained at the Arrow store for a few years, eventually selling his interest in 1924, when he started his own business, Burnet Men’s Wear [D07312, D07313, D07317].

Reginald married his second wife, Olive Hilda Leatherdale 14 September 1925 [D06741]. They had one child together, Dale, who later joined his father’s business [D07317].

Like his siblings, Reg was highly involved in community associations, and remained involved with the Simcoe Foresters and Canadian Legion. He co-organized an “Across the Lake Swim” event that carried his name [D07314, D07317].

Reginald retired from his clothing store in 1961 [D07212]. He died at his cottage on Bass Lake 27 August 1963 at the age of sixty-nine [D07231, D07212].

Profile: Herbert Hewett Burnet

Frank Burnet and Louisa Emily Hewett’s fourth son, Hebert Hewett was born in Orillia 31 May 1896 [D06731].

Herbert Burnet was the last of the Burnet family to join the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, enlisting in Calgary on 20 May 1918 and being assigned to the 21st Canadian Reserve Battalion, Alberta [D06732]. After training in Canada, he sailed to England in August of 1918, but was never deployed to France during his time in the service [D06732]. Herbert was discharged from military service on 25 June 1919 [D06712] and returned home to Battle River, Alberta where he had lived and farmed prior to the war [D04061, D06732, D06843]. In 1923 he moved to McKenzie, Washington along with his older brother Harold and found work in the lumber mills [D04714, D06733]. He married Sarah Mae Long in Wenatchee, Washington on 28 Jun 1927 [D04714].

Herbert and Sarah moved to Herbert’s birthplace of Orillia in June of 1931 [D06735]. Sarah died less than a year later on 1 February 1932 [D06735].

Herbert went on to open an indenpendant service station in 1940 and later open Orillia’s first motel [D07290]. He married his second wife, Lillian Mae Archer McKay, a registered nurse, on 18 September 1940 [D07278].

In 1960, he was appointed as an alderman on Orillia Town Council, after the death of the previous alderman [D07283, D07284, D07290]. He was appointed deputy reeve in 1962 and then reeve in 1963 on the deaths of those office-holders as well [D07290]. Herbert Burnet himself died in October 1964 at the age of sixty-eight [D07290]. Lillian Mae Archer Burnet lived on until 31 January 1980 when she died at the age of seventy-six [D07297].  

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Sources:
[D04061] 1916 census of the Northwest Provinces, district 32, sub-district 4a, Battle River, p. 10, dwelling 135, 134; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry.ca, Ancestry.ca

[D04714] Washington, Washington Marriage Records 1854-2013, 5144, Burnet-Long, June 28, 1927; digital images, Ancestry.ca,Ancestry.ca

[D06731] Ontario Archives of Ontario, MS 929, reels 1-245, MS930 Reel 21: 501249, 362; digital image, Ancestry.com, "Ontario, Canada Births,"

[D06732] Canada, "Military Service Record - Herbert H. Burnet," 3211402; digital images, ancestry.ca, ancestry.ca.

[D06733] 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, McKenzie, enumeration district (ED) 0024, p. 4A, dwelling 59, family 59; digital images,ancestry.com (accessed 15 Feb 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 2342218.

[D06735] Ontario Archives of Ontario, Ontario, Canada Deaths, MS935 Reel 449: 105, 30172; digital image, Ancestry.ca, "Ontario, Canada Deaths," Ancestry.ca

[D06843] 1921 census of Canada, district 1, sub-district 6, Battle River, p. 4, dwelling 44, family 45; RG 31; digital images,ancestry.com