X00316 William R. Hoyt Burial Location

Amy Seymore Williams (1856-1929) was the fourth daughter of Isaac Amos Williams and Caroline Seymore Sanders. Her second husband was William Russell Hoyt and from his death registration, he was born 23 March 1848 in Vermont, USA and died 11 August 1924 in Eugene Oregon.

On Find a Grave, there are two potential listings that could be his.

1. William Russell Hoyt, Eugene Pioneer Cemetery, memorial no 60218108
According to the notes on Find a Grave, he died 11 August 1924, aged 76 years 4 months 20 days which matches the information on the death registration that I have. As well, the notes have him listed as the son of William Hoyt & [---] Russell, which also matches the information on the death registration.

It also lists him as a father of Mrs. E. T. Deveraux, which I have yet to verify.

2. William R. Hoyt, Multnomah Park Cemetery, memorial no 46938793
This marker lists a birth year of 1848 and a death year of 1924, which match the information on the death registration.

This William R. Hoyt is buried with a Mary L. Hoyt (1848-1911) and lists a Laurel Milo Hoyt (1872-1956) as a child. I haven't yet verified the two names to see if they are connected


The first one, if the parent names are correct, is definitely the correct one. But the second one also does match. Amy S. Williams married William R. Hoyt in 1912, so his first wife passing 1911 would certainly fit.

Questions:

• Is the information on the first site correct? And what is the source?
• Could these sites be for the same person? Is there a possibility that William Hoyt was never buried in Eugene Pioneer Cemetery, as there is no marker there?

Still to investigate:

• Research Mary L. Hoyt (1848-1911) to see if she was married to the same William R. Hoyt that was later married to Amy S. Williams
• Research Laurel Milo Hoyt (1872-1956) to see if there is a connection
• Research E.T. Devereaux to see if there is a connection

Who is Lee Ann Bauman - Solved!

A number of years ago I was at Greenwood cemetery and on the Douglas family gravestone I found the name Lee Ann Bauman with no clear connection to anyone else on the stone:



The dates given for her are 1959 - 1967. There is most likely a connection to the Douglas family of Owen Sound, but unfortunately the stone didn't give any further information and the birth and death years are too recent for civil registration. The FindaGrave website did not offer any additional connections either.

Fortunately, I was able to find a newspaper listing for both her birth and death in the Grey County newspapers collection:





So, these two articles not only corroborate her birth and death dates from the stone but also give then names of the parents: Carman and Marjorie Bauman and that her grandparents were Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Douglas and Mr. and Mrs. George Bauman. So there is our connection to the Douglas family. Stewart A. Douglas was one of the sons of Thomas William Douglas (1859-1955), a well-known tailor in Owen Sound and also buried in the same location. I also later found a marriage notice in the paper announcing the marriage of Carman Bauman and Marjorie Douglas.

I have since sent a request to update the connection on FindaGrave.

X00199 - Solved!

A couple of years ago I went to the Peel Archives to look up the Perkins-Bull collection for the surname Hardy. In it, I came across this record:



The record indicates that Lancelot Hardy the younger lived from about 1860 to 1896 and was buried in St Peter’s Cemetery in Erindale.

According to the record above, there was a Lancelot Hardy who was born about 1860 and died in 1896 and was buried at St Peter’s Anglican church in Erindale. The problem is that:

• I can’t find a death record in the Ontario death registrations for a Lancelot Hardy in 1896
• The cemetery transcriptions for St Peter’s Cemetery do not show a Lancelot Hardy
• I’ve contacted the Anglican Church archives and they don’t have a burial record

I also went to the cemetery and couldn’t find a stone.

I was about to conclude that Perkins-Bull had the wrong information, or that no stone existed, but then I checked the cemetery transcription for the nearby Erindale Cosmopolitan Cemetery and found a listing there.



Then I went to cemetery and actually found the stone. It’s very worn and difficult to read, but you can make out some of it.



Next, to see about finding a death or burial record.