X00192 Part 2: Sorting out the Lancelot Hardys

I previously mentioned X00192 and the sorting out of multiple Lancelot Hardys.

To add to the confusion, the book Meadowvale: Mills to Millenium by Kathleen A. Hicks has the following passage about Jane Tricker:

“Joseph (b. 1823), operated a shingle factory. He lost his wife, Isabella, and was left with six children, Ella, 1855, Eliza, 1856, Rebecca, 1862, John, 1864, William, 1866, and Henrietta, 1860. In 1875, he married a widow named Jane….”

This would suggest that it was Joseph Wood Hardy who married Jane Tricker, rather than one of the Lancelot Hardys.

There's quite a bit that seems to be off with that above passage. Not only are the number of children and their birth years off, but according to my research, Isabella outlived both Joseph Wood Hardy and Jane Tricker. She was at least alive in 1901 [*].

But also, the marriage registration for Sarah Jane Hardy, lists her parents as Lancelot and Jane Hardy [D00170]. Sarah Jane is buried in the same plot as Jane Tricker in Churchville Cemetery [D02104].

Perhaps the author was mixing up Joseph Wood Hardy with one of the Lancelots, but I think it’s safe to rule out the hypothesis that Joseph Hardy married Jane Tricker.

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Sources:
[*] Year: 1901; Census Place: Toronto (West/Ouest) (City/Cité) Ward/Quartier No 4, Toronto (west/ouest) (city/cité), Ontario; Page: 9; Family No: 91

[D00170] (Meadowvale, Peel, Canada West, Canada), "Marriage Record - Hallam & Hardy"; FHL microfilm 1,030,063. Marriage Registers of Upper Canada / Canada West

[D02104] Churchville Cemetery (Canada, Ontario).

Profile: Amy Seymore Williams (1856-1929)

Isaac Amos Williams and Caroline Seymore Sanders’ fourth daughter was named Amy Seymore Williams and was born in 1856 in what was then known as Canada West [D03763, D03788, D03789, D05012, D05018, D05019, D05020]. She grew up in Guelph and later moved with her family to Mount Forest and Lindsay [D03763, D03788, D03789].

Amy emigrated to the United States in 1898 [D05019], a few years after both her mother and father had passed. She first settled in Ogden, Utah to live with her younger sister Edith Mary Williams Bostaph and her husband William Bostaph [D07013].

Amy lived in Ogden a few years before relocating to Globe, Gilla, Arizona around 1900. Benjamin and Sarah Eastman, in-laws of Amy’s younger brother Edwin L. Williams had relocated there when their son, the Reverend Frederick Soloman Eastman was appointed to the St John’s Episcopal Church in Globe [D07134, D07136].

Amy married William Gaskill in Globe 19 February 1901 [D05105, D07130]. Frederick Eastman performed the marriage and his parents Benjamin and Sarah served as witnesses to the marriage [D05105, D07130].

William Gaskill was born 17 November 1855 in Manchester, England [D05021, D05023, D05614, D05615]. He emigrated to Canada in 1879 at the age of twenty-four settling in Fort William, Ontario (now part of Thunder Bay) [D05614, D05615]. He found work with the Canadian Pacific Railroad as an accountant and worked there for eighteen years before moving to Globe, Arizona in December of 1899 [D05614, D05615].

In Globe, William became a partner in the successful butchering firm of Ryan & Gaskill [D05614, D05615] where he worked until he retired in late 1908 due to his health which was getting progressively worse [D05621]. William Gaskill died 13 February 1909 of locomotor ataxia at the age of fifty-three [D05021, D05023, D05614, D05615].

After her husband’s death, Amy Williams Gaskil briefly moved back to Ogden to live with her sister Edith and brother-in-law William once again [D05619]. From there she relocated to Salmon, Idaho to live with her brother Fred A Williams on his farm where she found work as a music teacher [D05018, D05619]. Fred had lost his wife only a few years before.

Amy married William Russell Hoyt, 19 May 1912 in Portland, Oregon [D05014]. William was a photographer who had lost his first wife only the previous year [D07104].

The two remained in Oregon, moving between Portland, Salem and eventually Eugene [D07083, D07085]. WIlliam Hoyt died in Eugene, Oregon, 11 August 1924 at the age of seventy-six [D07078, D07079, D07112, D07113]. After her second husband’s death, Amy moved back to Portland and continued her work as a music teacher. She passed away herself 6 January 1929 [D05012, D05013, D05020].

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Sources:
[D03763] 1861 census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Wellington, Guelph, p. 31; RG 31; digital images,Ancestry.ca.

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

[D03789] 1881 census of Canada, Ontario, district 129, sub-district B-2, Lindsay, Victoria, p. 99, dwelling 458, family 469; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry.ca.

[D05012] Riverview Cemetery (Portland, Multnomah, Oregon).

[D05013] Oregon Oregon State Archives and Records Center, Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998, 73; digital image, Family Search, "Oregon Death Index," FamilySearch.com.

[D05014] Oregon Oregon State Library, Oregon Marriage Index 1906-2009, 22447, Hoyt-Gaskill; digital images "Oregon Marriage Index,"

[D05015] Arizona Arizona History and Archives Division, Arizona County Marriage Records 1865-1972, 1: 315, 356134, Gaskill-Williams; digital images "Arizona County Marriage Records," ancestry.ca.

[D05018] 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Brooklyn, enumeration district (ED) 0200, sheet 1A, p. 1A; digital images,ancestry.com; citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll T624_226.

[D05019] 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Portland, enumeration district (ED) 160, sheet 5A, p. 5A, dwelling 255, family 298; digital images, ancestry.com; citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll T625_1502.

[D05020] The Oregonian, 9 January 1929, p. 13, col. 3; digital images.

[D05021] Globe Cemetery (Globe, Gila, Arizona). ID: D05021.

[D05023] Arizona Arizona Department of Health Services, death certificate (1909); digital image, "Arizona Death Records, 1887-1960,”

[D05614] “Honored Man Dead,"Arizona Silver Belt, 14 February 1909, p. 3, col. 5; digital images, newspaperarchive.com.

[D05615] "Death of William Gaskill,"Arizona Silver Belt, 17 February1909, p. 6, col. 6; digital images, Newspaper Archive (newspaperarchive.com).

[D05619] "Located in Idaho," Arizona Silver Belt, 09 May 1909, p. 7, col. 5; digital images, Newspaper Archive (newspaperarchive.com)

[D05621] "Personal Paragraphs," Arizona Silver Belt, 21 January 1909, p. 8, col. 3; digital images(newspapers.com)

[D07078] Oregon Oregon State Archives and Records Center, Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998, 268; digital image, Family Search, "Oregon Death Index," FamilySearch.com.

[D07079] Multnomah Park Cemetery (Portland, Multnomah, Oregon), F, 61, 5.

[D07083] US City Directories, 1917:, 104; digital images(accessed 6 Dec 2020).

[D07085] US City Directories, 1915:, 619; digital images(accessed 6 Dec 2020).

[D07104] “Hillsboro Woman Dies Suddenly at Astoria," Statesman Journal, 15 April 1911, p. 2, col. 5; digital images, newspapers.com.

[D07013] ”Local News," Arizona Silver Belt, 21 February 1901, p. 8, col. 1; digital images, newspapers.com

[D07112] "Died," 12 Aug 1924, p. 5, col. 4; digital images, newspapers.com.

[D07113] "William R. Hoyt, Eugene, Succumbs," The Eugene Guard, 11 Aug 1924, p. 2, col. 5; digital images, newspapers.com.

[D07134] F.S. Eastman, "Farewell of F.S. Eastman,"Arizona Silver Belt, 1 May 1902, p. 5, col. 3; digital images, newspapers.com

[D07130] “Local News," Arizona Silver Belt, 21 February 1901, p. 8, col. 1; digital images, newspapers.com

[D07136] “St John’s Episcopal Church Report,” Arizona Silver Belt, 11 July 1901, p. 1, col. 5; digital images, newspapers.com

X00319 Mary Ann Foster Hardy Death information

Last week, I wrote about X00315, finding the date of death for Jonadab Hardy. Although I've successfully managed to find his date of death, I still haven't been able to locate the date of death for his wife, Mary Ann Foster Hardy.

Mary Ann Foster was born about 1832 in Lower Canada (now Quebec) [D01351, D01600, D02255, D03280]. She married Johnadab Hardy in the early 1850s, based on the birth dates of their children.

I have found her in the 1901 census [D03280] living with her son John George Hardy, but nothing beyond that. As established in last week's post, Johndab died in 1906. Unfortunately on his death registration where it indicates if he was single, married or a widower, it's not entirely clear:

The letter could either be an "M" or a "W". It's also formed differently from the other M's and W's on the page, so it's difficult to tell by comparison. This is unfortunate because it could at least give us an indication of whether she died before or after 1906. There is a Mary Ann Foster who died in Toronto in 1910, aged 77 years, but it's difficult to determine whether that is her or not.

So, unless I can find a death record, a later census record or even evidence that she remarried, I'm going to have to look into other sources such as newspapers to see if I can find any further information.

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Sources:
[D01351] 1881 census of Canada, Ontario, district 140, sub-district A, Toronto Township, p. 14, dwelling 66, family 67; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry.ca.

[D01600] 1861 census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Peel, district 7, Toronto Township; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry.ca.

[D02255] 1891 census of Canada, Ontario, district 119, sub-district St. Stephen's Ward, Toronto City, p. 150, dwelling B2/6, family 678; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry.ca,Ancestry.

[D03280] 1901 census of Canada, Ontario, district 103, sub-district D-3, Toronto Township, p. 2, dwelling 19, family 19; RG 31; digital images.

X00251 Death Date for Jonadab Hardy - Solved!

For the longest time, I had figured that Jonadab Hardy (son of Lancelot Hardy and Ann Wood) had died sometime between 1891 and 1901. This was based on the fact that I had found him the 1891 census [D02255], but in the 1901 census his wife, Mary Ann Foster Hardy appears without him [D03280]. But I wasn't able to find a death record for him in that range. Nor was I able to find any cemetery record indicating when or where he might be buried.

I came across a death record from 1906 that could be a possible fit [D03297].

It was indexed as "John Adolph Hardy", but on closer inspection, it could well be Jonadab (or a spelling variant of it). The date of death was 12 March 1906.

Looking at the death record, there are a few arguments in favour:

• The name matches (or at least it's a close approximation)
• The location of the death (Toronto) makes sense, because previous records indicate he had been living there.
• The age at death (73) indicates a year of birth around 1833, which matches what is known about Jonadab
• I haven't seen any other occurrence of the name Jonadab Hardy in southern Ontario at the time.

There were a few problematic areas as well:

• The given occupation (speculator) does not mach previous records indicating that he was a carpenter and operated a saw mill in later years.
• The birthplace (Canada) does not match all other records indicating that he was born in England
• The fact that he doesn't appear in the 1901 census with his wife is suspicious. The census record does not indicate whether or not she was a widow.

I did some digging in the Peel archives and found an death notice in the Streetsville Review dated 15 March 1906 [D04565].

Not only does it confirm the name, but it also indicates that he formerly operated a sawmill in the area. Based on that, I'm going to conclude that this is the same person and that the birth location given on the death registration was an error. I still haven't found him in the 1901 census but that might likely be because of the various mispellings of his name. Another plus: it gives the location of where he was buried, in Erindale Cemetery. That being said, he doesn't appear in the transcriptions for Erindale so, it is most likely that either there was no stone, or the stone hasn't survived.

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Sources:
[D02255] 1891 census of Canada, Ontario, district 119, sub-district St. Stephen's Ward, Toronto City, p. 150, dwelling B2/6, family 678; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry.ca, Ancestry.

[D03280] 1901 census of Canada, Ontario, district 103, sub-district D-3, Toronto Township, p. 2, dwelling 19, family 19; RG 31; digital images.

[D03297] Ontario Archives of Ontario, Ontario, Canada Deaths, MS935 Reel 124: 55, 1742; digital image, Ancestry.ca, "Ontario, Canada Deaths," Ancestry.ca. [D04565] (Streetsville) Streetsville Review, 15 March 1906, p. 1, Col 6.

X00242 Who is Mary Hardy - Solved!

While searching the Hardy family, I came across a death registration from 1878 for a Mary Hardy:

There were a few things about this death registration that caught my attention and had my thinking that there might be a connection:

• Obviously the Hardy surname
• The location of Toronto Township, which is where the Hardys were living in 1878
• The religion of Methodist, which matches the Hardy family
• Her profession being listed as a carpenter's wife and the informant being a John P. Hardy.

The last bullet point in particular caught my attention because Jehonadab Hardy, who is part of my Hardy family was a carpenter and did sometimes go by the name John. And he was married to a Mary Ann Foster. But Mary Ann Foster appears in later records beyond 1878. So, it had me thinking, did I have something wrong in my research? Could Mary Ann have died earlier? Or could Jehanadab been married to a different Mary at some point?

Double checking my research I found that there was a different John P. Hardy living in Streetsville at the time who was a carpenter and was married to a Mary at one point. This John P. Hardy was the son of a William Hardy (again, different from the one in my Hardy family). So the issue has been solved. But from a lot of derivative sources out there, I see that there is some confusion out there between the John/Jehodab Hardys and the William Hardys that I'll need to be conscious of.

X00315 Solved!!

Back some time ago I posted about X00315 where I mentioned that in the marriage record for Amy Seymore Williams and William Gaskill in Globe, Gilla, Arizona in gives the witnesses as a B. Eastman and an S.C. Eastman. It also mentions that the ceremony was performed by an F.S. Eastman. The question was whether they could all be from the family of Amy's sister-in-law, Maude Alfreda Eastman. And if so, what were they all doing in Arizona?

Since then, I have done some newspaper searching and have made some discoveries that indicate that the witnesses and reverend are in fact the same Eastman family.

I found the article below from May of 1902 indicating that the Eastmans in Arizona were originally from Canada and were returning there shortly [D07138]:

From around the same time, I found Reverend F.S. Eastman's farewell letter [D07134]:

Through some other articles I found that he had been assigned to the church in Globe, Arizona by the bishop in August of 1899, which agrees with his statement that he had been there for a year and a half. I also came across an article from 1900 mentioning that he had married a woman from Quebec [D07132]:

I found the marriage in the Drouin collection, and it is indeed the same Frederick Soloman Eastman in the marriage record.

So, I've confirmed not only that the Eastmans in Arizona are the same in-laws of Amy S. Williams, but I've also been able to figure the times at which they were in Arizona (roughly August 1899 to May 1902). As well, it gives a likely explanation as to why Amy S. Williams would have also been in Arizona at the same time.

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Sources:
[D07132] "Local News," Arizona Silver Belt, 16 August 1900, p. 6, col. 1; digital images, newspapers.com.

[D07138] "Local News," Arizona Silver Belt, 8 May 1902, p. 5, col. 1; digital images, newspapers.com.

[D07134] F.S. Eastman, "Farewell of F.S. Eastman,"Arizona Silver Belt, 1 May 1902, p. 5, col. 3; digital images, newspapers.com.

X00305 Update

I have posted previously about X00305 and how I found listings for a Douglas and Williams brewery in Amherstberg, Essex, Ontario and was wondering if it was the same John Douglas and Thomas Williams who were operating a brewery in Guelph around the same time.

I have since contacted the Essex Branch of the Ontario Genealogy Society to see if they had any more history about a brewery operation in Amherstburg operating aroun 1851. They weren't able to find anything in their collections or in the Marsh Collection about a Douglas and Williams Brewery in Amherstburg.

Recently, however, I was looking at the death registration for Mary Sophia Douglas, John Douglas' first daughter [D01451]. It states that she was born in 1851 in Amherstburg:

If this is the case, it definitely puts John Douglas living in the area at the time. Unfortunately the 1851 census for Amherstburg didn't survive, so it can't be verified that way. And to make things difficult, different documents give different birth years and locations for Mary Sophia Douglas, including Detroit and Guelph. So more further analysis is needed before I can definitely conclude anything.

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Sources:
[D01451] Ontario Archives of Ontario, Ontario, Canada Deaths, MS935, Reel 336: 815, 15873, 14; digital image, Ancestry.ca, "Ontario, Canada Deaths," Ancestry.ca.

[D06545] Bowering, Ian, The Art and Mystery of Brewing in Ontario. Burnstown, Ontario, 1988.

[D06546] Sweet, Richard L., Directory of Canadian Breweries (Past and Present); Second Edition. Saskatoon, 1996.