Tuesday 15 November 2016

James Gordon Thompson 1887 (brother of my Great Grandma Florence Thompson)

James Gordon Thompson b. 1887 

Father: George Francis Thompson
Mother: Anna Amelia Maybee
Wife: Kate Gillium
Children:
Hoyt Gillium Thompson b. August 26, 1913 in Belleville, Ontario
Frances Anna Patricia Thompson





Alice Carol Thompson 1945

Alice Carol Thompson (b. October 26, 1945)

Date of Birth:  October 26, 1945
Birth Place:  Niagara Falls, New York
Married: April 20, 1968
Husband: Robert Alden Barden
Married in: Niagara Falls, Ontario

Father:  Hoyt Gillum Thompson
Children of Alice Carol Thompson and Robert Alden Barden, Sr are:

  1. Rob Alden Thompson, b. 1968, Potsdam, New York.
  2. Lisa Michele Thompson, b. 1973, Port Jefferson, New York.

Monday 14 November 2016

Margaret (Nee: Foster) Swayne (b. November 08, 1844, d. August 1908)

Margaret Foster (b. November 08, 1844, d. August 1908)

Margaret Foster (daughter of John Foster and Annie Maxwell) was born November 08, 1844 in Foucher's Mills(Latta), Tyendinaga Twp, Hastings Co., ON, and died August 1908 in Maynooth, ON.She married Edward Wesley Swayne on August 01, 1863, son of William Fletcher Swayne and Charlotte Davis.
More About Margaret Foster:
Burial: Salem Cemetary, Coe Hill.
More About Margaret Foster and Edward Wesley Swayne:
Marriage: August 01, 1863
Children of Margaret Foster and Edward Wesley Swayne are:
  1. +Charlotte Swayne, b. March 30, 1872, Ormsby, Ontario, d. May 10, 1956, Penticton, BC.
  2. +Arthur William Swayne, b. November 13, 1865, Ormsby, Ontario, d. October 19, 1950, Belleville, ON.
  3. +John Wesley Swayne, b. September 16, 1867, Ormsby, Ontario, d. January 11, 1901, Ormsby, Ontario.
  4. +Annie Swayne, b. August 12, 1869, Ormsby, Ontario, d. January 25, 1943, Vancouver.
  5. +Margaret Elizabeth Swayne, b. April 20, 1874, Ormsby, Ontario, d. February 26, 1953, Flint, Michigan.
  6. +Edwin Foster Swayne, b. January 06, 1879, Ormsby, Ontario, d. February 08, 1965, Belleville, ON.
  7. +Isabella May Swayne, b. May 02, 1881, Ormsby, Ontario, d. May 02, 1952, Deseronto, ON.

Edward Wesley Swayne (b. August 13, 1828, d. April 24, 1898)

Edward Wesley Swayne (b. August 13, 1828, d. April 24, 1898)

Edward was born in the Summer of 1828 on the 13th day of August to William and Charlotte Swayne in North Williamsburg, in the township of Matilda in Dundas County, Ontario.

Edward Wesley Swayne (son of William Fletcher Swayne and Charlotte Davis) was born August 13, 1828 in North Williamsburg, Matilda Twp, Dundas Co,Ontario, and died April 24, 1898 in Ormsby,Hastings Co.,Ontario.He married Margaret Foster on August 01, 1863, daughter of John Foster and Annie Maxwell.
More About Edward Wesley Swayne:
Burial: Salem Cemetary, Coe Hill.
More About Edward Wesley Swayne and Margaret Foster:
Marriage: August 01, 1863
Children of Edward Wesley Swayne and Margaret Foster are:
  1. +Charlotte Swayne, b. March 30, 1872, Ormsby, Ontario, d. May 10, 1956, Penticton, BC.
  2. +Arthur William Swayne, b. November 13, 1865, Ormsby, Ontario, d. October 19, 1950, Belleville, ON.
  3. +John Wesley Swayne, b. September 16, 1867, Ormsby, Ontario, d. January 11, 1901, Ormsby, Ontario.
  4. +Annie Swayne, b. August 12, 1869, Ormsby, Ontario, d. January 25, 1943, Vancouver.
  5. +Margaret Elizabeth Swayne, b. April 20, 1874, Ormsby, Ontario, d. February 26, 1953, Flint, Michigan.
  6. +Edwin Foster Swayne, b. January 06, 1879, Ormsby, Ontario, d. February 08, 1965, Belleville, ON.
  7. +Isabella May Swayne, b. May 02, 1881, Ormsby, Ontario, d. May 02, 1952, Deseronto, ON.

Charlotte Swayne (b. March 30, 1872, d. May 10, 1956)

Charlotte (Nee: Swayne) Letts (b. March 30, 1872, d. May 10, 1956)

Charlotte Swayne (daughter of Edward Wesley Swayne and Margaret Foster) was born March 30, 1872 in Ormsby, Ontario, and died May 10, 1956 in Penticton, BC.She married Howard Letts on July 08, 1896 in Limerick, ON, son of Thomas Letts and Jane.
More About Charlotte Swayne and Howard Letts:
Marriage: July 08, 1896, Limerick, ON.
Children of Charlotte Swayne and Howard Letts are:
  1. +Hazel Irena Letts, b. September 04, 1899, Ormsby, ON( Hastings County), d. May 11, 1954, Penticton, BC.
  2. +Winifred May Letts, b. September 06, 1897, d. March 03, 1980, Summerland.
  3. +Helen Joyce Letts, b. December 08, 1907, Maynooth, ON, d. July 18, 1994, Penticton, BC.
  4. Arthur Howard Swayne Letts, b. December 22, 1904, Steenburgh, ON, d. 1935.

Howard Letts (b. April 05, 1871, d. April 06, 1947)

Howard Letts (b. April 05, 1871, d. April 06, 1947)

Howard Letts (son of Thomas Letts and Jane) was born April 05, 1871 in Calumet Island, Quebec, and died April 06, 1947 in Penticton.He married Charlotte Swayne on July 08, 1896 in Limerick, ON, daughter of Edward Wesley Swayne and Margaret Foster.
More About Howard Letts:
Burial: Penticton.
Occupation: Worked on CPR .
More About Howard Letts and Charlotte Swayne:
Marriage: July 08, 1896, Limerick, ON.
Children of Howard Letts and Charlotte Swayne are:
  1. +Hazel Irena Letts, b. September 04, 1899, Ormsby, ON( Hastings County), d. May 11, 1954, Penticton, BC.
  2. +Winifred May Letts, b. September 06, 1897, d. March 03, 1980, Summerland.
  3. +Helen Joyce Letts, b. December 08, 1907, Maynooth, ON, d. July 18, 1994, Penticton, BC.
  4. Arthur Howard Swayne Letts, b. December 22, 1904, Steenburgh, ON, d. 1935.

Hazel Elizabeth Grantham (b. April 27, 1926, d. September 1998)


Hazel Elizabeth Grantham (daughter of James Frederick Grantham and Hazel Irena Letts) was born April 27, 1926 in Penticton,BC, and died September 1998 in Penticton, BC.She married Vernon Bruce Watt on September 01, 1950 in Penticton, BC.
More About Hazel Elizabeth Grantham:
Burial: September, Penticton, BC.
More About Hazel Elizabeth Grantham and Vernon Bruce Watt:
Marriage: September 01, 1950, Penticton, BC.
Children of Hazel Elizabeth Grantham and Vernon Bruce Watt are:
  1. Susan Elizabeth Watt, b. May 21, 1951.
  2. +Trudy Elaine Watt, b. December 08, 1954.
  3. +Bruce Douglas Watt, b. November 03, 1956, Penticton, BC.

Vernon Bruce Watt (b. October 02, 1923)


Vernon Bruce Watt was born October 02, 1923 in Birtle, Manitoba.He married Hazel Elizabeth Grantham on September 01, 1950 in Penticton, BC, daughter of James Frederick Grantham and Hazel Irena Letts.
More About Vernon Bruce Watt and Hazel Elizabeth Grantham:
Marriage: September 01, 1950, Penticton, BC.
Children of Vernon Bruce Watt and Hazel Elizabeth Grantham are:
  1. Susan Elizabeth Watt, b. May 21, 1951.
  2. +Trudy Elaine Watt, b. December 08, 1954.
  3. +Bruce Douglas Watt, b. November 03, 1956, Penticton, BC.

Anne (Nee: Snipe) Blake 1815

Anne Snipe (b. 1815)

Anne Snipe was born 1815 in Bourton on the water, Gloucestershire, England.She married Thomas Blake on April 02, 1839.
More About Anne Snipe and Thomas Blake:
Marriage: April 02, 1839
Children of Anne Snipe and Thomas Blake are:
  1. +Mary Anne Blake, b. September 28, 1856, Wootten Wawen, Warwick, England, d. 1921, Birmingham, England.

Thomas Blake 1811

Thomas Blake (b. 1811)

Thomas Blake was born 1811 in Bidford, Warwickshire, England.He married Anne Snipe on April 02, 1839.
More About Thomas Blake and Anne Snipe:
Marriage: April 02, 1839
Children of Thomas Blake and Anne Snipe are:
  1. +Mary Anne Blake, b. September 28, 1856, Wootten Wawen, Warwick, England, d. 1921, Birmingham, England.

Mary Anne (Nee: Blake) Grantham 1856-1921

Mary Anne Blake (b. September 28, 1856, d. 1921)

Mary Anne Blake (daughter of Thomas Blake and Anne Snipe) was born September 28, 1856 in Wootten Wawen, Warwick, England, and died 1921 in Birmingham, England.She married (1) James Grantham, son of John Grantham and Mary Harris.
More About Mary Anne Blake:
Birthplace: 1901, Listed as Henly, Warwickshire, England.
Children of Mary Anne Blake and James Grantham are:
  1. +James Frederick Grantham, b. December 27, 1890, Birmingham, England, d. April 20, 1985, Penticton, BC.
  2. +Gertrude L Grantham, b. 1889, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, d. 1921.

Children of Mary Anne Blake are:
  1. Agnes E Stean, b. 1877, Henley in Arden, Warwickshire, England.
  2. Albert Stean, b. 1888, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.

James Grantham 1842-1895 & Mary Anne (Nee: Blake) Grantham

James Grantham (b. 1842, d. December 08, 1895)

James Grantham (son of John Grantham and Mary Harris) was born 1842 in Strettonon Foss, Warwickshire, England, and died December 08, 1895 in England.He married (1) Mary Anne Blake, daughter of Thomas Blake and Anne Snipe.He married (2) Sarah Elizabeth.
 Notes for James Grantham:
Occupation at 1891 census was ,as ( Life Assurance Agent )
Married / 45 years old / Birthplace-Birmingham, England.
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In the 1881 census his age is given as 39, and occupation was as a ( Railway Porter ). He was
married to Sarah Elizabeth Grantham with children: Frank Minchin Grantham , Arthur Grantham and
a domestic servant, Ellen Matilda Ferrer.
More About James Grantham:
Address (Facts Pg): 1881, 77 Summer Lane, Birmingham, Stretton on Foss, Warwickshire.
Census 1: 1881, Age listed as 39.
Census 2: 1851, Age listed as 9.
Census 3: 1891, Age listed as 45.
Occupation 1: 1881, Railway porter.
Occupation 2: 1887, Insurance Agent.
Occupation 3: 1891, Life Assurance Agent.
Servant: 1881, Ellen Matilda Ferrer, age 16.
Children of James Grantham and Mary Anne Blake are:
  1. +James Frederick Grantham, b. December 27, 1890, Birmingham, England, d. April 20, 1985, Penticton, BC.
  2. +Gertrude L Grantham, b. 1889, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, d. 1921.

Children of James Grantham and Sarah Elizabeth are:
  1. +Frank Minchin Grantham, b. 1865, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.
  2. Arthur Grantham, b. 1872, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.

Mary Harris 1851

Mary Harris

Mary Harriswas born in Wim, Shropshire, England.She married John Grantham on May 12, 1833 in Oldberrow,Warwick,England (Batch M042452).
More About Mary Harris:
Census: 1851, Birthplace listed as Wim, Shropshire, England.
County/ Island: 1851, Warwickshire.
Parish: 1851, Stretton on Fosse.
More About Mary Harris and John Grantham:
Marriage: May 12, 1833, Oldberrow,Warwick,England (Batch M042452).
Children of Mary Harris and John Grantham are:
  1. +James Grantham, b. 1842, Strettonon Foss, Warwickshire, England, d. December 08, 1895, England.
  2. George Grantham, b. 1839, Stretton, Warwickshire, England.
  3. William Grantham, b. 1849, Stretton, Warwickshire, England.
  4. John Grantham, b. 1833.

John Grantham 1814

John Grantham (b. 1814)

John Grantham was born 1814 in Owlbow, Worcestershire, England.He married Mary Harris on May 12, 1833 in Oldberrow,Warwick,England (Batch M042452).
More About John Grantham:
Census 1: 1851, Listed as 1814.
Census 2: 1851, Birthdate listed at 1814.
County/ Island: 1851, Warwickshire.
Parish: 1851, Stretton on Fosse.
More About John Grantham and Mary Harris:
Marriage: May 12, 1833, Oldberrow,Warwick,England (Batch M042452).
Children of John Grantham and Mary Harris are:
  1. +James Grantham, b. 1842, Strettonon Foss, Warwickshire, England, d. December 08, 1895, England.
  2. George Grantham, b. 1839, Stretton, Warwickshire, England.
  3. William Grantham, b. 1849, Stretton, Warwickshire, England.
  4. John Grantham, b. 1833.

Janet Irena Grantham 1962-

James Richard McLean 1960-

Lena (Nee: Malcom) (Formerly: McEwan) Grantham 1899-

Lena Malcolm (b. May 09, 1899)

Lena Malcolm was born May 09, 1899 in Burfurd. Ontario.She married (1) James Frederick Grantham, son of James Grantham and Mary Anne Blake.She married (2) McEwan.
More About Lena Malcolm:
Children of Lena Malcolm and McEwan are:
  1. Elaine McEwan.
  2. Carl McEwan.

Hazel Irena Letts 1899-1954

Hazel Irena Letts (b. September 04, 1899, d. May 11, 1954)

Hazel Irena Letts (daughter of Howard Letts and Charlotte Swayne) was born September 04, 1899 in Ormsby, ON( Hastings County), and died May 11, 1954 in Penticton, BC.She married James Frederick Grantham on September 04, 1919 in Wilkie, SK, son of James Grantham and Mary Anne Blake.
More About Hazel Irena Letts:
Date born 2: Hastings County.
Burial: Penticton, BC.
More About Hazel Irena Letts and James Frederick Grantham:
Marriage: September 04, 1919, Wilkie, SK.
Children of Hazel Irena Letts and James Frederick Grantham are:
  1. +Robert Barry Grantham, b. June 29, 1934, Penticton, BC.
  2. +Ronald Grantham, b. 1929, Wilkie, d. 1995.
  3. James Edwin Grantham, b. May 11, 1921, Penticton, BC.
  4. +Hazel Elizabeth Grantham, b. April 27, 1926, Penticton,BC, d. September 1998, Penticton, BC.
  5. +Helen Joyce Grantham, b. 1924, d. January 1995.

James Frederick Grantham 1890-1985

James Frederick Grantham (b. December 27, 1890, d. April 20, 1985)

James Frederick Grantham (son of James Grantham and Mary Anne Blake) was born December 27, 1890 in Birmingham, England, and died April 20, 1985 in Penticton, BC.He married (1) Lena Malcolm.He married (2) Hazel Irena Letts on September 04, 1919 in Wilkie, SK, daughter of Howard Letts and Charlotte Swayne.
More About James Frederick Grantham:
Burial: Lakeview Cemetery, Penticton, BC.
More About James Frederick Grantham and Hazel Irena Letts:
Marriage: September 04, 1919, Wilkie, SK.
Children of James Frederick Grantham and Hazel Irena Letts are:
  1. +Robert Barry Grantham, b. June 29, 1934, Penticton, BC.
  2. +Ronald Grantham, b. 1929, Wilkie, d. 1995.
  3. James Edwin Grantham, b. May 11, 1921, Penticton, BC.
  4. +Hazel Elizabeth Grantham, b. April 27, 1926, Penticton,BC, d. September 1998, Penticton, BC.
  5. +Helen Joyce Grantham, b. 1924, d. January 1995.

Robert Barry Grantham 1934-2014

Robert Barry Grantham (b. June 29, 1934)

Robert Barry Grantham (son of James Frederick Grantham and Hazel Irena Letts) was born June 29, 1934 in Penticton, BC.He married Patricia Mary Payne on December 03, 1960, daughter of David Alexander Blake Payne and Dorothy Noelle Mills.
More About Robert Barry Grantham and Patricia Mary Payne:
Divorce: November 1998
Marriage: December 03, 1960
Children of Robert Barry Grantham and Patricia Mary Payne are:
  1. +David James Grantham, b. February 03, 1965, New Westminster, BC.
  2. +Janet Irena Grantham, b. September 07, 1962.

George Francis Thompson 1846-1920

Born: December 7, 1846
Death: July 8, 1920 
Father: John Thompson
Mother: Letitia WEst
Married: Anna Amelia Maybee 
Wife's Father: Alfred Maybee
Wife's Mother: Elmira SMith

 Includes NotesNotes for George Francis Thompson:
The fatal illness was of short duration, as he was taken seriosly ill only on Tuesday evening, and passes away soon after at the family home.
More About George Francis Thompson:
Burial: Belleville Cemetery.
Census 1: Bet. 1889 - 1894, Living on the west side of Octavia St..
Census 2: Bet. 1899 - 1900, Living at 162 Victoria Ave.
Family: Was the youngest son according to Obituary in Newspaper.
Obituary: July 09, 1920, Page #3 of the Daily Intelligencer.
Occupation: Agent for 35 years with the Canadian Express Company, of later years was engaged on the Trent Valley Canal..
Parents (Facts Pg): Both born in England, according to 1891 census.
Religion: Anglican.
Residence: 259 Charles St..
Children of George Francis Thompson and Anna Amelia Maybee are:
  1. +James Gordon Thompson, b. 1887.
  2. +Florence Thompson, b. August 08, 1889, Belleville, Ontario, d. December 02, 1916, Winnipeg, MB.
  3. Kathleen Letitia Thompson, b. November 22, 1891.
  4. +Alfred (Hoyt) Thompson, b. March 07, 1893.
  5. +Helen Thompson, b. June 11, 1896.

Anna Amelia (nee: Maybee) Thompson 1855-1938

Anna Amelia Maybee (b. October 13, 1855, d. July 20, 1938)

Anna Amelia Maybee (daughter of Alfred Maybee and Elmira Smith) was born October 13, 1855 in Belleville, Ontario, and died July 20, 1938 in Belleville,Ontario.She married George Francis Thompson, son of John Thompson and Letitia West.
More About Anna Amelia Maybee:
Burial: Belleville Cemetery.
Cemetery: Belleville Cemetery.
Church: Christ Church.
Died 2: In her 83rd year according to Obituary.
Obituary: July 25, 1938, IIn the Daily Intelligencer on page #2.
Pallbearers: John Sargent,Alex Carmichael,Robert Hamilton,Leonard Pattrick,Fred Sprague,Frank McKeown.
Parents (Facts Pg): Both born in Nirbec Ontario according to 1891 census.
Residence: 259 Charles St..
Reverand: G.G Wright.
Children of Anna Amelia Maybee and George Francis Thompson are:
  1. +James Gordon Thompson, b. 1887.
  2. +Florence Thompson, b. August 08, 1889, Belleville, Ontario, d. December 02, 1916, Winnipeg, MB.
  3. Kathleen Letitia Thompson, b. November 22, 1891.
  4. +Alfred (Hoyt) Thompson, b. March 07, 1893.
  5. +Helen Thompson, b. June 11, 1896.

Patricia Mary Grantham (Nee: Payne) 1939-2016

Patricia Mary (Nee: Payne) Grantham

David Alexander Blake Payne 1910-1954

David Alexander Blake Payne (son of Robert Alexander Payne and Mary Tudor Webb) was born April 05, 1910 in Bodmin ,Cornwall, England, and died October 03, 1954 in 3165 Ewart St South Burnaby, BC.He married Dorothy Noelle Mills on April 09, 1938 in Vancouver., daughter of Roland Manfred Mills and Florence Thompson.
More About David Alexander Blake Payne:
Attending Doctor: October 03, 1954, Dr W.R. Mckee( 4493 Kingsway, Burnaby)).
B.C Provincial Police 1: June 30, 1936, Started in Lynn Valley.
B.C Provincial Police 2: 1949, Started in Abbotsford.
B.C Provincial Police 3: August 13, 1950, Last day with B.C Provincial Police.
Birthplace: April 05, 1910, Bodmin ,Cornwall, England.
Blood Type: 1950, ' A'positive.
Cremation: Ocean View Burial Park.
Death, cause of: October 03, 1954, Heart Condition (Coronary Thrombosis).
Degree: 1953, Indoctrination Class No.F-11.Fairmont Training Sub-Div..
Detachment Cmdr: 1954, C.C. Bell.
Funeral Chapel: October 03, 1954, Royal Oak Funeral Chapel.
Funeral Place: October 06, 1954, All Saints Anglican Church,Royal Oak..
Immigration: 1916, From England.
Magistrate: 1954, George Grant Obe.
Newspaper 1: October 04, 1954, Article in the Vancouver Province.
Newspaper 2: October 08, 1954, Article in the Vancouver Sun.
Other Residence 1: 1952, 2535 Dufferin St, South Burnaby..
Other Residence 2: 1950, Glady's Ave, Abbotsford..
Pallbearers: October 06, 1954, George Pearson,William Morgan,Fred Saunders,Jack Purdy,Jack Duggan,Nels Nelson.
R.C.M.P: October 16, 1950, Officialy a R.C.M.P Officer.
Regimental #: Bet. 1935 - 1950, 640 (B.C Police).
Religion: Church of England.
Staff Seargeant: 1954, J.A. McDonald ( Burnaby).
More About David Alexander Blake Payne and Dorothy Noelle Mills:
Marriage: April 09, 1938, Vancouver..
Children of David Alexander Blake Payne and Dorothy Noelle Mills are:
  1. +Patricia Mary Payne, b. June 01, 1939, Burnaby, BC.
  2. +Christopher Blake Payne, b. August 30, 1942.
  3. +Timothy Owen Blake Payne, b. December 30, 1943.
  4. +Susan Elizabeth Payne, b. May 29, 1953, Burnaby.

Robert Alexander Payne 1880-197-



Robert Alexander Payne (son of Joseph Payne and Margaret Lee Blake Bentham) was born July 12, 1880 in Walthampstow, Essex, England, and died August 12, 1970 in Richmond, BC.He married Mary Tudor Webb, daughter of William Henry Webb and Florence P.
More About Robert Alexander Payne:
Born: 12 Jul 1880
Death: August 12, 1970
Attending Doctor: August 12, 1970, Dr Robert Wagner(396 Francis Road.
Census 1: 1901, Birthdate listed at 1881.
Census 2: 1881, Birthdate listed as 1881.
Census 3: 1891, Birthdate listed as 1881.
Census 4: 1891, Birthplace listed as Walthampstow, Essex, England.
County/ Island 1: 1901, Surrey.
County/ Island 2: 1881, Essex.
County/ Island 3: 1891, Middlesex.
Cremation: August 14, 1970, Vancouver Crematorium.
Funeral Home: August 14, 1970, Richmond Funeral Home.
Nick name: La La Payne.
Occupation: Last served in 1935.
Parish 1: 1901, Sutton.
Parish 2: 1881, Walthamstow.
Parish 3: 1891, Finchley.
Residence: August 12, 1990, 743 Lindsay Road Richmond.
Children of Robert Alexander Payne and Mary Tudor Webb are:

  1. +David Alexander Blake Payne, b. April 05, 1910, Bodmin ,Cornwall, England, d. October 03, 1954, 3165 Ewart St South Burnaby, BC.
  2. Humphrey Owen Blake Payne, b. 1912, d. 1943, Died in World War 2 in England.
  3. +Mary Jocelyn Payne, b. 1912.
  4. +Peter Blake Payne, b. 1922, d. November 29, 1986, Sechelt, BC.

Letitia (Nee: West) Thompson 1803-1871

Letitia West (b. January 01, 1803, d. 1871)

Letitia West was born January 01, 1803, and died 1871.She married John Thompson, son of Gordon Thompson and Roseanne Kerr.
Children of Letitia West and John Thompson are:
  1. +George Francis Thompson, b. December 07, 1846, d. July 08, 1920.
  2. John Thompson.
  3. +Gordon Thompson.
  4. James West Thompson, b. November 25, 1835.
  5. +Uriah Elliot Thompson.
  6. +Jeremiah Thompson.

John Thompson 1807-1895

John Thompson (b. June 01, 1807, d. July 14, 1895)

John Thompson (son of Gordon Thompson and Roseanne Kerr) was born June 01, 1807, and died July 14, 1895.He married Letitia West.
Children of John Thompson and Letitia West are:
  1. +George Francis Thompson, b. December 07, 1846, d. July 08, 1920.
  2. John Thompson.
  3. +Gordon Thompson.
  4. James West Thompson, b. November 25, 1835.
  5. +Uriah Elliot Thompson.
  6. +Jeremiah Thompson.

Mary Tudor (Nee: Webb) Payne 1882-1959

 Birthdate: 1882
Death: 26 May 1959


Mary Tudor Webb (daughter of William Henry Webb and Florence P) was born 1882 in Kingsbridge, Devon, En
gland, and died May 26, 1959 in Ganges, Salt Spring Island, BC.She married Robert Alexander Payne, son of Joseph Payne and Margaret Lee Blake Bentham.
Children of Mary Tudor Webb and Robert Alexander Payne are:
  1. +David Alexander Blake Payne, b. April 05, 1910, Bodmin ,Cornwall, England, d. October 03, 1954, 3165 Ewart St South Burnaby, BC.
  2. Humphrey Owen Blake Payne, b. 1912, d. 1943, Died in World War 2 in England.
  3. +Mary Jocelyn Payne, b. 1912.
  4. +Peter Blake Payne, b. 1922, d. November 29, 1986, Sechelt, BC.

Dorothy Noelle Bendy (nee: Mills, formerly: Payne)


     Dorothy Noelle Mills was born on the 20th of December of 1914 in Belleville, Ontario to thirty-four year old Fred (Roland Manfred) Mills and 24 year old Florence (nee: Thompson) Mills.

      Dorothy's parents, Florence, 24 and Fred (Roland Manfred) age 30, married on  October 13 of 1913, in Belleville, Ontario. Fourteen months later, at the age of 25, Florence gave birth to her only child, a daughter, Dorothy Noelle Mills on the 20th of December in 1914 in Belleville, Ontario.

     By 1916, the young family was living at 802 Garwood Street, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Tragically Florence would contract and perish of tuberculosis, one of many highly contagious disease that plagued the still frontier town of Winnipeg in that time period.

    At the age of 27, Florence a Presbyterian, passed away on the 2nd of December, 1916, just two weeks before her daughter Dorothy's second birthday.

Dorothy and her father Fred, would remain in Winnipeg. On the first of October, 1917, at the age of 34, Fred married 28 year old, Lillian Isabel Bott. 2nd birthday.

     On the 9th of July, 1918 Fred age 35 and Lillian age 29 welcome their first daughter together, Joan, who was christened Catherine Josephine Mills, Sometime that same year Fred's sister Jean would tragically pass away at the age of 39. 
    
    In 1924, on the 21st of December, Ruthie, christened Ruth Isabel Mills was born, to 41 year old Fred and 35 year old Lillian. Ruthie was born just a day shy of her older sister, Dorothy's birthday on the 20th of December. 

     On the 9th of April, 1938, 24 year old Dorothy married the then, 28 year old, David Alexander Blake Payne.  

In 1936 David was serving with the British Columbia Provincial Police force, he was posted to Lynn Valley. The first three of four children would be born there.

     Patricia Mary (nee: Payne) Grantham was born on the 1st of June, 1939 to 24 year old Dorothy and 29 year old David. 

Christopher Blake Payne would follow on August 30, 1942 and Timothy Owen Blake Payne on the 30th of December, 1943, sharing the same birth month as his mother.


     The early years of Dorothy and David's marriage were spent 
holidaying in the Summer with friends and family, often in-laws and out-laws happily gathered for vacations. Summer vacations with Robert and Mary Payne, David's family had become the norm.  Friends, family, in-laws and outlaws gathered at Robert and Mary's place at Whaler's Bay on Galiano Island and later Salt Spring. 

     In 1949, David was transferred to Abbotsford where they lived on Gladys Avenue. David served with the British Columbia Provincial Police force until its absorption by the RCMP in the 1950.

     David's last posting was to Burnaby. In 1952, the family was residing at 2535 Dufferin Street in South Burnaby where the last of children, Susan Elizabeth (nee: Payne) Brown was born on the 29th of May, 1953. Dave was 43 years old by then and Dorothy was 39.
Pat was just turning 14, Chris was 10 and Tim 9.

     Sometime in 1954, the family moved into their new house on Ewart Street in Burnaby. It was there David would die tragically in the backyard of the family home of a heart attack on the 3rd of October in 1954. David was cremated his ashes spread on Hollyburn Mountain.  

     At 40 years of age, Dorothy found herself alone with four children, 18 month old Susan, 10 year old Tim, 11 year old Chris and 15 year old Patricia. Finances were tight. Good help was hard to come by and Dorothy overcome by grief, financial and parental strain experienced a break down that would see her spend time at Crease Clinic where they used the electro convusant therapy used on World War I shell shock victims to try and jar her back to normal.

     For her daughter Patricia, this would mean coping not only with her own grief, near poverty, unscrupulous care givers, an infant, two fractious brothers but a mother that wasn't there when she needed her most.

     Dorothy would enjoy a close relationship with both her sisters, exchanging phone calls and humorous letters through out the years.    

Died :April 17, 1992 in Burnaby, B.C.



Roland Manfred Mills aka Fred


Roland Manfred Mills, known affectionately to family at 'Fred' was born in the autumn of 1883 on September 26th to lawyer and federal politician, John Burpee Mills, age thirty-three and his twenty-four year old wife, Bessie Brittian Mills, nee: Corbitt in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.

 Fred was one of five children borth to John and Bessie Mills. Jean Leslie Mills, born on the 17th of July, 1879 in Granville Ferry Novia Scotia was the first born to Bessie, then twenty years old, followed by Harold Marmian Mills on the 6th of January in 1881 and John Victor Mills born on the 26th of September, 1883 in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. Fred would follow in 1883 and their youngest sister, the last born on the 13th of December 1883.

     On October 13 of 1913 at the age of thirty, Fred, Roland Manfred Mills would marry, twenty-four, Florence Thompson in Belleville, Ontario. 

     Fourteen months later, at the age of 25, Florence gave birth to Dorothy Noelle Mills on the 20th of December 1914.  By 1916, the young family was living at 802 Garwood Street, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. 

     Tragically Florence would contract and perish of tuberculosis, one of many highly contagious disease that plagued the still frontier town of Winnipeg in that time period.

    At the age of 27, Florence a Presbyterian, passed away on the 2nd of December, 1916, just two weeks before her daughter, Dorothy's 2nd birthday.

     Fred and young Dorothy, would remain in Winnipeg. On the first of October, 1917, at the age of 34, Fred married 28 year old, Lillian Isabel Bott. 

      On the 9th of July, 1918 Fred age 35 and Lillian age 29 welcome their first daughter together, Joan, who was christened Catherine Josephine Mills, Sometime that same year Fred's sister Jean would tragically pass away at the age of 39. 
    
    In 1924, on the 21st of December, Ruthie, christened Ruth Isabel Mills was born, to 41 year old Fred and 35 year old Lillian. Ruthie was born just a day shy of her older sister, Dorothy's birthday on the 20th of December.
 
     Fred and all of his surviving siblings would relocate to British Columbia. Fred would pass away on October 19, 1966 at the age of 83 in Vancouver, B.C. His older brother John Victor Mills would follow a month later on the 28th of October, 1966 at the age of 84. On the second of April, 1967, younger sister Ruth would pass at the age of eight-one. On the 20th January, 1968 Lillian too would pass. Fred and Lillian were interned at Ocean View Cemetery in Burnaby, BC.

Florence (Nee: Thompson) Mills 1889-1916


Florence Thompson 

     Florence Thompson was born in the Summer of  1889 on 8th day of August,  to Anna Amelia Thompson (nee: Maybee) and her husband George Francis Thompson of Belleville, Ontario. Her mother Anna, was 33 years old just a few months shy of her 34th birthday on October 13, 1855. Florence's father at 42, he would turn 43 on December 7th of that year. For her parents, Florence was born in the Autumn of their years. 
    
     Florence was the second for five children born to Anna and George Thompson. Florence's brother James Gordon Thompson was born two years earlier in 1887. Florence's younger siblings, Kathleen Letitia Thompson was born on November 22, 1891, her brother Alfred Thompson, known as Hoyt was born on March 7, 1893. Anna, Florence's mother, was 41 when she gave birth to her last daughter, Helen Thompson on June 11, 1896.

     On October 13 of 1913, at the age of twenty-four, Florence married thirty year old, Fred, Roland Manfred Mills in Belleville, Ontario. Foureen months later, at the age of 25, Florence gave birth to her only child, a daughter, Dorothy Noelle Mills on the 20th of December in 1914 in Belleville, Ontario.

     By 1916, the young family was living at 802 Garwood Street, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Tragically Florence would contract and perish of tuberculosis, one of many highly contagious disease that plagued the still frontier town of Winnipeg in that time period.

    At the age of 27, Florence a Presbyterian, passed away on the 2nd of December, 1916, just two weeks before her daughter, Dorothy's 2nd birthday.