Addisons of Westmorland
First Generation 
1. John Addison (Addeson) 1 was born in Morland, Westmorland, UK.
General Notes: John Addison, born circa 1595 likely in Morland is the first Addison to whom there are links to all the ADDISONs in this Family Tree. There is an IGI Record for a John, son of Robert born in 1595 and a John, son of John born in 1597.
The following, taken from an old letter quoted on the Internet Genealogy Bulletin Board, provides some background on the origins of the ADDISONs of Westmorland. Any connection to the family/forebearers of Jospeh Addison would have to have been from several generations before John ADDISON.
"The first of the name of Addison of whom we know is Lancelot Addison during the reign of Queen Elizabeth - however, the Addisons existed long before, their clan going back to the middle ages - and sixteen of them figured in the 16th century in frontier wars with Scotland. The seigneurie of Low Wood Nook in the east of Cumberland was their stronghold, which had been in their possession for ten generations previous to 1650."
We cannot think ourselves quite at liberty to close our account of this parish (Torpenhow), without first noticing a traditionary report, (which many well-informed persons of the family believed and affirmed to be well-founded) that the family of the ADDISONS, a name immortalized by the celebrated secretary, originally came from Low-Wood Nook, in this parish. How, when, or on what occasion, the progenitors of Dean Addison went to Mauld's Meburn, in Westmorland, it is not in our power to state: but we remember to have seen sundry letters that passed between Joseph Addison, Esq. afterwards secretary, and the Rev. Anthony Addison, of Queen's college, and Rector of Abingdon, who constantly subscribed himself his cousin; and who, undoubtedly, was of that branch of the family that settled at Whitehaven. These letters, in which there are frequent allusions to this circumstance of their being all of one family, were, many of them, preserved by some of the family in Maryland; where, many years ago, we saw them in the possession of that excellent man and excellent scholar, the Rev. Henry Addison. The fact moreover is somewhat confirmed by the intimacy and connection which always subsisted between both the Westmorland and Cumberland Addisons and Sir Joseph Williamson; to whom the dean, in an uncommonly neat and handsome strain of panegyric, dedicates both his Account of West Barbary and The Present State of the Jews.
It was either on the removal of one of them into Westmorland, or soon after, that the small estate at Low-Wood Nook was disposed of, when two brothers went of to settle, one in Maryland, and the other in Whitehaven; together with a sister, who married a Mr. Bowles, and settled, on the same plan, in London. Their propose was to prosecute a grand scheme of trade, on the coast of Africa, and in Maryland and Virginia: and this they carried on with great credit and success for many years. The Whitehaven branch is now all extinct: what remained of their property having ultimately centred in the present Mrs. Wallace, of Carleton-Hall, who, by the mother's side, is descended from the Addisons; by whose husband, the late attorney general, it was all sold.
The History of the County of Cumberland, Volume II
by William Hutchinson
This edition originally printed by F. Jollie, Carlisle, 1794-1797
Republished 1974 by EP Publishing Limited in collaboration with
Cumberland County Library.
Research Notes: Email from Ann Marley: In the Kendal Record Office she found the following information in
the Morland Parish registers 1538-1743:
The Addesons do go back in the Morland parish registers to 1539 and there seem to have been three brothers - John, Thomas and Christopher, but the originals are in a very poor state and the transcription may not be entirely accurate, so I'm reluctant to guess which branch was which. Kings Meaburn is a tiny place south of Morland, but Morland was obviously their local parish.
John married.
+ 2 M i. Christopher Addison was born in Jul 1616 in Morland, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 1 Aug 1616.
3 F ii. Ann Addison (Addeson) 1 was born in Sep 1618 in Morland, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 4 Oct 1618 in Morland, Westmorland, UK.
4 M iii. Robert Addison (Addeson) 1 was born in Oct 1625 in Morland, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 27 Nov 1625 in Morland, Westmorland, UK.
Second Generation
2. Christopher Addison was born in Jul 1616 in Morland, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 1 Aug 1616.
Research Notes: From Anne Marley after a visit to the Kendal Records Office in August 2008: I think I have managed to go definitely 1 generation back from Robart Addison. In the Morland parish registers, Robart is listed as the son of Christopher (Xpfor) Addison. Christopher was born 1616 and married Jane Robinson in 1644. Christopher was the son of John Addison. That is as far back as I can definitely go from the parish records without speculating, as there is more than one John Addi(e)son born in the parish who could have been his father.
Christopher married Jane Robinson Addison on 4 Dec 1644 in Morland, Westmorland, UK.2
Children from this marriage were:
5 M i. Christopher Addison was born on 4 Dec 1644 in Morland, Westmorland, UK.
+ 6 M ii. Robart Addison was born circa 1645 in Morland, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 22 Jan 1646 in Kings Meaburn, Westmorland, UK.2
7 F iii. Ann Addison was born on 10 Sep 1648 in Morland, Westmorland, UK.
Third Generation
6. Robart Addison was born circa 1645 in Morland, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 22 Jan 1646 in Kings Meaburn, Westmorland, UK.2
General Notes: The links to Robart ADDISON and Elizabeth DENT ADDISON are based on a parish record for the marriage of Robart to Elizabeth Dent 1 May 1684 and parish records for a Robart Addison of Morland who in 1690/1 fathered John Addison, the first ADDISON who can be traced to later ADDISONs of Crosthwaite and Lyth and Heversham, Levens and Beathwaite Green inWestmorland in this family tree.
Research Notes: Email from Ann Marley: I checked at Kendal Record Office and found the following information in the Morland Parish registers 1538-1743: Robart Addison b c1645 in Kings Meaburn, Westmorland, bap 22.1.1646, married Elizabeth Dent, b 1647 in Kings Meaburn, bap. 7.3.1747, on 1.5.1684 at Morland Parish Church. Robert's son, John, who married Agnes Smith, had a daughter, Isabel, listed in the Crosthwaite and Lyth parish registers.
Email from David Taylor
3) Addisons of Morland. I don't know if you have yet found any proof that the Addisons of Crosthwaite came from Morland. I checked the Morland parish registers and found many Addisons there (and even more Dents) - almost all from Meaburne/Kings Meaburne. I copied some 200 Addison records of baptisms, marriages and burials. They had been transcribed into a printed book, covering the years 1538 - 1742.
Children recorded in the register:
Bp 4 Jan 1684 (ie 1685) Elizabeth d. of Robart Addison of Meaburn.
Bp 6 May 1688 Agnesse d. of Robert Addison of Meaburn
Bp 4 Jan 1690 (ie 1691) John s. of Robart Addison of Meaburn
Robart married Elizabeth Dent Addison on 1 May 1684 in Morland Parish Church, Westmorland, UK 1.,3 Elizabeth was born in 1647 in Kings Meaburn, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 7 Mar 1647 in Kings Meaburn, Westmorland, UK.
Children from this marriage were:
8 F i. Elizabeth Addison was born on 4 Jan 1685 in Morland or Crosthwaite And Lyth, Westmorland, UK.
9 M ii. Christopher Addison was born in 1685 in Morland or Crosthwaite And Lyth, Westmorland, UK.
10 F iii. Agnes Addison was born in 1688 in Morland, Westmorland, UK.
+ 11 M iv. John Addison was born in Dec 1690 in Morland or Crosthwaite And Lyth, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 4 Jan 1691, and was buried on 9 Oct 1761 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK.
+ 12 M v. Christopher Addison was born on 9 Jul 1693 in Morland, Westmorland, UK.
13 M vi. Thomas Addison was born in 1696 in Morland or Crosthwaite And Lyth, Westmorland, UK.
Fourth Generation
11. John Addison was born in Dec 1690 in Morland or Crosthwaite And Lyth, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 4 Jan 1691, and was buried on 9 Oct 1761 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK.
General Notes: John Addison is believed to have been born in Crosthwaite and Lyth in 1691. He was a parish clerk in Crosthwaite and Lyth, where he met and married Agnes Smith.
Research Notes: There is an IGI listing for John Addison, born and christened in Morland. Westmorland 4 Jan 1691, the son of Robart Addison, born 22 Jan 1646.
WD/MM Box 53/1/T23
Conveyance 1 January 1753 between Charles Satterthwaite of Hubbersty Head Crosthwaite yeoman and John Addison of Churchtown in Crosthwaite ‘saxton’. Consideration of £1.1s. All that dale or dalt of peatmoss and moss ground near Cock Moss Yeat between the moss of Richard Backhouse in the north east and the road called Cock Moss on the way south as is marked out. Witnesses Nicholas Strickland and Jos. Dixon
The deed is endorsed ‘Memorandum that John Addison by receipt of £2 from his son Thomas Addison in payment for [description as the above deed]. Witness Thomas Fell
John married Agnes Smith Addison on 25 May 1719 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK. Agnes was born about 1690 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK and died on 18 Jan 1782 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK about age 92.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 14 F i. Isabel Addison Parker 2 was born in 1719 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 10 Jan 1720 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK.4
+ 15 M ii. John Addison was born on 27 Jan 1722 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 27 Jan 1723, died on 22 Aug 1814 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK 5 at age 92, and was buried on 25 Aug 1814 in St Peter's Church, Heversham, UK.
16 M iii. Thomas Addison was born in 1726 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 6 Jun 1726 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK, and died in 1726.
17 M iv. William Addison was born in Feb 1728 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 19 Feb 1728 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK.
+ 18 M v. Thomas Addison was born in 1730 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 20 Dec 1730,4 and died in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK.
19 F vi. Margaret Addison was born in 1733 and was christened on 31 Aug 1733.4
Margaret married Martin Crosthwaite on 24 Nov 1754.
12. Christopher Addison was born on 9 Jul 1693 in Morland, Westmorland, UK.
Christopher married Elizabeth Docker Addison on 8 Nov 1712.1
The child from this marriage was:
20 F i. Mary Addison was christened on 22 Jun 1716 in Morland, Westmorland, UK.
Fifth Generation
14. Isabel Addison Parker 2 was born in 1719 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 10 Jan 1720 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK.4
Research Notes: From Anne Marley after a visit to the Kendal Records office in August 2008: Robert's son, John, who married Agnes Smith, had a daughter, Isabel, listed in the Crosthwaite and Lyth parish registers. She married John Parker in 1743 at Crosthwaite. Children were:
Robert b 1744
Addison b 1747
Agnes b 1750
Isabel b 1753.
Isabel married John Parker on 6 Feb 1743 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK.2
Children from this marriage were:
21 M i. Robert Parker was born in 1744.
22 M ii. James Parker was born on 27 Oct 1746 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK.1
+ 23 M iii. Addison Parker 7 was born in 1747 in Kendal, Westmorland, UK.
24 F iv. Elizabeth Parker was born on 8 Sep 1747 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK.1
25 F v. Agnes Parker was born in 1750.
26 F vi. Isabel Parker was born in 1753.
15. John Addison was born on 27 Jan 1722 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 27 Jan 1723, died on 22 Aug 1814 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK 5 at age 92, and was buried on 25 Aug 1814 in St Peter's Church, Heversham, UK.
General Notes: John Addison was a basketmaker who lived in Heversham. He married Ellen Parkinson and they had six children, John, Agnes, Thomas, Robert, William, and Mary. Notes about his son the Rev Robert mention that John was of Plumbtreebank.
The book 'The Church at Heversham, on page 95 there is a mention of a John Adisson who was a Churchwarden in 1789, representing John Wakefield's estate at Sedgwick, a hamlet north of Heversham. This reference could be to John or his son John.
The text of his will written 3 Jan 1812 reads as follows:
"This is the last will and testament of me John Addison of Beathwaite Green in the Parish of Heversham and county of Westmorland Basketmaker. First I order and direct all my just Debts and funeral expenses shall be paid oft and discharged by my Executrix hereinafter named. Then I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Addison the sum of 100 Pounds and also the sum of 10 pounds now in the hands of Abraham Garnett and also my round table, my dining table, my corner cupboard and my clock and cafe, my writing desk, my cloaths prefs and warming pan and chest. I give to my son William Addison my Bedsteads and feather bed. I also give to my Daughter Agnes Taylor his chafbod (chalkboard?) and looking glass. All the rest residue and remainder of my Estate and effects whatsoeverI give to my son John Addison. And I hereby appoint my said Daughter Mary Addison solo Executrix of this will hereby revokoing all former and other Will or Wills at any time heretofore made by me and declare this only to be my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunder set my hand and Seal this third Day of January 1812. (signed) John Addison
Signed Sealed and Published and declared as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and in the presence of each other hereunto signed or names as witnesses."
(these signatures did not make it to the copy)
According to David Taylor, John Addison was listed in the baptism registration of David's GGGrandmother Jenny (Jane) Taylor. Jenny was the daughter of John's daughter Agnes.
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Research Notes: There is an IGI file which lists John as born 27 Jan 1722 in Crosthwaite, to father John, mother Ellen, and sister Isabel born 10 Jan 1719. The mother appears to be in error, as does the father's birthdate (1705) and location (Churchtown, England)
9] Lease Indenture 20th February 1778 between Miles Lancaster of Helsington in the parish of Kirkby Kendal husbandman and John Addison of Beathwaite Green in Levens husbandman devisees in trust of the last will and testament of James Germain late of Beathwaite Green and John Germain of BG etc husbandman eldest son and heir of the said JG [1] Robert Washington of BG husbandmand [2] consideration 5s All That Messuage or Dwellinghouse with all the Outbuildings Garden Lands Grounds Brackendale and Premises thereto belonging or usually enjoyed therewith commonly called or known by the name of Cragghill situate lying and being in BG etc. [the following has been deleted 'and also all those two parcells of Peatmoss or Turbary Ground adjoining each other situate and being in the Stakes Moss near the New Bridge within the Liberties or Precincts of Lyth in the sd par. Etc. containing in the whole in Breadth 28 yds and in length equal to other Mosses lying there adjoining on the northside thereof to a Peatmoss now or late belonging Roger Moore and on the Southside thereof to a Peatmoss now or late belonging to Robert Bindloss holden of Sir James Lowther Baronet by payment of each the yearly ffree rent of three pence'] paying one peppercorn for a one year lease with statute for transferring uses powers. Signed by each of ML,JA and JG in presence of Wm[?] Dowker.
There is a listing of Wills for Kendal Deanery 1748 - 1858 which lists the will of John Addison, Basketmaker of Beathwaite in Levens Township, Heversham Parish with the associated date 22 March 1815. Assume this date to be the date when the will was registered or probated. From Adrienne Stevenson's records John died in Heversham and was buried in St Peters Churchyard anong with other family members (father John, siblings and some children).
John married Ellinor (Ellen) Parkinson Addison, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 8 Sep 1747 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK.1 Ellinor was born about 1722 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK and died on 22 Apr 1788 about age 66.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 27 M i. John Addison was born in Apr 1748 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 11 May 1748 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK, died on 3 Feb 1836 in Levens, Westmorland, UK at age 87, and was buried in Levens, Westmorland, UK.9
+ 28 F ii. Agnes Addison Taylor was born in 1750 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 4 Feb 1750,1,8 and was buried on 28 Jun 1831 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK.8
29 M iii. Thomas Addison was born in 1752 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 19 Jan 1752, and died about 1824 in Hampstead, UK about age 72.
+ 30 M iv. Reverend Robert Addison was born on 6 Jun 1754 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 6 Oct 1754 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK, died on 6 Oct 1829 in Niagara On The Lake, Ontario at age 75, and was buried on 9 Oct 1829 in St Marks Church, Niagara On The Lake, Ontario.
+ 31 M v. William Addison was born about 1757 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 14 Nov 1757 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK, died in Feb 1842 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK about age 85, and was buried on 6 Feb 1842 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK.
32 F vi. Mary Addison Moon was born in Jun 1761 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 19 Jul 1761, and died in 1847 in Westmorland, UK at age 86.
Mary married John Moon, son of John Moon and Agnes Gilpin, on 7 Feb 1815 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK 1,4.,12 John was born in Crosthwaite, Westmorland, UK.12
18. Thomas Addison was born in 1730 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 20 Dec 1730,4 and died in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK.
Thomas married Ellen (Elinor) Unknown Addison in 1755 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK.6
Children from this marriage were:
33 F i. Agnes Addison was born on 26 Nov 1755 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK.1
34 F ii. Ellen Addison was born on 7 May 1757 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK.1
35 M iii. John Addison was born on 2 Nov 1759 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK.1
Sixth Generation
23. Addison Parker 7 was born in 1747 in Kendal, Westmorland, UK.
General Notes: From Anne Marley: My great grandmother x 3 was Isabella Parker, born c 1776 at Beathwaite Green in Westmorland, and her parents were Addison Parker and Jane Simpson. Addison was born c1747 in Kendal (according to IGI – I haven’t checked this out in the actual parish records yet). He appears to have been the son of John Parker and Isabel Addison, who I discovered in your amazing family tree on Rootsweb. It all seems to fit, as the family seems to have handed down the maiden family name to various sons, and there is a Simpson Parker, brother to my Isabella, and of course, Addison Parker has been given his mother’s maiden name. I was puzzled as to why he was born in Kendal, rather than Heversham or Beathwaite Green, but I may discover more information about that on my next visit to Kendal.
Addison married Jane Simpson in 1766 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.
The child from this marriage was:
36 F i. Isabella Parker .
Isabella married Francis Walling.7
27. John Addison was born in Apr 1748 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 11 May 1748 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK, died on 3 Feb 1836 in Levens, Westmorland, UK at age 87, and was buried in Levens, Westmorland, UK.9
General Notes: John Addison is listed as a Shopkeeper in the 1829 Heversham Directory.
In the Church at Heversham , by Roger Bingham, it is stated that John Addison was listed as one of the churchwardens of St Peters Church in the Parish of Heversham in 1789. This reference could be to this John, or his father. This John's headstone is prominent in the church cemetery. He is often referred to in many documents as John Addison the younger.
Research Notes: WD AG/Box 61/1
13 February 1790 mortgage for £220 and interest between John Addison the younger of Beathwaite Green yeoman [1] Ann Williamson of Borrans Hall New Hutton Westmorland spinster [2] of
a] two several messuages or dwellings at Beathwaite Green with gardens and one orchard and one peatcoat
b] one peatcoat or peatmoss or turbary ground commonly called Lawrence Brigg Moss containing 1a.0r.35p. or thereabouts on the north side of the Long Causeway at BG Moss subject to a free rent payable to Lady Andover of 1d.
c] one other peat moss or turbary ground of 3a.1r.35p. on the south side of the Long Causeway subject to a duty to maintain the causeway coextensive with the land lately bought by John Addison off John Wadeson and his wife Jannet
d] an enclosure or ground commonly known as Great Field of 3a.1r.34p. with payment of a free rent to Lady Andover of 2s.6d.
e] a dale or parcel of peat moss or turbary ground at Stake Moss 14 yards in breadth being 2/3rds and the north side of a peat moss bought by Thomas Turner deceased from John Knipe with a free rent of 3d. and joined on the south by the remaining 1/3rd of the parcel of peat moss and also on the south side by a peat moss bought by Thomas Turner of Thomas Robinson
f] one dale or parcel of peat moss at Stake Moss or Sampool Dalts and joining on the south side the peat moss [described at e] 14 yards in breadth with a free rent of 3d.
All which premises are in the occupation of John Addison his assigns or farmers. endorsed that on 15 February 1805 £45 capital was repaid
1] WD/TW BOX 2 contains miscellaneous deeds including:-
an Indenture of 16th February 1816 made between John Smithson of Kendal grocer[1] and Robert Bindloss of Hincaster yeoman[2]. It recites the payment of £270 for a parcel of land at Beathwaite Green in the Parish of Heversham and marked 'allotment 255 on the plan annexed to the Award of the Commissioners for dividing alloting and inclosing the common mosses and waste grounds within the Parish of Heversham and containing 10 acres 2 roods 31 perches bounded on or towards the east by the Causeway End road and an allotment awarded by the said Commissioners to John Addison the younger on or towards the west by Long Causeway road and on or toward the north by Beathwaite Green road and the said allotment awarded to the said John Addison and an allotment awarded by the said Commissioners to Agnes Phillipson and on or towards the south by waste land and Beathwaite Green Quarry and ALL THAT other allotment or piece or parcel of land number 348a in Sampool Common on the plan annexed to the Award of the Commissioners for dividing alloting and inclosing the common mosses and waste grounds within the Parish of Heversham and containing 24 perches and bounded on or towards the east by the Sampool Moss road on or towards the west by an allotment awarded by the said Commissioners to Stephen Washington on or towards the north by an allotment awarded by the said Commissioners to Stephen Wilkinson on or towards the south by an allotment awarded by the said Commissioners to John Smithson and Miles Smithson' Winessed by James Johnson and Thomas Braithwaite.
WD/MM Box 53/1/T24
Conveyance between John Addison of Beathwaite Green eldest son and heir of John Addison of Crosthwaite sexton deceased and Elinor Addison widow and relict of Thomas Addison [1] Isaac Cartmel of Cartmelfold yeoman.[2] Consideration £1.14s.6d. [Description of land as T23 but adding after ‘peat moss’ the words ‘or turbary’. Witnesses Elinor Addison and Jos. Dixon
Lease for a year 31st December 1818 John Addison of Beathwaite Green etc shopkeeper [1] William Addison of BG etc yeoman [2]. Statute of uses recital, consideration 5s. 'All that Plot Piece or Parcel of Land or Moss Ground being part of a certain moss called Lawrence Bridge Moss situate and being in BG etc…contains by admeasurement 2 acres statute Measure and is part of an allotment made to the said John Addison by the Commissioners appointed under or by Virtue of an Act of Parliament made and passed in the fifty third year of the Reign of his present Majesty King George the Third Entitled an Act for dividing allotting and inclosing the Commons, Mosses and Waste Grounds within the Parish of Heversham etc. now in the actual possession of the said William Addison and is bounded south allotment to Daniel Wilson Esquire north road from BeathwaiteGreen to Moss west John Addison allotment east by William Addison allotment'. Signed John Addison presence of Jn Wakefield and Rob Greenwood.
WD/TW/acc 1990/1979/4
An Indenture of 1st January 1819 made between John Addison shopkeeper of Beathwaite Green and William Addison of Beathwaite Green yeoman Whereas the plot piece or parcel of land hereinafter particularly described was put out to public sale by auction by the said John Addison on 20th September 1815 and the said William Addison was the highest bidder and declared the purchaser of the same at or for the price or sum of £120 and whereas the said William Addison has since the said date paid the said purchase money but no conveyance of the said land has yet been made….[recital fee simple estate in standard form]..ALL THAT plot piece or parcel of land or moss ground being part of a certain moss called Laurence Bridge situate and being at Beathwaite Green in the township of Levens in the parish of Heversham in the county of Westmorland and which said plot piece or parcel of land or moss ground contained by admeasurement 2 acres of statute measure and is part of an allotment made to John Addison by the commissioners for the Heversham Enclosure Award and is bounded on the south by an allotment or parcel of moss belonging to Daniel Wilson Esq. and in the north by the road from Beathwaite Green to the said moss and in the west by part of the said parcel of land or moss allotted to the said John Addison and in the east to a parcel of land or moss belonging to the said William Addison…etc.. witnesses John Wakefield and Robt. Greenwood of Kendal
From Stephen Read - I have also been give a photocopy advertisement as follows. I have not had chance to try and identify the properties, but why was John selling so much property in 1824?
From Westmorland Gazette [date?]
To Be Sold At Auction
Upon the premises at John Addison’s of Beathwaite Green on Monday the twenty-fifth day of October 1824 [By Mr Joseph Goulden]
Sale to commence at one o’clock in the afternoon
A quantity of Household Furniture and dairy utensils and six head of cattle of different ages In the course of the evening will be sold in lots
Freehold Properties
Lot I
Four freehold cottage-houses, a four stalled stable and hayloft, two peat houses and a garden the property of John Addison of Beathwaite Green aforesaid
Lot II
All that dwellinghouse, barn, cow house, stable and other outbuildings thereunto belonging – with an excellent orchard and garden adjoining the same – situate at Beathwaite Green and now in the occupation of John Addison, aforesaid, owner
Lot III
Three enclosures of freehold land well fenced and watered adjoining to lot 2 containing by admeasurement six acres and now in the possession of John Addison aforesaid
Lot IV
Seven acres of moss situate upon Beathwaite Green Moss adjoining to Stephen Washington and William Addison’s allotments
Lot V
A peat coat situate at Beathwaite Green
Lot VI
Two freehold cottage houses; one in the occupation of George Dixon, the other nearly finished –new, also an excellent garden adjoining the same situate at Beathwaite Green aforesaid, the property of William Teasdale.
The present tenants will shew the premises and further particulars may be known upon application to the owners or to Mr Roger Moser, solicitor, Kendal.
Unsigned and undated save for 1852 but stamped as a duplicate Conveyance to uses of Houses in Beathwaite Green belonging to Mrs. Annas Brown. This Indenture made this day of in the year of our Lord 1852, Between John Addison of Beathwaite Green in parish of Heversham in county of Westmorland husbandman [1] Peter Garnett of BG etc Husbandman and Mary his wife [2] Roger Moser of Kendal Gentleman [3] Whereas Annas Brown late of Levens in P of H in c of W widow…wil 16 August 1844 gave all her real estate to her brother-in-law John Addison since deceased and the said John Addison party hereto husbandmen in trust to pay debts funeral expenses and use and interest in her estate to be for the support and maintenance of her youngest daughter until 21 [no name given] then to be sold and paid equally between her 4 children equal shares, she died and will proved 27 November 1845, 2 children died in lifetime of youngest and youngest before 21 and Mary Garnett is only surviving child of Annas Brown and she has requested John Addison to convey as follows Witnesseth recital of exoneration for John Addison and direction of Peter Garnett and Mary Garnett grant to Roger Moser etc All those 3 freehold messuages tenements or dwellinghouses with the outbuildings garden and apps thereunto belonging sit and being in Beathwaite Green etc..now in occupations of sd Peter Garnett Joseph Dobson and Robert Postlethwaite to hold on uses and trusts declared by Mary Garnett in any deed will etc to use of Peter Garnett during his life and then James Garnett her son but if dies to other children unnamed as tenants in common.
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John married Elizabeth Dixon Addison on 7 Dec 1779 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK.4 Elizabeth was born in Lancaster, died on 15 Aug 1819 in Levens, Westmorland, UK, and was buried in Levens, Westmorland, UK.15
Children from this marriage were:
37 M i. John Addison was born in 1781 and was christened on 18 Feb 1781 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK.
John married Esther Richardson Addison on 15 Apr 1800 in Crosthwaite, Cumberland, UK.16
38 F ii. Mary Addison Craystone was born in 1783 and was christened on 20 May 1783 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK.
Mary married William Craystone. William was born about 1780 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK.
39 F iii. Ellin/Ellinor Addison Stainton was born in Apr 1787 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 22 Apr 1787 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.17
Ellin/Ellinor married Thomas Stainton on 30 Jan 1809 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK 1.,8 Thomas was born in 1784 in Greyrigg area, Westmorland, UK 8 and died in 1856 at age 72.
Marriage Notes: According to David Taylor, witnesses to the marriage were John Addison, William Stainton and Mary Addison. Based on ages of Eleanor's brothers and sisters it is likely that this is the correct Eleanor who married Thomas Stainton.
40 F iv. Betty Addison was born in 1789 and was christened on 6 Sep 1789 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK.4
41 F v. Nanny Addison was born in 1791, was christened on 30 Oct 1791 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK,4 and died in 1793 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK 8 at age 2.
+ 42 M vi. Thomas Addison was born in 1793, was christened on 17 May 1793 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK,1 and died before 1849 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
43 M vii. Fredrick (Frank) Dixon Addison was born in Jul 1794 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 7 Aug 1794 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK, and died in 1794 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK.8
44 M viii. Robert Addison was born in 1796 and was christened on 2 Feb 1796 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK.
45 F ix. Margaret (Peggy) Addison was born in Levens, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 7 Oct 1798 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.1
Margaret married William Craystone on 19 Aug 1833 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.19 William was christened on 16 Mar 1806 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.
28. Agnes Addison Taylor was born in 1750 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 4 Feb 1750,1,8 and was buried on 28 Jun 1831 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK.8
General Notes: In her father's Will she is referred to as Agnes Taylor. David Taylor also states that Agnes Father was confirmed as John Addison in the baptism registration of Jenny Taylor. 20
Agnes married Thomas Taylor on 28 Jul 1772 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK. Thomas was born in 1749, died in Aug 1824 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK at age 75, and was buried on 8 Aug 1824 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK.
Children from this marriage were:
46 M i. Richard Taylor was born in 1772 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK and died in 1772 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK.
47 F ii. Jane Taylor was born in 1773 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK.
48 F iii. Ellen (Ellinor) Taylor was born in 1775 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK and died in 1844 at age 69.
Ellen married Henry Watson 8 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK. Henry was born in 1767 and died in 1850 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK at age 83.
+ 49 M iv. Richard Taylor was born in 1777 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK and died in 1865 at age 88.
+ 50 F v. Jenny (Jane) Taylor Hey was born in 1782 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK.
30. Reverend Robert Addison was born on 6 Jun 1754 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 6 Oct 1754 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK, died on 6 Oct 1829 in Niagara On The Lake, Ontario at age 75, and was buried on 9 Oct 1829 in St Marks Church, Niagara On The Lake, Ontario.
General Notes: Reverend Robert Addison was a Society for the Propagation of the Gosphel in Foreign Parts (SPGFP) missionary to the Mohawks, stationed at Niagara, Upper Canada (1791-1829). As well as his missionary duties, he founded churches throughout the Niagara region, including St. Mark's, Niagara-on-the-Lake, where he is buried. He's cited in both early & recent editions of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, and he & his work have been the subject of a number of articles & pamphlets.
Rev Robert was the third son of John and Ellinor (Parkinson) of Plumbtreebank. From a 1933 Newspaper article "he was born in the year 1754, probably in the old gray stone house of two storeys, named Moss-side, in the parish of Levens, Westmoreland". While the description of the family home appears accurate, it is believed that the name of the family home was Birk's Cotttage. He attended Trinity College, 1777-1781, Cambridge where he completed his BA and was ordained a Deacon of the Church of England in Norwich, Norfolk 11 March 1781. He married his first wife Mary Atkinson in 1780 in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. Mary is believed to have been a descendant of Bishop Ridley by her mother. Robert and Mary's first son William was born in Whittlesey in Sept 1781 but only lived for a month. Details of Robert's life from 1783 - 1791 are sketchy. He served several years as a curate in Upwell, Cambridgeshire, near Peterborough before he was awarded his MA in 1785. Daughter Elizabeth was born in 1784 and was christened at Whittlesey. It is believed that Robert left the ministry for a while and worked as a tutor. He also lived for a while in Hampstead, near London with his brother Thomas, as his second daughter Mary Eleanor was baptised there in 1788.
Rev Robert applied to the Church of England's SPGFP for missionary work in 1791 and was accepted for a position in May of that year. He was only the second Protestant clergyman to venture into Upper Canada, the first being Anglican Rev John Stuart, who arrived in Cataraqui (Kingston) in 1786. Robert, his two young daughters Elizabeth and Mary and his sister Mary sailed for Canada in the summer and arrived in Quebec, probably in September. Apparrently he was seasick for most of the crossing and for that reason never did return to England, although he requested permission of the Society to return to visit family several times. His wife Mary did not accompany him as she was pregnant with a son, Robert, born later in 1791. She remained in England and is believed to have suffered from depression. She died, likely in 1796, but possibly as late as 1809. The son Robert died of smallpox while living with Robert's family in Heversham 12 Jan 1797.
After wintering in Quebec City, Rev Robert, his sister Mary and his two young daughters Elizabeth and Mary arrived in Niagara-on-the-Lake, or Newark as it was then called, in 1792. When Robert arrived in Niagara he settled in a house on Lot 8 on Front Street. He later moved about three miles outside town near an old mill where he built a home, Lake Lodge, on the shore of Lake Ontario. The house still stands today, having been restored by its present owner. Minister's salaries were small in those days and Robert farmed as well as tended to his clerical duties. He travelled by boat along the lakeshore or by horseback along the forest trails to reach his parishoners between Niagara and Dundas. In his first year in Newark he opened a school and then set about establishing St Mark's Church.
When Rev Robert arrived in Newark in 1792 the government of Upper Canada was located at Newark, until it was moved to York in 1796. As a young missionary he became Chaplain of the Legislature. He was the only resident Anglican clergyman, in fact the only clergy man west of Kingston and built the first church in Upper Canada to have regular services, St. Marks, at Niagara-on-the-Lake. This church was completed in 1809. During the War of 1812 it was burned, and restored finally in 1826, as it is to-day.
In 1794 Rev Robert was discouraged with the lack of financial assistance provided to him and considered moving to Nova Scotia as it was a more established community. In 1796 he was the Chaplain of the House of Assembly (the provincial legislature) for which he recieved $100 a year and by 1798 was being provided 100 pounds per annum for his missionary work.
Before 1809, Rev Robert had preached in the Masonic Hall and other places. He ministered to Indians and whites from Fort Erie to the Grand River, preaching at intervals to the Mohawks in their church near Brantford, built in 1786. His Niagara congregation included Col. and Mrs. John Butler, Hon. William Dickson, General Brock, Hon. Robert Hamilton Secord, the Jarvis Family and others. During the War of 1812 he was chaplain of the British and Canadian forces, and, it is said, during his imprisonment by American troops, he ministered to them. In October 1813 he conducted General Sir Isaac Brock's funeral services in Fort George.
There is some evidence that Robert took a second wife, possibly during his time in Hampstead, England although this is, as yet, unconfirmed. It is known that he did marry again once in Upper Canada, to Rebecca Plummer in 1811 in Toronto. She was a spinster cousin of his first wife and had also accompanied Robert's sister Mary and his daughters and stayed on to look after the family in Niagara.
Rev Robert, as well as being a clergyman, was an entrepreneur. When the church could not pay him wages for his services rendered to the province he accepted grants of land in the Niagara area. He petitioned for other land grants in lieu of salary and eventualy owned substantial land holdings across the province including lots in the township of Niagara, Stamford, East Flamborough, Dereham, Walsingham, Wawanosm and Deer Park in Toronto. On his death in 1829 he had some 6000 acres of Norwich land in his name. He left the management of this property to his widow, Rebecca.
Rev Robert brought the first library or collection of books of any significance to Canada when he landed in Niagara in 1791. The books were believed to have originally been the property of his father in law, Richard Atkinson (father of first wife Mary) who was the curate of Whittlesey and died in Oct 1781. They were housed in the rectory for many years and then became property of Brock University. They were recently repatriated to St Mark's Church, Niagara on the Lake where they will be housed in a Library to be built in the Church hall which will be named Addison Hall in his memory.
Rev Robert's Grave site is at St. Mark's Church, Niagara (formerly Newark). Info from their pamphlet (about 1965) 'On entering the Church, note the Addison Tablet, and the case of historical items on the left, and the Creen Tablet on the right.' 'The first Rector's remains are interred under the stone tablet on the west side of the north transept outside, having been placed there when the basement was excavated. It is believed that he was first buried under the Altar when he died in 1829, but was moved when the church was renovated and a large addition added in 1834. The precise location of his remains has become a bit of a mystery and the subject of some debate. 21
Research Notes: From Adrienne Stevenson - There is no record [or even family rumour, in our branch of the family at least] of issue from second marriage. Given how well his life was documented (for that day), and given general fertility/age relationships of the period, there is no reason to believe there were other children.
From Ontario Archives - ADDISON, Robert | granted the following lands in Dereham Township during 1800: fourth concession, lots 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26 and 28; fifth concession, lots 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27 and 28; sixth concession, lots 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 28; seventh concession, lots 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7; eighth concession, lots 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7; ninth concession, lots 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7; tenth concession, lots 8, 10, 11, 12 and 14; eleventh concession, lots 8, 9, 11, 13 and 14; twelfth concession, lots 8, 10, 11, 12 and 14 | Shenston (1852), page 135
Upper Canada
Land Book C
29th June, 1796
Addison, Rev. Robert - of Niagara. Stating that he formerly laid a petition for a grant of any vacant land that might lie between the lands of Daniel Servos and the lands granted to one Cockle lying westward of the four mile creek in the township of Newark, and also that he might be admitted in administering to the effects of one John Snow, to have a small parcel of lands lying eastward of the said creek within the reserve being about 3 acres which were granted to the said Snow, who since died intestate without leaving any heirs in the province. Petitioner has a grant of only 45 acres, and therefore humbly requests that with the above which being near his dwelling place are valuable and desirable to him and that he may have an additional grant of land in what quantity and situation His Excellency shall think fit to appoint. Recommended to make up the land Mr. Addison has received to 1200 acres, there being no vacant land where prayed for, and it being apprehended Snow has heirs, nothing can be said to that part of the petition.
Upper Canada
Land Book C
1st July, 1797 - 31st July, 1797
Addison, Reverend Robert - Stating that he has purchased lands in Flamborough from Ralph Clinch and Robert Kerr, Esquires: that Mr. Angus McDonell who disputed part of Mr. Clinch's land with petitioner, has settled it in the presence of the Honourable D. W. Smith, Surveyor General, and praying that deeds may issue in his own name. Recommended that the grants of lots 7 in front of the first concession, 7 in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd concessions in Flamborough East and also lot 1 in the 1st concession do issue to the Rev. Robert Addison.
Upper Canada
Land Book C
1st August, 1797 - 30th August, 1797
Addison, Rev. Robert - Praying for a tract of about 35 acres in the township of Newark, formerly the property of John Snow, deceased, which had been promised to petitioner by Lieut. Governor Simcoe, if no claimant appeared as heir to the said John Snow. There being other claims which appear prior in right and time to that of the petitioner, the prayer of this petition cannot be granted.
Addison, Rev. Robert - Stating that he purchased from Aaron Bradt lots 72 and 73 in Newark, and praying that deedstherefore may issue in his own name. The prayer of this petition granted if the lots appear to the Surveyor General to be properly entered.
Extract of EARLY RECORDS OF ST. MARK'S AND ST. ANDREW'S CHURCHES, NIAGARA
written by Janet Carnochan.
The early records of St. Mark's Church are found in good preservation, in a stout old leathercovered book with thick yellow paper. Rev. Robt. Addison, from Westmoreland, England, came as a missionary in 1792, sent out by the Society for the Propagationof the Gospel in Foreign parts; the church, however, was not built till 1802. His field was an extensive one, as we find by the entries, Chippawa, Long Point, Grimsby, Twelve-Mile Creek, etc. The records are neatly kept, and the usual monotony of such lists is relieved here and there by a touch of humor or some quaint remark. Instead of the births, marriages and burials being kept in different parts of the book, we find a page allotted to each of those for each year in succession. He signs his name as Ministor of Niagara; we know that he was military chaplain, and that he also acted as chaplain to Parliament, both in York and Newark, while from other records we learn that hewas chaplain to the lodge of Free Masons. As his residence was at Lake Lodge, three miles from the town, the records were safe and did not share the fate of others, when the town was burnt in 1812. His valuable library of one thousand volumes, containing many rare folios, mav be seen in the Rectory. At the Centennial of St. Mark's, held in 1892, many descendants of the first minister were present.
Extract Rev Robert Addison's Memoirs - believed written by Janet Carnochan
Page 4
The congregation, …. …… …..he appears to have visited from time to time with the greatest satisfaction, was that of the Mohawks, who were settled on the Grand River at about seventy miles distance from him. The number of them that belonged to the Church of England he computed at about 550. At every visit he used to baptize several of them, children or adults. Captain Brant acted as his interpreter, and the deportment of the Indians is described as most serious and devout. On the division of Canada into two provinces Rev Addison had been appointed Chaplain to the Legislative Assembly at York, with a small allowance and the Society added 20 L a year to his salary, in consequence of the expense he incurred in going to the Indian village; but with all this his services, it must be confessed, were but nise only requited. From the people he obtained a mere trifle
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and from the other sources together no so much as 100L a year, while his duties were of the most severe and searching kind. “My mission,” he says, “is very laborious; I must either neglect my duty or make a circuit several times in the year of more than 150 miles through a wild country;” and he adds, that he has performed his duty “with humble and conscientious assiduity, and has struggled with very narrow circumstances.” His periodical visits among the Indians were attended with very gratifying success, he commonly baptized about twenty. Among the numbers in 1806 was a chief of the Cayuga nation, and his wife. The next year the congregation of the Six Nations that assembled to hear him was uncommonly large; several from other tribes, besides the Mohawks had become Christians, and many of them had overcome the fatal habit of drinking. 2 Many, however there can be no doubt, fell victim to this vice, and among the year, it was painful to member, on Rev Addison's authority the celebrated Chief Brant, whom he described as “ a man of uncommon intellect;” he died towards the close of the year 1807.
There is a note that in Welcome to Ars Historica Niagara, from the Records for St. Mark's Anglican Church in N.O.T.L. as well as the history of Niagara On The Lake(http://historyniagara.niagara.com) which states that Isaac Secord was born 1783, Died April 23, 1855 Married Sept. 9, 1804 to Caroline May Margaret Bindle, b. 1783 Died Jan. 18, 1867. She was brought over from England and was a House Servant for Rev. Robt. Addison. Addison would not marry them unless the whole family here was baptized, which is why they were all baptized at the same time.
This information was originally published by:
ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Papers and Records
Volume 3, Published in Toronto in 1901
Pages 7-73.
Extracts of Parish Records of BAPTISMS AT NIAGARA conducted by Rev Robert Addison.
1816. January 18.
John Colly, of Richard and Mary.
Charles Secord, of James' and Laura.
Laura Secord, of James' and Laura.
Children of the famous Laura, who three years before this date had given warning at Beaver Dams, of the American attack.
Extracts of Parish Records of BURIALS AT NIAGARA conducted by Rev Robert Addison.
1792.
July 30.
Sara Rock, an infant.
M. FitzGerald, an infant.
Eliza Sheehan, dr. of W. B.
Aug.16. A soldier in the fort on the other side of the river.
Sep. 25.Saml. P. Jarvis, an infant of William Jarvis, Esq.
1793.
May 31. Mrs. Catherine Butler, wife of Col. Butler.
1796.
Apr. 2. Lieut. Falkner, of the 5th Regt.
May 15. Col. John Butler (of the rangers), my patron.
Born in New London, Connecticut. Baptized 28 April,1728. W. McM., Rector.
(Rev. William McMurray, D.D., third rector of St. Mark's.)
1802
Feb. 16. Mrs. Hannah Alcock, wife of Mr. Justice Alcock.
Apr. 29. Cut-Nose Johnson, a Mohawk chief.
Aug. 19. Ann Needham (infant).
20. Mr. Goodridge, a stranger from the States. Margaret Neach, wife of John. Susan Pawling (infant).
Sep. 29. Mrs. Waters, a negro woman.
1812.
July 2. Margaret, wife of Corporal Jones, 41st Regt.
July 14.Angus Harrison (infant, 41st Regt.).
Aug. 23.Annabella Claus (infant, of Col. Wm.).
Sep. 15. ??? Byfield (soldier, 41st Regt.).
Oct. 16. General Sir Isaac Brock Colonel John McDonald
They fell together at Queenston and they were buried together in the N.E. Bastion of Fort George.
(The spelling of course is wrong (McDonnell).
Nov. 14. ??? Cunningham (soldier, 41st Regt.).
16. John McKenzie (Col. Nichol's boy).
Dec. 3. Donald Campbell (Fort major). Buried at Fort George.
6. Elizabeth Emery, widow.
12. Herman Hostetter (from the 10-Mile Creek).
14. Colonel Johnson Butler,
17. Thomas Butler, senr., (his brother.)
22. Rachel Secord, wife of Daniel.
Richard Beddoss, a cooper.
1813
July 17. Colonel C. Bishop (died of his wounds) We know that Col. Cecil Bishop was buried at Lundy's Lane, but Mr. Addison conducted the funeral service there.
Dec. 13.Lieut. Rowland, 100th Regt. ROBT. ADDISON, Min. of Niagara.
1829.
Oct. 9. The Rev. Robert Addison departed this life on the 6th, in the 75th year of his age.
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Robert married Mary Atkinson Addison, daughter of Rev Richard Atkinson and Rebecca (Ridley) Plummer Atkinson, on 24 Oct 1780 in Cambridge All Saints, UK.10 Mary was born in 1761, was christened on 17 Sep 1762 in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, UK, died in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, UK, and was buried on 17 Feb 1809 in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Children from this marriage were:
51 M i. William Addison was born in Sep 1781 in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, UK, was christened on 15 Oct 1781 in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, UK, and died on 7 Nov 1781 in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, UK.
+ 52 F ii. Elizabeth Plummer Addison Connolly was born in Mar 1784, was christened on 31 Mar 1784 in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, UK, and died on 23 Jan 1849 in Newark (Niagara on the Lake), Ont at age 64.
+ 53 F iii. Mary Eleanor Addison Stevenson was born in 1788 in Hampstead, UK and died on 11 May 1854 in Niagara On The Lake, Ontario at age 66.
54 M iv. Robert Addison was born in 1791 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK, died on 9 Jan 1797 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK at age 6, and was buried on 12 Jan 1797 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK. The cause of his death was Smallpox.
Robert next married Rebecca Plummer Addison on 25 Jun 1811 in St James Church, Toronto, ON, Canada.11 Rebecca was born about 1770 and died on 5 Feb 1856 in Niagara On The Lake, Ontario 25,26 about age 86.
31. William Addison was born about 1757 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 14 Nov 1757 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK, died in Feb 1842 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK about age 85, and was buried on 6 Feb 1842 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK.
General Notes: William Addisons will, of which Marjorie Pearce has a copy, reads as follows:
(page 1)
" In the name of God, Amen. I William Addison of Levens in the Parish of Heversham and County of Westmorland, Yeoman, do make this my last will and testament in form and manner following, that is to say,
First I give and bequeath unto my nephew Peter Moon of Lythe and William Caton of Stainton, both in the parish and county aforesaid, Yeomen, their Executors, Administrators or Assigns, all my real and personal estate, upon Trust, and for the ends intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned expressed of and concerning the same that is to say upon trust that they the said Peter Moon and William Caton their executors, administrators or assigns to pay out of my real estate, in ther first place all my just debts, funeral and testamentary expenses. And as to the residue of my real and personal estate and effects...I will order and direct that my beloved wife Eleanor Addison do and shall enjoy the use and interest of the same during the rest of her natural life.
And at the end of twelve months after the decease of my said wife, then I further will, order and direct and hereby give and bequeath unto my son, Peter Addison all of my personal estate whatsoever, together with all that plot, parcel or parcels of land or peat moss lying and being ont he south side and adjoining the Turnpike road leading from Beathwaite Green to the Bridge Inn and bounded on the east by an allotment belonging to Mrs Braithwaite and onto the west by one belonging to Miles Bains, together with the dwelling house working shop and outhouses there upon lately built, chargable with the payment of 300 pounds which said sum to be equally divided amongst my children (Peter included) share and share alike.
And as for the residue of my real estate I will, order and direct that they the said Peter Moon and William Caton their executors Administrators or assigns do and shall sell the same in public sale and shall distribute and divide the purchase money (deducting the expenses) in the manner following, that is to say,
To my grandson Thomas Philipson Addison, the illegitimate son of my daughter Mary Philipson the sum or legacy of Twenty Pounds
And again I will, order and direct that the remainder of the trust money be equally distributed and divided amongst my nine children, namely William, John, Thomas Robert, Peter, Eleanor, Mary, Jane, and Elizabeth.
And if it shall so happen that any of my said children die before their legacies or sums of money become due as aforesaid, (leaving lawful issue) that such issue child or children of him, her or them, so dying shall be entitled to their respective deceased parents share, and in equal shares and portions of more than one.
And again I will, order and direct that the said Peter Moon and William Caton their executors Administrators or assigns shall retain out of the monies which shall come to their hands the sum of two pounds each for their trouble together with all costs, charges and expenses, which they or either of them may expend, pay or be put into in or about the executor of this my Will and that they should not be answerable or accountable for each others acts, deeds or wilful Defaults but each of them for his own respective acts, deeds or willful defaults only, nor for any loss which may happen oof my effects or the said Trust money, provided such loss happen without their respective willful defaults.........
JosH Pearson
Michael Wilson
Chs Clarke
X Wm Addison
(page 2)
I nominate constitute and appoint the said Peter Moon and William Caton Executors in trust of this my last Will and Testament....
And lastly I do hereby revoke, make void and of none effect all former and other wills by me at any time heretofore made, and I declare this only to be my last will and testament.
In Witness whereof the said William Addison the testator have to this my Will cxontained in two sheets of paper, to the first subscribed my name and to this set my hand and seal this twenty-eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.
Wm Addison (signature and seal)
This writing contained in two sheets of paper was signed, sealed, and published and declared by the Testator William Addison as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us
(there is another line and perhaps signatures on this page but they were overlooked in the copying.)
His will written 28 Feb 1839, is signed in a very shaky hand. He would have been 82 at the time. According to David Taylor, in the 1841 Census he and wife Eleanor were listed as living with his youngest son, Peter, at Birk's Cottage.
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Research Notes: Cragg Foot, Levens
There are no buildings in the position of Cragg Foot shown on the plan to the Heversham Inclosure Award of 1815. This plan was drawn in 1813. The award granted area 268 of 0 acres 2 rods and 2 perches to W. Addison. The extent of this area includes the land on which the house known as Cragg Foot is built, the land upon which the house known as Pinfold is built, and the field dividing the two dwellings. This area of land has been known as Pinfold Parrock for at least 150 years. The Record Office at Kendal holds a document recording that Pinfold Lot was bought by George Penny of Beathwaite Green husbandman from William Addison of Beathwaite Green basketmaker by an indenture of 15th February 1817, but there is no mention of the Heversham Inclosure Award. Even so, it seems likely that this is the same land awarded to William Addison, and that the land is referred to in a Land Tax redemption certificate dated 4th July 1818 relating to two unnamed pieces of land at Levens, in the name of George Penny.
WD/TW/acc 1990/1979/4
An Indenture of 1st January 1819 made between John Addison shopkeeper of Beathwaite Green and William Addison of Beathwaite Green yeoman Whereas the plot piece or parcel of land hereinafter particularly described was put out to public sale by auction by the said John Addison on 20th September 1815 and the said William Addison was the highest bidder and declared the purchaser of the same at or for the price or sum of £120 and whereas the said William Addison has since the said date paid the said purchase money but no conveyance of the said land has yet been made….[recital fee simple estate in standard form]..ALL THAT plot piece or parcel of land or moss ground being part of a certain moss called Laurence Bridge situate and being at Beathwaite Green in the township of Levens in the parish of Heversham in the county of Westmorland and which said plot piece or parcel of land or moss ground contained by admeasurement 2 acres of statute measure and is part of an allotment made to John Addison by the commissioners for the Heversham Enclosure Award and is bounded on the south by an allotment or parcel of moss belonging to Daniel Wilson Esq. and in the north by the road from Beathwaite Green to the said moss and in the west by part of the said parcel of land or moss allotted to the said John Addison and in the east to a parcel of land or moss belonging to the said William Addison…etc.. witnesses John Wakefield and Robt. Greenwood of Kendal
HUTTON LANE COTTAGE
25.12.1812
Indenture made “the twenty fifth day of December in the fifty second year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth..”
Between William ADDISON of Beathwaitegreen (sic) basket maker and Ellin ADDISON his wife (1) John HUTTON of Milnthrop (sic) husbandman (2) consideration £51
“All that the said William Addison's freehold cottage or dwelling house with all the outhouses thereunto belonging and one garden adjoining thereto situate lying and being at Beathwaite Green aforesaid and now in the occupation of the said William Addison as owner thereof TOGETHER with all and singular Houses Outhouses Edifices Buildings Folds Yards Gardens Orchards Fronts Ladderrooms Dunghillsteads Lands Grounds Meadows Pastures Commons Common Tight (sic) Trovs (sic) Woods Ways Wastes Waters Watercourses Hedges Walls Fences Ditches Easements Rights Privileges Profits Advantages Heroditaments (sic) and Appurtenances whatsoever to the said Cottage or Dwellinghouses Outhouses and Garden or any of them belonging lying or in any wise of Right appertaining or accepted reputed taken or known as Part Parcel or Member thereof or as belonging or appertaining thereto in any wise AND the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders thereof AND all the Estate Interest Right Title Possession Inheritance Use Trust Property Claim and Demand whatsoever both at Law and in Equity of them the said William Addison and Ellin his wife of and in the same and every Part thereof with all Deeds Evidences and Writings in the Custody or Power of the said William Addison touching or concerning the same premises or any Part thereof …To be holden of the chief Lord or Lords of the Fee (?) or Fees thereof by the Rents and Services therefore due and of Right accustomed (if any such there may be)…”
Signed “Wm Addison” and “Ellineor Addison” witnessed by “the mark of Thomas Benson” and the signature of “Tho. Atkinson” 27
William married Eleanor Moon Addison, daughter of John Moon and Agnes Gilpin, on 14 Jun 1784 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK. Eleanor was born about 1759 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 55 M i. William Moon Addison was born on 11 Apr 1785 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 15 May 1785 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK,1 and died after 1861 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
+ 56 M ii. John Addison was born in 1787 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 11 Mar 1787 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK, and died about 1848 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK about age 61.
+ 57 M iii. Thomas Addison was born in Mar 1789 in Levens, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 12 Apr 1789 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK, died on 18 Oct 1859 in Dereham, Ont 28 at age 70, and was buried in Oct 1859 in Old Delmer Cemetery, Dereham, Ont.
58 F iv. Eleanor (Ellin) Addison 31,32 was born in May 1791 in Levens, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 12 Jun 1791 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.32
Eleanor married Thomas Brownrigg on 13 Dec 1812 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK. Thomas was born in Whinfell, Westmorland, UK.
+ 59 M v. Robert Addison was born on 18 Feb 1794 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK,33 died on 19 Jul 1879 in Norwich, Ontario 34 at age 85, and was buried in Norwich Cemetery.
60 F vi. Elizabeth Addison was born in 1796 in Levens, Westmorland, UK and was christened 31Jul 1796 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.
+ 61 F vii. Mary Addison Philipson was born on 4 Apr 1799 in Levens, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 5 May 1799 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.36
62 F viii. Jane (Jennie) Addison 37 was born on 21 Jul 1802 in Levens, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 15 Aug 1802 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.
+ 63 M ix. Peter Addison was born on 2 Dec 1804 in Levens, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 30 Dec 1804 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK, and died on 22 Jan 1871 in Willsworthy, Kenton, Devon at age 66.
Seventh Generation
42. Thomas Addison was born in 1793, was christened on 17 May 1793 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK,1 and died before 1849 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
General Notes: When Thomas married Margaret Richardson in 1816 he signed the register in his own hand, as did the witnesses (2 of his sisters and a brother). Margaret however, did not write.
Research Notes: Tom Addison provided to Stephen Read (my internet contact in Levens) a piece of paper given to him by some other Addison researchers when they visited him. He says this was earlier this year but he was not certain.
The paper says; Edgar Addison, Arthur Addison, Joseph Addison, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada, jaddison@logic.bm. I have not tried the email address. Does this mean anything to you.
The document is from Caroline Hope whose grandfather owned the Beathwaite estate in Levens. There is no explanation as to why it was needed.
It reads as follows: 1853 (no day or month added) declaration of John Wilson yeoman of Beathwaite Green aged 60 declared he knew Thomas Addison labourer late of Beathwaite Green and was well acquainted with him from age of Thomas Addison being 10yrs old to time of his death and knew his wife [also deceased] Margaret Addison and declared Thomas Addison was only once married and that was to Margaret Addison and that Thomas Addison had by her 8 children and no more viz; Thomas, Robert, John, Elizabeth, William, Eleanor, Mary and Joseph and deceased Margaret survived her husband and died in 1849.
There is a record in the Kendal Deanery Wills 1748-1858 which lists a will for Thomas Addison, Labourer, Beathwaite, Levens Township, Heversham Parish, dated 26 May 1849.
Thomas married Margrett (Margaret) Richardson Addison on 3 Jun 1816 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.18 Margrett died in 1849.
Marriage Notes: Witnesses Mary, Betty Addisonand possibly John Addison all siblings of Thomas. 38
Children from this marriage were:
64 M i. Thomas Addison was born on 28 Jul 1816 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 12 Aug 1816 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.36,39
65 M ii. Robert Addison was born on 15 Mar 1818 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 23 Aug 1818 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.39
+ 66 M iii. John Addison was born about 1820 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK,40 was christened on 20 Feb 1820 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK,39 and died on 9 Oct 1867 in Oro Township, ON 41 about age 47.
67 F iv. Elizabeth Addison was born about 1822 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 13 Feb 1822 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.
+ 68 M v. William Addison was born on 23 Oct 1823 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 4 Jan 1824 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK,42 and was buried in Bethesda Congregation Church Cemetery, Edgar, Simcoe Co. Ont.
69 F vi. Eleanor Addison was born about 1826 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 21 Apr 1826 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.39
70 F vii. Mary Addison was born about 1829 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 8 Feb 1829 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.39
71 F viii. Margaret Addison was born in 1831 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 20 Nov 1831 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.39
72 M ix. Joseph Richardson Addison was born about 1835 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 27 Sep 1835 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.39
49. Richard Taylor was born in 1777 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK and died in 1865 at age 88.
General Notes: According to David Taylor, Richard was a lodgekeeper at Levens Hall. 8
Richard married Nancy Minikin Taylor 8 in 1799 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.
The child from this marriage was:
73 M i. Thomas Taylor was born in 1800.
Thomas married Jane Powley Taylor in 1826 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.8
50. Jenny (Jane) Taylor Hey was born in 1782 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK.
General Notes: According to David Taylor, Jenny married Henry Hey and had a son and two daughters by him. 8
Jenny married William Penny.
Marriage Notes: This couple did not marry.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 74 M i. Henry Watson Taylor was born in 1815 8 and died in 1907 at age 92.
Jenny next married Henry Hey (Heigh) 8 in 1822 in Westmorland, UK.
Children from this marriage were:
75 F i. Agnes Hey (Heigh) Stainton .
76 F ii. Mary Hey (Heigh) Stainton .
77 M iii. Richard Hey (Heigh) .
52. Elizabeth Plummer Addison Connolly was born in Mar 1784, was christened on 31 Mar 1784 in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, UK, and died on 23 Jan 1849 in Newark (Niagara on the Lake), Ont at age 64.
Research Notes: In an Addison Hisory written be Myrtle R. Addison in August 1954, she states that in the Tillsonburg News of May 31, 1934 there is an entry which reads " A deed of 3000 acres of land in the district dated Sept 8, 1821 was found among the papers of the late James E. Lambden, father of A?. E. Lambden of Tillsonburg. It is from the Rev Robert Addison of the township of Niagara and the Province of Upper Canada to Elizabeth Plummer Connolly of the township of Niagara, wife of George Connolly, an Ensign of half pay from his Majesty's late 104th Regiment of Foot, daughter of the former."
Elizabeth married George Connolly Esq on 13 Sep 1817 in Newark, Ont. George was born in 1784 and died in 1837 in Newark, Ont at age 53.
Children from this marriage were:
78 M i. Robert Addison Connolly was christened on 13 Nov 1818 in Newark, Ont and died on 3 Jan 1847 in Marseilles, France 43 at age 28.
+ 79 F ii. Rebecca Eliza Connolly Loring was born in 1820 in Newark, Ont.
80 M iii. George Stewart Connolly was born on 28 Apr 1822 in Newark, Ont and was christened on 28 Jul 1822 in Newark, Ont.
81 M iv. John Hamilton Connolly was born in 1824 in Newark, Ont.
John married Mary Charlotte Martha Grange.
53. Mary Eleanor Addison Stevenson was born in 1788 in Hampstead, UK and died on 11 May 1854 in Niagara On The Lake, Ontario at age 66.
General Notes: Daughter Mary Eleanor (c.1788-1854, married Lt. John Stevenson in 1815. Among her numerous descendants were Judge Stevenson of Haldimand County and Dr. John Adam Stevenson, who played an important role in building up the medical school of the University of Western Ontario.
Mary married John Andrew Stevenson on 28 Jan 1815 in Montreal, Quebec.24 John was born on 6 Aug 1790 in Dublin, Ireland and died on 17 Nov 1832 in Niagara On The Lake, Ontario at age 42.
Children from this marriage were:
82 M i. Dr. John Adam Stevenson .
+ 83 M ii. Robert St Patrick Stevenson M.D. 5 was born in 1816 in Newark, Ont.
+ 84 M iii. Judge John Gustavus Stevenson was christened on 5 Jul 1818 in Newark, Ont.
+ 85 F iv. Mary Plummer Stevenson was christened on 31 Oct 1821.
+ 86 M v. Francis (Frank) Sabin Stevenson was born on 18 Jan 1826 in Newark (Niagara on the Lake), Ont 44 and died about 1900 in Dunnville, Haldimand County Ontario about age 74.
+ 87 F vi. Elizabeth Addison Stevenson was born in 1827 in Newark (Niagara on the Lake), Ont and was christened on 9 Oct 1829 in Newark, Ont.
88 M vii. Anne Morton Stevenson .5
89 M viii. Edward Stevenson .5
90 M ix. Joseph Stevenson .5
55. William Moon Addison was born on 11 Apr 1785 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 15 May 1785 in Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland, UK,1 and died after 1861 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
Research Notes: Birth and Christening dates based on GEDCOM record which states William Moon, born to William and Eleanor Moon of Crosthwaite and Lyth.
In the 1851 UK Census William is listed as 61, agricultural labourer, born Lyth, living with wife Jane, 55, born Levens, son Thomas 29, unmarried, Master tailor born Witherslack and Maria, 10, born Lancashire/Kirkby Ireleth.
From David Taylor, 1861 Levens Census (f89, p17, sched 83) lists William as 76, Ag Labourer, (born Lyth) Jane, wife 65 (born Brigsteer), Thomas son, 39, unmarried tailor (born Witherslack), Maria, daughter, 20, housekeeper (born Lancs Kirkby Ireleth), Elizabeth Lewthwaite, 8, granddaughter visitor, scholar (born Levens), William Eccles grandson 11 months visitor, (born Burton in Kendal).
William married Jane (Jinny) Unknown Addison in 1817 in Witherslack, Westmorland, UK.1 Jane was born in 1796 in Brigsteer, Westmorland.45
Children from this marriage were:
91 M i. Thomas Moon Addison was christened on 20 Apr 1817 in Witherslack, Westmorland, UK.46
92 M ii. John Addison was christened on 2 May 1819 in Witherslack, Westmorland, UK.
93 M iii. Thomas Haresnap Addison was christened on 30 Sep 1821 in Witherslack, Westmorland, UK.46
94 F iv. Maria Addison was born in Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, UK.
95 F v. Eleanor Addison was born in 1823 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 25 Dec 1823 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK.47
96 F vi. Jane Addison was born on 1 Nov 1826 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK 48 and was christened on 13 Dec 1826 in Beathwaitegreen Wesleyan Mathodist Chuch.49
56. John Addison was born in 1787 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 11 Mar 1787 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK, and died about 1848 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK about age 61.
General Notes: John is listed as a farmer in the Methodist Chapel of Beathwaitegreen Births and Baptisms Regsitry for his son Robert's birth in 1817. David Taylor states that in the 1841 Census he is listed as John Addison, laborer aged 60, living with wife Margaret aged 60, John aged 30 and Thomas aged 20. They were living next door but one to Jane High and her son Henry Watson Taylor. 50,51
John married Margaret Nicholson Addison on 5 Dec 1808 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.8 Margaret was born about 1775 in Beetham, Westmorland, UK, died in Feb 1858 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK about age 83, and was buried on 22 Feb 1858 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.8
Marriage Notes: According to David Taylor, witnesses to the marriage were Thomas Stainton, Mary Dixon and Robt Wolker. 52
Children from this marriage were:
97 F i. Agnes Addison was born in Jun 1810 in Levens, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 22 Jun 1810 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK, and died on 24 Jun 1810 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK.53
98 M ii. John A Addison 1 was born on 1 May 1811 in Levens, Westmorland, UK,53 was christened on 2 Jun 1811 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK, and died after 1881.
John never married and had no children..8
99 F iii. Elizabeth (Betty) Addison was born on 9 Mar 1813 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK 53 and was christened on 4 Apr 1813 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.
+ 100 F iv. Ann Addison Whitehead was born on 18 Jan 1815 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK,53 was christened on 19 Feb 1815 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK, died in 1848 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK at age 33, and was buried in 1848 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK.54
101 F v. Mary Addison was born in Aug 1816 in Levens, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 8 Sep 1816 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.36
102 M vi. Robert Addison was born on 22 Jan 1817 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK 55 and was christened on 29 May 1817 in Beathwaitegreen Wesleyan Methodist Chuch.53,56
+ 103 M vii. Thomas Addison was born in Apr 1820 in Levens, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 14 May 1820 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.1,39
+ 104 F viii. Margaret Addison Philipson was born in 1823 in Levens, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 15 Aug 1823 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.53
57. Thomas Addison was born in Mar 1789 in Levens, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 12 Apr 1789 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK, died on 18 Oct 1859 in Dereham, Ont 28 at age 70, and was buried in Oct 1859 in Old Delmer Cemetery, Dereham, Ont.
General Notes: Thomas and family appear in the 1851 UK census for Heversham as living in Crook House. Thomas is listed as 62 an agricultural labourer, as is his wife Ann, 57. Also in the home are William 21, unmarried, journeyman shoemaker and Agnes 12, daughter scholar. All are listed as born in Westmorland/Levens.
This means that Thomas must have emigrated to Canada shortly after the census, as he died in Deerham in 1859.
Thomas married Ann Philipson Addison on 7 Apr 1822 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK 29.,30 Ann was born in Heversham, Westmorland, UK.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 105 M i. James T Addison 57 was born on 18 May 1823 in Levens, Westmorland, UK, died on 16 Feb 1908 in Dereham, Ontario 58 at age 84, and was buried in Feb 1908 in Old Delmer Cemetery, Dereham, Ont.59
106 F ii. Eleanor Addison was born in 1825 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK.
+ 107 M iii. Robert Addison was born in 1827 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.60
108 M iv. William Addison 61 was born in 1829 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK.
+ 109 M v. Peter Addison 62,63 was born in 1832 in Levens, Westmorland, UK 64 and died about 1925 in Toronto, ON about age 93.
110 F vi. Agnes Addison 61 was born in 1838 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK.
59. Robert Addison was born on 18 Feb 1794 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK,33 died on 19 Jul 1879 in Norwich, Ontario 34 at age 85, and was buried in Norwich Cemetery.
General Notes: Robert Addison, the Norwich pioneer, was born at Beathwaite Green in Westmoreland in 1794, the son of William Addison and Eleanor Moon. He was the Godson of his uncle Rev Robert Addison, the missionary and clergyman of Niagara on the Lake. Shortly after his uncle Rev Robert died in 1829, his widow Rebecca Plummer Addison returned to England and persuaded Robert to come out to Canada with his family and settle on one of the 200 acre lots in the Addison tract.
Robert and his wife Agnes accepted this offer and boarded the sailing vessel, the Brig Margaret, early in 1831. They landed at Niagara on May 1st, 1831, the voyage having lasted 3 months and 18 days. Their four sons accompanied them to Canada and a son Peter, and two daughters Agnes and Rebakah were born later in South Norwich Township.
The Norwich area had been surveyed in 1799 as part of Norfolk County. In 1800 it became a part of Oxford County and at about the same time Rev Robert had been granted some 6,000 acres for service to the Province of Upper Canada. When Robert and family arrived in the spring of 1831 they spend some time in Niagara, or Newwark as it was then known, staying with Rebecca at Lake Lodge, Rev Robert's home. Robert and the eldest sons were then piloted through the woods to the Addison land by an Indian guide. They spend the first summer clearing the land with an axe and a piece of a saw. They put up a shack where they lived during the first summer, and then they went back to Niagara for the winter.
Next year with the help of Anstice Treffry's father and brothers they built their first log home. Then they got a yoke of cattle and started to break the land. At the end of the summer Robert moved the rest of the family to the Norwich location. His first crop was potatoes. He borrowed some for planting from Henry Southwick. When he returned them he had three bushels in a sack and carried them, walking, a mile and a half to Southwick's. He noticed the stable door open and there lay Henry Southwick, dead, at the feet of his horse.
When Rebecca Addison heard of the location of the land that thye had chosen she gave them another sixty acres "fo thy bad choice". As his family grew they each acquired similar farms, much of it also Addison land, at 50 cents an acre, until they were working some 700 acres.
The old homestead was situated on lot 8 concession 10, on the nouthwest corner now occupied by Harold Arthur, one mile east and one mile south of Otterville. At one time, much of the farm land on both sides of Highway 59 south from the Otterville corner to Arthur's corners was Addison land. At first they walked eight miles to church in Dereham. Then a missionary came and began to talk of building a Wesleyan Methodist Church. He came to Robert to get help to build it and support it, which he did. That was the Summerville Church.
A story is told of how great grandfather Robert got for himself a logging chain to work his oxen. Sammy Cornell kept a store about 300 yards west of the Old Furnace. He told Robert to go to Brantford to get the logging chain, 30 miles. Robert walked between sun and sun on a blazed trail. When he got to Brantford he told the hardware what Sammy Cornell wanted. "Did you get an order?" "No". Robert came right back before the sun went down. He rested a day, then made the second trip, again between sun and sun. He carried the chain home, fourteen half inch links each four inches long, made by a blacksmith, with no hooks on it. Then he had to carry it to Carolan's, six miles, to get the hooks.
Robert died at the age of 86 years.
Research Notes: Research Note: Most of the information on Robert was from the story by Miss S Mott of Norwich, written in 1955. There are also a few recent details like the current owners of family farms, which were culled from letters of Juanita de Roo, a descendant of Edmund Addison, who wrote to Donald Combe, St Marks Church Historian in 2001. Juanita's son Patrick also provided his genealogy record of Robert's decendants which has been used to verify my information and add new details, where appropriate.
2]The list of persons voting in the 1820 election for Lord Brougham includes Robert and William Addison of Levens, and John Addison of Beathwaite Green.
Surrey History Centre 203/30/126
April 13th 1824 handwritten letter from Geo.Laing [estate manager at Levens Hall] from Lawrence House Levens to Col.Howard at Ashstead Park Surrey includes
'To the humane & benevolent
This is to certify those of the above Description that Robt. Addison of Beathwaite Green is a married man with two Children whom he supports by Basketmaking and other Labour, that on Saturday last about nine o'clock in the Morning his House thatch caught fire by which it was consumed and the principal part of his Furniture in spite of every effort to save it shared the same fate.
By this Misfortune he is reduced to a state of great Poverty and Distress and in our Estimation a proper object of charitable aid to all who are benevolent & have a due Regard to the Demands of the necessitous, the sober and the industrious, on all which Accounts we consider him as deserving.
Geo. Laing on behalf of Colonel Howard £1.1s
Geo.Laing 5s.
Geo. Lawson vicar 2s.6d
John Wilson churchwarden ??
Robt.Harrison overseer 2s.6d
I anticipate your benevolent wish to give the poor sufferer by fire and aid his wants by your donation therefore subscribed the above to his Petition to give Example also to others to subscribe his Situation is truly distressing and I recommend him to make his application to the humane by the above.
I hope it meets your Approbation of the Act of your Obedient Servant, [signed] Geo.Laing
Robt. Addison is a very sober and industrious Man & often was employed at Levens in winter.
This may refer to Robert who would have had two children in 1824, Edmund and Robert.
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Robert married Agnes Metcalfe Addison on 3 Jun 1816 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.35 Agnes was born in 1799 in Westmorland, UK, died on 1 Jan 1868 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada 67 at age 69, and was buried in Norwich Cemetery Plot 178.68
Children from this marriage were:
+ 111 M i. Edmund Addison was born on 12 Sep 1817 in Levens, Westmorland, UK,69 was christened on 18 Sep 1817, died on 4 Apr 1892 in Norwich, Ontario 70 at age 74, and was buried in Norwich Cemetery.
112 F ii. Jennie Addison was born in 1818 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK and died in 1819 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK at age 1.
113 M iii. Robert Addison was born on 18 Aug 1822 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK,39 died on 29 Apr 1860 in Norwich, Ontario 71 at age 37, and was buried in Norwich Cemetery.
+ 114 M iv. William Addison was born on 4 Mar 1827 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK,25,39 died in Dec 1909 in Norwich, Ont at age 82, and was buried in Dec 1909 in Norwich Cemetery.
+ 115 M v. Richard Addison was born on 6 Sep 1829 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK, died on 13 Feb 1905 in Otterville, Ontario 25 at age 75, and was buried in Feb 1905 in St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Otterville, ON.72
+ 116 F vi. Rebakah Addison Conklin was born in 1831 in Norwich, Ontario, died on 31 Aug 1868 in Norwich, Ontario at age 37, and was buried in Norwich Cemetery Plot 178.
117 F vii. Agnes Louise Addison was born in 1833 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada.
+ 118 M viii. Peter Conley Addison was born in 1834 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada, died on 10 Jan 1905 at age 71, and was buried in Jan 1905 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
61. Mary Addison Philipson was born on 4 Apr 1799 in Levens, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 5 May 1799 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.36
General Notes: Mary is mentioned in her father William's will written 28 Feb 1839, as having an illegitimate child, Thomas Philipson Addison to whom her father William left the sum of twenty pounds. A Mary Philipson appears in the villiage registry in 1829. It is possible that after the birth of the eligitimate son Thomas, she later married the child's father. There is a second son, born 1823, registered in the Heversham Parish Register as William Addison, son of James and Mary.
Mary married James Philipson.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 119 M i. Thomas Philipson Addison was born in Nov 1818 in Levens, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 6 Dec 1818 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.
120 M ii. William Addison Philipson was born in 1823 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 26 Dec 1823 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.75
63. Peter Addison was born on 2 Dec 1804 in Levens, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 30 Dec 1804 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK, and died on 22 Jan 1871 in Willsworthy, Kenton, Devon at age 66.
General Notes: Peter Addison was born in Beathwaite Green, which later in the mid-1800s, came to be named Levens. Levens was a local name which appears in the Doomsday Book. Peter met and married Jane Gibson who was the daughter of a large family from the Beathwaite Green Parish. For most of their lives Peter and Jane lived at Birks Cottage, the family home which he had inherited from his father. In 1835 he, his wife Jane and eldest 3 children emigrated to Canada. They settled east of York (Toronto) in Pickering but did not remain there long. Perhaps the loss of two children in Canada prompted the family to return to England after several years as their next son was christened in Beathwaite Green.
According to David Taylor, by the time of the 1841 Census the family was back at Birk's Cottage in Levens.
Peter is listed in the Family Bible as having died in Willsworthy, Kenton, Devon on 22 January (year unreadable, later confirmed as 1871). His widow, Jane aged 72, was living with her brother George Gibson and employed as his housekeeper. One of the younger sons, Nicholas was also living there with his mother.
Some years after Peter's death Birks Cottage was sold. Trustees of Peter Addison deceased with receipt from Nicholas Addison as agent for the Trustees dated Nov 28 1887 including £440 from Thomas Claughton purchase money for Birks Cottage and £147 from John Coward for land at Levens Moss.
Research Notes: The 1851 census lists Peter 46, and Jane 43, and five sons, George Gibson 18, William 12, Peter 8, Robert 6, and Nicholas 4, all living at Birks Cottage, Levens. Peter described himself as farmer of 30 acres. There is also a servant Agnes, age 12, born Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, living with them.
There is an entry for a Peter Addison - shopkeeper in the 1851 Directory for Beathwaite Green, Levens Township (p 279).
From David Taylor, in the 1861 Census f90, p19, sched 96) has the family listed as Peter, 55 farmer of 25 acres, Jane, 54, George G son, 28 schoolmaster, Peter 18 Ag labourer, Robert son 15, Ag Labourer, Nicholas son 13, Joseph son 9, scholar. All born Levens.
Records -
Transfer of Mortgage 15 February 1851 between William Edmondson of Old Hutton c of W yeoman [1] Peter Addison of Levens c of W yeoman [2] Thomas Pearson of Crosthwaite c of W yeoman [3]. Recites Indenture 3 April 1849 between PA [1] WE [2] PA did grant mtge hrdtments first desc. to WE for £200, sd PA has since pchsed hrdtments 2nd desc, WE has called in loan £200 and TP will advance this and another £100. Witnesseth in consd £200 pd to WE by TP and £100 from TP to PA transfer of existing mtge plus extra £100 secured on Firstly All that plot piece or parcel of land formerly peatmoss lying and being in the south side and adjoining the Turnpike road leading from BG to Bridge Inn on E allotment belonging to Mrs. Braithwaite on W by land 2ndly desc. Together wth dwellinghouse working shop and outhouses thereupon lately built late the estate of William Addison late of BG deceased yeoman and by him devised unto his son PA and also that allotment piece or parcel of land situate at Sampool Moss in P of H in C of W containing 2 acres 1 rood 18 perches etc under HIA awarded to Reverend Thomas Briggs and numbered 321 and lately pchsed by PA from Joseph Tunstall and others and Secondly that plot piece or parcel of land (formerly peat moss but now reclaimed) as the same is now staked out or fenced wth the apps thereunto blnging sit. Sampool Moss cntaining 2 acres etc bounded on E by land firstly desc. W by land of Mary Edgar (formerly Mary Addison) N by the Highway leading from Levens Bridge to Witherslack and on S by land of Edward Suart and George Wilson Esquire being parcel of the allotment of Moss Ground awarded by Comms under HIA to John Addison numbered 335 and now in occ PA To Hold etc £4% p.a. 15th Feb each yr etc Receipts from WE and PA and signed by them in presence of Tho. Miller clerk to Mr. Scott Solc. Kendal
11 March 1854 Mortgage £30 and interest Peter Addison of Levens in County of Westmorland grocer [1] Roger Moser of Kendal gentleman [2] Peter Addison acknowledges receipt £30 and in exercise of powers in an Indenture 26th March 1831 between William Addison [1] Peter Addison [2] George Gibson [3] mortgages All those 2 messuages and tenements or cottage houses sit. Nr. Causeway end at Beathwaite Green in Parish of Heversham in county of Westmorland bounded on East waste ground awarded by comms under HIA for Stone Quarries on West by road leading from Causeway End to Kendal on North by Peat Cote Stead sometime ago purchsed by said Peter Addison from Robert Greene Bradley Esq and in South by property formerly belonging to Martin Ireland together with all commons apps etc. Signed and receipted by Peter Addison in presence of John Watson and Arthur Lucas. Memo endorsed that George Gibson paid capital & interest and agreement to assign when called so to do dated 1 February 1868 signed Rog. Moser. Doc prepared by R&R Moser Kendal.
Transfer of Mortgage 13 February 1858 Anthony Nicholson of Kendal in c of W gentleman [1] Peter Addison of Beathwaite Green yeoman [2] William Thomson of K aforsd Bankers Cashier and William Rothery late or now of Sedbergh in West Riding c of Y Bookseller [3] Recites Ind 12 March 1853 between Thomas Pearson [1] sd PA [2] sd AN [3] granted pmises hereaft desc to use of AN, now due £365 interest now paid but capital called in by AN and WT and WR now advancing the same rcpt of An for £365 and for Peter Addison for extra £10 PA grants All that plot piece or parcel of land formerly Peat Moss lying and being on South side and adjoining Turnpike Rd from leading from Beathwaite Green to Bridge Inn bounded on East by allotment belonging to Wlm Braithwaite West by another allotment belonging to Peter Addison together with the dwellinghouse Working Shop and Outhouses thereon lately built by William Addison and bequeathed by him to his son Peter Addison. Also All that allotment etc on Sampool Moss cntng “a1R18p awarded under HIA to Rev. Thomas Briggs no.321 ( continues as doc 12). Interest at £5% p.a. Signed Anthony Nicholson and Peter Addison witnessed by C Gardner Thomson and C Graham his clerk and prepared by CGT
Estate account of C.G. Thomson & Wilson re Trustees of Peter Addison deceased with receipt from Nicholas Addison as agent for the Trustees dated Nov 28 1887 including £440 from Thomas Claughton purchase money for Birks Cottage and £147 from John Coward for land at Levens Moss
Abstract of Title of Mr. John Coward to a parcel of land being No.214 on the O.S. map 1914 situate in the parish of Levens county of Westmorland containing 3a 2r 18p. [Abstract of 1922?]
Field 214
Taken from an abstract of ?1922
? November 1887 Indenture between George Gibson of Beathwaite Green Westmorland yeoman George Gibson Addison of Silverwater Post Office Manatowlin Island Ontario farmer [1] the sd GGA Peter Addison of Kenn near Exeter Devon molecatcher Robert Addison of North Petherton near Bridgewater Somerset agricultural labourer Nicholas Addison of Levens farmer James Addison of Silverdale Lancashire gardener and Joseph Addison of Powderhand near Exeter molecatcher[2] John Coward of BG farmer [3]
Reciting Will 23 January 1870 Peter Addison of Kenton Devon formerly of Levens. Appoints George Gibson of Levens Westmorland and 'my eldest son' George Gibson Addison his trustees. Bequeaths the whole of his property real and personal to his lawful wife Jane Addison for her life and then to be divided equally between his 6 sons or their heirs viz George Gibson Addison, Peter Addison, Robert Addison, Nicholas Addison, James Addison and Joseph Addison.
Peter Addison died 22 January 1871
Will was proved by George Gibson Addison alone on 12 May 1871 in the Exeter District Registry power reserved to George Gibson. Estate under £100.
Jane Addison died 20 October 1886
Agreement for sale at £147
All that close of land situate at Sampool Moss Levens Westmorland & adjoining the Clay Road containing by admeasurement 2a1r18p & then in occupation of ?Dobson as tenant which land was conveyed to PA by indenture of 28 February 18?? And described as 'ALL THAT allotment piece or parcel of land situate on Sampool Moss Heversham Westmorland containing 2a1r18p or thereabouts statute measure & awarded By the Commissioners under the Heversham Inclosure Act to the Rev. Thomas Briggs & nod in the Award of the Commissioners 321'
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Peter married Jane Gibson Addison, daughter of George Gibson and Annie Fearon Gibson, on 2 Mar 1829 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK. Jane was born on 17 May 1807 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK,76 was christened on 17 Jun 1807 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK,76 and died on 20 Oct 1886 at age 79.
Children from this marriage were:
121 F i. Eleanor (Ellin) Moon Addison was born on 17 Oct 1830 in Birks Cottage, Levens, Westmorland, UK,77 was christened on 18 Nov 1830 in Beathwaitegreen Wesleyan Mathodist Chuch,77,78 and died on 27 Apr 1845 79 at age 14.
+ 122 M ii. George Gibson Addison was born on 28 Jul 1832 in Levens, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 26 Aug 1832 in Beathwaitegreen Wesleyan Mathodist Chuch,4,80 died on 25 Jun 1921 in Silver Water, Manitoulin Island, Ontario at age 88, and was buried in Silver Lake Cemetery.
123 F iii. Mary Ann Addison was born on 10 Mar 1834 in Birks Cottage, Levens, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 6 Apr 1834 in Beathwaitegreen Wesleyan Mathodist Chuch,81 died on 12 May 1835 at Sea, Crossing to Canada at age 1, and was buried in May 1835 in Likely At Sea.
124 F iv. Ann Fearon Addison was born on 11 Sep 1835 in Pickering, ON, was christened on 10 Oct 1835 in Pickering, On (Recorded In Beathwaite Green Wesleyan Methodist),82 died on 16 Dec 1837 in Pickering, ON at age 2, and was buried in Dec 1837 in Pickering, ON.
125 F v. Jane Addison was born on 28 Apr 1837 in Pickering, ON, died on 12 Dec 1837 in Pickering, ON, and was buried in Dec 1837 in Pickering, ON.
126 M vi. William Addison was born in Dec 1838 in Levens, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 11 Dec 1838 in Levens, Westmorland, UK,83 and died on 20 Feb 1864 in Devonshire, UK at age 25.
127 F vii. Elizabeth Ann Addison was born on 12 Apr 1841 in Levens, Westmorland, UK and died on 27 May 1843 in Levens, Westmorland, UK at age 2.
+ 128 M viii. Peter Addison was born on 8 Feb 1843 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
+ 129 M ix. Robert Addison was born on 21 Feb 1845 in Levens, Westmorland, UK and died in 1941 in Willsworthy, Kenton, Devon at age 96.
+ 130 M x. Nicholas Addison was born on 9 Mar 1847 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK.
131 M xi. John Addison was born on 11 Jan 1849 in Levens, Westmorland, UK and died on 24 Feb 1849.
+ 132 M xii. James Addison was born on 10 May 1850 in Levens, Westmorland, UK,84 was christened on 10 May 1850 in Levens, Westmorland, UK, died in Sep 1930 in Southport, Lancashire, UK 85,86 at age 80, and was buried in Sep 1930 in Southport, Lancashire, UK.
+ 133 M xiii. Joseph Addison was born on 10 Dec 1851 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
Eighth Generation
66. John Addison was born about 1820 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK,40 was christened on 20 Feb 1820 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK,39 and died on 9 Oct 1867 in Oro Township, ON 41 about age 47.
General Notes: John appears to have emigrated to Canada in the 1850s and married Mary in Scarborough in 1959. The marriage certificate lists him as, 35 born in Beathwaitegreeen, Westmorland England, parents Thomas and Margaret. He died in a wagon accident in Oro in 1867, according to an article in the Northern Advance 17 Oct 1867.
Thursday the 10th Dr Crookshank held an inquest on the body of John Addison of the township of Oro, aged about 40, who was thrown from his waggon on about the 5th while racing on the highway. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was returning from Barrie, on the Saturday previous, in a state of intoxication, and in charge of a double team, that when near Richardson's farm, on the Penatanguishine road, he commenced racing with another team and when opposite Robinson's farm, the wagon was overturned, dashing the unfortunate man suddenly and violently to the ground. When lifted he was found insensible. He never rallied and expired on the morning of the 9th. He leaves a wife and four children to mourn his untimely end. The following verdict was returned. "We find that the deceased, John Addison came to his death by being thrown from his waggon while racing on the highway and believe that the accident was caused by his being run off the road by one Alexander Watson, who prevented him from passing." The jury strongly censored the practice of horse racing on public roads.
Research Notes: Emails from Edward J. Armbrust
(2) I have always thought that perhaps the John who married Mary Pearsell in Oro was a brother. It is interesting that John's parents as listed on his marriage record are Thomas and Margaret. Until I had his marriage record I was not aware of perhaps the significance of Beathwaite Green as a possible birth place for William in Westmorland. I guess this is in the parish of Heversham.
(3) Would you like a copy of the 21 Mar 1859 marriage record of John, age 35 (b. in Beathwaitegreen), parents Thomas Addison and Margaret Addison, to Mary Pearsall, age 21 (b. in Vespra, Canada), parents Benjamin Pearsall and Elizabeth Pearsall. It is a return of marriages solemnized by the Congregational denomination for the year 1859 and recorded 1 Feb 1860.
John and family are listed in the Oro Census (1861 census 387 page 041 line 12).
John married Mary Pearsall Addison, daughter of Benjamin Pearsall and Elizabeth Unknown Pearsall, on 21 Mar 1859 in Oro, ON.40 Mary was born in 1838 in Vespra, Ontario 87 and was christened on 20 Jul 1862.
Children from this marriage were:
134 F i. Elizabeth A Addison was born on 12 Jan 1860 in Oro Township, ON.88,89,90
135 M ii. John Addison was born on 5 May 1862 in Vespra, Ontario.91
68. William Addison was born on 23 Oct 1823 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 4 Jan 1824 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK,42 and was buried in Bethesda Congregation Church Cemetery, Edgar, Simcoe Co. Ont.
General Notes: William emigrated to Canada in the 1850s. He and Sarah had nine children. In the 1860 Scarborough they are listed as 37. In the 1871 Oro Township Census he was listed as 48 and a farmer.
Email from Ed Armbrust
Mention in a book about the history of Scarborough that both Robert and William Addison participated in a ploughing contest that beat the Whitby team in 1849. William is not in the 1851 census but this is probably the Robert listed with the others.
Research Notes: Emails from Edward J. Armbrust.
(1) My grandmother's grandfather was William Addison (born 1823 in Westmorland) who married Sarah Irvin(e). (2) The birth date for William as listed in my grandmother's Birthday Book is 23 Oct 1823. She had the habit of putting down the year also. He married Sarah in Toronto and I suspect before coming to Simcoe County. Unfortunately, his parents are not listed on the marriage record.
(2) I have a great deal of information regarding the descendants of William Addison and Sarah Irvin(e) that I am willing to share if you go that far astray. Their daughter Eleanor married Clarence Rhyndress (my grandmother's parents).
(3) I have lots of stuff of William and Sarah's descendants which I could gather together and send but I suspect it would probably be best to wait until we are able to verify that he belongs to your Westmorland families.
(4) William Addison was born in Westmorland according to his cemetery monument in the Bethesda Congregation Church Cemetery, Edgar, Simcoe Co. He came to Canada (York County) about 1850. He married a Sarah Irving in Toronto and they went to Simcoe Co. about 1860. Unfortunately his marriage record does not give his parents nor does the church know. Because of his Westmorland birth I consulted your web site and found only one William with an estimated birth years that fit my William (s/o Thomas and Margaret Richardson). I obtained the baptismal records for all their children you have mentioned plus I found one more. Based on your information and the baptismal records I am fairly certain that I have determined William's parents. Thus, this adds one more Westmorland Addison that came to Canada. William and Sarah had nine children in Canada so you can expect lots of Canadian descendants and I have lots of information on them.
I also have the following items that might be of interest to you if you have not already seen them.
Account of John's untimely accidental death.
1861 census (Oro) of Thomas, household which inclues their child Margaret , and a Mary which appears to be listed as a non family member. However, her surname is Addison, She may have been listed as a non-family member meaning not a part of the Thomas Addison family. I think it is his sister.
1861 Census (Oro) of John's household which includes wife Mary and child Elizabeth.
1851 Census (York) which has Robert and Elizabeth, both single, but in the same log house, and Thomas, single in a frame house.
Death announcement of Mrs Thomas Addison formerly of Canada but dying in Kendal. She and maybe her husband (but not sure on the husband) returned to England after the death of their daughter Margaret.
William married Sarah Irvine Addison on 10 Jun 1852 in Scarborough, ON. Sarah was born in Penrith, Cumberland, UK.
Marriage Notes: Banns, William ADDISON, of the township of Scarborough, bachelor, and Sarah IRVINE, of the same place, spinster.
Comment from Ed Armbrust: I can't seem to lay my hands on the record I found but it is 10 Jun 1852 in the St James Cathedral, Toronto. From Landmarks of Toronto, volume 3, p.395 ff, by John Ross Robertson, submitted by Marcie Lawrence. I checked with the church archives and there is nothing listed other than their names. No parents or witnesses are mentioned.
Children from this marriage were:
136 F i. Margaret Addison was born in 1854.
137 M ii. William Addison was born in 1857.
138 M iii. Thomas Addison was born in 1857 in Oro Township, ON.
139 M iv. John W Addison was born in 1859 in Oro Township, ON.92
140 F v. Mary Ann Addison was born in 1860.
+ 141 F vi. Eleanor Addison was born in 1863 in Oro Township, ON and died in 1900 at age 37.
142 M vii. Robert Addison was born in 1865.
143 M viii. Irving Addison was born in 1867.
144 F ix. Elizabeth Addison was born in 1870.
74. Henry Watson Taylor was born in 1815 8 and died in 1907 at age 92.
General Notes: From David Taylor, Henry was born to Jenny out of Wedlock. His father was William Penny. David considers that John Addison (1811) was almost certainly the witness at Henrty Watson Taylor's marriage at Heversham on 6 Nov 1851. He may have also been the best man. 8
Henry married.
+ 145 M i. Alfred Taylor Taylor was born in 1867 in Liverpool, UK and died in 1941 in Liverpool, UK at age 74.
79. Rebecca Eliza Connolly Loring was born in 1820 in Newark, Ont.
Rebecca married William Campbell Loring in 1842.
The child from this marriage was:
83. Robert St Patrick Stevenson M.D. 5 was born in 1816 in Newark, Ont.
Robert married Unknown Stevenson.
Children from this marriage were:
147 F i. Henrietta Stevenson .
148 F ii. Annie Stevenson .
149 F iii. Nellie Stevenson .
Robert next married Mary Brady Stevenson. Mary was born in 1850.
The child from this marriage was:
150 M i. Robert Stevenson was born in 1876.
84. Judge John Gustavus Stevenson was christened on 5 Jul 1818 in Newark, Ont.
John married Sarah Street. Sarah was born in 1825.
The child from this marriage was:
151 M i. John Adam Stevenson M.D.
John next married Mary Butler Stevenson.
The child from this marriage was:
152 M i. Robert Addison Stevenson M.D.
Robert married Susan Farrell.
John next married Mary Griffith.
Children from this marriage were:
153 F i. Emma Francis Stevenson .
154 M ii. Edward Vicars Stevenson .
155 M iii. Alan Francis Stevenson .
156 M iv. Evan Griffith Stevenson .
85. Mary Plummer Stevenson was christened on 31 Oct 1821.
Mary married John Manners.
Children from this marriage were:
157 M i. Thomas Russell Manners .
158 M ii. Robert Rutland Manners .
86. Francis (Frank) Sabin Stevenson was born on 18 Jan 1826 in Newark (Niagara on the Lake), Ont 44 and died about 1900 in Dunnville, Haldimand County Ontario about age 74.
General Notes: Francis Stevenson was a clerk of Haldimand County 1855 - ?.
Francis married Olivia Street Stevenson. Olivia was born in 1841 and died on 7 May 1920 in Sumner, Washington, USA at age 79.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 160 F i. Anne Stevenson Folinsbee was born in 1860.12
+ 161 F ii. Margaret Eleanor Stevenson was born on 29 Sep 1861 in Cayuga, Haldimand County, Ontario 93 and died on 20 Jun 1949 in Dunnville, Haldimand County Ontario at age 87.
87. Elizabeth Addison Stevenson was born in 1827 in Newark (Niagara on the Lake), Ont and was christened on 9 Oct 1829 in Newark, Ont.
General Notes: Baptized by Rev Robert Addison.
Elizabeth married John Cockroft Kirkpatrick 5 in 1852.
The child from this marriage was:
162 M i. John Kirkpatrick was born in 1853.
100. Ann Addison Whitehead was born on 18 Jan 1815 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK,53 was christened on 19 Feb 1815 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK, died in 1848 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK at age 33, and was buried in 1848 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK.54
General Notes: Information from David Taylor, Margaret Whitehead (listed in the 1851 Census as living in the other side of the Levens Post Office) was the daughter of Ann Addison, who had married George Whitehead at Heversham in 1843 and who died in 1848 aged 33.
Ann married George Whitehead in 1843 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.
The child from this marriage was:
163 F i. Margaret Whitehead was born in 1845 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
103. Thomas Addison was born in Apr 1820 in Levens, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 14 May 1820 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.1,39
Research Notes: Info from David Taylor.
In the 1851 Census there is a listing of Thomas Addison aged 32, Post Messenger with wife Mary and family living in the Levens Post Office.
Thomas Addison and his wife Mary do not appear in the 1861 census.
There is a Thomas and family in the 1871 Liverpool census:
Thomas Addison Head 52 Cotton Porter born Levens
Mary Addison Wife 50 born Furness, Lancs
Jane Addison Dau 10 born Liverpool
The Mary Addison in the 1851 Levens census had been born in Somerset; the Thomas in the 1851 census had been born in Lyth, but I don't think this signifies - other people born in Lyth sometimes recorded their birth place as Levens.
Also from David Taylor - In the 1891 Census there is an entry for Levens Addison Cottages with Thomas Addison age 71 living with wife Elizabeth age 69, both born Levens.
Thomas married Mary Unknown Addison 94 in Levens, Westmorland, UK. Mary was born about 1821.95
Children from this marriage were:
164 M i. Robert Addison was born in 1846 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
165 M ii. William Addison was born in 1850 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
166 F iii. Margaret Addison was born in Sep 1852 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 17 Oct 1852 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.
104. Margaret Addison Philipson was born in 1823 in Levens, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 15 Aug 1823 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.53
General Notes: Margaret is listed in the 1881 Census as living in Levens with husband Robert Philipson and employed as a grocer. Her husband Robert was a gardener and Labourer and they lived in the Post Office. The link to establish her in the family is from her brother John A Addison, who is living with them and he is listed in the census as a brother in Law to the head of household Robert.
David Taylor mentions that his grandfather Alfred Taylor (1867-1941) used to go from Liverpool to Levens as a young man with his sister to visit an aunt and cousins. David considers that since all the Taylors had left the area the aunt was Margaret Addison Philipson and her daughters.
Also from David... I have assumed that it was this Jane (1803-04) who married Thomas Taylor 25 Dec 1826 - though there is no absolute proof; both were 'of this parish'. Margret (sic) Addison was one of the witnesses.
Research Notes: In the 1841 Census Margaret is listed as age 18, living with William Stephen, clergyman. Sister Elizabeth age 25 was also living with her. In the 1851 Census she is listed as living on the other side of the Levens Post Office, 28, born in Levens and employed as a grocer. 8
Margaret married Robert Philipson in 1852 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.8 Robert was born in 1822 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
Children from this marriage were:
167 M i. John Addison Philipson was born in 1854 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.8
168 F ii. Margaret Philipson was born in 1857 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.8
169 M iii. Robert Philipson was born in 1862 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.8
+ 170 F iv. Mary Ann Philipson was born in 1865 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.8
105. James T Addison 57 was born on 18 May 1823 in Levens, Westmorland, UK, died on 16 Feb 1908 in Dereham, Ontario 58 at age 84, and was buried in Feb 1908 in Old Delmer Cemetery, Dereham, Ont.59
General Notes: James came to Canada in 1848 with his younger brother Peter. The last paragraph of Stella Mott's history mentions James T Addison, a brother of Peter the Methodist Minister, lived in Dereham, presumably all his life.
Research Notes: From Old Delmer Cemetery transcripts.
Thomas ADDISON died Oct 18 1859 aged 67 yrs. Margaret wife of Jas ADDISON died Mar 24 1903 in her 83rd year. James ADDISON died Feb 16 1908 aged 85 years. Harriet wife of Jas ADDISON died Mar 24 1858 aged 22 yrs 10 mos and 4 dys. In memory Mary wife of Jas T ADDISON died Apr 7 1897 age 34 yrs 1 mo and 4 dys.
There is an IGI World Connect listing which states that a James Addison, born in the UK in 1822 married Sarah Gowland (b Upper Canada Jul 1828) 31 Mar 1847 and had a son George James, born Jum 1869 in Canada West. This is likely another James.
James married Mary Unknown Addison about 1850 in Dereham, Ont. Mary was born on 3 Mar 1863 in Dereham, Ont, died on 7 Apr 1897 in Dereham, Ont 96 at age 34, and was buried in Apr 1897 in Old Delmer Cemetery, Dereham, Ont.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 171 M i. James Thomas Addison was born on 28 Feb 1858 in Ontario, Canada.
107. Robert Addison was born in 1827 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.60
General Notes:
Research Notes: Listed in the 1881 UK Census as Robert ADDISON Head M Male 53 Levens, Westmorland, England Coachman married to Ann ADDISON Wife M Female 44 Burton, Westmorland, England
Robert married Ann Unknown Addison about 1860 in Burton, Westmorland, UK. Ann was born in 1837 in Burton, Westmorland, UK.
Children from this marriage were:
172 M i. William Addison was born in 1861 in Burton, Westmorland, UK.
173 F ii. Maria Addison was born in 1863 in Ambleside, Westmorland, UK.
174 M iii. Robert Addison was born in 1864 in Ambleside, Westmorland, UK.
175 M iv. Thomas Addison was born in 1865 in Gravesmore, Westmorland, UK.
176 F v. Mary Addison was born in 1866 in Gravesmore, Westmorland, UK.
177 F vi. Lucy A. Addison was born in 1873 in Ambleside, Westmorland, UK.
178 F vii. Lilly Addison was born in 1876 in Ambleside, Westmorland, UK.
179 M viii. Charles Addison was christened in 1877 in Hatfield, Hertford, UK.
180 M ix. James Addison was born in 1879 in Hatfield, Hertford, UK.60
109. Peter Addison 62,63 was born in 1832 in Levens, Westmorland, UK 64 and died about 1925 in Toronto, ON about age 93.
General Notes: Peter emigrated to Canada with his brother James in 1848. According to an old article about Peter written in 1924 Peter emigrated to Canada on the Constitution, making the trip in only 17 days. He chose Canada because he had heard of his Great Uncle Robert who had come to Canada as a missionary in 1791. There are many stories of Peter, who was a well known Methodist preacher and his missionary work, which he started in 1860 after several years of clearing land for farming in South Middlesex. He served the pastoral charge of the Wesleyan Methodist Church at Kettleby, Lloydtown Circuit, from 1871-1874. As a missionary he started preaching in Durham and later founded parishes at Bradford, Cookstown, Horning Mills, Newcastle, and Lloydtown (1871-73). He is listed as having performed baptisms of 3 Sallows children in Mulmer Township, Dufferin County on 3 May 1871. He lived well in to his 90's. On his ninety-second birthday he spoke in Parkdale Methodist Church, the church of his son, Rev. A. P. Addison.
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Research Notes: In the 1871 Census, Division 1, Page 57, Microfilm c-9951, Rev Peter was listed as 39, born in the UK, resideing in Dufferin County, and a Wesleyan Methodist preacher, in Grey South, Melancthon.
According to the Census Index Ontario 1871, # 116, on 8 Jul 1874 he officiated at the Benson wedding in Newcastle.
In the 1881 Census Peter and Family are listed as living in Richmond Hill, York West.
From Rev George Addison, Minister at Brock University in May 2003, "Rev. Peter Addison was my great-grandfather. He and his brother James came to Canada from Westmorland England in 1848, when Peter was just 17. He later was converted to Methodism and became a saddlebag preacher. His son Arthur, my grandfather was also a Methodist, later United Church. My dad, Arthur, Peter and I are also ministers. I have family trees and lots of other material collected by my aunt Louise Lewis who died a couple of years ago. We have sermons and even Peter's saddle bags. My uncle George Addison lives in Toronto and at 94 is the last of his generation in our family. Aunt Louise consulted the parish records which show the following: Rev . Robert Addison of Niagara was the son of John Addison, married to Ellen Parkinson (in 1747). Robert was born and baptised in 1754, according to the records. His brother William was born and baptised in 1757. This William Addison, Rev. Robert's brother, was a basket maker in the Parish of Heversham in Westmoreland. He married Ellin Moon and had quite a number of children, including Robert, and Peter who also emigrated to Canada and settled in Norwich -- there are many "Norwich Addisons" around, including Brock Addison (a well-known Hamilton school principal) who we knew in Dundas a few years ago. A younger son of the same William, Thomas Addison, had two sons, James and Peter, my great-grandfather. Hope that makes the connection clear. So Rev. Peter was Rev. Robert's great nephew. You might be interested in a couple of books recently published about Rev. Peter's eldest daughter, Margaret, who was an educator at Victoria. See Margaret Addison: A Biography by Jean O'Grady (McGill-Queen's University Press) and also Diary of a European Tour edited by O'Grady which outlines Margaret trip to Europe in 1900. "
Peter married Mary Ann Campbell Addison on 5 Jun 1866 in Cookstown, ON.65 Mary was born in 1838 in Georgetown, ON and died in 1905 in Ontario, Canada at age 67.
Children from this marriage were:
181 F i. Margaret E. T. Addison was born on 21 Oct 1868 in Melancthon, ON,99 was christened on 31 Jan 1869 in Melancthon, ON,100 and died in 1940 in Toronto, ON at age 72.
+ 182 M ii. William Lockwood Thornton Addison was born in 1870 in Horning Mills, ON and died in 1930 in Toronto, ON at age 60.
+ 183 M iii. Rev Arthur P. C. Addison was born in 1871 and died in 1954 at age 83.
184 F iv. Mary Agnes Charlotte W. Addison 101 was born on 10 Aug 1875 in Toronto, Ontario,100 was christened on 7 Nov 1875 in Newcastle, Ontario,100 and died in 1963 in Toronto, ON 102 at age 88.
111. Edmund Addison was born on 12 Sep 1817 in Levens, Westmorland, UK,69 was christened on 18 Sep 1817, died on 4 Apr 1892 in Norwich, Ontario 70 at age 74, and was buried in Norwich Cemetery.
General Notes: Edmund's family grew up in Norwich Township. They were Robert, Jennie, Conley and Austin. Edmund was listed in his father's will as a Yeoman. (Addison Family History)
Robert moved to the United States and was for some years a judge in Texas. He had formerly lived in North Dakota were he had a large tract of land, and his son is still carrying on there. Jennie became Mrs. Wase and lived in Ottervill where she died. Conley after farming for a time in South Norwich bought a farm near Holbrook and later moved to Norwich Village, his son Austin, taking over the farm. Austin's widow lives in Burgessville. One sister of Austin Junior, Rhoda, for some twenty years Secretary-Treasurer and Accountant for the Brown Engineering Company of Toronto, came to Norwich with her father and since his death has continued to make her home here. Her sister, Mrs. Ed Oatman lives in London. Edmund's youngest son, Austin, at 88, is still living in Windsor.
Edmund married Rhoda Dildine Armstrong Addison 69 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada. Rhoda was born on 20 Nov 1831 in Ontario,103 died on 23 Oct 1904 in Norwich, Ont at age 72, and was buried in Oct 1904 in Norwich Cemetery.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 186 M i. Robert D Addison was born on 30 Dec 1851 in Norwich, Ontario and died in 1937 in Texas, USA at age 86.
+ 187 F ii. Jennie Addison Wase was born on 6 Apr 1854 in Otterville, Ont, died on 1 Jun 1919 in Norwich, Ont at age 65, and was buried in Otterville, Ont.
188 M iii. John W Addison was born on 17 May 1856 in Norwich, Ont, died on 31 Mar 1858 in Norwich, Ont at age 1, and was buried in Apr 1858 in Norwich Cemetery.
+ 189 M iv. Richard Conley Addison was born on 18 Aug 1860 in Norwich, Ontario and died in 1947 in Burgessville, Ont at age 87.
+ 190 M v. Austin Addison was born on 5 Jul 1866 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada, died in Windsor, Ont, and was buried on 3 Nov 1955 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
Edmund next married Ann Unknown Addison 1846 (approx) in Norwich, Ont. Ann died on 17 Aug 1848 in Norwich, Ont and was buried in Norwich Cemetery.
Children from this marriage were:
191 M i. William Addison was born on 31 Dec 1846 in Norwich, Ont and died on 22 Mar 1851 in Norwich, Ont 74 at age 4.
192 F ii. Agnes Addison .74
114. William Addison was born on 4 Mar 1827 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK,25,39 died in Dec 1909 in Norwich, Ont at age 82, and was buried in Dec 1909 in Norwich Cemetery.
General Notes: From the story by Miss S Mott of Norwich.
William Addison was a cabinet maker and a funeral director. William built and lived in the house in Norwich where Dr Hall lived. He also built the one next door to it.
Patrick DeRoo Notes for WILLIAM ADDISON:
William was a cabinet maker and funeral director in Norwich. He lived in the brick house across from the United Church where Dr. Hall later lived, and also made a home for his father Robert where the older man resided til his death.
There is an interesting account in the files on microfilm of the Tillsonburg library for the ' Tillsonburg Liberal ' and ' Observer ' for November 24, 1909. dateline is Otterville....
" What might have been a fatal accident occurred this morning while William Addison of the village of Norwich was walking on the Grand Trunk Railway tracks on his way home from Albert Snyder's to the station to take the train to for Norwich, his old home. As he was just about at the Otterville crossing, he heard the train coming and stepped outside the track as he supposed far enough for the train to miss him. He slipped and fell and before he could get his balance again, the train had struck him and knocked him to one side a distance of several feet. A number on the station platform saw the accident and rushed to the scene along with the train which had struck him. It was found that his right arm was broken in two places just below the elbow and the arm quite badly cut in three places, nine stitches in all having to be taken. He is also suffering from great pain from the arm and a severe bruise of the hip. Mr. Addison is one of the oldest residents in Norwich being in his 83rd year."
Research Notes: ADDISON, William listed as a cabinetmaker in Norwichville, 1851 Canada Directory (1851), page 260
IGI File lists William in 1881 Census as 53, Cabinet Maker, Methodist married to Mary A Addison. Also listed is a William Siph, 65 years old, labourer, possibly her father. 105
William married Mary A (Siph) Addison. Mary was born in 1845 in USA..
Children from this marriage were:
+ 193 M i. Byron Addison was born on 27 Sep 1854 in Norwich, Ont and died in 1908 at age 54.
194 F ii. Mary J Addison was born in 1857 in Norwich, Ont and died on 15 May 1874 in Norwich, Ont at age 17.
+ 195 F iii. Agnes (Aggie/Maggie) Addison Rippon was born in 1865 in Norwich, Ont and died in 1908 in Detroit, Michigan, USA at age 43.
196 F iv. May Addison was born in 1867 in Norwich, Ont.
197 M v. William (Willie) Addison was born on 15 Apr 1870 and died on 15 Aug 1870 in Otterville, Ont.
198 M vi. Peter B Addison was born in 1874 in Norwich, Ont.
William next married Mary Unknown Addison.74 Mary was born in 1827 and died on 4 Feb 1872 in Norwich, Ont at age 45.
115. Richard Addison was born on 6 Sep 1829 in Beathwaitegreen, Westmorland, UK, died on 13 Feb 1905 in Otterville, Ontario 25 at age 75, and was buried in Feb 1905 in St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Otterville, ON.72
General Notes: Richard Addison, born in England in 1829 married Mary Jane Conklin of South Norwich.
The family is listed in the 1881 Census as living in Norwich South and Richard's occupation is listed as farmer.
From Ms Mott's story ...Their children were Alice Rebecca (Mrs. Richard Hawse) Agnes Louise (Mrs. Albert Snyder) who died in Woodstock, Franklin Medcalf, later of Michigan, and Charles Edward. Charles Edward married Mary Ann Lawrence and settled in Otterville, where he had a garage and an undertaking and furniture business. Their son Wilfrid (SP?) and his sons Donald and Richard are carrying on the well known undertaking and furniture establishment to-day. Douglas, Donald's twin brother, was in the RCAF during the last war (II) and was killed in action. Their mother, Mrs. Wilfrid Addison, is an officer in the Oxford County Executive of the Women's Institute. 107
Research Notes: 1881 Census
Name Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation Religion
Rich'd ADDISON M Male English 53 England Farmer Methodist Canada
Mary Jane ADDISON M Female Nova Scotian 53 Ontario Methodist Canada
Franklin ADDISON Male English 19 Ontario Methodist Canada
Agnes ADDISON Female English 16 Ontario Methodist Canada
Chas. ADDISON Male English 14 Ontario Methodist Canada
Jennie ADDISON Female English 5 Ontario Methodist Canada
Chas. ADDISON Male English 3 Ontario Methodist Canada
Richard married Mary Jane Conklin Addison on 21 Sep 1852 in Simcoe, Ontario.25 Mary was born in 1828 in Nova Scotia., died on 15 May 1894 in Otterville, Ontario at age 66, and was buried in May 1894 in St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Otterville, ON.72
Marriage Notes: Married by Rev Symons.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 199 F i. Alice Rebecca Addison Hawse was born on 18 Sep 1853 in South Norwich, Ont and died on 10 Oct 1887 in South Norwich, Ont at age 34.
200 M ii. William Edgar Addison 25 was born on 10 Oct 1855 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada,25 died on 20 Dec 1864 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada 25,108 at age 9, and was buried in Norwich Cemetery, Norwich, Ont.
+ 201 M iii. Franklin Metcalfe Addison was born on 23 Nov 1861 in South Norwich, Ont and died on 6 Oct 1936 in Elmer, Michigan, USA 109 at age 74.
+ 202 F iv. Agnes Louise Addison Snyder was born on 6 Mar 1864 in South Norwich, Ont, died in Nov 1945 in Woodstock, Ont at age 81, and was buried in Nov 1945 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
+ 203 M v. Charles Edward Addison was born on 6 May 1866 in Otterville, Ont and died on 6 Feb 1942 in Otterville, Ont at age 75.
204 F vi. Jenny Addison was born in 1876 in Norwich, Ontario.110
205 M vii. Charles Addison was born in 1879 in Norwich, Ontario.103
116. Rebakah Addison Conklin was born in 1831 in Norwich, Ontario, died on 31 Aug 1868 in Norwich, Ontario at age 37, and was buried in Norwich Cemetery Plot 178.
Rebakah married William A. Conklin. William was born in 1830 in Toronto, ON.
Children from this marriage were:
206 M i. Robert Addison Conklin was born on 22 Aug 1865 in Otterville, Ont.111
207 F ii. Blanche Conklin .
208 M iii. William Conklin .
209 F iv. Mary Conklin .
210 F v. Florence Conklin .
211 M vi. Roscoe Conklin .
212 F vii. Virginia Conklin .
213 F viii. Betty Conklin .
214 F ix. Margaret Maude Conklin .
215 F x. Patrick Monroe Conklin .
216 F xi. Rebecca Betty Conklin .
217 M xii. Donald Michael Conklin .
218 M xiii. Daniel Robert Conklin .
118. Peter Conley Addison was born in 1834 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada, died on 10 Jan 1905 at age 71, and was buried in Jan 1905 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
General Notes: From Miss S Mott, these details were originally in her newspaper article, but subsequently rewritten, when she recieved information correcting her original text. The correct (edited) version is:
Peter Addison, youngest son of Robert was the first Addison born in Norwich and farmed in South Norwich all his life. He was married three times. His wives were Mary Bauslaugh, Janet Wilson and Sarah Anne Trimmer.
His children were Robert W, Wilson, James B, Rebecca (Mrs. Anderson); Effie, Ernest, Belle, (the late Mrs. Ed. Pennington), and William T.
Peter's second name Conley comes from Juanita de Roo, a descendant of Peter's older brother Edmund, who states in a letter written to St Mark's historian Donald Combe that "There was a further Conley mentioned, but I have determined that this is Peter Conley."
Research Notes: 1881 Census:
Name Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation Religion
Peter C. ADDISON M Male English 46 Ontario Farmer E. Methodist
Sarah Ann ADDISON M Female German 39 Ontario E. Methodist
James ADDISON Male English 17 OntarioE. Methodist
Rebecca ADDISON Female English12 OntarioE. Methodist
William ADDISON MaleEnglish 3 Ontario E. Methodist
John ADDISON Male English 2 Ontario E. Methodist
Peter married Mary Bauslaugh Addison 1859 (approx) in Otterville, Ont. Mary was born in 1842 in Otterville, Ont, died in 1872 in Otterville, Ont at age 30, and was buried in 1872 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
Children from this marriage were:
220 M i. Robert W Addison was born in 1860 in Otterville, Ont and died in 1862 in Otterville, Ont at age 2.
+ 221 M ii. James Bauslaugh Addison was born on 23 Aug 1863 in Otterville, Ont, died on 3 Sep 1947 in Otterville, Ont at age 84, and was buried in Sep 1947 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
+ 222 F iii. Rebecca Addison Anderson was born on 31 May 1869 in Otterville, Ont and died in 1934 in Tillsonburg, ON at age 65.
Peter next married Janet Wilson Addison 112 on 17 Apr 1873 in Ingersoll, ON.73 Janet was born in 1845, died in 1874 in Otterville, Ont at age 29, and was buried in 1874 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
Marriage Notes: Peter Conley Addison was married to Jane (Janet) Wilson at Daly House in Ingersoll, Ontario by Reverend C.G. Collamore in 1873. ( Newspaper account gives no specific date for the marriage, but the date of the newspaper issue is April 17, 1873.)
The child from this marriage was:
223 M i. Wilson Addison was born in 1874 in Otterville, Ont and died in 1874 in Otterville, Ont.
Peter next married Sarah Anne Trimmer Addison on 29 Dec 1875 in Avon, ON.74 Sarah was born in 1842, died in 1909 at age 67, and was buried in 1909 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
Marriage Notes: They were married in the Methodist Episcopal Church by Rev W.D. Hughson
Children from this marriage were:
224 M i. John W Addison was born on 22 Jan 1878 in Otterville, Ont, died on 6 Nov 1881 in Otterville, Ont at age 3, and was buried in 1881 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
225 F ii. Euphemia (Effie) Maud Addison was born on 19 Jun 1882 in Norwich, Ontario, died on 9 Feb 1978 in Otterville, Ont at age 95, and was buried in Feb 1978 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
226 F iii. Ida Belle Addison Pennington was born on 14 Nov 1883 in Otterville, Ont, died on 2 Aug 1907 in Otterville, Ont at age 23, and was buried in Aug 1907 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
Ida married Edwin M. Pennington 25 on 20 Feb 1907. Edwin was born in 1889, died in 1943 at age 54, and was buried in 1943 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
227 M iv. Ernest C. Addison was born on 7 Apr 1885 in Otterville, Ont, died in 1972 in Otterville, Ont at age 87, and was buried in 1972 in St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
Ernest married Myrtle L Langin Addison. Myrtle was born in 1883, died in 1937 in Otterville, Ont at age 54, and was buried in 1937 in St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
+ 228 M v. William T Addison was born on 24 Nov 1887 in Otterville, Ont, died on 3 Jan 1953 in Otterville, Ont at age 65, and was buried in Jan 1953 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
119. Thomas Philipson Addison was born in Nov 1818 in Levens, Westmorland, UK and was christened on 6 Dec 1818 in Heversham Church, Westmorland, UK.
Thomas married Mary Hartley Addison about 1840 in Liverpool, UK. Mary was born about 1820 in Liverpool, UK.
The child from this marriage was:
229 F i. Unknown Daughter Addison 113 was born in Liverpool, UK.
122. George Gibson Addison was born on 28 Jul 1832 in Levens, Westmorland, UK, was christened on 26 Aug 1832 in Beathwaitegreen Wesleyan Mathodist Chuch,4,80 died on 25 Jun 1921 in Silver Water, Manitoulin Island, Ontario at age 88, and was buried in Silver Lake Cemetery.
General Notes: George Gibson was born on July 28, 1832 in Levens. He attended college for a time in London-specializing in Music. George taught school in the Isle of Man for approx. five and a half years and married Elizabeth Herd of Kenton, England in 1867. He also played the organ in the church in Levens when he was young.
In 1872 George Gibson brought his family to Canada. First they came to Norwich, Ontario with their two sons William (1868) and Joseph (1869). They lived in Norwich for a few years and this is where Edward Richard (1873), Charles (1876), Barnes (1877), George (1879) and Margaret were born. Elizabeth (George's wife) died in 1879. George Gibson and his two eldest boys moved up to Manitoulin Island in 1881 and settled in Robinson Township (Silver Water) and started farming. The other children lived with relatives and in foster homes. A note on the history of the schools of Manitoulin states that when it could not be agreed as to where the first school should be built George Gibson purchased the logs that had been cut for the first school and used them to build his first home.
It is said that when George Gibson's eldest son William died he walked the shores for over a year searching for his body but it was never found. George Gibson died on June 25, 1921 and is buried in the Silver Lake Cemetery, in Silver Water on Manitoulin Island.
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Research Notes: There is an IGI record for George Gibson, christened 26 Aug 1832 at Wesleyan Methodist, Beathwaite Green.
There is an entry in the 1881 Canadian Census for George Addison, age 49, born 1832 in England, Farmer Widowed, English Methodist, living in Norwich Ont with sons William 13, and Joseph 10.
From Lori Mastelko - George Gibson Addison (1832) and/or Peter (1805). My grandfather was told that George G.Addison was the only one in his family to come to Canada. We did not even know the names of his younger siblings so I was excited to read the emails between you and Marjorie noting some of his brothers names. Now I find out that he had sisters. Interesting. He is buried less than 1 mile from where I grew up. My parent's home is built on a piece of George G's property.
From Shelley Cull - Gibson Addison died on July 25, 1921. His obituary reads as follows: "he had in his posession a curious medal given to his father bearing the date of July 4, 1818 with Lord Brougham's head on one side and stamped on the reverse "to the patriotic incorruptible and unbought freeholders of the county of Westmorland". I think it odd that Lord Brougham with give a medal to 13 year old Peter, but perhaps it was Peter's father, William, who received the medal? I cannot send you a copy of this newspaper clipping. The newspapers for this period were lost before microfilming. An original clipping is however, contained in my greatgrandmother's scrapbook, which I do not have, but is available for me to read when I go to visit my great aunt.
George married Elizabeth Herd Addison in 1867 in Kenton, England. Elizabeth was born in 1841 in Kenton, Devonshire, UK and died on 8 Feb 1881 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada 115 at age 40.
Children from this marriage were:
230 M i. William Addison was born in 1868 in Kenton, England, died in 1885 in Duck Islands Manitoulin, Ont at age 17, and was buried in Silver Lake Cemetery, Manitoulin, Ont.
+ 231 M ii. Joseph M Addison was born on 11 Nov 1869 in Devon, UK,116 died in 1953 in Silver Water, Manitoulin Island, Ontario at age 84, and was buried in 1953 in Silver Lake Cemetery, Silverwater, Manitoulin Island, ON.
232 M iii. Richard (Edgar) Edward Addison was born on 31 Aug 1873 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada,117 died on 22 Nov 1906 in Cape Croker, Georgian Bay, Ont at age 33, and was buried in 1907 in Manitoulin Island, ON.
+ 233 M iv. Peter Byron (Barnes) Addison was born on 20 Apr 1874 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada, died in 1935 in Manitoulin Island, ON at age 61, and was buried in 1935 in Gordon Cemetery, Manitoulin Is.
234 F v. Jane Addison was born on 22 Mar 1876 in Oxford Country, ON.118
+ 235 M vi. Charles James Addison was born on 15 Oct 1877 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada 119 and died in 1946 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada at age 69.
236 M vii. George Addison was born in 1879 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada.
237 F viii. Margaret Addison was born in 1879 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada.
238 F ix. Still Born Addison was born on 29 Jan 1881 in Oxford Country, ON.120
George next married Elizabeth Erkett Addison. Elizabeth died in 1911 in Silverwater, Manitoulin Is, Ont.
128. Peter Addison was born on 8 Feb 1843 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
General Notes: Peter Addison (b. 1843) moved to Kenn, Devon in about 1860-61. In the 1881 census Peter and Selena are listed as living at Clapham, in Kenn, Devon and having 8 children. Also of interest, another relation Joseph Addison, listed as 28 years old, born in Levens and married was staying with them at the time of the census. This was likely his younger brother. The fifth child, John, born 1872, was Marjorie's grandfather. She has a copy of Peter and Selena's marriage certificate.
Research Notes: Listed in the 1881 UK census as a molecatcher. Listed in 1902 UK Census as Peter Addison 58 Westmorland Levens Devon Kenn Mole Trapper
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Peter married Selena Laskey Stamp Addison, daughter of Richard Stamp and Unknown. Selena was born in 1838 in Dunchideock, Devon, UK.
Children from this marriage were:
239 M i. George Gibson Addison was born in 1864 in Kenn, Devon, UK.
240 M ii. William H Laskey Addison 122 was born in 1866 in Kenn, Devon, UK.
241 F iii. Ellen Addison was born in 1868 in Kenn, Devon, UK.
242 M iv. Peter Addison was born in 1871 in Kenn, Devon, UK.
+ 243 M v. John Addison was born in 1872 in Kenn, Devon, UK.
244 M vi. Joseph Addison was born in 1874 in Kenn, Devon, UK.
245 M vii. Fredrick Addison was born in 1877 in Kenn, Devon, UK.
+ 246 M viii. Walter James Addison was born in 1880 in Kenn, Devon, UK, died in 1963 in Catherham, South Surrey, Kent UK at age 83, and was buried in St Peters, Limspfield, Surrey, Kent UK.
129. Robert Addison was born on 21 Feb 1845 in Levens, Westmorland, UK and died in 1941 in Willsworthy, Kenton, Devon at age 96.
General Notes: Robert Addison married Susan Hill and lived at Pilot Elms, North Petherton, Somerset on what is now called North Street.
Later they lived in Willsworthy Devon. As this is where Robert's father Peter Addison died. It is believed they cared for him in his old age.
Research Notes: In the 1881 Census Robert is listed as 36, a molecatcher, living with family in Butts, North Petherton, Somerset, England. In the 1902 Census Robert is listed as 56, living on Pound St, North Petherton in the borough of Bridgewater, administrative county of Somerset. He is listed as a Molecather.
Robert married Susan C Hill Addison. Susan was born in 1850 in Goathurst, Somerset, UK.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 247 F i. Flora Jane Addison Webb was born in 1872 in North Petherton, Somerset, UK.
+ 248 F ii. Ann (Annie) Addison Coles was born in 1876 in North Petherton, Somerset, UK.
+ 249 M iii. Peter Moon Addison was born in 1870 in North Petherton, Somerset, UK and died in 1947 in Devon, UK at age 77.
130. Nicholas Addison was born on 9 Mar 1847 in Heversham, Westmorland, UK.
General Notes: Nicholas grew up in Beathwaite Green and appears to have remained there most of his life. His birth is recorded in the Family Bible. As one of the later children of Peter and Jane, like his brother James he may have been raised by the Gibson family.
In the 1881 Census he was listed as unmarried, living with his uncle George Gibson and George's sister (his mother) Jane and employed as a hammer shaft maker (tool). On 8 Nov 1888 as Executor he handled the settling of the estate of George Gibson, his maternal grandfather according to the accounts of Thomson and Wilson of Kendal.
From David Taylor, there is a 1891 Census entry for Levens, 1 Rose Cottages for Nicholas Addison age 42, General Carter, and wife Margaret age 32, both born Levens.
Nicholas is listed in the 1902 Census aged 53, Carter, living in Beathwaite Green in the Civil Parish of Levens and belonging to Levens, St Johns the Evangelist Church. Also listed in the 1902 Census there is a woman, Mary J Esculme, aged 40, listed as a servant to the family. It would appear Nicholas' wife Margaret had died and he had taken on a housekeeper.
There is another family document which discusses his purchase from a Mr John Walter Richardson Stones of a small parcel of land fronting the road leading from Levens Bridge to Beathwaite Green on 11 May 1907. Nicholas was referred to as a Carter. He paid six pounds for the property which was adjacent to his own land and was of about 48 square yards. As part of the agreement, Nicholas had to buid and maintain a stone fence between the two properties.
Research Notes: Records -
12.5.1894
Indenture between Nicholas ADDISON of Beathwaite Green Husbandman and Benjamin HOGGARTH of Beathwaite Green Husbandman(1) Margaret SADLER (2) wife of Thomas Edward SADLER of Beathwaite Green Farmer conveyed Hutton Lane Cottage for £150 “commonly called Lane House or Hutton Lane Cottage” and late in the occupation of Rosannah HOGGARTH. Signed by Nicholas Addison and BH in the presence of John BAYLIFF Clerk to Wm. Alex. Milne Solicitor Kendal [It is not stated but perhaps NA and BH were executors of RH]
Nicholas Addison's account with the estate of George Gibson deceased dated 8 Nov 1888 and including 'purchase money for Lots 1 & 2' and rent from D. Smith and from Isabella Eccles
Conveyance 11 May 1907 John Walter Richardson Stones of 12 Low Fellside Kendal Fishdealer [1] Nicholas Addison of BG carter [2] consid £6 All that piece or parcel of land cntnng 48 sq yds or thereabts bounded N by property formerly belonging JWRS but lately sold to Bryan Burrows in S by property sd NA on W by main road leading from Levens Bridge through Beathwaite Green on E by a private yard rd or way. Cvt maintain substantial stone wall not less 4 ft high on northern boundary of land. Sgnd JWRS in presence of Jno Fell clerk to Mr. A Milne solicitor Kendal and by NA in presence of Chas. B Shepherd solicitor Kendal.
Mr. Thomas Addison of 3 Old Chapel Lane levens states [January 2004] that his ancestors owned peat mosses north of Savin Lane, 3 cottages in Old Chapel Lane and that Nicholas House was the barn belonging to Nicholas Addison who was a carter and tax collector before being converted into a dwelling.
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Nicholas married Margaret (Unknown) Addison in Levens, Westmorland, UK. Margaret was born in 1859 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 250 M i. John Addison was born on 27 Apr 1889 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
+ 251 F ii. Margaret Jane Addison was born about 1895 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
132. James Addison was born on 10 May 1850 in Levens, Westmorland, UK,84 was christened on 10 May 1850 in Levens, Westmorland, UK, died in Sep 1930 in Southport, Lancashire, UK 85,86 at age 80, and was buried in Sep 1930 in Southport, Lancashire, UK.
General Notes: James Addison was from Levens, Westmorland County, UK. He married Jane Powley and they are believed to have lived in Beetham, close to Arnside, for a time, where their first son, Thomas Powley was born according to the 1881 Census. They then returned to Levens where the middle son, Peter was born. By the time the third son, George Gibson was born they had returned to Arnside. They were in Arnisde for the birth of their first daughter, Isabella, in 1883, but later moved to Silverdale, Lancashire, further south along the coast where a second daughter Mary was born in 1886. Finally they moved to Southport in the 1890s where daughter Agnes was born in 1897.
Marjorie Pearce has mentioned having a letter from her great Aunt which mentions Jim Addison as living in Southport. There is also another reference to the family as living at 20 Poulton Road, Southport. In the 1944 letter of Peter Addison (a nephew) Jim of Southport, Lancs was referrred to as having passed on at least 3 years earlier.
Penelope Messenger in her letter states that her Great Grandfather James lived at 20 Poulton Road, Southport and died there in September 1930. In her second letter she states that in the 1940s her family had moved to Nottingham, and therefore the house which her great grandfather James Addison had lived in Southport since the 1890s was occupied by another family. 123,124
Research Notes: The Family Bible lists him as born 10 May 1850 and Levens baptisms registry contains the following entry: 10 May 1850 James, son of Peter and Jane Addison of Mop Road, farmer.
James is listed in the 1851 UK Census as being 10 months old and living with an uncle George GIBSON and Gibsons mother and two sisters. As a latter son in a family of six children, it is likely that he was raised by his uncle George, his mother Jane's brother, and his mother and two sisters.
In 1876 James was involved in the settling of his mother's sister, Elizabeth's estate. He paid the succession duty on the two cottages which she owned which were at Bridge Inn Row Levens and were occupied by Christopher Clark and Thomas Noble. The document lists him as born 10 May 1850 and as "a descendant of a sister of the said Elizabeth Gibson."
In the 1881 Census James is listed as married to Jane and living in Beetham.
The 1892 Ownership electors list for Levens polling district includes; James Addison of 20 Poulton Lane Southport owning a freehold cottage in Beathwaite Green. The 1892 Occupation other than lodgers electors list for Levens polling district includes; Nicholas Addison, Beathwaite Green and Thomas Addison Beathwaite Green, but gives no fuller address.
James and family are listed in the 1902 UK census as living at 20 Poulton Road, Soutport. James was 50 at the time and his occupation was listed as Gardener Jobbing.
From the title to Crag Foot Cottage Levens
In the Matter of a Messuage or Dwellinghouse situate at Levens near Kendal in the County of Westmorland
I James ADDISON of number 20 Poulton Road Southport in the County of Lancaster do solemnly and sincerely declare
1 That I am a gardener and reside at 20 Poulton Road Southport aforesaid
2 I am well acquainted with the messuage or dwellinghouse situate at Levens in the County of Westmorland and known as Crag Foot Cottage
3 The property in question was bought by me in the year 1872 from one Peter Garnett of Levens aforesaid
4 For many years I received the rents and profits of the said property and at the time I contracted to sell the same to Margaret Wells I was seised in fee simple free from incumbrances of such property
AND I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true and by virtue of the provisions of the Statutory Declarations Act 1835
Declared at Southport in the County of Lancaster this 24th day of June 1927 before me [?] Commissione for oaths. It is signed 'James Addison'. 125
James married Jane Powley Addison, daughter of Thomas Powley and Isabella Wern Powley. Jane was born on 27 Feb 1851 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 252 M i. Thomas Powley Addison was born in Nov 1876 in Arnside, Westmorland, UK, died on 25 Feb 1915 in Toronto, ON at age 38, and was buried on 28 Feb 1915 in Toronto, ON.
253 M ii. Peter Addison was born in 1878 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
Peter married Jane (Janie) Unknown Addison about 1900 in Birkenhead, UK.
+ 254 M iii. George Gibson Addison was born in 1880 in Arnside, Westmorland, UK.
+ 255 F iv. Isabella Jane (Jenny) Addison was born in 1883 in Arnside, Westmorland, UK.
+ 256 F v. Mary Elizabeth Addison was born on 16 Jul 1886 in Silverdale, Lancashire, UK.126,127
+ 257 F vi. Agnes Addison O'Gorman was born in 1896 in Southport, Lancashire, UK and died 1920s at age 24.
133. Joseph Addison was born on 10 Dec 1851 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
Research Notes: The 1881 Census lists a Joseph Addison, 28 years old, born in Levens as a visitor living with Peter and Selena at Clapham, in Kenn, Devon.
In the 1902 Census Joseph is listed as 49, Cattleman on Farm, living at Chiverston in the parish of Kenton in the borough of Tilverton in the Administrative county of Devon.
In a 1922 Extract referring to an 1887 Indenture Joseph was referred to as of Powderhand near Exeter molecatcher.
Joseph married Mary Unknown Addison about 1885 in Devon, UK. Mary was born in 1852 in Holcombe Rogus, Somerset.
The child from this marriage was:
258 F i. Florance Addison was born about 1885 in Powderham, Devon.
Ninth Generation
141. Eleanor Addison was born in 1863 in Oro Township, ON and died in 1900 at age 37.
General Notes: From Ed Armbrust
I have a great deal of information regarding the descendants of William Addison and Sarah Irvin(e) that I am willing to share if you go that far astray. Their daughter Eleanor married Clarence Rhyndress (my grandmother's parents).
Eleanor married Clarence A Rhyndress.
The child from this marriage was:
259 F i. Sarah Morton Rhyndress was born in 1888 in Edgar, Ont.128
Sarah married Edward Ingram in 1907 in Sault Ste Marie, Ont.
145. Alfred Taylor Taylor was born in 1867 in Liverpool, UK and died in 1941 in Liverpool, UK at age 74.
Alfred married.
+ 260 M i. Unknown Taylor .
160. Anne Stevenson Folinsbee was born in 1860.12
Anne married John Folinsbee.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 261 F i. Margaret Folinsbee .
262 F ii. Muriel Folinsbee Adamson .
263 M iii. John Folinsbee .12
264 M iv. Maurice Folinsbee .12
265 F v. Mildred Folinsbee Newel .12
161. Margaret Eleanor Stevenson was born on 29 Sep 1861 in Cayuga, Haldimand County, Ontario 93 and died on 20 Jun 1949 in Dunnville, Haldimand County Ontario at age 87.
Margaret married William Davis Swayze on 17 Sep 1884 in Brantford, Ont. William was born on 25 Sep 1857 in Haldimand County, Ontario.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 266 F i. Monica Addison Swayze was born on 25 Jan 1894 in Dunnville, Haldimand County Ontario and died on 10 Dec 1979 in St Catherines, Ontario at age 85.
170. Mary Ann Philipson was born in 1865 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.8
General Notes: Mary Ann is listed in the 1881 Census as aged 15 and living in Levens with parents Robert and Margaret Philipson and employed as a dress maker.
Mary married Frederick Coward in 1895 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
The child from this marriage was:
267 M i. John Coward was born in 1897 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
171. James Thomas Addison was born on 28 Feb 1858 in Ontario, Canada.
General Notes: In Bertha's Birth Registry James is listed as a farmer.
Research Notes: Listed in the 1911 census as farmer, 53, living in Aylmer sub district, Elgin East, Clarence St with son and daughters, wife may have already passed away.
James married Nary (Mary) Black Addison.
Children from this marriage were:
268 M i. Edgar Addison .
269 F ii. Margaret Addison was born in Aug 1884 in Dereham, Ont 129 and died in Edmonton, Alta.
270 M iii. Minnie T. Addison was born in Jun 1888.129
271 M iv. Frank W. Addison was born in Jun 1892.130
272 F v. Bertha Luella Theodore Addison was born on 18 Jun 1895 in Oxford Country, ON.131
182. William Lockwood Thornton Addison was born in 1870 in Horning Mills, ON and died in 1930 in Toronto, ON at age 60.
General Notes: According to Miss S Mott, William became a doctor in Toronto.
George Addison of Toronto stated "My father's only brother practist medison on Broadview Ave. here in Toronto ,and worked on public health commitee ,and was responsible for brinning pasturized milk to Toronto." This was William Addison, as confirmed by his nephew, Rev George Addison who wrote in an e-mail in May 2003, "Dr. W.L.T. Addison (William Lockwood Thornton) was my great-uncle Will, son of Rev. Peter, brother of Margaret, Charlotte and my grandfather. (Bill is Will's grandson). He had a practice on Broadview, where Rev. Peter, his father, lived in his retirement. You might look up a full-page article in the Toronto Star , March 15, 1924, celebrating Rev. Peter's life and career. He died age 94 shortly after appearing on the platform at the founding of the United Church of Canada in 1925."
In Thomas Powley Addison's medical records there is a short letter from a Dr W.L.T. Addison, releasing the body of Thomas Powley Addison to the undertaker presumably after conducting the autopsy on Thomas Powley which determined that he died of endocarditis. It is almost a certainty that W.L.T Addison was in fact William Lockwood Thornton, and a distant relative of Thomas Powley. 57,132
William married Janie Hillock Addison.
Children from this marriage were:
273 M i. William (Bill) Addison .
+ 275 M iii. Peter Addison .
276 F iv. Julia Addison .
277 M v. John (Jack) Addison .
183. Rev Arthur P. C. Addison was born in 1871 and died in 1954 at age 83.
Research Notes: Possible witness to Wedding: 008632-86 (Ontario Co): George SIMERSON, 32, Canada, East Gwillimbury, farmer, s/o George & Jane, married Julia LAROCQUE, 19, Canada, East Gwillimbury, d/o Michael & Ellen, wtn: Mary A. ADDISON & Arthur ADDISON, both of Uxbridge, on July 7, 1886, at Uxbridge
Arthur married Elizabeth Scoley Addison in 1900 in Toronto, ON.61 Elizabeth was born in 1866 in Toronto, ON and died in 1965.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 278 M i. Rev Arthur Peter Scoley Addison 133 was born on 15 May 1906 in York, Toronto, ON.134
+ 279 M ii. George Jackson Addison 133 was born on 10 Oct 1909 in North Bay, Ont, died on 20 Jun 2004 in Toronto, ON at age 94, and was buried on 23 Jun 2004 in Toronto, ON.
+ 280 M iii. William James Campbell Addison .
+ 281 F iv. Louise Mary Addison Lewis was born in 1900 in Collingwood, Ont.
186. Robert D Addison was born on 30 Dec 1851 in Norwich, Ontario and died in 1937 in Texas, USA at age 86.
General Notes: From the Story by Miss S Mott of Norwich, circa 1955, Robert moved to the United States. He lived in North Dakota where he had a large tract of land. He later became a judge in Texas. His sons remained on the land in North Dakota.
From Patrick De Roo:
Robert went to Iowa County, Wisconsin U.S.A. in about 1900. Before that he was a judge in Texas for some years. Prior to that he farmed near Huron North Dakota and also farmed near Frederick South Dakota.
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Robert married Victoria Sarah Bannister Addison on 28 Nov 1876.
Children from this marriage were:
282 M i. Edward Addison was born in North Dakota, USA.136
283 M ii. Charles Addison was born in North Dakota, USA.137
284 F iii. Martha Addison .
285 M iv. James G Addison .
286 F v. Adele Addison .
287 F vi. Lena Addison .
187. Jennie Addison Wase was born on 6 Apr 1854 in Otterville, Ont, died on 1 Jun 1919 in Norwich, Ont at age 65, and was buried in Otterville, Ont.
General Notes: According to Stell Mott, Jennie lived in Otterville all her life.
Jennie married John Holland Wase on 18 Nov 1872 in Otterville, Ont 74.,104 John was born in 1843 in England 74 and died in 1914 in Norwich, Ont at age 71.
Marriage Notes: Marriage Registration: Vol 24 Pg 467 - John Holland WASE, 29, widower, farmer, England, S.Norwich, s/o John Holland & Catherine, married Jennie ADDISON, 18, S.Norwich, same, d/o Edward ADDISON & Rhoda ARMSTRONG. Witn John O. DILDINE & Robert ADDISON, both of S.Norwich. 18 Nov 1872 S.Norwich.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 289 M i. George Addison Wase was born on 10 Apr 1879 in Otterville, Ont and died on 22 Dec 1938 in Santa Cruz, CA, USA at age 59.
+ 290 F ii. Florence Mary Wase was born on 10 May 1882,74 died on 30 Jul 1952 in Otterville, Ont 74 at age 70, and was buried in Aug 1952 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
+ 291 M iii. Edmund Addison Wase was born on 30 May 1889 in Otterville, Ont and died on 1 Oct 1940 in St Thomas, ON at age 51.
189. Richard Conley Addison was born on 18 Aug 1860 in Norwich, Ontario and died in 1947 in Burgessville, Ont at age 87.
General Notes: From the story by Miss S Mott of Norwich Ont.
Conley farmed for a time in South Norwich. He later bought a farm near Holbrook and eventually moved to Norwich Village. His son Austin took over the farm. Austin's widow lives in Burgessville.
Richard married Sarah Caroline Lee Addison on 17 Sep 1882 in Burgessville Baptist Church, Burgessville, Ont. Sarah was born in 1861 and died in 1928 in Burgessville, ON at age 67.
Children from this marriage were:
292 M i. James Austin Addison was born on 4 Aug 1884 in Burgessville, Ont and died in 1953 in Burgessville, Ont at age 69.
James married Minnie Hughes Addison. Minnie was born in 1878 and died in 1969 at age 91.
293 F ii. Rhoda Addison was born in 1886 in Norwich, Ontario, died in 1965 in Norwich, Ontario at age 79, and was buried in 1965 in Burgessville Old Reformed Cemetery, Burgessville, Ont.
+ 294 F iii. Flossie Luella Addison Oatman was born on 16 Sep 1890.
190. Austin Addison was born on 5 Jul 1866 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada, died in Windsor, Ont, and was buried on 3 Nov 1955 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
General Notes: From the story by Miss S Mott, written in 1955. Edmund's youngest son, Austin, at 88, is still living in Windsor.
From Patrick DeRoo:
Austen was bequeathed his father's homestead in Summerville. Apparently he was 'under age' at the time because court records show that a sale of this farm to Thomas Arthur was sanctioned by the court and the money paid into court for Austen. Austen moved to Windsor and worked in the Ford plant there. He became blind and lived with his son Max and made beautiful leather articles. Juanita has a wallet made by him in dark brown leather. Apparently there were hard feelings in the family over the sale of the farm while Austen was under age. While Juanita was doing research she was in contact with Max Addison's son and he was less than enthusiastic about the Otterville Addisons!
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Research Notes: Austin is listed in the 1881 Census as 14 living with his family in Norwich.
Austin married Margaret E Dunbar Addison about 1887 in Otterville, Ont. Margaret was born in 1865, died in 1934 in Otterville, Ont at age 69, and was buried in 1934 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
Children from this marriage were:
295 F i. Erie L Addison was born on 20 Aug 1888 in Otterville, Ont, died on 18 Aug 1889 in Summerville, ON, and was buried in 1889 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
+ 296 F ii. Ola Lawrenna Addison was born on 11 Jul 1891 74 and died on 29 Jan 1916 in Otterville, Ont at age 24.
+ 297 M iii. Perry Maxwell Addison was born on 19 Sep 1894 and died on 6 Aug 1961 in Leamington, ON at age 66.
298 F iv. Bessie C Addison was born on 6 Jun 1897 in Otterville, Ont,138 died in 1897 in Otterville, Ont, and was buried in 1897 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
193. Byron Addison was born on 27 Sep 1854 in Norwich, Ont and died in 1908 at age 54.
General Notes: From Ms Mott's History - Byron operated the funeral home in Norwich, a business which was originally started in the 1850s by his father William. Byron and his wife Minnie lived for many years in the attractive frame house west of the United Church. He built the large brick house on Main Street just west of his former home.
Byron's daughters, May, Mrs. Nelson Hicks, of Detroit, Laura who died recently in Detroit and Eva, Mrs. Joe Mitchels a competent business woman, who lives in Leaside.
Research Notes: Byron is listed in the 1881 Census as a Cabinet maker, in Norwich, Oxford South. His religion is listed as English Methodist.
Byron married Mary Margaret Haight Addison on 5 Sep 1877 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada.106 Mary was born on 5 Jan 1854 in Norwich, Ontario and died on 3 Oct 1902 in Norwich, Ontario 139 at age 48.
Marriage Notes: Byron Addison was married to Mary Margaret Haight on Wednesday September 5, 1877 by Reverend C. Cockman at the bride's father's residence in Norwich, Ontario. 140
Children from this marriage were:
299 F i. Irma May Addison Hicks was born on 29 Mar 1879 in Norwich, Ontario.
Irma married Nelson E. Hicks on 18 Sep 1901 in Ingersoll, ON.141 Nelson was born about 1877 in Edmonton, AB.
Marriage Notes: Text of Notice:
HICKS-ADDISON--On Wednesday, Sept. 18th, 1901, at the Methodist Church, Norwich, by the Rev. R. J. Elliott, May the eldest daughter of Byron Addison, to Nelson E. Hicks, of Norwich. 142
300 F ii. Mary Laura Addison was born on 21 Oct 1886.
Mary married Albert E Griley.
Byron next married Mary Jane (Minnie) Irwin Addison.143 Mary was born in Sep 1874.
The child from this marriage was:
301 F i. Alice Eva Mary Addison Mitchell was born on 2 Oct 1907.144
Alice married Joseph Mitchell.
195. Agnes (Aggie/Maggie) Addison Rippon was born in 1865 in Norwich, Ont and died in 1908 in Detroit, Michigan, USA at age 43.
Agnes married Unknown Rippon.
The child from this marriage was:
199. Alice Rebecca Addison Hawse was born on 18 Sep 1853 in South Norwich, Ont and died on 10 Oct 1887 in South Norwich, Ont at age 34.
Research Notes: Witness to Wedding in Oxford County: Vol 24 Pg 461 - William DURKEE, 23, farmer, Garafraxa, S.Norwich, s/o Myram G. & Elizabeth, married Hellen E. WOOD, 18, Norwich, S.Norwich, d/o James A. & Martha. Witn Asa E. DURKEE & Alice R. ADDISON, both of S.Norwich. 1 Jan 1872 S.Norwich 104
Alice married Richard Hawes on 27 Dec 1876 in South Norwich, Ont.25
The child from this marriage was:
+ 303 M i. William Edgar Hawes 25 was born on 6 Aug 1878 in South Norwich, Ont and died on 2 Nov 1943 in Otterville, Ont at age 65.
201. Franklin Metcalfe Addison was born on 23 Nov 1861 in South Norwich, Ont and died on 6 Oct 1936 in Elmer, Michigan, USA 109 at age 74.
Franklin married Sarah Elizabeth Hensel Addison 25 on 23 Nov 1887 in Simcoe, Ontario.
Marriage Notes: Married by Rev Hooker.
Children from this marriage were:
304 F i. Bessie Gertrude Addison was born on 27 Jul 1890 in South Norwich, Ont.145
Bessie married Wallace Tucker.
305 M ii. Richard Edgar (Edward) Addison was born on 18 Aug 1892 in Oxford Country, ON.74
306 M iii. Frederick Ashton Addison 25 was born on 7 Oct 1894.
202. Agnes Louise Addison Snyder was born on 6 Mar 1864 in South Norwich, Ont, died in Nov 1945 in Woodstock, Ont at age 81, and was buried in Nov 1945 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
General Notes: In a letter written by Juanita De Roo, she states that Agnes Louise Snyder was the Richard Addison, who was a son of Robert. She (Juanita) states elsewhere in the letter that she is a descendent of Edmund, one of Robert's other sons.
Agnes married Albert E Snyder on 16 Dec 1883 in South Norwich, Ont. Albert was born in 1862 in Ontario, Canada,146 died in 1922 in Otterville, Ont at age 60, and was buried in 1922 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
Marriage Notes: Married by Rev C.R. Morrown.
The child from this marriage was:
307 F i. Mary Alice L. Snyder Riddell was born on 6 May 1886 in South Norwich, Ont, died in 1977 at age 91, and was buried in 1977 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
Mary married Dr. R(ichard) Riddell.
203. Charles Edward Addison was born on 6 May 1866 in Otterville, Ont and died on 6 Feb 1942 in Otterville, Ont at age 75.
General Notes: At the time of Clara's birth Charles was listed as a Blacksmith in Otterville.
From the story by Miss S Mott. Charles Edward married Mary Ann Lawrence and settled in Otterville, where he had a garage and an undertaking and furniture business. Their son Wilfrid and his sons Donald and Richard are carrying on the well known undertaking and furniture establishment today. Their mother, Mrs. Wilfrid Addison, is an officer in the Oxford County Executive of the Women's Institute. The others in Charles Edward's family are Kenneth of Brantford, Vernon of Simcoe and Clara (Mrs.James) of Dorchester. Mrs. James is well known in Norwich Village, having lived here for several years.
Research Notes: (from the booklet - 150th Anniversary of the Village of Otterville, 100th Anniversary of the Ottervile School and South Norwich Township July 1st 1957.
The first undertaker was W. Z. Watts in 1879, he was also a furniture dealer. In 1888, J. W. Murray addressed the business and by 1897, J. W. Fish became undertaker and added the first hearse. Charles Addison purchased the undertaking business in 1907 from Mr. Fish and in 1940, W. L. Addison, son of Charles was the funeral director.
Charles married Mary Ann (Minnie) Lawrence Addison,25 daughter of William Lawrence and Jane Parks (Perks) Lawrence, on 24 May 1886 in Otterville, Ont. Mary was born on 28 Jul 1866 in Otterville, Ont, died in 1956 at age 90, and was buried in 1956 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
Marriage Notes: Married by Rev J.T. Davis.
Children from this marriage were:
308 M i. Melvin Cecil Addison was born on 23 Mar 1887 in Norwich, Ontario and died on 27 Mar 1901 in Norwich, Ontario at age 14. The cause of his death was Blood Poisoning.74
+ 309 M ii. Ellis Vernon Addison was born on 1 Dec 1888 in Norwich, Ontario, died on 9 Jan 1978 in Otterville, Ont at age 89, and was buried in Jan 1978 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
+ 310 F iii. Clara Serena Addison James was born on 3 Oct 1893 in Norwich, Ontario.148
+ 311 M iv. Kenneth Charles Addison was born on 27 Feb 1897 in South Norwich, Ont.149
+ 312 M v. Wilfrid Lawrence Addison was born on 4 Jun 1901 in Otterville, Ont 25 and died in 1980 in Otterville, Ont at age 79.
221. James Bauslaugh Addison was born on 23 Aug 1863 in Otterville, Ont, died on 3 Sep 1947 in Otterville, Ont at age 84, and was buried in Sep 1947 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
General Notes: From Patrick De Roo: James farmed and was also a merchant in South Norwich Township for fifty years.
Research Notes: James is listed in the 1881 Census as 17 and living with father Peter and (Step) mother Sarah Ann.
James married Margaret Odelia Masecar Addison on 5 Mar 1903 in Otterville, Ont.74 Margaret was born on 19 Aug 1872, died on 19 Jan 1959 at age 86, and was buried in Jan 1959 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
Marriage Notes: From the Tillsonburg Observer, March 12, 1903.
" One of the prettiest weddings of the season took place at the home of Mr. Hiram Masecar, Maple Grove Farm, Wyecombe, on Thursday March 5th when his daughter Margaret was married to Mr. James B. Addison, a prosperous young farmer of Norwich, near Otterville."
The child from this marriage was:
313 F i. Leta Ailene Addison was born on 14 May 1904 in Otterville, Ont, died on 22 May 1977 in Hamilton, ON at age 73, and was buried in May 1977 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
222. Rebecca Addison Anderson was born on 31 May 1869 in Otterville, Ont and died in 1934 in Tillsonburg, ON at age 65.
Research Notes: In the 1881 Census Rebecca is listed as 12 and living with father Peter and (Step) mother Sarah Ann.
Rebecca married John Anderson 25 in Norwich, Ontario.
Children from this marriage were:
314 M i. Milton Anderson died in 1954 in Tillsonburg, ON.
315 M ii. Allan Anderson .
Allan married Unknown Oatman Anderson.74
+ 316 M iii. Kenneth Anderson was born on 31 Jul 1899 and died on 28 Jun 1960 in Tillsonburg, ON at age 60.
228. William T Addison was born on 24 Nov 1887 in Otterville, Ont, died on 3 Jan 1953 in Otterville, Ont at age 65, and was buried in Jan 1953 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
General Notes: From Partick DeRoo: William lived on the old Addison homestead. (Harold Arthur's farm.)
Research Notes: In the 1881 Census William is listed as 3 and living with father Peter and mother Sarah Ann.
William married Janet Mabel Kennedy Addison.25 Janet was born in 1883, died in 1969 at age 86, and was buried in 1969 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
The child from this marriage was:
317 M i. Ray Addison 74 was born in Aug 1909 in Otterville, Ont, died in Oct 1909 in Otterville, Ont, and was buried in Oct 1909 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
231. Joseph M Addison was born on 11 Nov 1869 in Devon, UK,116 died in 1953 in Silver Water, Manitoulin Island, Ontario at age 84, and was buried in 1953 in Silver Lake Cemetery, Silverwater, Manitoulin Island, ON.
General Notes: Joseph came to Canada with his parents and settled in Norwich, Ontario in 1872. In 1881 after his mother died he moved north to Manitoulin Island with his father. He took over the farm from his father when his father died and ran it until the late 1920s when his eldest son Edgar (Ted) took it over. In the 1901 Census he is listed as single, but head of the family living with his father and brother Richard. Eventually when the second son Jack (Lori Mastelko's grandfather) got married Joseph divided the farm between the two sons.
Joseph was also the Indian Constable and it was his job to keep the peace on the Shechegwaning Reserve, about seven miles from Silver Water. He was an accomplished carpenter and built boats for use on Silver Lake. His nickname was "Smash" which he got for his acting in a play when he hit a fellow actor over the head.
Research Notes: Ancestry World Tree Record
# ID: I13893
# Name: Joseph ADDISON
# Given Name: Joseph
# Surname: Addison
# Sex: M
# Birth: 16 Nov 1869 in England
# Death: 1953
# Burial: Silver Lake Cemetery, Silverwater, Manitoulin Island, Ontario
# Census: 1901 Robinson Township, Con 9 Lot 25, Household#26
# Religion: Church Of England
# _UID: 15AA0EB2FFBF4016B744CD668E397AD3D58D
# Change Date: 10 Jul 2006 at 01:00
# Note:
1901 Ontario Census, Algoma, Robinson Township, Con 9 Lot 25, Household#26
ADDISON Joseph M Head s1872-Nov-1028Eng1873 Eng C a n C E Farmer
ADDISON G.George M Fathw1832-Jul-2868Eng 1873 Eng Can CE
ADDISON E.Richard M Bros1874-Aug-3126Ont Eng Can B T F a r m Labor
1911 Robinson Census, Algoma East, Page #3, Household #39
Addison Joseph M Head M Nov 1867 43
Addison Lucinda F Wife M Oct 1874 37
Addison Elizabeth F Daughter S May 1902 9
Addison Daisy Irene F Daughter S Jul 1903 7
Addison Verna Jane F Daughter S Mar 1906 5
Addison Edar George M Son S May 1908 3
Addison John Edward M Son S May 1910 1
Addison George G M Father W Jul 1832 88
Joseph married Loucinda May Addison on 24 Jul 1901 in Silverwater, Manitoulin Island, ON. Loucinda was born on 4 Oct 1874 in Little Current, Manitoulin Island, ON and died in 1950 in Manitoulin Island, ON at age 76.
Marriage Notes: Ontario Vital Records - Marriages #003 311 - 1901
Joseph ADDISON, born England and Lucinda MAY, born Little Current were married 24 July 1901 in Silverwater. Parents of the Groom: George Addison and Eliz. Herd. Parents of the Bride: Humphrey May and Docas Franklin.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 318 F i. May Elizabeth Addison Woodhouse was born 1901 (approx) in Manitoulin Island, ON and died in 1954 in Manitoulin Island, ON at age 53.
+ 319 F ii. Daisy Irene Addison Forrester was born in 1902 in Manitoulin Island, ON and died in 1967 in Manitoulin Island, ON at age 65.
+ 320 F iii. Verna Jane Addison Cull was born 1906 (approx) in Manitoulin Island, ON and died 1995 (approx) in Manitoulin Island, ON at age 89.
+ 321 M iv. Edgar (Ted) George Humphrey Addison was born 1908 (approx) in Manitoulin Island, ON and died in 1984 in Manitoulin Island, ON at age 76.
+ 322 M v. John (Jack) Elwood Addison was born on 9 May 1910 in Silver Water, Manitoulin Island, Ontario and died on 22 Jan 1982 in Manitoulin Island, ON at age 71.
233. Peter Byron (Barnes) Addison was born on 20 Apr 1874 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada, died in 1935 in Manitoulin Island, ON at age 61, and was buried in 1935 in Gordon Cemetery, Manitoulin Is.
General Notes: Through the Years, December 1992, page, 19 - Terrible Explosion in Silver Water Mill
One Man Succumbs to His Injuries Another Man Horribly Scalded and May Not Recover
One of the most frightful accidents that has occured on the island for many years, happened in Silver Water on the 11th inst., in which Frank Guinn, a young and respected man of about twenty years of age, met a horrible and untimely death. Another young man, James Hazzard , is likely to die from scalds and wounds, and two others B. Addison and a young man by the name of Cronk, were injured slightly.
It was shortly after noon on Friday that the mill hands in the employ of James Crawford, were gathered around the boiler room awaiting the starting of the mill for the afternoon run, when suddenly the huge boiler lept into the air like a thing of life, belching forth at the same time a torrent of scalding water and steam, turning topsy turvy the boiler landed some twenty feet away on the rollway, while sixty feet away, writhing in agony, were the young men who had been blown that distance by the force of the escaping steam.
Frank Guinn, who came to Silver Water in the spring of 1908, made a host of friends there, being of a quiet disposition that invaribly wins friends in any community. He only survive d the accident a few hours.
James Hazzard has been in Silver Water for over a year, stopping wi th his brother Wesley. The sad part about his case is having lost an arm a few years ago through an accident. He is still quite a young man, being only about twenty years of age, and even if he recovers from the recent calamity will be severely handicapped through life. Latest reports say he is still living and making a gallant fight against the grim monster, and, as he is known to be full of grit, it may help him to pull through.
Barney Addison is injured slightly, having refuse blown in his eyes, which was removed by Dr. Johnston who left in haste for the scene of the disaster. The peaceful little settlement of Silver Water is plunged in the deepest gloom over the lamentable catastrophe. Possibly nothing has occurred in its history to occasion so much genu ine regret. It was in the summer of 1901 that the boiler in the Burpee mill blew up, killing three men.
Mr. James Crawford, owner of the Siver Water Mill, is deserving of sympathy. He only recently purchased the boiler from Mr. Wright of Petrolia. It was previously used by Messrs. Buchanan & Brake in their drilling operations in Silver Water and Gore Bay, and it will mean a loss to M r. Crawford of several hundred dollars.
Through the Years, April 1995, page 8 - Silverwater News, 1909
Mr. B. Addison and family moved up from Burpee on Thursday and have gone to live across Silver Lake.
Through the Years, December 1992, page 28 - Silver Water, February, 1909
Special to the Recorder
We are sorry to hear of the illness of Mr.and Mrs. Barney Addison's baby g irl and hope it will soon be out of danger.
Through the Years, October 1992, page 24 - Burpee, March 1909
Special to the Recorder
Our old friend Barney Addison has moved home from Silverwater.
Through the Years, January 1994, page 22 - Burpee, 1909
Mr. Barney Addison has gone up to Joe Addison's to repair the engine and separator, and wil l have it ready to start threshing soon. 117
Research Notes: The following record from the 1901 Ontario Algoma District Census would indicte that Barnes was living with the Kemp family, likely next door to George Gibson's farm when the census was taken.
ADDISON 1901 census 44p31 family 028
@ca.on.algoma.manitoulin.robinson1 p4 film t6459 lds1843451
1 KEMP John M head married born 1862 Mar 28
2 KEMP {?} I. Florence F wife married born 1864 Sep 22
3 KEMP E. Lewis M son single born 1884 Mar 22
4 KEMP F. Ada F dtr single born 1886 Feb 9
5 KEMP V.John M son single born 1889 Jan 16
6 KEMP M. Cathrine F dtr single born 1891 May 29
7 KEMP E.Laura F dtr single born 1893 Aug 14
8 KEMP J.Bert M son single born 1895 Sep 7
9 ADDISON B.Peter M lodger single born 1877 Apr 20
source: ISBN0-7779-0944-8 Algoma Census 1901: Book 4, Manitoulin Island
available $10 + $3 shipping & handling from OGS Sault Ste Marie Branch.
1901 Ontario Census, Algoma, Robinson 1, P3, page 4 House #28
age 23 yrs ., BP Ontario, Origin English, Lodger, Labourer, Church of En gland.
1911 Robinson Census, Algoma East, Page #3, Household #27
Addison B? M Head M Apr 1874 37
Addison Ada F Wife M Mar 1886 25
Addison Charles M Son S Jun 5
Addison Gertey F Daughter S Sep 1909 2
Addison Florence F Daughte S Nov 1910 6/10
From Ancestry World Tree
# ID: I13789
# Name: Peter Byron ADDISON
# Given Name: Peter Byron
# Surname: Addison
# Sex: M
# Birth: 20 Apr 1874 in Norwich Ontario
# Death: 1935
# Burial: Gordon Cemetery, Gordon Township, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada
# Census: 1891 Robinson Township
# Residence: 1901 Lodger In John Kemp Household
# _UID: FDDBEBC042C645FCB15783274FC23B4E186B
# Change Date: 10 Jul 2006 at 01:00
# Note:
Peter married Ada Scott Addison, daughter of Jacob Scott and Sarah Jane Campbell Scott, on 20 Sep 1905 in Gore Bay, Manitoulin Island, Ontario. Ada was born on 6 Mar 1885 in Burpee Township, Manitoulin Is, Ont, died in 1973 at age 88, and was buried in Gordon Cemetery, Manitoulin Is.
Marriage Notes: Marriages #004 201 - 1905
Peter Byron ADDISON, born Norwich and Ada SCOTT, born Burpee were marri ed 20 September 1905 in Gore Bay. Groom's Parents: George Eddison and E lizabeth Erkett. Bride's Parents: Jake Scott and Sarah Campbell. Witnes ses: Charlie Addison, Durham and Flora Scott, Evansville. Marri ed by J. D. Byrnes, Minister, by License.
Children from this marriage were:
323 M i. Charles Edward Addison 151 was born on 2 Apr 1906 in Evansville, Manitoulin Is, Ont.152
324 F ii. Gertrude (Gertie) Addison was born on 13 Apr 1908 in Evansville, Manitoulin Is, Ont.
325 M iii. Clarence Addison was born in 1910 in Silverwater, Manitoulin Is, Ont.
326 M iv. Perce (Percy) Addison was born in 1915 in Evansville, Manitoulin Is, Ont.
327 M v. Frank Addison was born in Sep 1915 in Evansville, Manitoulin Is, Ont.
328 M vi. William (Bill) Addison 153 was born on 20 Apr 1917 in Evansville, Manitoulin Is, Ont.
329 F vii. Dorothy Irene Addison (Pigeon) McKay was born on 22 Oct 1921 in Burpee Township, Manitoulin Is., died on 27 Jul 2000 in Silver Water, Manitoulin Island, Ontario at age 78, and was buried on 29 Jul 2000 in Silver Lake Cemetery.
Dorothy married Oliver (Walter) Pigeon.
+ 330 M viii. Ernest Lawrence Addison was born on 13 Dec 1926 in Burpee Township, Manitoulin Is., died on 15 May 2002 in Manitoulin Island, ON at age 75, and was buried on 17 May 2002 in Gordon Cemetery, Manitoulin Is.
235. Charles James Addison was born on 15 Oct 1877 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada 119 and died in 1946 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada at age 69.
General Notes: Charles was the second to be born in Norwich. His mother died when he was quite young. He lived with foster parents by the name of Patterson for a year but retained his family name. He spent his entire life in the Norwich area although the article about his brother Richard's death, it is believed that Charles may have lived in Durham, Ont. for a time.
From Bert: The brother who identified Richard Edward's body was Charles James Addison who had lived in the Norwich area all his life. He had been brought up by foster parents, but kept his own name.
Charles married Margaret McKerlie Addison in 1917 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada. Margaret was born on 3 Sep 1884 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada and died in 1933 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada at age 49.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 331 M i. Bruce Addison was born on 29 Apr 1918 and died in Vanessa, Ont.
243. John Addison was born in 1872 in Kenn, Devon, UK.
General Notes: John is pictured driving the Addison Bakery truck in a picture provided by Marjorie Pearce.
Research Notes: Listed in the 1902 UK Census as John Addison 28 Devon Kenn Glamorganshire Ystradyfodwg Bread Baker 121
John married Eliza Boyde Addison. Eliza was born in 1870 and died in 1928 at age 58.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 332 F i. Selena Ruth Addison was born in 1904.
333 M ii. William John Peter Addison was born in 1896.
334 M iii. Fredrick Ernest Addison was born in 1899.
335 M iv. Walter Charles Addison was born in 1900.
336 M v. James Evan Addison was born in 1903.
337 M vi. Albert Henry Addison was born in 1909.
246. Walter James Addison was born in 1880 in Kenn, Devon, UK, died in 1963 in Catherham, South Surrey, Kent UK at age 83, and was buried in St Peters, Limspfield, Surrey, Kent UK.
General Notes: From Carloyn Bedford, (Walter) James married Louisa Sparrow on 15 Feb at Holy Trinity Church Parish of Eltham, Kent England. Their residence at time of marriage was 2 Theobalds Cottages, New Eltham, Kent . They had 10 children one a stillborn. Like his father Peter, he was a molecatcher. Carolyn has a business card for W. J. Addison, professional Molecatcher. He had a Market Gardens later in life called Jim's Market Gardens (growing fruit and Veggies and selling them) from Buxton where he had land with his son James Fredrick (Jim).
Walter married Louisa Brown Addison on 15 Feb 1900 in Holy Trinity Church, Eltham, Kenn Devon.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 338 M i. Walter Peter (Dick) Addison was born on 8 Oct 1904 in Lewisham, London, England, UK, died in 25 Jul in Oxted, Surrey, England, UK, and was buried in St. Mary's Oxted, Surrey, UK.
339 F ii. Mary Addison was born in Mar 1902 and died still born.
340 M iii. James Frederick Addison was born in 1907 in Bromley, Kent, UK.
341 M iv. Thomas Edward W Addison was born in 1908 in Bromley, Kent, UK.
342 F v. Louisa Selina Addison was born in 1911 in Lewisham, London, England, UK.
343 M vi. Berto George Addison was born about Apr 1913 in Bromley, Kent, UK.
344 F vii. Ellen Phyllis Addison was born on 17 Apr 1916 in Bromley, Kent, UK.
345 F viii. Jenny Olive Addison was born on 3 Nov 1917 in Bromley, Kent, UK.
346 M ix. Frank N Addison was born in 1920 in Godstone Surrey, UK.
347 M x. Edward J (Ted) Addison was born in 1924 in Godstone Surrey, UK.
247. Flora Jane Addison Webb was born in 1872 in North Petherton, Somerset, UK.
Research Notes: In the 1902 Census Flora is listed as 29, Single living with parents and born in North Petherton, Somerset
Flora married Fredrick Albert Webb in Portsmouth, Hampshire.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 348 M i. Bertrum Webb was born in 1911 and died in 1984 at age 73.
248. Ann (Annie) Addison Coles was born in 1876 in North Petherton, Somerset, UK.
General Notes: Notes from an email 25 June 2001 from Jean Simmonds (Rosmarie Addison)...
The other family member my mother kept in regular contact with was Annie Addison who married a Harry Coles (school teacher), and they had several children, grandchildren, the names Peggy, Bob, Rob, Mary comes to mind. She was around 96 when she died, and one of her addresses was somewhere in Nazing Essex, I believe a Pecks Hill or something, once I dig all this correspondence out I will have better information.
I also believe the Susan Hill who was married to Robert Addison, had a relation living in north petherton had one time a roger hill. The Coles family had sisters living in the village as well they were an Eddie and Polly sisters, I believe one was a Polly Upham.
I would very much like to trace some of the living relations of the Coles family as my mother was in regular contact until Annie died.
Ann married Harry Coles.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 349 M i. William (Bill) Coles .
249. Peter Moon Addison was born in 1870 in North Petherton, Somerset, UK and died in 1947 in Devon, UK at age 77.
General Notes: Peter Moon Addison wrote two letters to his relatives in Canada in 1944. He was trying to contact descendants of his Uncle George Gibson Addison, who he knew had immigrated to Canada from Devonshire in 1871. In the letters he mentioned his parents, Robert and Susan who were from Willsworthy, Devon. He also mentions his other uncles, Peter of Clapham, Devon who married Selena (Marjorie's Great Grandmother) , Jim of Southport, Lancashire, (who was Herbert Powley's father) Nicholas of Beathwaite Green and Joe of Willsworthy, Devon, as all deceased by 1944. His father Robert he says, died in 1941 at the age of 96. Peter mentions that he lost his wife (Ilija) in Aug 1943 and that he was living in Somerset at the time. His daughter was living in Oxford with her husband who was a surveyor for the borough of Abingdon. They had a son, born in about 1931. He also mentions a sister Margaret Rocliffe, who passed away in 1941-42 and another sister Jenny. In the closing of one letter he refers to himself as named after his grandfather Peter Addison (1804).
Research Notes: Peter is listed in the 1881 Census as a scholar, 10, living with his family.
Peter married Eliza Unknown Addison. Eliza was born about 1870 and died in Aug 1943 about age 73.
The child from this marriage was:
250. John Addison was born on 27 Apr 1889 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
John married Nellie Nixon Addison about 1926 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 351 M i. Thomas Nicholas Addison was born on 22 Nov 1926 in Levens, Westmorland, UK, died on 2 Jun 2007 in Levens, Westmorland, UK at age 80, and was buried in Jun 2007 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
251. Margaret Jane Addison was born about 1895 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
Margaret married W Rockliffe about 1920 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 352 M i. William Rockliffe .
+ 353 F ii. Margaret Rockliffe .
+ 354 M iii. Peter Addison Rockliffe .
355 F iv. Winifred Rockliffe .
Winifred married George Coulter about 1945 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
356 M v. David Rockliffe .
David married Francis Farrar Rockliffe in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
252. Thomas Powley Addison was born in Nov 1876 in Arnside, Westmorland, UK, died on 25 Feb 1915 in Toronto, ON at age 38, and was buried on 28 Feb 1915 in Toronto, ON. The cause of his death was Endocarditis (Heart Disease).
General Notes: Thomas Powley was born in Arnside, a village about 3 miles south of Levens, in Westmorland County, UK. His father and mother were from Levens.
At some point before 1907 he and his family moved to Southport, Lancashire. There he met Florence Pillinger (Grannie Hine). Florence's people were from Wiltshire. Aunt Hilda thinks that Thomas may have been a gardener and Florence worked "in service", as a house servant. They emigrated to Toronto in 1907 . He arrived on the SS Canada first in April 1907 and she came across later on the SS Victoria, arriving in Quebec 9 Aug 1907. A carpenter, he built the family house at 60 Ferrier St in Toronto. Sons Herbert James and Kenneth Peter were born in 1909 and 1910 and then Thomas died in 1915, two weeks before the birth of Hilda.
There is a family story (from Pat) that he was found one day lying in the street, incapacitated by some unknown malady. Medical records indicate Florence took him to the Reception Hospital which was a sanatorium or mental institution on at 651 Broadview off the Danforth, because of his symptoms. He died several weeks later.
Hilda remembers her mother Florence having him buried in the St. John's Norway Cemetery in East Toronto (Woodbine and Kingston Road). When Hilda was a child she and her mother visited the gravesite regularly to pay their respects. Tim visited his gravesite in 2001 when he was in the area to visit Hilda. His grave is unmarked.
Tim has some of his carpentry tools and a book on housebuilding which he likely used in the building of the house at 60 Ferrier Street.
Research Notes: Thomas is listed on the 1881 UK census 4 years old at the time of the census. There is a passenger record for Thomas Addison, age 30 (born abt 1877) sailing on the SS Canada, ticket # 15488, from Liverpool arriving in Halifax in 20 April 1907, lister as joiner (carpenter) destination Toronto.
Medical Notes: Death note: (Medical):Thomas Powley died of endocarditis, which is an inflammation of the lining around the heart caused by viral or bacteral infection. According to his medical records obtained from the Ontario Archives he was admitted to the Reception Hospital suffering from dehydration and delirium. He was in hospital for several weeks but he did not recover. His death record states that he was suffering of toxic psychosis before he died.
Noted events in his life were:
• EMPL: Employment: 1907, Toronto, ON. Carpenter
Thomas married Florence Louise Pillinger Addison, daughter of Herbert Pillinger and Maryann Unknown Pillinger, in 1907 in Unknown. Florence was born on 29 Apr 1882 in Southport, Lancashire, UK, died in 1959 in Toronto, ON at age 77, and was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Toronto, ON.
Marriage Notes: ARVL
DATE 1907
PLAC Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NOTE Description: and lived at 60 Ferrier Ave, the house that Thomas Powley built
QUAY 0
Children from this marriage were:
+ 357 M i. Herbert James Addison was born on 2 Jan 1909 in Toronto, ON, died in Sep 1976 in Toronto, ON at age 67, and was buried in Sep 1976 in Glendale Cemetery, Toronto, ON.
+ 358 M ii. Kenneth Peter Addison was born on 16 Nov 1910 in Toronto, ON, died on 17 Nov 1972 in Mississauga, ON at age 62, and was buried in Nov 1972 in Glendale Cemetery, Toronto, ON.
+ 359 F iii. Hilda Mary Addison was born on 6 Mar 1915 in Toronto, ON.
254. George Gibson Addison was born in 1880 in Arnside, Westmorland, UK.
General Notes: George Gibson and his wife Agnes lived at 18 or 22 Poulton Road in Southport. According to Penelope Messenger, George, like his father James, was a professional gardener. 127
Research Notes: Listed in 1902 UK Census as George Addison 20 Westmd Arnside Lancashire Southport House Painter.
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George married Agnes Unknown Addison about 1905 in Southport, Lancashire, UK.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 360 M i. Thomas Powley Addison was born in 1915 in Southport, Lancashire, UK and died in 1998 in Scotland at age 83.
255. Isabella Jane (Jenny) Addison was born in 1883 in Arnside, Westmorland, UK.
Isabella married William Jones about 1915 in likely Southport, Lancashire, UK.
Children from this marriage were:
361 F i. Agnes Jones .
Agnes married Albert Newfin in likely Southport, Lancashire, UK.
+ 362 F ii. Winifred Jones .
363 F iii. Florence (Dixie) Jones .
256. Mary Elizabeth Addison was born on 16 Jul 1886 in Silverdale, Lancashire, UK.126,127
General Notes: Penelope Messenger in her letter states that her Grandparents continued to live in (20 Poulton Road) until 1947 when the family all moved to Nottingham. Her grandmother Mary Elizabeth was an apprentice dressmaker (to a Miss Saul in Southport) at age 14. She was a dressmaker (either from home or in the homes of her customers) for many years. Penelope also states that her grandmother remembered spending holidays at Levens, presumably with her grandparents.
In later years Mary Elizabeth loved patchwork and said that she had been taught by her Grandmother who she visited at Levens. She implied that her grandmother worked as Levens Hall and that her grandfather was a gardener there.
Mary married James Herbert (Bert) Messenger in 1913 in Southport, Lancashire, UK. James was born about 1885 in Lancashire, UK.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 364 M i. James Dyson Messenger was born on 10 Jan 1915 in Southport, Lancashire, UK and died in Oct 2000 in Nottingham, UK at age 85.
257. Agnes Addison O'Gorman was born in 1896 in Southport, Lancashire, UK and died 1920s at age 24.
General Notes: From Penelope Messenger - Agnes Addison the younger daughter married an Irishman, Patrick O'Gorman but died young of pneumonia and her daughter Elizabeth Agnes(Betty) was brought up by Jenny. Patrick returned to Ireland with the 2 sons.
Agnes married Patrick O'Gorman in Lancashire, UK.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 365 F i. Elizabeth Agnes (Betty) O'Gorman Crawley-Moore was born 1920s in UK.
Tenth Generation
Unknown married.
His child was:
Margaret married Harry Neuman.
Children from this marriage were:
367 M i. Rev Harry Neuman .
368 M ii. Rev Robert Neuman .
369 M iii. Richard Neuman died in Overseas.
370 M iv. Thomas Neuman .
371 M v. Hon William Neuman .
372 F vi. Anne Neuman .
Anne married Patrick Daley. Patrick was born in Cork, Ireland.
266. Monica Addison Swayze was born on 25 Jan 1894 in Dunnville, Haldimand County Ontario and died on 10 Dec 1979 in St Catherines, Ontario at age 85.
Monica married George Collier Stevenson, son of Robert Collier Stevenson and Sarah Jane Malcolm Stevenson, on 22 Mar 1920 in Dunnville, Haldimand County Ontario. George was born on 5 May 1895 in Hamilton, ON and died on 26 Feb 1968 in North York, ON at age 72.
Children from this marriage were:
373 F i. Eleanor Jane Stevenson was born in 1922.154
374 F ii. Margaret Ann Stevenson was born in 1923.
375 M iii. Unknown (living) Stevenson .
Peter married Ottlyn Robinson Addison. Ottlyn was born in Barrie, Ont.
Children from this marriage were:
376 M i. William Addison .
377 M ii. Peter Addison .
278. Rev Arthur Peter Scoley Addison 133 was born on 15 May 1906 in York, Toronto, ON.134
General Notes: Rev Arthur Peter was a minister in Northern Ontario 101
Arthur married Esther Trewartha Addison.135
Children from this marriage were:
+ 379 M i. Rev George N Addison was born on 6 Mar 1945.
380 F ii. Elizabeth Addison McGregor .
+ 381 F iii. Christine Addison (Dow) Reed .135
+ 382 M iv. Paul Addison .
279. George Jackson Addison 133 was born on 10 Oct 1909 in North Bay, Ont, died on 20 Jun 2004 in Toronto, ON at age 94, and was buried on 23 Jun 2004 in Toronto, ON.
General Notes: Obituary
GEORGE JACKSON ADDISON
(1909 – 2004)
At home in Toronto on June 20th, 2004. Predeceased by his wives, Jean Forrest McCubbin (1960) and Elizabeth Norton DeWitt (1985) and by his son Peter McCubbin (1990), also by his brothers ''Bill'' and ''Pete'' and his sister Louise Lewis. Raised in Toronto, he worked at A. E. Long Paper Box Company from 1931 to 1989. He was generous and loving to three generations of family. Uncle George is fondly remembered by these and the community at Addison Beach where he spent his summers. A funeral service will be held at the TRULL ''NORTH TORONTO'' FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION CENTRE CHAPEL, 2704 Yonge Street (5 blocks south of Lawrence), on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. In lieu of flowers, donations to The United Way of Toronto, Doctors Without Borders, AIDS in Africa, or The United Church of Canada, would be appreciated.
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George married Jean Forrest McCubbin Addison in 1939 in Toronto, ON. Jean was born in 1912 and died in 1960 at age 48.
The child from this marriage was:
383 M i. Arthur Peter McCubbin Addison was born in 1944 in Toronto, ON 135 and died in 1990 in California, USA at age 46.
George next married Elizabeth Norton DeWitt Addison in 1962 in Toronto, ON.135 Elizabeth died in 1985 in Toronto, ON.
280. William James Campbell Addison .
William married Dorothy Banger Addison.
Children from this marriage were:
384 F i. Judith Addison Pillsworth .135
385 F ii. Susan Addison Sweet .135
281. Louise Mary Addison Lewis was born in 1900 in Collingwood, Ont.
Louise married Ernest Lewis.
Children from this marriage were:
386 M i. Peter Lewis .135
387 F ii. Ann Lewis .135
289. George Addison Wase was born on 10 Apr 1879 in Otterville, Ont and died on 22 Dec 1938 in Santa Cruz, CA, USA at age 59.
Research Notes: From Patrick De Roo:
George was not the son of John and Jennie. After several years they had given up hope of having children and adopted George from Jennie's cousin ( Addison ), whose mother had died leaving the father with many small children. George's brother was Charles Addison of Vanessa, whose soon Bruce is still a resident of Vanessa.
My deduction is that George Addison Wase was the son of George Gibson Addison, whose wife Elizabeth died in 1881 and left him with several young children, one of which was named George who was two when his mother died.
George married Carrie Unknown Wase.
The child from this marriage was:
388 M i. George Jr Wase .
George next married Hazel Babcock Wase in 1929.
290. Florence Mary Wase was born on 10 May 1882,74 died on 30 Jul 1952 in Otterville, Ont 74 at age 70, and was buried in Aug 1952 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
Florence married Arthur Gordon McMullen on 17 Feb 1909 in Otterville, Ont. Arthur was born on 24 Jul 1881 in Brownsville, Ont, died on 23 Oct 1941 in Otterville, Ont at age 60, and was buried in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 389 M i. George William McMullen 156 was born on 11 Nov 1910 in Otterville, Ont and died on 2 Jan 1983 in Tillsonburg, ON at age 72.
+ 390 M ii. Gordon Wase McMullen 156 was born on 18 Oct 1911 in Otterville, Ont and died on 13 Feb 1982 in London, Ont at age 70.
291. Edmund Addison Wase was born on 30 May 1889 in Otterville, Ont and died on 1 Oct 1940 in St Thomas, ON at age 51.
Edmund married Edna German Wase on 28 Dec 1910.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 391 M i. Harry Addison Wase was born on 12 Dec 1915.74
294. Flossie Luella Addison Oatman was born on 16 Sep 1890.
Flossie married Edward Oatman on 14 Aug 1913.
Marriage Notes: Flossie Luella Addison was married to E. Oatman on Thursday August 14, 1913. 140
The child from this marriage was:
392 M i. Homer Oatman .74
296. Ola Lawrenna Addison was born on 11 Jul 1891 74 and died on 29 Jan 1916 in Otterville, Ont at age 24.
Ola married Arthur Hanson. Arthur was born in 1887 74 and died in 1966 at age 79.
The child from this marriage was:
393 M i. Paul Maxwell Hanson was born on 25 Apr 1914 and died on 4 Sep 1934 in Otterville, Ont at age 20.
297. Perry Maxwell Addison was born on 19 Sep 1894 and died on 6 Aug 1961 in Leamington, ON at age 66.
Research Notes: From Patricl De Roo: Max worked in the Ford plant in Windsor for years.
Perry married Ada Wingrove Addison.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 394 M i. Blake Wingrove Addison was born on 2 Oct 1925.
303. William Edgar Hawes 25 was born on 6 Aug 1878 in South Norwich, Ont and died on 2 Nov 1943 in Otterville, Ont at age 65.
General Notes: Notes from Patrick DeRoo:
When Alice Rebecca died, ' Will ' was sent to live with his grandparents Richard and Mary Jane Addison.
William married Katherine Anne Dertinger on 6 Jun 1901. Katherine was born in 1882 and died in 1985 in Otterville, Ont at age 103.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 395 F i. Alice Hawes was born on 19 Jan 1903 and died on 5 Jul 1980 in Union, Ontario at age 77.
+ 396 M ii. Karl Richard Hawes was born on 28 Dec 1905 and died on 14 May 1978 in Stokes Bay, Ontario at age 72.
+ 397 F iii. Vera Hawes Bertrand was born on 4 Nov 1907.
+ 398 F iv. Pearl Hawes was born on 4 Jun 1910.
+ 399 F v. Jean Eartley Hawes was born on 3 Dec 1912.
309. Ellis Vernon Addison was born on 1 Dec 1888 in Norwich, Ontario, died on 9 Jan 1978 in Otterville, Ont at age 89, and was buried in Jan 1978 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
Ellis married Jennie (Jean) B. Whitehead Addison 157 on 1 May 1911 in Charlotteville, Ont.147 Jennie was born on 11 Apr 1888 in South Norwich, Ont, died on 21 Jan 1978 in Otterville, Ont at age 89, and was buried in Jan 1978 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
Marriage Notes: 009970-1911 (Norfolk Co.) Ellis Vernon ADDISON, 22, blacksmith, not given, Otterville, s/o Charles ADDISON & Mary Ann LAWRENCE, married Jennie Bell WHITEHEAD, 23, not given, Lynedoch, d/o Isaac WHITEHEAD & Jennie POWELL, witn: Charles E. ADDISON of Otterville & Bella M. JOHNSON of Lynedoch, 1 May 1911 at Charlotteville.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 400 M i. Stanley Edmond Addison was born on 20 Mar 1912 in South Norwich, Ont.
401 M ii. Charles Brock Addison was born on 15 Sep 1914 in South Norwich, Ont.
Charles married Annie Rose Brooks on 31 Oct 1941 in South Norwich, Ont. Annie was born in South Norwich, Ont.
310. Clara Serena Addison James was born on 3 Oct 1893 in Norwich, Ontario.148
General Notes: Clara lived in Dorchester, but it is possible that after her husband's death she returned to Norwich as Miss S Mott wrote - Mrs. James is well known in Norwich Village, having lived here for several years.
Clara married Dr Ernest W James 25 on 23 Feb 1916 in South Norwich, Ont.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 402 F i. Mary Phyllis James was born on 19 Dec 1922 in South Norwich, Ont.
311. Kenneth Charles Addison was born on 27 Feb 1897 in South Norwich, Ont.149
General Notes: According to Miss S Mott, Kenneth lived in Brantford
Kenneth married Pearl Irene Duncan Addison on 10 Aug 1921 in South Norwich, Ont.25
The child from this marriage was:
+ 403 M i. Duncan Addison was born on 7 Feb 1923 in South Norwich, Ont.
312. Wilfrid Lawrence Addison was born on 4 Jun 1901 in Otterville, Ont 25 and died in 1980 in Otterville, Ont at age 79.
General Notes: Notes from Linda Turner: Grandma and Grandpa (Wilfred Lawrence) Addison were both born around 1900, and grandma was several months older than grandpa. Grandma and Grandpa both died within 5 months of each other in 1980. I have pictures of all these people, their siblings parents etc as well as the home of my great grandparents (Charles and Minnie) in Otterville (where grandpa and my Dad, Donald Wilfrid were both born) and various family businesses in town.
From Patrick DeRoo: Wilfrid followed in his fathers' footsteps and was a funeral director in Otterville for many years.
From the booklet - 150th Anniversary of the Village of Otterville, 100th Anniversary of the Ottervile School and South Norwich Township July 1st 1957.
The first undertaker was W. Z. Watts in 1879, he was also a furniture dealer. In 1888, J. W. Murray addressed the business and by 1897, J. W. Fish became undertaker and added the first hearse. Charles Addison purchased the undertaking business in 1907 from Mr. Fish and in 1940, W. L. (Wilfred Lawrence) Addison, son of Charles was the funeral director.
Wilfrid married Myrtle Rosabell Fisher Addison, daughter of Thaddeus Ghent Fisher and Jane Smith Fisher, on 20 Sep 1922 in Woodstock, Ont.150 Myrtle was born on 12 Nov 1900 in Tillsonburg, ON and died in 1980 in Otterville, Ont at age 80.
Marriage Notes: Married by Rev Large.
Children from this marriage were:
404 M i. Douglas Gordon Addison was born on 24 Jul 1923 in Otterville, Ont, died on 18 Nov 1943 in Rheinberg, Germany (WW II) at age 20, and was buried in 1943 in Rheinberg Military Cemetery, Germany.
+ 405 M ii. Donald Wilfrid Addison was born on 24 Jul 1923 in Otterville, Ont and died on 4 Aug 1990 in Otterville, Ontario 158 at age 67.
406 M iii. Maurice Addison was born on 23 Aug 1925 in Otterville, Ont, died on 23 Aug 1925 in Otterville, Ont,159 and was buried in 1925 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
+ 407 M iv. Richard Paul Fisher Addison was born on 25 Dec 1928 in Otterville, Ont,25 died on 23 Mar 1981 in Bermuda at age 52, and was buried in 1981 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
316. Kenneth Anderson was born on 31 Jul 1899 and died on 28 Jun 1960 in Tillsonburg, ON at age 60.
Kenneth married Susan Violet Stevenson Anderson.
The child from this marriage was:
318. May Elizabeth Addison Woodhouse was born 1901 (approx) in Manitoulin Island, ON and died in 1954 in Manitoulin Island, ON at age 53. The cause of her death was Heart Attack.
General Notes: May Elizabeth was the oldest child of Joseph and Lucinda. She completed High School and immediately started teaching school in a rural school about 12 miles from her home in Silver Water. She taught in Silver Water as well. She moved to the North Shore (the area from Sault Ste Marie to Espanola) to teach in the mid 1920s where she met Roy Woodhousewho worked as a section man on the CPR. They married in 1926 and moved to Parry Sound shortly after when Roy's father, who was a station agent for CPR was poster there. May became quite ill in the 1930s with Pernicious anemia and nearly died. She was saved by a massive blood transfusion. Roy worked all through the Depression but nevertheless, times were tough and the family, like many others, was poor. When the war started there was a shortage of teachers and May went back to teaching in 1943. She continued to teach until her death at age 52 from a heart attack.
May married Roy Allen Woodhouse on 7 Sep 1926. Roy was born on 6 Dec 1898 and died on 11 Mar 1961 at age 62.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 409 F i. Aileen Woodhouse McKinnon was born on 24 Feb 1928 in Manitoulin Island, ON.
+ 410 M ii. Herbert (Bert) Addison Woodhouse was born on 16 Nov 1929 in Manitoulin Island, ON.
319. Daisy Irene Addison Forrester was born in 1902 in Manitoulin Island, ON and died in 1967 in Manitoulin Island, ON at age 65.
General Notes: Daisy was the second child of Joseph and remained on the farm until she married Ernie Forrester who was an oiler in a Great Lakes Steamer. During the depression he worked in Detroit at GM and later as a bread route driver in Hamilton. He purchased a farm in Silver Water after WWII and farmed until he died in 1966. Daisy died of cancer in 1966 at age 65. They had two daughters, Eleanor (1927) and Muriel (1936).
Daisy married Ernest William Forster on 30 Jun 1926. Ernest was born on 11 May 1902 and died on 4 Nov 1966 at age 64.
Children from this marriage were:
411 F i. Elinore May Forster was born on 20 Jun 1927.
412 F ii. Muriel Edith Forster was born on 14 Dec 1954.
320. Verna Jane Addison Cull was born 1906 (approx) in Manitoulin Island, ON and died 1995 (approx) in Manitoulin Island, ON at age 89.
General Notes: Verna finished High School and married a bank manager nemed Steve Cull who she had met on the North Shore. They moved to Toronto and lived there for most of their lives. Her husband died in 1960 and she returned to Manitoulin Island at some point and lived in a retirement home until her death in the 1990s. They had two sons, James (1931) and John (1935) .
Verna married Simeon Cull on 26 Dec 1927. Simeon was born on 28 Feb 1898 and died on 1 Dec 1960 at age 62.
Children from this marriage were:
413 M i. James Addison Cull was born on 16 Mar 1931.
414 M ii. John (Jack) Edgar Cull was born on 27 Jan 1935.
321. Edgar (Ted) George Humphrey Addison was born 1908 (approx) in Manitoulin Island, ON and died in 1984 in Manitoulin Island, ON at age 76.
General Notes: Ted farmed his share of the family farm until the mid 1930s when he sold his half to his brotherJack, purchased a truck and went into the trucking business. Despite the depression he was successful and in 1940 purchased one of the biggest and most successful farms in Silver Water. He seemed to know the market - he raised sheep when they were a high priced commodity. He switched to turkeys at the top of their market, then became a feed dealer. He was successful in all these ventures. He was a happy go lucky sort and the favorite of all his neices and nephews. (including Bert Woodhouse who worked for him from 1940 to 1946 on his summer holidays for a $1.00 a day.)
Edgar married Margaret Hazel Edmonds Addison on 24 Aug 1932 in Silver Water, Manitoulin Island, Ontario. Margaret was born on 22 Dec 1912 and died in 1992 at age 80.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 415 M i. Arthur Edgar Addison was born on 5 Jul 1935 in Manitoulin Island, ON.
+ 416 F ii. Kathleen Margaret Addison Everett was born on 9 May 1939 in Manitoulin Island, ON.
+ 417 M iii. Daniel Vern Addison was born on 4 Sep 1950 in Manitoulin Island, ON.
322. John (Jack) Elwood Addison was born on 9 May 1910 in Silver Water, Manitoulin Island, Ontario and died on 22 Jan 1982 in Manitoulin Island, ON at age 71.
General Notes: John (Jack) farmed the original homestead until his death in 1982.
John married Dorothy May Hopkins Addison on 18 Aug 1933 in Manitoulin Island, ON. Dorothy was born on 22 Oct 1914 in Manitoulin Island, ON.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 418 M i. John (Jack) Jr Joseph Addison was born on 5 Nov 1933 in Manitoulin Island, ON.
419 M ii. Ronald Addison was born in 1937 in Manitoulin Island, ON.
Ronald married Betty Jean Brown Addison on 5 Sep 1957. Betty was born on 21 Mar 1938.
420 F iii. Lorna Addison was born in 1940 in Manitoulin Island, ON.
+ 421 M iv. Norman Lyle Addison was born on 19 May 1943 in Gore Bay, Manitoulin Island, Ontario.
330. Ernest Lawrence Addison was born on 13 Dec 1926 in Burpee Township, Manitoulin Is., died on 15 May 2002 in Manitoulin Island, ON at age 75, and was buried on 17 May 2002 in Gordon Cemetery, Manitoulin Is.
General Notes: ADDISON o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2002-05-22 published Ernest Lawrence ADDISON
In loving memory of Ernest Lawrence ADDISON, December 13, 1926-May 15, 2002. Ernie ADDISON, a resident of Evansville, died at the Manitoulin Health Centre, Little Current on Wednesday, May 15, 2002, at the age of 75 years. He was born in Burpee Township, son of the late Barnes and Ada {SCOTT} ADDISON. Ernie had worked as a truck driver in Sault Ste. Marie, on highway construction, and when he returned to Manitoulin, he worked for Lloyd Noble lumber, and for 25 years, ran Ernie's Second Hand Shop. He enjoyed playing cards, hunting and fishing and playing baseball. He will be remembered as a great pitcher, and never wore a ball glove. Dearly loved husband of Corene {CAMPBELL} ADDISON, loved father of Norman, wife Helen of Tobermory, Terry, wife Lou of Gore Bay, Randy, wife Raymonde of Val Caron, Katie, friend Norm of Sudbury, Murray, wife Cathy of Tobermory, Patti, friend Joe of Sault Ste. Marie,Rick, friend Danielle of Evansville and Kevin, friend Linda of Little Current. Proud grandfather of 22 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by sisters Gertie and Dorothy and brothers Charles, Clarence, Perce, Frank and Bill. Friends called the Culgin Funeral Home on Thursday, May 16. The funeral service was conducted in the Wm. G. Turner Chapel on Friday, May 17, 2002 with Erwin THOMPSON officiating. Interment in Gordon Cemetery. 160
Ernest married Corene Campbell Addison.
Children from this marriage were:
422 M i. Norman Addison .
Norman married Helen Unknown Addison.
423 M ii. Terry Addison .
Terry married Lou Unknown Addison.
424 M iii. Randall (Randy) Addison .
Randall married Raymonde Unknown Addison.
425 F iv. Katie Addison .
426 M v. Murray Addison .
Murray married Cathy Unknown Addison.
427 F vi. Patti Addison .
428 M vii. Richard (Rick) Addison .
331. Bruce Addison was born on 29 Apr 1918 and died in Vanessa, Ont.
Research Notes: From Miss S Mott: Mr. Bruce Addison of Vanessa is son of Charles Addison and nephew of Joseph Addison of Manitoulin. Their father, George Gibson Addison, son of another Peter who remained in the Old Country and the only one of his family to emigrate.
Bruce married Lucie May Shellington on 11 Nov 1944 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada. Lucie was born on 3 May 1924 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 430 M i. John Charles Addison was born on 19 Sep 1948 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada.
+ 431 F ii. Margaret Ann Addison was born on 12 Aug 1952 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada.
332. Selena Ruth Addison was born in 1904.
Selena married Charles Sidney Williams in Kenn, Devon, UK. Charles was born in 1898 and died in 1970 at age 72.
Children from this marriage were:
432 F i. Marjorie Williams Pearce was born in 1934.
433 F ii. Avenda Williams was born in 1930.
434 F iii. Pamela Williams was born in 1934.
435 M iv. David Williams was born in 1941.
338. Walter Peter (Dick) Addison was born on 8 Oct 1904 in Lewisham, London, England, UK, died in 25 Jul in Oxted, Surrey, England, UK, and was buried in St. Mary's Oxted, Surrey, UK.
General Notes: From Carolyn Bedford: her grandad, Walter Peter (Dick ) married Doris Evelyn Bridge 1928 at Kingston London, lived at Vine Cottage Old Oxted Surrey England with Walter Peter's parents when first married. Doris was in service for a Miss Paton Old Oxted Surrey England. They then moved to The Warren, Warren Lane, Hurst Green, Oxted Surrey, England. (They are in the book, "The Hardest Day" The Battle of Britain, 18 August 1940 by Alfred Price.) Walter Peter's occupation was pig farmer on a small holding (having land).
Walter married Doris Evelyn Bridge Addison in 1928 in Kingston, London, UK. Doris died on 11 Dec 2003 in Grinstead, Sussex, UK and was buried in St. Mary's Oxted, Surrey, UK.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 436 M i. Frank Addison .
437 F ii. Delma Addison .
348. Bertrum Webb was born in 1911 and died in 1984 at age 73.
Bertrum married Rosa Unknown Webb about 1940. Rosa was born in 1909 and died in 2004 at age 95.
Children from this marriage were:
439 M i. Bryan Webb was born in 1940 and died in 1942 at age 2.
+ 440 M ii. Stephen Webb was born in 1949.
William married Pat Unknown Coles.
The child from this marriage was:
351. Thomas Nicholas Addison was born on 22 Nov 1926 in Levens, Westmorland, UK, died on 2 Jun 2007 in Levens, Westmorland, UK at age 80, and was buried in Jun 2007 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
General Notes: From Ken Addison: Eulogy as read to the congregation by the vicar of Levens church at Tom's recent funeral. There will not be an obituary but this gives an good insight into his 80 years.
Thomas Nicholas Addison, born November 1926, lived as his Dad and Granddad had before him in the cottage at 3 Old Chapel Lane, Levens and you all knew him, some of you will have known him for nearly 80 years, from school days, others will have known him as Dad and Granddad all your life, and me I only knew him by sight. Seeing him around the village.
You will all have your memories of Tommy and those memories will stay with you for ever, the special times, the funny times and the sad times all these memories and your love for Tommy will stay with you and inspire you as you continue on your journey of life.
I really enjoyed talking to Tommy's family and hearing about his early life, many of you will have memories to share about that too, about the privilege of having an allotment at school and how the tending of the allotment was passed on from one older child to a younger one, how Tommy one year won a prize of a pen knife for his allotment. No wonder his first job after leaving school was in the gardens at Levens Hall, perhaps with his father. But soon after he began an apprenticeship at Station Garage Arnside as a mechanic this small independent garage still exists today.
Tommy was an only child and when his mother died his cousin chick looked after him and his father John coming over to Levens a couple of times each week to do the washing and cleaning.
Tommy was too young to fight in the war but did his national service then came back and met Frances . They married in 1950, apparently most of his courting was done with the aid of a bicycle cycling into Kendal to visit Frances.
Then three boys were born first Ken then Tom and then Roger. They didn't see much of their father as they were growing up mainly because he worked so hard to support them, he was never out of work, always looking for the next job to provide as best he could and never afraid of hard work,
Tommy worked at Summerland Furniture Factory, as a builder and labourer for Manchester Corporation for Peter Rockcliffe his cousin, for Kendal Corporation and latterly for Russell Armer.
Tommy couldn't understand why and how his son Tom had stayed working for the same firm all his life.
Frances and Tommy kept an allotment for a time again to help feed the growing lads.
Because of Tommy's hard work, the family were able to have holidays, nothing posh but driving to Scarborough or Paignton in a borrowed car brought fond memories for the family.
When he was able to own his own car he did so with pride but the boys were not allowed to drive it.
The boys grown and flown the nest and in retirement Tommy and Frances began to enjoy holidays abroad, to places like Tenerife, Malta and Spain.
When he retired, Tommy was a little lost at first but began to find little gardening jobs to do around the village and would help a variety of people out as he tended their gardens.
He had to slow down after his heart attack 10 years ago but still could be seen walking round the village sometimes with his friend Wally's dog in tow.
When Frances became ill he helped look after her at home learning to do some of the housekeeping chores which he continued to do after her death.
Apparently, Tommy had a routine with his housework, Friday was bedroom day so if you were visiting on a Friday he would not be available till after the bedrooms had been done.
He began to take an interest in family history after a branch of the Addison family came over from Canada then America. The Canadian contigient have a whole web page of information about the Addison family which is fascinating. Tommy was the proud possessor of the family bible providing many interesting dates for his Canadian cousins. He enjoyed hearing about distant family many who had emigrated to America and Canada 2 or more centuries earlier. One noted ancestor Reverend Robert Addison, a missionary who founded one of the first churches of England in Canada in 1792.
Tommy was one of the people in the village, who could remember how things were, and spoke to the children from school about the days when there was no water or electricity in houses.
Tommy was an armchair sports fan mainly sports to do with cars and bikes and he really appreciated the variety that the digibox gave him I think he was a secret soap fan too.
He continued to plant up hanging baskets and pots. Right up till a week before his sudden illness and death.
He was an unassuming man never demanding, he loved his family very much spent time helping Tom and Liz build Pear Tree cottage helped with the drains on the playing field, he was the sort of man who would not push himself forward, but was happy to help others when asked.
The highlight last November was Tommy's 80th Birthday party when almost all his family gathered to help him celebrate. He was very special to each member of his family, I know his children, and grandchildren thought the world of him, and are naturally very sad at his death.
As today, we remember with love Tommy Addison, dad granddad cousin friend, I would also like you to remember three things;
Firstly, life is such a precious thing Tommy's 80 years is a good length of time to be on this earth and a new life will be born into this family soon.
We often take life for granted. What we must try to do is to receive it daily as a gift from God. If we do that then we will never cease to be amazed at the wonder and mystery of life.
Secondly what about death, as natural as life yet for many of us it is terrifying. In death, we realise that human things are of no avail. As Christians, we believe God has the power to overcome death only God can help us. God alone holds the keys of death. Therefore, we throw ourselves on the love and mercy of God. And we can trust on God because every life, including our own, is precious to God. Christians have always believed that there is hope in death as in life, and that there is new life in Christ after death. It is part of the mystery that is God but we trust in it and why?
That brings me to the third thing I would like you to remember. In death, particularly if it is sudden or tragic, people sometimes experience an apparent absence of God. Or blame God but the bible passage Liz read tells us differently; in sorrow and joy in pain and in pleasure there is nothing that can separate us from God's love it is there for each one of us. God is always there reaching out to us and all we have to do is turn to him. Often God's love is shown in the love and compassion of family and friends, but whatever way we experience it, God's love visits us each day in of our lives as well as at a time of death he visits us with comfort, peace and hope. So today we give thanks for the life of Thomas Addison and for our own lives, and we remember that God is with us in death as in life, may each of us always know his comfort, hope and peace.
Thomas married Francis Isobel Hartley Addison about 1950 in Witherslack, Westmorland, UK. Francis was born on 15 Aug 1930 in Kendal, Westmorland, UK.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 442 M i. Kenneth Addison was born on 2 Jun 1951 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
+ 443 M ii. Thomas Addison was born on 29 Apr 1953 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
+ 444 M iii. Roger Addison was born on 4 Jan 1955 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
William married Edna Unknown Rockliffe in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
The child from this marriage was:
Margaret married Tony Plummer in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
The child from this marriage was:
354. Peter Addison Rockliffe .
Peter married Mary Unknown Rockliffe in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
Children from this marriage were:
447 F i. Joyce Rockliffe .
448 F ii. Eirene Rockliffe .
449 M iii. Anthony Rockliffe .
357. Herbert James Addison was born on 2 Jan 1909 in Toronto, ON, died in Sep 1976 in Toronto, ON at age 67, and was buried in Sep 1976 in Glendale Cemetery, Toronto, ON. The cause of his death was Emphasema.
General Notes: Herbert James was the eldest son of Thomas and Florence Addison. He grew up in the Danforth area of Toronto. As a youngster his family lived at 60 Ferrier St. When his father died he was only seven. The family was poor and he left school to work as soon as he was old enough. As a youngster he delivered laundry that his mother did at home. He worked on a Laker for a year or so and then got a job at the Eatons Department Store where he met May Paxton.
For a while Herb & May lived with Aunt Annie (really May's mother) until Herb Jr arrived. Herb and May then rented a flat on Humberview Ave., from a Mrs. Philips. Pat was born there-not in the house, but at the Grace Hospital. Shortly after the family moved to Long Branch to be closer to Goodyear Auto tire factory on the Lakeshore and Annie got her job as a housekeeper at Tarry Hall in Bath, Ont. They moved downtown to Ferrier Ave with Herb's mother Florence for a year but that didn't work out and they moved back to Long Branch, likely to Marina Ave. They then moved to Elder Avenue where they lived while the kids grew up in the 1940s and 50s. Herb worked at the Goodyear for over 40 years, retiring in about 1970. In the 1950s the family moved to Alderwood where they lived at 13 Westhead Road.
In the 1940s the family began going up to Orr Lake where they rented a cottage on the south shore of the lake. Later on in the 1950s they moved to the north side and built a cottage on a lot behind Charlie Wicks. In 1962 Herb and May bought a cottage a few doors down where they remained for many years. After Herb retired he and May started holidaying down in Florida over the winters. Eventually in the late 1960's they sold the house on Westhead and moved to Elmvale so they would be close to Orr Lake.
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Herbert married May Paxton Addison, daughter of Unknown and Margaret Ann (Annie) Paxton Westlake, on 10 Sep 1927 in Toronto, ON. May was born on 5 Aug 1900 in Belfast, County Down Ireland, died on 3 Feb 1988 in Elmvale, ON at age 87, and was buried in Mar 1988 in Glendale Cemetery, Toronto, ON.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 450 M i. Herbert Thomas Addison was born on 21 Apr 1928 in Toronto, ON and died on 6 Aug 2002 in Sidney, BC at age 74.
+ 451 F ii. Patricia Addison Harper was born on 2 Oct 1929 in Long Branch, ON.
452 F iii. Elizabeth (Betty) Addison was born on 22 May 1938 in Long Branch, ON.
358. Kenneth Peter Addison was born on 16 Nov 1910 in Toronto, ON, died on 17 Nov 1972 in Mississauga, ON at age 62, and was buried in Nov 1972 in Glendale Cemetery, Toronto, ON.
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Kenneth married Gladys Milne Donovan Addison on 1 Aug 1936 in Toronto, ON. Gladys died in 1969 in Markdale, Ontario and was buried in 1969 in Glendale Cemetery, Toronto, ON.
Children from this marriage were:
453 F i. Patricia Mary (Oldfield) Addison Bullen, Bates .
Patricia married John Bullen.
Patricia next married Rodney Bates.
+ 454 F ii. Karen Anne Addison Shorter was born on 27 Dec 1942 in Toronto, ON.
359. Hilda Mary Addison was born on 6 Mar 1915 in Toronto, ON.
General Notes: Hilda was born at 60 Ferrier two weeks after her father Thomas Powley died. She has lived in the Danforth area of Toronto all her life. After her father Thomas Powley died her mother Florence took in boarders to make ends meet. When Hilda was 16 she had a relationship and married one of the boarders, Vernon Fenn. Vernon was a motor mechanic who worked in garages and service stations around the east end of the city. Hilda remembers they moved a lot in the early years as Vernon kept one step ahead of his creditors and seldom paid the rent on the flats they lived in. Her first son Teddy was born in 1932. He was followed by Walter (Buster) in 1934. Unfortunately Teddy died in 1936 when he fell off a balcony at the back of the flat they lived in on Walker Avenue. Vernon Fenn's creditors eventually caught up to him and he went to jail for fraud. Daughter Shirley was born in 1938. Things didn't work out with Vernon Fenn and they divorced in 1945.
Hilda later entered a relationship with a man named Thomas Prendergast and had a son Gerald by him. Pendergast was not a very good husband and shortly after Gerry was born Hilda told him to leave and not come back. In 1963 Hilda met a nice man named Fred Festorazi. She and Fred moved to 124 Lamb Ave and got married in 1964. She still lives there today.
Fred died of cancer in about 1980. Fred had a son Fred who also died of cancer in Jun 2001 at the age of 59. Her daugher Shirley married and had three children Cheryl, Joe and Tom with her first husband and later a son Ross with her second husband Murray Todd. Gerry married Rita and Walter (Buster) married Sally.
Hilda has many recollections of the family's first years in Toronto and provided much of the information on Thomas Powley Addison which she learned from her mother Florence. She remembers a visit of some relatives on the Addison side from Manitoulin Island when she was young and possibly living at 60 Ferrier with her mother. In the late 1940s Hilda remembers a visit from her mother's sisters Margaret, Janie and Margaret's daughter Sue (Esposito) She was living at 141 Harrison St near Dovercourt and Dundas at the time. She also recalls she last saw Margaret at Aunt Janie's funeral in the 1960s. She remembers her Grandfather Herbert Pillinger at her brother Ken's wedding, likely in the 1930s, drinking all the wine on the table before the toasts were finished. She also remembers visiting her brother Ken and his wife Gladys when they were living on Adelaide St, probably in the late 1950s. It was a bit of a run down apartment and soon after older brother Herb and Ken decided to build Ken and Glad a house out in Lakeview
Hilda married Vernon Fenn in 1931 in Toronto, ON.
Children from this marriage were:
455 M i. Teddy Fenn was born in 1932 in Toronto, ON and died in 1936 in Toronto, ON at age 4.
456 M ii. Walter (Buster) Fenn was born in 1934 in Toronto, ON.
457 F iii. Shirley Fenn Todd was born in 1938 in Toronto, ON.
458 M iv. Gerald Prendergast .
Hilda next married Thomas Prendergast in 1946 in Toronto, ON.
Hilda next married Frederick Festorazi in 1964 in Toronto, ON.
360. Thomas Powley Addison was born in 1915 in Southport, Lancashire, UK and died in 1998 in Scotland at age 83.
General Notes: From Penelope Messenger - Thomas Powley and her father were very close as boys; they were only about 11 months apart in age and grew up together. They both attended George V Boys Grammar School in Southport. Thomas was offered a scholarship to train as a Methodist Minister and spent most of his ministry in Scotland. He married a Scottish girl and lived in Inverness for many years. Her uncle George went up to live with him and his family. He had one daughter Fiona who is still living in Scotland. Apparrently he died quite suddenly in about 1998.
Thomas married Unknown Unknown Addison about 1935 in Scotland. Unknown was born about 1915 in Scotland.
The child from this marriage was:
General Notes: From Penelope Messenger - Winnie became a widow and Dixie was divorced so that family all lived together in a large house in Hammersmith in London. 127
Winifred married Unknown Jones.
The child from this marriage was:
364. James Dyson Messenger was born on 10 Jan 1915 in Southport, Lancashire, UK and died in Oct 2000 in Nottingham, UK at age 85.
General Notes: From Penelope Messenger - her father James Dyson Messenger joined the RAF when the second World War broke out and was involved in Radar. After the war he trained as a school teacher and came to work in Nottingham. He retired in 1978 as Deputy Headmaster of a Comprehensive school that, in her words, was a tough place. He was a quiet man with a very dry wit. He passed away in Oct 2000. Her father was very close to his grandfather (James Addison) and inherited his love of gardening - it was his great hobby. 161
James married Doreen Antoinette Marsh Messenger in Oct 1940. Doreen was born about 1916 in Lancashire, UK and died in Feb 2004 in Nottingham, UK about age 88.
The child from this marriage was:
461 F i. Penelope Messenger was born on 1 Sep 1942 in Southport, Lancashire, UK.
365. Elizabeth Agnes (Betty) O'Gorman Crawley-Moore was born 1920s in UK.
General Notes: From Penelope Messenger - Betty married Eric Crawley-Moore who worked in London and was another one who took her Nana (Mary Elizabeth) around the city with him when she visited. She is now a widow and lives in Harrow.
Elizabeth married Eric Crawley-Moore.
The child from this marriage was:
462 M i. Philip Crawley-Moore was born in Harrow, UK.
Eleventh Generation
379. Rev George N Addison was born on 6 Mar 1945.
General Notes: George is the Chaplain at Brock University and lives in Jordan Ont.
George married Kathleen Unknown Addison.
Children from this marriage were:
463 M i. Peter Addison .135
464 M ii. Lincoln Addison .
465 M iii. Mark Addison .
381. Christine Addison (Dow) Reed .135
General Notes: First husband Vernon Dow died suddenly and Christine subsequently remarried to Clark Reed.
Christine married Vernon Dow.
Children from this marriage were:
467 M i. Vernon Bradley Dow .
468 M ii. Stephen Dow .
General Notes: Paul has a PhD in Biology, is a Director General at Forest Canada and lives in Victoria BC. He visits George Sr often when he is in Toronto. 135
Paul married Janet Sharp Addison. Janet was born in 1949.
Children from this marriage were:
470 F i. Rachael Elizabeth Addison was born in 1981.
471 F ii. Deborah Lynn Addison was born in 1983.
472 M iii. Robert William Frank Addison was born in 1987.
389. George William McMullen 156 was born on 11 Nov 1910 in Otterville, Ont and died on 2 Jan 1983 in Tillsonburg, ON at age 72.
General Notes: From Patrick De Roo: "Bill" was a certified engineer and owned and operated McMullen's Machine Shop in Otterville for many years. He was also involved in the local historical society and was its first president. He was also the Otterville Fire Chief.
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George married Eva Fidela Lossing in Mar 1932.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 473 F i. Juanita Jean McMullen was born on 26 Oct 1932.
+ 474 M ii. William Arthur McMullen was born on 27 May 1934.
+ 475 M iii. Donald Leslie McMullen was born on 17 Apr 1943 and died in 2004 in Norwich, Ont at age 61.
+ 476 M iv. John Edwin McMullen was born on 27 Dec 1950.
390. Gordon Wase McMullen 156 was born on 18 Oct 1911 in Otterville, Ont and died on 13 Feb 1982 in London, Ont at age 70.
General Notes: From Patrick DeRoo: Gordon farmed for a few years after his father's death with his mother. When the farm was sold, they moved to Otterville together and lived in that house for the rest of his life. He worked at Tip Top Canners and then with his brother at McMullen's Machine Shop.
Gordon married Viola Williams McMullen on 29 Jan 1944 in Otterville, Ont. Viola was born on 16 Nov 1922 in Burk's Falls, Ont and died on 11 May 1977 in Tillsonburg, Ont at age 54.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 477 F i. Juanita Caron McMullen was born on 20 Apr 1946 in Tillsonburg, ON.
391. Harry Addison Wase was born on 12 Dec 1915.74
General Notes: Harry Addison Wase visited St Marks Church in June 1970. At the time he indicated that he thought he was a descendant ot Rev Robert Addison. However, this could not be possible. He stated that his father was Addison Wase, and his mother Edna German. He also said that his grandfather was married to Florence Addison, however according to Stella Mott, he must have been married to Jennie Addison a daughter of Edmund and she became Jennie Addison Wase. Harry Wase gave his address as 79 Cavendish Cres London 75 Ontario.
Harry married Helen Margaret Johnson.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 478 F i. Helen Gayle Wase was born on 9 Aug 1943.163
+ 479 F ii. Mary Kathryn Wase was born on 4 Mar 1945.163
394. Blake Wingrove Addison was born on 2 Oct 1925.
Blake married Margaret E Anderson Addison.
Children from this marriage were:
480 F i. Barbara Gail Addison was born in 1951.
Barbara married Garry Townsley.
481 F ii. Nancy Dale Addison was born in 1955.
395. Alice Hawes was born on 19 Jan 1903 and died on 5 Jul 1980 in Union, Ontario at age 77.
Alice married Reginald Young on 6 Jun 1922.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 482 F i. June Young was born on 12 May 1923.
+ 483 F ii. Joyce Young was born on 5 Jun 1927.
+ 484 M iii. Richard Young was born on 18 Feb 1933.
+ 485 M iv. James Young was born on 9 Nov 1937.
396. Karl Richard Hawes was born on 28 Dec 1905 and died on 14 May 1978 in Stokes Bay, Ontario at age 72.
Karl married Alice Jones on 18 Feb 1930.
Children from this marriage were:
486 M i. William Hawes .
397. Vera Hawes Bertrand was born on 4 Nov 1907.
Vera married Ronald Bertrand.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 488 M i. William Bertrand was born on 25 Nov 1930.
+ 489 M ii. John Bertrand was born on 12 Feb 1937.
398. Pearl Hawes was born on 4 Jun 1910.
Pearl married Justin McCarthy on 10 Aug 1929.
Children from this marriage were:
490 F i. Elizabeth Clare McCarthy .
+ 491 F ii. Mary Catherine McCarthy was born on 5 Aug 1930.
492 M iii. Charles Justin McCarthy was born on 4 Oct 1933, died on 3 Jun 1987 in Hinesville, GA at age 53, and was buried in Stratford, Ont.
493 F iv. Patricia Ann McCarthy was born on 9 Nov 1934.
+ 494 M v. Gerald Francis McCarthy was born on 5 Feb 1937 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
+ 495 F vi. Jane Alice McCarthy was born on 5 Feb 1937 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
496 M vii. John Edgar McCarthy was born on 21 Jul 1938 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
+ 497 M viii. Richard James McCarthy was born on 2 Aug 1941.
+ 498 M ix. David Joseph McCarthy was born on 29 Jun 1944.
399. Jean Eartley Hawes was born on 3 Dec 1912.
Jean married Jack Hetherington on 17 May 1947.74
The child from this marriage was:
+ 499 M i. John David Hetherington was born on 11 May 1949.
400. Stanley Edmond Addison was born on 20 Mar 1912 in South Norwich, Ont.
Stanley married Verna Kidner Addison.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 500 M i. William Addison .
501 F ii. Mary Ellen Addison was born on 19 Jun 1945 in Otterville, Ont, died on 19 Jun 1945 in Otterville, Ont, and was buried in Jun 1945 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
402. Mary Phyllis James was born on 19 Dec 1922 in South Norwich, Ont.
Mary married Everett Crockett.
Children from this marriage were:
502 M i. Kevin Crockett .
403. Duncan Addison was born on 7 Feb 1923 in South Norwich, Ont.
Duncan married Hilda O'Reilly Addison.
Children from this marriage were:
504 F i. Marsha Addison .
405. Donald Wilfrid Addison was born on 24 Jul 1923 in Otterville, Ont and died on 4 Aug 1990 in Otterville, Ontario 158 at age 67.
Donald married Velma Harriet Eakett 164 on 2 Feb 1946 in Otterville, Ont. Velma was born on 27 Sep 1926 in Otterville, Ont.165
Children from this marriage were:
+ 506 F i. Linda May Addison Turner was born on 21 Dec 1946.
507 M ii. Wayne Douglas Addison was born on 26 Jul 1949.
Wayne married Shirley George.
Donald next married Sytje (Sylvia) Lefevre (Aarsen).74
407. Richard Paul Fisher Addison was born on 25 Dec 1928 in Otterville, Ont,25 died on 23 Mar 1981 in Bermuda at age 52, and was buried in 1981 in Otterville Cemetery, Otterville, ON.
General Notes: On Richard's and his wife Mildred's headstone there is an etching of the Bermuda Islands, likely a favorite holiday place. From Patrick DeRoo- Dick was a sign painter and letterer. He later became a funeral director amd moved to Bermuda where he owned and operated a funeral home. 74
Richard married Mildred I Broad Addison. Mildred was born in 1927.25
Children from this marriage were:
+ 508 M i. Richard Douglas Addison .25
509 M ii. David Wilfrid Addison .25
David married Joanne Unknown Addison.
409. Aileen Woodhouse McKinnon was born on 24 Feb 1928 in Manitoulin Island, ON.
Aileen married Walter Lindsay McKinnon on 21 Jun 1947. Walter was born on 2 May 1921.
Children from this marriage were:
510 M i. Roy Douglas McKinnon was born on 24 Dec 1947.
511 M ii. John Walter McKinnon was born on 7 Jan 1951.
512 F iii. Donna May McKinnon was born on 28 Feb 1956.
513 F iv. Marlyn Susan McKinnon was born on 23 Sep 1958.
514 M v. James Bruce McKinnon was born on 6 Aug 1960.
410. Herbert (Bert) Addison Woodhouse was born on 16 Nov 1929 in Manitoulin Island, ON.
Herbert married Delena Isobel McCauley Woodhouse on 29 Jun 1951. Delena was born on 11 Jul 1931.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 515 M i. John Scott Woodhouse was born on 17 May 1959.
+ 516 M ii. Mark Edward Woodhouse was born on 29 Nov 1956.
415. Arthur Edgar Addison was born on 5 Jul 1935 in Manitoulin Island, ON.
Arthur married Beatrice Loretta Jean Cook Addison on 14 Jun 1956. Beatrice was born on 16 May 1936.
Children from this marriage were:
517 F i. Debra Ann Addison was born on 29 May 1961.
518 F ii. Pennie Lynn Addison was born on 17 Jun 1963.
519 M iii. Joseph Arthur Addison was born on 21 Sep 1965.
416. Kathleen Margaret Addison Everett was born on 9 May 1939 in Manitoulin Island, ON.
Kathleen married Allen Franklin Everett on 14 Jul 1961. Allen was born on 15 Aug 1941.
Children from this marriage were:
520 F i. Kimberley Margaret Everett was born on 8 Sep 1964.
521 F ii. Susan Katherine Everett was born on 24 Jul 1967.
417. Daniel Vern Addison was born on 4 Sep 1950 in Manitoulin Island, ON.
Daniel married Joy Marie Guy Addison on 3 Jun 1978. Joy was born on 1 Apr 1955.
Children from this marriage were:
522 F i. Emilie Hazel Addison was born on 5 Jan 1981.
523 M ii. Danny Edgar Addison was born on 30 Jul 1982.
418. John (Jack) Jr Joseph Addison was born on 5 Nov 1933 in Manitoulin Island, ON.
John married Alice Evelyn Veyon Addison on 18 Jul 1953. Alice was born on 28 Feb 1933.
Children from this marriage were:
524 M i. John Arthur Addison was born on 3 Jun 1954.
John married Roma Jean Shockey Addison on 17 Jul 1977. Roma was born on 4 Mar 1949.
+ 525 M ii. Brian Marc Addison .
526 F iii. Tina Marie Addison was born on 7 Oct 1966.
Tina married Gregory Andrew Dudash on 20 Mar 1987. Gregory was born on 28 Nov 1964.
527 M iv. James Allen Addison was born on 26 Aug 1967.
421. Norman Lyle Addison was born on 19 May 1943 in Gore Bay, Manitoulin Island, Ontario.
Norman married Ann Isobel McKay, daughter of Donald McKay and Unknown, on 30 Jul 1965 in Silver Water, Manitoulin Island, Ontario. Ann was born on 21 Feb 1946 in Gore Bay, Manitoulin Island, Ontario.
The child from this marriage was:
528 F i. Lori Addison Mastelko .
430. John Charles Addison was born on 19 Sep 1948 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada.
John married Katherine Louise Hanson Addison on 24 Jul 1971. Katherine was born on 21 Jul 1950.
Children from this marriage were:
529 F i. Lyn Anne Addison was born on 2 Oct 1974.
530 F ii. Jenna Leah Addison was born on 6 Jul 1976.
531 M iii. John Charles Addison was born on 11 Apr 1980.
431. Margaret Ann Addison was born on 12 Aug 1952 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada.
Margaret married Michael Wayne Kelly on 27 Apr 1973. Michael was born on 27 Apr 1950.
Children from this marriage were:
532 M i. Kenneth Michael Francis Kelly was born on 6 Oct 1981.
533 F ii. Julie Ann May Kelly was born on 14 Oct 1984.
534 F iii. Kate Lynn Kelly was born on 17 Nov 1989.
General Notes: From Carolyn Bedford, Frank married Audrey Kimber (deceased). Frank lives in Three Springs Western Australia had 3 children Richard, Carolyn ( me) and Jonathan.
Frank married Audrey Kimber Addison.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 536 F ii. Carolyn Addison Bedford .
440. Stephen Webb was born in 1949.
Stephen married Christine Unknown Webb about 1992. Christine was born in 1955.
Children from this marriage were:
538 M i. Martyn Webb was born in 1993.
539 M ii. Colin Webb was born in 1995.
442. Kenneth Addison was born on 2 Jun 1951 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
Kenneth married Jacqueline Anne Lawson Addison on 17 Nov 1982 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
Children from this marriage were:
540 M i. Paul Kenneth Addison was born on 29 Oct 1981 in Kendal, Westmorland, UK.
541 M ii. Steven Colin Addison was born on 11 Apr 1985 in Kendal, Westmorland, UK.
443. Thomas Addison was born on 29 Apr 1953 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
Thomas married Elizabeth Taylor Addison about 1980 in Witherslack, Westmorland, UK. Elizabeth was born in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
Children from this marriage were:
542 F i. Claire Elizabeth Addison was born on 29 Jun 1981 in Kendal, Westmorland, UK.
543 F ii. Rebecca Addison was born on 21 May 1985 in Kendal, Westmorland, UK.
444. Roger Addison was born on 4 Jan 1955 in Levens, Westmorland, UK.
Roger married Rosaline Rowe Addison about 1977 in Burton, Lancashire, UK.
Children from this marriage were:
544 M i. Michael Addison was born on 16 Feb 1978 in Kendal, Westmorland, UK.
545 F ii. Rachel Addison was born on 7 Nov 1979 in Kendal, Westmorland, UK.
450. Herbert Thomas Addison was born on 21 Apr 1928 in Toronto, ON and died on 6 Aug 2002 in Sidney, BC at age 74. The cause of his death was Cancer (Metastising Melanoma complicated by Lymphocetic Leukemia).
General Notes: Herbert Thomas Addison was born in east end Toronto but grew up in Long Branch. His family moved to 31 Elder Avenue when he was about 6 or 7 and he went to Daisy Avenue School where he first met Gloria. She was a year younger than he and a best friend of his younger sister Pat. As a youngster Herb loved sports and played lacrosse, hockey and golf. In 1945-46 he attended the University of Toronto and studied actuarial science. He used to visit his Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Ida Paxton while he was in the city for classes. The travel back and forth on the street car made for long days though and after one year he decided to join the RCN. In April '46 Herb left home for Esquimalt, then known as HMCS NADEN for his first 2 months of training as an Ordinary Seaman. After a month Herb was selected for officers' training. He and his mates George Schober, Stan Mahan, John Chekan, Ron Dobney and Red Bowen were assigned to HMCS UGANDA, a former RN cruiser from the RN's Pacific Fleet, where they met and Bill Brown and several other officer candidates in training who soon became life long friends. Their first taste of life at sea was a cruise up the coast to Prince Rupert and Dutch Harbour, then south to the Panama Canal where the WARRIOR joined them after transiting the canal from Halifax. At Christmas time in '46 Herb, Red Bowen and Ron Dobney (who was from Owen Sound) returned home to Toronto from Victoria by train. On 30 May 1947 Herb and his mates were promoted to Midshipman and told that they would be sent to the UK to do 3 years of naval officer training. They first went to STADACONA in Halifax for some basic navigation training. Then in July '47 they transited the Atlantic in HMCS WARRIOR, Canada's first aircraft carrier. WARRIOR was being used as a troop ship and was taking a number of Boy Scouts to a Jamboree in Grenoch, Scotland. Once in the UK in the summer of '47 Herb and his mates were billeted in the famous RN cruiser RENOWN in the stream in Devenport, across from Portsmouth.
After a time they started their training on the Junior Officers War Course in Grenwich, the RN's Naval College. Later that year the group of Canadians was split up. Stan Mahan went to the frigate LOCH VIETY, George and Snuffy (John Chekan) went to frigates, Red Bowen went to the CRISPIN, and Herb joined the County Class Cruiser NORFOLK, the Flagship of C in C East India (Trincomalee). At some point in '47 Herb took leave and visited his mother May's family in Ireland. He took the boat and then the Belfast County Down Railway to Newcastle and stayed with Uncle John Paxton (a shoemaker) and his wife Rebecca and their daughters Mona and Emma who lived on Railway Street near the Slieve Donerd Hotel. He spent Christmas 1947 in Trincomali, Celylon. 30 Sep 1948 Herb was promoted to Acting Sub-Lieutenant and continued his training in the UK, at RNC Greenwich where most junior officer training was done.
Herb returned home in 1949 to marry Gloria and she went to the UK with him while he finished his training with the RN. They returned to Newcastle in May 1949 to visit Uncle John and Rebecca. Herb was promoted to Sub-Lieutenant 30 May 1949. He left Gloria in Newcastle for three months while he went to Londonderry to do Sub-Lieutenant summer training on board HMS CREOLE, a Crescent Class Destroyer in the 3rd Training Flotilla. He then went on to complete his Subs courses in Portsmouth before returning with Gloria to Canada in July 1950.
Herb and Gloria got a flat on Bayers Road in Halifax in 1950. Their first child Janette, was born in Toronto in September 1950 while Herb was at sea in HURON doing his Bridge watchkeeping training. From January until November 1951 Herb served in HMCS HURON during her employment in Korea as CAYUGAs replacement. On 30 April 1951 he was promoted Lieutenant, RCN. He then joined the QUEBEC (formerly called UGANDA) in December '51 and sailed with her through the Panama Canal in early 1952 to Halifax. From March to June 1952 he attended the RN P and R T Course. Christmas 1952 was spent back at home in Toronto on 35th Street with family. Then in January '53 he and Gloria rode the train across Canada to Victoria. They lived a short time on Hambly Street and then moved to 1626 Ross Street where they were living in August '54 when their second child, Timothy, was born. By then Herb was the Officer in Charge of the Pand RT School in NADEN. In September '54 Herb was posted back to sea in HMCS ONTARIO on the training staff. In 1955 he made a round the world cruise in ONTARIO with stops in Australia and Europe. On his return home to Victoria he was posted to the Naval College, HMCS ROYAL ROADS in Colwood, BC where he was the Director Athletics and Squadron Commander for two years.
Following ROYAL ROADS Herb was posted to Halifax where he served first at STADACONA as the P and RT officer and then at sea as the senior Watchkeeper in the aircraft carrier, HMCS BONAVENTURE. On 30 April 1959 he was promoted to Lieutenant-Commander. In August 1960 the Addisons moved again, this time to Deep Brook, NS, where Herb continued as the Officer in Charge of the P and RT School at the Navy's main recruiting and training base, HMCS CORNWALLIS until 1963. Another move across the country took place in 1963 when the Addisons returned to Victoria and Herb assumed duties as Exectutive Officer in the training squadron frigates, JONQUIERRE and NEW GLASGOW. In 1965 Herb joined MARPAC Personnel for a short stint before being posted to NDHQ to DPER 4 in 1966. In March 1967 Herb joined the D INT Foreign Liaison Office in the old A building. After 3 years with the FLO in 1970 another move took the Addisons to the USA where Herb took up a position in Current Naval Intelligence in SACLANT Headquarters, Norfolk, VA. His final posting in August 1973 was back to the west coast as Senior Staff Officer, Intelligence to the Commander Maritime Forces Pacific in Victoria, BC. He retired from the Canadian Forces 21 April 1975.
After his naval career, Herb worked for ten years with Canada Trust doing income taxes and securities as a portfolio manager. He then took a turn at local politics as an Alderman in Sidney BC. He was on Sidney Town Council 1986-90 and was instrumental in establishing the Sidney Whale Museum. He was also Sannich Water Board chair in 1991. Always a keen golfer, his final career move at age 65 was to become a professional golf caddy. He toured Canada and the US, caddying and selling yardage books at Canadian Professional Golf Association tournaments and other major golf events. At 71 he decided to stay home in Sidney, BC to work on his own game. He passed away 6 August 2002 at home, 9342 Webster Place, Sidney.
Herbert married Gloria Yvonne Hunt Addison, daughter of Albert Hunt and Edna Olive Hennings Hunt, on 9 Apr 1949 in Dunn Memorial Presbyterian Church, 26Th Street, Long Branch, ON. Gloria was born on 2 Aug 1929 in Mimico, ON.
Marriage Notes: Description: The reception took place at HMCS York in Toronto.
Surety:0
Children from this marriage were:
+ 546 F i. Janette Elaine Addison Leitch was born on 30 Sep 1950 in Toronto, ON.
+ 547 M ii. Timothy Herbert Addison was born on 26 Aug 1954 in St Joseph's Hospital, Victoria, BC and was christened in Esquimalt On Board Hmcs Ontario.
451. Patricia Addison Harper was born on 2 Oct 1929 in Long Branch, ON.
Patricia married William Harper on 30 Oct 1954 in Toronto, ON. William was born on 17 Sep 1927 in Long Branch, ON.
Children from this marriage were:
548 F i. Mary Louise Harper Winter was born on 20 Jun 1955 in Toronto, ON.
Mary married Ralph Winter on 16 Apr 1981 in Victoria, BC. Ralph was born on 5 Jul 1947 in Medicine Hat, AB.
+ 549 F ii. Julia Ann Harper Jordon was born on 3 Mar 1957 in Toronto, ON.
+ 550 F iii. Sandra Jean Harper McCorquodale was born on 29 Jun 1958 in Toronto, ON.
551 M iv. William Argyll Harper Jr was born on 1 Jan 1962 in Toronto, ON.
+ 552 F v. Marion Ida Harper Treskin was born on 13 Apr 1967 in Toronto, ON.
454. Karen Anne Addison Shorter was born on 27 Dec 1942 in Toronto, ON.
Karen married George Thomas Shorter on 28 Jul 1962 in Toronto, ON. George was born on 16 Dec 1941 in Toronto, ON.
Children from this marriage were:
553 F i. Sonja Marie Shorter was born on 23 Aug 1963 in Toronto, ON.
554 M ii. Brett Addison Shorter was born on 18 Dec 1971 in Toronto, ON.
Twelfth Generation
473. Juanita Jean McMullen was born on 26 Oct 1932.
Juanita married Ross Dow.74
Children from this marriage were:
555 M i. Paul Steven Dow was born on 26 Dec 1964.
+ 556 F ii. Karen Elaine Dow was born on 20 Dec 1966.
557 F iii. Nancy Jean Dow was born on 25 Sep 1970.
474. William Arthur McMullen was born on 27 May 1934.
William married Lurene Mae Treffry Addison on 8 Oct 1956.74
Children from this marriage were:
+ 558 F i. Christine Louise McMullen was born on 24 Dec 1958.
559 F ii. Wilma Lurene McMullen was born on 12 May 1962.
Wilma married Randy Patrick Samuel DeClerq on 24 Sep 1983. Randy was born on 28 Jan 1961.
475. Donald Leslie McMullen was born on 17 Apr 1943 and died in 2004 in Norwich, Ont at age 61.
Donald married Donna Sherman McMullen on 16 Jun 1962.
Children from this marriage were:
560 M i. Donald Darrin McMullen was born on 30 Oct 1968.
561 F ii. Leslie Dana McMullen was born on 17 Nov 1971.
476. John Edwin McMullen was born on 27 Dec 1950.
John married Christine Kozuch McMullen.74
Children from this marriage were:
562 F i. Marcella McMullen .
563 M ii. Alex McMullen .
564 M iii. Joshua Daniel McMullen .
477. Juanita Caron McMullen was born on 20 Apr 1946 in Tillsonburg, ON.
Juanita married Richard Marcel DeRoo on 6 Jul 1968. Richard was born on 15 Aug 1946 in Tillsonburg, ON.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 565 M i. Patrick DeRoo 74 was born on 2 May 1969 in Tillsonburg, ON.
478. Helen Gayle Wase was born on 9 Aug 1943.163
Helen married Brian Robert Clements on 7 Oct 1967.74
Children from this marriage were:
566 M i. Timothy Robert Clements was born on 27 Dec 1968.
567 M ii. Gergory Addison Clements was born on 27 Mar 1971.
568 M iii. Jason Brian Clements was born on 3 Nov 1972.
479. Mary Kathryn Wase was born on 4 Mar 1945.163
Mary married Robert John Mclean on 6 Feb 1971.
Children from this marriage were:
569 F i. Marcia Kathryn Mclean was born on 25 Aug 1972.
570 F ii. Julie Margaret Mclean was born on 9 May 1974.
482. June Young was born on 12 May 1923.
June married William Toogood on 27 Mar 1946.
Children from this marriage were:
571 M i. Norman Toogood .
572 M ii. Brian Toogood .
483. Joyce Young was born on 5 Jun 1927.
Joyce married Frank Sikora on 11 Sep 1948.
Children from this marriage were:
574 M i. Michael Sikora .
484. Richard Young was born on 18 Feb 1933.
Richard married Carol Vincent.
The child from this marriage was:
576 M i. William Young .
Richard next married Donna Bastedo 18 Feb xx.
The child from this marriage was:
485. James Young was born on 9 Nov 1937.
James married Marion Draper on 5 Sep 1959.
Children from this marriage were:
578 M i. James II Young .
488. William Bertrand was born on 25 Nov 1930.
William married Shirley Tull on 22 Aug 1953.
Children from this marriage were:
580 M i. Ronald Bertrand was born on 14 Feb 1955.
581 F ii. Renee Bertrand was born on 25 Dec 1960.
489. John Bertrand was born on 12 Feb 1937.
John married Beverly Ann Page on 12 Dec 1961.
The child from this marriage was:
582 M i. Paul Bertrand was born on 6 Apr 1968.
491. Mary Catherine McCarthy was born on 5 Aug 1930.
Mary married William Wilkinson on 10 Jun 1951.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 583 F i. Leslie Clare Wilkinson was born on 22 Mar 1956.
+ 584 F ii. Karen Patricia Wilkinson was born on 1 Mar 1959.
494. Gerald Francis McCarthy was born on 5 Feb 1937 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
General Notes: Gerald worked for AT andT Michigan and retired at age 48. He created his own business doing installation work, sound equipment and phones. 166
Gerald married Linda Heck on 9 Sep 1960.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 585 M i. Gregory McCarthy was born on 25 Apr 1962.
586 F ii. Michele McCarthy was born on 17 Oct 1963.
+ 587 M iii. Douglas McCarthy was born on 8 Jun 1966.
588 F iv. Colleen McCarthy was born on 1 Mar 1970.
Colleen married Joseph Armstrong on 11 May 1991.
495. Jane Alice McCarthy was born on 5 Feb 1937 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Jane married Ronald Berdan on 28 Aug 1959.
Children from this marriage were:
589 F i. Lisa Berdan was born on 29 May 1961.
+ 590 M ii. Richard Berdan was born on 5 Feb 1963.
591 M iii. Eric Berdan was born on 23 May 1970.
497. Richard James McCarthy was born on 2 Aug 1941.
Richard married Sharon Donnely on 15 Aug 1964.
Children from this marriage were:
592 F i. Patricia McCarthy was born on 21 Nov 1976.
593 M ii. Richard Kelly McCarthy was born on 9 Jun 1969.
498. David Joseph McCarthy was born on 29 Jun 1944.
David married Ann Smith.
Children from this marriage were:
594 M i. Matthew McCarthy was born on 26 Sep 1974.
595 F ii. Shannon McCarthy was born on 29 Apr 1977.
596 M iii. Mark McCarthy was born on 1 Nov 1979.
597 M iv. Sean McCarthy was born on 20 Nov 1981.
499. John David Hetherington was born on 11 May 1949.
John married Linda Wagner on 4 May 1974.
Children from this marriage were:
598 M i. Weslee Hetherington was born on 4 Mar 1977.
599 M ii. Nicholas Hetherington was born on 16 Sep 1979.
William married.
+ 600 M i. Scott Addison .
506. Linda May Addison Turner was born on 21 Dec 1946.
General Notes: Notes from Linda Turner: I have recently found another cousin, Robert Conklin of Michigan. His Grandfather and my Great Grandfather Charles, were first cousins and were very close in spite of the distance. He says that Charlie ( as they have always called him) used to come to visit and he sent me a picture of him at his (Robert's) Grandparents wedding. There was a bit of a local scandal because they already had about 6 kids when they got married - the first wife had run off with the baby early in the marriage never to be heard of again and I suppose this presented a problem in re marriage. In the photo that Bob sent me, you would think that Grandpa was the groom as he is in the centre of the picture. I think that Bob is probably close to my Mother's age because Charlie died in 1942. Bob is retired from the American Navy. According to a letter that Bob's sister had written to Grandma in the early 1960's, the Addison's and the Conklins are double cousins because a brother and sister Addison married a sister and brother Conklin.
Linda married James Turner on 5 Feb 1966.
Children from this marriage were:
602 M i. Jonathan Frederick Turner was born on 30 Sep 1966.
603 M ii. Robert Wayne Turner was born on 6 Feb 1970.
508. Richard Douglas Addison .25
Richard married Marion Unknown Addison.
The child from this marriage was:
604 F i. Nicole Addison .
Richard next married Wendy Unknown Addison.
The child from this marriage was:
515. John Scott Woodhouse was born on 17 May 1959.
John married Deborah Paquette Woodhouse on 10 Aug 1985 in Parry Sound, Ont. Deborah was born on 10 Jan 1959.
The child from this marriage was:
606 F i. Caitlin Emma Woodhouse was born on 1 Mar 1988 in Parry Sound, Ont.
516. Mark Edward Woodhouse was born on 29 Nov 1956.
Mark married Susan Baird Scarfe Woodhouse on 12 Oct 1985 in Parry Sound, Ont. Susan was born on 12 Apr 1960 in Ayr, Scotland.
Children from this marriage were:
607 F i. Fiona Audrey Woodhouse was born on 7 Sep 1988 in Parry Sound, Ont.
608 F ii. Paige Elizabeth Woodhouse was born on 15 Mar 1990.
609 F iii. Morgan Buchanan Woodhouse was born on 25 Aug 1992 in Bright's Grove, Ontario.
Brian married Katheryn Doreen Melton Addison on 17 Jul 1977. Katheryn was born on 28 Mar 1957.
Children from this marriage were:
610 F i. Jayme Lynn Addison was born on 26 Apr 1979.
611 F ii. Leah Ann Addison was born on 28 Mar 1982.
612 M iii. Brandon Marc Addison was born on 23 May 1985.
536. Carolyn Addison Bedford .
General Notes: Carolyn sent this email in August 2007.
Hi Tim,
Peter and Jane Addison had a son Peter who married Selina Laskey (Stamp) who had a son James who is my great grand father. James married Lousia Brown they had 9 children (3 are still alive today Nell who is 91 and Jenny turning 90 this year, Nell still lives in the family home Buxton and she never married, 1 of James and Louisa children Walter Peter ( Dick ) my Grandfather married Doris Bridge both deceased had 3 children Frank Delma and James who died at 6 weeks. Frank married Audrey Kimber deceased , Frank being my father who lives in Three Springs Western Australia had 3 children Richard, Carolyn ( me) and Jonathan my 2 brothers still live in Western Australia, and I married a New Zealander Barry Bedford who is a plumber and myself a nurse we live in Waitara Taranaki New Zealand we have 2 children Jason is in the Navy and Lisa who lives in Townsville Australia. Us Addisons can sure get around the world. Nice hearing from you.
Carolyn Bedford Nee Addison
Carolyn married Barry Bedford.
Children from this marriage were:
613 M i. Jason Bedford .
546. Janette Elaine Addison Leitch was born on 30 Sep 1950 in Toronto, ON.
Research Notes: >Birth note: Birth Surety:0
Janette married J. Robert Leitch on 5 May 1973 in Kingston, ON. J. was born on 12 May 1950.
Children from this marriage were:
615 M i. James Leitch was born on 20 May 1982 in Kingston, ON.
547. Timothy Herbert Addison was born on 26 Aug 1954 in St Joseph's Hospital, Victoria, BC and was christened in Esquimalt On Board Hmcs Ontario.
Research Notes: >Birth note: Birth Surety:0
Noted events in his life were:
• Graduation: : Princess Anne High School, Virginia Beach VA. Graduation Surety:0
• Graduation: : Royal Military College, Kingston Ontario. Graduation Surety:0
Timothy married Susan Jeanette Newhook Addison, daughter of Lloyd Walter Newhook and Joyce Ellen Powell Newhook. Susan was born on 21 Mar 1951 in Grand Falls, Newfoundland.
The child from this marriage was:
617 M i. Timothy James Herbert Addison was born on 10 Jan 1983 in Victoria, BC At St Joseph's Hospital and was christened in Mar 1983 in Esquimalt On Board Hmcs Terra Nova.
Noted events in his life were:
• Qualified Drivers Licence: 6 Oct 1999, Ottawa, ON. Qualified G2
549. Julia Ann Harper Jordon was born on 3 Mar 1957 in Toronto, ON.
Julia married George Jordon on 7 Aug 1982 in Toronto, ON. George was born on 17 Jun 1957.
Children from this marriage were:
618 F i. Katherine Rachael Elizabeth (Katie) Jordon was born on 21 Aug 1986 in Unionville, Ont.
619 M ii. Peter Andrew Elliot Jordon was born on 23 Mar 1983 in Toronto, ON.
550. Sandra Jean Harper McCorquodale was born on 29 Jun 1958 in Toronto, ON.
Sandra married Gordon McCorquodale on 9 Apr 1995 in Vancouver, BC. Gordon was born on 10 Aug 1962.
The child from this marriage was:
620 M i. Alexander Patrick McCorquodale was born on 5 May 1996 in Vancouver, BC.
552. Marion Ida Harper Treskin was born on 13 Apr 1967 in Toronto, ON.
Marion married Andrei Treskin on 15 Aug 2000 in Whistler, BC. Andrei was born on 1 Jan 1963.
Children from this marriage were:
621 M i. Nikolai Samuel Treskin was born on 25 Apr 2001 in Vancouver, BC.
622 M ii. Jakob Liam Treskin was born on 25 Oct 2003 in Vancouver, BC.
Thirteenth Generation
556. Karen Elaine Dow was born on 20 Dec 1966.
General Notes: Karen is an adpoted child. 74
Karen married Howard Campbell.
The child from this marriage was:
558. Christine Louise McMullen was born on 24 Dec 1958.
Christine married Lauren Craven on 8 Oct 1983.
The child from this marriage was:
624 F i. Holly Christine Craven was born on 23 Nov 1986.
565. Patrick DeRoo 74 was born on 2 May 1969 in Tillsonburg, ON.
Patrick married Susan Elizabeth McQuiggin on 6 Sep 1997 in Otterville, ON. Susan was born on 20 May 1975 in Woodstock, Ont.
The child from this marriage was:
625 M i. Gordon Richard DeRoo was born on 20 Mar 2006 in Woodstock, Ont.
583. Leslie Clare Wilkinson was born on 22 Mar 1956.
Leslie married Gordon Tanton on 28 Oct 1978.
Children from this marriage were:
626 M i. William Fraser Tanton was born on 20 Jul 1983.
627 F ii. Rebecca Sue Tanton was born on 30 May 1985.
584. Karen Patricia Wilkinson was born on 1 Mar 1959.
Karen married Paul Pomanikow on 10 Feb 1985.
The child from this marriage was:
628 M i. Daniel Zachary Pomanikow was born in Aug 1988.
585. Gregory McCarthy was born on 25 Apr 1962.
Gregory married Jeanette Shrader on 31 May 1985.
Children from this marriage were:
629 F i. Heather Lynn McCarthy was born on 1 May 1988.
630 F ii. Rachel Marie McCarthy was born on 23 May 1990.
587. Douglas McCarthy was born on 8 Jun 1966.
Douglas married Cindy Archer on 10 Jun 1989.
The child from this marriage was:
631 F i. Jessica Lynn McCarthy was born on 29 Nov 1989.
590. Richard Berdan was born on 5 Feb 1963.
Richard married Wendy Blake on 17 May 1986.
Children from this marriage were:
632 M i. Vince Berdan was born on 26 Aug 1983.
633 F ii. Erica Berdan was born on 13 Dec 1986.
Scott married.
His children were:
634 M i. Benjamin Addison .
635 M ii. Cameron Addison .
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