Generation 4- James Giles  Proctor and Albert Edward Proctor -sons of Henry

James Giles Proctor died in 1898 of Typhus in Port Huron ,Michigan

Drayton Advocate Nov. 17 1898 page 2

About two weeks ago Ms. Lucius Adams of this place received a letter from Port Huron, stating that her brother , Mr. James Proctor , was very ill with typhoid fever . on Saturday last, a second letter was received stating that he died the evening before. Deceased was well known in this vicinity,but had not visited here within the past ten years., having been employed in a large furniture factory in which he ran one of the principal saws and for which he got good pay. He leaves to mourn his untimely end , a delicate wife and two children., the eldest being 4 years and the youngest 9 months. His illness lasted less than a month, but up to within a few days of his death ,he was rational and quite reconciled to his condition should it prove fatal. The bereaved family have the sincere sympathy of their many friends .

He is buried in the "Lakeside Cemetery" City of Port Huron 100 McMorran Blvd., Port Huron MI 48060

He had a wife named Mary and 2 daughters, Mabel born May 1892 and Eva born Nov. 1897 . mother Mary remarried Thomas Holbrook in Port Huron Michigan

Albert Edward Proctor died in Toronto in a farming accident on March 13, 1889, no obit has been found yet and it is unknown if he was married

         Generation 4- Melissa Alenza Proctor

Melissa was born  October 06, 1863 in Maryborough Ontario  to Henry Proctor  and his wife Margaret Giles .  Melissa married Lucius Rufus Adams on May 02, 1882 they had 3 children Howard Ryerson Adams born July 14, 1884 Garfield Proctor Adams born July 25, 1886, Louella Pearl Adams born July 12, 1888. Lucius Adams died before 1900 and Melissa’s second husband was William Ellis .Melissa  died in 1928  she and her children are buried in Victoria Cemetery in Drayton

Louella Adams b July 29, 1888 in Drayton died 1924 (in childbirth) married Joseph Turnbull 

        Children

William Turnbull

Verna Turnbull

Joseph Turnbull

John Ronald Turnbull

James Grant Turnbull

Gordon Garfield Turnbull

Luella Noreen Turnbull

Unknown Baby boy

Dorothy May Turnbull

  Howard Ryerson Adams b May 2, 1884

Garfield Proctor Adams b Jul 25, 1886 

                                             Generation 4- Jane Francis Proctor

Jane Francis Proctor was born July 17, 1873 in Drayton Ontario to Henry Proctor and his wife Margaret Giles. She was called Jennie. Jennie married Percy Ducksberry/Duxberry.  She had one daughter Stella who is still living as of 2002  She was the source for most of the pictures used here

                                                     Generation 4-Henry Proctor

Henry was born on June 16, 1869 in Drayton, Ontario to Henry Proctor and his wife Margaret Giles. He was known to the family as Harry. Harry married Olivia Helen Gibson daughter of William Gibson and Helen Debeck on May 22, 1894 in Nanaimo, British Columbia.He gives his occupation as a druggist on his marriage certificate. It is not known what year he came to B.C. or where he was working. He took his new wife to Toronto shortly after the marriage and their first child Henry Gibson Proctor was born there on June 19, 1895 followed the next year by Vera Violetta on October 08, 1896.

  By 1900 they were living in Pinewood, Rainy River Ontario with 3 children Alfred Douglas Proctor had been born on April 01, 1899. In a letter to a friend in Nanaimo Olivia states that Harry was farming. They had 3 more children here a son William Howard who passed away as a baby and daughters Nellie Mae and Edris. The children all went to school across the border in Minnesota, most likely boarding school. 

  He was demobilized on the 19 day of Aug .1919 (C.F.C. was Canadian Forestry Corps. )  Henry’s wife Olivia had returned to Nanaimo B.C., her hometown, with the younger children while Henry was overseas. Their oldest son Henry Gibson Proctor had also enlisted and had served overseas for 5 years .

The younger  Henry suffered a great deal in his service and was wounded several times and suffered a great deal with his physical and mental health during his years overseas. Both father and son returned to Nanaimo to the rest of the family in 1919 .

  Sometime after 1920 Henry left the family. We know he was there in 1920 as his name appears on the 1920 voters list .The details of his leaving  are unknown

Olivia took the children to live in Olympia Wa. to live with her sister. She opened a shop where she sold fancy work ,embroidered linens etc. She did beautiful work. Their son Alfred Douglas remained in Nanaimo .. We don’t know for sure how long Olivia lived in Wa. state  In 1931 Olivia inherited a house on Rosehill Avenue in Nanaimo from her foster mother Ann Summerhayes . She was living in Nanaimo after 1931.

Olivia succumbed to her heart problems 10 years later .She died on August  9 , 1941 at the age of 65

“The Major” Henry Proctor himself passed away a few years after this of a stroke He had been suffering high blood pressure and heart Disease for a few years. He was 76 years old at the time of his death. No will or probate was found for either Henry or Olivia . More Pictures of Henry's Family