Ancestry of Longhurst 1200

John Longhurst, who lived in Ockley Surrey England in the 1500's, is a starting point for a record of descendants leading up to 1787, to the birth of Joseph Longhurst. Joseph and his family, including son James, were the first ancestral Longhursts to settle in Canada. Alfred Thomas Burton Longhurst is a descendant of Joseph, through his son James. If John is considered to be the first generation, Alfred Thomas Burton Longhurst is the fifteenth generation.

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Longhurst Coming to Canada

Joseph and Sarah Come to Canada

Lest we forget... for thousands of years prior to colonization primarily by the English, French and Spanish, the continent of North America was populated by aboriginal peoples. These were civilizations that had great knowledge and respect for their lands and the creatures that lived there with them. They were no more savages than the colonists who came to displace them - these were cultured peoples.

For a brief history of Canada, read this article...

For a brief history of the early United States, read this article...

The attraction of Canada...

Settlement in Canada up to the early 19th century was slow and unsure. Governing bodies changed, territories changed, trade changed, and the reasons for coming to Canada changed. The single largest influx was of the United Empire Loyalists who fled the United States after the American Revolution in significant numbers and settled primarily in Nova Scotia, newly-formed New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. About 10,000 of the estimated 40,000 Loyalist emigrants settled in Upper Canada.

By 1820, Upper Canada was becoming very attractive to those wishing to emigrate from countries like England, where life for many was very difficult and held little promise of a prosperous future. With the Industrial Revolution gaining momentum, entrepreneurs looked to the New World to open new businesses, or to expand existing Old World businesses. Jobs and even small business opportunities began opening up for the city's poor and for the peasant rural population in both the Old World and the New. Virtually every industry was a "growth industry". While few of the employed accumulated any real wealth, it was still a step up for many from the impoverished life of the era. Emigrating to Canada became a way out - and up - for thousands of people.

For many who worked or owned land in the Old World, rents and taxes were oppressive. Canada had reserved land for the Clergy making the remainder tythe-free; Canada charged no rent on land in use; and Canada charged nominal taxes, which would rise and fall based on profit - meaning lower, or no, taxes paid in a bad year. This all amounted to a significant enticement to emigrate and start anew.

Government encouragement...

To encourage the inland settlement of Canada by stable, loyal pioneers, then Lieutenant Governor Simcoe offered conditional 200-acre grants. The land of Upper Canada (Ontario) was divided up into these parcels which could well be afforded or acquired by way of the free grant. United Empire Loyalists and their family members, those having served in the Military and their family members, and certain others could receive land - often with all fees waived. Advertisements were sent out to the most desirable potential settlers, like the successful German settlers in Pennsylvania and others.

As a means of encouraging the raising of capital while providing settlers with land and employment, the government sold vast areas of crown lands and clergy reserves across southern Ontario to The Canada Company, formed in the early 1800's by a group of English businessmen. The Canada Company managed the grants, leases and sales of much of the Crown Land, and was still in business up until the early 1950's.

As to the kinds of land acquisition arrangements available, there were basicaly three. A free grant awarded the grantee the right to occupy a parcel of Crown land with no transfer of ownership until several conditions were met, then a deed would be issued. A lease usually involved the Canada Company, and was often converted into a sale. A sale involved either the Canada Company (resulting in the issuing of a deed) or the Crown (resulting in the issuing of a patent).

Note : A township in Ontario is usually rectangular in shape, unless it borders a major river or lake. Townships are divided into concessions. Each concession is a strip of land 1¼ mile wide. Concessions can run in any direction and are usually separated by a road. Concessions are numbered with Roman Numerals (V, IV, etc). When concessions do not run the length or width of the township because of water, they are usually labelled with letters (A, B, etc). A gore is a part of a township that does not fit into the regular shape. Concessions are divided into lots that use Arabic numbers (3, 4, etc). Originally lots were 200 acres, which could then be easily divided into parcels of 100 acres, and further subdivided into lots as small as just a few acres.

By 1830, thousands were emigrating to Upper Canada each year. Between 1825 and 1846, it is believed that some 600,000 emigrants settled in all parts of Canada. The population of the three maritime colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island rose from 80,000 in 1800 to over 500,000, Lower Canada's population increased from 480,000 in 1825 to 890,000, and the population of Upper Canada grew from 100,000 in 1812 to 952,000 - all by mid-century. Most of the immigrants arrived from the British Isles: 20% British, 20% Scottish, and 60% Irish, in round numbers.

Joseph Longhurst and family...

Joseph Longhurst was born November 29, 1787, in Capel Surrey England (follow this link to read about Surrey England and neighbouring Hampshire England). He is descended from John Longhurst, born c1515. Joseph was baptized December 13, 1789. His parents were John Longhurst (Jr.) and Mary Wheeler.

Sarah Haysman may have been born August 18, 1786, in Kent, the county immediately to the east of Surrey. Her parents were _________ and _________. Joseph and Sarah were married on January 1, 1809, in Edenbridge Kent England. They lived in nearby Dorking. Joseph was a carpenter.

"Banns", an Old English tradition, are announcements of an intended marriage, publicly made to allow anyone to contest or protest the marriage. According to the document above, the banns were published thrice, and the marriage took place on January 1, 1809. The parish name, Edenbridge, appears in the entry No. 315 at the top of this same page. To see the full page from which this portion was taken, please click here.

Since Joseph, Sarah and the witness Stephen Haysman all signed with an "X", it can be presumed they were illiterate. This would mean that neither Joseph nor Sarah could likely check any data written into any public documents (censuses, etc.).

Joseph and Sarah had nine children : George (born 1809), Charles (born c1811), John (born c1813), James (Sr.) (1816), Anne (born c1819), Frederick (born c1821), Jesse Isaac (born 1824), Caroline (born c1827), and Hester (Esther, born c1831, died 1832 en route to Canada).

In 1830 and 1831, an uprising in southern England by unemployed agricultural workers that threatened the governing aristocracy resulted in a plan to assist poor families in migrating to areas of the world where life's prospects were better. In 1832, Joseph and his family emigrated to Canada as part of what is known as the Petworth Project, described in some detail below, and extensively in publications available at this website...

The Emigrant's Guide to The Canadas, 1822

by William Watson, Esq. (1822) gives an excellent description of the times, as well as the usual steps needed to be taken by any emigrant to Canada to gain a foothold in this country. Here are several poignant quotes:

"It is a common opinion in Ireland, that any person emigrating to the Canadas can obtain Land gratis; such a report sounds sweetly, especially to those who wish to become Agriculturists, or may have been labouring under the Agents of Absentees, Rack Rents, &c. &c."

"A poor Emigrant, proving that he is unable to pay any fees, will get fifty acres of land free."

"Five Acres to be cleared to every hundred acres granted, a Log-house, sixteen feet by twenty, roofed and finished. Every lot of two-hundred acres must have a Road cut at each end, 33 feet broad; but a person getting only half a Lot, (a hundred acres) cuts his road only at one end. The Clear Land must be fenced, the Logs and Brushwood burned, and the ground fitted for the harrow."

"When the Settling Duties are accomplished, and an Affidavit made to that effect by two Witnesses before a Magistrate, the Settler can obtain his Deed."

While land could be gotten by qualified individuals for "free", those who succeeded in retaining their land and prospering usually had some money going in.

"Land is not to be obtained for nothing in the Canadas. Let the expense of going so far, Government Fees, Settling duties, clearing the land, &c. &c. be considered, and then count the cost, the justice of my observation will be amply proved."

"A man, with a large family, wishing to embark prosperously and extensively inland, would require £300, though many have but very little and struggle to acquire properties. A man can do more with £300 in this country than be can with £700 in Ireland."

As to choosing Upper Canada over the United States, or anywhere else for that matter...

"The wisdom and goodness of GOD are remarkably conspicuous..."

"Many Emigrants who went to the United States have left that country and settled in the Canadas, where they enjoy superior health, and have obtained cheaper and better land in the latter than they could in the former."

"The Land in Lower Canada is not so good as in the Upper province..."

And as to those who would most likely prosper...

"Of all descriptions of men, the Canadas answer best a poor hardy labourer who is either single or can be assisted by able and dutiful sons. Such will not feel the loss of society, and can well bear a state of equality."

"Notwithstanding the many advantages peculiar to the Canadas, they are only fit for hardy, industrious and experienced men, who can be contented with every society, and whose future expectations are very moderate."

Petworth Emigration, 1832

(from information at this website...)

In the beginning of the year 1832, a Committee was formed at Petworth, under the sanction of the Earl of Egremont, to afford assistance to such persons as might wish to emigrate to Canada; and the following paper was printed and circulated in the neighbourhood.

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Petworth, March 1st. 1832

Information to Persons desirous of emigrating from this Neighbourhood, to Upper Canada.

In the parish of Petworth, where the Earl of Egremont possesses nearly the whole of the land, his Lordship has signified his intention, of defraying the whole of the expence,[sic] of persons of approved character, wishing to proceed to Upper Canada; and, in any other parish, in proportion to the property he owns in that parish. Encouraged by this liberal support, an engagement has been entered into, for the ship LORD MELVILLE, 425(1) Tons register, A. 1. coppered and copper fastened, and sheathed, with 7 feet height between decks, and extra ventilating scuttles, which is to be comfortably fitted up at Portsmouth, and to sail from thence for Montreal, direct, on the 5th of April next. Passengers to be on board on the 4th at latest. A superintendent (with his wife and family) goes out with Lord Egremont's party, and will conduct them direct to York, in Upper Canada, (in, or near, which city he intends to settle) paying every attention to their comforts on the route.

A surgeon also sails in the ship, whose duty it will be to attend (gratis) to the health of the passengers. The whole of the expence from Portsmouth to York, Upper Canada, is calculated, for adults, 10£. Children under fourteen years, 5£. Infants under 12 months, free.

On these terms, any persons, wishing to avail themselves of the peculiar advantages thus presented, may join the Petworth party, if they signify their intention to do so, on, or before Saturday the 17th, day of March instant; and make a deposit (at the printer's) of 2£, for every adult passenger, and 1£, for every person under 14 years; engaging to pay the remainder, on going on board.

Persons particularly wishing to board themselves, may be conveyed with the Petworth party, from Portsmouth, to York, in Upper Canada, medical attendance, and every other expence included, for 5£; or to Montreal only, should they not wish to proceed any farther, nor to avail themselves during the voyage of the assistance of the superintendent, for 3£. 10. 0; but it is probable that they would find more comfort, and on the whole, less expence, by being boarded under his management. The sea stores contain brandy, porter, and several other articles, likely to contribute to the comfort of the passengers; to be given out, under the direction of the surgeon, as circumstances may require.

Experience has proved, that the practice pursued on many former occasions, of landing emigrants at the first American port, and leaving them with a small sum of money in their pockets, has exposed them to every kind of fraud and imposition; they having been soon pillaged of what they had, or led to squander it idly away, and thus left pennyless, and without employment in a strange land. To guard against this evil, the above plan has been adopted, of conveying the emigrants, AT ONCE, to where work can, with certainty, be found; and placing them under the charge of a superintendent, whose business it will be, in conjunction with the government agent, to attend to them till that object is obtained; little or no money is therefore required by labouring emigrants, on their arrival: still, any sum paid to the Petworth Committee, will be repaid at York, Upper Canada, into their hands, or to their account, as may be desired.

Under these arrangements an excellent opportunity is afforded to respectable unmarried females, who may wish to join any relations or friends, already settled in Upper Canada; as they could be placed under the immediate protection of the superintendent and his wife. *List of Necessaries for Emigrants to Upper Canada

Families should take their... bedding, blankets, sheets, &c., pewter plates or wooden treuchers, knives, forks, and spoons, metal cups and mugs, tea kettles, and saucepans, working tools of all descriptions. (A large tin can, or watering pot would be useful.)

Single men must have... a bed or mattress, a metal plate or wooden trencher, some kind of metal cup or mug, a knife, fork, and spoon - all, or any of which, may be procured at Portsmouth, if the parties arrive there unprovided.

Besides various other portable articles in domestic use (especially of metal) according as families may be provided. A cask, not exceeding the size of a hogshead, or 60 gallons, affords an excellent and dry case, for packing such articles as are not likely to be wanted 'till the end of the voyage. All packages should be marked with the owners name, in large letters. Five hundred weight of luggage is allowed to be taken by each individual, above 14 years of age.

The following is the lowest outfit, recommended to Parishes for their Laborers, of course, including such articles as they already possess...

A fur cap, a warm great coat, a flushing jacket & trowsers[sic], a duck frock and trowsers, a canvas frock and two pairs of trowsers, two Jersey frocks, four shirts, four pairs of stockings, three pairs of shoes, a bible and prayer book. Women in the same proportion, especially a warm cloak.

All of the above may be purchased at Petworth.

It is also a matter of great importance, that emigrants should take with them a good character (reference), (if they should have the happiness to possess one,) fairly written, and well attested; also, copies of marriage or baptismal registers, or any other certificates or papers likely to be useful; the whole to be inclosed in a small tin case.

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Soon after the publication of the above, all the passages on board the Lord Melville, were engaged; and the Committee were compelled, for a time, to decline receiving any more deposits, but the applications continuing to be very numerous, some of them from parishes in the adjoining counties, and from places not originally contemplated, (it having even been proposed to send one party overland from Royston, in Cambridgeshire) they at length decided upon engaging the Eveline, another first class ship, and made arrangements, that both vessels should be brought up into the harbour of Portsmouth, and sail from thence, on the same day. This accordingly took place, on the 11th of April, the number on board the two ships being as stated hereafter.

The passage was unfortunately longer, and more rough, than is usual at that season, to the great, though unavoidable, discomfort of many on board; but the whole party, excepting one infant in each ship, (Hester Longhurst, and one other, died at sea) reached Quebec, alive, and generally speaking, in good health. At that place, one unfortunate young man was drowned, in consequence of excess in drinking, and another, from the same cause, at Montreal. The party quitted the latter place, just two days before the appearance of the cholera there, and (with one or two exceptions) entirely escaped its ravages, during their progress up the country; although it afterwards, unhappily, broke out, with great violence, where some of them had settled.

After the emigrants arrived at York, they were forwarded to various places in the province, by direction of the Lt. Governor Sir J. Colborne, and either settled on land, or got immediate employment, at high wages. They seem indeed to be so happily distributed, as to afford a hope, that, in the language of some of their own letters, they will not only, "do themselves some good," but also be able, materially to assist the first efforts, of those of their former neighbours, who may hereafter be disposed to join them: and it is not, perhaps, going too far, to indulge the expectation, that some of the settlements formed by these Sussex emigrants will, eventually, become of great importance in the province. One, in the fast improving government township of Adelaide, to which a considerable number of them was sent, has already been called by the Surveyor, "Goatcher," after the name of an industrious, and worthy man, from Pulborough, in this County, who had charge of the party in the Eveline.

For more colour, please read the 1832 Emigrants Handbook For Arrivals in Quebec. This document tells a great deal of what it was like to emigrate to Canada at that time.

Coming to Canada...

The family of Joseph Longhurst was sponsored financially by the Dorking Emigration Society, in particular a piano manufacturer named Broadwood. Joseph and Sarah traveled to Canada from Dorking in 1832 with their nine children, including son George with his family. They all made their journey to Canada on the ship Eveline, as part of the Petworth Emigration of 1832.

The Eveline, a first class ship, 301 tons, sailed from Portsmouth (Spithead) on April 11, 1832, under Captain Royal, and arrived at Quebec May 28, 1832. The superintendent appointed by the Petworth Emigration Committee for this group was Stephen Goatcher. "250 to feed every day", according to a letter written by Goatcher. Other families aboard with the Longhursts were : Boxall, Capling (Caplin, Caplain, Capelain), Cooper, Evans (née Tribe), Hill, Hilton, Luff, Neal, Phillips, and Stedman.

This is the 300 ton clipper ship Amsterdam. Perhaps the Eveline looked something like this.

Of the journey, Goatcher also states: "I lived with Captain Royal, in the ship Eveline, in the cabin, on fresh meat and fowls." In an account written by Charlotte Willard (nee Longhurst, but presumed not directly unrelated, as there no mention of Joseph's family in her letter, and no mention of the Willard family in Rebecca Weller Longhurst's letter): "They had plenty of every thing in the (Captain's) cabin, we had nothing but musty biscuit and salt beef..."

The passage was unfortunately longer, and more rough, than is usual at that season, to the great, though unavoidable, discomfort of many on board; but the whole party, excepting one infant in each ship, (Hester Longhurst, aboard the Eveline and one other aboard the Lord Melville, died at sea) reached the New World, alive, and generally speaking, in good health. After landing in Quebec (City) on May 28, 1832 and spending just two days, the family moved on to Montreal. The party left Quebec just two days before the appearance of cholera there, and were untouched by the disease during their travels to York. No illnesses or deaths in the Longhurst family are noted as having been due to the epidemic.

According to fellow passenger John Stedman, the family "sailed to Montreal; which was (180) miles farther. We was towed up by the steam boat called the John Bull: then we left the ship. We laid in the store house 3 days, before we could get boats to take us to Prescott (Ontario), which was (140) miles further. When we got to Prescott, we took steam boats to take us to York, which was (200) miles further still".

According to Charlotte Willard: "We arrived at Montreal, Wednesday morning, and Saturday morning we went out of ship, and then we went into the stores, and we stop there till Monday, and then we got into the boat, we was a week going up the river to Prescott." (By the law of the time, passengers reaching their destination were permitted to remain two days aboard before having to leave the ship.)

Travel by Durham boat...

To make arrangements for the next part of their journey, the group was to "apply to John McPherson &. Co., Canal Wharf, Montreal". The family then would have travelled on to Prescott by water, by "durham boat". George Hill, who also came over on the Eveline, states : "We were six days coming up from Montreal to Prescott, which was a very tedious journey. The boats are drawn up the rapids in some bad places, with 8 or 10 yoke of oxen."

According to Charlotte Willard: "We was one night there (in Prescott). We went into a very fine steam boat, Great Britain. The last voyage it carried 700 people. There was 500 when we was in, and we arrived at York Friday morning, and it is a very beautiful place, and if we had stop there we could have got work, but lodging was so dear.

Travel by steamer...

From Prescott to York (Toronto), many of the Petworth immigrants travelled aboard the Great Britain, a 3,500 ton steamship with sail-assist. At 322 feet long, it was the largest vessel on the Great Lakes at that time. As many as 700 travelled aboard her at a time. At a distance of only 200 miles or so, this part of the trip would have taken some 24 to 30 hours.

John Stedman describes the trip from Prescott... "when we left Prescott for York, we crossed a lake, we was overtaken by a dreadful tempest: we was within 30 or 40 miles of York: we then was driven back on the shore, about 80 miles from York again."

Borne by their sponsors, the cost of the journey from Portsmouth, England, to York, Upper Canada, was expected to be 10£. for adults, 5£. for children under fourteen years, and infants under 12 months, free.

As a guideline, the 1832 Emigrants Handbook For Arrivals in Quebec included a description of the journey within Canada and its costs...

Having arranged all your business at Quebec, you will proceed without loss of time to Montreal, by steam-boat, on your route to Upper Canada. Two steam-boats ply daily to Montreal, 180 miles up the St. Lawrence, which is performed in 24 to 30 hours. The fare for deck passengers, is 7s. 6d. for adults,--children from 3-12 years pay half price, and under 3 free. These steam-boats belong to private individuals. Government is in no manner connected with them. At Cornwall, Prescott and By-Town (present-day Ottawa) you will find Government Agents who will advise you should you require it. Emigrants arriving at Quebec from the United Kingdom, and who are desirous of settling in Upper Canada, or Lower Canada, or of obtaining employment, are informed that all necessary information for their guidance may be obtained (gratis) on application at this Office, between the hours of 10 and 3 o'clock daily, Sundays excepted.

Routes, by the St. Lawrence and Lakes, to the principal places in Upper Canada, are as follow:

Quebec to Montreal, by steam-boats........................................................7s. 6d.

Montreal to Prescott, by Durham boats...................................................6s. 3d.

Prescott to York, Capital of Upper Canada, Hamilton and Niagara......40s. for 1st cabin, 20s. for 2nd cabin, 10s. for "deck".

Children travelled at a reduced price (about half), and infants generally travelled free.

Each deck passenger allowed 1 cwt. of baggage.

Dogs were charged for, at 2s. 6d. each.

Baggage was charged for, for each hundred pounds over the allowed weight (and in one instance of Montreal to Prescott, cost about half the fare of an adult).

Having arrived in York (present-day Toronto)...

So, here they are - all off the boat together in York (or the less grand dirty Little York as it was at times called), on the 23rd of June, 1832. The weather would likely be warm enough, and they had arrived in a young city, bustling with commerce and immigrant activity. There was work available, but lodging was expensive.

Joseph and his family were among the 52,000 who landed in Canada in 1832, the peak of immigration levels. Some 11,000 made it to York. The nearest unallocated land of significance was already fifty miles away in 1821, and had undoubtedly become farther away with each passing year. The population of York was just 4,000 in 1832, though it grew to be a city of 15,000 by 1842 (renamed Toronto in 1834) - obviously almost all of the immigrants simply passed through York to travel on to take possession of plots of land throughout the southern half of Ontario, or on to other destinations altogether.

These questions come to mind...

1) What exactly had they brought with them (cash, possessions, etc)?

Since the family had been sponsored, one can assume that they were unlikely to have had any significant cash or unessential possessions with them. If they had followed the guidelines laid out by the Petworth Society, they would have had clothing, bedding, kitchen utensils and household tools - not exceeding the 500 pounds per person permitted.

2) How exactly were they told what land they would get?

"After the emigrants arrived at York, they were forwarded to various places in the province, by direction of the Lt. Governor Sir J. Colborne, and either settled on land, or got immediate employment, at high wages."

"The principal situations in Upper Canada where arrangements are made for Locating Emigrants are in the Bathurst, Newcastle, Home and Western Districts. Indigent Emigrants, on condition of actual settlement, may obtain a Location on the following terms, viz: Fifty acres of land will be allotted to each head of a family, upon condition of paying at the rate of 5s. currency, per acre. The first payment of three pounds two shillings and sixpence is to be made at the expiration of three years, the remainder by annual instalments of an equal sum, with interest, commencing from the expiration of three years.

The Government will incur the expense of building a small Log House for the temporary accommodation of settlers on their respective Locations, and will afford some assistance towards opening roads to the lands proposed to be settled, but will make no advances in provisions or utensils, and the settlers must depend entirely upon their own resources for bringing their lands into cultivation."

3) What land would have been offered to them by the government at the time?

On May 21st, 1832, this timely notice was released by Peter Robinson, Commissioner of Crown Lands Office. It is highly likely that these are the lands offered to Joseph and his family.

"Notice is hereby given, that a portion of the Crown Lands in the Township of Oro, Medonte and Orillia, on the Lake Simcoe, in the Home District, will be exposed to Sale by Public Auction, at the upset price of Five Shillings, Currency, per Acre: and also, a portion of the Town Lots in the Town Plots of Kempenfeldt Bay and Roach's Point, at the upset price of Ten Pounds, currency, each, and upon the express condition of building a stone, brick or frame house, not less than twenty-four feet long and eighteen feet wide, to be completed within two years from the day of sale. The sale to take place in the Court-House in the Town of York, on the second day of July next, at ten o'clock a.m."

Of course, previously dispensed parcels of land were being sold, re-sold, and abandoned, so these parcels would have been available also.

This map (albeit from 1871) shows the townships as they probably were when Joseph and his family arrived in Ontario.

Since York did not yet extend above Bloor and Yonge (about three miles from the lakeshore), 50 miles or so north would have meant almost to Barrie, Ontario. In that area can be found the townships of Mono, Adjala, Tecumseh, Mulmur, Tossorontio, Essa and Innisfil to the west of Lake Simcoe; Gwillimbury, Georgina and Scott to the southwest of the lake; and Nottawasaga, Sunnidale, Vespra, Oro, Flos, Medonte and Tiny townships to the northwest. All of these townships are referenced in later records of the family and their descendants, so it is likely that the family did go north somewhere into these townships initially.

The 1837 Toronto & Home District Directory shows only one Longhurst entry - for Mono Township, with no given name or lot number. If this is where some of the family settled, then the following newspaper article will lend some insight into those early days.

From the Orangeville Banner (February 11, 1909), page 3: "The following interesting narrative of the settlement of the Mono Centre district has been handed The Banner by a Mono subscriber, who is himself one of the township's early residents: -

Settlement in the neighborhood of Mono Centre commenced in the year 1834. Mr. Robert Large who arrived in that year took up his residence on the farm now occupied by Mr. Robert McCutcheon. His closest neighbors were in the vicinity of Mono Mills, eight or ten miles away.

Nearly the whole of the township was at that time a howling wilderness. There was scarcely any clearing, nor were there any trees cut except those along the lines of the government survey. The only road form Mono Mills north to 20 sideroad and it was a mere trace cut through the forest, just wide enough for a yoke of oxen and a jumper to travel along. The jumper was the vehicle must used in those times, although a wagon was used occasionally for the purpose of cadging provision and other necessaries to the settlers. Shortly after his arrival Mr. Large wrote to Messrs. Currry, Laidlaw and Turnbull telling them the best place to select their land. This they did at the Government Land Office at Ottawa on their way to Western Ontario. Mr. Curry settled on the e1/2 of lot 18, con. 3 E.H.S., Mr. Large being on the west half of the same lot. Mr. Laidlaw took up his residence on lot 19, cons. 3, E.H.S. and Mr. Turnbull on lot 19, con.2, E.H.S. The Curry, Laidlaw and Turnbull families came in during 1935. In the following year the little settlement was augmented by the Andrew Henry, John Still, Peter Stewart, Joseph Lundy, Partridge, Buchanan and Laverty families. Mr. Still and family - there were eight sons- settled on lot 22, con. 4, east. Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. Still were sisters and Mr. Still and family made their home at Stewart's until they got their house built. Before the summer was over the little community was east into gloom by the death of Mrs. Still, which occurred before her home was completed and ready for occupation. She left a baby child, which was reared by Mrs. Stewart. Mr. Stewart, who was a blacksmith by trade, had brought a set of tools with him and erected a small shop on Mr. Laidlaw's farm, where he worked at his trade until he was able to build a more commodious smithy on his own farm, lot 20, con. 4, east. Mr. Laidlaw had the misfortune to meet with a very serious ---- they were unable to save anything. Everything they owned, including some money, was consumed, except the clothes they were wearing and their yoke of oxen and jumper. This I think was the first serious fire in Mono.

The first schoolhouse was built on the parcel of land now occupied by the Mono Centre burying ground. Mr. John Phoenix was the first teacher. He lived in the school during the week and boarded himself. By some accident the school was destroyed by fire and it was necessary to erect another seat of learning. The southeast corner of lot 18, con. 2, east was selected as the site. The next teacher came from Toronto and who had a wooden leg. He in turn was succeeded by Mr. Daniel McNaughton. Mr. James Still and family joined the little community in 1840, settling on lot 22, con.4, east. The family consisted of two sons and two daughters. The first meeting for the purpose of nominating and electing a township council was held in Mr. Thomas Buchannan's house. It was given the name of town m meeting. Nominations and election took place at one time and generally lasted two days. There were no ballots in those days, the electors making their decision by a show of hands, for each of the candidates. Mr. Michael Island was the first reeve of the newly organized township. The first funeral was that of Mrs. John Still in 1836. She was buried on the west half of lot 13, con. 5 east, which was at that time clergy reserve land. The remains were afterwards removed to Mono Centre burying ground.

It is interesting to note that in the year 1836 three veterans of the Battle of Waterloo took up their homes in the new settlement. They were Messrs. Glover, Milvogue and Richard Wardrope."

4) How did they get to the land granted, or sold, to them?

This early map shows Yonge Street, leading north from York towards Lake Simcoe and beyond. Yonge Street would have likely been the main route for pioneers to travel north and south in the province. Ontario roads are laid out primarily in a convenient grid pattern of lines and concessions. Travelling from York (Toronto) to points north would likely have taken place on Yonge Street or on one of the other few major north-south routes. Many of the Longhurst ancestors in the 1800's lived no more than 20 miles east or west of Yonge Street, between Lake Ontario and Lake Simcoe. Those who lived west of Lake Simcoe would be perhaps 30 miles from Yonge Street. Those who lived above Lake Simcoe would also know Yonge Street (or Highway 11) as a major thoroughfare.

The artist's depiction of the road from Kingston to York in 1830 shown here gives one an idea of what it might have been like to travel in Ontario in that era.

A team of oxen pulling a "jumper" was a common means of moving possessions, goods, and materials. Two long poles fashioned together would be loaded and dragged along by the oxen. Wagons would be used if available. The oxen could later be used for many other farming activities, like pulling a plow, pulling out stumps, or moving logs from their place of harvest.

5) Once on their land, what was early life like?

To comply with the terms of the Government pertaining to receiving free land...

Clearing the land was the first task, though it was recommended that only enough land be cleared as was needed for sustenance. Clearing the rest of the land would come later.

Putting up a log cabin, of at least the required size - 16' x 20', would begin immediately. An early start on a garden and fencing would be next. Accumulating firewood and supplies for an Ontario winter would be somewhat urgent, too, as winter would be upon them in just six short months from the first day of spring.

These two photos are of the Maxwell log cabin on display at the Markham Museum and Historic Village. Somewhat larger, but of similar construction, it is made of notched logs with a mixture of mud and moss to fill the cracks. Early on, oiled paper would have substituted for glass in windows.

6) Where did they get their supplies?

Initially, there would have been few towns and stores to provide the needed supplies. Trips to populated areas must have taken place periodically, and may have been shared excursions with neighbours in the better weather of summer when crops were simply growing with less care needed. Since people are generally gregarious and do not like isolation, knowing the neighbours would be a certainty and trading with them may have been common.

This photo of a store in Green River, Ontario (near Pickering) was taken c1880. A wooden structure on an unpaved street would be quite common in that era, as would a horse pulling a wagon. (The store owner, George Burton, is believed to be related to "the other" Thomas Burton.)

This photo of a butcher shop appears to have been taken in a more developed area. Mature trees and several buildings together suggest this. There were several Longhursts involved in the meat business, and Archibald Walter Longhurst Jr. was one of them. It is believed that he owned his own store (which may well have looked just like this), and his son Archibald Thomas was a deliverer of their product when he met his wife-to-be. Other Longhursts worked for meat-packers at times in their lives.

7) How did they get to market to sell their produce?

(No answer prepared as yet.)

8) What did they farm or raise, or how else did they earn their living?

Farming was by far the primary occupation of the citizens of Ontario for most of the 19th century. It was a family affair - with husband and wife sharing the workload, and children helping out as early as age five.

Towards the latter part of the century, there would be an abundance of trade- and factory work as well. The wife was often the first to take these kinds of jobs, bringing home this much-welcomed second income.

9) Was there an opportunity for the children to receive an education?

Education for the masses amounted to one-room schoolhouses with a wood stove for heat in the winter. Reading, writing and arithmetic, with some history and geography, were the subjects. Children supplied their own slates, paper, ink and quill pens. (Schools would receive their first blackboards around 1860). Children brought their own lunches, or were fed from a "community" stew. Children would attend until the time came that they were ready for, or were needed for, adult work.

A sense of the times comes from these Rules for Teachers...

Teachers each day will fill lamps, clean chimneys.
Each teacher will bring a bucket of water and a scuttle of coal for the day's session.
Men teachers may take one evening each week for courting purposes or two evenings a week if they go to church regularly.
After ten hours in school, the teacher may spend the remaining time reading the Bible or other good books.
Women teachers who marry or engage in unseemly conduct will be dismissed.
Every teacher should lay aside from each pay a goodly sum of earnings for his benefit during his declining years so that he will not become a burden on society.
Any teacher who smokes, uses liquor in any form, frequents pool or public halls, or gets shaves in a barber shop will give good reason to suspect his worth, intention and honesty.
Any teacher who performs his labour faithfully and without fault for five years will be given an increase of 25 cents per week in his pay, providing the Board of Education approves.

An act passed in 1816 by the Government of Upper Canada dealt with school matters. When a community wished to establish a school, three trustees would be appointed who would hire a teacher of their liking, and be authorized to pay a teacher's annual salary of not more than £30. In 1844, Dr. Egerton Ryerson was appointed to supervise schools in Canada West. In 1849, municipalities were empowered to levy taxes for school purposes. By the 1870's, all school expenses were raised by taxation and school attendance was compulsory. Initially, Ontario children between the ages of seven and thirteen had to attend at least one hundred days of school in every year.

10) What about church?

In the lesser populated areas, people would gather at someone's home for a church service. When available, the service may be performed by a circuit preacher. As the communities grew larger, a church was often the first communal building erected, and a resident reverend or priest may be assigned. Since people of common backgrounds tended to settle together, there may be the need for only one denomination until the community is well on its way to becoming a town.

All were expected to attend, though which church was entirely the choice of the individual.

11) Were there doctors and medicine available?

(No answer prepared as yet.)

12) What were the future prospects of pioneers in Ontario?

Excellent. If there were absences in life, these would be in medicine, and in security in old age.

What happened to the original family members and their families?

After having arrived together in 1832, the family began to move apart in the province and elsewhere. Of those family members, here is what is known or surmised.

Joseph Longhurst and wife Sarah Haysman...

According to Rebecca Weller's letter dated October 4, 1832, from Little York, Joseph and Sarah had the five youngest children with them initially. Son John would have been 19 years old, James - 16, Anne - 13, Frederick - 11, Jesse - 6, and Caroline - 5.

The only detail at present as to where they settled is the stated fact that they were 20 miles away from son George and his wife Rebecca, but it is not yet known where George and Rebecca settled initially either.

Joseph was a carpenter by trade, so he would have been readily employable when not working on his own farm. Joseph would have been 45 years old when he came to Canada. (Sarah would have been 46.)

The 1851 census for Canada West, York County, York Township, shows Jos. (a farmer) and Sarah "Longert", with "Fred" (son Frederick) and "M A" (Frederick's wife of two years, Mary Anne). All are a part of the Church of England. Since the census record lines appear together, with Frederick, then Mary Anne, then Joseph and Sarah, the property may well have been Frederick's, and the aged parents were living with them. Or, the newlyweds were living with the parents.

Although it is not presently known when Joseph and Sarah came to live in Perth County (near Stratford), it would make sense that it had to do with Caroline's husband George Parsons having a farm there. The Longhursts must have lived happily in the area, for they are buried there by preference. For this to have happened, they were likely living in the area prior to Sarah's death in 1863.

The 1871 Census reports widower Joseph to be 83 years old, living on the farm of George Parsons, his deceased son-in-law. (See more info below, in the information about daughter Caroline.)

Joseph died September 7, 1877, at the age of 90. Sarah (Haysman) died in 1863, at the age of 77. Both died in Fullarton Township, Perth County, Ontario, and are buried in Avonbank Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fullarton Township, Perth County, Ontario.

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Son George and wife Rebecca (Weller)...

George Longhurst and Rebecca Weller married on July 4, 1831, in Dorking Capel Surrey England. Their first daughter was born in England in November of 1831. She would be not quite one year old when they came to Canada.

In her letter, Rebecca states "Father and mother and the younger brothers and sisters are living 20 miles from us."

In this same letter, Rebecca also states "...we have all plenty of work. George and Charles have built two houses, and they have got a driving shade 50 feet square, and a genteel cottage to build this winter, and if George has his health this winter we shall be able to purchase a hundred acres of land in the spring, which we have already looked out."

George would have been 23 years old in 1832, and brother Charles would have been 21. Rebecca was 24 at the time.

The way Rebecca states that George and Charles "have built two houses", indicates that they were probably quite near each other, and perhaps on the same plot of land.

If George and Rebecca had "already looked out" a one-hundred acre parcel of land for purchase in 1833, they were probably already near, or outside, that 50 mile radius of York (the city) - where the available land was.

In c1866, George and Rebecca's first-born son married the second-born daughter of brother Charles and wife Martha - another indication that these two families continued to associate with each other and were probably not far apart.

A son born in 1837 in Mono Township (one township south of Mulmur) and other children born through 1848 suggest that the family settled in Mono Township during that time and moved to Mulmur Township before son Albert was born in 1853. Mentions of Scott Township and East Gwillimbury for their children leads one to think that the children settled below Lake Simcoe.

George and wife Rebecca were in Mulmur Township, with all members of their family, in 1861. George died in 1869, in Mulmur Township, Ontario, Canada. Rebecca died Oct. 27, 1888 in Watt Township, District Muskoka, Ontario. Daughter Christiana died at age 60, in the same place as her mother - indicating that she may have lived with, or near, her parents much of her life.

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Son Charles...

In Rebecca's letter noted above, Charles and George must have lived close together, at least in the beginning.

Charles Longhurst had married Martha Inkerman in 1832, when he was 21 and Martha was 19. It is presently not known whether the marriage took place in England or Canada. Their first child was born in 1836, with their twelfth child being born in 1860.

As with brother Charles and Rebecca, there are no concrete geographical references as to their whereabouts during these years, but similar mentions of Scott Township and East Gwillimbury for their children leads one to think that they also settled below Lake Simcoe.

The census of 1881 in East Gwillimbury records Charles as being 70 years old, living with his daughter Sarah Anne and her husband Weller Longhurst (son of George and Rebecca). There is no mention of Charles' wife Martha in the census.

Charles died in Toronto, Ontario, in 1892. Martha Inkerman died four years later, though it is not noted where.

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Son John...

Just nineteen years old when the family emigrated from England, this son is likely the John Longhurst residing in Norfolk County, Middleton Township in 1851 with wife Harriet and daughters Sarah and Emily (view census). It is not known what happened to Harriet, but there is an 1873 marriage record for a John Longhurst, widower, to Helen McEwen, in Egmondville, Ontario. See details on this page, image here... Daughter Emily (or Emma) married in 1873, while residing in Waterford (in Norfok County). These few documents seem to tell a believable story, though more should be found to confirm.

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Son James...

James Longhurst married Flora Macdonald in 1837. Their first daughter was born in King Township, York County, in 1838. Their second daughter was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1840. Their third daughter was born in Buffalo, in 1842. Their fourth daughter was born in Vaughan Township, York County, in 1843. These events tell us that James and his family went south into the U.S. to live for perhaps three years, after which they returned to Ontario. What prompted the journey or the return would likely be their quest for a more prosperous life.

Their next three children, born over the next seven years, were all born in King Township, York County. This places the family in King Township until at least 1850.

All seven children were baptized on October 19, 1851, by Matthew Nichols, in King Township, York County, five weeks after the last child was born. James was recorded in the baptismal register of his children, taken by the Markham Circuit Primitive Methodists, as being a "labourer".

In the 1851 census report for York County, King Township, much information is confirmed. James appears with wife Flora, and children Esther, Sarah, Mary Ann, Flora, Christanna, Archy, and James. Religion is noted as Methodist for all. James is a sawyer, age 36, born in England. Flora is 38, born in Scotland. The second and third children were born in the "States", while the others were born in Canada.

James was in Mulmur Township, in 1861, with all his family (their eldest child was Esther, aged 22), when the census for that year was taken.

James died in 1861, at about the age of 45, and is buried in Mulmur Episcopal Cemetery, Ontario. Flora died in 1899, not far away in Innisfil, Ontario.

Alfred Thomas Burton Longhurst is a direct descendant of James. James is Alfred's great great grandfather.

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Daughter Anne...

Anne Longhurst was just 13 when her family emigrated to Canada. As the eldest daughter, her life, until her marriage at age 25, was probably filled with domestic duties. Anne married a man named Peter Lawrence. Details of their life together or any resulting progeny are unknown. Anne died in 1898.

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Son Frederick...

Frederick was just eleven years old in 1832 while making the trip from England. Frederick married Mary Anne Eleanor in 1849.

A census taken in 1851 shows Frederick and Mary Anne living in York County, York Township. The same census page shows Joseph and Sarah, perhaps on the same, or adjacent, properties. "Fred Longert" is shown as being a sawyer, born in England, part of the Church of England, age 30.

Frederick died in 1899, in Toronto, Ontario, of Bright's disease. His record of death notes his occupation as being a farmer.

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Son Jesse...

The youngest son of Joseph and Sarah Longhurst, Jesse Isaac Longhurst must have been the adventurous one, for, in 1848, at the age of 24, Jesse was married in Chicago, Illinois to Mary Hoskins.

Jesse had eight children from this marriage, but his third child John Jesse was born in Toronto, so he and his family must have all come back to Canada within five years of Jesse's leaving.

After his wife Mary died in 1866, Jesse re-married, in Stratford, Ontario (near where his parents were living at the time, on Jesse's uncle George Parson's farm), to Sarah McMannie from West Gwillimbury, Ontario. Jesse's address at this time (1869) was recorded as being Chicago, so he may have been thinking of returning to live, but hadn't quite yet.

Jesse had another two children from this second marriage, but both died in their infancy. The place of death for the second child is Parkhill, Ontario - northwest of Stratford, nearing Lake Huron. It is thus likely that the family was in Parkhill in the year 1876.

Geographical references for Jesse's descendants are for places like Parkhill, Stratford, London, and St. Mary's, Ontario, which are all within about a modern 90-minute drive from each other, in what is known today as southwestern Ontario.

Jesse Isaac Longhurst died in April 15, 1891. He was buried in Detroit, Michigan. When he left Canada for the U.S. a second time is not known. Of his eight children with Mary Hoskins, three are known to have died in Michigan in the 1920's (while there is no location known at present for the deaths of the others). It is most likely that Jesse was with the family of his son John Jesse when he died at the age of 67.

The places in Michigan referenced (Saginaw, Albion, Detroit) are all within a modern hour's drive of Detroit, Michigan, which is just across the river from Windsor, Ontario, which in turn is about a modern two-and-a-half-hour's drive from Stratford, Ontario.

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Daughter Caroline...

In 1845, at the age of 18, Caroline married George Parsons M.D., age 37. Both had been born in England.

Caroline and George had five children.

The 1871 Census reports widower Joseph Longhurst (Caroline's father) to be 83 years old, living on the farm of George Parsons, part lot 1, concession 11, of Fullarton Township, Perth County.

George Parsons died in 1869, at the age of 61, and was buried in the plot next to Caroline's mother. Caroline died in Toronto, in 1896, at the age of 69. She was buried with her husband, beside her mother and father. This would lead one to believe that the strongest family tie was between her parents and their youngest (living) child.

Daughter Hester...

Hester had died at sea on the voyage over, and was buried at sea, so there is nothing to speak of as far as details of a life in Ontario.

Following the Petworth Emigration of 1832...

Joseph's son George Longhurst had married Rebecca Weller in England just months before the Longhurst family emigrated. Rebecca wrote of their journey to Canada to her mother in England. Rebecca's letter home was included in the "Letters From The Dorking Emigrants (who went to Upper Canada, in the spring of 1832) that were published, in London, in January 1833 with a letter from Charles Barclay of Bury Hill, Dorking.

Charles' letter addressed "To The Inhabitants of Dorking" begins... "Having introduced the plan for assisting persons from this parish to emigrate to Upper Canada, and having taken an active part in carrying it into effect, it gives me great gratification to publish the following letters, from some of the individuals who were sent out by your Association, during the last Spring."

Charles goes on to say... "The perusal of these letters will satisfy every unprejudiced mind that industrious persons, with or without small capitals, have a fair prospect of maintaining themselves and their families in comfort and independence by settling in Upper Canada. The idle and the dissolute will suffer the same privations and the same punishments there as in their own country. There is no provision for them. Every man must earn his subsistence by the labour of his hands.

I have no hesitation in giving the preference to this colony. The climate is very similar to our own, and the emigrant upon his arrival there will find himself surrounded by his fellow countrymen, engaged in similar objects, willing and able to give him both their advice and assistance. The expense of the passage is much lower than to any other Colony, and the voyage shorter and less harassing. As a national object it demands our preference, when we consider the importance of creating a strong and powerful barrier on this boundary of the United States, by the establishment of a numerous and thriving population."

Here are excerpts from a few letters from some of those who also made the journey...

From William Cooper, late of Burton, Sussex.

Adelaide, Upper Canada, July 28th. 1832.

Dear father and mother, brothers and sisters, I hope this will find you in good health, as it leaves me at present. I have been very well ever since I left England: we were seven weeks coming to Montreal, and five weeks more coming up to Kettle Creek. I have got 100 acres of land, at 2 dollars per acre, and one fourth to be paid for at the end of 3 years, and the rest in 3 years more. In English money, it comes to £41. 13s. 4d. in all. Tell my brother James I saw Richard Carter and his wife at Little York: they are doing very well, and said this would be a good opportunity for them to have come out to this country. I should like for all my brothers to come here; for here is plenty of work, and no doubt but we shall do very well after next harvest. Edward Boxall, and his wife, and Wm. Phillips from Merston, and we, have built us a Shantee, and lives and works altogether on our own land. We have got above 2 acres cleared, and shall sow 6 or 7 acres of wheat this autumn, and more in the spring. Dear father, I should like to have a malt mill, and a few pounds of thread, and above all things, a Newfoundland dog for myself; and take this letter to Merston, to Phillips' father, and tell him to be sure to bring him a dog, to catch the deer, and tell you what time of the year they means to come out; so that you may all come together. Answer this as soon as you receive it. I have to tell wheat is now selling, at 1 dollar a bushel; beef at 2½d. per pound; and mutton the same; and pork 4d. per pound in English money. Spirits is very cheap here. Farmers' men gets from 3 to 12 dollars a month, and board and lodgings, and washing and mending.

I have no more to say at present, so I must conclude, with my kind love to you all. I remain your dutiful son, William Cooper.

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From George Hill, a labourer, late of Sullington, Sussex.

Ancaster, August 5th, 1832.

We were six days coming up from Montreal to Prescott, which was a very tedious journey. The boats are drawn up the rapids in some bad places, with 8 or 10 yoke of oxen. We have been here 5 weeks: I like the country here very much, but my wife don't seem to be quite so well contented yet. I got work the first day I was here, and have had plenty of work ever since. I got six shillings per day (New York currency) which is 3s. 9d. English money, and be boarded. Farmers and labourers all sit at one table here. We get 5s. per day, English money, and be boarded. I don't wish to persuade any one to come over, for they must expect to see a good many hardships; but I know that a poor man can do a great deal better here than he can at home: he is sure to get plenty of work, if he is steady, and can live cheaper. Puddock and me have rented a very good house at £1 per month, English money. I have bought a cow for £5, and a young sow for 12s. 6d. We work here from sunrise to sunset; but we don't work so hard as we do at home. We rest through the day very often: they are not particular here about losing a little time, as they are at home. Jane (aged 12 years) is out at service for a year, at 10s. per month, English money. George (aged 10 years) is with a Mr. Gabriel Gurnett (late of Horsham, Sussex) of Horsham, a saddler. Dear father and mother, we left you almost broken-hearted, but you may be satisfied that we have bettered our condition by coming here.

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From William Spencer, late of Linchmere, Surrey.

September 16th. 1832.

Dear Father and Mother, Brothers, and Sisters, We arrived safe in York in Upper Canada. We came further up the country, about 30 miles, and there we went to work on the road, for 3s. 3d. per day: we were staying with Mr. Jacob Truller; and was enjoying a good state of health till the 22nd August: my dear wife was taken ill with typhus fever, and she departed this life on the 7th. of September: she was attended with all the neighbours; and we have found them very kind, much kinder there, than ever we did in England. I have hired with Mr. Truller, by the year, and I am getting good wages; and, if you feels any ways inclined to come, I think it would be better for you; for I think you will get a better living here than you ever will in England. I will find you a home for you, till you can suit yourselves better. I am going to write to my brother in London, and I should wish for you to let all my friends see this letter; and I should be very glad to hear from you, as soon as you could make it convenient to write:

so no more at present, from your affectionate son, William Spencer.

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Letter from Elias Elliott, September 24th. 1832.

Dear Brother, I now take this opportunity of writing a few lines to you, to let you know that I am well at present, hoping that when these few lines reach you, they will find you all in good health. We had a safe arrival across the ocean, landing at Quebec, thence up the river St. Lawrence, to Fort George, where there were several of us stopt, about twelve miles back in the country, where we expect to tarry for the winter; and the rest have gone on about a hundred miles further, into the country. We have all had the fever ague that stopped here, but we are getting over it; I am getting quite right again; and I feel happy that I ever took the resolution to leave my native home, for a country far easier to get an easy, and honest living. I feel happy to think that we are here. Dear brother, we have not landed among thieves, nor robbers, but among Christian people, where we can hear the gospel preached. I have nothing to regret, only that my friends were not here, and as well suited with the country as I am.

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Letter from Rebecca Longhurst (nee Weller), October 4, 1832, Little York.

Dear Mother, I write these few lines hoping to find you in good health, as thank God it leaves us at present. George has been very ill with the fever and ague, is the reason I did not write to you before, but he is quite well now. Dear mother, we arrived at Little York just 12 weeks from the time we left Capel, father and mother and the younger brothers and sisters are living 20 miles from us, but they are quite well. Charles and (Martha) is living with us and they are quite well. I saw Mrs. Chantler in July, she and her children was all well then, but her husband died in coming up the river Lawrence.

Dear mother, you will want to know a little about our passage. We had but very little wind till the 1st of May, and then it was very awful for a few hours, and we all wished ourselves on land, and the next day the wind was so much against us, that we lashed the helm and let the ship go where the wind might blow her, for they could steer her no longer, but we met with no further accident than a few of the births fell down. Little Hester died on the salt water, and that was all that died in our ship. We were out of all necessary provisions in less than three weeks, but we had beef and biscuit enough to last us all the way.

Dear mother, we like the country very well, and we have all plenty of work. George and Charles has built two houses, and the have got a driving shade 50 feet square, and a genteel cottage to build this winter, and if George has his health this winter we shall be able to purchase a hundred acres of land in the spring, which we have already looked out. Dear mother, we like Canada too well to come to England to live again, but if God spares us we shall see you as soon as we can work out land so as to pay our passage, but we will send you another letter before then.

Dear mother, Mrs. Chantler told me you fretted yourself very much about me, which I was very sorry to hear, for I am much better off than I ever should have been if I had stayed in England. I shall be glad to hear from you all as soon as possible, give my love to all my brothers and sisters, and to all friends. Dear mother, I shall hope for a long letter as soon as possible, to George Longhurst, at Thomas Montgomary's Tavern in Dundas Street, in the Township of Little York, Upper Canada, North America. Dear mother, I must conclude with my love to you, ever to remain your dutiful daughter Rebecca Longhurst. I had almost forgot to say anything about my little Christiana, but she is quite well and almost runs alone.

Mr. Robert Swan.

Sir,

You were kind enough to say you would forward our letters to any part of England, therefore we should be glad if you would send this to Mrs. Weller, at John Edward's Cold Harbour, Dorking, Surrey. Sir, we can say but little about the country in this letter, as we have been here so short time, but the climate is much the same as England, with vegetables quite as good, but fruit is not so fine, clothing is nearly as cheap as in England, all except flannel, and that is very dear. The Cholera Morbus has been very bad in York, but we are in hopes it is abated. Now I remain your humble servant,

R. Longhurst.

Written across where there are marks of sealing wax were these words... I have dropped some sealing wax as I promised you.

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Archibald John Longhurst

This page covers information pertaining to descendants of Archibald John Longhurst, born October 14, 1849, who is the great grandfather of Alfred Thomas Burton Longhurst.

Archibald John Longhurst

1922 photo taken at the 50th wedding anniversary of Archibald John Longhurst and Mary Martha Looker. Archibald John Longhurst is the mustached gentleman in the center of this photo. Wife Mary Martha Looker is on his left. Archibald Walter Longhurst is the other mustache. His wife Fannie Esther Burton is beside him. Archibald Thomas Longhurst is the tallest in the back row. His wife Lulu Squires is seated below Fannie, holding baby. Click on the full photo to enlarge and to see the other names of those in it.

born October 14, 1849, in King Township, York County, Ontario

name shown as "Archy", age 2, (1851 census)

see record of death, which contains details on birth

baptized with six siblings on October 19, 1851, by Matthew Nichols, in King Township, York County

son of James Longhurst and Flora MacDonald (follow this link to James' and Flora's page)

grandson of Joseph Longhurst and Sarah Haysman (follow this link to Joseph's and Sarah's page)

name on the 1861 census shown as "Archibald", age 12, living with his parents and siblings, in Mulmur Township

name on the 1871 census shown as "Archibald", age 22, living with his parents and siblings, in South Simcoe

married on February 29, 1872, in Barrie, Ontario, to Mary Martha Looker (born Sept. 23, 1853; daughter of John Edward Looker and Mary Ann ______ )

record of marriage

marriage witnesses were Mary Martha's brother Thomas Alfred Looker and his wife Mary Isabella Hurst

Archibald John's reported age on marriage record was 23

Archibald John's profession on the marriage record was farmer

Archibald John and his family were members of the Plymouth Brethren.

"of Innisfil Township" when wed

occupation : farmer, declared as butcher on son's record of birth in 1883 and in 1889

obituary notes: 30 years a butcher, with work later in building and cement contracting

note: John Edward Thomas Looker, his wife's grandfather, was a butcher and may have been the reason for the occupation change

The Longhurst family owned and operated a butcher shop in Barrie at one time (the photo is of another butcher shop of that period). The shop may have been originally opened by Archibald John Longhurst, then carried on by his sons.

The property in Oro Station... (follow link to maps and photos) ...Archibald John Longhurst owned and operated a one hundred acre farm in Oro County, Concession VII, Lot 6, from 1871 until at least 1881. Farming there would have consisted of raising cows, perhaps pigs, and growing hay and corn. The area is quite hilly, mostly forested, and has the transitional flora found in the area between Southern Ontario and the lower parts of Northern Ontario (increasing number of evergreens, more scrub bushes and trees). Situated on the corner of Bass Lake Sideroad and 6th Line North, the house is about 10 kilometers from the waters of Bass Lake, and about 13 kilometers from the waters of Lake Simcoe, almost equidistant from Orillia and Barrie.

As of July, 2002, the log house itself still stands, although the house has been expanded upon, and there is now stone facing on the exterior walls that hides its original look. The farm is presently owned by C.H. Haidle, address R.R. #1, R.P.O., Oro Station, Ontario. In conversation with Mrs. Haidle, it seems that Archibald John Longhurst may not have been the first owner of the property, and the log house may actually predate his family's being there. For photos and maps, follow the link above.

The page from the census of 1881 for Barrie, District 139, shows the family of Archibald John Longhurst. Archibald is reported as being 30-years-old, a butcher, with wife Mary M. (Mary Martha, age 26), Henrietta (age 9), Minnie (age 7), Emma (age 5), Archibald W. (Walter, age 3), and Thomas (age 2). The religion is noted as Plymouth Brethren.

the 1891 census for "Arch" Longhurst and family, in the town of Barrie, District 117. 42 years old, a butcher, with an English father (James Longhurst) and Scottish mother (Flora Macdonald). Mary Martha is shown at age 36, with 10 children - Minnie (age 17), Emma (age 15), Arch (Archibald Walter, age 14), Thomas (age 11), Goldie (age 9), Edward (age 7), Frank (age 5), May (Mary Anne, age 4), "Harley" (Harvey, age 2), and "Perley" (Rachel Pearl, age 3 months).

As a chronological construct, these events indicate some of the residences for Archibald John Longhurst and family...

Note: the location where children were born does not necessarily mean that the family lived there. A child may be born away from the home for many reasons, but one would expect that the family was at least in the vicinity. As more items are found, or as more explanation is found, this list will be updated.

Note: Allendale should be considered to be a subdivision of Barrie.

1849, born in King Township, York County

1851 census, with his parents in King Township, York County

1861 census, with his parents in Mulmur Township

1871 census, with his parents in South Simcoe

from approximately 1871 to 1881, the Oro Station property (children born during these years may have been born away from the farm)

1872, first child, daughter Henrietta born, in Thornton (less than 15 km. south of Barrie)

1874, daughter Minnie Belinda born, in Allandale

1875, daughter Emma Alma born, in Thornton

1877, son Archibald Walter born, in Oro County

1879, son Alfred Thomas born, in Oro County

1882, daughter Gold Floribelle "Goldie" born, in Barrie

1883, son Edward James born, in Barrie

1885, son Frank born, in Barrie (184 Bradford Street)

1887, daughter Mary Anne born, in Barrie

1889, son Harold Emmerson born, in Barrie

1891, daughter Rachel Pearl born, in Barrie (Bradford Street)

1892, son Harvey born, in Barrie

1895, daughter Violet born, in Barrie

1896, daughter Augusta born, in Barrie

1918, the mailing address was P.O. Box 916, Barrie, when son Harvey was recruited into military service

1929, obituary notes that the "homestead" was a farm on the Sixth Line, Innisfil (could explain the P.O. Box)

1929, Archibald John Longhurst's place of death was Thornhill, Ontario (home of daughter Rachel Pearl and her husband Charles Smith)

These are pictures of 184 Bradford Street, Barrie.

To be reconciled... This social notice from the Barrie Examiner on September 21, 1905, raises questions. Which Arch.? Which house did he vacate? Why note that it was brick? It sounds like he first owned it and has subsequently now moved to it. Could this be the man named Rosenfeldt? From the 1921 census: Max Rosenfeldt, spouse Sarah Rosenfeldt, born abt 1876 in Russia, arrived in Canada in 1904, residing in Barrie, Town Ward 3, Simcoe South (Simcoe), Ontario.

Children of Archibald John Longhurst and Mary Martha Looker...

children:

Henrietta ("Hattie") Longhurst
- born July 30, 1872 in Thornton, Ontario
- married on December 19, 1890, to Thomas Somers (born July 1, 1866, in Barrie, Ontario; son of Joseph Somers and Elizabeth Snow)
- at one time had a farm near Barrie
- lived in Woodstock, Ontario in 1919, Henrietta was employed at the Harvey Knitting Co. (opened in 1912 as Ken Knit by owner Kenneth Harvey, in 1914 became Harvey Knitting Co., bought out in 1937 by York Knitting Mills, owned since 1911 by J.D. Woods).
- Henrietta also had boarders at times as a source of income.
- children :
  - Edward James Somers
    - born June 1, 1891, in Barrie, Ontario
    - occupation: machinist
    - married Sarah Louise Clark (born September 20, 1891, in Orillia, Ontario; daughter of John Clark and Elizabeth Kenny)
    - children:
      - "baby" Somers
        
        born March 24, 1916, in Orillia, Ontario
        
        died March 24, 1916, in Orillia, Ontario

Audrey Henrietta Somers
- born May 13, 1921, in Orillia, Ontario
- married John Ronald MacDonald (or McDonald)
- children:
- resided in Orillia, Ontario in 1962

Edward died September 26, 1925, in Kitchener, Ontario.
Sarah lived in Orillia in 1952, but was absent in that Phone Directory of 1962.

Thomas Archibald Somers
- born April 12, 1894, in Barrie, Ontario
- married April 1, 1906, in Barrie, Ontario, to Harriet Maud Emms (born December 24, 1887, in Oro, Ontario; daughter of William Emms and Martha Ross)
- military service: WWI, Regimental #643325, RG 150, Accession 1992-3, Box 9151-8
- children:
  - William Archibald Thomas Somers
    - born April 23, 1917, in Barrie, Ontario
    - married on June 30, 1042, in Dauphin, Manitoba, to Bernice Furkalo (born in Gilbert Plains, Manitoba; daughter of Peter and Tina Furkalo)
    - military service: served in the Navy in WWII
    - children:
    - William died October 15, 1989, in Sudbury, Ontario
    - Bernice died February 15, 1999, in Sudbury, Ontario. She is buried in Park Lawn Cemetery, in Sudbury, Ontario.

James Leslie Somers (Sr.)
- born September 8, 1918, in Copper Cliff, Ontario (very near Sudbury)
- married on October 4, 1941, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Mary Babiuk (born Ocober 26, 1920, in Ukraina, Manitoba; daughter of Nick Babiuk and Pearl Bunka)
- military service: enlisted in the RCAF on January 28, 1941, was a flight sargeant when discharged in 1946, also a fire chief in the RCAF
- children:

Elmer Morley Somers
- born June 9, 1920, in Sudbury, Ontario
- after 1960, resided in Port Colbourne, Ontario
- married November 20, 1983, in St. Catherines, Ontario, to Josephine LeClair
- between 1983-2001, the couple resided in St. Lo, France

Hattie Maud Somers
- stillborn June 11, 1922, in Sudbury, Ontario

Ruby Violet Somers
- born October 30, 1927, in Sudbury, Ontario
- died October 29, 1947, of an aneurysm
- buried in Little Brick United Church Cemetery, Oro, Ontario

Harriet Maud Emms died June 11, 1922, in Sudbury, Ontario
Harriet is buried in Little Brick United Church Cemetery, Oro, Ontario
second marriage on November 8, 1926, in Sudbury, Ontario, to Grace Agnes Theresa Emms (born October 4, 1895, in Oro, Ontario; sister of Harriet Maud Emms)
residence in 1974: 124 Penetang Road, Barrie, Ontario
Grace Agnes Theresa Emms died October 7, 1977
Grace is buried in Little Brick United Church Cemetery, Oro, Ontario
Thomas Archibald Somers died September 19, 1982, in Sudbury, Ontario
Thoms is buried in Little Brick United Church Cemetery, Oro, Ontario

Mansell Ellwood Somers
- born June 30, 1896, in Barrie, Ontario
- residing in Copper Cliff, Ontario when married
- occupation: clerk
- married September 20, 1915, at 121 Larch Street, Sudbury, Ontario, to Evelyn Agnes Paul (born c1896, in Mattawa, Ontario; residing in Sudbury when married; daughter of George Thomas Paul, born in Mattawa, Ontario, and Justine Burke, born in Deep River, Ontario)
- record of marriage
- ref: Moyen Nord Ontarien v1 Sainte Anne RC Sudbury 1883-1983 plus à Société Franco-Ontarienne d'Histoire et de Généalogie Sudbury
- side note: George Thomas' parents were Joseph Paul and Catherine Burns
- side note: Justine Burke's parents were George T. Burke and Justine Gougeon Burke
- side note: George and Justin were married November 20, 1893, in Nippissing County, Ontario
- children:
  - George Ellwood Somers
    - born October 10, 1916, in Sudbury, Ontario
    - married on June 12, 1936, in Copper Cliff, Ontario, to Margaret Isabel Balmforth (born June 9, 1917, in Copper Cliff, Ontario; daughter of Willard Balmforth and Gladys Jackson)
    - military service: served in the Canadian infantry in WWII
    - children:
    - George Ellwood Somers died January 9, 1952, in Lively, Ontario

Thomas Mansell Somers
- born September 16, 1917, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
- married on March 8, 1945, in Hamilton, Ontario, to Barbara Lawson Morris (born March 8, 1975 in Hamilton, Ontario)
- children:
- second marriage, c1965, to Amelia __________ (born April 23, 1916, died August 15, 1997)
- Thomas died July 3, 1975, in Detroit, Michigan

Marie Henrietta Eveline Somers
- born April 29, 1919, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
- married on August 14, 1940, to John J. Noble (son of J. J. Noble)
- children:
- second marriage, in 1980, to Robert Walton

Robert Melvin Somers
- born May 9, 1921, in Copper Cliff, Ontario

Rheta Justine Somers
- born March 27, 1923, in Copper Cliff, Ontario
- married on September 18, 1943, in St. Catherines, Ontario, to William J. Reynolds (born September 13, 1921)
- children:
- Rheta died August 25, 2001, in St. Catherines, Ontario

"Betty" Elizabeth Frances Somers
- born December 17, 1924, in Copper Cliff, Ontario
- married on August 12, 1941, in Sudbury, Ontario, to Ronald Dixon (born March 8, 1922)
- children:
- Ronald Dixon died May 20, 1987, in Sudbury, Ontario
- Betty Somers died December 18, 2002, in Sudbury, Ontario

Frank Lyle Somers
- born September 28, 1926, in Copper Cliff, Ontario
- military service: enlisted in the Canadian Army, 1943 - England, 1944 - England and Italy, 1945 - Germany
- met, in 1945, Altburg Ley (born in Germany)
- children:
- second marriage, on January 29, 1972, in Toronto, Ontario, to Hazel Helena Marjorie Hodder (born September 28, 1924)
- Frank died May 31, 1994, in Whitby, Ontario
- Hazel died in May, 1996

Irma May Somers
- born May 15, 1928, in Copper Cliff, Ontario
- married on February 11, 1949, to Carman V. Munro
- children:
- second marriage, c1965, to George McCavish
- Irma died June 30, 1990, in Toronto, Ontario

John Edward Somers
- born a twin, July 23, 1929, in Copper Cliff, Ontario
- married on December 11, 1953, in Sudbury, Ontario, to June Iris Walker (born May 31, 1934)
- children:

William Archibald Somers
- born a twin, July 23, 1929, in Copper Cliff, Ontario
- married on December 2, 1952, in Cobourg, Ontario, to Doreen Neave (born August 28, 1934, daughter of Frederick Neave and Frances Wisson)
- children:
- Doreen (Neave) Somers died December 23, 1999

Lois Anne Somers
- born February 26, 1936, in Sudbury, Ontario
- married on February 8, 1954, in North Bay, Ontario, to George Downing Dickerson (son of James Dickerson and Edith Packer)
- children:
- second marriage, on February 1, 1983, in Ottawa, Ontario, to Rosaire Joseph Vezina (born January 18, 1921, in St Joseph de Lauzon, Quebec)
- children:
- Rosaire died August 9, 1993, in Luskville, Quebec

Jean Irene Somers
- born March 8, 1937
- married on February 13, 1958, in Sudbury, Ontario, to Joseph George Gauthier (born 1921)
- children:
  - second marriage, on January 29, 1971, to Roland Edmond Banner (born October 24, 1936)
  - Roland had two children from a previous marriage

Mansell was the reeve of McKim Township for three terms
Mansell was a councillor for five years
Somers Street in New Sudbury was named after Mansell
Evelyn Agnes Paul died January 25, 1955, in Sudbury, Ontario
Mansell re-married, on March 17, 1956, to Elizabeth Krick Ross
Mansell died August 27, 1961, in Gauveneur, New York

Morley Theodore Somers
- born September 2, 1901, in Barrie, Ontario
- married on September 2, 1931, in Innerkip, Ontario, to Laura Katherine Rowe (born October 13, 1908, in East Zorro Township, Ontario; daughter of William Rowe and Edith Webber)
- children:
  - Morley died March 13, 1961, in Alliston, Ontario
  - Laura died April 16, 1998 in Elliot Lake, Ontario

Madeleine Verna Somers
- born October 10, 1904, in Barrie, Ontario
- married on July 31, 1931, in Ontario, to Thomas Annon Farquharson (born 1878 in Scotland)
- Thomas served with the C Squadron of the Scottish Horse Corp.
- Thomas was proprietor of Atlas Folding Boxes Ltd., in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1934.
- The family resided in Hamilton, Ontario.
- Thomas Annon Farquharson died September 6, 1948.
- Madeleine Verna Somers died April 25, 1956, in Hamilton, Ontario.

Mildred Winnifred Somers
- born November 27, 1907, in Barrie, Ontario
- was employed at the Harvey Woods factory for many years
Mildred died February 18, 1969, in Woodstock, Ontario

Joseph Somers died August 5, 1947, in Ontario.
Henrietta Somers (Longhurst) died April 11, 1949, in Woodstock, Ontario.

Minnie Belinda Longhurst
- born September 17, 1874 in Allandale, Ontario
- occupation: seamstress (noted as "dress maker" on 1891 census)
- married on January 27, 1908, in Barrie, Ontario, to Joseph Edward St. Louis (age 33, from Port Arthur, Quebec, grocer, son of Adolph St. Louis and Semen Bressen)
- marriage witnesses were Michael McBride and Mary Ann McGinnis (both of Barrie), clergyman was Reverend J.J. Egan
- couple stated as being Roman Catholic on record of marriage
- sister Rachel Pearl's record of birth in 1891, shows (Minnie's) address as being Fort William, Ontario
- an adopted child

Emma Alma Longhurst
- born June 28, 1875 in Thornton, Innisfil Township, Ontario
- record of birth
- married on June 21, 1897, in Barrie, Ontario, to Thomas G. Wesley Soule (a farmer; of Vespra, Ontario; born June 28, 1875 in Darlington; son of George Soule and Margaret ______ )
- note: conflicts - record of marriage shows mother of groom to be "Annie" and age of groom to be 21
- note: census of 1881 for Essa, Simcoe County, reports George Soule as being 28 years old, born in England, his wife Margaret as being the same age, born in Ireland, and another son, born in 1874, named Willie.
- note: census of 1901 for Collingwood, Ontario, reports that Wesley Soule worked in a pork factory, as did John Bell
- note: this family and the Bell family (see connection below) were either neighbours or lived in the same house, according to the census
- children :
  - George Soule
    - born March 11, 1898
  - Archibald Soule
    - born January 21, 1900

Archibald Walter Longhurst
- born June 8, 1877 in Oro County, Ontario
- married on June 5, 1901, in Barrie, Ontario, to Fannie Esther Burton (born March 10, 1878 in Cookstown, Ontario)
- in direct line to Alfred Thomas Burton Longhurst
- for full details, see this page....

Alfred Thomas Longhurst
- born January 17, 1879 in Oro County, Ontario
- record of birth
- occupation: butcher
- married June 27, 1900, in Ingersoll, Ontario, to Florence ("Florrie") Derbridge (born c1878, in England, daughter of Joseph Derbridge and Eliza Dillie), witnesses were Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Stevens of Ingersoll
- record of marriage
- children:
  - May Victoria Longhurst
    - born May 24, 1901, in Ingersoll, Ontario
    - religion: Methodist
    - married May 24, 1919, to Samuel Robert Wilkinson (labourer, born in 1901, in Ridgetown, Ontario; son of John Wilfred Wilkinson and Ruth Cattle)
    - record of marriage, witness Archie Longhurst, clergyman George T. Watts
    - children:
      - Dorothy Eileen Wilkinson
        
        born March 12, 1920, in St. Thomas, Ontario
        
        child born to Dorothy:
        
        (Dorothy) married Murray Eugene Shackleton
        
        child born to Dorothy and Murray:
        
        (Dorothy Eileen Longhurst) died October 7, 1985, in St. Thomas, Ontario
    - (May Victoria Longhurst) died January 1, 1953, in St. Thomas, Ontario

Archibald Thomas Longhurst
- born October 25, 1903, in Ingersoll, Ontario
- record of birth

Mary Florence Longhurst
- born December 23, 1909, in Barrie, Ontario

Harvey Ernest Longhurst
- born December 4, 1912, in Hamilton, Ontario

Alfred Thomas Longhurst died 1966

Gold Floribelle ("Goldie") Longhurst
- born January 21, 1882 in Barrie, Ontario
- record of birth
- married September 15, 1900, to John Bell of Collingwood (born January 27, 1879, in Holland Landing, Ontario, son of David Bell and Eunice Baker)
- marriage witnesses were V.M. Cooper and P.J. Bartley of Barrie
- record of marriage
- children:
  - John Donald Bell
    - born August 10, 1903, in Barrie, Ontario
    - record of birth

Harold Frank Bell
- born August 13, 1907, in Barrie, Ontario
- record of birth

note: at time of son Harold's birth, their address was 115 Owen Street, Barrie, and John's occupation was labourer
note : census of 1901 for Collingwood, Ontario, reports that John Bell worked in a pork factory, as did Wesley Soule (see above connection)
note : this family and the Soule family (see connection above) were either neighbours or lived in the same house, according to the census

Edward James Longhurst
- born December 23, 1883 in Barrie, Ontario
- record of birth
- occupation: labourer
- married July 23, 1908, in Waubashene, Ontario, to Janet Cheetham
- died November 5, 1920 in Fort William, in an accident in a quarry (a fall perhaps - fractured skull, shock and internal injuries, immediate)
- address at time of death was 182 East Brock Street (Fort William being Thunder Bay now)
- buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Thunder Bay
- record of death

Frank Longhurst
- born Aug. 15, 1885, in Barrie, Ontario
- record of birth
- married August 30, 1916, in Barrie, Ontario to Albertha V. (Virette) Pearson (born 1892, daughter of John Pearson and ______ Corbett)
- marriage certificate

Mary Anne Longhurst
- born May 17, 1887, in Barrie, Ontario
- record of birth

Harold Emmerson Longhurst
- born Sep. 3, 1889, in Barrie, Ontario
- record of birth
- married on February 4, 1922, in Stratford, Ontario, to Ethel Hockridge (daughter of John Hockridge and Annie? Hart)
- record of marriage
- Harold a Presbyterian and merchant, Ethel a Methodist and clerk
- note: two "M"'s in Emmerson, in Harold's signature on record of marriage, only one on record of birth

Rachel Pearl Longhurst
- born Feb. 10, 1891, in Barrie, Ontario
- family address at this time was Bradford Street, Barrie
- record of birth
- "Congregationalist"
- married February 26, 1912, in Whitby, Ontario, to James Charles Smith, of "the municipality of the city of Toronto" since February 2, 1912 (born 1888, in Whitby, Ontario, son of James Smith, a grain buyer, and Mary Clark)
- record of marriage
- this article reports the wounding of Herbert Longhurst in WWI, son of Mrs.Charles Smith.

Harvey Longhurst
- born Sep. 3, 1892, in Barrie, Ontario
- record of birth
- see many small details on WWI recruitment record
- Harvey died in 1961. He is bured in the same location as his mother and father, see details below.

Violet Longhurst
- born Feb 4, 1895, in Barrie, Ontario
- record of birth

married Lorne Matchett (born 1896)
Lorne died in 1964. Violet died in 1980. Both are buried in Sixth Line Cemetery, in Lefroy, Ontario, just south of Barrie. See location photos below.

Augusta Longhurst
- born August 1, 1896, in Barrie, Ontario
- record of birth
- died August 20, 1896, in Barrie, Ontario
- record of death shows cause of death as cholera infantum (gastroenteritis, fatal in some children, not exactly cholera but similar symptoms)

The passing of Archibald John Longhurst and Mary Martha Looker...

Archibald John Longhurst died May 12, 1929, in Thornhill, Ontario "at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Chas. Smith".
Ailments noted in the record of death were "several years" of heart disease (as cause of death), and three years of arthritis.
Archibald John Longhurst was buried on May 14, 1929, in the 6th Line Cemetery, in Lefroy, Ontario, just south of Barrie). Archie's sister Christiana (Legge) informed the Registrar.
The gravestone reads... Archibald Longhurst, 1849-1929; his beloved wife Mary M. Longhurst, 1853-1938; (son) Harvey Longhurst, 1892-1961.

Mary Martha Looker died April 8, 1936, in Ontario. She is buried with husband Archibald.

Barrie Examiner, Thursday, May 16, 1929.

Obituary, Archibald Longhurst.

Archibald Longhurst, an old resident of Barrie and Innisfil Township, passed away on Sunday, May 12, 1929, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Chas. Smith, Thornhill, after an illness of over ten years with rheumatism. Born October 14, 1849, in Vaughan Township, deceased farmed for a time in Innisfil and carried on the trade of butcher in Barrie for thirty years, later taking up building and cement contracting. In religion he was a Presbyterian and in politics he was a Conservative.He is survived by his wife, formerly Mary Martha Looker, and eleven of his family of fifteen children, namely, Mrs. Wesley Soules, North Bay; Mrs. John Black, Chicago; Mrs. Chas. Smith, Thornhill; Mrs. Lorne Matchett, Churchill; Mrs. jos. Price, Fort William and Mrs. Thos. Somers, Woodstock and Walter Longhurst, Belleville; Thomas, Chatham; Frank, Barrie; Harold, Chicago; and Harvey on the homestead, Sixth Line, Innisfil.

The funeral on Tuesday, May 15, was attended by many relatives and friends, services were conducted by Rev. J. McEwen with interment in Sixth Line Cemetery.

Barrie Examiner, Thursday, May 16, 1929, obituary. Click on this link for full page.

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Archibald Walter Longhurst

This page covers information pertaining to descendants of Archibald Walter Longhurst, born June 8, 1877.

Archibald Walter Longhurst

born June 8, 1877 in Oro County, Ontario
son of Archibald John Longhurst and Marth Martha Looker
record of birth (yes, blurry), registered July 28, 1877
might well have been born in the house on the property in Oro Station and would have spent the early childhood years here
This photo of Archibald Walter Longhurst and his wife was cropped from a 1922 photo taken at the 50th wedding anniversary of Archibald John Longhurst and Mary Martha Looker. Archibald John Longhurst is the mustached gentleman in the center of the group photo. Wife Mary Martha Looker is on his left. Archibald Walter Longhurst is the other mustache, rightmost in the top row. His wife Fannie Esther Burton is beside him. To see the names of the others, and to see that picture in its full size, click on it.

Archibald Walter Longhurst is believed to be the middle person in the bottom row. Fannie Esther Burton is the second from the left, in this photo of four Burton women. Please see this page to get more context and the names of the others in the photos.
Fannie Esther Burton and Archibald Walter Longhurst. One of each pair retains the original photo border.

Archibald Walter Longhurst, grandson Randall (Don), Fannie Esther Burton. The rightmost retains the original context fo the photo.
married on June 5, 1901, in Barrie, Ontario, to Fannie Esther Burton (born March 10, 1878 in Cookstown, Ontario)
marriage registration #015943-01, Simcoe County. record of marriage
from the marriage registration... Archibald was "age 23, railway employee (abbreviated "Ry Emp.", born in Oro, living in Barrie", and Fannie was "age 23, born in Cookstown, living in Barrie". Parents as noted above. Witnesses to the marriage were William Hounsome of Bradford and Minnie Longhurst of Barrie. (Registration #015943-01 of Simcoe County.)

From one of the Barrie area newspapers...

MARRIED

LONGHURST - BURTON

In Barrie, on June 5th, 1901,

by the Rev. H.D. Cameron,

Mr. A.W. Longhurst

to Miss Fanny Burton,

both of Barrie."

occupation: railroad yardman. In 1905, Archibald Walter Longhurst's occupation was that of railroad yardman (from document about son's birth). AWL worked as a yardman for the Grand Trunk Railway or G.T.R. (later became part of the Canadian National Railway, or C.N.R.). Note: the Allandale railway station's address was 285 Bradford Street (the Longhurst family, headed by Archibald John Longhurst, lived at 184 Bradford Street)

from this document - Archibald Walter Longhurst's residence in 1906 (at the time of daughter Minnie's birth) was Sandford Street, Allandale, occupation was brakeman, G.T.R. The number on Sanford may have been 71 - see notes here. Note: Bradford Street and Sanford Street run parallel, back-to-back, such that 71 Sanford Street almost backs onto 184 Bradford Street (see note below). 184 Bradford Street is sizable, while 71 Sanford was likely small. This may make sense as Archibald Walter Longhurst moving his young family around the corner to the Sanford Street address from his parent's house on Bradford Street. (Note made in 2016: 184 Bradford Street is now commercial premises.)

sometime after the family moved to North Bay, the family became members of the Salvation Army church. See comment made by Margaret Cooper (Longhurst), below.

Archibald Walter became a member of the Barrie Masonic Lodge in 1902

Newspaper article, Toronto Daily Star, Friday, June 1, 1951: Honor Mr. and Mrs. A. Longhurst... A reception in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Archibald W. Longhurst will be held at the Strathgowan Badminton Club, Saturday. The couple will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Tuesday at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Bert Wice, Beechwood Ave., Mount Dennis. Mr. Longhurst was born in Oro Township in 1877, and his wife, the former Fanny Esther Burton, was born near Cookstown the next year. The couple were married in Barrie, the year Mr. Longhurst began his career with the CNR. After having lived in Barrie, North Bay and Belleville, they moved to Montreal in 1932. Mr. Longhurst has now retired. The couple have seven children, twenty grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren.

Newspaper article, Toronto Daily Star, Wednesday, September 24, 1952: Archibald W. Longhurst, 75, of Mount Dennis, a member of the Barrie Masonic Lodge, A.F. and A.M., was presented with his 50-year jewelled pin by members of that lodge recently. Mr. Longhurst joined the order when he first came to Barrie 50 years ago. Born in Simcoe County, he was employed as a stores issuer for the CNR in Barrie, Belleville, North Bay and Montreal. Last summer he and his wife celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. The couple have seven children, 30 grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren. In addition to his many other activities, Mr. Longhurst was a bandsman in the Salvation Army for 45 years. Describing his happy life, Mr. Longhurst said, "It as always been my thought that life was too short to worry about one's own troubles. If I am able to help someone else along the road of life, I feel I have gained a lot."

As a chronological construct, these events indicate some of the residences for Archibald Walter Longhurst and family...

Note: Allendale should be considered to be a subdivision of Barrie.

from birth to 1881, with his parents at the Oro Station property
1881, mentioned in census as "Archibald W.", age 3, as part of the Archibald John Longhurst family
1882 and forward, with his parents, 184 Bradford Street, Barrie
1891, mentioned in census, age 14, as part of the Archibald John Longhurst family
the 1891 census for "Arch" Longhurst anf family, in the town of Barrie.

1901, married Fannie Esther Burton, living in Barrie
1902, son Archibald Thomas born, in Barrie
1903, daughter Fannie Esther born, in Allendale
1905, son Walter born, in Allandale document (on a modern map, Essa Road becomes Bradford Street within about 150 metres of the CNR railway station)
1906, daughter Min born, in Barrie, family residing on Sanford Street document
1908, daughter Nellie born, in Barrie
1910, daughter Mary Ellen born, in _______
1917, daughter Margaret born, in North Bay
transferred to Barrie (per Margaret)
Left a farm in Barrie to move to Belleville
transferred to Belleville (per Margaret)
moved from Belleville to their last residence, in Montreal, in 1932

This is a portion of a map found at the David Rumsey Map Collection site. The map shows the central Ontario area in 1889. Many of the names mentioned in Longhurst ancestry in Ontario appear on this map. As well, the map shows the railroad routes - of special interest to Archibald Walter Longhurst's descendants. Allendale (enlarged with a lens) can easily be seen as one of the main hubs for the Grand Trunk railway (later to be acquired by the Canadian National Railway assemblage in 1919) - Allendale, along with Toronto and Palmerston. Click on the map to view it full size, without the lens. Coincidentally, I was in Palmerston recently and took these pictures of a storied steam engine on display there. (I seem to have inherited a love for trains.)

children :

Archibald Thomas Longhurst

born Friday, March 28th, 1902

married June 16, 1919, in Barrie, Ontario, to Alice Violet ("Lulu") Squires (born Saturday, August 31, 1901, in London, England)

children: yes

follow this link for details

Fannie Esther Longhurst

born June 20, 1903, in Allandale

record of birth

ref.: 39423-03 (Simcoe County)

married September 15, 1921 in Barrie to Burton William ("Bertie") Wice (born May 4, 1899, in Ontario)

marriage certificate

Marriage notes... Fannie Esther was a "spinster". Burton Wice, age 22, was a labourer from the Township of Innisfil. The religion of the bride and groom was Salvation Army. The witnesses were Walter Longhurst and Minnie Longhurst. The clergyman was James T. Poole, Salvation Army, Adjt., Barrie, Ontario. The father of the bride was born in Oro, Ontario. The father of the groom was born in Innisfil, Ontario.

Burton was the son of David Wice (born March 8, 1963, in Ontario; of German decent) and Dorothy McCauley (born December 4, 1859, in Ontario; of English decent).

Burton had these siblings: Beatrice Wice (born January 21, 1893, in Ontario); Henry Wice (born May 17, 1894, in Ontario); Dorothy Wice (born March 22, 1896, in Ontario)

children :

Marion Margaret Elizabeth Wice

born October 2, 1920

married on October 14, 1939, to William Samuel Earl Granner (born July 28, 1915)

children :

William Samuel Earl Granner died November 15, 2002.

Burton Wallace Wice

born July 22, 1922

married September 15, 1942, to Dorothea Rue (born July 7, 1921, in Ontario; of English descent)

children:

Dorothea died March 31, 1998)

Donna May Snow

born c1926

adopted at age 13, in 1939

Robert William _______

born January 5, 1942

adopted January 2, 1947

married Janet __________

Robert William ________ died April 11, 2000.

Walter Burton ("Pat") Longhurst
- born April 12, 1905, in Allandale, Ontario
- record of birth
- source : Microfilm #2,240,30, Ontario Index, Births A-Z, Certificate 041456-05

married on January 11, 1927, to Emily Eileen Pointer
children :

Minnie (Min) Belinda May Longhurst

born July 1, 1906, in Barrie

record of birth

children :

Randall Delbert (Don) Longhurst (Sr.)

born August 16, 1924

married June 20, 1947, to Helen Bellis

children :

Randy (wife, Lynne _________)

Neal Walter Longhurst (wife, Gail Fargey)

born July 16, 1950, in Belleville, Ontario

children:

Colin Longhurst

Neal died July 27, 2007, in Toronto, Ontario, of cancer

LONGHURST, Neal Walter - at the Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto on Friday July 27th, 2007. Neal Longhurst, of Belleville, in his 58th year. Son of the late Randall and Helen Longhurst. Beloved husband of Gail Longhurst (nee Fargey). Dear father of Colin Longhurst of Montreal. Dear brother of Janice Longhurst of Toronto, Randy Longhurst (Lynne) of Belleville, Darrell Longhurst (Debbie) of Rednersville, Graham Longhurst (Karen) of Foxboro, and their extended families. Also, Neal will be sadly missed by Olive and Lorne Fargey and family. Neal was a member of the Loyal Blues Fellowship.

Neal Walter Longhurst, details about funeral service.

Darrell Longhurst (wife, Debbie _________ )

residing in Rednersville in 2007

Janice Longhurst

residing in Toronto in 2007

Graham Longhurst

married, to Karen __________ )

residing in Foxboro in 2007

Randall was raised as a brother to Archibald Thomas (see obituary of Archibald Thomas, above).

Randall Longhurst died August 22, 2000, in Belleville General Hospital. Randall had had pain in his legs for some time, had failing kidneys, and contracted pneumonia while in the hospital.

"Uncle Don" (as he was known to Alfred Thomas Burton Longhurst) served in the Canadian Navy during World War II, receiving a medal for protecting convoys on the "Murmansk Run". Following the war, Randall worked for the railroad, then retired after 35 years with Northern Telecom in Belleville.

Alfred remembers... meeting "Uncle Don" a few times in Halifax during the war, while both were stationed there. They had a scheme to sell cigarettes they'd gotten for next to nothing from the Navy's stores to civilians for a good profit, but in leaping from the harbourcraft to the dock one day, Alfred lost more than half of his when they spilled out from the inside of his arm-wrapped coat. Alfred also worked for Northern Telecom (but in Brampton), and would speak with "Uncle Don" at times while there.

Randall was a member of the Salvation Army, and played in the Salvation Army band. Randall was also a member of the Masons. He enjoyed sports, and played for the Cobourg Galloping Ghosts in his youth.

Randall and his family lived on a farm in Foxboro, Ontario for some 43 years.

Randall (Don) Longhurst

Born August 16, 1924

Former employee of Northern Telecom, WWII Naval Veteran, Mason, Soldier and Bandsman in the Salvation Army

entered into rest at the Belleville General Hospital on Thursday, August 22nd, 2002. Randall Longhurst of R.R.#1, Foxboro, in his 79th year. Predeceased by his loving wife Helen (Bellis).

Loving father of Randy (Lynne), Neal (Gail), Darrell (Debbie), all of Belleville, Janice of Thornhill and Graham (Karen) of Foxboro. Predeceased by son David. Dear grandfather of Colin, Brandon, Miranda and Laci. Survived by sister Margaret Cooper and brothers Fred (Bernice) Carmichael and Butch (Doreen) Carmichael. Will be sadly missed by many nieces and nephews.

Helen Bellis died __________ .

Randall (Don) Longhurst died 2002.

married Allan Alexander ("Red") Carmichael
children :
- Frederick Donald Carmichael
  - born November 1, 1930
  - married on May 24, 1951, to Joan Barbara Latta
  - children :
  - Frederick and Joan divorced in May of 1966. Frederick remarried in September, 1966, to Bernice Genevieve McCauley (born 1939, of Frankford, Ontario, died 2003).

Allan Tyne Carmichael

born January, 1933

died October, 1950

Duncan Archibald "Butch" Carmichael

Min Longhurst died in 2001, in Belleville, Ontario.

Laura Nellie Longhurst

born September 20, 1908, in Barrie

died September 26, 1909

record of death

Death on Microfilm #1,854,620, County of Simcoe, Ontario 24079-27539...#26259. Physician: Dr. H.T. Arnall of Allandale, Ontario. Death certified by Walter Longhurst on Sep 27, 1909. Medical Certificate of Death listed Longhurst, Laura Nellie, attended from Sept 20, 1909 to Sept 25, 1909, last seen September 25th. Death occurred September 26th at 4:50AM. Cause of death - acute indigestion, duration one month, immediate 1 week duration (starvation), ultimately heart failure. Place: 50 Sanford Street, Barrie.

Note: 50 Sanford Street has been torn down and the address is a vacant lot (June, 2008).

Mary Ellen Longhurst

born October 28, 1910

married on August 8, 1929, to Wilfred Murray

children :

Margaret Faith Longhurst
- born in May 2, 1917, in North Bay, Ontario (her own statement)
- Margaret remembers... leaving a small farm property in Barrie to move to Belleville - Cannifton Road, Bennis Street, Station Street, Stoney Lonesome, and later - Montreal
- married on March 14, 1942, to Edmund Stanley Cooper
- children :
  - Kevin Cooper

Her words... I was born in North Bay, Ontario (1917), and was the second-youngest of eight children. My father worked for the Canadian National Railway.

Whilst in North Bay, my father - who was not a Christian at the time - went for a walk one Sunday morning and stopped to listen to the Salvation Army Open Air (Street) Meeting. An invitation was given by the Officer to attend the morning services. (My father) thought this would be fine, as he had no other plans. As a result, when the invitation was given (during the service) to anyone who wanted to receive Jesus, my father went forward and made a commitment to Christ. He subsequently joined the Salvation Army, as did my mother.

Working for the Railway, my father was transferred to Barrie, where I started school, and later was transferred to Belleville where he continued to worship with the Salvation Army. I continued my education in Belleville, and with the various activities in the Salvation Army.

the address given for Marg on the wedding anniversary invitation below was 1939 Leber Street, Montreal. (Probably Le Ber Street.) If so, today (2016) it is a townhouse or row house, perhaps then also.

"last surviving sibling", Margaret Faith died on Monday, January, 9, 2012.

Obituary... On Monday morning January 9, 2012 Margaret passed peacefully into the presence of her Saviour, Jesus Christ at Nithview Home in New Hamburg. Beloved wife of Edmund S. Cooper (predeceased 1989) for 47 years. Loving mother of Kevin (Norma) and Grandmother to Tim (Julie) of Vancouver, Joy (Mike Snyder) of Elmira and Angela (Matthew Benford) of San Francisco, California. Great grandmother of Cash, Ilya and Rumi Cooper and Snyder baby to be welcomed very soon. As the last surviving sibling Margaret was predeceased by Archibald (Lulu) Longhurst, Fannie (Burton) Wice, Pat (Emily) Longhurst, Minnie (Red) Carmichael, Laura Longhurst and Ellen (Wilfred) Murray. Fondly remembered by her many nieces, nephews, other extended family and friends. Born in North Bay to a railway family Margaret lived in North Bay, Barrie (Allandale), Belleville, Montreal and New Hamburg. She trained as a nurse and is still a member of the Grace Hospital Nurses Alumni. She trained as a Salvation Army officer and is still an Envoy. After her years as an officer she worked for the Salvation Army in Montreal and worked in children’s ministry as Sunday School Superintendent and other youth ministries. Many thanks to the staff at Nithview for their kindness and compassion. The family will receive family and friends at the Mark Jutzi Funeral home, 291 Huron St. New Hamburg on Wednesday, January 11 from 2-4 and 7-9. The funeral service will be held in Belleville, Ontario at Belleville Funeral Home and Chapel, 68 North Front St., Belleville Ontario. Visitation will be on Friday January 13, 2012 from 11 am to 1 pm with the funeral service immediately following. Interment to follow at the Belleville Cemetery.

Edmund Stanley Cooper died in 1989.

This is the invitation that was sent to friends and family for the 50th wedding anniversary of Archibald Walter Longhurst and Fannie Ester Burton.

Archibald Walter Longhurst died in 1953.

Daughter Marg remembers... that her father (Archibald Walter) was coming in from Montreal to visit the family in Belleville. He became ill and died near the time of the train's arrival.

Fannie Esther Burton died _____ .

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Archibald Thomas Longhurst

Archibald Thomas Longhurst was born Friday, March 28th, 1902 in Barrie, Ontario. His father's name was Archibald Walter Longhurst. His mother's name was Fannie Esther Burton.

Archie met Alice Violet ("Lulu") Squires at a farm near Barrie, when he was working for his father delivering parcels. Lulu and Archie married in 1919, in Barrie.

Archie and Lulu had six children - in order of birth : Stanley, Archie, Alfred, Harvey, Ruth, and Lorne.

Details about Archibald Thomas' family

Archibald Thomas Longhurst

born Friday, March 28th, 1902, in Barrie, Ontario.

On Microfilm #2,130,573 re the birth registration of Longhurst, Arch. Thomas, son of Archibald Walter Longhurst and Fanny Esther Burton. Born on March 28, 1902, in Barrie, County of Simcoe, Ontario, and registered on April 26, 1902.

Father was listed as a butcher. Mother was attended by Dr. H.T. Arnall. Family was living at 184 Bradford Street.

record of birth

Northern Advance newspaper, front page for March 28, 1902, notice regarding this birth.

clipped from the Northern Advance newspaper page above.

married January 16, 1923, in Barrie, Simcoe County, Ontario, to Alice Violet ("Lulu") Squires (born Saturday, August 31, 1901, in London, England)

record for Simcoe County, 1023: #020088-23 Archibald Thomas LONGHURST, 20, delivery man, born in Barrie, living in Barrie, s/o Archibald Walter LONGHURST, (born in Oro Township) & Fanny Esther BURTON, married Lulu Alice Violet SQUIRES, 20, domestic, born in England, living in Barrie, daughter of William Walter SQUIRES, (b. England) & Mary AUGUST (name after remarrying?), witnesses: Amy Ella SQUIRES (Lulu's sister) & Walter B. LONGHURST (Archie's brother Walter Burton "Pat"), both of Barrie, 16 Jan., 1923, at Barrie

Archibald worked for CNR as a car inspector, on the Barrie-Belleville run. His work also took him to several other CNR division points, which meant that he and his family moved around a lot. At times, the Longhursts lived in Allendale (south of Barrie), in Toronto (Dundas St., Fisken St., MacDonald St., Belwood St., and a farm in Thistletown), in Montreal, Cobourg, Shanty Bay and finally in Belleville. (18 Munro Street, Stony Lonesome subdivision).

Archibald was a member of the Belleville Lodge, # 123, of the Masonic Temple of Freemasons. To be a member of this fraternity, one is required "to be a man, over the age of twenty-one; to believe in a Supreme Being; to live an ethical and moral life; and have a strong interest in the Fraternity and desire to participate in its charities and its activities." In the roster of 1956, Archie T. is listed as being a "railroader", residing at R.R. 8. In the roster of 1963, Archie T. is listed as being a "railroader" living at 141 University Ave., Belleville.

In the early 40's, Archibald lost his right leg when, while working in a train yard, he was pinned between car couplers. On March 15, 1992, granddaughter Colleen Longhurst did an interview of his wife Lulu to get some family history. One story was about a fortune teller named Madame Leda who had told Lulu before the accident to "be careful working where wheels went around". "Lost my leg to a... to hang on?" were Archie's last words before the anesthetic. Lulu still had the newspaper article in her wallet many years later.

Archie Longhurst, 18 Murney St. and who was employed as car inspector with the Canadian National Railways here, lost his right leg after being crushed between two box cars in the Belleville C.N.R. yards Saturday afternoon. The crushed and mangled leg had to be amputated near the hip at the Belleville General Hospital. His right arm was badly lacerated and the flesh torn in the accident. Dr. Van Blakslee attended the injured man and amputated.

Longhurst, who is employed at the C.N.R. yards here as a car inspector, was about to couple the hose line of approaching box cars, when the lead portion of the train cut in and caught Mr. Longhurst between the box cars. The car couplings came together against his right hip crushing and mangling the leg above the right knee. Mr. Longhurst clung to the ladder of one of the box cars as the train rolled some eight or nine car lengths before it was brought to a halt. During this time Mr. Longhurst's right arm was badly crushed and mangled as he was forced to hold onto the ladder of the lead box car in order to save himself from falling beneath the wheels of the train.

Following the amputation at the hospital yesterday three blood transfusions were necessary as the result of the large quantity of blood lost in the accident. Dr. Blakslee announced at noon, that Mr. Longhurst's condition was satisfactory, despite the loss of so much blood.

Some of the residences in Belleville and area were...

1930's - house downtown, near the Moira River, that burned down (no one home at the time), family moves for a short time to Montreal

house was rebuilt, family returns, this is the residence that son Alfred leaves to join the Navy in 1942.

late 1940's - 18 Murney Street, Belleville, stone house downtown. Stan lived in front, Archie and Lulu lived in rear.

Early 50's - house built by family members in Cobourg, at 421 Ontario Street. This house still stands today (2002, has new siding).

141 University Avenue (Stoney Lonesome)

Early 1970's - sometime after death of Archibald, Lulu moves to an apartment in Belleville on Henry Street (first floor, street side balcony).

1930's - 141 University - burned down (no one home at the time), family moves for a short time to Montreal
141 University rebuilt, residence that ATB leaves to join Navy in 1942
late 1940's - 18 Murney Street, Belleville, stone house downtown, Stan lived in front, Archie and Lulu lived in rear
Stony Lonesome subdivision).

barnardos records state

27-10-1923... Ch. Sh. Married now:- Mrs. A.T. Longhurst, R. R. #1, Allandale, Ontario.

26-04-1928... C.S. change of address to:- 17 Emily Street, Belleville, Ontario.

24-04-1928... H.R. corroborates above change:- (report received later than change sheet)

08-02-1930... C.S. Change of address to:- (Station Street? or Station, like Station A Toronto?), P.O. Belleville, Ontario.

31-12-1937... C.S. Change of address to:- 29 Fisken Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.

children :

Stanley William (Stan) Longhurst

born in Gravenhurst, District of Muskoka, on December 29, 1920, per a birth certificate signed by the Deputy Registrar General on November 26, 1943; believed to be the son of Lulu, adopted by Archibald after their marriage; an alternative birth date is December 29, 1921

From daughter Nancy... "Aunt Min told me that dad was born in the Salvation Army hospital in Toronto. Aunt Min said grandma worked for two old bachelors in the Shanty Bay area. She also told me that grandma was headed back there after she had dad and left him on a Judge Wisener's (or Wizner's) doorstep because she couldn't go any further. She said (the Wiseners) took him in and called him Robert Barry because he was found in Barrie. Grandma supposedly got him back because the hospital papers where in the basket that she carried him in. Aunt Min told me this story herself but I have no way of confirming it."

From daughter Nancy... "I do recall my mother saying Lulu gave several versions as to what happened concerning my father's birth. One story was that it was a married man by the name of Black."

From Alfred Longhurst... the two old bachelors mentioned above were Jim and Joe Coulson from Shanty Bay.

married on March 28, 1942, to Amy Morrison

children:

Nancy Longhurst

born ________

married Hugh Watts

Gregory Allen Longhurst

born ________

married Jacqueline (Jackie) Foley

Greg "passed away suddenly on April 28, 2008"

Jackie passed away December 6, 2011, at age 65

Mary Longhurst

born ________

married George Pearce

From comments of daughter Nancy... Stan played guitar at dances, played the mouth organ, and could yodel (having learned from hearing Wilf Carter on the radio). Stan raised pigeons, and used glass eggs to make them lay. He was self-taught, a good father, and imparted great values.

Regarding the Morrison side of the family, of English origin, Nancy states... "I have the letter that my great grandfather wrote my great grandmother right before they were torpedoed on the Lusitania and went down."

Stan worked for Northern Electric in Belleville

(Stan Longhurst) died at age 45 of what has been best described as myocarditis by the family doctor Dr. Douglas, though this in itself should not have killed him.

"Myocarditis is an uncommon disorder caused by viral infections such as coxsackie virus, adenovirus, and echovirus. It may also occur during or after various viral, bacterial, or parasitic infections (such as polio, influenza, or rubella). The condition may be caused by exposure to chemicals or allergic reactions to certain medications and it can be associated with autoimmune diseases. The heart muscle becomes inflamed and weakened, causing symptoms of heart failure, which may mimic a heart attack."

Archibald Walter (Archie) Longhurst

born November 16, 1923

married on September 28, 1944, to Betty Markham

children :

Bonnie Longhurst

born ________

Tom Longhurst

born ________

Doug Longhurst

born ________

Peter Longhurst

born ________

Archie Longhurst died in Grafton, Ontario at age 48, in the early 70's, of diabetes

Cam Longhurst remembers... going down for his uncle's funeral with his father (Alfred), but not going to the funeral for some reason - instead flying kites with another boy (Tommy perhaps)

Archie's brother Alfred remembers... Archie was the best fisherman of the brothers, by far.

Betty Markham remarried, to Samuel Domenico.

Betty Markham passed away on June 13, 2015, at Westgate Lodge, Belleville, at age 90.

Alfred Thomas Burton Longhurst

born January 21, 1925, in a stone house on Cannifton Road, in Belleville, Ontario (in the Stoney Lonesome subdivision)

married January 28, 1946, in Victoria, B.C., to Joy Tatiana Podgorenco (born February 26, 1928, in Bengough, Saskatchewan, died in Oregon, in 1994, of lung cancer), marriage was dissolved by October 13, 1948

children from first marriage: one

(Alfred Thomas Burton Longhurst) second marriage - August 11, 1950, in Halifax, N.S., to Theresa Alice Mary Burke (born May 27, 1925, in Louisdale, Ontario); married in the Stadacona Naval Base Chapel, Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

children from second marriage: yes

Colleen Anne Longhurst

born December 18, 1953

Cameron Archibald Longhurst

born ____________

Theresa died May 13, 2010, 14 days short of her 85th birthday (congestive heart failure)

Alfred died September 15, 2011 at age 86 (lymphoma)

Francis Harvey ("Harv") Longhurst

born 1926

married on May 20, 1946, to Bessie May (Beck) Barge

children: no

(future link to a page of photos of, and taken by, Harv and Beck)

Harvey Longhurst died in 1989, in Kingston Hospital, of complications of a failed kidney

Beck died June 5th, 1999, in Belleville General Hospital, of complications of liver disease (possibly a bad blood transfusion)

Harv and Beck are buried together in Elmwood Cemetery, Corbyville, Ontario. Their gravestone is right beside that of Harv's mother and father (see more details and photos below).

Violet Ruth Longhurst

born September 26, 1927

married Theodore Frederick ("Ted") Bevan (born ___, died ___)

children: yes

Robert Lorne (Lorne) Longhurst

born ___
died at age two, of appendicitis
buried in Belleville Cemetery
"waked" at his Aunt Min's house
pallbearers were his brothers

Archibald Longhurst died of a heart attack, in Belleville, May 19, 1971. He is buried just north of Belleville, in Elmwood Cemetery, Corbyville, Ontario.

The Intelligencer, Wednesday, May 19, 1971.

Obituaries (found on page 2)

Archibald Thomas Longhurst

Archibald Thomas Longhurst of 141 University Ave., Belleville died in the Belleville General Hospital, Wednesday, May 19, following a short illness.

Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Walter Longhurst, he was born in Barrie, Ontario, and died in his 70th year.

Mr. Longhurst is survived by his wife, the former Lulu Squires. Also surviving him are two sons, Harvey of Belleville and Fred of Brampton; one daughter, Mrs. Ted Bevan of Cobourg. He was predeceased by three sons: Stan, Archie and Lorne.

Mr. Longhurst is also survived by his brothers, Walter of Trenton and Randall of Foxboro; four sisters, Mrs. Red (Minnie) Carmichael of Belleville, Mrs. Edmund (Margaret) Cooper of Montreal, Mrs. Fanny Wice and Mrs. Ellen Murray, both of Toronto.

A CNR employee for 40 years, he was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen of America, 617, Belleville. Mr. Longhurst was a member of the Salvation Army, the Belleville Lodge AF and AM 123, St. John's Chapter 48, Cobourg; White Shrine of Jerusalem and the Loyal Star of America 83. He also belonged to the Senior Citizens' Club of Belleville.

The funeral service will be conducted by Captain E. Gurney from the John R. Bush Funeral Home, Friday, May 21 at 2 p.m.

Lulu Longhurst died Sept. 8, 1994, in Cobourg, Ontario.

Archie and Lulu are buried in Elmwood Cemetery, in Corbyville, Ontario (just north of Belleville). Son Harvey and his wife Bessie May are buried beside them.

Photos

"Stoney Lonesome"

Modern photos - taken June, 2002.

To see ancestors and descendants in a summary form, click on this image to be taken to a page that explains the chart and offers printable versions.

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From Alfred Longhurst... the two old bachelors mentioned above were Jim and Joe Coulson from Shanty Bay.

married on March 28, 1942, to Amy Morrison

children:

Nancy Longhurst

born ________

married Hugh Watts

Gregory Allen Longhurst

born ________

married Jacqueline (Jackie) Foley

Greg "passed away suddenly on April 28, 2008"

Jackie passed away December 6, 2011, at age 65

Mary Longhurst

born ________

married George Pearce

Stan worked for Northern Electric in Belleville

(Stan Longhurst) died at age 45 of what has been best described as myocarditis by the family doctor Dr. Douglas, though this in itself should not have killed him.

Archibald Walter (Archie) Longhurst

Part 9 Other Names Associated with Longhurst Ancestry."Burton".. https://web.archive.org/web/20180928180213/http://longhurst.ca/Longhurst/Longhurst_associations/burton.html

My linkage

The Burton family...

Family name (Burton, Barton) most likely derived from the town of Burton, Staffordshire, England.

Burton Family Photo

Photo edited by Melissa Martin, in 2007.

The Burton family name is prevalent in Ontarian Longhurst ancestry.

Thomas Burton (Sr.)

born c1815

married Eliza Mansbridge about 1847 (born c1815 in England, daughter of Joseph Mansbridge and Ann Voller)

record of death shows details of birth

came to Canada sometime after 1847, possibly in 1871 with family, and settled in Ontario

children :

Thomas A. Burton (Jr.)

born December 1, 1847, in England

came to Canada in 1871 (1901 Ontario Census, Simcoe West)

married on December 24, 1872, in Simcoe County, to Ellen Houghton (born January 6, 1855 in Boarhunt, Hampshire, England)

record of marriage

Source Information: Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada). Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1922. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario. MS932, 632 reels.

Thomas's residence when married was Tecumseth, West Gwillimbury

Ellen's residence when married was likely the Houghton family residence in the area of Pinkerton's Corners, Essa Township (in Canada for little more than a year)

presiding was Reverend F. Coleman, participants were Wesleyan Methodist

marrage witnesses were Jane Coleman of Bondhead, West Gwillimbury and Fanny Burton of Tecumseth

Ellen's parents were Samuel Houghton and Louisa Lutman

children :

Thomas Alfred "Fred" Burton

born April 23, 1874, in Cookstown, Ontario

Salvation Army Captain in Cookstown, Wallaceburg when wed

married in Wallaceburg, Ontario, on June 24, 1901, to Florence "Flossie" May Smith (born May 15, 1878 in Ancaster, Ontario; Lieutenant in Salvation Army; daughter of Courtland Smith and Mary Dawdy); Marriage Registration in #009576-01; marriage witnesses were Edward Thompson of Wallaceburg, Ontario and Jane Coe of Dresden, Ontario

news article, Toronto Daily Star, Monday, July 3, 1961: Salvation Army Couple Married 60 Years... At the Lilydale Residence for retired Salvation Army Officers, Lt. Col. and Mrs. Thomas A. Burton celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary recently. In June, 1901, when the Burtons were married in Wallaceburg, Ont., the then Florence M. Smith was a Lieutenant and Mr. Burton a Captain in the Salvation Army. They have served more than 41 years of active service in Canada, Bermuda, and Newfoundland until their retirement in 1938. Lt. Col. Burton was born in Cookstown, the eldest of eight children. He joined the Army in the early days of the movement. In 1897, he was accepted for full time service and came to Toronto for training. Mrs. Burton was born in Ancaster, and became a commissioned officer with the Army in Toronto. After retirement, the Burtons lived for nine years in Barrie, and are now living in Toronto.

Florence died January 20, 1963, in Toronto, Ontario; buried January 22, 1963, in Barrie Union Cemetery, (Block G, Lot 33), Ontario. Age at death noted as 84.

Thomas died on October 15, 1963, in Toronto, Ontario; buried in Barrie Union Cemetery, (Block G, Lot 33), Ontario. Age at death noted as 89. He spent his last days in the Lilydale Residence for retired Salvation Army officers.

See more gravesite photos below...

Eliza Harriet Burton

born May 26, 1876, in Cookstown, Ontario

Sgt. Major in Salvation Army when wed

married June 13, 1894, in Woodbridge, Ontario, to William Robert Harris (born July 29, 1871, in Toronto, Ontario; son of Andrew Caldwell Harris and Margaret "Maggie" Fulton)

Marriage Registration in #013582-94, York County

marriage witnesses were William Smith of Maple, Ontario and Eliza's sister Nellie Burton of Laskey, Ontario

Back row: William Alfred, Dorothy, Ollie, and Burt Front row: Margaret, William Robert, Mabel (on floor), Eliza, & Lila.

children :

Eliza Amelia "Lila" Harris

born April 9, 1895, in Laskay, Ontario

married September 2, 1913, in Orillia, Ontario, to Bertram John Pitchford (born c1890 in England; son of Samuel Pitchford and Elizabeth Ann Spencer; Anglican)

record of marriage

second marriage to Harvey Graham

Eliza died c1960, in Ontario

William Alfred Harris

born April 20, 1897, in Barrie, Ontario

married in 1919, in Toronto, Ontario, to Luella "Ella" Brown (born October 11, 1898, in Bonfield, Nipissing District, Ontario; daughter of John "Jack" Wesley Brown and Charlotte Edmonds)

William died May 2, 1965, in Toronto, Ontario

Luella died September 17, 1981, in Toronto, Ontario

Margaret Ellen Harris

born March 18, 1899, in Ontario

record of birth

married in 1918, to Rev. William Walker (born c1895, in England)

Margaret died c1980, in Ontario.

Dorothy Mary Harris

born January 8, 1902, in Newmarket, Ontario

record of birth

married April 14, 1928, in Barrie, Ontario, to Ernest Alfred Ranney (born March 21, 1901, in Fort Wayne, Indiana; son of Robert Henry Ranney and Louisa Harriet Benton)

Wedding photo of Dorothy Harris and Ernest Ranney

children :

Dorothy Mary Harris died August 30, 1993, in Scarborough, Ontario; buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Scarborough.

Olive "Ollie" Flossie Harris

born in 1904, in Newmarket, Ontario

record of birth

married c1925, in Ontario, to John Baxter (born 1902, in England)

John died August 26, 1975, and is buried in Barrie Union Cemetery, (Block F, Lot 13), Barrie, Ontario.

Olive died in June, 1981, in Barrie, Ontario.

Burton "Burtie" John Harris

born in 1909, in Ontario

married c1930, to Mary Eleanor Corlett (born 1911)

Burton died in October, 1948, in Trenton, Ontario, and was buried October 8, 1948 in Barrie Union Cemetery, (Block K, Lot 11), Barrie, Ontario.

Mary died April 16, 1995, in Ontario, and was buried April 20, 1995, in Barrie Union Cemetery, (Block K, Lot 11), Barrie, Ontario.

Mabel Alice Harris

born in 1912, in Barrie, Ontario

married c1930, in Barrie, Ontario, to William John Coulson (born 1909)

William died in May, 1995, in Barrie, Ontario, and was buried May 31, 1995, in Barrie Union Cemetery, (Block H, Lot 471), Barrie, Ontario.

Mabel died January 18, 1997, in Barrie, Ontario, and was buried April 18, 1997, in Barrie Union Cemetery, (Block H, Lot 471), Barrie, Ontario.

Robert B. Harris

born December, 1921, in Barrie, Ontario

died at age two months, February 14, 1922, in Barrie, Ontario

buried February 15, 1922, in Barrie Union Cemetery, (Block B, Lot 103), Barrie, Ontario

In this photo, the couples appear husband behind wife. Eliza Harriet Burton is seated in the middle.

From the left : Ernie and Dorothy Harris, John and Ollie Baxter, William and Ella Harris, William and Margaret Walker, Harve and Lila Graham (Harve is second husband), William and Mabel Coulson

Eliza died January 13, 1966, in Barrie, Ontario. Eliza was buried two days later in Barrie Union Cemetery, (Block B, Lot 103).

Fannie Esther Burton

born March 10, 1878, in Cookstown, Ontario

married on June 6, 1901, in Barrie, Ontario, to Archibald Walter Longhurst

(see more photos and many details of the children from this family here)

Nellie Jane "Ellen" Burton

born September 15, 1880, in Cookstown, Ontario

married Seneca Nixon Hurst (born March 28, 1882 in Whitchurch, Ontario; son of John Hurst and Sarah Booth)

children :

Walter John Hurst

born April 28, 1903, in Barrie, Ontario

died as a result of an accident on a swing, in Newmarket, Ontario, o August 5, 1904

Laura Mabel Hurst

born October 25, 1913, in Barrie, Ontario

died of a brain tumor, January 26, 1933, in Barrie, Ontario

buried in St. Paul's Cemetery, Innisfil, Ontario

Side note : Theresa and Alfred Longhurst visited members of the Hurst family in the early 1950's, on Cowan Street, in Barrie, near the Allandale train station. They were along for the ride with Alfred's parents and infant son Chris. Their recollection is that they visited Fanny or Hattie and Charlie Hurst.

Seneca Nixon Hurst died March 7, 1940, in Ontario.

Nellie Jane Burton died January 9, 1945, in Ontario.

Alice Kate Louisa Burton

born July 15, 1880, in West Gwillimbury (Cookstown), Ontario

married October 15, 1902, in Richmond Hill, Ontario, to Thomas Arthur Eade (born November 8, 1876, in Newton-Robinson, Ontario; son of John Eade and Mary Ann Hedger)

children :

Freda Alice Eade

born March 11, 1905, in Newmarket, Ontario

married February 21, 1922, to Arthur Rhodes (born November 7, 1900, ni Birmingham, England)

children :

Arthur Rhodes died October 8, 1965, in Lindsay, Ontario; buried in Riverside Cemetery.

Freda Alice Eade died November 21, 1985, in Lindsay, Ontario; buried in Riverside Cemetery.

Velma Victoria Eade

born February 7, 1907, in Newmarket, Ontario

married October 24, 1928, to Thomas Albert Langley (born October 8, 1906, in Chelsea, England)

children :

Arthur Burton Eade

born June 26, 1909, in Newmarket, Ontario

Thomas Jack Eade

Clifford Arthur Eade

Thomas Arthur Eade died September 2, 1955, in Lindsay, Ontario; buried in Riverside Cemetery.

Alice Kate Louisa Burton died November 8, 1965, in Lindsay, Ontario; buried in Riverside Cemetery.

Sisters Thirza Victoria Burton (married Thomas Eade), Fanny Esther Burton (married Archibald Walter Longhurst), Nellie Jane "Ellen" Burton (married Seneca Nixon Hurst) and Alice Kate Louisa Burton (married Thomas Eade). Photo taken by J. Frank Jackson, Barrie, Ontario.

Thirza Victoria Burton

born May 24, 1884, in Newton-Robinson, Ontario

birth registration #032893/84 : May 24, 1884, W. Gwillimbury

married September 30, 1901, in Beeton, Ontario, to Thomas Arthur Eade (see note below, and info a few lines above)

"According to our records Thomas Eade first married Thirza Victoria Burton then Alice Burton after Thirza died." Marion Skiffington.

children :

Treva Thirza Eade

born June 15, 1902, in Newmarket, Ontario

married August 12, 1922, in Lindsay, Ontario, to Victor James Hoole (born July 29, 1900, in Worcester, England)

children :

Treva Thirza Eade died August 31, 1981, in Lindsay, Ontario; she is buried in Riverside Cemetery.

Victor James Hoole died November 8, 1993, in Lindsay, Ontario.

Thirza Victoria Burton died June 15, 1902, in Newmarket, Ontario, while giving birth to Treva.

Charles Lutman Burton

born October 13, 1887, in Ontario

as a youth...

then, middle-aged...

married Emma Pearl Pratt (born May 26, 1890; daughter of Stephen Pratt and Jane Wilson)

Charles L. Burton died March 3, 1940, in Ontario.

Emma Pearl Pratt died February 3, 1975, in Ontario.

Both Charles and Emma are buried at Terrace Lawn Cemetery in County Nipissing, Township Widdifield, Ontario.

Mary Amelia Ruth Burton

born May 10, 1893, in Ontario

married May 14, 1913, in Barrie, Ontario, to John J. "Jack" Beleskey (born 1888)

Jack Beleskey died 1966, in Barrie, Ontario.

Dorothy Burton

married Ralph Robbins

From the 1881 Census of Canada, Gwillimbury West, Simcoe South, District 138, Subdistrict B, Division 2...

Burton, Thomas (farm labourer)	33	English	Born : England	Methodist Canada
Burton, Ellen	26	English	Born : England	Methodist Canada
Burton, Thomas A.	06	English	Born : Ontario	Methodist Canada
Burton, Eliza H.	05	English	Born : Ontario	Methodist Canada
Burton, Fanny E.	03	English	Born : Ontario	Methodist Canada
Burton, Nellie J.	01	English	Born : Ontario	Methodist Canada

Thomas A. Burton (Jr.) died January 7, 1911 (death registration #002608/11, Simcoe County, Barrie, Ontario). As reported on this record of death, Thomas had been ill with "paralysis agilous" from as early as 1901 until his death. Seniliy had also set in. Thomas wound up in the Dunn Avenue "Hospital for Incurables". The attending physician was Dr. Arnold Clarkson. The certificate of death was signed by A.W. Miles. His age was reported as being 68, and his place of birth was reported as being Canada.

Ellen Houghton died November 22, 1924, in Allandale, Ontario.

Thomas and Ellen are buried together in Barrie Union Cemetery, on Sunnidale Road, Barrie, Ontario. Also buried there is son Thomas and his wife Florence Smith.

Gravestone of Thomas Burton and Ellen Houghton, photo taken by Cam Longhurst, June, 2008

indiscernable print at the base of the upper stone reads: "kept in fond rememberance"

Fannie Burton

born May 7, 1853, in England

married to Charles Hounsome (Townsend?) (born c1851, in England; son of Thomas Hounsome and wife Lucy _______ )

marriage was October 24, 1875, in Tecumseth Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, registration #8408-75

1901 Canadian on-line Census {ON, YORK N (#130) Gwillimbury West, f-2 Page 8, Microfilm T-6507}, reports an Eliza Burton living with her daughter Fannie and her husband Charles.

Charles' occupation: farmer

children:

Charles Thomas Hounsome

born July 10, 1876, in Tecumseh, Ontario

record of birth

died of diptheria, December 25, 1884

record of death

William John Hounsome

born June 7, 1880, in West Gwillimbury, Simcoe Township, Ontario

record of birth

Frank Hounsome

born May 12, 1887, in West Gwillimbury, Simcoe Township, Ontario

record of birth

Fannie (Burton) Hounsome died March 17, 1932, of chronic endocarditis, arteriosclerosis, influenza

place of burial: Mount Pleasant

noted at time of death: same residence for 60 years, Bradford, Ontario

record of death

in the 1881 census for Gwillimbury West, Simcoe County, Ontario, Thomas is alive at age 65, Eliza is alive at age 55, and there is a Martha Burton, age 4, there also.

Thomas Burton (Sr.) died between 1881 and 1901, in Ontario.

Eliza (Mansbridge) Burton died December 18, 1914, age 89. Residence at time of death was Lot 10, Concession 8, Bradford, Ontario.

Eliza (Mansbridge) Burton - record of death

The photo above was taken circa 1901, by A. Hunter, Barrie, Ontario. The consensus of opinion of who these people are, based on info from Marion Skiffington and Margaret Cooper (Longhurst) is...

Back row : Nixon Hurst, Charlie Burton, Thomas Eade.

Front row : William Harris, Archibald Walter Longhurst (Jr.), Thomas Alfred (Fred) Burton.

How this family connects...

The generations to present include :

Thomas BURTON (Sr.) / Eliza MANSBRIDGE

Thomas BURTON (Jr.) / Ellen HOUGHTON

Archibald Walter LONGHURST / Fannie Esther BURTON

Archibald Thomas LONGHURST / Lulu SQUIRES

Alfred Thomas Burton LONGHURST / Theresa Mary BURKE

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Part 10

Longhurst Ancestry - Contributors

To assist with the collection and dissemination of information, here are several contacts and portions of their ancestral lines.

Note: the email addresses shown below are sound-alikes. Hopefully this will throw off spambots collecting email addresses from websites.

Pauline GIRT

(resides in England)

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George LONGHURST/ Joane KEMPSALE (KEMPSALL) (m. 1691)

William LONGHURST/ Sarah CHAIRMAN

Thomas LONGHURST/ Mary SHAW

Charles LONGHURST/ Mary CAPON (second of three wives)

James LONGHURST/ Sarah COOPER

Joseph LONGHURST/ Lucy WOOD

Sidney Lewis JOHNSON/ Caroline Jane LONGHURST

Frederick Cecil PEARCE/ Charlotte Clara JOHNSON

John Charles Henry GIRT/ Joan Violet Ann PEARCE

David YOUNG/ Pauline GIRT (since divorced)

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"I think (at the moment) that George may have been the son of Walter Longhurst born at Cobham 1663, but it is only a guess. If so, that Walter was the son of Thomas Longhurst of Bull- or Ballcross Ewhurst who died 1678, and through them back to John and Amy. From what I've found, all the Longhursts seem to originate from those parishes, and they are all related somewhere in the dim and distant past."

Available documents of Pauline Young, at this website...

John Longhurst, born c1515, includes Joseph Longhurst (Rich Text Format doc, posted 06-21-07)

George Longhurst, born c1665 (Rich Text Format doc, posted 06-21-07, see George above)

Pauline has a son - Jason David Charles Young.

Pauline has several web presences. Contact her directly for locations and access info.

Note: email address for Pauline sounds like dcyoung at aol dot com.

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Alan Blackwell

(resides in England)

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William LUTMAN/ Ann BROWNE

James LUTMAN (Sr.)/ Ann ??

James LUTMAN (Jr.)/ Harriet MAINER

Alfred LUTMAN (brother of Louisa LUTMAN)/ Elizabeth RANDALL

Emmanuel James LUTMAN/ Annie Marie FAITHFULL

Albert Edward BLACKWELL/ Frances Evelyn LUTMAN

Alan Douglas BLACKWELL (unmarried)

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Alan Blackwell's website...

Note Alan's email address sounds like alan dot blackwell 9 at gmail dot com.

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Bob Houghton

(residing on England)

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Uriah HARMSWORTH-HOUGHTON (Sr.)/ Ann LINNEY

Uriah HOUGHTON/ Sarah SNELL

Samuel HOUGHTON/ Louisa LUTMAN

Alfred HOUGHTON/ Ellen MEHER

Charles Wesley HOUGHTON/ Mercie Ermina Grace McGHIE

Charles Ambrose HOUGHTON/ Jeanette JOYCE

Robert David (Bob) HOUGHTON/ Kim WYLIE (since divorced, son Cliff)

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Bob has assembled a great deal of information about the Houghton family, including information on many members not mentioned here. He also has collected, and safeguards for the family, many original documents and early photos.

Bob is an active member of Hamilton Cold Barn Morris Dancers, which performs ancient traditional English dancing.

Note: Bob's email address sounds like houghton203 at gmail_dot_com.

Note: Bob has developed a web presence and a youtube channel...

Marion Skiffington

(Peterborough, Ontario)

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Thomas BURTON (Sr.) / Elizabeth MANSBRIDGE

Thomas BURTON (Jr.) / Ellen HOUGHTON

William Robert HARRIS / Eliza Harriet BURTON

Ernest Alfred RANNEY / Dorothy Mary HARRIS

______ SKIFFINGTON / Marion RANNEY

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The information Marion has was passed down from her great uncle Thomas Alfred "Fred" Burton as the "Burton Family Tree". Marion is also collecting information from the Internet and other sources.

The book she received is described as being "yellow paper ... taped together in an awkward way. The top sheet has Fannie Burton & Archie Longhurst then their children. Each child is listed on a separate sheet with name of spouse & children. Then each child is listed on another sheet pasted below it, then, all the children of Fannie Burton & Archie Longhurst are taped together side by side. The pages are folded upwards (therefore, creased) and then each of families are folded sideways".

Ranney - Harris Family Tree

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Note: Marion's email address sounds like marskiff at yahoo dot com.

Dawn Shilcock

Dawn's "GGGG-GF was Walter Longhurst of Capel who married Bethier/Bethia March, also of Capel, in September 1809 in Wotton."

Dawn contributed this document that shows Joseph Longhurst marrying Sarah Haysman in January, 1809.

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Note: Dawn's email address sounds like dawn dot shilcock at virgin dot net

Frank William Fife

(South Dakota, USA)

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Joseph LONGHURST/ Sarah HAYSMAN

George LONGHURST/ Rebecca WELLER

Albert Edward LONGHURST/ Jemina Minoa HAMILTON

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(son and daughter of Albert Edward marry into the FIFE family)

Thomas Aitken FIFE/ Rebecca Elizabeth LONGHURST

William Samuel LONGHURST/ Ellen Marion FIFE

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Thomas Aitken FIFE and Ellen Marion FIFE are grandchildren of :

David Alexander Fife (Sr., famous for Fife Red Wheat) / Jane BECKETT

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John FIFE (Sr.)/ Agnes HUTCHINSON

William FIFE/ Mary Anderson BECKETT

David FIFE/ Elizabeth DINSDALE

John FIFE/ Ethel Floss THAYER

Ray Thayer FIFE/ Emma Ellen MURRAY

Frank William FIFE/ Connie _____

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Note: Frank's email address sounds like fwfife at rushmore dot com.

Debrah Leona Duval

(Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada)

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Joseph LONGHURST/ Sarah HAYSMAN

James LONGHURST / Flora MACDONALD

Robert James LONGHURST / Martha CRAWFORD

Robert Elvin "Slim" LONGHURST / Nellie GREEN

___ DUVAL / Debrah Leona LONGHURST

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Note: Debrah's email address sounds like debrah dot duval at rbc dot com

Donna Louise Matilda Longhurst

(died August 6, 2005)

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Joseph LONGHURST/ Sarah HAYSMAN

George LONGHURST (Sr.) / Rebecca WELLER

Albert Edward LONGHURST (Jr.) / Jemima Minoa HAMILTON

John Alexander Macdonald LONGHURST / Louisa Margaret WALSER

Donald Edward LONGHURST / Evelyn Margaret HARBRIDGE

Donna Louise Matilda LONGHURST / Donald Harvey COAKLEY

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Patricia Diane GODINEZ

(San Diego, California)

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Joseph LONGHURST/ Sarah HAYSMAN

James LONGHURST/ Flora MACDONALD

Archibald John LONGHURST (Sr.) / Mary Martha LOOKER

Archibald Walter LONGHURST (Jr.) / Fannie Esther BURTON

Archibald Thomas LONGHURST/ Alice Violet SQUIRES

Alfred Thomas Burton LONGHURST (first marriage)/ Joy Tatiana PODGORENCO

Ramon GODINEZ/ Patricia Diane LONGHURST

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Note: Diane's email address sounds like canprin at yahoo dot com.

Cherel (Sheri) MARTIN

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Joseph LONGHURST/ Sarah HAYSMAN

James LONGHURST/ Flora MACDONALD

Archibald John LONGHURST (Sr.) / Mary Martha LOOKER

Archibald Walter LONGHURST (Jr.) / Fannie Esther BURTON

Fannie Esther LONGHURST / Burton William WICE

Marion Margaret Elizabeth WICE / Earl GRANNER

Cherel GRANNER / David Austin MARTIN

Also contributing is Sheri's daughter Melissa.

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Note: Cherel's email address sounds like cherelmartin at gmail dot com.

Cameron Archibald LONGHURST

(Brampton, Ontario)

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Joseph LONGHURST/ Sarah HAYSMAN

James LONGHURST/ Flora MACDONALD

Archibald John LONGHURST (Sr.) / Mary Martha LOOKER

Archibald Walter LONGHURST (Jr.) / Fannie Esther BURTON

Archibald Thomas LONGHURST/ Alice Violet SQUIRES

Alfred Thomas Burton LONGHURST / Theresa Mary BURKE

Cameron Archibald LONGHURST

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Note: Cam's email address sounds like camlonghurst at yahoo dot ca

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