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COLLECTION
OF
Historical Family Stories
17th Century to Present Time
Of
My Ancestors, Descendants, Family and Friends
Authored in 2023 By Bernard Edwin Anthony
“Bernie” Beleskey, Dedicated to my wife Jane and son Kevin
13 Springdale Drive Kitchener, Onatario. On October 14th 1982 ,16th wedding Anniversary. We where married in 1966 at Christ Church, London Ontario.
My Families Past to Present!
My paternal ancestors came from Lithuania, Prussia, Poland, Germany.
They finally arrived in Canada and the United States, in late 1800's.
with a lot polish heritage and traditions.
My Maternal ancestors “The Burton's” came from England dating back to 1775, To my Great grand father John Burton FS ID # GMS8-BPV
My Bio and History
It was on a very stormy day, Nov 27 1941.
He drove all the way from Hamilton, Ontario to Barrie, Ontario,
In a 1929 Pontiac through three feet of fresh snow.
The Beleskey clan all lived in the Barrie area, at the time..
to deliver me by Cesarean Birth.
My Ancestrial Trees
My Father's Paternal – Maternal
Family The Beleskey (1911) - Beliski - Bieliski - Bielecki (1820)
Burton (1775) - Houghton (1310) – Dromboski (1866)
My Mother's Paternal -Maternal Family
Palmer (1860) - Kent (1861) - Chadwick (1862) – Dawkins (1861)
My Wife's Paternal – Maternal Family
Thompson (1799) – Allan (1819) - Turner (1626) – Queen (1807)
My Ancestrial Family Tree
The 17th Century to 2023
My Paternal Father's left side My Father, Edwin Joseph, was a Beleskey, [ 1916 ] FS # R2W-WSY My Grand Father, John “Jack” Joseph was a Beliski, [ 1888 ] FS #LHDM-PDW My Great grand-father, Valentine Joseph was a Bieliski. [ 1859 ] FS # LXWK-2CR My Great great grandfather, John Anton, was a Bieliski, [ 1820 ] FS # LXWL-DK4
My Maternal Father's Right Side My Maternal grand-mother Amelia Ruth was a Burton, [ 1894 ] FS # LHDM-PHW My Maternal grand-father, Thomas Jr. was a Burton [ 1847 ] FS # 27HV-CJY My Great-grand mother, Ellen, was a Houghton. [ 1855 ] FS # 27HV-CKV My Great great grand father, Thomas Sr., was a Burton, [ 1818 ] FS # L4M5-J88 My Great great grandmother, Eliza, was a Mansbridge, [ 1825 ] FS # L4M5-J6Q My Great great great Grand-father John, was a Burton [ 1775 ] FS# GMS8-BPV
My Maternal Mother's Left Side
My Maternal Mother, Phyllis May, was a Palmer, [ 1918 ] FS # LT94-Q24 My Grandfather “William” was a Palmer. [ 1882 ] FS # GSCW-DHD My maternal Great Grand Father James was a Palmer, [ 1860 ] FS # GDQ5-CJQ My Great-grand mother was a Chadwick [ 1862 ] FS # GDQ5-4X6
My Maternal Mother's Right Side
My maternal Grand-Mother, Mary Florence, was a Kent [ 1887 ] FS # GSCW-8LD My Maternal Great Great grand Father, Thomas as a Kent, [ 1861 ] FS # GDRC-R4S My maternal Great-grand mother, Georgina Maud, was a Dawkins [ 1861 ] FS # 9N6R-FN1
Beleskey – Beliski Coats of Arms - The Family Crest
in the “chief” dexter canlon.
Crest: On a crowned helmet and between two buffalo horns, with four bells on each lion's head affronte, all proper.
Origin: Lithunanian.
Thompson Irish - Burton and Allan's British Lithuanian Family Flag
Our Ancestrial Family Names: Beleskey - Beliski - Bieliski - Bielecki
My Family is of Lithuanian decent, with polish heritage and traditions.
The surname is considered to be a variant of the Beliski - Bieliski, both finding their roots in a place named “Beles”., Lithuania.
Thus the first bearer of the surname "Beleskey/Beliski/Bieliski/Bielecki, was someone who was identified by “one who hailed from Beles”.
The Family Tree name “Beliski” of our ancestors now dates back to 1414 in Lithuania.
My Beleskey* ancestors came from: Lithuania, to Prussia, to Poland, to Germany, Then arrived in Canada and USA in the late 19th century.
200 year Paternal Ancestrial Family Tree Time-Line
1820 John Anton Bieliski was my Great Great Grand father was Born in 1820 and died 1894 His Wife. Veronica Bielecki – Bielski nee Malikowski.
1838 My Great Great-grandmother Veronica Bielecki - Bielski (born Malikowski ), was born in Prussia,1838.
1847 My Maternal great-grandfather “Thomas Burton ” was born in 1847 - died 1911
1855 My Maternal great-grandmother “Ellen Houghton” was born in 1855 - died 1924
1859
My paternal great-grandfather Valentine Joseph John Bieliski and Jane Jennie. Born February 1859 – 29 April 1916 They lived at 86 Toronto Street in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
1888
Was the year My Paternal Grandfather “John Jack Bieliski” was born John "Jack" Joseph Beliski (78) 1888 - 1966 Born in Odanski Poland, on September 5, 1888
"Jack" emigrated from Germany with his
parents, via England, to Canada in the early 1900's, Jack married Mary Amelia Ruth [Burton], born May 10th, 1894 in Laskie, Ontario.
Shortly after re-settled in Barrie
Ontario, Canada and married his bride,
Jack worked as an upholsterer, at home,
on Inisfil Street, Barrie, ON, He had Type I Diabetes, which worsened through his life. Jack is buried in Union cemetery, Barrie Ontario.
My Grand Mother Mary Amelia Ruth Burton was born 1894 died 1964
Jack & Mary were the proud parents of: Edwin Joseph Beleskey, my father, Vernon Beleskey, my uncle Charles “Chuck” Beleskey and
Dorothy Beleskey, my aunt, wife of James
“Jim” McNeil. Douglas Keith Beleskey, born May 22nd 1939 - died of cancer 1997.
Joseph “Jack” Beliski Family Tree
My Maternal Ancestorial Family
1820 My maternal great-grandfather “James Palmer” was born.
1861 My maternal great-grandfather “Thomas Kent” was born.
My Great Greatgrand mother, Georgina Maude Dawkins was born 1861 – 1934
1862 My maternal great-grandmother “Mary Chadwick” was born Mary Chadwick 1862 – 1935
1866
My maternal great-grandmother “Jane
Dombrowski” was born 1862 My maternal great-grandmother “Mary Chadwick” was born.
The surname Chadwick was first found in Staffordshire at Mavesyn Ridware, a small village in Lichfield, Engalnd.
1861 This was the year that My maternal great-grandfather “Thomas Kent” was born
The name Kent belongs to the early Mytory of Britain, it’s origins lie with the Anglo-Saxons. It is a product of their having lived in the county of Kent.
1861 This was the year My Great Great Grand mother, Georgina Maude Dawkins,
was born, as well The surname Dawkins was first found in Norfolk at Docking, England.
1888 This was the year My Paternal Grandfather “John Jack Bieliski” was born, 5 September 1888 – Died 24 February.
When John Joseph ”Jack” Beliski was born, in Germany. Jack's father, Valentine Joseph John Bieliski, was 29. His mother, Jane “Jennie” Dombrowski, was 21.
1894 John Anton Bieliski was My Great Great Grand father, Born 1820 - died 1894 at age 57
1913 Mary Amelia Ruth Burton married “Jack” Joseph Beliski on 14 May 1913, in Ontario, Canada.
They were the parents of - Edwin Joseph Beleskey, My father, Vernon Beleskey, my uncle. Charles “Chuck” Beleskey and Dorothy Doe Beleskey.
There was an adopted boy, Douglas Beleskey *Douglas Keith Beleskey, born May 22nd 1939 - died of cancer in 1994.
1920
The Burton Tree FS # LHDM-PHW
”Chuck” Charles Valentine Beleskey, (37), born December 24, 1920 died 1960 Wife *Tilda Her given name was Velma
1923 ”Vern” Vernon Derwood Beleskey, born February 17, 1923 - Died at 65, of throat cancer 1988.
Vern married: *Mildred “Mickey ” Leona
McKnight (79) 1921 - 2000
1925 Doe” Dorothy (Beleskey) McNeil, Born Feb 13th 1925 Married James “Jim” McNeil, he died 2010
The McNeil's lived at: 100 Cook Street, Barrie Ontario, L4M 4G6 with their 7 children.
1916 My Dad
Edwin married Phyllis May Palmer on 14 May 1940, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
My MotherPhyllis May Palmer Beleskey
1913 Mary Amelia Ruth Burton married “Jack” Joseph Beliski on 14 May 1913, in Ontario, Canada.
They were the parents of - Edwin Joseph Beleskey, My father, Vernon Beleskey, my uncle. Charles “Chuck” Beleskey and Dorothy Doe Beleskey.
There was an adopted boy, Douglas Beleskey *Douglas Keith Beleskey, born May 22nd 1939 - died of cancer in 1994.
1920
The Beleskey/Beliski Clan My Grandmother and Grandfather and family Summer 1940
L/R Uncle Vern Beleskey, Chuck Beleskey, My Dad Edwin Beleskey My aunt Doddie Beleskey McNeil, my mother, with child, Me Douglas “Doggie” Beleskey on her lap.
1941
Bernard “Bernie” Edwin Anthony Beleskey, I was born on 27 November 1941, at 4:30 PM At Royal Victoria Hospital, in Barrie, Ontario, Canada.
My Memories
My father, Edwin Joseph Beleskey, was 25 and My mother, Phyllis May Palmer, was 23. I lived my first years, in Hamilton, by Lake Ontario, in a small cottage.
This was the Summer of 1943
My birth was Nov 27th 1941, just before the bombing of Pearl Harbour.
My Parents had a very eventful trip, riding in a 49 Ford. To be born in Barrie, Ontario, on a very snowy, wintery day in November 1941.
Later years I moved to Brampton Ontario, were lived at 31 Mill Street
At that time, I did not know my future wife, Jane Elizabeth Thompson, was born July 8th 1943. Born at Toronto Western, Toronto but also lived on the same Mill Street, in Brampton.
My Father's Tree
My family moved to Barrie Ontario, where
I was delivered by cesarean.
My 2nd home was on the corner of Burton Ave and Essa Rd Barrie Ontario. Summer time as at Minet’s Point Barrie, ON L4N 4B8 on the shore of Kempenfelt Bay.
1947
Minet’s Point Beach near Barrie Ontario, Canada By 1947.
Tubing with my Brother Barry, this was our favorite pastime, in summer at Minet's point.
1949
I started to attend King Edward Public School, 19 Burton Ave Barrie Ontario. During this period I got My first puppy, a Cocker Spanial, I called her Lady.
“Lady” my best freind
I am sitting on our west porch on Burton Ave., with friend Patsy Hoare and Barry.
In started delivering papers for the Toronto Star, I build my route up from 45 customers to over 100.
I purchased my own bike after one year, a Red Raleigh Roadster.
Had to purchase one for my Brother
Note: Two of my paper route customers
where “Blanch and Herb, Daughter Lorna Noble”. Blanch Nobel nee Allan Jane's Mother's sister
Jane ended up living with her cousin, Lorna Parr nee Nobel, in Allandale, beside Herb & Blanch
Me at one in 1942 Taken in Barrie at my Grampa and Grama Beleskey's
1942, taken with Gram and my Dad
1943
This was the year my wife, Jane Elizabeth Thompson was born July 8th 1943. Toronto General Hospital.h of Bernie's Sibling • Age 1 Barry William Francis Beleskey, Barrie, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada deceased
1945 at Christmas Jane on a pony in Brampton, Ontario we both lived lived on Mill Street
1946 Jane
The kids on Mill Sreet in Brampton In January on Mill StreetI, I was six, with gang on Mill Street Can you see Jane? [ In White ] We actually 1st met in 1947 1st row [ L-R] My Brother Barry, then Jane, behind Jane is Peter then Me,
1947 A birthday Party with all the kids on Mill Street Brampton
1947 My Dad & Mom a rare picture with Barry & I
1951
I move to 25 Valley Dr. Barrie, Ontario, called Lont Castle at the time, just off Leticia Street.
That is where I attended Hillcrest public school in Barrie Ontario
1956 at 15 In Wassaga Beach with my brother Barry
1956 I attended. Saint Joseph High School in Barrie Ontario
Where I spent 5 years Graduated June 1960
Sept 1956 to June 1961
Barrie Central Collgette Did Grade 12 but failed English
Memorable Event
Sept 1961, At a fall final football game, I meet Jane. Patsy Hoare. a long time friend, introduce me. Patsy lived upstairs at the same home, where I lived, Burton Ave & Essa Rd in Allandale.
1961
Jane’s parents at that time moved to North Bay. Where Jane’s parents had a funeral home on 1001 Cassel Street
1962
I registered in Toronto for the military service in 1962. First went to Air base in Centralia Ontario, to be in the Air Force. I was medically discharged, failed a hearing test. I then signed up for Basic training in St Jean Quebec. Later discharged for failing a hearing test. Oh well I tried.
1963 Bought My first car, a 1960 Dark Blue Volkswagon. Borrowed $500 at the Royal bank of Canada
1963 In Summer at age 21, Began working at Household Finance, Simcoe, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
1965 My Mother working in the Garden
1966
My Grand father “Jack” Beliski died on 24 February 1966, Barrie, Simcoe Co, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 77.
Jack” Beliski was buried in Barrie Union Cemetery, Barrie, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, 1966.
1966
At the age of 25, I married my first and only Love Jane Thompson, 23, 14th October 1966 Church of Christ, London, Ontario, Canada.
1967 Jane taking my VW for a spin
1967 Camping with Jane
1967 Camping with Jane in Vermont Green Mountain
1967 Expo Montreal Expo 67 with Jane
1968
Jane's gradaution Day
1969 Jane's first car 1969 VW Karmi Gia
1972 My son Kevin Blair Beleskey, was born June 6th 1972. Kevin's Christening
My son lived in our family home, Waterloo, Ontario Canada,
My wife, Jane at 181 Herbert Street. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
My Son Kevin's Tree
1974 Huron Bishop's Ball Bingaman Park Kitchener
1974 Bahamas trip With Kevin at two
1974 My wife Jane and son Kevin, 181 Herbert Street Waterloo
Christmas 1974
Bishop's Ball at Bingaman's
1982
Jane Elizabeth nee Thompson and Bernard "Bernie" with their son Kevin Blair Beleskey.
On our 16th Anniversary, at 13 Springdale Drive, Kitchener Ontario, N2K 1P8 Canada.
1986 My 20th Wedding Anniversary Oct 14th
1994 Kevin and Cat's Wedding in North Bay
Kevin Beleskey, My son married Cathrine Edith “Cat” Topps on 20 August 1994. Wedding was in North Bay, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada.
1996
William David Thompson 1996 and Betty Thompson Allan 2008
iWilliam David Thompson 1996 and Betty Thompson Allan 2008
1996 My 30th Wedding Anniversary October 14th 1996
2002 Oct 14th 40th Wedding Anniversary
2003 January 1st Jane in Padrie Island
Nov 27 2003
Nov 27 2003 62nd Birthday with Jane and My friends Clare & Judy Snyder
2003
Birth
of 1st
son of
Kevin and Cat was
James Durin Beleskey
2004
Great Memories
2005 Great time in the Pocannos
2005
Birth of Kevin and Cat's Twins Ryan and Adam
Buffalo New York
2006 Jane & I relaxing “Loving our time together”
2007 Europe Tour Paris France
Family Summer Times to gether in our pool
Kevin & Cat with my Grand kids.
2008
Del and Colleen Budd at our home
2008
My Grand kids James, Adam & Ryan [L/R] At a Charity Ball in Hamilton
2009 Camping with the grand kids
RV crash right infornt of us After leaving an RV Rally in Alburquequer The couple had stop to offer us aid. We where on the side of the road.
2009
Trip to Agawa canon with Richard Toogood, myself Zenon Sikora and ??
2009 Greek Fest at the Tekker's
2009 I am doing the lamb
2009 Great times camping with friends
2009
Are we having fun yet?
2009 Celabrating Valentines at the Mexican Boarder
2010 My Son Kevin's family in Kitchener
We Danced a lot
2016 Our 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mom and Dad
2023
July 2023 My River Cruise with my wife Jane on her Birthday
My Future Adventures with My family
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