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J.L. Andrew



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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  J.L. Andrew

    Family/Spouse: G. Hicks. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. G.E. Andrew
    2. J.P. Andrew

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Garnet Roy Andrew was born about 1884; died on 06 Apr 1972 in New Westminster, BC, CAN.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 26182

    Garnet married Grace Edith Cory on 08 Apr 1912 in Indian Agency, Carlyle, SK, CAN. Grace (daughter of Thomas Cory and Ann Cox) was born on 13 Mar 1883 in Gladstone, MB, CAN; died on 08 Nov 1982 in Burnaby, BC, CAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Grace Edith Cory was born on 13 Mar 1883 in Gladstone, MB, CAN (daughter of Thomas Cory and Ann Cox); died on 08 Nov 1982 in Burnaby, BC, CAN.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Andrew
    • Name: Ede Cory
    • Reference Number: 19805
    • Birth: 15 Mar 1883, R.M. of Westbourne, MB, CAN
    • Census: 1901, MacDonald Dist., Westbourne, MB, CAN

    Notes:

    Census:
    18y, b. MB 13 Mar 1883

    Children:
    1. D.H. Andrew
    2. 1. J.L. Andrew
    3. G.E. Andrew
    4. E.M. Andrew


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Thomas Cory was born on 30 Dec 1855 in Strathroy, ON, CAN (son of Thomas Cory and Margaret Garrett); died on 30 Dec 1928 in Chilliwack, BC, CAN.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Big Tom Cory
    • Occupation: Carlyle, SK, CAN; "Indian agent at Carlyle, Saskatchewan for many years"
    • Occupation: Baptist farmer
    • Reference Number: 19801
    • Census: 1861, Adelaide Township, Middlesex, ON, CAN
    • Birth: 1863, Strathroy, ON, CAN
    • Census: 08 May 1871, Adelaide, Middlesex, ON, CAN
    • Census: 15 Apr 1881, Gladstone, Marquette, MB, CAN
    • Event-Misc: 11 Dec 1882, Sub. Dist. 7, Dist. Dauphin, MB, CAN
    • Event-Misc: 11 Dec 1882, Sub. Dist. 7, Dist. Dauphin, MB, CAN
    • Census: 1901, MacDonald District, Westbourne, MB, CAN
    • Death: 1936, Chilliwack, BC, CAN

    Notes:

    went to Saskatchewan with Archibald Nicholson to get land grants

    a set of twins was born, but "names not known; both died in infancy"

    Census:
    6y, b. Canada

    Census:
    15y, b. ON, English

    Census:
    26y, b. ON, Baptist farmer

    Event-Misc:
    homesteaded: 160 acres (NE Part Section 18, Township 16, Range 11 W1)

    Event-Misc:
    homesteaded: 160 acres (NE Part Section 18, Township 16, Range 11 W1)

    Census:
    45y, b. ON 30 Dec 1855, baptist farmer

    Death:
    "married and raised eight of a family"

    Thomas married Ann Cox on 07 Jan 1878 in St Mary the Virgin Parish Church, Fairford, Gloustershire, ENG. Ann (daughter of Cox) was born on 10 Jan 1855 in Ashford Hill, Kingsclere, Hants, ENG; died on 04 Mar 1915 in Winnipeg, MB, CAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Ann Cox was born on 10 Jan 1855 in Ashford Hill, Kingsclere, Hants, ENG (daughter of Cox); died on 04 Mar 1915 in Winnipeg, MB, CAN.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Cory
    • Reference Number: 19802
    • Birth: 10 Jan 1856, ENG
    • Census: 15 Apr 1881, Gladstone, Marquette, MB, CAN
    • Census: 1901, MacDonald District, Gladstone, Marquette, MB, CAN

    Notes:

    Census:
    23y, b. England

    Census:
    Annie, 45y, b. England 10Jan 1856

    Children:
    1. Thomas Tregain Cory was born on 10 Feb 1879 in R.M. of Westbourne, MB, CAN.
    2. Esther Margaret Cory was born on 14 Mar 1881 in Gladstone, MB, CAN; died on 05 Jul 1966 in New Westminster, BC, CAN.
    3. 3. Grace Edith Cory was born on 13 Mar 1883 in Gladstone, MB, CAN; died on 08 Nov 1982 in Burnaby, BC, CAN.
    4. Honora Elizabeth Cory was born on 20 Oct 1885 in Gladstone, MB, CAN; died on 29 Jun 1960 in Barrie, ON, CAN.
    5. Sophia Marion Cory was born on 28 Dec 1888 in R.M. of Westbourne, MB, CAN; died in 1991 in Chilliwack, BC, CAN.
    6. John Cox Cory was born on 12 Feb 1891 in R.M. of Westbourne, MB, CAN; died on 01 Dec 1916 in FRA; was buried in Viller-au-Bois, Nr. Arras, FRA.
    7. William Francis Cory was born on 16 Feb 1893 in R.M. of Westbourne, MB, CAN; died on 08 Nov 1978 in Chilliwack, BC, CAN.
    8. Henry Garrett Cory was born on 31 Jan 1896 in Gladstone, MB, CAN; died in Portage la Prairie, MB, CAN.
    9. Dorothy Ann Sabina Cory was born on 04 Apr 1898 in R.M. of Westbourne, MB, CAN.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Thomas Cory was born on 05 Jan 1835 in Cornwall, ENG (son of Thomas Cory and Honor Trudgeon); died on 30 Aug 1920 in Winnipeg, MB, CAN; was buried in Oct 1920 in St. John's Cemetery, Winnipeg, MB, CAN.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Thomas Corrie
    • Reference Number: 19790
    • Birth: 05 Jan 1836, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, ENG
    • Birth: 1838, Cornwall, ENG
    • Immigration: 1852
    • Census: 11 Jan 1852, Con 5, Lot 5,6, Metcalfe Twn, Middlesex, ON, CAN
    • Census: 1861, St. Andrew's Ward, Adelaide Township, Middlesex, ON, CAN
    • Moved to: 1871, Third Crossing, Gladstone, MB, CAN
    • Census: 08 May 1871, Adelaide, North Middlesex, ON, CAN
    • Event-Misc: 23 Oct 1880, Sub. Dist. 15, Dist. Portage La Prairie, MB, CAN
    • Event-Misc: 23 Oct 1880, Sub. Dist. 15, Dist. Portage La Prairie, MB, CAN
    • Census: 18 Apr 1881, Gladstone, Marquette, MB, CAN
    • Event-Misc: 02 Jun 1882, Sub. Dist. 15, Dist. Portage La Prairie, MB, CAN
    • Occupation: Abt 1890, Gladstone, MB, CAN; Justice of the Peace for many years
    • Census: 1901, MacDonald District, Gladstone, MB, CAN
    • Moved to: 1909, Winnipeg, MB, CAN
    • Census: 1911, 247 Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CAN
    • Death: 30 Sep 1920, 53 Cathedral Ave., Winnipeg, MB, CAN
    • Death: 1923, Winnipeg, MB, CAN

    Notes:

    Thomas Cory was baptized, could this be?

    had his foot amputated by Dr. Galloway "a former Gladstone boy". "Mr. Cory suffered a severe injury to his left foot during his early years on the farm" and suffered many years of pain.

    "celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary"

    Immigration:
    from England

    Census:
    b. c1834 England, l. ON, in Christopher Beer household

    Census:
    26y, farmer, b. England, m. 1854, Church of England, family in log home

    Moved to:
    "They joined a party of pioneers heading west in 1871, with Manitoba as their goel, trekking via Duluth, Moorehead, Red River Valley, joining up with the Fort Garry - Fort Edmonton trail, better known as the Saskatchewan trail, and on to Third Crossing, taking the north fork of the trail at the Portage, thus passing by the rich Portage plains, for they were seeking wood, water, and clear prairie land. This they found at Third Crossing, and Mr. Cory chose as his homestead, S.E. 1/4 24-14-12, on the west bank of the Whitemud river, later known as the Livingstone district, and only seven miles from the western boundary of Manitoba. The party met with many obstacles on their journey; were treated as intruders by the restless and mischievous Indians."

    Census:
    head of household, 36y, b. England, Ethnic origin English, Church of England, Anglican,

    Event-Misc:
    homesteaded: 20 acres S1/2 of N1/2 of LS 11 + 12 (Section 14, Township 14, Range 12 W1)

    Event-Misc:
    homesteaded: 160 acres (SE Part Section 24, Township 14, Range 12 W1)

    Census:
    45y, farmer, Church of England

    Event-Misc:
    homesteaded: 160 acres (SE Part Section 24, Township 14, Range 12 W1)

    Census:
    65y, b. England 5 Jan 1836, imm. 1852, English Church

    Moved to:
    before leaving Gladstone, a farewell address was given in honor of his wife: "she was referred to as 'Gladstone's Grand Old Lady'"

    Census:
    76y, b. Jan 1835, from Scotland 1852, retired, Anglican

    Death:
    "at the age of eighty-five. Fortynine of those years were spent in Manitoba"

    Died:
    85y, probably correct person

    Thomas married Margaret Garrett on 09 Apr 1855 in Lambton, ON, CAN. Margaret (daughter of John Garrett and Mary Kennedy) was born on 12 Sep 1839 in SCO; died on 07 Oct 1920 in Winnipeg, MB, CAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Margaret Garrett was born on 12 Sep 1839 in SCO (daughter of John Garrett and Mary Kennedy); died on 07 Oct 1920 in Winnipeg, MB, CAN.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Cory
    • Reference Number: 19791
    • Birth: 1842, Strathroy, ON, CAN
    • Living: 1851, Con 1, Lot 12, Metcalfe Township, Middlesex, ON, CAN
    • Census: 1861, Adelaide Township, Middlesex, ON, CAN
    • Immigration: 1867
    • Census: 08 May 1871, Adelaide, Middlesex, ON, CAN
    • Census: 18 Apr 1881, Gladstone, Marquette, ON, CAN
    • Census: 1901, MacDonald Dist., Gladstone, MB, CAN
    • Census: 1911, 247 Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CAN
    • Death: 1923

    Notes:

    "His [Mr. Cory] wife was highly esteemed and loved by all, showing Christian kindness te each and everyone in times of trouble and sorrow. She aided the doctor at confinements and in his absence, acted as mid-wife. She was described as the 'Nursing Ange' of her time."

    Living:
    13y

    Census:
    22y, b. Scotland, m. 1854, Church of England

    Immigration:
    from Scotland

    Census:
    32y, b. Scotland

    Census:
    42y, b. Scotland, Church of England

    Census:
    61y, b. Scotland 12 Sep 1839, imm. 1867, Baptist

    Census:
    72y, b. Scotland Feb 1839, imm. 1845, Baptist

    Death:
    "just one week after her husband at the age of eighty-one"

    Notes:

    Married:
    from Eleanor Nicholson by email 25 Jan 2008

    Married:
    "he twenty years of age and she just sixteen"

    Children:
    1. 6. Thomas Cory was born on 30 Dec 1855 in Strathroy, ON, CAN; died on 30 Dec 1928 in Chilliwack, BC, CAN.
    2. Mary Honora Cory was born on 08 Sep 1858 in Gladstone, MB, CAN; died in 1940 in Winnipeg, MB, CAN.
    3. Desdemonai Cory was born about 1860 in ON, CAN.
    4. William Wallace Cory was born on 16 Jun 1865 in Strathroy, ON, CAN; died in 1942 in Ottawa, ON, CAN.
    5. Janet Marion Cory was born in 1867 in Strathroy, ON, CAN; died in 1943.
    6. Sophia Elizabeth Cory was born in 1869 in Strathroy, ON, CAN; died in 1953 in Atlanta, GA, USA.
    7. Edith Cory was born about 1873 in Gladstone, MB, CAN.
    8. John Garrett Cory was born in 1875 in Third Crossing, MB, CAN; died in 1949 in Netley Marsh, MB, CAN.
    9. Margaret Cory was born in Nov 1880 in Gladstone, MB, CAN; died in 1946.

  3. 14.  Cox was born in ENG.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 25113

    Children:
    1. 7. Ann Cox was born on 10 Jan 1855 in Ashford Hill, Kingsclere, Hants, ENG; died on 04 Mar 1915 in Winnipeg, MB, CAN.
    2. Henry Cox was born about 1874 in Fairford, Gloucestershire, ENG.


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