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Who are these dashing gentlemen? These tintypes were in the Hayhow Family Bible I obtained
To see my first post about the Hayhow family Bible and photos I have. Go to http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-hayhow-family-bible.html. Recently a dilapidated family bible for the Hayhow family of Ontario Canada came into Olive Tree Genealogy’s hands. Inside were two pages of family births and deaths, tintype photos from the second half of the 19th century, and a few assorted documents
In the Dunnville Gazette July 16. 1897
At Moote Settlement on the 9th inst. Charles Wilson, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mellick of Dunnville, age 3
Little Charles death registration was found on Ancestry but provides little detail other than his death was from Diptheria.
A funeral card exists with more information.
Is anyone looking for the Hayhow family?
In Moulton Township February 23, 1911, James Moisley, 73. Funeral from home of Carl Van Keuren of Moulton. Interment Riverside Cemetery
In Canboro on April 17, 1906, Rebecca, relict of the late Elias Mellick, in her 78th year
Marriages of some of her children, found on Ancestry reveal her maiden name of Betts
Over the next few weeks I will feature a half of the items individually, along with some research into the family. I’ve done a bit already, enough to know that this Bible belonged to Charles and Ann (Higgins) Hayhow who married in 1863 in Ontario.
From the Dunnville Gazette, Fridat June 22, 1906:
Mary Jane Modeland, relict of the late Isaac Modeland, died in Dunnvile June 18, 1906 in her 74th year
Her death registration on Ancestry says she was born in Toronto Ontario and died of old age
There were two obits for Mrs. John Ryan. It's a sad reminder of how women were considered second-class citizens. She did not even get her own first name in her obituaries.
She died April 20, 1917, age 76 in Caledonia, Norfolk County
The death registration on Ancestry provides her name as Nancy and states she died of senility
A marriage took place in Norfolk County for Nancy Trimmer (daughter of Daniel and Jane) and John Ryan (parents John and Mary) on 3 April 1860
At Waterford on the 14th, William Perkins, age 100 years and 5 months. March 19, 1885
Find A Grave has his tombstone as:
Name: William Perkins Sr
Birth Date: 1784
Death Date: 1885
Cemetery: Greenwood Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Waterford, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada
Children: William Perkins
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45160456/william-perkins
I did not find a death registration on Ancestry
At the Hamilton Hospital, Albert B. Ryan, age 46, died July 23, 1917. Buried Caledonia Cemetery
His Death registration shows he died of Obstruction of Bowel
Found on Ancestry in the 1911 Census for Caledonia, Haldimand County with his wife and family.
Albert B Ryan 40, head
Anna Bell Ryan 34, wife
Willie Ryan 14, son
Beatrice Ryan 11, daughter
Eliza Harris 59, mother
Another Haldimand County obituary is for Mary Martha Putman, wife of Samuel Putman, age 68. She died in Moulton Township on May 7, 1922 and was buried in Zion Cemetery.
Her death registration, found on Ancestry shows cause of death as Brights Disease
According to marriage records found on Ancestry, Samuel Putman married Mary Martha Cosby in Pelham Township 16 October 1873
This obituary is for Mrs. Martha A. Wlaton, 76, who died May 27, 1928 in North Cayuga.
I checked on Ancestry and found she died of bronchial pneumonia and her maiden name was McClung
Martha Anne McClung was married to Cuthbert Walton per the marriages of several of their children.
Continuing with Haldimand County obituaries, we have Mrs. Fanny Williams in her 74th year. Death July 22, 1913 in Dunnville.
I was able to find her death registration on Ancestry showing she died of an Asthmatic Attack With Cerebral Haemorrhage
She is in the 1911 census for Dunnville living in the home of Charles May as his housekeeper. Her occupation is shown as dressmaker
Continuing with Haldimand County Ontario obituaries, is an Obit for Robert Waite, age 47 who died February 27, 1898 in Dunnville.
I found a record of Robert's death on Ancestry
Name: Robert Waite
Gender: Male
Age: 47
Birth Date: abt 1851
Birth Place: St Catharines, Ontario
Death Date: 27 Feb 1898
Death Place: Haldimand, Ontario, Canada
Religion: Episcopal
Cause of Death: Exposure To Cold
This seems a mystery in the making! Exposure to cold? What happened? There are no further details on the image other than his occupation of carpenter.
Continuing with Haldimand County Ontario obituaries, I have Mary Wallace, 64 years old wife of George, death February 16, 1906
| Name: George A. Wallace Age: 25 Birth Place: At sea Residence: Dunnville Spouse Name: Mary Rowe Spouse Age: 20 Spouse Birth Place: Wales Spouse Residence: Dunn Township Marriage Date: 26 Sep 1861 Father Name: Mathew Mother Name: Martha Spouse Father Name: John Spouse Mother Name: Hannah County: Haldimand Microfilm Roll: 1030057 |
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Olive Tree Genealogy has been given a large collection of obituaries from Haldimand County Ontario. Many are from the Dunnville area. I will be posting these obituaries as individual blog posts and hope that descendants will find an ancestor or two. I will also add other documents as I find them
The first obit I am posting is for Isaac Modeland who died at the residence of L H Weaver on March 26, 1906; in Dunnville
Obituary 1906
As unofficial keeper of the family documents and photographs, I am entrusted with such treasures whenever someone dies. After years of accumulation of these items,including an old photo album from my grandmother's brother's family, I decided I needed to organize and preserve them. 
The photo at left is an example of one page from this 40 page booklet on my mother's English lines. This page holds a photo of my mother and her sister at very young ages, my mother's original birth certificate and a group photo of her at a young age with her parents and older sister. The group photo is actually a photocopy of an original and had to be seriously edited after scanning as photocopies are never a good solution. Sadly it was all I had to work with as no one knows who had the original or where it is now. (As an interesting aside, the young boy standing in the group photo was the son of family friends. The family lost touch but he became my mother's second husband some 65 years after this photo was taken.)
Because I have many family heirlooms passed on to me by my English grandmother, I also took pictures of them and included those in the Memory Book. This page is my Grandfather Charles in the Kent Buffs, and his gold pocket watch and initialed signet ring which my Grandmother gave me. 
There are no comprehensive ships passenger lists of immigrants arriving in Canada prior to 1865. Until that year, shipping companies were not required by the government to keep their passenger manifests.
However there are individual Immigration projects and databases online that may be of help in your search for ancestors. You will find a comprehensive list of all known pre-1865 substitute passenger lists at Filling in the Gaps
