Harris Family of

Kings Nympton and

Chulmleigh

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 Robert Harris Family of Kings Nympton and Chulmleigh

Notes:
- The following uses Family Tree Maker Register Report format, copied into Word and
illustrations added.

- It is divided into sections by generation number and their children. Move onto the
next section/generation for the next level. (See contents below.)

- As the prime focus is to assist interested parties in tracing their ancestors and
relatives up to about the middle of the 20th century, this only documents up to the 3rd
generation, including names of children if known. Information about most of the later
individuals living (or potentially so) noted here, aside from names, births and marriages
(where known) is generally omitted.

- For security reasons, birth day and months for individuals believed to be living are
omitted.

Acknowledgements:
Several individuals assisted in providing the information and illustrations included in
this summary, particularly Christopher Harris and Winnie Ayre, and also Ethel Headon,
Frank Hueston, George Everett Mayne, Jack and Verlin Mayne, Dorothy Cuthbertson,
Gwen James and others (apologies for any other names omitted).

Additions and Amendments:

Comments and corrections can be sent to bemayne@gmail.com
(Further pre-1950 contributions of information, photos and other illustrations would be
welcomed and reviewed for potential inclusion. There is no copyright on this, so
anyone wishing to use it to build later and/or further in any way is free to do so.)

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 Robert Harris Family of Kings Nympton and Chulmleigh

Contents
Robert Harris Family of Kings Nympton and Chulmleigh .............................. 2

Notes: ................................................................................................................ 2

Acknowledgements: ......................................................................................... 2

Additions and Amendments: ........................................................................... 2

Robert Harris Family of Kings Nympton and Chulmleigh .............................. 3

Generation 1- Robert Harris and Ann Bowden - from 1845 ........................... 4

Generation 2 Beginning with John Jack Harris born 1866 ..................... 13

Generation 3 Beginning with Florence Harris born 1893 .......................... 34

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Generation 1- Robert Harris and Ann Bowden - from 1845
1. Robert Harris-1 was born in 1845. He died on 20 Dec 1932 in Smith's Arms, Kings
Nympton, Devon.

Robert Harris taking the sun in his hedge seat.

Notes for Robert Harris:

General Notes:
Birth: 1845/6
Listed as a farm labourer in 1869 and 1891
Robert lived on after his wife's death at a semi-detached cottage called "Smith's
Arms" in Kings Nymton. In his old age he fashioned a seat for himself in the hedge in
front of this cottage in which he would sit and take the sun.
The two adjoining semi-detached cottages, of which his "Smith's Arms" was half,
were later made into one and was seen at the time of writing going by its new name
"Highfield".

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 Highfield, formerly Smiths Arms Kings Nympton

Robert and Ann had seven sons and one

daughter. Death: 20 December 1932 (aged 87)
Interred Kings Nympton churchyard near his wife's grave. There is no marker over his
grave.

Robert Harris funeral card

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Map from Kings Nympton Parish Church Brochure

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Local History from Kings Nympton Parish Church Brochure

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Harris family burials Kings Nympton Churchyard
(as informed January 1981)

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 Parish brochure cover

Ann Bowden was born in 1839. She died on 06 Nov 1913.

Notes for Ann Bowden:

General Notes:
Ann is thought to have had no occupation at the time of her nuptials. She must have
been about 6 years older than her husband. She had been born in 1838 or 1839,
probably in Chulmleigh, and died on 6 November 1913, aged 74, and was interred in the
Kings Nympton churchyard. There is no marker over her grave.

Ann Harris funeral card

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Ann had a sister or niece named Bessie who died at the age of 2 in 1872 who is also
buried in the Kings Nympton churchyard. (This information was from Winnie Ayre and
likely refers to a niece - or perhaps even a daughter? Unlikely to have been a sister, as
about 31 years would have separated Ann and Bessie's births.)

Robert Harris and Ann Bowden married. They had the following children:

2. i. John "Jack" Harris was born on 31 Oct 1866 in Kings Nympton, South Molton
District, Devon, England. He married Elizabeth Major in 1903 in Kings
Nympton, South Molton District, Devon, England. He died on 05 Jul 1968 in
Agincourt, Ontario, Canada.

3. ii. William Richard Harris was born on 28 Feb 1869 in Kings Nympton, South
Molton District, Devon, England. He married Thirza Major on 19 Apr 1893
in Kings Nymton, Devon, England. He died on 28 Jul 1944 in Agincourt,
Ontario, Canada.

4. iii. Charles Harris was born in 1872. He died on 16 Apr 1955.

5. iv. Mary Ann "Polly" Harris was born in 1882. She died on 24 Mar 1947.

v. James Harris was born in 1885. He died on 06 Apr 1917.

Notes for James Harris:

General Notes:
James was a Private in the Devonshire Regiment during the First World War. He
died from wounds received in action in France.
There is a plaque dedicated to James and other local Kings Nympton WWI
dead in the Kings Nympton parish church.

James was 32 when he died in April 1917, and so would have been born in 1884
or 5.

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 Private James Harris funeral card

6. vi. Robert `Bob` Harris.

vii. Tom Harris.

Tom Harris

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 Notes for Tom Harris:
General Notes:
Tom never married. He lied about his age so he could join the army and fight in
the Boer War. He also fought in the First World War.
Tom lived with family at North Lew, (near Cornwall) and then latterly with his
sister Polly Waldron.
He was interred in the Kings Nympton churchyard. There is no marker over his
grave.

viii. George Harris.

Notes for George Harris:

General Notes:
George never married.

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Generation 2 Beginning with John Jack Harris born 1866
2. John "Jack" Harris-2 (Robert-1) was born on 31 Oct 1866 in Kings Nympton, South
Molton District, Devon, England. He died on 05 Jul 1968 in Agincourt, Ontario, Canada.
Notes for John "Jack" Harris: General Notes:
Immigrated to Scarborough, Ontario, Canada ca. 1888 (possibly with his younger
brother William who also came to Canada around this time or just after) and bought a
farm before the turn of the century. He returned to Devon twice to ask for Elizabeth
Major's hand in marriage and was successful on his second attempt in 1903. They
returned together to his Agincourt farm in the same year.
Elizabeth died in 1936. Latterly, after the sale of his farm, Jack lived with, and
was looked after by, his two unmarried daughters, Hazel and Vera at 31 Lejune Road,
Agincourt.
Jack was active and healthy up until a great age. He retired from farming in 1944 at
the age of 78. His hip healed completely after it was broken in a bowling accident when
Jack was in his early nineties and he continued to enjoy gardening until he was over 95.
Although his physical health continued to be good, Jack suffered from memory loss from
his late nineties.

Jack Harris 100th birthday

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 Jack's farm is now part of Metropolitan Toronto and contains a street, Harrisfarm
Gate, which was named after him, and on which his great niece, Evelyn McCrudden,
subsequently lived.
Jack and Elizabeth had four daughters.
Death: 5 July 1968 (age 101)

Elizabeth Major. She died in 1936 in Agincourt, Ontario, Canada.

Notes for Elizabeth Major:

General Notes:
Elizabeth made at least one trip back to Devon in the 1930s with her sister Thirza, and
was remembered by a relative there for her beauty. Elizabeth died in 1936. Her husband
Jack outlived her by more than 30 years.

John "Jack" Harris and Elizabeth Major were married in 1903 in Kings Nympton, South
Molton District, Devon, England. They had the following children:

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 Vera, Nellie and Hazel Harris

i. Hazel M. Harris. She was born in 1903, and died in 1984

ii. Vera Helen Harris. She was born in 1905 and died on 18 Sep 1992 in Shepherd
Lodge.

Notes for Vera Helen Harris:

General Notes:
Notice of death:
``HARRIS, Vera Helen - At Shepherd Lodge on Friday, September 18, 1992.
Vera, loved daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Harris. Beloved sister of
Nellie (Mrs. Alvin Klinck) and the late Hazel and Eleanor Harris. Resting at the
Ogden Funeral Home, 4164 Sheppard Ave. East, Agincourt (East of Kennedy
Rd.) Sunday ... Funeral service at St. Timothy`s Anglican Church, 4125
Sheppard Ave. E. on Monday ... Interment Knox United Church Cemetery
(Midland Ave. at Sheppard Ave., Agincourt).``

iii. Nellie Harris married Alvin Klink.

iv. Eleanor Harris was born in 1915. She died on 26 May 1919 in Agincourt,
Ontario, Canada.

Notes for Eleanor Harris:

General Notes:
Born 1914/5, as was aged 4 when died.

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 Eleanor Harris funeral card

3. William Richard Harris-2 (Robert-1) was born on 28 Feb 1869 in Kings Nympton,
South Molton District, Devon, England. He died on 28 Jul 1944 in Agincourt, Ontario,
Canada.

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 William Richard Harris Birth Certificate

William Harris as a young man

Notes for William Richard Harris:
General Notes:
William Richard Harris immigrated to Ontario ca. 1892, but returned to Kings
Nympton, Devon, to marry Thirza Major (sister to Elizabeth, who married his brother
Jack). Although Thirza had been born in Chulmleigh, she was living in nearby Kings
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Nympton at the time of her marriage.

Mary Magdalen Church Chulmleigh

William and Thirza Harris Marriage Certificate

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 Chris + Dorothy at Kings Nympton cottage used by their parents in 1893

William returned to Ontario with his wife and infant daughter Florence. They settled
in or near Agincourt where William worked first as a Section Man and then as a Pump
Man with the Canadian Pacific Railway.

William Harris and railway Section Gang

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 CPR Station Agincourt

In 1908 they were living at O'Sullivan Corner (now Victoria Park and Sheppard,
Toronto), where their youngest child Christopher was born. Later they rented a farm at
Ellesmere (which much later became site of the Bick's Pickle plant).

William and Thirza Harris

From 1916 to 1929 they lived in Agincourt before moving further west on Sheppard
Avenue. It was in their Agincourt home that they took in lodgers from the CPR, who later
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became husbands for most of their daughters. One son-in-law, G. E. Mayne, has
recounted how he began a life-long smoking habit from the ever-present box of cigarettes
which was on the coffee table while he was a lodger there.

Harris family home 1920s

Some of Harris family and lodgers

(Chris 3rd from R bottom and Ben Jones bottom R)

Son Christopher Harris, in a letter dated 7 December 1980, said of his father's
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 death, "The pump house was a short distance north-east of where we were then living.
Some time after he had retired from that (when they had installed automatic pumps), he
was taken back on as a relief man to man the old gasoline pump when the electric pump
failed for any reason. It was here that he met his death. He had to start the pump by
turning the flywheel by hand with the aid of his foot on the stroke of the flywheel. His foot
must have slipped through as the engine started,, throwing him back and fracturing his
skull." The death occurred on 28 July 1944, when William was 75 years old.

William Richard Harris Death Certificate

William and Thirza had two sons and six daughters.

Thirza Major daughter of John Major and Ann Joslin was born on 13 Apr 1870 in Chulmleigh,
Devon, England. She died on 06 Jul 1949 in Agincourt, Ontario, Canada.

Notes for Thirza Major: General Notes:

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 Thirza Major Birth Certificate

According to son Christopher, both Thirza and her husband were educated to less than we
would consider to be an eighth grade level.

Thirza was living in Kings Nympton in 1893 when she married William. The early deaths
of her parents in the previous two years probably made her departure from Devon
easier.

Thirza made at least one trip back to Devon ca. 1930, where she stayed with her brother
Thomas in Exeter and was remember by Tom's daughter Doris for her dark complexion.

William Richard Harris and Thirza Major were married on 19 Apr 1893 in Kings Nymton,
Devon, England. They had the following children:

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 Harris girls Back: Marge, Flo and Liz; Front: Eva and Laura

7. i. Florence Ann Harris was born on 27 Dec 1893 in Kings Nympton, South Molton
District, Devon, England. She married William A. Britton on 25 Mar 1920 in
Agincourt, Ontario, Canada. She died on 24 Jul 1979 in Scarborough, Ontario,
Canada.

8. ii. Elizabeth Harris was born on 04 Aug 1895.

9. iii. Eva Jane Harris was born on 26 Feb 1899 in Agincourt, Ontario, Canada. She
married George Everett Mayne on 12 Jun 1923 in Agincourt, Ontario, Canada. She
died on 23 Oct 1951 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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iv. Laura Harris was born on 13 Jun 1901.

Laura Harris wedding day with parents and husband Ernest Moore

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 Laura and Ernie Moore

She died on 09 Apr 1983 in Scarborough General Hospital, Ontario.

Notes for Laura Harris:

General Notes:
As a young lady, Laura worked for Timothy Eaton Department store in Toronto. She
was a store detective, but dressed as if she were a normal customer, so she could
keep a look out for shoplifters. She married Ernest Moore who was from England
(probably Devon area, as he visited there latterly). Ernest had worked as a farm hand
for Lauras uncle Jack Major on his farm in what is now Greater Toronto, where he
would be paid his salary once a year. Later, Ernest worked for the big hardware
store in Agincourt. This is when he became a lodger at Lauras parents boarding
house.
During their married life, Laura and Ernie lived in a bungalow on Agincourt Drive near
St Timothys Anglican Church Agincourt. They had a large back garden in which they
raised fruit and vegetables. The garden backed down to the railway line near the
CPR Agincourt station (now the GO station). Indoors Laura had many African violet
plants which thrived in her care.
Ernie continued working at a local hardware store until he was at least 70 years of
age.
Notice of death:
"MOORE, Laura (Pass Matron Scarborough Chapter O.E.S) At the Scarborough
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 General Hospital on Saturday, April 9, 1983. Laura Moore, beloved wife of the late
Ernest Moore. Loving sister of Marjorie (Mrs. A. Hueston), Dorothy (Mrs. G.
Cuthbertson) and Christopher Harris. Predeceased by Florence (Mrs. Wm. Britton),
Elizabeth (Mrs. B. Jones), Eva (Mrs. E. Mayne). Resting at the Ogden Funeral Home,
4164 Sheppard Ave. E., Agincourt (E. of Kennedy Rd.). Funeral service from St.
Timothy`s Anglican Church, Sheppard Ave. E. Tuesday 2 p.m. Interment St. Paul`s
Cemetery, L`moreaux.``

10. v. Marjorie Irene Harris was born on 03 Sep 1903.

Laura, Chris, Marjorie with G. E. Mayne behind at Sheppard Avenue home

She married Alexander Hueston on 01 Jan 1927. She died on 19 Apr 1987 in Port
Hope, Ontario, Canada.

vi. Dorothy Harris was born on 08 Aug 1906.

11. vii. Christopher Harris was born on 25 Dec 1908.

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 Chris, Dorothy and Laura

viii. Norman Harris.

Notes for Norman Harris:

General Notes:
Norman died in infancy.

4. Charles Harris-2 (Robert-1) was born in 1872. He died on 16 Apr 1955.

Notes for Charles Harris:

General Notes:
Charles and Thirza lived in the Seaton Junction/Axminster, Devon area.

Charles was 83 when he died in April 1955, meaning he was born in 1871 or 1872.

Thirza ? was born in 1875. She died on 08 Jan 1952.

Notes for Thirza ?:

General Notes:
Thirza was 77 when she died in January 1952, meaning she was born in 1874

or 1975. Charles Harris and Thirza ? married. They had the following children:

12. i. Ivy Elizabeth Harris was born in 1900. She died on 29 Dec 1972.

ii. Daisy Holland Harris.

Notes for Daisy Holland Harris:

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 General Notes:
Daisy is twin to Albert. Holland may be her married name.

iii. Beatrice Kingdom Harris.

Notes for Beatrice Kingdom Harris: General Notes:

Kingdom may be Beatrice's married name.

13. iv. Albert Harris.

v. William Harris.

Notes for William Harris: General Notes:

William married and was a member of the Coldstream Guards. Understood to
have had no children.

vi. Harry Harris.

Notes for Harry Harris: General Notes:

Harry never married and died aged 81.

5. Mary Ann "Polly" Harris-2 (Robert-1) was born in 1882. She died on 24 Mar 1947.

Notes for Mary Ann "Polly" Harris: General Notes:

Polly and William lived in or near Kings Nympton, Devon.

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Polly Waldron holding daughter Ethel over Princess Mary insignia in a charabanc day
outing from Kingsnympton to the beach.

Polly is interred in Kings Nympton parish churchyard and her death date and age are
noted on her gravestone there. As she was 64 when she died in March 1947, she would
have been born in 1882 or 3.

William Augustus Pengelly Waldron was born in 1882. He died on 07 Dec 1932.

Notes for William Augustus Pengelly

Waldron: General Notes:
William is interred in the Kings Nympton parish churchyard near his wife Polly and his
death date and age are as shown on his gravestone. This would imply a birth in 1881/2.

William Augustus Pengelly Waldron and Mary Ann "Polly" Harris married. They had
the following children:

i. Florence Waldron was born in 1910. She died on 29 Dec 1980 in Kings
Nympton, South Molton District, Devon, England.

Notes for Florence Waldron:

General Notes:
Florence was born mentally handicapped in about 1910, based on her age at

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 death of 70 in 1980. She had a lovely and friendly disposition and, after her
parents' deaths, lived with her sister WInnie and borther-in-law Bert Ayre for the
rest of her life.
On her death a tribute appeared in the local parish bulletin in February 1981:
"We were all saddened to learn of the sudden death of Miss Florie Waldron
on 29th December not very long after she had been visited by her Doctor.
She had, of course, not been so well recently, but none of us expected her to die
so soon. She belonged to the village, of course, a 'character' and an 'institution'
and within her ability and circumstances she served her fellow villagers well. The
affection in which she was held was evidenced by the large attendance at her
funeral which took place on 3rd January 1981.
Florrie was, of course, a member of the Methodist Church but her relatives
wished her funeral to take place in St. James and her burial to be in the
Churchyard where others of her family were buried. It was good to have the
Revd. Alan Dawson taking part in the service and it was a kind thought on the
part of Mrs. Winnie Ayre to suggest that donations might be made in lieu of
flowers which were to be divided between the Parish and Methodist Churches."

Florence is interred in the Kings Nympton parish churchyard.

14. ii. Vera Annie Waldron was born in 1911. She died on 26 Nov 1962.

15. iii. Ethel Maude Waldron was born in 1920.

iv. Sidney John Waldron.

Notes for Sidney John Waldron:

General Notes:
in the early 1980s was living in or near Kings Nympton.

16. v. William James Waldron.

vi. Winifred Waldron was born in Kings Nymton, Devon, England. She married
Bert Ayre in Kings Nymton, Devon, England. She died in Kings Nymton, Devon,
England.

Notes for Winifred Waldron:

General Notes:
Winifred and Bert lived in a thatch roofed cottage called Sunnyview in Kings
Nympton, Umberleigh, Devon. This home belonged to Bert's family and while he
did not know the age of it, he said he knew a very old grandfather clock (made in
the days they only put on an hour hand) in the sitting room had been in the same
position for 200 years.
Bert and Winnie supplied much of Kings Nympton with milk from cows they kept.

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 Winnie's mentally handicapped sister, Florence, was cared for by them for most
of her adult life. Towards the end of her life, when she became ill, Bert sold most
of his cows so they could nurse her on a full-time basis. However, Bert still kept a
cow which he milked and Winnie continued to make her Devonshire clotted
cream from that. Bert also continued to buy and raise lambs each spring, though
had someone else come in and shear them for him.

Front Row L to R: Dorothy Cuthbertson, Winnie Ayre and Chris Harris

at Ayres Kings Nympton home Sunnyside October 1989

Winnie (Waldron) and Bert Ayre with Brian Mayne, ca. 1982

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6. Robert `Bob` Harris-2 (Robert-1).

Notes for Robert `Bob` Harris:

General Notes:
Robert Harris married and immigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

unknown.

Robert `Bob` Harris and unknown married. They had the following children:

i. Lillian Harris.

18. ii. Irene Harris.

iii. George Harris.

iv. Bob Harris. He died in 1944.

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Generation 3 Beginning with Florence Harris born 1893
7. Florence Ann Harris-3 (William Richard-2, Robert-1) was born on 27 Dec 1893 in Kings
Nympton, South Molton District, Devon, England. She died on 24 Jul 1979 in
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.

Notes for Florence Ann Harris:

General Notes:
Born in Kings Nympton, Devon.

William and Florence Britton Wedding 1920

Following Florence's marriage to WIlliam Britton in Agincourt, they lived on a farm at

Bellamy and Ellesmere Road, Toronto, before moving into their parents ex-home on
Sheppard Avenue in 1929. They lived in this house until 1974.

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William and Florence Britton 50th Wedding Anniversary

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 Florence died at Scarborough General Hospital 24 July 1979.

William A. Britton.

William A. Britton and Florence Ann Harris were married on 25 Mar 1920 in
Agincourt, Ontario, Canada. They had the following children:

18. i. Oscar Britton was born on 25 Mar 1921.

19. ii. Evelyn Britton was born on 12 Jan 1923.

20. iii. Lloyd Britton was born on 27 Aug 1924.

21. iv. William "Bill" John Britton was born in 1927. He died on 07 Jun 1992 in
Markham Stouffville Hospital, Ontario.

8. Elizabeth Harris-3 (William Richard-2, Robert-1) was born on 04 Aug 1895.

Elizabeth and Ben Jones

Notes for Elizabeth Harris:

General Notes:
Elizabeth's husband, Ben, was Welsh. They lived latterly at Claremont, Ontario, just
northeast of Toronto, where Ben worked for the CPR.

Ben Jones was born on 03 Jul.

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 Ben Jones and Elizabeth Harris married. They had the following children:

22. i. Margaret 'Peggy" Jones was born in 1920.

9. Eva Jane Harris-3 (William Richard-2, Robert-1) was born on 26 Feb 1899 in
Agincourt, Ontario, Canada.

Eva Jane Harris, Toronto, ca. 1915

She died on 23 Oct 1951 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

George Everett Mayne son of George Washington Mayne and Edith Maria Gray was
born on 22 Oct 1901 in Actinolite, Ontario, Canada. He died on 08 Jan 1975 in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada.

George Everett Mayne and Eva Jane Harris were married on 12 Jun 1923 in
Agincourt, Ontario, Canada.

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Wedding of George Everett Mayne and Eva Jane Harris, 1923. L of groom and
bride are Minister Scoville and Laura Harris; R of them are Garfield Mayne,
Marjorie Harris and flower girls Peggy Pannel and Peggy Jones.

Eva and G E Mayne, Peterborough

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They had the following children:

23. i. Jack Everett Mayne was born in 1924 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. He
married Verlin Evelyn Bruner on 03 May 1947 in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.

Jack Mayne and Verlin Bruner wedding 1947

24. ii. Gwendolyn Thurza Mayne was born in 1927. She married Eben James in Aug
1957 in Agincourt, Ontario, Canada.

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 Eben James and Gwen Mayne wedding 1957

Agincourt Inn

Son Jack shares some memories of the Agincourt Inn his mother Eva ran during some of the
Depression years:
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We moved there just before World War 2 started... I think it was 1937. It was still depression
times and I thought that my parents were biting off more than they could chew. But, like the
Britton family who started the dairy earlier; they thought they could make a go of it. My mom
Eva was mostly running the place and doing the work as Everett had landed a job in Toronto
selling to retail for a meat company. He was home each night though. I would have been 13
years of age.

I think the hotel had about 7 rooms for rent and there was a soda fountain in the front. I was
frequently in charge of handling this. I remember Bill Britton Jr. used to come and spend time
with me there and of course we would have a chocolate milkshake. The hotel was next door to
the Agincourt rink. The clientele was largely travelling salesmen who stayed there on a regular
basis; although the Anglican minister (Rev. Kipplewhite) took up regular residence there for
about one year.

My Mom was a good cook and of course meals were included in those days. For some
reason the Bell Telephone Linemen found out about her cooking and during the week along
with any hotel guests there were at least 8 linemen there for dinner every day. She also
catered to skating parties at the Rink and these were a big deal where all hands pitched in.

One of my jobs was to make sure the cistern did not go empty. There was no city water and
the only water was collected from the eave troughs to the cistern. To supplement this I
pumped water from the well into the cistern each night and that is how I developed big
shoulders and muscles in my arms. (Try it sometime.)

I know that while we were there the War started and I can remember being a member of the
Home Guard and practicing marching behind the rink using broom sticks as guns.

I cannot remember how long we lived there. My guess is about 4 years. By then my father
Everett was back on the railroad after a long six or seven year lay-off. The depression was
over. We moved to a rented home on Church Street in Agincourt.

My Mom Eva worked at the DON AVON food market on Danforth Ave. in Toronto before the
Agincourt Inn era. I don't know how many years, but, I have the feeling she had worked there
while single as well as later. They were friendly with the owners and I worked there on
Saturdays on the meat counter for at least a year. I do not know the terms of leaving the Inn. I
suppose the lease ran out and they did not want to renew because Dad was back on the
Railroad and had an income. I know another family took over the Inn and immediately put an
electric pump on the well to eliminate the hand pumping that I used to do. Mom took the
Linemen with her after the move and served them dinner five days a week in our house on
Church Street for some time. She also boarded two teachers from the high school, much to my
chagrin. We lived at Church St at least until I finished second year University and then they
moved to Meadowvale Drive in Toronto, where they bought a house next door to Marj and
Alec [Evas sister and brother-in-law]. I had boarded in Toronto my second year at the U; but,
when they moved to TO, I lived at home until I graduated and took a job in Sarnia. At all times
until I went to University; I spent the summers at the farm. ( I think that my family secretly
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would have been happy if I had become a farmer because farmers suffered least of all during
the depression years; and the terrible years of the depression took a toll on everyone, as there
was no way to make a living. There was no money anywhere for the average worker.) I was
happy on the farm, but my life took a different turn!! ..... Jack

A 1951 Tweed area newspapers obituary for Eva:

MRS. EVERETT MAYNES The death of Eva Jane Harris, wife of George Everett
Maynes, occurred suddenly at Calgary, Alberta on Tuesday October 23 rd. The late Mrs.
Maynes formerly resided at Agincourt and Montreal. The deceased was known in Tweed,
and had visited here at various intervals. Her husband was formerly Supt. of the local
Division of the Canadian Pacific Railway, was later transferred to a responsible position at
Cote St. Luc yards in Montreal, and last summer, he was named General Supt. of the CPR
terminal in Calgary. He was born at Actinolite and started his railway career at Sulphide and
his old friends here, will offer sympathy in his bereavement. The late Mrs. Maynes is
survived by her husband and two children Gwendolyn of Toronto, and Jack of Saskatoon.
The remains were brought to the Turner and Poster funeral home, Toronto, from where the
funeral took place on Monday afternoon, October 29th. Interment was in Park Lawn
cemetery, Toronto.

10. Marjorie Irene Harris-3 (William Richard-2, Robert-1) was born on 03 Sep 1903. She
died on 19 Apr 1987 in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada.

Eva and Marjorie Harris

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 Marjorie and Alex Hueston Wedding

Notes for Marjorie Irene Harris:

General Notes:
Notice of Death:
`HUESTON, Marjorie Irene - At Port Hope, on Sunday, April 19, 1987, Marjorie Irene
Harris, in her 84th year, beloved wife of the late Alexander Hueston. Loving mother of
Frank and his wife Lois of Port Hope. Dear grandmother of Sandra, James and Scott.
Sister of Dorothy Cuthbertson of Bradford and Christopher Harris of Toronto and the late
Florence, Elizabeth, Eva and Laura. Service at All Saints Anglican Church, Kingsway
(Bloor and Prince Edward), Wednesday, April 22 ... Interment Park Lawn Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Butler Funeral Home, 4933 Dundas Street West, at Islington,
Tuesday ... In Memoriam, gifts to the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated.``

Alexander William Rundle Hueston was born in 1903.

Notes for Alexander Hueston:

General Notes:
Worked as a conductor on the CNR.

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 L to R: Dorothy, Alex Hueston, Margaret and Gwen

Alexander Hueston and Marjorie Irene Harris were married on 01 Jan 1927. They had
the following children:

25. i. Frank Harris Hueston.

Frank Hueston and wedding with Lois Wilson

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Frank Hueston

July 30, 1930 - November 11, 2013

Hueston, Frank Harris Passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at Extendicare
Nursing Home, Port Hope on Monday November 11, 2013, Frank Hueston in his 84th year,
beloved husband of Lois Wilson. Loving father of Sandra, Jim (Michelle) and Scott (Jennifer
Tanaka). Also survived by grandchildren Olivia, Naomi, Alec and Anderson (AJ). Friends will
be received at the Allison Funeral Home, 103 Mill Street North, Port Hope, Wednesday 7-9 pm
and Thursday from 10 am until time of Funeral Service at 11 am at St. Johns Anglican
Church, 33 Pine Street North, Port Hope. Entombment, Port Hope Union Cemetery,
Columbarium Thursday 2:30 pm. Ontario Lodge #26 A.F. & A.M. and visiting brethren Masonic
Service at the Funeral Home, Wednesday 6:30 pm. If desired, memorial contributions may be
made by cheque to St. Johns Anglican Church or C.N.I.B. www.allisonfuneralhome.com

11. Christopher Harris-3 (William Richard-2, Robert-1) was born on 25 Dec 1908.

Vera McMurray.

Christopher Harris and Vera McMurray married. They had the following children:

i. Paul Harris.

12. Ivy Elizabeth Harris-3 (Charles-2, Robert-1) was born in 1900. She died on 29 Dec 1972.

Notes for Ivy Elizabeth Harris:

General Notes:
Ivy and Ted lived in Watchet near Minehead, Somerset and she was 72 when she
died on 29 December 1972, so almost certainly born in 1900.

Ted Mansfield was born in 1894. He died on 12 Feb 1965.

Notes for Ted Mansfield:

General Notes:
Aged 71 when died in February 1965, so was born in 1893 or 4.

Ted Mansfield and Ivy Elizabeth Harris married. They had the following children:

i. Ronald Mansfield.
13. Albert Harris-3 (Charles-2, Robert-1).

Notes for Albert Harris:

General Notes:
Albert is twin to Daisy. He married. During the original researching of this in the early
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 1980s, Albert was living at No. 1 The Villas, Seaton Junction, near Axminster, Devon.

unknown.

Albert Harris and unknown married. They had the following children:

i. William T. Harris.

Notes for William T. Harris:

General Notes:
William was born about 1940 and married. He trained as an aeronautical
engineer and worked with Concord in England, after which he was Director of
Manufacturing for Canadair based on Montreal, Quebec, working on their
executive Challenger jet (which was patterned after the Lear). After this work in
Canada, William returned to a new job in England. At the time of the original
research in the early 1980s he was residing in Newton with Scales, Lancashire.

ii. son Harris.

iii. son Harris.

14. Vera Annie Waldron-3 (Mary Ann "Polly"-2, Robert-1) was born in 1911. She died on 26
Nov 1962.

Notes for Vera Annie Waldron:

General Notes:
Vera in interred in the Kings Nympton parish churchyard and he death date and age are
shown on her gravestone.
It reads "In loving memory of Vera Annie Rattenbury, beloved wife of Archibald and
mother of Brian at rest November 26 1962, age 51 years." This indicates a birth in 1910 or
11.

Archibald Rattenbury.

Archibald Rattenbury and Vera Annie Waldron married. They had the following children:

i. William John Rattenbury was born in 1937. He died in 1939.

Notes for William John Rattenbury:

General Notes:
died age 18 months, therefore born 1837 or 8.

27. ii. Brian Rattenbury.

15. Ethel Maude Waldron-3 (Mary Ann "Polly"-2, Robert-1) was born in 1920.

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 Notes for Ethel Maude Waldron:
General Notes:
At the time of research (1980s) Ethel lived in an old farmhouse called 'Mooracre" near
Crediton Devon.

Richard Headon.

Richard Headon and Ethel Maude Waldron married. They had the following children:

i. Jennifer Headon.

Notes for Jennifer Headon:

General Notes:
Jennifer worked as a nurse, including working abroad from England.

16. William James Waldron-3 (Mary Ann "Polly"-2, Robert-1).

Notes for William James Waldron:

General Notes:
William married and at the time of research (early 1980s) was living at North Lew, near
Cornwall.

He has four children, all of whom married and with children of their own and living in
or near Derbyshire.

unknown.

William James Waldron and unknown married. They had the following children:

i. Derek Waldron.

28. ii. Shirley Waldron.

29. iii. Margaret Waldron.

30. iv. Jean Waldron.

17. Irene Harris-3 (Robert `Bob`-2, Robert-1).

Jim Baxter.

Jim Baxter and Irene Harris married. They had the following children:

i. Ethel Baxter.

ii. Graham Baxter.

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