Yakoba M. Ave

Birth: 24 Dec 1839, Netherlands

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15747987/yakoba-m-vandevelde: accessed 29 July 2023), gravestone photo for Yakoba M Ave Vandevelde (24 Dec 1839–11 Oct 1923), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15747987, Forest Hill Cemetery, Fredonia, Chautauqua Co, NY, maintained by Mark Peebles (contributor 46514135).
• 1880 U.S. census, Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, New York, household of Morris and Coby M. Van De Velde.

Death: 11 Oct 1923

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15747987/yakoba-m-vandevelde: accessed 29 July 2023), gravestone photo for Yakoba M Ave Vandevelde (24 Dec 1839–11 Oct 1923), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15747987, Forest Hill Cemetery, Fredonia, Chautauqua Co, NY, maintained by Mark Peebles (contributor 46514135).

Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery, Fredonia, Chautauqua Co, NY

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15747987/yakoba-m-vandevelde: accessed 29 July 2023), gravestone photo for Yakoba M Ave Vandevelde (24 Dec 1839–11 Oct 1923), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15747987, Forest Hill Cemetery, Fredonia, Chautauqua Co, NY, maintained by Mark Peebles (contributor 46514135).

Spouse: Morris Van de Velde
Marriage:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15747987/yakoba-m-vandevelde: accessed 29 July 2023), gravestone photo for Yakoba M Ave Vandevelde (24 Dec 1839–11 Oct 1923), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15747987, Forest Hill Cemetery, Fredonia, Chautauqua Co, NY, maintained by Mark Peebles (contributor 46514135).

1. Adrianna C Van de Velde

Marion Brown

Birth: 8 Aug 1873, West Calder, Scotland

• West Calder Registration District, County of Edinburgh, Scotland, 701, no. 251, birth entry of Marion Brown, 8 Aug 1873, photocopy of extract from birth register; General Register Office, Edinburgh, Scotland; ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk, retrieved 5 Aug 2023.
• New Register House, Edinburgh, Scotland, marriage registration, Walter Fawcett and Marion Brown Loughran, 1902, Paisley; personal visit by Patricia Lebau, July 1993; Age 28 when she married Walter Fawcett 20 Aug 1902.

Death: 17 Jan 1910, Paisley, Scotland

• New Register House, Edinburgh, Scotland, death registration, Marion Fawcett 1910, Paisley; personal visit by Patricia Lebau, July 1993.

Burial: Hawkshead Cemetery, Section D, site 1038, Paisley, Scotland

• Hawkshead Cemetery burial record, Mirren House, Paisley, Scotland, Marion Fawcett, 1910; personal visit to Mirren House by Roderick B. Sullivan, Jr, July 1993.

Father: James Brown
Mother: Marion Mackay

Spouse: William Loughran
Marriage: 14 Dec 1894, Edinburgh, Scotland

• New Register House, Edinburgh, Scotland, marriage registration, William Loughran and Marion Brown, 1894, Edinburgh; personal visit by Patricia Lebau, July 1993.

1. William Loughran, born Mar 1897

Spouse: Walter Fawcett
Marriage: 20 Aug 1902, Paisley, Scotland

• New Register House, Edinburgh, Scotland, marriage registration, Walter Fawcett and Marion Brown Loughran, 1902, Paisley; personal visit by Patricia Lebau, July 1993.

1. Marion Fawcett, born 10 Jul 1903, Paisley, Scotland
2. Ada Fawcett, born 26 Jul 1904, Paisley, Scotland
3. James Fawcett, born 20 Feb 1907, Paisley, Scotland
4. George Fawcett, born 29 Oct 1908, Paisley, Scotland

Notes:

Her birth record identifies her parents as James Brown and Marion Mackie. (Her marriage record says Marion Mackay.) She was born 8 Aug 1873 in West Calder, Scotland. Her father was a limestone miner. He married his wife, Marion Mackie on 20 November 1863 in Whitburn, Scotland, not far from West Calder.

Walter Fawcett

Birth: 1869, England

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112144697/walter-fawcett: accessed 05 August 2023), gravestone photo for Sergeant Major - Walter Fawcett (1869–1947), Find a Grave Memorial ID 112144697, Oakland Cemetery, Brockville, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada, maintained by Billy Budd (contributor 51223934).
• New Register House, Edinburgh, Scotland, marriage registration, Walter Fawcett and Marion Brown Loughran, 1902, Paisley; personal visit by Patricia Lebau, July 1993; Age 31 when he married Marion (Brown) Loughran on 20 Aug 1902, implies he was born 1870 or 1871.
• "Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1948," database with images,Ancestry(https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2372742:8946 : accessed 5 August 2023); Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1948, MS 935, Reel 334, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; Per death record of Ada Fawcett, her father was born in England.

Death: 1947

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112144697/walter-fawcett: accessed 05 August 2023), gravestone photo for Sergeant Major - Walter Fawcett (1869–1947), Find a Grave Memorial ID 112144697, Oakland Cemetery, Brockville, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada, maintained by Billy Budd (contributor 51223934).

Burial: Oakland Cemetery, Brockville, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112144697/walter-fawcett: accessed 05 August 2023), gravestone photo for Sergeant Major - Walter Fawcett (1869–1947), Find a Grave Memorial ID 112144697, Oakland Cemetery, Brockville, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada, maintained by Billy Budd (contributor 51223934).

Father: George Fawcett
Mother: Ann Pickles

Spouse: Marion Brown
Marriage: 20 Aug 1902, Paisley, Scotland

• New Register House, Edinburgh, Scotland, marriage registration, Walter Fawcett and Marion Brown Loughran, 1902, Paisley; personal visit by Patricia Lebau, July 1993.

1. Marion Fawcett, born 10 Jul 1903, Paisley, Scotland
2. Ada Fawcett, born 26 Jul 1904, Paisley, Scotland
3. James Fawcett, born 20 Feb 1907, Paisley, Scotland
4. George Fawcett, born 29 Oct 1908, Paisley, Scotland

Spouse: Emily Kingston
Marriage:

• "Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1948," database with images,Ancestry(https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2372742:8946 : accessed 5 August 2023); Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1948, MS 935, Reel 334, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; Per death record of Ada Fawcett, her mother was Mary Kingston, presumed to be her step mother, not her biological mother.

Notes:

Per record of marriage to Marion, he was the son of George Fawcett and Ann Pickles, both deceased by the date of his marriage, 20 Aug 1902.

He was, no doubt, the Walter Fawcett, age 10, in the 1881 English census, living in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, with his parents, George Fawcett, age 50, occupation "foreman stoker," and Ann Fawcett, age 45. Also in the household were his siblings: Sarah E. Fawcett, 20, William Fawcett, 18, Fred Fawcett, 13, Ann E. Fawcett, 8, Ada Fawcett, 5, and Nellie Fawcett, 2.¹

He resided in "The Barracks" in Paisley, and was a Seargent in the 4th Royal Argylle and Sutherland Highlander unit when he married Marion on 20 Aug 1902.²

For the first few years of their marriage, they lived at "The Barracks" in Paisley, where their first three children were born.³ On 20 July 1907, Walter retired from the Royal Argylle and Sutherland Highlanders Unit, having earned a pension after serving for 18 years.⁴ Around that time, Walter became a store keeper, and the family moved to 14 Clarence St, Paisley, where their last child, George, was born.

When his wife died in 1910, Walter left the children in Scotland (probably with their grandparents, James and Marion Brown), and went to Canada to look for work. While there, he married his second wife, Emily, and found full time employment. In 1912 he sent for his four children, who came over on the Hesperian, unaccompanied by an adult, and arrived in Quebec on 4 June 1912.⁵ A delightful newspaper article about the four children, published in the Montreal Star, tells the story of their crossing.⁶

On 2 Aug 1915, he enlisted in the Canada Over-Seas Expeditionary Force, 42nd Regiment. On 6 Aug 1915 he signed an attestation paper for men enlisted in the force in which he identified his birth date as 15 July 1873, birth place as Leeds, Yorkshire, England, his wife as Emily Fawcett, his address as Orilla, Ontario, Box 1004, and his occupation as "commercial traveller." At the time, he was a Sgt Major in the 23rd Northern Pioneers (militia), and a member of the Church of England.⁷

Sources:

1. 1881 English Census, Leeds, Yorkshire England, household of George and Ann Fawcett.
2. New Register House, Edinburgh, Scotland, marriage registration, Walter Fawcett and Marion Brown Loughran, 1902, Paisley; personal visit by Patricia Lebau, July 1993.
3. Paisley birth records for Marion, Ada, and James.
4. "UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Service Records, 1760-1925," database with images, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/588762248/fawcett-walter-page-1-uk-royal-hospital-chelsea-pensioner-service-records-1760-1925 : accessed 27 August 2023), Walter Fawcett; Ref No. WO 97, The National Archives, UK.
5. "Canada, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1865-1935," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/6661519:1263 : accessed 30 July 2023), Marion, age 8, Ada, 7, James, 5, and George, 2, all surname Fawcett, departed Glasgow, Scotland, arrived Quebec, Canada, 4 June 1912, aboard the Hesperian.
6. "Four Wee Bairns Cross the Atlantic," Montreal Star (Montreal, Canada), 8 June 1912, p. 5, col. 1; Newspapers.com, accessed 27 August 2023.
7. "Canada, World War I CEF Attestation Papers, 1914-1918," database with images,Ancestry(https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1086/images/gpc003-319409a : accessed 5 August 2023), Walter Fawcett; from Soldiers of the First World War (1914-1918). Record Group 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4930 - 35. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa.

Charles Henry Foster

Spouse: Martha Truesdale Lear

1. Emilie Truesdale Foster, born 26 Oct 1880, Fredonia, Chautauqua Co, NY

Jennie May Freeland

Death: 30 May 1953, Silver Creek, Chautauqua Co, NY

• "Mrs. Jennie Wheelock," Jamestown Post-Journal (Jamestown, New York), 1 June 1953, p. 14, col. 3; FultonHistory.com, accessed 29 July 2023.

Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery, Fredonia, Chautauqua Co, NY

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24263965/jennie-wheelock: accessed 29 July 2023), memorial page for Jennie Wheelock (20 Nov 1876–30 May 1953), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24263965, Forest Hill Cemetery, Fredonia, Chautauqua Co, NY, maintained by Mark Peebles (contributor 46514135).

Father: William Freeland
Mother: Eva Wright

Spouse: Frederick Howard Wheelock
Marriage: 30 Mar 1898, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV

• Vital Records Search, database with images, West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture, & History (http://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_select.aspx : accessed 29 July 2023), Frederick Howard Wheelock and Jennie May Freeland.
• "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971", database,FamilySearch(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZX-KZ7K : accessed 29 July 2023), Frederick Howard Wheelock and Jennie May Freeland, 1898.

Notes:

In 1880 she was 4 years old, born New York, living in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, with her parents, William Freeland, 35, born Ohio, and Eva Freeland, 28, born New York. The marriage record of her sister, Grace Freeland, to Wilmer Canny, identifies her parents as William Freeland and Eva Wright.¹

Per obituary, she was born in Dunkirk, resided in Clarksburg, West Virginia for 35 years, then returned to Dunkird, where she lived for 17 years. She died in a nursing home in Silver Creek. She was survived by a sister, Mrs. Grace Canny, Forestville; and a brother, William R. Freeland, Cleveland. Buried in Forest Hill Cemetery.²

Sources:

1. "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images,FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FFR9-LJG : accessed 30 July 2023), Grace Annabel Freeland and Wilmer Canny, Chautauqua Co, New York; FHL microfilm 1,004,676.
2. "Mrs. Jennie Wheelock," Jamestown Post-Journal (Jamestown, New York), 1 June 1953, p. 14, col. 3; FultonHistory.com, accessed 29 July 2023.

William Freeland

Spouse: Eva Wright

1. Jennie May Freeland

Martha Truesdale Lear

Spouse: Charles Henry Foster

1. Emilie Truesdale Foster, born 26 Oct 1880, Fredonia, Chautauqua Co, NY

William Loughran

Spouse: Marion Brown
Marriage: 14 Dec 1894, Edinburgh, Scotland

• New Register House, Edinburgh, Scotland, marriage registration, William Loughran and Marion Brown, 1894, Edinburgh; personal visit by Patricia Lebau, July 1993.

1. William Loughran, born Mar 1897

Notes:

William Loughran was the son of Peter Loughran, egg mergchant, and Mary Queen, both deceased at the time of his marriage to Marion. By occupation, he was a Sergeant in the 1st Argylle and Sutherland Highlanders unit.

William Loughran

Birth: Mar 1897

• Lair Record for Marion (Brown) (Loughran) Fawcett, located at Mirren House, Paisley, Scotland, for Hawkshead Cemetery in Paisley, accessed July 1993 by Roderick B. Sullivan, Jr; He died 9 Jan 1899, age 1 year 10 months.

Death: 9 Jan 1899

• Lair Record for Marion (Brown) (Loughran) Fawcett, located at Mirren House, Paisley, Scotland, for Hawkshead Cemetery in Paisley, accessed July 1993 by Roderick B. Sullivan, Jr.

Burial: Hawkshead Cemetery, Section D, site 1038, Paisley, Scotland

• Lair Record for Marion (Brown) (Loughran) Fawcett, located at Mirren House, Paisley, Scotland, for Hawkshead Cemetery in Paisley, accessed July 1993 by Roderick B. Sullivan, Jr.

Father: William Loughran
Mother: Marion Brown

Morris Van de Velde

Birth: Netherlands

Death: 24 Apr 1906, Dunkirk, Chautauqua Co, NY

• "Morris Vande Velde Dead at Dunkirk," The Buffalo Times (Buffalo, New York), 25 Apr 1906, p. 10, col. 4; FultonHistory.com, accessed 29 July 2023.

Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery, Fredonia, Chautauqua Co, NY

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15747989/morris-vandevelde: accessed 29 July 2023), gravestone photo for Morris Vandevelde (13 Oct 1842–24 Apr 1906), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15747989, Forest Hill Cemetery, Fredonia, Chautauqua Co, NY, maintained by Mark Peebles (contributor 46514135).

Spouse: Yakoba M. Ave
Marriage:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15747987/yakoba-m-vandevelde: accessed 29 July 2023), gravestone photo for Yakoba M Ave Vandevelde (24 Dec 1839–11 Oct 1923), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15747987, Forest Hill Cemetery, Fredonia, Chautauqua Co, NY, maintained by Mark Peebles (contributor 46514135).

1. Adrianna C Van de Velde

Notes:

Per obit, Morris Van de Velde was survived by his wife, and three daughters: Mrs. R. Whelock [sic], Mrs. R. Singheiser, and Mrs. James Strowbridge.¹

Sources:

1. "Morris Vande Velde Dead at Dunkirk," The Buffalo Times (Buffalo, New York), 25 Apr 1906, p. 10, col. 4; FultonHistory.com, accessed 29 July 2023.

Eva Wright

Spouse: William Freeland

1. Jennie May Freeland