Northey Family Photos

Thank you to so many who have contributed these additional photos:

Generation 4

Grace Jane Northey (1818 -1883) John R White

James Northey (1820 -1908) and Mary Jane Rosborough's family

 L-R standing: SARAH NORTHEY (Peter Preston) THOMAS HENRY NORTHEY (Lizzie Sage) WILLIAM JOHN NORTHEY(Jane Preston) SAMUEL ALBERT NORTHEY (Phoebe Pearson) 

L-R seated: MARY JANE ROSBOROUGH (James Northey)ALEXANDER NORTHEY (Matilda Galvin) JOHN NORTHEY (Victoria Graham) JAMES NORTHEY (Mary Jane Rosborough) MARGARET JANE NORTHEY (George Preston)

This picture came to Alexander Northey's family from Myrtle (Northey) McIntyre and subsequently forwarded to Jocelyn by Lynn and Wayne Coombes(great grandson of Alex Northey)

Harriett Northey 1837 - 1924 & Charles McCall

Row 1:  Henry McCall, Bessie McCall, Charles McCall jr, Jane Freeborn, Aaron McCall 

Row 2:  John Henry (James???) McCall, Margaret McCall (aka my husband's great grandmother Davis-Sage, Hattie McCall, Harriet Northey, Alfred McCall 

Front Row 3:  Lillian McCall (married McCarrol), Sarah Sophia McCall married Harrison.

Borrowed From:  Kim Freeborn

Generation 5

Grace Charity Northey (1833 - 1909) & William Blanco

James Northey (1841 -1917) (son of William) & Mary Ann Reed's Family

Top Row:  Mary Jane Northey, William John Northey, Lillie Maria Northey, Matilda Ann Northey,
Centre Row:  JAMES NORTHEY, Margaret Northey, Pearl Bertha Northey, James Richard Northey, Victoria Northey, Harriett Northey
Bottom Row:  Estella Trefosia Northey, Isabella Northey, Myrtle Hazel Northey, Robert Sheffield Northey, Ellen Stuart Northey, MARY ANN NORTHEY

Contributed by: Tanya Jones

Samuel Albert Northey (1867 - 1948) (son of James 1820) & Pheobe Pearson's family

Back Row: L-R Myrtle, 1897, Ira Wilbert, 1891, Agatha Josephine, 1892, Laura Matilda, 1890, Cephas, 1889, James, 1899 

FRONT: L-R Phoebe Pearson-Northey, Greta May, 1904, Samuel Northey.

Generation 6

William John Northey (1868 - 1938) (son of James 1841) 
& Emma Jane Sage' family - taken 1916

Top Row:  Verda Northey (age 14), Graydon Northey (age18), Elmer Northey (age 25), Sherman Northey (age 16), Stanley Northey (age 21)
Centre Row:  WILLIAM JOHN NORTHEY (age 47), Lila Northey (age 23), Mabel Northey (age 20), EMMA JANE NORTHEY (age 50)
Bottom Row:  Ella Northey (age 12), Kenneth Northey (age 10)
Contributed By Tanya Jones

James Northey (1841) & Mary Ann Reed's children:

R-L:  Margaret Northey - Moore (1877),  Lillie Northey - Rosborough (1881) 

Isabella Northey - Harvey (1885), Robert Northey (1887), Pearl Northey - Little (1891), Estella Northey - Wakely (1894), Myrtle Northey - Brown (1897)

James Northey (1841) & Mary Ann Reed's children with spouses:

R-L:  Wilbert & Lillie Rosborough, Isabella & Bernal Harvey, 

Pearl & Henry (hidden behind) Little, Leana & Robert Northey

Elmer & Theresa Northey (son of William Northey & Emma Sage)

Generation 7

William (1868) & Emma Northey's Children:

R-L:  Stanley, Elmer, Kenneth, Sherman, Graydon

R-L:  Mabel, Ella, Lila

The Winterbottom Connection

Generation 1

M Squire Winterbottom

Born 1852 in Moss Grove, Lancashire, England

Died 1928 in Oldham, Lancashire, England

Married

Emma Fowler

Born 1855 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

Their Children:

• John Samuel Winterbottom

Born June 1, 1875 in Globinmord, Oldham, England

Died June 27, 1943 in Peterborough, Peterborough Co., ON

Married Alice Whitehead – Born December 16, 1875 in England – Died January 26, 1958 in Peterborough, Peterborough Co., Ontario, Canada

Their Children:

o      Edith Winterbottom

Born July 1900 in Oldham, Lancashire, England

Married November 15, 1923, to Robert Leach, Born 1896 in Oldham, Lancashire, England

o      Squire Winterbottom

Born July 1902 in Oldham, Lancashire, England

• James Winterbottom

Born 1878 in Oldham, Lancashire, England

Married to Margaret Ellen Howarth – Born 1880 in Oldham, Lancashire, England

Their Children:

o      James Winterbottom

Born about 1900 in Oldham, Lancashire, England

o      Thomas Winterbottom

Born March 1901 in Oldham, Lancashire, England

o      Emily Winterbottom

Born about 1903 in Oldham, Lancashire, England

o      Hannah Winterbottom

Born about 1909 in Oldham, Lancashire, England

o      Edith Winterbottom

Born about 1910 in Oldham, Lancashire, England

• Mary Anne Winterbottom

Born September 1881 in Oldham, Lancashire, England

• Walter Winterbottom

Born October 1883 in Oldham, Lancashire, England

Died September 17, 1951 in Peterborough Co., ON CAN

• Charlotte Winter Bottom

Born 1896 in Oldham, Lancashire, England

Generation 2

Walter Winterbottom

Born October 1883 in Oldham, Lancashire, England

Died September 17, 1951 in Peterborough Co., ON CAN

Married

Emma Clayton

Born abt 1888 in Oldham, Lancashire, England

Died October 1, 1974 in Peterborough, Peterborough Co., ON CAN

Immigrated – May 21, 1924, Quebec, Canada,

 

Their Children:

 

• Alice Winterbottom

Born November 17, 1912 in Oldham, Lancashire, England

Died March 4, 1997 in Peterborough, Peterborough Co., ON CAN

   

• Harry Winterbottom

Born November 7, 1914 in Oldham, Lancashire, England

Died August 22, 1977 in Peterborough Co., ON CAN

Married Gladys Cocking  born Oct 15, 1923 and died Feb 18,  1996

• Thelma Winterbottom

Born Sept 5, 1918 in Oldham, England

Married John (Jack) Simmons

Generation 3

Alice Winterbottom

David, Alice, Thelma & Harry

Born November 17, 1912 in Oldham, Lancashire, England

Died March 1995 in Peterborough, Peterborough Co., ON CAN

Buried in Highland Park Cemetery, Peterborough, ON

Married

David Best

Born March 22, 1909 in Glasgow, Scotland

Died 1978 in Peterborough, Peterborough Co., ON CAN

Buried in Highland Park Cemetery, Peterborough, ON

Their Children:

• Walter David Best

Back: Walter Winterbottom
& Alice Winterbottom
Front: Walter & Ron Best

Born November 29 1933 in Peterborough, Peterborough Co., ON CAN

• Ronald Best

Born March 29, 1936 in Peterborough, Peterborough Co., ON CAN.  Married Ardyth Halcrow

Their Children:  Rhonda Best, Joanne Best, Brenda Best

• Alec Best

Born February 18, 1947 in Peterborough, Peterborough Co., ON CAN.  Married Gloria Tuck

Their Children:  Allison Best

Generation 4

Walter David Best (CGE welder, small business owner in Lakefield ON & pastor) of Peterborough, ON, born November 29, 1936.

AND

Eleanor Beulah Lloyd (homemaker) of Young’s Point, Smith Township, Peterborough Co., ON born on April 21, 1935, married Walter David Best of Peterborough, ON, in Peterborough ON April 15, 1954. 

Their Children:

·      Christine Muriel Best born March 1, 1955 in Peterborough, ON married Raymond George Foster (born October 13, 1949) of Peterborough on July 17, 1982 in Smith Township, Peterborough Co., ON.  They have two Children Jared Raymond Foster born May 19, 1987 and Anna Eleanor Foster born November 28, 1990.

·      Stephen Walter Best born May 3, 1957 in Peterborough, ON married Cynthia Anne Jay of Peterborough, ON on October 11, 1980 in Smith Township, Peterborough Co., ON.

Generation 5

Stephen Walter Best, BA (Trent University) born May 3, 1957 married his childhood sweetheart from Edminson Heights Bible Chapel (Peterborough, ON) Cynthia (Cindy) Anne Jay of Otonabee Township, Peterborough Co., ON on October 11, 1980. 

AND

Cindy Anne Jay, Registered Nurse (Fleming College), born on April 16, 1957 in Peterborough, ON is the daughter of Fredrick Henry Jay (born February 6, 1934 and died September 14, 2005) of Peterborough, ON and Mary Sybil Hunter (birth name – Kennedy) (born March 12, 1934) of Peterborough, ON.

Their Children:

·      Nathanael Stephen Best (Trent University & Fleming College) born December 24, 1982 in Peterborough, ON married Patricia (Patty) Joy Freeman (Trent & Queens University) of Elmira, ON, on August 4, 2007 in Peterborough, ON.

·      Joshua David Best (Ontario College of Art & Design University) born October 24, 1984 in Peterborough, ON married April Dawn White (York University) of Grand Rapids, MI on May 5, 2005 in Grand Rapids, MI.

·      Lucas Walter Best (Fleming College) born November 26, 1986 in Peterborough, ON married Sarah Michelle Heise (Georgian Bay College & York University) of Owen Sound, ON, on September 22, 2012.

·      Jameson Ern Best (Seneca-York College) born August 5, 1988 in Peterborough, ON.

Frederick & The Middle

I began this blog out of the greatest respect of those who have gone before me, and out of a sincere desire to pass on their memories to my children and theirs.  None of us are here through our own design.  We simply need to look around to realize that people lived and died, stayed and traversed, and loved and loathed for unbeknown reasons, which resulted in us being where we are today.

Many times I have sat under the stars and gazed at the large sky, all too aware of the many connections of lives and incidents outside our control that order our world.  Yet in this vastness, we are simply and also profoundly the link which connects the past, to that what is to come.  We are in the middle of something that is fluid with those coming and with those going.  We all transitioning.  Yet it’s that awareness that makes me want my children to know and appreciate their heritage.

More than ever I am aware of the middle and of how fluid it really is.  With sadness I watch my father Walter slip away into absentmindedness and uncertainty as Alzheimers Disease erodes his identity.  At times there are glimpses of him, yet for the most part it’s memories of a good man who wanted more than his body would allow.

On the other hand I celebrate the great joy of becoming a grandfather to Frederick John Best born just days ago.  He is untainted potential, naïve hope, and unqualified love wrapped up like a burrito belonging to our son Joshua and his wife April.  He may be tall, he could have red hair, or he might be a fireman … who knows?  There’s just so much to look forward to and everyone is so happy.

In a few weeks my father and our patriarch will meet his great grandson for the first time.  Likely neither of them will remember the occasion.  Smiling faces and laughter, and the odd remark of where Frederick gets his good looks will be enjoyed.  However it will be those of us who are passing through the middle that will connect the Walters and the Fredericks.  It is our job to tell these stories, and someday it will be Frederick’s.

The Violet Matilda Harvey - Church Connection

Violet Matilda Harvey is the eldest child of Joseph Charles Harvey and Anna Maria Bates, and the first naturalized Canadian in the Harvey family.  She was born in Dummer Township and moved about 1870 to the first Joseph Harvey homestead on Coon Lake Rd., in Burleigh Township of Peterborough County.

Violet would go on to survive the deaths of her next seven siblings who are all buried in Burleigh.  The sibling gap would extend to Geoffrey who would be the first of a group of six Harvey boys (Ernest, Vivian, Bernal, Eric, & William) to rough it in the woods.

Nineteen years after moving to Burleigh and not far up the road towards Apsley, Violet would marry Allen Church from Mount Julian, a small settlement on the north shore of Stoney Lake.  It is likely they had known each other since childhood.  They would raise their family in the Mount Julian area.

Violet Matilda Harvey

Born on October 9 1866, in Dummer Township, Peterborough Co, ON CAN, and died June 29 1940, Burleigh Township, Peterborough Co, ON CAN.  She is buried in Lakefield Cemetery, Smith Township, Peterborough Co., ON CAN.

Married on September 11, 1889 in Lakefield, Peterborough Co., ON CAN

Allen Homer Church

Born on February 14, 1866, and died on November 1,1950 in Mount Julian, Burleigh Township, Peterborough Co., ON CAN.  He is buried in Lakefield Cemetery, Smith Township, Peterborough Co., ON CAN.

010104-89 Allen Homer CHURCH, 34, farmer, Canada, Burleigh Tp., s/o Oliver & Maturah, married Violet Matilda HARVEY, 22, Canada, Burleigh Tp., d/o Joseph & Maria, witn: George COCKBURN & Ada WARREN both of Lakefield on Sept. 11, 1889 at Lakefield*

*http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

Her Father & Mother:

Joseph Charles Harvey (1845 – 1920) & Anna Maria Bates (1848 – 1900)

Their Children:

Oliver Harvey Church (December 12, 1891 – April 11, 1966) 

·      Married Hazel May Walsh (1892 – June 24, 1949) on March 1, 1916 in Burleigh Township, Peterborough Co., ON CAN

Oscar Fuller Church (May 27, 1893 – May 10, 1962)

·      Married Nellie Newell (1893 – ?) on October 13, 1907 in Muskoka District, ON CAN

·      WW1 Veteran – April 21, 1917

·      Children:  Donald Francis Church (1917 – 2000)

Kenneth Joseph Church (May 14, 1895 – June 18, 1970)

·      Married Julia Louisa Wilson (February 22, 1900 – March 24, 1959) on January 2, 1918 in Burleigh Township, Peterborough Co., ON CAN

·      WW1 Veteran – January 7, 1918

Frank Israel Church (May 17, 1897 – October 9, 1930)

·      WW1 Veteran – June 15, 1918

Emiley Amelia Church (April 1, 1899 – 1990)

·      Married Victor Shewen (1892 – 1932) on May 9, 1916 in Lakefield, Peterborough Co., ON CAN

·      Her grandmother Emiley Amelia Harvey’s namesake

William Alexander Church (January 15, 1901 - December 11, 1970) 

·      Married Ella Brown (1895 - October 28, 1977) on December 12, 1928 in Picton, Prince Edward Co., ON CAN

Dolly Maria Matura Church (November 1, 1902 – March 28, 1993, USA)

·      Married Charles R Lindsay (March 6, 1907 – January 12, 1947) on December 2, 1937 in Rochester, Monroe Co., NY, USA

Matilda Church (September 1905 – ?) 

Davie Best

My Grandpa Davie was a funny man and my Grandma Alice was a intimidating soul. They were very much opposites and made every effort to make that known to others. He the Scottish tease and she the British stiff upper lip.

Seeing them once a week or once every other week really didn't lend to knowing them in the way I knew my grandma Lloyd (Mum), yet I was intrigued by them just the same. While the both of them had immigrated to Canada at a young age, they both continued to carry the distinctions of the old country. The accents, phrases, and foods were just some of the obvious things that I found unusual as a boy. I can remember many times kindly laughing at jokes, when I never really understood a word that was said.

My first memories of visiting my Best grandparents are when they lived a the Peterborough Armoury. It was a formidable building that stood in the city centre, surrounded by rod iron fencing, with turrets on each corner.  My grandpa was the janitor and had probably got the job through the Canadian Legion because he was a WWII vet.

Upon arriving at the Armoury we would approach the grand wooden gates that were tightly shut, and give a solid rap. It was a faint sound in view of the ominous doors. From a boys point of view they were gates that led to the mystery and might of the Hastings and Prince Edward County Regiment.  A regiment distinguished for having earned the largest number of battle honours during the Second World War.  Soon we would hear the clanging of metal as my grandpa slid the many dead bolts from one side to the other.  A man size door fitted within the grand wooden gates would swing open, with a beckoning from a wee Scottish man to come in.  I would have to be lifted over the sill of the door just to get inside.

We would follow my grandpa to their apartment in the upper southeast turret.  The wooden stairs turned their way upward with creaks and groans.  I was always careful to never look into the eyes of the mounted moose head that hung imposingly on the landing halfway up the stairs.  That moose head always freaked me out.  I was never so glad than to reach the top and find ourselves safe and secure in their dingy, smelly old apartment. Once inside I would muse myself with a metal castle and soldiers that awaited me in the corner of their living room.

I could always recognize my grandparents home by the smell, no matter where they live.  It was the combined effort of cigarette smoke, stinky feat, beer and french fry grease.  Together they created an aroma that permeated your nostrils and clothes for days.  Now I understand why we had a bath every Saturday after visiting the Armoury.

My grandpa loved to talk about soccer in the UK and football in Canada.  I would often sit at his feet watching these games on the tv. Considering the smell of his socks it was probably the last place I should have been sitting.  He was the first I knew to own a colour tv which made those afternoons even more special. 


Grandma on the other didn't take kindly to watching football.  She thought it odd for grown men to wear tight pants, bend over and hold hands in huddles, and slap each other on the butt.  I think I have described it mildly compared to how she would have said it.

I was his only grandson so he somewhat doted on me.  When I got older I would wash his car or cut his grass and he would pay me handsomely (even though he was a Scot) along with some sweet or trinket he had in his pocket.  Grandma would make us lunch, and it was usually sandwiches and homemade chips.  The sandwiches were the best because they were usually something I never got at home.  Bologna or spam on white bread, and spin wheel sandwiches that had pickles in the middle alongside a Coke.  Lunch was never dull.

If you have seen the comic strip Andy Capp, you will have seen my grandpa. He was a short man, often wearing a Scottish tam with a cigarette hanging out of the side of his mouth, while walking with a distinct limp. He had been injured during the war when he crashed his jeep.  Pins were permanently placed in his knee never allowing him to bend it.  He never complained about it, and it seemed to win him favor in many places.

For five years and at every Adam Scott CVI home game, my grandpa Davie could be seen pacing the sidelines when I played football.  It was not hard to recognize his limp and drooping cigarette.  Every so often he would mutter a few words in his Scottish brogue that no one ever understood, yet I knew in his own sweet way he was urging me on.

Grandpa was proud to be a Scot and a Canadian.  While his roots were in the old country his family and his future were in the new.  I fondly remember nudging our way forward to the front of the sidewalk, to watch the Santa Claus' parade one cold afternoon.  Grandpa could never see the Santa from the back.

The parade was exciting, and you would think that Santa would be the most anticipated attraction, yet not for Grandpa.  I found that out when he began to whistle and sidestep to the sound of the oncoming bagpipes.  The kilts, pipes and drums took him to another place and he wanted all us to go there with him.  The drums gladly kept time, and the sound of marching boots on pavement thrilled the crowd.

Grandpa looked down and muttered at me, "Oohhh aye lad, do ya hear it? It's the pipes!  For a moment the old country had merged with the new, and Davie Best's grandson was there to enjoy it with him.  He was proud that we could have that moment together, it was the very best that he could give to the future Best.  While my grandpa had little to give forward, he in other ways had given everything he had so that his family might have a home in beautiful Peterborough County, and in this great country called Canada.

The Geoffery Harvey & The Saskatchewan Connection

Geoffrey Septimus Harvey born in October 4, 1879 in Burleigh Township, Peterborough Co., ON, Canada, died June 24, 1960 in Strasbourg SK and is buried in the Strasbourg Crescent Road Cemetery.

And

Etta Elizabeth Sarah Coons born May 8, 1883 in Dummer Township, ON, died December 27, 1948 (daughter of Allan Coons and Isabella Little), in Strasbourg, SK and is buried in the Strasbourg Crescent Road Cemetery.  They married on March 30, 1904 in Peterborough Co. ON, and moved to Saskatchewan in 1912.

Their Children:

·    Ethel Maria Harvey born May 12, 1905 in Lakefield, Peterborough Co., ON, CAN & died January 21, 1987, Strasbourg SK, CAN.  She was buried at Strasbourg Crescent Road Cemetery. 

-       Resided at 18, 21, W2, Sheowood, SK, CAN in 1916.  She farmed on the Baughman Farm all her life and never married.

·    Sherman Allan Harvey born July 19, 1906 Lakefield, Peterborough Co. ON, CAN & died June 29, 1994 in Regina, SK, CAN. 

-       He married Wilhelmena Iva Lemery (December 10, 1910 – December 21, 2000) in April 14, 1943 in Regina, SK. 

-       Their children:  Iva Harvey - Private, Elaine Harvey - Private, & Joyce Harvey – Private.

“Sherman worked on many farms as a hand until he rented his own land and eventually settled and married Wilhelmina Lemery in 1943. Just before they got married Sherman worked as a hand on a farm near Naicam, Saskatchewan. In his spare time he played hockey, and in a conversation with his daughter Joyce he spoke of being offered to play in the National Hockey League. He eventually bought Nathan Lemery, his in laws farm, which he took great pride in farming until his retirement in 1973.  Upon his retirement he sold his farm to his daughter, Iva.

Sherman lived most of his life in Saskatchewan, a place he loved, and most of all the nature and life that surrounded him.  He spent many hours driving around the country side watching and observing the changes in the country side and nature, at one time he did counts of wildlife for the department of tourism and nature resources.  

Sherman was a great family man, he had a great set of moral value.  He took a lot of pride in his family, daughters Iva, Elaine, and Joyce and grandchildren.  He took equal pride in all of them and would commend them on their achievements and aspirations.  Sherman is a fine example of what a farmer, neighbor, husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather and friend should be.  He had many friends and spoke highly of them all.  We will always be thankful and grateful for the wisdom Sherman has given us in showing us how to enjoy life to the fullest."

     

      * An excerpt for a narrative at Sherman Harvey's Funeral

·    Charles Braden Harvey born August 23, 1908 Lakefield, Peterborough Co., ON, CAN & died March 22, 1995 in Regina, SK CAN. 

-       He married Freida Green (July 3, 1912 – May 23, 2003) in November 12, 1943 in Strasbourg, SK. 

-       Their children:  Murray Harvey (married Susan), Beverly Harvey (married Gary), & Marilyn Harvey (married Don).

·    Kenneth Joseph Harvey born December 6,1910 Peterborough Co. ON, married Nellie St. Amand in 1937 and lived in Regina SK.  Their children:  Noreen, Beverly, Donald, & Allen.

·    Gerald Geoffery Harvey born 1915 in Grand Coulee, SK, married Agnes Burst in 1939.  Their children:  Brian Harvey.

·    Private (female) Harvey

-       She married Earl Hinchliffe in 1939. 

-       Their children:  Merle Hinchliffe – Brown & Audrey Hinchliffe - Nesset.

• James Stuart Harvey born March 5, 1921 & died May 29, 2000 in Regina, SK, CAN. 

-       He married Evelyn Keyser in 1947 and lived in Regina SK. 

-       Their children:  Lila, June, Wanda, Dale & Denise.

·    Albert Thomas Harvey born August 11, 1924 in Cupar, SK, CAN & died January 19, 1991 in Edmonton, AB CAN.

-       He married Clara Hayes in 1950 and lived in Cold Lake AB. 

-       Their children:  Mitchell Harvey (married Glenise), Richard Harvey (married Valerie), Lawrence Harvey (married Dagmar), & Jane Harvey - Frances.

    “Born at Cupar, Saskatchewan to Etta and Geoffrey Harvey (deceased), he was raised on a farm in the Strasbourg area. He was a member of the Canadian Armed Forces for 33 years. From October 1942 to October 1945, he served on active duty as an Air Gunner in the R.C.A.F. during WWII, flying with Canadian and British squadrons. He continued his career with the Canadian Forces from May 1946 until his retirement in February, 1976. During this military service, he was awarded the 1939 45 star, the 1939-45 War Medal, the Burma Star, the Defence Medal, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, the United Nations Emergency Force Medal, the Canadian Forces Decoration and Clasps, and the Air Gunners Badge.”

·    Private (female) Harvey married Archie Pirie in 1946 and lived in Nokomis SK.  Their children:  Patricia and Vaughn.

Willa & Sherman Harvey

Ethel Harvey's Home

Geoffery Harvey SK

References: 

Between Long Lake and Last Mountain: Volume 2, by Bulyea, Duval, Strasbourg Book Committee, p. 583 – 585.

Thanks to Linda Schmidt & Joyce Kowbel