Descendants of James Dagg and Anne Ardell, of Biddulph

 

Contributed by: Jann Callaghan Cullen

                 

 

 

Section I – The Descendants of James Dagg and Anne Ardell

*  [The author gratefully acknowledges the work of Ainsley George Dagg, of Victoria, B.C., in the research of the early generations of this family.]

 

JAMES1 DAGG was born Abt. 1797 in Tipperary, Ireland, and died October 13, 1842 in Biddulph, Ontario.  He married ANNE ARDELL.  She was born Abt. 1804 in Ireland, and died 1882 in Biddulph, Ontario.  She is buried in the James Dagg plot at Arva, Ontario.  James and Anne emigrated to Canada in about 1837, settling briefly in Ernesttown, before moving on to lands near Biddulph.  Seven of the children of James and Anne are documented.  Clint Thompson, a Dagg researcher who is descended from two different branches of Dagg families, states definitively that Sarah Ann Dagg was also their child.  She married Jonas Poe, and farmed within a mile of the James Dagg family.  I have included Sarah here as a child to this family as I believe there is enough supporting evidence to make a definitive identification.

 

James Dagg was killed in 1842 at the age of only 45 years, while helping to build the log house of ‘Castleconnel’ Henry Hodgins.   A heavy log fell upon him, killing him instantly.  He is buried in St. John the Divine churchyard at Arva, a few miles north of London. (His wife Anne remarried, in 1846, to ‘Castle’ John Hodgins, with whom she had another child, Henry’Castle’ Hodgins, in 1848.)  James Dagg’s oldest son, Richard Dagg (nicknamed ‘Brough’), inherited the farm.  After his mother’s remarriage, census records show that 4 of Richard’s younger brothers lived with him at the old homestead, as did as his maternal grandmother, Catherine Ardell.  For more information on this family, please refer to Ainsley G. Dagg’s “ William Dagg, his Relatives and Descendants”.

       

Children of JAMES DAGG and ANNE ARDELL are:

                  I.    RICHARD (BROUGH)2 DAGG (JAMES1) was born Nov. 11, 1823, according to the 1901 census.  He was born in Modreeny, Tipperary, Ireland, and died 1912.  He married ELIZABETH CULBERT in 1848.  She was born April 6, 1823, and died 1913.

                        Children of RICHARD DAGG and ELIZABETH CULBERT are:

                                       1.      ANN JANE3 DAGG, b. Abt. 1849, Biddulph, Ontario; d. 1925; m. CHARLES HALL, 1870.

                                       2.      JAMES DAGG, b. Abt. 1851, Biddulph, Ontario; d. 1927; m. SARAH LAUNGSTAUGH, 1872.

                                       3.      JOHN DAGG, b. Abt. 1853, Biddulph, Ontario; d. 1937; m. ELIZABETH TACKABURY.

                                       4.      HENRY DAGG, b. Mar. 25, 1855, Biddulph, Ontario; d. 1934.

                                       5.      ROBERT DAGG, b. March 18, 1857, Biddulph, Ontario; d. 1939; m. ANN MCLEOD.

                                       6.      SUSAN DAGG, b. Abt. 1859, Biddulph, Ontario; d. 1916; m. OMAR WESTELL, 1890.

                                       7.      MARY DAGG, b. Abt. 1863; m. JOHNSTON SMITH.

                                       8.      WILLIAM A. DAGG, b. Nov. 16, 1865, Biddulph, Ontario; d. 1951; m. ANNE MISKIMMONS.

                                       9.      EMMA REBECCA3 DAGG (RICHARD (BROUGH)2, JAMES1) was born Abt. 1868 in Biddulph, Ontario, and died August 06, 1955 in Kincardine, Ont.  She married VINCENT WARDELL (also sp. WARDLE). December 13, 1899.  He was born November 28, 1870 in Huron Twp., Bruce Co., and died June 05, 1962 in Kincardine, Ont.

 

                                                Child of EMMA DAGG and VINCENT WARDELL is:

                                                                  i.    VALERIA AMANDA4 WARDELL.

 

                  II.    REBECCA2 DAGG (JAMES1) was born Abt. 1824 in Tipperary, Ireland.  She married ROBERT RAWLINS in 1843. 

                         Children of REBECCA DAGG and ROBERT RAWLINS are:

                                       1.      WILLIAM3 RAWLINS.

                                       2.      ANNE RAWLINS.

                                       3.      JAMES RAWLINS.

                                       4.      JOHN RAWLINS.

                                       5.      SARAH RAWLINS.

                                       6.      RICHARD RAWLINS.

                                       7.      ELIZABETH RAWLINS.

                                       8.      REBECCA RAWLINS.

                                       9.      EDWARD RAWLINS.

                                     10.      EMILENE RAWLINS.

                                     11.      THOMAS RAWLINS.

 

III.     Sarah2   ‘Sally Ann’ DAGG (JAMES1) was born Abt. 1825 in Tipperary, Ireland.  She married Jonas Poe in about 1843, in Biddulph, Ontario.   He was born Abt. 1816 in Tipperary, Ireland.

Children of JONAS POE and SARAH DAGG are:

1.           JEAN2 POE, b. Abt. 1844, Lucan, Ontario.

2.           JOHN POE, b. Abt. 1845, Lucan, Ontario.

3.           ELLEN POE, b. Abt. 1847, Lucan, Ontario.

4.           JAMES POE, b. Abt. 1849, Lucan, Ontario; d. Abt. 1927.

5.           ELIZABETH POE, b. March 01, 1852, Lucan, Ontario; d. August 04, 1912, London, Ontario.

6.           ELLA POE, b. Abt. 1854.

7.           WILLIAM NELSON POE, b. February 01, 1857, Lucan, Ontario; d. November 25, 1926.

8.           ALICE POE, b. March 10, 1858, Lucan, Ontario; d. Abt. 1901.

 

                IV.    JAMES2 DAGG (JAMES1) was born January 11, 1828 in Modreeny, Tipperary, Ireland.  In 1855 he married MARY ANN ROLLINS (may be spelled RAWLINS).

                         Children of JAMES DAGG and MARY ROLLINS are:

                                       1.      THOMAS GEORGE3 DAGG, b. Abt. 1856.

                                       2.      ADELINE DAGG, b. Abt. 1858.

                                       3.      ELIZA ' SELINA' DAGG, b. Abt. 1860.

 4.      ANNA MARIA DAGG, b. Abt. 1862.  She married George T. Fitzgerald on June 11, 1889, in London, Ontario.  He was born in about 1864 in London, Ontario

                                       5.      REBECCA MELISSA DAGG, b. Abt. 1864.

                                       6.      CLARISSA 'CLARA' DAGG, b. Abt. 1867.

 

                  V.   WILLIAM2 DAGG (JAMES1) was born January 15, 1832 in Modreeny, Tipperary, Ireland, and died 1916.  He married ELIZABETH HEWITT, daughter of JOHN HEWITT and JANE HEWITT, in 1861.   She was born 1837, and died 1909.  At time of their marriage the bride lists her residence as Kincardine, age 24.    The book “Irish Migrants in the Canadas” by Bruce Elliot indicates that Eliza was the widow of James Dagg (1829 - 1860) of Kincardine, and that James was a cousin to William Dagg, her second husband.  *  Thanks to Elaine Dagg Sanderson for the updates she contributed to this line. 

 

                        Children of WILLIAM DAGG and ELIZABETH HEWITT are:

1.     FRANCIS H.3 DAGG (WILLIAM2, JAMES1) was born Dec. 1, 1860, according to the 1901 census.  He married Catherine.   She was born July 23, 1873, in Kincardine.

       

                                                Children of FRANCIS H. DAGG are:

                                                                i.      MARJORIE4 DAGG, b. July 10, 1897, in Holland, Manitoba.

                                                               ii.      KATHLEEN DAGG, b. Nov. 27, 1898, in Holland, Man.

                                                              iii.      W.  MELVILLE DAGG, b. Jan. 15, 1900, in Holland, Man.  d. 1968.

                                                              iv.      EVELYN DAGG, b. Abt. 1902; d. 1960.

                                                               v.      WALTER DAGG, b. Abt. 1904, Twin birth; d. 1976.

                                                              vi.      ARTHUR DAGG, b. Abt. 1904, Twin birth.

                                                             vii.      JAMES DAGG, b. Abt. 1906; d. 1926.

                                                            viii.      FRANK A. DAGG, b. Abt. 1907.

                                                              ix.      LORNE DAGG, b. Abt. 1910; d. 1973.

                                                               x.      FERNE DAGG, b. Abt. 1912.

 

2.     Jane ‘JENNIE’ DAGG, b. Nov. 28, 1865 in Kincardine, Ont.  She married Hiram Davis, of London, Ont. on Jan. 28, 1891, in Bervie, Ont.  He was born June 29, 1865 in London, Ont.

 

Child of Jennie DAGG and Hiram Davis is:

i.      Bertha  Davis, b. Sept. 22, 1897.  She died about 1989.

 

3.     ANNIE DAGG, b. Abt. 1866.

 

4.     Ellen ‘NELLIE’3 DAGG (WILLIAM2, JAMES1) was born Aug. 4, 1868, in Kinloss Twp., Bruce County, Ontario, and died Dec. 9, 1951 in Holland, Manitoba..  She married THOMAS William ATKINSON on April 18, 1888 in Bervie, Bruce County, Ontario.  He was born March 13, 1866 in Bruce County, and died Nov. 4, 1944 in Holland, Manitoba.  

       

                                                Children of NELLIE DAGG and THOMAS ATKINSON are:

i.      Minnie FERN ATKINSON, b. July 22, 1889, in Culross Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario.  She died about 1981 in Winnipeg, Manitoba

ii.     WILLIAM  Edgar ATKINSON, b. April 17, 1894 in Kinloss Twp., Bruce County.  He died about 1990

iii.    FRANcis Hubert ATKINSON, b. Oct. 18, 1895, in Culross Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario.  He died about 1862 in Holland, Manitoba

iv.    MABEL Eliza Gwendolyne ATKINSON, b. Oct. 5, 1898, Culross Twp., Bruce Co., Ont.  She died June 20, 1941 in Holland, Man.

v.     Alice Emily Pearl Atkinson, b. June 10, 1900, Culross Twp., Bruce Co., Ont.  She died in about 1901.

vi.    Emily Pearl Eileen Atkinson, b. Jan. 1,1904, Bervie, Bruce Co., Ontario.  She died about 1907

vii.   Thomas ‘HAROLD’ ATKINSON, b. April 23, 1906, Culross Twp., Bruce Co., Ont.  He died abut 1984 in Kelowna, B.C.

 

                                       5.      ELIZABETH3 ‘Lizzie’ DAGG (WILLIAM2, JAMES1) was born Abt. 1869.  She married ALBERT AITKENHEAD in London, Ont. 

       

                                                Child of ELIZABETH DAGG and ALBERT AITKENHEAD is:

                                                                i.      HAROLD4 AITKENHEAD.

 

                                       6.      WILLIAM C. DAGG, b. Abt. 1871.

                                       7.      FREDERICK DAGG, b. Abt. 1874.  He does not show up in the 1881 census with his family.

                                       8.      MINNIE DAGG, b. March 29, 1875.

 

                 VI.   JOHN2 DAGG (JAMES1) was born June 14, 1835 in Modreeny, Tipperary, Ireland, and died 1887 in Biddulph, Ontario.  He married JANE DAGG November 03, 1858 in Middlesex Co., Ontario, daughter of RICHARD DAGG and ELIZABETH NEIL.  She was born Abt. 1835, and died in Biddulph, Ontario.  The descendants of John Dagg and Jane Dagg are covered in greater detail in a separate section, below, entitled “Section II – The Descendants of John Dagg and Jane Dagg”

       

                         Children of JOHN DAGG and JANE DAGG are:

                                       1.      JAMES ALBERT3 DAGG, b. Abt. 1859, Biddulph, Ontario; d. 1912, Killarney, Manitoba.

                                       2.      RICHARD LESTER 'DICK' DAGG, b. Abt. 1861, Biddulph, Ontario; d. 1931, Killarney, Manitoba.

                                       3.      WILLIAM DAGG, b. Abt. 1864.

                                       4.      ELIZABETH JANE DAGG, b. Abt. 1866.

                                       5.      REBECCA ANN DAGG, b. Abt. 1867.

                                       6.      FRANCIS HENRY DAGG, b. Abt. 1868.

                                       7.      GEORGE WALTER DAGG, m. ANNIE YOUNG, Abt. 1910.

                                       8.      HARRIET ELLEN DAGG, b. March 23, 1874, Biddulph, Ontario.

                                       9.      JOHN ALFRED DAGG, b. Abt. 1876, Biddulph, Ontario.

 

                VII.   THOMAS GEORGE2 DAGG (JAMES1) was born Abt. 1838 in Ernesttown, Ontario.  He married (1) MARY JANE NEIL 1862 in Middlesex Co., Ontario.  She was born Abt. 1838, and died Bef. 1867 in Biddulph, Ontario.  He married (2) ANNE REMINGTON 1867 in County Marriage Registers of Ont., Vol 8, Bruce County.  She was born Abt. 1847.

       

                         Children of THOMAS DAGG and ANNE REMINGTON are:

                                       1.      SUSAN SOPHIA3 DAGG.

                                       2.      ANNA MARIA DAGG.

                                       3.      MELISSA DAGG.

                                       4.      GEORGE DAGG.

                                       5.      JOSIAH DAGG.

                                       6.      FREDERICK DAGG.

 

              VIII.   FRANCIS2 DAGG (JAMES1) was born Abt. 1840.  He married MARY JANE DAGG 1872, daughter of RICHARD DAGG and ELIZABETH COLLINS.  She was born 1850, and died 1909.

       

                         Children of FRANCIS DAGG and MARY DAGG are:

                                       1.      ROBERT ROWLAND3 DAGG.

                                       2.      NINA DAGG.

 

 

Section II – The Descendants of John Dagg and Jane Dagg

* [The information on the Killarney Daggs comes from a local book on the History of Killarney, Manitoba.]

 

JOHN2 DAGG (JAMES1) was born June 14, 1835 in Modreeny, Tipperary, Ireland, and died 1887 in Biddulph, Ontario.  He married JANE DAGG November 03, 1858 in Middlesex Co., Ontario, daughter of RICHARD DAGG and ELIZABETH NEIL.  She was born Abt. 1835, and died in Biddulph, Ontario. 

       

Children of JOHN DAGG and JANE DAGG are:

              A)      JAMES ALBERT3 DAGG (JOHN2, JAMES1) was born Abt. 1859 in Biddulph, Ontario, and died 1912 in Killarney, Manitoba.  He married JOAN BENGOUTH 1890.  She was born in Hensall, Ontario, and died 1945 in Killarney, Manitoba.

 

“James Dagg was the first of the three Dagg brothers to move to Manitoba. He arrived in Killarney in about 1888, with 25 cents in his pocket and hitched a ride behind a team of oxen driven by a Mr.Magwood.  He built a log house and barn on SW 18-2-17.  In 1890 James went back to Hensall, Ontario  and married Joan Benjouth and then returned to Manitoba.   James and Joan lived in that loghouse until 1910 when James built a cement house, which still stands today. 

 

In politics a conservative, in religion he was Church of England.  It was due to his interest that church services were held in Jaques school with the Rev. Wm. Johnson as minister.  James was a good provider, lots of home grown meat, three big cheeses bought from Nathan Clark's factory and three barrels of apples every winter.  Joan made 40 pounds of butter a week which sold for 16 cents a pound.  There were only trails in the winter;  the road to Turtle Mountain where many people went for wood went right through their yard.  People often stayed overnight if caught in blizzards.  Their parents had to leave at times to fight fires, but the children recall a happy life.  James dug the first grave in Killarney Cemetery.  He once shot a bear on Turtle Mountain. 

 

James died in 1912.  After his death, Joan carried on the best that she could, with the help of her children.  She died in 1945 in her own bed at the old farm.  Wilfred, their eldest, took over the farm and lived there until he died.”

 

                        Children of JAMES DAGG and JOAN BENGOUTH are:

                            1)      MABEL4 DAGG (JAMES ALBERT3, JOHN2, JAMES1) was born 1891, and died 1981.  She married WALTER FIRBY 1913.  They lived in Wawanesa.

       

                                              Children of MABEL DAGG and WALTER FIRBY are:

                                                              i)      ELMER5 FIRBY.

                                                             ii)      FLORENCE FIRBY, m. O. GRAHAM.

                                                            iii)      ELVA FIRBY, m. R. TAYLOR.

                                                            iv)      MERVIN FIRBY.

                                                             v)      PEARL FIRBY, m. H. GULLETT.

                                                            vi)      LLOYD FIRBY.

                                                           vii)      LESLIE FIRBY.

                                                          viii)      GORDON FIRBY.

                                                            ix)      CLIFFORD FIRBY.

 

                          2)      WILFRED4 DAGG (JAMES ALBERT3, JOHN2, JAMES1) was born 1894.  He married (1) EMMA DUMBLETON 1925.  She died 1940.  He married (2) EDITH HODGINS 1953. 

       

                                                Children of WILFRED DAGG and EMMA DUMBLETON are:

                                                              i)      FERN5 DAGG, m. LANCE KELL.

                                                             ii)      MARJORIE DAGG, m. RAY MCCLELLAND.

 

                           3)      JAMES ALLEN4 DAGG (JAMES ALBERT3, JOHN2, JAMES1) was born 1898 in Jaques District, Manitoba, and died 1963.  He married BEATRICE BEATTIE 1923, daughter of ROBERT BEATTIE and BETSY BEATTIE. 

                                              Beatrice grew up in the Long River District and attended Lyonshall Church.

 

“James Allen was educated at Jaques and at Sanders schools, and attended church at St. Andrews Anglican Church.  His father died when he was 14 years old, and the children, along with their mother, worked the farm.  When James (Allen) was old enough, he and brother Laurence went to Saskatchewan with harvest gangs to make extra money. 

                                             

Allen and Beatrice farmed for one year in the Highview District, then moved to the Sanders District.  Allen served as a school trustee for many years.  He also belonged to the IOOF and curled in Killarney, driving the 12 mile trip by horse and cutter.

 

In the 1930's they decided to give up the farm, but the owner advised them to take out a Canadian Farm Loan, as he didn't want the property back.  The Loan Board felt that 47 cents a bushel for wheat was a good price, even though it cost 45 cents a bushel to harvest.  Good weather and good crops came again and all payments were met.  Allen continued farming until his death.  Beatrice stayed on for a few years, then moved into Killarney, but helped on the farm in summers.  She grew a large tree garden, and froze and canned all of her own produce.” 

       

                                              Children of JAMES DAGG and BEATRICE BEATTIE are:

                                                            i)      WILMER5 DAGG, b. 1925; m. ARLINE PERCIVAL, 1957; b. Portage.

Wilmerstarted mink ranching at the age of 16, and carried on for 6 years, then joined the Manitoba Hydro.  Wilmer and Arline lived in Reston.  \

                                                           ii)      RUSSELL DAGG, b. 1928.

                                           Russell took over the family farm in 1964, and farmed it as a mixed cattle and grain farm.

                                                          iii)      DOROTHY DAGG, b. 1929, Killarney, Manitoba; m. JOHN EDWARDS; b. Killarney, Manitoba.

 

                                     4)      LAURENCE DAGG, b. 1899; d. 1975.  *  He served in WWII

                                    5)      VIOLA DAGG, b. 1902; m. JACK FRANCK.

                                     6)      DORA4 DAGG (JAMES ALBERT3, JOHN2, JAMES1) was born 1904.  She married PERCY WILLIAMS 1930.  They lived in Baldur.

       

                                              Children of DORA DAGG and PERCY WILLIAMS are:

                                                            i)      SHIRLEY5 WILLIAMS, m. DON MCKENZIE.

                                                           ii)      HAROLD WILLIAMS.

 

                                     7)      ALFRED DAGG, b. 1907, Killarney, Manitoba; d. 1977, Killarney, Manitoba.

                      Alfred farmed on or near the old homestead his whole life, until he retired and moved into the town of Killarney.

 

8)       LESLIE FRANCIS4 DAGG (JAMES ALBERT3, JOHN2, JAMES1) was born 1910 in Killarney, Manitoba, and died 1971 in Killarney, Manitoba.  He married RUBY WILLIAMS March 07, 1933.  She was born in Baldur.

 

Les worked for several farmers over the years, and in 1939, Les and Ed joined the army.  He and Ruby moved to Brandon in 1940, and he commuted to the base at Shilo every day.  Les left the army in 1945, and was employed at the Cecil Hotel in Brandon until his death.  Ruby remained on at the family home. 

       

                                              Children of LESLIE DAGG and RUBY WILLIAMS are:

                                                            i)      FRANCES 'SYLVIA'5 DAGG, b. 1937, Killarney, Manitoba; m. KEN YOUNG.

                                                           ii)      MARION' LORRAINE' DAGG, b. 1944, Brandon; m. DALE MITCHELL.

 

              B)      RICHARD LESTER 'DICK'3 DAGG (JOHN2, JAMES1) was born Abt. 1861 in Biddulph, Ontario, and died 1931 in Killarney, Manitoba.  He married MARGARET MOXLEY Abt. 1893, daughter of RICHARD MOXLEY and MARGARET MOXLEY.  She was born 1877 in Ottawa, Ont., and died 1966.  Margaret came to Brandon with her family in 1884, then to Killarney in the spring of 1885 by covered wagon. 

 

“Richard, who had become a schoolteacher in Biddulph,  came to Manitoba to join his brothers James and Frank, who had come to Manitoba to homestead.  They sent for brother Dick to come west, as they said, "The gold was laying on the Prairie", meaning the wonderful crops of wheat on the virgin soil.  He homesteaded about eleven miles south of Killarney and farmed until he could claim his land, then sold it to his brother.  

 

Dick and Margaret moved into Killarney, bought the first public schoolhouse that had been built, and moved it from the original site to Park Avenue, where they lived for many years.  Harry Smith, a carpenter, (who later married Ivory Dagg ) converted it into a home.  It was eventually torn down so that a street could be built. 

 

Dick started an ice business by cutting ice in Killarney Lake and selling it to merchants and private homes.  The ice was packed in sawdust, and stored in sheds to be used in ice boxes which served as refrigerators.  The ice blocks, three to four feet deep, would keep all summer.  Dick often hired six men to keep up with his orders.  In the summer, he took any job that was available.

 

Dick and Margaret had many hardships.  In the sixth year of their marriage they lost their home and all it's contents, but saved their three children.  Dick helped build the first steam plant in Killarney, and he was among the men who were put on guard after the "Strangler" was jailed in Killarney in 1927.  Even in the hardest times, the parents had a homemade gift for each child's Christmas stocking.  Come rain or shine, Richard Dagg's family attended the Anglican Church and Sunday school.  They moved into Killarney in 1907 and did teaming and kept cows.  Son Goldie was milking cows and delivering milk around town by the time he was seven.”

       

                        Children of RICHARD DAGG and MARGARET MOXLEY are:

                                     1)      PEARL4 DAGG.

                                     2)      IVORY DAGG.

                                     3)      LILLIAN DAGG.

                                     4)      RUBY DAGG.

                                     5)      GOLDIE4 DAGG (RICHARD LESTER 'DICK'3, JOHN2, JAMES1) was born 1904 in Killarney, Manitoba.  He married CATHERINE DERKSEN.  She was born in Winkler.

 

They moved into Killarney in 1907 and did teaming and kept cows.  Son Goldie was milking cowsand delivering milk around town by the time he was seven.   He was good at baseball and hockey, playing as a senior when he was just sixteen.  He worked on farms in summer.  Goldie took a course on Dairying and became a cream grader, finally setting up his own creamery.  Goldie and Catherine lived for many years in Birch River, then retired to Winnipeg, and wintered in Arizona.

       

                                              Children of GOLDIE DAGG and CATHERINE DERKSEN are:

                                                            i)      RICHARD5 DAGG.

                                           Richard flies supply planes to the north, and lives in Winnipeg with his wife and four children

                                                           ii)      PATRICIA DAGG, m. ALF TETLOCK.  They farm at Birch River.

                                                          iii)      MARYANN DAGG, m. TED PLAYFORD.  They live at Cranberry Portage.

 

                                     6)      VIOLET DAGG, m. MR. WAY.  Violet lived in Killarney.

                                     7)      VONA DAGG.

                                     8)      MONA DAGG, m. JACK LAIRD.  Mona and Jack live in Calgary

                                     9)      GOWAN DAGG.

                                   10)      DULCIE DAGG, m. ABE BUECHERT  (also sp. BUERCHURT)  They lived in Calgary.

                                  11)      OPAL DAGG.

 

              C)      WILLIAM DAGG, b. Abt. 1864.

              D)      ELIZABETH JANE DAGG, b. Abt. 1866.

              E)      REBECCA ANN DAGG, b. Abt. 1867.

              F)      FRANCIS HENRY3 DAGG (JOHN2, JAMES1) was born Abt. 1868.  He married ELIZABETH HALLADAY in 1898. 

 

Frank followed his brother James to  Killarney in about 1888, arriving with a carload of tools and supplies from the east.  He lived with James until he took up land and built a house on NE 6-2-17.

       

                        Children of FRANCIS DAGG and ELIZABETH HALLADAY are:

                                     1)      CECIL4 DAGG (FRANCIS HENRY3, JOHN2, JAMES1)  He married ALMA DAGG.  They lived in Langley, B.C.

       

                                              Child of CECIL DAGG and ALMA DAGG is:

                                                            i)      WINONA5 DAGG, m. JACK MORGAN.  They live in Langley, B.C.

 

                                     2)      MAURICE4 DAGG (FRANCIS HENRY3, JOHN2, JAMES1)  He married PHYLLIS DAGG. 

       

                                              Children of MAURICE DAGG and PHYLLIS DAGG are:

                                                            i)        ELAINE5 DAGG, m. ART LAMB.

                                                           ii)        STANLEY DAGG, m. LORRAINE DAGG.

                                            Stanley farms the original farm, and lives on 7-2-17.  They have three daughters and one son..[i]

 

                                     3)      IRENE DAGG.

                                     4)      ERNIE DAGG, m. DOROTHY DAGG.  They had two daughters, and one son.

 

             vii.      GEORGE WALTER DAGG, b. about 1871, Biddulph, Ontario m. ANNIE YOUNG, Abt. 1910.

George arrived in Killarney a few years after his brothers, and settled on SE 31-1-17.  George and Annie had a family of two boys and one girl.  Annie was living in Cypress River before her marriage.

 

            viii.      Harriet Ellen Dagg, b. March 23, 1874, Biddulph, Ontario.  She married Ernest Robert Poole on January 31, 1900, in Ontario  She died December 31, 1940, in Edmonton, Alberta.

 

                        Child of Harriet Ellen DAGG and Ernest Poole is:

                                    1)       Alfred Edmund Poole.  He was born on July 19, 1901 in London, Ontario

 

[The information on the family of Harriet Ellen Dagg was contributed by Mary ‘Ellen’ Poole of Vancouver, BC.]

Harriet (Ettie), Ernest and son, Alfred (Alf), moved to Edmonton, Alberta about 1914 where Ernest, a carpenter, became a partner in the firm of Crisp, Poole & Morton (builders). When Crisp, Poole & Morton sold property the partners retained title to the mineral rights (perfectly legal at the time) which proved to be financially beneficial to the families many years later when oil was discovered on one of the properties. Well traveled, the family also maintained a summer cottage at Alberta Beach.  They joined St. Faith’s Anglican Church, where Ettie became a staunch member of the W.A. and The Evening Group.  She was also active in the Amnity Chapter, O.E.S. 

 

Ernest bought and sold real estate, and in 1916 formed E.R. Poole & Son.  In 1931, he bought a hotel in Cabri, Saskatchewan, a booming prairie town (until the Depression years the district supported nine grain elevators) and lived there until the hotel was sold in 1933 when they moved to Carrot River, Saskatchewan (Alf remained in Cabri to continue manage the Cabri Hotel and play bridge with ‘The Flat Footed Eight’).

 

In 1935, Ernest and Ettie moved to Vancouver, B.C. where he continued to sell real estate. Ernest  had chronic asthma and they thought that the change of climate would improve his health. But Ernest died March 29, 1937 and Ettie returned to Edmonton, where she lived with her son and daughter-in-law, helping to care for her granddaughter, until her death from kidney failure on December 31, 1940. Her funeral was well attended and her remains were buried in Beechmount Cemetery.

 

Well educated, Alfred taught school in Wildwood, Alberta before he decided to go fur trapping in the ‘north’ (Athabasca, Trout Lake, Wabasca, Lesser Slave Lake) during 1924/5 to earn enough money to attend Chicago University, Chicago, Illinois, USA, where he studied at the School of Osteopathy (he was lauded for having the highest entry credits of any student in their history – undoubtedly due to a different Canadian marking system). Unfortunately, an illness interrupted his studies and he was obliged to return to Edmonton. He later was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes and was among the first in Canada to take insulin treatment.  In February, 1935, Alfred married Ida Anzla Purcell (b. April 20, 1914) of Cabri, and in August their daughter Mary Ellen Poole was born, to be followed in 1942 by a son, Stuart Purcell Poole. Alfred (then a Boarding-car Inspector on the C.N.R.) died of heart failure April 8, 1953 at the age of 51.

 

      ix.      JOHN ALFRED3 DAGG (JOHN2, JAMES1) was born Abt. 1876 in Biddulph, Ontario.  He married EDITH MABEL SYLVESTER.  They lived in Toronto.  * [Information on the family of John Alfred Dagg was provided by Suzanne Dagg Mammel, of Hamilton.]

 

                        Children of JOHN DAGG and EDITH SYLVESTER are:

                                     1)      ROY4 DAGG.

                                     2)      BESSIE DAGG.

                                     3)      JOHN ALFRED DAGG.

                                     4)      KENNETH DAGG.

                                     5)      STANLEY DAGG.

                                     6)      FRANCIS HENRY DAGG, b. August 04, 1912, Toronto, Ontario

                                     7)      GEORGE DAGG.

                                     8)      HAROLD DAGG.

 

 

 

 

 

Jann Callaghan Cullen                                                                                                                                                    

Updated as of June 2004