Generation No. 1
1. MARY2
DAGG (GEORGE1)
was born August 10, 1826 in Ireland, and died February 07, 1913 in Shawville,
Pontiac Co, Quebec, Canada. She came to
Canada during the 1830s. She married JOHN
SMYTH April 24, 1849 in Clarendon Twp. Pontiac Co. [Lower Canada] Quebec,
Canada. He was born Abt. 1801, and died
November 28, 1890 in Clarendon Twp. Pontiac Co. Quebec, Canada. MARY DAGG was buried on February 09, 1913,
St Matthews Anglican Church cemetery, Charteris, Quebec, Canada. JOHN was buried on November 30, 1890, St.
Matthews Anglican church cemetery, Charteris, Quebec. JOHN SMYTH’s Occupation:
Weaver / Farmer [census]; Schoolmaster [1849 church records]
JOHN SMYTH was the
enumerator for the 1851 [C1131] census for his area. In the 1851 census he owned 100 acres, 1/2 of Lot 15, Concession
10, Clarendon Twp. He had 3 acres under
cultivation which he seeded to oats and yeilded 30 bushels, the remaining 97
acres uas under wood or wild. He had 1
cow and 1 steer or heifer, they also made 30 pounds of butter. A note on the 1851 census states "The greater number of the people are
complaining that the produce of their land is not fit to maintain and clothe
and school their children since the Royal Bounty has been withheld from this
township. There is no school now in
operation in No. 2 district."
In the 1861 census
[C1305] he had the same 100 acres, 24 1/2 acres under cultivation, 1/2 acres
under orchard or garden, 75 under wood or wild, it had a 200 cash value, 2
acres spring wheat - yield 12 bushels, 4 acres in oats - yield 60 bushels, no
acreage listed but got 10 bushels of peas, 5 bushels of Indian corn, 1 acre of
potatoes - yielding 100 bushels, 1/2 acre turnips - yield 40 bushels, 4 pounds
of hops, 5 tons of hay, bulls or oxen over 3 years - 2, milk cows - 2, steers
or heifers - 1, sheep - 3, swine - 2, total value of livestock - 57, pounds of
butter made - 100, pounds of wool - 8, pounds of maple syrup - 25, yards of
homemade cloth or flannel - 30, pork in barrels of 200 lbs. - 1 ˝. A note at the end of the 1861 farm census,
reel #C1305. "The wheat crop is insufficient in general in this part of
the district. Potatoes are generally good. Hay - better than usual in this part
of the township. This part is well watered."
1871 census, Clarendon
Township, Pontiac Co, Quebec, reel #C10024 - John Smyth had a loom weaving
business. Fixed capital invested - 30,
number of working months in the year - 10, people employed - 2 girls under 16,
average amount of yearly wages - 100, moving power - hand, raw material - wool
and cotton, quantities - 133 pounds, aggregate value - 50, kind of product -
flannel, quantities - 400, aggregate value - 160.
Children of MARY DAGG
and JOHN SMYTH are:
2. i. MARY ANN3 SMITH, b. March
02, 1850, Clarendon Twp. Pontiac Co. [Lower Canada] Quebec, Canada; d. January
05, 1958, Shawville, Quebec, Canada.
ii. MARGARET SMITH, b. June 28, 1852, Clarendon
Twp. Pontiac Co. [Lower Canada] Quebec, Canada; d. July 10, 1949; m. RICHARD
HODGINS. MARGARET was baptised on
August 21, 1852, Clarendon Twp. Pontiac Co. Quebec, Canada. She is buried at St Matthew's Anglican
church cemetery, Charteris, Quebec, Canada
3. iii. ELIZABETH SMITH, b. December 17, 1854,
Clarendon Twp. Pontiac Co. [Lower Canada] Quebec, Canada; d. March 13, 1949.
4. iv. SARAH JANE SMITH, b. June 23, 1857,
Clarendon Twp. Pontiac Co. [Lower Canada] Quebec, Canada; d. June 21, 1928,
North Bay, Ontario, Canada.
5. v. REBECCA SMITH, b. July 29, 1859, Clarendon
Twp. Pontiac Co. [Lower Canada] Quebec, Canada; d. September 19, 1909.
6. vi. ADELAIDE ELLEN SMITH, b. November 01, 1861,
Clarendon Twp. Pontiac Co. Quebec, Canada; d. 1953.
7. vii. THOMAS JOHN SMITH, b. November 15, 1863,
Clarendon Twp. Pontiac Co. Quebec, Canada; d. 1947.
8. viii. MATTHEW GEORGE SMITH, b. January 17, 1868,
Thorne Twp. Pontiac Co. Quebec, Canada; d. July 17, 1954, Fort William,
Ontario, Canada.
Generation No. 2
2. MARY ANN3
SMITH (MARY2 DAGG, GEORGE1) was born
March 02, 1850 in Clarendon Twp. Pontiac Co. [Lower Canada] Quebec, Canada, and
died January 05, 1958 in Shawville, Quebec, Canada. She married JAMES HENRY RILEY.
He was born 1851, and died Abt. 1940.
Occupation: Farmer.
MARY ANN was baptised on March 29, 1850, Clarendon Twp. Pontiac Co.
Quebec, Canada. Mary Ann and James are
both buried at Village Cemetery, Shawville, Quebec, Canada
Mary Ann was born in a
log cabin at Smith's Corners (which was named after her father), east of Yarm
about 2 mi. north of Shawville in 1850.
She takes great pride in the fact that she was baptised in St. Paul's
Anglican Church in Shawville, the year if was dedicated. She was the oldest woman in Canada in 1957
for 3 days before she died.
Children of
MARY ANN SMITH and JAMES RILEY are:
i. MARY GERTRUDE4 RILEY, b. January
20, 1887. She is buried at the Village
cemetery, Shawville, Quebec.
"Shawville
Equity", October 21, 1920: “Miss
Gertrude Riley wishes to inform the ladies of the community that she has rented
part of Mr. Jas. Kennick's house at the corner of King and Centre Street, and
is in a position to do all kinds of sewing, dress-making and mending.”
ii. ADELAIDE FLORENCE RILEY, b. July 22, 1890;
m. WILLIAM JOSEPH DEVINE, October 21, 1903.
iii. THOMAS HENRY HAROLD RILEY, b. May 26, 1892;
d. 1969; m. CHRISTENA DOHERTY; b. 1908; d. December 30, 1985. THOMAS was baptised on July 13, 1893. Thomas and Christina are both buried at
Village cemetery, Shawville, Quebec
3. ELIZABETH3
SMITH (MARY2 DAGG, GEORGE1) was born
December 17, 1854 in Clarendon Twp. Pontiac Co. [Lower Canada] Quebec, Canada,
and died March 13, 1949. She married
ROBERT HAVELIN January 01, 1883. He was
born October 1853. Occupation:
Blacksmith. ELIZABETH was baptised on
August 02, 1855, Clarendon Twp. Pontiac Co. Quebec, Canada Elizabeth and Robert
are both buried at St. George's Anglican Church cemetery, Thorne Centre,
Quebec, Canada,
Children of ELIZABETH
SMITH and ROBERT HAVELIN are:
i. DORA4 HAVELIN, b. July 20, 1886;
m. (1) ANDREW SILAS SUNSTRUM.
ii. MOSES IRVINE HAVELIN, b. December 14, 1887;
m. GEORGINA TIPPINS, September 11, 1912.
iii. MARGARET ADELAIDE HAVELIN, b. March 26,
1890; m. FREDERICK WILLIAM THRUN, June 26, 1907.
iv. ROBERT JOHN WELLINGTON HAVELIN, b. December
27, 1892; m. (1) HAZEL STANLEY, Bef. 1917; m. (2) ANNIE BELLE DAVIDSON, October
30, 1918, Hull, Quebec, Canada.
v. MABEL ANN HAVELIN, b. May 03, 1895; m. HAROLD FORREST COLE, April 17, 1918. MABEL was baptised on January 08, 1896.
vi. BEATRICE ELIZABETH HAVELIN, b. June 28, 1898, Clarendon Twp., Pontiac Co., Quebec, Canada; m. JOHN (JACK) FREDERICK, December 04, 1919, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
4. SARAH JANE3
SMITH (MARY2 DAGG, GEORGE1) was born
June 23, 1857 in Clarendon Twp. Pontiac Co. [Lower Canada] Quebec, Canada, and
died June 21, 1928 in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. She married JAMES COLE May 23, 1882, son of JOHN COLE and MARY
BLACK. He was born January 12, 1858 in
Onslow, Quebec, Canada (Source: David Ireton), and died December 19,
1933 in North Bay, Ontario, Canada (Source: Mildret Cole). Occupation: Farmer in Thorne Twp, Pontiac
Co. Quebec
SARAH JANE SMITH was
baptised on January 10, 1858, Clarendon Twp. Pontiac Co. Quebec, Canada. Sarah and James are both buried at St John's
Anglican church cemetery, North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Children of SARAH
SMITH and JAMES COLE are:
i. JOHN HENRY4 COLE, b. June 18,
1883; d. January 15, 1884 (Source: Mildret Cole). JOHN was baptised on October 21, 1883.
ii. MARY ALICE COLE, b. March 10, 1885 (Source:
Mildret Cole); d. November 17, 1968 (Source: Mildret Cole); m. HARRY RENNICK,
May 09, 1905.
iii. WILLIAM JAMES COLE, b. March 13, 1887; d.
April 22, 1942 (Source: Mildret Cole).
WILLIAM was baptised on July 29, 1888
iv. ROBERT COLE, b. March 02, 1889 (Source:
Mildret Cole); d. March 12, 1979 (Source: Mildret Cole).
v. LINDSAY GEORGE COLE, b. June 20, 1892; m.
ANNIE LANG.
vi. GEORGE WALTER COLE, b. July 31, 1894,
Campbell's Bay, Quebec, Canada (Source: Mildret Cole); d. December 01, 1950,
North Bay, Ontario, Canada (Source: Mildret Cole); m. CLARA FLORENCE MARGARET
MARY COLE, June 14, 1920; b. June 24, 1902, Thornby, Quebec, Canada (Source:
Mildret Cole); d. April 16, 1992, North Bay, Ontario, Canada (Source: Mildret
Cole). CLARA was buried April 20, 1992, Terrace Lawn Cemetery, North Bay,
Ontario, Canada
vii. SARAH MAUDE (SADIE) COLE, b. February 09,
1896 (Source: Mildret Cole); d. October 1978 (Source: Mildret Cole); m. WILLIAM
GEORGE HARRISON, September 26, 1917; b. August 03, 1892, Thornby, Quebec,
Canada; d. April 1976.
viii. ENIE COLE, b. July 19, 1900, Thorne Centre,
Quebec, Canada (Source: Mildret Cole); m. CLARENCE ALBERT MULLIGAN BLACK; b.
March 14, 1893, Thorne Centre, Quebec.
*CLARENCE was baptised as Clarence Albert Mulligan, son of Robert J.
Mulligan and Mary Adelaide Cole. He was raised by his grandparents. Clarence was baptised on August 31, 1897
(Source: David Ireton).
5. REBECCA3
SMITH (MARY2 DAGG, GEORGE1) was born
July 29, 1859 in Clarendon Twp. Pontiac Co. [Lower Canada] Quebec, Canada, and
died September 19, 1909. She married
GEORGE H. ARMITAGE April 30, 1889. He
was born August 14, 1863. REBECCA was
baptised May 23, 1861, Clarendon Twp. Pontiac Co. Quebec. Rebecca and George are both buried at St.
Matthew's Anglican Church cemetery, Charteris, Quebec, Canada
Children of REBECCA
SMITH and GEORGE ARMITAGE are:
i. RICHARD LAWRENCE4 ARMITAGE, b.
May 08, 1892; m. LOUISE BROWN, August 16, 1916, Leslie - Thorne; b. March 15,
1883.
ii. MATTHEW J. ARMITAGE, b. July 14, 1894.
iii. THOMAS HENRY W. ARMITAGE, b. August 20,
1897; m. SUSAN ELLEN LEVINA HARRIS, September 13, 1916.
iv. GEORGE PERCY ARMITAGE, b. December 04, 189.
6. ADELAIDE
ELLEN3 SMITH (MARY2 DAGG, GEORGE1)
was born November 01, 1861 in Clarendon Twp. Pontiac Co. Quebec, Canada, and
died 1953. She married ARCHIBALD
EMMERSON June 15, 1892. He was born May
08, 1865. ADELAIDE was buried on
January 05, 1862, Clarendon Twp. Pontiac Co. Quebec, Canada. She is buried at Wesley Church cemetery,
Yarm, Quebec, Canada
Children of ADELAIDE
SMITH and ARCHIBALD EMMERSON are:
i. ERNEST JOHN4 EMMERSON, b. January
03, 1893; m. PASKA MORRISON, December 07, 1921, Clarendon Twp. Pontiac Co.
Quebec, Canada.
ii. MARY LEVINA EMMERSON, b. September 02, 1895;
d. May 18, 1982 (Source: Gloria Tubman); m. ANDREW GARNET TIPPENS,
October 17, 1917, Clarendon Twp. Pontiac Co. Quebec, Canada; d. November 16,
1974 (Source: Gloria Tubman).
iii. CORNWALLIS ARCHIBALD EMMERSON, b. February
18, 1898.
iv. REBECCA ELIZABETH SOPHIA EMMERSON, b.
October 24, 1902; d. 1998 (Source: Gloria Tubman); m. ALLAN GEORGE GRAY,
December 07, 1921, Clarendon Twp. Pontiac Co. Quebec, Canada; b. July 20, 1895;
d. July 1957 (Source: Gloria Tubman).
7. THOMAS JOHN3
SMITH (MARY2 DAGG, GEORGE1) was born
November 15, 1863 in Clarendon Twp. Pontiac Co. Quebec, Canada, and died
1947. He married (1) HANNA TRUDEAU May
10, 1892. She was born 1871, and died
1922. He married (2) LOTTIE MORRISON
1910 (Source: Gloria Tubman)
THOMAS was baptised on
May 22, 1864, Clarendon Twp. Pontiac Co. Quebec, Canada. Thomas and Hanna are both buried at St
George's Anglican church cemetery, Thorne Centre, Quebec, Canada
Children of THOMAS
SMITH and HANNA TRUDEAU are:
i. LEURENA4 SMITH, m. HALLDON
VILLEMARIE.
ii. WALTER SMITH, b. June 26, 1890; m. ANNIE
BROWN.
iii. MARY SMITH, b. May 25, 1893, in Clarendon
Twp., Pontiac Co., Quebec, Canada; m. FRED WILFRED YOUNG, August 02, 1916. MARY SMITH was baptised June 29, 1895.
iv. ALICE MINERVA SMITH, b. March 20, 1895 in
Clarendon Twp., Pontiac Co., Quebec, Canada; m. GEORGE ERNEST BLACK, March 26,
1924, Bristol, Quebec, Canada; b. Abt. 1896; d. 1952, Falconbridge, Ontario,
Canada. ALICE was baptised on June 29,
1895. GEORGE is buried in Sudbury,
Ontario, Canada
v. FLORENCE SMITH, b. March 06, 1897.
vi. THOMAS JOHN SMITH, b. January 14, 1899; d.
March 06, 1899.
vii. CHARLES THOMAS SMITH, b. May 01, 1900; d.
June 10, 1970; m. SADIE EMILY HAVELIN, 1928; b. June 10, 1906; d. July 27,
1989.
viii. CHAROLETTE SMITH, b. June 03, 1903; d. 1977;
m. JOSEPH BROWN, October 08, 1919, Clarendon Twp. Pontiac Co. Quebec, Canada;
b. February 12, 1887; d. 1979.
CHAROLETTE and her
husband JOSEPH are both buried at St Matthew's Anglican cemetery, Charteris,
Quebec.
Child of THOMAS SMITH
and LOTTIE MORRISON is:
ix. PEARLEY4 SMITH, m. BETTY
METCALFE.
8. MATTHEW
GEORGE3 SMITH (MARY2 DAGG, GEORGE1)
was born January 17, 1868 in Thorne Twp. Pontiac Co. Quebec, Canada, and died
July 17, 1954 in Fort William, Ontario, Canada. He married (1) FANNY HAVLIN May 10, 1892 in Thorne Twp. Pontiac
Co. Quebec, Canada, daughter of WILLIAM HAVELIN and PHOEBE LESLIE. He married (2) ELIZABETH "ENE"
JANE MARTIN March 31, 1897 in Thorne Twp. Pontiac Co. Quebec, daughter of JOSEPH
MARTIN and MARY JANE BLACK. She
was born July 04, 1879 in Martin lake, Quebec, Canada, and died in Fort William, Ontario, Canada.
MATTHEW’s occuption
was listed as a Farmer/Sawmill Owner.
He was baptised on August 23, 1868, Charteris, Quebec, Canada. Matthew was buried on July 20, 1954, Stanley
Hill Cemetery, Fort William, Ontario, Canada.
ELIZABETH "ENE" MARTIN was baptised on July 27, 1879, Martin
Lake, Quebec, Canada. She was buried
September 02, 1958, Stanley Hill cemetery, Fort William, Ontario, Canada. Cause of Death: Heart attack
Children of MATTHEW
SMITH and FANNY HAVLIN are:
i. WILLIAM EDMUND4 SMITH, b. June
05, 1892, Thorne Twp. Pontiac Co. Quebec, Canada; d. February 24, 1975, Thunder
Bay, Ontario, Canada; m. ISABEL JAMES.
WILLIAM was baptised on July 13, 1893, Thorne Twp. Pontiac Co.
Quebec. He is buried at Thunder Bay,
Ontario, Canada
ii. BERTHA MAY SMITH, b. June 10, 1894, Thorne
Twp. Pontiac Co. Quebec; m. WILBURT S. BROWN.
BERTHA was baptised on November 14, 1894, Thorne Twp. Pontiac Co.
Quebec, Canada.
Children of MATTHEW
SMITH and ELIZABETH MARTIN are:
iii. MARY "ORPHA" ELIZABETH4
SMITH, b. March 20, 1898, Thorne Twp. Pontiac Co. Quebec, Canada; d. August 09,
1970, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada; m. (1) JOSEPH CORBETT; d. 1920; m. (2) DREW
LOVERING; d. 1944; m. (3) HJALMAR SANDBERG, 1948; d. 1965. MARY was baptised on July 31, 1898, Thorne
Twp. Pontiac Co. Quebec, Canada. She
was buried on August 12, 1970, Stanley Hill Cemetery, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
iv. (CARRIE) THRESSA OLIVE CAROLINE SMITH, b. February 16, 1900, Onslow Twp, Pontiac Co, Quebec, Canada; d. May 25, 1972, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada; m. ARTHUR EDGAR BARRIE, March 17, 1919, Fort William, Ontario, Canada; b. January 23, 1899, Fort William, Ontario; d. June 04, 1976, Thunder Bay, Ontario. (CARRIE) was buried May 29, 1972, at Stanley Hill Cemetery, Thunder Bay, Ontario. ARTHUR was buried June 07, 1976, at Stanley Hill Cemetery, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
v. JOHN JOSEPH "EARL" SMITH, b.
February 11, 1902, S. Onslow Twp. Pontiac Co. Quebec, Canada; d. Windsor, Ontario,
Canada. JOHN was baptised on March 16,
1902, Quyon, Quebec, Canada
vi. MARTIN GERALD SMITH, b. January 10, 1904, S.
Onslow Twp. Pontiac Co. Quebec, Canada; d. 1977 MARTIN was baptised on June 19,
1904, Quyon, Quebec, Canada. MARTIN is
buried at Stanley Hill cemetery, Thunder Bay, ON Canada.
vii. REGINALD WEBSTER (WEB) SMITH, b. December
15, 1905, S. Onslow Twp. Pontiac Co. Quebec, Canada. REGINALD was baptised on March 25, 1906, Quyon, Quebec.
viii. GEORGE VIVIEN SMITH, b. April 09, 1909, S.
Onslow Twp. Pontiac Co. Quebec, Canada; m. BERNA MCQUEEN, December 27,
1931. GEORGE was baptised May 13, 1909,
Quyon, Quebec.
ix. HILLIARD ANDREW SMITH, b. January 13, 1912,
S. Onslow Twp. Pontiac Co. Quebec, Canada; m. JOYCE V.; b. 1920; d. 1990. HILLIARD was baptised: March 21, 1912,
Quyon, Quebec, Canada. JOYCE is buried
at Stanley Hill Cemetery, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
x. CLIFFTON (KEY) SMITH, b. March 11, 1914,
Slate River, Ontario, Canada; d. 1988 (Source: Headstone, Stanley Hill
cemetery, Thunder Bay, ON Canada.); m.
MARGARET TREWIN. CLIFFTON is buried
at Stanley Hill Cemetery, Thunder Bay,
Ontario, Canada
xi. CLINTON (NIN) SMITH, b. March 11, 1914,
Slate River, Ontario, Canada; m. JANET MCQUEEN.
xii. GLADYS SMITH, b. August 14, 1915, Slate
River, Ontario, Canada; d. June 05, 1987, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada; m. JOHN
CAREN, June 01, 1933, Fort William, Ontario, Canada; b. July 16, 1913; d.
November 22, 1988.
xiii. THELMA ADELAIDE REBECCAH SMITH, b. February
07, 1918, Slate River, Ontario, Canada; d. February 08, 1993, Thunder Bay,
Ontario, Canada; m. OSCAR SIDEEN, September 29, 1942; d. January 21, 1987. Thelma and Oscar are buried in Thunder Bay,
Ontario, Canada
xiv.
WILBERT WALTER (BILL)
SMITH, b. March 01, 1920, Fort William, Ontario, Canada; d. September 07, 2000,
Thunder Bay, Ontario; m. DOROTHY SIMMONDS, December 30, 1944.
xv. IVY HANORA DAPHANE SMITH, b. February 06,
1924, Fort William, Ontario, Canada; m. GERALD CLINTON.
* Anna Turcott has provide an incredible
wealth of Source documentation in her original file (representing an impressive 5 additonal pages and 20 KB of
file size!). Unfortunately, in the the
interests of space, Source notes have not been included in this document. The full version is available for any
interested researcher, by contacting Jann Callaghan Cullen.
Jann Callaghan Cullen Sept.
12, 2000