Benjamin married MCKENZIE, Margaret est 1810 in Etobicoke, York, Ontario, Canada. Margaret was born about 1787 in Scotland; died about 02 Oct 1862 in Etobicoke, York, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Barbara Harvey

Barbara married HARVEY, Robert est 1831 in Ontario, Canada. Robert was born est 1810; died est 1875 in Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Nancy Lever

Nancy married LEVER, Roger on 30 Nov 1846 in Weston, Ontario, Canada. Roger (son of LEVER, James and WIGAN, Mary) was born on 04 Jan 1818 in Atlantic ocean, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 03 Sep 1893 in Flesherton, Grey, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Hannah Margaret Holley

Notes:

Birth:
Her baptism in 1856 according to Curtis Boyle, gives her birthdate. Although on the 1901 census, it gives 16 July 1838, age 62.

Died:
HOLLEY, Hannah Margaret, f, Mar. 31, 1917, 79 years 8 months, Canada, cause ? broncho pneumonia,14 months heart weakness, interment at Artemesia, father ? Mr. Harvey, infm ? Ed Holley of Meaford. Artemesia Tp. (Grey Co) 013610-17

Hannah married HOLLEY, John on 27 Sep 1859 in Grey Co., Ontario, Canada. John (son of HOLLEY, Adam and CHEAVIN, Sarah) was born on 24 Nov 1834 in Albion Twp., Peel, Ontario, Canada; died on 31 Aug 1917 in Vandeleur, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

died age 13, family tradition from several sources.

Died:
HOLLEY, Violeta, f, Aug. 25, 1873, 13 years, Canada, cause ? worms, infm ? John Holley, father, farmer of Lot 17, Conc. 10 Artemesia Tp. (Grey Co) 032156-73

Notes:

From his son?s (Elmer Howard) family history:

(my father) was by trade a stonemason, brick mason, plasterer, farmer, and a butcher. He could turn his hand to most any kind of work. He was a good husband and a very kind parent. He was well known, especially for his very efficient work as a stonemason. There are many, many stonewalls still standing that were build by WJ and his gang many long years ago. (I would refer you to the history of Vandeleur, l857-l957 written by the Boland family, and is attached to this manuscript.)

The record of his son Elmer?s marriage in 1916 also lists him as a Stonemason. From web site of Curtis Boyle, Jan 2011.

Birth:
1901 census. had 1861 before.

William married BOWLES, Margaret Ann on 19 Mar 1883 in Flesherton, Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of BOWLES, Samuel and MORRISON, Annie) was born on 15 Sep 1866 in Ontario, Canada; died in 1957. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lived in Vandeleur, ON, Canada as of 1917. On their marriage record, he is recorded as being 29, and a farmer, from Artemisia, which puts his birth year closer to 1866. Witnesses were Peter E. Holley (his brother) & Mary R. Speer (presume her sister).

In the 1901 census, he is next door to his brother William J. in Grey County, Artemesia Sub-district, along with his wife and adopted daughter Edna C.

Birth Date has also been listed as 22 Sept. 1864.

From his nephew?s (Elmer Howard) family history:

He was a farmer, his wife?s name being Jenny Speers. I always admired Uncle Jake. As a boy I spent a good part of my time in their home, as they had no children. He was such a happy fellow always laughing and telling jokes. He was a wonderful provider, a good farmer, and was beyond a doubt the slowest moving person I ever knew. He was also the greatest bargain hunter, and a wonderful fellow, and I loved him. From web site of Curtis Boyle, Jan 2011.

living at Vandeleur.

Birth:
1901 census. 1911 Census gives 1863, Dutch origins.

Jacob married SPEER, Jane "Jenny" on 12 Jun 1895 in Grey, Ontario, Canada. Jane (daughter of SPEER, William) was born on 26 Nov 1868 in Grey, Ontario, Canada; died on 20 Feb 1944 in Markdale, Grey, Ontario, Canada; was buried est 25 Feb 1944 in Markdale Cemetery Chapel, Markdale, Grey, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
or died 14 Jun 1893

Notes:

From his nephew?s (Elmer Howard) family history:

He was no different. He never married, seemed to be sort of a retiring nature and kept to himself. He made a living here and there, and was always well dressed and smart looking. From web site of Curtis Boyle, Jan. 2011.

Birth:
1901 census.

Buried:
Buried at Lot ID G-W13- 64-. From Curtis Boyle web site, Jan., 2011.

Notes:

moved West to Vancouver and then to the Kamloops area.

homesteaded 3 places : Rose Hill, Ducks, Heffley Creek.

Died:
Moved west around 1900 to Kamloops area. Homseteaded in 3 places: Rose Hill, Ducks, Heffley Creek. Have picture of him with horses that says he lived in Vinsulla, an unincorporated town just north of Heffley Creek.

Death date confirmed by BC Vital Statistics record.

From his nephew?s (Elmer Howard) family history:

He was also a bachelor, but not so shy or retiring as was Samuel. He left his native Ontario in 1900 and has made his home, as you may know, in and around Kamloops. He was a great little man. Although he never was very big, it took a mighty good man to keep near him at a days work, He farmed or ranched most of his life. I believe that he proved up three homesteads (that is what he told me and I have no reason to doubt his word), one homestead on Rose Hill, one at Ducks, and one at Heffley Creek. When he had work to do, he did it well and quickly. When he wanted to rest, he turned his stock (two horses) out to pasture, and went away for a month or so on holiday. When he was hungry he took plenty time to cook, eat, and wash the dishes. When he was sick he made a brew of bark, herbs, Oregon grapes etc. and cured himself. I saw him in the fall of ?59, and he was as spry as a young colt. I get letters from him regularly. He writes and reads without the aid of glasses. He enjoys his meals as he always has, but does not eat meat the past year or so. From web site of Curtis Boyle, Jan. 2011.

Notes:

living at Meaford in 1917

Lived in the househould next to his parents, with 4 of his brothers and 1 sister, in 1901 census.

Lived in Toronto at the time of his death. His sister Ida (Croft) was at his bedside in Toronto for a few days before he died, and was with him when he died. Sam, Harvey and Everett went to the funeral as well.

From his nephew?s (Elmer Howard) family history:

Peter was a stonemason, who worked with my father. He was an easygoing sort of fellow, a great planner, a good father, and was always kind to me when I was a boy. He used to often see that I had a little silver to jingle in my pocket. He always appeared happy and could see the funny side of life. He loved a joke whether it was on him or the other fellow. He married Vina Neeley, raised six children: Herb, Fred, Myrtle, Olive, Jean, and Margaret. He lived in Toronto in later years where he carried on as a building contractor until he died, comparatively young ?56 I believe. From web site of Curtis Boyle, Jan., 2011.

Birth:
1901 census.

Died:
From web site of Curtis Boyle, Jan. 2011.

Buried:
From web site of Curtis Boyle, Jan. 2011.

Peter married NEELY, Lavina on 04 Nov 1903 in Grey, Ontario, Canada. Lavina was born on 01 Dec 1877 in Rocklyn, Ontario, Canada; died in 1957 in Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The December 30, 1897 Flesherton Advance newspaper reported that he had just return home from working in nearby Bolton, ON. From web site of Curtis Boyle, Jan 2011.

Markdale paper of 12 Jul 1906, p8, "Mrs Isaac Holley & dau Edna left for the west last Tue."

no mention of Isaac in his dads obit of 1917

He returned to Vandeleur for a visit in July of 1919.

Isaac never seemed to stay in one place for long. After his 2nd wife left him, he took his youngest daughter and moved to Heffley Creek, BC in 1924, leaving his oldest daughter by herself in Lintlaw. His brother George lived at the next small town over (Vinsulla). They moved back to Saskatchewan in 1926. He was a United (Protestant) church member.

Strangley, Isaac is not mentioned in his dad?s obituary of 1917. The Markdale paper for July 12, 1906, on page 8 mentions ?Mrs. Isaac Holley and daughter Edna left for the west last Tuesday? (July 3rd or 10th, depending on when the article was written).

In the 1906 Saskatchewan census, he is listed as 29 years old (which would be off by half a year), and the census was done literally within weeks of their leaving Ontario (July 27,1906). Also, the census lists Charley (his brother Charles) as a brother living with them, age 21 or 27 (27 would be correct), and he is single at the time. At the time, they were living with George Sewell and his family (A.E. Surwell, Charles Surwell and Wilbert R. Surwell...ages 84,24,22 and 20 respectively). Other Sewells lived on the next household over as well, and they were originally from Grey County,ON, the same county as the Holley?s, and probably knew each other.After Louisa died, Isaac met with her sister Carrie (also recently widowed) and married her in Winnipeg, to help raise the kids. They split up in 1924, with her moving back to Detroit.From Violetta?s recollection in 1988: Around 1912, they moved to Invermay, where Isaac ran a livery barn for about a year. After he married Carrie in 1912, they moved to White Sand River Bank (Silver Lake) around 1914. Schools mentioned were Nebern and Dunrobin (sp?) school 4-5 miles from Tuffnell. This is just off of highway 16, southwest of Lintlaw,SK. After Carrie left in 1924, Isaac and Etta moved to Heffley Creek, BC (near Isaac?s brother George), while Edna stayed behind in Saskatchewan (I believe with the Boyles). From the Lintlaw History book (from the George Sewell section:)

?My Dad [Charlie Sewell] freighted for the surveyors in the early days. He brought supplies for them from Wadena, Margo, Sheho. He used to tell us of some of his trips. Once he said he and a neighbor named Holley, who had homesteaded with them, went for load each. They had two teams of oxen. They got one team stuck in a slough and Ike Holley had to walk out on the wagon tongue and hold the oxens nose out of the water until Dad got the other team hooked on and pulled them out.

One night my Dad was called to drive to Wadena fifty miles away to get a doctor with horses for Ike Holly?s wife who was going to give birth to a baby. They got back in time to save the baby girl but too late for Mrs. Holley. The girl, I believe still lives in Saskatchewan someplace.? This is referring to Louisa and Violetta.

In 1926, Isaac and Etta moved back to Lintlaw and stayed with Thomas Boyle and his new wife, Isaac?s eldest daughter, Edna.

Ike went to visit Flesherton in early June, 1948, according to the Flesherton newspaper.

From his nephew?s (Elmer Howard) family history:

Isaac was a good matured harem-scarem sort of fellow. He married and went west when I was a boy of 10 or 11, so I knew little of him personally. He had three wives (all legitimate), and was the father of two girls. He died a year or so ago in 1958 I think, aged around 86. He made his home for many years in and around Lintlaw, Saskatchewan. From the web site of Curtis Boyle, Jan., 2011.

Name:
marriage record for middle name.

Birth:
birth record.

Died:
from web site of Curtis Boyle, Jan 2011, (http://boylephotos.lcurtisboyle.com/).

Buried:
from web site of Curtis Boyle, Jan 2011, (http://boylephotos.lcurtisboyle.com/).

Isaac married FOOTE, Louise Victoria on 20 Feb 1903 in Toronto Twp., Peel, Ontario, Canada. Louise was born in 1886 in England; died on 15 Apr 1910 in Lintlaw, Saskatchewan, Canada; was buried est 18 Apr 1910 in on Farm near, Lintlaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isaac married FOOTE, Louisa Victoria on 04 May 1912 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and was divorced est 1920 in Canada. Louisa was born est 1890 in Ontario, Canada; died est 1960. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isaac married PALMER, Mabel M. about 1929 in Canada. Mabel was born on 29 Jan 1876 in Ontario, Canada; died in 1962 in Lintlaw, Saskatchewan, Canada; was buried in 1962 in Lintlaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Living with brothers and sisters, in the household next to their parents, in 1901 census. He is listed as the head of the household at the time, even though in the middle of them in age.

He lived near Lucky Lake Saskatchewan for awhile before moving to BC (verified by the book ?Don?t Shoot From the Saddle? by Dr. Donald Alexander Holley).

The Flesherton Advance for Jan. 12, 1911 has a notice to the public from Robert about his having just bought out a Mr. F.J. Weber?s general store business at Kimberley, ON. It also mentions that he had just moved to Kimberley on Jan. 11.

The Flesherton Advance for Jan. 3, 1923 has Robert and two daughters (Edith and Freda) coming to visit Sam Croft and his wife on New Years, and that they were living at Theo, SK at the time.

Family officially moved to BC (near Vinsulla, initially) in 1937.

Death date from Flesherton Advance, March 31, 1943. Dr. Holley?s book says he suffered from a stroke on March 21, but survived, never recovering consciousness, for about a week. Dr. Holley found Robert lying in the snow near the woodlot on their property.

From his nephew?s (Elmer Howard) family history:

Robert Arthur was a hard working, good-natured, big, honest, handsome fellow who was also a mason, brick or stone. He farmed as a young man in partners with Chas on the old home in Ontario. He married Kate Neeley, sister to the wife of brother Peter Edward. Rob operated a general store in Kimberly, Ont. for a while; also a livery barn in Meaford Ont. Later he moved to Saskatchewan where he carried on farming. Then he moved to B.C. in the early ?30s. He passed away in the hospital at Quesnell in 1942,I think. Raised a family of seven: Ella, Harvey, Arthur, Edith, Wilmot, Freda, and Alex, all living in B.C. (except Freda). From web site of Curtis Boyle, Jan., 2011.

Died:
BC Death Index # 1943-09-620728. Had a stroke while working at the woodlot on their farm, and died a week later.

Robert married NEELY, Catherine "Kate" in 1907. Catherine was born in 1879 in Rocklyn, Ontario, Canada; died on 14 May 1958 in Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

lived at Vandeleur in 1917

Still lived with his parents in 1911. In 1901, lived next door with 5 of his brothers and sisters.

Lived in Lucky Lake, SK as of Feb., 1921.

From his nephew?s (Elmer Howard) family history:

Charlie Herbert, the youngest of the boys. Chas, being but a few years older than myself (born the year 1879, which makes him 11 years before I), was always younger in spirit, and looks upon life as one big picnic. We have been in each other?s company so much over all the years that I have always looked upon him as more of a brother than an Uncle. We have gone on holidays together, played crib, played horseshoes, gone to parties (suffered the same gin headache), helped each other in our work, and through all the years never had a misunderstanding. Chas, is by heart a farmer, and took over the control of the old farm when quite young. As a young fellow he took up music and still draws a musical bow lover the strings of his Violin. He married in 1913 to Mae Winterburn, a country belle whose family lived in Markdale. They have one daughter, Eva, who is by profession a trained nurse (also a musician of ?note?). Chas sold the old home, and moved to Saskatchewan in 1918 where he farmed until 1936. He sold out and moved out to B.C. When Chas was farming he had to have the best of everything, such as horses, cows, pigs, poultry, etc. He figured that it cost no more to feed a pure bred animal than it did one of inferior breed, and the financial returns were much better. His reasoning must have been right, as he was always a success. I never saw his Saskatchewan farm, but have been told that it was a perfect spread and the envy of the neighbours. From web site of Curtis Boyle, Jan., 2011.

Birth:
1901 census. 1911 Census confirms, & is living with parents.

Charles married WINTERBURN, Mae Florence on 25 Jun 1913 in Mount Pleasant, Ontario, Canada. Mae (daughter of WINTERBURN, J.M.) was born on 13 Jul 1886 in Chatsworth, Ontario, Canada; died on 03 Apr 1973 in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Ida Mary Matilda "Edna" Croft

Notes:

Ida was not born yet at the time of the 1881 census. Lived with 5 of her brothers in the household next to her parents in 1901 census.

The Flesherton Advance newspaper Sep. 22, 1926 mentions that ?Mr. Sam Holley of Parry Sound is visiting at present with his sister, Mrs. Sam Croft.?

Feb. 13, 1908 Flesherton Advance mentions that her mother came to visit her in Toronto because she was ill.

Flesherton Advance Dec. 20, 1944 has her obituary:

?Word was received on Tuesday morning of the death of Mrs. Samuel Croft, in Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Toronto, early Tuesday morning. Prior to being moved to this hospital, she had been in the General Hospital for about a year, suffering from arthritis.

The late Mrs. Croft, formerly Edna Holley, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Holley was born on July 10, 1882 in Artemesia Township. She was united in marriage to Jos. Samuel Croft, who now survives her passing together with two sons, Pte. Harvey Croft of Camp Borden and Everett Croft of Flesherton. The late Mrs. Croft is also survived by four brothers: Charles, George, Issac and Samuel Holley. In religion she was Presbyterian. The late Mrs. Croft?s remains were brought from Toronto to Flesherton where the funeral will be held.

From his nephew?s (Elmer Howard) family history:

It must have been quite an adventure for a girl to be the only one in a family of nine boys, but such was the case with my Auntie Edna. First we must give you her full name, by which she was christened: Miss Ida Mary Matilda Edna Holley. She was the youngest of the family. Edna was a rather pretty girl of fairly slight build. She had beautiful large blue eyes, exceptionally long hair, a marvellous disposition and always a beautiful smile. Edna lived at home until her marriage, and was the mother of two boys. When quite a young person she was stricken with arthritis, she suffered quite badly for many years, finally passing away about 60 years of age. I had not seen her in many years and knew very little of her life and family. From web site of Curtis Boyle, Jan., 2011.

Birth:
1901 census, Artemesia. 1911 Census confirms. living with husband Samuel Croft.

Died:
from Ancestry.com submission of Richard Thomas (2003)

Ida married CROFT, Joseph Samuel 'Sam' on 08 Mar 1911 in Markdale, Grey, Ontario, Canada. Joseph was born in Sep 1886 in Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]