Grimshaws Ontario

[KarenM]

Death Registration for:

Stillborn Mottart
Male
December 23, 1924
Name of Father:  Samuel Ernest Mottart
Place of birth:  London, England
Name of Mother:  Mary Elizabeth Boswell
Place of Birth:  Erin, Ontario
Name of Informant:  Ernest Mottart, Grand Valley, Ontario
Place of Burial:  St. Alban's Cemetery, Grand Valley

[JK]

Wow Samual Mottart was in Canada too Am sure my Grandmother must have known some of this, if only we had asked the right questions . Still is fun doing it the hard way... with help of course
JK

I am having such a fantastic night on RC, someone else did a parish register look up for me today and with help from the LDS's in one night I have managed to jump back another 100 years and am in a totally new county.

[KarenM]

Hi JK,

Your thread is fun, hope you don't mind us getting carried away with it.

So, Ellen Pearce married Emile Mottart in 1882 in Middlesex.  Ellen and Martha are sisters?

Karen

[KarenM]

Marriage Registration for:

Henry Ebner Mottart
Age:  28
Residence when Married:  Bowling Green
Place of Birth:  London, England
Bachelor
Occupation:  Farmer
Religion:  Methodist
Name of Father:  Emile B. Mottart
Name of Mother:  Ellen Pierce

Mrs. E. Jane Thompson
Age:  38 years
Residence when Married:  Bowling Green
Place of Birth:  Garafraxa
Widow
Religion:  P (must mean protestant ?)
Father:  James Brown
Mother:  Ann Greenway

Witnessess:  Mrs. J.S. Stevenson, Laurel and Mrs. R. Hastello, Bowling Green
Date of Marriage:  November 21, 1913

Registration No. 003408

[KarenM]

If you go to www.ontarioobits.com you will see they have Samuel Ernest Mottart's obituary.  Just follow the instructions and they will forward the original obituary to you within a few days. 

Karen

[KarenM]

Marriage Registration for:

George Boswell
Age:  27 years
Residence when Married:  Orangeville
Place of Birth:  London, England
Farmer
Bachelor
Religion:  Church of England
Father:  Francis George Boswell
Mother:  Rose James (Boswell)

Catherine Jennette Ruth Mottart
Age:  21 years
Residence when married:  Orangeville
Spinster
Church of England
Father:  Emile Bernard Mottart
Mother:  Ellen Pearce (Mottart)

Names of Witness: Walter Marshall David Mottart, RR 1, Walderman and Samuel Ernest Mottart, Orangeville

Place of Marriage:  The Church of the Good Sheppard, Bowling Green
December 25, 1914
Reg. NO. 009461

[JK]

Yes Karen,
Ellen had 8 sisters and 1 brother! They are my favourite family and are now even more intriguing Now I wonder if any of the others are in Canada?
Mind you getting carried away? not at all, you carry on
JK

[KarenM]

If you go to www.canada411.ca there are still Boswell's living in Grand Valley, Ontario. 

Grand Valley is not very big at all and it's small enough that everyone knows each other basically.  It's referred to as "the valley" LOL

Karen

[KarenM]

Looks like, Walter, Samuel and Henry all served in WWI.  Only Henry's are on-line, but Walter and Samuel's regimental numbers are there.

If you go to www.cwgc.org poor Henry did not survive the war and died August 28, 1918.

Karen