KIMBALL, KEEPER OF THE
BELL
Prepared by: Etta
Haywood-Faulkner
May, 2003
Fifteenth Generation
15TH GENERATION INDEX:
61. ISABEL HALLETT
62. ETHEL LOIS LONDON
63. HAZEN GEORGE LONDON
64. LESTER JAMES LONDON
65. INEZ MAE LONDON
66. VIOLET LILLIAN LONDON
67. MABEL GENEVA LONDON
68. RAYMOND FRANKLIN LONDON
69. EARL LLOYD KIMBALL 1948 LONDON
HELEN AUDREY LONDON
70. GUY "CLIFTON" LONDON
71. THELMA FERN KIMBALL
72. MERRITT 1779 KIMBALL
73. DONALD #1 KIMBALL
74. CLARENCE HUBERT 1848 KIMBALL
75. GUY #2 AMOS KIMBALL
76. EDITH DELLA SAUNDERS
77. DONALD SUTHERLAND McKELLAR Sr
78. WALTER GRAY
61. Isabel[15] Hallett (Elverson, 35).
She married Frederick Rideout. Children:
i. Katheryn[16] Rideout.
ii. Eleanor Rideout.
79 iii. Phyllis Rideout.
iv. Weldon Rideout.
62. Ethel Lois[15] LONDON.
Born, 5 Apr 1900, in Armond New Brunswick.
Died, 3 Dec 1974, in Woodstock New Brunswick.
Occupation: homemaker.
Individual flags: diabet, heart.
Ethel, Lois, & Elva LONDON
Clifford McWaid drove from Williamstown to Lower Brighton in a
single wagon and horse to ask for Ethel's hand in marriage. On the way
home Bill Grant was coming down a hill with a team of horses and a double
wagon, singing to the top of his lungs and he ran into Clifford. Was
Clifford ever mad!
Ethel Lois LONDON was married 3 March at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Fraser London of Lower Brighton, to Clifford Howels McWaid of Centreville,
by Rev. E. A. Trites. The bride, a popular young lady, was prettily gowned
in white silk.
Ethel and Clifford lived on their farm in Williamstown, until
retirement, when she and her husband moved to Centreville. There Ethel
cared for elderly people in her home. Ethel was a diabetic, had angina
heart and thyroid disease.
She married Clifford Howels McWaid, 3 Mar 1920, in LrBrighton New
Brunswick.
Born, 8 April 1888, in Williamstown New Brunswick.
Died, 1969. Occupation: farmer.
In the Woodstock Library, in Ketchem book, page 66, "Thomas McWaid"
is mentioned.
JACKSONVILLE - Early_ Settlers_ (The_ Observer _31 May 1985)
Early in April, 1833, the TRACEYS moved into their new home on the
shore of the lake. When they got to the lake, they decided the ice was not
safe for the horses so they unhooked it from the sled and while the older
boys pushed the sled up the lake on the ice, SAMUEL TRACY led the horse
around by the shore to their new home. Mrs. TRACY'S maiden name was JONES,
a sister of Mrs. Benjamin BURTT, one of the pioneers of JACKSONTOWN. They
had a large family of 7 boys and 6 girls. Of the boys, the oldest was
drowned in the St. John River.
The others were: Samuel, John, Jeremiah, Daniel, Charles & Sherman.
The third settler to come was Matthew CORBETT on 6 April 1835. He
settled on a grant of 400 acres, now composing the farms of John M.
GILLIS, Thomas COLERIDGE and Harold VANDINE. Mr. CORBETT formerly lived in
Fredericton. He built his log house where John Gillis now lives. Of his
family, Florence married William PAGE. William ran a small store in the
village where he married Elizabeth HAY (note: second wife?).
HOWLES married Margaret GOOD of Jacksontown; Margaret married Thomas
LINDSAY and lived on the farm where her grandson Howard now resides; Mary
Jane married John SMITH; Elizabeth married Kevin CHURCHILL and lived in
the village where CHURCHILL owned the mill property at that time; Isabella
married Frank GOOD of Jacksontown and Sarah married Thomas THOMPSON of
Sheffield, Sunbury County.
The next settlers to arrive were Thomas McWAID and Robert SMITH of
the Smith family. John married Mary Jane CORBETT, Ann married Robinson
LONGSTAFF: then married Isaac WILLIAMS of Long Settlement, later moving
to Lakeville on the farm where their grandson Henry William now lives;
Mary married Colin KING.
Social gatherings in those days consisted of barn raisings, piling
frolics and dances on the barn floor. Food was so scarce in some years
that during the summer months they would be obliged to dig up the potato
seed they had planted in the spring and eat them.
Another story goes how Samuel TRACY Jr., as a young man, used to
work for "Prince" PAYSON of Jacksontown and that on Saturday night he
would put a three bushel sack of potatoes on his shoulder and carry it
from Payson's to his home, a distance of about 8 miles through the woods.
The frame of the first sawmill, built by Richard KATCHEM, in 1839,
stood over 100 years. The mud sills for the foundation were of flattened
hemlock. The carrying timbers for the machinery were of pine, squared
with the broadaxe. The first mud sill was pulled in place by James McLEARY
with a yoke of oxen.
Children:
i. Allen Clifford[16] McWaid.
Born, 2 Apr 1921, in Williamstown New Brunswick.
Died, 19 Nov 2000, in Bath New Brunswick[28].
Burial: 21 Nov 2000, in Williamstown New Brunswick.
Occupation: farmer.
He married Cedelia "Isabel" " Hovey.
Individual flags: army, heart.
Allen worked very hard for his father.
In Oct. 1942 he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in Moncton. He
received his basic training in Toronto. They slept in cattle/bull
pens at the Toronto Exhibition Bldg. until barracks were built, being
on the job 8 hours per day.
To Yarmouth (except to Brandon, Manitoba two months
2.C.A.U.) & to Scoudouc, New Brunswick -
(outside Moncton) - the worst place
On D-DAY Allen was in Brandon. On VE-DAY he was in Scoudouc
c1945-46 Allen and Isabel lived in Clarence Kimball's
house, Connell Road.
Purchased homestead from his father.
spring 1946 - farming - no car; drove tractor to town
and to visit friends and relatives
1947 - C.P.R. Grain Elevator, Saint John 2-3 months in winter
c1947-53 - worked for Coburn Patterson as mechanic
1953-56 - welder at Mactaquac - nights - for three
years; had $3,000 and paid all bills and some money
left over to invest in farming
1956-63 - McAuley's Transfer, Centreville - mechanic
1963 - home to farm
1989 - Allen still has 60+ head cattle but no swine
80 ii. Howard George McWaid.
81 iii. Margaret Pearl McWaid-Wilson.
82 iv. Alma Nettie McWaid.
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63. Hazen George[15] LONDON.
Born, 22 Mar 1903, in Armond New Brunswick.
Died, 16 Oct 1971, in Capac MI.
Occupation: farmer.
Individual flags: heart.
Hazen George LONDON
Hazen and Minnie LONDON
LONDON brothers: Clifton Lester Earl Hazen Raymond
In 1920's Hazen went to Cobalt, Ontario during the nickel mining
rush. He was a prosperous farmer in Capac, Michigan. For many years
Minnie had heard stories about Skeddaddle Ridge, so in the summer of 1971
Hazen took Minnie back to Skeddaddle Ridge for a picnic and to remember
old times. This is a back-woods place in Carleton County, New Brunswick
where men and their families "skeddaddled" from their homes in United
States to avoid serving in the army in the American Civil War c1865.
He married Minnie Laura Robinson, 26 Mar 1932.
Born, 8 Jan 1910.
Died, Jun 1981, in Capac MI.
Individual flags: heart.
Died of heart attack
Children:
83 i. Rowena Gaile[16] LONDON.
84 ii. George Richard LONDON.
85 iii. Willard James LONDON.
86 iv. Laura Mae LONDON.
87 v. Lois Jean LONDON.
88 vi. Alice Rose LONDON.
89 vii. Ruth Iva LONDON.
64. Lester James[15] LONDON.
Born, 9 Mar 1905, in Armond New Brunswick.
Died, 14 Jan 1971, in MI. Burial in MI.
Occupation: railway.
Individual flags: heart.
Lester and niece Etta Haywood
Before 1951 Lester made his home with his brother, Hazen, in Capac,
Michigan. He worked on the Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad until
retirement in 1967 due to poor health. He suffered from arthritis and had
a heart attack in 1967.
Lester
He married, first, Ella Slipp HAYWOOD,
daughter of William #535 "Will" John and Lula Angie SOMERS,
7 Mar 1928, in Hartland New Brunswick.
Born 12 Dec 1913, in Victoria New Brunswick.
Died, 20 Apr 1929, in Victoria New Brunswick.
Burial: Apr 1929, in Victoria New Brunswick.
1928: Violet Don Lester Ella
Lester and wife Ella (nee HAYWOOD) LONDON 1928
Ella was very pretty; had those dark, dark brown eyes and looked
like her brother, Roy. Ella was named after Ella Slipp of Presque Isle,
Maine, a minister.
Ella was talented in doing fancy handwork such as crocheting and
embroidery.
Rex recalls that the night before Ella died she had made a
potato scallop for supper and she was OK. In the night she took chills,
went into convulsions.
They wrapped her in blankets but she died the next day.
Children:
i. 671[16] LONDON.
Born, 20 Apr 1929, in Victoria New Brunswick.
Died, 20 Apr 1929, in Victoria New Brunswick.
Burial: Apr 1929, in Victoria New Brunswick.
He married, second, Violet #1 PHILLIPS[17]. Divorce, after 1938.
Born, 1909. Died, 1977.
Married (1) Lester London divorced her.
She later married (2) Goodwin (3) Downey. See page 59 of "The Story of
Knowlesville" for picture of Violet and her family.
Lester LONDON married Violet Phillips
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65. Inez Mae[15] LONDON.
Born, 3 Mar 1908, in Armond New Brunswick.
Died, 30 Jun 1994, in Clawson MI.
Occupation: practical nurse.
Inez went to Royal Oak in 1926 and met Steve there. Inez worked in
restaurant and in a senior nursing home.
Dec. 1994 Doris: "Mom had fallen out of bed at the nursing home,
gashed her head open and broke her hip. She had a pin put in her hip.
Stayed at the hospital 10 days. Was sent back to the nursing home; next
day she went unconscious and 2 days later died, having never recovered
consciousness. Clifton came to Mom's funeral. I haven't seen him since
1942. He met our 3 sons, their wives and the grand kids. He is a super
person. Edward, Ann were there also. We had a nice get together at my
son Randy's house. Randy took care of Mom and made all the funeral
arrangements. He did a wonderful job. Love, Howard and Doris"
She married Steve/Steven/ Stephen #1 Sloan, son of David Sloan and
Emma Hamilton, 16 May 1928.
Born, 5 Aug 1894, in UpMagauadavic, New Brunswick.
Died, 2 Oct 1957, in Royal Oak MI.
Occupation: boiler operator. factory; construction work;
viaduct on streets
Steve SLOAN
1949: Steve and Inez 13 Jul 1949
Steve SLOAN 19 Jan Year ?
Children:
90 i. Harold Lloyd[16] Sloan.
92 iii. Edward Sr Cecil Sloan.
66. Violet Lillian[15] LONDON[29].
Born, 20 Apr 1910, in Armond New Brunswick.
Died, 6 Dec 1986, in Woodstock New Brunswick[30].
Burial: May 1987, in Victoria New Brunswick.
Occupation: Blueprint Machine.
Individual flags: *ANC, lungs, diabet, eyes, kidney, heart.
SEE "LONDON FAMILY TREE" for biography of Violet and Don.
Frazer, Violet "O", Ethel and Clifford McWaid, Elva, Nettie, Lester,
Mabel, Raymond, Hazen holding Helen, Earl LONDON
The LONDON sisters = Inez, Elva, Ethel, Violet, Mabel
Nettie LONDON and family: Hazen Elva, Clifford and Ethel McWaid,
Lester; middle: Mabel, Nettie, Fraser, Violet
front: Earl, Helen, Raymond
c1927: Sisters: Helen, Violet, Inez, & Mabel LONDON
c1927: Violet, Inez, & Mabel LONDON
1935: Mae, Violet & Joan HAYWOOD
c1943 Violet & Don
c1944: Don, Violet & Etta
c1953: Don & Violet
c1974: Violet & Don HAYWOOD
1978: Don & Violet Haywood's 50th Wedding Anniversary
1984: Don & Vi
Violet-8-Helen-Violet-Inez-Mabel
She married Donald Somers HAYWOOD[31], son of William #535 "Will"
John and Lula Angie SOMERS, 7 Mar 1928, in Hartland New Brunswick.
Born, 2 Jun 1911, in Victoria New Brunswick.
Died, 12 May 1991, in Woodstock New Brunswick[21].
Baptism: Aug 1928.
Burial:14 May 1991, in Victoria New Brunswick[32].
Occupation: security guard.
Individual flags:
*ANC, colitis of bowel, heart; prostate cancer; cancerous kidney removed;
parkinson's disease.
1927: Don Somers HAYWOOD age 16
c1927: Don, Mabelle & Steve HAYWOOD
c1927: Don Militia in Petewawa
Don in second row, not wearing a cap.
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c1928: Don Haywood, Clifford McWaid
c1935: Don Haywood & Beulah Scott-Amazine
c1941: Will, Lula, Roy, Don, Rex, Mab, Steve & Mariella
1941: Roy, Don, Rex & Steve
c1944: Don, Violet & Etta
1946: Don & Violet HEYWOOD's GROCERY STORE IN WOODSTOCK
HAYWOOD GROCERY Armond 1954
c1960's: Don HAYWOOD security guard Youngstown Steel in Chicago/Hammond
c1985: Don
Children:
i. Roy Hazen[16] HAYWOOD.
Born, 23 Dec 1928, in Victoria New Brunswick.
Died, 24 Dec 1928, in Victoria New Brunswick.
Burial: 1928, in Victoria New Brunswick.
Premature at 7 months, at Will & Lula Haywood's home.
Don told Etta he remembers the baby had finger nails. He lived one
day only. Don asked Howard Adams (where Save-Easy in Hartland
(1990) but his undertaking place was up the street next to
the river) to make a casket, which was velvet lined. It cost $8.00;
There was a funeral for this child.
93 ii. Etta Marie HAYWOOD-FAULKNER.
iii. Eva Pearl HAYWOOD.
Born, 23 Apr 1932, in Victoria New Brunswick.
Died, 23 Apr 1932, in Victoria New Brunswick.
Burial: 23 Apr 1932, in Victoria New Brunswick.
She was stillborn, premature in Don & Violet's home
on Pucker Street. Eva was buried in a square butter box.
Oscar Haywood & 3 or 4 others went to the cemetery to
bury this child, no funeral.
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67. Mabel Geneva[15] LONDON.
Born, 16 May 1912, in Armond New Brunswick.
Resided, 1992, in Wolfville Nova Scotia[33].
Occupation: school teacher.
Individual flags: eyes.
Mabel the teacher
Mabel LONDON & Curtis GAUL
Mabel LONDON-GAUL & baby Joan
The family moved from Armond to Lower Brighton in 1919. Mabel was
the only one from Lower Brighton in her high school class at Hartland.
A Baptist Minister encouraged Mabel to continue her schooling. She worked
her board at their home in Hartland to get started, then Mabel drove the
horse & sleigh/wagon the remainder of high school. She had a desire to
become a missionary. Her mother wanted her to attend Vocational School in
Woodstock. However, Mabel received a loan & attended Acadia University
in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, graduating with Bachelor of Arts degree in 1934.
She majored in phychology & math.
She taught continuously from 1934 until retirement c1972. Mabel
taught in New Germany, students in all grades from 1 to 12; at .. Corner
had students in every grade, from 52 to 56 children, one year there, all
the grades, all the subjects & she played basketball with them at noon.
In Dalhousie she had all the grades, might have been some grades skipped
at times; 2 years at Dalhousie East; 1 year at ..; & back to Dalhousie
East; 2 years at Dalhousie Rose; then back to Dalhousie East; & back
Dalhousie Rose - 8 years in all.
Curtis Gaul was a student in Mabel's class. They were married by
Rev. Leo Day, P.P., at St. Joseph's Glebe, Bridgewater, N.S., on Saturday
morning 25 June 1938 at ten o'clock, in a single ring ceremony. The bride
wore a ivory crepe gown with coat of navy taffeta, large picture hat of
navy with a shoulder length veil, navy accessories & she wore a
corsage of roses. Attended by Phyllis Gaul, sister of the groom, while
Phyllis' twin brother, Philip, supported the groom.
Mabel Geneva LONDON Grad Acadia
On the evening of their marriage a reception was tendered the happy
couple in the Hall at East Dalhousie. The bridal couple were conducted to a
corner of the hall which had been trimmed by friends of the bride to form
an arch. Here they were presented with a daintily trimmed basket laden
with gifts. Eris & Vivian Wright, former pupils of the bride, made the
presentation.
MGL
Curtis was a student in Engineering at Acadia University at the
time of their marriage. They resided at East Dalhousie.
Nettie, Mabel & Curtis (What are they thinking?)
Curtis worked as a carpenter in the early 1940's & for two or
three summers he worked in Halifax as there was no work available at home.
When Curtis was in the hospital in Kentville (about 18 years), at that
time Mabel taught in Cambridge, about 5 miles away, for 4 years; then she
bought a house in Greenwich where there was a school for the military;
then she taught at New Minas about 12 years, teaching English & math,
& later only math.
They bought a house in New Minas when she started teaching there in
1958, the same year that Joan entered Acadia University.
Mabel earned her Bachelor of Education Degree from Acadia in 1961,
which took her two years of night school, graduating the same year as her
daughter, Joan. Then she earned her Master of Education degree from Acadia
in 1965, which took four years of night school. Her thesis was The
Development of Education in Nova Scotia over a 20 year period c1920-1940.
Teaching Level 6.
Mabel marked matriculaltion papers for the Province of Nova Scotia
from 1959-1965.
The Canadian Teachers Federation sponsored a trip to Kampala, Uganda,
Africa, in 1968 through their Local Teacher's Union, of which Mabel was a
faithful member; she applied & was accepted. Four men & four women
went to Uganda, six of them went to the same place, Kampala, where Mabel
taught math to teachers in Uganda on Lake Victoria. She says she never
gets tired of teaching math. These local teachers in Uganda spoke very
good English, & Mabel did get to meet, on a local level, a few of the
native teachers. The president of their union sponsored the Canadians &
took them touring on the week-end. Uganda on the east coast, is handy to
the equator but on a higher level, mountainous where they were the
temperature was moderate. It rains every day but would dry off quickly.
TRIPS:
197? went to Iceland; 1978 to Cuba & Florida; 1983 to West Indies
& Florida. Been to Venezuela, Colombia, West Indies..
She married Curtis Thaddeus Gaul, son of Thaddeus Gaul, 25 Jun 1938,
in Bridgewater Nova Scotia.
Born, 29 Oct 1908, in Dalhousie Nova Scotia[34].
Died, 20 Feb 1992, in Wolfville Nova Scotia[35].
Occupation: carpenter.
1986: Curtis & Mabel GAUL
Curtis lived & worked in the vicinity of Dalhousie, Kings County,
Nova Scotia for 20 years. In 1928 he emmigrated to the United States where
he made his home with his uncle, Phillip DeAdder, in Boston.
In the fall of 1929 he got a cold which developed into pheumonia,
pluresy & emphysema. He spent the next 5 years in & out of Boston
hospitals.
He returned to Dalhousie & went back to school. His ambition was
to become a doctor. In 1937 he entered Acadia University at Wolfville,
Nova Scotia, where he spent one year, having to give up on account of poor
health.
He was married in 1938; built a home in Dalhousie where he lived for
the next 11 years, during which time he had 3 children: Joan, Connie &
Garry.
In 1949 he entered the Nova Scotia Sanatorium in Kentville where he
spent the next 16.5 years as a tuberculosis patient. Following his
discharge he worked at the 'San' as a librarian for 6.5 years.
In June, 1972, both he & his wife retired. That summer they took
their first major trip together. They spent 2 weeks in Iceland. During the
next 17 years they visited 20 different countries.
In the fall of 1991 Curtis got another bad cold, from which he never
really recovered. In his last 2 years he was in hospital 4 times (8 months
in all).
On 6 June 1991 he returned home - not really well but able to get
around with the help of a walker. On 24 August, while walking in the yard,
he fell & although no bones were broken, he was confined to his bed for
several weeks. Later he was able to use a wheel chair. By February he was
getting noticably weaker. He passed away 8:30am 20 Feb. 1992, very
peacefully, at home, with his wife at his side. She managed to keep him at
home, with the help of relatives, friends & nurses.
Cause of death: Over-worked lung (two-thirds of one lung removed in
the San) & heart, plus weakening effect of cortosone.
He was a much loved father, husband & friend.
Mabel Hazen & Minnie LONDON
Children:
94 i. Joan Geneva[16] Gaul.
ii. Constance Louise Gaul.
Born, 1 Dec 1944, in NewGermany Nova Scotia.
Resided, 1993, in Dartmouth Nova Scotia[36].
Occupation: computer analyst.
Connie, Joan, Garry & Mabel GAUL
Connie received a Bachelor of Science degree at Acadia
University, Wolfville, N. B., in 1965, graduating same year
as her mother; Master in Education, Computer Analyst at
Naval Research
95 iii. Garry Vincent Gaul.
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68. Raymond Franklin[15] LONDON.
Born, 11 Jan 1915, in Armond New Brunswick.
Resided, 2003, in Lower Brighton New Brunswick.
Individual flags: heart.
Occupation: farmer.
Raymond LONDON weds Thurza Webber
Tina & Ray
Raymond graduated in agriculture from Carleton County Vocational
School, Woodstock, in 1933. He is interested in local politics - Tory. He
carried on the family farm until a heart attack in March, 1966, forced
him to give up farming. Then he sold Raleigh products; 1968 had roofing
agency; also was dog control officer for the area.
Thurza was resident at Barss Corner, called Searsdale. She graduated
from Acadia University; taught in Watford, N.S., then Mount Denson, but it
was too damp for her there; then she tutored 2 Levy boys as not enough for
a class; then taught at Woodville, near Kentville; taught at North
Mountain; was supply teacher at Hartland 1967.
He married Thurza Webber, circa 1948.
Born, 14 Dec 1911, in Farmington
Individual flags: heart. [37].
Resided, 1992, in LrBrighton New Brunswick.
Occupation: schoolteacher.
Children:
96 i. Sylvia[16] LONDON.
97 ii. Rayma Marie LONDON.
69. Earl Lloyd Kimball #1948[15] LONDON.
Born, 27 Dec 1916, in Armond New Brunswick.
Resided, 28 Jun 2001, in Hartland New Brunswick.
Individual flags: heart.
Occupation: carpenter.
SEE LONDON FAMILY TREE BOOK FOR PICTURES OF EARL & FAMILY
Earl & Eileen LONDON'S wedding
Earl worked on the family farm until early 1940's. He was to have
been a partner with his brother, Raymond, but that did not work out. When
he left the farm he was given as his share only $500. & a cow.
Earl had polio in the 1940's. Shortly before polio was diagnosed,
Earl was swimming the St. John River from Lower Brighton to Farnham's in
Victoria Corner. He became desperately tired, & would walk on the river
bottom, going up for air, & struggled to reach the other side. It
seemed so easy to let go.
Shortly after the war he & his brother Clifton bought a farm at
Jacksonville-Waterville. Later Earl bought a property a bit south of
Waterville. He worked as carpenter.
1940's Eileen worked in Boyer's glove factory. Earl & Eileen
drove mail route in 1950's from Waterville to Woodstock. In 1960's Eileen
worked at McCain Foods, Florenceville.
One winter he went to St. Lucia, West Indies where he worked with
his brother-in-law, Dean Farnham constructing schools. Eileen & Janice
visited him there.
Earl enjoys visiting family & friends. He usually goes to Florida
in the winter to visit his sister, Elva. He is very involved in the
Wesleyan church affairs. He enjoys swimming in his niece's pool, as do his
brothers, Clifton & Raymond, & sister Mabel.
He married Eileen Georgia Farnham, daughter of George Farnham and
Myrtle Russell.
Born, 3 Oct 1920, in Victoria New Brunswick.
Resided, 1993, in Hartland New Brunswick.
Occupation: factory worker.
Children:
98 i. Verna "Carol"[16] LONDON.
99 ii. Marilyn Ruth LONDON.
100 iii. Janice Eileen LONDON.
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70. Guy "Clifton"[15] LONDON.
Born, 14 Nov 1921, in LrBrighton New Brunswick.
Resided, 6 Mar 2001, in UpWoodstock New Brunswick.
Died .. July 2002.
Occupation: teacher clergy.
Individual flags: lungs, diabet, army, heart.
Clifton LONDON & Mrs. Biddiscombe; Dec. 1944 England
Clifton, Edris & John LONDON 1946
Clifton & John LONDON
When a small child, Rev. Ernest Trites came to call at the London
home, & Clifton's mother asked him to play a record for the minister
on the gramaphone. Clifton put on "The Preacher & the Bear", & when
his mother heard that she came running to apologize to the minister. Rev.
Trites had a great laugh & said,
"That's okay, I'm enjoying it!"
Clifton is a dedicated Christian, works long & hard in his pastoral
duties, is compassionate & caring.
c1940 Clifton graduated from Hartland High School, then Normal School,
Fredericton. He taught about a year at Newburg.
c1941 Clifton joined the Canadian Air Force during World War II, went
overseas as a wireless radio operator.
1945 On returning home from the war in 1945 he farmed
c195? then became a clergyman in the Pentecostal Denomination.
c1967 He lived in Woodstock, then moved to Murray River, PEI c1967 -
church duties, some teaching
1968 Clifton attended summer school at Charlottetown, PEI, studying
new math & new methods of reading to upgrade his teaching licence;
attended Queen Elizabeth, Charlottetown, PIE
1978 lived in Summerside, PEI
1980-81 taking courses in Pastoral Care;
1981 June 29 from PEI moved to Upper Woodstock, New Brunswick RR#1
1988 September he & Edris went to the Church Campgrounds in
Debert, Nova Scotia where they are caretakers.
HEALTH
Clifton injured his back while overseas in the air force WW2.
c1987 surgern on a disk in his back
HEART: has had a heart condition several years;
early 1988 had angioplasty in Halifax & again the same surgery
in the fall. He also had
EMPHESEMA/LUNGS - he calls it 'farmer's disease' as often associated
withfertilizer & pesticide)
DIABETES - onset later in life
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He married Sarah "Edris" Farnham, daughter of George Farnham and
Myrtle Russell.
Born, 31 Oct 1922, in Victoria New Brunswick.
Resided, 5 Mar 2001, in UpWoodstock New Brunswick[38].
Occupation: schoolteacher.
Individual flags: heart.
Edris taught school while Clifton was overseas. She is a very interesting
person. Had angina attack on their 50th Wedding Anniversary, Dec. 1991.
Children:
101 i. John Arthur[16] LONDON.
ii. baby LONDON. Born, after 1946. Died, before 1948.
Baby had an open spine; only lived a short time
iii. Donna LONDON. Born, after 1946. Resided, 6 Mar 2001[39].
Donna adopted. In year 2001 she is still in touch
with her birth parents & siblings.
She married Glen Sharp
102 iv. David Darrell Clifton LONDON.
103 v. James #3 "Paul" LONDON.
104 vi. Daniel George LONDON.
vii. Stephen Dwight LONDON.
Born, 25 Sep 1955, in Woodstock New Brunswick.
Resided, 1981, in Calgary ALTA[40].
He married, first, Donna Young.
He married, second, Darlene Linda MacLeod.
Stephen also has his right leg amputated as a result of a
car accident at Murray River, PEI. Is a city employee in
Calgary.
105 viii. Rebecca Lynn LONDON.
ix. Andrew Russell LONDON.
Born, 25 Dec 1966, in Woodstock New Brunswick.
Resided, 1994, in Woodstock New Brunswick.
71. Thelma Fern[15] KIMBALL (William #2 C., 38).
Born, 5 May 1915.
Resided, 1984, in Quesnell BC[41].
Thelma KIMBALL
Thelma KIMBALL-OGDEN c1985
Thelma visited Etta July, 1984. Her son Ivan & Ruby are buying
her house & Thelma's new address: Shady Acres Trailer Court, Quesnell,
B.C. V2J 3Z4. When Harry died Thelma had two small children to care for
at home & she did not work out. She likes tape recording & is
writing a history of her church, Evangelical Free Church, Quesnell, B.C.
She married Harry #1 Ogden, 9 Sep 1936.
Died, 25 Sep 1964.
Harry lost a hand in an accident at Avondale before going west.
He died in boating accident - overcome by cold water or had a stroke.
Children:
i. Floyd[16] Ogden.
Born, 17 Apr 1937, in Avondale New Brunswick.
Died, 17 Apr 1941. drowned on 4th birthday
ii. Gerald William Ogden.
Born, 31 Aug 1938, in Bannon New Brunswick.
Resided, 1984, in Prince George, BC.
Occupation: radio operator.
Gerald not married as of 1984;
radio operator at Prince
George Airport; musical, photography, recording
106 iii. Stanley Victor Ogden.
107 iv. Fred Morris Ogden.
108 v. Ivan Ogden.
109 vi. Shirley Ogden.
110 vii. Linda Ogden.
111 viii. Allan Ogden.
112 ix. Judy Ogden.
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72. Merritt #1779 [15] KIMBALL (William #2 C., 38).
Born, 12 Apr 1919. Died, circa
1993, in New Brunswick[23].
Individual flags: lungs, army.
From The Observer of April 20, 1944,
" ARMAND - Pte. Merritt Kimball of Camp Borden, Ont., was calling on
friends in this place one day last week. COLDSTREAM - Miss Shirley Smith,
Hartland, spent several days with her aunt, Mrs. Edmund Estabrooks.
RIVERBANK - Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Banks of Fort Fairfield,
Miss Gertrude Boyer & L. G. Boyer, East Florenceville were Sunday
guests of Mr.& Mrs. F. B. Banks."
June 1993 Merritt has been in hospital 3 months, emphysema.
Merritt plays a merry jig on the violin, also plays guitar.
He & Jennie care for foster children, in addition to their own. 1984
- Jennie is in very poor health.
He married Jennie Elizabeth Davis.
Born, 12 Feb 1930, in Waterville New Brunswick.
Died, 20 Mar 1990, in Saint John New Brunswick[42].
Burial: 22 Mar 1990, in Hartland
New Brunswick[43].
Funeral service for Jennie Elizabeth (Davis) Kimball was held at
Brittons Funeral Home of Hartland on 22 Mar. 1990.
She passed away at Saint John Regional Hospital 20 Mar 1990 after a
lengthy illness.
Pastors Alfred Cabral & Robert McNutt of Peoples Church,
Somerville, conducted the service. Pastor Cabral expressed sympathy to the
family & gave the eulogy after which Lorna Peterson sang a solo
"Sheltered in The Arms of God". Pastor Robert McNutt read the scripture
& prayed. Carl & Donna Peterson
sang a duet "The Lights of Home".
Jennie is survived by her husband Merritt & son Billy of
Somerville; daughter Ann & husband Doug Henderson of Debec & son
Donald of Fredericton; foster-son Kenneth Foster & wife Maria of
Hartland. As well, she had 3 grandchildren, Cheryl & Andrew of Debec &
Ricky of Stickney & a foster granddaughter Erika of Hartland. She is
also survived by her parents Bert & Mary Davis of Waterville &
4 brothers, Lloyd, Charles, Donald, wives & families
of Waterville & Ivan & family of Woodstock.
Pallbearers were Dalton Ellis, Wayne Davis, Brian Stiles & Sherman
Stiles. Interment was at the Greenwood Vault with burial at a later date.
Children:
i. William[16] KIMBALL.
Resided, 1998, in Somerville New Brunswick.
Was to London-Kimball picnic Aug 1998 and Etta was
able to chat with him. He lives in his father's house.
He remembers Burkett Letson helping him when Bill was
making a cart when he was a child.
ii. Donald #2 KIMBALL.
Resided, 1984, in Sackville New Brunswick.
Occupation: wildlife.technic.
Quote newspaper Jan/84:
"SOMERVILLE MAN RETURNS FROM AUSTRALIA
Don Kimball woke up early every morning in Australia. The
parrots feeding on fruit in nearby trees would fight & yell,
& he said it was almost impossible to sleep through the din.
For many people having their sleep disturbed by parrots would be
a nuisance, but for Kimball, a dedicated bird watcher &
wildlife technician, it was a fascinating experience.
"This trip to Australia was like a dream come true for
me," he said. "I had always wanted to travel to Australia
because the country has some of the most interesting types of
birds in the world."
Don Kimball grew up in Somerville, & works as a wildlife
technician for the Canadian Wildlife Service in Sackville. The
bird watcher left for Australia on Oct. 12, & didn't stop
living his dream until he returned on Dec. 17.
What is so different about the Australian birds? Kimball
explained that most of the species have nothing in common with
ours.
"Australia & Cananda share very few birds," Kimball said.
"The house sparrow, starling, & common pigeon were all
imported into Australia, & they are the only species the two
countries have in common."
Kimball explained that most of Australia's birds are
tropical, & more brightly coloured than their Canadian
counterparts. But the birds in Australia also vary greatly,
because of the huge differences in climate in the "land down
under".
"There is such a variety of bird life because of the huge
differences in habitat in Australia. A short drive through
the country can take you from a tropical region, a rain
forest, arid land, & the sea coast all in one day," he said.
One of the most interesting birds could not fly, Kimball said.
"The emu, the second largest non-flying bird in the
world, was one of the most interesting ones," he said. "The
bird is common inland in the arid regions, but there are tame
ones in the parks. The emus that frequent the parks can also be
real nuisances. They are known for snatching ice cream cones
from children, & can deliver a kick that would make a mule
look pale by comparison."
Kimball saw 150 different species of birds, but the
varieties of parrots were the most colourful & common.
"The Rainbow Lorikeet, a colourful parrot, would feed by
the hundreds in fruit trees in the suburbs," he said. "Another
common bird, the silver crest cockatoo, would cost $500 each in
Canada. They are shot as pests by the Australian farmers."
Another interesting flying creature in Australia didn't
have any feathers.
"I was fascinated by the fruit bat, or flying fox, common
in Australia," he said. "The mammal is about the size of a
house-cat, but has a four foot wingspan. They live entirely on
fruit, & roost by the hundreds in trees, screaming &
fighting. They can be heard for miles."
But bird watching in Australia has its hazards too. There
are about six types of poisonous snakes in Australia, &
Kimball had to wear gaiters to protect his legs.
Does the young birdwatcher have any final recollections
of Australia?
"Well, since Australia is "down under", during wintertime
all the birds fly north to a warmer climate," Kimball remarked."
18 Jan/84 Observer: "The other day we were pleased to
receive a beautiful card from Donald Kimball, youngest son of
Mr. & Mrs. Merritt Kimball of Somerville where Donald was
brought up. Donald, incidentally, is one of the FINEST ARTISTS
OF BIRD PORTRAYAL that we know & would be a real asset to
any firm that could use such an exceptinal ability. The card
was written in Queensland, Australia, & mailed in New
Zealand, so Donny is really getting around during his winter
holidays. Good luck Donald & a safe flight home!"
June 1993 Etta gave KIMBALL GENEALOGY, Part 1 & 2 +
pictures to Donald via Clifton London.
iii. Ann KIMBALL.
Resided, 1993, in Debec New Brunswick.
73. Donald #1[15] KIMBALL (Guy #1, 39).
Born, 18 Jul 1912.
Resided, 1981, in Owego New York[44].
Etta met Donald and Ann 29 Oct. 1981.
"The Unusual Story of Donald Kimball:
The following story appeared in a recent issue of a New York State
newspaper, & concerns Donald Kimball, son of the late Guy Kimball &
Mrs. Maude Kimball who now resides in Carleton Manor, Woodstock:
Strange things were happening to Donald Kimball & his family on their
farm in Brooktondale.
First, a hail storm destroyed twenty acres of healthy potato plants.
The next year their barn burned to the ground with 8000 bushels of
potatoes stored inside. The following summer the house was destroyed by
fire.
"I couldn't understand it", he said. "I worked hard & tried to
be a good man. And we had nothing left. No money, no possessions, no
home."
But the Kimball family had each other, so they counted their
blessings & moved to Ithica where Mr. Kimball went to work for Morse
Chain.
Again, just when things seemed to be going well, Donald Kimball got
sick.
For 47 days he was near death. Finally, doctors at Packer Hospital, Sayre,
Pennsylvlania told him he had six months to live. A little longer, perhaps
if he agreed to neurosurgery in Boston.
The surgeon who operated on Kimball was the doctor who attended
President Kennedy when he was shot. The man was a competent physician,
tops in his field. But he didn't believe there was a God. And he didn't
think Donald Kimball had much chance to recover.
But when he heard his patient, while under the anesthetic, thanking
God for successful surgery, the doctor had second thoughts. On both
counts.
"I want the kind of faith you have, Donald," he said. "Pray with me
that I can find this faith & be able to help my patients even more."
On that day, Mr. Kimball said, he realized his suffering &
losses had a
purpose. And the trip to Boston. Now he could really understand suffering
& sympathize with people who were sick & discouraged.
"I decided then to plant seeds. Not just potato seeds this time,
but seeds of kindness. And I knew for sure I was called to this
ministry...visiting the sick."
So Donald Kimball had business cards printed with the words,
"A Friend In Time of Need." And for the past sixteen years he's given out
32,000 of them to patients in Tompkins County Hospital & Lakeside
Nursing Home. He visits every room in both institutions & after he
stops to chat a minute with patients, they know they're loved.
"Showing love is the important thing," he said. "So many people
think they have to do the big things in life, but a smile or a kind word
or a handshake are all it takes to let someone know you care about them."
Like a doctor or clergyman, Mr. Kimball is on call every day. Often
his phone rings after midnight. He dresses, kisses his wife goodbye,
& goes to sit with a worried patient or comfort a concerned family.
He said some of the patients he will never forget. There was the
woman who had many visitors & a room full of flowers, but was so
unhappy she couldn't get well. And the aged couple from out of town, sick,
alone, & frightened because they hadn't any friends in Ithica. That
is, until Donald Kimball got there.
Best remembered, though was the atheistic professor who didn't want
prayers or visits, but who asked Mr. Kimball to stay in the hospital &
think of him while he was in surgery. Later, after his recovery, he said,
"You are right, Mr. Kimball. There's something more to life than I
thought."
That "something more" is what motivates Donald Kimball to go out in
all kinds of weather, at his own expense to tell lonely, frightened people
that someone cares.
"And not just me. I tell them God loves them, too. You'd be surprised
the number of people who do not know that."
Mr. Kimball is a native of Carleton County, & is a brother of
Willard Kimball of Victoria, New Brunswick."
He married Alice Barnes, 10 Nov 1934, in Houlton Maine.
Born, 20 Nov 1908, in Fort Fairfield, Maine.
Resided, 1981, in Owego New York.
Children:
113 i. Gloria Dawn[16] Kimball.
ii. Dana Lee KIMBALL.
Born, 18 Apr 1943, in Ithica New York.
Resided, 1981, in Baltimore MD[45].
74. Clarence Hubert #1848 [15] KIMBALL (Lynn Hubert, 41).
Born, 7 Oct 1921.
Died 2002.
Baptism: 1 Jun 1941, in Hartland New Brunswick[47].
Occupation: farmer/bus drive.
Check Clarence's birth date 1921? He and Ruby live on a small farm
on Connell Road. Clarence always has a ready smile & Ruby is a very
efficient homemaker. Clarence has had quite severe back problems.
Clarence KIMBALL Etta HAYWOOD Joan GAUL year 1945
Amos FREEMAN m Zella FOX
Zella & Amos FREEMAN
He married Ruby Ruth McElhinney,
daughter of John "Flavell" McElhinney and Hazel Parsons- McElhinney,
13 Nov 1944.
Born, 22 Jun 1926.
Resided, 1989, in Woodstock New Brunswick[48].
Clarence KIMBALL & Ruby
Sarah, ___, Reid McNally
Ruby, Clarence Kimball & family
Ruby & Clarence KIMBALL 1966
Children:
i. Murray Lynn[16] Kimball.
Born, 18 Apr 1945.
Died, 21 Oct 1949.
Murray KIMBALL & grandmother Annie KIMBALL
114 ii. Lloyd George #3 Kimball.
iii. Joyce Marie KIMBALL.
Born, 7 Jul 1947.
Resided, 1989, in Woodstock New Brunswick[49].
Occupation: school bus drive.
115 iv. Donald Hubert 1856 KIMBALL.
116 v. Darrell Douglas KIMBALL Individual #1857.
117 vi. Wanda Ruth Kimball.
118 vii. Audrey Elaine KIMBALL.
viii. Keith William Kimball.
Born, 1 Jan 1960, in Woodstock New Brunswick.
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75. Guy #2 Amos[15] KIMBALL (Lynn Hubert, 41).
Born, 26 Jun 1926, in Armond New Brunswick.
Resided, 1989, in Woodstock New Brunswick[50].
Occupation: New Brunswick Dept.PublicWo.
Individual #1849
He married Mary Etta Belyea, daughter of Lester Belyea and Mary
Nellie Danks.
Born, 21 Jul 1930.
Resided, 1989, in Woodstock New Brunswick[46].
Mary's parents were from Birmingham, England. They lived in
Waterville, Psh. Wakefield, Car Co when Mary was a child & her mother
was a good friend of Lily & Oscar Haywood of Victoria Corner.
119 i. Gary Lynn[16] KIMBALL.
ii. Dianne Mary Kimball.
Born, 7 Jan 1951.
120 iii. Robert Guy #4 KIMBALL.
121 iv. Annette Marie Kimball.
v. Brenda Jean Kimball.
Born, 3 May 1953.
She married Keith Lawson Blaney,
son of Alden Blaney, 28 Aug 1975 (?).
122 vi. Janet Louise KIMBALL.
vii. Nancy Lea KIMBALL.
Born, 19 May 1958.
viii. Richard Eugene 1891 KIMBALL.
Born, 23 Apr 1962.
Residence in Woodstock New Brunswick.
Occupation: farmer.
76. Edith Della[15] Saunders.
Born, 4 Dec 1909, in Wakefield New Brunswick.
Died, 9 Apr 1991, in Wakefield New Brunswick.
Burial in Woodstock New Brunswick[51].
Len & Edith, Will & Lula Haywood
OBITUARY
Died at her home on April 9, 1991, Edith D. Haywood, age 81, of
Wakefield, Carleton County; survived by her husband, Leonard R. Haywood of
Wakefield, two daughters, Alice Ploom of Wakefield & Joan Morgan of
Wakefield, one son, Hazen Haywood of Burlington, Ont., one sister, Mrs.
Jason (Annie) Miller of Woodstock, two brothers, Russell Saunders of South
Newbridge & William Saunders of Edmonton, Alberta, 13 grandchildren,
great-grandchildren, nieces & nephews.
Resting at the Scott Funeral Home, 815 Upper Main St., Woodstock
with visiting on Friday from 2-4 & 7-9pm. Funeral service will be held
on Saturday at 2pm from the Scott Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Dale MacDonald,
officiating, assisted by Rev. Brian Murray of Woodstock Wesleyan Church.
Entombment in the Woodstock Lions Community Vault with interment in the
Woodstock Rural Cemetery at a later date.
She was an active member of the Wesleyan Church for many years. She
lived with her daughter, Joan for her last three & one-half years.
Her nephew-in-law, Rev. Bruce Bridgeo of Sussex, was special singer
of the old & beautiful hymns "Amazing Grace" & "The Old Rugged
Cross". Pallbearers were all relatives, Owen Leighton; nephews (brothers)
Robert & Timothy Haywood; nephews (brothers) Lorne & Floyd
Saunders; nephew Steve Haywood.
She married Leonard "Len" Ray HAYWOOD, son of William#1 "Mark#2"
HAYWOOD and Jane May HAYWARD-HAYWOOD, Jul 1926.
Born, 26 Oct 1897, in Victoria New Brunswick.
Died, 30 Aug 1992, in Woodstock New Brunswick.
Baptism: 16 Apr 1933, in Victoria New Brunswick[52].
Burial: 1992, in Woodstock New Brunswick[51].
Occupation: labourer.
Individual flags: lungs, army.
MILITARY: Canadian Army WWI, 4th Canadian Regiment Rank:
No. HAYWOOD Leonard Ray - Canadian Army WW1, 4th Canadian Regiment
Nov. 1988, Len's granddaughter, Jean Mae Ploom-Haywood wrote the
following article for The Observer based on an interview with her
grandfather. She changed the sequence of her grandfather being gassed for
the story.
"W.W.I...A VET REMEMBERS
The old man sat in a garden, a warm shawl tucked tenderly around his
shoulders & a soft smile on his weathered face, as he watched his
great-grandchildren playing in the autumn leaves.
Nov. 11th was only a few weeks away, but already memories of the past
were filling his mind with images of another time over seventy years ago,
when life was so very different & precious. It was funny, the man
thought to himself, that he couldn't remember where he kept his glasses,
but the events from that first encounter with death & reality were as
clear in his mind as if they happened yesterday.
It had been the year 1917 (or 1916?) & the Great War in Europe
had been raging for three destructive years. A young man of eighteen stood
on the dock looking out over the harbour. A light breeze ruffled his auburn
hair, & his eyes were aglow with anticipation. He had just joined the
236th Infantry Battalion & would soon be on a ship along with the 177th
Battalion from Ontario to meet an unknown fate.
A convoy of five vessels carried the soldiers across the Atlantic
during the brisk month of March, to deposit them at Liverpool, England,
where the men were delegated to training camps in order to learn the
fundamentals of combat fighting. When a German bomber had dropped a bomb
near the young recruit's camp, he had naively felt exhilarated to be close
to the Great War he had heardso much about for most of his teenage years.
During the next six months of vigorous training at West. Sandling
Training Camp near Folkstone, the young foot soldier realized the mastery
of weapons could be a deciding factor in his own fate. The war was looking
very serious indeed as gas masks were issued & demonstrated, &
machine guns & rifles were taken apart & put back together over
& over again until it could be accomplished with his eyes shut.
It was a full year later, March of 1918, before the youth was ready
to go to the front lines. Two bouts of diphtheria requiring quarantine had,
in his opinion, wasted valuable time. When the new soldier boarded the
cattle boat to cross the English Channel to The Havre, he was carrying
almost one hundred pounds of equipment. On his back was what they had
called a "full pack" holding a mess kit, blanket, overcoat & other
items; on his hip was a haversack holding a shaving kit, sewing kit &
"iron rations" consisting of a can of bully-beef & a big biscuit which
he recalled was so hard it almost broke his teeth. His rifle was in his
hand, across his chest was a bandoleer holding extra shells, &
the regulation single hand grenade was safely tucked away.
The first few days on FRENCH soil were spent idly awaiting orders.
The man had made new friends, & spent the time checking &
rechecking his equipment, cleaning his rifle, & exchanging stories
with the other men.
The aging veteran could still remember the morning the orders came
through for them to join the front lines. They had started out on foot at
dawn, & had marched on all day without any food, until dusk, where they
had fallen thankfully asleep in an old deserted barn for the night. The
next day, they rode on a small railway flat car to meet with & become
part of the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (formerly Calvary, but changed to
Infantry). It was there that the young man had experienced his first
shelling as all around their camp, shells had exploded with a vengence,
scattering fragments in all directions. But it was the next morning when
the front line was approached, that the young infantryman realized war was
not a big adventure, but a reality greater than any of his worst
nightmares. The front line was only five hundred yards or less from the
enemy & the space in between had been called "no man's land".
The orders were to hold the line intact until the "big push"
scheduled to start in August. At night, the Germans had sent up flares
regularly lighting up "no man's land" & eerily reminding the young
Canadians the enemy was waiting for them if this space was approached in
any way. The young man had watched these flares burst above him one night
as he had crouched in his detailed listening post watching the other side.
During the next few hellish months, the regiment had been
transferred to many points along the front line. The names were all still
so familiar to him; HILL 70, a town called LENS which had lain in total
ruin, & especially along CANAL DU NORD, where he had almost lost his
life. He could still hear the whine of the shell as he & his buddy had
thrown themselves to the hard ground. When they had raised their heads, an
un-exploded shell lay partially implanted in the ground. That shell, being
a "dud", had saved their lives & it had been evening before the men,
shaken & subdued from their brush with death, had crawled back to their
comrades. Their comrades had lain in large holes dug the day before by a
special detachment of the army; their intent to keep the infantrymen safe
from sniper bullets flying shell fragments.
The great push to drive the enemy out of FRANCE had started around
the third of August. The town of AMIENS had taken a severe punishment with
bombardments reducing the village to a broken shell. By this time, the
Canadians had a reputation as being where the heavy fighting was, so the
regiment had been sent by boxcar to MOUNT KAMEL as a decoy to draw the
Germans to this area. After a week of sporadic fighting, their plan was
discovered, & at that time the British Infantry had arrived as
re-inforcements, with orders for the 4th Canadian Regiment to return to
AMIENS & the young soldier had run with the others "over the top" of
the line to drive the enemy back where they were able to hold the line.
A feeling of victory was in the air, when, at ARRAS they were able to
go "over the top" there also amid horrific bombardment. They had crawled
out into no man's land with the air full of shells over their heads.
Sadly, the feeling of victory was soon quelched at MONCHY where their
regiment suffered a heavy loss. Fighting from the trenches, the shells that
had exploded around them oozed deadly gas. Many men had lain sleeping to
never awake after inhaling the odorless substance. The best part of the
regiment had been lost, & when the soldier had stumbled helping to
carry out the dead, he had assumed it had been from grief, not realizing
he too had inhaled the deathly gas which was to plague him with illness
for years afterwards.
The Search & Burial detachment had previously dug many graves all
along the front line for the many casualties expected to fall. The man
still felt a shiver when he remembered how readily those graves had been
filled. His regiment alone had started with one thousand men & had
ended up with around ninety men
Upon orders to position themselves in the town of CAMBRAI, they were
billetted in a sunken road. The road had been a German munitions dump where
shells lay in ominous piles. There they had been partly surrounded in a
semi circle by the enemy, a fact expressed at night when the flares lit up
no man's land. It had been in CAMBRAI that a lot more young men had met
their death; the bombardment they had received had exploded many shells
from the ammunition dump causing fiery & awesome explosions along with
more deadly gas. When the fighting had eased off, the man recalled he had
helped carry over one hundred men out of the trenches, across the wooden
boardwalk to lay them in piles like cordwood to be buried later.
When the regiment had marched into BELGIUM, the Germans had gone on
ahead in retreat setting off old mines as they went. The last shell the
soldier could remember exploding was in a little town in BELGIUM where a
shell struck the centre square, causing a woman to lose her leg. It was
some of the many horrible pictures of destruction & maiming that often
flashed through his mind like a kaleidoscope.
The war had been in it's final hours of completion. The treaty was
signed at 11:00 a.m. Nov. 11, 1918, but up until that hour, many men were
sent out into combat to lose their lives for a war that was technically,
if not officially, over. The 4th Canadian Regiment along with other
regiments did not receive word right away that the conflict was over; but
they knew by the eerie stillness descending over the countryside that a
torn & violated Europe was to finally know peace.
For the men, the hell was over, but arrangements could not be made
for the soldiers to return home until spring. Moving further into
BELGIUM, tents were pitched, & the men spent the winter, cold
but in eager anticipation to return home.
When the ships carried the soldiers back to England in the spring,
they were distributed to two camps; some to BRANDSHOT, & others
to WHITLEY.
Len went 'over the top' 8 times, did not get wounded, but was gassed.
He learned to flatten himself to the ground, like a pancake.
A tear glistened in the old man's eye as he remembered how he had
felt sailing into Halifax Harbour; home, at last, with thousands of
people & organizations standing on the shore cheering. The young
soldier had returned a man in every sense of the word; older &
wiser than his mere twenty years of age. For all the terrors he had
been through, he had still felt sad when his regiment had disbanded
& gone their separate ways. Seventy years had passed & he
had never seen them again.
But, he would always remember his comrades in his heart &
prayers; especially those that had so valiantly died. The evening
chill was creeping under the old man's shawl but before he got
feebly up to go inside, he closed his eyes, raised his face to the
dusky sky, laid a gnarled hand over his heart and murmured
"Lest We Forget".
He saw action in FRANCE and BELGIUM, where he remained until the
spring of 1919.
Jean Mae Haywood
"Dedicated to all W.W.1 Veterans"
Len likes to hunt, especially deer; is an enthisiastic story teller
& can relate many interesting happenings & legends, ghost
stories, & pirates, including Capt. Kidd along the St. John
River.
Len plays the mouthorgan & can recite poetry.
1961 Len, Edith & Joan visited their sons in Toronto.
Len & Edith resided in Victoria until the 1960's, when they
and Joan moved to Upper Main Street, Woodstock & in 1988 they
moved into a new addition built onto their daughter Joan & Jack
Morgan's home in Wakefield.
They celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary at Community Hall,
Victoria, July 1976, with a family dinner, followed by 'open house'.
Len told Etta that he had seen Edith while she was still quite young
& decided there & then that he wanted to marry her so would
wait until she grew older, & he did!
Some of the places he mentioned were To The Havre, Ferfay one week,
BarrInn to small train to Mt. St. Eloy, to Lend, Hill 70, to Eris
line 2 weeks,over top 2 times before leaving; on Sharp River; to Mt.
Camel before big push 2 regiments as camoflage to fool enemy,
shifted line and they were left unprotected; Cambrea, war ended St.
Gelain in Belgium; to the day the war ended - celebrated there. Left
Belgium March, 1919; two regiments Amiens, Mons; to Bramshot, England
and then Whitby; one hundred left behind a month; to London twice on
leave; took 13 days to go over due to... 7 days come back - wind blew
hard, ship listing. Halifax to Toronto discharge; belonged 4 C.M.R. -
4th Canadian Mounted Rifle of Toronto; was cavalry but in England
changed to infantry; trenches 2-3 feet deep so had to crouch down as
enemy could look down on them.
OBITUARY:
Service by Rev. Dale MacDonald, assistant pastor of the Woodstock
Wesleyan Church, & by Rev. Brian Murray. A special prayer was
given by his nephew, Rev. Eric Haywood. Two hymns were sung by Rich
Scott, "Good Night & Good Morning" and "Beyond the Sunset",
accompanied by organist Roberta White.
Pallbearers were Robert & Timothy Haywood, Owen Leighton, Eric
Haywood, Walter Ploom & Jack Morgan.
(Thank you to from Joan, Jack, Alice, Leslie and Hazen to Don
Haywood for donation.)
Children:
123 i. Weldon Edward[16] HAYWOOD.
124 ii. Hazen Ray HAYWOOD Sr. (see #124 in next Generation for
bio of Hazen Haywood)
iii. Jean Inez HAYWOOD.
Born, 12 Jun 1933, in Victoria New Brunswick.
Died, 18 Jan 1934, in Victoria New Brunswick.
Burial: Jan 1934, in Victoria New Brunswick.
125 iv. Alice Jean HAYWOOD-Ploom.
See Alice's family in next generation
Aimee Haywood
126 v. Joan Elizabeth HAYWOOD-Morgan.
c2001/2 Eric teaching at Centennial School, Woodstock
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77. Donald Sutherland[15] McKellar Sr.
Born, 26 Sep 1935, in Waterville New Brunswick.
Died 26 July 2002.
Resided, 1994, in Woodstock New Brunswick[53].
Occupation: He was in the Air Force after WW2;postal clerk.
Don likes to bowl (with Paul Faulkner in 1960's). Vicki is a
registered nurse at Carleton Memorial Hospital, Woodstock 1980's.
07/29/2002
McKELLAR, DONALD SUTHERLAND -
Passed away at his home on July 26, 2002. He was 67.
Donald. S. McKellar was born on September 26, 1934 in Waterville,
New Brunswick to the late Donald and Agnes (Kimball) McKellar.
He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Veronica (Vicky),
four children:
Linda MacFarlane (Randy) of Woodstock, New Brunswick,
Donnie (Shelly) of Woodstock, New Brunswick,
Kevin (Lester Wood) of Rothesay, New Brunswick and
Maureen McKellar of Fredericton, New Brunswick;
two sisters, Elizabeth McKellar of Upper Woodstock and Kathleen LaPorte
in Woodstock, New Brunswick and one granddaughter, Maggie MacFarlane.
Resting at the Carleton Funeral Home 337 Lockhart Mill Rd, Jacksonville,
New Brunswick with no visitation by family\rquote s request.
Funeral Service will be held Monday July 29, 2002 at 11:00 am from
the funeral home. Rev. Maynard Rector officiating. Interment will take
place at the Waterville Baptist Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy made
to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Carleton Animal Shelter.
He married Veronica "Vicky" Hadden. Residence in Woodstock
New Brunswick.
Children:
i. Linda Maude[16] McKellar.
Born, 10 Feb 1959 (?), in Woodstock
New Brunswick.
Residence 2003 in Woodstock New Brunswick.
Occupation: R.C.M.Police, then worked Canada Customs
Linda married Randy McFarlane. He works for EFKA in the Industrial
Park, Woodstock.
Child: Margaret "Maggie" Elizabeth McFarlane. born c1998
She goes to kindergarten.
ii. Donald3 Sutherland McKellar Jr.
Born, 12 Feb 1961, in Woodstock New Brunswick.
He works for Tan Paper in Woodstock Industrial Park.
iii. Kevin McKellar.
Born, 19 Jul 1963 (?), in Woodstock New Brunswick.
In 2003 Kevin works for Imperial Oil in Saint John
New Brunswick
iv. Maureen McKellar.
Born, 24 Sep 1965 (?), in Woodstock New Brunswick.
In 1st of June 2003 Maureen expects to work for C.I.B.C.,
Fredericton, New Brunswick
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78. Walter[15] Gray. Born, 3 Feb 1925.
Resided, 1989, in Jacksontown New Brunswick.
He married Betty 1915.
Resided, 1989, in Woodstock New Brunswick[54]
Children:
127 i. Kim[16] Gray.
ii. Robert Gray.
Resided, 2003, in Woodstock New Brunswick.
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