FREEMAN William

Notes:

Notes for WILLIAM FREEMAN:
William was a Conductor on the Canadian Pacific Railroad when he died
in 1899.

William Freeman Sr., moved his family from Hemmingford,
Huntingdon County, Quebec to Prescott, Grenville County, Ontario
around 1880. He was a conductor on the CPR railways. Prescott is a
small town located on the St. Lawrence River between Brockville and
Cornwall. It is situated at the head of the rapids and the lowest
point that large ships could safely unload cargo, in the 1800's.
The stage coach followed the river shore between Montreal and
Prescott, which made Prescott a transportation point for embarking
larger lake ships, to Toronto. Prosperity came to Prescott during
the Railroad times. The Prescott-Byway Railway necessitated the
building of large storage yards at the waterfront in Prescott, to
connect the Railway by ferry to the Champlain Railway from
Ogdensburg, New York to Boston, MASS. but gradually, Prescott
became only a intermediate point on this transportation system.

The Grand Trunk Railway pushed west from Montreal, Quebec to
Toronto, Ontario. In 1889 Prescott had electric street lights
although private homes used kerosene lamps until the early 1900's.
In 1899 a water tank was erected and Prescott homes had a water and
sewage system!

William and Fanny were listed on the 1880 census for Prescott,
William was 50 years old and working as a Railway Conductor for CPR.,
Richard was 20 years old and working as a Commercial Traveler.
William Henry was 17 years old and working as a clerk in a store.
Robert George was 15 years old and attending school. Adelaide was
listed as 21 years old and living at home. The Freeman family had a
maid who was Josephine Hornby, 20 years old, born in Ontario,
Anglican of Irish origins.

William Freeman Sr.'s Will dated 1898, he was living on lot
#15, now number 235 Dibble Street, Prescott, on the south side of
the street. He was a Public School Trustee in Prescott. The family
attended St. Paul's Wes. Methodist Church, in Prescott. William
Freeman Sr.'s wife, Fanny McGrath, died in Prescott on the 07
February 1897, from Congestion of the brain for 4 days. She was
buried in Sandy Hill Cemetery, Prescott. William Freeman Sr.
remarried on 09 July 1898, Ella Etta Wilson, Fanny's nurse, at St.
James Methodist Church, St. Catherines Street, Montreal, Quebec.
Ella was born in Messina, New York on 27 June 1865, she was 31
years younger than William Sr.

William Freeman Sr., died 08 October 1899 in Prescott from
gangrene. He was buried with his first wife, Fanny McGrath in Sandy
Hill Cemetery, Prescott. In his Will, which is at the County
Clerks Office in Prescott, he left his entire estate to Ella Etta
(Wilson) Freeman, valued at $2,487.00.

William married MCGRATH Frances (Fanny) about 1859. Frances was born about 1836 in Ireland; died on 07 Feb 1897 in Prescott, Grenville Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married WILSON Etta Ella on 09 Jul 1898 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Etta was born on 27 Jun 1865 in Messina, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1. Adelaide Amelia, born 13 July 1859 in Hemmingford, Huntingdon
Co., Quebec. She was baptized
Wes.Methodist on 22 June 1860 in Hemmingford. Addy, as she was
nicknamed, married James Findley Mundle on 25 May 1881, by license,
in Prescott. James was living and working as a Railway Station Agent
in Ottawa, Ontario. James F. Mundle was born in Prescott and was
the son of Edward Mundle and his wife Mary, of Prescott. The
witnesses at Adelaide's marriage were Mary Cairus of Prescott and
W.H. Scott of Montreal, Quebec, they were married by S.D. Chours.
Addy and Jim moved to Montreal, Quebec where Jim worked in the
Administration of Canadian Pacific Railways. They lived on Grovener
Street in Westmount, Montreal. They had 2 children: 1. May, married
Herbert Swinerton, who worked in administration at Wood Gundy
Company. They had a daughter

Adelaide married MUNDLE James Findley on 25 May 1881 in Prescott, Grenville Co., Ontario. James (son of MUNDLE Edward and (Mundle) Mary) was born in Prescott, Grenville Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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2. Richard Sutherland, born 04 April 1861 in Hemmingford,
Huntingdon County, Quebec. He
was baptized Wes.Methodist on 16 September 1865 in Hemmingford.
Family oral history is that Richard picked the name Sutherland as a
second name. He married Rose M. McDonald on the 20 June 1885 in St.
Marks Roman Catholic Church at Prescott. Rose was born about 1861 in
Ontario. During the early years of their marriage, Richard was
working as a Commercial Traveler. On the 1895 Voters List for the
town of Presto, Richard was living on Zaire Street as a tenant. In
the late 1990's, Richard moved his family to Montreal, Quebec.
They lived on Bernard Street, Outemont, Montreal. Richard was
working as a clerk for CPR. He died in 1906 at the age of 47 years.
Richard and Rose had 5 children: 1. Richard ( Dick), was born 10
September 1886 in Prescott. In Montreal he owned the agency for
Jaguar Cars. He never married and died in Montreal about 1960 and is
buried in Cote des Neyes Cemetery, Montreal 985 R. 2. Frances
Sutherland, was born about 1887 in Prescott. He worked with his
brother Lloyd Freeman in J.L.Freeman Company which was a successful
Wholesale Grocery Company. Frances married Agnes Tangery. He died
in 1973 in Montreal, and is buried in Cote Des Neyes Cemetery,
Montreal, 985 R. Frances and Agnes had 1 daughter:

Richard married MCDONALD Rose M. on 20 Jun 1885 in Prescott, Grenville Co., Ontario. Rose was born about 1861 in Ontario, Canada Huron Co.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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3. William Henry, born 14 October 1862 in Hemmingford, Huntingdon
County, Quebec. He was baptized on 16 September 1865 in the Wes.
Methodist Church, Hemmingford. William married Mary Catherine
Fitzgerald on 16 June 1884 in St.Marks Roman Catholic Church,
Prescott, Grenville County, Ontario. Kate, her nickname, was born
on 18 January 1862 in Prescott, the daughter of Irish immigrants,
Michael Fitzgerald and his wife Mary (Shea). He worked as a
brewmaster for Labatts Brewery, Prescott. William worked with his
brothers, Richard and Robert George Freeman, in the " Freeman
Brothers Furniture Store" on King Street, Prescott. William Henry
lived on Park Street as a tenant on the 1895 Voters List for
Prescott.

In the book, "History of Prescott" 1810-1967, by John Morris, on
page 197,
"W. H. Freeman, Park Street, had Prescott's first residential
telephone, ordered in March 1885."

In the "Prescott Journal Newspaper", dated Thursday September 16,
1897, under personal,
"Mr. Will Freeman of Montreal spent Sunday in Town".

William Henry moved his family to Montreal, Quebec where he
worked as a Forman Shipper for CPR Railways and lived in Verdun on
#10 Champlain Ave. This is from the Montreal Street Directories for
1897-1907. William Henry and his wife Kate became very ill. William
Henry died 06 June 1907 and Kate died 08 August 1907, 4 weeks later.
William Henry and Kate were returned to Prescott and buried in St
Marks Cemetery.

The children of William Henry and Mary Catherine (Fitzgerald)
Freeman spent their early years in the quiet town of Prescott,
surrounded by family and friends. As the economical situation
changed in Prescott, in the late 1890's, the Freeman's looked to
the large city of Montreal, Quebec, for a better life for their
children.

Montreal, Quebec sits on a foot shaped island in the St.
Lawrence River, in southern Quebec. It is one of North America's
largest inland ports. In its earlier days, Montreal was an
important fur trading center. With the building of Railways across
Canada, Montreal became more of a transportation center. During the
1890's, gas replaced coal for cooking and heating, electricity for
lights. There was an economic boom in Montreal from 1896 to 1914,
and a new middle class emerged of Clerical workers. The boom brought
stores like "Morgan, Ogilvy and Birks". There was an electric
street car for transportation within the city and Westmount and
Outemount became the homes of businessmen and merchants in lovely
brownstone houses.

Life grew easier and more comfortable for many Montrealers.
Soon cars were bumping their way over city streets and muddy graveled
roads. Between 1901 and 1911, Montreal almost doubled in population,
reaching close to half a million people.

More About WILLIAM HENRY FREEMAN:
Fact 1: September 16, 1865, bapt. Hemmingford Wes.Methodist,
Huntingdon Co., Quebec
Fact 2: June 15, 1884, bapt. Roman Catholic, St Mark's, Prescott,
Grenville Co., Ontario.

William married FITZGERALD Mary Catherine on 16 Jun 1884 in Prescott, Grenville Co., Ontario. Mary (daughter of FITZGERALD Michael and SHEA Mary) died on 08 Aug 1907. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

3. Eliza, born on 18 April 1864 and was baptized on 16 September
1865 by Rev. Henderson in Hemmingford. The sponsors
were Charles Fish and William Freeman. Eliza wasn't with the family
in Prescott.

Notes:

4. Robert George, born 18 April 1868 in Quebec. He married Janet
Tyrie on 01 November 1899 in
Prescott, the daughter of John T. Tyrie and his wife Mary Jane
Mullen. Janet died shortly after 1901 in Prescott. Robert George
remarried Eva L. Smith on 07 October 1908 in Prescott, she was the
daughter of John Smith and Eliza Ann White, his wife. Eva was born
about 1887 in Prescott. Robert George was the owner of a Furniture
Store, ran an Undertaking business and an Insurance Business in
Prescott., on King Street. He died on 12 February 1948 in
Ogdensburg, New York, and was buried in Sandy Hill Cemetery,
Prescott. Eva Louisa died at Tayway Nursing Home in Perth, Ontario
at the age of 83 on 21 June 1970 and was buried 23 June 1970 in Sandy
Hill Cemetery, with her husband. They had one daughter:

Robert married TYRIE Janet on 01 Nov 1899 in Prescott, Grenville Co., Ontario. Janet (daughter of TYRIE John T. and MULLEN Mary Jane) died after 1901 in Prescott, Grenville Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married SMITH Eva Louisa on 07 Oct 1908 in Prescott, Grenville Co., Ontario. Eva (daughter of SMITH John and WHITE Eliza Ann) was born about 1887 in Prescott, Grenville Co., Ontario; died on 21 Jun 1970 in Perth, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: SWINERTON Herbert. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In Montreal he owned the agency for Jaguar Cars. He never married
and died in Montreal about 1960 and is buried in Cote des Neyes
Cemetery, Montreal 985 R.

Notes:

He worked with his brother Lloyd Freeman in J.L.Freeman Company which
was a successful Wholesale Grocery Company. Frances married Agnes
Tangery. He died in 1973 in Montreal, and is buried in Cote Des
Neyes Cemetery, Montreal, 985 R. Frances and Agnes had 1 daughter:

Family/Spouse: TANGERY Agnes. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1. Loris William, born 29 December 1885 in Prescott, Grenville
County, Ontario. He married Pearl
"Russell" Nicholson on 21 October 1922 in Montreal R.C. Cathedral,
Montreal, Quebec. They married later in life as Russell had to take
care of her elderly parents. They didn't have any children. Loris
was very kind to the children of his youngest brother, Edwin
Freeman, and they remember him often bringing sweets each Sunday
after church. Loris was a partner in "Kerrin, Egan, Freeman",
Custom Brokers in Montreal.

Loris married NICHOLSON Pearl "Russell" on 21 Oct 1922 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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2. Gertrude Mary, born 16 November 1888 in Prescott. She married
Cecil William Blatchford on14 June 1910 at St. Marks R.C. Church,
Prescott. Cecil was born about 1882 in Kingston, Ontario, the son
of William Henry Augustus Blatchford. Gertrude met Cecil in
Montreal. They lived on Prince Authur Street, near McGill
University, in Montreal. Cecil was a Controller for Bell Telephone
Company. They had 3 sons:
1. Cecil William, "Bill", born June 1911 and died in 1994 in
St.Catherines,
2. Robert Oswald, born 18 January 1913.

Gertrude married BLATCHFORD Cecil William on 14 Jun 1910 in Prescott, Grenville Co., Ontario. Cecil (son of BLATCHFORD William Henry Augustus) was born about 1882 in Kingston, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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3. Gerald Frances, born 04 October 1891 in Prescott. He married
Mary Catherine McCarney. Mary
Catherine was born about 1894 and died in Prescott about 1974.
Gerald went overseas in W.W.1 as a Sergeant with the 156th Leeds and
Grenville Battalion and was badly wounded at Passendale, France,
from Mustard Gas. After his return, Gerald worked in Montreal and
later in Prescott with his Uncle Robert George Freeman, in the
Insurance Business.

In the "History of Prescott" by John Morris, Gerald is in a
picture of the 156th from Prescott, during W.W.1 and on page 224,
he is listed as a Member of the Separate School Board, January 1956,
in Prescott.

Gerald died in 1977 and he and his wife, Mary Catherine, are
buried in St. Marks R.C. Cemetery, Prescott, in the Freeman-
Fitzgerald plot. They had 1 daughter:
1. Mary Catherine McCarney,

Family/Spouse: MCCARNEY Mary Catherine. Mary was born about 1894. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

4. Edwin Michael, our line, was born 21 September 1895 in
Prescott. He married Mary Ellenor
"Kathleen" Leacy, of Cardinal, Ontario, on 01 October 1918 at St.
Marks R.C. Church, Prescott, by Father Masterson. For their
Honeymoon, the couple went to Toronto, Ontario where Edwin became
ill with the Spanish Flue. This was an epidemic which killed 60,000
Canadians, more than all the soldiers who died in W.W.1. Edwin
survived by the loving care of his young bride, Kathleen. Kathleen
Leacy was born 16 December 1894 in Cardinal, Grenville County,
Ontario. She was the eldest child of James Waters Leacy and his wife
Margaret Ellenor Kavanaugh. After serving in the Canadian forces
from 14 November 1915 to 04 April 1919, surviving muddy , gas
filled trenches of France, Edwin came home a Captain, and was the
Adjutant at Old Fort Henry in Kingston, Ontario until the Army was
demobilized in 1919. Edwin moved his wife to Montreal where he
established himself in the business community. He became the vice-
president of Johns-Manville Company and later the President of United
Asbestos Corporation Ltd. until his retirement in 1960. Edwin and
Kathleen moved from 685 Rockland Ave., Outemount, Montreal to
Kathleen's family home in Cardinal, Ontario, to spend their
retirement along the banks of the St.Lawrence River.

Edwin was a devoted father and grandfather, known as "Pop", and
much loved by all. He died of a heart attack, at home in Cardinal,
on 01 October 1963 and was buried in the Leacy Plot in Sacred Heart
Cemetery, Cardinal, Ontario. His wife, Kathleen lived in Cardinal
until her death on 18 May 1994, almost 100 years old. She was
buried on 21 May 1994 next to her beloved husband, Edwin, and much
loved granddaughter, Jill Ann Madden. Edwin and Kathleen had 3
children.

Edwin married LEACY Mary Ellenor "Kathleen" on 01 Oct 1918 in Prescott, Grenville Co., Ontario. Mary (daughter of LEACY James Waters and KAVANAUGH Margaret Ellenor) was born on 16 Dec 1894 in Cardinal, Grenville Co., Ontario; died on 18 May 1994 in Cardinal, Grenville Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: LINDSAY Albert E.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]