George Hoowee Husband
ID # 7476, (1837-1906)
| Father | James Husband (1797-1853) |
| Mother | Hannah Hoowee (1805-1858) |
| Birth | George Hoowee Husband was born on 8 January 1837 at Pelham Township. |
| Marriage | He married Ellen McBride on 17 February 1859 at York County, Canada West. MS248 reel 18, Vol. 84, pages 171-172 York County Marriage Register Extracted from a list of marriages solemnized by John Hunt, a minister of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, for the year ending 31st December, A.D. 1859. John Howee Husband, 24, born Canada, residing Goderich. Parents James & Hannah Husband. Ellen McBride, 20, born Canada, residence York. Parents John & Sarah McBride. Witnesses Chas. McBride and Sarah Stewart, both of York. |
| Marriage | He married Helen Lane on 29 November 1871 at Vaughan, York Co.. |
| Marriage | He married Mary Theresa Rutherford on 28 December 1905 at Davisville, Ontario. Mrge reg. 021306-06 Town of North Toronto, York County George Hoowee Husband, 68, widower, dentist, Methodist. Born Ontario (Upper Canada), residing Newtonbrook, Ontario. Parents James Husband and Hannah Hoowee. Mary Theresa Rutherford, 43, spinster, school teacher, Methodist. Born Ontario (Canada West), residing Davisville, Ontario. Parents James Rutherford and Margaret Elliott. Witnesses John Forbes Ruther, 124 Yorkville, Toronto, and John Ferris Elliott, 3 Pears Ave., Toronto On December 28, 1905, at Davisville, by Rev. George M. Brown. The street address of the witness, John Ferris Elliott, is nearly illegible on the form. The city directory for Toronto for 1905 shows him to be at 3 Pears Ave., which agrees closely enough with the handwriting on the registration. |
| Death | He died on 16 April 1906 at Town of North Toronto, York County, at age 69. |
| Burial | He was buried at Thornhill Community Cemetery. |
| Note | George's birth is recorded in Society of Friends document Pelham H-7-1, in later pages that are entitled: Pelham Monthly Meeting Register Record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1790-1856, page 38. Pages 37 and 38 are such that there may be missing records. Certainly, a birth record for young James is not found. George's birth is recorded as being on 8 January, 1837. He is the son of James and Hannah Husband of Pelham. When George Hoowee Husband married Mary Theresa Rutherford in 1905, his residence was shown as Newtonbrook. This community had its own post office from 1863 to 1954. It is in present day North York. This is east of highway 400 and between highways 401 and 407. At the time of the 1851 census, George is with his parents and siblings in Pelham Township in Welland County. As of the 1861 census, George H. Husband and his wife Ellen are in Vaughan Township, York County, and George is shown as a Dentist. By the 1871 census, George is in Markham, York County, and is a widower. He has with him five children, the oldest, Annie, being 10, and the youngest, Everett, being an infant. By 1881, George is married to Helen Lane and they are in York West, apparently the township. He is still shown as a dentist and son Earnest is shown as a teacher. As of the 1891 census, they are still in York West. Only two of their children are now with them, Ida and John. By the 1901 census, they are in Vaughan. George's date of birth is shown as 8 January, 1837, and Helen's (her name here is shown as Ellen) is 22 December, 1840. Death reg. 033429-06 Town of North Toronto, York Co. Dr. G. H. Husband died April 16, 1906, age 68 years. Residence Balliol Street, Davisville. Married. Dentist. Methodist. Physician and informant Dr. F. J. Doherty. Helen died in 1904 and George in 1906 and both are buried in Thornhill Community Cemetery in Markham Township. George did marry a third time in December of 1905 to Mary Theresa Rutherford, but he was dead four months later. |
Children of George Hoowee Husband and Ellen McBride |
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Children of George Hoowee Husband and Helen Lane |
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| Last Edited | 9 Dec 2020 |