Michael MOORE ( - )
1 Michael MOORE1,2 ( - ) [16293].
2 Tracey Cecil MOORE3,4 (c. 1918-1985) [16287]. Born c. 1918.1 Marr Thelma Katherine HEARD 24 Jun 1940.3,4,5 Died 6 Apr 1985, Victoria, British Columbia.1
3 Thelma Katherine HEARD3,4,6 (1919-2004) [16286]. Born 4 May 1919, Ontairo, Canada.7 Died 10 Sep 2004, Edmontron, Alberta, Canada.1,6
6 Cecil HEARD8,9 (c. 1899- ) [2873]. Born c. 1899, Simcoe Ontario.9 Marr Marion HIGGIN 16 Sep 1918, Toronto, Ontario (York County).9
7 Marion HIGGIN8,9,10,11 (1900-1932) [2300]. Born 24 Feb 1900, England.10,11 Died 26 Feb 1932, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.7,12 Cause: Cancer, died in her 30's. Buried St. John.12
14 Jonathan HIGGIN10,13,14,15,16,17,18,19 (c. 1861-1935) [1105]. Born c. 1861, Rochdale, Lancashire.14,18 Marr Catherine Jane SHARPLES 18 Feb 1886, Preston, Lancashire, England.14 Died 29 Jun 1935, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.19 Cause: Carcinoma of stomach.
Frederick worked on a small ferry that went from Toronto to Toronto Island. Perhaps he was the Captain. Margaret Wright reports that her grandfather Frederick lived into his 70's. He lived at 38 Elmer Ave., Toronto. Margaret remembers visiting their house often as a child, going down a long hall to the dining room where everyone always played some kind of board game. She recalls her Aunt Blanche was often there with her son Lennie. Also there was Cecil, husband of Marion, with their pet ferret.
His death certificate reports that he had been in Canada for 35 years and worked for the Royal Canadian Yacht Club for 30 years as a special messenger.
It appears from the England and Wales marriage record that Frederick was actually named Jonathan. It is not known if Frederick was a middle name or an assumed name.
Excerpt from The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser (Preston, Lancashire, england).
21 August 1880 - "Jonathan Higgin and Thomas Harrison were summoned for riding bicycles on the footway, on the Preston and Wiggon road, in Walton, on the 3rd and 5th inst. respectively - Each was ordered to pay costs. - Thomas Dewhurst and Wm. Sharples, of Preston, were summoned for trespassing in pursuit of conies on land in Walton, in the occupation of John Margison - Abraham Harper proved seeing the defendants on the land with nets in their possession - Dewhurst was fined 10s and costs and Sharples 5s and costs.".
15 Catherine Jane SHARPLES10,13,14,15,18,20,21 (1865-1926) [1106]. Born 29 Jan 1865, Penwortham, Lancashire, England.8,14,15,18 Died 21 Mar 1926, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.15 Buried St. John's cemetery.15
Margaret Wright reports that she was a very young girl, possibly 9 or 10 (she was actually 13), when her grandmother Catherine died. Margaret said her grandmother was the first dead person she ever saw. The body laid in state at their home on 38 Elmer Avenue, Toronto.
Sources
| 1 | "Obituary of Tracey C. Moore in the Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada of April 8, 1986". |
| 2 | "Obituary of Linda Rue Moore from the Pacific Coast Cremation and Green Burial web page". |
| 3 | "Initial informatoin from the Chorney Familuy Tree on Ancestry.com". |
| 4 | "Marriage announcement of Tracey Cecil Moore to THelma Catherine Heard in the Barrie Examiner, Barrie, Ontario, July 4, 1940". |
| 5 | "Barrie Public Library Newspaper Index of the marriage of Tracey Cecil Moore and Thelma Catherine Heard". |
| 6 | "Obituary of Thelma Katherine Giles Moore in the Edmonton Journal of September 14, 2004". |
| 7 | "Province of Ontario, Certificate of Registration of Death of Marin Heard". |
| 8 | "Memories of Margaret Wright". |
| 9 | "Ontario Marriage record of Marian Higgin and Cecil Heard". |
| 10 | "1911, Ontario, Toronto census". |
| 11 | "Lancashire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1911 for Marion Higgin". |
| 12 | "Ontario Death record of Marian Heard". |
| 13 | "Family tree in book written by Jean Higgin Thompson, provided by Patti Thompson Mayes". |
| 14 | "England and Wales Marriages (1538-1940), record of Jonathan Higgin and Catherine Jane Sharples.". |
| 15 | "Ontario Death record of Catherine Jane Higgin". |
| 16 | "1871 Lancashire, Preston, District 68 census". |
| 17 | "1881 Lancashire, Preston, St. John census". |
| 18 | "1891 Lancashire, Oswaldtwistle census". |
| 19 | "Ontario Canada Death record for Johathan Higgin". |
| 20 | "Information provided by Greg Mander". |
| 21 | "1871 Lancashire, Penwortham census". |
