Person:Emma Barritt (1)

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Emma Barritt
b.10 Mar 1848 West Rudham, Norfolk, England
d.30 Jun 1938 Wardsville, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
Parents and Siblings
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m. 26 Nov 1835
  1. Martha BarrittAbt 1836 -
  2. William Richard Barritt1838 - 1924
  3. Mary Jane Barritt1840 -
  4. Mary Ann Barritt1842 -
  5. Robert Barritt1843 -
  6. Louisa Barritt1844 -
  7. Charlotte BarrittAbt 1847 -
  8. Emma Barritt1848 - 1938
  9. Charlotte BarrittAbt 1851 -
  10. Sophia Barrett1853 - 1858
  11. Sarah Ann BarrettAbt 1854 -
  12. Charlotte Barrett1856 - 1911
Spouse and Children
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m. 27 Feb 1872
  1. Edith Staples1874 - 1950
  2. Sidney Staples1876 - 1958
  3. Mabel Staples1878 - 1958
  4. Frank Thomas Staples1879 - 1922
  5. Frances Staples1882 - 1970
  6. Arthur Walsh Staples1891 - 1966
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Facts and Events
Name Emma Barritt
Gender Female
Birth[4] 10 Mar 1848 West Rudham, Norfolk, England
Marriage 27 Feb 1872 Toxteth, Lancashire, Englandto William Henry Staples
Death[1][2][5] 30 Jun 1938 Wardsville, Middlesex, Ontario, CanadaCause: Senility
Burial[2][3] Wardsville Municipal Cemetery, Wardsville, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada

1851 Census: West Rudham, Harpley Rd., as Emmy, granddaughter, 2, West Rudham.

1861 Census: West Rudham, Lynn Rd., as Emmy, 12, West Rudham.

1871 Census: Toxteth Park, 22, domestic servant in Staples household, West Rudham.

1872 Wedding Date: Resided on Park Hill Rd, Liverpool.

1906 January 4 :Ontario Archives reel N344, R-11P, Glencoe Transcript, Wardsville; Mrs. W. H. Staples left, Friday to visit her daughter, Mrs. G. E. McBride, Queen's Avenue, London.

1906 July 19, Glencoe Transcript, (Ont Arch: reel N344 R-11P), Wardsville: Mrs. W.H. Staples has returned from a pleasant visit to her son in Detroit.

1911 Census: Wardsville, WEST MIDDLESEX, ON, page 5, line 33, Mar 1848, age 62, born ENG, immigrant in 1876, ENG, Anglican living with son-in-law Frank Henderson.

1920 Duplicate Certificate of Title dated 25 Aug 1920 in name of Emma Staples, widow for Lot in Inglewood subdivision, Edmonton, Alberta.

(Medical):Physician: C.L. Lockwood.

In 1928, at age 80, Emma got in trouble with the law. Emma's latter years were with her daughter in the Henderson home in Wardsville. Until after WWII most traffic from Detroit to Toronto passed through Wardsville and the Henderson's large home, called Six Pines, was an ideal overnight stop for travelers. In 1928 it was apparently licensed for beer but not for liquor. Somebody must have squealed because in late 1928 the home was raided by three Ontario Provincial Police officers and a search for liquor turned up a bottle of whiskey and a part bottle of brandy in Emma's room, both duly confiscated, and another part whiskey bottle in the kitchen. Her daughter tried to convince the authorities that Emma had the liquor for medicinal purposes, probably without success. Nevertheless Emma lived another 10 years.

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Tombstone in Wardsville Municipal Cemetery.
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Tombstone in Wardsville Municipal Cemetery.
References
  1. ↑ Ken Willis. History of the Village of Wardsville, Vol 2. (Printed by: Classic Printing, Ridgetown, ON, Year 2000)
    Page 169, 8 Apr 2003.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ken Willis. History of the Village of Wardsville, Vol 2. (Printed by: Classic Printing, Ridgetown, ON, Year 2000).
  3. ↑ Emma Barrett Staples, in Find A Grave.
  4. ↑ E. Lorine Henderson diary gives birth date as March 9. Another family paper gives 1849.
  5. ↑ From transcription of obituary.
    Jan 30 (assume 1938): Mrs. Emma Staples, 89 died yesterday at daughter's Mrs. Edith Henderson. Three daughters; Mrs. George McBride of Edmonton, Mrs. F. Seniour of Lansing Michigan, Mrs. Edith Henderson of Wardsville. Two sons; Arthur of Detroit and Sidney of Saskatchewan.
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