MySource:HLJ411/Staples - Notes from a conversation

STAPLES: Notes made from conversation with Edith Lorine Henderson (about 1980)

William Henry Staples: born Leamington, England May 27, 1849. Married Emma Barritt of Liverpool at St. Michael’s-in-the-Hamlet, February 27, 1872. Grandpa Staples died June 5, 1905. Grandma Staples died Wardsville, January 29, 1938.

Their Children and Families

Harry Staples: born May 10, 1873 Tuebrook near Liverpool, England. Died July 31, 1874 Rudham, Norfolk, England.

Edith Staples: born 12 August, 1874 Rudham, Norfolk, England. Married at Rectory in Dutton, Ont., to James Franklin Henderson, June 12, 1907. Died Novemeber 13, 1950. Dad died May 5, 1935. Buried in Wardsville Cemetery. Daughter Edith Lorine born September 30, 1908 in Wardsville. Married Wesley S. Connelly August 1, 1970. Daughter Nora Evelyn born June 19, 1910 in Wardsville. Son Lynn Franklin Henderson born February 19, 1913 in Wardsville. Married Jeannine VandenCamp, Brussels, Belgium December 12, 1945. Their children [living].

Sidney Staples: born May 23, 1876, Aldborough Township (outside Wardsville). Married June 1, 1905 to Martha Wylie in London, Ontario. Three daughters: Doris, Florence and Jean.

Mabel Staples: born August 12, 1879 in Aldborough Township. Married November 13, 1904 to George McBride. Died September 16, 1958 age 80 at Nelson, BC. Children Helen and Jack.

Frank Thomas Staples: born August 12, 1879 in Aldborough Township. Married January 4, 1905 at Episcopal Church Walkerville to Harriet (Hattie) Wellwood. Frank died May 3, 1922 and Hattie died May 11, 1932. Children Elinor and Lynn.

Frances Staples: born March 9, 1882 in Aldborough Township. Married William Alexander Senior at St. John’s Church, Detroit. Son William Benjamin born June 15, 1912 in Detroit, Michigan married February 8, 1941 at St. Johns Church, London, Ontario to Anne Bancroft. Their sons [living]

James Richard Staples: born October 4, 1884. Drowned in well April 15, 1886.

Arthur Walsh Staples: born May 27, 1891. Married Francis Fry of Detroit Michigan March 1, 1930. Uncle Art died in 1967.

Jean Staples born at Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, August 1911. Doris Staples born at Norquay, Saskatchewan, April 25, 1913.

Lynn Staples born at Windsor, Ontario, September 30, 1906 Elinor Staples born at Mattoon, Illinois, August 14, 1912.

Edith Lorine Henderson born at Wardsville, Ontario, September 30, 1909. Nora Evyln Henderson born at Wardsville, Ontario, June 19, 1910. Lynn Franklin Henderson born at Wardsville, Ontario, February 19, 1913.

Helen Enid McBride born at London, Ontario, April 8, 1907. John Richard McBride born at Edmonton, Alberta, May 19, 1912.

William Benjamin Senior born at Detroit, Mich., June 15, 1912.

Florence Evyln Staples born at Swan River, Sask., April 15, 1917.

Typed March 17, 2003.