11,3 John Henry (Harry) Hedley and Annie Cambell
Chapter 11,3
generation (iv)  John Henry 'Harry' Hedley (1873-1923)
and Catherine 'Annie' Campbell (1875-1962)
Pedigree
Descendancy
   
John Henry (Harry) Hedley, the third child born to Margaret Florence (Johnston) and John Henry Hedley, was born Sept. 26, 1873 in Kinloss Township.  He was 13 years old when his family moved to Greenock Township, 14 when his mother Margaret Florence died and 15 when his father married his second wife, Ann Alexander. At age 22 Harry, a tinsmith,  married Catherine ‘Annie’ Campbell on Feb. 26, 1896 in Chesley, Ont. (Information from Marriage Record # 001770)

                          Marriage - February 26, 1896 - Chesley, Ontario
John Henry Hedley
Age 22, bachelor
Res. Greenock Township
Born in Kinloss Township
Rank or Profession: Tinsmith
Parents: John & Martha Hedley
 Catherine Campbell
Age 21, spinster
Res. Elderslie Township
Born in Bentinck Township
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John & Jennette Campbell
Witnesses: Ceolena Campbell, Elderslie Twp. & Melissa Davey, Chesley

Catherine Ann Campbell was born September 1, 1875. Her birth was registered by her father John Campbell, farmer, Lot 1, Concession13 Bentinck on the 16th of September, 1875. (Birth Registration 004691, No. 12) Catherine Ann was one of five daughters of John and Jennette Campbell. Harry and Catherine Ann Hedley were living  in Markdale, Grey County in 1900 when their third child, Ethel was born, and probably remained in Markdale at least until 1905, when their 5th child, Garfield, was born there.

1901 Census for Markdale Village, Dist. # 66 Grey South - Page 9 - April 19

Hedley, John H.; age last birthday 29;  b. in Ont. Nov. 4, 1864; Racial Origin English; Nationality Canadian; Rel. Presbyterian; Occ. tinsmith (factory worker earning $470)
Hedley, Kate; age 26; b. in Ont. July 26 1875; Origin Scottish; Nat.Can.; Rel. Pres.
Hedley, Edwin J.; age 5;  b. in Ont. Jan. 24, 1896; Origin English; Canadian; Presby.
Hedley, Margaret F.; age 3;  b. in Ont. Nov.21,1898; Origin Eng.
Hedley, Ethel; age 1; b. in Ont. Aug 20, 1900; Origin English

Ontario Birth Registrations to 1906 
David Henry Hedley, born in Markdale, Jan. 7, 1902
Cyril Mervine Hedley born in Markdale Sept. 12, 1903
Wesley Garfield Hedley, born in Markdale, Nov. 24, 1905

The book  Markdale, the Crossroads of Grey by Markdale Historical Society, Editor Mildred Young Herbert, 1988, page112, has a charming photograph of the young family, entitled The Family of J. H. Hedley, c. 1904 (Tinsmith)  The photo, more probably taken in 1907,  shows Harry and Catherine Ann with seven children and their dog. The tallest children are a boy (probably Edwin) and two girls, perhaps Margaret (or Trefina?) and Ethel. The three small boys are probably David, Cyril and Garfield. The baby is probably Orle, born in 1907.

  It seems that Margaret F. died at a young age (after age 3).  Another possibility is that she (or her parents) changed her name to “Trefina,” as there is no further mention of “Margaret F.” as part of the family. In the photo, The Hedley Family in 1918, the two elder girls appear to be close to the same age, purportedly Ethel and “Trefina,” who appear to be followed in age by five boys, then two little girls and another two little boys.

 At some point, Harry bought a hardware store in Clarksburg on Georgian Bay and may have lived in adjoining Thornbury. Orville, the eighth child of Harry and Catherine Ann, was born in Thornbury  in July 1909, and Ethel was married in Thornbury in1921.  An Illustrated History of Collingwood Township, published by Collingwood Township Council, Grey Co., 1979,  p.120 makes the following statement about early Clarksburg businesses:
“On the east side of Marsh Street were Lougheed Brothers general store (until it burned), the community hall, a hardware store owned over the years by various individuals...., a printing office later to become C.W. Jackman’s tinsmithing shop, Tom Brooks barber shop and Hedley’s Hardware.”

As recalled by David Emmet Hedley of London (son of David and Lillian Hedley and grandson of Harry and Catherine Ann), the hardware store burned down and, without insurance, Harry lost everything. Another account, by Clarence Hedley, son of Wesley Hedley, Harry’s brother, does not include the loss of the store by fire, but states that when Harry decided to give up the store, he sent his remaining stock by freight train to Kincardine, where Harry’s brothers, Will and Wes, picked up the hardware items and, over time, sold them to farmers in their neighbourhoods.

 Clarence Hedley recalled that Harry and Catherine Ann and their family moved to Toronto or Oshawa, where Harry worked in a factory (in either Toronto or  Oshawa) until his sudden death from a heart attack or stroke at age 49 on March 31, 1923. Harry’s funeral card states that the funeral service was from the family residence at 102 Alice St. (It is not clear whether this was in Scarborough or Oshawa.) Harry’s grave is in St. Johns Cemetery Norway on Kingston Road in Toronto. At the time of Harry’s death the family of twelve children ranged in ages from 7 to 26.

Catherine Ann lived for 39 years beyond Harry’s death. At one point, her home was at 20 (now 16) Kalmar Avenue in the Birch Cliff area of Toronto. The 1920 Street Directory for Toronto, as reported by Marit (Kailo) Johnston, shows this residence registered in the name of Garfield Hedley, although Garfield would have been only 15 years old in 1920. A grandson, Vernon Johnston (b. 1923) recalls visiting his grandmother there as a youngster, during summer holidays. Clarence Hedley (b. 1916),  son of Wes, also recalled visiting “Aunt Annie” in the Birch Cliff area of Toronto with his parents Wes and Martha Hedley. Catherine Ann’s  grandnieces and nephews in Greenock, Kinloss and Kincardine Townships recal Aunt Annie” coming to visit their families in the 1940's. At that time Catherine Ann’s sisters-in-law Harriet (Mrs Albert Hedley) in Greenock;  Jen (Mrs. Wm. John McDonald) in Kincardine; and Alice (Mrs. Wm John McKenzie) in Lucknow; and her brother-in-law Wesley Hedley and his wife Martha in Glammis were living, as were most of Harry’s nephew and nieces.

During her later days Catherine Ann lived with her daughter and son-in-law, Helen and Bill Amos, in their large three storey home at 32  Bellefaire Ave. in “The Beach” area of Toronto. A grandson of Harry and Catherine Ann, David Emmet Hedley (b.1927), can recall visiting his grandmother as a youngster in a “big three storey house in Toronto near Lake Ontario.” Catherine Ann died at 89 years of age on July 6, 1962.  She is buried beside her husband Harry in nearby St Johns Cemetery Norway. Catherine Ann (Campbell) and Harry Hedley had 12 children:
 
     (1) Edwin J. Hedley, born Jan. 24, 1896, was the the eldest of the twelve children of Harry and Catherine Ann Hedley. He married Ethyl Shangraw of Toronto.  Edwin died in 1955 at  age 59.  Edwin and Ethyl did not have children.

     (2) Trefina Marjory Hedley was perhaps at first named “Margaret F.” (Florence?) and later called Trefina or “Enie.” Trefina (or Margaret F.) was born Nov. 21, 1898 according to the 1901 Census for Markdale. In 1920 in Markdale Twp., Trefina married Charles Smith, a banker in Weston, Toronto.  Clarence Hedley (b. 1916), youngest child of Wes, Harry’s brother, recalled that Trefina and Charles Smith, along with Ethel and Sheldon Johnston, used to travel by steam train from Toronto to Kincardine, where they were met by their aunt and uncle, Lillian (Hedley) and Jack Gray, who would bring them to visit their uncles, Albert and Wesley of Kingarf in  Greenock Twp.  Trefina and Charles Smith had two children:
               [1] Doreen (or Darlene) Smith (five children)
               [2] Helen Smith married Jack Amos (three children)

     (3) Ethel Leona Hedley, born August 20, 1900, was the third child born to Harry and Catherine Ann Hedley. She was one year old in the 1901 census for Markdale Village in Grey Co. Ethel worked in the Express Department of the Grand Trunk Railway in Toronto (taken over by the Canadian National Railway in 1923).
Ethel married  John ‘Sheldon’ Johnston, a ticket agent who worked for the GTR (later CNR) in Toronto for fifty years.  Sheldon was born April 20, 1902 in Toronto. He and Ethel were married in Thornbury in 1921, probably at St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church (A.D. 1880):
Marriage April 4, 1921, Thornbury, Grey Co. (License # 107129)
John Sheldon Johnston to Leona Ethel Hedley; Clergyman A.A. Laiug, Presbyterian.

Sheldon built a house for Ethel and their family at 35th-38th St., Long Branch, Toronto. Their children, Betty, Vernon and Ted, all grew up in this house. Ethel died at age 72 on Dec. 29, 1972.  Sheldon died twelve years later, at age 81, on Feb. 6, 1984 at the home of his son, Vernon, in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Ethel (Hedley) and Sheldon Johnston are buried in Glendale Memorial Gardens, at Albion Rd. and Hwy. 27, Toronto.  Three children:  Sheldon, Ethel and Family
               [1]Katherine Adelyn (Betty) Johnston was born in Toronto. She married Gordon Dee, a property appraiser, on Sept. 13, 1947. Darlene (or Doreen) Smith, daughter of Trefina, was one of her bridesmaids. Four children: Paul, Ken, Gary, Peter and Sandra Dee.

               [2] Vernon Hedley Johnston, born in Toronto, married Dorothy Jean Eveleigh.  Vern worked for the bank of Nova Scotia before serving  in the RCAF for four years during World War II. He worked for IBM from 1946 until his retirement, when he moved to Niagara-on-the-Lake and taught in the Business and Commerce Faculty at Brock University in St Catherines. Vern is also an avid golfer. Vern and Dorothy Jean Johnston had four children: Paul, Carla Jean, Dana Marie, and Joanne Lee Johnston.
                    {1} Paul Vernon (P.J.) Johnston married Marit Leena Sylvia Kailo  on Aug. 10,
                         1974. Paul is an architect with his own business in Toronto. Paul and Marit
                          have two children: Ryan Eric and Noel Evan Johnston.

               [3] Edwin Carlyle (Ted) Johnston, born Aug. 30, 1926,  died Feb. 6, 1987 at age 60. Ted, a native of Toronto, served in the Canadian Armed Forces. He worked as a buyer for the Ford Motor Company for thirty years, retiring in 1985. Ted and his wife Betty had three children:  Lorne Carlyle, Richard Bryan, and Catherine Gaye Johnston.

     (4) David Henry Hedley was born Jan. 7, 1902 in Markdale (Ontario Birth Registry). He married Lillian Beck of Toronto. They lived in Long Branch, Toronto, where David operated a hardware store. Vernon Johnston recalls buying his hardware from David Hedley’s hardware store when he was building his house in Long Branch. David and Lillian Hedley had two children:
               [1] David Emmet Hedley. was born in 1927.
                     m1, in 1954, was to Violet Mildred Hannah (b. 1923). One son:
                            {1} Jeffery Paul Hedley married Nancy Huggins, who had a daughter,
                                   Carolyn Huggins. Jeffery and Nancy had three sons.
                     m2 of David Emmet Hedley was to Margit (Gal) Varaday, who was born
                            in Hungary in 1923. David and Margit live in London, Ont.

               [2] Dorothy Lorraine Hedley, born in 1932, married “Bunt” Busby of  Brampton.
                    Dorothy and Bunt had three sons.

     (5) Cyril Mervine Hedley was born in Markdale on Sept. 12, 1903, according to the Ontario Birth Registry.  He was apparently the fifth of the twelve children of Harry and Catherine Ann Hedley.  Cyril married Vienna Mahoney of Toronto. Cyril Hedley died in Nov. of 1944 at age 41. Cyril and Vienna had one son:
               [1] Carman (or Cyril) Hedley

NOTE: Merit (Kailo) Johnston, daughter-in-law of Vernon Johnston reports that Vernon does not recall any of his uncles (that is, sons of Harry and Catherine Ann) being called “Cyril.” He does, however, remember “Carlyle,” whom he believed to be the eldest of the children. He recalls that Carlyle went to live in Detroit when he was around twenty and was married there. The family learned of his death in the 1950's or 60's. Carlyle was cremated in the United States, and Vernon recalls that his mother Ethel was upset because she believed there had not been a proper funeral. It is possible that Carlyle and Cyril are the same person. Another possibility is that Carlyle, a little older than the children of Harry and Catherine Ann, was a relative, perhaps a cousin, who lived with the family.

     (6) Wesley ‘Garfield’ Hedley, born in Markdale Nov. 24, 1905, was the sixth child of Harry and Catherine Ann Hedley.  Garfield married Yvonne McCord of  Toronto. Two children:
              [1] Carman Hedley
              [2] Marie Hedley

     (7) Orlando (Orle) Hedley was born in 1907.  He  married Nancy Reive (b. 1912).  Orle and Nancy and their family lived in Toronto, but used to visit their Kincardine, Kinloss and Greenock relatives when their family was young. They came to the annual Hedley picnics in Kincardine for several years. Orle died August 9, 1972 in Toronto at age 65.  Four children:
               [1] James Hedley, b.1940 in Toronto, married Sharlene Whitehouse (d. 1995).
                     One  daughter:
                    {1} Janine Eve Hedley (b. 1969) Married Paul _?_.  One son:
                              1- Cody
               [2] Sharon Hedley, b. 1945, did not marry. Helen (Hedley) Furnivall reports that she and
                     Sharon worked together at data processing in Toronto.
               [3] Cyril Hedley  b.1949 - d. Nov. 11, 1994 at age 45
               [4] Tracy Hedley  (foster child) m. Shawn _?_.

     (8) William ‘Orville’ Hedley was born July 26, 1909 in Thornbury, Ont.  He married Mary Jeanne ‘Irene’ Allard, born April 1, 1912 in Bonfield, Ont. [Irene’s mother was born in France, and as a young child was brought to Boston to work as a maid servant for a wealthy family.  Eventually an  uncle brought her to Canada, where she met her future husband.]

Orville and Irene Hedley lived at 2187 Dundas Street West in Toronto. Irene worked as a beautician and Orville worked for a canning company and later for the LCBO.  For several summers during the 1940's Orville and Irene and their two children, Jack and Carol, traveled by steam train to Lucknow, where they were met by Orville’s first cousin Jack (E.J.) Hedley, and taken to Jack’s farm on Silver Lake for a week’s farm vacation with Jack, Aileen and their children, Al, Jackie and David.

Orville died August 27, 1978 at age 69.  Irene died ten years later, at age 76, on Nov.15, 1988.  They were both buried from Turner & Porter-Roncevalles Funeral Home. Their graves are in St. John’s Cemetery Norway in Toronto. Two children:

               [1] Jack Hedley, born June 7, 1934, married Constance McKinnon.  Jack, an insurance  agent, lived in London, Ont. with his young family. Around 1965 he was in a serious car accident that left him disabled. A heavy smoker, Jack died of lung cancer in 1985.  Jack and Constance had three children:
                       {1} Bobby Hedley
                       {2} Cathy Hedley
                       {3} Jason Hedley

               [2] Carol Joyce Hedley, born Dec. 8, 1938, was baptized March 14, 1948 at St. Nicholas Church of England, Toronto. Sponsors were Meldrum and Susan Hedley.  Carol married Dennis Boni May 10, 1958. Carol and Dennis live in Barrie, Ont. Five children:
                       {1} Karl Boni works as a plumber in British Columbia
                       {2} Douglas William Boni lives in Missouri
                       {3} Denyse Boni married (unknown) St. Amand. Two children:
                               1- Carla St. Amand born 1991
                               2- Greg St. Amand born 1992
                       {4} Patricia Lou-Anne (Patti)  Boni. lives in Windsor with husband & children.
                       {5} Theresa Boni married Steven Campbell of St. Thomas, Ont.
                             They now live in Barrie, Ont., where Steve works for Honeywell. Three children:
                               1- Dustin Campbell (twin) born 1997
                               2- Devin Campbell (twin) born 1997
                               3- Brooke Campbell, born 1999

     (9) Janet (Jenna) Hedley , the ninth child of Harry and Catherine Ann Hedley, married Bob Campbell,  Toronto.  Five children:
               [1] Richard Campbell
               [2] Anne Campbell
               [3] Trefina Campbell
               [4] Gaille Canpbell
               [5] Terry Campbell

     (10) Helen Hedley, the tenth child of Harry and Catherine Ann Hedley married Bill Amos of  Toronto. Helen and Bill Amos lived on Bellefaire Avenue in “The Beach” area of Toronto. One son:
              [1] Michael Amos

     (11) Carman Hedley was the eleventh child of Harry and Catherine Ann Hedley.  Carman married Rita Pickering of  Toronto. Two children:
               [1] Marilyn (or Marilou) Hedley
               [2] Carman Hedley

     (12) Meldrum Hedley, the youngest of the twelve children of Catherine Ann Campbell and Harry   Hedley, was born June 18, 1916 in Clarksburg.
        m1 was to Susan Isabella Moore, daughter of William Henry Moore and Isabella Wilson Stevenson (who was born in Kinross, Scotland on March 7, 1895). Isabella Stevenson died at age 101 on July 1, 1996 in Amherstburg, Ont.  Her parents (Susan’s grandparents) were Alexander Stevenson and Isabella Nixon of  Scotland. Susan, the wife of Meldrum Hedley, predeceased her mother by 26 years. Susan died April 9, 1970.  Meldrum died 21 years later, on April 2, 1991. The graves of Meldrum and Susan Hedley are in Rose Lawn Cemetery, Amherstburg, Ont.  Meldrum and Susan had five children:

               [1] William Banting (Bill) Hedley was born Nov. 9, 1947 in Toronto. He married Carol   Millie, who was                          born Jan.1, 1957, daughter of Earl & Hilda Millie. Bill & Carol had 2 children:
                      {1} Stephanie Anne Marie Hedley, born Oct. 13, 1988 in Chatham
                      {2} Daniel William Earl Hedley, born Nov. 20, 1991 in Chatham
                            Note: Bill and Carol Hedley and their children, Stephanie,13,
                            and Daniel,10, of Chatham, and  Bill’s sisters, Leslie Hedley
                            and Beverly Lemon of Windsor attended the Hedley Reunion
                            in 2001. Bill returned for the 2002 picnic.

               [2] Leslie Ann Hedley was born Aug. 2, 1950 in Hamilton

               [3] Beverly Ann (Hedley) was also born Aug. 2, 1950 in Hamilton. She married
                    Peter Britt   Lemon (b. 1949 in Windsor). Four children:
                      {1} Jodie Lynn Lemon, b. 1972 in Windsor, married Wilfred Aussant (b.1968).
                             Two children:
                                 1- Karna Aussant  b. 1997
                                 2- Alec Aussant  b. 1999
                      {2} Heather Ann Lemon, b. 1975 in Windsor, married Marco Difazio (b. 1972)
                      {3} Christine Marie Lemon  b. in 1979 in Windsor
                      {4} Kimberly Britt Lemon b.1984 in Windsor

               [4] Robert Alexander (Bob) Hedley, born Sept. 28, 1952 in Hamilton, Ontario, married
                    Friedgard Elizabeth Knoedler, born in 1954 in Lahr, Germany, the daughter of
                    Wilhelm and Emma (Keller) Knoedler). Four children: Family photo:
                    {1} Benjamin David William Hedley, b.1982 in Lahr, Germany married
                          Mara Cain. One child:
                               1- Kyra Maya Elizabeth Hedley-Cain, b. 2001 in Victoria, B.C.
                    {2} Rebecca Rafaela Hedley b.1984 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
                    {3} Miriam Lea Hedley b.1986 in Moosejaw, Saskatchewan
                    {4} Sara Emma Susan Hedley b.1988 in Moosejaw, Sask.

             [5] David Hedley, born Sept.16, 1958 in Windsor, Ont., married Robin Sabine
                  (b.1964 in Windsor). Two children:
                      {1} Ashley Hedley b.1986 in Windsor
                      {2} Courtney Hedley b.1992 in Windsor
[David and daughters Ashley and Courtney attended the 2002 Hedley Reunion.]

      m2  for Meldrum Hedley was to Clair Cota.
NOTE: A “Thank You” to Vernon Johnston, Marit (Kailo) Johnston, Bill Hedley,  Carol (Hedley) Boni, Clarence Hedley, David Emmet Hedley,  Ken Hedley, and Helen (Hedley) Furnivall for their help with this chapter. A special “Thank You” to Marit (Kailo) Johnston and Carol (Hedley) Boni for photographs.
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