Lyon Families
Updated: 2012-11-21

Lyon-Wells family:

Thomas Lyon b.1888 married Elsie Dorothy Munn b.1898
(their descendants)

Carol Chandler Wells b.1889 married Caroline Montgomery Cuthbertson b.1892
(their descendants)

Cowle-Lyon family:

George Cowle b.1905 married Elizabeth Turner b.1904
(their descendants)

Thomas Lyon b.1888 married Elsie Dorothy Munn b.1898
(their descendants)

Image of Ice boat and motorcycle on Toronto Bay, March 1911
Billed as the "Mile a Minute Race" and reaching speeds up to 100 kilometres per hour, the crew of the ice boat Comet included the brothers who built it, Carol C. Wells and Samuel R. Wells. Also in the boat are Malcolm Cuthbertson, Frank Kerr, and William Self. On the motorcycle is Canadian motorcycling champion Herb Kipp.
Credit: Judy L. Wells Darke
A reproduction of the original image may be ordered from www.canadianheritage.org.

Excerpt from 1956-03-24 BoxOffice magazine page 34:
PITTSBURGH-William Powell, manager of the ABC Drive-in near Conway for the Smith Management Co. for five years, arrived here to reopen the ozoner March 23. denying the rumor that a large mercantile outlet had purchased the outdoor theatre. Now director of advertising for the Smith organization, Powell introduced the new ABC manager, Joseph Bresnahan of Boston. Sam Seletsky is film buyer for the Smith circuit . . . Samuel Wells, Canadian film man, was an interesting Filmrow visitor en route to a vacation in Florida. Projectionist at Loew's Uptown, Toronto, for 16 years, where his brother Carol also is a projectionist, Sam had been at Shea's Hippodrome, Toronto, for 13 years prior to joining Loew's Uptown. In 1910 he pioneered exhibition in a black tent, traveling to fairs, circuses and Indian camps for exciting shows and experiences. The Wells brothers operated as roadshowmen for a number of years in eastern Canada.