Gertrude Anderson1

F, #25081, b. circa 1905
Father*William Anderson1
Mother*Margaret Keyes1
Last Edited29 Apr 2011
     She was born circa 1905 at Westmeath Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.1 Gertrude married Karl Zieroth on 12 October 1926 at Westmeath Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.1

Family

Karl Zieroth b. c 1903

Citations

  1. [S1350] Ontario Vital Statistics Project - Marriages, online Ontario Vital Statistics Project - Marriages, http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/renf1926.htm
    Karl ZIEROTH & Gertrude ANDERSON. Hereinafter cited as ON Vital Statistics Project.

William Anderson1

M, #25082
Last Edited15 Feb 2010
     William married Margaret Keyes before 1905.1,2

Family

Margaret Keyes
Child

Citations

  1. [S1350] Ontario Vital Statistics Project - Marriages, online Ontario Vital Statistics Project - Marriages, http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/renf1926.htm
    Karl ZIEROTH & Gertrude ANDERSON. Hereinafter cited as ON Vital Statistics Project.
  2. [S394] Rick Moffat, Assumption based upon birth/christening date of children.

Margaret Keyes1

F, #25083
Last Edited15 Feb 2010
     Margaret married William Anderson before 1905.1,2

Family

William Anderson
Child

Citations

  1. [S1350] Ontario Vital Statistics Project - Marriages, online Ontario Vital Statistics Project - Marriages, http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/renf1926.htm
    Karl ZIEROTH & Gertrude ANDERSON. Hereinafter cited as ON Vital Statistics Project.
  2. [S394] Rick Moffat, Assumption based upon birth/christening date of children.

Marvin James McComb1

M, #25084, b. circa 1899
Father*David H McComb1
Mother*Louise Nicholson1
Last Edited24 May 2011

Family

Margaret Gwendolyn Boland b. 27 Sep 1903

Citations

  1. [S1350] Ontario Vital Statistics Project - Marriages, online Ontario Vital Statistics Project - Marriages, http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/renf1926.htm
    Marvin James McCOMB & Margaret Gwendolyn BOLAND. Hereinafter cited as ON Vital Statistics Project.
  2. [S1350] ON Vital Statistics Project, online Ontario Vital Statistics Project - Marriages, Marvin James McCOMB & Margaret Gwendolyn BOLAND
    http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/renf1927.htm

David H McComb1

M, #25085
Last Edited15 Feb 2010
     David married Louise Nicholson before 1899.1,2

Family

Louise Nicholson
Child

Citations

  1. [S1350] Ontario Vital Statistics Project - Marriages, online Ontario Vital Statistics Project - Marriages, http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/renf1926.htm
    Marvin James McCOMB & Margaret Gwendolyn BOLAND. Hereinafter cited as ON Vital Statistics Project.
  2. [S394] Rick Moffat, Assumption based upon birth/christening date of children.

Louise Nicholson1

F, #25086
Last Edited15 Feb 2010
     Louise married David H McComb before 1899.1,2

Family

David H McComb
Child

Citations

  1. [S1350] Ontario Vital Statistics Project - Marriages, online Ontario Vital Statistics Project - Marriages, http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/renf1926.htm
    Marvin James McCOMB & Margaret Gwendolyn BOLAND. Hereinafter cited as ON Vital Statistics Project.
  2. [S394] Rick Moffat, Assumption based upon birth/christening date of children.

August Popkey1

M, #25087
Last Edited13 Sep 2018
     August married Paulina Dollmann before 1902.1,2

Family

Paulina Dollmann
Child

Citations

  1. [S1350] Ontario Vital Statistics Project - Marriages, online Ontario Vital Statistics Project - Marriages, http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/renf1926.htm
    Charles John POPKEY & Anna Louisa Wilhelmina LULOFF. Hereinafter cited as ON Vital Statistics Project.
  2. [S394] Rick Moffat, Assumption based upon birth/christening date of children.
  3. [S1350] ON Vital Statistics Project, online Ontario Vital Statistics Project - Marriages, Charles John POPKEY & Anna Louisa Wilhelmina LULOFF.

Paulina Dollmann1

F, #25088
Last Edited13 Sep 2018
     Paulina married August Popkey before 1902.1,2

Family

August Popkey
Child

Citations

  1. [S1350] Ontario Vital Statistics Project - Marriages, online Ontario Vital Statistics Project - Marriages, http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/renf1926.htm
    Charles John POPKEY & Anna Louisa Wilhelmina LULOFF. Hereinafter cited as ON Vital Statistics Project.
  2. [S394] Rick Moffat, Assumption based upon birth/christening date of children.
  3. [S1350] ON Vital Statistics Project, online Ontario Vital Statistics Project - Marriages, Charles John POPKEY & Anna Louisa Wilhelmina LULOFF.

Thomas McLachlan McTaggart1

M, #25089, b. 2 August 1894, d. 1974
Father*Thomas McTaggart1 b. c 1863
Mother*Charlotte McNab1 b. c 1865
Last Edited1 Jan 2019
     He was born on 2 August 1894 at Kilmun, Argyllshire, Scotland.2,1,3 Thomas married Bertha Denzin.4,2
     Thomas McLachlan McTaggart died in 1974 at Saskatchewan, Canada.2
     He was commonly known as Tom.5

Thomas McTaggart appeared on the 1901 British Census of Greenock, at Renfrewshire, Scotland, in the household of his parents, Thomas and Charlotte McTaggart.6 Thomas McLachlan McTaggart emigrated on 10 April 1909 from Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, on board the Hesperian. He was sent from Quarrier's Orphan Homes of Scotland.7 He immigrated on 18 April 1909 to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, with a final destination of Brockville, ON.7 Hewas listed as a groomsman in the marriage of Alexander Clifford and Pearl Adelaide Seed on 4 March 1933.8
     Tom McTaggart was a pallbearer in the funeral of his father-in-law, Frank Denzin on 27 May 1939.9
     In the obituary of Bertha McTaggart who died 13 March 1980, her husband, Thomas McTaggart, was listed as predeceased.10

Family

Bertha Denzin b. 26 Jun 1890, d. 13 Mar 1980
Marriage*Thomas married Bertha Denzin.4,2 

Citations

  1. [S8214] Scott Beaton, "Re: Hi- Thomas McTaggart," e-mail message from email withheld for privacy (Austalia) to Rick Moffat, July 29, 2018, ...McTaggart was my third cousin, he came from Scotland and had been in the Quarriers Home (Orphan home) until he was shipped to Canada circa 1909. I believe he was a farm worker in Canada. My fourth cousin the nephew of Thomas is 89 years old and living in Scotland..... Hereinafter cited as "Thomas McTaggart."
  2. [S3862] Find A Grave memorial page , Find A Grave, Find A Grave search page; "A database submitted by individuals supposedly of cemetery interments, often from grave memorials or cemetery records and often supplemented by other information, generally without identification of the sources except when a tombstone photo is included."; cited as "Find A Grave., Thomas McTaggart
    Grave marker transcription:
    Husband     Thomas M     1894 - 1974
    Wife     Bertha     1890 - 1980
    McTaggart.
  3. [S8216] Thomas McTaggart household, 31 March 1901 Scotland Census, Edinburgh, Scotland, Greenock, Renfrewshire; Page 1, General Register Office for Scotland Roll: CSSCT1901_198, Note that this transcription gives his birthplace as Kilmuir, Argylshire, but Kilmuir is not in this county. The transcription is probably incorrect and Kilmun is a more likely birth place.
  4. [S2332] Ruth Pilgrim, online Obsolete link, Ruth Pilgrim (unknown location), downloaded viewed Oct 6, 2009, Bertha Denzin.
  5. [S8457] Early Pioneer Woman Is Dead, The Leader-Post, Regina, Saskatchewan, Jan. 18, 1937, Page 2, column 3 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Louisa Denzin née Pilgrim. Hereinafter cited as Leader-Post.
  6. [S8216] 31 March 1901 Scotland Census, Edinburgh, Scotland, Greenock, Renfrewshire; Page 1.
  7. [S8215] Home Children Records (Publisher: Library and Archives Canada), Library and Archives Canada (LAC), Home Children Records database search page; "The database provides access to more than 245,000 names of Home Children from records held at Library and Archives Canada and elsewhere."; cited as "Home Children Records., Home Children Records: Thomas McTaggart.
  8. [S8918] Weddings: Clifford-Seed, The Leader-Post, Regina, Saskatchewan, Mar 7, 1933, Page 6, column 3 viewed at Newspapers.com, Wedding: Clifford--Seed. Hereinafter cited as Leader-Post.
  9. [S8458] Denzin Rites Held, The Leader-Post, Regina, Saskatchewan, May 29, 1939, Page 11, column 5 viewed at Newspapers.com, Funeral: Frank Denzin. Hereinafter cited as Leader-Post.
  10. [S8646] Death Notice: McTaggart, The Leader-Post, Regina, Saskatchewan, Mar 14, 1980, Page 33, column 2 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Bertha McTaggart née Denzin. Hereinafter cited as Leader-Post.

Kimberly Christian Modiz1,2

F, #25095, b. 24 July 1950, d. 7 June 2006
Mother*Bonnie Mae Christian1,2 b. 10 Sep 1924, d. 21 Mar 2011
Last Edited10 Jul 2022
     She was born on 24 July 1950 at Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, USA.2
     Kimberly Christian Modiz died on 7 June 2006 at Waukesha Memorial Hospital, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA, at age 55.1,2
     The following selected information is extracted from her obituary.
Survivor(s): Bonnie Modiz.2

     See the footnotes below for a link to her obituary that appeared in the online newspaper GMToday.com published in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 8 June 2006.2

Citations

  1. [S2662] Interview with Millie nee Christian Alford (Houston, TX), by Rick Moffat, Feb 21, 2010. Rick Moffat Personal Digital Files (Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA), Bonnie Mae Modiz married Raymond. Their son's name is also Raymond, a teacher in Switzerland. Their daughter, Kimberly passed away a couple of years ago.
  2. [S2709] Waukesha - Kim Christian, online http://www.gmtoday.com/obits/freeman/obits/2006/June/08/…, Obituary: Kimberly Modiz Christian.

Sybil Alford1

F, #25096, b. 26 October 1909, d. 2 August 2000
Last Edited21 Feb 2010
     She was born on 26 October 1909.1
     Sybil Alford died on 2 August 2000 at Rather Cemetery (AKA Rathermans or Hurstown Cemetery), Shelby County, Texas, USA, at age 90.1

Citations

  1. [S2667] Rather Cemetery, Shelby County, TX, online http://www.shelbycountytexashistory.org/Shelby/cem_pics/…, Sybil Alford. Hereinafter cited as Rather Cemetery.

Willie Lee Alford1,2,3

F, #25098, b. 18 June 1888, d. 4 December 1969
Father*Allen Josiah Alford Jr3,4 b. 27 Feb 1844, d. 3 Jul 1923 or 23 Jul 1923
Mother*Nancy Jane Land3,4 b. 24 Aug 1851, d. 4 Sep 1926
Last Edited25 May 2023
     She was born on 18 June 1888 at Shelbyville, Shelby County, Texas, USA, but funeral home records give Sabine County as her birthplace.5,3,4,6,7 Willie married Floyd P. Swanzy on 23 August 1907 at Shelby County, Texas, USA.1,8,6,9
     Willie Lee Swanzy died on 4 December 1969 at Memorial Hospital, Center, Shelby County, Texas, USA, at age 81 according to Texas Death Registration 90611.5,3,4 The informant on her death registration was her daughter, Mrs. Wayland Matthews.4
     Willie Lee Swanzy was buried on 6 December 1969 at Shelbyville Cemetery, Shelby County, Texas, USA.5,3,4
     Floyd P. and Willie Swanzy appeared on the 1930 U.S. Federal Census of Shelby County, Texas, Precinct 2, Shelby, Texas, enumerated 1 April 1930, described as a rural carrier on route 2. Their children: Wylma, Thelma, Bennie Mae, Katherine, Billie, Jack and Marjory June, were listed as living with them.9
     In the obituary of Mattie Cook who died 6 August 1936, her sister Willie, Mrs. Floyd Swanzy of Shelbyville, Texas, was listed as a survivor.10
     Willie Lee Alford, widow of the deceased, was referenced, but not by name, in the obituary of Floyd P. Swanzy who died 2 July 1960.11

Family

Floyd P. Swanzy b. 25 Aug 1885, d. 2 Jul 1960
Marriage*Willie married Floyd P. Swanzy on 23 August 1907 at Shelby County, Texas, USA.1,8,6,9 
Children

Citations

  1. [S2668] The Brides of Shelby County- 1882 - 1999, online http://www.shelbycountytexashistory.org/Shelby/Marriages/…, Willie Lee Alford and Floyd Swanzy. Hereinafter cited as Brides of Shelby County.
  2. [S2670] Shelbyville Cemetery, Shelby County, online http://www.shelbycountytexashistory.org/Shelby/cem_pics/…, Swanzy, Willie L. (assume this is the wife if Floyd Swanzy based upon being buried in the same cemetery and their birthdates being within 3 years of each other). Hereinafter cited as Shelbyville Cemetery.
  3. [S2731] Bartle Funeral Home, Shelby County, TX, online http://www.shelbycountytexashistory.org/Shelby/Bartle/…, Swanzy, Mrs Willie Lee. Hereinafter cited as Bartle Funeral Home.
  4. [S5605] Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982, online Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982, Willie Lee Swanzy, Date of Death: 04 Dec 1969, Center, Shelby, Texas, USA, Age: 81, Birth Date: 18 Jun 1888, Texas, Father: Allen Alford, Mother: Nancy Jane Land, Certificate Number: 90611. Hereinafter cited as Texas, Death Certificates.
  5. [S2670] Shelbyville Cemetery, online http://www.shelbycountytexashistory.org/Shelby/cem_pics/…, Willie L. Swanzy      1888      1969 (I assume this is the wife of Floyd Swanzy based upon being buried in the same cemetery and their birthdates being within 3 years of each other).
  6. [S6488] Jack Kenneth Swanzy, Standard Certificate of Birth 84743 (1924), Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah, USA.
  7. [S6489] Marjory June Swanzy, Standard Certificate of Birth 41339 (1927), Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah, USA.
  8. [S2672] Magnum Funeral Home, Shelby County, TX, online http://www.shelbycountytexashistory.org/Shelby/Mangum/…, 1960 - Swanzy, Floyd P.. Hereinafter cited as Magnum Funeral Home.
  9. [S9294] Floyd P. Swanzy hiousehold, Apr 24, 1930 U.S. Federal census, Washington, DC, USA, Precinct 2, Shelby, Texas; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 7, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; National Archives and Records Administration.
  10. [S9284] Ark-LA-Tex Deaths: Mrs. Mattie Cook, The Times, Shreveport, Louisiana, Jun 17, 1965, Page 7, column 2 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Mattie Cook. Hereinafter cited as The Times.
  11. [S9281] Deaths: Floyd P. Swanzy, The Times, Shreveport, Louisiana, Jul 5, 1960, Page 13, column 1 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Floyd P. Swanzy. Hereinafter cited as The Times.
  12. [S7087] Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001 (Publisher: FamilySearch), unknown repository, Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001; "An ancestry.com database based upon one of the same name at FamilySearch, 2013, that also links to images of the documents. This database includes data not found on the actual documents, and may be derived from linked FamilySearch trees"; cited as "Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001., Edward Bryant & Nellie Shallenberg     Edward Bryant & Nellie Shallenberg; Marriage: 24 Apr 1904, Indiana, United States. Reviewed at FamilySearch where images are available.
  13. [S2672] Magnum Funeral Home, online http://www.shelbycountytexashistory.org/Shelby/Mangum/…, Carlisle, Katherine.
  14. [S2667] Rather Cemetery, Shelby County, TX, online http://www.shelbycountytexashistory.org/Shelby/cem_pics/…, Swanzy, Infant. Hereinafter cited as Rather Cemetery.
  15. [S2731] Bartle Funeral Home, online http://www.shelbycountytexashistory.org/Shelby/Bartle/…, Swanzy, William.
  16. [S1351] Texas Birth Index - 1903 - 1997 (Publisher: Texas Department of State Health Services.), Ancestry.com, Texas Birth Index - 1903 - 1997; "This database includes images of the original computer generated list of birth"; cited as "TX Birth Index - 1903-1997., Name:     Marjory June Swanzy.

Walter Norman Kenneth Clark1,2

M, #25099, b. 14 May 1900, d. 3 June 1998
Last Edited29 Mar 2019
     He was born on 14 May 1900 at Doe Lake, Ontario, Canada.3 Walter married Gertrude May Denzin on 19 December 1922.1
     Walter Norman Kenneth Clark died on 3 June 1998 at Doe Lake, Ryerson Twp., District of Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada, at age 98.2
     Walter Norman Kenneth Clark was buried on 4 June 1998 at Mountain View Cemetery and Crematorium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.4
     He was commonly known as Norman.1,5
     Norman Clark was a pallbearer in the funeral of his father-in-law, Frank Denzin on 27 May 1939.6
     In the obituary of Gertrude May Clark who died 18 January 1988, her husband, Norman Clark, was listed as a survivor.7
     In the obituary of Ray Ritchie Clark who died 11 February 1999, his father, Norman Clark, was listed as predeceased.8

Family

Gertrude May Denzin b. 10 Mar 1898, d. 18 Jan 1988
Marriage*Walter married Gertrude May Denzin on 19 December 1922.1 
Child

Citations

  1. [S2934] My Pilgrim Roots on Ancestry (Publisher: Ancestry), Ancestry.com, My Pilgrim Roots on Ancestry; "Ruth Pilgrim has granted me guest rights to view her entire family tree. Please validate data with other sources"; cited as "My Pilgrim Roots.
  2. [S3065] Rootsweb - Archives of the Obituary Daily Times , Rootsweb, Rootsweb - Archives of the Obituary Daily Times; "The database has entries that give information about obituaries that appeared in publications around the world."; cited as "Obituary Daily Times., CLARK, Walter Norman Kenneth; 98; Doe Lake ON; Province (BC); 1998-6-3; verbeek.
  3. [S2332] Ruth Pilgrim, online Obsolete link, Ruth Pilgrim (unknown location), downloaded viewed Oct 6, 2009, Walter Norman Kenneth Clark.
  4. [S5931] Mountain View Cemetery - An Alphabetical Listing of Burials, online http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/NONMARKETOPERATIONS/…, Name: CLARK, Walter Norman Kenneth
    Burial Date:     Jun-04-1998
    Burial Location:     1919/*/*/*/1040. Hereinafter cited as Mountain View Cemetery Lookup.
  5. [S8836] Mrs. Main dies at 73, The Leader-Post, Regina, Saskatchewan, Jan 27, 1959, Page 5, column 3 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Alice Louise Main. Hereinafter cited as Leader-Post.
  6. [S8458] Denzin Rites Held, The Leader-Post, Regina, Saskatchewan, May 29, 1939, Page 11, column 5 viewed at Newspapers.com, Funeral: Frank Denzin. Hereinafter cited as Leader-Post.
  7. [S11368] Deaths: Clark, The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, British Columbia, 21 Jan 1988, Page 29, column 4 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Gertrude May Clark nee Denzin (aged 89). Hereinafter cited as Vancouver Sun.
  8. [S8915] Death Notices: Clark, The Leader-Post, Regina, Saskatchewan, Feb 12, 1999, Page 41, column 1 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Ray Ritchie Clark. Hereinafter cited as Leader-Post.
  9. [S2332] Ruth Pilgrim, viewed Oct 6, 2009, Ray Ritchie Clark.

Ray Ritchie Clark1,2

M, #25100, b. 30 January 1929, d. 11 February 1999
Father*Walter Norman Kenneth Clark1,2 b. 14 May 1900, d. 3 Jun 1998
Mother*Gertrude May Denzin1,2 b. 10 Mar 1898, d. 18 Jan 1988
Last Edited10 Jul 2022
     He was born on 30 January 1929.1 Alternatively, he may have been born circa 1928 since he reportedly died at the age of 71.2
     Ray Ritchie Clark died on 11 February 1999 at Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, at age 70.1
     The following selected information is extracted from the obituary of Ray Ritchie Clark.
Predeceased: Norman Clark and Gertrude Clark.2

     In the obituary of Gertrude May Clark who died 18 January 1988, her son, Ray Ritchie Clark, of Craven, Saskatchewan, was listed as a survivor.3
     See the footnotes below for a link to his obituary that appeared in the newspaper The Leader-Post published in Regina, Saskatchewan, 12 February 1999.2

Citations

  1. [S2332] Ruth Pilgrim, online Obsolete link, Ruth Pilgrim (unknown location), downloaded viewed Oct 6, 2009, Ray Ritchie Clark.
  2. [S8915] Death Notices: Clark, The Leader-Post, Regina, Saskatchewan, Feb 12, 1999, Page 41, column 1 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Ray Ritchie Clark. Hereinafter cited as Leader-Post.
  3. [S11368] Deaths: Clark, The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, British Columbia, 21 Jan 1988, Page 29, column 4 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Gertrude May Clark nee Denzin (aged 89). Hereinafter cited as Vancouver Sun.