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John & Mary Jane Muddle's Family
John Muddle married Mary Jane Billes at St Dunstan’s Church in Mayfield, Sussex on 14 October 1882. They had to get married as their first child was due, being born just under two months later. John and Mary lived at Stockyards Farm in Five Ashes (then part of Mayfield Parish), where their six eldest children were born between 1882 and 1893. The 1890 edition of Kelly's Directory of Sussex and the 1891 edition of Kelly's Directory of Kent, Surrey & Sussex both listed John Muddle as a farmer at Stockyards Farm. In the census of 5 April 1891 they were living at Stockyards Farm with their then four children and John was a farmer. They had 15-year-old Emily Sade as a live-in general domestic servant, and 26-year-old farm assistant John B Billes, who was Mary Jane's brother, was boarding with them. Also living at Stockyards Farm were Mary Jane's father and stepmother, 82-year-old retired farmer Joseph Billes and his young 27-year-old wife Maria. John is thought to be the John Muddle who was recorded as being one of the bell-ringers at St Margaret the Queen Church in Buxted in 1887; he must have had a strong connection with the church as all his children were baptised there, even though they lived in Mayfield Parish. In about 1895 they moved to Criers Farm in Five Ashes where their seventh child was born in 1897. It is thought to be about this time that, according to family tradition, John fathered an illegitimate daughter by a Miss Collins of Mayfield, but no documentary confirmation of this has been found. The 1899 edition of Kelly's Directory of Sussex listed John Muddle as a farmer at Criers Farm in Five Ashes. In the census of 31 March 1901 they were living at Criers Farm with their six youngest children; their eldest daughter was in service at Tunbridge Wells. John was a farmer and had his eldest son working with him on the farm. By 1903 they had moved to Summertree Farm at Bodle Street Green in Sussex, as that was where their daughter Christina died that year. The 1905 edition of Kelly's Directory of Sussex listed John Muddle as a farmer at Summertree Farm in Bodle Street Green. Later they moved to Pebsham Farm at Bodle Street Green. It was while they were at Bodle Street Green that their daughter Annie came home to have her two illegitimate sons, Henry and Fred, born in 1907 and 1909, and which she left there for John and Mary Jane to bring up.
In 1911 John, at the age of 50, emigrated from England to Canada. He sailed 3rd class on the Lake Champlain of the Canadian Pacific Line from Liverpool on 26 May 1911 bound for Quebec. The departure passenger list completely incorrectly described him as being a 31-year-old joiner.[1] After a voyage of 11 days John arrived at Quebec on 6 June and the arrival passenger list correctly records him as a 50-year-old labourer whose destination was Wainwright in Alberta where he intended to be a farmer.[2] Later that year John’s wife, Mary Jane, and youngest child, daughter Kate, and two grandsons, Henry and Fred Muddle, the illegitimate sons of his daughter Annie, all emigrated from England to Canada to join him. They sailed 3rd class on the Empress of Britain of the Canadian Pacific Line from Liverpool on 15 December 1911 bound for St John, New Brunswick.[3] After a voyage of 8 days they arrived at St John on 23 December and the arrival passenger list records that their destination was Wainwright in Alberta.[4] Recorded on both departure and arrival passenger lists as travelling with them, apparently as Mary Jane’s husband, was 48-year-old farm labourer John B Muddle. It’s thought that this was almost certainly Mary Jane’s brother John Benjamin Billes, who had been living with the Muddle family in the 1891 census, but why he was recorded as a Muddle on the passenger lists is unknown. It’s understood from family tradition that their emigration was paid for by Mary Jane’s brother Henry Billes, who had migrated to Canada in 1884 and lived in Toronto, and it was his two sons, William and Alfred, who went on to start the large Canadian company called Canadian Tire.
After arriving in Wainwright John took a homestead (N.E. 1/4 10-46-6 W4), which was about 10 miles to the north-east of Wainwright, and during that summer of 1911 he worked for George Babb. Mary Jane arrived in Wainwright on 29 December 1911 and for the next eight months they lived in a rented log shack on the Russell Fox Farm while they were building a 14ft x 24ft house made of 8 inch shiplap and building paper on their homestead. They furnished the house with an old iron stove, two iron bed beds, an open front cupboard and three chairs they purchased at an auction, and John made his own double chair.
Their son Alf emigrated from England to Canada in the spring of 1912, and even though he took his own homestead near Wainwright he lived with the rest of the family. They bought three oxen (Billie, Bright, and Buck) from Mr Babb, and together with an old wooden 16-inch breaking plough they started to break up their ground. They then got two baby pigs, some chicken, and a cow for milk. About a year or so after they had first built their house they extended it by adding a 12ft x 24ft lean-to for a kitchen. In the spring of 1913 they bought a little white-faced mare, which they worked with the three oxen, doing quite a lot of ground breaking for other farmers, and later they bought another ox called 'Brandy'. More cows were purchased, until they had a herd of about sixteen milkers, and two more mares were bought from which they started raising their own horses. The oxen were sold in 1916 to make bully beef for the soldiers in the First World War. They built a workshop of logs, which was fitted out with a forge and anvil, in which their son Alf did a lot of repair work for their neighbours.
When the people of the district built a school in 1914, about 7 miles north-east of Wainwright, it was named Mayfield at the suggestion of John, as that was the parish in Sussex where he had lived, and his two grandsons did their schooling there. On 22 July 1929, the day after the big Wainwright fire, their barns, which were built of logs in front with prairie sod walls at back and sides and straw roofs, were set alight by a spark from the house. They were burnt to the ground and 18 head of animals were killed. The following winter they built a new 24ft x 34ft barn from logs cut down by the river. Mary Jane died in 1936 when about 78 years old, and John died in 1938 when about 77 years old.
Their children were: Catherine Mary 1882-1967 Joseph Charles 1885-1962 Annie Jane 1887-1968 Christina Kate 1889-1903 Fanny Elizabeth 1891-? Alfred John 1893-1974
John and Mary Jane’s eldest child was Catherine Mary Muddle, known as Cath, who was born at Stockyards Farm in Five Ashes in Mayfield Parish, Sussex on 9 December 1882, and baptised at St Margaret the Queen Church in Buxted on 25 February 1883. In the census of 5 April 1891 Catherine, at the age of 8, was living with her parents at Stockyards Farm, and she was going to school. Then in the census of 31 March 1901 Catherine, now aged 18, was a live-in domestic servant to the family of auctioneer Richard Denyer at 33 Grove Hill Road in Tunbridge Wells. When she was 21 years old Cath married 24-year-old Amos Bassett, who was an engine driver from Rotherfield, at St John the Evangelist Church in Bodle Street Green on 15 October 1904. Amos was the son of Frederick and Frances Bassett, and he had been born at Mayfield during September 1880. Amos and Cath had two children born in 1906 and 1907. They first lived at Spring Cottage in Five Ashes, but later moved to Sunny Bank in Five Ashes. Amos worked as an engine driver with a council road repair gang. Amos died on 17 January 1959, at the age of 78, and Cath died on 17 July 1967, at the age of 84.
Amos and Cath’s eldest child was Christina Fanny Bassett who was born at Spring Cottage in Five Ashes, Sussex on 8 March 1906, and baptised at St John the Evangelist Church in Bodle Street Green on 15 April 1906. When she was about 21 years old Christina married 26-year-old Henry Allen Crouch in Uckfield registration district during the 1st quarter of 1927. Henry had been born in Battle registration district in Sussex on 19 May 1899. They had three children born between 1927 and 1937. They first lived with Christina’s parents at Sunny Bank in Five Ashes, before moving to the Wellbrook area of Mayfield. Henry died in Uckfield registration district during May 1943, at the age of about 44 (not 42 as given on his death certificate), and Christina died in Tunbridge Wells registration district in Kent on 8 October 1986, at the age of 80.
Amos and Cath’s second child was Amos Frank Bassett, known as Punch, who had been born on 26 May 1907, was baptised at St Mark’s Church in Hadlow Down, Sussex on 14 July 1907. Amos married Muriel Pavey, they had one child, and they lived at Crowborough. Amos died in Eastbourne registration district in Sussex on 25 November 1983, at the age of 76.
John and Mary Jane’s second child was Joseph Charles Muddle, known as Joe, who was born at Stockyards Farm in Five Ashes in Mayfield Parish, Sussex on 31 August 1885, and baptised at St Margaret the Queen Church in Buxted on 11 October 1885. In the census of 5 April 1891 Joseph, at the age of 5, was living with his parents at Stockyards Farm, and he was going to school. Then in the census of 31 March 1901 Joseph, now aged 15, was living with his parents at Criers Farm in Five Ashes, and he was working with his father on the farm. Joseph became a wheelwright and blacksmith. When he was 23 years old Joseph married 25-year-old Minnie Baldock at Hailsham Register Office in Sussex on 7 November 1908. Joseph was then a blacksmith living at Lower Dicker near Hellingly, and Minnie was living at Oakhurst Farm in Hellingly, which was where Joseph’s uncle Richard Muddle then farmed. Minnie was the daughter of carter James William Baldock and her birth had been registered in Uckfield registration district during the first quarter of 1883. Minnie already had an illegitimate daughter called Ethel Grace Baldock who had been born in 1905. Joseph and Minnie lived in Surrey where they had a son born in 1915 who died in 1917, and then a daughter born in 1918. When Minnie’s illegitimate daughter married in 1927 Joseph was described as being a steam wagon driver. They moved to Guildford where Minnie died at the age of 52, her death being registered in North-West Surrey registration district during the 1st quarter of 1935. Joseph’s second marriage was to Florence L Robbins in Battle registration district in Sussex during the 3rd quarter of 1936. Florence was a widow from Guildford, whose maiden name was Hemsley. They didn’t have children, but Florence had two daughters from her first marriage. They moved to Warnham, then Burwash, and then to Chiddingly where Joe had a blacksmiths shop at Muddles Green. Joe is thought to have done the ironwork at Chiddingly Church. Their last move was to Hailsham, where Joseph died at the age of 76, his death being registered during the 3rd quarter of 1962. Florence then married David M Mockett in Hailsham registration district during the 4th quarter of 1963.
Minnie’s illegitimate child was Ethel Grace Baldock whose birth was registered in Uckfield registration district in Sussex during the 3rd quarter of 1905. Ethel adopted the surname Muddle to become Ethel Grace Baldock Muddle. When she was 21 years old Ethel married 22-year-old Charles Frederick Burgess at Farnham Register Office in Surrey on 16 April 1927. They were both then living at 4 Stonehouse Cottages in Quarry Lane at Aldershot, and Charles was working as a steam roller driver.
Joseph and Minnie’s eldest child was Alfred W C Muddle whose birth was registered in Epsom registration district in Surrey during the 2nd quarter of 1915. Alfred died when only a year old, his death being registered in Farnham registration district in Surrey during the 1st quarter of 1917.
Joseph and Minnie’s second child was Iris M Muddle whose birth was registered in Farnham registration district in Surrey during the 3rd quarter of 1918. When she was about 27 years old Iris married Charles T Sayer in Chanctonbury registration district in Sussex during the 3rd quarter of 1945. This marriage ended in divorce without any children. Iris then married Frederick Caddy in Chanctonbury registration district during the 4th quarter of 1948, and they had a daughter before emigrating from England to Western Australia, where they had a son.
John and Mary Jane’s third child was Annie Jane Muddle who was born at Stockyards Farm in Five Ashes in Mayfield Parish, Sussex on 29 June 1887, and baptised at St Margaret the Queen Church in Buxted on 31 July 1887. In the census of 5 April 1891 Annie, at the age of 3, was living with her parents at Stockyards Farm. Then in the census of 31 March 1901 Annie, now aged 13, was living with her parents at Criers Farm in Five Ashes. Annie went to London to work, where she conceived two illegitimate sons, she returned to her parents' home, Pebsham Farm at Bodle Street Green in Sussex to have them in 1907 and 1909, and then left them there for her parents to look after, which resulted in them migrating to Canada with their grandparents in late 1911. Annie was described as a general domestic servant on the birth certificate of her first illegitimate son. In the census of 2 April 1911 Annie was the live-in cook to clergyman George Russell Poole and his wife at the Vicarage in Wartling, Sussex, which was just 3½ miles south of where her parents were living in Bodle Street Green. When she was 27 years old Annie married 47-year-old Thomas Musgrove Moger at Islington Register Office in London during the 12 February 1915. They were both then living at 1 Anatola Road, Islington and Thomas was a meat market porter. Thomas was the son of Alfred and Susan Moger; he had been born at Hammersmith in London and his birth registered during the 3rd quarter of 1867. Thomas and Annie had eight sons; the first three born in Islington registration district between 1915 and 1918, the second of whom died soon after birth in late 1916. Their other five children were born in Pancras registration district in London between 1921 and 1931, the first of whom died in infancy in early 1922. They always lived in London where Thomas worked as a porter at Smithfield Meat Market. Thomas, who was 20 years older than Annie, died in Pancras registration district on 5 November 1946, at the age of 79. Twenty-two years later Annie had been living in basement flat when after a brief illness she died in Whittington Hospital at Archway in Pancras registration district on 8 December 1968, at the age of 81 (not 82 as given on her death certificate).
Annie’s first illegitimate son was Alfred Henry Muddle, known as Henry, who was born at Bodle Street Green in Sussex on 29 August 1907. (Henry gave his father’s name as being Arthur Baker on his marriage certificate in 1946, but no father’s name was given on his birth certificate.) Henry and his younger brother Fred were both baptised at St John the Evangelist Church in Bodle Street Green on 4 January 1910. Henry was bought up by his grandparents, John and Mary Jane Muddle, and when he was 4 years old he emigrated from England to Canada with them. Henry with his brother Fred, aunt Kate Muddle, and grandmother Mary Jane Muddle, all sailed on the Empress of Britain of the Canadian Pacific Line from Liverpool on 15 December 1911 bound for St John, New Brunswick. After a voyage of 8 days they arrived at St John on 23 December. They then travelled on to Wainwright in Alberta where they joined Henry's grandfather, who had migrated earlier in the year. Henry lived with his grandparents on their farm north-east of Wainwright. He went to a school called Mayfield, which had been named by his grandfather after the parish where they had lived in Sussex.
At the age of 16 Henry went to work for Mr McLeod at a country store and post office at Heath in Alberta, which is a very small town 14 miles south-east of Wainwright, and he worked there for 6 years. After that he was a grain buyer for an elevator at Heath. During his late teens Henry purchased a half-share in a dance hall at Heath, which he operated along with a friend, Reg Wiley, who was the brother of Henry's future wife. They let a travelling preacher use the building for gospel services, and shortly thereafter, it was exclusively used for Christian ministry. In 1929 two students from the Prairie Bible Institute came to Heath, and Henry gave them permission to use the dance hall for their meetings. This started Henry's active involvement in the Christian faith, and the Prairie Bible Institute. When he was about 24 years old Henry married 21-year-old Jean Wiley in the summer of 1931. Jean had been born on 19 September 1909. They lived at Heath and just a year after their marriage, on 4 July 1932, Henry lost his wife and their baby daughter in childbirth. Jean was 22 years old when she died. Later that year, the fall of 1932, Henry did his first term of training at the Prairie Bible School in Three Hills, Alberta. He then returned to Heath and his corn-buying job, until in the fall of 1936 he left Heath and moved to Three Hills, to continue his training at the Prairie Bible School. Henry worked part-time in the Institute office while he was training. He graduated in the spring of 1941, and was then made Superintendent of the Alberta Canadian Sunday School Mission, a post he held for the next 8 years. When he was 39 years old Henry married 33-year-old Honor Gwendoline Langley at the Prairie Bible Institute Tabernacle in Three Hills on 11 September 1946. Honor was a first generation Canadian, born at Calgary on 2 August 1913 to English parents, and she was a graduate nurse. Henry and Honor had five children born between 1947 and 1955. In the spring of 1949 the family moved to Kitchener, Ontario, where Henry was director of the Canadian Sunday School Mission for 15 months. They then returned to Three Hills, where Henry became secretary/treasurer of the Prairie Bible Institute, and was also its president for two years. He then continued working for the Institute in administration and finance, during which he did legal work for them. During this time Henry also served a small country pastorate 9 miles east of Huxley, Alberta, for 13 years. Huxley is 17 miles north of Three Hills. Henry retired when he was about 76, but even then carried on as a notary public until 1993. He was now in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s dementia, and he died from this condition on 15 August 1994, at the age of 86. Henry was buried in Three Hills Cemetery on 18 August 1994, after a funeral service at Maxwell Memorial Tabernacle. Honor died at Three Hills on 15 November 1998, at the age of 85.
Annie’s second illegitimate son was Frederick Charles Muddle, known as Fred, who was born at Bodle Street Green in Sussex, and whose birth was registered during the 2nd quarter of 1909. Fred and his elder brother Henry were both baptised at St John the Evangelist Church in Bodle Street Green on 4 January 1910. Fred was bought up by his grandparents, John and Mary Jane Muddle, and when he was 2 years old, he emigrated from England to Canada with them. Fred with his brother Henry, aunt Kate Muddle, and grandmother Mary Jane Muddle, all sailed on the Empress of Britain of the Canadian Pacific Line from Liverpool on 15 December 1911 bound for St John, New Brunswick. After a voyage of 8 days they arrived at St John on 23 December. They then travelled on to Wainwright in Alberta where they joined Henry's grandfather, who had migrated earlier in the year. Fred lived with his grandparents on their farm north-east of Wainwright. He went to a school called Mayfield, which had been named by his grandfather after the parish where they had lived in Sussex. Fred left school at the age of 14 and then worked at home for a year, before leaving home and working at a number of different places until settling to work for about 12 years for Arthur Harden. He then worked for a year in a Vancouver shipyard, before serving for three years in the army during the Second World War. After his discharge from the army Fred worked in a garage for Lew Tory, and then at the army camp in Wainwright for three years. He then went back to farming, buying the Lloyd Haynes place, which he farmed for ten years. Fred later lived in Wainwright with a woman called Maud and her two children.
Thomas and Annie’s eldest child (Annie's third) was Thomas Albert Moger, known as George, who was born in Islington registration district in London on 15 March 1915. When he was 26 years old George married 20-year-old Audrey Elaine Batty at the Parish Church of St Alphage in Burnt Oak, Edgware, London on 27 April 1941. They were both then living at 17 Watling Avenue, Burnt Oak, Edgware, London and Thomas was a Tool Designer. Audrey was the daughter of Aubrey Ernest and Florence Elizabeth Batty and she had been born at 8 Imperial Road, Wood Green, London on 3 May 1920. Thomas and Aubrey had two children born in 1942 and 1945. George worked as an engineer at Hovers and they lived at Ruislip in Middlesex. George died at the age of 87, his death being registered in Hillingdon registration district in Middlesex during December 2002. Audrey died in 2008.
Thomas and Annie’s second child (Annie's fourth) was Thomas Moger whose birth was registered in Islington registration district in London during the 4th quarter of 1916. Thomas died soon after birth his death being registered in Islington registration district during the 4th quarter of 1916.
Thomas and Annie’s third child (Annie's fifth) was John Alfred Moger who was born in Islington registration district in London on 3 April 1918. During the Second World War John served in the RAF as a motor transport driver. When he was 46 years old John married 26-year-old Leonore Langley on 19 October 1964. Leonore had been born on 2 December 1937. They had two children born in 1966 and 1968. John had his own transport business. Leonore died on 22 February 1982, at the age of 44, and John died on 20 March 1993, at the age of 74.
Thomas and Annie’s fourth child (Annie's sixth) was Robert E Moger whose birth was registered in Pancras registration district in London during the 4th quarter of 1921. Robert died in infancy, his death being registered in Pancras registration district during the 1st quarter of 1922.
Thomas and Annie’s fifth child (Annie's seventh) was William Frederick Moger who was born in Pancras registration district in London on 5 July 1923. When he was 28 years old William married 26-year-old Peggy Madelaine Cassidy on 20 March 1952. Peggy had been born on 30 November 1925. They had two children born in 1962 and 1965. William worked as a capstan setter, and they lived at East Finchley in London. William died at the age of 73, his death being registered in Barnet registration district in Middlesex during April 1997.
Thomas and Annie’s sixth child (Annie's eighth) is Donald Arthur Moger who was born in Pancras registration district in London on 6 June 1925. When he was 26 years old Donald married 23-year-old Joyce Brims on 12 April 1952. Joyce had been born on 14 August 1928. They had one child born in 1960. Donald did an engineering apprenticeship at Rolls Royce, and then worked as an engineer for the Post Office on letter sorting and franking equipment at Mount Pleasant Sorting Office in London. Donald and Joyce live at Pluckley near Ashford in Kent.
Thomas and Annie’s seventh child (Annie's ninth) is David Ernest Leonard Moger who was born in Pancras registration district in London on 14 August 1927. When he was 33 years old David married 39-year-old Gladys May Redman at Islington Register Office on 28 January 1961. Gladys had been born on 22 October 1921. They had one child born in 1955. David worked as a capstan setter, and they lived at Welwyn Garden City. Gladys died at the age of 78, her death being registered in Hatfield registration district in Hertfordshire during July 2000.
Thomas and Annie’s eighth child (Annie's tenth) is Herbert Edward Moger who was born in Pancras registration district in London on 13 March 1931. When he was 26 years old Herbert married 25-year-old Jean Busby on 3 July 1957. Jean had been born on 25 November 1931. They had one child born in 1959 before their marriage ended in divorce. Herbert had a furriers business in London.
John and Mary Jane’s fourth child was Christina Kate Muddle who was born at Stockyards Farm in Five Ashes in Mayfield Parish, Sussex on 14 April 1889, and baptised at St Margaret the Queen Church in Buxted on 26 May 1889. In the census of 5 April 1891 Christina, at the age of nearly 2, was living with her parents at Stockyards Farm. Then in the census of 31 March 1901 Christina, now aged 11, was living with her parents at Criers Farm in Five Ashes. Christina died at Summertree Farm in Bodle Street Green, Sussex, at the age of 14, from TB, and she was buried in St John the Evangelist Churchyard at Bodle Street Green on 1 June 1903.
John and Mary Jane’s fifth child was Fanny Elizabeth Muddle who was born at Stockyards Farm in Five Ashes in Mayfield Parish, Sussex on 18 June 1891, and baptised at St Margaret the Queen Church in Buxted on 16 August 1891. In the census of 31 March 1901 Fanny, at the age of 9, was living with her parents at Criers Farm in Five Ashes. When she was 17 years old Fanny married 27-year-old Arthur Wood at St John the Evangelist Church in Bodle Street Green on 17 October 1908. Arthur was the son of William and Mary Wood, he had been born at Warbleton in Sussex and his birth registered during the 1st quarter of 1881. Arthur and Fanny first lived at Bodle Street Green where Arthur worked as a farm labourer. Their first child, a son, was baptised at St John the Evangelist Church in Bodle Street Green on 26 February 1911. Then two weeks later Arthur, Fanny and their young son emigrated from England to Canada; they sailed 3rd class on the Lake Manitoba of the Canadian Pacific Line from Liverpool on 15 March 1911,[5] and after a voyage of 12 days they arrived at St John, New Brunswick on 27 March 1911. On the passenger list Arthur stated that he had been working as a farm labourer in England and intended to do the same in Canada, and that their intended destination was Wainwright.[6] In the Canadian census of 1 June 1911, enumerated on 4 and 5 June, they were at their farm north-east of Wainwright, Alberta, were Arthur was now a farmer. Their farm was next to the one Fanny's parents took later that year. They had six more children, three of whom died young. Life on the farm was extremely hard, with brutally cold winters, long distances to town or neighbours, and sandy soil which produced poor crops. In the end Arthur left Fanny and the children after the children had become young adults. In about 1938 Fanny and the children moved to Kelowna in British Columbia, which is about 400 miles south-west of Wainwright, where they managed a gas and motor service station. They lived in the back of the station; eldest son, Steve was the mechanic and fixed the cars, and younger son, Hugh did the books. Fanny now started to use the name Frances.
Arthurand Fanny’s eldest child was Donald Arthur Wood who was born at Bodle Street Green in Sussex during September 1910, and baptised at St John the Evangelist Church in Bodle Street Green on 26 February 1911. Soon after his baptism Donald emigrated with his parents from England to Canada. In the Canadian census of 1 June 1911, enumerated on 4 and 5 June, Donald was living with his parents on their farm near Wainwright, Alberta. Donald grew up on the farm and changed his name to Steve. After his father left he moved with his mother and siblings to Kelowna in British Columbia where he was the mechanic fixing the cars in the gas and motor service station they managed. Steve stayed in Kelowa, married Letha Lundeen and had two children, both sons.
Arthur and Fanny’s second child was Cecil Frank Wood, known as Frank. Frank grew up on the farm and after his father left he moved with his mother and siblings to Kelowna in British Columbia. During the Second World War Frank joined the army and while in England he married Doreen. They settled in North Vancouver, British Columbia and had one child, a daughter. Frank worked as a policeman for the railroad.
Arthur and Fanny’s third child was Hubert John Wood, known as Hugh. Hugh grew up on the farm and after his father left he moved with his mother and siblings to Kelowna in British Columbia where he did the books for the gas and motor service station they managed. During the Second World War Hugh joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and while in England attached to the Royal Air Force he married Kathleen Hall who was from Feltham in Middlesex. They settled in Abbotsford in British Columbia where they had four children. Hugh became a school teacher and then school principal.
Arthur and Fanny’s fourth child was Dorothy Wood. Dorothy grew up on the farm and after her father left she moved with her mother and siblings to Kelowna in British Columbia. Dorothy married Donald Wood, they lived in Kelowna but didn't have any children.
John and Mary Jane’s sixth child was Alfred John Muddle, known as Alf, who was born at Stockyards Farm in Five Ashes in Mayfield Parish, Sussex on 26 June 1893, and baptised at St Margaret the Queen Church in Buxted on 30 July 1893. In the census of 31 March 1901 Alf, at the age of 7, was living with his parents at Criers Farm in Five Ashes. Alf did about two years of a blacksmith’s apprenticeship before, at the age of 18, he emigrated from England to Canada about four months after his parents. He sailed 3rd class on the Corsican of the Allan Line from Liverpool on 5 April 1912,[7] and after a voyage of 9 days he arrived at either Halifax or St John, New Brunswick on 14 April 1912. On the passenger list Alfred stated that his destination was Wainwright; that he had been a blacksmith in England and intended to be a blacksmith in Canada.[8] He then travelled on join his parents in Wainwright, Alberta. He took a homestead (N.W. 1/4 36-5 W4) there, but lived with the rest of the family on his parents homestead. Alf used his blacksmith skills to do a lot of repair work for neighbours in a workshop fitted out with a forge and anvil. Alf married Charlotte Ann Woodward, known as Lottie, who had been born on 4 May 1891. They didn't have any children. They continued to farm at Wainwright until 1948, when they sold out and moved to Victoria in British Columbia. In 1958 they travelled to England on a two months visit, they sailed tourist class on the Empress of Britain of the Canadian Pacific Line from Montreal and arrived at Liverpool on 12 August 1958. On the passenger list Alfred was described as retired and Lottie as a housewife, and their address in England was to be Blands Farm, Woton Road, Isleworth.[9] After their two months in England they sailed tourist class on the Empress of Britain of the Canadian Pacific Line from Liverpool on 17 October 1958 bound for Montreal.[10] Lottie died at Victoria on the 2 March 1972, at the age of 80 (not 85 as given on her death certificate). Then two years later Alfred died at Victoria on the 2 December 1974, at the age of 81 (not 80 as given on his death certificate).
John and Mary Jane’s seventh child was Kate Lilian Muddle who was born at Criers Farm in Five Ashes in Mayfield Parish, Sussex on 16 March 1897, and baptised at St Margaret the Queen Church in Buxted on 25 April 1897. In the census of 31 March 1901 Kate, at the age of 4, was living with her parents at Criers Farm. When she was 14 years old Kate emigrated with her mother and two of her nephews from England to Canada. They sailed on the Empress of Britain of the Canadian Pacific Line from Liverpool on 15 December 1911 bound for St John, New Brunswick. The departure passenger list describes Kate as being a domestic. After a voyage of 8 days they arrived at St John on 23 December and the arrival passenger list also records Kate as being a domestic. They then travelled on to Wainwright in Alberta to join Kate's father, who had migrated earlier in the year. Kate lived with her parents on their farm north-east of Wainwright. She worked in Wainwright and the surrounding district, including one summer herding cattle on horseback for Verney Graham. When she was 20 years old Kate married 33-year-old David Morrison Ross at Wainwright on 4 April 1917. David had been born on 27 February 1884 and he had homesteaded in the Bonnyville district, about 100 miles north of Wainwright, with his brothers, Harry, Ruben and Jess. David and Kate had ten children born between 1919 and 1945. They lived at Wainwright for about two years before moving to their farm at Dirleton, which is 8 miles due east of Bonnyville, and consisted of a school, a post office, which Kate as post mistress run from her house, and farms. David died at his farm on 12 June 1946, at the age of 62, from a heart attack, and he was buried in St John’s Church Cemetery, which is just north of Bonnyville. After David’s death Kate moved to Fort Kent, Alberta, for about two years before moving to Calgary, Alberta, where she lived until she had to go into a home at Westlock, Alberta. Kate died at Westlock on 25 March 1990, at the age of 93. Her funeral service was at St John’s United Church in Bonnyville, Alberta, on 28 March 1990, after which she was buried with her husband in St John’s Church Cemetery. [1] TNA BT 27/707 Outwards Passenger Lists, Liverpool May-June 1911. [2] LAC RG 76 Ships’ Passenger Lists, microfilm T-4777. [3] TNA BT 27/720 Outwards Passenger Lists, Liverpool December 1911. [4] LAC RG 76 Ships’ Passenger Lists, microfilm T-4825. [5] TNA BT 27/701 Outwards Passenger Lists, Liverpool March 1911. [6] LAC RG 76 Ships' Passenger Lists, microfilm T-4823. [7] TNA BT 27/751 Outwards Passenger Lists, Liverpool March-April 1912. [8] LAC RG 76 Ships' Passenger Lists, microfilm T-4743. [9] TNA BT 26/1411/28 Inwards Passenger Lists, SS Empress of Britain Liverpool 12 August 1958. [10] TNA BT 27/1856 Outwards Passenger Lists, Liverpool October 1958.
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