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1. Reuben Hornby KITCHING was born on 23 May 1913, High Throston , CoDurham, son of Robert William and Ellen KITCHING (nee LAWRANCE). He married Monica May WILSON, on 22 Sep 1939,Grangetown, Yorkshire. He died on 26 Sep 1984, Toronto at age 71. His ashes were scattered on the banks of Meadowlake, Godfrey, Ontario on 28 Sep 1984. Reuben served with the Royal Artillary during WW2, he worked most of his life for Dorman Long Steel Works, Grangetown. After his retirement, Reuben and May emigrated to Canada. He was an avid gardener, and also liked to tinker with his cars. Rueben and May had five children.
2. Monica May WILSON was born on 2 May 1922, Middlesbrough , Yorkshire, daughter of Victor Charles and Barbara WILSON (nee MAPLETHORPE). She died on 16 Nov 1995, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, at age 73, and was cremated at the Teesside Crematorium. Her ashes were brought back to Canada and sprinkled with Reuben's. Monica May earned a nursing degree after raising her children, she worked most of her Nursing career at Eston Hospital. She also loved to garden, for her it was the indoor kind, she had quite a collection of indoor plants. May returned to England after the death of her life long partner, Reuben.
3. Robert William KITCHING was born on 5 Aug 1886, Angleham, Kirkby Fleetham , son of Stephen and Martha Jane KITCHING (nee STEPHENSON). He married Ellen LAWRANCE, on November 28 1908, at the parish church in High Worsall , Yorkshire. Robert worked as a farm hand in High Worsall in 1908 and then at possibly High Throston Farm, Hartlepool in 1913. He was Killed in Action on 27 Jul 1917 at age 30 and is buried in Cojeul British Cemetery, St. Martin-sur-Cojeul, France. Robert and Ellen had three children.
4. Ellen LAWRANCE was born on 25 Jul 1885, South Bank Yorkshire, daughter of William and Lydia LAWRANCE (nee HORNBY). She died on 30 Jul 1963 in Hemlington Hospital at age 78. Ellen married for a second time in 1921, her second husband was Sydney Allen WIGGLESWORTH. Ellen and Sydney had three children.
5. Stephen KITCHING was born on 29 Nov 1857, Masham Yorkshire, son of John and Mary KITCHING (nee PROUT). He married Martha Jane STEPHENSON, on June 2, 1883, at the parish church of Hornby, Yorkshire. Stephen worked as a farm servant for James Ingledew, at Lowfield House, Kirkby Fleetham , in 1881 (1881 census). There are three known children and possibly four. Stephen may have married a second time (?Ada). Grandma Kitching was alive August Bank Holiday 1942, living in Thornaby , this may have been the second wife.
6. Martha Jane STEPHENSON was born in 1855, Great Fencote , Yorkshire (1891 census), daughter of Thomas STEPHENSON.
7. William LAWRANCE married Lydia HORNBY. He was born in 1850, possibly in Torrington, Norfolk.
8. Lydia HORNBY married William LAWRANCE. She was born in 1850, The Croft ,East Hartlepool. She died on 30 Dec 1912.
9. John KITCHING was born in 1833, Masham (1881 census).
10. Mary PROUT was born circa 1833, Whiteleys, Pembrokeshire (1881 census).
11. Thomas STEPHENSON was born circa 1835 (1891 census).
12. George KITCHING was born in 1803, Masham (1851/61 census).
13. Ann KITCHING was born in 1810Healey near Masham (1851/61 census).
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