Nicholsons of Ontario


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1. NICHOLSON .

Unknown NICHOLSON married.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 2 F    i. Elizabeth (Lizzie) NICHOLSON Hennings was born in Pontipool, ON.

   3 F    ii. Florence NICHOLSON was born in Pontipool, Ontario.

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2. Elizabeth (Lizzie) NICHOLSON Hennings was born in Pontipool, ON.

Research Notes: >Birth note: Birth Surety:0

Elizabeth married Herbert HENNINGS. Herbert was born in possibly Ireland.

General Notes: Herbert had 13 brothers and sisters. He worked on the Railroad. The family was from the Newcastle area.


Children from this marriage were:

+ 4 M    i. Edwin Robert HENNINGS .

+ 5 M    ii. Oscar HENNINGS was born about 1875.

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4. Edwin Robert HENNINGS .

General Notes: Grampa Edwin was an Irish Protestant. His family was from the Newcastle area of Ontario.

Noted events in his life were:

• EMPL: Employment: Newcastle, Ontario. Sex Surety:0

Edwin married Ethel Arthurs HENNINGS, daughter of William ARTHURS and Georgina BRADLEY Arthurs. Ethel was born about 1914 in Bolton, ON.

General Notes: Ethel and Edna were twin sisters.


Children from this marriage were:

+ 6 F    i. Edna Olive HENNINGS Hunt was born on 18 Apr 1909 in Toronto, ON.

   7 M    ii. Ernest HENNINGS .

   8 M    iii. Williiam HENNINGS .

   9 F    iv. Pearl HENNINGS Fraser .

   10 M    v. Albert(Bert) HENNINGS .

   11 M    vi. Henry Bolton HENNINGS .

Henry married Mary Geraldine UNKNOWN Hennings about 1940 in New Toronto.

   12 F    vii. Lorraine HENNINGS McGee .

   13 M    viii. George HENNINGS .

   14 M    ix. Edward HENNINGS .

   15 F    x. Fern HENNINGS Barnett .

5. Oscar HENNINGS was born about 1875. He died as a result of having been gassed during Boer War.

General Notes: The family lived in downtown Toronto, Dupont and Palmerston Ave area by the railroad tracks.

Oscar married Lillian UNKNOWN Hennings.

General Notes: After Oscar died Aunt Lil remarried into the xxx family and often went up to Orr Lake, a few doors down from the Addison's cottage.


Children from this marriage were:

   16 F    i. Doreen HENNINGS .

   17 M    ii. Robert HENNINGS .

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6. Edna Olive HENNINGS Hunt was born on 18 Apr 1909 in Toronto, ON.

Research Notes: >Birth note: Birth Surety:0

Edna married Albert HUNT, son of John HUNT and Florence IRVING Hunt, on 21 Jul 1928 in Dartmouth Cres, Mimico, Ont. Albert was born on 10 Oct 1907 in Allandale, ON and died on 27 Aug 1983 in Toronto, ON at age 75.

Marriage Notes: Edna and Al were married at the home of Mr and Mrs Edward Motton, in Mimico Ontario. Edna Motton was the twin sister of Grandmother Ethel Hennings.

General Notes: Al and Edna Hennings were married in 1928. They lived in Long Branch on Elder Avenue. He worked at Anaconda for a while but times were tough and jobs were scarce in the 1930s. He was active in lacrosse on the Lakeshore as a coach and team manager and league organizer of youth lacrosse. He had many friends through lacrosse and loved to talk about those he knew who had gone on to fame and fortune in other endeavours, such as the Mohawk Indian Jay Silverheels who played Tonto in the Lone Ranger and Bob Pulford a Leafs star of the 1960s.


Children from this marriage were:

   18 F    i. Gloria Yvonne HUNT Addison was born on 2 Aug 1929 in Mimico, ON.

Gloria married Herbert Thomas ADDISON, son of Herbert James ADDISON and May PAXTON Addison, on 9 Apr 1949 in Dunn Memorial Presbyterian Church, 26th Street, Long Branch, ON. Herbert was born on 21 Apr 1928 in Toronto, ON and died on 6 Aug 2002 in Sidney, BC at age 74.

Marriage Notes: Description: The reception took place at HMCS York in Toronto.
Surety:0

General Notes: Herbert Thomas Addison was born in east end Toronto but grew up in Long Branch. His family moved to 31 Elder Avenue when he was about 6 or 7 and he went to Daisy Avenue School where he first met Gloria. Their first child Janette, was born in Toronto in September 1950. They were living at 1626 Ross Street Victoria when their second child, Timothy, was born in August 1954. Herb passed away 6 August 2002 at home, 9342 Webster Place, Sidney.

   19 M    ii. Ernest Warren HUNT was born on 20 Oct 1930 in 57 Elder Ave, Longbranch , ON.

Ernest married Margaret Rose (Margie) SUTHERLAND Hunt on 23 Jun 1956 in Queensway United Church, Long Branch, ON. Margaret was born in 1930 in Toronto, ON.

   20 F    iii. Ruth Elaine HUNT Paterson was born on 13 Apr 1935 in 51 Elder Ave, Longbranch, ON.

Ruth married David Walter ATKINSON in Feb 1957 in St James Esquimalt Garrison Church, Esquimalt, BC.

Ruth next married Allen PATERSON on 21 Apr 1989.


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