Descendants of William John Paxton

General Notes: Birth place and date tentative, based on a IGI record which lists parents as Elias Paxton and N Kerr. Also a possible brother Samuel listed as born to Elias and Nancy Kerr 23 Jul 1842.

William married Martha Ann MARTIN Paxton. Martha was born in Deehommed, Ballyward, Drumgooland.

+ 4 M iii. Samuel PAXTON was born in 1890 in Deehommed, Ballyward, (Down) Drumgooland, Ireland and died in 1918 in France (Ww I) at age 28.

+ 5 F iv. Margaret Ann (Annie) PAXTON Westlake was born on 13 Sep 1873 in Deehommed, Ballyward, (Down) Drumgooland, Ireland, died on 31 Jan 1949 in Toronto, ON at age 75, and was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Toronto, ON.

8 F vii. Elizabeth (Eva) PAXTON Detlor was born on 1 Feb 1887 in Deehommed, Ballyward, (Down) Drumgooland, Ireland, died in Aug 1978 in Toronto, ON at age 91, and was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Toronto, ON.

Second Generation

James married Ida UNKNOWN Paxton on an unknown date in Toronto, ON. Ida was born in Toronto, ON and died in Toronto, ON.

9 M i. James Gordon PAXTON was born in 1923 in Toronto, ON, died on 2 Mar 1945 in Badgodesburg, Germany at age 22, and was buried in Mar 1945 in War Cemetery, Hotten, Belgium.

4. Samuel PAXTON was born in 1890 in Deehommed, Ballyward, (Down) Drumgooland, Ireland and died in 1918 in France (Ww I) at age 28.

5. Margaret Ann (Annie) PAXTON Westlake was born on 13 Sep 1873 in Deehommed, Ballyward, (Down) Drumgooland, Ireland, died on 31 Jan 1949 in Toronto, ON at age 75, and was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Toronto, ON.

General Notes: Annie was an army officer in the First World War, (1914-1919) and at that time met and married Tim Westlake in Ireland. They emigrated to Canada and lived on Otter Ave in Toronto for several years circa 1928. However, the marriage did not last. He he left her and went back to the UK in the early thirties. Annie got a job as a housekeeper at Tarry Hall in Bath, Ont. Pat remembers visiting Tarry Hall when she was about 6 years old. The family travelled down to Bath in Bumpa's 1929 Essex. The Hall was owned by a family (2 old maids) from up state New York. They were very well off and the estate included motor cars, boats and servants. Annie was the housekeeper and she stayed at Tarry Hall until she retired and moved to Elder Avenue with Herb and May in the 40's. She died of breast cancer in 1949. Annie was a caring person who kept her secrets to herself. She can be remembered for paying for Herb Jr's first year at U of T before he decided to join the Navy. For many years she said she was in her fifties so that she could maintain the story that she was May's older sister. It was not until after her death when May went to Ireland for a visit that May discovered that Annie was her mother and that Annie was actually 72 when she died.

+ 13 F i. May PAXTON Addison was born on 5 Aug 1900 in Belfast, County Down Ireland, died on 3 Feb 1988 in Elmvale, ON at age 87, and was buried in Mar 1988 in Glendale Cemetery, Toronto, ON.

Third Generation

13. May PAXTON Addison was born on 5 Aug 1900 in Belfast, County Down Ireland, died on 3 Feb 1988 in Elmvale, ON at age 87, and was buried in Mar 1988 in Glendale Cemetery, Toronto, ON.

General Notes: >Birth note: Description: The PAXTONs came from Newcastle, Ireland

>Birth note: May Paxton emigrated to Toronto in the ealry 1920s and worked at the Eaton's store downtown. She played softball on the store's team. Herb also worked at Eatons and he liked to go and watch the games after work. That is how they met.

May married Herbert James ADDISON, son of Thomas Powley ADDISON and Florence Louise PILLINGER Addison, on 10 Sep 1927 in Toronto, ON. Herbert was born on 2 Jan 1909 in Toronto, ON, died in Sep 1976 in Toronto, ON at age 67, and was buried in Sep 1976 in Glendale Cemetery, Toronto, ON. The cause of his death was Emphasema.

General Notes: Herbert James was the eldest son of Thomas and Florence Addison. He grew up in the Danforth area of Toronto. As a youngster his family lived at 60 Ferrier St. When his father died he was only seven. The family was poor and he left school to work as soon as he was old enough. As a youngster he delivered laundry that his mother did at home. He worked on a Laker for a year or so and then got a job at the Eatons Department Store where he met May Paxton.

For a while Herb & May lived with Aunt Annie (really May's mother) until Herb Jr arrived. Herb and May then rented a flat on Humberview Ave., from a Mrs. Philips. Pat was born there-not in the house, but at the Grace Hospital. Shortly after the family moved to Long Branch to be closer to Goodyear Auto tire factory on the Lakeshore and Annie got her job as a housekeeper at Tarry Hall in Bath, Ont. They moved downtown to Ferrier Ave with Herb's mother Florence for a year but that didn't work out and they moved back to Long Branch, likely to Marina Ave. They then moved to Elder Avenue where they lived while the kids grew up in the 1940s and 50s. Herb worked at the Goodyear for over 40 years, retiring in about 1970. In the 1950s the family moved to Alderwood where they lived at 13 Westhead Road.

In the 1940s the family began going up to Orr Lake where they rented a cottage on the south shore of the lake. Later on in the 1950s they moved to the north side and built a cottage on a lot behind Charlie Wicks. In 1962 Herb and May bought a cottage a few doors down where they remained for many years. After Herb retired he and May started holidaying down in Florida over the winters. Eventually in the late 1960's they sold the house on Westhead and moved to Elmvale so they would be close to Orr Lake.

+ 14 M i. Herbert Thomas ADDISON was born on 21 Apr 1928 in Toronto, ON and died on 6 Aug 2002 in Sidney, BC at age 74.

16 F iii. Elizabeth (Betty) ADDISON was born on 22 May 1938 in Long Branch, ON.

Fourth Generation

14. Herbert Thomas ADDISON was born on 21 Apr 1928 in Toronto, ON and died on 6 Aug 2002 in Sidney, BC at age 74. The cause of his death was Cancer (Metastising Melanoma complicated by Lymphocetic Leukemia).

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. She was a year younger than he and a best friend of his younger sister Pat. As a youngster Herb loved sports and played lacrosse, hockey and golf. In 1945-46 he attended the University of Toronto and studied actuarial science. He used to visit his Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Ida Paxton while he was in the city for classes. The travel back and forth on the street car made for long days though and after one year he decided to join the RCN. In April '46 Herb left home for Esquimalt, then known as HMCS NADEN for his first 2 months of training as an Ordinary Seaman. After a month Herb was selected for officers' training. He and his mates George Schober, Stan Mahan, John Chekan, Ron Dobney and Red Bowen were assigned to HMCS UGANDA, a former RN cruiser from the RN's Pacific Fleet, where they met and Bill Brown and several other officer candidates in training who soon became life long friends. Their first taste of life at sea was a cruise up the coast to Prince Rupert and Dutch Harbour, then south to the Panama Canal where the WARRIOR joined them after transiting the canal from Halifax. At Christmas time in '46 Herb, Red Bowen and Ron Dobney (who was from Owen Sound) returned home to Toronto from Victoria by train. On 30 May 1947 Herb and his mates were promoted to Midshipman and told that they would be sent to the UK to do 3 years of naval officer training. They first went to STADACONA in Halifax for some basic navigation training. Then in July '47 they transited the Atlantic in HMCS WARRIOR, Canada's first aircraft carrier. WARRIOR was being used as a troop ship and was taking a number of Boy Scouts to a Jamboree in Grenoch, Scotland. Once in the UK in the summer of '47 Herb and his mates were billeted in the famous RN cruiser RENOWN in the stream in Devenport, across from Portsmouth.
After a time they started their training on the Junior Officers War Course in Grenwich, the RN's Naval College. Later that year the group of Canadians was split up. Stan Mahan went to the frigate LOCH VIETY, George and Snuffy (John Chekan) went to frigates, Red Bowen went to the CRISPIN, and Herb joined the County Class Cruiser NORFOLK, the Flagship of C in C East India (Trincomalee). At some point in '47 Herb took leave and visited his mother May's family in Ireland. He took the boat and then the Belfast County Down Railway to Newcastle and stayed with Uncle John Paxton (a shoemaker) and his wife Rebecca and their daughters Mona and Emma who lived on Railway Street near the Slieve Donerd Hotel. He spent Christmas 1947 in Trincomali, Celylon. 30 Sep 1948 Herb was promoted to Acting Sub-Lieutenant and continued his training in the UK, at RNC Greenwich where most junior officer training was done.

Herb returned home in 1949 to marry Gloria and she went to the UK with him while he finished his training with the RN. They returned to Newcastle in May 1949 to visit Uncle John and Rebecca. Herb was promoted to Sub-Lieutenant 30 May 1949. He left Gloria in Newcastle for three months while he went to Londonderry to do Sub-Lieutenant summer training on board HMS CREOLE, a Crescent Class Destroyer in the 3rd Training Flotilla. He then went on to complete his Subs courses in Portsmouth before returning with Gloria to Canada in July 1950.

Herb and Gloria got a flat on Bayers Road in Halifax in 1950. Their first child Janette, was born in Toronto in September 1950 while Herb was at sea in HURON doing his Bridge watchkeeping training. From January until November 1951 Herb served in HMCS HURON during her employment in Korea as CAYUGAs replacement. On 30 April 1951 he was promoted Lieutenant, RCN. He then joined the QUEBEC (formerly called UGANDA) in December '51 and sailed with her through the Panama Canal in early 1952 to Halifax. From March to June 1952 he attended the RN P and R T Course. Christmas 1952 was spent back at home in Toronto on 35th Street with family. Then in January '53 he and Gloria rode the train across Canada to Victoria. They lived a short time on Hambly Street and then moved to 1626 Ross Street where they were living in August '54 when their second child, Timothy, was born. By then Herb was the Officer in Charge of the Pand RT School in NADEN. In September '54 Herb was posted back to sea in HMCS ONTARIO on the training staff. In 1955 he made a round the world cruise in ONTARIO with stops in Australia and Europe. On his return home to Victoria he was posted to the Naval College, HMCS ROYAL ROADS in Colwood, BC where he was the Director Athletics and Squadron Commander for two years.

Following ROYAL ROADS Herb was posted to Halifax where he served first at STADACONA as the P and RT officer and then at sea as the senior Watchkeeper in the aircraft carrier, HMCS BONAVENTURE. On 30 April 1959 he was promoted to Lieutenant-Commander. In August 1960 the Addisons moved again, this time to Deep Brook, NS, where Herb continued as the Officer in Charge of the P and RT School at the Navy's main recruiting and training base, HMCS CORNWALLIS until 1963. Another move across the country took place in 1963 when the Addisons returned to Victoria and Herb assumed duties as Exectutive Officer in the training squadron frigates, JONQUIERRE and NEW GLASGOW. In 1965 Herb joined MARPAC Personnel for a short stint before being posted to NDHQ to DPER 4 in 1966. In March 1967 Herb joined the D INT Foreign Liaison Office in the old A building. After 3 years with the FLO in 1970 another move took the Addisons to the USA where Herb took up a position in Current Naval Intelligence in SACLANT Headquarters, Norfolk, VA. His final posting in August 1973 was back to the west coast as Senior Staff Officer, Intelligence to the Commander Maritime Forces Pacific in Victoria, BC. He retired from the Canadian Forces 21 April 1975.

After his naval career, Herb worked for ten years with Canada Trust doing income taxes and securities as a portfolio manager. He then took a turn at local politics as an Alderman in Sidney BC. He was on Sidney Town Council 1986-90 and was instrumental in establishing the Sidney Whale Museum. He was also Sannich Water Board chair in 1991. Always a keen golfer, his final career move at age 65 was to become a professional golf caddy. He toured Canada and the US, caddying and selling yardage books at Canadian Professional Golf Association tournaments and other major golf events. At 71 he decided to stay home in Sidney, BC to work on his own game. He passed away 6 August 2002 at home, 9342 Webster Place, Sidney.

Herbert married Gloria Yvonne HUNT Addison, daughter of Albert HUNT and Edna Olive HENNINGS Hunt, on 9 Apr 1949 in Dunn Memorial Presbyterian Church, 26Th Street, Long Branch, ON. Gloria was born on 2 Aug 1929 in Mimico, ON.

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

General Notes: Gloria was born at Aunt Edna Motton's house on Dartmouth Crescent in Mimico. Aunt Edna was a twin sister of Grandmother Ethel Hennings. At the time the Hunt family lived in Long Branch. Gloria recalls that she lived at 51 Elder Avenue from the age of five. She was the eldest of three children to Edna and Al. She attended Daisy Avenue school where she first me Herb. One fo her school friends was Patsy, Herb's younger sister. After Gloria and Herb were married in 1949, she and Patsy went to England to join Herb who was in training with the RN. Gloria was a homemaker and a seamstress. She took pride in making most of her own clothes. In the 1970's she opened a consignment clothing shop in Sidney called Pandora's Closet. In the early 1990's she sold Pandora's and started a new business, a Tuck Shop in the Dunsmuir Lodge in Saanich. After several successful years Gloria sold the shop.

+ 18 M ii. Timothy Herbert ADDISON was born on 26 Aug 1954 in St Joseph's Hospital, Victoria, BC and was christened in Esquimalt On Board Hmcs Ontario.

Patricia married William HARPER on 30 Oct 1954 in Toronto, ON. William was born on 17 Sep 1927 in Long Branch, ON.

Mary married Ralph WINTER on 16 Apr 1981 in Victoria, BC. Ralph was born on 5 Jul 1947 in Medicine Hat, AB.

Fifth Generation

Janette married J. Robert LEITCH on 5 May 1973 in Kingston, ON. J. was born on 12 May 1950.

18. Timothy Herbert ADDISON was born on 26 Aug 1954 in St Joseph's Hospital, Victoria, BC and was christened in Esquimalt On Board Hmcs Ontario.

• Graduation: Princess Anne High School, Virginia Beach VA. Graduation Surety:0

Timothy married Susan Jeanette NEWHOOK Addison, daughter of Lloyd Walter NEWHOOK and Joyce Ellen POWELL Newhook. Susan was born on 21 Mar 1951 in Grand Falls, Newfoundland.

26 M i. Timothy James Herbert ADDISON was born on 10 Jan 1983 in Victoria, BC At St Joseph's Hospital and was christened in Mar 1983 in Esquimalt On Board Hmcs Terra Nova.

Julia married George JORDON on 7 Aug 1982 in Toronto, ON. George was born on 17 Jun 1957.

27 F i. Katherine Elizabeth (Katie) JORDON was born on 21 Aug 1986 in Unionville, Ont.

Sandra married Gordon McCORQUODALE on 9 Apr 1995 in Vancouver, BC. Gordon was born on 10 Aug 1962.

29 M i. Alexander Patrick McCORQUODALE was born on 5 May 1996 in Vancouver, BC.

Marion married Andrei TRESKIN on 15 Aug 2000 in Whistler, BC. Andrei was born on 1 Jan 1963.

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