George Pillinger of Wiltshire, UK

George married Jane UNKNOWN Pillinger about 1860 in Box, Wiltshire, UK. Jane was born in 1836 in Bathford, Somerset, UK.

+ 2 M i. Herbert PILLINGER was born about 1862 in Box, Wiltshire, UK and died about 1946 in Toronto, ON about age 84.

Second Generation

2. Herbert PILLINGER was born about 1862 in Box, Wiltshire, UK and died about 1946 in Toronto, ON about age 84.

General Notes: Florence's father Herbert Pillinger emigrated to Toronto but left his wife behind in the UK. Hilda remembers he died in about 1946 at the age of 83. He liked his drink and passed away in a boarding house on Landsdown Ave where he lived. She and her mother were summoned by the authorities to identify the body after he died. He also had emphasem
a in his later years.

(Research):>Death note: Death Surety:0
(Medical):>Death note: Description: emphasema.

From Derek Shearson in Southport: I've had a look in the 1881 census, and there are only two Herbert Pillingers in the whole of Britain. One was aged 2, so I think we can discount him.

Please find details of the entry for the other one below:- Dwelling : Fernley House, Corsham, Wiltshire, England. PRO Ref. RG11, Piece 2031, Folio 20, Page 33.
George Pillinger. Head of Household. Occ. Mason. Married.. Age 46.
Birthplace: Box, Wiltshire, England.
Jane Pillinger. Wife. Occ. Mason's Wife. Married. Age 45. Birthplace: Bathford, Somerset, England.
Herbert Pillinger. Son Occ. Mason's Son. Unmarried. Age 19. Birthplace: Box, Wiltshire, England.

Herbert married Maryann UNKNOWN Pillinger on an unknown date in Bath, UK. Maryann was born about 1863 in Bath, UK and died in 1910 in Bath, UK about age 47.

General Notes: According to Sue Esposito, Maryann was from Bath, England. She remained behind in the UK after her husband Herbert came over to Toronto at about the same time as Florence came to Toronto with Thomas Addison. Initially the other five daughters stayed in England with their mother. However, later Elizabeth and Margaret went to Detroit, Michigan while Lillian, Agnes and Ada stayed in England. Sue Esposito says that her Mother Margaret told her that Maryann died of a broken heart when Margaret was 7 years old.

+ 3 F i. Florence Louise PILLINGER Addison was born on 29 Apr 1882 in Southport, Lancashire, UK, died in 1959 in Toronto, ON at age 77, and was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Toronto, ON.

+ 9 F i. Florence Louise PILLINGER Addison was born on 29 Apr 1882 in Southport, Lancashire, UK, died in 1959 in Toronto, ON at age 77, and was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Toronto, ON.

Third Generation

3. Florence Louise PILLINGER Addison was born on 29 Apr 1882 in Southport, Lancashire, UK, died in 1959 in Toronto, ON at age 77, and was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Toronto, ON.

General Notes: Florence was born in Bath to Herbert Pillinger and his wife Maryann. She had five sisters, Jane, Margaret, Agnes, Lillian and Ada. Florence and Thomas met and married in Southport. Hilda says that she was in service in other words she worked as a servant for a well to do family. She raised the three children by herself by taking in laundry. When Bumpa was young he used to deliver the laundry around the neighborhood. After a time Florence married Mr Robert Badger who had been a border at 60 Ferrier. They had a son Bobby. Badger died of throat cancer according to Hilda and she married again to a Mr George Hine in 1924. Hilda says that at some point after this marriage Hine tried to get the house at 60 Ferrier put in his name without Florence's knowledge. When she discovered this she gave him a strong talking to about his future. Hine left shortly after and returned to England and was never heard from again. The family continued to live at 60 Ferrier until 1936. At one point in the 1930s Nana and Bumpa moved back in with Florence to help her cover expenses. They only stayed a year before moving back to Long Branch.

>Death note: Description:Aunt Hilda thinks that her mother Florence likely died from emphasema. Her father Herbert Pillinger also had emphasema in his later years.

Florence married Thomas Powley ADDISON, son of James ADDISON and Jane POWLEY Addison, in 1907 in Unknown. Thomas was born in Nov 1876 in Arnside, Westmorland, UK, died on 25 Feb 1915 in Toronto, ON at age 38, and was buried on 28 Feb 1915 in Toronto, ON. The cause of his death was Endocarditis (Heart Disease).

Marriage Notes: ARVL
DATE 1907
PLAC Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NOTE Description: and lived at 60 Ferrier Ave, the house that Thomas Powley built
QUAY 0

General Notes: Thomas Powley was born in Arnside, a village about 3 miles south of Levens, in Westmorland County, UK. His father and mother were from Levens.

At some point before 1907 he and his family moved to Southport, Lancashire. There he met and married Florence Pillinger (Grannie Hine). Florence's people were from Wiltshire. Aunt Hilda thinks that Thomas may have been a gardener and Florence worked "in service", as a house servant. They emigrated to Toronto in 1907. A carpenter, he built the family house at 60 Ferrier St in Toronto. Sons Herbert James and Kenneth Peter were born in 1909 and 1910 and then Thomas died in 1915, two weeks before the birth of Hilda.

There is a family story (from Pat) that he was found one day lying in the street, incapacitated by some unknown malady. Medical records indicate Florence took him to the Reception Hospital which was a sanatorium or mental institution on at 651 Broadview off the Danforth, because of his symptoms. He died several weeks later.

Hilda remembers her mother Florence having him buried in the St. John's Norway Cemetery in East Toronto (Woodbine and Kingston Road). When Hilda was a child she and her mother visited the gravesite regularly to pay their respects. Tim visited his gravesite in 2001 when he was in the area to visit Hilda. His grave is unmarked.
Tim has some of his carpentry tools and a book on housebuilding which he likely used in the building of the house at 60 Ferrier Street.

+ 10 M i. Herbert James ADDISON 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.

+ 11 M ii. Kenneth Peter ADDISON was born on 16 Nov 1910 in Toronto, ON, died on 17 Nov 1972 in Mississauga, ON at age 62, and was buried in Nov 1972 in Glendale Cemetery, Toronto, ON.

Marriage Notes: Description: Badger was a border with the Addison family and after Thomas Powley died he and Florence were married. They had one son, Bobby Badger.
Surety:0

Marriage Notes: Description: Robert Badger died after several years of marriage and Florence married HINE.
Surety:0

9. Florence Louise PILLINGER Addison was born on 29 Apr 1882 in Southport, Lancashire, UK, died in 1959 in Toronto, ON at age 77, and was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Toronto, ON.

Marriage Notes: ARVL
DATE 1907
PLAC Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NOTE Description: and lived at 60 Ferrier Ave, the house that Thomas Powley built
QUAY 0

Fourth Generation

10. Herbert James ADDISON 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.

Herbert married May PAXTON Addison, daughter of Unknown and Margaret Ann (Annie) PAXTON Westlake, on 10 Sep 1927 in Toronto, ON. May 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.

13 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. The cause of his death was Cancer (Metastising Melanoma complicated by Lymphocetic Leukemia).

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.

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

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

11. Kenneth Peter ADDISON was born on 16 Nov 1910 in Toronto, ON, died on 17 Nov 1972 in Mississauga, ON at age 62, and was buried in Nov 1972 in Glendale Cemetery, Toronto, ON.

Kenneth married Gladys MILNE DONOVAN Addison on 1 Aug 1936 in Toronto, ON. Gladys died in 1969 in Markdale, Ontario and was buried in 1969 in Glendale Cemetery, Toronto, ON.

Karen married George Thomas SHORTER on 28 Jul 1962 in Toronto, ON. George was born on 16 Dec 1941 in Toronto, ON.

General Notes: Hilda was born at 60 Ferrier two weeks after her father Thomas Powley died. She has lived in the Danforth area of Toronto all her life. After her father Thomas Powley died her mother Florence took in boarders to make ends meet. When Hilda was 16 she had a relationship and married one of the boarders, Vernon Fenn. Vernon was a motor mechanic who worked in garages and service stations around the east end of the city. Hilda remembers they moved a lot in the early years as Vernon kept one step ahead of his creditors and seldom paid the rent on the flats they lived in. Her first son Teddy was born in 1932. He was followed by Walter (Buster) in 1934. Unfortunately Teddy died in 1936 when he fell off a balcony at the back of the flat they lived in on Walker Avenue. Vernon Fenn's creditors eventually caught up to him and he went to jail for fraud. Daughter Shirley was born in 1938. Things didn't work out with Vernon Fenn and they divorced in 1945.

Hilda later entered a relationship with a man named Thomas Prendergast and had a son Gerald by him. Pendergast was not a very good husband and shortly after Gerry was born Hilda told him to leave and not come back. In 1963 Hilda met a nice man named Fred Festorazi. She and Fred moved to 124 Lamb Ave and got married in 1964. She still lives there today.

Fred died of cancer in about 1980. Fred had a son Fred who also died of cancer in Jun 2001 at the age of 59. Her daugher Shirley married and had three children Cheryl, Joe and Tom with her first husband and later a son Ross with her second husband Murray Todd. Gerry married Rita and Walter (Buster) married Sally.

Hilda has many recollections of the family's first years in Toronto and provided much of the information on Thomas Powley Addison which she learned from her mother Florence. She remembers a visit of some relatives on the Addison side from Manitoulin Island when she was young and possibly living at 60 Ferrier with her mother. In the late 1940s Hilda remembers a visit from her mother's sisters Margaret, Janie and Margaret's daughter Sue (Esposito) She was living at 141 Harrison St near Dovercourt and Dundas at the time. She also recalls she last saw Margaret at Aunt Janie's funeral in the 1960s. She remembers her Grandfather Herbert Pillinger at her brother Ken's wedding, likely in the 1930s, drinking all the wine on the table before the toasts were finished. She also remembers visiting her brother Ken and his wife Gladys when they were living on Adelaide St, probably in the late 1950s. It was a bit of a run down apartment and soon after older brother Herb and Ken decided to build Ken and Glad a house out in Lakeview

18 M i. Teddy FENN was born in 1932 in Toronto, ON and died in 1936 in Toronto, ON at age 4.

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