Joan Bradfield

Family/Spouse: C. Ellwood "Lou" Spence. C. was born on 25 Mar 1925; died on 10 Apr 2014 in Bracebridge, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. L.M. Spence
2. J.B.J. Spence
3. E.A.N. Spence

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• Immigrated: Connecticut, USA
• Occupation: Noranda, Quebec, Canada; Was Chairman & CEO of Noranda, Inc.
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• Immigrated: 1926, Noranda, Quebec, Canada
• Immigrated: 1938, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

John married Laura Kathleen Stone on 2 Sep 1924 in Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma, Ontario, Canada. Laura (daughter of Judge Frederick Stone and Grace Laura Maude Taylor) was born on 26 Jun 1901 in Chatham, Kent County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1964. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Babe"

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Herbert married Bertha Cecelia Carman. Bertha was born in 1859 in Iroquois, Matilda, Dundas, Ontario, Canada; died in 1930. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

The following is an excerpt from "Romantic Kent" by Victor Lauriston 1952. p179-180:

"Another son, the eloquent Frederick Stone, became on of Chatham's foremost lawyers, served in the city council, un-successuflly contested the West Kent legislative seat in 1908, and spend his last days as judge at Sault Ste. Marie."

Member of the "Macaulay Club".

From "Romantic Kent" p532-534: "The Macaulay club, destined to become widely known as the oldest independent debating club in Canada, was formed in 1833." "To the fiftieth banquet, the golden jubilee in February, 1932, came messages from distant parts of Canada; and members from distant points -- Harry W. Anderson of the 'Globe', a past president; Judge Fred Stone of Sault Ste. Marie, and others.  And guest of honor at the fiftieth banquet as the first, was Dr. Thomas O'Hagan, a distinguished figure in Canadian literature.

Ran for Mayor of Chatham in 1897.

From "Romantic Kent" p624:

"For Mayor of Chatham in 1897, Fred Stone, a leading lawyer and experienced municipal man, was opposed by the veteran Henry Smyth.  Both the city papers supported Stone; but Smyth won, the first man to achieve a fifth mayoralty term."

Chatham Daily News, by Victor Lauriston: "Fred Stone, his eldest son, studied law with E. W. Scane and later entered the Scane, Houston, and Scane partnership."

Bradfield notes: "Lawyer in Chatham in partnership with William Gundy, K.C. - 1911 - moved to SAult Ste. marie when he became the senior Judge of Algoma"

Darcy McKeough notes:

"See History of Highbanks. From c 1907 lived at 142 Victoria Ave."

"Joined the 24th Kent Regiment in 1901 and was appointed O.C. 30 Nov 1908."

"Their offices were in a low level brick block on King, just west of William, later replaced with a more modern but not much taller structure.  Fred Stone later headed the Stone, Gundy and Brackin law partnership.  He was a Macaulay when, a young student, I joined that famous club.  Clean-cut and impressively handsome, he was a fluent and pleasing speaker.  Fred Stone served as town councillor in the 90's and challenged Henry Smyth for the mayoralty in 1897, Fred was the better man but Henry was the slicker politician.  In 1905 when Archie McCoig left the legislature to challenge Herb Clements for the federal West Kent seat, the Tories put up George W. Sulman and the Grits nominated Fred Stone.  Fred's final speech of the campaign at the Grand Opera House, was a masterpiece of sound argument and appealing elequence.  Where a lot of people expected Fred Stone to win, Sulman's Majority ran into the hundreds.  Later,  Fred was named Judge of Sault Ste. Marie - an area where more than one Chatham man hadheld judicial office."

Frederick married Grace Laura Maude Taylor on 1 Jun 1892 in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada. Grace (daughter of Thomas Hulme Taylor and Maria Lent Bogart) was born on 5 Oct 1870 in Chatham, Chatham-Kent Municipality, Ontario, Canada; died on 30 Apr 1931 in Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Sault Sainte Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alt. Birth: 4 Oct 1870, Chatham, Ontario, Canada

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• Occupation: Orford Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada; Owner of a country store
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• Census: 1851, Chatham, Kent County, Ontario, Canada; Living with his uncle James Burns
• Occupation: 1852, Chatham, Kent County, Ontario, Canada; Owner of the Thomas Stone Dry Goods store
• Census: 1871; Male, 44, b. Ontario, Origin Irish, Merchant, Kent district, Chatham Town
• Religion: 1881, Chatham, Ontario; Presbyterian

Notes:

The following is an excerpt from "Romantic Kent" by Victor Lauriston 1952. p179-180:

"Thomas Stone, an Orford man of Irish descent, came in 1852 to found a dry goods business outstanding in Kent and a family which brought honor to Chatham.  Generous and high-minded, the elder Stone left his impress on the life of the community.  After his death in 1899, a son, Spencer, carried on for many years the business which, even after his passing, long retained the family name under other ownership.  Another son, the eloquent Frederick Stone, became on of Chatham's foremost lawyers, served in the city council, un-successuflly contested the West Kent legislative seat in 1908, and spend his last days as judge at Sault Ste. Marie.  A grandson, Thomas A. Stone, became on of Canada's foremost career diplomats."

The following is from an article in "A cyclopedia of Canadian biography being chiefly men of the time - 1886" (not an obit. - he died in 1899):

Stone, Thomas, Chatham, Ontario, was born on the 2nd day of February, 1827, in the township of Elizabethtown, County of Leeds, Upper Canada.  His father, John Stone was a native of the County of Carlow, Ireland, and came to Canada in 1820, a the age of 22.  He married Mary Burns, on May 3rd, 1826, and settled on a farm in Elizabethtown, in 1834, when Thomas was seven years old.  He removed thence to the township of Esquesing, County of Halton, near the village of Adamsville (now Acton), where our subject graduated at the school of Miss Electa Adams.  Here the family resided for six years, after which, in 1840,  it went west, settling in the backwoods of the County of Kent, township of Orford.  Here John Stone purhcased a bush farm, upon which he wrought and prospered, and died upon the same on November 16th 1877, in the eightieth year of his age.  His widow and one of his sons, A. J. Stone, are still living on the old homestead, near Highgate.

Our subject's grandfather, Thomas Stone, and his grandmother, Elizabeth Cooper, were both born in the County Carlow, Ireland, and his great-grandfather, Lawrence Stone, was an Englishman.  Thomas Stone, our subject, holds a commission as captain in the Sedentary Militia; he has also held the position of school trustee for the last eight years, and is a pastmaster Mason in Wellington lodge, of which he has been a member for over thirty years.  In politics, he is a "moderate"; in religion, a Presbyterian.  His parents were both Episcopalians, but soon after their marriage, became Methodists, in which church Thomas Stone was brought up. 

Mr. Stone has been married twice, first to Jane McQuarrie, in December 1852.  This lady died in December 1855, leaving one son. 

He next married Adelaide Spencer, in June 1857, by whom four sons and four daughters were born.  She died on the 6th March, 1871. 

At the age of twenty years Thomas Stone left his father's home, and proceeeded to Chatham, where he has since resided.  Here he was in business as a clerk in a general store with his uncle and George Turnbull.  On his uncle leaving the business at the end of two years, Mr. Turnbull and Mr. Stone continued the co-partnership till February 1858.  Since that period, Mr. Stone has been in the dry goods business alone, and has prospered therein, and has given to his children the advantages of an education, of which he himself declares he has felt the want.  He is upright and honourable in all his dealings, and there is no other man who enjoys a fuller share of public esteem than he.

The following is an excerpt from "A Community on the Thames" by John Rhodes 1987.  p. 23 photo (p. 24)

The industrialists were not the only ones to enjoy the new prosperity The King Street merchant was now beginning to come into his own and in particular, the grocer. The town's population was, by this time, nearing 2,500 people who must buy food. There were no supermarkets in those days and the small independent grocery store held sway. At one point, in these early years, there were dozens of these independent grocers. More often than not, their venture was a failure but in some cases fortunes were made. Among the most successful were: Hugh Malcolmson, Eddie Snook, Kenneth Urquhart and John McCorvie (Malcolmson and McCorvie later became mayors of the city).

Other merchants also prospered at this time. The McKeoughs in the hardware business, the Stones in the dry goods business and a multiplicity of other merchants offering everything from shoes to shingles.

These merchants were an industry in themselves in that there were no chain stores and the profit made in the town was almost always to remain in the town. In addition, the King Street merchants were, collectively, the largest employers in the area. With the downtown business district being not much smaller or less compact than it is today, the employment opportunities must have been profuse in comparison to the town's relatively modest size.

Walker Stores was long considered to be one of the two "anchor" stores of downtown Chatham, the other being Eaton's. The store was founded in 1852 when Thomas Stone and his partner, Mr. George Turnbull purchased the dry goods business of James Burns (Mr. Stone's uncle).

The firm of Stone and Turnbull continued until 1858 when Mr. Turnbull retired and the firm was then known as Thomas Stone Dry Goods. The store was first situated on the south side of King Street, two doors east of Fourth Street. An October 17, 1899 issue of the Chatham Evening Banner indicates that the business was later located on the opposite side of King Street.

In the 1890's, a new three-storey building was constructed on the south side of King Street, a few doors east of Fifth Street. In 1898, Spencer Stone joined his father in the enterprise and at this time the name was changed to Thomas Stone and Son. For a while, the store was also known as Appleby, Stone and Appleby, and still later the name was changed to Spencer Stone Limited.

Notes from W.D. McKeough

There are all kinds of references in my grandfathers diary and in letters written to him by his father - to "Uncle Thomas" - never Tom!

Notes from Chatham Daily News 12 Aug 1965:

- 1852 left a country store in Orford and came to Chatham
- First store 128 King Street West, next to Rankin Hotel (now a higher number)
-1880 moved to 58 King Street West
- A Liberal, Presbyterian, Member of Public School Board, a Mason, and a Captain in the Military.

Religion:
according to the 1881 census

Thomas married Adelaide Spencer on 23 Jun 1857 in Chatham, Kent County, Ontario, Canada. Adelaide (daughter of William Spencer and Betsy Cherry) was born on 22 Feb 1833; died on 9 Mar 1871; was buried in Maple Leaf Cemetery, Chatham, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• LifeSketch: ; On Feb. 14, 1865, E. W. Scane and Miss Mary A. Spencer were united in marriage. Mary (Spencer) Scane is a daughter of William and Betsey (Cherry) Spencer, the former of whom was born in Hull, England, in 1800, and the latter in the United States in 1810.
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• Alt. Birth: 20 Feb 1833, Belleville, ON, Canada
• Census: 1871, Chatham, Kent County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Died at age 38.  Maybe in childbirth with Elizabeth Stone?

Mabye callled Bettsie or Betsy by her family.  But many family references to Betsy may be to Betsy Cherry because B. Cherry outlived Adelaide by 22 years, lived in her husbands home for many years, and raised many of her children.

Cycopedia of Canadian biography notes on p 687:

"He [Thomas Stone] next married Adelaide Spencer in June, 1857, by whom four sons and four daughters were born.  She died on the 6th March, 1871"     

                                        

Notes:

Married:
At the residence of the Bride's mother by the Rev. A. McCall, Chatham.

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Thomas married Maria Lent Bogart. Maria was born in 1827; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

D. McKeough notes: "alive in 1892"

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• Immigrated: 9 Apr 1820, Canada; at age 22
• Lived in: 1834, Elizabethtown
• Lived in: 1834, Acton, Esquesing Twp. Halton, Canada
• Lived in: 1840, Orford Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada
• Appointed: 1842; One of the Councillors for Orford
• Appointed: 1843; Town Warden
• Deed: 1854; North ½ of lot 5 in the 5th Conc. of Orford was patented to him.
• Census: 1871; Essex-Kent Census, age 73, Episcopal Methodist, Irish, Farmer.

Notes:

From "Representative Canadians - A Cyclopedia of Canadian Biography being chiefly men of the Time - 1886":

"John Stone was a native of the County of Carlow, Ireland, and came to Canada in 1820, a the age of 22.  He married Mary Burns, on May 3rd, 1826, and settled on a farm in Elizabethtown, in 1834, when Thomas was seven years old.  He removed thence to the township of Esquesing, County of Halton, near the village of Adamsville (now Acton)"

"Here the family resided for six years, after which, in 1840,  it went west, settling in the backwoods of the County of Kent, township of Orford.  Here John Stone purhcased a bush farm, upon which he wrought and prospered, and died upon the same on November 16th 1877, in the eightieth year of his age.  His widow and one of his sons, A. J. Stone, are still living on the old homestead, near Highgate.

"...were both Episcopalians, but soon after their marriage, became Methodists" 

Lived in:
settled on a farm

Census:
Wife Mary does not appear in this Census.  W. Darcy McKeough Notes: "The farm I believe is just west of Highgate."

John married Mary Burns on 3 May 1826. Mary (daughter of James Burns and Susanna Hawkins) was born in Dec 1806 in Ferns, Wexford, Leinster, Ireland; died on 26 Feb 1899; was buried in Gosnell Cemetery, Orford, Kent, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Lived in: She came from Ferns, which is near Dublin, Ireland
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Notes:

W. Darcy McKeough Notes:

Pallbearers - 6 grandsons: John E. Stone, Frank Blue, Dr. George McKeough, John N. Stone, Fred Stone.  Lengthy Obit CDP 3 Mar 1899.

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• Immigrated: Canada
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• Lived in: 1837, Michigan; Left Belleville, Ontario for Michigan, but only stayed a short time before coming back to Canada and settling in Chatham, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Margaret Stone says: "In 1837 they left Belleville (Ontario) and went to Michigan, only staying a short time, coming back to Canada and settling in Chatham, Ontario, where William Spencer died September, 1846 aged 41 years.

John Bradfield says: d. 1892.

Linda Portwood writes: "William Spencer is mentioned as emigrating to Canada, and later  America. He is also a marriage witness at his brother Thomas Spencer's marriage in 1826. My Spencer ancestors lived in the area that you give as William's birthplace."

William married Betsy Cherry about 1829 in Belleville, ON, Canada. Betsy (daughter of Samuel Cherry, Jr. and Abigail Delano) was born on 22 Apr 1808 in New Haven, Oswego County, N.Y.; died on 7 Aug 1893 in Chatham, Ontario; was buried in Maple Leaf Cemetery, Chatham, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alt. Birth: in 1810; Her age given on the 1881 Canadian Census would indicate she was born
• Alt. Death: 7 Aug 1892, Chatham, Kent County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

From the 1871 census information, we might surmise that Betsy Cherry was living in her son in law's house helping him raise her grandchildren after her daughter Adelaide's death (which was in 1871 - the same year as the census).

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Notes:

From "Representative Canadians - A Cyclopedia of Canadian Biography being chiefly men of the Time - 1886":

".... Our subject's grandfather, Thomas Stone, and his grandmother, Elizabeth Cooper, were both born in the County Carlow, Ireland, and his great-grandfather, Lawrence Stone, was an Englishman."

Darcy McKeough notes: From Eneclan - Tithe Applotment Assessment Books

"In 1824 in the Civil Parish of Tullowphelim, townland of Downings, Thomas Stone leased 51 acres of land of the second class, which was assessed for £6.9s 7 ½ d. Given the scarcity of the name Stone in Co. Carlow, it would seem that there is a strong likelihood that this is the Thomas Stone who married Elizabeth Cooper in 1793.  A photocopy of Thomas Stones landholding at Downings, Tullowphelim, Co. Carlow, is enclosed with the report."

Alternate d. date may be 19 Jan 1835.

Thomas married Elizabeth Cooper on 7 Sep 1793 in Diocese Of Ossory, Leinster Province, Ireland. Elizabeth (daughter of Joseph Cooper and Ruth) was born in 1769 in County Carlow, Ireland; was christened on 11 Jun 1769; died on 21 Jun 1840. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

W. Darcy McKeough notes:

"I have very little on Elizabeth Cooper.  She was the grandmother of Betsey Ann Atone McKeough, my great grandmother.  She and her husband Thomas Stone (generation B) were both born in County Carlow, Ireland (Ireland Cyclopedia of Canadian Biography, p. 687.) Mr. John Bradfield's letter and notes of 30 May 1979 refers to a family bible brought to America by Thomas Stone (generation C) a brother of John Stone (generation D), father of Betsey Ann Stone."

"According to the Bradfield notes: Thomas 1760 - 1834 married Elizabeth Cooper (     - 1840) spent their lives in County Carlow.  They had 11 children all of whom left Ireland."

Notes:

Married:
W. Darcy McKeough notes show m. same date but in Parish of Tullowphelim, Co. Carlow.  Also in Diocese of Ferns Records 1793 Marriage License Band.

Darcy also notes that Eneclann found baptisms for 6 of the 11 children born.  First 4 no records - may have been baptized outside the parish b. between 1794-1798.

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James married Susanna Hawkins. Susanna (daughter of John Hawkins and Anne Stephens) was born in 1776; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

"48 Timothy SPENCER of Lintree Matlock sometime of Hurstfield near Wirksworth farmer. El son - aged 62 years anno 1830"

Timothy married Mary Bradley on 7 May 1795. Mary (daughter of Thomas Bradley) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

"49 Mary da of Thomas BRADLEY of Rode Nook Morton farmer"

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• Immigrated: Belleville, ON, Canada; from NY state
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Notes:

Moved from N.Y. state to Belleville, Ontario and were buried there in St. Thomas churchyard.

Samuel married Abigail Delano in 1803 in New York. Abigail (daughter of Philip Delano and Esther Boardman) was born on 10 May 1785 in prob. Hartford, VT; died on 6 Apr 1871 in Utica, OH; was buried in Old Cemetery, Utica, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigrated: Belleville, ON, Canada; from NY state to
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• Alt. Birth: 10 May 1785, Norwich, Windsor, Vermont, United States
• Alt. Birth: Abt 1786
• Alt. Birth: 1798, New Haven, New York
• Alt. Death: 24 Jun 1869, Paris Hill, NY
• Alt. Death: 1871, Belleville, ON, Canada

Notes:

According to John R. Bradfield's Delano lineage, Abigail and Samuel Cherry moved from NY state to Belleville, ON and were buried there in St. Thomas Church yard.