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     The following is a story written in pencil by Alice Mary Whitwell.Date is was written is unknown.It tells a brief history of her family & her life prior to marrying Albert Joseph LaFortune on March-20-1924.



Mother Susan Jane Mann 26 June 1854 2 sisters Aunt Annie Beedles Aunt Bessie Maquire Father was a dock worker ?? school was paid for Mother came to Canada as a maid or governess to the Irwin family of three boys & 2 girls. Mrs. Irwin was an only child & was deaf although everything was done for her & she was hard of hearing all her life. Her husband travelled for a tea company & was often gone for months at a time. When mother came with the Irwins they must have settled near Winnipeg as they could see the lights of Fort Rouge in the distance. Think Dad had a fish store around in the district & that is how they became acquainted. Eventually the Irwin family came out to the Coast & Mother came with them. Apparently Dad came out about the same time. Mother writes Irwin's & Dad worked for the city laying sidewalks & then for Langley's Drugstore. Both she & Dad decided to get a small cottage on Herald Street. Dad had developed (I think) diptheria & Mother nursed him at Herald Street. After he got over it they
were married on ??? Day (?) by Cannon Beaulands of Christ Church. They then had the cottage moved down to Packington Street. It was up on wood blocks for some time but the garden was a starting point and Dad got an express job with one horse & wagon. All the family were born on Packington Street. The only heat we had for ages was the kitchen stove. The house had ?? ?? ?? floors. I can remember the chamber pot frozen in the bedrooms overnight. The outhouse was down in the yard & next to the chicken house-take a lantern at night if necessary. Dad had a wonderful garden & Mother had rasps etc that Dad would take on a large platter ( picked at 6 am ) to the New England Hotel on Government Street. To help out Mother had a couple of houses she did cleaning jobs. Also took in odd washing jobs for next door. Father's Mother had no washing machine but Dad got her a cooperage barrel & a dolley-a round piece at the bottom with three pegs & a cross for the top-she would put her water & soap (this was always scraps
of Sunlight Soap melted from time to time). The idea was to churn the wash back & forth dump the water & put in fresh water more water & then wringer out & over family line. Our home was lit only by coal lamp & what a thrill we got when Dick Brooker & another chap ??? ??? came to wire up our attic. At that time had only 2 planks & we were scared they would slip off & come right through. However all went well & we had no more coal oil lamps.





























. Alice Mary Whitwell was born on 18 May 1895 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She was the daughter of Thomas Whitwell and Susan Jane Mann.
     Alice Mary Whitwell married Albert Joseph Lafortune, son of Francis or Francois Xavier Lafortune and Mary Elizabeth Handy, on 20 March 1924 in Victoria, BC, CAN.
     Alice died on 29 March 1995 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, aged 99.

     Edith Victoria Whitwell was born on 12 July 1897. She was the daughter of Thomas Whitwell and Susan Jane Mann.

     Herbert James Whitwell was born on 22 October 1890 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He was the son of Thomas Whitwell and Susan Jane Mann.
     Herbert died on 12 July 1967 aged 76.

     [Brøderbund Family Archive #118, Ed. 1, Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s - 1900s, Date of Import: Oct 16, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.118.1.88064.10]

     Individual: Whitwell, Thomas Event: Born Year: Abt 1852 Place: England

     Province of record source: British Columbia

     Source: Extracts from the 1891 Federal Census of British Columbia, Microfilm # C13284-C13285. Publisher: National Archives of Canada Publication place: Ottawa, ON

     Volume/Page(s): FN231

     Please note: The province and county are associated with the location of the record source and in some cases may not be the same as the place where the event occurred.. Thomas Whitwell was born on 25 May 1851 in England.
     Thomas Whitwell married Susan Jane Mann before 1888.
     Thomas died in January 1920 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, aged 68.

     Thomas Stanley Whitwell was born on 3 December 1888 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He was the son of Thomas Whitwell and Susan Jane Mann.

     Bruce Wight was born in 1957 in Yarram, Victoria, Australia. He was the son of Laurence William Wight and Isabella Annie Masters.
     Bruce died in 1977.

     Henry Wight married Kathleen Veronica MacKenzie, daughter of Thomas MacKenzie and Elizabeth Ann Thomas, in 1921 in Victoria.

     Laurence William Wight was born in 1932.
     Laurence William Wight married Isabella Annie Masters, daughter of Stanley Lewis Masters and Lilian Weston Speed, on 13 June 1953 in Yarram, Victoria, Australia.
     Laurence died in 1960.

     Phyllis Elizabeth Wight was born in 1914 in Yarram, Victoria, Australia.
     Phyllis died in 1914 in Yarram, Victoria. She was the daughter of William Wight and Emma Catherine MacKenzie.

     William Wight was born in 1889.
     William Wight married Emma Catherine MacKenzie, daughter of Thomas MacKenzie and Elizabeth Ann Thomas, in 1913 in Victoria.
     William died in 1978 in Melbourne, Victoria.

     William Wilberforce married Sarah Thornton, daughter of John Thornton and Jane Field. He was a merchant of Hull. They had issue.

     Carrie May Wilbur was born in 1861.
     Carrie May Wilbur married David Ross, son of John Ross and Mary Tindal, in 1904 in USA.

     Catherine A Wilcockson was born circa 1865?.
     Catherine A Wilcockson married Dupree A Colbert, son of William Colbert, in 1888 in Condobolin, New South Wales.

     His birth was registered in the quarter ending in December 1878 in Sheffield, Yorkshire. Alfred Stancer Wild was the son of James Wild and Mary Ann Stancer. Alfred and James were listed as the children of James Wild in the 1891 census in 2 Park St, Dallington, Northamptonshire. Alfred Stancer Wild and James Edwin Wild was listed as Alfred O/D Stancer's grandchild in the 1901 census in 3a St Andrews Rd, Northampton.

     James Wild was born circa 1857 in Sheffield, Yorkshire.
     James Wild married Mary Ann Stancer, daughter of Alfred O/D Stancer and Lucy Unknown, in September 1878 in Ecclesall Bierlow RD, Yorkshire.
     James Wild and Mary Ann Stancer appeared on the 1891 census in 2 Park St, Dallington, Northamptonshire. James Wild, head, 34, plumber, born Sheffield; his wife Mary Ann Wild, 30, born Sheffield; sons Alfred Stancer Wild, 12, born Sheffield; James Edwin Wild, 10, born Sheffield, Harry Wild, 8, born Lancaster, all scholars.

     His birth was registered in the quarter ending in June 1880 in Sheffield, Yorkshire. James Edwin Wild was the son of James Wild and Mary Ann Stancer. Alfred and James were listed as the children of James Wild in the 1891 census in 2 Park St, Dallington, Northamptonshire. Alfred Stancer Wild and James Edwin Wild was listed as Alfred O/D Stancer's grandchild in the 1901 census in 3a St Andrews Rd, Northampton.

     Anthony William Wilde was born in 1947. He was the son of Dr John Frederick Wilde and Isabel Haughton.
     Anthony William Wilde lived at Manchester, England.
     Anthony died before 10 November 1987.

     John. John was nick-named Franz. He was born in 1902.
     Dr John Frederick Wilde married Isabel Haughton, daughter of Dr William Steele Haughton and Jane Eliza Halahan, in 1937.
     John died in 1973.

     Albert Wildgoose married Emma Stancer, daughter of Henry Stancer, before 1 April 1896.

     Sarah Wilding was born before 1740 in Suffolk.
     Sarah Wilding married Thomas Cocksedge on 5 March 1760 in Woolpit, Suffolk.
     Sarah died before 20 August 1790 in Langham, Suffolk. She was buried on 20 August 1790 in Langham.

     Ernest Christian Wilford was born circa 1799 in Ireland.
     He served as a Captain in the Royal Engineers.
     Ernest Christian Wilford married Frances Denne, daughter of Richard Denne and Mary Steer, on 27 September 1825 in Winchelsea, Sussex.
     Ernest Christian Wilford and Frances Denne were recorded on the 1851 census in Marylebone, London. Ernest C Wilford 52, Captain, HM Army, born Ireland; wife Frances Wilford 59, born Winchelsea, Christiana Wilford 20, born MIddlesex, Ernest Wilford 17 born Hastings, Sussex.
     Ernest Christian Wilford and Frances Denne appeared on the 1861 census in St Leonard, Kent. Ernest C Wilford 63, born Ireland; his wife Francis Wilford 70, born Winchelsea, Sry, John Maidwell 17, servant.
     Ernest's death was registered in the quarter ending in September 1880 in Tonbridge RD, Kent/Sussex.

     Ernest Christian Wilford was born circa 1832 in Hastings, Sussex. He was the son of Ernest Christian Wilford and Frances Denne.
     Ernest Christian Wilford appeared on the 1861 census in Aldershot, Farnham, Surrey. Ernest Christian Wilford 28, Army Officer, born Hastings, Ssx; his wife Agnes Harriett Wilford 29, born West Malling, Kent, Caroline Frances Cristiana Wilford 1, born Kingstone, Canada West. Anne Louisa Donnely 22, servant.
     Ernest Christian Wilford appeared on the 1871 census in 'Linda Cottage', Waldron, Sussex. Ernest C Wilford 37, Retired Officer of HM Army, born Hastings with 2 duaghters & 3 nieces: Caroline F C Wilford 11, born Kingstone, Canada West, Isabel Maud Wilford 6, born Belfast, Ireland; Ada M Kelley 10 born Barbados, Edith Kelley 7, born Gosport, Hants, Lilla Kelley 5 born St Helena; Rebekah E Stevens 27, governess; George Haffenden 30, Mary Senner 29, Eliza Senner 18, servants.

      Ralph Wilgose was also known as Raffe Wilgoose in records. He was born before 1590.
     Ralph Wilgose married Dorothy Steer, daughter of Roger Steer, on 23 September 1610 in St Helens, Darley, Derbyshire.
     Ralph was buried on 20 April 1634.

     Annette de la Nauze Wiliamson was born on 15 November 1863 in Bombay, India.
     Annette de la Nauze Wiliamson married George Stanser MacNair, son of George Best MacNair and Frances Dorothy Dixon, on 19 April 1892 in St George's Chapel, Edinburgh, Scotland.
     Annette died on 26 June 1917 in West New Brighton, Staten Island, New York, USA, aged 53.

     Mary Wilkie was born in Sachtonhill, Ireland.
     Mary Wilkie married Malcolm Hamilton Archbishop, son of Generations? Hamilton, before 1602. Malcolm HAMILTON (~1612 - )
Hugo HAMILTON af Deserf ((1610?) - 1679).

     Ann Wilkin was christened on 26 September 1742 in Hessett, Suffolk. She was the daughter of Richard Wilkin and Elizabeth Tarney.

     Edmund Wilkin was christened on 15 April 1721 in Tostock, Suffolk. He was the son of Robert Wilkin and Phyllis Goodchild.

     Edward Wilkin was christened on 14 October 1748 in Hessett, Suffolk. He was the son of Richard Wilkin and Elizabeth Tarney.

     Edward Wilkin was christened on 18 May 1771 in Hessett, Suffolk. He was the son of Robert Wilkin and Mary Brabrook.
     Edward Wilkin married Mary Brooks.
     Edward died and was buried on 11 November 1855 in Hessett. He was of Beyton at his death.

     Edward Wilkin was born on 25 April 1802 in Hessett, Suffolk. He was the son of Edward Wilkin and Mary Brooks. Edward Wilkin was christened on 6 October 1802 in Hessett.