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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Benjamin C Gray

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Benjamin Charles Gray was born 15 Jul 1899, Preston, , Lancashire, England; died 2 Jul 1980, Matsqui, , British Columbia, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: a golf professional
    • AltDeath: 1980, Victoria, , British Columbia, Canada
    • Residence: Jul 1980, Clearbrook, , British Columbia, Canada

    Notes:

    -RO Professional golf pro

    -RO St Agathe, PQ for 15 yrs, then moved to BC

    !NAME:Ben C Gray

    Benjamin — Maude Della Smith. Maude (daughter of William Renaldo Smith and Lily Victoria Oulton) was born 23 Feb 1909; died 2007. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Maude Della SmithMaude Della Smith was born 23 Feb 1909 (daughter of William Renaldo Smith and Lily Victoria Oulton); died 2007.

    Other Events:

    • AltBirth: 23 Feb 1911
    • Residence: Jul 2001, Surrey, , British Columbia, Canada
    • AltDeath: 2006
    • Residence: May 2006, White Rock, , British Columbia, Canada

    Notes:

    -RO 211-33088, Mill Lake Rd, Abbotsford, BC

    ID= OU 1111972

    NAME:Maude Della Smith BD:1909

    Children:
    1. Barbara Dorothy Gray
    2. Joan Alice Gray
    3. 1. Benjamin C Gray


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  William Renaldo SmithWilliam Renaldo Smith was born 7 Feb 1886, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada (son of Hibbert Harris Smith and Martha Isabel Jackson); died 24 Nov 1961, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , United Church Cemetery, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: lumberman
    • AltBirth: 15 Feb 1885
    • AltBirth: 4 Feb 1886, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Residence: Bef 1921, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
    • Residence: Between 1921 and Nov 1961, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Obituary: 25 Nov 1961, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; the Chronicle Herald

    Notes:

    NAME: - Catherine Dickie, 3/2/94 PARN: BD: DD: WIF:

    -RO Owner of a limber mill

    -RO Their house in Amherst was near intersection of Willow and Victoria East. They lived there for 25 years or more. He married Reena sometime after 1950. By this time, all the children had moved out.

    Obituary:


    Obituary

    AMHERST - The death of William Renaldo Smith occurred suddenly at his home on Eddy Street. He was 75 and a well known lumberman. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. H.H. Smith of Shinimicas. Besides his second wife Rena, he is survived by three daughters, Maude (Mrs. B.C. Gray) Edmundston, N.B.; Mrs. W.C. Oulton, Brantford, Ont.; Mrs. H.M. Ogden, East Amherst; six sons, Layton, Halifax; Arnold, Shinimicas Bridge; Victor, Tyndal Road; Austin, Shinimicas Bridge; Harold, Amherst and Allison, Oxford; three step-children Todd T. Trenholm, Baie Verte Road, Mrs. Robert Oulton, Amherst and Mrs. Layton Cameron, Amherst. The late Mr. Smith will rest at Furlongs Funeral Home. The funeral service will be held in the Shinimicas Bridge Church Sunday afternoon at 2:30.

    [From the Halifax Chronicle Herald Newspaper, 25 November 1961.]

    William married Lily Victoria Oulton 31 Jul 1907, , Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. Lily (daughter of Rufus Manuel Melvin Oulton and Sarah Jane Weeks) was born 17 Apr 1887, Baie Verte Road, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada; died 6 Oct 1947, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 8 Oct 1947, United Church Cemetery, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Lily Victoria OultonLily Victoria Oulton was born 17 Apr 1887, Baie Verte Road, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada (daughter of Rufus Manuel Melvin Oulton and Sarah Jane Weeks); died 6 Oct 1947, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 8 Oct 1947, United Church Cemetery, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1891, Westmorland Parish, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
    • Residence: Jun 1942, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • AltDeath: Sep 1947
    • AltDeath: 18 Oct 1947, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Notes:

    -RO buried next to husband

    -RO Housewife

    ID= OU 111197

    NAME:Lillie Oulton - 1891 Census, Westmorland Co, Westmorland P (203-1) PARN: BP: age 4; Methodist

    NAME:Lillie Victoria Oulton - Catherine Dickie, 3/2/94 BD: DD: HUS:

    -RO Lily Victoria Oulton

    Census:
    4 in 1891 census

    Children:
    1. Layton Harris Smith was born Dec 1907, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 28 Jan 1997, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , United Church Cemetery, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    2. 3. Maude Della Smith was born 23 Feb 1909; died 2007.
    3. Grace Isabel Smith was born 18 Feb 1912, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died Bef May 2006.
    4. Sarah Dorothy Smith was born 24 Nov 1913, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada; died 13 Jun 1996, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 15 Jun 1996, United Church Cemetery, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    5. William Arnold Smith was born 20 Sep 1915, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada; died 4 May 2006, Upper Nappan, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , United Church Cemetery, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    6. Victor Oulton Smith was born 29 Jul 1918; died 23 Aug 1991; was buried , Warren Baptist Cemetery, Warren, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    7. Austen Hibbert Smith was born 2 Aug 1919, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada; died 30 Sep 1990, Springhill, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , United Church Cemetery, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    8. Harold Renaldo Smith was born 14 Apr 1923, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died Bef 20 Apr 2015, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , Shinimicas Cemetery, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    9. George Allison Smith was born 11 Apr 1925; died 26 Jul 2001, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Hibbert Harris Smith was born 9 Oct 1857, Shinimicas Bridge, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada (son of Thomas Renaldo Smith and Mary Ann Dunphy); died 8 Apr 1938, Shinimicas Bridge, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , United Church Cemetery, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • AltBirth: 1857, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • AltBirth: 9 Oct 1857, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Census: 1871, , Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Residence: Bef Dec 1884, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • AltDeath: 8 Apr 1938, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Notes:

    NAME:Harris Hibbert Smith - Catherine Dickie, 3/2/94 PARN:

    Census:
    13 in 1871 census

    Hibbert married Martha Isabel Jackson 15 Dec 1884, Head of Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. Martha (daughter of John William Jackson and Susanna Sidell Fields) was born 19 Mar 1863, Tidnish, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 5 Oct 1902, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , United Church Cemetery, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Martha Isabel Jackson was born 19 Mar 1863, Tidnish, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada (daughter of John William Jackson and Susanna Sidell Fields); died 5 Oct 1902, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , United Church Cemetery, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • AltBirth: 19 Mar 1863, Lorneville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Census: 1871, Head of Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Residence: Bef Dec 1884, Tidnish, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Notes:

    Census:
    8 in 1871 census

    Children:
    1. Beatrice Smith was born Abt 1884; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 6. William Renaldo Smith was born 7 Feb 1886, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 24 Nov 1961, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , United Church Cemetery, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    3. Margaret Della Smith was born 15 Aug 1890, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 21 Nov 1915, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , United Church Cemetery, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    4. Harris Alanzo Smith was born 10 Dec 1894, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 1920; was buried , United Church Cemetery, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    5. George Mortimer Smith was born 10 Sep 1897, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 14 Apr 1926, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.

  3. 14.  Rufus Manuel Melvin Oulton was born 1840, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada (son of William Oulton and Phoebe Goodwin); died 29 Dec 1914, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada; was buried , Baie Verte Cemetery, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1851
    • Census: 1861, Westmorland Parish, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
    • Occupation: 1861, Westmorland Parish, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada; a farmer
    • Residence: Bef Dec 1867, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
    • Census: 1891, Westmorland Parish, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
    • Occupation: 1891; farmer

    Notes:

    ID= OU 11119

    NAME:Rufus Oulton - Catherine Dickie, 18/10/92 PARN: BD: DD: WIF:Sarah J Weeks died aged 74

    NAME:Rufus Oulton - 1891 Census, Westmorland Co, Westmorland P (203-1) BP: WIF:Sarah .. OCC:Farmer LIVED:(1891) Westmorland P age 50; father b.NB, mother b.NS; Methodist

    NAME:Rufus Manuel Oulton - Oulton Family Tree by Gladys Trenholm PARN: BD: DD: WIF: lived on father's farm on Baie Verte Road, now (~1975) occupied by his g-grandson, Harold Trenholm; paralysed at 40

    NAME:Rufus Melvin Oulton - Marriages, Cumberland Co 1864-66 RG32 Vol 99 PARN:William & Phoebe BP: MD: MP: WIF:Sarah Weeks OCC:Farmer LIVED:(1867) Baie de Verte, NB by Rev A F Tuttle; witnesses Jane Weeks; age 26; bachelor

    -RO Baie Verte Road, New Brunswick

    -RO Rufus and Sarah Jane Oulton worked on his late father's farm (William Oulton, 1795 to 1868), on the Baie Verte Road, New Brunswick, which is now occupied by his great-grandson Harold Trenholm (as of 1967). He was paralized at the age of 40.

    Birth:
    age 26 at marriage, BP Baie de Verte, NB

    Census:
    12 in 1851 census

    Census:
    22 in 1861 census

    Census:
    50 in 1891 census

    Died:
    age 74

    Rufus married Sarah Jane Weeks 21 Dec 1867, , Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. Sarah was born 1846, , , Nova Scotia, Canada; died 16 Dec 1912, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada; was buried , Baie Verte Cemetery, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 15.  Sarah Jane Weeks was born 1846, , , Nova Scotia, Canada; died 16 Dec 1912, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada; was buried , Baie Verte Cemetery, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: Bef Dec 1867, Amherst Shore, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Census: 1891, Westmorland Parish, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

    Notes:

    !ID= UN 42NAME:Sarah J Weeks - Catherine Dickie, 18/10/92 DD: IP: HUS:

    NAME:Sarah .. - 1891 Census, Westmorland Co, Westmorland P (203-1) BP: HUS:Rufus Oulton age 44; parents b.NS; Methodist

    NAME:Sarah Weeks - Marriages, Cumberland Co 1864-66 RG32 Vol 99 PARN: MD: MP: HUS:Rufus Melvin Oulton LIVED:(1867) Amherst Shore, NS by Rev A F Tuttle; witnesses James Weeks; age 23; spinster

    Census:
    44 in 1891 census

    Notes:

    Married:
    age 23 in 1867

    Children:
    1. Wilson Todd Oulton was born 1870; died 15 Nov 1890, , Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.
    2. Alice Maud Oulton was born CA 1870, Baie Verte Road, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada; died 1 Aug 1953, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , St James United & St Luke Anglican Cemetery, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.
    3. Leoma (Neomie) Dell Oulton was born 1872, , , New Brunswick, Canada; died 25 Mar 1952; was buried 28 Mar 1952, Baie Verte Cemetery, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.
    4. Lilla Belle Oulton was born 25 Jul 1876, Lorneville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 19 Aug 1916, Lorneville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , Lorneville Cemetery, Lorneville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    5. Avery Emmanuel Oulton was born 30 Nov 1878, , , New Brunswick, Canada; died 6 Jun 1942, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada; was buried , Fernwood Cemetery, Port Elgin, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.
    6. Irene Oulton was born Abt 1880, , , New Brunswick, Canada; died Bef Jun 1942.
    7. Vice Renah Oulton was born 10 Feb 1882, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada; died 20 Jul 1965, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , Tidnish Cemetery, Tidnish, , Nova Scotia, Canada.
    8. 7. Lily Victoria Oulton was born 17 Apr 1887, Baie Verte Road, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada; died 6 Oct 1947, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 8 Oct 1947, United Church Cemetery, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.


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