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The Hindson Family Tree - 9th
Generation from William
Key:
Gen = Generation
b: = born bap:= baptised
m: =married, m1 = 1st marriage
c: = children, c1= children from 1st..
d: = died
| Gen | Name | Additional Information |
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8 |
William b:Dec 30,1841, at Hackinbag m1: Mary Robinson c1: Henry James, Hannah Jane, Wm Russell, Clarence Eugene, Nellie, Eliza Lillian, Mary Hilda m2: Ellen Dunn c2: William Ernest, Ella Rose, Leonard Percy d: June 6, 1920, Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada |
William wrote the poem "Song
of Cumberland Exile". After seeing Hackingbag or Hackenbag, as he
called it, and the surrounding country, it is easy to understand how he
felt. He followed his brother John and uncles James and George to Upper
Canada in September, 1862, living close to George the first few
years. The 1871 Census of Grantham Twsp, District 21, Sub District
!, Division 3, shows him teaching school. He is 29, Mary is shown as 22,
actually she was 24 then. He was later a principal. He is buried in Tillsonberg. Ontario. Mary Robinson was born Oct 31, 1847 and died May 22, 1879 at 32 years after having 7 children. By 1881, Mary has died and he is living in St. Catherines, still teaching, his religion changed to Baptist, and married to Ellen Dunn. William taught scholl in Grantham (1862-about 1875, then St. Catherines at Central School (1875-1882), then Lucan (1883) then Grimsby (1884-1885) and finally Dunnville until he retired. William lived in two places at St. Catherines. First on Page Street w/s in 1875, then 1876-1882 on Wolsely St. near Russell Avenue. William was quite a disciplinarian. Percy Hindson once related a story to Ralph D. Hindson that when Percy was 14, William (displeased or discouraged with Percy) took him in his horse and buggy to Buffalo, gave him $2 and wished him luck, and told him he was on his own. Percy said that it was the best thing that ever happened to him. William it is said although always though of as an austere straight laced religious person, had an eye for the ladies, an eye that often connected. This among other things, included in his poem "Old Memories", kindly contributed by Barbara. William became a Plymouth Brethren in his later years. Ralph D. "I have only one memory of my grandfather. He came to visit us in Guelph shortly before he died. I can see him standing on the sidewalk in his dark sombre suit, bowler hat and white beard. I would be about 5 at the time. Ellen Dunn drowned in the Grand River or millrace behind her house. After returning from the hospital after a nervous breakdown, and being left alone, she apparently just walked out into the millrace and drowned at the foot of her garden. |
| 9 | Henry James b: Mar 19, 1866 d: Nov 11, 1951 Hannah, Jane b: Mar 19, 1868 d: Aug 1, 1942 William, Russell b: Feb 3, 1870 d: Sept 15, 1870 Clarence, Eugene b: Oct 10, 1871 Nellie b: April 26, 1876 d: Jan 7, 1877 at St.Catherines Eliza Lillian b: Jan 3, 1874 d: July 7, 1877 Mary Hilda b: Mar 14, 1878 d: Sep 24, 1951 William Ernest b: Nov 15, 1881 Ella Rose b: Mar 23, 1883 d: May 25, 1921 Leonard Percy b: Sept 15, 1884 d: 195? |
Mary Hilda -- a person and teacher extraordinaire |
This page last updated 14 Dec 1999