Willenhall emigrating to Canada latter 1800s Lethbridge, Alberta then Ontario towns of Norwood, Havelock, Cordova Mines |
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Henry Squire and Sons Limited
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A brief history
William Squire began making locks on the present site in the mid 18th century
and by the time his son, Thomas, joined him his locks were well known enough
for the company to be recognised as such and the date 1780 marks the recognition
of this fact.
The late 18th century saw the Industrial Revolution growing rapidly and....
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THOMAS SQUIRE b 1719
+ JANE ALLDRITT - 2nd wife of JAMES SQUIRE
carried on the family business + SELINA ALLDRITT 1834
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Squire-Pace Memorial |
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NORWOOD Ontario
EMILY |
2 PACE sisters,
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PaceHavelockCordova Mines Ontario EDWARD "Teddy" PACE |
EMILY, MARY ANN and JOSHUA PACE had a nephew EDWARD PACE. He was a travelling salesman, later ran the Cordova Mines General Store. More commonly known known as "TEDDY PACE" and remembered by Mrs. Buchanan, Harold Hunter, Havelock and Ida Chard, Cordova Mines. CLICK HERE to read account Edward "TEDDY" PACE of Cordova Mines and Havelock, Ontario
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1873 - 1958 from Staffordshire UK to Havelock Cordova Mines Ontario buried at Havelock |
EDWARD "Teddy" PACE 1873-1958a prize gardener and often a judge in county fairs in England, - says RON PACE of WALSALL UK. He probably came to HAVELOCK, Ontario in the 1930s and was my aunts favourite uncle. A travelling salesman, he sold hardware, possibly helped make HENRY SQUIRE & Son, can openers popular in Canada. Later, ran a General Store at CORDOVA MINES, Ontario, when gold was mined there, remembered by IDA CHARD of CORDOVA MINES, ONTARIO and HAVELOCK TOWN HALL STAFF remember Ted Pace, of 17 Quebec Street, Havelock with Katie Anderson, they said. IDA CHARD (who was in her 90s when I visited her about 2005) told me, her father bought the general store from Teddy Pace who then moved on to Windsor, Ontario. Ida said her family had relatives in Michigan and would stay at Teddy Pace's place in Windsor when her family went to visit in Michigan, probably near Detroit. Ted married three times, one wife being 26 years his younger, caused a "falling out" with family in England, he left, coming to Canada. His uncle JOSHUA PACE, aunts EMILY and MARY ANN (siblings of EDWARD PACE 1845-1877 my great grandfather) had married SQUIRE brothers, above, who had prieviously emigrated, going first to LETHBRIDGE, Alberta. HAROLD HUNTER - Havelock Historian - told me, Teddy's last wife, was KATY ANDERSON. Ted and wife are buried at Havelock. A step-son - Jim PACE - son of Edward's wife's sister, was brought up in their household. |
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and Mary Ann at rest father Joshua Pace 1808-1895Laney Green Shareshill parish Staffordshire UK grandfather of |
family members of
Mary Ann PACE & husband Henry Thomas SQUIRE lived at LETHBRIDGE,
showing in the 1891 census. They knew of the other PACE family because my grandmother
passed stories on to me, of these people, when I was young, my grandfather, Charles, had died
16 years before my birth. I remember stories of Tom Three Persons,
said to be a son of Fred PACE. A Great grandson of Fred PACE found my web site
and we have put some family history together. click here
to see that.
It was said, FRED PACE's brother HENRY had a daughter, married to a KITTSON,
possibly related to the NWMP surgeon Col. John KITTSON who later ran a drug store at MAPLE CREEK Saskachewan, and is
buried there.
John Kittson's father was Norman Wolfred KITTSON 1814-1888 of SOREL, Quebec, a fur trader, later mayor of St. PAUL, Minnesota, partner in the American Fur Company and operated steamboats on the Red River. He was also a financial backer of James J. HILL's Great Northern Railway. HILL was a Canadian from an eastern Ontario farm family.
BETHUNE - Norman KITTSON's eldest brother, ANGUS, also a fur trader (1783-1858), was the great grandfather of Henry Norman BETHUNE (1890-1939), Canadian physician and surgeon and founder of the "Barefoot Doctors" of China fame.
It is also very likely, the SOREL, Quebec KITTSON family was aquainted to contemporary, John MOLSON of brewery fame, who was also into the creation of steamboats on the St. Lawrence River and built Canada's first railroad from St. John to Laprarie, Quebec.
CLICK HERE - FRED PACE page
Polly - a popular pet name for Mary Ann
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THE BLACK COUNTRY - home of the INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION in the MIDLANDS SQUIRE, YALE, UNION lock industries started here HENRY SQUIRE & SONS, can openers, made at Willenhall, Staffs. have been "household standards" in Canada for generations.
Put together with the thankful help of some of the above local folks by Gord Pace e-mail gtp3066 @ nexicom.net - remove spaces before sending |