{"id":17559,"date":"2017-02-23T05:33:08","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T05:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/?p=17559"},"modified":"2017-02-23T05:33:09","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T05:33:09","slug":"four-generations-weston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/four-generations-weston\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Generations Grow up in Weston"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Granny,<\/a>
Granny, nanny and my mom on the porch in Weston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of my earliest memories has me\u00a0travelling by bus to the Weston library with my mother, grandmother and great grandmother. For some reason, the Carnegie Foundation in New York provided a grant to build the stunning structure in 1914 despite its Ontario location along the Humber River.[1]<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll always be grateful.<\/p>\n

Recent visits to the location feel peaceful somehow, as if several generations of residence in that spot left traces in my DNA.<\/p>\n

Our family moved to Weston sometime between the 1871[2]<\/a> \u00a0and 1881[3]<\/a> censuses and stayed there until the late nineteen sixties.<\/p>\n

An\u00a0Irish ancestor at last!<\/h2>\n

The 1871 census shows great granny\u2019s mom Kezia Charlotte McMaster, who was then 12 years-old, living with her family in 130 Mono Cardwell. Her mother was a 54-year-old Irish immigrant named Ann McMaster. Other family members included 24-year-old Andrew, 20-year-old Alexander, 16-year-old James and 14-year-old Ann Eliza.<\/p>\n

Summer wedding<\/h2>\n

Seven years later, at the age of 22, Kezia married 38-year-old John Paul Charboneau on a summer day in August. The marriage licence describes him as a Francophone Church of England man working as a cooper building barrels and utensils out of wood.<\/p>\n

Their son Paul, my great great great uncle, came along on March 13, 1888.[4]<\/a><\/p>\n

His sister Charlotte, my direct ancestor, was born in Orangeville seven years later.<\/p>\n

Charlotte and Arthur<\/h2>\n

I don\u2019t know how they met, but great grandma Charlotte married British Immigrant Arthur Johnson in Weston on February 9, 1917.[5]<\/a> Before the wedding took place, they had to sign a \u201cdegrees of affinity\u201d document to confirm that they were not blood relatives.<\/p>\n

Like her mother, she was 22 years old at the time.<\/p>\n

The wedding took place close to her home on Cross Street. His parents, William Johnson and Mary Young attended, as did hers. Their witnesses were Albert and Aimie Johnson who lived nearby on Fife Avenue.<\/p>\n

Given their last names, it\u2019s likely these witnesses were also ancestors.<\/p>\n

Charlotte and Arthur remained in Weston from then on. Their daughter, her daughter and I\u00a0all grew up in the village.<\/p>\n

The couple only left Weston in their nineties\u00a0to move in with their daughter in Midland during the last decade of their lives.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sources:<\/h3>\n

[1]<\/a> http:\/\/welcometoweston.ca\/about-weston\/history-of-weston<\/a>, accessed February 22, 2017.<\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> Canada Census, 1871,” database,\u00a0FamilySearch<\/em>\u00a0(https:\/\/familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/1:1:M47F-Q6P : 13 November 2014), Kezia Mc Master in household of Ann Mc Master, Mono, Cardwell, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 40, line 10; Library and Archives Canada film number C-9959, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 4,396,686.<\/p>\n

[3]<\/a> Canada Census, 1881,” database, Library and Archives Canada film number C-13249, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm Reference:<\/strong>\u00a0RG31 – Statistics Canada, <\/strong>Item Number:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>3601574.<\/p>\n

[4]<\/a> Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959,” database, FamilySearch (https:\/\/familysearch.org\/pal:\/MM9.1.1\/F2F8-X6G : 27 November 2014), Keziah Macmaster in entry for Paul Charbonneau, 13 Mar 1888; citing Toronto, York, Ontario, 13 Mar 1888, reference cn 901245; FHL microfilm 1,872,230.<\/p>\n

[5]<\/a> Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927,” database with ages,\u00a0FamilySearch<\/em>\u00a0(https:\/\/familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/1:1:278P-XTC : 10 April 2015), Keziah Mcmaster in entry for Arthur Johnson and Charlotte Charboneau, 09 Feb 1917; citing registration , Weston, York, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,130,929.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Recent visits to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genealogy-ensemble-history-worth-remembering","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2buQs-4zd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16167,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/evelyn-johnson-richard-himphen\/","url_meta":{"origin":17559,"position":0},"title":"Moonlight Serenade","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"February 3, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"How did they meet? 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