D.L. married G. Riznek [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

D.L. married A.B. Floyd [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Darcy Dougherty Floyd was born on 22 Mar 1985 in Ottawa, Ontario; died on 25 Mar 1995 in Ottawa, Ontario.
2. M.D. Floyd

Notes:

Ken's God Parents were Mrs Gus Mac Manus and Gus Roney. Both were present at the Christenin g in Welland.

Kenneth married S.M. Ewing [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

'Big Jim' was in his usual haunt... one of the bars up the 'Valley', when he was accosted b y a hard-drivin' lumberjack. Jim was losing the battle when his brother, Paddy, stepped i n to save the day.. He clipped the suspenders of the unspecting lumberjack, causing the poo r man to lose his drawers, among other things, and saved the day for Big Jim. The fellow wa s never again seen in the bars of the valley.

James married Martha Marquardt on 26 Aug 1912 in Cochrane, ON, CAN. Martha (daughter of Henry (Albert) Marquardt and Emilie Krzizan) was born on 21 Apr 1893 in Ruby St., Silver Lake, Renfrew Co., ON, CAN; died on 23 Mar 1983 in La Tuque, QC, CAN; was buried on 26 Mar 1983 in La Tuque, Quebec. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Arthur married Eva Gladys Strain on 16 Mar 1922 in New Liskeard, Temiskaming, ON, CAN. Eva (daughter of Thomas Amaziah Strain and Rachel Gerow, Genoe) was born on 4 Feb 1900 in Thessalon, Algoma District, ON, CAN; died on 24 Jan 1953 in South Porcupine, Tisdale, ON, CaN; was buried in South Porcupine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

There is some doubt about Dennis's birthplace. Two Ontario censuses, 1881 and 1901,show hi s birthplace as Quebec. The death registration of his son Joseph shows a place called Rodd en/Rawdon, either US or NS...the writing is not clear. There are Rawdon towns in Quebec, No va Scotia and Pennsylvania. The family has been told over the years that he emigrated from Ir eland, and so the search continues. A request to the Quebec Government for vital statisti c information has not yet been answered. The mystery still waiting to be solved.

Dennis married Margaret ' Ann' Whalen about 1878 in Mackey's Station, Ontario. Margaret was born on 4 Aug 1857 in Mackey Station, Renfrew Co, ON, CAN; was christened in Mackey Station, Renfrew Co, Ont; died in Pembroke, ON, CAN; was buried in Catholic Cemetery, Pembroke, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Henry Albert Marquardt was known all his life as Albert, rather than Henry. He emigrated fro m West Prussia in 1879.
He settled on Castile Road, in the tiny Hamlet of Ruby, Silver Lake, Ontario. and lived ther e all of his life with Emilie Krizizan, a Polish girl who lived in the area.
One of his grandchildren remembers him walking into Eganviille every Friday...a journey of 1 5 miles.. and returning the next day, laden with supplies and treats for the children. The y would gather round him while he opend a bottle of sweet sherry and gave them each a small g lass to sip, while they opened the surprise packages that he brought with him..there was alwa ys candy and whatever little items that he thought they might enjoy...buttons, hair bows..ra g dolls etc.

Henry married Emilie Krzizan in 1882 in Canada?. Emilie (daughter of Carl Krzizan and Wilhemina Krzizan) was born about 1865 in West Prussia; died on 11 Apr 1936 in Silver Lake Lutheran Church and Cemetery; was buried on 13 Apr 1936 in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Silver Lake, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The cemetery is now known as Zion Lutheran Cemetery...A small, flat white clay plaque shows A lbert's final resting place, beside his son Carl and his wife Emilie Krzizan.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1893, Nova Scotia

Notes:

Samuel was a Hotel Keeper in Goldsboro Nova Scotia. Prior to his marriage he was a travellin g salesman, and resided in New York City, NY.

Samuel married Eva Georgina Hewitt on 24 May 1894 in Halifax, Halifax Co , Nova Scotia. Eva (daughter of Hercules K Hewitt and Frances M Hadley) was born on 5 Nov 1874 in USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1877, Nova Scotia

Notes:

Thomas was born in Hogg's Hollow, a valley in the North York area of old Toronto. He marrie d Rachel Gerow in Flesherton, Artemesia Township, Grey County, in 1876. Their first child, S arah Gertrude died in infancy and was buried in Flesherton Cemetery. Altogether they had twel ve children, four of whom died in infancy and three others who died in their early twenties . The five surviving children went on to marry and have families of their own.

Tom's young family started out, however, from Owen Sound, where they boarded a boat for Thes salon. They almost perished when the boat became overloaded with a thick coating of ice an d almost sank to the bottom of Georgian Bay.. They stopped at Manitoulin Island, where bab y Nell was born...in an Indian viillage called Assiginack.
They resided in Assiginack for at least one year, as is indicated by the 1881 census. At th e time of the census Maud (3) and Thomas (1) were with them. Rachel's sister, Mary Ellen (1 9) stayed with the household until she married J Jamieson.
Tom and family eventually arrived in Thessalon where he opened a Singer Sewing Machine dealer ship in 1881. He was a jack-of-all-trades, including barrel maker and stone mason.
He became Reeve of Algoma about 1900 and the family thrived, residing in a beautiful house i n Little Rapids.

In 1910, however, he decided to move the family to the Porcupine gold camp, where he would la y bricks at the MacIntyre mine...He also built several of the town buildings, his own hoime a t 22 Bruce Ave, as well as several other houses along the Bruce Avenue strip, including th e 10 Bruce Avenue house where Rachel and Tom's daughter, Eva, lived with her husband, Arthu r "Ewie', and their brood.

In 1911 the great fire wiped out the town and surrounding district, killing their son, Merv , when a tank car on the railroad siding blew up, with a ton of TNT on board. The 'tidal wave ' that was generated swamped the boat that Merve was in, drowning him and several others. Th e rest of the family managed to survive the blast and ensuing flood.

They lived the rest of their lives realtively peacefully, with the exception of the untimel y deaths of young Ethel, who died of peritonitis, when her appendix burst, and Tom Jr, who, a fter surviving horrendous injuries during action in WW1, drowned in Pearl Lake while rescuin g a girl who had fallen through the ice.
Tom and Rachel are buried in Tisdale Cemetery, South Porcupine.



The children who died are buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Little Rapids, and Thomas and Rach el are in Tisdale Cemetery

Thomas married Rachel Gerow, Genoe on 30 May 1876 in Flesherton, Grey Co Ont. Rachel (daughter of William Genoe, Gerow and Ellen Mary (Maria) Christmas) was born in Feb 1857 in Flesherton, Grey Co., Ontario; died on 9 Jun 1937 in South Porcupine, Ontario; was buried in South Porcupine, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rachel was born in Ontario of French origins. Her father's family may have been born in Fran ce, and left the country for Canada during the civil unrest. he original spelling of the nam e was Geneaux. Her ancestors settled in the Gray County area.