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Francis Hillis + Janet Allen Janes

4 children
Birth:
Marriage: before 1917
Occupation: Soldier
Marriage Fact: Married before he went overseas.
Death: 1917 — during WWI in France
Reference number: 1.3.7.1
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Charles Hillis
–1917
Birth:
Death: 1917 — during WWI in France
Anna Hillis
Birth:
Occupation: Music Teacher
Fact 1: unmarried
Death: about 1970
Reference number: 1.3.7.2
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Anna Hillis
–1970
Birth:
Death: about 1970
Birth:
Occupation: Secretary in Toronto
Death: before 1970 — of cancer
Reference number: 1.3.7.3
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Maude Hillis
–1970
Birth:
Death: before 1970 — of cancer
Birth:
Occupation: Hotel Owner in Watford — Inwood area, Ontario
Occupation: Worked at Westinghouse in Toronto, Ontario
Fact 1: Married "late in life"
Death: before 1970 — Cancer
Reference number: 1.3.7.4
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Frank Hillis
–1970
Birth:
Death: before 1970 — Cancer
Francis Hillis
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Death:
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Francis Hillis
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Death:
Janes sisters
Birth: March 10, 1864 — Warwick Township, Lambton County
Death: November 16, 1941 — Toronto, Ontario
Burial: Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario
Reference number: 1.3.7
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Janet Allen Janes
1864–1941
Birth: March 10, 1864 — Warwick Township, Lambton County
Death: November 16, 1941 — Toronto, Ontario
Charles Meredith Janes, Jennet Auld Janes
Birth: about 1824 — Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England
Baptism: August 5, 1824 — St. John's Church, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England
Education: Somersetshire, England
Immigration: 1839 — Charles came to Westminster Twp., Middlesex County with his parents, an elder brother and a younger sister.
Occupation: about 1839 — discharged seaman from Royal Navy
Occupation: Charles delivered mail by horseback from London to Errol, probably via the Egremont Road. — about 1840 — drove stagecoach out of London, Ontario; the assignee of John Sykes
Settled: 1848 — This is the first record of Charles settling in Warwick, in connection with the Maple Leaf (Maple Grove) Hotel in Warwick Village. The Maple Leaf was a prominent post-house in staging days. It was also a place of business for drovers.
Occupation: Stagedriver, recorded on crown grant — 1851
Property: Crown grant — January 16, 1851 — West 1/2 of Lot 14 3NER, Warwick Township; 200 acres; erected log house and cleared farm
Property: October 1, 1851 — Charles purchased Lots 1, 2, 3, West Camden Street; Lot 4 on Camden (First) Street and all of Lot 1 SER, Warwick Village from James Atkinson for 200 pounds.
Property: December 23, 1854 — Charles purchased the south 49 acres of the east half of Lot 14, 3NER. He built a 1 storey log house, a slaughter house and a smith shop. Brickyard also located here.
Fact 4: between 1853 and 1854 — Charles served as Councillor for Ward 3.
Occupation: for 8 years an innkeeper, Maple Leaf or Maple Grove Hotel, on old Highway 7 (Egremont Road) in Warwick Village — 1854
Marriage: 1856
Property: February 13, 1856 — Charles purchased the remaining 50 acres of the east half of Lot 14 3NER
Fact 2: 1861 — William Fullerton, a 20 year old labourer from Ireland, and Catherine Overholt, 18, from West Canada lived with them -- census records
Property: May 5, 1865 — Charles sold all the property in the village to William Manders.
Fact 5: 1869 — His father came to live with him after his mother died. Samuel died there the next year.
Finances: 1874 — owned shares in Maple Grove Cheese Factory, 12 sideroad.
Health: 1874 — Charles died of a ruptured appendix.
Fact: The menu at the Maple Leaf included wild geese, frog legs and venison.
Fact 3: He was involved in community affairs. He was a Reformer who never sought political office.
Politics: staunch Reformer
Will: 1874 — left east 1/2 Lot 14 3NER to son Robert, on condition he care for his mother.
Death: March 10, 1874 — Warwick, Ontario
Burial: 1874 — Bethel Cemetery, east side, in front of a pine tree
Religion: Church of England, but brick from his brickyard was used for Knox Presbyterian, Warwick Twp.
Reference number: 1.3
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jennet Auld Agnes Anna Janes Charles Hamilton Janes Mary Ann Ingles Janes William Janes Samuel Janes M.D. Robert Auld Janes Janet Allen Janes Thomas Ingles Janes Margaret Ann Janes
Charles Meredith Janes
1824–1874
Birth: about 1824 — Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England
Death: March 10, 1874 — Warwick, Ontario
Charles Meredith Janes, Jennet Auld Janes
Birth: June 1829 — Whitburn, Scotland
Marriage: 1856
Fact 3: 1877 — She built a large 2 storey white brick house about 200 yards northwest of Bear Creek, directly north of where the pond was later dug by her son Robert Janes
Property: 1880 — all of Lot 14, 3NER, north half of Lot 7, 2NER, east half of west half of Lot 16 3NER, a total of 350 acres.
Fact: a devoted wife and mother who kept her 7 unmarried children together after Charles' death.
Fact 2: Jennet took over farm after Charles' death and it prospered.
Fact 4: The original house had a kitchen, back kitchen, dining room, parlour, 5 bedrooms, a large hallway. There was a low basement under the kitchen, a cistern which held rain water off the roof of the house and a furnace.
Fact 5: There was a porch across the front of the house and an attached woodshed was added.
Fact 6: Education was important to her. Two sons taught school, then became medical doctors in the USA
Death: at home of daughter Mrs Hillis — August 14, 1900 — Arkona, Ontario
Burial: 1900 — Bethel Cemetery, Warwick Twp. On her tombstone is "The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want."
Religion: Presbyterian
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Charles Meredith Janes Agnes Anna Janes Charles Hamilton Janes Mary Ann Ingles Janes William Janes Samuel Janes M.D. Robert Auld Janes Janet Allen Janes Thomas Ingles Janes Margaret Ann Janes
Jennet Auld
1829–1900
Birth: June 1829 — Whitburn, Scotland
Death: at home of daughter Mrs Hillis — August 14, 1900 — Arkona, Ontario

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