Did Matthew Ireson leave his family in England and start a new life in Canada? The records point to a surprising connection with a St. Catharines mail carrier.
After Matthew Ireson abandoned his family, his wife Charlotte Augusta Long and their children faced hardship, the workhouse and loss.
The civil registration marriage index suggests that Thomas Alfred Webb married Emma Alice Dodd early in 1882 (the Banns and certificate have not been located).
Charles Henry Webb married Alice Cooper in 1917. They had at least one child together.
When James Robert Squires was born on March 1, 1872, in Chester, Cheshire, England, his mother, Sarah (nee Webb) (1842-1915), was 30. I’m not sure what happened to him…
Donald Joseph McPhail married Hazel Frances Hope on February 1, 1922, in Hamilton, Ontario. They had three children before Hazel’s tragic death at the age of 22.
