Charles I. Ennis

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-57871

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-57864
• Birth: 27 Jul 1851, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Occupation: 1911, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer - farm
• Residence: 1911, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1922, Swan St., Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Boy Drowned in River With Nine-Year Old Earl Garbutt

The Victim - Between ten and eleven o'clock last Friday forenoon the community was startled by the announcement that Earl, the nine-year-old son of Albert Garbutt, Church St., had been drowned while bathing in the Nith, opposite the new park. It appears that several Garbutt brothers, accompanied by Bert Walton, a boy of about twelve years, went down the river for the purpose of bathing. At the spot where they decided to go in the water was about four feet deep. Two of the Garbutt boys (both older than deceased) remained on shore while Earl and young Walton undressed and plunged in. One report says they took cramps, but this has not been verified. At all events Earl Garbutt sank, and the boys on shore, not being able to swim themselves, gave the alarm. In response to the cry for help, some bigger boys responded, among them Irvine, son of Mr. John Ennis, Swan street. He pluckily sprang to the rescue of Walton, who was then going down for the third time, and succeeded in getting him ashore. The other lad, unfortunately, was at the bottom of the river, and the water being rily the body was not discovered for some time - possibly half an hour. In the meantime Dr. Woolner was summoned, and was accompanied by Dr. Wilson of Plattsville, who happened to be in the village. Both doctors worked for a good half hour in a vain effort to bring about resuscitation. The spark of life had fled its casket of clay and could not be wooed back. All that mortal hands could do was to convey the little body back to the home left but an hour or two, previously full of life and activity and the Joy and hope of a vigorous boyhood. Mr. Garbutt, who is employed on the C.P.R. as a section man was working at Galt that day, but was sent home by means of the lorry as soon as word reached him. The mother, of course, was grief stricken under the trying circumstances, but bore up well. Interment took place on Sunday forenoon, and a fresh mound in the beautiful Ayr cemetery now marks the resting place of a loved one thus suddenly removed by the inscrutable hand of divine providence. Of young Ennis' heroic to conduct it is impossible to speak to strongly. This lad's promptness and fearlessness undoubtedly saved Bert Walton's life. In that case he is entitled to a Humane Society medal, and The News suggests that the facts be brought to the attention of the proper authorities.

The Ayr News Jul 4 1907 pg 8

John married Mary Margery Pasmore 23 Nov 1881, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Thomas Andrew Pasmore and Jane Van Every) was born 28 Apr 1858, Drumbo, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 27 Feb 1922, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 2 Mar 1922, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margery Ann Passmore
• Name: Mary Margery Ennis
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-57866P
• Residence: 1911, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1922, Swan St., Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Passing of Mrs. J. Ennis - An Esteemed Resident Called to Her Reward - There passed away on Monday, Feb. 27, at her home, Swan Street, Ayr, one of the "mothers in Israel" in the person of Mrs. John Ennis, after an illness of a few weeks. She was born north of Drumbo, her maiden name being Margery Ann Pasmore. She married a little over 40 years ago and had resided in Ayr nearly 26 years ago. The deceased was a Methodist and active in all departments of Church work. She was also devoted to her home and family, and had four sons in the war, one of whom (Orwell) made the supreme sacrifice. Though strictly loyal to king and country, Mrs. Ennis fretted a great deal on account of her soldier boys, but bore up well under the trying circumstances. Besides her husband, she leaves the following sons and daughters to mourn their loss: Arthur, Mantonas, Man.; John, Oshawa; Ethel (Mrs. David Dick), Winnipeg; Edna (Mrs. Ernie Seedhouse), Toronto; Lillian (Mrs. Ira Jellette), Oshawa; Irvine, Grosse Isle, Man.; Cecil, Prairie River, Sask.; Wesley and Robert, at home, and Alfred n Galt. Five brothers and three sisters also survive. They are: Wm. Pasmore, Wilkie, Sask.; Andrew and Wallie, Winnipeg; James at N. Bay; John, Drumbo; Mrs. L. Campbell & Mrs. Enoch Davis, Gladwin, Mich.; and Mrs. Wesley Ennis (twin sister), Wilkie, Sask. The funeral takes place at 2: 30 p. m. today, when interment will be made in the Ayr Cemetery, with Rev. Mr. Yeoman n charge of the service. Five sons and one son-in-law will act as pallbearers. Among the relatives from a distance are T. A. Pasmore, ?, and James Pasmore, North Bay.

The Ayr News Mar 2 1922 pg 1

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-92193

John — Catherine. Catherine was born 14 Mar 1822, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Ennis
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-92192

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-341507
• Residence: 1881, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada

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He had set aside one acre of his farm as a Methodist cemetery as a burial ground for his family. His death notice said that he was buried in this Methodist cemetery one mile north of the village of Drumbo. Family recollection was that when the farm was sold after his death, that the new owner wished to reclaim the burial site. The remains of family members interred were moved to the Ayr cemetery in Ayr, Ontario. In this cemetery a stone monument was erected. Engraved on two sides of its square column are the names of Thomas, his wife Jane and several of their children. The Pasmore names, worn by time, are difficult to decipher.

Family recollection is that after the Pasmore farm was sold, that his widow Jane owned three houses in the villages of Ayr and Washington. One of the houses was occupied by daughter Martha and her husband Wesley Meriam Ennis until they moved in 1906 to homestead in Wilkie, Saskatchewan.


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Thomas married Jane Van Every 11 Nov 1846. Jane was born 4 Nov 1827, , Ontario, Canada; died 21 May 1908; was buried , Highland Cemetery, Gladwin, Gladwin, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jane Pasmore
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-341508
• Residence: 1881, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada

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Mrs. Jane Holder died May 21 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. L. P. Campbell of Grout, in her 81st year. Funeral services were held at the house Sunday at 2 p.m., conducted by Rev. H. J. Nicholls, followed by interment in Highland cemetery. Her daughters, Mrs. L. P. Campbell and Mrs. Enoch Davis, survive her.

Gladwin County Record --- May 28, 1908

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An old residence of Drumbo and Blenheim Township died in Gladwin, Michigan a week ago, in the person of Mrs. Geo Holder.
Mrs. Holder was a Miss Vanevery, and married in Blenheim more than sixty years ago to Thos Pasmore, who predeceased her sixteen years, some three years later she married George Holder, who died a year ago.

The deceased lady left Drumbo about three years ago and since resided with her daughter, Mrs. Campbell in Gladwin, Michigan, where she died.