- born June 8, 1877 in Oro County, Ontario
- record of birth (yes, blurry), registered July 28, 1877
- parents were Archibald John Longhurst (Sr.) and Mary Martha Looker, in the center of this photo, which was taken in 1922 at their 50th wedding anniversary. Archibald Walter Jr. is rightmost in the top row. His wife, Fannie Esther Burton (see below), is at his side. To see the names of the others, click on the picture.
- Archibald Walter is believed to be the middle person in the bottom row. Fannie Esther Burton is the second from the left, in this photo of four Burton women. Please see this page to get more context and the names of the others in the photos.
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- married on June 5, 1901, in Barrie, Ontario, to Fannie Esther Burton (born March 10, 1878 in Cookstown, Ontario)
- marriage registration #015943-01, Simcoe County
- record of marriage
- from the marriage registration... Archibald was "age 23, railway employee (abbreviated "Ry Emp.", born in Oro, living in Barrie", and Fannie was "age 23, born in Cookstown, living in Barrie". Parents as noted above. Witnesses to the marriage were William Hounsome of Bradford and Minnie Longhurst of Barrie. (Registration #015943-01 of Simcoe County.)
- from a notice in the local Barrie newspaper... "MARRIED : LONGHURST - BURTON -- In Barrie, on June 5th, 1901, by the Rev. H.D. Cameron, Mr. A.W. Longhurst to Miss Fanny Burton, both of Barrie."
- worked for the Grand Trunk Railway or G.T.R. (later became part of the Canadian National Railway or C.N.R.) as a yardman
- residence in 1903 was Allendale, Ontario (near Barrie)
- from this document - residence in 1905 (at the time of son Walter's birth) was Essa St. (Road), occupation was yardman
- from this document - residence in 1906 (at the time of daughter Minnie's birth) was Sandford Street, Allandale, occupation was brakeman, G.T.R.
- Note: 50 Sanford Street has been torn down and the address is a vacant lot (June, 2008).
- Note: Bradford Street and Sanford Street run parallel, back-to-back, such that 71 Sanford Street almost backs onto 184 Bradford Street (see note below). 184 Bradford Street is sizable, while 50 Sanford was likely small. This may mean that the family was renting on Bradford, then bought on Sanford.
- daughter Margaret remembers... leaving a small farm property in Barrie to move to Belleville - Cannifton Road, Bennis Street, Station Street, Stoney Lonesome, and later - Montreal
- family were members of the Salvation Army church
- Archibald Walter Jr. became a member of the Barrie Masonic Lodge in 1902
- News article, Toronto Daily Star, Friday, June 1, 1951: Honor Mr. and Mrs. A. Longhurst... A reception in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Archibald W. Longhurst will be held at the Strathgowan Badminton Club, Saturday. The couple will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Tuesday at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Bert Wice, Beechwood Ave., Mount Dennis. Mr. Longhurst was born in Oro Township in 1877, and his wife, the former Fanny Esther Burton, was born near Cookstown the next year. The couple were married in Barrie, the year Mr. Longhurst began his career with the CNR. After having lived in Barrie, North Bay and Belleville, they moved to Montreal in 1932. Mr. Longhurst has now retired. The couple have seven children, twenty grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren.
- News article, Toronto Daily Star, Wednesday, September 24, 1952: Archibald W. Longhurst, 75, of Mount Dennis, a member of the Barrie Masonic Lodge, A.F. and A.M., was presented with his 50-year jewelled pin by members of that lodge recently. Mr. Longhurst joined the order when he first came to Barrie 50 years ago. Born in Simcoe County, he was employed as a stores issuer for the CNR in Barrie, Belleville, North Bay and Montreal. Last summer he and his wife celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. The couple have seven children, 30 grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren. In addition to his many other activities, Mr. Longhurst was a bandsman in the Salvation Army for 45 years. Describing his happy life, Mr. Longhurst said , "It as always been my thought that life was too short to worry about one's own troubles. If I am able to help someone else along the road of life, I feel I have gained a lot."
- children :
- born Friday, March 28th, 1902, in North Bay, Ontario (stated by son Alfred)
- On Microfilm #2,130,573 re the birth registration of Longhurst, Arch. Thomas, son of Walter Longhurst and Fanny Esther Burton. Born on March 28, 1902, in Barrie, County of Simcoe, Ontario and registered on April 26, 1902. Father was listed as a butcher. Mother was attended by Dr. H.T. Arnall. Family was living on Bradford Street.
- record of birth
- There may be an article on page one of the Northern Advance newspaper, dated April 3, 1902 regarding this birth.
- married June 16, 1919, in Barrie, Ontario, to Alice Violet ("Lulu") Squires (born Saturday, August 31, 1901, in London, England)
Archibald met Lulu (Alice Violet) Squires at a farm near Barrie, when he was working for his father delivering parcels. Lulu and Archibald married in 1919, in Barrie.
Archibald worked for CNR as a car inspector, on the Barrie-Belleville run. His work also took him to several other CNR division points, which meant that he and his family moved around a lot. At times, the Longhursts lived in Allendale (south of Barrie), in Toronto (Dundas St., Fisken St., MacDonald St., Belwood St., and a farm in Thistletown), in Montreal, Cobourg, Shanty Bay and finally in Belleville (18 Munro Street, Stony Lonesome subdivision).
Archibald was a member of the Belleville Lodge, # 123, of the Masonic Temple of Freemasons. To be a member of this fraternity, one is required "to be a man, over the age of twenty-one; to believe in a Supreme Being; to live an ethical and moral life; and have a strong interest in the Fraternity and desire to participate in its charities and its activities." In the roster of 1956, Archie T. is listed as being a "railroader", residing at R.R. 8. In the roster of 1963, Archie T. is listed as being a "railroader" living at 141 University Ave., Belleville.
In the early 40's, Archibald lost his left leg when, in a train yard, he was unexpectedly knocked down by a train backing up. (Lulu carried the newspaper article in her wallet for many years.)
- 1930's - 141 University - burned down (no one home at the time), family moves for a short time to Montreal
- 141 University rebuilt, residence that ATB leaves to join Navy in 1942
- late 1940's - 18 Murney Street, Belleville, stone house downtown, Stan lived in front, Archie and Lulu lived in rear
- Early 50's - house built in Cobourg, at 421 Ontario Street - still stands today (2002, has new siding); Archie has seasonal job with local company weighing sand and gravel trucks
- Early 1970's - after death of Archie, Lulu moves to apartment in Belleville on Henry Street (first floor, street side balcony)
Some of the residences in Belleville and area...
- children :
- Stanley William (Stan) Longhurst
- born in Gravenhurst, District of Muskoka, on December 29, 1920, per a birth certificate signed by the Deputy Registrar General on November 26, 1943; believed to be the son of Lulu, adopted by Archibald after their marriage; an alternative birth date is December 29, 1921
- From daughter Nancy... "Aunt Min told me that dad was born in the Salvation Army hospital in Toronto. Aunt Min said grandma worked for two old bachelors in the Shanty Bay area. She also told me that grandma was headed back there after she had dad and left him on a Judge Wisener or Wizner's doorstep because she couldn't go any further. She said (the Wiseners) took him in and called him Robert Barry because he was found in Barrie. Grandma supposedly got him back because the hospital papers where in the basket that she carried him in. Aunt Min told me this story herself but I have no way of confirming it."
- From daughter Nancy... "I do recall my mother saying she gave several versions as to what happened concerning my father's birth. One story was that it was a married man by the name of Black."
- From Alfred Longhurst... the two old bachelors mentioned above were Jim and Joe Coulson from Shanty Bay.
- married on March 28, 1942, to Amy Morrison
- From comments of daughter Nancy... Stan played guitar at dances, played the mouth organ, and could yodel (having learned from hearing Wilf Carter on the radio). Stan raised pigeons, and used glass eggs to make them lay. He was self-taught, a good father, and imparted great values.
- Regarding the Morrison side of the family, of English origin, Nancy states... "I have the letter that my great grandfather wrote my great grandmother right before they were torpedoed on the Lusitania and went down."
- worked for Northern Electric in Belleville
- children :
- Mary Longhurst
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- Stanley William (Stan) Longhurst
- Nancy Longhurst
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- Gregory Longhurst
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- Peggy Ann Longhurst
- born ______
- died _______
- buried above Lorne Longhurst in the Belleville Cemetery
- poem about Peggy Ann in book by sister Nancy, Whispers of Angels
- (Stan Longhurst) died at age 45 of what has been best described as myocarditis by the family doctor Dr. Douglas, though this in itself should not have killed him.
- "Myocarditis is an uncommon disorder caused by viral infections such as coxsackie virus, adenovirus, and echovirus. It may also occur during or after various viral, bacterial, or parasitic infections (such as polio, influenza, or rubella). The condition may be caused by exposure to chemicals or allergic reactions to certain medications and it can be associated with autoimmune diseases. The heart muscle becomes inflamed and weakened, causing symptoms of heart failure, which may mimic a heart attack."
- Archibald Walter (Archie) Longhurst
- born November 16, 1923
- married on September 28, 1944, to Betty Markham
- children :
- Robert Longhurst
- born ______
- died in infancy
- Bonnie Lee Longhurst
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- Archibald Thomas (Tommy) Longhurst
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- Archie Longhurst died in Grafton, Ontario at age 48, in the early 70's, of diabetes
- Cam Longhurst remembers... going down for the funeral with his father, but not going to the funeral - instead flying kites with another boy (Tommy perhaps)
- Archie's brother Alfred remembers... Archie was the best fisherman of the brothers, by far.
- Alfred Thomas Burton Longhurst
- born January 21, 1925, in a stone house on Cannifton Road, in Belleville, Ontario (in the Stoney Lonesome subdivision)
- married January 28, 1946, in Victoria, B.C., to Joy Tatiana Podgorenco (born February 26, 1928, in Bengough, Saskatchewan, died in Oregon, in 1994, of lung cancer)
- marriage was dissolved by October 13, 1948
- children :
- Patricia Diane Longhurst
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- Patricia Diane Longhurst
- (Alfred Thomas Burton Longhurst) second marriage - August 11, 1950, in Halifax, N.S., to Theresa Alice Mary Burke (born May 27, 1925, in Louisdale, Ontario); married in the Stadacona Naval Base Chapel, Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- children :
- Christopher Alfred Longhurst
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- Christopher Alfred Longhurst
- Colleen Anne Longhurst
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- Cameron Archibald Longhurst
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- Craig Alan Longhurst
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- Carl Anthony Longhurst
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- Cathy Alison Longhurst
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- Francis Harvey ("Harv") Longhurst
- born 1926
- married on May 20, 1946, to Bessie May (Beck) Barge
- (future link to a page of information on Harv and Beck)
- Harvey Longhurst died in 1989, in Kingston Hospital, of complications of a failed kidney
- Beck died June 5th, 1999, in Belleville General Hospital, of complications of liver disease (possibly a bad blood transfusion)
- Violet Ruth Longhurst
- born September 26, 1927
- married Theodore Frederick ("Ted") Bevan (born ___, died ___)
- children :
- Linda Jean Bevan
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- Linda Jean Bevan
- TheodoreFrederick ("Ted") Bevan Jr.
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- Susan Carol Bevan
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- Paul Wallace Bevan
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- Jody Lee Bevan
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- Robert Lorne (Lorne) Longhurst
- born ___
- died at age two, of appendicitis
- buried in Belleville Cemetery
- "waked" at his Aunt Min's house
- pallbearers were his brothers
- Archibald Longhurst died of a heart attack, in Belleville, in 1971. He is buried just north of Belleville, in Elmwood Cemetery, Corbyville, Ontario.
- Lulu Longhurst died Sept. 8, 1994, in Cobourg, Ontario.
- born June 20, 1903, in Allandale
- record of birth
- ref.: 39423-03 (Simcoe County)
- married September 15, 1921 in Barrie to Burton William ("Bertie") Wice (born May 4, 1899, in Ontario)
- marriage certificate
- Marriage notes... Fannie Esther was a "spinster". Burton Wice, age 22, was a labourer from the Township of Innisfil. The religion of the bride and groom was Salvation Army. The witnesses were Walter Longhurst and Minnie Longhurst. The clergyman was James T. Poole, Salvation Army, Adjt., Barrie, Ontario. The father of the bride was born in Oro, Ontario. The father of the groom was born in Innisfil, Ontario.
- Burton was the son of David Wice (born March 8, 1963, in Ontario; of German decent) and Dorothy McCauley (born December 4, 1859, in Ontario; of English decent).
- Burton had these siblings: Beatrice Wice (born January 21, 1893, in Ontario); Henry Wice (born May 17, 1894, in Ontario); Dorothy Wice (born March 22, 1896, in Ontario)
- children :
- Marion Margaret Elizabeth Wice
- born October 2, 1920
- married on October 14, 1939, to William Samuel Earl Granner (born July 28, 1915)
- children :
- Marilyn Anne Granner
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- Cherel Margaret (Sheri) Granner
- note: middle name taken after Margaret Faith Longhurst
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- William Burton Earl Granner
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- William Samuel Earl Granner died November 15, 2002.
- Burton Wallace Wice
- born July 22, 1922
- married September 15, 1942, to Dorothea Rue (born July 7, 1921, in Ontario; of English descent)
- children:
- Burton (Buddy) Wice
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- Laura Wice
- married November 5, 1966, to Earl Fleming
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- Earl Fleming died March 30, 2007.
- Dorothea died March 31, 1998)
- Donna May Snow
- born c1926
- adopted at age 13, in 1939
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- Robert William _______
- born January 5, 1942
- adopted January 2, 1947
- married Janet __________
- Robert William ________ died April 11, 2000.
- Walter Burton ("Pat") Longhurst
- born April 12, 1905, in Allandale, Ontario
- record of birth
- source : Microfilm #2,240,30, Ontario Index, Births A-Z, Certificate 041456-05
- married on January 11, 1927, to Emily Eileen Pointer
- children :
- adopted Burnadette _______ (born October 7, 1932)
- adopted Walter Patrick ______ (born August 11, 1939)
- Minnie (Min) Belinda May Longhurst
- Randall Delbert (Don) Longhurst (Sr.)
- born August 16, 1924
- married June 20, 1947, to Helen Bellis
- children :
- Randall Thomas Longhurst (Jr.)
- Neal Walter Longhurst
- born July 16, 1950
- married___, in ___, Ontario, to Gail Fargey (born ________ ; daughter of Lorne Fargey and Olive _______ )
- children:
- Colin Longhurst
- born ___________
- Neal died July 27, 2007, in Toronto, Ontario, of cancer
- LONGHURST, Neal Walter - at the Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto on Friday July 27th, 2007. Neal Longhurst, of Belleville, in his 58th year. Son of the late Randall and Helen Longhurst. Beloved husband of Gail Longhurst (nee Fargey). Dear father of Colin Longhurst of Montreal. Dear brother of Janice Longhurst of Toronto, Randy Longhurst (Lynne) of Belleville, Darrell Longhurst (Debbie) of Rednersville, Graham Longhurst (Karen) of Foxboro, and their extended families. Also, Neal will be sadly missed by Olive and Lorne Fargey and family. Neal was a member of the Loyal Blues Fellowship.
- record of death
- Darrell Longhurst
- Janice Longhurst
- Graham Longhurst
- Randall Longhurst died August 22, 2000, in Belleville General Hospital. Randall had had pain in his legs for some time, had failing kidneys, and contracted pneumonia while in the hospital.
"Uncle Don" (as he was known to ATL) served in the Canadian Navy during World War II, receiving a medal for protecting convoys on the "Murmansk run". Following the war, Randall worked for the railroad, then retired after 35 years with Northern Telecom in Belleville.
Alfred remembers...
...meeting "Uncle Don" a few times in Halifax during the war, while both were stationed there. They had a scheme to sell cigarettes they'd gotten for next to nothing from the Navy's stores to civilians for a good profit, but in leaping from the harbourcraft to the dock, Alfred lost more than half of his when they spilled out of his coat, where he'd been carrying them. Alfred also worked for Northern Telecom (but in Brampton), and would speak with "Uncle Don" at times while there.
Randall was a member of the Salvation Army, and played in the Salvation Army band. Randall was also a member of the Masons. He enjoyed sports, and played for the Cobourg Galloping Ghosts in his youth.
Randall and his family lived on a farm in Foxboro, Ontario for some 43 years.
- married Allan Alexander ("Red") Carmichael
- children :
- Frederick Donald Carmichael
- born November 1, 1930
- married on May 24, 1951, to Joan Barbara Latta
- children :
- Mary Jane Carmichael
- Catherine Ann Carmichael
- Carol Dawn Carmichael
- Frederick Cameron Carmichael
- Linda Jean Carmichael
- Mary Jane Carmichael
- Frederick Donald Carmichael
- Frederick and Joan divorced in May of 1966. Frederick remarried in September, 1966, to Bernice Genevieve McCauley (born 1939, of Frankford, Ontario, died 2003).
- Allan Tyne Carmichael
- born January, 1933
- died October, 1950
- Duncan Archibald "Butch" Carmichael
- Min Longhurst died in 2001, in Belleville, Ontario.
- born September 20, 1908, in Barrie
- died September 26, 1909
- record of death
- Death on Microfilm #1,854,620, County of Simcoe, Ontario 24079-27539...#26259. Physician: Dr. H.T. Arnall of Allandale, Ontario. Death certified by Walter Longhurst on Sep 27, 1909. Medical Certificate of Death listed Longhurst, Laura Nellie, attended from Sept 20, 1909 to Sept 25, 1909, last seen September 25th. Death occurred September 26th at 4:50AM. Cause of death - acute indigestion, duration one month, immediate 1 week duration (starvation), ultimately heart failure. Place: 50 Sanford Street, Barrie.
- Note: 50 Sanford Street has been torn down and the address is a vacant lot (June, 2008).
- Mary Ellen Longhurst
- born October 28, 1910
- married on August 8, 1929, to Wilfred Murray
- children :
- Evelyn Marie Murray
- born May 20, 1930
- married on April 24, 1947, to Carl McDonald
- children :
- David McDonald
- Robert McDonald
- Richard McDonald
- Margaret Esther Murray
- born September 19, 1933
- Harry Murray
- born December 3, 1937
- Archibald Walter Murray
- born August 30, 1939
- nicknamed "Skip"
- Helen Murray
- born June 29, 1945
- Margaret Faith Longhurst
- born in May 2, 1917, in North Bay, Ontario (her own statement)
- married on March 14, 1942, to Edmund Stanley Cooper
- children :
- Kevin Cooper
- married _________
- children:
- Kevin Cooper
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- Edmund Stanley Cooper died ___________ .
