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From: "Alan Richards" <>
Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Bigamy and its pitfalls
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 19:24:47 -0400
References: <mailman.8964.1211979818.32677.ontario@rootsweb.com>


Re: message 2 & 3: Thomas's age in the 1888 Mariposa marriage is obviously
wrong. Maybe a lie, maybe a transcription error. But his parents were John
and Ophelia (formerly ZUFELT, nee HOGEBOOM), the same as in the 1866
marriage. As for Ann, the record does not give her parents' surname
(BULLIED) so that also caused some confusion for a while. And it appears
that PARKIN was often written as PERKINS. My own mother told me some people
regarded the PARKIN family as just PERKINS's putting on airs.

To Dawn: Right GOHEEN family, but a distant cousin. Not all of them were
black sheep like my step-gggrandfather.

Re: message 8: Good idea. Many of us have "home children" among our
ancestors. My g-g-grandfather Edmund PROUT's second wife was Mary Blanch
STUBBS 1867-1943. I'd love to know who her parents were, etc.

Alan


>
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 06:58:43 -0400
> From: "Olive Tree Genealogy" <>
> Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Bigamy and its pitfalls
> To: "Alan Richards" <>,
> Message-ID: <>
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>
> Hi Alan
>
> What a fascinating story of your ancestors! And a real
> puzzle... I do have one comment (see below)
>
> On 27 May 2008 at 23:20, Alan Richards wrote:
>
>>
>> In 1866 she married Thomas GOHEEN in a Bible Christian
>> church in Hope Township -- not exactly sure where.
>>
>> Thomas, of course, denied the bigamy charge, but this record
>> turned up after lots of research :
>>
>> 1888 - Thomas GOHEEN, 25, of Mariposa, born Port Hope,
>> bachelor, son of Jonathan and Phile, married M. Ettie DUKE,
>> 16, of Lindsay, born Peterborough, daughter of Charles and
>> Sarah, Witnesses: Thomas Jewell and Minnie Foster of Lindsay
>> At Lindsay, Sept. 5, 1888, both Methodist
>
> You say that she married Thomas in 1866, then 22 years
> later he married at the age of 25. That's not possible as
> he would only have been 3 years old at the first marriage!
>
> I think you must have two different Thomas Goheens?
>
> Lorine
>
> -- Lorine McGinnis Schulze
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 07:08:47 -0400
> From: "Olive Tree Genealogy" <>
> Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Bigamy and its pitfalls
> To: "Alan Richards" <>,
> Message-ID: <>
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>
> This may help -- your Thomas Goheen who md Ann was the s/o
> John and Ophia. He was born circa 1844 according to his and
> Ann's marriage record below.
>
> Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924
> Name: Thomas Goheen
> Birth Place: Canada
> RESIDENCE: Hope Township
> Age: 22
> Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
> Father Name: John
> Mother Name: Ophia
> Spouse Name: Ann Perkins
> Spouse's Age: 26
> Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
> Spouse Birth Place: England
> Spouse Residence: Hope Township
> Spouse Father Name: Richard
> Spouse Mother Name: Elizabeth
> Marriage Date: 4 Sep 1866
> Marriage County: Northumberland and Durham
> Family History Library Microfilm: 1030061
> Source: Indexed by: Genealogical Research Library
>
>
>
> On 28 May 2008 at 6:58, Olive Tree Genealogy wrote:
>
>> Hi Alan
>>
>> What a fascinating story of your ancestors! And a real
>> puzzle... I do have one comment (see below)
>>
>>
>> You say that she married Thomas in 1866, then 22 years later
>> he married at the age of 25. That's not possible as he would
>> only have been 3 years old at the first marriage!
>>
>> I think you must have two different Thomas Goheens?
>>
>> Lorine
>>
>> -- Lorine McGinnis Schulze
>
> Hi Allan
> I found this record:
> Canadian Soldiers of World War I, 1914-1918
> about Guy Goheen
> Name: Guy Goheen
> RESIDENCE: Port Hope, Junction, Ontario
> Birth Date: abt 24 May 1891 (date unknown)
> Birth Location: Port Hope, Ontario
> Relative: Thomas Henry Goheen
> Relationship: Father
> Regiment Number: 4021524
>
> Not sure if it is the correct Goheen family.
> Dawn
>
>
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 09:02:20 -0400
> From: "Gail Collins" <>
> Subject: [ONTARIO] Declaring 2009 the YEAR of the British Home Child
> To: <>
> Message-ID: <>
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>
> There are many decesdants of the orphans known as the
> British Home Child living in the Niagara area, across
> Ontario, across Canada, across the world!
> If you are not on the BHC mailing list, I would like to bring to
> your attention, & the general public, an undertaking that is now
> in progress. Hopefully 2009 will be Our year To Shine!
>
> Nova Scotia spearheaded this campaign on Apr 24 which was passed
> questions unasked. It will now go to the Federal Gov't for approval.
> We sent the following letter (your name inserted instead of mine)
> to our MPP's and other interested parties.
> *********************
>
> As a "British Home Child" descendant, I want to bring awareness to a
> group of 100,000 children who helped to shape this country.
> The majority of these children did not make their own decision to come
> to Canada. They were poor, often orphaned, illegitimate, in a workhouse
> or another institution. But without their presence in this country there
> would not be approximately 12% of the Canadian population living here
> today.
> (that's just Canada so how many descendants are now living world-wide?)
>
> We are proud to be British Home Children descendants.
>
>>From 1869 to 1948, institutions in England and Scotland such as
> Middlemore Home, Barnardo's, Maria Rye's, Quarrier's and others sent
> children as young as a few months to eighteen (18) years of age to
> Canada. Industrial cities were overcrowded and Canada needed workers so
> an agreement was struck between these organizations and the British and
> Canadian governments to settle these children in Canada
> (and laterAustralia which was still going on in the 1960's!)
>
> The children were to work as farmhands or domestics. Some
> were lucky enough to be adopted. A prospective "employer" made an
> application for a child. They usually specified the sex and age required.
> The child was to work for their room, board and clothing until the age of
> sixteen when they would be given a wage. At 18 they were free to leave
> and start their own life. There were to be yearly inspections by a
> representative of the sending agency and reports filed.
>
> Sometimes this worked, more often it didn't. Many children were not fed
> or clothed properly, they were beaten, forced to live in a barn, cellar
> or even with the family's dog. Some died from the abuse. The ones who
> survived were often emotionally scarred. In later years, not many would
> talk about their experiences, not even telling the truth about where
> they were from or how they came to Canada. Some didn't even know who
> they were because their names were changed and they were so young when
> it happened they didn't remember their birth name or who their natural
> parents were. Yet most overcame these adversities to marry, raise
> children and become productive citizens who contributed much to Canada.
> Many young men enlisted in the armed forces and fought in WW1, some
> repeated this unselfish act by signing up during WW2.
>
> The immigration scheme was well intentioned and credit must be given to
> those who tried to save these children for surely a large number of them
> might have died living in squalor as they did. But now the British and
> Canadian governments seem to want to sweep it all under the rug. Records
> are not always readily available and when they are, they can cost 60 to
> 100 pounds sterling.
>
> We, the second, third and forth generations are discovering our
> ancestors' stories and we want to have them acknowledged. These children
> were real heroes even though they were not aware of it and they deserve
> to be recognized and rewarded for that heroism.
>
> Hopefully 2009 will be declared THE YEAR OF THE BRITISH HOME CHILD.
> Is it too much to ask of their government to remember them by striking a
> coin, imprinting a stamp and/or declaring a "Year of The British Home
> Child"?
>
> In 2009 it will be 140 years since the start of the immigration scheme.
> Let them finally rest in peace.
>
> Gail Collins
> St Catharines, Ontario
>
> Proud great grandaughter of:
> William Collins who came with Maria Rye in 1871 at 13 years of age.
> Caroline Couzens who came with Maria Rye in 1872 at 8 years of age.
>
> Maria Rye Database
> Gail Collins 1868 - 1869
> Chris Sanham 1880 - 1896
>

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