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GEORGE HOLLINGER MITCHELL & JESSIE LORETTA REID - Hanover

GEORGE HOLLINGER MITCHELL & JESSIE LORETTA REID - Hanover

Posted: 25 Jan 2009 11:17AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: REID, MITCHELL
I am seeking photographs and further information on GEORGE HOLLINGER MITCHELL (1882-1936) & his wife, JESSIE LORETTA REID (1887-1975).

This couple resided in Hanover and subsequently were buried in the Hanover (new) Cemetery. George Mitchell was once the editor & proprietor of the town newspaper, The Hanover Post.

Any data/photographs on them or their descendants would be appreciated. Further details are also requested on Jessie Loretta Reid's sister, Audrey D. Reid (1890-1978). She was also buried in the Mitchell plot with her sister.

Thanks,
Kevin.

Re: GEORGE HOLLINGER MITCHELL & JESSIE LORETTA REID - Hanover

Posted: 27 Jan 2009 5:56AM GMT
Classification: Query
All information from Ancestry.ca unless otherwise stated.

Marriage:
George Hollinger Mitchell, 25, born & living Hanover, editor and proprietor 'Hanover Post', s/o John Mitchell & Emerilla Blakely, married Jessie Loretta Reid, 20, born Hanover, living Toronto, d/o Wm Reid & Nina Landerkin, witn: B B Weatherall & Audrey D Reid both of Toronto, 5 Feb 1908, Toronto, Registration # 001270.


1911 census Hanover www.automatedgenealogy.com
MITCHELL
George, head, b Feb 1882, 29, editor
Jessie, wife, Aug 1887, 23
Dorothy, dau, Nov 1910.

Do not see any marriage for Audry on Ancestry.ca

1901 census is on same site as 1911 census.

Re: GEORGE HOLLINGER MITCHELL & JESSIE LORETTA REID - Hanover

Posted: 26 May 2015 2:30AM GMT
Classification: Biography
Surnames: Mitchell, Scythes, Stothers, Chisholm
If you are still looking for Information I can provide you with the contact information of their granddaughter Debbie Chisholm (nee Stothers). She is the daughter of Dorothy (the only surviving child of the couple, a brother was killed overseas during WWII) who divorced Scythes and remarried Debbie's father. She has a half brother 10 years her senior,Mitchell Scythes. My grandmother and Jessie taught school together in Hanover (circa 1905-1910) prior to their marriages. I knew Mrs. Mitchell quite well. She was an extremely intelligent, gracious lady until it came to putting jigsaw puzzles together... if she thought a piece should fit, she cut it to fit! Also, if she wrote a letter to the Office of the Prime Minister, only the Minister himself would reply for fear of reprisal in the form of a scathing edtorial that would be published in more than just the Hanover Post. In addition, Dorothy predeceased Jessie by a few months and is also intered in the family plot.

Re: GEORGE HOLLINGER MITCHELL & JESSIE LORETTA REID - Hanover

Posted: 28 May 2015 1:29AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: REID
Hi Jane:

Thanks very much for your response to my query about George & Jessie (Reid) Mitchell. Yes, I sure would love the opportunity to contact their granddaughter, Debbie Chisholm, to address further details about the family. I haven't had much luck in the past uncovering details about the Reid family.

I appreciated your details about the various family connections/links concerning George & Jessie that you had passed on.

Thanks again for your time, assistance and interest.

Regards,
Kevin.

Re: GEORGE HOLLINGER MITCHELL & JESSIE LORETTA REID - Hanover

Posted: 28 May 2015 12:15PM GMT
Classification: Query
Audry is listed as Anthony D on her birth registration.

1891 census Toronto St Patrick's Ward
REID
William, 40, b Ont, parents b Scotland, real estate agent
Mina, 27 Ont, parents b England
Jessie, 4,
Audry, 10/12

1901 census Toronto East
READ
William,b 12 Apr 1856, widower, motorman
Jessie , 14 Aug 1887
Audry D, 6 Jun 1890
They are boarding with a Sommerville family.

1908 Audry is witness to Jessie's marriage. She is living in Toronto.

Re: GEORGE HOLLINGER MITCHELL & JESSIE LORETTA REID - Hanover

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 12:59PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: REID


Hi Jane:

Thanks very much for your response to my query about George & Jessie (Reid) Mitchell. Yes, I sure would love the opportunity to contact their granddaughter, Debbie Chisholm, to address further details about the family. I haven't had much luck in the past uncovering details about the Reid family.

I appreciated your details about the various family connections/links concerning George & Jessie that you had passed on.

Thanks again for your time, assistance and interest.

Regards,
Kevin.

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