BLENNERHASSETT families of ONTARIO, ALBERTA, SASKATCHEWAN and BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA Blennerhassett Family Tree (BH12_Canada_CAN.xlsx) revised May 2013, copyright © Bill Jehan 1968-2013 Thanks to all who have contributed to these pages - please send additions & corrections to email: [email protected] IMPORTANT: There are two distinct families shown on these CAN pages - the first starts here at CAN 01, the second at CAN 14 both families descend from: Blennerhassett of LISSATAGLE, CURRANS, also GLENDINE, Co.Kerry (p.L 01) but the precise connection is at present unknown CAN 01 >|>>>>><???> >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Arthur Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Sarah Jane Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>|>> Mary Ardiel; b.23.4.1872 d.1930 MACHAR Blennerhassett; | (alias Hassett) | b.24.2.1853 Tralee, Co.Kerry, | / PARRY SOUND of Tralee (area) in ? b.15.11.1830 Tralee Co.Kerry | but (C.o.I) bapt. not found | m. F.J. Pascal ONTARIO Co.Kerry, Ireland ? but (C.o.I) bapt. not found | / | / ? / | emig. to Canada with her |>>Margaret Gertrude Ardiel >>>>>>>>|>> Ruby Maude Leighton m. <???> | emig. to Canada c1856 | parents c1856, aged c3 years; | b.9.7.1874 St.Marys, Ontario; | b.19.6.1895 Machar; | with wife & two daughters; | of Harrington, West Zorra, | d.14.4.1960 (or d.1941?) | d.12.8.1978 (or d.1976?) WEST ZORRA | d.30.3.1895 Fort William | near Ingersoll, Oxford Co., | Machar, Parry Sound, Ontario | / OXFORD COUNTY | (now Thunder Bay) Ontario | Ontario until at least 1881 | / | m.15.12.1915 ONTARIO | bur. West Fort Cemetery, | (1881 census has her born | she inherited the Ardiel Family | John "Jack" Edwin E. Ralston | Fort William | at West Zorra, Ont. in error) | Bible from her parents, starting | b.1892 d.1976 | / | / | a family tradition that it is | This Blennerhassett family | Carriage & Wagon Maker | d.22.12.1921 | passed to the elder daughter |>>Mabel Gertrude Leighton may perhaps(?) be from | at Hamilton, Ontario 1856-8 | Thunder Bay, Ontario | / | b.8.5.1897 Machar; Lissataggle, Currans, | & East Nissouri Township, | (while visiting her brother | m.1894 Eagle Lake, South River; | d.10.1.1976 (or d.1981?) Co.Kerry; This is about | Oxford Co., Ont. (adjacent | William Ledman | St.John's Church (Anglican); | / eight miles from Tralee & the | to West Zorra) Lot 22, | Blennerhassett); | George Arthur Leighton | m.6.5.1921 other Ontario Blennerhassett | Concession 9, in 1860-63 | bur. Eagle Lake Cemetery, | b.1876 d.1960 | Wellington Jones families (CAN 14, CAN 34) | / | South River, Ontario | | b.1893 d.1972 are both from Lissataggle; | Treasurer of "Lakeside | / | | For Blennerhassett families at | Orange Association", East | m.1871 St.Mary's, Ont. | |>>Etzel Robert Leighton Lissataggle, Currans, Co.Kerry | Nissouri (organized 1858); | John Leonard Ardiel | | b.20.1.1899 Machar see page L 01 etc | of West Zorra 1860; | b.9.10.1851 East Nissouri, | | d.8.1.1981 Machar / | Innkeeper/Hotel Keeper at | Oxford Co.; d.17.5.1931 | | / If so it is possible (but no | Harrington, Lot 31 | Okanagan Falls, BC; | | m.27.4.1927 evidence at all) that the father | Concession 2, West Zorra, | of Machar, Parry Sound | | Martha Ann "Annie" of this Arthur Blennerhassett | nr Ingersoll, Oxford Co., | (near South River/North Bay) | | Callery b.1911 (b.1830 d.1895) may be brother | Ontario c1861-1877; | Ontario | | of William Blennerhassett | (W.Zorra is near St.Mary's, | / | |>>Sarah Jane "Jenny" >>>>>>>>|>> (b.1803) on CAN 14, John B. | SE of London, Ontario); | FAMILY BIBLE: | | Leighton | Hassett on CAN 14 and Giles | In 1881 again wagonmaker | John Leanard Ardiel was a | | b.25.2.1901 Machar; | Blennerhassett Sr on CAN 34 | at West Zorra; in late 1880s | son of John Ardiel 1800-1875 | | d.1980 (or d.1984?) | / | owned a wagon making | and Mary Powell 1810-1886; | | / | It has been suggested the | business, Stratford, Ontario | Ardiel descendant Nancy | | m.12.5.1920 | Blennerhassett families who | / | Hipwell has this photograph, | | (John) Ambrose "Amby" | emigrated from Kerry to the | See "Historical Atlas of | Mary and John Ardiel c1870, | | Mummery b.1892 d.1980 | Ingersoll and Mount Forest | Oxford County, Ontario" | John holding the Family Bible | | | areas of Ontario went there | 1876 (has list of imigrants); | (this now in the custody of | |>>Raymond Clifton Leighton | because their cousins, the | also "Illustrated Historical | descendant Harold Watling) | | b.8.1.1903 Machar; | Crotty family, were already | Atlas of the Counties of | inside which the 1st entry is | | d.1.8.1984 | there; Crottys, descendants | Oxford and Brant" p.49 | "Sarah Jane Blennarhassett | | / | of the Cashell family, went | (Cumming Atlas Reprints) | (sic) born 1853" | | m.10.10.1928 | to Ingersoll c1830; | / | | | Stella Langford | Further information on this | Moved to Fort William | | | b.1907 d.1999 | connection is requested... | (now Thunder Bay), | | | | | Ontario, following four of | | |>>Hazel Irene Leighton | | his children (Mary, William, | | | b.31.3.1905 Machar; | | Annie & Arthur) who went | | | d.1999 | | there in mid 1880s | | | / | | / | | | m.4.6.1929 William Wood | | m.c1852(?) | | | b.1906 d.1995 | | Mary Leadman (Ledman) | | | | | (one source says Mary | | |>>Rita Mildred Leighton | | Walker, but Walker may | | | b.15.11.1907 Machar; | | perhaps be a middle name) | | | d.16.12.1976 (or d.1960?) | | / | | | South River | | b.20.3.1832 England (C.o.E.) | | | / | | (not Ontario) | | | m.21.6.1930 | ? d.28.12.1903 Fort William; | | | Norman Hawthorne | ? bur. West Fort cemetery, | photo: courtesy of | | b.1901 d.1971 |>> ? Fort William, Ontario | Nancy Hipwell & Harold Watling | | | CAN 01 | / | | | | CAN 02 | / | | | | | dau. of Thomas Leadman | | | |>> | & Sarah Farmer | | | | | NOTE: Thomas Leadman's | | | | | grandfather moved from | | | | | England to Co.Kerry, | | | | | Ireland in the mid 1700s | | | | | | | | | ? | | | | ? | | | | ? | | | |>> | | | | | | | | | | |>>Mary "May" | | | | Blennerhassett | | | | / | | | | m.23.5.1846 Oxford Co. | | | |>> Brock District, Ontario; | | | John Grace | | | / | | | Perhaps(?) a sister of | | | Arthur Blennerhassett | | | (CAN 01) | | | ["A History of Blandford | | | Township 1867-1967" | | | by George Oliver, pub. | | | by Ayr News; vol.2, p.51] | | | | | | | | |>>George "Geordie" >>>>>>>>>>|>> | | | Leonard Leighton | | | | b.29.12.1909 Machar; |>> | | | d.1987 | | | | bur. Islay, Alberta |>> | | | / | | | | m.1st 1933 |>> | | | Kathleen Johnson b.1915 | | | | / |>> | | | m.2nd Helen E. Hawkins | | | b.1925; d.1995 | | | bur. Islay, Alberta | | | | | |>>Edna Mary Leighton | | | b.23.1.1912 Machar; d.2000 | | | / | | | m.3.8.1914 | | | Gordon Joseph Ralston | | | b.1911 d.2000 | | | | | |>>Margaret Violet >>>>>>>>>>>>|>> | | | (or Violet Margaret ?) | | | | Catherine Leighton; |>> | | | b.6.8.1914 Machar | | | | / |>> | | | m. (Charles) Howard | | | | Ralston b.1909 d.2001 |>> | | | | | | | |>> | | | | | | | | |>>Lawrence John Frederick | | Leighton | | b.25.12.1917 Machar; d.1984 | | / | | m.20.3.1953 Gertrude Page | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CAN 02 | | CAN 03 | | | |>>Leonard Ardiel >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Gordon Chester Ardiel >>>>>>>|>> | | b.5.11.1876 Machar; | b.3.5.1907 d.13.11.1983 | | | d.20.8.1940 Collingwood, | / | | | Grey Co., Ontario | m.18.6.1937 | | | / | Ida Goldsmith | | | m.14.3.1907 | | | | Elizabeth Quirt | | | | | | | | | |>> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>>Lewis John Ardiel >>>>>>>>>>>|>> | | | b.6.1.1909 | | | / | | | m.12.11.1935 Evelyn | | | Mavel Agnes Hewgill | | | | | |>>Mary Helen Ardiel >>>>>>>>>>>|>> | | | b.23.8.1910 d.19.6.1982 | | | | / | | | | m.1st 12.11.1935 | | | | George Ferris | | | | / | | | | m.2nd 22.8.1956 | | | | William Panton (dsp) | | | | | | | | |>> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>> | | | | | |>>Charles Reuben Ardiel >>>>>>|>> | | | b.6.8.1912 d.13.2.1999 | | | / | | | m.3.4.1947 Beatrice Maxwell | | | | | |>>Susan Grace Ardiel >>>>>>>>>>|>> | | | b.27.6.1914 d.12.1.1985 | | | | / | | | | m.18.6.1937 | | | | Thomas Archer Rendle | | | | Reeve-Newson | | | | | | | | | | | | |>> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>> | | | | | | | | | CAN 03 | | | CAN 04 | | | | | |>>Earl Kitchener Ardiel >>>>>>>|>> | | | b.30.6.1916 | | | | / | | | | m.3.1.1959 | | | | Madge Tyndall | | | | |>> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>>Frederick Harold Ardiel >>>>>|>> | | | b.19.9.1917; d.9.6.1976 | | | | / | | | | m.7.9.1947 | | | | Elizabeth Wilson | | | | | | | | | | | | |>> | | | | | | |>>Elsie Elizabeth Ardiel | | | | b.15.7.1920 d.31.1.1936 | | | | | | | | | | | | |>> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>>Doris Jane Ardiel >>>>>>>>>>>|>> | | | b.1.7.1922 d.26.8.1988 | | | | / | | | | m.19.1.1946 | | | | Arthur Cecil Kaye | | | | | | | | |>> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>> | | | | | | | |>> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>>James Blair Ardiel >>>>>>>>>>|>> | | b.6.3.1924 d.2.11.1988 | | | / | | | m.15.4.1954 |>> | | Nona Light | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>> | | | | | | CAN 04 | | | CAN 05 | | | | | |>> | | | | | | | | | | | |>> | | | | | | | | | | | |>> | | | | | |>> | | | |>>Jane Ardiel >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Clara Olive Hawthorne >>>>>>|>> | | b.21.4.1879 East Nissouri, b.23.9.1901; | | Oxford Co., Ontario; d.10.5.1972 Penticton, BC | | d.29.8.1968 Penticton, BC / | | / m.28.6.1922 | | m.28.12.1900 Roy Archibald Jenkins | | Samuel Hawthorne d.1979 | | b.1874 d.1948 | |