FAMILY HISTORY: BUCKNER

THE MARRIAGES OF CHARLES WILLIAM BUCKNER:

 

GROOM:
Name: Charles William Buckner, age 22, bachelor, labourer
Father: Samuel Widgery Buckner
Mother: Harriet Rebecca Knott
Birthdate: 21 May 1879
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

 

BRIDE:
Name: Alice Ann Coleman, age 18, spinster
Father: Thomas Digby Coleman
Mother: Eliza Ann Ash
Birthdate: 9 October 1883
Birthplace: Brantford, Ontario, Canada

 

THEIR WEDDING:
Date: 20 March 1901
Place: Trinity East Anglican Church
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Priest: Alexander Sanson
Witnesses: Ernest Coleman and Clara Newberry

 

THEIR TWO CHILDREN:
Eliza Ann Buckner Born: 8 Feb 1902 Her Family
Alice Louisa Buckner Born: 26 Aug 1906 Her Family

 

DEATHS:
Alice Ann Buckner (Mrs) [42 yrs] Died: 2 Dec 1925

 

NOTE:
1: Alice Ann (Coleman) Buckner died of stomach cancer.

 


THE MARRIAGES OF CHARLES WILLIAM BUCKNER

SECOND MARRIAGE:

 

GROOM:
Name: Charles William Buckner, age 47, widower, gentleman
Father: Samuel Widgery Buckner
Mother: Harriet Rebecca Knott
Birthdate: 21 May 1879
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

 

BRIDE:
Name: Devina Pickering, age 41, widow
Father: John K Malcolm
Mother: Ellen Yeaman
Birthdate: 17 July 1885
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

 

THEIR WEDDING:
Date: 27 October 1926
Place: [Presbyterian Church]
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Minister: Ronald [surname illegible]
Witnesses: Samuel V Buckner and Maud Buckner

 

THEIR CHILDREN: (none)

 

DEATHS:
Charles William Buckner [60 yrs] Died: 5 Oct 1939
Devina Buckner (Mrs) [73 yrs] Died: 12 Dec 1958
Eliza Ann Ashdown (Mrs) [73 yrs] Died: 9 Nov 1975
Alice Louisa Milnes (Mrs) [98 yrs] Died: 11 May 2005

 

NOTES:
1: The marriage record does not record the place of marriage, only that is was a Presbyterian church.
2: The minister's surname is hard to decipher but looks like McEasheren.
3: Devina Pickering was a widow with grown children.
4: Eliza Ann (Buckner) Ashdown was always known by the nickname "Toots".
5: The above information is based on stories related to me by my grandmother, Mary (Newberry) Madden and her sister, Lorraine (Newberry) Greengrass; as well as scanned images of birth and marriage records and various census returns at www.ancestry.co.uk.

 


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Updated: 07 February 2016