52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2021: Week 24 (FATHER'S DAY)
While visiting my father today to celebrate Father's Day I read that Father's Day was first introduced in 1910.
It was a question in a trivia about Father's Day.
It was a question in a trivia about Father's Day.
It got me to thinking about who in our tree was celebrating the birth of a new child on that FIRST Father's Day, June 19th 1910.
My husband's X2 great grandfather on his father's maternal line was celebrating the birth of his 12th child, Baby Bertha, born on March 31st.
Celebrating the FIRST Father's Day in 1910 was:
George Albert Williams
BIRTH 1 AUG 1866 • Houghton Tp., Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada
DEATH 15 JUN 1952 • Houghton Tp., Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada
His 12 children in birth order were:
Lloyd Alvin Williams
BIRTH 12 AUG 1889 • Houghton Tp., Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada
DEATH 1962
Zella Williams
BIRTH ABT 1891 • Ontario
DEATH Unknown
Iva Maud Williams
BIRTH 7 APR 1891
DEATH 10 APR 1892
who was not alive for the first Father's Day in 1910
Cyril Williams
BIRTH OCT 1892 • Ontario, Canada
DEATH Unknown
Bruce Sylvester Williams
BIRTH OCT 1892 • Beach Cane, Houghton To., Ontario, Canada
DEATH 1978
Elmer Lee (Lee) Williams
BIRTH 1 MAR 1895 • Houghton Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada
DEATH 9 APR 1967 • Ontario, Canada
Who married into my husband's mother's maternal line
Arthur Williams
BIRTH 25 JAN 1897 • Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
DEATH 7 FEB 1897 • Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
who was not alive for the first Father's Day in 1910
Herman Sears Williams
BIRTH 4 DEC 1899 • Houghton Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada
DEATH 21 DEC 1985 • Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Vera Catharine Williams
BIRTH 27 SEP 1902 • Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
DEATH 25 MAR 1981 • Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada
My husband's great grandmother
Ila Irene Williams
BIRTH 6 SEP 1906 • Houghton Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada
DEATH 1975
Cora Mildred (Mildred) Williams
BIRTH 18 SEP 1908 • Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
DEATH Unknown
Bertha Hazel Williams
BIRTH 31 MAR 1910
DEATH 15 OCT 1910 • Norfolk
who sadly passed away 4 months after that first Father's Day.
Celebrating alongside father George was their mother:
Edith Gertrude Brisseau
BIRTH 27 MAR 1867 • Walsingham Tp., Norfolk Co., Canada West
DEATH 28 OCT 1937 • Houghton Tp., Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada
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George, front row left, around 20 years after that first Father's Day! Fruit From Woods & Sands - Page 59, Sourced below |
Celebrating all the fathers who came before us!!!
Cause ...
You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!
This is why I search -
***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***
Sources:
Fruit from Woods and Sands, The Story of Houghton Missin, Sider, E. Morris and Alonzo Vannatter, Evangel Press, Nappanee, Indiana, Messiah College, Pennsylvania, 1978
Links:
Amy Johnson Crow, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/
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