Descendants of William (Will) Humphreys

Generation No. 1

1.  WILLIAM (WILL)³ HUMPHREYS (DR. JOHN², JOHN¹ HUMPHREYS?) was born 17 Jan 1845. William and his family moved to Saskatchewan in 1908 at age 63 and was killed by his bull on 09 Jun 1908 in Ardath, Saskatchewan.  He married ELLEN AMELIA DECKER 18 Jun 1877.  She was born 08 Dec 1856 in Bosanquet, Lambton Co., Ontario, and died in Ardath, Saskatchewan 1917.

In the yellow box below is a history of this William Humphreys sent to Amy Humphreys (she in turn sent it to me) from Ruth Rolina Humphreys in Chatham, Ontario.  It appears that Ruth copied the information from a book or other record.  This record is other part of a record found on the Dr. John and Jane Warren Humphreys hyperlink of the Humphreys portion of this web site.   Ruth is the great granddaughter of Dr. John and Jane and this William would be her great uncle and Joshua Humphreys' younger brother.  This excerpt  begins with :" William Humphreys. Who carries on general farming in Orford township resides on an eighty-acre farm in lot 14, North Middle road, where he was born Jan.17, 1845."

This history was apparently written before 1908 because William Humphreys moved his family to Ardath, Saskatchewan that year and was killed by his bull on June of the same year.  His widow Ellen remained in Ardath until her death in 1917.  This account of Will Humphreys says that he was a photographer for 10 years.  The oval photo of elderly Jane Warren Humphreys on the Dr. John and Jane hyperlink of this web site was taken by William Humphreys.

      i.      JANET HUMPHREYS, b. 1877.

         ii.      HERBERT A. HUMPHREYS, b. 1878, Orford Township, Ontario.

         iii.     GEORGE J. HUMPHREYS, b. 1879, Orford Township, Ontario; d. 1889.

         iv.     WILLIAM EDWIN HUMPHREYS, b. 21 Mar 1884, Highgate, Orford Township, Kent

                 County, Ontario; d. 24 Jan 1962, Kingsville, Ontario.

          v.     DR. FRANCIS (Frank) ALBERT HUMPHREYS, b. 23 Mar 1887, Orford Township,

                 Ontario; d. Kamloops, British Columbia.

         vi.    JOSHUA FREDERICK (Fred) HUMPHREYS, b. 03 Jul 1888, Orford Township,

                 Ontario; d. Toronto, Canada.

        vii.    ROBERT E. HUMPHREYS, b. 17 Oct 1890, Orford Township, Ontario.

Generation No. 2

V.   WILLIAM EDWIN HUMPHREYS (WILLIAM "WILL"³, DR. JOHN², JOHN¹ HUMPHREYS?) was born 21 Mar 1884 in Highgate, Orford Township, Kent County, Ontario, and died 24 Jan 1962 in Kingsville, Ontario.  He married (1) LILY BELLE WELCH 1912 in Ardeth, Saskatchewan.  She was born 05 Aug 1883 in Southwald, Saskatchewan, and died 31 Mar 1923 in Kingsville, Ontario.  He married (2) DORA TOWNSEND 06 Jun 1924.  She died 08 May 1949.  He married (3) EVA NOBLE COOK (WIDOW) 17 Jan 1951.  She died 15 Apr 1969.

Notes for WILLIAM EDWIN HUMPHREYS: W.E. Humphreys had a homestead at Ardath, Sask. and Mazonod, Sask.  Fred (Brother Joshua Frederick) and Frank (brother Francis Albert) were there at the same time.  We don't know when the three brothers moved to Ardath.  They may have moved there before their father moved there in 1908 at age 63.   W.E. moved from Ardath back to Kingsville, Ontario on Dec. 1, 1916 and ran a Massey-Harris (later "Ferguson") Implement dealership until his death.   Bill Humphreys remembers delivering a load of machinery in Kingsville to William E. when he was a young man.   At right ► is a photo of William Edwin Humphreys (standing) with whom we believe is Joshua H. Humphreys, his uncle (seated).  This photo was taken probably just before the death of Joshua in 1927 in Ravenscrag, Saskatchewan. We think you will see the resemblance to William in the photo below with his brothers Francis Albert and Joshua Frederick.

Notes for JOSHUA FREDERICK HUMPHREYS: Joshua   "Fred" Humphreys was an engineer and worked at the   Toronto Exhibition grounds when he died of a heart attack.

     Children of JOSHUA  F. " Fred" HUMPHREYS and his first wife ELEANOR MATILDA

      MCDONALD are:

       i.   JANET HUMPHREYS, m. Jack Kingston in Meaford, Ontario

        ii.    ALBERT EDWIN HUMPHREYS b.1915, m. Eleanor Gane (Her last name was

             Anglicized from "Ganske" during WWI)

                  Children of Albert E. Humphreys and Eleanor are: Glenn Douglass and Gregory.

                       See here gmail letters and a new 3 generation family photo of Humphreys.

        iii.   JOSHUA FREDERICK HUMPHREYS, Jr., b. 1917; d. 18 May 1920, Toronto, Canada.

    Children of JOSHUA "Fred" HUMPHREYS and his second wife MARY JEFFERSON are:

         iv.    KENNETH HUMPHREYS, m. FRANCIS MCMAHON.

                 Children of Kenneth and Francis are: Janice and Katherine

         v.     RUTH HUMPHREYS, m. DAN or DON THAIN. at Sarnia, Ontario

                 Children of Ruth and Dan (or Don) are: Kristy, Lisa nd Nancy

        vi.     HELEN HUMPHREYS, m. PATRICK ADAMS at Willowdale, Ontario

                 Children of Helen and Patrick are: Steven and Peter

VII.  DR. FRANCIS ALBERT HUMPHREYS (WILLIAM (WILL)³, DR. JOHN², JOHN¹ HUMPHREYS?) was born 1883.  He married (1) OLIVE MCMASTERS . He married (2) KATHRYN ? 05 Dec 1940.  Below is a photo of Dr. Francis Humphreys and his wife.  The only trouble is, we do not know which wife it is, Olive or Kathryn.  I would be willing to bet it is Kathryn, his second wife who he married in 1940.  He is age 57.  She?  Also, the style of dress is 1940s or later. This photo only says on the back that it was taken "in their orchard garden" in Kamloops, British Columbia. ▼

 II.  JOSHUA FREDERICK HUMPHREYS (WILLIAM (WILL)³, DR. JOHN², JOHN¹ HUMPHREYS?) was born 1881, and died in Toronto, Canada.  A 1916 Canadian census shows Joshua F. and Eleanor living in Saskatchewan with his mother, Ellen, age 60, and his brother, Frances Albert, age 19.     

   He married (1) ELEANOR MATILDA MCDONALD.  She died 1919 of "Flue" in Saskatchewan.

    He married (2) MARY JEFFERSON. She died 22 Feb 1976.