THE SPEIRAN FAMILY TREE
THE FAMILY
OF
CHARLES SPEIRAN
AND
SARAH CARSON MOORE
MARY S. SPEIRAN
ALFRED SPEIRAN
CHARLES SPEIRAN
SAMUEL SPEIRAN
WILLIAM JOHN SPEIRAN
JAMES HENRY SPEIRAN
GEORGE SPEIRAN
JOSEPH WESLEY SPEIRAN
SARA JANE SPEIRAN
ELIZABETH ELLEN SPEIRAN
EMMA ANNE SPEIRAN
Charles Speiran was born on the Atlantic Ocean.
His parents settled in Brock Township and
he lived there until about 1868.
He married Sarah Carson Moore, who came from
Ireland when she was sixteen.
They moved to a farm in Udney Ontario,
located on CON 9, Mara Township
where they farmed and ran a sawmill.
The farm was sold by Smith, who was a
grandson of Charles and Sarah Speiran.
The farm was sold on September 14 1968 and
passed out of the SPEIRAN name.
All the Speiran Family played musical
instruments except for
Willie John (William John)he step danced.
Charles and his sons fiddled for dances
until well into the 1930's.
GOLDEN WEDDING
A happy and interesting event
took place on July 16, 1909 when
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Speiran
of Udney, Ontario celebrated their
50th golden wedding anniversary.
Mr. Charles Speiran was born in 1838,
in the township of Brock.
Mrs. Charles Speiran
(Sarah Carson Moore)
was born in the County
of Kerry, Ireland, in 1838,
she came to Canada when she
was sixteen years of age.
On July 16 1859,
she was united in marriage to
Mr. Charles Speiran.
They resided in Brock Township
until 1876, when they moved
to the township of Mara.
They were one of the earliest
settlers in that section of Ontario.
In politics Mr. Charles Speiran
is a Conservative,
and a staunch Orangeman.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Speiran were
brought up in the Church of England.
Upon moving to Mara, there was no
English church in the area,
they along with their family became
adherents of the Methodist church.
The family consists of eleven children,
seven sons and four daughters,
all of whom are married and settled in
the township except for Joseph Wesley Speiran
who died as a child on December 23 1874.
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF MARRIAGE
The celebration of the
GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSAY for
Charles and Sarah Speiran took place
on the July 16 1909, It was held in
the form of a family gathering with all
of the sons, daughters and their families,
with the exceptions of 2 grandsons.
There are 29 grandchildren, and two
great-grandchildren.
Fifty-Four in all were present.
Supper was served in the spacious grounds,
after which several photographs were taken.
One picture of the four generations was taken.
A pleasant evening of music, recitations,
speeches, and songs was had by all.
One of the main features was the presentation
of two Morris chairs to the
father (Charles)and mother (Sarah),
by the family, when the following
was read by the rev. D.R. Clare:
Dear Father and Mother:
We, your children and grandchildren,
feel that we ought not to let
the present occasion pass without
some expression of love
and good wishes being conveyed to you.
We count it a pleasure and a privilege
to be permitted to greet
you on this auspicious occasion,
and once gathering ground
our commond threshold to enjoy
your company and renew the associations
of our early years.
We congratulate you upon the happy
termination of FIFTY YEARS of wedded life,
and rejoice in the privilege
of helping you to celebrate
your GOLDEN WEDDING day.
We feel that you have endured
many trials and borne many loads
of care for us, when we were young
and now we are pleased to be able
in a small degree to show our
appreciation of your love and care.
While the years have brought
so many changes, you have been spared to us,
that we might meet you on this day,
under such favourable circumstances.
You have had many blessings and
enjoyments not shared by others.
A kind Providence has spared you and us,
and we desire to make this a day of rejoicing
and thanksgiving for the mercies and blessings
we have enjoyed as a family.
We trust that you spare many
years still to enjoy each other's company,
and hope that as the sun often shines brightest
when nearing its setting, so your lives may be
brightest as life begins to draw to its close.
We hope that health and strength
may remain with you, and that as family
we may be spared to enjoy each other's
love and happiness for many years to come.
And that you may remember our greeting on this
occasion, we ask you to accept, and use everyday,
these chairs, which we as a family present
to you, trusting that they may be a
source of comfort to you for the remainder
of your days.
ACCIDENT
The new machinery introduced
into Mr. Speiran's sic mill
increased the power to such an
extent as to be too great
for the frame to bear,
the frame consequently gave
way upending the main shaft.
The cylinder bursted.
The escaping steam severly
scalded the engineer,
Mr. A. Speiran, on the neck.
SURNAMES FOR THE FAMILY OF
CHARLES SPEIRAN
AND
SARAH CARSON MOORE
ACTON / COATES / HUTCHINGS / LOWE
MacPHERSON / MARTIN / McNAY
MOORE / REYNOLDS / RUTTLE
SMITH / SPEIRAN /
# 3 SPEIRAN CHARLES
b. July 15 1838
d. October 26, 1925
m. SARAH CARSON MOORE
MOORE SARAH CARSON
b. February 26, 1838
d. January 19, 1910
m. July 16, 1859
# 3.1 SPEIRAN MARY S.
b. April 29, 1860
d. February 16, 1930
m. WILLIAM ACTON
ACTON WILLIAM
b. October 11,1849
d. May 26, 1930
m. March 29, 1876
# 3.1.1 ACTON SARAH JANE
b. July 04, 1878
d. September 07, 1882
# 3.1.2 ACTON MARY ELIZABETH
b. April 25, 1881
d. January 20, 1963
m. THOMAS MARTIN
MARTIN THOMAS
b. October 25, 1870
d. June 10, 1936
m. September 20, 1899
# 3.1.2.1 MARTIN IDA MAY
b. May 22,1901
d. May 09, 1993
m. ROBERT MILTON PAGE
PAGE ROBERT MILTON
b. 1894
d. 1986
m. May 25, 1927
# 3.1.2.1.1 PAGE THOMAS MILTON
b. living
m. FRANCE WHITNEY
WHITNEY FRANCE
b. living
m. 1954
# 3.1.2.1.2 PAGE JAMES ALEXANDER
b. 1932
d. 1987
m. OLIVE VICTORIA YOUNG
YOUNG OLIVE VICTORIA
b. living
m. 1955
# 3.1.2.1.3 PAGE IRVIN CHARLES
b. living
m. LUCY ADELIA MAINPRIZE
MAINPRIZE LUCY ADELIA
b. living
m. 1951
# 3.1.2.1.4 PAGE DAVID CLARE
b. living
m. JOYCELINE MARIE SHALLOW
SHALLOW JOYCELINE MARIE
b. living
m. 1969
# 3.1.2.2 MARTIN MARY ELIZABETH IRENE
b. June 02, 1907
d. February 24, 1992
m. ALLAN ROSS
m. NORMAN ANDERSON
m. UNKNOWN McINLEY
ROSS ALLAN
b. 1901
d. 1975
m. 1933
ANDERSON NORMAN
b. 1906
d. (?)
m. 1977
McINLEY UNKNOWN
b. (?)
d. (?)
m. (?)
# 3.1.2.3 MARTIN ANNIE ELSIE
b. unknown
d. by 1993
m. MILTON TIFFIN
TIFFIN MILTON
b. living (?)
m. 1955
# 3.1.3 ACTON CHARLES
b. May 07, 1883
d. May 23, 1974
m. THERESA M. POOLER
POOLER THERESA MURIEL
b. Spril 03, 1899
d. January 04, 1983
m. September 29, 1920
Charles and Theresa had the folowing children:
Rena Muriel, Noreen Amelia and William Charles
# 3.1.4 ACTON WILLIAM HENRY
b. 1886
d. November 22,1967
m. ELEANOR P. MORRISON
m. BELLE GORDON
MORRISON ELEANOR P.
b. 1892
d. 1928
m. (?)
GORDON BELLE
b. (?)
d. (?)
m. (?)
William and Eleanor had 1 daughter Mary
# 3.1.5 ACTON SARAH JANE
b. October 18,1888
d. October 13, 1970
m. REGINALD FULLERTON
FULLERTON REGINALD
b. September 16, 1886
d. December 05, 1928
m. September 21,1910
Sarah and Reginald had the following children:
Evelyn, Edith, Hazel, Florence, Cecil,
Isabelle, Clarence, Marjory, and William
# 3.1.6 ACTON ANNIE
b. January 20, 1893
d. April 28, 1965
m. ANSON HENRY OLIVER
OLIVER ANSON HENRY
b. January 02, 1878
d. May 18, 1962
m. November 20, 1918
Annie and Anson had the following children:
Mary Evelyn, Elwood Oliver, and Maxwell Olver
# 3.2 SPEIRAN ALFRED
b. September 20,1861
d. July 28, 1915
m. # 1. ELIZABETH REYNOLDS
m. # 2. CATHARINE LOWE
REYNOLDS ELIZABETH
b. September 22, 1863
d. November 09, 1894
m. 1885
LOWE CATHARINE
b. February 28, 1867
d. April 14, 1948
m. Feb. 11, 1896
Catharine's name on the marriage registration is
CASSIE LOWE
Alfred and Catharine had the following children:
Alfred (Edgar), Helen Rebecca and Sarah Mable May
Alfred and Elizabeth had the following children:
Evaline Ada, Mary Beatrice,
William Carson and Anne Elizabeth
# 3.3 SPEIRAN CHARLES
b. November 10,1863
d. October 22, 1942
m. MARGARET HUTCHINGS
HUTCHINGS MARGARET
b. May 12, 1870
d. May 19, 1961.
m. September 17, 1895
Charles and Margaret had the following children:
Edith Izella Carrison b. 1897 b. 1900
Mildred Ellen b. 1905, d. 1975
# 3.4 SPEIRAN SAMUEL
b. February 27, 1867
d. August 15, 1944
m. ELLEN McNAY
McNAY ELLEN
b. April 28, 1878
d. February 11, 1944
m. February 07, 1900
Samuel and Ellen had the following children:
Thomas Wesley, Carrie Carson and Samuel Moore
# 3.5 SPEIRAN WILLIAM JOHN
b. July 20, 1868
d. July 08, 1944
m. IDA ALBERTA HUTCHINGS
HUTCHINGS IDA ALBERTA
b. July 26, 1876
d. December 17, 1941
m. December 14, 1893
William and Ida had the following children:
Stella Catherine, Theresa Hazel, John Wesley
Edith Alberta, Sarah Violet and Verna Olive
# 3.6 SPEIRAN JAMES HENRY
b. December 10, 1870
d. January 10, 1951
m. CATHERINE MARY COATES
COATES CATHERINE MARY
b. June 01, 1876
d. April 02, 1973
m. January 29, 1902
James and Catherine had 1 child: Beulah Mary
# 3.7 SPEIRAN GEORGE
b. March 30, 1872
d. December 28, 1958
m. CATHERINE ANN SMITH
SMITH CATHERINE ANN
b. June 22, 1876
d. December 18, 1958
m. February 03, 1904
George and Catherine had the following children
Carson Smith, George Henry,
Mary Jane and Duncan Alfred
# 3.8 SPEIRAN JOSEPH WESLEY
b. January 28, 1874
d. December 23, 1874
# 3.9 SPEIRAN SARAH JANE
b. November 10, 1875
d. October 23, 1962
m. WILLIAM JOHN MARTIN
MARTIN WILLIAM JOHN
b. September 21, 1865
d. July 05, 1937
m. March 28, 1894
SARAH's name on the marriage registration is
SARAH JANE COWAN SPEIRAN
Sarah and William had the following children:
Evaline, James Wesley,
Stella and Ethel Alberta May.
# 3.10 SPEIRAN ELIZABETH ELLEN
b. January 16, 1879
d. October 23, 1947
m.FREDERICK HUTCHINGS
HUTCHINGS FREDERICK
b. November 16, 1871
d. November 24, 1953
m. December 08, 1901
Elizabeth and Frederick had the following children:
Catherine Margaret,
Sarah Elsie and George Charles
# 3.11 SPEIRAN EMMA ANN
b. August 21, 1881
d. September 11, 1957
m. DONALD McPHERSON
McPHERSON DONALD
b. September 08, 1875
d. November 11, 1958
m. September 03, 1903
Emma and Donald had the following children:
Samuel Hector, Edna Margaret, Sarah Isabel
Evelyn, Rachel, Luella Grace and Amy
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