Charles Green Bonnycastle1

#16, (2 February 1844 - 12 October 1926)
FatherHenry William John Bonnycastle1 b. 24 Jul 1813, d. 23 Jul 1888
MotherEleanor Mary Susan Rowed1 b. 3 Nov 1811, d. 6 Feb 1891
Charles Green Bonnycastle|b. 2 Feb 1844\nd. 12 Oct 1926|p16.htm|Henry William John Bonnycastle|b. 24 Jul 1813\nd. 23 Jul 1888|p14.htm|Eleanor Mary Susan Rowed|b. 3 Nov 1811\nd. 6 Feb 1891|p15.htm|Richard H. Bonnycastle|b. 30 Sep 1791\nd. 2 Nov 1847|p12.htm|Frances Johnston|b. c 1792\nd. 15 Jul 1869|p13.htm|Henry Rowed|b. 3 Jul 1771\nd. 6 Jan 1831||Ann Lyall|b. c 1771\nd. a Jan 1852||
RelationshipGreat-grandson of John Bonnycastle.
OccupationCharles Green Bonnycastle was a labourer (1861), storekeeper (1872), carpenter (1881), farmer (1883+). 
BirthHe was born on 2 Feb 1844 in Seymour Township, Ontario.1,2 
Research Note The birthdate inscribed on his gravestone is 20 February 1846. 
(with Parents) 1851/2 CensusCharles Bonnycastle appeared on the 1852 Census of Seymour Township, Northumberland County, Canada West (Ontario) with his parents. He was born in Canada and was to be 7 on his next birthday.3 
(with Parents) 1861 CensusCharles Bonycastle [sic] appeared on the 1861 Census of Seymour Township, Northumberland County, Ontario with his parents. He was 15 and born in Upper Canada [on the census form he was recorded as 17 but apparently the enumerator switched his name with his older brother Richard].4 
(Witness) Marriage Charles Green Bonnycastle witnessed the marriage of his brother Richard Henry Bonnycastle and Charlotte Kate Cassan on 18 Nov 1869 in Christ Church Anglican, Campbellford, Northumberland County, Ontario.5 
(with Parents) 1871 CensusCharles appeared on the 1871 Census of Seymour Township, Northumberland County, Ontario with his parents. He was 25, born in Ontario, and a Farmer. There is a marginal notation about him that I can't decipher.6 
MarriageCharles Green Bonnycastle married Sarah Oliver, daughter of Thomas Oliver and Sarah Channing, on 31 Aug 1872 in Campbellford, Northumberland County, Ontario.
Information from marriage certificate: Charles Greer [sic], 27, bachelor, storekeeper, religion Church of England, parents Henry & Ellen;
Sarah Dolly, 19, spinster, Church of England, parents Thomas & Sarah;
They were married by [Charles' cousin Maria Rowed's husband] J.S. Baker, by license and the witnesses were [Charles' brother] RH Bonnycastle & [Charles' cousin] A Denmark, both of Seymour.7 
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Charles Green Bonnycastle & Sarah Dolly Oliver
marriage 31 August 1872
Campbellford, Ontario
(Not Mentioned) WillCharles Green Bonnycastle was not mentioned in the will of his mother Eleanor Mary Susan Bonnycastle dated 11 Jun 1873 in Seymour Township, Northumberland County, Ontario.8
1881 CensusCharles and Sarrah [sic] Bonnycastle appeared on the 1881 Census of Seymour Township, Northumberland County, Ontario, enumerated 4 Apr 1881. Charles was 35, born in Ontario, religion Church of England, English origin, and he was a carpenter. Sarah was 28, born in Ontario, same religion and origin. With them were their children Maud, John, Lyall, Thomas, and Richard. Charles' brother Richard was the enumerator for the census.9 
Land Record In 1883, Charles Green Bonnycastle homesteaded and built a 18x26 house worth $600 in NW 1/4 Section 12 Township 20 Range 12 W2, Katepwa, North West Territories.10 
Item In 1887 Charles Green Bonnycastle was one of the founders of All Saints Anglican church at Katepwa. The property was designated a Municipal Heritage Property in 1990.11,12
All Saints Anglican Church, Katepwa, NWT
All Saints Katepwa historic plaque
1891 CensusHe and Sarah Oliver appeared on the 1891 Census of Qu'Appelle, Assiniboia, Northwest Territories. The Bonnycastle family lived in a two story wood house with 8 rooms. Charles was 49, born in Ontario, father born in New Brunswick, mother in England, religion Church of England, and was a Farmer employing one person. Sarah was 38, born in England, parents born in England, and religion Church of England. Their children Maud, John, Lyall, Thomas, George, Carl Channing and Eleanor Mary were with them.13 
Photograph14
undated photo from the farm in Katepwa
Charles is the fellow standing in the middle in this close-up of the previous picture
Land RecordCharles's homestead was granted on 8 Dec 1894 for SW1/4 Section 12 Township 20 Range 12 W of 2nd Meridian, Katepwa, North West Territories. He took entry 19 October 1891 and by 1894 had 120 acres under cultivation, with 7 cattle, 8 horses, 13 pigs, and 1 sheep.10 
Photograph11
The Katepwe Cricket Team
Identifed members include
Jack Bonnycastle (2nd row, 2nd from left)
Roland Barwell (2nd row, 3rd from left)
Charles Green Bonnycastle (2nd row, right side)
Carl Channing Bonnycastle (3rd row, left side)
Tom Bonnycastle (3rd row, 3rd from left)
Note: an 1898 report in the Qu'Appelle Vidette of a match between Katepwe and Indian Head lists the Katepwe team members as CG Bonnycastle, S Trask, A Vidal, W Govan, A Brinton, T Groves, J Bonnycastle, RC Barwell, T Bonnycastle, G Bonnycastle, and G Ferguson.
1901 CensusCharles G H and Sarah Bonnycastle appeared on the 1901 Census of Katepwa, Assiniboia, North West Territories, at Section 12 Township 20 Range 12, enumerated 9 Apr 1901. Charles was 56, born February 1845 in rural Ontario, of English origin, religion Church of England, and was a farmer. Sarah was 48, born 5 January 1853 in England, immigrated in 1858, and was also Church of England. They lived in a composite 5 room house and owned 640 acres, 1 house, 7 barns or outbuildings, and leased a further 160 acres. Their children Lyall, Thomas, Carl Channing and Eleanor Mary were living with them, as well as one hired man.15 
Residence-Moved Circa 1905, Charles Green Bonnycastle moved to the Williams Road house in Chilliwack BC.1  
Land Record On 29 May 1905, Charles Green Bonnycastle applied for a military land grant at S 1/2 Lot 11 Concession 3, Murphy Township, Ontario.16 
Item On 13 Sep 1905, Charles Green Bonnycastle was presented with a certificate for his service in the Fenian Raid. The location certificate shown here, from the Archives of Ontario Poster Collection (C 233), is for a grant of land in 1905 to Charles Bonnycastle, a volunteer in the Canadian militia during the Fenian Raids. The immediate rationale for the land grant program was to recognize the soldiers who had recently fought in the Boer War in South Africa. The contributions of Fenian Raid veterans were also recognized and included in this land grant program.17,18
Charles Green Bonnycastle
Land location Certificate presented in 1905
Close up of inscription on land location certificate
Archives of Ontario images of front and reverse of Fenial Raid Medal, 1870
Item In 1909 Mr & Mrs C Bonnycastle gave a chair as a wedding present to their son Carl.19 
Land RecordHe received his military land grant on 25 Jun 1910 for Murphy Township.16 
1911 CensusCharles and Sarah Bonnycastle appeared on the 1911 Census of Chilliwack, British Columbia, at Williams Road, enumerated 1 Jun 1911. The census image was very faded and difficult to read. Charles was 67, born February 1844 in Ontario, of English origin, Anglican, and was a retired Farmer. Sarah was 58, born in January 1853 in England, and immigrated in 1858 or 9. Their children Eleanor Mary and Thomas were living with them.2 
(Witness) Marriage Charles Green Bonnycastle witnessed the marriage of Leonard Carl Hawkins to his daughter Eleanor Mary Bonnycastle on 26 Jul 1913 in St. Thomas Church, Chilliwack, British Columbia.20 
Photograph21
Channing Hawkins with his grandfather Charles
(Mentioned) ObituaryHe was mentioned in Harold John Bonnycastle's 1917 obituary as brother Mr. C.G. Bonnycastle of Chilliwack.22 
Item In 1922 son George and family visited Charles and Sarah. Granddaughter Georgia remembers their "lovely large property on the river bank."23 
Item In 1922,Charles Green Bonnycastle sent flowers to funeral of Georgina Denmark [the wife of his cousin on his mother's side].24 
DeathCharles died on 12 Oct 1926 in Williams Road, Chilliwack, British Columbia.
Information from death certificate: Charles Green Bonnycastle, residence Chilliwack, English origin, married, born Feb 2nd 1844 in Ontario, age 82 years 8 months 2 days, Retired gentleman, has lived in Chilliwack and B.C. for 21 years. His father was Henry Bonnycastle who was born in Nova Scotia, his mother Mary Rowed born in England. The informant was daughter Maud Barwell of Chilliwack. Burial in the English church cemetery.1 
BurialHe was buried on 13 Oct 1926 in Church of England cemetery, Chilliwack, British Columbia.1
Gravestone for Charles G Bonnycastle
Chilliwack Cemetery, B.C.
ObituaryHis obituary was published on 14 Oct 1926 in The Chilliwack Progress .25
 
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Charles Green Bonnycastle
Obituary in the Chilliwack Progress
14 October 1926, page 4
Anecdote"was a great fisherman...we used to watch him catching fish and sometimes he would take us out in the boat."23 
Anecdote"the best shot in the Fraser Valley...on the evening he died they found him with an opened shotgun over his lap..he had been cleaning it for the next morning's hunt."14 
Anecdote"a dear, quiet easy-going man."23 
Anecdote"had an old white horse that he would let us ride -- but we were not to let our grandmother know. He would let us pick apples from the apple tree -- but don't tell grandma."26 
Photograph Here is a photograph of Charles mowing the lawn of their Chilliwack house.23
Charles mowing the lawn
Chilliwack, B.C.
Photograph Here is a photo of Charles & Sarah in their son Tom's car in front of their house. The picture was just for show. He never drove a car - he drove a buggy pulled by a white horse named Dinah.23
Charles & Sarah in their son Tom's car
Chilliwack, B.C.
(undated photo from Georgia Rickson)
Item The Bonnycastle house built c1909 at 12006 William Road in Chilliwack was still standing in 2006.14 

Family

Sarah Oliver b. 5 Jan 1851, d. 18 Mar 1931
Children
Charts5 Generations of Descendants of Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle (1791-1847)
Ancestors of Hope Lyall Rudd (Jen's line)
Last Edited5 Mar 2011

Citations:

  1. Death certificate of Charles Green Bonnycastle, died 12 October 1926, registered 14 October 1926 in the Province of British Columbia, Certificate #26-09-371001.
  2. Online image of the 1911 Census for Canada (Library and Archives Canada, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020122_e.html), British Columbia, New Westminster (11), subdistrict Chilliwack (35), Page 4.
  3. Online image of the 1851/2 Census for Canada (Library and Archives Canada, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020122_e.html), Canada West, Northumberland (24), Seymour (228), Part 1.
  4. Online image of the 1861 Census for Canada (viewed at Ancestry.com), Canada West, Northumberland County, Seymour township (1), page 17.
  5. Parish Register of Christ Church Anglican, Campbellford, Ontario (Diocese of Toronto Archives, photocopied records), Bonnycastle/Cassan marriage, 1869.
  6. Online image of the 1871 Census for Canada (viewed at Ancestry.com), Ontario, Northumberland East (55), Seymour (g-2), page 52.
  7. Province of Ontario Marriage Registers: Bonnycastle/Oliver marriage, 1872, Family History Library.
  8. Eleanor Mary Susan Bonnycastle, Probate File Surrogate Court of Ontario (United Counties of Northumberland and Durham), Family History Library, Film #1452202.
  9. Online image of the 1881 Census for Canada (viewed at Ancestry.com), Ontario, Northumberland East (123), Seymour Township (G-1), page 1.
  10. Homestead Grant for SW1/4 Section 12 Township 20 Range 12 W of 2nd Meridian, granted by Dominion Lands Office to Charles G Bonnycastle, North West Territory (now Saskatchewan), 1883 , FHL film #1298720.
  11. E-mails from Bryan Campbell-Hope to Jennifer Kolthammer.
  12. Saskatchewan Government, Culture Youth & Recreation http://www.cyr.gov.sk.ca/index.cfm
  13. Online image of the 1891 Census for Canada (viewed at Ancestry.com), The Territories, Assiniboia East (198), Qu'Appelle (b-11), page 4 [poor image].
  14. Communication from Dale Bonnycastle to J Kolthammer.
  15. Online image of the 1901 Census for Canada (Library and Archives Canada, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020122_e.html), Assiniboia E (203), Katepwa (d-2), page 3, line 24.
  16. Index to Land Records, Ontario (OLRI), 1780s-1910s, compiled by Ontario Archives, Ontario, 1979.
  17. Website Library and Archives Canada (http://www.collectionscanada.ca/index-e.html), The image of Charles Bonnycastle's certificate happened to be the one published online to illustrate the military land grant certificates.
  18. Website Archives of Ontario (http://www.archives.gov.on.ca).
  19. 'Bonnycastle - Menzies', Chilliwack Progress, 28 July 1909 (Bennett Library, Simon Fraser University, microfilm).
  20. Marriage certificate of Leonard Karl Hawkins and Eleanor Mary Bonnycastle, married 26 July 1913 in the Province of British Columbia, Certificate #13-09-031852.
  21. E-mails from Carell Goldney to J Kolthammer, beginning November 2008.
  22. Obituary of Harold John Bonnycastle in Chilliwack Progress, 13 Sept 1917 (Bennett Library, Simon Fraser University, microfilm).
  23. Letters from Georgia Rickson, Vancouver, to J Kolthammer, dated early 1990s.
  24. Obituary of Georgina Denmark in Chilliwack Progress, 5 October 1922, page 5 (Bennett Library, Simon Fraser University, microfilm).
  25. Obituary of C G Bonnycastle in Chilliwack Progress, 14 Oct 1926 (Bennett Library, Simon Fraser University, microfilm).
  26. Letters from Marion Denton, British Columbia, to J Kolthammer, dated early 1990s, Letter, April 1993.
  27. Death certificate of Maud Barwell, died 7 June 1953, registered 8 June 1953 in the Province of British Columbia, Certificate #53-09-006095.
  28. Death certificate of John Bonnycastle, died 28 August 1955, registered 28 August 1955 in the Province of British Columbia, Certificate #55-09-009139.
  29. Death certificate of Lyall Bonneycastle Evans, died 26 July 1961, registered 27 July 1961 in the Province of British Columbia, Certificate #61-09-008683.
  30. Parish Register of Christ Church Anglican, Campbellford, Ontario (Diocese of Toronto Archives, photocopied records), Thomas Bonnycastle baptism, 1878.
  31. Marriage certificate of Thomas Bonnycastle and Claudelina Waddington, married 26 April 1915 in the Province of British Columbia, Certificate #15-09-079045.
  32. Death certificate of Thomas Bonnycastle, died 25 April 1959, registered 27 April 1959 in the Province of British Columbia, Certificate #59-09-005584.
  33. Parish Register of Christ Church Anglican, Campbellford, Ontario (Diocese of Toronto Archives, photocopied records), George Bonnycastle baptism, 1881.
  34. Death certificate of George Bonnycastle, died 1 September 1976, registered 1 September 1976 in the Province of British Columbia, Certificate #76-09-015628.
  35. Parish Register of Christ Church Anglican, Campbellford, Ontario (Diocese of Toronto Archives, photocopied records), Carl Channing Bonnycastle baptism, 1883.
  36. Marriage certificate of Carl Channing Bonnycastle and Mary Caroline Menzies, married 22 July 1909 in the Province of British Columbia, Certificate #09-09-122398.
  37. Parish Register of St John's Anglican Church, Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, Mary Eleanor Bonnycastle baptism, 1890 [record copied by the archivist].
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