Mary Florence Martin1,2

#83, (c 1874 - 1946)
FatherJohn Howard Martin1
MotherJosephine Gibson1
Charts5 Generations of Descendants of Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle (1791-1847)

Family

Frank Cassan Bonnycastle (1879 - 1953)
Child

Life Events

BirthMary Florence Martin was born circa 1874 in Foxboro, Ontario.1
 
MarriageShe married Frank Cassan Bonnycastle on 14 Oct 1905 in Amherst Island, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario.
Details from the marriage record: Frank Casson Bonnycastle, age 27, bachelor, residence Cambellford, born Seymour Tp, Photographer, son of Richd Hy Bonnycastle and Charlotte Col- Isabell Casson;
Florence Mary Martin, age 31, spinster, Teacher, residence Campbellford, born in Foxboro, daughter of Jno Haward Martin and Josephine Gibson;
Witnesses were Rachel and Mary Howard of Amherst Island. The bride and groom were both Church of England and they were married by Robt. Skelding Wilkinson, by banns.1 
1911 CensusFrank and Mary Bonnycastle appeared on the 1911 Census of Campbellford, Northumberland County, Ontario, at Second Street, enumerated 1 Jun 1911. Frank was 32, born March 1879 in Ontario, of Scotch origin, Anglican, and was a photographer working on his own account in a studio. He had $1000 of life insurance costing $43.35. Mary was 33, born in December 1877 in Ontario, or Irish origin and Anglican. With them was their 3-year old daughter Evelyn.3 
1921 CensusFrank and Mary Bonycastle [sic] appeared on the 1921 Census of Campbellford, Ontario, at 2nd Street. They owned their 7 room home and the family was Anglican. Frank was 42, born in Ontario as were his parents, and was a photographer working on his own account in his own shop. Mary was 39, born in Ontario, as were her parents. They had one daughter, Evelyn (13.)4 
WillMary Florence Bonnycastle wrote a will dated 1945.5 
DeathShe died on 12 Feb 1946.6,7 
BurialShe was buried in Christ Church Anglican Cemetery, Campbellford, Northumberland County, Ontario.6
Frank & Mary Bonnycastle gravestone
Christ Church Anglican Cemetery, Campbellford
Last Edited5 May 2014

Citations

  1. Ontario Marriage Registration. Bonnycastle/Martin, #012306-05.
  2. Index of monumental inscriptions in the County of Northumberland County, Ontario, computerized index at Cobourg library.
  3. 1911 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Ontario, Northumberland East (101), Campbellford (33), page 6.
  4. 1921 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Ontario, Northumberland, SD 51, Page 2.
  5. Index to the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham Surrogate Court estate files, 1800-1967 (Family History Library, film #834705), fhl film# 0834705, #16540.
  6. Monumental inscription on the gravestone of Frank & Mary Bonnycastle (Christ Church Anglican Cemetery, Campbellford, Ontario).
  7. Evelyn Luttrell, Bonnycastle Family Tree, undated but likely circa 1950.
  8. Parish Register of Christ Church Anglican, Campbellford, Ontario (Diocese of Toronto Archives, photocopied records), Evelyn Frances Bonnycastle baptism, 1908.