Mary Kirkendall was born about 1805 in Sussex Co., New
Jersey. She married John Taylor on February 8, 1833 in Barton Township,
Gore District, ON where they raised several children. Her parents were
David Kirkendall and Rhoda Sargent. Mary's daughter, Susan Taylor, was
born December 6, 1833 in Ontario, exact location unknown, as yet. On
May 1, 1855 Susan Taylor married Richard Llewellyn Morgan who was born in Wales,
June 20th 1832. Richard had immigrated to Canada on March 31st 1845.
Richard and Susan had resided in Hamilton and St. Catharines, ON. Richard
occupation was that of carriage trainer. Charles, their son, was
also a carriage trainer by trade. Richard and Susan had four children,
Susie Gladys Morgan being one of them. Susie Gladys Morgan was born
November 9th 1871 in Hamilton, ON. She married John Francis Logan on
December 28th 1898 in St. Catharines. John was 40 years old at the time
they married. His occupation, noted in the marriage notice, was commercial
traveler. He worked for Goldsmith Stock Co. (Jewelers.) John's
parents were Matthew Logan and Eliza Caughlin. John and Susie had three
children, Gladys Marguerite, Kenneth Taylor and Roy. Gladys Logan
was born October 24th 1900 in Toronto. John had been living with his
father at 52 Strachan Avenue in Toronto until he married Gladys. They
moved to 30 Strachan Ave. in 1900 and in 1905 they were living at 47 Callendar.
By 1916 John was financially able to move the family to a brand new home at 37
St. Andrew's Gardens in Rosedale, a well-to-do suburb of Toronto. Susie
died in July 1927 and John died on January 1, 1947. The house then went to
Gladys, their daughter where she and her husband, Lewis Sayers Forsythe had been
living since 1937. Gladys married Lewis on October 24th 1923 at the
Rosedale Congregational Church. They had two children, Lewis Logan and
Marilyn Sue. Marilyn Sue was born August 22, 1928 in Rosedale. Lewis
was President of McKay & Muldoon hardware and builders supplies in
Toronto. Gladys and Lewis were divorced around 1950. Marilyn Sue
married Bruce Lewis Fleming on October 9th 1948 at the Rosedale Congregational
Church. They were separated a few weeks later and divorced February 1st
1957. She married again on February 9th 1957 to Bill Kennedy, a native of
Belfast, Northern Ireland. Marilyn Sue graduated after four years of
commercial school and worked as a secretary. She had one child, Lynda Sue
Forsythe, she gave up for adoption in Montreal in between the time she was
separated from Bruce and the time she married Bill.
Olivia Forsyth
Granddaughter of William Forsyth, The Pavilion
Hotel, Niagara Falls
Fort Erie, Ontario Jan 2, abt. 1934 (CP)
Niagara frontier's oldest native born resident, Mrs. Olivia Forsythe Everett, 92, member of a pioneer United Empire Loyalist family, died suddenly today. She was born in Bertie Hall, historic Niagara boulevard building, still in use. Her father was the late Isaac Brock Forsythe, an expert swimmer, who was drowned in the Niagara River in 1850. Her grandfather, William Forsythe, originated The Pavillion, famous Niagara resort in 1832. His controversy with the then governor of Upper Canada, Sir Perigrine Maitland, is still an interesting historical record.
Olivia Forsyth Everett, age next birthday - 91 years, born Fort Erie, ON.
Cause of death: Bronchial Pneumonia
Buried: January 4, 1934. St. Paul's Church, Ft. Erie.
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Mrs. Olivia Everett, Fort Erie's Oldest, Dead at 92 -
Deceased Lady was born in hundred-year old Bertie Hall
Many Memories - Fort Erie. January 2, 1932
Mrs. Olivia Forsyth Everett, oldest native-born resident of Fort Erie died suddenly this morning at her home on Highland Ave., aged ninety-two. A little link with the old days of this town passes in the demise of Mrs. Forsythe, who recalled the Fenian raids across the Niagara River and whose family has been associated with numerous historical features of district life. Born in a Mansion, the famed Bertie Hall, which is one hundred years old, Mrs. Everett was hale and hearty prior to her death. Last August she celebrated her ninety-second birthday. Mrs. Everett's grandfather came to Bertie in 1832. He founded the famous Pavilion Hotel at Niagara Falls. He also operated a stage coach from Fort Erie to Niagara Falls and a ferry in the lower Niagara River. Her father was the late Brock Forsyth, a noted Niagara swimmer. He lost his life through drowning in the river which he often conquered. Mrs. Everett's husband, the late Patrick Everett, a well-known frontier fisherman, died in 1914 and several children predeceased her. She resided with her son and daughter, Alvin Victor Everett and Mrs. Laura Hale. The deceased lady baked her own bread and completed a batch the day before her death.
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A newspaper clipping (probably from a Niagara Falls newspaper) was found in the Forsyth Family Bible of the late, Albert E. Forsyth, of St. David's Ont., which the clipping was given to Edward E. Forsyth.)
THE TIMES REVIEW, Fort Erie, Ontario, Thurs. January 4, 1934
Death claims Mrs. Everett at age 92
Link with past is broken when Fort Erie's grand old lady dies Monday morning at Highland Avenue home.
With her passing, another link with the past is broken long before there was a village of Bridgeburg in 1842, Olive Forsyth was born at Bertie Hall. The massive residence along the riverfront at the corner of Phipps street and the Niagara Blvd.
Bertie Hall was built by her grandfather, William Forsyth more than a hundred years ago and Mr. Forsyth operated the Pavilion Hotel in Niagara Falls, on Prospect Point and he ran the first stage coach between Fort Erie and Niagara Falls. The hotel burned and the proprietor started on a search for a new home.
Built Bertie Hall - He settled on the area later covered by the town of Bridgeburg and now a part of Fort Erie. The land he purchased and he then proceeded to build Bertie Hall. Stone for the foundation was secured from around the walls of Old Fort Erie. Upon his death, the land was divided amongst his sons, one of them the father of Olive Forsyth, today the only remaining thing in the family is the house in which Mrs. Everett died and which passes to her son, Alvin Everett. With her five brothers and sisters, Olive Forsyth attended school in a boat shop owned by her father Isaac Brock Forsyth, at the rear of Bertie Hall. There was no public schools in those days. On March 8, 1865 she married Patrick Everett in the little Anglican Church by Rev. Biggars, and the couple lived happily until 1915, when Mr. Everett passed away at the age of 81. Only two close relatives survive, her daughter, Mrs. Laura Hale, and her son, Alvin, both of whom reside on Highland Ave. home. Four children, two sons, and two daughters predeceased their mother. She was the eldest and last survivor of the six children in the Forsyth family. Her sister, Mrs. Louise Anthony of Detroit, who was a year younger, died 3 years ago and will be remembered only by those residents of Fort Erie who were in the eighties when she left the area. Funeral services will be held from the home on Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. with Rev. William Burt in charge. Interment will be in St. Paul's Cemetery.
Death Certificate
Residence - 14 Highland Ave., Fort Erie, Wellanc Co.
Mother: Sarah Misener Father: Isaac Brock
Forsyth
Cause of Death: Senility degeneration and myocardial
(heart attack)
REBECCA Forsyth (nee Moffatt)
Ontario, Canada Deaths - 1869-1934
Rebecca Forsyth (nee Moffatt)
Died November 11, 1872
Age: 68 - Farmer's widow (wife of William
Forsyth, Jr)
Where Born: NY State
Certified Cause of Death: Apoplexy
Dr. Franklin Goforth
Informant: Clarke Forsyth, Farmer
Where Registered: Willoughby
Date: 21 Oct 1872
Religious Denomination of Deceased: Quaker
Registrar: John Smith - Willoughby, Welland Co.
Note at bottom of page: The place of birth is not certainly known but there is a
strong probability that the entry is correct.
