Relationship Record 213

Male/Husband}   Catt, George     Family History} Hancock
  Female/Wife}    Stephenson, Rose Eliza (Rosa or Rosie) Relationship Type} Marriage
Marriage: Date} Exa 24 Dec 1895 Place} Warwick Village Rectory, Warwick, Lambton, Ontario
Ended: On Date} Exa 13 Jun 1952
                     By} Death of husband
Source 1} 757 = Marriage rec
Source 2} 988 = Birth record
Source 3} 990 = 1901 CAN cen
Source 4} 831 = 1911 CAN cen
Source 5} 1021=Geog history
Source 6} 1018=Photographs
Source 7} 120 = Obituary
Source 8} 124 = Cemetery rec
Source 9} 965 = Family history
Source 10}979 = Family history
1st Household No.}  
Photo} See below
Last Updated
        by} Dan Hancock
Date Updated} 30 Sep 2007
Date Created}  17 Jun 1994
Notes:  George was an age 27 bachelor farmer and Rose was 20 and a spinster when they were married by Rev. W. H. Wadell in 1895.
King George V Jericho Post Office in Ontario George and Rose ran the Post Office at Jericho Corner (see the photograph at the right) from 1905 until that Post Office was closed in 1914.  George was the Postmaster.  They sorted, stamped, and bundled the mail and then took it to a post office situated just East of the Concession 8 railroad crossing.  There an iron arm on the train grabbed the mail bag and dropped back into position.  The Westbound train passed at 2:20 P.M. and the Eastbound train passed at 2:40 P.M.  Often the first train would be late, and then the Catts had to watch and listen, then quick like a bunny, switch the mail bag so the East mail wouldn't go West or vice versa.  The postage stamp at the left is one used during the reign of King George V from 1910 until 1936.

George's aunt, Mary Catt Fisher, resided with George and Rose at their 8th Concession home for the last five years of Mary's life.  Mary's funeral in 1925 was held in George and Rose's home.

George and Rose's marriage lasted for 56½ years.
Children: Total # of Children} 3 Seq. # of Primary}  
  1st Child} Catt, Russell Bertram Stevenson, Dr.
  2nd Child} Catt, Evelyn Margaret (Mysie)
  3rd Child} Catt, Marion D.
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