Relationship 228: James Gavin Detwiller & Georgina Force Thornicroft

Relationship Record 228

Male/Husband} Detwiller, James Gavin

Family History} Olson

Female/Wife} Thornicroft, Georgina Force

Relationship Type} Marriage

Marriage: Date} Fam 20 Sep 1911

Place} Presbyterian Church, Imperial, Saskatchewan

Ended: On Date} Fam 24 Oct 1955
By} Death of husband

Source 1}	353 = Family notes
Source 2}	946 = 1916 SK cen
Source 3}	956 = Geog history
Source 4}	957 = Homestead rec
Source 5}	1539=1921 CAN cen
Source 6}	906 = Cemetery rec
Source 7}

1st Household No.} 380 = Last Mountain, Saskatchewan

Photographs} None

Last Updated
by} Karen Hancock

Date Updated} 8 Jul 2014
Date Created} 4 Jun 1993

Notes: According to family records, James Gavin Detwiller married Georgina Throncroft on 20 Sep 1911, in the Imperial Presbyterian Church of which James Gavin was a board member. An Anglican minster from nearby Watrous married them. In the 1916 Saskatchewan census, they were living on Wood Creek, Last Mountain, Saskatchewan. They had an 8 month old daughter, Elizabeth, and were farming on his homestead. James' brothers, Innis and Robert were also farming on their adjacent homesteads.

In the 1921 Canada census, James, age 45, and Georgina, 37, are farming their homestead. Their daughter Elizabeth is 5 years old. James Needham, 74, is living with the family, working on the farm.

In 1935, 1938, 1940 and 1945, James and Georgina are listed in the Canada Voter List in the Lake Centre district, Saskatchewan. They retired from farming in 1949 and moved into the village of Imperial. They later moved back to Ontario to be near their daughter Elizabeth. James Gavin died 24 Oct 1955. Georgina died 8 Jun 1971, and both are buried in the Maple Leaf Cemetery, Chatam, Kent County, Ontario.

Children:

Total # of Children} 1

Seq. # of Primary} 1

1st Child}

Detwiller, Elizabeth Dewer (Betty)

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