The Descendants of Ernest Green and Eliza Jeffrey

Ernest Augustus Green and Eliza Jeffrey

1850

1900

1950

2000

John William Jeffrey
1859 - 1911

Ellen Wells
1863 - 1951
Married: 27 Feb 1882

Edward Gerald Green
1917 - 1993

Ernest Augustus Green

1872 - 1965

Ernest William Green

1909 - 1950

Ada Ellen Jane Green
1914 - 2002

Allan Fredrick Green

1912 - 1962

Lavina Quigley
1927 - 2008
Married: 23 May1944

May Byron
1916 - 2005
Married: July 1955

Donald Emms
1913 - 2004
Married: 29 July 1940

Ida Chartrand
c1925 - c1949
Married: 26 Feb 1947

Eliza Louisa Jeffrey
1885 - 1973
Married: 11 April 1908

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Read a 1980s account of Ernest and Eliza's life in Canada.

Births - Marriages - Deaths (Grouped by Marriage)
Name	Where Born	Date Born	Married	Where Wed	When Died	Where Buried

John William Jeffrey	Ontario, Canada	19 July 1859			1911	o
Ellen Wells	o	13 May 1863	27 Feb 1882	o	4 Jun 1951	Clarkleigh, Manitoba, Canada

Ernest Augustus Green	Battersea, Surrey	23 Feb 1872			23 Mar 1965	Clarkleigh, Manitoba, Canada
Elizabeth Louisa Jeffrey	Teulon, Manitoba, Canada	30 Dec 1885	11 Apr 1908	Seamo Church, Clarkleigh, Manitoba, Canada	8 Jul 1973	Clarkleigh, Manitoba, Canada

Ernest William Green	Clarkleigh, Manitoba, Canada	31 Oct 1909			8 Nov 1950	Clarkleigh, Manitoba, Canada
Ida Chartrand	o	c1925	26 Feb 1947	o	c1949?	o

Allan Frederick Green	Where?, Manitoba, Canada	26 Dec 1912			6 Jan 1962	Otto Cemetery, Lundar, Canada
May Byron (née Emms)	Manitoba, Canada	29 Jun 1916	Jul 1925	Oak Point, Manitoba, Canada	11 Dec 2005	Oak Point Cemetery, Canada

Ada Ellen Jane Green	Manitoba, Canada	28 Jul 1914			31 Mar 2002	Inwood, Manitoba, Canada
Donald Emms	Manitoba, Canada	12 Feb 1913	29 July 1946	Ideal, Manitoba, Canada	23 Apr 2004	Inwood, Manitoba, Canada

Edward Gerald Green	Where?, Manitoba, Canada	21 Jan 1917			29 Dec 1993	o
Lavina Quigley	Manitoba, Canada	4 May 1927	23 May 1944	o	25 Jun 2008	o

Note:

When Ernest Augustus Green emigrated to Canada, he told his favourite sister Ada Marion Green of his plans on the day that he left and said goodbye: he was 18 and she was just 7; she cried. Perhaps he just did not know how to tell her of his plans. The above are his descendants. It is noteworthy that the name Ada was given to Ernest's first daughter, let us hope that it is used in future generations.

Notes:

	Ernest emigrated (aged 18 according to the ships manifest) in 1890. He landed in Quebec, Canada, 30 May 1890. He left London on the Assyrian, travelling in Steerage, and was classified as a Labourer. There appears to have been about 41 travelling in Steerage.
	The Assyrian, initially named the Assyrian Monarch, was built in 1887 by Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Hull, England. She weighed 3,317tons, was 360feet long with a beam of 42feet. It had a single screw, a top speed of 11knots, four masts, and a single funnel. She made her last voyage from Glasgow to Boston 24th July 1901 and was scrapped in 1902.
	It appears that he travelled alone and to undertake such a journey at the 18 (according to the ship's manifest) would have required considerable courage. How did he pay the fare; what was the fare? What persuaded him to go?
	According to his descendants he made his way from Quebec to Ontario and worked on the railroad there, probably as a blacksmith. He then finds his way to Manitoba and bought some land in the Clarkleigh area known as Seamo in those days. He and his bachelor friend, Mr Viv Thompson, lived there until Ernest married Eliza Jeffrey. Ernest built up an excellent blacksmithy business, and farmed as well. He had a huge garden but lived very frugally off the land. Money was scarce but he and Eliza were always content. He loved to sit by the fire smoking his pipe.

Thank you: The bulk of the above information has been supplied by the descendants of Ernest Augustus Green in Canada, and I am most grateful to them. A chance letter to an old address revealed the family Ernest created in Canada.

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