Samuel E. Freeman______
b abt 1830, St. James, Eng
Edward Henry Freeman
Edward John Freeman
b 1856,
Middlesex Co, Eng Louisa ?_____________
b 1889, Middlesex Co, Eng.
Michael Augustine
Doyle [See Doyle art gallery]
Mary Doyle
b. Dublin,
Ireland
b. London
Amelia ? ____________
b. Middlesex
Co, Eng.
Robert Mapp
[See
Mapp
family]
John Thomas Mapp
Mary Harriett
Reed
James Chapman Mapp
Maud Mapp
Mary Catherine Carter
Trique
Trottier
Margaut A. Trottier
Ethel Freeman Johnson (daughter of
Edward John) said that the Freemans were French Huguenots and were
kicked out of France, that they went to Jersey Isle. (Might have been
another of the Channel Islands. Many Huguenots first went to one
of the channel islands before moving on to Ireland or England.)
Also have reports that they were from the Isle of Wight or the Isle of
Man, but have not been able to substantiate any of it.
Samuel E. (Edward?) Freeman
1st generation
This is surely the father of Edward Henry Freeman. [If so,
then the "Edward" Freeman line goes back one more generation! -- Samuel
Edward Freeman - Edward Henry Freeman - Edward John "Ted" Freeman - Edward
Victor "Eddie" Freeman - Edward Frederick Midgley Freeman - Edward Frederick
"Fred" Freeman - Edward Andrew Freeman -- 7 generations!!]
At right are 3 Edwards: Eddie,
Ted and Edward.
Samuel E. (probably Edward) Freeman was born about 1833 at St.
James, Middlesex Co, England. (There is a little residential area near
St. James Park called St. James Park, in the west part of London. They
often named little neighborhoods after the local church or a nearby park.)
In the 1841 England census Samuel would have been about
8-9 yrs old. The census shows only one Samuel Freeman born in St. James,
which might be him -- Goswell Street, Clerkenwell, Middlesex Co:
Elizabeth Freeman - 35, born 1806, Middlesex
Samuel Freeman - 9, born 1833, St. James Clerkenwell
James Freeman - 3, born 1838, Middlesex
The mother, Elizabeth, has no husband with her in the 1841 census.
The 1851 census says she was a widow. I don't know where her husband was
in 1841, but she had another Freeman child by 1851.
1851 England census, 54 Ramstone St, Goswell Street district,
St. Mark, Clerkenwell, Middlesex Co:
Elizabeth Freeman - 46, b abt 1805 Ramby Burwell - head, widow,
occ: charwoman
Samuel Freeman - 18, b 1833, b Clerkenwell, Middlesex, Eng. -
occ: gas tinker and brass finisher
James Freeman - 13, b 1838, Clerkenwell, Middlesex - occ: Bonand?
Way (or Bay?)
Emily Freeman - 9, b 1842, Clerkenwell, Middlesex
Samuel married about 1855 to Louisa ? who was born in Germany
about 1838.
In 1856, their first child, Edward Henry, was born at Mile
End, Middlesex Co, England. Mile End is a little burg about 3k on the
east side of London, just on the north edge of Stepney. Maybe the family
soon moved a few blocks away because daughter Amelia was born the next
year in Stepney.
In 1861 the family was living a couple of kilometers west in
Shoreditch (NE part of Greater London). In 1861 the Doyle family
was also living in Shoreditch, London. Since Edward Henry Freeman
and Mary Doyle married about 1881, it seems likely that their families
would have li
ved in the same area. Shoreditch is located
right beside Haggerston Park (listed as the birthplace of 2 of Edward
Henry's daughters and one of Michael Doyle's daughters in the 1891 census).
St. Leonard's church in Shoreditch
1861 England census, George St,
St.
Leonard, Hoxton Old Town, Shoreditch, Middlesex Co, England
Samuel E. Freeman - 31, b abt 1830, St. James, Middlesex Co,
Eng.- occupation: clothier cutter
Louisa Freeman - 23, b abt 1838, Germany
Edward H. Freeman - 5, b 1856, Mile End, Middlesex, Eng.
Amelia L. Freeman - 4, b 1857, Stepney, Middlesex Co, Eng.
It appears that sometime in the
1860's Louisa died. By 1871 Samuel had remarried to Eliza ? and had
a 11-month-old baby. Samuel had the
occupation of a clothier cutter (probably a tailor) in all the census
records.
1871 England census, 16 Bevenden St, Hoxton, Shoreditch,
London, England
Samuel E. Freeman - 40, b abt 1831, Middlesex, Eng. - occupation:
clothier cutter
Eliza Freeman - 30, b abt 1841, Hadley, Middlesex Co, Eng.
Edward H. Freeman - 15, b 1856, Middlesex Co, Eng. - occupation:
tobacco moulder out-employ
Amelia L. Freeman - 14, b 1857, Stepney, Middlesex Co, Eng
- occupation: artificial florist
Willm C. Freeman - 11 months, b Dalston, Middlesex Co, Eng
(just a few blocks north of Shoreditch)
1881 England census, 29 Canterbury Road, St. Jude, Islington,
London, Middlesex.
Saml. Freeman - 50, b London, Middlesex, Eng -- occ: clothiers
cutter
Eliza Freeman - 40
Wm. Freeman - 10, b London
Walter Freeman - 8, b London
1881 England
Census, 31 Penn St., Shoreditch, Hackney, London, England:
Edward H. Freeman - 25, b Mile End - occ: clothiers cutter/tailor
Mary Freeman - 20, b Hoxton, Middlesex, England
Edward
Henry Freeman
2nd generation
Edward Henry
Freeman was born in 1856, Mile End, E London, England. In 1861, 1871
and 1881 his family was not far away in Shoreditch, Middlesex Co, England,
where he met and married Mary Doyle about 1880.
Mary Doyle was born in London in 1858. Her father, Michael
Augustine Doyle, born in Dublin, Ireland, was an artist. (See Doyle art gallery.)
1881 England Census, 31 Penn St., Shoreditch, Hackney,
London, England:
Edward H. Freeman - 25, b Mile End - occ: clothiers cutter/tailor
Mary Freeman - 20, b Hoxton, Middlesex, England
By 1891 both Edward Freeman and his father-in-law were living in
Essex County.
1891 England Census, Essex Co (civil parish: Wanstead, eccl. parish:
St. Margaret, registration district: West Ham, sub district: Leyton)
--
Freeman, Edward
Henry (head) - 38, b Mile End, London, Wanstead, abt 1853.
Freeman, Mary - 30, b Holton, London abt 1861
Freeman, Mary Amelia (daug) - 9, b Haggerston, London
Freeman, Florence (daug) - 5, b Haggerston, London
Freeman, Edward (son) - 1, b Leytonstone, Essex, Eng.
Doyle, Elizabeth (sis-in-law) - 10, b Haggerston, London
Pictured at right is Edward
H. & Mary (Doyle) Freeman
Edward Henry must have died before the 1901 Census --
1901 England Census, 92 Clilfden Rd, Clapton
All Saints, Central Hackney, London:
Mary Freeman - 40, b 1841 Homerton - occupation: shirt maker
Mary Freeman - 19, b 1882, Haggerston, London - occ: account book
binder server
Florence Freeman - 15, b 1886, Hackney, London - occ: account
book print paper
Edward Freeman - 11, b 1890, Leytonston, Essex Co, Eng
Ethel Freeman - 3 - b 1898, Hackney, London
Mary visited her son, Ted in Canada once, sometime after 1914
when he married. So she lived at least until 1914.
Children of Edward H. & Mary (Doyle) Freeman
1. Mary Amelia
Freeman, b abt 1882, Haggerston, London. (I wonder if this is the Matilda
who moved to Australia?)
2. Florence
A. Freeman, b abt 1886, Hackney, London. m Arthur Watson; moved to Australia;
ch:
. . . . 2a) Arthur Watson (ch: Suzanne)
3. Edward
John "Ted" Freeman, b Nov. 10, 1889, Leytonston, Essex Co, England.
Moved to Canada; m Maud Mapp (children: see below)
4. Ethel
Freeman, born 1897; born in England; married Alf Mustart.
Lived in England. Ethel's home address in England was: SYA Burnham Road,
Leigh-on-Sea SS9 2JR, Essex, England.
Children:
. . . . 2a) Eileen
. . . . 2b) Gladys "Buntie" (died of TB, age
21)
5?Matilda
Freeman, born in England, m Charlie Davis; moved to Australia;
ch:
. . . . 5a?) Charlie Davis (no children)
I can find no record of a Matilda in the census records, just family
stories that sisters of Ted -- Florence & Matilda went to Australia.
I wonder if Matilda was Mary Amelia?
Edward John Freeman
3rd generation
Edward
John Freeman "Ted" was born Nov. 10, 1889 northeast of London,
in Leytonston, Essex County. His birth certificate says he was born
at Newcomen Road, Wanstead, Leyton, Essex County. His father died 1898-1901,
before Ted was 11.
The
picture at right is supposed to be of him when he was 16.
If so, he would still have been in England. It looks like he
has a Salvation Army hat on, but not a Salvation Army uniform.
In England, he attended the Church
of England when he was young, but he came to Canada about 1909 (age
20) under the auspices of the Salvation Army as a farm boy. He first went
out west where he eventually bought some land.
Edward and Maud below
Then, later he went to Montreal, where
he met and married Maud Mapp about 1914. She had moved to Montreal
as a teenager to work. Maud was born April 29, 1892, on a
farm in Mont Tremblant,
Quebec (map). She had
red hair and was the daughter of James Chapman Mapp &
Margaret Ann Triquet. (see picture of them. James was born in Barbados and emigrated
to Canada when he was about 19; Margaret was an Irish Protestant, also
with red hair.)
Edward & Maud Freeman lived in the
United States around Lake Placid, then moved to Desoronto, Canada (near
Kingston, Eddie was born there); then to Perry Sound, Ont. (Charlie
born there in 1919) where Edward worked in a munitions factory during
World War II. They were converted at the Salvation Army in Perry Sound
in 1921. He soon became the secretary of the Salvation Army Corps in
Perry Sound.
When the munitions factory closed he
moved to Bracebridge, then to Chatham where he was a painter. In 1938
they moved to Windsor. While in Windsor he and Maud attended the
Salvation Army, Windsor Citadel. (See picture of the 3 Edward Freemans
in their Salvation Army uniforms above.) Six of their children
also attended that church: Ed, Charlie, Bob, Ruth, Dorothy & May.
Ted played the tuba in the band. Years after his death many of the
band members at the church were his family:
Son, Ed - played
soprano cornet
Edward (son of Ed) - played euphonium
Doug (son of Ed) - played baritone
Fred (son of Edward) - played trombone
Mark (son of Edward) - played cornet
Son, Charlie -
played Eb alto horn, 1st chair
Chuck (son of Charlie) - played baritone
Victor (son of Charlie) - played cornet
Keith Paylor (son-in-law of Charlie) - played
_____
Son-in-law, Henry Douglas (husband of Ruth) - played euphonium
Keith Douglas (son of Henry) - played tuba
Son, Bob - played
Eb alto horn
Michael (son of Bob) - played cornet
Roger (son of Bob) - played trombone
(If you know of more, please let me know. I thought there were more
Freemans in that band, but we can't remember.)
Ted & Maud had a dog named Spot when they were old.
Ted died 1961 in Windsor, Ontario, of cancer and was buried in Memorial
Cemetery in Windsor. Maud died about 1962-3 of cancer of the throat.
Below is a picture of Edward
and Maud's family at their 40th anniversary in 1954:
(All are Freemans unless
last name included)
Back row (standing) L
to R: Charlie, Jack Smith, Violet, Bob, George Laliberte, Edward
Sr, George, Jimmy Logan, Edward III, Ed Preswick, Doug, Ethel, Keith,
Edward Jr.
Sitting: Ann,
Margaret, Dorothy, Florence, Maud, May, Jean, Ruth, Bea
Children: Victor
(on Ann's lap), Beth Laliberte, Elaine Laliberte, Diane, Roger, Michael,
Tim Johnson, Kim Johnson, Sharon (standing), Paul Logan, Wendy
Logan (standing), Barry Preswick, Donna Preswick, Chuck, Larry (standing)
Children of Edward and Maud (Mapp) Freeman:
1. Edward Victor, b 1 Apr 1915
in Mont Tremblant, Ontario, Canada; m Beeatrice Midgley
2. Florence Maude, b 29 Apr 1917
in Desaronto, Ontartio; m George LaLiberte
3. Charles Fredrick, b 3 Jan 1919
in Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada; m Anne Davies
4. Ethel, b abt 1921 in Parry
Sound, Ontario, Canada; m Ron Johnson
5. Ruth Elaine, b abt 1923 in
Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada; m Henry Douglas
6. Robert John, b 26 May 1924
in Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada; m Violet Webster
7. May Victoria, b abt 1926 in
Bracebridge, Ontario; m James Logan
8. Daisy Jean, b abt 1928
in Bracebridge, Ontario; m Ed Preswick
9. Margaret, b May 12, 1930; m
Jack Smith
10. William George, b 28 Oct 1932 in Chatham,
Ontario, Canada; m Mary Lou ?
11. Dorothy, b 1933; m Charles Christmas
12. Donald Keith, b Oct 4, 1935; m Barbara
"Roxie" ?
Edward and Florence's wedding, Aug. 7, 1954.
Lily Midgley (Bea's mom), Ed, Bea, Flo, Edward, Maud, Ted Freeman
In front of Ed and Bea's house at 701 Norfolk, Windsor, Ontario