Courtesy of BC Archives collections
Call Number G-00264

William Henry Newton

   
born: Abt. 1833 in Bromley, Kent, England
married: September 30, 1856 to EMMALINE JANE TOD in First English Church, Victoria, B.C., Canada
died:  21 January 1875, New Westminster, B.C., Canada

With grateful thanks to Al Kline.

If you have input about any of the following family lines, drop Al some email.


     WILLIAM HENRY NEWTON is listed in the Victoria City section of the 1874 B.C. Directory, but as a farmer at the mouth of the Fraser River, which would be across Georgia Straight from Victoria.  It is believed that most of his family were residents of Victoria at that time.

     Children of WILLIAM NEWTON and EMMALINE TOD are:

  1. EMMALINE FRANCES NEWTON
    b. Abt. 1858, Fort Langley, B.C., Canada.
  2. FLORENCE MARY NEWTON
    b. 8 August 1859, New Westminster, B.C., Canada
    d. 2 March 1944, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
  3. ADA NEWTON
    b. 3 December 1861, B.C.
    d. 19 December 1934, Provincial Mental Hospital, Essondale, B.C.
    .
  4. HENRY JOHN NEWTON
    b. 14 January 1864, New Westminster, B.C., Canada
    d. 4 September 1949, Hammond, B.C. Canada
    m. HANNAH MARY COLLAWAY, 12 November 1896, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
  5. GEORGINA WAUGH NEWTON
    b. 14 March 1866, Victoria, B.C., Canada
    d. 22 November 1935, St Joseph's Hospital, Victoria, B.C., Canada
  6. WILLIAM GREENSHIELD NEWTON
    b. Abt. 1871, Victoria, B.C.
    d. 23 September 1896, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

=Emmaline Jane Tod's family lines=

Courtesy of BC Archives collections
Call Number A-01729

Emmaline Jane Tod
-born 3 December 1835 in Fort Alexander, York Factory District
-daughter of 2. John Tod and 3. Eliza Waugh
-died 28 December 1928 in Victoria, B.C., Canada

First husband
William Henry Newton
-married September 30, 1856 in First English Church, Victoria, B.C., Canada
Second Husband:
Edward Mohun
-married November 22, 1878

=Emmaline's parents=

2. John Tod
-born October 1794 in Dunbartonshire, Scotland
-son of 4. James Tod and 5. Jean Greenshields
-died August 31, 1882 in Victoria, B.C., Canada
3. Eliza Waugh
-married bef. 1835 in London, England
-born Abt. 1807 in Wales
-daughter of 6. ? Waughand7. Letitia ?
-died May 12, 1857 in Guy's Hospital, London, England

=JOHN TOD's Wives and Children in chronological order=

Info not from Al Kline is from The Pioneer Explorations of "Scotch Boy" John Tod

Courtesy of The Pioneer Explorations of "Scotch Boy" John Tod

Island Lake (near York Factory)

Catherine Birston
daughter of Magnus Birston,
assistant trader at Island Lake, and Nancy Indian

i. James Tod
-born 1818 in Island Lake, York Factory District
-died January 27, 1904 in Cedar Hill, Victoria, B.C., Canada
-married Flora MacAulay October 15, 1857 in Victoria, B.C., Canada

 Fort McLeod

     Singing Girl

Referred to as such from a letter Tod wrote to friend Edward Ermatinger in 1826, in which he said, “My fellow labourer in the vineyard is possessed of an excellent ear for music and never fails to accompany me on the flute with her voice when I take up the instrument.”

i. daughter Tod

For more more info on Singing Girl -- what little there is-- please see The Pioneer Explorations of "Scotch Boy" John Tod


Split Lake

     Unknown "local Woman"


Courtesy of BC Archives collections
Call Number PDP03242

 London

     Eliza Waugh

i. Emmaline Jane Tod
-born December 03, 1835 in Fort Alexander, York Factory District
-died December 28, 1928 in Victoria, B.C., Canada
-married (1) William Henry Newton September 30, 1856 in First English Church, Victoria, B.C., Canada
-married (2) Edward Mohun November 22, 1878.

Courtesy of BC Archives collections
Call Number A-01438

 Fort Kamloops

    Sophia Lolo

i. Mary Tod
-born 1843 in B.C.
-died Abt. 1914 in California
-married John Sylvester Bowker May 24, 1864 in Oak Bay, B.C., Canada
ii. John Tod
-born Abt. 1849
-died September 05, 1889.
iii. Alexander Tod
-born Abt. 1849
-died September 05, 1889 in Victoria, B.C., Canada
iv. Isaac Tod
-born Abt. 1849
-died March 28, 1892 in Plumper Passage, B.C., Canada
v. William Tod
-born May 12, 1854 in Fort Victoria, Vancouver's Island
-died April 27, 1881 in Oak Bay, B.C., Canada
vi. Elizabeth Tod
-born 1858 in B.C.
-died November 14, 1884 in Victoria, B.C.
-married James Smith Drummond August 11, 1878 in First Presbyterian Church, Victoria, B.C., Canada
vii. Simeon Tod
-born 1859.

=John Tod's parents & siblings=

4. James Tod 5. Jean Greenshields
-born December 11, 1774 in Leadhills, Lanark, Scotland
-Daughter of Thomas & Letitia Greenshield
-married December 08, 1793 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland

i.

John Tod
-born October 1794 in Dunbartonshire, Scotland
-died August 31, 1882 in Victoria, B.C., Canada
-met (1) Catherine Birston 1818 in Island Lake
-met (2) Singing Girl Abt. 1824;
-met (3) unknown Abt. 1833;
-married (4) Eliza Waugh Bef. 1835 in London, England;
-married (5) Sophia (Martha) Lolo August 17, 1863
ii. Thomas Tod
-born Abt. 1798 in Bonhill, Dumbartonshire, Scotland
iii. Agnes Tod
-born Abt. 1800 in Bonhill, Dumbartonshire, Scotland
iv. Mary Tod
-born October 07, 1802 in Bonhill, Dumbartonshire, Scotland
v. Margaret Tod
-born Abt. 1805 in Bonhill, Dumbartonshire, Scotland
vi. Jean Tod
-born February 08, 1807 in Bonhill, Dumbartonshire, Scotland
vii. Clementina Tod
-born March 09, 1809 in Bonhill, Dumbartonshire, Scotland.
viii. James Tod
-born February 20, 1811 in Bonhill, Dumbartonshire, Scotland
-married ? ? in St Thomas, Ontario, Canada
ix. Syme Tod
-born June 11, 1813 in Bonhill, Dumbartonshire, Scotland
x. Elizabeth Tod
-born Abt. 1821 in Scotland
-married ? Anderson in Scotland

=Eliza Waugh's Parents & sister=

6. Unknown Waugh 7. Letitia Unknown
 
married ?
i. Eliza Waugh
-born Abt. 1807 in Wales
-died May 12, 1857 in Guy's Hospital, London?, England
-married John Tod Bef. 1835 in London, England.
ii. Jane Waugh
-married unknown Lloyd

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