Latest revision as of 01:01, 22 September 2025

Who's Who at Mississauga Meeting Room, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (EB/TW/TW-N) +1861-2021+

Includes Toronto +1861-1992? & Old Mill 1992?-2010?

Early Leadership (+1861-1985+)

• F.W. Grant @ Temperance Hall +1878 @ The Tabernacle 1879+
• Samuel Watley Hallows @ Temperance Hall +1878 @ The Tabernacle 1879+ (b. 1843 Eng. - d. 1914 Toronto, ON) +1878-1914; printer;
• Joseph Lesslie @ The Tabernacle +1878-1889+ (b. 1813 Dundee, Angus, Scot. - d. 1904 Toronto, ON) +1861-1904?; postmaster @ 1871;
• James Strachan Cartwright @ The Tabernacle +1889+ (b. 1840 Kingston, ON - d. 1913 Toronto, ON); +1881-1889+ attorney;
• James Henry George McNairn @ Essery Hall +1881-1917+; (b. 1837 - d. 1927 Toronto, ON); general insurance agent;
• George Gausby @ Yonge & Gerrard +1896-1908; (b. 1824 Birmingham, Eng. - d. 1908 Toronto, ON); +1896-1908; dry goods bookkeeper
• Joseph Flemming Murray @ Yonge & Gerrard +1908-1918 (b. 1851 Ireland - 1918 Toronto, ON); banker
• John Livingstone Willis @ Yonge & Gerrard 1914-1919 (b. 1863 St. John, N.B. - d. 1934 Yeunkong, Chi); 1906-1919; banker 1881-1918 @ Royal Bank
• Thomas McMahon @ Essery Hall +1914-1917+
• James Fleck +1923-1925+; coal importer;
• C.M. Chase +1923-1927+
• E.B. Hartt +1923-1927+
• J.C. Hayhoe +1923-1927+
• A. St. LeTrigge +1923-1927+
• J.C. Hayhoe +1923-1951+
• R.J. Hayhoe +1923-1951+
• R.B. Hayhoe +1927-1951+
• Walter E. Smith +1944-1966+
• A.P. Clark +1962-1966+
• George E. Hayhoe +1962-1973+
• Lloyd Judd +1973+
• Arthur P. Hayhoe +1973-1985+
• Clifford Copeland +1973-1985+
• Errol Ferguson +1985-1999+
• Peter Fosters +1985+

Alumni Families

• Start years;
• Current leadership 1990's-2020's+ presently unlisted;

+1860's

Bark & Ody families

• Robert Broadfoot Bark (b. 1810 - d. 1838 Gloucester, Eng.)
  • m. Nov. 29, 1832 @ St. Mary, Hampton, Richmond Upon Thames, England
• Mary Anne Ody Bark (b. 1807 Wales]] - d. 1892 Toronto, ON) +1861-1892 nurse & widow
  • Charles William Bark (b. 1835 Eng.) +1861-1871+ upholsterer;
    • 1st wife: E.M. Smith, m. 1862 @ Toronto, ON +1862+
    • 2nd wife: Jane Bark (b. 1841 Eng.) +1867-1871+
      • William Bark (b. 1867 Toronto, ON) 1867-1871+
      • Robert Bark (b. 1868 Toronto, ON) 1868-1871+
  • Sarah A. Bark (b. 1834 Eng.) +1861+

• Lucy Ody (b. 1811 Eng.) +1861+

Lesslie family

• Joseph Lesslie (b. 1813 Dundee, Angus, Scot. - d. 1904 Toronto, ON) +1861-1904?; postmaster @ 1871;
• 1st wife: Sarah Elizabeth Graham Lesslie (b. 1817 Canada - d. 1883 Toronto, ON) +1861-1883; dau. of Dr. James E. Graham (b. 1783 PA)
• 2nd wife: Isabella Cooper Lesslie (b. 1835 Guelph, ON - d. 1897 Toronto, ON); Free Church; remarried Rev. Thomas Rattray (b. 1815 Dundee, Scot.), Cong. min.
  • Grace Elizabeth Lesslie Harding (b. 1844 Dundas, ON); +1861-1881+; 1881 @ Prince Edward, ON m. Edwin John Harding (b. 1848 Regent St., Middlesex, Eng.)
  • James Graham Lesslie (b. 1846 Toronto, ON - d. 1873 Toronto, ON); +1861-1871+
  • Dr. Ralph Lesslie (b. 1851 ON - d. 1893 Middlesex, Eng.); +1861-1871+
  • Joseph Walter Lesslie (1854-1907 Toronto, ON); +1861-1872+; 1883 @ Toronto, ON m. Agatha Maud Yarwood Baldwin (1861-1923 Toronto, ON)
  • Mary Graham Lesslie Bell (b. 1855 Toronto, ON - d. 1917 Montreal, QC); +1861-1881+; 1883 @ Toronto, ON m. Thomas Dick Bell (b. 1855 Hamilton, ON - d. 1905 Montreal, QC)
  • Georgina Sophia Lesslie (1856-1873 Toronto, ON) +1861-1873
  • Louisa Lesslie (b. 1860 Toronto, ON - d. 1934 Woodstock, ON); +1861-1881+; 1889 @ Toronto, ON m. Andrew Bell (b. 1861 Montreal, QC - d. 1923 Foster, Brome-Missisquoi, QC); son: Lieut. Andrew Lesslie Bell (b. 1891 Montreal, QC - d. 1915 Langemarck, Belgium; KIA @ WW1), civil engineer;

Lilly family

• John Arch Lilly (b. 1816 Gosport, Eng.) Episcopalian
• Emma Lilly (b. 1828 London, Eng.) +1861+
  • Francis Lilly (b. 1858 ON) +1861+
  • Elizabeth Jane Manning (b. 1841 CAN) +1861+

Moses family

• George Moses +1861+
  • possibly George Ansten Moses (b. 1849 Isle of Wight, Eng. - d. 1938 Toronto, ON)
    • m. Emma Etta Moses (b. 1851 ME - d. 1931 Toronto, ON)

Ridout family

Children all born in Toronto. Family all Church of England except eldest son Charles Ridout.

• George Ridout (b. 1791 Montreal, QC)
• Isabella Ridout (b. 1809 Ire.)
  • Charles Ridout (b. 1831) +1861+
  • Isabella Ridout (b. 1833)
  • Jane Ridout (b. 1836)
  • Sarah Ridout (b. 1838)
  • William Ridout (b. 1839)
  • John Ridout (b. 1842)
  • Harriet Ridout (b. 1844)

1870's

Grant family

• F.W. Grant @ Temperance Hall +1878 @ The Tabernacle 1879+

Hallows family

• Samuel Watling Hallows +1878-1914 (b. 1842 Wangford?, Suffolk, Eng. - d. 1914 Toronto, ON); printer;
• Harriet H. Hallows +1878-1891+ (b. 1845 Eng. - d. 1929 Toronto, ON)

1880's

Cartwright family

C of E @ +1871 & 1891+

• James Strachan Cartwright @ The Tabernacle +1881-1889+ (b. 1840 Kingston, ON - d. 1913 Toronto, ON), son of John Solomon Cartwright & Sarah H. Cartwright; 1866 @ Toronto, ON m.
• Harriet Anne Cayley Cartwright +1881-1889 (1838-1889 Toronto, ON), dau. of William Cayley & Emma Robison Cayley
  • Emma Mildred Cartwright +1881-1889+ (b. 1870 Kingston, ON - d. 1933 Toronto, ON)
  • James Stewart Cartwright +1881-1889+ (b. 1874 Kingston, ON - d. 1940 Berkshire, Eng.), lived @ Cape Town, South Africa;
  • Robert John Cartwright +1881-1889+ (b. 1879 Toronto, ON - 1895 Toronto, ON; heart disease)

McNairn family

• James Henry George McNairn @ Essery Hall +1881-1917+ (b. 1837 - d. 1927 Toronto, ON); paper manufacturer; "no religion" @ 1921;
• Emeline Irene Seaton McNairn +1881-1921+ (b. 1842 ON - d. 1934 Toronto, ON), dau. of Leonard Seaton & Almira Wing Seaton;
  • Dr. William Harvey McNairn +1881-1891+ (b. 1873 - d. 1953 Dundas, ON); lecturer @ McMaster University; m. Hester Agnes Wilson;
    • Robert Harvey McNairn @ Waterdown, ON;
    • Rev. Norman A. McNairn @ Philadelphia, PA; 1938 @ Regina, SK m. Margaret Marion East, dau. of Rev. S.B. East;
    • Ian S. McNairn @ Dundas, ON;
    • Capt. Ruthven Colquhoun McNairn @ Dundas, ON; (b. 1914 Toronto, ON - d. 1946 Hamilton, ON); Algonquin Regt. R.C.I.C. journalist @ WWII.
  • Edgar Norman McNairn +1881-1884 (1869-1884 Toronto, ON; d. typhoid)
  • Harvey Turner McNairn +1881-1888+ (b. 1870 Toronto, ON)

Trigge family

+1891+, +1911-1916/1925 @ Hamilton Meeting Room, ON

• Capt. Alfred Trigge +1881+; +1901+ (b. 1834 Eng. - d. 1916 Hamilton, ON);
• Jane "Anna" Rogers Shepherd Trigge +1881+; +1901+ (b. 1842 Eng. - d. 1925 Hamilton, ON;
  • Emma Trigge Bodie - Baptist @ 1911 (b. 1859 Eng.)
  • Mary Trigge Murray +1881-1918+ (b. 1866 Eng.)
  • Arthur Trigge +1881+ (b. 1863 QC)
  • Ethel Trigge Sclater +1881+ (b. 1870 Eng. - d. 1949 Los Angeles, CA)
  • Theodora "Dora" Trigge +1881+ (b. 1872 Eng.)
  • Cathtan Trigge +1881+ (b. 1874 Eng.)
  • Henry Trigge +1881+ (b. 1876 Eng.)
  • Keniln Trigge +1881+ (b. 1879 Eng.)

Trigge staff

• Ellen Maria Taylor Ashlee - Bible Christian @ 1881 (b. 1856 ON - d. 1898 Toronto, ON); cook
  • Methodist @ 1871 & 1891
• Maria Chetwind +1881+ (b. 1851 Scot.); governess
• Catherine Kirch +1881+ (b. 1855 Germany); nurse
• Annie L. Lucas +1901+ (b. 1862 Eng.) servant
• Lousia Ninia +1881+ (b. 1862 Eng.); maid

1890's

Gausby family

• George Gausby @ Yonge & Gerrard +1896-1908; (b. 1824 Birmingham, Eng. - d. 1908 Toronto, ON); dry goods bookkeeper
• Elizabeth Wheeler Gausby +1896-1908+ (b. 1826 Eng.)
  • Elizabeth Grace Gausby (b. 1858 - d. 1929)
  • Edith Wilkins Gausby +1896-1908+ (b. 1869 - d. 1947)
  • Alice Gausby +1896-1908+ (b. 1850 Eng.)
  • Emily Mercy Gausby +1896-1908+ (b. 1859 Eng. - d. 1954 Toronto, ON)
  • Amy Winefred Gausby +1896-1908+ (b. 1861 Eng. - d. 1931 Toronto, ON)
  • Mary Gausby +1896-1908+ (b. 1866 Eng. - d. 1955 Toronto, ON)

1900's

Murray family

• Joseph Fleming Murray @ Yonge & Gerrard +1908-1918 (b. 1851 Ireland - 1918 Toronto, ON); banker; son of Hugh Murray & Ann Fleming Murray; 1898 @ Wentworth, ON m. Mary Trigge
• Mary Trigge Murray +1881-1918+ (b. 1866 Holloway, Middlesex, Eng.)
  • dau. of Capt. Alfred Trigge +1881-1901+ (1834-1916) & Jane "Anna" Rogers Shepherd Trigge +1881-1901+ (1842-1925); See Trigge family under 1880's.

Willis family

1881 @ St. John Meeting Room, NB; +1891-1906 @ Port Hope Meeting Room, ON;

• John Livingstone Willis @ Yonge & Gerrard 1906-1919 (b. 1863 St. John, N.B. - d. 1934 Yeunkong, Chi); banker 1881-1918 @ Royal Bank, mgr @ Port Hope, 1906 mgr @ Toronto; asst. supervisor for Ontario; lived 1-2 years @ Montreal; retired 1918, and left in 1919 to establish independent mission;
• Anna Frances Boulton Willis
  • John Somerville Willis (b. 1891); m. Mary Fleck; 1934 @ Toronto
  • I.D. Willis @ Montreal, QC
  • J.C. Willis @ Bible Tract Depot @ Shanghai
  • Mrs. H.B. Collier @ Chi
  • Miss Helen Willis

1910's

McMahon family

• Thomas McMahon @ Essery Hall +1914-1917+

1920's-1930's

Chase family

• C.M. Chase +1923-1927+

Fleck family

Also see Hamilton Meeting Room, ON & Richmond Meeting Room, BC. Mary Fleck's husband John S. Willis was a brother of laboring brother George "G." Christopher Willis 1889-1921 (1889-1973 Toronto, ON), and their father John Livingstone Willis was a well-known banker (Royal Bank of Canada) in Canadian circles until his retirement in 1918 of which a longtime interest in mission inspired him a year later to join his son George Christopher 1889-1921 in missions. John L. managed a Port Hope branch of Royal from 1889-1906, then a Toronto branch awhile, then was appointed assistant supervisor for Ontario which he held until his retirement. He also resided a year or two in Montreal, as per his obit in the Montreal Gazette. John L. & Anna Willis were both PB at the time of their wedding in Toronto in 1885. As early as 1881, John was in fellowship at the age of 17 at St. John, NB as was his mother Avis Willis-Davidson (b. 1851 NB) and step-father William J. Davidson (b. 1842 NB), and John's younger three siblings.

• James Fleck +1911-1931+ (b. 1868 Scot. - d. 1946 Toronto, ON), son of Alexander Fleck (b. 1853 Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scot. - d. 1932 Vancouver, BC).
• Lydia Hutchison Shaw Fleck +1911-1931+ (b. 1874 Irvine, Ayr, Scot.), daughter of Michael Hutchison & Margaret Hutchison.
  • Mary C. Fleck Willis +1911-1921+ (d. 1929 Indianapolis, IN); Husband (1924 @ Toronto, ON): John Somerville Willis (b. 1891 Durham, ON), son of John Livingstone Willis +1885-1889, 1906-1919 (b. 1862 St. John, NB - d. 1934 Yuenkong, Ch.) & Anna Frances Boulton Willis +1885-1889, 1906-1919 (b. 1859 Ailsa Craig, Luxembourg - d. 1929 Yeun Kong, Ch.). John S. & Mary were UCC by 1931, both Presby. in 1924 at the time of their wedding. See above.
  • Annie Fleck +1911-1921+. From 1921-1931, Annie was still residing with her parents but was affiliated with the Baptists in 1931.
  • Robert Douglas Fleck +1911-1925+ (b. 1904 Toronto, ON); 1925 @ Toronto m. Viola Irene McDonald Fleck +1925+ (b. 1902 ON), dau. of William McDonald & Roxaline Lovering McDonald;

Hartt family

• E.B. Hartt +1923-1927+

Hayhoe family

• J.C. Hayhoe +1923-1927+
• R.J. Hayhoe +1923-1951+
• R.B. Hayhoe +1927-1951+

• George E. Hayhoe +1962-1973+
• Arthur P. Hayhoe +1973-1985+

Others

• Harry Martin +1921+ (b. 1902 ON) lived @ McNairn's; insurance;
• Emma Mitley +1921+ (b. 1868 USA) lived @ McNairn's

St. LeTrigge family

• A. St. LeTrigge +1923-1927+

1940's-1950's

Smith family

• Walter E. Smith +1944-1966+

1960's

Clark family

• A.P. Clark +1962-1966+

1970's

Copeland family

• Clifford Copeland +1973-1985+

Judd family

• Lloyd Judd +1973+

1980's

Ferguson family

• Errol Ferguson +1985-1999+

Fosters family

• Peter Fosters +1985+

Sources

• Ancestry.com
  • 1890 Toronto city directory