Guelph Meeting Room, ON

History

The Guelph Meeting Room was an exclusive brethren assembly founded prior to 1861, and active thru 1933 as part of the Tunbridge Wells exclusives.

Alumni

Fear family

• Edwin Wilcox Fear (1816-1895) was born in 1816 in Devon, England, presumably where he was introduced to the Brethren. In fact, by 1841 he was employed as a rigger in Stoke Dameral, an inner suburb of Plymouth. By 1851, he had emigrated to Ontario, Canada and employed as a schoolteacher in Brantford as a schoolteacher, and registered with the census as "Christian Brethren". He relocated to Guelph by 1861, and died in London, Ontario. See Edwin's bio for more on his family.

Goddard family

In 1881, M.M. boarded with the Edward & Mary Stovel family.

• M.M. Goddard +1881+ (b. 1856 U.S.)

Harvie family

Robert Harvie was a bookseller in 1897, living at 501 Yonge St., Toronto with his wife Florence and child. But previously, in 1891 Florence was registered as married, but living with her parents in Guelph.

• Robert Harvie
• Florence Mary Stovel Harvie 1870-1891+ (b. 1870 Guelph, ON), daughter of Edward Stovel (1842-1905) & Mary Anne Turner Stovel (1851-1930). See Stovel family.
  • William Edward Stovel (b. 1897 Toronto, ON)

Hayhoe family

Edward emigrated from England, presumably with the state church, as a missionary to the Ojibway tribe of Indians in the Bruce Peninsula of Ontario and his first time noted of being gathered was in 1861 with the Guelph assembly when Darby was visiting.

• Edward Hayhoe +1861+ (b. 1843 Coltishall, Norfolk, Eng. - d. 1913 Toronto, ON), son of James Hayhow (b. 1818/1823 Wells, Norfolk, Eng. - d. 1848 North Aylesford, Kent, Eng.) Mary Popay Brunton-Hayhoe (b. 1808 Ashmanhaugh, Norfolk, Eng.). 1891 @ Belleville, ON.
• Susanah Sara Munnings Hayhoe (b. 1854 ON - d. 1921 Toronto, ON), daughter of Benjamin Munnings (1830-1903) & Maria Woodgate Munnings (b. 1828 Necton, Suffolk, Eng. - d. 1918). Benjamin & Maria Munnings were PB as early as 1871, when they resided in Colborne, Huron South, ON.
  • Ralph James Hayhoe (b. 1876 ON - d. 1959 Etobicoke, Toronto, ON). 1st wife: Alice Frances Bickell Hayhoe (b. 1878 ON - d. 1905 Toronto, ON), daughter of George Bickell (b. 1839 Dundas, Hamilton, ON - d. 1919 Toronto, ON) & Mary Jane Ross Bickell (b. 1848 Eng. - d. 1903 Toronto, ON). 2nd wife: Eva Eleanor Green Hayhoe (b. 1878 ON - d. 1969 Etobicoke, ON).
    • Marjorie Grace Hayhoe (1902-1983 Toronto, ON)
    • George Edward Hayhoe (b. 1904 Toronto, ON)
    • James Boyce Hayhoe (b. 1909 York, Toronto, Haldimand, ON - d. 1982 Yarmouth, Elgin, ON). Wife: Jennie Beckwith Buchanan Hayhoe (b. 1911 Denison, Lawrence, IL - d. 1990 St. Thomas, Elgin, ON), daughter of Ralph Ernest Buchanan (b. 1883 Denison Twp., Lawrence, IL - d. 1959 Lawrenceville, Lawrence, IL) & Gertrude Minnie Beckwith Buchanan (b. 1884 East St. Louis, St. Clair, IL - d. 1957 St. Francisville, IL).
    • Harold Loftus Hayhoe (1911-1987 Toronto, ON). Wife (1936 @ Moulton, Haldimand, ON)): Irene May Neff Hayhoe (b. 1913 Moulton, ON - d. 2012 Toronto, ON), daughter of Herbert Elvin Neff (b. 1884 Rainham, Haldimand, ON - d. 1958 Dunnville, Haldimand, ON) & Emma May Pickrell Neff (b. 1884 Woodstock, Oxford, ON - d. 1967 Dunnville, ON).
    • Harriet Aileen Hayhoe (1912-1973 Toronto, ON).
    • Edwin Ralph Hayhoe (b. 1915 Parkdale, Toronto, ON - d. 1998 Pine Grove, Norfolk, ON). Wife: Orma Forsyth Hayhoe (1919-2001).
    • Evelyn Frances Hayhoe Martin (b. 1921 Parkdale, Toronto, ON - d. 2009 Etobicoke, ON). Husband: Melvin William Martin (b. 1919 - d. 1979 Etobicoke, ON), son of William Charles Martin (b. 1882 South Shields, Durham, Eng. - d. 1956 Springfield, MO) & Ethel Caroline Bunce Martin (b. 1892 Paddington, London, Eng. - d. 1966 Montreal, QC).
  • Robert Benjamin Hayhoe (b. 1878 Hamilton, ON - d. 1955 Toronto, ON). Wife (@ Montreal, QC): Elizabeth M. Millard Hayhoe (b. 1875 - d. 1961 Toronto, ON). On his attestation papers for WWI, Robert put down that he was born in Cambridge, England, but censuses indicate his parents were in Hamilton during that time. He was employed as a tea merchant in 1914, and a miner in 1917.
    • Frank Robert Hayhoe (1908-1911 Toronto, ON)
    • Arthur Percival Hayhoe (1911-2002 Toronto, ON). Wife (1937 @ Toronto, ON): Dorothy Susands Hayhoe (1911-2004 Toronto, ON), daughter of Ernest William Susands (b. 1879 Frindsbury, Kent, Eng. - d. 1946 Toronto, ON) & Isabella Jane Kimpton Susands (b. 1879 Kent, Eng. - d. 1968 Toronto, ON). Both Arthur & Dorothy were PB at the time of their wedding, but it was officiated by John Gibson "Jock" Inkster, who pastored Knox Presby. Church 1920-1938. Knox later had pastors including Dr. Ian Rennie (1929-2015), prof of Church History @ Regent College & Tyndale who was raised OB in Winnipeg, MB, as well as Dr. Alistair Donald MacLeod (b. 1938).
    • Mabel Elizabeth Hayhoe (b. Nov. 5, 1914 Toronto, ON)

Stovel family

• William Stovel +1861+ (b. 1803 Goodwood, Sussex, England), and was living with his family in Guelph by 1861, and identified as Plymouth Brethren. His wife and children were all born in England as well.
• Mary Stovel +1861+ (b. 1804)
  • Charles Stovel +1861+ (b. 1834) bricklayer
  • Mary Ann Turner Stovel +1861+ (b. 1841)
  • Edward Stovel +1861-1903+ (b. 1842 London, England - d. 1905 Toronto, ON) served +1903+ as a correspondent at the Guelph assembly. Wife: Mary Anne Turner Stovel +1871-1911+ (b. 1851 Eng. - d. 1930 Guelph, ON). The Turner family naturalized in 1846, immigrating in 1850.
    • Florence Mary Stovel Harvie 1870-1891+ (b. 1870 Guelph, ON). See Harvie family.
    • Eva Annie Stovel Tilt 1872-1911+ (b. 1872 Guelph, ON - d. 1954). Husband (1896 @ Wellington, ON): John Franklin Tilt +1911+ (b. 1865 - 1955). See Tilt family
    • Edna E. Stovel Tatham 1876-1919+ (1876-1956 Guelph, ON). See Tatham family.
    • Olive Edith Stovel 1880-1881 (1880-1881 Guelph, ON)
    • Lois Eunice Stovel 1883-1919 (1883-1919 Guelph, ON)
  • Jonathan Stovel +1861+ (b. 1845)
  • Nathaniel Carr Stovel +1861+ (b. 1847) served 1879-1881+ as a correspondent at the Winnipeg Meeting Room, MB.

Tatham family

• Charles Goodeve Tatham +1894-1918 (1854-1918 Guelph, ON) served as a correspondent at the Guelph assembly from 1894-1918.
• Edna E. Stovel Tatham +1894-1918+ (b. 1876 - d. 1956)

Tilt family

In 1871, John Tilt's father Francis resided in Galt, ON and was employed as a horse doctor (aka veterinary surgeon). Mary, his 1st wife, emigrated to Waterloo, ON by 1851, and died of tuberculosis. No church registered until 1881 when identified as CoE. In 1897, John was employed in Toronto as an upholsterer.

• John Franklin Tilt +1911+ (b. 1865 - d. 1955), son of Francis "Frank" Tilt (b. 1838 ON - d. 1914 Hepworth, Bruce, ON) & Mary Pedder Tilt (b. 1839 Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, Eng. - d. 1877 Blair, Waterloo, ON).
• Eva Annie Stovel Tilt 1872-1911+ (b. 1872 Guelph, ON; m. 1896 Guelph, ON; d. 1954), daughter of Edward Stovel (1842-1905) & Mary Anne Turner Stovel (1851-1930). See Stovel family.
  • Olive Ethel Tilt (b. 1897 Toronto, ON).

Sources

• Ancestry.com
  • Censuses 1851-1861
• EB AAB's 1878-1879