Death of Charles Tye

I have yet to find an "official" document confirming the death of Charles Tye. He shows up in the 1885 Toronto directory but not 1886.
In the 1886 publication The Dominion Annual Register and Review there is a reference to a bricklayer named Charles Tye being killed by a train in Oct 1885.

This afternoon I was browsing old Toronto newspapers for an unrelated project and came across an Oct 12, 1885. issue of The Toronto World.( a newspaper that ran from 1880-1920). On the very first page I found a news story that I think is Charles. Charles wife Julia Higgs remarried in 1886 and was listed as a widow so I am quite sure these stories refer to our Charles Tye.

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Elizabeth Tye

Elizabeth Tye Mother of Eleanor Thornton Bain Elizabeth Tye was born on 11 Jun 1874 in Toronto, Ontario. She was the sixth child of Charles Tye and Julia Higgs. Walter Scott Thornton and Elizabeth Tye had the following children: Robert Ernest Thornton was born on 02 Apr 1901 in York, Ontario, Canada. Eleanor May Thornton was born on 13 Aug 1904 in York, Ontario, Canada. Walter Tye Thornton was born on 15 Jun 1902 in Toronto. Gladys Ellen Thornton was born on 02 Jan 1899 in York, Ontario, Canada, Toronto. Elizabeth was killed by a taxi in Toronto on March 2,1938. She had early dementia and had gone missing after a walk. I believe the taxi driver was charged with manslaughter.

Walter Scott Thornton

Walter Scott Thornton was born on January 15, 1878. Son of Robert Martin Thornton and Ellen Smith. Walter Thornton Birth Certificate (1948 re-issue) He married Elizabeth Tye , daughter of Charles Tye and Julia Higgs on Dec 11,1889 in Toronto. Walter Thornton Marriage Walter and Elizabeth had four children: Gladys Ellen, Walter Tye Thornton Eleanor May Thornton Robert Ernest Thornton

Robert Martin Thornton

Robert Martin Thornton was born on Aug 10,1850 in Dundee, Scotland ( Could be Monifieth, Angus, Scotland) The son of Peter Simpson Thornton and Mary Swaddell. He had eleven siblings, John Swaddel, Lydia, David, William, Peter Simpson, James Easson, Etthal Aison (Easson), Peter, Mary Jane, Samuel, and Janet Eason "Jessie". He arrived in Canada about 1857 He married Ellen ( Helen ) Smith,daughter of Richard Smith and Grace Smith, Feb 20,1871 in York, York, Ontario, Canada. Robert Martin Thornton and Ellen ( Helen ) Smith had the following children: Walter Scott Thornton was born on 15 Jan 1878 in Ontario. Peter Thornton was born on 02 Jan 1872 in Ontario Grace Thornton was born on 29 Jul 1874 in Toronto, David Thornton was born in Dec 1879 in Toronto Ontario (about). I believe Ellen died in early 1880. Iam trying to confirm if she died during childbirth or shortly after. Robert married Phoebe Edwards about 1880 in Toronto. Robert

Bain / Thornton Genealogy

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