Ella Gertrude Adamson
The grandmother of the author of this page. She moved with her family when very young to “Riverside”, a property on the South Branch of the Muskoka River, upriver from Matthiasville and across the river from Uffington. She related to the author of this page that when she was very young, she climbed from a tree onto the roof of the house, and startled her mother by flapping her arms and shouting “I’m an angel! I’m an angel!” She was a school teacher for a few years before getting married, teaching in one-room school houses and often commuting several miles over rough forest roads by bicycle. Our Family History (p. 129) relates that she was the only girl in the family to ride a bicycle. She also had a horse named Betsey. When she first started teaching, her oldest pupil was only two years younger than her. After getting married she moved to Bracebridge, Ontario, where she lived on Manitoba Street for many years. She sang in the choir at Uffington, and later at St Thomas’ Anglican Church, Bracebridge.
Events
Date of Birth: 26 March 1897.
Place of Birth: “Salem Corners”, Pickering Township, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada.
Her date of birth is given in her birth registration. Her marriage registration gives her place of birth as “Pickering”. The 1901 census gives 26 March as the month and date of her birth, but incorrectly gives 1896 as the year. (It correctly gives her age as 4. The census began on 31 March 1901). The 1911 census gives her birth date as March, 1897. Our Family History (p. 27) gives her birth date as March 26th, 1897, and her birth place as “Salem Corners”. Ella Gertrude Adamson’s daughter agrees that 26 March 1897 is the correct birth date. The author of this page recalls Ella Gertrude Adamson stating that she was born at “Salem Corners”. The property was at the south-west corner of what is now the intersection of Highway 7 and Salem Road.
Date of Death: 5 January 1991.
Place of Death: Ingersoll, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.
Place of Burial: Bracebridge, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada (St Thomas Anglican Church Cemetery).
Her gravestone is here.
Relationships
Father: Henry Gamble Adamson (1849 - 1935).
Relationship to Ella Gertrude Adamson: E.G.A.’s birth registration names her father as “Adamson, Henry”. Her marriage registration names her father as“Henry Gamble Adamson”. (He was also a witness). Henry Gamble Adamson is also named as E.G. A.’s father in the 1901 census (“Adamson, Henry”), and the 1911 census (“Adamson, Henry G.”). Henry Gamble Adamson is described by his daughter Elizabeth Beatrice in Our Family History. Ella Gertrude Adamson spoke about him to the author of this page.
Mother: Elizabeth Beatrice Cooke (1857 - 1920).
Relationship to Ella Gertrude Adamson: E.G.A.’s mother is named in her birth registration (“Cooke, Elizabeth Beatrice”), her marriage registration (“Elizabeth Beatrice Cooke”), and the 1901 and 1911 censuses (“Elizabeth B.”). Elizabeth Beatrice Cooke is described by her daughter, Elizabeth Beatrice, in Our Family History. Ella Gertrude Adamson spoke about her to the author of this page.
Spouse: George Adam Crozier (1890 - 1957). Married 28 July 1920, Uffington, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada (St. Paul’s Anglican Church).
The marriage registration gives the date and place of marriage (Uffington, Draper, Muskoka).
References
Ella Gertrude Adamson, Ontario birth registration: County of Ontario, Schedule A, County of Ontario, page 62, number 45 (26 March 1897); digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://ancestry.ca : accessed 8 March 2014), citing MS 929, reel 139, Archives of Ontario, Toronto. A digital image is available at FamilySearch: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMDL-GQ7
George Adam Crozier--Ella Gertrude Adamson, Ontario marriage registration 014887 (28 July 1920); digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://ancestry.ca : accessed 8 March 2014), citing MS 932, reel 534, Archives of Ontario, Toronto. Digital images are available at FamilySearch: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27D4-RPT
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27D4-RPG
Henry Adamson household, 1901 census of Canada, Ontario, Ontario (west) (district 99), Pickering Township (subdistrict B), division 6, page 4, family 23 (family begins on page 3); digital image, Library and Archives Canada, Censuses (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/census.aspx : accessed 8 March 2014), citing LAC microfilm T-6487
A digital image can be viewed here: http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1901/z/z002/jpg/z000089839.jpg
Image of the previous page here: http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1901/z/z002/jpg/z000089838.jpg
Henry G Adamson household, 1911 census of Canada, Ontario, Muskoka (district 98), Draper Township (subdistrict 5), page 11, family 111; digital image, Library and Archives Canada, Censuses (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/census.aspx : accessed 8 March 2014), citing LAC microfilm T-20385
A digital image can be viewed here: http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1911/jpg/e002003478.jpg
George Crozier household, 1921 census of Canada, Ontario, Muskoka (district 104), Bracebridge Town (subdistrict 23), page 28, family 252; digital image Ancestry.ca (http://ancestry.ca : accessed 8 March 2014)
A digital picture of her gravestone can be seen at the Northern Ontario Gravemarker Gallery:
Hawn, Elizabeth Beatrice Adamson. Our Family History. Gravenhurst, Ontario: Baxter Press Ltd., October 1969.
[Elizabeth Beatrice Adamson Hawn, the compiler, was an elder sister of Ella Gertrude Adamson.]