MARY 'THE ELDER' CLUTCHEY

As in many catholic families there was more than one child named 'Mary' and more than one child named 'Joseph'. Indeed we need not go any further than our own Pilon family from Saskatchewan in which five members of the Cecilia Cloutier and Marcel Pilon family are named Mary. Obviously each is commonly known by her second name. For our purposes we have named the first Mary born to Jean Francois Cloutier and Charlotte Salois in 1841 as "Mary the Elder".

         (1841-1920)

Mary the Elder ws born in Yamaska Quebec. Mary the Younger was born approximately seven years later in1848.

At the age of 17 Mary (the elder) married Thomas Tucker. The Ontario Couty register records the marriage thusly

Thomas Tucker 20, residence Reach Township, father Mikel, mother Mary Tucker, married Mary Clutchey, 17, residence Reach Township, Father , John, mother Charlotte Clutchey: Date of marriage, January 8, 1860. Witness Joel Woodcock, minister William Hurburt

Perhaps the most interesting feature of this registered marriage record is that it illustrates for the first time the change in the family name from CLOUTIER TO CLUTCHEY.

Some other interesting observations from this written register

1. The unusual spelling of Thomas Tucker's father's name i.e. 'Mikel'
2. Mary's age '17', if she ws born in 1840 and married in 1860, she must have been 20.
3. Only one witness.. Three months later Mary witnessed the wedding of Joel Woodcock to Toms's sister Susan Tucker
4. The use of a 'minister' as opposed to a priest who performed the ceremony. Evidently Tom was a protestant. This is supported by the fact he was buried, when he died, in an Anglican cemetery.

The Hotel Busines

Though Mary and Tom lived in the village of Prince Albert for a time it appeared that Tom did not farm long. He ran a hotel in the town of Leaskdale near Uxbridge from 1874 to 1878 and later the family moved to Sunderland Ontario where again Tom ran a hotel. Tom was only 49 when he died of consumption, leaving Mary with eleven children the youngest of whom was Thomas 5 years old.

The Children of Mary Clutchey and Thomas Tucker

• MARTHA (b.1859-d.1932)

  She married Angus MacMillan, on Sept. 15 1886, She died Jan 16 in Toronto and Angus died three months later. Both are buried in Sunderland Ont.

• CHARLES (b.1863-d.1943)

  He married Florence Gibbs. He was a 'tailor' by profession. Charles is buried at Little Lake cemetery in Peterborough Ont. Flo went to the United States when Charles died. She is buried in Idaho. They had one child, INA, who died and was buried in Idaho.

• SARAH (b.1867-d.1917)

  She married James Christie, who was a 'butcher'. Both are buried in Sunderland, Ont. There is no record of any children.

• FREDERICK (b. 1868-d. ?)

  He married a sister of Florence Gibbs. He also was a 'tailor'. He died of sunstroke at Camp Borden while in the military and is buried at Flecherton, Ont. The couple had one child, Norris, who died in a train accident.

• ROSELLE (b.1872-d. ?)

  She married John Tipp (son of a German farmer). John also was a 'tailor'. Their children were; Garnett, Clifford, Claude, Cecil, Muriel, Graydon. The family moved to Edmonton, where it appears that Roselle died and was buried.

• EMMA (b.1875-d.1903)

  Emma married Robert 'Dobbin' Went. In the 1901 Census, they lived in Orillia. Robert was a printer. They had three children; Ruby(b.1896) Robert R. (b.1899) and Charles (b.1901).

• CLARA (b.1877- d. ?)

  Little information is known of Clara. She married a man whose surname was Fox. It is believed that they lived in the Peterborough area. There is no record of children.

• ALBERTA (BERT) (b. 1879 - ?)

  Bert married Peter Thompson, a truck driver who was killed in WWI. They had three daughters, Dorothy, Jewell, and Barkley and lived in Toronto.

• THERESA (1881 -d. ?)

  One of twin girls. Theresa married William Mein (Mean?). They adoped a young girl whom they called Stella.

• VERNA (b. 1881 -d. ?)

                                 Mary (Clutchey) Tucker and daughter Theresa (Tucker) Mein

  

  The above photo was taken from a postcard from Peterboro addressed to Miss Ella McMillan Sunderland Ont.     The photo was dated Oct 6 1911.  In the photo are Theresa and her mother Mary  (Clutchey) Tucker.        Photo courtesy of JB

   

  Twin sister of Theresa, she married William Gammie. Their children were; Marie, Toots, William and June.

• THOMAS (b.1884 -d. 1942)

  The last of the Mary Clutchey and Tom Tucker children. Thomas married Violet McCall. They had no children. They lived in Peterborough and both are buried at Little Lake Cemetery.

THE MARTHA TUCKER, ANGUS MacMILLAN FAMILY

This family is the only one of the children of Mary Clutchey and Tom Tucker that leaves behind much trace. Martha married Angus MacMillan, Sept. 15th. 1886. Angus was born Sept,3rd. 1848 in Mariposa Twp. His parents were Alexander MacMillan and Christina Gillespie. All of their children were born in Sunderland. Sometime between 1911 and 1914 the family moved to Toronto. Angus was a 'sawyer' and worked in the North until he was severly injured in a sawmill. The children were as follows;

• LILA (b.1887 -d. 1980). She married Lesley Samis of Orono. There were no children.
• ELLA MAY (b. 1889 -d. 1972). She married William James Smith. Their children were John (b. 1915 - d. 1972). He married Helen Charlotte Good (children: George William and Donald Bell):Norman Alexander(b.1917 -d. 1984). He married Lorraine Doris Cummins (children: Rodger Norman, Sandra Diane):Thelma May (b.1919 -d. ?). She married Ernest Ford (children: Bryan, Rhonda May, Donna Lynn, Colin Frank, and James Charles.) Ella Jean (b. 1921 -d. 1978). She married Alvin St. John. (no children). Barbara Joan (b. 1929 - ). She married Peter Thomas 'Bud' Burns, They had two children.
• MARGARET ANN(b.