To reiterate, the term Mary The Younger, was utilized to distinguish between two sisters both of whom were named Mary. The researchers have not been able to identify a second name for either of the two Marys both daughters of Jean Francois Cloutier and Charlotte Salois. The authors have arbitrarily added the appendages "Elder" and " Younger" to distinguish between the two.
Mary 'The Younger' was born in Quebec in 1848 according to census data. She moved with her family to Borelia ( Port Perry) showing up as a 13 year old in the 1861 census. For some reason she is not listed in the 1871 census, but we know that on Sept. 12 1871 she married Mathias Koster. After their marriage, Mary and Mathias continued to live close to Mary's parents Jean Francois Cloutier and Charlotte Salois.
During the family's stay in Borelia, three children were born. Later when the family moved to Brechin, Ontario, an additional four children were born.
It appears that Mary and Mathias Koster moved with their family to Brechin prior to the year 1877 since their fourth child Francis Joseph ws born there. This was the same year that Joseph Cloutier ( Clutchey I ) and Mary Jane Gerow moved to Brechin. Joseph and Mary's son Israel died that year and it was on the 'Trek' to Brechin where he died. Joseph Clutchey and Mary Koster were brother and sister.
In the 1881 census the Koster family is listed as follows:
Koster, Mathias, age 35, German origin, Roman Catholic, laborer, born Germany
Mary C Koster, age 30, French origin, Born Ontario.
The children:
Two interesting observations can be made from the above census reference. First, the initial 'C' after Mary's name is the only indication ever found that Mary had a second name. Second, the identification of Ontario as her birth place was definitely incorrect.
Three tragedies struck the Koster family ironically at intervals of ten years.
John was born May31st 1872 in Borelia, and baptized in St Joseph's church in Beaverton June 16 1872. He married Nora McDonnell on July 11, 1895. The couple had six children as noted below:
Born in 1921, Mary married James McMillan in July 1944. They had four children, Mary Frances born 1945, Robert, Born 1949, Carol, b. 1955 and Katherine, b.1957.
Born June 20, 1923, Earl married Mary, Margaret (Marie) Hamilton ( b.Feb 19, 1928) Sept 22 1947. The couple had nine children. Michael James b. Feb 1, 1951; Paul John, b. June 24 1953; Stephen Francis b. Nov 12, 1954; Joseph Edward,b.Oct 2 1957; Bruce Anthony, b. Apri1 1, 1959; Philip Lawrence, b.Sept 29, 1960; Marie Elizabeth, b.Feb 16,1962; Anne Theresa, b.mar 16, 1964; Louise Margaret,b. Jun 6 1966.
Earl has an amazing history. He was born in York County, now Toronto, and educated at St. John's school, St Bridget's and St. Michael's college, all in Toronto. In 1941 he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and went overseas as an aerial gunner. The life expectancy of a rear tail gunner on a Lancaster Bomber was seldom more than a few operations. However Earl, flying out of Squadron 61 (RAF), almost completed an entire Tour of Operations (29 operational flights) and was finally shot down on his very last mission After bailing out Earl was taken prisoner by the Germans and remained in a prison camp until the end of the war. On his return to Canada at the end of the war, Earl was promoted to Pilot Officer and discharged in 1945
After the war, Earl attended Ryerson Institute and studied Technical Drawings. He then joined the Hydro as a draughtsman and later worked for the city of Scarborough for 30 years until he retired in 1985. It was in his beautiful Elora home in the fall of 2002 that he and his lovely wife Marie entertained this writer. Here, too, we learned much about the Koster family.
Dorothy ws the third child and second daughter of John Walter. She was born on December 28 1924 and died in 1979. Dorothy married Gordon Dane in 1947. They had two children, Brenda b. 1950 and Debra, b. 1954?
Born August 7 1926, Nora married Norman Sweezey in 1949. Their two chosen children were, Christine and Susanne
John was born Jan. 29, 1928 and died Mar. 10, 1998. His first marriage was to Marcy Pikarski in 1957 and his second was to Shirley Britnell in 1980, a marriage which ended in divorce.
Born Mar. 11 1929, Patricia died Feb 15, 1997. Her marriage in 1947 to William Carter produced two sons, Daniel, b. 1949 and Ross, b. 1954.
Clara was the second child of Mary ( the Younger) and Mathias Koster. She was born Feb 20 1874 and baptized in St. Joseph's church Beaverton, Mar 1. 1874. Her sponsors were John Clutchey and Mrs. J. Clutchey. Apparently her birth was not registered until 1950. The Ontario registration facts are:
" Clara Matilda Koster, female, born Februay 20th 1874, Father: Mathew Koster, residence Port Perry, Ontario Racial Origin, German, profession, grain buyer, Mother, Mary Clutchey, racial origin, French, age 24 Canadian, Profession, Housewife, Children living at the time of birth, none, born dead, none"
ED. NOTE:
The birth was registered Sept. 6, 1950 at the post office, 410 Lansdowne Ave. Toronto, sworn before the registrar, (Routliffe), by Anna Elizabeth Downey. Clearly Anna Downey was not aware that Clara Matilda had an older brother, John Walter, when she registered the birth
Clara married Francis Chris Carter, around 1897. They had three children, but few details are known. The Carter children are: Francis, b. July 24, 1897, d. Sept 28, 1918, Roy and Jack whose vital statistics are not known.
Mary ws born on the 27th of May 1876 and died died on the 25th of August at the age of three months.
Francis was born June 24 1877 and worked as a painter. At the age of twenty, he contracted peritonitis and died after an illness of only seven days. Francis' baptism was recorded at the Uxbridge Sacred Heart church. The church records are as folllows:
Coster (sic) Francis Joseph, born Port Perry June 24, 1877, baptized June 29, 1877, parents, Mathew Coster (sic), born Germany and Mary Cluchey (sic), born Lower Canada. Sponsors Francis Fay and Mary Hickey. Priest, I. M. Enter
Ann was born Feb 8 1880 in Port Perry. From the Sacred heart Chuch in Uxbridge her baptismal record reads as follows:
" Coster (sic) Ann Elizabeth, born Borelia Township, Reach, on Feb. 8, 1880, baptized, March 14, 1880, parents, Mathew Coster (sic), born Germany and Mary Clutier (sic) born Canada, P.Q., sponsors, Mark Lupen and Mary Prudom (sic) priest, M. McCall.
Ed. Note: It seems the change in priests did not improve the spelling.
Ann married Patrick Downey on July 26, 1910 in St. Patrick's church Toronto.Some of the marriage details are as follows:
The couple had two children. While no details are known the children's names were, Audrey and Alice
William Joseph was the youngest son of Mathias Koster and Mary Clutchey. He was born in Brechin on August 2nd 1882 and baptized Sept. 10, of the same year. He married Lottie Marjorie Reed b. Sept 16, 1879 in Lansing Michigan, on Sept 5th 1904. The couple lived in Peterborough. Lottie died Feb 18 1962 at the age of 81. William died Dec. 15, 1966 in his 85th year. They are both buried in St. Peter's cemetery in Peterborough. William and Lottie had five children. The children and their families are as follows:
Born Nov. 19, 1905, Paul married Doroth Metcalfe (b. 1908 d. 1987). Paul died 1983. Both are buried in Peterborough. Paul and Dorothy had three children:
Born May 24, 1934, she married Donald Francis Ferguson on June 14th 1954. Gail and John have four children,
Born 1955 she married Scott Kirkpatrick and they have two children, Christopher Scott, b. 1983 and Kimberley Ann b. 1990.
Born 1956, he married Frances Boutin. they have a daughter, Sarah, Jessica, b. 1987
Born 1959, Reed has a son Jake Henry Reed
Robin was born April 7 1964
April 28, 1948 was the date of birth of Jane. She married Donald Albert Tully in 1967 and the couple have two children, Cheryl Ann, b. 1967 and James David Paul b. 1969
Born Nov 19, 1951, Michael married Lynda Charlene Harris. Their three children are: Alana Michelle, b. 1979, Ashley Lynne, b. 1983 and Katie Leanne, b. 1986
Wiliam was born Sept 7 1907. He was the second son of William Joseph Koster and Lottie Reed. He married Eileen Smith and the couple had a daughterDianne born 1943. Dianne married a John Sampano and they had two sons. No other details are known of this family.
Marjorie was born in Peterborough July 21, 1909. She was the first daughter of William Joseph Koster and Lottie Reed. She married Charles Leslie Outram (b. 1922) in Oct 1947 and the couple moved to the Toronto area. Their two children were David and Debbie Ann. Grace was a home maker and suffered from asthma. Charles was a maintenance supervisor. Summers were spent at their cottage at Britt Ontario and it was here they purchsed land and began a seasonal resort (trailor park). After five year they sold the business and moved to Sudbury Ont. where Grace died in 1975 of heart problems. Charles continued to live in Sudbury until his death is 1982. The two children are as follows:
David was born Dec 26 1952. As a youngster David was an active athlete particularly in baseball and hockey. As a teen he played in an Air Cadet band including a full summer at Expo in Montreal. After completing High School in Parry Sound, he attended Sir Sandford Fleming College in Peterborough studying Electro-Mechanical Technology. Upon graduation, he obtained a position with General Motors in Oshawa and married Maureen Lamondin, also a graduate of Sir Sandford Fleming in Childhood Education. They have two children, Jessica Lois (b. 1975) a graduate of Trent University and Colin Leslie (b. 1978) whose interests are computers Tai Chi and music.
Born Dec 23, 1957 Debbie married Greg Swackhammer in 1973. They have two children, Eric born 1975 and Angela born 1977. Both children were born in Hamilton. Debbie's second marriage was to Dennis Ross in 1979 in Sudbury Ontario.
Carl was born Mar. 4 1914. He married Elizabeth Greenway and the couple had three children We have no information about the familly except for some of the details of the children as follows
Carl William was born Noov 28 1942. He married Helen Houghton, (d. 1981) and they had two children. Kimberly and Darryl
Paul was born July 20, In 1975 at the age of 31 he married and later divorced Linda Foster. Their only child was Mathias William. Paul's second marriage was to Nicole Marie Godin who had a son Michael.
The third child of Carl Mathias and Elizabeth Greenway was a girl, Linda Marjory born Oct. 20 1945. She married Victor Alexander Robertson, and their two children are Nancy, born 1972 and Elaine born 1973.
Born may 29 1921, Arleigh Marie was the fifth child of William Joseph Koster and Lottie Reed. She married and later divorced Keith Shepard. Arleigh and Keith had rwin girls Donna and Debra. Arleigh's second marriage to Earl Armstrong also ended in divorce in 1981. Information on the twins is as follows.
Donna was born Aug 23rd 1956. She married and later divorced James Kenneth Armstrong. The eldest child of Donna and James was James Jr. ( b. 1977) who married Nora Carere. Their son is James Austin.
Debra Ann, twin sister of Donna, married and later divorced Robert Hartke. Their son William was born Oct 3rd, 1978
Mary Loretta was the last child born to Mary (the Younger) Clutchey and Mathias Koster. She was born Oct 24 1884 in Brechin, Ontario. On Dec. 31, 1910 she married Frank McDonnell. The couple had two children, Gerald and Marie. We have no further details of this family.
Four years after the death of Mathias, Mary married Louis Major who also lived in Brechin. Facts gleanded from the marriagae registration read as folllows:
In 1891 the family was still living in Brechin. The census listing of the family is as follows:
SOME INTERESTING OBSERVATIONS FROM THE ABOVE CENSUS DATA INFORMATION.
The two children born to mary and Louis Major are not included in the Census of 1981, but their names are Clara and Lizzie. At the moment we know little about the latter two children