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An obit here for Ola Jean Kemp who died 2003. It mentions her sisters Marion Harris, Laura Englesdorfer and June Hamilton. It also says predeceased by sister Eilene Titus.

http://strathroy.denningfuneralhomes.com/tribute/details/2688/Ola-Kemp/obituary.html

Terrance's death notice at the Legion's Last Post site:

https://legionmagazine.com/en/last-post/?mode=entry&id=153346

Lance-Corporal Terrance M. TITUS
Date Deceased: November 1st, 1994
Age: 75

Service Information
Rank: Lance-Corporal
Unit: Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Period of Service: World War II
Service Numbers: A9039

Legion Branch Information
Legion Branch: Caradoc Branch, Mount Brydges, Ontario, Canada
Legion Title: Life member

You might find that the Legion would be helpful in passing contact info to a family member, if there are members remaining who knew Terrance.

https://www.facebook.com/RCL251/

2500 Veterans Drive
Mount Brydges, Ontario N0L1W0
(519) 264-1580

Friday night's post:
"Legion is closed. Friday Night Darts is cancelled. Due to the weather. Stay home and watch Team Canada play in the gold metal game."
:-)

You can send a message via Facebook. (I'd make it brief with your email address, so as not to get stuck in Facebook's messaging thing!)


Strathroy and Mt Brydges are both small towns outside London, Ontario -- if Terrance and Eilene had children, they would most likely be in London or another larger centre.

... However, there are 2 Titus listings in Strathroy at present, and they must be fairly closely related at least:

http://www.canada411.ca/search/?stype=si&what=titus&where=London%2C+ON

(last two in the list)

It does look as if whoever wrote Vera Hamilton's obit just listed the sisters, and assumed they were all still alive.

But the suggestion still stands - the funeral home could maybe put you in touch with the family.

Eileen Have you established if Terence and Constance ever divorced ?...

Yes - I agree Margaret - I need to get my head round it all , which isn't easy at my age (80) !

Erin - No I haven't , but I will chat to Valerie today and ask her - thanks for the prompt !

You saw the info about the Legion, Eileen ... ?

Just for info, this is the inscription on Terrance's headstone:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185099130/terrence-micheal-titus

Terrence Micheal Titus (yes, all spelt that way)
1919-1994


This is him with his family in the 1921 census (free to search at Ancestry)

Charles Fatus 44 laborer
May Fatus 37
Cecilia Fatus 13
Patrick Fatus 10
Clarence Fatus 7
Ruth Fatus 4
Terrence Fatus 2

(Ancestry's transcriptions of Canadian censuses are about as bad as it gets.)

In Woodstock, another town close to Ingersoll, near London.

I would try finding marriages for siblings, but I am so tired of getting familysearch's
"We are unable to display search results due to technical difficulties. Please try searching again in a few minutes."
yet again that I might throw my monitor through a window the next time.

FindAGrave has a memorial for a Charles born 1903 buried in Ingersoll who I would suspect is an older brother,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180449887/charles-henry-titus

No; a different one -- familysearch finally responds.

1911 census:

Charles Titus Head M 35 Ontario
May Titus Wife F 33 Ontario
Maud Titus Daughter F 3 Ontario
Charles Titus Son M 0 Ontario (born Charles Kennedy Titus)

Cecilia married Joseph Edgar Beswarick, 1925. For the rest, no luck.

Patrick Titus
in the Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1946
Name: Patrick Titus (married)
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Birth Date: abt 1911 (image says 20 May 1911 )
Birth Place: Ontario
Death Date: 14 Nov 1936
Death Place: Bruce, Ontario, Canada
Father: Charles Titus
Mother: Mary Jane Kennedy
Informant: his mother.
Cause of death:
Exposure in water after boat had sunk off Pointe au Barques [ Lake Huron, Michigan ]. Body was found in the water about one mile north of Saugeen river.




Mr Patrick Charles Titus
in the Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952
Name: Mr Patrick Charles Titus
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Year: abt 1911
Birth Place: Ontario
Marriage Date: 5 Nov 1935
Marriage Place: Port Huron, St Clair, Michigan, USA
License County: St Clair
Age: 24
Residence Place: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Father: Charles Titus
Mother: Mary J Kennedy
Spouse: Rose Helen Brooks
County File Number: 24345
State File Number: 77 5304
Film: 212
Film Title: 77 St. Clair 2720-5999
Film Description: St Clair (1930 - 1936)


EDIT:

A tree on Ancestry says Patrick was actually Charles Patrick Kennedy Titus, and the same person as the "wrong" Charles mentioned above by JC.

So Charles in 1911 census isn't wrong - he's the same person as Patrick in 1921.


Charles Kennedy Titus
in the Ontario, Canada Births, 1858-1913
Name: Charles Kennedy Titus
Date of Birth: 20 May 1911
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Wellington, Ontario, Canada
Father's name: Charles Titus
Mother's name: May Kennedy

Ah interesting, and tragic, a week before first wedding anniversary.

Cecilia's husband was actually named Edgar Joseph Beswarick at birth. There are records of an Edgar Beswarick in a 1946 crew list in Minnesota, Duluth and Wisconsin, Superior Crew Lists on the Viscount Bennett (so obviously a Canadian vessel).

I wonder whether Patrick also worked on the Great Lakes. And whether the sinking was newsworthy. Ancestry shows only 4 other deaths on that date, 3 women and 1 man, but I can't see details.

Marriage of Terrance's sister Ruth?


Ruth Jessie Marie Titus
in the Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1935
Name:
Ruth Jessie Marie Titus
Gender:
Female
Age:
18
Birth Year:
abt 1916
Birth Place:
Ingersoll. Ontario.
Residence:
235 Chippewa St. Sarnia Ontario.
Marriage Date:
27 Feb 1934
Marriage Place:
Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada
Father:
Charles Titus
Mother:
May Titus
Spouse:
Martiems John Smit

Oh Joannie - only just seen your post - thank you so much. That is marvelous ... Ha ha - the info is coming fast and furious now and I can't believe how everyone is so willing to help me !! The info all looks very promising and I will be kept busy sorting it all for Val.
Her Dad Terry was just a name to her and when I found his grave headstone pic she was so excited because she saidhe suddenly became a real person to her. I'm hoping somehow to find she has half-siblings who are still alive .... she would be over the moon! Thank you to everyone !

Owen Sound, ON (Lake Huron) Motorship HIBOU Sinks, Nov 1936 ...
https://www.gendisasters.com/.../owen-sound-on-lake-huron-motorship-hibou-sinks-n...
Owen Sound, ON (Lake Huron) Motorship HIBOU Sinks, Nov 1936. Submitted by Stu Beitler ... The vessel, a steel bottomed 100-foot remodelled tug from Detroit, cleared this port at 4:30 a.m. today and is believed to have sunk within half an hour off Squaw Point four miles north of here. MISS JOHNSON was the only woman ...

(Can't open this - site currently not available, apparently.)



The Last Trip of the Season Saturday, November 21, 1936
steamboatstories.ca/hibou.pdf
The Sinking of the Hibou. THE SETTING FOR A TRAGEDY. O n November 21, 1936 the 121.8 foot freight and passenger steamer Hibou sank just a few kilometers NNE of the port of Owen Sound. Seven members of her crew of seventeen went down with her. Two of those bodies were never recovered. Unlike most ...


(Can't open this one either !) EDIT: Yes, It has opened - it's a 24-page PDF file.

The "Hibou" was a car ferry which also carried cargo.
Patrick's not listed as a crew member, so presumably was a passenger.

Margaret & Argyll. -I can't thank you enough ... you've given me so much to explore. For some reason, I don't seem to have access to any of this with my Ancestry subscription - only the records for when Terrence was here in uk in the army.

Joannie - the Legion/ army records are particularly interesting and useful and I will explore further .... thank you

? Marriage of Charles Titus and Mary Jane Kennedy

From Family Search.org....looks like 1905 Marriages from Film Reel

Charles L Titus

mentioned in the record of Charles L Titus and Mary Jane Kennedy






Name Charles L Titus. Laborer. Residence : looks like Ingersol
Event Type Marriage
Event Place , Oxford, Ontario, Canada
Gender Male
Age 29
Father's Name Henry Titus
Mother's Name Ann Talbot
Spouse's Name Mary Jane Kennedy Residence : Mattawa
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 24
Spouse's Father's Name Patrick Kennedy
Spouse's Mother's Name Jane Egan

From Familysearch.org...1901 Census for Patrick Kennedy snr and Jane Egan....
Patrick Senior is on separate page...


Name Patrick Kennedy (jnr)
Event Type Census
Event Date 31 Mar 1901
Event Place Nipissing, Ontario, Canada
Gender Male
Age 22
Marital Status Single
Nationality Canadian
Ethnicity Irish
Religion Roman Catholic
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Son
Birth Year (Estimated) 1879
Birthplace Ontario
Page 8



Household

Role

Sex

Age

Birthplace

Jane Kennedy Wife F 50 Ontario
John Kennedy Son M 26 Qc
Tun Kennedy Son M 24 Ontario
Patrick Kennedy Son M 22 Ontario
Mary Kennedy Daughter F 20 Ontario
Lornie Kennedy Son M 18 Ontario
Cecila Kennedy Daughter F 16 Ontario
Daniel Kennedy Son M 15 Ontario
Terrance Kennedy Son M 13 Ontario
Martin Kennedy Son M 12 Ontario

All the childrens Birth Marriages etc are to be found on Family Search...
You will be there forever...

Erin - I am most grateful for all the info - I'm looking forward to being occupied with looking them all up on Family Search ! I didn't manage to talk with Val today but hoping to do so tomorrow. - she will be thrilled! Off to bed now ...????????

Until I get my Ancestry sub renewed, anybody want to look at these results on the Canada voters' lists?

https://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=2983
or
https://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=2983

depending on where your sub is

Terrance Titus 1958 Middlesex, Ontario
Terrance Titus 1972 Middlesex, Ontario
Terrence Titus 1965 Middlesex, Ontario
Terrence Titus 1957 Middlesex, Ontario

It's possible that there would be a voting-aged adult child in the household in 1972 (the last available).

Thank you Joonie. I couldn't chat with Val yesterday as she was out but she's phoning me today. The info I'm really looking for is any clues to Terrence and Eilene's children - the nearest of which seems to have been the Voters ref 1972 posted by ArgyllGran which names likely sons Charles and Ronald. The address is RRI Mt Bridges, which after I googled it, turns out to be Rangeland Research Institute.

I also would love to know when Terrence and Eilene married. Val says she doesn't know the year of her parents divorce. I will try to find in the uk records.