Moffatt Family of Russell, Ontario

Perhaps, the biggest surprise to me and I know it would have been to my mother and grandmother was that they came from a true Canadian family with roots
we can trace back, on my mother's side to early Canadian settlers which lead back to Jean Baptiste Morin from Normady, France born in the late 1500’s,
who was my 10th great grandfather.

My mother's grandmother Ellen Moffat was the daughter of John Moffat 1838-1923 and Emily Morin 1849-1921 and they had a large family consisting of twelve
children. It is through the family line of Emily Morin that we can go way back in time before Canada was a nation, for now we will deal with the Moffat family..

The Moffat family is quite complicated due to the size of the family and how many Moffat's there are.

We will concern ourselves here with the Moffat family of Russell, Ontario and the Ottawa region that leads to my mother.

Moffat Family Tree

Robert Moffat my 3rd great grandfather was born about 1805 in County Fermanagh, Ireland and died before 1861 in Cumberland, ON., Canada. he married
Catherine Johnston born on December 10, 1811 in Ireland and died on November 25,1906 in Cumberland, ON., Canada

Children of Robert Moffat

John Moffat born around 1838 in Ireland and died September 21, 1923 in Rockland, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada

James Moffat born December 1840 in Cavan, Ireland, James married Emily Lough born in 1845 in Quebec and they had seven children.

Children of James Moffat

• Mary Moffat 1866-?

• Louis Moffat 1871-1947 in Russell, Ontario, Canada

• Lucies Moffat 1872-? in Russell, Ontario, Canada

• Lizzie Moffat 1875-? in Russell, Ontario, Canada

• William Moffat 1879-? in Russell, Ontario, Canada

• Laura Moffat 1882-? in Russell, Ontario, Canada

• Lena Moffat 1883-? in Russell, Ontario, Canada

John Moffat married Emily Morin born 15 MAY 1849 in Cumberland, Ontario and died February 11, 1927 in Cumberland, Russell, Ontario, Canada.
Emily Morin, is my 2nd great grandmother and it is her family we can trace way back.

Children

• Robert Moffatt 1868-1948 married Ethel Maud McMillan 1878-1963 and they had 8 children

• Rosie Catherine Moffatt 1868–1958 married Elgin Surtees 1867-1939 and they had 6 children

• Ellen Moffatt 1871-1947 married John Henry Walker 1877-1940

• Emma Moffatt 1871-1930 never married and is buried with her parents

• John Moffatt 1873-1958 married Florence Cameron 1879-1939, they are buried with their son Sidney, his wife and son.

• George Moffatt 1875-1904 married Ada Bertha Mennie 1879-1962, they had one son and she remarried and is buried with both husbands

• Maria Moffatt 1877-? married John G Miller 1873-?

• James Eric Moffatt 1978-? married Jean Harriett Moir 1885-1943 moved to Manitoba and had on son.

• Eva Moffatt 1880-1967 married Samuel Edward Dolman 1882-1943 and they had three daughters

• Samuel Moffatt 1886-? married Gertrude Louise Jones 1892-? and they had three daughters and a son

• Henry Edgar Moffatt 1888-1967 not married died in British Columbia

• Thressia Moffatt 1891-?

Ellen Moffatt married John Henry Walker 1877-1940

Children

• Lucy Lucinda Walker 1901-1966 married on July 20, 1921 in Russell, Ontario George Frank Kritsch 1903-1976, they had no children. However, Lucy Lucinda
Walker did have a child Eleanor May Moffat 1920-?. Eleanor, was known as Aunt Eleanor by my mother, but in fact they were cousins! In the 1921 Canadian Census
Lucy was not living at home with her child, she was living elsewhere as a servant. Eleanor is found in the 1921 Canadian Census as a daughter of John Henry Walker
and Ellen Moffat. This was not uncommon for the day in order to protect the reputation of the family and the daughter. Parents often took on the role as parent of the
child to avoid public shame, unless the daughter was sent away and the child was adopted as was the case of my father's sister.

• Gladys Emily Walker1903-1976

In 1921 my grandmother, Gladys Emily Walker, had left home and was found in the 1921 Canadian Census as a servant to the Whelan family.

• Florence May Walker 1906-1924
Died at 18 years of age and was buried with her parents in Rockland, Clarence Township, Russell County, Ontario, Canada.

• Sydney John Henry Walker 1910-1978
Married Cecile Eglophire Cote 1913-2003 in 1929 at Hull (cathédrale Très-St-Rédempteur), Québec. They had two children.

Question For Visitors

I am in possession of a wedding invitation I found in my mother's things and I have asked all the family members I know if they knew anything about this person.
Anyone who can help it would be very much appreciated.

The invitation reads as follows:

Mr. and Mrs Wesley Moffat request the honour of your prescence at the wedding of his sister Doreen Moffat to Lancelot Arthur Thomas Bell on Saturday
October 19, 1957 at four o'clock Kingston Road United Church Kingston and Scarborough Roads Toronto. Reception: The Guild Inn.

Please contact me if you know who this is.

Morin Family Tree