Out in the Niagara area a couple of weeks ago and visited a cemetery in Jordan. Came across this impressive stone and family plot. I wondered what a man did in his life to command such a memorial?
Roy Webster Haines was born on 16 September 1876 to parents Webster G Haines (Haynes), a farmer and Sarah E Laws in Lincoln County. (1)
I find Roy with his parents in the 1881 & 1891 census still in Lincoln County along with brothers Archie and Merril. Webster was of German descent, and Sarah was English. Their religion is Disciple.(2) In the 1881 census I notice a Laws and another Haines family living close, and suspect they are related.(3)
I'm wasn't able to find much more about Roy but did see that he was married Louisa Johnson on 24 July 1911 in Windsor, Ontario(4)
His death certificate listed his occupation as a broker and he passed away May 6, 1914 at 62 College St, Toronto, York County, Ontario from septic poisoning after a bout of pneumonia. Yikes. Interestingly, the registration was stamped corrected 27 March 1941 and signed by A. J. Haines (his brother). The only correction I think might have been made was to his age. It was originally written as 30 years but corrected to 37 years, 7 months, and 21 days. I wonder why?!
His obituary provided a little more information. Roy was an employee of Great Western Securities in Toronto. His funeral took place on 10 May 1941 at the family house in Jordan, and then buried at the methodist cemetery at Jordan Station. (5) More searches proved fruitless so I decided to search for information about him on newspapers.com.... finally, some information that explains the lavish burial plot. There were additional articles in the St Catharines Standard. On May 7, it was explained that Roy was a successful man in real estate with a suite of offices in the Kent Building. He was able to handle "large surveys" and was a generous, aimable and popular man who's business interested extended into the "old country" (Germany?). Sadly he died at 9 A.M. after a brief illness, with his wife and mother at his side He died as a result of ptomaine blood poisoning (old term for food poisoning), despite the best medical treatment and attendance.(6) Then there was a follow up article published about his funeral in the same paper on May 14. Roy was the sole proprietor and manager of the Great West Securities Company. He funeral was the largest the village had seen with flowers from 12 friends and people in attendance came from the Standard Bank, the Title and Trust Company in Toronto as well as friends from Victoria Harbour. His pallbearers were Albert, Morgan and James Wismer, William Troup and George High, all of Jordan and W. Haines and A. J Johnson of Toronto.(7)
(1) Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Series: Registrations of Births and Stillbirths, 1869-1913; Reel: 24; Record Group: Rg 80-2
(2)Canadian Census Year: 1891; Census Place: Louth, Lincoln and Niagara, Ontario, Canada; Roll: T-6351; Family No: 40
(3)Canadian Census Year: 1881; Census Place: Louth, Lincoln, Ontario; Roll: C_13254; Page: 18; Family No: 90
(4) Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 152
(5) St. Catherines Standard. St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada · Saturday, May 09, 1914. Page 1
(6)St. Catherines Standard. St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada · Friday, May 07, 1914. Page 2
(7) St. Catherines Standard. St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada · Thursday, May 14, 1914. Page 2
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