Maltby Family of New
Brunswick
Part
I
(V.) Thomas1 Baker Maltby, son
of Capt. ThomasA
Maltby, JohnB Jr., JohnC, WilliamD; born
on 17 June 1792 in Scarborough,
married Margaret1
(Kirton) Stainsby, widow
of William Stainsby, of
Sunderland, Durham Co., England, on 11 May 1816 in Monkwearmouth Church, Durham
Co., England, by Rev. T. Cemicott. She
was born in 1790, and
she had married to William Stainsby on 16
Feb. 1813 in Sunderland, England. Her
parents have not yet been discovered, but a Margaret Kirton,
daughter of Ralphand Maudlin/Magdelene
(Thompson) Kirton was baptized on 19
Sept. 1788 in Sunderland, Durham Co., England, who
may have been the wife of Thomas Baker Maltby. Ralph
Kirton married Magdelene Thompson on 23
Dec. 1786 in Sunderland.
Thomas Baker Maltbywas taught navigation by his father, Capt.
Thomas Maltby, and he sailed from Sunderland Roads for Quebec,
Canada, with his wife and
their small daughter, just one month old, in his own ship, on 2
May 1817. They
landed in Newcastle, Northumberland
Co., New Brunswick, in July 1817,
where they settled, and he carried on an occupation as a “joiner,” with a
sideline in the undertaking business, assisted by his sons. In the
1851 Canadian Census they were living in Newcastle,
NB, and Hiram and Mary Anne Fish were living with them:
The great Miramichi Fire of 1825,
destroyed most of the region, but apparently the home of Thomas Baker Maltby
was spared. Doreen M. Arbuckle, in The
North West Miramichi, wrote that only 6 houses were left standing in the
town of Newcastle, and since both
the jail and courthouse were destroyed, the courts were held at the home of Thomas
B. Maltby until a new courthouse could be built.
Thomas Baker Maltby died on 2
Feb. 1857 in Newcastle, NB,
aged 64 years, and
was buried on 5 Feb. 1857 in the cemetery of St. Paul’s Anglican Church on
Water Street in Chatham Head, across the river from Newcastle, near the banks
of the Miramichi River. Margaret Maltby was a widow, living in Newcastle,
in the 1861 Canadian Census.
Margaret (Kirton) Maltby died there also on 6
June 1868, aged 78 years, and
was buried in St. Paul’s Anglican Churchyard in Chatham Head on 11 June 1868.
The biographical sketch of Thomas
Baker Maltby in Willis Hamilton’s Dictionary of Miramichi Biography
says, “The family settled at Newcastle,
where he was one of the first carpenters. He was active in this trade for forty
years and played a large part in the rebuilding of the town after the Miramichi
Fire. He was a cabinet make also, and a builder of caskets. He was in serious
financial trouble in 1835 but continued his business.”
“Grandfather
Maltby,” as he was called by John Albert Fish, “was a kindly gentleman, smoked his pipe and
went on with his work in his own happy way, working hard. He brought up quite a
large family, and was a man highly respected among his fellow townsmen. He was
a charter member of the Sons of Temperance in Newcastle,
and by religion an Episcopalian. He had a very sweet musical voice, and sang in
the church choir. His funeral was one of the largest held for a long time, and
on a very cold winter's day.”
Thomas Baker Maltby and Margaret
Kirton had children:
A. Mary2 Anne Maltby, born
on 25 Mar. 1817 in
Sunderland,
England, baptized at
Bishopwearmouth
Church, Sunderland,
was brought to New Brunswick in
her infancy, and married Hiram Fish, son
of William and Sophia Fish, of Newcastle,
NB, on 27
Oct. 1835 in Newcastle. He was
born ca. 1815 in the U.S.,
baptized with a brother and sister in St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Chatham
Head, NB, by Rev. Sam Bacon on 12 Mar. 1825, and
was a tanner and currier in the 1851 Canadian Census in Newcastle,
NB, living with her parents. In 1839
Hiram joined Oliver Willard in “Willard
& Fish,” tanners and curriers, but the business was dissolved in 1944
when Hiram Fish went into business for himself. He
died by 1861, and she was a widow living in Newcastle in the 1861 and
1871 Canadian Censuses, where she ran a boarding house. In the
1881 Canadian Census her daughter and son-in-law, James V. and Mary Ann Benson, were
living with her in Newcastle. She
died on 13 Feb. 1890 in
Newcastle,
aged 72 years, and
was buried from St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, Newcastle,
on 16 Feb. 1890. They
had nine children:
1. William James Fish, born
on 23 Jan. 1837 in
Newcastle,
baptized on 1 June 1837 at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, died
unmarried on 29 Aug. 1861,
presumably in New Brunswick,
probably before the 1861 Canadian Census was taken. He was not listed in his
mother's household in the 1861 census.
2. Margaret Fish, born
on 17 June 1838 in
Newcastle,
baptized on 6 Aug. 1838 in St. Paul’s Anglican Church, was
still unmarried and living with her mother in the 1861 Canadian Census in
Newcastle,
a dressmaker. She married William
Morrison in, say, 1866. He was
born ca. 1840 in NB, of Scottish ancestry. They were
living near her widowed mother in Newcastle
in the 1871 Canadian Census, and
were living across the river in Chatham
in the 1881 Canadian Census, but
were not found in Chatham or
Newcastle
in the 1891 Canadian Census. She died on 9
Sept. 1884. They
had at least two children:
a.
Hiram F. Morrison, born
ca. 1867 in Newcastle.
b. Charles Morrison, born
ca. 1869 in Newcastle.
3. Esther Fish, born
on 23 Apr. 1840 in
Newcastle,
baptized on 28 Jan. 1841 in St. Paul’s Anglican Church, died
on 14 Sept. 1841 in
Newcastle.
4. Robert Thomas Fish, born
on 2 Feb. 1842 in Newcastle,
baptized on 8 Feb. 1842 in St. Paul’s Anglican Church, was
still unmarried and living with his mother in the 1861 Canadian Census, a
tanner and currier. He died unmarried on 14
July 1867, presumably in New Brunswick.
5. Rebecca Toby Fish, born
on 23 Nov. 1843 in
Newcastle,
baptized on 18 Mar. 1844 in St. Paul’s Anglican Church, was
still living with her mother in the 1861 and 1871 Canadian Censuses, never
married, and died on 7 May 1880,
presumably in Newcastle. She was
not found in the 1881 Canadian Census in Newcastle.
6. Mary Anne Fish, born
on 5 Oct. 1845 in Newcastle, baptized on 20 Apr. 1846 in St. Paul’s Anglican
Church, was
still unmarried and living with her mother in the 1871 Canadian Census, married
James V. Benson, of Chatham,on 12 Mar. 1873 in St. Paul’s Anglican Church. He was
born ca. 1844 in NB,
possibly a son of Dr. Stafford and Sophia Elizabeth (Samuel) Benson, and
was a druggist in Chatham in 1874 and 1876, a merchant’s clerk in Chatham in
1880, and a druggist in Newcastle
in the 1881 Canadian Census, but he
was not found in Newcastle or
Chatham
in the 1891 Canadian Census. She died on 3
Feb. 1884, aged
38 years, and was buried on 6 Feb. 1884 in St. Paul’s Anglican Churchyard in
Chatham, NB. They
had at least 3 children:
a. James Frederick Benson, baptized
on 11 Mar. 1874 in St. Mary’s Chapel, Chatham, NB, apparently
died before the 1881 Canadian Census.
b. Gertrude Sophia Benson, born
ca. Feb. 1876, baptized on 17 Mar. 1876 in St. Mary’s Chapel, Chatham, never
married, died in July 1931, and was buried in St. Paul’s Anglican Churchyard in
Chatham Head, NB, on 20 July 1931, aged 55 years, 5 months.
c. William Fish Benson, born
in 1880, baptized on 18 Aug. 1880 in St. Mary’s Chapel, Chatham, NB.
7. Hiram Fish Jr., born
on 23 Feb. 1848 in
Newcastle,
baptized on 28 Apr. 1848 in St. Paul’s Anglican Church, was
still living with his mother in the 1871 and 1881 Canadian Censuses in
Newcastle,
a clerk and laborer. He never married, and was living with his brother John A.
Fish in Melrose, MA, in the 1920 Federal Census. He died after 1920.
8. George Maltby Fish, born
on 27 Jan. 1850 in
Newcastle,
baptized on 2 Apr. 1850 in St. Paul’s Anglican Church, died
on 20 July 1856.
9. John Albert Fish, born
on 6 Mar. 1852 in Newcastle,
baptized on 10 May 1852 in St. Paul’s Anglican Church, was
still living with his mother in the 1871 Canadian Census, but was not found in
Newcastle
in the 1881 or 1891 Canadian Censuses. He married Louise M. (___) late in life,
and they were living in Melrose, Middlesex Co., MA, in the 1920 federal census. He was
living in Melrose, MA,
in 1918, when he was an historian, and compiled most of the Maltby family
history up until 1918, visiting the family homes in Scarborough
and Sunderland, England.
He died sometime after 1920.
B. Thomas2 Maltby, born
on 20 Nov. 1818 in
Newcastle,
NB, married 1.) Mary Morgan in 1838, and 2.)
Margaret Anderson Keynes, of Newcastle,on 26 Jan. 1854 in Chatham. (Continued.)
C. Robert2 Maltby, born
on 26 Oct. 1820 in
Newcastle,
never married. He was a tanner and currier, and moved to California,
probably during the gold rush. He died in Petaluma,
Sonoma Co., CA, on 6 Sept. 1862.
D. George Maltby, born
on 6 Sept. 1822 in Newcastle,
baptized on 22 Dec. 1822 in St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Chatham, NB, died
on 6 Sept. 1833 in Newcastle, aged
11 years, and was buried in St. Paul’s Anglican Churchyard in Chatham on 10
Sept. 1833.
E. John2 Maltby, born
on 8 Jan. 1825 in Newcastle,
baptized on 6 Mar. 1825 in St. Paul’s Anglican Church,
married Eliza Ann Meagher,
daughter of Joseph and Mary Ann (Mann) Meagher, on 18
Feb. 1851 in Dalhousie, Restigouche Co., NB.
(Continued in Maltby Family of the Yukon.)
F. Margaret2 Maltby, born
on 2 Apr. 1828 in Newcastle,
baptized on 22 June 1828 in St. Paul’s Anglican Church,
married Charles Simonds, Esq.,
of Dalhousie, NB, son of Capt. Richard and Ann (Charters) Simonds, on 16
June 1847 in St. Paul’s Anglican Church, in Chatham, NB. Capt.
Richard Simonds was a son of James, Esq., and Hannah
(Peabody) Simonds, of
Saint
John.
The will of James Simonds, Esq., of
Portland, St. John Co., NB, dated 2
Dec. 1823, and probated on 16
Mar. 1831, he named his second and third sons, Charles and Richard Simonds, as co-executors. There
were a number of other Simonds’ wills probated in St. John County, NB,
including an Edward Simonds, of
Saint John, NB, in whose will, dated 26 Nov. 1819, he mentioned his brother Charles
Simonds, to whom assigned a mortgage given by John Charters of lands in Northumberland Co., NB. This
same Charles Simonds was a co-executor of the will of Frances Lawton, widow
of Thomas Lawton,
merchant of Saint John, NB,
in 1818, and he
was called “friend” and named as a co-executor in the will of William Donald, of
Saint
John, in 1827. James
Simonds, Esq., the father of Charles and Richard Simonds, had been
administrator of the estate of Richard Symonds, of
Saint
John, who died intestate in 1799, with William Simonds
and Hugh Johnston as his bondsmen,
and Richard was probably James’ father. Thomas Lawton and William Simonds, both
merchants in Saint John, appear
together as bondsmen in several probate records.
Charles Simonds, the husband of
Margaret (Maltby) Simonds, died in Victoria or Vancouver,
BC, in the late 1860s. After
the death of her husband, Margaret (Maltby) Simonds moved to
London,
England, in 1870, and
changed the spelling of her last name to “Symonds,”
which was probably the original spelling anyway. Her sons Richard and Charters
also spelled their names that way. In the 1881 British Census she was living
with her sons, Charters and Richard Symonds, in Southwark, St. Thomas, Surrey,
England. She
died on 11 Feb. 1899 in
London. She
had five children:
1. Capt. Richard J.
Symonds, born
in ca. 1849 in Canada, served
in the British Royal Navy, and the Royal Naval Reserve, from which he retired
in 1899, but he possibly never married. In the 1881 British Census he was still
unmarried and living in the household of his brother, Charters J. Symonds, and
widowed mother in Southwark St. Thomas, Surrey, England. He died in London
in 1909 or 1910.
2. Helen Simonds, born
ca. 1850, married a Lt. (___) Fletcher in 1867, and they were living in
St.
John, NB, until 1868, when she
and her husband, along with her brother, Charles, were killed in a boating
accident in Bermuda. They had no children.
3. Dr. Charters James
Symonds, born
in July 1852, in Dalhousie, New
Brunswick, moved to London
in 1870 with his mother after his father died, and married Marie (___), in
1887 in London. In the 1881 British
Census he was a surgeon living in Southwark St. Thomas, Surrey, England, with
his widowed mother and brother, Lt. Richard J. Symonds, and was still
unmarried. John
Albert Fish wrote: “He
was a Colonel in World War I, in charge of hospitals in Malta
and Solonika, and after the war was a hospital inspector in England.”
He died sometime after 1918. They had 2 sons:
a. Charles
Symonds, born
ca. 1888 in London, married (___)
in July 1915, and had 2 sons by 1918. John Albert Fish wrote: “He attended Oxford
College, and joined the Motor Cycle
Corps as a dispatch rider in World War I, and was among the first expeditionary
force that went to France
in 1914. Wounded in the thigh, he returned to college to complete his courses
in 1915, was married, and then returned to the war doing hospital work.”
b. John
“Jack” Symonds, born
ca. 1890 in London, was still
unmarried in 1918. He was also in World War I, in charge of automobile
transportation at a supply base.
4. Charles Simonds Jr., born
ca. 1854, was killed in the boating accident that took the lives of his sister,
Helen (Simonds) Fletcher, and
her husband, in Bermuda in 1868.
5. John Simonds, born
ca. 1857, was killed by accident at St. John,
NB,
at the age of 4 or 5. Apparently he was playing in some street excavation and
it caved in and he was smothered.
(VI.) Thomas2 Maltby,
eldest son of Thomas1 Baker Maltby, Capt. ThomasA, JohnB Jr., JohnC, WilliamD; born
on 20 Nov. 1818 in Newcastle,
Northumberland Co., NB, married 1.) Mary Morgan,
supposedly a native of Belfast, Ireland,
in 1838 in Newcastle, NB. She
was born in 1817, and died on 21 Aug.
1851 in Newcastle, after
the 1851 Canadian Census was taken. She was buried in St. Paul’s Anglican
Churchyard in Chatham, NB. He
remarried to 2.) Margaret Anderson Keynes, her
half‑sister, daughter of William and Catherine (___) (Morgan) Keynes, of
Newcastle,
on 26 Jan. 1854 in St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Chatham, NB. She
was born ca. 1822 in NB.
Thomas Maltby was living in Newcastle
in the 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, and
1891 Canadian Censuses, where he was a carpenter and undertaker. He was
also active in St. Andrew’s Anglican Church in Newcastle.
He was elected as St. Andrew’s Church Warden continuously from 1871 to 1878,
and served on the vestry almost continuously from 1870 until his death.
Margaret died on 13 June 1893
in Newcastle, aged 70 years, and
was buried in St. Andrew’s Anglican Churchyard in Newcastle on 21
June 1893. Thomas
died on 14 Mar. 1900 in
Newcastle,
aged 82 years, and
was buried in St. Andrew’s Churchyard on 17
Mar. 1900.
The biographical sketch of Thomas
Maltby in Willis Hamilton’sDictionary of Miramichi Biography says
that he “learned the trade of carpenter and joiner from his father and was
hired as a ship carpenter by Joseph Russell in 1841. Two years later he
established his own carpentry business in Newcastle.
Meanwhile, he began doing undertaking work, the largest part of which was the
building of wooden coffins. A point of pride with him was that he had built the
casket in which ‘King Julian, chief
of the Micmac Indians’ was buried in 1868. From the 1880s onward his
undertaking service was prominently advertised in the Union Advocate. In 1888 he and his son Richard L. Maltby were in partnership. [He] was a warden of St.
Andrew’s Anglican Church.” John
Albert Fish wrote: “He
was a carpenter--manufacturer and an undertaker in Newcastle.
He was a hard working, industrious man, a staunch member of the Sons of Temperance,
and a faithful follower in its cause. He was a strict Episcopalian, a constant
and faithful attendant of the church, and a man of good character and highly
respected in the community.”
In 1871 Thomas Maltby was a census
taker for Newcastle’s Division No.
2, and his handwriting and signature can be found on the census pages for that
town.
Thomas Maltby had 7 children by Mary
Morgan, and 5 more children by Margaret Anderson Keynes:
A. George Maltby, born
on 6 May 1839 in Newcastle,
baptized on 28 Oct. 1839 in St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Chatham, NB, died
on 21 May 1843 in Newcastle,
aged 4 years, and was buried in St. Paul’s Anglican Churchyard in Chatham on 23
May 1843.
B. Benjamin3 Maltby, born
on 3 May 1841 in Newcastle,
baptized on 17 Jan. 1842 in St. Paul’s Anglican Church, was
still unmarried and living with his father in the 1861 Canadian Census, a
carpenter. He died on 21 Dec. 1869,
presumably in Newcastle, unmarried.
C. Robert Maltby, born
on 27 June 1843 in
Newcastle,
baptized on 25 Sept. 1843 in St. Paul’s Anglican Church, died
on 6 Jan. 1850 in Newcastle,
and was also buried in St. Paul's Churchyard in Chatham.
D. Thomas3
Maltby, Jr., born
on 2 Oct. 1845 in Newcastle, baptized on 20 Apr. 1846 in St. Paul’s Anglican
Church, was
enumerated with his father’s family in the 1871 Canadian Census in Newcastle,
but died on 9 May 1871, presumably in Newcastle, unmarried.
E. Charles3 Maltby, born
on 30 Jan. 1848 in
Newcastle,
baptized on 28 Apr. 1848 in St. Paul’s Anglican Church,
married Elmira Woodward/Woodworth, of
Newcastle, in 1870. She was born on 23 Apr. 1846 on Prince Edward Island, and
was baptized as an adult, the wife of Charles Maltby, on 27
Aug. 1873 in St. Andrew’s Church. They
were living in Newcastle in the
1871, 1881, and
1891 Canadian Censuses, and in
Nelson, British Columbia, in the 1901 census, where he was a carpenter.
Charles was a vestryman in St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, Newcastle,
almost continuously from 1871 to 1895.
Charles left no further records in St. Andrew’s Church after 1895, and he moved
from New Brunswick to British
Columbia in 1896, and
settled in Nelson, BC, where he worked for the Hamilton Powder Company.
In the sketch of Frank George Graham
in “Crowsnest and Its People” published in the Alberta Heritage’s Our
Future Our Past, the author wrote “For some reason he [Frank George Graham]
and his father-in-law Charles Maltby, became interested in British Columbia,
probably on Mr. Graham’s part, because of his interest in lumbering. Mr. Maltby
had been a militia artilleryman and some years earlier been ordered to stand by
to go west on duty and had been very disappointed when the trip was cancelled,
which may account for his interest in the west. In 1896 they decided to go west
and see for themselves what it was like. After looking at the Okanagan and
other areas they decided that Nelson would be what they wanted. Mr. Maltby
found employment with the Hamilton Powder Company and Mr. Graham a partnership
in a barber shop.
“Mrs. Maltby, with her daughter
Gertrude and son Hiram, together with Mrs. Graham and her two young sons, followed
in January, 1897. Because the Crowsnest Branch of the railway was not completed
they had to travel the main line of the CPR to Revelstroke, B.C., down the
Arrow Lakes to West Robson and again by train to Nelson, arriving there on
January 12.”
Charles Maltby died testate on 28
Dec. 1929 in Nelson, BC, and
his estate was probated in Nelson, BC, on 3
Jan. 1930. His
son, Hiram Leighton Maltby, and his grandson, Arthur Errol Graham, were named
as executors of his estate, and he left his entire estate, real and personal,
to his son-in-law Frank G. Graham, of Coleman,
Alberta. Elmira
died on 16 Sept. 1938 in Nelson, BC, aged 89 years,
evidently at the home of her son, Hiram Leighton Maltby, and her estate was
before the Nelson, BC, Superior Court for probate in 1939. They
had children:
1. George Howard Maltby, born
in Jan. 1871 in Newcastle, baptized
on 1 Mar. 1871 in St.
Andrew’s Church, died
in Jan. 1882 in Newcastle, and was
buried from St. Andrew’s Church on 9
Jan. 1882, aged 11 years.
2. Mary Edith4 Maltby, born
in 1873 in Newcastle, baptized on 17 Sept. 1873 in St. Andrew’s Church, married
Frank George Graham on 26 Dec. 1893 in Northumberland Co., NB. He was
born on 14 July 1870 in Springfield, NB, and
they moved to Nelson, BC, with her father’s family in 1896. In 1902 they moved
to the town of Frank, Northwest Territory, where he was a barber, then
they moved to Coleman, Alberta, in December, 1903, where he continued as a
barber and was active in civic affairs, served on the school board, as the town
fire chief, and later the postmaster. They
were living in Coleman, Alberta, in 1911, and
were still living in Coleman, Alberta, in 1930 when her father’s estate was in
probate. She died in 1929 in Coleman, AB, and he died there in 1937. They
had children:
a. Arthur Errol Graham, born
on 4 June 1895 in Newcastle, served
in World War I, named as a co-executor of the will of Charles Maltby, of Nelson,
BC, in 1929, married
Louise Price in 1922. He was a coal miner and she was a
teacher, and they lived in Crowsnest Pass, AB.
b. Charles “Charlie”
Maltby Graham, born
on 8 Sept. 1896 in Newcastle,
married Charlotte Easton. He
was a hockey player and a painter and decorator, and he died in 1968.
c. Francis “Frank”
Harold Graham, born
on 28 Oct. 1897 in Nelson, BC, served
in World War I, and married Betty Fraser in 1924. He became the postmaster of Coleman,
AB, after his father died, and his wife was a teacher.
d. John “Jack” Howard
Graham, born
on 20 July 1899 in Nelson, BC,
married Violet Letts and was in the postal service in Edmonton,
AB.
e. Dorothy Graham, born
in 1903 in Nelson, BC,
married Steve Machin, a trumpet
player, and they lived in Edmonton, AB. He died in 1967, and she died on 25
Nov. 1976.
f. George Graham, born
presumably in Coleman, AB, married Mary Haman and he was also a painter and decorator. He
died in 1962.
g. (2 more children who
died of pneumonia.)
3. Charles
Stanley Maltby,
presumably a twin, born in 1877 in Newcastle,
baptized on 12 Dec. 1877
in St. Andrew’s Church,
also died in Jan. 1882 in Newcastle,
and was buried from St. Andrew’s Church on 12
Jan. 1882, aged 4 years.
4. Annie/Agnes
Gertrude4 Maltby,
presumably a twin, born in 1877 in Newcastle, baptized on 12 Dec. 1877 in St.
Andrew’s Church, married
William Henry “Harry” Houston, son
of Robert and Amelia (Lang) Houston, after
1901, and they were living in Nelson, BC, in 1911. He was
born in 1877 in Alton, ON. She died in 1921 in Nelson, BC. She had 4 children:
a. Rae Houston
b. William Houston
c. John Houston
d. Amelia Houston
5. Hiram4 Leighton Maltby,
born on 11 Aug. 1883 in Newcastle,
baptized on 31 Oct. 1883 in St. Andrew’s Church,
was an office clerk in Nelson, BC, living with his parents in the 1901 Canadian
Census, was also married living in Nelson, British Columbia, in 1911,
and in Lethbridge, Alberta, in 1930.
He died on 11 Jan. 1974 in
Penticton,
BC, aged 90 years.
His wife may have been the Corinne Maltby who died in Penticton, BC, on 25 Apr. 1977,
aged 85 years.
F. William3 James Maltby, born
on 13 Dec. 1849 in
Newcastle,
baptized on 2 Apr. 1850 in St. Paul’s Anglican Church, was
still unmarried and living with his father in the 1871 Canadian Census, a house
carpenter. He married 1.) Sophia Morrell, of
Newcastle,
in ca. 1874, and 2.) Margaret Lowerie, of
Newcastle,
in ca. 1886. (Continued in Maltby of New
Brunswick Part II.)
G. Mary Morgan Maltby, born
on 21 Aug. 1851 in
Newcastle,
probably died in infancy, no baptismal record was found for her in St. Paul’s
Anglican Church in Chatham.
H. John Kirton Maltby, born
on 26 Mar. 1854 in
Newcastle,
baptized on 4 Feb. 1855 in St. Paul’s Anglican Church, was
also enumerated with his father's family in Newcastle
in the 1871 Canadian Census, but died on 18
May 1871, presumably in Newcastle.
I. Lt. Col. Richard3 Leighton
Maltby, born
on 8 Sept. 1856 in Newcastle,
baptized on 12 Oct. 1856 in St. Paul’s Anglican Church,
married Margaret “Maggie” Weston, adopted
daughter of Alexander
and Phoebe
(Walthen) Williston, of
Bay du Vin, Miramichi, NB,
on 26 Nov. 1880 at Bay du
Vin. She
was born on 7 Nov. 1857 in
NB. He
died testate on 27 May 1915
in Newcastle, of
pneumonia, and was buried in Miramichi Cemetery from St. Andrew’s Church,
Newcastle,
on 30 May 1915. His
will was dated 18 June 1910,
and probated on 19 July 1915.
He left his entire estate to his wife, Margaret Maltby, and named her as his
executrix. She
died sometime after 1919. They
were living in Newcastle in the
1881 Canadian Census next door to his father, where he was a carpenter, and in
the 1891 Canadian Census he was living in his father’s house, where he was an
undertaker. In the
1901 Canadian Census they were still living in Newcastle,
where he was still listed as an undertaker. He was
elected to the vestry of St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, Newcastle,
in 1881, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1891, 1894, 1895, and 1896.
Richard L. Maltby,
according to Willis Hamilton's biographical sketch, “worked in the
undertaking business with his father, and in 1888 the two became partners, not
only in that line of work but as dealers in mill and steamship apparatus and
plumbing and heating supplies. After his father’s death he continued in
business in partnership with his son Hiram K. Maltby, at
least until 1907, when he was appointed police magistrate for Newcastle.”
“Maltby joined the Newcastle Field
Battery around 1872 as a gunner. He was a bombardier when he went to Bathurst
with the battery in 1875 to guard the jail in which the Caraquet rioters were
incarcerated. He was promoted to corporal in 1876, sergeant in 1880, lieutenant
in 1892, captain in 1894, and major and commanding officer in 1897, as
successor to Lieut. Col. Robert R. Call. He
relinquished command in 1905.”
“In 1899 Maltby supervised the
construction of a new almshouse in Chatham,
after the original structure was destroyed by fire. In 1900 he was elected to
the Newcastle Town Council. He did not reoffer in 1901, but he was a member of
the County Council for several years and warden in 1908. In 1900 he was
appointed chairman of the Board of Health for Newcastle,
was reappointed in 1904, and was named chairman of the County Health Board in
1911. He was a warden of St. Andrew’s Anglican Church and a leading Mason.
Between 1889 and 1907 he was Worshipful Master of Northumberland Lodge during
four one-year terms.”
Dorothy (Maltby) Verrill, in
her Maltby-Maltbie Family History wrote of him in 1916: “It is with the
deepest regret that we have to record the death of Col. Maltby of Newcastle.
Col. Maltby had been a member of the 12th Newcastle Field Battery for nearly forty years,
having risen from the rank of gunner to that of commanding officer. Upon the
outbreak of the present European war, Colonel Maltby was most anxious to enlist
for active service, but being 59 years of age, it was impossible for him to be
accepted by the Department of Militia. He was, however, made recruiting officer
for the district. It was while in pursuit of his duties, while on a recruiting
tour in the northern part of the province that he contracted pneumonia from
which he died after a two weeks’ illness. The funeral, under the auspices of
the Masonic Order, of which he was a member, was most impressive, the casket
being draped with the flag Col. Maltby loved so well, the Union Jack. The body
was laid to rest with full military honors.” He had
three children:
1. Thomas Alexander Maltby, born
on 22 Jan. 1880 in
Newcastle,
baptized on 5 Nov. 1881 in
St. Andrew’s Church, died on 6 Nov.
1881 in Newcastle.
2. Mary4 Ethel “Effie” Keynes Maltby, born
on 13 Nov. 1882 in
Newcastle,
baptized on 3 Dec. 1882 in
St. Andrew’s Church,
married 1.) Harry Daniel Orr, of
Old
Town, ME, son of A.L. and E.C.
Orr, on 1
Aug. 1906 in St. Andrew’s Church, Newcastle. He was
born ca. 1880 in ME, and died on 10 May 1910. She
graduated in nursing from Montreal General Hospital in 1914, joined the Royal
Canadian Army Medical Corps, and
went to France
in April 1915, working among the wounded soldiers in World War I. She
married 2.) Charles Henry Gough, an
officer, in France,
after 1916, but before 1918. He was apparently from Tavernsham,
England. They returned
to Newcastle after the war, where
he probably died. She
lived to be very old, and
died in the Miramichi Senior Citizens Home in Chatham, NB, on 31 Jan. 1971. She
had 2 children by Charles Henry Gough.
3. Hiram4 Kirton Wilkinson Maltby, born
on 31 Jan. 1886 in
Newcastle, baptized
on 7 Mar. 1886 in St. Andrew’s
Church, died
in Dec. 1918 in Newcastle,
presumably unmarried, and was buried from St. Andrew’s Church, Newcastle,
on 8 Dec. 1918, aged 32
years.
Richard
L. Maltby and Margaret (Weston) Maltby also apparently adopted a daughter:
4. Dorothy Margaret Everton,
born ca. 1902,
married John Gordon Archibald, of
Chatham,
NB, son of John and Mary Jane (Jardine) Archibald,
on 27 Sept. 1922 in
Newcastle.
He was born on 15 Dec. 1895
in Chatham,
and was a painter. She was called “adopted daughter of Mrs. R.L. Maltby” in the
marriage record, and witnesses were B.H. Maltby and Mary M. Gough.
J. Hiram3 Baker Maltby, born
on 7 Oct. 1859 in Newcastle, baptized on 5 Jan. 1860 in St. Paul’s Anglican
Church,
married Jessie Ullock,
daughter of William and Jessie Ullock, of
Chatham, NB, on 2 Nov. 1898 at St. Mary's Chapel‑of‑Ease, Chatham,
NB, by Rev. Canon D. Forsythe.
She
was a twin, born on 25 Sept. 1862 and baptized with her twin brother Albert
Ullock on 15 Apr. 1863 in St. Mary’s Chapel, Chatham.
William Ullock was a stagecoach driver running “Ullock’s Stage” between
Newcastle and Chatham three times daily.
Chatham is just across the Miramichi River from Newcastle, but the river is
wide at that point, and the stagecoach probably had to run upstream some number
of miles in order to cross safely. Hiram Baker Maltby was an undertaker in
Campbellton,
NB, but he
has not been located in the 1891 or 1901 Canadian Censuses in Northumberland
Co., NB. He may have been the Hiram B. Maltby, engineer, living in Tacoma, WA,
in 1891. By
1918 he was a locomotive engineer working for the Canadian Pacific Railway, and
they moved to Wetaskiwin, Alberta,
in 1918, and
then lived in Edmonton, Alberta. After
his retirement they moved back to Newcastle,
and lived with the widow of his brother, Richard L. Maltby. Jessie (Ullock)
Maltby died on 9 June 1930 in Newcastle, aged
65 [sic] years,
and was buried in St. Paul’s Anglican Churchyard in Chatham Head, NB, on 11
June 1930, with
her parents. Hiram B. Maltby lived with the widow of his brother, Richard L.
Maltby, and he died in Sept. 1938 in Newcastle,
and was buried with his
wife in St. Paul's Churchyard. They
had 4 children:
1. Jessie4 Alberta Maltby, born
on 22 Dec. 1899 in
Chatham,
NB, called
“Alberta,” was living in
Dalhousie,
Restigouche Co., NB, in 1938 at the time of
her father’s obituary.
2. Marion Sophia Maltby, born
on 21 July 1901 in
Campbellton, Restigouche Co., NB, possibly died young. She was not mentioned as
a survivor of her father in his 1938 obituary.
3. Richard4 Angus
Ullock Maltby, born
on 24 Jan. 1903 in
Campbellton,
NB, called
“Ullock,” married Ethel Rebecca Branch, daughter of Allan P. and
Emma E. (Reid) Branch, on 14 Oct. 1929 in Chatham, NB,, and
settled in Toronto, Canada. She
was born on 29 Dec. 1901 in Bathurst, Gloucester Co., NB.
4. Dorothy4 Isabel Maltby, born
on 28 June 1905 in
Chatham,
NB, called “Dorothy,” was living in
Ottawa,
Canada, in 1938.
K. Arthur Anderson Maltby, born
on 11 Apr. 1861 in
Newcastle,
baptized on 2 May 1861 in St. Paul’s Anglican Church, died
on 23 Sept. 1863 in
Newcastle.
L. Mary3 Marion
Maltby, born
on 5 Mar. 1863 in Newcastle,
baptized on 27 Mar. 1863 in St. Paul’s Anglican Church, died
on 26 July 1907 in
Newcastle,
unmarried, and was buried from St. Andrew’s Church, Newcastle. She
was not found in the 1901 Canadian Census in Newcastle.
© 2002 John A. Maltby, Redwood City,
California