#6 - Luke Hale Kendall, Canadian, moves across the border

 Luke Hale Kendall, my husband’s father’s maternal grandfather (his great grandfather) was the second son of Joseph Ward Kendall (1820-1898) and his second and (much younger wife) Samantha Allard (1840-1913).

(Emily Hunt (1819-1858) was his father’s 1st wife. I believe 7 children from his first wife survived to adulthood). Luke Hale Kendall, as mentioned, was born to wife #2 (Samantha Allard), and was one amongst another large number of children, here:

The 2nd set of Kendall children born in Quebec, Canada were:
1-Isaiah Johnston Kendall 1863-1921
2- Luke Hale Kendall
3-Gardner Ward Kendall 1871-1935
4-Dorothy Vermilia Kendall 1874-1941
5- Alpheus Gordon Kendall 1876–1913
6-Florence M Kendall 1877–1913
7-Jennie Grace Kendall (dates?)

[For a list of Kendall children born in his father's 1st family, see end of post below].

Luke Hale Kendall was born on December 27 1867 in Lawrenceville, Quebec, Canada in an "Anglo" family (English-speaking).
He died December 8 1948 in Shefford, Quebec, Canada but finished his life in New England.

Though he was born in a French-speaking province, he was living in an Anglo household. Border crossings between the US and Canada were easy and more like crossing into another state at that time. No passports! 

His area of Canada (Quebec) isn't far from the US border. Lawrenceville, Quebec is about 55 miles north of northern Vermont. 

And, as it turns out Luke Kendall spent a fair amount of his life in Burlington or Winooski Vermont, and not much in Canada. As an English-speaking Canadian in a French speaking province, he likely felt quite at home there.

Marriage and Family:
He married first Ida Craig, another "Anglo" Canadian from Quebec. She was my husband’s great grandmother.

Ida Craig and Luke H Kendall were wed on February 4, 1889 in the Methodist Church, in Waterloo, Québec, Canada. Luke was 21 and Ida was 23 years old. Waterloo is less than 90 miles N of Burlington.

1 Luella Nina Louise Kendall(1889-1917) (called "Nina")
2 Gordon Harold G Kendall (1891-1963)
3 Minnie May Marion Kendall (1896-1938)
4 Grace Ada Lana Kendall (1903–2004)
5 Giles Gardner Craig Kendall (1905–1987)
6 Clifton Warren J Kendall (1907-1985)

Note that the eldest two are 2 years apart in age.
But the age difference between Nina (the eldest) and the third child Minnie, widens to 7 years. Further, Grace is 14 years younger than Nina, Giles is 16 years younger than Nina and Clifton is 18 years younger than she.  

Ida May Craig (Kendall) abt 1906

The age difference may help understand why Luke may have felt he was free to do what he did later on:

Death and Remarriage
Unfortunately Ida died in January 2, 1912, when most of their children were still young: 4 ½ (Clifton), 6 ½ (Giles), 8 ½ (Grace), 15 ½ (Minnie). 

The elder two were going to turn 21 (Gordon) and 23 (Nina). I’ve been told Ida had tuberculosis.

The facts don’t tell me much, but I know less than two years later in the spring of 1914, Luke Kendall had crossed the border and remarried  Georgiana (Kemp) Grinder in Essex Junction, Vermont. He was 46 years old when he remarried.

Abandoned
Sadly, he left the younger four children in Waterloo, Canada. 
They were, in effect, orphaned. 
I'm guessing that as best they could the elder two children took care of the four younger ones, but it must have been a real heartache to have lost your mother, and then left behind by your father.
It's hard to write a story when you don't have the information motivating Luke to leave  Canada for Vermont. It's just as likely he felt, as many people do, that staying home would be worse for the family--either financially or emotionally, or both. I can't discern, I can only speculate.

A Family Portrait of.....
When I first saw this photo of Minnie Kendall and her family, I assumed that the people behind her were her parents. 
I now know these are all Kendall siblings: elder two in the back are the “parents” only because Ida was already too sick to have her photo taken (taken about 1910).

Kendall children about 1910

Left to right: back row-Gordon and Nina; front row-Grace, Giles, Minnie, Clifton

United States

Luke and his second wife Georgina settled in Burlington, Vermont. 
I would be interested in finding out often Luke Kendall returned to Waterloo, or if any of the younger children stayed with their father and stepmother.  It seems the children were fending for themselves, I am not sure what, if any, money Luke was sending back to Canada.

We know Grace, Minnie and Giles Kendall lived out their lives in New England. (Clifton and Gordon are both buried in Waterloo Cemetery in Quebec),

I've not yet found census records that would reveal that information. My information comes from the Vermont City Directories which only have Luke residing in Burlington, Vt. throughout the 1920s.

Death & Remarriage - #2
Then in 1924, Georgina (wife #2) died.
And, in 1925-the next year-Luke H Kendall turns up in Essex Junction, Vermont to marry for the 3rd time (by the same minister). 
He married Roseanna (Comeau) Stanhope (it's her second marriage).  Luke is 57 years old when he marries “Rosey”; Rev Chauncey C. Adams conducted the marriage ceremony.

Late Life
It looks like he remained in Burlington till moving to Winooski, Vermont in or about 1930. Then fifteen years after they're wed, Rosey died, late in 1940.

By now Luke Kendall is 73 and he’s outlived three wives, and two of his daughters (Nina and Minnie my husband's grandmother, who died in 1938).

One of the descendants says that although his children were quite unhappy at being abandoned, Luke was taken care of by them. 
As he put it: (his daughter Grace),
 "was generous enough to take him in the last 10 years of his life in Keene, NH, despite having been abandoned as a youth."

I’d say she was “Grace-ous”

Luke Hale Kendall abt 1940

Grace and Gordon (standing); Luke H Kendall 1940s

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Luke Hale Kendall’s Half-Siblings :

These were the Kendall Children born to (his father), Joseph Ward Kendall (1820-1898) and Emily Hunt (1819-1858).
Half-siblings to Luke Hale Kendall
1 Henry Peter (1842–1920)
2 Rachel (1844-1917)
3  Vining Paul (1846-1927)
4  James W  (1848-1868)
5  Letticia Elizabeth (1850–1871)
6  John Frederick (1854–?)
7  Adelbert ['Delbert'](1856–1927)
8  Baby Kendall (1858-1858)

 
 

# 5 Petts Family of New England

 Petts Family of New England

The Petts name infrequently occurs in the records of New England. The number of settlers bearing this name was very limited. The name in Townsend [Massachusetts] records is sometimes written as “Patt” or “Patts”, but later the name is uniformly written Petts  - Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire

John Petts 

John Petts, my husband's 7th Great Grandfather. John Petts was one of the earliest settlers of Townsend, Massachusetts. 

He was born in1681 and he died December 13, 1762 in Townsend, MA. It is probable that his wife Abigail was the first female white resident of the town. It nearly certain that their son Jonathan Petts was the first white settler born there.

Their son: Jonathan Petts

Jonathan Petts was the son of John and Mary Petts and likely the first white settler infant born in Townsend, MA.  Jonathan was born on October 15, 1727 in Townsend, Massachusetts, where he was a farmer.  He died November 23, 1767 in Ashburnham, MA. 

He married Sarah Hosely  who was born in December 1732. Sarah was the daughter of James Hosely and Exercise (or Eunice) Jewett. Sarah died in 1788.

Their son: Jonathan (son of Jonathan) Petts

Jonathan Petts (Jr) was born to Jonathan Petts and Sarah Hosley in Townsend, MA. His family: Jonathan married in Townsend, MA in February 12, 1783 and moved to Stoddard, NH. 

Jonathan’s wife was Rebecca Towne. Rebecca Towne was born July 25, 1763 to Colonel Ezra Towne and Elizabeth Dorman of New Ipswich, NH.  Her father, Ezra Towne, was in the American Revolution as a captain for three years and later a colonel of a regiment.

   ~ Revolutionary War Soldier~

Jonathan Petts (Jr) was a solider in the Revolution. He served in the Lexington alarm on April 19, 1779 in Captain James Hosley’s company.  Jonathan was also in the siege of Boston in 1775 and at Bunker Hill in Captain Henry Farwell’s Company. 

[In the history of the town of Townsend his name is erroneously printed Nathan Patt].

Their son was David Petts                                                        David Petts was born in Stoddard, NH on February 7, 1788 and lived in Stoddard, Weston, VT and Nelson, NH where he died in February 16, 1867. His family: David Petts married Clarissa Parker who was born in Nelson, NH on July 14, 1793. 

Clarissa was the daughter of Josiah and Eunice Pierce. Clarissa died in Nelson, NH on August 8, 1871.

Three of their children died in infancy.  The ten children were: David Towne, Lyman Parker, Eunice Pierce, Lousia Malvina, Frederic Augustus, Lawrensa, Clarissa Sabrina, George Shepard, Albert Livingston, and Lucy Orinda.

Their son David Towne Petts

David Towne Petts was the oldest child of David Petts and Clarissa Parker.  He was born in Weston, Vermont on November 25, 1810 and died on December 3, 1856 at 46 years old. 

David Towne Petts farmed to some extent in Nelson, VT, where for 10 or 12 or twelve years he was a cattle drover.

He moved to Stoddard NH where he conducted a hotel for 6 years and then moved to Marlow, NH and carried on  a hotel there for about 1 ½ year before his death.

Marriage & Family - David Towne Petts married in Stoddard, NH Phebe (or Phoebe) Stevens who was born in Stoddard, NH on May 3, 1812.

Their children were Ferdinand, Lyman and George, Rosanna or Rosina, and two daughters who were both my husband’s ancestors, Myranda (1843-1917) and Christiana (1845-1871).

Myranda and Christiana Petts and their spouses were wed and had children. Those children married one another.

* Myranda (1843-1917) married John S Warner

 Christiana (1845-1871) Petts married John Levi Cook

 * Myranda & husband had daughter, Addie Warner,

* Christiana & husband had son Don F Cook.

Addie Christiane Warner & Don Ferdinand Cook

Addie Christiane Warner married her aunt’s son, Don Ferdinand Cook.

Yes, they were first cousins  (see post on "John S Warner M. Miranda Petts: A Story of Sisters, Cousins--and Spouses")

Addie Warner and Don Ferdinand Cook were my husband's great grandparents.

Their daughter Marion Lottie Cook was my husband's maternal grandmother.

Marion Lottie Cook (1905-1966). 

Marion Cook married Andrew Antilla. Marion Lottie Cook and Andrew had his mother and her siblings.

The names in blue are direct descendants of the Petts family: