Matthew Floyd Ackroyd (1883 - 1919)

Born 1883 in Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Ethel May Mashinter — married 12 Mar 1904 in Toronto Junction, Ontario, Canada

Died 1919 at about age 36 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Matthew Floyd Ackroyd is born on March 27, 1883 in Toronto Gore Township, Peel County, Ontario, Canada. He is the son of Joseph Ackroyd (1851-1921) and Martha Nix (1853-1940).

He is in the 1891 census at the age of eight living with his family in Chinguacousy Township, the next township to the west of Toronto Gore. In the 1901 census he is still living with his family in Chinguacousy and, at the age of 18, he is now a farm labourer earning $100 a year. He is actually shown twice in the 1901 census, once living in the household of his parents and once living in the household of his older, married sister, Martha Sanderson. In both cases his occupation is described as a farm labourer.

Matthew marries Ethel May Mashinter (1885-1963) on March 12, 1904 in Toronto Junction (now a part of the city of Toronto). The wedding record shows Matthew’s occupation as a farmer. However he leaves the farm at some point fairly soon after the wedding as the birth records of the two children – 1904 and 1908 – show him living first in Etobicoke and then in Toronto. One of these records shows his occupation as a teamster.

Matthew dies on April 3, 1919 in the Grace Hospital in Toronto. The cause is peritonitis and shock. Peritonitis is an inflammation of the tissue that lines the inner wall of the abdomen. He is buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Toronto. Ethel re-marries -- Francis William Hale (1881-1936) -- and she lives on until 1963. She, too, is buried in the Riverside Cemetery.

Matthew and Ethel have two children:

• Violet Alberta Ackroyd (1904-1987) + (1923) John Bunting (1901-1975)

• Harold Floyd Ackroyd (1908-1991) + (1939) Dorothy Eleanor Watson (1918-1988)

Sources

[1] Hale and Watson Ancestors at: http://www.halefamily.ca/index.htm This source provides information on Matthew Floyd Ackroyd, Ethel May Mashinter and their 2 children.

[2] "Ontario Births, 1869-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FM78-H23 : accessed 15 December 2015), Martha Nix in entry for Matthew Flord Achroyd, 1883. The record shows that Matthew Floid (sic) Ackroyd was born on March 27, 1883 in Toronto Gore Township, Peel County, Ontario, Canada and his parents were Joseph Ackroyd, a farmer, & Martha Nix.

[3] 1891 census, Ontario, 106 Peel, Chinguacousy Township, pg 22 , household #99: Joseph Ackroyd (40), farm labourer; Martha (38); Maratha (17); Thomas (12); Francais (10); Matthew (8). The record shows that the parents of both Joseph and Martha were born in England The family’s religion is Methodist.

[4] 1901 census, Ontario, 103 Peel, Chinguacousy Township, pg 1, household #3: Joseph Ackroyd (50), born 12 Feb 1851, Martha (47), born 23 May 1853; Joseph (25), born 7 Sept 1875, Thomas (22), born 12 June 1878, Francis (20), born 4 May 1880, Floid (18), born 27 March 1883, All residents of the household were born in Ontario; their religion is Methodist. All the men are shown as farm labourers and their annual earnings are shown as $140, $130, $135, $135, & $100.

[5] 1901 census, Ontario, 103 Peel, Chinguacousy Township, pg 5, household #78: William Sanderson (25), born 16 July 1875, farmer; Martha (27), born 29 Nov 1873; Barbara (2 months), born 30 Jan 1901; Floyd Ackroyd (18), born 27 Mar 1883, F labor [farm labourer]. All household members are Methodists.

[6] "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ1M-ZVS : accessed 28 December 2015), Matthew Floyd Acroyd and Ethel May Mashinter, 12 Mar 1904; citing registration , Toronto Junction, York, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,871,545. The record shows that the 21-yr old Matthew Floyd Acroyd married the 20-yr old Ethel May Mashinter on 12 March 1904 in Toronto Junction, York County, Ontario, Canada. At the time of marriage, Matthew was living in Grahamsville and Ethel was living in [?Richview]. Matthew was born in Stanley Mills and Ethel was born in Toronto. Matthew’s occupation is shown as a farmer. The parents of Matthew are Joseph Ackroyd & Martha Nix. The parents of Ethel are William Mashinter & Polly Addison.

[7] "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6MW-4NG : accessed 28 December 2015), Floyd Ackroyd, 03 Apr 1919; citing Toronto, York, Ontario, yr 1919 cn 2848, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,960. The record shows that Floyd Ackrody died on 03 April 1919 in Grace Hospital in Toronto. He was 36 yrs old and his occupation was a teamster. He is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Weston. The cause of death is peritonitis and shock.