Jane (Goldthorpe) Hemsworth (1879 - 1949)

Born 2 Apr 1879 in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Alfred Godfrey Crump Hemsworth — married 6 Jun 1899 in Pointe- St.-Charles, Quebec, Canada

Died 10 Jun 1949 at age 70 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Biography

In the 1881 England Census Elizabeth Goldthorp 50 born abt 1831 in Armley, Yorkshire, England, charwoman, widow, was head of her household in 43 Oxford Road, Dukinfield, Cheshire, England. Other household members were her children:

Harry Goldthorp 18 Leeds clog iron maker

Elizabeth Goldthorp 16 Holbeck cotton reeler

Mary H. Goldthorp 14 Holbeck scholar

Tom Goldthorp 10 Sheffield half timer in rope walk

Jane Goldthorp 2 Dukinfield. ^[1]

Daughter of Alfred Barker Goldthorpe and Elizabeth Haywood, wife of Alfred Godfrey Crump Hemsworth and mother of Muriel, Russell Aubrey, Clarice Mildred, Dorothy, Lillian Ward, and Evelyn Jane Hemsworth.

Alfred and Jane met while working in a wire nail factory in Montreal. They were married June 6, 1899 at Victoria Presbyterian Church in Pointe-St.-Charles. They started out life living on Young Street with their four children, Muriel, Russell, Clarice and Dorothy. Living with them was Jane's mother, Elizabeth.

When the family moved to Vassar, Manitoba in 1908, they went by train, leaving most of their possessions behind being told that there would be no room for them. Upon arrival they discovered that not only was there plenty of room, but that these things were necessary.

While Alfred worked for the CNR, Jane ran a boarding house for the railroad crew. Sometimes she had as many as sixty men to feed.

In 1913, the family moved to Lampman, Saskatchewan, Canada. Again Alfred was working for the CNR. Jane was a lady-like, quiet woman whose main interest was her home and family. She was well-known for her baking, which she sold to the townspeople and she donated to all three churches in the area for their bake sales.

In 1927, the family moved again, this time to Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan. Over the years here, the children grew, married and went their separate ways.

Alfred and Jane retired to Vancouver, BC in 1941. Alfred worked for Malkin Foods and helped out in his son-in-law's store. It was here that they lived out their remaing years. Jane passed away in 1949 at the age of seventy.

Family links: Parents: Alfred Barker Goldthorpe (1831 - 1880) Elizabeth Haywood Goldthorpe (1830 - 1904)

Spouse: Alfred Godfrey Crump Hemsworth (1876 - 1971)*

Children: Clarice Mildred Hemsworth Salaba (1904 - 1987)* Dorothy Hemsworth Watts (1906 - 1958)* Evelyn Jane Hemsworth Schmidt (1914 - 2004)*

Siblings: Harold Goldthorpe (1863 - 1917)* Elizabeth Goldthorpe Booth (1864 - 1944)* Thomas Haywood Goldthorpe (1870 - 1936)* Jane Goldthorpe Hemsworth (1879 - 1949)

• Calculated relationship

Burial: Mountain View Cemetery Vancouver Greater Vancouver Regional District British Columbia, Canada Plot: ABRAY/*/15/063/0003 (867)

Find A Grave Memorial# 85915014

Sources

1. ↑ Class: RG11; Piece: 4053; Folio: 12; Page: 18; GSU roll: 1341969 Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1881 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.