Ellen Loane, b. 24 January 1838 in Ireland, d. 7 May 1924
Father: William Loane, b. 1806 at Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Mother: Sarah Winnett, b. at Killaloe, Ireland
Married: 16 October 1862 at Trinity Anglican, East Toronto.
Spouse: James Smith, b. 24 January 1838 at Toronto, Ontario, d. 4 February 1910
Father: Thomas Smith
Mother: Eliza James, 24 May 1827 in Toronto, Canada
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| Ellen Loane circa 1885 |
Children and grandchildren:
Sarah Jane Eliza Smith, b. 16 October 1865 at Scarborough, Ontario, d. 1943
Thomas William Smith, b. 15 December 1867 at Barrie, Ontario, m. (Minnie) Wilhemena Ellen Tohm, 1898 at St John's, Norway, East Toronto, d. 6 September 1946 at Duncan, British Columbia; 8 grandchildren
William Smith, b. 1869
James Smith, b. 5 November 1872 at Barrie, Ontario, m. Laura Emiline Lenton, 1898, d. 16 October 1942; 7 grandchildren
Ella (Ellen) Alice Smith, b. 12 December 1874 at Barrie, Ontario, m. Andrew Gilchrist, 4 February 1904 at Ridgeville, Manitoba; 4 grandchildren
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Historical Notes
Ellen Loane was baptized June 4, 1840 in Killaloe, County Clare, Ireland. She was one of 10 children. The family came to Canada when she was 6 because her father's life was threatened by civil unrest in the country. Her father soon set up a shoe-making business on King Street in Toronto with Ellen as his apprentice. In 1862, Ellen married James Smith.
The family oral history contends that the Smith family were United Empire Loyalists. James' parents, Thomas and Eliza, were innkeepers in Norway, a village near Toronto. James operated the inn, the post office and toll gate until about 1872 when the family moved to Barrie, Ontario where their last two children were born. His elder sister, Elizabeth Cundle, lived in Barrie. In 1879, they moved to Emerson, Manitoba where James brother, Richard, had opened a hotel. Richard was one of a number of businessmen who expected the new Canadian railway to pass through Emerson but Winnipeg was chosen instead. The survey of 1883 shows a section owned by "Richard Smith" however he was never a farmer and the land seems to have been turned over to James and his family. James and Ellen managed the Manchester House in Emerson during 1887-88-89 before taking the farm at Ridgeville. The section that eventually belongs to the "Smith family" is slightly south of the original section. It was the headquarters for survey crews and also served as a RCMP command post for ten years. In their later years they lived in Winnipeg.
Ellen's obituary says she died at age 92 which does not agree with gravestone. There is also confusion over her birth date. She is buried in the Smith plot, lot 33, block 34 in the cemetery attached to St. John's Cathedral in Winnipeg.
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Obituary for Ellen Loane
On Saturday morning, May 7th (1924), there passed away quietly while partaking of breakfast, one of the most widely known of the old timers of this district, in the person of Mrs. James Smith (Ellen Loane)
This dear old lady, who was 91 years of age at her death (she was actually 84) and who latterly had made her home with her daughter, Mrs Andrew Gilchrist (Ella Alice Smith), at Overstone, will be long and kindly remembered not only by her immediate neighbours and friends, but also by many who have enjoyed the hospitality so generously dispensed at all times at her former home, "Hunters' Rest." Game seekers from far and near found shelter there and enjoyed many a meal of delicous prairie chicken and wild duck cooked as only 'Mammy Smith' [as she was familiarly called by them] could cook them.
She and her husband, who pre-deceased her about 13 years ago, (1910) were the hosts of the old Manchester House, which stood near the C.P.R. depot at Emerson, during the years 1887-88-89, after which they moved to the Ridge to take up farming.
Mrs. Smith is survived by two daughters, Sarah and Nellie, and three sons- William and Jim, now of Winnipeg, and Thomas, residing in British Columbia. (Smiths had been in Duncan about 3 years)
A service was held at the Gilchrist home on Sunday afternoon and the body was taken to Winnipeg, where funeral services were held and the remains laid beside those of her husband in St. John's cemetery.
The sincerest sympathy of the community goes to the family who mourn the passing of the mother who served them all so well.
On Saturday morning, May 7th (1924), there passed away quietly while partaking of breakfast, one of the most widely known of the old timers of this district, in the person of Mrs. James Smith (Ellen Loane)
This dear old lady, who was 91 years of age at her death (she was actually 84) and who latterly had made her home with her daughter, Mrs Andrew Gilchrist (Ella Alice Smith), at Overstone, will be long and kindly remembered not only by her immediate neighbours and friends, but also by many who have enjoyed the hospitality so generously dispensed at all times at her former home, "Hunters' Rest." Game seekers from far and near found shelter there and enjoyed many a meal of delicous prairie chicken and wild duck cooked as only 'Mammy Smith' [as she was familiarly called by them] could cook them.
She and her husband, who pre-deceased her about 13 years ago, (1910) were the hosts of the old Manchester House, which stood near the C.P.R. depot at Emerson, during the years 1887-88-89, after which they moved to the Ridge to take up farming.
Mrs. Smith is survived by two daughters, Sarah and Nellie, and three sons- William and Jim, now of Winnipeg, and Thomas, residing in British Columbia. (Smiths had been in Duncan about 3 years)
A service was held at the Gilchrist home on Sunday afternoon and the body was taken to Winnipeg, where funeral services were held and the remains laid beside those of her husband in St. John's cemetery.
The sincerest sympathy of the community goes to the family who mourn the passing of the mother who served them all so well.
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| James Smith and Ellen Loane by their home in Ridgeville circa 1900 |
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| A group of surveyors who stayed at the Smith farm in Ridgeville, Manitoba circa 1890. The four women are left to right; Girlie Angus, Ella and Sarah Smith, Mrs. James Smith. James Smith Sr. is on the right. |
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