| The Hulses
in Bradford
1898 |
By the turn of the century we find 
Henry and Alice Hulse now live in Bradford,
running the Central Hotel on Holland Street with son Barkley. Henry Junior
is there, unmarried at age 26 and described as a drover, or herder of cattle.
A grandson named Barkley Hulse was born in June, 1897 -- but who is the
father? If it was Henry and Alice's son Barkley (b.1870), he unfortunately
dies of Bright's disease of the kidneys on the 30th of January, 1898.
Irene receives her confirmation in 1904 at age 15, the same ceremony at which George D. L. Morton receives the same at age 22. It is Irene's sister Alice who will eventually marry George's brother Ned. |
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| May Hulse marries Burt Stoddart
1901 |
Poppa describes his grandmother as a petite, cultured woman.
She was an accomplished pianist and would often play accompaniment for
famous vocalists. Poppa knew May as Grandma Stoddart, as she had remarried
at age 35 to local farmer A.E.B. Burton Stoddart, age 29.
They were married at Trinity Church on July 3rd, 1901, and immediately moved into the home Burt had been building for her in Bradford. The two were an odd pair, as Burt was described as a rough, profane and hot tempered. He was well over 6 feet tall while May was just under 5 foot. Alice and Irene remain at the hotel with Henry Junior until each leaves for higher education. Hulse Stoddart, May and Burt's first son was born in 1904, seven days after Henry Hulse Sr.'s death in Bradford. The birth notice and obituary were on the same page of that week's Bradford Witness.  Historical summary: first decade of 1900's |
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| Henry Hulse dies
1904 |
Henry died February 10th, 1904 in Bradford. He had a growth
in or near his bladder and bowel, causing an obstruction and death at age
64 years. Henry Junior, or as he becomes known, Uncle Harry Hulse, continues
on at the hotel in Bradford for some time.
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| Uncle Harry and Aunt Dell | Uncle Harry and his wife Aunt Dell (Cordelia Potter) eventually resided north of Queensville. As a drover, Harry would buy animals ready for slaughter, and deliver them to Toronto. According to Poppa, Uncle Harry was famous locally as a deer hunter and the best shot in Ontario. He also won championships in speed skating and bicycling contests. Harry and Dell had a severely mentally retarded daughter named Laura. She was brain damaged at birth, and at her greatest extent was unable to walk or dress and feed herself. Harry and Dell, and their aid Pearl Gynne were seen as totally selfless caregivers by their family. | ||
| Aunt Irene and Uncle Harvey
1908 |
Aunt Irene studied nursing at Toronto General Hospital, where she met Harvey Barnett, a famous football player for the University of Toronto circa 1908. They married and relocated to Saginaw, Michigan. Poppa tells a story of how during Irene and Harvey's first honeymoon dinner, they were insulted by the smoke of another patron's cigar. After a heated argument ensued between the patron and Harvey, Harvey punched the guy out, returned to their table and continued the meal. | ||
| Alice
studies business in Toronto
1911 |
Alice moves to Toronto sometime around 1910/11, studies
business at a local college, and obtains a job at the Parliament Buildings
as a secretary in the office of the Deputy Minister in charge of the Women's
Institute. It's in Toronto that Alice
meets and marries Ned Morton  |
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This photo was taken about three years later. It shows Alice standing
in the background, with her young son Bill on Grandma Stoddart's (May Hulse)
knee, with Grandma Hulse (Alice Doyle) seated on the right.
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