The earliest of my ancestors to arrive in Canada was my maternal great 
grandfather, Joshua FOSS, who emigrated from England at the age of 27, 
in 1869, aboard the SS Cleopatra, with his spouse, Rebecca COPP, and 
two young sons, accompanied by his younger sister, settling in the Ottawa 
area of Ontario.  

The CHEETHAM family was the next to emigrate, my 
maternal grandmother, Sarah Jane CHEETHAM, arriving in Quebec City in 
1885, at the age of 11, along with her parents, John Boothroyd CHEETHAM 
and Mary Ann BROADHEAD, her grandparents, Thomas CHEETHAM and 
Jane BOOTHROYD, four siblings, two aunts and one uncle, aboard the SS 
Polynesian.  Two months were spent at Rockland, Ontario before the family
settled in Ottawa.  Ultimately Joshua's Canadian born son,  Charles FOSS, married
Sarah Jane Cheetham in Ottawa, in 1898.  My mother, Gertrude Lillian FOSS was
born in 1902 at Margaret Street, Ottawa to Charles and Sarah Jane Foss. 

The paternal side of my family did not emigrate to Canada until after the 
turn of the century, 1913 - when my grandmother, Susan Elizabeth 
JENKINSON (nee HAWKINS), accompanied by her two young sons and 
mother, Susan Elizabeth HAWKINS (nee BENNETT), settled on a farm 
in Fenwick, Ontario, later moving to Toronto.


The FOSS family had their roots in the County of Devon, Joshua 
being born in 1841 in the parish of Diptford, a small village about 20 miles 
west of the coastal town of Torquay.  While the CHEETHAM family had 
their roots in Dukinfield, Cheshire, John Boothroyd CHEETHAM was born nearby, 
at Oldham, Lancashire in 1851.

The JENKINSON family had their roots in Yorkshire, William 
JENKINSON, a Paper Maker, being born in 1794 at Firbeck.  Thomas Weeks
JENKINSON was born at London in 1831, as was his son, Arthur Weeks
JENKINSON, at Paddington, London in 1868.  My father Victor Jack
JENKINSON was born in 1902 at Chester Street, Wolverhampton, to Arthur
Weeks JENKINSON and Susan Elizabeth HAWKINS.

While the HAWKINS clan had their roots in the County of Gloucestershire,
James HAWKINS being born at Coleford in 1808, his son, James John
HAWKINS was born at Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales in 1849.  His daughter,
Susan Elizabeth HAWKINS, was born at Birmingham, Warwickshire in 1878.

The BENNETT family had their roots in the County of Herefordshire 
Michael BENNETT being born at Hentland in 1799.  His daughter, Susan 
Elizabeth BENNETT was born at Llangarren in 1844.


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