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LYNDA'S CORNER 
Lynda Jean Richards, b. Rimmer, m. Krause

GENEALOGY

PATERNAL SIDE

RIMMER  LINEAGE

RIMMER / RICHARDS

• Lynda's Father's Side: Rimmer Descendants

• Lynda's Father's Side: Quick View Rimmer Lineage Chart

  • Lynda's Father's Side: Morrissey Descendants

  • Lynda's Father's Side: Quick View Morrissey Lineage Chart

    • Lynda's Father's Side: Ryan Descendants

      • Lynda's Father's Side: Connell Descendants

  • Lynda's Father's Side: Knowles Descendants

  • Lynda's Father's Side: Quick View Knowles Lineage Chart

    • Lynda's Father's Side: Adamson Descendants

  • Lynda's Father's Side: Unknown

  • Lynda's Father's Side: (Nanny) Wright Descendants

  • Lynda's Father's Side: Quick View Nanny Wright Lineage Chart

  • Lynda's Father's Side: (Anne) Wright Descendants

  • Lynda's Father's Side: Quick View (Anne) Wright Lineage Chart

    • Lynda's Father Side: Watkinson Descendants

      • Lynda's Father Side: Charnley Descendants

  • Lynda's Father's Side: Blundell Descendants

    • Lynda's Father's Side: Johnson Descendants

• Lynda's Father's Side - 1/2 Sister - Quick View Rimmer Lineage Chart

RIMMER

DESCENDANTS

RIMMERS IN CANADA

For The Rimmers Arrive In Canada, 1922-1923, Click Here

RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
[MICHAEL "MIKE" RICHARDS]
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RIMMER 
[LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RICHARDS]
(July 10, 1926 - August 3, 2012)

According to Lydia (Chwedchuk) Richards [m. Rimmer]

Mike Richards and Lydia Richards

Chwiedczuk [Chwedchuk]/ Rimmer / Richards

• "... 2. I was born with the name LYDIA CHWIEDCZUK on 10 July 1926 in Poland. After migrating to Canada with my parents in 1929, I began school in 1931 and since starting school I have always spelled my first name LYDIA and was known as LYDIA CHWEDCHUK. My parents and myself found that our polish name spelled CHWIEDCZUK was too difficult for Canadians to pronounce and so since coming to Canada our family anglicized the polish spelling of our family to CHWEDCHUK. This is the spelling on my Marriage Certificate.
  3. On June 23, 1945 in Welland, Ontario I married the deceased Michael Richards. At that time, he was known as Richard Michael [Added in pen: Joseph] Rimmer. This is the shown on my marriage certificate. In June 1947, because of severe family difficulty and deep humiliation my husband moved to Ridgetown, Ontario to get away from his family. The friction was so great that he ceased to be known as Richard Michael Rimmer and began using the name Michael Richards. This in his mind, started his life affresh [sic]. When I joined my husband in August 1947, in Ridgetown I was known as Lydia Richards... Since August 1947, I have always used the name Lydia Richards and am now in theprocess [sic] of legally changing my name to Lydia Richards ... I have no birth certificate for my late husband and do not know exactly where he was born, except somewhere in England.
  4. LIDIA CHWIEDCZUK, LYDIA CHWEDCHUK, LYDIA RIMMER, and LYDIA RICHARDS is one and the same person, and I am that person.
  5. Michael Richards and Richard Michael Rimmer is one and the same person who died January 17, 1970 and to whom I have been married since 23 June 1945 ...

SOURCE

• Declaration of 8th May, 1970, Lydia Richards of the Town of Lasalle in the County of Essex. Declared, City of Windsor, Province of Ontario - Top and Bottom

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RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
[MICHAEL "MIKE" RICHARDS]
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RIMMER 
[LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RICHARDS]
(July 10, 1926 - August 3, 2012)

According to Leonard Chwedchuk, brother of Lydia (Chwedchuk) Richards [m. Rimmer]

• "... she "[Lydia] eventually ended up marrying Richard Rimmer, a man in an army uniform ... "

• "That summer, on June 23, 1945, my sister got married, and I made the trip to Welland by train for the wedding. It was one of those affairs with both Canadian and Ukrainian traditions, the marriage being performed by Rev. Fern A. Sales [Rev. Fern Sayles - Sayles was associated with the United Church All Peoples’ Mission in Crowland] of the Peoples Church in Crowland, and the reception with Ukrainian polkas and various waltzes taking place at the farm home ..."

• "We did know that he [Rimmer] was a Sergeant in the army [Note: He appears to have been always a private], that he was about ten years older than Lydia who was only nineteen, that he had been married before [to Winnifred "Wynne" Watson] and had a daughter [Jo-Anne Wynne Rimmer m. Robert James Carruthers, Scarborough, Toronto on February 27, 1960] who was about sixteen years old [sic. c. nine years old] at the time , and that his father was a construction contractor in Toronto ..."

• "Richard started to gamble at cards after being discharged from the army, or perhaps even before, and soon ran up substantial debts which got him into trouble with his gambling buddies. To get out of that hot frying pan, he foolishly jumped into the fire, and ended up as as refugee from the law, hiding out as hired help for Jack Hymers, a farmer neat [sic: near] Ridgetown, Ont., under the assumed name of Mike Richards ..."

SOURCE

• Leonard Chwedchuk, FROM REVOLUTION TO DEPRESSION
   (Memoires of an immigrant family from Eastern Europe arriving in
  Canada in 1930), (Ottawa, January, 1999), pp. 85, 105-106 [Microsoft Word Document © Leonard Chwedchuk]

• Name:                   Richard Joseph Rimmer

• Army Service:      1942 - 1946, Pte. No. B56155

• Date of Birth:       February 27, 1915 (as reported, not certified)

• Date of Death:     January 17, 1970 (under the name of Michael Richards)

• Father:                  Joseph Rimmer, born in England

• Mother:                 Mary Rimmer, born either in England or Ireland

• Last Residence:   Dunn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario [68 Dunn Avenue]

SOURCE

• Source: Leonard Chwedchuk, Letter of March 15, 1993 to National Archives of Canada, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A ON3

CRYSTAL BEACH

• Their grand father constructed the Ferris Wheel at Crystal Beach. [Possibly the Ferris Wheel, since as a carpenter, or even as a carter, he could have been  there]

  • Source: Lynda (Rimmer/Richards) Krause and Shirley [Richards] Ribble.

• On November 3, 1924, the Schultz Brothers of Brantford [contractors, construction company, established 1869], along with B & C B Corp [Buffalo and Crystal Beach Corporation], signed the contract to construct the hall at a cost of $80,790 - target completion date was May 1, 1925 ...

• Dozens of teams of horse-drawn wagon were used to move hundreds of sand during the construction of the Chrystal ballroom ...

• Dozens of horse-drawn wagons were led by workers to level the ground ...

• Two large passenger boats - the Americana in 1908, and the Canadiana in 1910- piled the waters daily every summer, ferrying happy holidayers to the Park. The Canadiana was the most famous of the two boats, and the favourite means of transportation to the park for U.S. visitors. This ship of elegance with its grand staircases was the last passenger vessel built in Buffalo and could hold 3,000 people. Costing $250,000, it featured slot machines and the largest dance floor of any steamer on the Great Lakes. The dance floor on the second level was  completely protected from the elements by glass windows ... last year of operation was 1956 ...

  • Peter Young, A Celebration of Let's Dance: A Celebration of Ontario's Dance Halls and Summer Dance Pavilions, 2002, pp. 38-40

• The Lake Excursion Company operated the park until it was sold to the Buffalo and Crystal Beach Corporation in March 1924 ...
  improvements alone in the first year ... Work began as soon as the ice was out of the lake in the spring and was to be completed by September 1, 1924 ... as well as horses pulling shovels to reclaim shallow land ...
  Late fall of this same year ... Crystal Beach dance pavilion. Concrete work was to be completed and ready for the erection of structural steel by February 1, 1925, with the entire ballroom ready for opening no later than May 1. Failure to fulfill this contract would mean a loss of $100 per day by contractors, Schultz Brothers Company of Brantford, Ontario....
  In 1926 construction began on the 96-foot-high Cyclone Roller Coaster ... It was completed for the 1927 season ...

• Erno Rossi, Crystal Beach: The Good Old Days, Seventy Seven Publishing, 2005, pp. 26-28.

• The park was famous for the Crystal Beach Cyclone, which was built in 1927.

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Beach,_Ontario

• New that year, was a most famous roller coaster, The $176,000 "Cyclone". Also a Harry Traver ride [Harry G. Traver - Traver Engineering], it was the first of three similar rides built in North America. The building of this one started in late 1926 and was supervised by Harry Davis and Peter Cowan. ...

• James Mitchell, who had worked for Harry Traver and had helped to build the "Cyclone" ride in 1927, went to work at Crystal Beach in 1940 as park superintendent ...

  • http://cec.chebucto.org/ClosPark/Crystal.html

• 1916: Schultz Bros. Ltd, 35-49 Albion ---- George C. Schultz, president; William D. Schultz, Vice-President; William C. Schultz, Assistant Manager; Leslie Schultz, Clerk

  • https://archive.org/stream/cityofbrantfordd1916vernuoft#page/344/mode/2up/search/Schultz - City of Brantford directory : street, alphabetical, business and miscellaneous - 1916.

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RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
[MICHAEL "MIKE" RICHARDS]
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RIMMER 
[LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RICHARDS]
(July 10, 1926 - August 3, 2012)

According to Shirley (Richards) Ribble, daughter of Lydia (Chwedchuk) Richards [m. Rimmer]

• "Went to bed and then got up to keep on reading your [Eric Krause's] site. Did I not send you the stuff from England and Ireland that have the actual births of Dad, brother and I think sister and that Dad's dad was Joseph Rimmer and his Mom was Mary Morrissey from Cork Ireland? I am still reading but a bit confused as I have the info and maybe I did not send it along. I am sure I still have it. I also have all the STUFF from Fernie about Rick [Richards, where he worked for a time and died in an auto accident] and I thought I gave Lynda [Krause] copies but really not sure at this time . I also did not know that most of your family came from South Russia. Very interesting. I did not know that Dad was in hiding. I knew he changed his name but Mom has given me a story that he worked for a Jeweler [Peoples Credit Jewellers] and took money for gambling and Ernie Goldhawk paid his debt when he landed in Ridgetown and that is all I knew . Mom always said that she left him with Rick and Lynda and lived with Nanny [Alexandra (Sonia) Maximovna [Shalagin] Chwedchuk (November 6, 1902-April 16, 1984)] on the farm [in Welland] and then he got the job in Ridgetown and Ernie paid and Dad changed his name there when Lynda and Rick were just going to school. I found out this when I had to take Mom to Windsor to get her name changed to Chwedchuck, Rimmer and Richards and all the same as she was trying to collect her Old Age Pension and then I was not sure if her story was 100% correct. Mom has always said Dad was born in Cork Ireland but his birth certificate says Manchester, England [Oldham, Greater Manchester, formerly Oldham in the County of Lancashire] but Mom says he was raised for a long time in Cork ...."

SOURCE

•  Source: Shirley (Richards) Ribble, e-mail to Eric Krause, 2010

• Mom said that Nanny and Grand dad always when [sic: went] to the Greek Orthodoist [sic: Orthodox] church in Russia ... Apparently, Dad was an alter boy and did it all for the Catholic church. Remember, I found out Dad was born in Lancaster [Oldham, County of Lancashire], England, but went to Cork, Ireland, to be raised for a long time. His family, went back to England and thats [sic: that's] when his father was booted out of England for dog raceing and they moved to Toronto and his father was a big shot in construction in TO and great grandfather died in a scrap on the street in TO when someone hit him and he hit his head and died ...

[Note: Rather than in County Cork, he may have stayed in County Tipperary, the birth place of his Grandfather Micheal Morrissey and Mary Morrissey - Source: Eric Krause - The census of 1911 and 1901 for Ireland reveal lots of Morrisseys living here: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/  ]

SOURCE

• Shirley (Richards) Ribble - I asked Mom, April 10, 2004.

• Hi,
  My grandparents were Joseph and Mary ( Morrisey ) and came from Lancaster to Toronto. They are buried in Toronto somewhere. They had 3 children - Richard, John and Beatrice. My father was Richard. My grandfather used to race dogs in England and apparently was asked to leave. I traced my dad's birth as Oldham, Lancaster, England in about 1915 ... My grandmother was born in Cork, Ireland ...

• EDITORS NOTE:

an antique book written in 1910, which suggests that Oldham, and Higginshaw in particular, had a special affinity with whippet racing. The book ‘Dogs and all about them’, written by Robert Leighton, refers to the former notoriety of the Higginshaw track.

“Probably there is no locality where the pastime has maintained such a firm hold as in and around Oldham, one of the most famous tracks in the world being at Higginshaw,” he wrote. Before adding: “Not infrequently 300 dogs are entered in one handicap.”

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/nostalgia/how-did-our-towns-worldwide-renown-go-1008860

 

SOURCE

• Shirley (Richards) Ribble, April 26, 2000 - http://genforum.genealogy.com/rimmer/messages/153.html

• John Rimmer, son of Joseph and Mary Rimmer washed dishes in a restaurant

• Beatrice Rimmer, daughter of Joseph and Mary Rimmer was on welfare

  • Source: Shirley (Richards) Ribble  (April, 2012)

RIMMER: CHRONOLOGY

1922 - 1923

For The Rimmers Arrive In Canada, Click Here

1922

JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

Joseph Rimmer Is Not Listed In Brantford

https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/648915-vernon-s-city-of-brantford-ontario-directory-1922?offset=549 Vernon's city of Brantford (Ontario), 1922: Alphabetical Directory/ Street Directory

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NOVEMBER 10

JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

BRANTFORD, ONTARIO

• Joseph Rimmer [as Joseph Knowles] arrives in Canada.

• http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=eu3o9vlorgarlcj561gekqv5e6&sqn=4147&q2=5&q3=642&tt=4927

• http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=eu3o9vlorgarlcj561gekqv5e6&sqn=4146&q2=5&q3=642&tt=4927

1923

MAY 26

JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

JOHN RIMMER
(May 16, 1911 - ?)
 
BEATRICE RIMMER
(April 9, 1913 - ?)

 RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)

BRANTFORD, ONTARIO

• Mary Rimmer and her three children, Beatrice, John and Richard  left England on May 18, 1923 for Canada, arriving May 26, 1923

  • http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.01-e.php?q2=5&q3=730&sqn=431&tt=2960&PHPSESSID=s6h5oohurc1mrs7f36efppkk81

  • http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.01-e.php?q2=5&q3=730&sqn=432&tt=2960&PHPSESSID=s6h5oohurc1mrs7f36efppkk81

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JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

Joseph Rimmer Is Not Listed In Brantford

https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/648916-vernon-s-city-of-brantford-ontario-directory-1923?offset=673  Vernon's city of Brantford (Ontario), 1923: Alphabetical Directory/ Street Directory

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1923

MAY 26

JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

BRANTFORD, 61 ABERDEEN AVENUE

• When his wife Mary Rimmer and their three children left England on May 18, 1923 for Canada to join Joseph Rimmer, her husband was already in Canada living at 61 Aberdeen Avenue, Brantford, Ontario  Ontario, Canada

  • http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-110.01-e.php

61 Aberdeen Avenue
(Vacant in the 1925)
[New House in 1922]

http://www3.brantford.ca/inventory.nsf

https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/648915-vernon-s-city-of-brantford-ontario-directory-1922?offset=549

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1923

WILLIAM RIMMER
(August 6, 1896 - ?)

JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

BRANTFORD, 67 ALLENBY AVENUE

• William Rimmer, brother of Joseph Rimmer, sailed on the Montclare on 28 September, 1923. He was destined to stay with Joseph Rimmer, 67 Allenby Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

The 61-67 Allenby Avenue Brantford Row Complex
67 Allenby Home: far left portion

Map Data, 2011, Google (see also http://www3.brantford.ca/inventory.nsf)

1923 - 1929

RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)

AGES 8 - 14

[BRANTFORD]

School  Year - Grades 3 - 8

[Would have started School, September, 1921, age 6, if he had been in Canada at the time]

• Source: See later, 1942 - 1946 Military Records

1924

BRANTFORD, 56 ROSE AVENUE

WORKS MASSEY-HARRIS

Rimmer, Jos, wks Massey-Harris, h. 56 Rose av

ROSE AV, east side, from 17 Eagle av

https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/648917-vernon-s-city-of-brantford-ontario-directory-1924?offset=90   Vernon's city of Brantford (Ontario), 1924: Alphabetical Directory, p. 267; Street Directory, p. 87

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JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

ERNEST RIMMER
(October 12, 1899 - August 3, 1963)

WILLIAM RIMMER
(August 6, 1896 - ?)

BRANTFORD, 56 ROSE AVENUE

• Ernest Rimmer, brother of Joseph Rimmer, sailed on the S. S. Montcalm on March 21, 1924 for Canada. He was destined to stay with his brother William Rimmer, 56 Rose Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

1925

BRANTFORD, 55 ABERDEEN AVENUE

LABOURER

Rimmer, Jos, lab, h 55 Aberdeen Av

ABERDEEN AV, n side, from Erie to Eagle
... 55 Jos Rimmer

https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/648918-vernon-s-city-of-brantford-ontario-directory-1925?offset=185    Vernon's city of Brantford (Ontario), 1925: Alphabetical Directory, p. 263; Street Directory, p. 17

55 Aberdeen Avenue

Google

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1925

JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

BRANTFORD, 55 ABERDEEN AVENUE (Formerly 43 Aberdeen Ave)

LABOURER

• "City Directory. Joseph Rimmer, laborer, is listed as resident in the 1925 City Directory" [Note: By 1935: Ernest E McDowell, manager for Krieger's Radio Sales & Service, is listed as resident in the 1935 City Directory]

• Residence

http://www3.brantford.ca/inventory.nsf

1926

BRANTFORD, 55 ABERDEEN AVENUE

LABOURER

Rimmer, Jos, lab, h 55 Aberdeen Av

ABERDEEN AV, n side, from Erie to Eagle
... 55 Jos Rimmer

https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/648919-vernon-s-city-of-brantford-ontario-directory-1926?offset=348  Vernon's city of Brantford (Ontario), 1926: Alphabetical Directory, p. 266; Street Directory, p. 17

1927

JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

BRANTFORD, 55 ABERDEEN AVENUE

LABOURER

Rimmer, Jos, lab, h 55 Aberdeen Av

ABERDEEN AV, n side, from Erie to Eagle
... 55 Jos Rimmer

https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/648920-vernon-s-city-of-brantford-ontario-directory-1927?offset=187 - Vernon's city of Brantford (Ontario), 1927: Alphabetical Directory, p. 273; Street Directory, p. 17

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JULY 9

MARY ELLEN HIGGINS [MARY ELLEN WARING (Baptism: December 14, 1879, Chorley, Lancashire - 1950)] WHO
IMMIGRATED ON JULY 9, 1927 TO CANADA WAS
MARRIED IN 1905 TO GEORGE HIGGINS (July-September, 1882, Oldham, Lancashire - 1929),
WHO IMMIGRATED IN 1924 WITH SON HAROLD HIGGINS (1911 - ) TO THE UNITED STATES
(Date of Embarkation: September 27, 1924; Immigrated October 6, 1924)

MARY ELLEN HIGGINS and GEORGE HIGGINS
WERE BOTH RESIDING AT 55 ABERDEEN AVE., BRANTFORD, ONTARIO
[Formerly 43 Aberdeen Ave.]
WHERE Joseph Rimmer WAS LIVING IN 1925.
NOTE: THERE IS NO RECORD OF A GEORGE HIGGINS ARRIVING IN CANADA.

JOSEPH RIMMER WILL SAY ON AUGUST 6, 1927 THAT GEORGE HIGGINS
WAS HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW EVEN THOUGH GEORGE HIGGINS'S WIFE WAS A WARING

NOTE: JOSEPH RIMMER  HAS A SISTER NAMED ELLEN, BORN OCTOBER 15, 1887,
OFTEN REFERRED TO AS BORN IN 1888. IN ONE INSTANCE MARY ELLEN HIGGINS
IS DESCRIBED AS BORN NOVEMBER 26, 1888.

PDF FILE FOR MARY ELLEN HIGGINS

MARY ELLEN HIGGINS (Baptism: December 14, 1879, Chorley, Lancashire - 1950)

• Item: Mary Ellen Higgins [Mary Ellen Waring]
  Given Name(s): Mary Ellen
  Surname: Higgins
  Age: 47
  Gender: F
  Nationality: En
  Ship: MEGANTIC
  Port of Arrival: Quebec, Quebec
  Date of Arrival: 1927-07-09
  Year of Arrival: 1927
  Volume Number: 13
  Page Number: 4
  Series: C-1-a
  Microfilm Reel Number: T-14734
  Reference: RG 76
  Item Number: 356344

  • Higgins Mary Ellen: Wife (47); Born: Chorley, England; Husband paid passage; Housewife; Destined: Husband, Mr. Geo. Higgins, 55 Aberdeen Ave., Brantford, Ont; Closest Relative: Sister, Miss Alice Waring, 24 Vulcan St., Oldham, Lancs
     

  • Higgins Edith: Daughter (age 14); Born - Oldham, England; Father paid passage; Scholar; Destined: Father, Mr. Geo. Higgins, 55 Aberdeen Ave., Brantford, Ont; Closest Relative: Aunt, Miss Alice Waring, 24 Vulcan St., Oldham, Lancs
     

  • Higgins Wilfred: Son (age 7); Born: Chorley, England; Father paid passage; Scholar; Destined: Father, Mr. Geo. Higgins, 55 Aberdeen Ave., Brantford, Ont; Closest Relative: Aunt, Miss Alice Waring, 24 Vulcan St., Oldham, Lancs

  http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/passenger-lists-border-entry-1925-1935/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=356344&

Name: Mrs Mary Higgins
Gender: Female
Age: 47
Birth Date: abt 1880
Departure Date: 1 Jul 1927
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Destination Port: Montreal, Canada
Ship Name: Megantic
Search Ship Database: Search for the Megantic in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping line: White Star Line
Official Number: 127981
Master: E L Trant

Contract Ticket Number: 37707
Last Address: 24 Vulcan Street, Oldham, Lancashire, England
Cabin Class, Landed Montreal, Housewife, Age 47
Future Residence: Canada

Name: Miss Edith Higgins
Gender: Female
Age: 14
Birth Date: abt 1913
Departure Date: 1 Jul 1927
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Destination Port: Montreal, Canada
Ship Name: Megantic
Search Ship Database: Search for the Megantic in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping line: White Star Line
Official Number: 127981
Master: E L Trant

Scholar, age 14

Name: Master Wilfred Higgins
Gender: Male
Age: 7
Birth Date: abt 1920
Departure Date: 1 Jul 1927
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Destination Port: Montreal, Canada
Ship Name: Megantic
Search Ship Database: Search for the Megantic in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping line: White Star Line
Official Number: 127981
Master: E L Trant

Scholar, age 7

http://search.ancestry.ca

FOR THE GEORGE HIGGINS-MARY ELLEN WARING THREAD CLICK HERE

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AUGUST 6

JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

MARY ELLEN HIGGINS
(Baptism: December 14, 1879, Chorley, Lancashire - 1950)

BRANTFORD, ONTARIO

Border Crossings: From U.S. to Canada, 1908-1935

http://search.ancestry.ca - Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956
about Joseph Rimmer

Affiliate Publication Title Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, New York, 1902-1954
Affiliate Publication Number M1480
Affiliate Film Number

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/results?count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3Arimmer%20%2Bany_year%3A1923-1928~&collection_id=1803785

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Wife Mary 46
Accompanied by John 16, Beatrice 14, Richard 12
Joseph 41, Carpenter, 5'10'', medium complexion, Brown Hair, ? eyes
Permanent Residence: Brantford, Ont
Landed Quebec, November 1922, Montreal
Destination: Patterson, N.J. [[Paterson, N.J.]
Destination Relative or Friend: Mrs. Geo Higgins, 241 Liberty Street, Patterson, N.J. [Paterson, N.J.]
[Crossed;} Peace Bridge [Buffalo and Port Erie]

The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Buffalo, Lewiston, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, New York, 1902-1954; National Archives Microfilm Publication: M1480; Roll: 123; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; Record Group Number: 85

http://search.ancestry.ca - Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956
about Joseph Rimmer

http://search.ancestry.ca - Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956
about Joseph Rimmer

Affiliate Publication Title Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, New York, 1902-1954
Affiliate Publication Number M1480
Affiliate Film Number 123

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XGSC-8J3
 
MARY HELEN HIGGINS [MARY ELLEN HIGGINS]
BORN NOVEMBER 26, 1888? [sic. Baptism: December 14, 1879, Chorley, Lancashire - 1950]
PATTERSON, PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY
[PATTERSON, PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY]

[ALICE RIMMER - Born 14 October 1894 - Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire, England -
There is no record of an Alice Rimmer OR George Higgins entering Canada - See above]

http://search.ancestry.ca - Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956
about Joseph Rimmer

http://search.ancestry.ca - Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956
about Joseph Rimmer

Affiliate Publication Title Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, New York, 1902-1954
Affiliate Publication Number M1480
Affiliate Film Number

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XG7M-WXS

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FOR THE GEORGE HIGGINS-MARY ELLEN WARING THREAD CLICK HERE

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ERNEST RIMMER and HIS BROTHER WILLIAM WORKING AT THE GOODYEAR PLANT IN NEW TORONTO

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NOTE RE 1927

There are no Rimmers listed in the 1927 Long Branch Street Directory

https://static.torontopubliclibrary.ca/da/pdfs/37131062018379d.pdf

1928

JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

Joseph Rimmer Is Not Listed In Brantford

https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/649019-vernon-s-city-of-brantford-ontario-directory-1928?offset=535 - Vernon's city of Brantford (Ontario), 1928: Alphabetical Directory, p. 273; Street Directory, p. 17

1929-1931

JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

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RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)

LONG BRANCH

AGES 14 - 16

School  Year - Grades 9 - 10

Town School

LONG BRANCH HIGH SCHOOL

• Passed Grade 10 (town school) - Personal Selection Record - B56155 Dvr. [1945: Pte.] Rimmer Richard, September 29, 1942 - February 18, 1946

  • Source: See later, 1942 - 1946 Military Records

  • NOTE: The Long Branch Director for 1927 does not list any Rimmers as yet living in Long Branch - https://static.torontopubliclibrary.ca/da/pdfs/37131062018379d.pdf  - Long Branch directory 1927

Map Data, 2011, Google

Long Branch High School, Toronto

Long Branch High School, 3495 Lakeshore Blvd. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1930

JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

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RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)

LONG BRANCH

AGE 15

• Mr. Jos. Edgerton and Master Dick Rimmer, Long Branch, spent a few days at Mr. Jack Living's ...

  • Canadian Statesman, with which is incorporated the Bowmanville News, Thursday, July 31, 1930 - http://images.ourontario.ca/Partners/ClaPL/CLaPL002713612pf_0002.pdf

1931

1931 CANADA CENSUS

JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

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RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)

LONG BRANCH
LAKE VIEW AVENUE

AGES 16

https://central2.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?id=e011703056&app=census1931&op=img

Province: Ontario District name: York West District number: 172
Sub-district name: Long Branch (Town), No. 2 Sub-district number: 2, Page 9

• Joseph Rimmer - Age 45- English - Born England - Immigrated  1921- Church of England - Renting 4 occupied rooms of a Flat ($25 per month) - Has a radio - Form Carpenter - Construction - $880 earnings since June 1, 1930 (i.e the last 12 months) - At work on June 1, 1931 - 32 weeks unemployed last 12 months - 32 weeks no job

• Mary Rimmer - Age 50 - Irish - Born Ireland - Immigrated 1922 - Church of England - Home Maker

• John Rimmer - Age 20 - English - Born England - Immigrated 1922 - Church of England - Labourer -Odd  Jobs - $20 earnings since June 1, 1930 (i.e the last 12 months) - Not at work on June 1, 1931 - No Job - 50 weeks unemployed last 12 months - 50 weeks no job

• Richard Rimmer - Age 16 - English - Born England - Immigrated 1922 - Church of England -  Student - [High School scratched out]

1931-1933

JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

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RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)

AGES 16 - 17

TORONTO

School  Year - Commercial High School

AND

1 year of a 2 year business course?

TORONTO

• 1 1/2 years Commercial High School (can type, a little) - Personal Selection Record - B56155 Dvr. [1945: Pte.] Rimmer Richard, September 29, 1942 - February 18, 1946

• 2 years Business Course 1 yr. - Record of Service, B56155, September 29, 1942 (Enlisted) - March 1, 1946 (Discharged)

  • Source: See later, 1942 - 1946 Military Records

Perhaps 1934

RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)

AGE 19

LAKEVIEW GOLF CLUB

• Early in his life, Mike [Richards] [as Richard Rimmer] caddied for Golf legend Gene Sarazen, who later toured with Joe Kirkwood - C. Scott Holland, Canada's Most Southernly 18 Hole Golf Course, Erie Shores Golf and Country Club, Seventy-Five Years (1926-2001),  2001, p. 53

  • [On two occasions, first in 1923, and again in 1934, Lakeview hosted the National Golf Championship of Canada ...  Gene Sarazen participated at both events - http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/discover/lakeviewhistory . In those years Richard Rimmer would have been 8 years and 19 years of age respectively. See also: http://www.mississauga.ca/file/COM/LakeviewBook_PartThree1_1901_1950.pdf ]

• The well-known Jimmy Rimmer also played the course during this Canadian Open -

  • http://www.rcga.org/_uploads/documents/CanOpen/MediaCentre/CO_MediaGuide-Cover-Guts_webpage.pdf

Left to Right, Gene Sarazen, Tommy Armour and Walter Hagen, three of the most powerful names in golf of the time, at Lakeview Golf Club, 1934. Armour would win the championship that year for his third victory, while Hagen was the 1931 champion. Sarazen never took the Canadian Open home, but came close, finishing runner-up in 1924 and 1926. .

http://rbccanadianopen.com/innerpage.aspx?x=EUd6nXxmlkZw%2BoUDltc4uOS9WHzJTmk7FkRB9yLRTM%2FP%2FR9Lx3iH1H0g2v6I8Ar7

The Calgary Herald, August 19, 1939 - http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BCFkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=S3sNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1532,4817567&dq=rimmer+golf&hl=en

1935

RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
AGE: 20

AS OF DECEMBER 17

1511 LAKESHORE ROAD, LONG BRANCH
[Near Lakeview Golf Club]

OFFICE CLERK

https://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=7921

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JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

LONG BRANCH

98 LAKEVIEW [AVENUE]

[COUNTY OF] YORK

Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980

Electoral District of York West, Urban Polling Division No. 4, Long Branch

NAME: Joseph Rimmer

RESIDENCE: 1935 - York, Ontario, Canada

[NOTE: Lakeview avenue (Long Branch) will change its name to Thirty-Fifth)

• Name: Joseph Rimmer
  Occupation: Carpenter
  Year: 1935
  Location: York, Ontario, Canada
  Electoral District: York West

  • Joseph Rimmer, carpenter, and Mrs. Joseph (W), married woman, 98 Lakeview

http://search.ancestry.ca

Alderwood
Lakeview			New Toronto
	Long Branch
	Lake Ontario

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Branch,_Toronto

NOTE:

• Joseph Rimmer is not listed in the following directory:

  •  County of York (Ontario) DIRECTORY, 1935-36, (Corrected to October, 1935), p. 31 (main directory), or Long Branch, p. 107 - https://static.torontopubliclibrary.ca/da/pdfs/31385043913464d.pdf

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RIMMER (Correct One?)

ETOBICOKE 260 HOUSEHOLDERS .... Rimmer, Mr, laborer ...

County of York (Ontario) directory, bi-yearly edition 1935-36, towns, villages, rural districts alphabetical, corrected to October, 1935

https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/objects/238712# , pp. 44, 46

1936

JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

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FREDERICK WILLIAM WATSON
 (October 7, 1888, Croydon, England  - 1939, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
and
ANNA (LYNAS) WATSON
 (December 6, 1886, Belfast, Ireland - 1969, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

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AGE 20 going on AGE 21

RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
Married
(February 8, 1936)
WINNIFRED "WYNNE" EMILY WATSON
WINIFRED "WYNNE" EMILY WATSON
(December 5, 1913, Belfast, Ireland - August 28, 1969, Toronto, Ontario)
AGE  c. 22

FEBRUARY 8, 1936

1511 LAKESHORE ROAD, LONG BRANCH
[Near Lakeview Golf Club]

SWEARING DATE FOR THE ISSUE OF A
PRE-MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE: DECEMBER 17, 1935

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SIGNED CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE: FEBRUARY 8, 1936

https://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=7921

SUMMARY

• BRIDEGROOM: Richard Rimmer

• AGE: Twenty-One Years [Sic: Twenty Years - The One is crossed out and replaced with the short form for twenty] -  [As of December 17, 1935]

• ADDRESS: Village of Long Branch, County of York, Ontario

• OCCUPATION: Office Clerk

• READ AND WRITE: Yes

• CONDITION IN LIFE: Bachelor

• RELIGION: Anglican

• RESIDENCE WHEN MARRIED: 1511 Lakeshore Road, Ontario, Long Branch

• BORN: Oldham, Lancashire, England

• INTENDED PLACE OF MARRIAGE: City of Toronto. County of York

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• BRIDE: Winnifred Watson

• AGE: Twenty-Two Years [As of December 17, 1935]

• OCCUPATION: Stenographer

• READ AND WRITE: Yes

• CONDITION IN LIFE: Spinster

• RELIGION: Anglican

• RESIDENCE WHEN MARRIED: 500 Dovercourt Rd, Toronto

• BORN: Belfast, Ireland

• INTENDED PLACE OF MARRIAGE: City of Toronto. County of York

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• WITNESS: Helen Watson

• ADDRESS: 322 Concord Ave [Note: Address of Ernest Watson, Painter and Decorator,
  https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1935#page/1424/mode/2up Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1935, p. 1425]

• WITNESS: Cyril J. Chavner

• ADDRESS: 2929 Street, Long Branch

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• IN THE: T.S. of York

• COUNTY: York Province of Ontario

• ON THE:  8th day of Feb, 1936

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• BRIDEGROOM'S FATHER: Joseph Rimmer, born England

• BRIDEGROOM'S MOTHER: Mary Morrissey,

• BRIDE'S FATHER: Frederick Watson, born England

• BRIDE'S MOTHER: Annabell Lynas

https://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=7921

• Married to Winnifred "Wynne" Emily Watson [Winifred "Wynne" Emily Watson][February 8, 1936]

  • Daughter: Jo-Anne Rimmer [b. c. 1936[ - Leonard Chwedchuk, FROM REVOLUTION TO DEPRESSION  (Memoires of an immigrant family from Eastern Europe arriving in
    Canada in 1930), (Ottawa, January, 1999), p. 106 [Microsoft Word Document © Leonard Chwedchuk]  [See below : Jo-Anne (Rimmer) Carruthers, Age: 46, d. August 11, 1982]

    • Source: See later, 1942 - 1946 Military Records
       

• Perhaps now with a daughter Jo-Anne Wynne Rimmer at this time
   

  • Source: See later: August 11, 1982 - Jo-Anne (Rimmer) Carruthers

  • Source: See later, 1942 - 1946 Military Records

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RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
WINNIFRED "WYNNE" EMILY (WATSON) RIMMER
(December 5, 1913, Belfast, Ireland - August 28, 1969, Toronto, Canada)
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JO-ANNE WYNNE RIMMER
(c. 1936 - August 11, 1982, Toronto, Ontario)

• Birth of  Jo-Anne Wynne Rimmer (c. 1936 - August 11, 1982, Toronto, Ontario)

[August 11, 1982: "JO-ANNE CARRUTHERS (RIMMER) Of Midland ... Passed away suddenly at the Sunnybrook Medical Centre, Toronto on Wednesday, August 11, 1982, in her 47th year ..." ....]

Perhaps 1936 - 1939

RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
WINNIFRED "WYNNE" EMILY (WATSON) RIMMER
(December 5, 1913, Belfast, Ireland - August 28, 1969, Toronto, Canada)

AGES 21 - 24

GREENS KEEPER - LAKEVIEW GOLF CLUB

• 4 seasons Lakeview Golf Club - Personal Selection Record - B56155 Dvr. [1945: Pte.] Rimmer Richard, September 29, 1942 - February 18, 1946

  • Source: See later, 1942 - 1946 Military Records

  • [Note: Lakeview is located in Port Credit, Mississauga, Ontario. On July 21, 1939, the Club House burned down ... The next day, it was reported that the Mississauga Golf Club was besieged with caddies from Lakeview desperately looking for work ...

  • http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/discover/lakeviewhistory See also: http://www.ontgolf.ca/history/historic_lakeview.html

"Mike worked as a greens keeper with the Lakeview Golf Club of Toronto ....".

http://ink.ourontario.ca/browse/lp -The Leamington Post. December 22, 1955 - p. 2

1938

RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
WINNIFRED "WYNNE" EMILY (WATSON) RIMMER
(December 5, 1913, Belfast, Ireland - August 28, 1969, Toronto, Canada)

AGE 23

GREENS KEEPER - LAKEVIEW GOLF CLUB

57 DELANEY CRESCENT
[PARKDALE, TORONTO]

• [Rimmer] - Richard greenkpr Lake View Golf Club h 57 Delaney cres

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1938, p. 1207

 https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1938#page/n1459/mode/2up

• [Delaney] 57 Rimmer Richd
                  * Jesenko John [* = Owns the House]

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1938, p. 137

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1938#page/n1989/mode/2up

NOTE:

Richard Rimmer is not listed in the 1939 and 1940 Toronto City Directories

FEBRUARY 22

MARY BEATRICE RIMMER
(April 9, 1913, Oldham East, Lancashire, England - )
Married
(February 22, 1938, Long Branch, York, Ontario, Canada)
FRANK HERBERT HAY
1914, Terra Cotta, Ontario - )

Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938

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ADDITIONAL DETAILS

• Witness: Harriett Hay, 245 Kingsbury Ave, Long Branch [Also 30th Street]

• Witness: Margaret Laing Medler, 60-30th Street, Long Branch

• County of York

• Certificate of Registration: 9760

• Person Solemnizing Marriage: Arthur S. Medler, 60-30th Street, Long Branch, The Salvation Army

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MARY BEATRICE RIMMER
 (April 9, 1913, Oldham East, Lancashire, England - )

 1513 LAKE SHORE ROAD, LONG BRANCH

• Name: Mary Beatrice Rimmer [Maid, Can Read and Write]
  Age: 23 [Spinster, Roman Catholic]
  Birth Year: abt 1915
  Birth Place: Oldham, England
  Marriage Date: 22 Feb 1938
  Present Residence: 1513 Lake Shore Road, Long Branch]
  Marriage Place: Long Branch, York, Ontario, Canada
  Father: Joseph Rimmer
  Mother: Mary Rimmer
  Spouse: Frank Herbert Hay

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JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

1513 LAKE SHORE ROAD, LONG BRANCH

• Name: Joseph Rimmer [Born England]
  Gender: Male
  Spouse: Mary Rimmer
  Child: Mary Beatrice Rimmer

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• Name: Mary Rimmer
  Maiden Name: Moinssey [Morrisey]
  Gender: Female
  Spouse: Joseph Rimmer
  Child: Mary Beatrice Rimmer

  ------------

FRANK HERBERT HAY
(1914, Terra Cotta, Ontario - )

245 KINGSBURY AVENUE, LONG BRANCH (Also, 30th Street)

• Name: Frank Herbert Hay [Labourer, Can Read and Write]
  Age: 23 [Bachelor, Baptist]
  Birth Year: abt 1915
  Birth Place: Terra Cotta, Ontario
  Marriage Date: 22 Feb 1938
  [Present Residence: 245 Kingsbury Ave, Long Branch]
  Marriage Place: Long Branch, York, Ontario, Canada
  Father: Joseph Hay
  Mother: Harriett Hay
  Spouse: Mary Beatrice Rimmer

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• Name: Joseph Hay [Born England]
  Gender: Male
  Spouse: Harriett Hay
  Child: Frank Herbert Hay

  ------------

• Name: Harriett Hay
  Maiden Name: Filley [Tilley]
  Gender: Female
  Spouse: Joseph Hay
  Child: Frank Herbert Hay

    ------------

• Source Citation

Archives of Ontario; Archives of Ontario; Registrations of Marriages; Reel: 30-333
Source Information

Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada). Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Original data:

Ontario, Canada, Select Marriages. Archives of Ontario, Toronto

•   https://www.ancestry.ca/search/collections/7921/

Perhaps  1939

AGE 24

RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
WINNIFRED "WYNNE" EMILY (WATSON) RIMMER
(December 5, 1913, Belfast, Ireland - August 28, 1969, Toronto, Canada)

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JO-ANNE WYNNE RIMMER
(c. 1936 - August 11, 1982, Toronto, Ontario)

AGE c. 7 and 3

Jo-Anne Rimmer Mikes daughter by first wife Winnifred
married later name Caruthers [Jo-Anne Wynne Carruthers]

Source: Lydia Richards

Pictures to the Right

• [Editor]: To the rear stands the greens keeper cottage at the Lakeview Golf Club. Jo-Anne  appears to be about 3 years of age, and if so, the picture was taken c. 1939, perhaps around the time that fire destroyed the Club House on July 31, 1939. Shortly thereafter, Richard Rimmer was on the road as a salesman for People's Credit Jewelry. Salesmen worked on commissions.

Picture Top Left

• [Editor]:  To the rear, once again, stands the greens keeper cottage, but at a later time. Jo-Anne appears to be about 7 years of age, and, if so, the picture was taken c. 1942-1943.

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Cottage - Built 1913 -
Used by Greens keepers and Course Superintendants

http://www.mississauga.ca/file/COM/LakeviewBook_PartThree1_1901_1950.pdf - Lakeview Journey From Yesterday, p. 68

Salesman Commission Examples:

The Ottawa Journal, October 2, 1939, p. 18

https://www.newspapers.com/image/45993484

The Province, February 10, 1940, p. 22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/499519410

The Ottawa Citizen, July 30, 1940, p. 14

https://www.newspapers.com/image/456500757

The Ottawa Citizen, November 20, 1940, p. 18

https://www.newspapers.com/image/455507699

Perhaps 1939 - 1941

RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
WINNIFRED "WYNNE" EMILY (WATSON) RIMMER
(December 5, 1913, Belfast, Ireland - August 28, 1969, Toronto, Canada)

AGES 24 - 26

PEOPLES CREDIT JEWELLERS (Road Salesman)

• 2 years Peoples Credit Jewellers (road Salesman) - Personal Selection Record - B56155 Dvr. [1945: Pte.] Rimmer Richard, September 29, 1942 - February 18, 1946

  • Source: See later, 1942 - 1946 Military Records

  • Note: Peoples Credit Jewellers was founded in 1924, Toronto, Young and Queen Streets

Ottawa Citizen - Nov 1, 1940

CIRCA 1940s?

JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

TORONTO

Auction Circuit

• Pearl (Rimmer) Campbell (1928 - ), daughter of Ernest Rimmer, remembers going to Joe's house in Toronto when she was young  She remembers Joe doing the auction circuit.

• Source: See Ernest Rimmer section.

c. 1941 - 1942

RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
WINNIFRED "WYNNE" EMILY (WATSON) RIMMER
(December 5, 1913, Belfast, Ireland - August 28, 1969, Toronto, Canada)

AGE 26 - 27
 

766 SHAW STREET
 

Address of next of kin ... [Crossed out: 766 Shaw Street]...

Attestation Paper, Richard Rimmer, B56155, RCASC D Wing,
M.D. No. 2, Mobile Unite No. 4, September 29, 1942

(Richard Rimmer is not listed in the 1939, 1940, and 1941
Toronto City Directories, but is listed in the 1942 directory at the residence of Fred W. and Annabelle Watson)

SEE FREDERICK WILLIAM WATSON
(October 7, 1888, - 1939, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
and
ANNA WATSON
(December 6, 1886, Belfast, Ireland - 1969, Toronto, Ontario, Canada),
766 SHAW, TORONTO

NOTE:
The Watsons resided at 766 Shaw: 1941-1943

AS OF SEPTEMBER 29, 1942

RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
WINNIFRED "WYNNE" EMILY (WATSON) RIMMER
 (December 5, 1913, Belfast, Ireland - August 28, 1969, Toronto, Canada)

AGE 27

YORK HOTEL,
Corner York and Carlton Streets, St. Catharines

• Address as of September 29, 1942: York Hotel, St. Catharines, Ontario Canada

• Was still married to Winnifred "Wynne" Emily Rimmer, as of September 29, 1942 - Her address was probably not the York Hotel

  • Source: See later, 1942 - 1946 Military Records

1937

1938

York Hotel, Corner, York and Carlton Streets

http://henley.stcatharines.library.on.ca:1967/images.php

Google Maps

1942 - 1946

September 29, 1942 - March 1, 1946

RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
WINNIFRED "WYNNE" EMILY (WATSON) RIMMER
(December 5, 1913, Belfast, Ireland - August 28, 1969, Toronto, Canada)
 

According Canadian Regimental Records, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps [RCASC]

ATTESTATION PAPER

District Recruiting Establishments
RCASC D Wing
M.D. No. 2, Mobile Unite No. 4
And Report to DRO 159 Bay Street Toronto
[Headquarters MD. #2]

Active Formations and Units of the Canadian Army

Authority T.36-11-3 (1A) D.A.A.G., dated 9-9-42

• Surname                                           Rimmer

• Christian Names                              Richard

• Present address                               York Hotel, St. Catharines, Ontario Canada

• Date of birth                                     Feb, 27th. 1915

• Place of birth                                    England   Lancashire Oldham

• Citizenship                                        Canada

• Religion  (state denomination)        Roman Catholic

• Trade of Calling                               Waiter

• Married, Widower or Single            Married

• Name of next of kin                          Mrs Wynne Rimmer

• Relationship                                      wife

• Address of next of kin                      [Original copy of the Attestation Paper Sent had this Address Redacted]

  Address of next of kin                      [New Copy: 766 Shaw Street crossed out-replaced with handwritten notation as follows:]
                                                             633 Bathurst St  (DO 25 DRE) Toronto, Ontario, Can 
                                                             [Both Houses are close together near Palmerston-Little Italy; DRE=District
                                                             Recruiting Establishments]

• Serve Before, Canadian Army         No

• Witness                                             W. Dalyleish, Sgt.

• Certificate of Attesting Officer        Hamilton Ontario, 29th September, 1942, # 2 District Depot, E. Sykes, [?] Recruiting Officer

• Signed                                                Richard Rimmer

SOURCE

Attestation Paper, Richard Rimmer, B56155, RCASC D Wing,
M.D. No. 2, Mobile Unite No. 4, September 29, 1942

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MAJOR SUMMARY

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Military                                    Nil

• Business or Professional         Nil

• Trade or Civil                           Waiter

• Technical                                  Nil

• Languages                                English

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School or Collegiate        Long Branch High School Toronto, 2 years Business Course 1 yr.

• Graduation or Matriculation   Nil

• College                                     Nil

• University                                 Nil 

• Educational Background

  • Passed Grade 10 (town school)

  • 1 1/2 years Commercial High School (can type, a little)

OCCUPATIONAL RECORD
 

• Occupational Background

  • 4 seasons Lakeview Golf Club

  • 2 years Peoples Credit Jewellers (road Salesman)

  • 1 year York Hotel (Waiter)
     

• Expects to be used and a clerk and typist in Capt. Sykes office - Recommendation: D.R.O's Staff - Hamiliton

MILITARY RECORD

[Places Mentioned]
 
Hamilton: September, 1942
Brantford, September, 1944
Toronto: September 29, 1942 - July 20, 1945
Camp Borden: July 21, 1945 - February 25, 1946
Toronto: February 26, 1946

[Approved Leaves and Furloughs]

December 29, 1942 - ?: New Year's Leave
December 30, 1943 - January 3, 1944 (inc): New Year's Leave
June 26, 1944 - July 9, 1944: Furlough
December 30, 1944 - January 3, 1945: New Year's Leave
July 3, 1945 - July 7, 1945: Compassionate Leave
On or after July 18, 1945 [the 18th was a Wednesday]: Permission to marry Lydia Chwedchum [Chwedchuk]
[Married with Permission to Miss Lydia Chwedchuk at Crossland [Crowland], Welland County, Ont. ]
December 12, 1945 - December 21, 1945: Compassionate Leave
February 19 - To February 25, 1945: Pre-discharge Leave

[AWL's]

March 20, 1945 - March 26, 1945
July 7, 1945 - July 16, 1945
October 29, 1945 - November 9, 1945

• Revised Examination "M":  Hamiliton, September 19, 1942 [Appraisal of Intelligence - Terry Copp, Bill McAndrew], Battle exhaustion: soldiers and psychiatrists in the Canadian army, 1939-1945 (1990), p. 163]

• Enlisted at Hamilton in September, 1942
   

• Regt No. B56155 Rank Dvr. [1945: Pte.] Name (surname first): Rimmer Richard; A or R: A; Age: 27; Med. Cat.: C-1

• Age                                 31 years

• Height                             5 feet 8 inches

• Complexion                    Medium

• Eyes                                Hazel

• Hair                                 Brown

• Marks or Scars Scar      back of left hand
   

• 12 Sep 44. MILITARY BACKGROUND ... T.O.S. # 2 D.D. 29-9-42. Transferred to # 2 D.R.C. 7-10-42. Employed Mobile Unit #  4. 8 Months on loan to Medical Board, Hamilton Armouries (clerical work) Since May 43 returned to recruiting duties at various out of town sub-stations. Present station Brantford; A salesman and waiter in civil life, Dv. [Dvr.?] [1945: Pte.] Rimmer has the ability to meet the public ... Graded E-4, he is suitable for only H.W.E. employment. Remain present duties and corps ...
   

• 2 June 45: Eyes bother him on the range; Has some experience as a typist; States he would prefer to stay on the square; Volunteered for the Pacific Theatre 7 June 45, DO 136
   

• 18 Feb 46: ... Enlisted at Hamilton in Sep 42. Presently employed as ration supplies man for the past 4 months. Prior to this was employed for 2 1/2 years as recruiting clerk at M.D. #2 ... Although undecided on employment contact he is likely to return to Peoples' Jewellers, his former employer; At this time is undecided re use of re-establishment credit; at a later date will likely request settlement under V.L.A. [Veterans Land Act] - a small holding.
   

• Medals, Decorations,
  Mentions, awarded in
  respect of service during
  this war: Canadian Volunteer Service Medal

SOURCES
 

Personal Selection Record.  B56155 Dvr. [1945: Pte.] Rimmer Richard, September 29, 1942 - February 18, 1946

RCASC, D Wing MD2, Mobile Unit #4 - D.R.O's staff, Hamiliton
This form will accompany the soldier's regimental documents at all times

Record of Service, B56155, September 29, 1942 (Enlisted) - March 1, 1946 (Discharged)

• [Note: The Canadian Volunteer Service Medal is granted to persons of any rank in the Naval, Military or Air Forces of Canada who voluntarily served on Active Service and have honourably completed eighteen months (540 days) total voluntary service from September 3, 1939 to March 1, 1947 - The medal was established on 22 October 1943 -  http://www.ancienscombattants.gc.ca/eng/sub.cfm?source=collections/cmdp/mainmenu/group04/cvsm ]

• [D.D = District Depot; DRC = District Recruiting Company; D.R.O. = District Record Officer; DVR = Driver; H.W.E. = Home War Establishment; M.D = Military Depot; T.O.S. = Taken On Strength; - http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-909.011.003-e.html ]

• [159 Bay Street Toronto is opposite Union Station -Rail]

• [C1: Fit for Home Service only?; E-4 = Eyes?]

• [Discharged men or women could apply for a special payment or gratuity based on their service record. Once the amount was established and a statement was received, a veteran could apply for a re-establishment credit. It would be determined on the basis of $7.50 for each 30-day service in the Western Hemisphere and $15.00 for each 30-day service overseas. This credit was to be spent on such things as the purchase of a home, furniture, insurance, business, or tools of trade. Advisory committees were set up to assist the veterans in making plans - http://www.wyattheritage.com/homefront/main.asp?level1=warsend&level2=rehabilitation ]

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• While recruiting for the Army in Welland, Ontario, he met his future wife Lydia ...

  • C. Scott Holland, Canada's Most Southernly 18 Hole Golf Course, Erie Shores Golf and Country Club, Seventy-Five Years (1926-2001),  2001, p. 53

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JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

68 DUNN AVENUE

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1942#page/1260/mode/2up

• [Rimmer] - Jos carp h 68 Dunn av

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1942, p. 1261

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1942#page/166/mode/2up

• [Dunn Avenue] 68 Rimmer Joseph

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1942, p. 166

1943

RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)

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LYDIA CHWEDCHUK
(July 10, 1926 - August 3, 2012)

"St. Catherines [sic] Ont. 1943
Me and Dad (my husband)
before we were married
on June 23 1945"

Lydia Chwedchuk, ?, Armourer Sergeant ?, ?, Richard Rimmer

St. Catharines, Ontario, 1943

Me [Lydia] and Dad (my husband) before we were married on June 23, 1945

Lynda (Rimmer/Richards) Krause: Her mother and father always went dancing in St. Catharines. They would win the jitterbug contest.

NOTES

[There were a gaggle of downtown hotels in that period. Count ’em —
the Leonard, City, Harding, Esquire, Midtown, Russell, Lincoln, Garden City, New Murray, Welland, Mansion and Queensway -
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2012/04/12/pining-for-the-downtown-hotel-glory-days-of-the-late-1940s ]

The Avondale store on Niagara St. in north St. Catharines, where there was lots of jitterbugging, saw its Novak’s Dine and Dance basement constructed in the late ‘40s or ‘50s and had a terrazzo tile floor.

COUSIN RON ENNS (Of St. Catharines):
Most think that it’s the Atlanta Hotel which was on the shores of Lake Ontario at the end of Geneva Street.
Some think maybe a dance hall that was an addition to a bar. Apparently back in those days women weren’t allowed in bars.

UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE

Re the Unidentified Sergeant in the above Rimmer picture -
Looks like Armourer Sergeant H. A. Kelly, attached, Camp Borden, 1940

IST BATALLION PERTH REGIMENT ~~
M.G.
WO'S. STAFF SERGEANTS AND C.A.S.F.
1940
CAMP BORDEN

Perth Regiment Warrant Officers And Senior NCOs 1940 (Canadian Active Service Force - Canadian Army (Overseas))

http://www.perthregiment.org/gallery/gallery.html

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JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

68 DUNN AVENUE

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1943#page/1148/mode/2up

• [Rimmer] - Jos carph 68 Dunn av

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1943, p. 1149

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1943#page/166/mode/2up

• [Dunn Avenue] 68 Rimmer Joseph

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1943, p. 166

1944

JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

68 DUNN AVENUE

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1944#page/1184/mode/2up

• [Rimmer] - Jos carp h 68 Dunn av

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1944, p. 1184

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1944#page/168/mode/2up

• [Dunn Avenue] 68 Rimmer Joseph
                                 Bushell Edwd

NOTE:

• Joseph Rimmer did not own the house

• Edward Bushell was in Active Service - https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1944#page/n373/mode/2up ], p. 195

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1944, p. 168

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RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
WINNIFRED "WYNNE" EMILY (WATSON) RIMMER
(December 5, 1913, Belfast, Ireland - August 28, 1969, Toronto, Canada)
 

633 BATHURST

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1944#page/1184/mode/2up

• [Rimmer] - Richard 633 Bathurst ME 7593 (act ser) [Active Service]

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1944, p. 1184

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1944#page/1476/mode/2up 

• [Watson] - Annabelle Mrs h 633 Bathurst ME 7593

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1944, p. 1476

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1944#page/36/mode/2up

• [Bathurst] 633 *Stangl Louis [Owner of the House]

                   Watson Annabelle Mrs

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1944, p. 37

See: ANNA WATSON
(December 6, 1886, Belfast, Ireland - 1969, Toronto, Ontario, Canada),
 633 BATHURST,
TORONTO WHERE WINNIFRED "WYNNE" EMILY RIMMER
(February 8, 1914 - August 28, 1969)
WAS LIVING.
RICHARD RIMMER
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
WAS AT THIS TIME ON ACTIVE SERVICE

Note: Anna Watson resided at 633 Bathurst only in 1944

1945
 
RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
Married
(June 23, 1945, Crowland, Ontario, Canada)
LYDIA CHWEDCHUK
(July 10, 1926 - August 3, 2012)

"1945 Miraculous Wedding Day"

Lydia Rimmer, June 23, 1945

Lydia and Richard Rimmer

.........

JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

PARKDALE, TORONTO

Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980

Electoral District of Parkdale, City of Toronto, Urban Polling Division No. 8

68 DUNN AVENUE

• Name: Joseph Rimmer
  Occupation: Carpenter
  Year: 1945
  Location: Parkdale, Ontario, Canada
  Electoral District: Parkdale

  • Joseph Rimmer, carpenter, and Mrs. Joseph Rimmer, 68 Dunn Avenue.

http://search.ancestry.ca

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JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

68 DUNN AVENUE

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1945#page/n1409/mode/2up 

• [Rimmer] - Jos carp B A Oil h 68 Dunn av

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1945, p. 1234

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1945#page/n1977/mode/2up

• [Dunn Avenue] 68 Rimmer Joseph
                            Oman Alvin

NOTE:

• Joseph Rimmer did not own the house

• Alvin Oman was in active service - https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1945#page/n1283/mode/2up - p. 1108

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1945, p. 169

1946

JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

68 DUNN STREET

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1946#page/1216/mode/2up 

• [Rimmer] - Joseph carp h 68 Dunn av

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1946, p. 1217

 https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1946#page/170/mode/2up

• [Dunn Avenue] 68 Rimmer Joseph
                                Ward Harry

NOTE:

• Joseph Rimmer did not own the house

• Harry Ward: No additional details - https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1946#page/1508/mode/2up - p. 1508

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1946, p. 170

WINNIFRED "WYNNE" EMILY (WATSON) RIMMER
(December 5, 1913, Belfast, Ireland - August 28, 1969, Toronto, Canada)

1111 BAY

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1946#page/1216/mode/2up 

• [Rimmer] - Wynne stenog Arthur S Leitch Co r 1111 Bay

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1946, p. 1217

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1946#page/44/mode/2up

• [Bay] 111 Diamond Geo

...

[Bay] 1123 Leitch Arthur SCo Ltd engnr specialists .....

NOTE:

• George Diamond: He was a guard at General Engineering https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1946#page/n543/mode/2up - p. 375

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1946, p. 44

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JUNE 18

RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RIMMER
[LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RICHARDS]
(July 10, 1926 - August 3, 2012)

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LYNDA JEAN RIMMER
(June 18, 1946, Welland, Ontario - )

• On June 18, 1946, Lynda Jean Rimmer was born in Welland Ontario.

1947

JUNE
 
RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
[MICHAEL "MIKE" RICHARDS]
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RIMMER
[LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RICHARDS]
(July 10, 1926 - August 3, 2012)
 

RIDGETOWN

• Richard Rimmer moved in June, 1947, to Ridgetown, Ontario where he assumed the name Michael Richards - Source: Declaration of 8th May, 1970, Lydia Richards of the Town of Lasalle in the County of Essex. Declared, City of Windsor, Province of Ontario - Top and Bottom

• [Note: His son Richard Joseph Rimmer born August 9, 1947-June 24, 1970, Welland, Ontario, Canada), in the Welland Hospital, was registered September 5, 1947, as Rimmer. His mother, Lydia Rimmer, went to Ridgetown after August 9, 1947, where she, daughter Lynda, and son "Rick" also assumed the name Richards - Declaration of 8th May, 1970, Lydia Richards of the Town of Lasalle in the County of Essex. Declared, City of Windsor, Province of Ontario - Top and Bottom ]

"Mike and Lynda 1947 I Think"

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RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
[MICHAEL "MIKE" RICHARDS]
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RIMMER
[LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RICHARDS]
(July 10, 1926 - August 3, 2012)-----

RICHARD "RICK" "RICKY" JOSEPH RIMMER
(August 9, 1947, Welland, Ontario, Canada - June 24, 1970, Fernie, BC)

• On August 9, 1947, Richard "Rick" "Ricky" Joseph Rimmer was born in Welland, Ontario.

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JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

68 DUNN STREET

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1947#page/1302/mode/2up  

• [Rimmer] - Joseph carp h 68 Dunn av LA 7472

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1947, p. 1302

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1947#page/170/mode/2up

• [Dunn Avenue] 68* Rimmer Joseph
                                   Laurence Harry

NOTE:

• Joseph Rimmer owned the house

• Harry Laurence: No further mention is made

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1947, p. 171

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WINNIFRED "WYNNE" EMILY (WATSON) RIMMER
(December 5, 1913, Belfast, Ireland - August 28, 1969, Toronto, Canada)
 

178A OSSINGTON AVENUE

[SEE ANNA WATSON
 (December 6, 1886, Belfast, Ireland - c.1950, Ontario, Canada),
178A OSSINGTON AVENUE]

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1947#page/1302/mode/2up  

• [Rimmer] - Wynne priv sec A S Leitch Co r 178A Ossington avenue

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1947, p. 1302

1947 - 1956

RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
[MICHAEL "MIKE" RICHARDS]
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RIMMER
[LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RICHARDS]
(July 10, 1926 - August 3, 2012)

RIDGETOWN

• In 1947 he assumed the name Mike Richards in place of Dick Rimmer when he assumed a job near Ridgetown with Jack Hymers, a farmer.

  • There was local golf course nearby and Mike Richards took a course in looking after golf greens, and some what  later was hired as greens-keeper at the said golf club.

    • Source: Leonard Chwedchuk, Letter of April 18, 1970, Leonard Chwedchuk to M. Hornick, Canada Pension Plan Services, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

    • Leonard Chwedchuk, FROM REVOLUTION TO DEPRESSION  (Memoires of an immigrant family from Eastern Europe arriving in Canada in 1930), (Ottawa, January, 1999), pp. 85, 105-106 [Microsoft Word Document © Leonard Chwedchuk]

• Lynda and Shirley stayed with their Chwedchuk Grandparents in Welland post 1947 during the summer while Mike and Lydia worked at the Ridgetown Golf  Club

  • Source: Lynda Krause; Shirley Ribble

• (Pop) Gordon and Mabel Nicholson of Ridgetown looked after Shirley (post 1951) during the summer while Mike and Lydia worked at the Ridgetown Golf Club [Source: Shirley Ribble]

  • Pop Nicholson played golf with Jim Cooper

    • Source: Shirley Ribble

• Gordon M. Nicholson: 1905-1987 and  Mabel T, Nicholson; 1904-1978

  •  http://cemetery.canadagenweb.org/ON/ONG11726/

• Pop Nicholson - Once the manager at the Ridgetown Golf & Curling Club

  • http://www.ridgetowngolf.com/tournaments/clubTournaments.php

• Lynda attended Scane's School, Miss Moody was the teacher

  • Source: Lynda Krause

  • The first school house was a log building situated on the east corner of Lot 7, 9th Concession, Howard Township - almost opposite the brick school house known as Scane's School, No. 6 Howard.

    • http://zonzorp.ca/tedd/scane/scane_centennial/scane_history.htm

• Jack Hymers... 1957 ... Kent Ontario ... All Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980

  • http://search.ancestry.ca/search/DB.aspx?dbid=2983

• Miss Moody = Miss Marjorie Moody: S.S. No. 6, Howard (SCANE'S) - "Since there are now more public school pupils in the section the school is being reopened on September l, 1946 with Miss M. Moody as teacher..."

  • http://zonzorp.ca/tedd/rrwi/102_ss6_scane_school.htm

1948

JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

68 DUNN AVENUE

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1948#page/1346/mode/2up

• [Rimmer] - Jos carp h 68 Dunn av LA 7472

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1948, p. 1346

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1948#page/172/mode/2up

• [Dunn Avenue] 68* Rimmer Joseph
                                   Lawrence Harry

NOTE:

• Joseph Rimmer owned the house

• Harry Lawrence: No further details - https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1948#page/896/mode/2up - p. 896

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1948, p. 173

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WINNIFRED "WYNNE" EMILY (WATSON) RIMMER
(December 5, 1913, Belfast, Ireland - August 28, 1969, Toronto, Canada)
 

178A OSSINGTON AVENUE

[SEE ANNA WATSON
(December 6, 1886, Belfast, Ireland - c.1950, Ontario, Canada),
178A OSSINGTON AVENUE]

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1948#page/1346/mode/2up

• [Rimmer] - Wynne priv sec A S Leitch Co r 178A Ossington av

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1948, p. 1346

CIRCA 1949

Lydia Richards, Lynda Richards, Rick Richards

In Welland, Ontario, at Nanny's "Turkey Farm"
Where Lynda And Rick Stayed The Summer When Lydia Was In Ridgetown,
At work, At The Golf Club

1949

RIDGETOWN

All Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980

R. R. #2 RIDGETOWN

• Name: Michael Richards
  Occupation: Waiter
  Year: 1949
  Location: Kent, Ontario, Canada
  Electoral District: Kent

  • http://search.ancestry.ca

WINNIFRED "WYNNE" EMILY (WATSON) RIMMER
(December 5, 1913, Belfast, Ireland - August 28, 1969, Toronto, Canada)
 

TORONTO

All Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980

740 BAYVIEW AVENUE

• Atkin, Benjamin, salesman

• Atkin, Mrs. Mamie

• Rimmer, Mrs. Wynne, sec'y

Name: Mrs Wynne Rlmmer [Mrs Wynne Rimmer]
Gender: Female
Occupation: Sec'y
Year: 1949
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Electoral District: Eglinton

http://search.ancestry.ca

All Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980

68 DUNN AVENUE, PARKDALE, TORONTO

http://search.ancestry.ca

Name: Mr Joseph Rlmmer [sic Mrs. Joseph Rimmer]
Gender: M (Male)
Year: 1949
Location: Parkdale, Ontario, Canada
Electoral District: Parkdale

Living with:

Mrs. Joseph Rimmer
Albert McFadden, store manager
Edward Jaybash, assesor
John Meloche, soldier
Mrs. Dorothy Barry, nurse

http://search.ancestry.ca

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JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

68 DUNN AVENUE

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1949#page/n1743/mode/2up 

• [Rimmer] -- Jos carp h 68 Dunn av LA 7472

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1949, p. 1537

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1949#page/n2405/mode/2up

• [Dunn Avenue] 68* Rimmer John

NOTE:

• Joseph Rimmer owned the house

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1949, p. 174

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WINNIFRED "WYNNE" EMILY (WATSON) RIMMER
(December 5, 1913, Belfast, Ireland - August 28, 1969, Toronto, Canada)
 

740 BAYVIEW AVENUE

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1949#page/n1743/mode/2up

• [Rimmer] -- Wynne sec Arthur S Leitch Co r 740 Bayview av HU 9183

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1949, p. 1537

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1949#page/n2279/mode/2up

• [Bayview] 740* Atkins Benj

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1949, p. 49

NOTE:

• Benjamin Atkins: Sheldrake Market - https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1949#page/n265/mode/2up - p. 59

1950

JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

68 DUNN AVENUE

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1950#page/1314/mode/2up

• [Rimmer] -- Joseph carp h 68 Dunn av LA 7472

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1950, 1314

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1950#page/146/mode/2up

• [Dunn Avenue] 68* Rimmer Joseph

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1950, p. 146

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WINNIFRED "WYNNE" EMILY (WATSON) RIMMER
(December 5, 1913, Belfast, Ireland - August 28, 1969, Toronto, Canada)
 

740 BAYVIEW

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1950#page/1314/mode/2up

• [Rimmer] -- Wynne priv sec Arthur S Leitch Co h 740 Bayview av HU 9183

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1950, 1314

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1950#page/40/mode/2up

• [Bayview] 740 *Atkins Benj
                    Rimmer Wynne

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1950, p. 41

RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
[MICHAEL "MIKE" RICHARDS]
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RIMMER
[LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RICHARDS]
(July 10, 1926 - August 3, 2012)

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SHIRLEY RICHARDS
(April 4, 1951 - )

Shirley Richards (April 4, 1951 -)

• On April 4, 1951, Shirley Richards was born

1951

JOSEPH RIMMER
(May 16, 1886 - c. 1952)
and
MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

68 DUNN AVENUE

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1951#page/1290/mode/2up

• [Rimmer] -- Joseph carp h 68 Dunn av LA 7472

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1951, p. 1290

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1951#page/148/mode/2up

• [Dunn Avenue] 68 *Rimmer Joseph

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1951, p. 148

1952

MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

68 DUNN AVENUE

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1952#page/n1465/mode/2up 

• [Rimmer] -- Mary (wid Jos) h 68 Dunn av LA 7472

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1952, p. 1292

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1952#page/n2005/mode/2up

• [Dunn Avenue] 68 Rimmer Mary Mrs

NOTE:

• Mary Rimmer did not own the house

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1952, p. 155

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WINNIFRED "WYNNE" EMILY (WATSON) RIMMER
(December 5, 1913, Belfast, Ireland - August 28, 1969, Toronto, Canada)
 

2345 YONGE

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1952#page/n1465/mode/2up 

• [Rimmer] -- Wynne E sr steng B F Godrich Rubber h 12, 2345 Yonge MO 5917

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1952, p. 1292

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1952#page/n2357/mode/2up

• [Yonge Street] 2345 Yonge St. Court Apts APARTMENTS ... 12 Rimmer Wynne E ...

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1952, p. 506

RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
[MICHAEL "MIKE" RICHARDS]
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RIMMER
[LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RICHARDS]
(July 10, 1926 - August 3, 2012)

RIDGETOWN

APPOINT RICHARDS

• It was reported that Mike Richards has been engaged to suceed John O'Neil, who has moved to Wallaceburg, and a definite contract has been drawn up specifying the duties involved. Mr. Richards retains the refreshment and supply concessions with the proviso that no illegal items shall be on sale ...

The Windsor Star, January 17, 1952, p. 1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/500296140

Mike Richards, Manager, Ridgetown Golf and Country Club

The Windsor Star, July 19, 1952, p. 15

https://www.newspapers.com/image/501035736

1953

RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
[MICHAEL "MIKE" RICHARDS]
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RIMMER
[LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RICHARDS]
(July 10, 1926 - August 3, 2012)

RIDGETOWN

All Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980

R. R. # 2 RIDGETOWN

• Name: Mike Richards
  Occupation: Labourer
  Year: 1953
  Location: Kent, Ontario, Canada
  Electoral District: Kent
  R.R. 2, Ridgetown

  • Mike Richards, labourer, and Mrs. Mike Richards, RR#2, Ridgetown

http://search.ancestry.ca

• Name: Mrs Mike Richards
  Gender: Female
  Occupation:
  Year: 1953
  Location: Kent, Ontario, Canada
  Electoral District: Kent
  R.R. 2, Ridgetown

  • http://search.ancestry.ca

Mike Richards, Manager, Ridgetown Golf and Country Club

The Windsor Star, August 15, 1953, p. 13

https://www.newspapers.com/image/501460734

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MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

68 DUNN AVENUE

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1953#page/1206/mode/2up

• [Rimmer] -- Mary (wid Jos) h 68 Dunn av LA 7472

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1953, p. 1206

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1953#page/162/mode/2up

• [Dunn Avenue] 68 Rimmer Mary Mrs

NOTE:

• Mary Rimmer did not own the house.

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1953, p. 163

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WINNIFRED "WYNNE" EMILY (WATSON) RIMMER
(December 5, 1913, Belfast, Ireland - August 28, 1969, Toronto, Canada)
 

2345 YONGE

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1953#page/1206/mode/2up

• [Rimmer] -- Wynne E sec ShowerDoor Co of Canada h 12, 2345 Yonge MO 5917

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1953, p. 1206

1953 - 1956

RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
[MICHAEL "MIKE" RICHARDS]
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RIMMER
[LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RICHARDS]
(July 10, 1926 - August 3, 2012)

CLUB MANAGER - RIDGETOWN GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB

 'He has attended the session of the greens keeper course as provided
by the Q.A.C. [Qualified Applicator Certificate]  these last four seasons ..."

"Michael Richards, better known as Mike, has been a popular manager now these four years ..."

http://ink.ourontario.ca/browse/lp -The Leamington Post. December 22, 1955 - p. 2

1954

MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

68 DUNN AVENUE

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1954#page/1102/mode/2up

• [Rimmer] -- Mary (wid Jos) h 68 Dunn av

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1954, p. 1103

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1954#page/188/mode/2up

• [Dunn Avenue] 68 Rimmer Mary Mrs LA 7472

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1954, p. 188

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JOHN RIMMER

68 DUNN AVENUE

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1954#page/1102/mode/2up

• [Rimmer] John Porter Bowles Restaurant r 68 Dunn av [Bowles Lunch]

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1954, p. 1103

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1954#page/188/mode/2up

• [Dunn Avenue] 68 Rimmer Mary Mrs LA 7472

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1954, p. 188

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WINNIFRED "WYNNE" EMILY (WATSON) RIMMER
(December 5, 1913, Belfast, Ireland - August 28, 1969, Toronto, Canada)
 

2345 YONGE

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1954#page/1102/mode/2up

• [Rimmer] -- Wynne E sec Shower Door Co of Can h 12, 2345 Yonge

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1954, p. 1103

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1954#page/620/mode/2up

• [Yonge Street] 2345 Yonge St Court Apts MO 4932 ... APARTMENTS ... 12 RimmerWynne E MO 5917

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1954, p. 621

RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
[MICHAEL "MIKE" RICHARDS]
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RIMMER
[LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RICHARDS]
(July 10, 1926 - August 3, 2012)

I want to give full credit to the two men who did so much to bring it into being, Mike Richards .... greens committee ...

The Windsor Star, June 23, 1954, p. 1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/501444231

1955

August 25

JO-ANNE WYNNE RIMMER
(c. 1936 - August 11, 1982, Toronto, Ontario)

LEASIDE

Bandmaster Bob Carruthers of the Leaside Lions Club Band stands proudly among four attractive drum majorettes, featured attractions of the Bowmanville Lions Carnival last Friday evening. The band and majorettes paraded from the Lions Community Centre, along King Street, and to Central Public School grounds, where they presented a demonstration. The majorettes left to right are: Bev. Bryant, Ann Devereux, JoAnne Rimmer and Joan Morrison --- Photo by Carson Studio, Port Hope

Canadian Statesman [Bowmanville], August 25, 1955, p. 6

http://news.ourontario.ca

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December 22, 1955

"Michael Richards, better known as Mike, has been a popular manager now these four years.
The general opinion of the Directors can be summed up as their loss is Leamington's gain ..."

"will be moving to Leamington in preparation for the 1956 season ..."

Mike Richards

http://ink.ourontario.ca/browse/lp -The Leamington Post. December 22, 1955 - pp. 1-2

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MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)
68 DUNN AVENUE

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1955#page/1134/mode/2up

• [Rimmer] -- Mary (wid Joseph) h 68 Dunn av

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1955, 1135

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1955#page/196/mode/2up

• [Rimmer] -- 68 Rimmer Mary Mrs LA 7472

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1955, p. 197

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WINNIFRED "WYNNE" EMILY (WATSON) RIMMER
(December 5, 1913, Belfast, Ireland - August 28, 1969, Toronto, Canada)

2345 YONGE

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1955#page/1134/mode/2up

• [Rimmer] -- Wynne E sec General Engineering h 12, 2345 Yonge

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 195

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1955#page/652/mode/2up

• [Yonge Street] 2345 Yonge St Court Appts APARTMENTS ... 12 Rimmer Wynne E MO 5917

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1955, p. 652

1956

Saturday, September 29

JO-ANNE WYNNE RIMMER
(c. 1936 - August 11, 1982, Toronto, Ontario)

LEASIDE

Jo-Anne Rimmer, Junior Majorette

TOP US. AND CANADIAN TRUMPET BANDS, DRILL TEAMS TO COMPETE FOR INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN TORONTO SEPT 29

IST INTERNATIONAL TRUMPET BAND COMPETITION

SENIOR DRUM MAJORETTES of Leaside group, the 1955 Canadian fancy drill champions will perform at the concert ...

    LEASIDE PRECISION TEAM senior [15-20?] and junior [14 and under?] majorettes Dianne Winstanley and Joanne Rimmer
show poster for the international championship trumpet competition to be held Sept. 29 under sponsorship of Leaside Lions

Source: Toronto Star, Wednesday, September 12 or Thursday, 13, 1956 - Star Photos by Harold Barkley

[Note: The Leaside Girls' majorettes, sponsored by the Lions, began in 1951 for girls aged nine to nineteen - Jane Pitfield, Leaside, 1999, "Leaside Lions Club"]

[Note: The Leaside Lions Club Senior Boys Trumpet Band in 1957 was comprised of boys from 15 to 20 years of age - http://www.optimists-alumni.org/leaside_lions.htm ]

Leaside Lions First International Drum Corps Championships, September 29, 1956

http://www.optimists-alumni.org/downloads/acrobat_downloads/cdca_50th.pdf

"Traditionally the Leaside Lions Club invited one or two prominent American corps to compete against the Canadian junior and senior champions in mid September" -
For example, in 1958, it was held at Varsity Stadium in Toronto.
http://www.soundmachine.org/dci/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4937&start=0

56-10

Leaside Fire Dept, Fire Prevention Week Parade, looking east beside Leaside Municipal Building, McRae Drive, south west corner Randolph Rd. Toronto

http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-PICTURES-R-4750&R=DC-PICTURES-R-4750

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MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 -  January 25, 1959)

68 DUNN AVENUE

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1956#page/n1327/mode/2up

• [Rimmer] -- Mary (wid Joseph) h 68 Dunn av

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1956, p. 1212

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1956#page/n1915/mode/2up

• [Dunn Avenue] 68 Rimmer Mary Mrs LE 2-7472

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1956, p. 196

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JOHN RIMMER

MARY BEATRICE (RIMMER) HAY
(April 9, 1913, Oldham East, Lancashire, England - )

68 DUNN AVENUE

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1956#page/n729/mode/2up

• HAY-- Beatrice r 68 Dunn Av

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1956, p. 614

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WINNIFRED "WYNNE" EMILY (WATSON) RIMMER
(December 5, 1913, Belfast, Ireland - August 28, 1969, Toronto, Canada)

2345 YONGE

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1956#page/n1327/mode/2up

• [Rimmer] -- Wynne E h 12, 2345 Yonge

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1956, p. 1212

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1956#page/n2369/mode/2up

• [Yonge Street] 2345 Yonge st Court Apts APARTMENTS ...

                         12 Rimmer W Mrs
                              Rimmer Wynne E MO 5917

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1956, p. 650-651

1956 - 1967

RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
[MICHAEL "MIKE" RICHARDS]
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RIMMER
[LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RICHARDS]
(July 10, 1926 - August 3, 2012)

POINT PELEE DRIVE

• March 26, 1956 - Mike Richards became pro at the Leamington Golf and Country Club replacing John Moffat, Sr. ...

In 1956 after helping develop Ridgetown's second nine holes, Richards came to the Leamington course and was head pro from 1956-1967 and wife Lydia ran the pro shop ...

• C. Scott Holland, Canada's Most Southernly 18 Hole Golf Course, Erie Shores Golf and Country Club, Seventy-Five Years (1926-2001),  2001, pp. 119, 53

Mike Richards Signature Campbell of Canada # 6 Iron (Moe Norman Period - Norman Turned Professional in 1957)

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• One of the workers oft-mentioned by Lynda was Alphonse Wilemkens, greenskeeper at the Leamington Golf and Country Club, who worked for the golf manager, Mike Richards

  • http://ink.ourontario.ca/browse/lp -The Leamington Post. April 17, 1958 - Page: 9
     

• Mike Richards doubled as a pro shop manager and greens superintendent.

  • http://ink.ourontario.ca/browse/lp -The Leamington Post. April 27, 1983 - Page: 13 - Note: Tells the history of the Erie Shores Golf and Country Club (1926-1983)

1957

• [Eglinton Avenue West] 1035 Yorktown Manor Apts APARTMENTS ... 6A
    Rimmer Jo-Anne RU 1-0747
    Rimmer Wynne

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1957, p. 222

1958

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WINNIFRED "WYNNE" EMILY (WATSON) RIMMER
(December 5, 1913, Belfast, Ireland - August 28, 1969, Toronto, Canada)
 

1035 EGLINTON AVENUE W [YORK, TORONTO]

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1958#page/1282/mode/2up 

• [Rimmer] -- Wynne h 6A, 1035 Eglinton av w (York Twp)

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1958, p. 1283

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1958#page/234/mode/2up

• [Eglinton Avenue] 1035 Yorktown Manor Apts APARTMENTS - 6A Rimmer Wynne RU 1-0747

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1958, p. 234

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68 DUNN AVENUE

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1958#page/214/mode/2up

• [Dunn Avenue] 68 *Wasyliew Stase Mrs LE 5-0184

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1958, p. 215

1959

MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 - January 25, 1959)

SUNDAY, JANUARY 25

CONCESSION 1, MERSEA TOWNSHIP

• Mrs. Mary Rimmer

LEAMINGTON - Mrs. Mary Rimmer, 79, of Con 1, Mersea Twp, died Sunday at the home of her son, Michael Richard [Richards], professional at the Leamington Golf Club.

Mrs. Rimmer arrived in Leamington two weeks ago from Toronto.

She is survived by one other John, of Toronto, and three grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at the Robinson Funeral Home Leamington, at 3 p.m. Tuesday and thence to the Ross Craig Funeral Home, Toronto.

Burial will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

• The Windsor Star, Monday, January 26, 1959, p. 8

NOTE:

Mount Pleasant Cemetery does not have any record
that Mary Rimmer was interred at that location.

For details See Mary Rimmer

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 27

MARY RIMMER
(c. November, 1880 - January 25, 1959)

POINT PELEE DRIVE

Mrs. Mary Rimmer Last Rites Conducted

• Funeral services were conducted Tuesday for Mrs. Mary Rimmer, 79, who died Sunday at the home of her son, Michael Richards, Point Pelee Drive.

A resident of Toronto, Mrs. Rimmer had been visiting with Mr. Richards, greenskeeper for the Leamington Golf and Country Club, when she suddenly took ill. Widow of Joseph Rimmer, she is also survived by another son, John Richards [Sic: John Rimmer], of Toronto.

Last rites were held at the Ross Craig funeral home, Toronto [1357 Queen Street West], with interment in Mount Pleasant cemetery [375 Mount Pleasant Road, Toronto]. The Robinson funeral home ]Leamington] was in charge of arrangements locally.

http://ink.ourontario.ca/browse/lp -The Leamington Post. Thursday, January 29, 1959 - pg. 6

NOTE:

Mount Pleasant Cemetery does not have any record
that Mary Rimmer was interred at that location.

For details See Mary Rimmer

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RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
[MICHAEL "MIKE" RICHARDS]
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RIMMER
[LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RICHARDS]
(July 10, 1926 - August 3, 2012)

Mike Richards appointed Manager of Curling Club

http://ink.ourontario.ca/browse/lp -Leamington Post. October 1, 1959 - Page: 1

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WINNIFRED "WYNNE" EMILY (WATSON) RIMMER
(December 5, 1913, Belfast, Ireland - August 28, 1969, Toronto, Canada)
 

1035 EGLINTON AVENUE W [YORK, TORONTO]

 https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1959#page/1108/mode/2up

• [Rimmer] -- Wynne h 6A, 1035 Eglinton av w (Y T)

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1959, p. 1109

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1959#page/230/mode/2up

• [Eglinton Avenue] 1035 Yorktown Manor Apts APARTMENTS 6A Rimmer Wynne RU 1-0747

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1959, p. 231

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JO-ANNE WYNNE RIMMER
(c. 1936 - August 11, 1982, Toronto, Ontario)

1035 EGLINTON AVENUE W [YORK, TORONTO]

 https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1959#page/1108/mode/2up

• [Rimmer] -- Jo-Anne W sec Roy Bawden Ltd r 1035 Eglinton av w (Y T)

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1959, p. 1109

1960s

Florida

Mike Richards

1960

JO-ANNE WYNNE RIMMER
(c. 1936 - August 11, 1982, Toronto, Ontario)
 

450 BROADWAY AVENUE

 https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1960#page/1118/mode/2up 

• [Rimmer] -- Jo Anne W typist Can Life r 450 Broadway av

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1960, p. 1119

https://archive.org/stream/torontocitydirectory1960#page/106/mode/2up

• [Broadway Avenue] 450 *Judson Harry W HU 8-9468

Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1960, p. 107

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FEBRUARY 1

JO-ANNE WYNNE RIMMER
(c. 1936 - August 11, 1982, Toronto, Ontario)
 

450 Broadway Avenue, Toronto

• Jo-Anne Wynne Rimmer, of 450 Broadway Ave, Toronto, February 1, 1960 - Source: Letter to Mrs. M. Richards

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Map Data, 2011, Google

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FEBRUARY 27

JO-ANNE WYNNE RIMMER
(c. 1936 - August 11, 1982, Toronto, Ontario)
Married
(February 27, 1960)
ROBERT JAMES CARRUTHERS
(c. 1934 - January 28, 2015)

JO-ANNE RIMMER, daughter of Mrs. Wynne Rimmer will marry Robert J. Carruthers, son of Mrs. and the late Mr. J. H. Carruthers  in the [Roman Catholic] Church of Precious Blood, Feb. 27. [1960]

Source: Newspaper announcement of marriage -  Park Lane [Studio]

Mrs. Wynne Rimmer requests the honour of your presence at the marriage of her daughter Jo-Anne Wynne to Mr. Robert James Carruthers on Saturday, February the twenty-seventh nineteen hundred and sixty at eleven o'clock Church of the Precious Blood 1737 Lawrence Avenue East, [Wexford] Scarborough Reception Maple Creek Farms [Lawrence Ave.] R.S.V.P.

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FEBRUARY 27, 1960

• Joanne Rimmer Marries Robert James Carruthers

The marriage of Joanne, daughter of Mrs. Wynne Rimmer, of Toronto, to Mr. Robert James Carruthers, son of Mrs. Carruthers. and of the late J. H. Carruthers of Toronto, took place recently  in The Church of the Precious Blood, Toronto, the Rev. J. Dugo officiating. Spring flowers, arranged with greenery were used in decorate.

The bride, who was given away by her uncle, Mr. Robert Adgey, was in a gown of parchment delustred satin re-embroidered with Alencon lace appliques, the bodice having a heart-shaped neckline, and the skirt falling into a chapel train. Her fingertip-length veil of tulle illusion was held by a headdress of pearl- trimmed tulle, and she carried a cascade of pink roses, hyacinth bells and Stephanotis.

Miss Linda McLean as maid of honor, and Miss Dianne Stonebridge and Mrs. Dave Boyd, as bridesmaids, were in full-skirted frocks of white crystal charm with purple and mauve cummberbunds. They wore feather hats in shades of mauve and purple and carried cascades of pale mauve baby chrysanthemums, pink roses heather, white hyacinth bells and blue iris.

Miss Teresa Sullivan, niece of the bridegroom as flowergirl, wore a frock of white nylon with a mauve sash, and a mauve flower, headband and carried a basket of mauve flowers.

Mr. Bert Monk acted as best man for Mr. Carruthers and the ushers were Mr. Robert  Hammell, Mr. George Arnold and Mr. Alan Chadwick.

Following the ceremony, a reception was held at Maple Creek Farms, Later, Mr. and  Mrs. Carruthers left for Florida.

The Gazette, Saturday, March 19, 1960, p. 23

https://www.newspapers.com/

1961

RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
[MICHAEL "MIKE" RICHARDS]
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RIMMER
[LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RICHARDS]
(July 10, 1926 - August 3, 2012)

-

• NEW PRO SHOP - Pro Mike Richards and his staff at the Leamington Golf Course find it a delight to work in the new pro shop which opened this season to replace the old wooden one. The building 82 by 30 foot has ample room for club storage and golf equipment. The wide windows in the in the pro shop allow Mr. Richards to survey the course and spot any trouble. The Leamington club has close to 300 members.

The Windsor Star, July 10, 1961, p. 11

https://www.newspapers.com/image/504619934

1965

RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
[MICHAEL "MIKE" RICHARDS]
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RIMMER
[LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RICHARDS]
(July 10, 1926 - August 3, 2012)

POINT PELEE DRIVE

• Mike Richards  left his mark on another area course as he helped Jack Stein develop Wheatley's Talbot Trails course ... "[Talbot Trail Golf Club] C. Scott Holland, Canada's Most Southernly 18 Hole Golf Course, Erie Shores Golf and Country Club, Seventy-Five Years (1926-2001), 2001, pp. 119, 53

• PUBLIC. Built in 1965. Yardage: 9 holes - http://pbdba.lfpress.com/cgi-bin/publish.cgi?search=sports&s=sport&x=sports&icix=1&s_category=Golf&s_region=Kent%20County - The London Free Press

1968 - 1970

RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
[MICHAEL "MIKE" RICHARDS]
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RIMMER
[LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RICHARDS]
(July 10, 1926 - August 3, 2012)

• Green's Superintendent  at the Essex Golf & Country Club

  • Reid Funeral Home Limited, 14 Russell Street, Leamington, Ontario - Funeral Director's Statement of Death, Dated Leamington, 19th Day of August, 1986

1969

RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
[MICHAEL "MIKE" RICHARDS]
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RIMMER
[LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RICHARDS]
(July 10, 1926 - August 3, 2012)

June 11

Mike Richards Golf Day set ...

• The golfers of Western Ontario are having a Golf Day in honor of Mike Richards, course manager at the Leamington Golf Club for the past 12 years.

Mike's many friends in the golfing fraternity have been saddened by his prolonged illness during the last year and a half and have chosen this method of reminding him of happier days and of their appreciation of his good nature over the years ...

The clinic is being organized by Johnny Moffat, former Leamington Pro ...

It is hoped by the committee for "Mike's Day" as the affair has been named, that all of the friends of Mike Richards will turn out to make the occasion a great success ...

Wednesday, June 11 - Mike Richards Day ... All proceeds to go as a present to the Mike Richards family as a token of appreciation for the many years of outstanding service Mike and Lydia gave to our golf club ...

http://ink.ourontario.ca/browse/lp -The Leamington Post. June 5, 1969 - pg. 3

August 7

ENGAGED - Mr. and Mrs. Michael Richards, of La Salle, announce the engagement of their daughter, Shirley Anne, to Dennis Ribble, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ribble, of Leamington. The wedding will be set in the future.

http://ink.ourontario.ca/browse/lp -The Leamington Post. August 7, 1969 - pg. 4

1970

JANUARY 17

RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
[MICHAEL "MIKE" RICHARDS]
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RIMMER
[LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RICHARDS]
(July 10, 1926 - August 3, 2012)

• RICHARDS - Michael, 54 years, Sat., Jan. 17, 1970, at Riverview Hospital, Windsor. Late residence 1199 Front St., LaSalle and formerly of Leamington. Beloved husband of Lydia. Dear father of Rick, Edmonton, Alta.; Mrs. Eric (Lynda) Krause, Ottawa; Mrs. Dennis (Shirley) Ribble, Point Pelee. Resting at the Reid Funeral Home, 14 Russell St., Leamington. Funeral Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 2 p.m., Rev. O. J. Laramie officiating. Internment in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Leamington.

The Windsor Star, January 19, 1970, p. 29

https://www.newspapers.com/image/505930806

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LASALLE, 1199 Front Road

Funeral

Michael Richards (February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)

SOURCE

• Reid Funeral Home Limited, 14 Russell Street, Leamington, Ontario - Funeral Director's Statement of Death, Dated Leamington, 19th Day of August, 1986

M. Richards funeral held

• Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon for Michael Richards, of LaSalle and formerly Leamington, who died Saturday at Riverview Hospital, Windsor, after an illness of two years. He was 54.

Born in Ireland, Mr. Richards had been greenskeeper at the Erie Shores Golf and Country Club for 12 years prior to accepting a similar position at the Essex Golf and Country Club two years ago.

Previously, he had resided at Toronto and Ridgetown.

Surviving are his wife, Lydia; a son, Rick, of Edmonton, Alta; two daughters, Mrs. Eric Krause (Lynda), of Ottawa; Mrs Dennis Ribble (Shirley), of Point Pelee.

Rev. O. J. Laramie officiated for the last rites at the Reid funeral home, Leamington, with interment in Evergreen Memorial cemetery.

http://ink.ourontario.ca/browse/lp - The Leamington Post. January 1, 1970 - Page: 21 [Actually January 22, 1970, p. 5C]

Evergreen Memorial Park, Leamington

http://ocfa.islandnet.com/ocfa-search.php

NOTE

• Lydia Richards would remain working at the Essex Golf and Country Club, Windsor, Ontario for a number of years following the death of her husband

• Later, Lydia Richards was the assistant manager at the Woodall Golf Centre Limited, Windsor, Ontario.

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JUNE 24

RICHARD "RICK" "RICKY" JOSEPH RICHARDS [b. RIMMER]
(August 9, 1947, Welland, Ontario - June 24, 1970, Fernie, BC)

DEATH CERTIFICATE

• Event Type: Death
  Registration Number: 1970-09-011105
  BC Archives Mfilm Number: B13305
  GSU Mfilm Number: 2034213
  Event Date (YYYY-MM-DD): 1970-06-24
  Event Place: FERNIE
  Age at Death: 22
  Person: RICKY JOSEPH RICHARDS
  Vital Stat Images(s): 004479313_00681.jpg
     

• ADDED DETAILS

  • In British Columbia: One day, 15 days

  • Racial Origin: Irish

  • Greens Keeper (Golf Course)

  • There was an autopsy

  • Public highway collusion between 2 auto mobiles

https://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/753823b1-dfc8-4bb7-85ed-2ed3d6154bcd

https://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy

JUNE 24

RICHARD "RICK" "RICKY" JOSEPH RICHARDS [b. RIMMER]
(August 9, 1947, Welland, Ontario - June 24, 1970, Fernie, BC)

• Rick Richards services held

Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon for Rick Richards, of Fernie, Brtish Columbia, who died June 24 of injuries suffered in a traffic accident. He was 23.

Born at Welland, Mr. Richards had been a resident of Leamington for 12 years before moving to the Canadian West. He had been at Jasper, Alta., and then at Fernie for the past two months.

He had been employed as a greenskeeper for the Fernie Golf and Country Club.

His father, Michael, long-time greenskeeper at the Leamington golf club died in January of this year.

Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Lydia Richards of La Salle; two sisters, Mrs. Eric Krause (Lynda), of Ottawa; Mrs. Dennis Ribble (Shirley), of Point Pelee, and a grand-mother in Ottawa.

Rev. O. J. Laramie officiated for the last rites atr the Reid funeral home, Leamington, with interment following in Evergreen Memorial cemetery.

http://ink.ourontario.ca/browse/lp -The Leamington Post. August 27, 1970 - Page: 28

• RICHARDS -- Rick, 23 years Wednesday, June 24, 1970 in Fernie, B.C. Dear son of of Mrs. Lydia Richards, LaSalle and the late Michael Richards (deceased January, 1970). Dear brother of Mrs. Eric (Lynda) Krause, Ottawa; Mrs. Dennis (Shirley)  Ribble, Point Pelee. Grandmother in Ottawa. Resting at the Reid Funeral Funeral Home, 14 Russell Street, Leamington, Ont., from 2 p.m. Friday. Funeral Saturday, June 27, at 2 p.m., Rev. O. J. Laramie officiating. Interment in Evergreen Memorial cemetery, Leamington.

The Windsor Star, June 25, 1970, p. 56

https://www.newspapers.com/image/504387153

The Windsor Star, June 26, 1970, p. 40

https://www.newspapers.com/image/504387700

2012

AUGUST 3

RICHARD "DICK" RIMMER
[MICHAEL "MIKE" RICHARDS]
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and
LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RIMMER
[LYDIA (CHWEDCHUK) RICHARDS]
(July 10, 1926 - August 3, 2012)

ANCESTRAL GENEALOGICAL NOTES

RIMMER: ENGLAND TO CANADA

• Rimmer England to Canada

• Ernest Rimmer (October 12, 1899-August 3, 1963), Son of John and Alice Rimmer (Arrived in Canada 1924 to stay with brother William Rimmer, 56 Rose Ave, Brantford)

• William Rimmer (b. August 6, 1896-?), Son of John and Alice Rimmer (Arrived in Canada in 1923 to stay with brother Joseph Rimmer, 67 Allenby Avenue, Brantford)

• Joseph Lowe (July 23, 1877-1968) and Martha Darbyshire (July 3, 1878 - 1968)

RIMMER: GENEALOGY

• "Rick" "Ricky" Joseph  Richards (August 9, 1947, Welland, Ontario - June 24, 1970, Fernie, BC) - Ricky Richards, Ricky Joseph Richards), Minor Hockey Team Late 1950s

• Lynda Jean Richards (b. Rimmer) and Eric Richard Krause

• Shirley Richards and Dennis Ribble

• Summary: Lynda's Paternal Rimmer Side

• Summary of Canada/USA Rimmer Relatives

• George Higgins (July-September, 1882, Oldham, Lancashire - 1929) Mary Ellen Waring (Baptism: December 14, 1879, chorley -1950) Thread [Joseph Rimmer will say on August 6, 1927 that George Higgins was his brother-in-law even though George Higgins's wife was a Waring]

• George Whitehead (September 21, 1893, Glodwick, Oldham), Possible Husband of Nellie Rimmer (October 15, 1887, Ashton in Makerfield )

• Ernest Marsh, Arthur Marsh, Annie Marsh, Walter Marsh, and Robert Marsh

• John Rimmer (May 16, 1911-), Oldham East, Lancashire, England) - IN CANADA

• Mary Beatrice (Rimmer) Hay, Oldham East, Lancashire, England) - IN CANADA

• Watson Genealogy

• Carruthers Genealogy

• Lynas Genealogy

• May Genealogy

• Jackson Genealogy

• Downey Genealogy

RIMMER: PHOTO ALBUMS

• Rimmer Photo Album

• Assorted Rimmer Extended Family Photos

• Lynda's Corner Photo Album

RIMMER: FURTHER RESEARCH

• Further Research - Rimmer Names

• Related Higgins Research