1872-
Harry Maughan - born c. 1872-1874 in Toronto, Ontario. Father John Maughan. Mother Margaret Eliza Parks.
Married Eleanor Harriet Predam
05-Jun-1895. Eleanor died 1920-1930 in Toronto, Ontario and is buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto. Eleanor's father Edward Predam originally from England and her mother was Alice Parsons. Alice Parsons from Westerham, England and suspect she worked as servant at Quebec House re General Wolfe. Mother Harriet. Alice had 5 daughters: Rosa Alice (spinster), Winifred Howard (spinster), Eleanor, Bessie Marion (spinster - lawyer's assistant), Ruby Madeline (spinster - worked in Clerk's Dept. - Queen's Park). Eventually all lived together at 33 Albany Ave., Toronto.
Alan Edward Lawrence Maughan
John Howard (Jack) Maughan who lived in
Scarborough - worked for City of Toronto Land
Survey Records Dept.
Edward (Ted) Harry Maughan died 11-May-1979 (interesting to note his will was dated 9-May-
1979) and buried Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto (Predam Plot). Not married, lived in Toronto,
musician and piano instructor at the Royal Ontario Conservatory of Music.
general information
See also research of land records for Harry Maughan (c. 1872)
Harry Maughan was born circa 1872 in Toronto, Ontario and died [unknown] - buried [unknown]. Harry's father was John Maughan and his mother was Margaret Eliza Parks. He was the fourth of seven children (it's always the middle child...): Herbert John, Charles F., John, <Harry>, Walter, Mary and Florence. Harry left his family circa 1905-1910 to go to New York City, and sent back a few letters signed Maunder - can you help ? I have made contact with Alan Maunder of Australia to see if in his database of Maunders (he has over 60,000 cousins to date) he came up with anyone fitting Harry's details. Alas, he could not. Harry worked with his father John in insurance as an agent.
According to the marriage registers for the City of Toronto 1895:
"14991-95 - Harry MAUGHAN, 21, insurance agent, Toronto, same, s/o John &
Margaret Eliza, married Eleanor Harriet PREDAM, 23, Chatham, Toronto, d/o Edward
& Alice, witnesses: John MAUGHAN Jr. & R.A. PREDAM (Rose Alice Predam,
sister), both of Toronto, 5 June 1895"
We have a letter postmarked 1895 to Harry at 56 Springhurst Avenue (located to the northwest of the 'Exhibition Grounds'), however the land records for that address as it appears currently don't show Harry as an owner. The street name on the subdivision plan however is Huxley, so the addresses may have been rearranged when they changed the name of the street circa 1898. I have located a copy of the Rand McNally 1898 indexed street map for the City of Toronto, which may help put some of this into context. A further review of all plans along the street may reveal some ownership. I am led to believe though, that the area had a number of rooming houses due to it's proximity to the downtown rail yards.
Harry may have lived with his father John at 98 Wellington Place, Toronto. The name here has also been changed to Wellington Street West at some point, and the addresses have been renumbered again. Wellington Place lay to the west of Brock Street (now the south end of Spadina Avenue) and ran one block over to Portland Street, the next street to the west. It is unclear if the insurance agency was located here or at 28 Wellington Street East, although one feels the latter makes more sense due to its proximity to the downtown core. The buildings now located on the north side of Wellington Street (formerly Wellington Place) are for the most part 10 story office buildings that would date presumably to post WW2. There are 4 exceptions - in the middle of the block remains a large brick semi-detached home which would date to my great, great grandfather's time and at the very west end of the street are 3 brick homes of less impressive stature, which again would date to the period in question. The center home falls into a portion of the Military Reserve Plan, which will provide some difficulty with research. The smaller homes at the west end of the street will not be quite so onerous.