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                  <text>Mr. John A. Itanes 1851- 1933
ivir. john' -Hanes was born in Humberston
and lived in BÂ·r idgeburg over fifty years.
He worked on the Grand trunk Railway
as ~arpenter and yard foreman.
First wife was Laure1fte. Evel:!ett 1855/1882
~r. Hanes second wife was ELIZABETH
Whiteman married to him in 1882.
Children o~ mr. Hanes Fred -died young
!rank and William; and five daughters
~essie; Mrs. Merryweather ; Ers. Georg e
Pepper:Mrs George Brown and &amp;rs. Minor of
Humberstone.

Hanes jacob;
born 1865
rv:r. Jacob HanCi.&amp;i â€¢ e from the west and al though
his father wanted him to be a tanner; he came to Â· thi
area as a young lad joining the staff of the Canadian
southern Railway ; joining the staff in Sept â€¢ of
1873â€¢ They were still fer~inE trains acrosss the
_R iver on the Train ferry -the International fm om
a spot alonâ‚¬ the river by the ~ight ~f the Pump house
to-day just up from ~he Peace Bridge. The Canadian
Southern trains came to Niagara junction ; a spot
on the river pear Walnut st. where they were broken
up and shunted down to snake Hill Â·!hen the international bridge was completed two months later the
rail ISdd picture in the area greatly Â·changed. From
his first job as second hand Mr. Hanes progressed to
the car repare department; later to car inspector;
and finally was locomotive inspector at the Victoria
yards. He was pentioned Â·from there on Octebe!1!ri.st.
1925. He moved to 310 Jarvis st. in 188land lived the
e remainder of his life. His wife passed a~ay in
1934. They ham two sons~ eorge and Cha~les; and thre
e daughters , Mrs _?red Englehart, Mrs. ames Quested,
and Iv.a.rs. Albert Wodle.

�Duf ferin St.

The home of Willian Hanes: ::

This two story frame home on the north sine of ro~-rer Duff'erin
was

built around 1895 by the fami l y of Wm. Hanes ., ~inn thPv rnovPr

-11 3 j

into it from just a few doors up the st.They left here for their
l t 9~':&gt;J
home on Phipp and when .Jack Hanes was marrier'l he lived here wi Â·1-.h
wi fe Margaret . '~fter hte death of he:f4 husban&lt;l Marg r&gt; ret co:nti"'1.Ur&gt;0 to
occupy the house along with her three daughters. When .Mill Hanes
sold his grocery store in Aug. of 1969 , he mo,red back to 'his oln

View of 32 Dufferin St., after a re111odelling job V-4 s comnlPtP.r in
Aug. 1972 .

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