THIRD AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH QUILT
A CANADIAN RED CROSS QUILT
Version 6.01
11 February 2025
David March © 2014
Ellen Jane McMahon was born on 15 June 1852 in Hope, Ontario to William McMahon and Mary Brown. Her siblings were John (1848-1895), William James (1850-1947), Edward (1854-1947), Charles Wesley (1856-1951), Mary L (1859-1861), Mary Adeline (Addie) (1863-1955) and Albert (1866-1955). The McMahon family lived in Hope, Ontario in 1861 and in Ops, Ontario in 1871.
Ellen married Henry Wells on 26 February 1879 in Victoria County, Ontario. He was born to Henry Wells and Annie Orr on 10 September 1851 in Middlesex, London, England. 1881 found Henry and Ellen in Peterborough, Ontario with two children, William John (b 1879) and Albert Henry (Harry) (b 1881). By 1891 they had moved to Dufferin, Manitoba and had added 5 more children to their family; Adeline Maude (Addie) (1882-1972), Alfred (b 1883), Lottie Myrtle (1884-1984), Hanna May (Anna) Wells (1887-1949) and Percy (b 1889). Henry died on 10 January 1906 and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Ellen and four of her children were enumerated in the 1906 census for Saskatoon. In 1911 and 1916, Ellen was living at 116 4th Ave N in Saskatoon with various children. She died on 11 August 1919 and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery beside her husband. Various records give conflicting information about her birth year, but the date given on her tombstone matched perfectly with the date given in the 1901 census, so it is presumed to be correct.
Hanna May (Anna) Wells was born on 29 May 1887 in Peterborough, Ontario to Henry Wells and Ellen Jane McMahon. Her early life was outlined above in the biography of her mother who also signed the quilt. Circa 1912, likely in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, she married Adrian Britton Faulkner who was born on 6 February 1887 in Bruce Co, Ontario to William Faulkner and Sarah Langstaff. His siblings were Joshua (b 1878), William Leslie (1879-1954), Mary Ann (1881-1938), Florence Elizabeth (Flossie) (b 1885), Edna Evaline (b 1887) and Norman Langstaff (1890-1964). Anna joined 3rd Ave Methodist Church in Saskatoon in 1912.
Anna and Adrian had two daughters, Doris Edna (1913-2009) and Ruby Ella (1915-1997). In 1916, the Faulkner family was living in Asquith, Saskatchewan and by 1921 had moved to 417 9th St East in Saskatoon. Adrian died on 6 February 1918 in Saskatoon having succumbed to pneumonia following Spanish influenza and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. Some time after his death, Anna remarried a man with the surname Millikin. She died on 5 August 1949 in Saskatoon and was buried in the same family plot as Adrian. Ruby married Reuben Ronald Drinkle (b 1921). See Drinkle family.
Norman Langstaff Faulkner was born on 12 June 1890 in Bruce Co, Ontario to William Faulkner and Sarah Langstaff. He was a brother-in-law of Anna Faulkner who also signed the quilt. In 1891 and 1901, the Faulkner family was living in Arran, Bruce County, Ontario. By 1911, Norman and his brother Adrian had moved to 114 4th Ave in Saskatoon. 1916 found Norman boarding at 409 4th Ave N and by 1921 he was lodging at 208 5th Ave North.
Norman married Beatrice Margaret (Bea) McLean on 2 November 1921 in Brandon, Manitoba. She was born on 7 April 1889 in Creeford, Manitoba to Donald and Christina McLean. Norman and Bea had two sons, Donald William (1922-1983) and Norman. Norman Sr died on 21 June 1964 in Saskatoon and Bea on 10 February 1984 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Both are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Saskatoon.
Additional information and photographs provided by Eleanor Kennedy
This family tree can be found on Ancestry under the title 3rd Ave Faulkner/Wells Tree.
Anna May Fauilkner
Doris Edna Faulkner
Ruby Ella Drinkle