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11 February 2025

David March © 2014

MAGGIE "WINIFRED" SHORNEY née DURBIN

Maggie "Winifred" Durbin was born on 26 February 1885 in Cheddar, Somerset, England to John Durbin (1858-1945) and Margaret O'Brien (1855-1924). Her siblings were Bertha A (1883-1959) and Maurice C (1887-1958). She was raised in Cheddar and married Loudon John S (Jack) Shorney on 7 May 1910 in the Baptist Chapel in Cheddar. He was born on 2 June 1884 in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England to John Neath Shorney (1853-1910) and Sarah Ann Veals (1853-1938). His siblings were: Albert William H (1876-1966), Neta Matilda (1879-1959), Bertha Naomi (1892-1930) and Alice "Millicent" (1894-1960).

Jack was raised in Weston-Super-Mare and was still there at the time of the 1901 census. From 1901 to 1905 he worked for T Salisbury and Sons, Tailors etc. in Weston. For the last three years of that employment, he was apprenticed as a trimmer and trouser cutter. He first came to Canada around 1905 and, in 1906, worked as a farm hand for the David and Helen Tram family in Balcarres, Saskatchewan. From 1907 to 1908, he worked as a shop assistant for Tipling and Belden , General Merchants and from 1908-1909, for Irwin and Drummond, General Merchants, both located in Belcarres.

Sometime after this, he returned to England and married Winifred. They had one daughter, Peggy Winifred (1911-1962). Jack, Winifred, Peggy, Jack's mother and his two sisters, Millicent and Bertha boarded SS 'Royal Edward' in Avonmouth, Bristol, England on 26 July 1913 and arrived in Montreal, Quebec on 2 August 1913. They gave their final destination as Regina, Saskatchewan. Loudon and his family lived in Regina until 1914 and then lived for a short time in Strassburg and Conquest, Saskatchewan.

By the time of the 1916 census, they were living at 302 (wrong #) Queens St (Queen's Court) in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The 1918 Saskatoon Henderson City Directory listed them at #9 Queen's Court, 303 -305 Queen St and noted that Jack was employed as a clerk for J F Cairns Department Store. On 6 July 1920, Jack and his family travelled to Montreal by rail and sailed back to England on SS 'Metagama'. Jack's mother and sisters remained in Canada. Upon returning to England, the Shorney's built a house that they named "Nutana" in Winifred's home village, Cheddar. "Nutana" was allegedly a Native Canadian word for "home" and the Shorney's no doubt became familiar with the word in Saskatoon as there was and still is a district of the city named "Nutana".

Jack ran a grocers shop which was owned by John Durbin and was adjacent to the Durbin family home. Jack died on 7 Jan 1975 in Bristol, Avon, England and Winifred, on 29 December 1967 in Cheddar.

This biography was made much more complete by information supplied by Lesley Morgan, a granddaughter of Jack and Winifred Shorney.

This family tree can be found on Ancestry under the title 3rd Ave Shorney Tree.