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GLOBE AND MAIL” ON MAY 21, 1912, JUDGE AND MRS. SENKLER WERE HONORED IN PERTH ON
THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
JUDGE WILLIAM STEVENS SENKLER CAME TO CANADA WITH HIS PARENTS FROM ENGLAND IN
1843. HE WAS EDUCATED BY HIS FATHER, A CLERGYMAN IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. LATER,
HE STUDIED LAW WITH SEVERAL NOTED BARRISTERS, INCLUDING THE HON. ALBERT NORTON
RICHARDS WHO BECAME LIEUT. GOVERNOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. IN 1873 HE WAS APPOINTED
JUDGE OF THE COUNTY OF LANARK BY THE MACKENZIE GOVERNMENT. HE WAS ACTIVE IN THE
COMMUNITY, SERVING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD AND LIBRARY BOARD.
JUDGE AND MRS. SENKLER, AMID THRONGS OF PROMINENT GUESTS, WERE PRESENTED WITH A
CABINET OF SILVER AT THEIR NOTABLE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
They had the following children:
13 i. E.M.
14 ii. E.M.
15 iii. E.S.
4. JOHN POOLE TETT (BENJAMIN1). Born on 24 Sep 1839 in NEWBORO, ONTARIO, CANADA. JOHN
POOLE died in NEWBORO, ONTARIO, CANADA, on 15 Dec 1928; he was 89. Occupation: J.P. TETT
BROTHERS LUMBER AND FORWARDING.
THE ONLY LINE OF HIS DESCENDANTS THAT WE FOLLOW IS THAT OF HARRIET MARY. SHE IS
THE ANCESTOR OF BRUCE VARCOE WHO HAS BEEN A MAJOR RESEARCER FOR US. THE TETT
FAMILY INTERMARRIED WITH THE CHAFFEYS. EXTENSIVE RESEARCH, BOTH PAST AND
PRESENT, HAS BEEN DONE ON THE TETT LINEAGE. THIS WORK IS STILL GOING ON.
On 31 Oct 1871 when JOHN POOLE was 32, he married HARRIET IDA HOPKINS, in ST MARYS ANGLICAN
CHURCH, NEWBORO. Born on 15 Dec 1852. HARRIET IDA died on 1 Sep 1923; she was 70.
They had the following children:
16 i. JULIA POOLE (1873-)
17 ii. EDMUND JOHN (1876-1974)
18 iii. BENJAMIN (1879-1950)
19 iv. ARTHUR HOPKINS (1881-1917)
20 v. ROBERT PRESTON (DOC) (1883-1957)
21 vi. HARRIET MARY (1886-1983)
22 vii. HONOR SENKLER (1890-1977)
5. ELIZABETH TETT (BENJAMIN1). Born in 1840 OR 1841. ELIZABETH died on 12 Sep 1907; she was 67.
In 1868 when ELIZABETH was 28, she married DR. ROBERT HENRY PRESTON, son of ANTHONY
PRESTON & MARGERY LAYNE.
6. JANE TETT (BENJAMIN1). Born in 1841. JANE died in 1843; she was 2.
7. BENJAMIN TETT (BENJAMIN1). Born in 1843. BENJAMIN died in 1844; he was 1.
8. BENJAMIN TETT (BENJAMIN1). Born on 19 Jan 1846. BENJAMIN died on 7 Dec 1915; he was 69.
In 1890 when BENJAMIN was 43, he married CHAROLTTE HAZEN KILNER. Born in 1869. CHAROLTTE
HAZEN died in 1941; she was 72.
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