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Beadles leave mark on Auburn after immigrating
Back in the 1960s, music groups
from Britain, like the Beatles, came
to North America. They called it the
British invasion and the music scene
here has never been the same since.
However, what a lot of people
don’t know is that Auburn had
experienced its own British invasion
of sorts 100 years earlier when the
Beadles came across the ocean to
live in Huron County. In 1861,
Henry Beadle and his uncle Peter
Beadle immigrated from the area of
East Yorkshire in England to the
Auburn area. Henry’s older brother
George preceded them having
arrived here about two years earlier.
When I write about people from
our past, I will often research their
ancestries to make sure I have facts
and dates correct. I found something
I have never seen before when I
looked at Henry’s family tree. His
father’s name is officially listed as
William ‘Old Hallelujah’ Beadle. I
wonder how he got this name? I like
to think he got the name because he
was the kind of person who loved to
praise the Lord during church
services shouting, ‘Hallelujah’.
Henry and Peter came to Canada
upon a ship travelling in the cheapest
of classes, the Steerage Class. Often
this meant they had no privacy with
the most basic of amenities and
limited toilet use. I do know that
Henry and Peter were responsible
for their own food on the trip. They
brought with them a small wooden
chest to hold all the food they would
have available to them for the two-
week journey across the ocean.
Auburn historian Jim Schneider
still has the very chest they
brought with them. When you
see it in person it is hard to
imagine how two men could
have packed away enough food to
live on for such a long voyage.
Two years after arriving in
Canada, Henry married a girl from
East Yorkshire named Martha
Marriott here in the Auburn area. I
am pretty sure that both the Beadle
and the Marriott families would have
known each other back in England. I
am assuming this, not only because
the two families lived only about five
miles apart, but because Henry’s
older brother George had already
married Martha’s older sister Emma
four years earlier in East Yorkshire.
Records indicate that most of the
Marriott family had moved to the
Auburn area.
So two brothers married two
sisters and they all lived in Auburn.
Martha would die in 1902 at age 57
and then a year later Emma died at
age 65. Both sisters are buried
locally in Ball’s cemetery where
their parents are buried as well.
Henry must have moved out to
Alberta sometime after his wife died
for he is listed as having died on July
19, 1926 in Cochrane, Alberta where
he is also buried.
Records show that Henry and
Martha had eight children. One of
them was Charles Maitland Beadle
born in 1870. Charles grew up to be
a butcher in Auburn, but he was also
well-known for his marksmanship
with a rifle. He served as the captain
of the Auburn Rifle Club which had
won numerous trophies and awards.
Charles earned the title of Dominion
Rifle Champion at the Toronto
Exhibition both in 1909 and then
again in 1913. There is a picture of
the Auburn Rifle Club from 1914
where the men are posing with their
trophies. Jim Schneider is the
caretaker for both a silver plate and a
trophy the club won. While I can’t be
sure about the plate, I am almost
certain that the trophy Jim has today
is one of the actual trophies in the
100-year-old photo. Jim also has on
display the original long-tail tuxedo
and vest that Charles was married in
around 1900.
A piece of history
Auburn historian Jim Schneider is seen here with a wooden box that holds a great significance
to the history of the community. It held all the food a number of English immigrants would eat
over their two-week boat journey to Canada. Schneider has preserved the artifact for decades.
(Mark Royall photo)
Historical figure
Charles Maitland Beadle grew up to be a butcher in Auburn,
renowned for his rifle marksmanship. One thing is certain,
he left his mark on Auburn during his time. (Photo submitted)
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NH to address bylaw accessibility
North Huron Township staff will
be trying to make bylaws a little
more publically accessible.
During North Huron Township
Council’s Aug. 4 meeting,
Councillor Trevor Seip said that he,
and ratepayers who had contacted
him, had trouble finding bylaws on
the township’s website.
“They are listed by year and that’s
about it,” he said. “My suggestion is
that we make it easier. If someone
wants to find a bylaw, or
information, they should be able to.
That way they don’t have to contact
the township or councillors. That
may alleviate some questions for
staff.”
Chief Administrative Officer
Sharon Chambers said that the issue
had already been discussed with the
township’s senior management
team.
“It’s something we want to look at
with the website as a whole,” she
said. “We want to make it
more easily accessible both
internally for us for records
and externally for the public.
“As we move forward, we want
to see some changes,” she said. “We
want to address a number of
transparency issues and make
more things available to the public.”
Councillor Brock Vodden
suggested that a database be
considered so that more than a
simple search is available.
“You might want to be able to find
things by a topic,” he said.
Chambers said that the issue
would be looked at by staff.
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Explore creativity by learning to draw complex forms - similar
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Sacred Geometry: three independent classes, August 18, 19
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adults. Or learn photojournalism with Denny Scott where you’ll
gain skills to help you get the shot right the first time
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