The descendants of
George Flint and Elizabeth (Lee) Flint,
of Holbeach, Lincolnshire

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Chapter 13
Mary (Flint) Campbell, of Calgary, Alberta

Mary Ada Flint, daughter of George and Mary Rose (Teed) Flint, of Stouffville, Whitchurch Tp., York Co., Ontario (see Chapter 4), was b. in 1868-69 at Toronto, and d. 31 Jan. 1927, at Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, aged about 58 years. Ada Flint was raised at Stouffville, and in 1880 or early 1881 was taken by her parents to Toronto, where she is found with them in the 1881 census.^[1] By 1888 she m. Joseph William Campbell, who d. 1921, probably at Hollywood. Her husband had had a variety of jobs in Toronto, as well as a partnership in the short-lived dry-goods firm of Campbell & Mossman (1891). He was a contract agent for the Incorporated Light Company (1894), then in 1895 he joined Canadian General Electric, for which he worked first as a traveller, then as a sales agent (1903-07), and finally as a department manager (from 1907). It is said that when he left General Electric he became a purchasing agent for the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1896 or 1897 William and Ada Campbell went to live at 86 and 88 Rose Avenue, two of her family’s houses, but they moved to 92 Glen Road in 1902. By 1905 they also had a beautiful summer house called “Minota” at Jackson’s Point, a resort on Lake Simcoe developed by people from Stouffville, which was the site of W.B. Sanders’ “Lakeview Hotel.”
    When Ada’s sister Ida Bruels died in 1897 leaving her young daughter Winnie motherless, William and Ada Campbell took her in and raised her as their own. About 1909 they moved to Calgary, Alberta, their son Norman remaining behind but apparently joining them later. There William Campbell worked as an officer of the Calgary Cement Company. On his retirement they ultimately moved to Hollywood, Los Angeles, where her brother Matthew was living with his family. The 1930 census states that their sons Austin and Kenneth were naturalized in Pennsylvania in 1918 and 1920, respectively; probably the dates should be the same but one or more of them was reported incorrectly. The entry for their son Irving in the 1930 census further corroborates the place of naturalization as Pennsylvania, although the date is obliterated.
    Issue:

1. Norman Alexander Campbell, b. 29 Oct. 1888, d. 28 July 1976, aged over 87 years. He was a student at the University of Toronto in 1909 when his parents left Toronto for Calgary, and so remained behind, living with his mother’s brother, the Rev. Paul Flint, on Gerard Street. He joined his parents later in Calgary, but did not go with them to Hollywood. He m. by 1920, Jean McMurray Turnbull, b. 21 April 1895, who was still living in 1987, aged 91 years, although confined to the Calgary General Hospital with osteo-arthritis. Norman Campbell is believed to have been an automobile agent.
   1. Mary Elizabeth Campbell, b. 9 Oct. 1920. He m. 24 Oct. 1942, Stewart Arthur Spear. She is a secretary-receptionist for the City of Oakville. She and her husband were living in 1987 at Burlington, Ontario.
      1. Stewart Arthur Spear, Jr., b. 21 Aug. 1944. He m. (1) 1964, but divorced 1972, Eve Patrick. He m. (2) 10 Jan. 1973, Diana Beethnox. He and second wife were living in 1987 at Thunder Bay.

         (by first wife:)

         1. Cynthia Beverly Spear, b. 9 Aug. 1964. She m. in June 1985, Kevin Cusack. They are living (1987) at Mississauga, Ontario.
         2. Steven Alexander Spear, b. 28 March 1968.

         (by second wife:)

         3. Amanda May Spear, b. 11 July 1973.
         4. Michael Norman Alexander Spear, b. 20 Aug. 1977.
      2. Carolyn Jean Spear, b. 15 Feb. 1947. She m. 9 May 1970, John H. Spurgeon, b. 15 March 1907. They are living (1987) at Milton, Ontario. Only child:
         1. Robert Alexander Spurgeon, b. 3 Nov. 1978.
   2. John William McMurray Campbell, b. 17 May 1926. He m. 20 May 1950, Donalda (“Donnie”) Margaret Lloyd, b. 13 Dec. 1928. They are living (1987) at 10 Granville Crescent S.W., Calgary, Alberta T3E 4E5.
      1. Jeffery William Campbell, b. 10 Nov. 1951. He m. 17 Dec. 1984, Cheryl Osanski. He is a Senior Management Coordinator with Mohawk Oil. They were living in 1987 at Burnaby, B.C.
         1. Alison Jean Campbell, b. 10 July 1985.
      2. Patricia Joan Campbell, b. 1 June 1955. In 1987 she was unmarried, living on a small acreage north-west of Calgary, and teaching at a junior high school in the city.
      3. Richard Norman Campbell, b. 20 May 1961. He m. 22 June 1985, Suzanne Reed. They were living in 1987 at Laguna Hills, California, where he is a chartered accountant with Delotte, Haskim & Sills.
2. Wilfred Campbell, b. ____, believed to have d. unmarried.
3. William Austin Campbell, b. 1896-97 (aged 33 in 1930), d. in or shortly before 1978, aged at least 80 years. He was a wealthy entrepreneur in Hollywood with a reputation as a playboy, and was also a semi-professional painter. He was a close friend of his cousin, Harry Bruels, to whom he gave many of his paintings, and whom he visited at his hotel, “The Spot,” at Winfield, B.C., in 1946. He m. (perhaps 1) about 1924-25 (as according to the 1930 census, both parties were 28 years of age at the time) Madalyn L. ____, 1896-97 (aged 33 in 1930) in Ohio. In 1930 he was living at Los Angeles and was a real-estate broker; according to the 1930 census he was naturalized as a U.S. citizen in Pennsylvania in 1918.^[2] After four marriages ending in divorce, the last (to a woman twenty years his junior) was successful, and they were still together after twenty five years. One of his wives (perhaps this last) was named Wilma. No known issue.
4. Irving Flint Campbell, b. 8 Nov. 1901 (according to his death record) in Canada, d. 29 July 1991 at Los Angeles, aged nearly 90 years.^[3] He appears as Irving F. Campbell, real-estate broker, aged 28 years, in the 1930 census of Los Angeles, which states that he was naturalized in Pennsylvania (date obliterated).^[4] He m. (1) about 1929 (as according to the 1930 census, he was aged 27 at the time), Viola B. ____, b. 1924-25 in California. He apparently m. (2) Dorothy Calkins. He is said to have been living at Long Beach, California, in 1987. No known issue.
5. Kenneth E. Campbell, b. 1903-04 (aged 26 in 1930), living 1946. He m. about 1927-28 (as according to the 1930, both parties were 26 years of age at the time), Katherine Juiden, b. before 1903-04 (aged 26 in 1930) in Missouri, living 1946. In 1930 he was living in Los Angeles, and was the manager of a men’s clothing store; according to the 1930 census he was naturalized as a U.S. citizen in Pennsylvania in 1920.^[5] No children are shown for them in the 1930 census, and none are known to us.
6. Lois Campbell, b. ____, living 1963. She m. by 1952, Wayne Harper, living 1964. They were living at Hollywood in 1952, and at End, Oregon, in 1956. One son, one daughter.

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From the Genealogy Page of John Blythe Dobson
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This page placed on the website May 2003
Last revised 31 July 2004