Henry Sankey

Henry Sankey was born April 9, 1881 in Guelph Ontario.

He was the son of Gottfred (Fred Sankey) Sadroschinske and Mary Mechefske.

Henry Sankey

On April 11, 1911 he married Emma Haase daughter of Amos Haase and Johanna Monk. The couple had two children Elva Hanna and Robert Amos.

Henry and Emma Sankey wedding

Henry and Emma's marriage record

The Sankey Family. Henry is back row second from right

Henry Sankey, his wife Emma and children Elva and Robert

Henry with grandson Doug Vickers

Henry died on Dec 5, 1975 in Hanover Ontario.

Happy Thanksgiving - Online tree - Sankey clippings

Happy Thanksgiving weekend!

I just realized it has been about 10 months since I have posted here. Too many blogs, too little time.

I wanted to share the online tree that our cousin Jamie Toeppner created a few years back. There isn't a lot on the Sankey branch but he does have quite a bit of information on the Mechefske side. His site also has some wonderful photos and history of the area where many of our ancestors settled when they came to Canada. You can find all of this at www.toeppner.ca


I also came across a few clippings this week from The Canadian Lutheran Magazine that had family references.

Clipping from the Aug 1913 issue of The Canadian Lutheran Magazine

March 1913

April 1916

Jan 19 - Updates

Happy Sunday! Loving this big fluffy snow that has been coming down all day. This stuff is easy to shovel.

I have added some newspaper clippings and a new page of "other" clippings ( same name no connection yet)
I have also started adding military records.

There is a new photo page for the Gruhl Matthews branch and I have added about a dozen pics to it.

Added a photo page for Haase / Monk. Just a few pics on there right now.

Gottfred (Fred Sankey) Sadroschinske

Gottfred (Fred Sankey) Sadroschinske was born on 19 Sep 1852 in Alsace-Lorriane,Prussia. Son of Gotfred Sadroschinske and Anna Maria.  When he was 25, He married Mary Theresa Anna Maria Mechefske,daughter of Henry Mechefske and Mary Ann Magolski, on 08 Feb 1878 in Preston Ontario Canada.

I am still not completely sure of the proper spelling of his surname or what year he started using the name Sankey. There are several different spellings on different documents.  In the 1891 census the surname is Sadrocendski. I had trouble finding his children's birth records as each one had a different spelling. (See individuals below)

He arrived in Canada in 1864 (Age: 11).  He died on 07 Aug 1929 in Wellington, Ontario, Canada

Gottfred (Fred Sankey) Sadroschinske and Mary  Mechefske had the following children:

Evelyn Dora Sodracenki Sankey was born on 02 May 1905 in Wellington, Ontario, Canada. She died on 02 May 1959. She married Elmer Carl Schaus on 25 Dec 1926 in Wellington, Ontario, Canada.

Edward T Sankey was born about 1890 in Guelph Ontario. He died on 25 Apr 1953 in Guelph Ontario Canada (Marymount Cemetery). He married Margaret Reinhardt on 25 Sep 1912.

Josephine Sophia Sankey was born on 30 Aug 1885 in Ontario. She died on 31 Oct 1956 in Toronto (Toronto general hsp).

Henry Sankey was born on 09 Apr 1881 in Guelph Ontario. He died on 05 Dec 1975 in Hanover, Ontario.

Margaret Wilhilmina Sankey was born about 1893.

Agnes Cecelia Sankey was born on 28 Mar 1896 in Guelph Ontario. She died on 22 Apr 1934 in Toronto.

William Sidsrosanky Sankey was born on 06 Aug 1880 in Ontario.

Sadie Sarah Sankey was born on 21 Jun 1898 in Guelph Ontario Canada. She died in 1972 in Guelph
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Charles John Karl Sankey was born on 21 Nov 1883 in Guelph Ontario Canada. He died in 1962 in Guelph Ontario Canada (Buried in Durkin family plot). He married an Julia Durkin on 24 Nov 1908 in Wellington, Ontario, Canada.

Marian Sankey was born on 19 May 1891 in Guelph Township. She married James McKinley on 20 Apr 1910 in Wellington, Ontario, Canada. She married Robert Stewart on 12 Oct 1914 in Wellington, Wellington, Ontario, Canada.

George Walter Sankey was born on 01 Aug 1888 in Guelph Ont. He died in 1951 in Brantford Ont.

Fred Geoffrey Sankey was born on 15 Aug 1878 in Ontario. He died in London Ont.. He married  Mary Darch on 22 Feb 1905 in Dufferin, Ontario, Canada.

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