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Rachel (Katie) Malcolm was born on 11 November 1870 in Ontario, Canada.^1,2,3 She and George S. Flintoff were married on 6 March 1890 in East Tawas City, Iosco, Michigan. She died on 22 November 1927, at age 57, in Flint, Genesee, Michigan.³ She was buried in Greenwood Cemetery (Section I, Block 1, Lot 465), East Tawas, Iosco, Michigan.³

Rachel (Katie) Malcolm immigrated in 1886.⁴ She was naturalized in 1919.⁴

Levi R. K. Malcolm was born on 11 August 1872 in Ontario, Canada.^1,3 He died on 2 January 1944, at age 71.³ He was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan.³

1930 Michigan Census shows Levi to be single.

Markus Lightheart Buffy was born on 1 January 1846 in Caradoc, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.¹ He and Ruth Marie Boomer were married about 1868 in Aylmer, Malahide, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.¹ He died on 13 February 1909, at age 63, in London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.¹

Markus Lightheart Buffy was an Architect.²

Rachel C. Buffy was born on 9 November 1869 in Aylmer, Malahide, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.¹ She died on 21 May 1887, at age 17, in Aylmer, Malahide, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.¹

Barbara Lucinda Buffy was born about 1871 in Aylmer, Malahide, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.¹ She and John Walter Hicks were married on 31 March 1890 in Aylmer, Malahide, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.¹ She died on 28 August 1890 in London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.¹

John Walter Hicks was born on 20 June 1871 in Clandeboye, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.¹ He and Barbara Lucinda Buffy were married on 31 March 1890 in Aylmer, Malahide, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.¹ He died on 11 June 1955, at age 83, in London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.¹

Ira Thomas Hicks was born on 24 August 1890 in London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.¹ He died on 24 August 1890, at age 0, in London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.¹

Reuben Emerson Buffy was born on 15 December 1873 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada.¹ He and Charlotte Esther Hicks were married on 5 November 1896 in London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.¹ He died on 2 July 1949, at age 75, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.¹

Charlotte Esther Hicks was born on 1 April 1875 in Clandeboye, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.¹ She and Reuben Emerson Buffy were married on 5 November 1896 in London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.¹ She died on 13 August 1942, at age 67, in Dufresne, Manitoba, Canada.¹

Mark Emerson Buffy was born on 15 October 1900 in St. Thomas, Yarmouth, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.¹ He died on 16 December 1909, at age 9, in St. Thomas, Yarmouth, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.¹

Charlotte Lillian Marie Buffy was born on 17 March 1904 in London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.¹ She and Walter Ridler were married on 5 November 1924 in Roland, Manitoba, Canada.¹ She died on 4 April 1992, at age 88, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.¹ She was buried in Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

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Charlotte Lillian Marie BUFFY
b. 17 Mar 1904, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
d. 04 Apr 1992, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Gender: Female
Father: Reuben Emerson BUFFY
Mother: Charlotte Esther HICKS
Marriage: 5 Nov 1924, Roland, Manitoba, Canada
Spouse: Walter Thomas RIDLER (Sr.)
b. 16 Jan 1902, Fort William, Thunder Bay Dist., Ontario, Canada
d. 03 Apr 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Gender: Male
Father: Tom RIDLER
Mother: Elizabeth GRABHAM
Children:
1. Walter Thomas RIDLER (Jr.)
2. Arthur Emerson RIDLER
3. Doris Darlene RIDLER
4. Raymond Hicks RIDLER *
5. Gerald Almond RIDLER *
6. Ronald George RIDLER *
7. Lillian Lorraine RIDLER *
* [Referring to the 2nd marriage for Walter Ridler in 1929 (online sources do not show this 2nd marriage), and looking at dates of birth for the children, it seems apparent that the first three children, Walter (1925), Arthur (1926) and Doris (1928) were the children of first wife Charlotte (Buffy), the latter four, Raymond (1930), Gerald (1931), Ronald (1933) and Lillian (1940) born to Walter Ridler's 2nd wife, Lulu Richardson.]

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Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1913
Ancestry.ca
Name: Charlotte Lillian Buffy
Date of Birth: 17 Mar 1904
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
Father's name: Reuben Emerson Buffy
Mother's name: Charlotte Ester Hicks
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Canada, Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959
FamilySearch.org
Name: Charlotte Lillian Buffy
Gender: Female
Christening Date: -
Christening Place: -
Birth Date: 17 Mar 1904
Birthplace: London City, Middlesex, Ontario
Race: -
Father's Name: Reuben Emerson Buffy
Father's Birthplace: -
Father's Age: -
Mother's Name: Charlotte Ester[Esther] Hicks
Mother's Birthplace: -
Mother's Age: -
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C02230-5
System Origin: Canada-EASy
GS Film number: 2210572
Reference ID: 583
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Charlotte L. Ridler
Birth: 1904
Death: 1992
Burial: Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens, Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Created by: Leone Sigurdson
Record added: Nov 17, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial # 138903527

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MY MOTHER'S STORY ABOUT THE REUBEN BUFFY FAMILY UP TO WHEN HER BROTHER MARK DIED IN 1909
Charlotte Esther HICKS
by Charlotte Lillian Buffy
Rain, Rain, go away come again some other day, little Markie wants to play - but it won't stop raining.

It has rained for 2 solid weeks & the little Thames River in London, Ont. is overflowing its banks. Mother is getting so upset, she says we should have stayed in Strathroy. Dad is a carpenter and the building trade is not very good, so Dad worked at Aylmer's canning factory when they were doing the tomatoes in the fall. When that job was finished he ehard they wanted summer cottages built along the Thames outside of London. Consequently Dad rented an old cottage near the river bank and we came here to live in 1904.

Mother was pregnant and I was about to be born. Grandma Hicks came to stay with us because Mother was afraid to get in a rowboat. Dad came & went to work by rowboat, had to tie up to a picket fence & walk the top of the fence to get in a window. I arrived when the water had risen almost to the mattress on the bed. Grandma was walking around with rubber boots on. Dad took Markie to Grandma Buffy's on High or Hill St. in London, he was 4 yrs old. About a week later the water was receding & as soon as possible we moved back to the city. We lived at 9 Rectory St. Dad was working for a contractor, they built a whole street of new houses. We lived in one of them, from the upstairs window could watch the kids & adults having fun in their swimming pool.

Father had a chance to take us back to Roland, Man. Aunt Hetty's (my mothers sister) husband had died & she wanted us to come back. She said there was lots of work building houses so we went back & lived on the same street as Aunt Hetty, about 2 houses from her. A widow lady owned it and wanted to rent. It was a 1 1/2 or 2 storey house, Blossom was born while we lived there. The lady who owned the house was a Mrs. Heatherington or Heatherspoon something similar to that. She had gone to stay with her daughter in Ontario for a while. We moved back again to London & lived out Chelsea Green I think. Dad worked at McClary Stone Factory. Blossom was about 1 1/2 yrs when we went back East again.
Mother was always very Religious, she loved to go to revivals. She took Markie with her and a young boy sang "Tell Mother I'll be there, an answer to a prayer, Just tell my darling Mother I'll be there" Mark sang that constantly afterwards.

I remember starting school in a little cottage where they had Kindergarten class. It was just inside the school yard fence & the school was at the back of the lot. I think it was Dundas School just a short way from Dundas St.(one of the main sts). I went to school there till I was 9 1/2 yrs old, then the war started (1914-1918). Mother was always warning me about getting in a strange car, there was hardly any cars then, the police even road around on bicycles. There was a lot of talk about white slavery & teachers at school always kept at us about talking to men we didn't know. One day coming home from school a big fancy car went past my girlfriend Gloria & I, the car was a lot of chrome & black shiney paint. There were two men in it with dark eyes & slick back hair, one in the front seat and the other in back. They stopped & asked Gloria & I to come with them and they would drive us home. I said "NO Mother said not to" but Gloria said "Oh Lily its such a pretty car". The man in the back said "I've got some candy for you" so she got in the back seat and they drove away. No one ever saw her again.

Dad's father was an architect, Dad also drew plans& Specifications for all kinds of buildings. He heard about a steady job working in Ft. William, Ont. at Copp Foundry where they made shell casings of all kinds. Dad had the job of making the blueprints for the workers. We lived on Empress ST. and the foundry was on the corner. The railroad tracks to the foundry went down the middle of Empress St.

Dad finished his summer work and had a chance to go to St. Thomas. There was a factory being built outside of St. Thomas and they needed someone who could read blueprints and supervise the building. I've forgotten the company name but will try to find out what was built around there at that time 1909.

Grandma Hicks had moved to St. Thomas, 20 miles on the traction line from London, she had a boarding house and wanted Mother to help, thats why we moved to St. Thomas. When we were driving to our new home we saw many red signs on the houses. At the end of the traction line we had to walk a few blocks to our place, so many red signs on most houses. Markie asked Mother what it was and she said they had dyptheria or as they called it then Membrane Croup, so Mark walked down the middle of the road, he said he didn't wanrt to get that. The epidemic was so bad they closed the school for a time, the only thing they seemed to have to prevent it was something they called Anti-Toxin. If you got the shot in time.

Mark got the croup and within a week had passed away. He couldn't breathe and was trying to get to the window, Dad tried to hold him, he died in his arms. Poor Dad, Mark was his pride & joy. He went away by himself and we didn't see him for three months. He was heart broken and thats when he started to drink. I gues it was the only way he could forget. I remember well the funeral, the undertaker had a tressell of steps and a platform in front of the window so the school children came to see him in his coffin and pay their last respects. I was 4 1/2 yrs old and had just started kindergarten.

I had a lovely sister named Blossom Irene born in Roland, Mb. She got Dyptheria too, when she was about 1 1/2 yrs. I'll never forget that time, Mark had died in December, Christmas day Blossom was not expected to live. Dad was home again & the Dr. told him if Bloss lived until 12 o'clock midnight she would be okay. Dad called the Dr. just after 12 & he came back. I had started coughing so Mother told me to stay out of sight & not cough because every shot of Anti Toxin was $5.00 and we didn't have the money. It was Christmas Eve, the Dr. heard me cough & gave me the shot, it just stiffened my back. I sure had problems, not a tiolet like now just a chamber (we called it) under the bed and if I went to sit down on it I fell down. Christmas morning I felt better so came into the living room. I remember a tree and a whole set of books for Mark, so Dad gave them to me. It was the Alger series - Do or Die, Strive & Suceed, about ten books, also a horn for Mark & doll clothes for me. I picked up the horn & blew it & had the whole house pounce in me. Blosom was over the crisis, everything was going to be alright, so that was the greatest Christmas before or after.

Aunt Hetty wrote to Mother to say their was a job in Roland, a warehouseman for the Jewel Store. Dad applied and got the job, so we moved by train to Roland. One scary episode, Mother got off the train at a small town & ran to the store across the tracks to get milk for Bloss. The train started moving and Mother was lucky the trainman saw her and grabbed her hand to pull her on. There wasn't any dining car or food at all, you just brought your own lunch. Sometimes there was a lunch counter in the station, you would barely have time to get a bowl of soup and a sandwich.

This is where Mom stopped and we haven't been able to find any more of her story. They are all gone now so we don't have the details needed to complete the story. Manitoba, Marriage Index, 1879-1931
Ancestry.ca
Name: Charlotte Lillian Buffy
Gender: Female
Spouse: Walter Ridler
Marriage Date: 5 Nov 1924
Marriage Place: Roland, Manitoba, Canada.

Walter Ridler was born on 16 January 1902 in Roslyn Village, Fort William, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.¹ He and Charlotte Lillian Marie Buffy were married on 5 November 1924 in Roland, Manitoba, Canada.¹ He died on 3 April 1987, at age 85, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.¹ He was buried in Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

* [Was initially confused by this following marriage thinking this was a 2nd marriage for Walter Thomas Ridler but now see that Walter had an older brother Thomas. Would explain why the marital status for Thomas was shown as "Bachelor". Note also that Walter's grandaughter Rhonda Lee (RIDLER) LINDSAY, daughter of Ronald George (born 1933), identifies "Charlotte" as her grandmother.]
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British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932
FamilySearch.org
Name: Thomas Ridler *
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 27 Mar 1929
Event Place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Age: 29
Birth Year (Estimated): 1900
Birthplace: Slate River, Ontario
Marital Status: Bachelor *
Residence Place: -
Occupation: Registerd Guide for Big Game Parties
Father's Name: Thomas Ridler *
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Grabham *
Spouse's Name: Lula Verna Richardson *
Spouse's Age: 17
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1912
Spouse's Birthplace: Landonville, Alberta
Spouse's Marital Status: Spinster
Spouse's Residence Place: -
Spouse's Father's Name: George Washington Richardson
Spouse's Mother's Name: Belle Johnson
GS Film number: 2074553
Digital Folder Number: 004400881
Image Number: 02543
Affiliate Film Number: B13757
Reference ID: 29 09 354581
Certificate Type: License

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* Son of Thomas RIDLER and Elizabeth GRABHAM (or) GRAHAM.
Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1913
Ancestry.ca
Name: Walter Ridler
Date of Birth: 16 Jan 1902
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Father's name: Thomas Ridler
Mother's name: Elizabeth G??ham
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Canada, Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959
FamilySearch.org
Name: Walter Ridler
Gender: Male
Christening Date: -
Christening Place: -
Birth Date: 16 Jan 1902
Birthplace: Fort William, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Race: -
Father's Name: Thomas Ridler
Father's Birthplace: -
Father's Age: -
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Graham [Grabham]
Mother's Birthplace: -
Mother's Age: -
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C02229-7
System Origin: Canada-EASy
GS Film number: 2130574
Reference ID: 1-7

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* [Many of the names (only) of the descendents of Walter Thomas RIDLER and Charlotte Lillian BUFFY are from this website.]
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rcjack/f_272.html#7
Genealogy Data Page 627 (Family Pages)
Copyright 2005 Charlotte Jack

* [This website expands on the above with more names, plus dates and places.]
http://www.genealogy.com/
The Tom Ridler & Robert Frame Steele Families
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Walter Ridler (son of Tom Ridler and Elizabeth Grabham) was born January 16, 1902 in Roslyn Village, Fort William, Ontario, Canada, and died April 3, 1987 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
He married Charlotte Lillian Marie Buffy on November 5, 1924 in Roland, Manitoba, Canada, daughter of Rueben Emerson Buffy and Charlotte Esther Hicks.
Charlotte Lillian Marie Buffy was born March 17, 1904 in St. Thomas*, Ontario, and died April 4, 1992 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
* [Ontario Birth Record indicates her birth was in Middlesex County, Ontario]
Children of Walter Ridler and Charlotte Lillian Marie Buffy:
1. Walter Thomas Ridler, b. November 16, 1925, Roland, Manitoba, Canada.
2. Arthur Emerson Ridler, b. December 25, 1926, Slate River, Ontario, d. August 3, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
3. Doris Darlene Ridler, b. March 1, 1928, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., d. February 23, 2006, Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada.
4. Raymond Hicks Ridler, b. January 16, 1930, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, d. April 2, 2002, Parksville, British Columbia, Canada.
5. Gerald Almond Ridler, b. October 22, 1931, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
6. Ronald George Ridler, b. November 13, 1933, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
7. Lillian Lorriane Ridler, b. January 19, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

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Walter Ridler
Birth: 1902
Death: 1987
Burial: Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens, Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Created by: Leone Sigurdson
Record added: Nov 17, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial # 138903526. Manitoba, Marriage Index, 1879-1931
Ancestry.ca
Name: Charlotte Lillian Buffy
Gender: Female
Spouse: Walter Ridler
Marriage Date: 5 Nov 1924
Marriage Place: Roland, Manitoba, Canada.

Doris Darlene Ridler was born on 1 March 1928 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. She and William Harold Robert White were married on 21 May 1950 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She and Leroy Eroh were married on 7 August 1975. She died on 23 February 2006, at age 77, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

* Date of Death is also shown as 03 Feb 2006.

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The Tom Ridler & Robert Frame Steele Families
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Doris Darlene Ridler (daughter of Walter Ridler and Charlotte Lillian Marie Buffy) was born March 1, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, and died February 23, 2006 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
She married (1) William Harold Robert White on May 27, 1950 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
William Harold Robert White was born March 19, 1927 in Transcona, Manitoba, Canada, and died May 24, 2005 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
None-Ending(?): 1971, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Children of Doris Darlene Ridler and William Harold Robert White:
1. Shelley Rose Lillian White, b. May 20, 1951, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
2. Bradford William White, b. May 16, 1955, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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She married (2) Leroy Eroh on August 7, 1975 in Tucson, Arizona.
Leroy Eroh was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., died in Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
None-Ending(?): Richland, Washinton, U.S.A.

William Harold Robert White was born on 19 March 1927 in Transcona, Manitoba, Canada. He and Doris Darlene Ridler were married on 21 May 1950 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He died on 24 May 2005, at age 78, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Arthur Emerson Ridler was born on 25 December 1926 in Slate River, Ontario, Canada.¹ He died on 3 August 1989, at age 62, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.¹

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The Tom Ridler & Robert Frame Steele Families
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Arthur Emerson Ridler (son of Walter Ridler and Charlotte Lillian Marie Buffy) was born December 25, 1926 in Slate River, Ontario, and died August 3, 1989 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
He married Doreen Isabel Mehner on July 25, 1953 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, daughter of Christian Mehner and Matilda Kullman.
Doreen Isabel Mehner was born July 25, 1929 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Children of Arthur Emerson Ridler and Doreen Isabel Mehner:
1. Brian Arthur Ridler, b. March 5, 1956, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
2. Lori Arlene Ridler, b. July 17, 1960, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Blossom Irene Buffy was born on 16 April 1907 in Roland, Manitoba, Canada.¹ She died on 31 March 1999, at age 91, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.¹

Daisy Winnifred Buffy was born on 16 November 1911 in London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.¹ She and David Morgan Evans were married on 1 January 1936 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.¹ She died on 13 June 1997, at age 85, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.¹

David Morgan Evans was born on 14 August 1914 in Rainy River, Rainy River, Ontario, Canada.¹ He and Daisy Winnifred Buffy were married on 1 January 1936 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.¹ He died on 25 April 1980, at age 65, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.¹