William Ezekiel Gooderham

1865 - 1963  (98 years)

• Name	William Ezekiel Gooderham
  Birth	21 Jan 1865	Wexford, York, ON, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Death	Mar 1963	Meadowvale, Peel, ON, Canada
  Person ID	I77	Gooderham -Worts | KEG family and descendants, CLS family and descendants, Ezekiel Gooderham and descendants, MLG family and descendants, HES Family and Descendants
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2015

  
  

  Father	George Gooderham,   b. 18 Nov 1824, Scole, Norfolk, England, UK d. 6 Oct 1910, Meadowvale, Peel, ON, Canada (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Catherine Macdonald,   b. Abt 1831, Argyllshire, Scotland, UK d. Abt 1905, Mississauga, ON, Canada (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	c.1851
  Photos » Slide Show		John Hamilton Gooderham
  		John Hamilton Gooderham
  		John Hamilton Gooderham instructing modern farming techniques. DOMINION OF CANADA ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INDIAN AFFAIRS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30th JUNE 1893. The agent speaks most highly of the herder's diligence and untiring energy in the performance of his duties under very unfavourable and trying conditions. I inspected all the cattle: with a few exceptions they all looked well, the two…
  		George Gooderham Sr with Catherine MacDonald and family. L to R: William Ezekiel, Jessie Helen, Archibald Roderick, Katherine, George Sr. and Harriet Jane (Jennie) which suggests that either John Hamilton or more likely Elizabeth (Libbie) may have taken the picture. (John would likely have been out west...)
  		Jessie Helen Gooderham
  		William Ezekiel Gooderham
  		Katherine MacDonald Croped from an image with her sister(?) Elizabeth and marked as Grandma Gooderham
  		John Hamilton Gooderham Prepared for his trip west in 1879. Image annotated by GHG on back.
  		Katharine Gooderham nee MacDonald Wife of George Gooderham
  Family ID	F18	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Jane Watt,   b. 11 Jun 1873, Toronto, ON, Canada d. 18 Feb 1962, Mississauga, ON, Canada (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	26 Jun 1907	Streetsville, ON, Canada
  Children	+ 1. Mary Louise Gooderham,   b. 5 May 1912, Toronto, ON, Canada d. 22 Dec 2002, Guelph, ON, Canada (Age 90 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 2. Private: (K.E.G.)
  Family ID	F29	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2013

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 21 Jan 1865 - Wexford, York, ON, Canada Marriage - 26 Jun 1907 - Streetsville, ON, Canada Death - Mar 1963 - Meadowvale, Peel, ON, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		William Ezekiel Gooderham Youngest son of George & Catherine Gooderham. He was born 33 years after his Grandfather and Grandmother (Ezekiel and Harriet) emigrated to York County (Toronto)Canada. He was 4 years old when the family moved to the Village of Meadowvale where his father managed the Gooderham & Worts family farm.
  		William Ezekiel Gooderham
  		William Ezekiel Gooderham and May out for a Sleigh Ride 1940 Mr. Gooderham's family always had roast goose for Christmas dinner and he remembers the huge plum pudding his mother (Catherine) made - lots of suet and big raisins boiled in a cloth in a big iron pot. Mr. Gooderham and his brother hung their stockings behind the wood burning stove in the dining-room on Christmas Eve. They got up before dawn…
  		William Ezekiel and family This picture was taken at their home in Meadowvale, 1958 Celebrating Williams 90th birthday, from left Kay, Mary 'Mae', William and Louise.
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  
  

  Family Stories

  1940 A Glimpse of Christmas Past Helen Younder, our Ezekiel administrator, shares this month's featured story and photo to give us a taste of a Gooderham Christmas. Her grandfather, William Ezekiel Gooderham, told this story in 1958 to Doris McPherson, author of A Glimpse of Christmas Past. He and wife May (Mary Jane) are captured in a charming photo while out for a sleigh ride.