William Ezekiel Gooderham

William Ezekiel Gooderham

Male 1865 - 1963  (98 years)

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  • Name William Ezekiel Gooderham 
    Birth 21 Jan 1865  Wexford, York, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Mar 1963  Meadowvale, Peel, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Oct 1910, Meadowvale, Peel, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Catherine Macdonald,   b. Abt 1831, Argyllshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1905, Mississauga, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage c.1851 
    Photos
    John Hamilton Gooderham
    John Hamilton Gooderham
    John Hamilton Gooderham
    John Hamilton Gooderham
    John Hamilton Gooderham instructing modern farming techniques.
    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.
    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
    Jessie Helen Gooderham
    William Ezekiel Gooderham
    William Ezekiel Gooderham
    Katherine MacDonald
    Katherine MacDonald
    Croped from an image with her sister(?) Elizabeth and marked as Grandma Gooderham
    John Hamilton 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
    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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Feb 1962, Mississauga, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 26 Jun 1907  Streetsville, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Mary Louise Gooderham,   b. 5 May 1912, Toronto, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Dec 2002, Guelph, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (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
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 Jan 1865 - Wexford, York, ON, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 26 Jun 1907 - Streetsville, ON, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Mar 1963 - Meadowvale, Peel, ON, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    William Ezekiel Gooderham
    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
    William Ezekiel Gooderham and May out for a Sleigh Ride 1940
    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
    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
    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.