Hi: Here is a great website to check out run by Al Lewis: http://www.bytown.net/ On the main page scroll down until you see a search box. I input Godfrey rather than Green as I thought there might be too many hits just using Green(e) but you might want to try to search both ways and also try "Godfrey Green" in quotes as I have written. On this family tree there are Godfrey Benning Greene 1852 - 1911 and Alicia Laurence Greene ?? - 1898 listed as marrying into the family: http://www.bytown.net/street.htm At the very bottom of that page is an email link to the lady who submitted the info. You might want to contact her to see who the parents were, unless you already know. Here are some great news clippings, near the bottom of this page: http://www.bytown.net/pinhey.htm THE OTTAWA PACKET ---- SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1847 --Marriage - "Pinhey - Greene: On Saturday last at Saint Mary's Church, Horraceville, March, C. W., Horace Pinhey, Esq., to Kate, eldest daughter of the late Godfrey Greene, Esq., of Silvermines, Tipperary, Ireland." THE OTTAWA PACKET ---- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1848 --Birth - "Pinhey; On Sunday, the 9th instant, Mrs. Horace Pinhey, of a daughter." THE OTTAWA PACKET ---- SATURDAY, June 18, 1853 -- Birth - "Pinhey; At Horaceville, March, on Sunday last, the wife of Horace Pinhey, Esq., of a son." There is an email address at the bottom of that page to contact the submitter of the clippings. So from those clippings you now know that Godfrey Greene was deceased by August 28, 1847 and he was from Silvermines, Tipperary, Ireland!! Great WW1 items here, Cyril Godfrey Pinhey and Henry Frankel Pinhey, email contact at the bottom of the page: http://www.bytown.net/ww1.htm You can also use other search words in the search box. There is much on the site about the Pinhey family that the Greene daughter married into. Here is the marriage of their son: 002208-95 (Carleton Co): Godfrey Greene PONKEY(sic), 35, not given, March, Ottawa, s/o Horace & Catherine married Annie Verona JAMES, 22, Hamilton, Ottawa, d/o Henry & Martha. Wit: Robert B. HARRIS of Hamilton and Sybella WEBBE of Ottawa. November 29, 1894 at Ottawa There are other great articles on the main page as well and just over half way down the page it says: The Nepean Museum...Has well-organized, computerized Census data going back to 1842, plus other resources. with a link to that page. Before 1851, most censi in Canada listed by name only the head of household and then how many males, females, etc, but no names for them. Other links: http://www.rootsweb.com/~oncarlet/ http://www.ogs.on.ca/ http://ogs.andornot.com/OldFiles/CemeteryIndex.htm http://www.geneofun.on.ca/ontariolocator/search.html On the 1881 census is likely the family of Godfrey Benning Greene, perhaps son of Godfrey Benjamin: Godfrey B. GREENE M Male Irish 29 O <Ontario> Agent Church of England Olivia Rebecca GREENE M Female English 29 O <Ontario> Church of England Godfrey GREENE Male Irish 2 O <Ontario> Church of England Ainslie GREENE Male Irish <1 Born: Aug; 8/12 O <Ontario> Church of England Elisabeth CODE Female Irish 21 O <Ontario> Servant Church of England Source Information: Census Place Wellington Ward, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario Family History Library Film 1375865 NA Film Number C-13229 District 105 Sub-district A Division 3 Page Number 45 Household Number 232 It looks like the name Godfrey was passed down through the family. The 1901 census is indexed at www.automatedgenealogy.com and I found: District: ON OTTAWA (City/Cité) (#100) Subdistrict: Dalhousie (Ward/Quartier) C-2 Page 19 Details: Schedule 1 Microfilm T-6488 Green Godfrey B M Head M Mar 2 1852 born in ONTARIO Manager, Anglican Green Olivia R F Wife M Feb 29 1852 ON Green Godfrey B M Son S May 24 1879 ON , RY Clerk, perhaps Rail Yard clerk?? Green Robert E M Son S Sep 16 1883 ON Bank Clerk Green Keneth A M Son S Apr 16 1888 ON Evens Matilda F Domestic S Dec 16 1879 QUE Domestic servant Some cemeteries are included in an index here, Type in Greene and where it says County, type in Carleton: http://www.islandnet.com/cgi-bin/ms2/jveinot/search On the Beechwood cemetery index, Ottawa, Carleton County, are these entries: GREENE, Godfrey Benning died March 28, 1911, interred April 1, 1911, interment registry number 12635; GREENE, Godfrey Benning, died March 21, 1938, interred March 23, 1938, interment number 27301; GREENE, Godfrey Benning, died October 8, 1970, interred October 13, 1970, interment number 45312; GREENE, Olivia R., died November 14, 1924, interred November 15, 1924, registry number 20519; GREENE, Aimslie Wilson, died October 18, 1945, interred November 27, 1945, registry number 27301. You can obtain the information contained on the interment registry cards, name, parents names, etc, by emailing Beechwood cemetery or by snail mailing them as well. When I ordered some in 2002 they cost $6.42 Cdn each but you might want to email them and ask what the price is before you send for them. There are other Greene's buried in this cemetery but I have no way of knowing if they are related to your family. Website here: http://www.beechwoodcemetery.com/contact.htm Ontario death registrations are only available to the public up to abt. 1933 so I can't send you anything past that. Here is Olivia's: Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1932 Record County of Carleton, Division of Ottawa Name: Olivia Rebecca Greene Death Date: Nov 1924 Death Location: 58 Primrose Avenue, Ottawa, Carleton County Marital Status: Widow Gender: Female Age: 72 years, 8 months, 17 days Birth: February 29, 1852 at Ottawa Birth Location: Ottawa Parents: Zachariah Wilson, born Canada; and Elizabeth Wilson born March Twp., Carleton County, Ontario Name of Informant: Ainslie Wilson Greene, son 58 Primrose Avenue, Ottawa Burial: Beechwood Cemetery, November 15, 1924 Undertaker: G. H. Rogers Co., Ottawa Physician: J. H. Laidlaw, Ottawa Cause of Death: Cerebral haemorrhage and Arterio Sclerosis Registration number 010124 I did not find the Godfrey Benning Greene who died in March, 1911 online but the kind folks at your nearest LDS family history centre could order in the appropriate death index film first, find the registration number from it, and then order in the death registration itself, if found on the index. Or you could order his interment registry card from Beechwood and that would give his parents names, likely. Here is the Ontario marriage index entry for Godfrey's marriage and with this number you can order the actual marriage registration from the LDS: Ontario Marriage Index, 1858-1899 Record Name: Godfrey Benning Greene Marriage Date: 4 Jun 1876 Marriage Place: Ottawa Registration Number: 001667-76 Ontario Vital Record Registrations for births, marriages and deaths are being transcribed and put online by volunteers, a work in progress and you can access what has been done so far here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~onvsr/ Here are the births of the children of Godfrey and Olivia: Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1907 Record about Elizabeth Mary Greene Name: Elizabeth Mary Greene Date of Birth: 17 Mar 1877 Gender: Female Birth County: Unknown Father's Name: Godfrey Benning Greene, clerk, Ottawa Mother's Name: Olivia Rebecca Wilson Roll Number: MS929_27 Reg. #003206 Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1907 Record Ottawa, Carleton County Name: Godfry Benning Greene Date of Birth: 24 May 1878 Gender: Male Father's Name: Godfrey Benning Greene, clerk, Ottawa Mother's Name: Olivia Rebecca Wilson Roll Number: MS929_32 Reg. #003864 Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1907 Record Ottawa, Carleton County Name: Ainsley Wilson Greene Date of Birth: 29 Aug 1880 Gender: Male Birth County: Unknown Father's Name: Godfrey Benning Greene, bookkeeper, Ottawa Mother's Name: Olivia Rebecca Wilson Roll Number: MS929_42 Reg #003610 Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1907 Record Ottawa, Carleton County Name: Robert Eric Greene Date of Birth: 16 Sep 1882 Gender: Male Birth County: Unknown Father's Name: Godfrey Benning Green, bookkeeper, Ottawa Mother's Name: Olivia Rebecca Wilson Informant of Birth: G. G. Pinhey (see Pinhey entries from above on this email) Roll Number: MS929_53 Reg. #005072 Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1907 Record Ottawa, Carleton County Name: Kenneth Alfred Greene Date of Birth: 16 Apr 1888 Gender: Male Birth County: Unknown Father's Name: Godfrey B Greene, can't read occupation, Ottawa Mother's Name: Olivia Rebecca Wilson Roll Number: MS929_86 Reg. #005045 I did not find an online death registration for child Elizabeth Greene but she wasn't with her parents on the 1881 census above. Her death might not have been registered. Anyway, hope this helps a bit and good luck with your searching. Marg in Sunny Alberta Denise wrote: >Morning from Australia, > >I'm looking for information on Godfrey Benjamin Green(e) born Ireland, brought his family to Ontario and I believe March Township around 1840. >I'm researching his son George who came to Australia in 1850s and would love to learn more about his father Godfrey. I believe there was something to do with River Steamers, but can't find anything on this. > >If anyone can possibly help it would be great thanks - or even a descendant or two (g) > >regards >Denise > > >==== CAN-ONT-CARLETON Mailing List ==== >No more census petitions needed!! The 1911 to 2001 >Canada census records were passed June 28, 2005! > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > >