The Angus Family in Skerton & Castle, Lancaster, Lancashire, England

John Cline Angus,   b. 25 Aug 1831, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. Abt Sep 1902, Lancaster, Lancashire, England   (Age 71 years)

Information on John Cline Angus is presented below.

Jane Angus,   b. 10 Apr 1834, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN, Lancaster, Lancashire, England  .

Jane Angus/Angious was born 10 Apr 1834 in Lancaster, Lancashire, Scotland.

In 1841 and 1851, she was residing with her parents and siblings.

On 7 Apr 1855, Jane Angus married in Preston, Lancashire, England to John Sharples.

Jane is not found in the 1861 census and is presumed to have died, possibly in childbirth, as her only daughter, Mary J Sharples, is found living with Jane’s parents in the 1861 and 1871 censuses.

Marriage and Children

Jane Angus married on 7 Apr 1855 in St. John’S, Preston, Lancashire, England   to John Sharples,   b. 1831,   d. UNKNOWN. They had the following child:

1. 1. Mary J Sharples,   b. 1856, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN

Margaret Angus,   b. 6 Feb 1836, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. Bef 1841, Lancaster, Lancashire, England   (Age < 4 years).

Margaret is not found in any census records with her parents. She is presumed to have died as a child, prior to the 1841 census.

William Angus, Sr.,   b. 4 May 1837, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. Jul 1895, Lunesdale, Halton, Lancashire, England   (Age 58 years).

Information on William Angus, Sr., is presented further below.

Sarah Angus,   b. 3 Apr 1841, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN, Lancaster, Lancashire, England  .

Sarah Angus/Angious was born in 1841 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England.

Sarah is not found in the 1851 census or later documents. She is presumed to have died as a young child prior to 1851.

James Angus, Jr.,   b. 15 Dec 1849, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. Jun 1866, Lancashire, England   (Age 16 years)

James Angus died young at 17 years of age from unknown causes.

Agnes Angus,   b. 5 Jun 1861, Castle Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. 1930, Lancaster, Lancashire, England   (Age 68 years) 

In 1871, at age 9, Agnes Angus was residing at 4 Lune Street in Castle Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with her parents and siblings.

On 12 Mar 1881, claiming to be 21 years of age (she was only 19), Agnes Angus, a cotton weaver, daughter of John Angus, a sawyer, married in St. Mary’s parish, Lancaster, Lancashire, England to 21 year old Thomas Wilkinson, a wood carver, son of Richard Wilkinson, a painter.

In 1881, at age 20, Agnes Wilkinson was residing at 1 Princess Street in Castle Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with her husband Thomas, a wood carver.

In 1891, at age 29, Agnes Wilkinson was residing at 7 Melbourne Road in Parkstrand Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with her husband and three children.

In 1901, at age 29, Agnes Wilkinson was residing at 7 Melbourne Road in Parkstrand Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with her husband and six children.

Marriage and Children

Agnes Angus married on 12 Mar 1881 in St. Mary’s, Lancaster, Lancashire, England to Thomas Wilkinson,   b. 6 Mar 1860, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. 18 Aug 1913, Lancaster, Lancashire, England   (Age 53 years). They had the following children:

1. 1. Richard Wilkinson,   b. 12 Jul 1881, Skerton, Lancashire, England ,   d. 1 Dec 1947, Lancaster, Lancashire, England   (Age 66 years)
   2. John Wilkinson,   b. 28 Jun 1886, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN
   3. Eleanor Wilkinson,   b. Abt Mar 1891, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN
   4. Sarah Wilkinson,   b. Abt Mar 1893, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN 
   5. Thomas Wilkinson,   b. Abt Mar 1895, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN 
   6. Mary A. Wilkinson,   b. 1897, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN
   7. Herbert Wilkinson,   b. 1900, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN 

Betsy Angus,   b. 5 May 1865, Castle Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN, Lancaster, Lancashire, England  . 

Betty/Betsy Angus was born in 1865 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. She was presumably named after her mother’s sister. Her parents were residing at Bridge Lane. Her father was a sawyer.

In 1871, at age 5, Betty Angus was residing at 5 Lune Street in Castle Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with her parents and siblings.

In 1881, at age 15, Betty Angus was residing at 4 Lune Street in Castle Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with her parents and siblings.

No marriage record has been found for her. She is not found after 1881 in England or Canada.

Charles Angus,   b. 19 Jul 1863, Castle Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN, Openshaw, Lancashire, England  . 

Information on Charles Angus is presented below.

James Angus,   b. 26 Dec 1878, Castle Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. 17 Jul 1959, Lancaster, Lancashire, England   (Age 80 years) 

In 1901 he is living with his elderly parents.

James Angus married Sarah Jane Ripley,   b. 29 Apr 1880, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. 1962, England   (Age 81 years). They had the following children:

1. 1. Margaret Angus,   b. 1906, Skerton, Lancaster, England ,   d. UNKNOWN
   2. Hilda Angus,   b. 1909, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. 1991, Lancaster, Lancashire, England   (Age 82 years) 
   3. Mary Angus,   b. 1 Dec 1912, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN 

Thomas Roberts Angus, b. 11 Nov 1875, Castle Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England , d. 15 Nov 1949, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada   (Age 74 years). 

Information on Thomas Roberts Angus is presented below.

Lt. Cpl. John Angus,   b. 22 Jan 1886, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN

John Angus was born in 1886 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England.In 1891, at age 5, John Angus was residing in Silk Mill Estate, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his parents and siblings.In 1901, at age 15, John Angus was residing in Bulk Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his parents and siblings. He was employed as a slater (roofer) and plasterer.On 2 Apr 1911, at age 25, John Angus was residing at 12 Hinde Street in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his wife, Margaret, and their daughter, Mary Ann. Margaret would have been pregnant with their future son, John, at the time. John Sr. was employed as a plasterer.A few weeks later, on 26 May 1911, at age 25, John Angus, a plaster and Roman Catholic, arrived in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, bound for Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Margaret was nearly nine months pregnant at the time. Their son, John Jr, was born 14 Jun 1911 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. Margaret arrived with the children on 14 Sep 1911 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada on the ship, Empress of Ireland. They were bound for Toronto to be with her husband.On 28 July 1915, John Angus, residing at 131 Coxwell Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force to serve in World War I. He was employed as a plasterer at the time. He served in the 74th Battalion and later the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles. On 23 Oct 1917 after receiving a serious gunshot wound in his left leg which left him unfit for further service. His father, C. Angus, was recorded as residing at 60 Bosworth Street in Openshaw, Manchester, England at the time. John was discharged on 3 Jan 1918 having achieved the rank of L. Cpl. He was residing at 573 Erie Terrace in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada at the time.In 1921, John Angus Sr. was residing at 10 Marjory Road in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, with his wife and two children. His brother-in-law, 27-year-old James Bland was residing with them. John was employed as a master plasterer.On 2 Dec 1927, John and his wife crossed into the USA at Buffalo, New York, on route to Chicago to visit John’s brother-in-law, James Bland. John was recorded as Canadian, born in Lancaster, England.

Travel records indicate that they travelled back to England several times during the ensuring years before finally moving back to England sometime before 1939. It is speculated that they returned to England to care for John’s aging parents.

In 1939, John Angus Sr, a master plasterer, was residing in Lancaster, Lancashire, England with his wife and children along with his widowed mother.

No record of John’s death has so far been location. It is not known if he died in England or returned to Canada.

Marriage and Children

John Angus married on Jan 1907 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England  to Margaret Dorothy Bland,   b. 9 Jul 1886, Skerton, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN. They had the following children:

1. 1. John Angus, Jr.,   b. 14 Jun 1911, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. Apr 1975, Lancaster, Lancashire, England   (Age 63 years)
   2. Mary Ann Angus,   b. 21 Jul 1907, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN 

Elizabeth Angus, b. Abt Jun 1889, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN. 

Elizabeth Angus was born in 1889 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England.

In 1891, at age 2, Elizabeth Angus was residing in Silk Mill Estate, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with her parents and siblings.

In 1901, at age 12, Elizabeth Angus was residing in Bulk Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with her parents and siblings.

In 1911, at age 22, Elizabeth Angus was residing at 6 Albion Street in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with her parents and siblings. She was employed as a cotton weaver.

In her brother Albert’s obituary in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, she is listed as Elizabeth Kernngton (sic) and living. (A marriage between Elizabeth Angus and Frank Pennington is believed to be this Elizabeth.) It is inferred therefore that she also came to Canada.

James Angus,   b. Abt Jun 1892, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN. 

James Angus was born in 1892 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England.

In 1901, at age 8, James Angus was residing at 6 Albion Street in Bulk Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his parents and siblings.

In 1911, at age 18, James Angus was residing at 6 Albion Street in Bulk Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his parents and siblings. He was employed as a tin smith.

He may be the James Angus found in the 1913 Lancaster City Directory residing at 6 Wyresdale Road in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, employed as a foreman.

On 13 Jan 1917, at age 26, James Angus, a fitter, son of Charles Angus, married in Manchester, Lancashire, England, to Harriet Dicken, daughter of James Dicken, a stoker.

It is not known if James and Harriet had children. Harriet died in 1975 in Manchester. No further information is known about them.

Charles Angus, Jr.,   b. 6 Jul 1897, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. 1975, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada   (Age 77 years) 

Charles Angus Jr. was born in 1897 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England.

In 1901, at age 4, Charles Angus Jr. was residing at 6 Albion Street in Bulk Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England with his parents and siblings.

In 1911, at age 14, Charles Angus Jr. was residing at 6 Albion Street in Bulk Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England with his parents and siblings. He was employed as a labourer. He was no longer in school.

Between 1918-1924, Charles and Elsie had three children, Lillian, Norah, and Charles III.

On 15 Jul 1928, at age 31, Charles Angus arrived in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, sailing from Liverpool, England, on the ship, Antonia. He was bound for Toronto, Ontario, Canada to see his brother John Angus, who paid for his trip. His wife, Elsie Evans remained behind to follow on later. They arrived on 17 Oct 1930 on the ship, Duchess of Bedford.

Family information indicates that he died in 1971 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada.

Marriage and Children

Charles Angus married in Apr 1918 in Chorlton, Lancashire, United Kingdom  to Elsie Evans,   b. 6 Nov 1897, Manchester, Lancashire, England ,   d. Jul 1970, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada   (Age 72 years). They had the following children:

1. 1. Lillian Angus,   b. 6 Sep 1918, Chorlton, Manchester, Lancashire, England ,   d. 25 Sep 2010, Brampton, Ontario, Canada   (Age 92 years) 
   2. Norah Angus,   b. 6 Apr 1922, Prestwich, Manchester, Lancashire, England ,   d. 29 Sep 2008, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada   (Age 86 years)
   3. Charles Angus, III,   b. 1 Mar 1924, Prestwich, Manchester, Lancashire, England ,   d. 29 Mar 2017, Pickering, Durham County, Ontario, Canada   (Age 93 years)

Albert Angus,   b. 20 Dec 1897, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. 6 Jun 1960, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada   (Age 62 years) 

Albert Angus was born in 1897 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England.

In 1901, at age 3, Albert Angus was residing at 6 Albion Street in Bulk Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England with his parents and siblings.

In 1911, at age 13, Albert Angus was residing at 6 Albion Street in Bulk Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England with his parents and siblings. He was a student.

On 26 May 1923, at age 25, Albert Angus arrived at Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, on the ship Montcalm. He was bound for Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada to stay with his brother John Angus. His closest relative was his father Charles Angus in Openshaw, Manchester, Lancashire, England.

By 1925 Albert Angus was in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada where he had a daughter, Beatrice, by an unknown woman.

Marriage and Children

Albert Angus had relations with an unknown woman. They had the following child:

1. 1. Beatrice Angus,   b. Abt 1925, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN 

Albert Angus married on 12 Jun 1928 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada  to Doris Calvert,   b. 9 Apr 1899, Gunnerside, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 2 Apr 1963, British Columbia, Canada   (Age 63 years). They had the following children:

1. 1. Albert Angus, Jr.,   b. 21 Jun 1929, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ,   d. 27 Jul 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada   (Age 71 years)  
   2. Doris Angus,   b. Abt 1932, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ,   d. Abt 2006, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada   (Age 74 years) 

Thomas Angus,   b. 2 Oct 1899, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. Jul 1973, Lancaster, Lancashire, England   (Age 73 years).

Thomas was born in 1899 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England.

In 1901, at age 1, Thomas was residing at 6 Albion Street, Bulk Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his parents and siblings.

In 1911, at age 11, Thomas was residing at 6 Albion Street, Bulk Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his parents and siblings.

On 27 Aug 1921, at age 22, Thomas Angus, an iron turner, son of Charles Angus, a blacksmith, married in Bradford, Lancashire, England to Cecilia Price, age 23, a machinist, daughter of George Price, a clerk.

In 1939, Thomas Angus was residing at 371 Manchester Road in Audenshaw, Lancashire, England, with his wife and daughter. He was employed as a sick berth attendant on the HMS Drake.

Marriage and Children

Thomas Angus married on 27 Aug 1921 in Bradford, Lancashire, England   to Cecilia Price,   b. 6 Jan 1898, Manchester, Lancashire, England ,   d. Jan 1981, Lancaster, Lancashire, England   (Age 83 years). They had the following child:

1. 1. Irene Angus,   b. 20 Feb 1920, Manchester, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN 

L. Cpl. Thomas Wilkinson Angus,   b. 15 Nov 1895, Skerton, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. 2 Jan 1929, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada   (Age 33 years).

Thomas served as a Private in the 120th Battalion in WWI. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant Corporal. At the time of his enlistment, on 20 Dec 1915, he was residing at 132 Birch Ave., Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada and employed as a machinist. His next of kin was listed as his father, Thomas Angus. On 10 Aug 1916, he was transferred to England. On 18 April 1917, he was sent to Amiens, France. On 9 Aug 1918, he was wounded in combat, receiving a through and through gunshot wound to his right buttocks. He was treated at a field hospital in Amiens, the transferred on 11 Aug 1918 to a hospital in Rouen, France, for surgery to remove the bullet. The surgery was unsuccessful because there was no bullet to remove. (Hence the injury being recorded as “through and through.”) On 16 Aug 1918, he was transferred to Bristol Hospital, Bristol, England. He was discharged a month later. Subsequent x-rays showed the bullet still inside. On 12 Sept 1918, he was transferred to a Canadian military hospital in Oprington (London), England. On 15 Oct 1918, he was declared healed and recommended for return to the command depot. He was honourably discharged on 11 Jan 1919. He was paid $15/month for his service.

Thomas Angus married Rose Allen,   b. Jan 1899, West Walton, Norfolk, England ,   d. 7 Nov 1987, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada   (Age 88 years). They had no children.

John Angus,   b. 19 May 1898, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. 6 Jan 1974, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada   (Age 75 years)

John Angus, or “Jack” as he was known, worked in the lumber industry like his father before him. Jack was born in England and came to Canada in the early 1900s probably for better employment prospects. Jack worked as a yard foreman at the Lawson Lumber Yard on Gage Avenue in what is now downtown Hamilton. Jack and his father, Tom, built a house for Tom and Judith at 39 Gage Avenue South right next door to Lawson Lumber. After Judith’s death, Jack and Jessie moved into the house with Tom in order to take care of him. When Tom died, Jack and Jessie inherited the house, which caused a permanent rift between Jack and his siblings.

In 1901, at age 2, John Angus was residing in Skerton, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his parents and two siblings.

In 1911, at age 12, John Angus was residing at 77 Broadway, Skerton, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his parents and two siblings. He was was a student at Park School while also working as a butcher’s errand boy.

Sometime between 1911-1915, John Angus and his parents and siblings immigrated to Canada.

In 1915, the Angus family were residing at 132 Birch Ave. in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, when John’s brother Thomas enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force.

In 1921, at age 22, John was residing at 35 (or 25) Gage Avenue in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada with his parents and siblings. He was employed as a labourer. This may be the house that he and his father built together although the address doesn’t match his daughter, Jackie’s recollection.

John Angus claimed that the Angus family were originally from Scotland and that “the Scots ran us out of Scotland”.

Jack and Jessie’s marriage was witnessed by Jessie’s sister, Elizabeth Duncan, and Jack’s brother, Thomas Angus.

Marriage and Children

Jack Angus married on 18 Mar 1922 at Knox Presbyterian Church in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada  to Jessie Brown Duncan,   b. 31 Aug 1902, Bridgeton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland ,   d. 4 Jun 1973, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada   (Age 70 years). They had the following children:

1. 1. Ethel Mae Angus,   b. 27 Sep 1922, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 May 2018, Burlington, Halton, Ontario, Canada   (Age 95 years). Mae Angus grew up in Hamilton, Ontario. While attending Delta High School in Hamilton, She began dating the foorball quarterback from the rival Central High School, Pete Gow. These high school sweethearts later married and began their family in Hamilton. They later moved to Burlington, Ontario where they raised their two sons. Mae worked for a few years as a secretary.Like the rest of her family, Mae was an avid card player, especially bridge. Card playing seems to be in the Angus blood. If you were ever fisting the God household and inquired after a deck of dards, they had decks stored in every room of the house, and could quickly come up with a couple of dozen to choose from. Mae and Pete were also both avid golfers and curlers.

      Mae Gow married on 7 Aug 1943 in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada  George William Gow,   b. 20 Dec 1920, Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 May 2002, Burlington, Halton, Ontario, Canada   (Age 81 years). They had the following children:

      1. Living Gow 
      2. Living Gow 
   2. Margaret Hunter Angus,   b. 16 Nov 1923, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Mar 1967, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada   (Age 43 years)
      Regrettably Margaret died when the author of this project was only 7 years old so I never really knew my Aunt Margaret. Margaret, like her sisters, grew up on Gage Avenue in Hamilton and went to Delta High School. She met a navy serviceman, Bob Herdman, and they were married. Bob was then transferred to British Columbia. Bob and Margaret and their two children moved to BC in the late 1960s. It was in British Columbia that Margaret discovered she had breast cancer which required a mastectomy. Bob was unable to deal with his wife’s cancer and the couple split up. In 1965 Margaret took her children and returned to Hamilton to be with Margaret’s sisters. Meanwhile Bob Sr. was transferred to Nova Scotia. Margaret died two years later.
      Marg Angus married on 28 Jun 1945 in St. Peter’s Anglican, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada to Robert James Herdman,   b. 30 May 1922, Welland, Niagara, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Mar 2003, Arizona, United States   (Age 80 years). They had the following children:
      1. Living Herdman 
      2. Robert John Herdman,   b. 28 Apr 1949, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Dec 2022, Blairmore, Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada   (Age 73 years) 
   3. Jacqueline Rose Angus,   b. 26 Feb 1939, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada   (Age 86 years). She married to Kenneth Richard Brown,   b. 18 Apr 1937, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Sep 1998, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada   (Age 61 years). They had the following children:
      1. Living Brown 
      2. Living Brown