Rev Henry Robert James Canham 1877–1950 – Whos Your Daddy? Wikigenealogy

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Rev Henry Robert James Canham, 1877–1950 (aged 73 years)

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Rev Henry Robert James Canham

Name: Rev Henry Robert James /Canham/
Name prefix: Rev
Given names: Henry Robert James
Surname: Canham

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Family with parents
father	Links Birth: October 1851 — Sutton, Suffolk, England Baptism: 16 October 1851 — Sutton, Suffolk, England Marriage: 4 January 1877 — Edge Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Death: December 1931 — Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Emma Maria James Rev Henry Robert James Canham Edwin Dillon Frank Canham Ernest Grey Canham Lilian Mary Canham Rev Charles Russell Canham Cecil Canham Maybell Constance Beatrice Canham Arthur Chilton Canham Rose Chilton Canham Mary B Canham Ellen Mary Canham Henry Robert Field Canham 1851–1931 Birth: October 1851 — Sutton, Suffolk, England Death: December 1931 — Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
mother	Links Birth: December 1851 30 31 — Bexley Heath, Kent, England Marriage: 4 January 1877 — Edge Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Death: September 1927 — Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Henry Robert Field Canham Rev Henry Robert James Canham Edwin Dillon Frank Canham Ernest Grey Canham Lilian Mary Canham Rev Charles Russell Canham Cecil Canham Maybell Constance Beatrice Canham Arthur Chilton Canham Rose Chilton Canham Mary B Canham Ellen Mary Canham Emma Maria James 1851–1927 Birth: December 1851 30 31 — Bexley Heath, Kent, England Death: September 1927 — Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
Marriage	Marriage — 4 January 1877 — Edge Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
10 months himself	Links Birth: 13 November 1877 26 25 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Baptism: 21 December 1877 26 26 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Marriage: 3 January 1917 — Saskatoon, Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344, Saskatchewan, Canada Death: 10 December 1950 — Croydon, Surrey, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Martha Wood Dorothea Mary Canham Charles H Theodore Canham Robert E Francis Canham Rev Henry Robert James Canham 1877–1950 Birth: 13 November 1877 26 25 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Death: 10 December 1950 — Croydon, Surrey, England
16 months younger brother	Links Birth: 12 March 1879 27 27 — Barrowby, Lincolnshire, England Baptism: 12 March 1879 27 27 — Barrowby, Lincolnshire, England Marriage: September 1923 — Barnstaple, Devon, England Death: March 1955 — Gosport, Hampshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Agnes Frances Armstrong Edwin Dillon Frank Canham 1879–1955 Birth: 12 March 1879 27 27 — Barrowby, Lincolnshire, England Death: March 1955 — Gosport, Hampshire, England
3 years younger brother	Links Birth: September 1881 29 29 — Bourne, Lincolnshire, England Death: June 1963 — Taunton, Somerset, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Ernest Grey Canham 1881–1963 Birth: September 1881 29 29 — Bourne, Lincolnshire, England Death: June 1963 — Taunton, Somerset, England
3 years younger sister	Links Birth: March 1884 32 32 — Bourne, Lincolnshire, England Death: 14 December 1949 — Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Lilian Mary Canham 1884–1949 Birth: March 1884 32 32 — Bourne, Lincolnshire, England Death: 14 December 1949 — Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
3 years younger brother	Links Birth: September 1886 34 34 — Bourne, Lincolnshire, England Marriage: 14 August 1914 — Moose Jaw, Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw No. 161, Saskatchewan, Canada Marriage: 12 July 1927 — St John the Baptist, Halifax, Yorkshire, England Death: 15 December 1964 — Rugby, Warwickshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Gwendoline Mabel Malim Diana Mary Malim Canham Russell Wentworth Canham Gwendoline Norah H Canham Family with spouse Julia Sheldrake Rev Charles Russell Canham 1886–1964 Birth: September 1886 34 34 — Bourne, Lincolnshire, England Death: 15 December 1964 — Rugby, Warwickshire, England
20 months younger brother	Links Birth: 22 April 1888 36 36 — Bourne, Lincolnshire, England Death: December 1969 — Croydon, Surrey, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Hilda Eliza Leach Betty Vivienne Mary Canham Cecil Canham 1888–1969 Birth: 22 April 1888 36 36 — Bourne, Lincolnshire, England Death: December 1969 — Croydon, Surrey, England
18 months younger sister	Links Birth: September 1889 37 37 — Bourne, Lincolnshire, England Baptism: 1889 37 37 — Dowsby, Lincolnshire, England Marriage: March 1925 — Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Death: September 1962 — Buckrose, Yorkshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse George Robert Nicholls Mary Annie Nicholls Jean H Nicholls Maybell Constance Beatrice Canham 1889–1962 Birth: September 1889 37 37 — Bourne, Lincolnshire, England Death: September 1962 — Buckrose, Yorkshire, England
16 months younger brother	Links Birth: December 1890 39 39 — Bourne, Lincolnshire, England Death: December 1890 — Bourne, Lincolnshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Arthur Chilton Canham 1890–1890 Birth: December 1890 39 39 — Bourne, Lincolnshire, England Death: December 1890 — Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
1 month younger sister	Links Birth: December 1890 39 39 — Bourne, Lincolnshire, England Death: December 1890 — Bourne, Lincolnshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Rose Chilton Canham 1890–1890 Birth: December 1890 39 39 — Bourne, Lincolnshire, England Death: December 1890 — Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
3 years younger sister	Links Birth: 1893 41 41 — Bourne, Lincolnshire, England Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Mary B Canham 1893–… Birth: 1893 41 41 — Bourne, Lincolnshire, England Death:
3 years younger sister	Links Birth: June 1895 43 43 — Bourne, Lincolnshire, England Death: 3 December 1957 — Buckrose, Yorkshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Ellen Mary Canham 1895–1957 Birth: June 1895 43 43 — Bourne, Lincolnshire, England Death: 3 December 1957 — Buckrose, Yorkshire, England

Family with Martha Wood
himself	Links Birth: 13 November 1877 26 25 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Baptism: 21 December 1877 26 26 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Marriage: 3 January 1917 — Saskatoon, Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344, Saskatchewan, Canada Death: 10 December 1950 — Croydon, Surrey, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Martha Wood Dorothea Mary Canham Charles H Theodore Canham Robert E Francis Canham Rev Henry Robert James Canham 1877–1950 Birth: 13 November 1877 26 25 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Death: 10 December 1950 — Croydon, Surrey, England
wife	Links Birth: 16 October 1897 — Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Marriage: 3 January 1917 — Saskatoon, Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344, Saskatchewan, Canada Death: 11 April 1977 — Shirley, Croydon, Surrey, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Rev Henry Robert James Canham Dorothea Mary Canham Charles H Theodore Canham Robert E Francis Canham Martha Wood 1897–1977 Birth: 16 October 1897 — Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Death: 11 April 1977 — Shirley, Croydon, Surrey, England
Marriage	Marriage — 3 January 1917 — Saskatoon, Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344, Saskatchewan, Canada
14 months daughter	Links Birth: 24 February 1918 40 20 — Islay, County of Vermilion River, Alberta, Canada Death: 15 February 1980 — Croydon, Surrey, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Albert Walter Leslie Squire Dorothea Mary Canham 1918–1980 Birth: 24 February 1918 40 20 — Islay, County of Vermilion River, Alberta, Canada Death: 15 February 1980 — Croydon, Surrey, England
2 years son	Links Birth: 14 July 1920 42 22 — Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Marriage: December 1948 — Croydon, Surrey, England Death: 29 July 1960 — Lingfield, Surrey, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Audrey Doris Brown Charles H Theodore Canham 1920–1960 Birth: 14 July 1920 42 22 — Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Death: 29 July 1960 — Lingfield, Surrey, England
4 years son	Links Birth: September 1924 46 26 — Bridlington, Yorkshire, England Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Robert E Francis Canham 1924–… Birth: September 1924 46 26 — Bridlington, Yorkshire, England Death:

Events of close relatives
Birth	13 November 1877 26 25 Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Baptism	21 December 1877 26 26 (aged 1 month) Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Birth of a brother	Edwin Dillon Frank Canham 12 March 1879 Barrowby, Lincolnshire, England
Baptism of a brother	Edwin Dillon Frank Canham 12 March 1879 Barrowby, Lincolnshire, England
Birth of a brother	Ernest Grey Canham September 1881 Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Birth of a sister	Lilian Mary Canham March 1884 Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Birth of a brother	Rev Charles Russell Canham September 1886 Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Birth of a brother	Cecil Canham 22 April 1888 Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Birth of a sister	Maybell Constance Beatrice Canham September 1889 Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Baptism of a sister	Maybell Constance Beatrice Canham 1889 Dowsby, Lincolnshire, England
Death of a maternal grandmother	Emma Dillon October 1890 Islington, Middlesex, London, England
Birth of a brother	Arthur Chilton Canham December 1890 Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Death of a brother	Arthur Chilton Canham December 1890 Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Birth of a sister	Rose Chilton Canham December 1890 Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Death of a sister	Rose Chilton Canham December 1890 Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Birth of a sister	Mary B Canham 1893 Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Birth of a sister	Ellen Mary Canham June 1895 Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Marriage	Martha Wood — View this family 3 January 1917 (aged 39 years) Saskatoon, Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344, Saskatchewan, Canada
Birth of a daughter	Dorothea Mary Canham 24 February 1918 Islay, County of Vermilion River, Alberta, Canada
Birth of a son	Charles H Theodore Canham 14 July 1920 Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
Birth of a son	Robert E Francis Canham September 1924 Bridlington, Yorkshire, England
Death of a mother	Emma Maria James September 1927 Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
Death of a father	Henry Robert Field Canham December 1931 Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
Marriage of a son	Charles H Theodore Canham — Audrey Doris Brown — View this family December 1948 Croydon, Surrey, England
Death of a sister	Lilian Mary Canham 14 December 1949 Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Address: The Hospital
Death	10 December 1950 (aged 73 years) Croydon, Surrey, England
Last change	8 May 2022 – 11:16:01 Author of last change: Danny

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Note	1881 census Henry R.F. CANHAM Head M Male 28 Sutton, Suffolk, England Curate Barrowby Emma M. CANHAM Wife M Female 28 London Golden Sqr, London, Middlesex, England Henry R.J. CANHAM Son Male 3 Halifax, York, England Edwin D. F. CANHAM Son Male 2 Barrowby, Lincoln, England Arthur B.R. GOODSON Visitor U Male 16 Bottesford, Leicester, England Surgeons Son In Law (No Occ) Maria A. MURR Serv U Female 20 Grantham, Lincoln, England Cook Mary J. MURR Serv U Female 17 Grantham, Lincoln, England Nurse Source Information: Dwelling 6 Grantham Rd Census Place Barrowby, Lincoln, England Family History Library Film 1341771 Public Records Office Reference RG11 Piece / Folio 3234 / 8 Page Number 8 He was named after Emma Maria’s father and was born in Halifax, Yorkshire on the 13th November 1877. He was only two when the family moved to Lincolnshire, first to Barrowby then a couple of years later to the market town of Bourne. This is where he spent his childhood before going to school in Stamford. He was a boarder there at the census of 1891. This ancient ‘Free Grammar School’ had been in the town since the 16th century, being originally sited in St. Paul’s Church, now the present school’s chapel. Major redevelopment began in 1874 so Henry Robert James would have been one of the first pupils to enter the ‘new’ school. At the time of the census there were only around thirty boarders, all under the guidance of the Schoolmaster, Mr. Dennis J. J. Barnard, and his four assistant masters. The rest of the school’s pupils would have travelled in daily from the local area. Henry [R. J.] does not appear anywhere in the 1901 census for he was fighting in the Boer War. There is a letter written by him from Kaapmuiden, South Africa in 1902 that shows he was a lance corporal in the second battalion of the 10th ‘Lincolnshire’ Regiment. It is not certain when he joined the army but in 1897, the year of Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee, the battalion had marched in great pomp through Lincolnshire in a clear attempt to entice new recruits to the colours. One of their overnight stops had been at Bourne. This may well have been the time when Henry made the decision to become a soldier. His sole surviving child, the Rev. Francis Canham, thinks that he may well have had some training as a chemist before joining the army and was employed as a medic during the war. It was several years later that he decided to follow his father and join the church. Around 1909 a mission from Canada came to this country to find young men to become priests out there. Henry R. F. heard them and with his family connections to the place decided to go. He passed his entrance exams and became one of the very first students at Emmanuel College at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon [1910]. He was ordained a deacon on the 18th May 1913 and a priest on the 14th June 1914. It was around this time that he must have met his future wife Martha Wood. From Saskatoon he was posted to the parish of Islay in Alberta and it was here that their daughter Dorothea Mary Canham was born on 24th February 1918. My wife recalls that her grandmother Martha had occasionally talked of the difficult life they led out there, when the snow had been so deep it had virtually cover the shack like homes they lived in. Henry R. J. kept a record of the weather during 1918-19 and sometimes the temperature went down to -50. Whether this had any influence on his decision to leave Canada and return to England is not clear, even the letter urging him to stay from his Bishop shows that Henry would not even tell him the reason why. They returned in 1920 and went to stay with his parents in Yorkshire. There followed a period in which he had to gain recognition of his ordination in order to be licensed over here. He spent a few years working in Yorkshire then on the 17th September 1929 was appointed vicar of Newbold and Worthington in Leicestershire. This was the place their three children remembered as home and they attended Ashby de la Zouch Grammar School. They lived at the large vicarage in Newbold for ten years then moved to High Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire, in the summer of 1939. When Dorothea left High Wycombe Henry R. J. retired so he and Martha also went to live in South Croydon. He was made a Canon around this time but then developed leukaemia and died in 1950.

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1881 census

Henry R.F. CANHAM Head M Male 28 Sutton, Suffolk, England Curate Barrowby
Emma M. CANHAM Wife M Female 28 London Golden Sqr, London, Middlesex, England
Henry R.J. CANHAM Son Male 3 Halifax, York, England
Edwin D. F. CANHAM Son Male 2 Barrowby, Lincoln, England
Arthur B.R. GOODSON Visitor U Male 16 Bottesford, Leicester, England Surgeons Son In Law (No Occ)
Maria A. MURR Serv U Female 20 Grantham, Lincoln, England Cook
Mary J. MURR Serv U Female 17 Grantham, Lincoln, England Nurse

Source Information:
Dwelling 6 Grantham Rd
Census Place Barrowby, Lincoln, England
Family History Library Film 1341771
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 3234 / 8
Page Number 8

He was named after Emma Maria’s father and was born in Halifax, Yorkshire on the 13th November 1877. He was only two when the family moved to Lincolnshire, first to Barrowby then a couple of years later to the market town of Bourne. This is where he spent his childhood before going to school in Stamford. He was a boarder there at the census of 1891. This ancient ‘Free Grammar School’ had been in the town since the 16th century, being originally sited in St. Paul’s Church, now the present school’s chapel. Major redevelopment began in 1874 so Henry Robert James would have been one of the first pupils to enter the ‘new’ school. At the time of the census there were only around thirty boarders, all under the guidance of the Schoolmaster, Mr. Dennis J. J. Barnard, and his four assistant masters. The rest of the school’s pupils would have travelled in daily from the local area.

Henry [R. J.] does not appear anywhere in the 1901 census for he was fighting in the Boer War. There is a letter written by him from Kaapmuiden, South Africa in 1902 that shows he was a lance corporal in the second battalion of the 10th ‘Lincolnshire’ Regiment. It is not certain when he joined the army but in 1897, the year of Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee, the battalion had marched in great pomp through Lincolnshire in a clear attempt to entice new recruits to the colours. One of their overnight stops had been at Bourne. This may well have been the time when Henry made the decision to become a soldier. His sole surviving child, the Rev. Francis Canham, thinks that he may well have had some training as a chemist before joining the army and was employed as a medic during the war.

It was several years later that he decided to follow his father and join the church. Around 1909 a mission from Canada came to this country to find young men to become priests out there. Henry R. F. heard them and with his family connections to the place decided to go. He passed his entrance exams and became one of the very first students at Emmanuel College at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon [1910]. He was ordained a deacon on the 18th May 1913 and a priest on the 14th June 1914.

It was around this time that he must have met his future wife Martha Wood.

From Saskatoon he was posted to the parish of Islay in Alberta and it was here that their daughter Dorothea Mary Canham was born on 24th February 1918. My wife recalls that her grandmother Martha had occasionally talked of the difficult life they led out there, when the snow had been so deep it had virtually cover the shack like homes they lived in. Henry R. J. kept a record of the weather during 1918-19 and sometimes the temperature went down to -50. Whether this had any influence on his decision to leave Canada and return to England is not clear, even the letter urging him to stay from his Bishop shows that Henry would not even tell him the reason why.

They returned in 1920 and went to stay with his parents in Yorkshire. There followed a period in which he had to gain recognition of his ordination in order to be licensed over here. He spent a few years working in Yorkshire then on the 17th September 1929 was appointed vicar of Newbold and Worthington in Leicestershire. This was the place their three children remembered as home and they attended Ashby de la Zouch Grammar School.

They lived at the large vicarage in Newbold for ten years then moved to High Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire, in the summer of 1939.

When Dorothea left High Wycombe Henry R. J. retired so he and Martha also went to live in South Croydon. He was made a Canon around this time but then developed leukaemia and died in 1950.