Rev Charles Russell Canham 1886–1964 – Whos Your Daddy? Wikigenealogy

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Rev Charles Russell Canham, 1886–1964 (aged 78 years)

Name

Rev Charles Russell Canham

Name: Rev Charles Russell /Canham/
Name prefix: Rev
Given names: Charles Russell
Surname: Canham

Sex Male

Date differences

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 elder brother	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 elder 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 elder 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 elder 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 himself	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 Gwendoline Mabel Malim
himself	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
wife	Links Birth: December 1883 — Hodnet, Market Drayton, Shropshire, England Marriage: 14 August 1914 — Moose Jaw, Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw No. 161, Saskatchewan, Canada Death: 12 December 1924 — Letchworth, Hertfordshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Rev Charles Russell Canham Diana Mary Malim Canham Russell Wentworth Canham Gwendoline Norah H Canham Gwendoline Mabel Malim 1883–1924 Birth: December 1883 — Hodnet, Market Drayton, Shropshire, England Death: 12 December 1924 — Letchworth, Hertfordshire, England
Marriage	Marriage — 14 August 1914 — Moose Jaw, Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw No. 161, Saskatchewan, Canada
3 years daughter	Links Birth: 21 February 1917 30 33 — Avonlea, Rural Municipality of Elmsthorpe No. 100, Saskatchewan, Canada Marriage: December 1956 — Rugby, Warwickshire, England Death: September 1991 — Headington, Oxfordshire, England Burial: 11 September 1991 — Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Harold George Belcher Diana Mary Malim Canham 1917–1991 Birth: 21 February 1917 30 33 — Avonlea, Rural Municipality of Elmsthorpe No. 100, Saskatchewan, Canada Death: September 1991 — Headington, Oxfordshire, England
17 months son	Links Birth: 18 July 1918 31 34 — Saskatchewan, Canada Marriage: December 1940 — Barnet, London Borough of Barnet, London, England Death: 9 July 1998 — Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Burial: 15 July 1998 — Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Joyce Elinor Starling Russell Wentworth Canham 1918–1998 Birth: 18 July 1918 31 34 — Saskatchewan, Canada Death: 9 July 1998 — Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
4 years daughter	Links Birth: March 1922 35 38 — Mutford, Suffolk, England Marriage: March 1951 — Rugby, Warwickshire, England Death: 8 February 2011 — Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Hewson Thorpe Gwendoline Norah H Canham 1922–2011 Birth: March 1922 35 38 — Mutford, Suffolk, England Death: 8 February 2011 — Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England

Family with Julia Sheldrake
himself	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
wife	Links Birth: April 1886 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Baptism: 6 June 1886 — All Saints, Salterhebble, Yorkshire, England Marriage: 12 July 1927 — St John the Baptist, Halifax, Yorkshire, England Death: December 1959 — Rugby, Warwickshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Rev Charles Russell Canham Julia Sheldrake 1886–1959 Birth: April 1886 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Death: December 1959 — Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Marriage	Marriage — 12 July 1927 — St John the Baptist, Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Events of close relatives
Birth	September 1886 34 34 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	Gwendoline Mabel Malim — View this family 14 August 1914 (aged 27 years) Moose Jaw, Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw No. 161, Saskatchewan, Canada
Birth of a daughter	Diana Mary Malim Canham 21 February 1917 Avonlea, Rural Municipality of Elmsthorpe No. 100, Saskatchewan, Canada
Birth of a son	Russell Wentworth Canham 18 July 1918 Saskatchewan, Canada Address: Ronlian, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Birth of a daughter	Gwendoline Norah H Canham March 1922 Mutford, Suffolk, England
Death of a wife	Gwendoline Mabel Malim 12 December 1924 Letchworth, Hertfordshire, England
Marriage	Julia Sheldrake — View this family 12 July 1927 (aged 40 years) St John the Baptist, Halifax, 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	Russell Wentworth Canham — Joyce Elinor Starling — View this family December 1940 Barnet, London Borough of Barnet, London, England
Death of a sister	Lilian Mary Canham 14 December 1949 Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Address: The Hospital
Death of a brother	Rev Henry Robert James Canham 10 December 1950 Croydon, Surrey, England
Marriage of a daughter	Hewson Thorpe — Gwendoline Norah H Canham — View this family March 1951 Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Death of a brother	Edwin Dillon Frank Canham March 1955 Gosport, Hampshire, England
Marriage of a daughter	Harold George Belcher — Diana Mary Malim Canham — View this family December 1956 Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Death of a sister	Ellen Mary Canham 3 December 1957 Buckrose, Yorkshire, England
Death of a wife	Julia Sheldrake December 1959 Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Death of a sister	Maybell Constance Beatrice Canham September 1962 Buckrose, Yorkshire, England
Death of a brother	Ernest Grey Canham June 1963 Taunton, Somerset, England
Death	15 December 1964 (aged 78 years) Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Last change	14 January 2022 – 15:39:46 Author of last change: 7mikefh

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Note	1891 census Villa Brunnel?, West Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire Henry R. F. Canham Head 38 Clerk in Holy Orders Sutton, Suffolk Emma M. Canham Wife 38 London Ernest S. Canham Son 9 Bourne, Lincs Lillian M. Canham Daughter 7 Bourne, Lincs Charles R. Canham Son 5 Gadesby? Lincs Cecil Canham Son 2 Bourne, Lincs Maybell Canham Daughter 1 Bourne, Lincs Emma Brown Servant 17 Domestic Servant London The only reference I can find for him is in 1901 when a boarder at the Reigate School in Surrey. 1911 census Missionary College, Burgh, Lincolnshire 22 rooms, 26 cubicles Charles Russell CANHAM Boarder 24 Male Single Theological Student Dunsby, Bourne, Lincs. Birth: 1886 Lincolnshire, England Death: Dec. 15, 1964 Rugby Rugby Borough Warwickshire, England Parents Rev Henry Robert Field Canham 1851 - 1831 Emma Maria James 1851 - 1927 Rev Canham and Emma, were married on the 4 January 1877, at St Mary's Church, Edge Hill, Lancashire. 1891 Census - Rev Canham 5, was living with his parents, and siblings, in West Road, Bourn, Lincolnshire. 1901 Census - Rev Canham who would've been 14 or 15, was a pupil at the Royal Asylum of St Anne's Society, Redhill, Reigate, Surrey. The school was a charitable society that provided, "education and instruction in religious, and useful knowledge agreeable to the formularies of the Church of England, as well as clothing, maintenance, and a home for legitimate children of parents who had seen better days, and have moved in a superior station in life." At this time in the young Rev Canham's life, his father was in considerable debt, which is probably why he was sent to the Royal Asylum of St Anne's Society. 1911 Census - Rev Canham was a Theolology student at the college, in Burgh le Marsh, Nr Skegness, Lincolnshire. Rev Canham married Gwendoline Mabel Malim, on the 14 August 1914, in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. Known Children Diana Canham Russell Wentworth Canham 1918 - 1998 Gwendoline Norah Canham Thorpe 1922 - 2011 l'm not sure where Rev Canham met Gwendoline, but l do know that she was a Nanny, from Norland College, in London. Their Nannies were sent all over the world to work, alot of them to Europe's Royal families. Gwendoline was working in Inverness, Scotland in 1913. In 1914, aged 31, she met and fell in love with Rev Canham, but the Norland register has no employment address for her at this time. After their marriage the Canham's lived in a small town called Avonlea, in Saskatchewan. According to the book 'British Nannies & the Great War,' Gwendoline "ministered to her husband's widespread congregation, travelling by horse and stopping overnight with strangers along the way, but Gwendoline was in her element organizing, caring and coping with whatever life threw at her, even after finding a young settler frozen to death in his shack." They returned to England in 1919, and Gwendoline died in 1924, aged 41. On the 20 July 1927, Rev Canham married widow Julia Schofield nee Sheldrake, at St John the Baptist's Church, Halifax, West Yorkshire. No known children from this marriage. Rev Canham was widowed in 1959. England & Wales National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills & Administrations)1858-1966 Reverend Charles Russell Canham of Glebeland, 5 Kings Newnham Rd, Church Lawford, Nr Rugby, clerk in Holy Orders, died 15 December 1964. Probate Birmingham 6 April 1965, to Russell Wentworth Canham, stores manager and Gwendoline Norah Thorpe, married woman. Rev Canham died aged 78. Resting with daughter Gwendoline. Burial: St Botolph's Churchyard Rugby Rugby Borough Warwickshire, England

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1891 census Villa Brunnel?, West Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire

Henry R. F. Canham Head 38 Clerk in Holy Orders Sutton, Suffolk
Emma M. Canham Wife 38 London
Ernest S. Canham Son 9 Bourne, Lincs
Lillian M. Canham Daughter 7 Bourne, Lincs
Charles R. Canham Son 5 Gadesby? Lincs
Cecil Canham Son 2 Bourne, Lincs
Maybell Canham Daughter 1 Bourne, Lincs
Emma Brown Servant 17 Domestic Servant London

The only reference I can find for him is in 1901 when a boarder at the Reigate School in Surrey.

1911 census Missionary College, Burgh, Lincolnshire 22 rooms, 26 cubicles

Charles Russell CANHAM Boarder 24 Male Single Theological Student Dunsby, Bourne, Lincs.

Birth: 1886
Lincolnshire, England
Death: Dec. 15, 1964
Rugby
Rugby Borough
Warwickshire, England

Parents

Rev Henry Robert Field Canham 1851 - 1831
Emma Maria James 1851 - 1927

Rev Canham and Emma, were married on the 4 January 1877, at St Mary's Church, Edge Hill, Lancashire.

1891 Census - Rev Canham 5, was living with his parents, and siblings, in West Road, Bourn, Lincolnshire.

1901 Census - Rev Canham who would've been 14 or 15, was a pupil at the Royal Asylum of St Anne's Society, Redhill, Reigate, Surrey.

The school was a charitable society that provided, "education and instruction in religious, and useful knowledge agreeable to the formularies of the Church of England, as well as clothing, maintenance, and a home for legitimate children of parents who had seen better days, and have moved in a superior station in life."

At this time in the young Rev Canham's life, his father was in considerable debt, which is probably why he was sent to the Royal Asylum of St Anne's Society.

1911 Census - Rev Canham was a Theolology student at the college, in Burgh le Marsh, Nr Skegness, Lincolnshire.

Rev Canham married Gwendoline Mabel Malim, on the 14 August 1914, in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Known Children

Diana Canham
Russell Wentworth Canham 1918 - 1998
Gwendoline Norah Canham Thorpe 1922 - 2011

l'm not sure where Rev Canham met Gwendoline, but l do know that she was a Nanny, from Norland College, in London. Their Nannies were sent all over the world to work, alot of them to Europe's Royal families.

Gwendoline was working in Inverness, Scotland in 1913. In 1914, aged 31, she met and fell in love with Rev Canham, but the Norland register has no employment address for her at this time.

After their marriage the Canham's lived in a small town called Avonlea, in Saskatchewan.

According to the book 'British Nannies & the Great War,' Gwendoline "ministered to her husband's widespread congregation, travelling by horse and stopping overnight with strangers along the way, but Gwendoline was in her element organizing, caring and coping with whatever life threw at her, even after finding a young settler frozen to death in his shack."

They returned to England in 1919, and Gwendoline died in 1924, aged 41.

On the 20 July 1927, Rev Canham married widow Julia Schofield nee Sheldrake, at St John the Baptist's Church, Halifax, West Yorkshire.

No known children from this marriage.

Rev Canham was widowed in 1959.

England & Wales National Probate Calendar
(Index of Wills & Administrations)1858-1966

Reverend Charles Russell Canham of Glebeland, 5 Kings Newnham Rd, Church Lawford, Nr Rugby, clerk in Holy Orders, died 15 December 1964. Probate Birmingham 6 April 1965, to Russell Wentworth Canham, stores manager and Gwendoline Norah Thorpe, married woman.

Rev Canham died aged 78.
Resting with daughter Gwendoline.

Burial:
St Botolph's Churchyard
Rugby
Rugby Borough
Warwickshire, England

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