| The Judds
on Scollard St. 1884 |
Emma and her family
remained in Toronto when husband Joseph went away to the asylum. The story
of Joseph fades from family discussion, and eventually he becomes the mythical
Grandpa Judd, said to be a sailor who died far away from home, near the
sea, no doubt.
The Judds stayed temporarily in a boarding house in Yorkville at 14 Bishop Street. Around this time Augusta, or Gussie, had met and been courted by local businessman and widower Sam Marchment. They soon moved to 89 Scollard Street, two doors down from Sam's home, and one likely built by his contractors. |
| Gussie marries Sam
Marchment 1884 |
Sam Marchment's first wife
had died only a year ago, leaving Sam and their two young boys John and
Sidney without a wife and mother.
Gussie married Sam on September 6, 1884 in a Baptist service, and they
soon moved to a home on Victoria
Street |
| Scollard St.
1884-1886 |
It was not easy for their fatherless family to make a living.
Emma was working as a seamstress with Bertha and Florence going to school
and Albert an infant. After living a few years on Scollard Street, the
family returned to downtown Toronto and drifted from one home to another,
on Denison and Huron Streets.
Histories: late 1880's |
| Emma & family move in
with the Marchments 1891 |
In 1891, both Emma Jane and Bertha left home to be married. Emma married
a clerk named John Henry Trevatt on January 5th and moved out of
the city. Bertha married a cabinet maker named Wm. Johnston McCormack on
July 30th.
Emma at age 53 and her two remaining children,
Florence(14) and Albert(11) went to live with Gussie and Sam on Adelaide
Street |
