HILL, Charles Ernest Hartley - 1904-1996

(Married to Lorene Alberta Jacobi)

Father of Alberta Irene Hill and Jean Elizabeth Hill

Grandfather of Holly Jean and Peter William Sparrow

Great Grandfather of Kathryn Alberta Cawfield

Great Great Grandfather of Adora and Shiloh Boivin

Christ Church, Reading

1921 Census

Charles Ernest Hartley HILL, 21, electo-typer, 29 Bartonville Ave in Mt. Dennis,

son of Charles Henry HILL (b. England) & Elizabeth HOLLYER,

married Lorene Alberta JACOBI, 21, operator, 172 Pacific Ave.,

daughter of Albert William JACOBI & Alma PERKINS,

witness: W.G. MacNAMARA of 208 High Park Ave &

 Irene Evelyn JACOBI of 172 Pacific Ave., 3 March 1925

This was a joke 'receipt' from an old superstition that

said if you gave someone something sharp that person was

required to pay a very small token in order that the

friendship wouldn't be severed.  In this case, Charlie had

given Lorene an ivory-handled nail file set for Christmas and in turn

she gave him five cents.  This is the receipt he gave her 

for the five-cent payment.

Grandad often wrote right on the front of the

photographs and this was one was obviously quite 

special to him.  

Lorene and Charlie with their

first daughter, Alberta Irene.  

Jean Elizabeth came along a couple of years later.

Charlie was in the Army Reserves 

during World War II.  He was born at a time

when he was too young for World War I and

just a little too old for World War II.

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Charlie and Lorene on their

50th Wedding Anniversary

Grandad always loved getting a 

new car and didn't keep one very long 

before he'd be out looking for another new one.

My grandmother always sewed seat covers which

kept the interior constantly pristine.

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Nan and Grandad (Lorene and Charlie) were involved in church 

activities all their lives.  For a number of years they attended 

The Church of the Redeemer in Toronto and one of my fondest memories is

the bazaar the church held every autumn.  My grandfather would meet us

as we arrived from the suburbs and take my brother and I on what we considered 

an exciting tour of the the parts of the church we didn't normally get to see:  the boiler room and 

general underbelly of the building.  Meanwhile, my grandmother was in the church kitchen

with the other ladies preparing treats for the tea room. In the Fellowship Hall tables were

set up for the sale of wonderful old books, costume jewelry, knitted items and an assortment

of crafts and donated items.   To a child, the whole atmosphere was thrilling and my 

grandparents were very much a part of the proceedings.

Today the church is surrounded by highrise buildings but this postcard shows

how the church was situated in 1900.  It is from a website of old

Toronto postcards which can be found here.

Interior of 

The Church of the Redeemer

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During his working career Charlie worked at Eaton's, Rapid Grip and Batten

and Murray Printing and Gravure