The Genealogy of Sir Sam Hughes
A note about names.
Although she was born Eliza Jane Hughes, she never used the Jane. Her father named her after the tune “Little Liza Jane”, which resulted in much teasing as she was growing up. Her name was never Elizabeth.
“Sam Hughes was born January 8, 1852 in West Durham and his birthplace was likely Solina. There has always been much confusion respecting his name. Eliza said he was named after their father’s brother and that he was christened Sam not Samuel. Sam liked being plain Sam. It was a good name for a man who was to have such a tremendous passage through life.
When the 45th Regiment left Lindsay each summer for camp, Sam would take his son Garnet and his nephew Bernie with him. Bernie told the story, how one day a new officer came into the administration tent and addressed Major Hughes as Samuel. A barrage of oaths assailed the ears, as Sam said exactly what he thought of Samuel. In the next tent was the padre, who happened to be named Samuel. He was greatly offended.”
John Hughes, II (b. 18 November 1823, Ireland - d. 15 December 1905, Toronto) parents: John Hughes, I and Miss McClung (her grandnephew Wes McClung married Nellie Mooney, Manitoba)
m. Caroline Laughlin (b. 29 May 1827, Ireland - d. 13 March 1901, Blackstock) on 4 November 1844, Glasgow. Her parents: William Laughlin and Marie St. Pierre
James Laughlin Hughes (b. 20 February 1846, - d. )
Mary Hughes (b. 20 September 1847 - d. )
John Hughes, III (b. 18 December 1849 - d. )
Sam Hughes (b. 8 January 1852 - d. )
Eliza Jane Hughes (b. 11 July 1854 - d. )
Caroline “Lina” Hughes (b. 12 September 1856 - d. 14 October 1878)
Sarah Hughes (b. 5 January 1859 - d. )
William Hughes (b. 2 January 1861 - d. )
Annie Hughes (b. 16 September 1863 - d. )
Helena “Lena” Hughes (b. 2 June 1866 - d. )
Ida Hughes (b. 5 October 1868 - d. 20 January 1874)
1. James “Jim” Laughlin Hughes (b. 20 February 1846 - d. )
m. Annie Sutherland ( -1884) on 28 December 1869, Toronto.
m. Adaline Marean on 30 December 1885
2. Mary Hughes (b. 20 September 1847 - d. )
m. William Scott on 1 July 1870, Solina.
Wallace Scott (1873 - )
Fred Scott
Jack Scott
3. John Hughes, III (b. 18 December 1849 - d. )
m. Elizabeth Ferguson on 7 March 1870, Peterborough.
3.1. Edgar Hughes
4. Sam Hughes (b. 8 January 1852 - d. 24 August 1921)
m. Caroline “Carrie” Preston ( -1873) on 19 August 1872
m. Mary Emily “Nellie” Burk ( -1939, Lindsay) on 5 May 1875
4.1. Garnet Burk Hughes (1880 -1937)
m. Elizabeth Irene Bayliss Newling in 1910.
4.1.1. Samuel Harvey Shirecliffe Hughes (1913 - 2002)
m. Helen Beatrice Spencer in July 1940
4.1.1.1. Lynn Spencer Hughes
4.1.1.2. Samuel Garnet Hughes
4.2 Roby Mary Caroline Hughes (1884 - 1948)
m. Byron Green on October 19, 1912, Lindsay.
4.2.1. Aleen Meritta Green (1913-1984) m. Francois de Lesseps on August 12, 1930, Toronto.
4.2.1.1. Jacqueline de Lesseps (1932 - 2022) m. Charles Damato
4.2.1.1.1. Aline Damato m. in 1988.
m. William Ross Hutchinson
m. Thomas Ross Arnold
4.2.2. Mary Roby Green (1915 - 1970) m. Thomas Ross Arnold in 1939.
4.3 Aleen Victoria Ruth Ida Hughes (10 June, 1894, Lindsay - 1946)
m. James Freeman Clarke on 12 February 1927, Lindsay.
4.3.1. Eliot Clarke
5. Eliza Jane Hughes (b. 11 July 1854 - d. 1938)
m. John “Jack” MacAlpine (1849 - December 1925) on 2 February 1876, Solina. Parents: Malcolm MacAlpine
5.1. adopted October 1878 (6.2b below) - Bernard Preston MacAlpine (30 September 1878 - 1969) name officially changed in 1905
m. Helen Lizzie Harding ( - March 1924) on 17 April 1906, Lindsay. Parents: Judge John Ellery Harding and Mary Stephenson (related to Robert Louis Stephenson)
m. Mary Stephenson Harding ( -1959, Lindsay) in October 1925 - Helen’s sister
5.1.1. John MacAlpine
5.1.2. Robert MacAlpine
5.1.3. William MacAlpine
5.1.4. Wallace MacAlpine
5.1.5. Helen MacAlpine
5.2. Mabel Caroline Louise MacAlpine (b. 11 April 1880, Janetville - d. 1937)
m. William George McClellan on 15 October 1903, Wellington.
5.3. Cyril Douglas Hughes MacAlpine (b. 16 January 1886, Lindsay - 1951)
m. Lena May Thompson in Toronto.
5.3.1. Roderick MacAlpine
6. Carolina “Lina” Hughes (b. 12 September 1856 - d. 14 October 1878, Bethany)
m. Adam Preston on 21 June 1875, Solina
6.1. Frederick Oscar Preston
6.2a. twin- Eunice “Una” Caroline Preston (30 September 1878 - 4 March 1966, Winnipeg)
m. Edmund Landor Taylor.
6.2.1. Lina Taylor (b. 25 December 1902, Winnipeg - )
6.2b. twin - Bernard Preston (30 September 1878 - ) - see 5.1 above
m. May Preston - Adam’s first cousin
daughter
7. Sarah Hughes (b. 5 January 1859 - d. 12 April 1914, Toronto)
m. Robert Jobb ( - 14 June 1913, Blackstock) on 20 December 1882
7.1. Edna Irene Jobb (1884 - 29 March 1912, Blackstock)
7.2. Percy Jobb (1886 - )
7.3. Ray Jobb (1889 - )
8. William Hughes (b. 2 January 1861 - d. )
m. Jessie McLeod on 5 Feburary 1889.
9. Annie Hughes (b. 16 September 1863 - d. )
m. James Beacock on 18 September 1881
10. Helena “Lena” Hughes (b. 2 June 1866 - d. )
m. Robert Thexton ( - 10 August 1895, Lindsay) on 26 May 1886, Blackstock.
10.1. Nona Thexton (1887 - )
10.2. Roy Thexton (1890 - )
Roby Hughes and Garnet Hughes, approx. 1886-1887. Item: 2010.387.1
