

When Robert Gaston was born in 1827 in Upper Canada, Somerset, England, his father, Robert, was 39 and his mother, Mary, was 29. He had seven sons and two daughters with Ann Purcell between 1856 and 1873. He died in 1900 at the age of 73. Robert Gaston was born in 1827 in Upper Canada, Somerset, England, to Mary Unknown, age 29, and Robert Gaston, age 39. Robert Gaston died in 1900 when he was 73 years old.
When Ann Purcell was born on July 12, 1832, in Ontario, her father, John, was 47, and her mother, Rachel, was 22. She had seven sons and two daughters with Robert Gaston between 1856 and 1873. She died on February 17, 1908, in Lanark, Ontario, having lived a long life of 75 years. Ann Purcell was born on July 12, 1832, in Ontario to Rachel Hill, age 22, and John Purcell, age 47. Ann Purcell died on February 17, 1908, in Lanark, Ontario, when she was 75 years old.

When William Albert Hurdis was born on November 5, 1858, in Carleton Place, Ontario, his father, George, was 47 and his mother, Melisha, was 33. He married Mary Anne Gaston in 1881 in his hometown. They had 13 children in 18 years. He died on February 27, 1921, in Carleton Place, Ontario, at the age of 62, and was buried there.
His brother George Walter was born in 1863 in Ontario when William Albert was 5 years old. William Albert Hurdis married Mary Anne Gaston in Carleton Place, Ontario, in 1881 when he was 23 years old.

Photo provided by Ted Hurdis.
Michelle Adey-Rickard— They both died in 1921 -Mary Anne died of the following: Obstruction of stomach. Gastroenterostomy, the surgical creation of a connection between the stomach and the jejunum. The operation can sometimes be performed at the same time as a partial gastrectomy (the removal of part of the stomach). I have to wonder if she had Crohn’s disease. I am still trying to figure out the genetic connection. And William died of heart failure. He died before she did. And their daughter Mary Ann Melissa Hurdis died at age 15 of inflammation.

