This page was set up by Robert Sewell in January 2008 to show the family of his grandmother, Ida Mary Newdick.  Robert Sewell graduated from McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) in 1967 with a B.Sc. degree in chemistry.  After a year of studies at the University of Toronto's College of Education, he taught high school science in Collingwood, Ontario for a year and then taught chemistry, physics and general science in Hamilton, Ontario for twenty-nine years.  Robert Sewell retired from teaching in June 1998.

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• my father, Robert George Sewell. Some details are from memory. Please send information and corrections to Robert Sewell.
• Elizabeth Abbot, Gladys Florence "Gay" Alden-Montague and Marjorie Neville who did much of the research on the earlier part of the Newdick Family.
• Adrian Greenwood who shared information and documents
• information and documents shared by Sally Ward.
• Norman Charles Hanslip who researched the Hanslip Family.
• the descendants of Sidney George Newdick who shared a great deal of information for this page.
• the descendants of Richard Newdick who emigrated to New Zealand in 1843. Please click to contact Jill Johnson for further details of this branch of our Newdick family.
• Library and Archives Canada, 1901 Census.
• Archives of Ontario, Ministry of Government Services.
• General Register Office, Office for National Statistics, England.
• Passenger lists leaving the UK 1990 - 1960, shared by Sally Ward of Norfolk.
• Charles Wareing Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, Baltimore, 1967
• Sir Bernard Burke, The General Armory, London, 1884

    Newdick is said to be a local name meaning "at the new dike"; i.e., a family residing by or near a new trench, mound or dike. If there were, for example, several men named Henry in a general area, local people may have differentiated between them by referring to "Henry who lives over by the new dike" as "Henry Newdick" and the name was then assumed by Henry's family and descendants.  (Charles Wareing Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, Baltimore, 1967)

    Family tradition tells us that the Newdick name originated from the Dutch "Neu Dyk" and people who were brought over from Holland to drain the fens of East Anglia. (Thanks to Mark Newdick of Connecticut)

    The Arms of Newdick, granted on December 1, 1580 to a Newdick of County Worcester, is described as "Paly of four argent and sable on a bend gules 5 bezants" which means "a silver shield with four vertical black stripes with 5 gold circles on a red diagonal." Please note that our Newdick family has no tradition of a coat of arms and that Worcester is over 100 miles west of the Norfolk / Suffolk area that our Newdick family came from; so this may not be the same family.

The information developed by Mr. Brent Newdick for Generations Four onwards was researched by Elizabeth Abbott, Gladys Florence "Gay" Alden-Montague, Marjorie Neville, Sally Ward, and Adrian Greenwood.

However, Generations One, Two and Three are partly without documentation. Please note that the dates all fit and the locations are all in the same general geographical area, more or less north east of London and south of The Wash. We have no reason to doubt the line shown.

Generation One
Thomas Newdick of Mildenhall, Suffolk
circa late 16th and early 17th century
Thomas married Alice Adams, and they had the following children:
 

• James Newdick, mentioned next.

Generations One, Two and Three are from the website of Mr. Brent Newdick of Australia and are partly undocumented as mentioned above.  Please send information to Robert Sewell.

Generation Four
William Newdick of Mildenhall, Suffolk
Born in 1683
William married Ann Disbrow and they had the following children:
 

• William Newdick, died young and buried on October 30, 1738 at Barton Mills, Suffolk
• Elihu Newdick, born 1736; baptised on February 13, 1736 at Barton Mills. Elihu married Sarah Nailor on Ocotber 8, 1772 at Icklingham, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk and they had 8 children. A descendant is:
• Elizabeth Abbot who did most of the research for earlier part of the Newdick Family.
• Mary Newdick, born 1738; baptised on March 18, 1738 at Barton Mills.
• William Newdick, born 1740; baptised on December 25, 1740 at Barton Mills and married Ann Neal in 1764.
• John Newdick, mentioned next.
• Joseph Newdick, born 1744; baptised on January 13, 1744 at Barton Mills. Joseph married Barbara Caldecott on January 26, 1775 at Barrow, Suffolk and they had 5 children. One of the children was:
  
  • Andrew Barnes Newdick (1775-1849) who had a son;
  • George Newdick 1809-1888; his son Alfred Newdick 1844-1876; his son Henry Newdick 1876 -1947; his son Albert Edward Newdick 1907-1971 and his son David Albert Newdick who resides in Yorkshire. For full details, please click to visit David Newdick's website.  
• Thomas Newdick, born 1746; baptised on February 15, 1746 at Barton Mills and married Ann Naylor on December 22, 1771 at Icklingham
• Ann Newdick, baptised on July 2, 1748 at Barton Mills and married John Darling on September 2, 1770 at Little Barton, Suffolk.
• Elizabeth Newdick, born 1750; baptised on March 24, 1750 at Barton Mills and married Thomas Shardelow in 1784.
• Sarah Newdick, born 1752; baptised on December 17, 1752 at Barton Mills. Sarah married William Clark in 1779 and they had one child.
• Hanslip Newdick, born 1754; baptised on November 3, 1754 at Barton Mills. Hanslip married Sarah Bailey in 1778 and they had 3 children.

The Hanslip Family
The Hanslip Family has been carefully researched by Norman Charles Hanslip.
Please click to visit his Hanslip Web Site for further details.

William Hanslip born on November 16, 1611; his son:  William Hanslip died on October 3, 1670, married circa 1649 to Phillis who died on October 7, 1694. Their son: John Hanslip; his children include: William Hanslip born on December 7 1706; died on Janurary 3, 1770 married on October 26, 1731 to Mary Bangs. Their great X5 grandson Norman Hanslip researched this line. Mary Hanslip married William Newdick as shown above. Their son: John Newdick, mentioned next.

The arms of Hanslip are described as "Argent, a cross crosslet fitchee azure, between two bars gules."

Generation Six
John Newdick of Barton Mills, Suffolk
Born in 1742; baptised on November 28, 1742 at Barton Mills.
John married on April 20, 1768 at Barton Mills to Elizabeth Rasby, perhaps a daughter of Philip Rosby of Eriswell. (Please check back for updates on Philip Rosby.)

John and Elizabeth had the following children:

• Elizabeth Newdick, born 1769; baptised on April 2, 1769 at Worlington, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk and married William Rickett Bangs on January 18, 1818.
• John Newdick, born 1772; baptised on May 3, 1772 at Worlington. John married Louisa Mirabella Tunnell in 1808 and they had 2 children. John and Louisa resided at Eriswell, Brandon, Suffolk.
• William Newdick, born at Wordwell, Suffolk; baptised on July 10, 1774 Worlington. William died in 1886 at Stepney, London. William married Elizabeth and they had 6 children, among whom we find:
• Richard Newdick, born in 1815 at Bethnel Green, London. Richard married first to Anne Clarke in London in 1837. He emigrated to New Zealand where he married secondly to Sarah Mackay in Auckland in 1843. Richard was a farmer in New Zealand and his death certificate states that he was a cabinet maker. He died in 1867 and Sarah died in 1870. Their descendants reside in New Zealand to this day and include: 
• Great X2 Granddaughter Jill Johnson. Please click to contact Jill Johnson.
• Great X3 Granddaughter Eileen Smith. Please click to contact Eileen Smith.
  
• Thomas Newdick, born 1777; baptised on November 23, 1777 at Worlington. Thomas was buried in 1797 at Barton Mills.
• Philip Newdick, mentioned next.
• Charles Newdick, born on June 17, 1782 and baptised on August 4, 1783 at Worlington. Charles married on August 3, 1818 at Eriswell, Brandon, Suffolk to Frances Whitton. Charles and Francis resided in Eriswell where they had 4 children.

Generation Seven
Philip Newdick of Worlington, Suffolk
Born in 1780; baptised on March 19, 1780 at Worlington.
Died on October 19, 1862. Click here to see Philip's death registration.
Philip married in 1804 to Elizabeth Hensby, a daughter of Edward Hensby and Catherine Childerstone.

Edward Hensby, father of Elizabeth Hensby, signed a will on August 18, 1819. Click Here to see this will. 

Elizabeth died on September 24, 1865. Click here to see her death registration. Philip and Elizabeth had the following children:

• William Newdick, born 1805; baptised on June 28, 1805 at Lakenheath, Suffolk. William married Eliza Briggs in 1835.
• Thomas Newdick, born 1806; baptised on November 14, 1806 Lakenheath. Thomas married on August 14, 1833 at Icklingham, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk to Jane Isabella Durrant. Thomas and Jane had 11 children.
• Eliza Newdick, born 1808; baptised on July 1, 1808 at Lakenheath. Eliza married on March 28, 1833 to William Flanders.
• Charles Newdick, born 1811; baptised on January 30, 1811 at Lakenheath. Charles married Mary Ann Wing in 1838 and they had 4 children. Charles had two additional children, Charles and Thomas, who were apparently born before 1832 without the parents having undergone the formality of a church marriage ceremony.
• Edward Newdick, mentioned next.
• Shadrack Newdick, born 1816; baptised on February 3, 1816 at Lakenheath. Shadrack married Susannah Land in 1842 and they had 5 children. Among Shadrack's and Susannah's celebrated descendants, we find:
• great X2 grandson is Gary Ward. Gary's wife Sally has done extensive research into the Newdick Family. The Wards resides in Norfolk and may be contacted by through Robert Sewell. Please click on Robert Sewell and be sure to include in your message "please forward to Sally Ward."
• great X2 grandson Geoff Kirby. Click for more on Geoff Kirby's family.
• Frederick Newdick, born in 1818 and baptised on September 4, 1818 at Eriswell. He emigrated to the USA; and arrived in New York on June 15, 1849 aboard the "Wellington." Frederick married in the USA to Mary Ann Williams; and they had the following children:
• Ella A. Newdick, born on May 1856 in New York and died on October 5, 1926 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio.
• Frederick Thomas Newdick, born in 1861 in New York and died on May 13, 1918 in Hamilton, Butler, Ohio.
• Albert M. Newdick, born circa 1863 in New York and died on August 22, 1926 in Indiana, USA.
• Norton Anderson Newdick, born on July 4, 1871 in Ohio and died on May 11, 1935 in Franklin County, Ohio. Norton married and had children, among whom was:
• Frederick Leigh Newdick, 1901-1984. Thanks to Frederick's granddaughter who shared the details of this branch of our family.  Please see below for photos of some persons mentioned in The Family of Frederick Newdick.
• Mary Hensby Newdick, born 1818; baptised on July 1, 1820 at Eriswell and perhaps died young.
• Philip Newdick, born on June 30, 1822 and baptised on September 1, 1826 at Eriswell.
• Emma Newdick, born on September 24, 1824 and baptised on September 1, 1826 at Eriswell. Emma married Alfred Fenton in 1854 and they had 7 children. Among their descendants is:
• Marjorie Neville who has done extensive research into the Newdick Family.
• Elizabeth Newdick, born 1826; baptised on September 1, 1826 at Eriswell
• Alfred Newdick, born 1834; baptised on January 13, 1834 at Eriswell. Thomas married Susan. He died in 1879 at Peterborough, Cambridgeshire and his remains were interred at Lakenheath, Suffolk.

Philip Newdick courtesy Adrian Greenwood      "Philip Newdick's house, Eriswell Hall Farm, still exists to-day with considerable land around, very close to the military airfield at Lakenheath. When I visited in 2005 and took the photograph here the current resident appeared to be planning to convert a large barn into a rural antiques auction house. (Click HERE for details)       "Philip Newdick . . . had considerable land, about 1600 acres near the end of this life in 1861, and an employer of 28 labourers in 1851. He was buried in Lakenheath Church in 1862. . .."

Eriswell Hall Farm, 2005

The Childerstone Family and Elizabeth Hensby courtesy Adrian Greenwood      "Philip Newdick married into another local well-to-do family, the Hensbys of Mildenhall. They, and in particular Elizabeth's mother who was Catherine Childerstone . . .       "The Childerstones/Chestons are clearly local gentry, with local roles such as Overseer of the Poor for Mildenhall. . .       "The Childerstones were yeoman farmers first mentioned in Mildenhall in 1286, who later had the right to muster men for various wars. The first Childerstone that can be shown to be a direct ancestor was however Rickard Chylderston, born c. 1410, dying in 1457. The Childerstones becand wealthy during the reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, . . .."

The Family of Frederick Newdick Frederick Newdick, b. 1818, arrived in New York 1849. Ella A. Newdick, 1856-1926, Frederick's daughter. Frederick Leigh Newdick 1901-1984, Frederick's grandson. Click to return to Frederick Newdick, born 1818

Generation Eight
Edward Newdick
Born in 1814; baptised on March 10, 1814 at Lakenheath, Suffolk.
Died in 1893 at Swaffham, Norfolk.

Edward married at Hockwold cum Wilton, Hockwold, Thetford, Norfolk on August 10, 1843 to Mary Palmer, a daughter of Mark Palmer and Jane Richardson, who was born circa 1826 at Wilton, Norfolk and died in 1894 at Swaffham, Norfolk. Edward and Mary had the following children:

• Julia Selina Newdick, born at Wilton, Norfolk; baptised on January 1, 1844 at Wilton. Julia married in John Parrot in 1864 and they had 6 children.
• Jane Elizabeth "Jenny" Newdick, born at Wilton, Norfolk; baptised on May 23, 1845 at Wilton Norfolk. Jenny had 2 illegitimate children:
• Horace Newdick, born March 1, 1869 at Lakenham, Norfolk. Click to see Horace's Birth Registration. The name of the father is not given on the Birth Registration. Horace was with foster parents at the time of the 1871 census and with his grandparents Edward and Mary by the 1881 census. Horace's death at age 77 years is registered in Wayland district, Norfolk, in the March quarter 1946. He was said to have been "deaf and dumb."
• Emma Oldham/Newdick, born November 15, 1878 at Swaffham, Suffolk. Emma's father was Thomas Oldham. Click to see Emma's Birth Registration. 
  
• Edward Palmer Newdick, born at Wilton, Norfolk; baptised on March 2, 1847 at Brandon, Suffolk. Edward married Bessie Gay in 1879 and they had 3 children. Edward died in 1914.
• Sarah Ann "Sally" Newdick, born at Brandon, Suffolk; baptised on August 20, 1848 at Brandon. Sally was a dressmaker. She married Charles Cresswell in 1875. They had seven children among whom was:
• Emily Cresswell, later Greenwood; her grandson:
• Adrian Greenwood who has done extensive research on the Newdick Family and who kindly shared the photos shown below.
• Mark Philip Newdick, born at Brandon, Suffolk; baptised on August 2, 1850 at Brandon. Mark married first to Agnes Maria Sizer in 1874 and second to Mary Ann Brown in 1903. Mark died in 1924. By his first marriage to Agnes Maria Sizer, he had 6 children. Their descendants include:
• Philip Newdick of Australia.
• Mark Newdick of Maryland, U.S.A. 
• William Frank Newdick, born at Stanton, Suffolk; baptised on May 22, 1852 at Stanton, and died in 1921. William married Annie Worker in 1881 and they had the following children:
• William F. Newdick, b. ca. 1882 at Baldock, Hertsford
• Edward John Newdick, b. ca. 1890 in Hertsford, probably at Baldock; and died (lost at sea) on May 25, 1915. Edward was an Able Seaman aboard HMS Triumph when it was torpedoed by the U-21 in the Dardanelles. Over 500 men were rescued, but 73, Edward among them, were lost. See HMS Triumph Battleship Wreck and HMS Triumph for details. He is memorialized at the Baldock, Hertfordshire War Memorial.
• Margaret Mary Faulkner Newdick married Henry Sinfield; their daughter:
• Kathleen Sinfield whose great grandson is Ryan Harris.
• Clarence H. Newdick, born on April 1, 1896 at Baldock, Hertsford. Clarence came to Canada and married on March 20, 1918 to Harriat Ann Maria Finlayson, aet 19, daughter of William Finlayson and Mary Harriatt (Smith) Finlayson. Harriat's sister, Annie Beatrice Sophia Finlayson, married Clarence's cousin Sidney George Newdick. 
  
• George Robert Newdick, mentioned next.
• Fred Charles Newdick, born at Hepworth, Suffolk; baptised on June 25, 1855 at Hepworth. Fred married Sarah in 1883, and they didn't have any children. Fred died in 1907.
• Margaret Florence Newdick, born at Stanton, Suffolk; baptised on January 23, 1857 at Stanton. Margaret married Mr. Tremayne in 1877, and they didn't have any children.
• Harry Newdick, born at Stanton, Suffolk; baptised on August 29, 1858 at Stanton. Harry married Emma Payne and they had 5 children.
• Mary Jane "Polly" Newdick, born 1860 at Brandon, Suffolk; baptised on August 19, 1860 at Brandon. Polly was a governess and was unmarried. She in 1912 at Hanwell.
• Emma Maria Newdick, born at Feltwell, Norfolk; baptised on September 6, 1862 at Brandon. Emma spoke fluent French and was a governess to a family in Brussels. Emma married on August 12, 1899 to Frederick Thomas Hawkings and they had 2 children. Emma died in 1950 in Middlesex.
• Andrew Palmer Newdick, born at Feltwell, Norfolk; baptised on July 7, 1864 at Feltwell Norfolk. Andrew died in 1933. He married Eva Howard and they had 4 children. Their granddaughter:
• Gladys Florence "Gay" Alden-Montague who did extensive research into the Newdick Family.
• Benjamin Newdick, born at Feltwell, Norfolk; baptised on November 18, 1866 at Feltwell. Benjamin died in 1946. He married Edith Rebecca Rayner in 1911, and they had 1 child.

Persons mentioned in Generation Eight
Photos courtesy of Adrian Greenwood

Edward Newdick circa 1880	Mary Newdick (née Palmer) circa 1880
Mark Palmer and Jane Richardson circa 1865	Jane Richardson plus companion,  perhaps Margaret Florence Newdick circa 1871
Emma Maria Newdick  as governess in Bruxelles, Belgium circa 1885	Sarah Ann (Sally)  Newdick circa1910

Sarah Ann (Sally) Cresswell (née Newdick),  with husband Charles Cresswell and their seven children. Sally as a trained dressmaker made all the dresses and suits in the photo. The middle girl at the back is Emily Cresswell, later Greenwood, grandmother of Adrian Greenwood who kindly shared the above photos.  Photo taken in 1894 at Bradford, Yorkshire.

Edward Newdick courtesy Adrian Greenwood      "Edward Newdick moved around North Suffolk and South Norfolk a great deal for a farmer with 14 children. He appears to have been born in Lakenheath, lived as a child in Eriswell, married in Hockwold cum Wilton, farmed in Wilton and later in Brandon, moved to Wrenshall (Wrens Hall), Stanton, where Sally (Sarah Ann Newdick) grew up. Thereafter he and the family moved to Hepworth, back to Stanton, back to Brandon, then to Feltwell in Norfolk and finally to Swaffham where he died.      "His occupations read like his moves. In 1841 he was a miller, in 1851 a farmer, in 1861 an engineer (steam threshing machine), in 1871 a machinist, in 1881 a farm bailiff and in retirement in 1891 at the age of 74 finally a 'gentleman'!"

Wrens Hall in Stanton, Suffolk, 2005 "This appears to  have been Sally Newdick's childhood home, although there are a number of other buildings in the tiny hamlet of what is now called Wrenshall."

Mary Palmer courtesy Adrian Greenwood      "The Palmers came from just over the border of Suffolk in Feltwell in Norfolk. Again this family had stayed out for generations, so it was relatively easy to trace them back throught the parish registers."      The sampler shown here was made by Mary Palmer as a 9-year-old in 1831. "Teach me to feel another’s woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me." . . . from Alexander Pope, The Universal Prayer

Generation Nine
George Robert "Bob" Newdick
Born on October 3, 1853 at Hepworth, in the District of Thingoe (now Bury St. Edmunds), Suffolk; baptised on October 19, 1853 at  Stanton, Suffolk.
Died on April 24, 1913 at Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Click to view his death registration.

Bob Newdick was a clothier or tailor; but at the time of his death he was said to have been a "sexton" or church warden. His death registration indicates that he had been ill with Bright's Disease (inflammation of the kidneys) for a year; so perhaps he had taken a less demanding position due to failing health.

Bob married first in 1879 at Swaffham, Norfolk to Jane Tooley. Jane was born in 1854 in Swaffham, Norfolk; daughter of James Tooley (born on March 25, 1800 at Flemington, Norfolk; died in 1877) and his wife Ann Atkins (born in 1814 in Norfolk; died in 1856) Ann Atkins' mother was Jane Tate (born circa 1791 at North Walsham, Norfolk.)

Bob Newdick, his wife Jane and their children were residing at 110 London Street, Swaffham in 1881 and on Market Place, Swaffham in 1887 at the time of the birth of their daughter Ida Mary Newdick. The Newdick family emigrated to Canada considering Australia and New Zealand. The Newdick Family, including parents Bob and Jane, and children Sidney, Mabel, Tooley, Muriel, Ida and Jack departed from Liverpool aboard the Parisian on October 23, 1890, bound for Montreal. Please click on Parisian for more about this ship. 

Jane died on February 24, 1898, at age 44 years after suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis for 4 years. The Newdick family was residing at 147 Tecumseth Street in Toronto at the time.

By 1901, Bob had re-married and by 1911 the Newdicks were residing at 14 Lansdowne Avenue.

Bob Newdick and his wife Jane Tooley had the following children: 

• Robert George Newdick, born in 1879 and died the same year.

• Sidney George Newdick, born on October 13, 1880. Sidney was a veteran of the Boer War. At the time of his enlistment to serve in the First World War on September 22, 1914, he indicated that he had previous service of four years with the 10th Royal Grenadiers. He was a letter carrier prior to his enlistment in 1914, and later became Postmaster of Toronto. His next of kin shown on his enlistment papers was Annie Beatrice Newdick, living at 30 Virtue Street, Toronto, Canada. This was his wife Annie Beatrice Sophia Finlayson, born May 9, 1885 at York, Ontario. Annie was a daughter of daughter of William James Finlayson and Mary Harriatt (Smith) Finlayson. Annie's sister, Harriat Ann Maria Finlayson, married Sidney's cousin Clarence H. Newdick. The descendants of Sidney and Annie Newdick have been of immense help in the preparation of this genealogy.

• Mabel Agnes Newdick (also Mable), born on April 25, 1883. Mabel married on June 19, 1907 to Herb Eddington (born on February 26, 1882) who was a brilliant accountant.  On the 1911 census, this family was residing at 582 Palmerston, Toronto, Canada. In the 1930's, they resided on St. Leonards Avenue, Toronto, Canada. Herb could simply look at a column of figures and add them up instantly in his head. Herb contracted cancer of the bones and the progression of this disease made his final fifteen years of life increasingly unproductive and miserable. Things must have been very difficult, and Mabel ended up a nervous wreck.  After Herb's death in the late 1930's, she moved in with the H.C. Sewell family where her sister Ida helped her with everything. Mabel couldn’t talk, and perhaps suffered from Parkinson’s Disease or something similar.  Mabel and Herb had one son:
• Darcy Eddington who married Dory.  They had two sons:
• Richard (Rick) Eddington who is said to have owned a "Burger King" franchise in Chatham, Ontario, Canada.
• Robert (Bob) Eddington

• Tooley William Newdick, born on September 18, 1884 and died on January 24, 1972. To view Tooley's birth and death registrations, click HERE. At the time of his enlistment to serve in the First World War on September 22, 1914, he indicated that he had previous service of six years with the Queen's Own Rifles. Tooley had a tattoo of the Union Jack on his left forearm and was a bank clerk prior to his enlistment in 1914. His next of kin was Janet Newdick, whose postal address was c/o John Wallace, Cataract P.O., Ontario, Canada. It is unclear who John Wallace was. Tooley's wife was Janet Eva Marion "Jean" Carter, born October 14, 1895 at Wellington, Ontario; daughter of William Carter and Margaret Steele. After the war, Tooley and his family lived in the west end of Toronto, Canada on Jamison Avenue.  They had two sons:
• William Carter "Bill" Newdick who was born on July 7, 1930 and died without issue on February 15, 2002.
• Douglas "Sam" Newdick was born January 5, 1932 and died on September 28, 1996. Sam served in the American Army. On his return from the Korean War he persued a career as a firefighter where he picked up the nickname "Sam" because he had served the USA or "Uncle Sam." Many thanks to Sam's descendants who have been of great help in preparing this genealogy.

• Muriel Newdick, born on June 21, 1886. Muriel married on November 20, 1911 to George Duncan (born on September 3, 1886) who was a steamfitter with Dominion Tank and Bridge. This family resided on Scarlett Road, West Toronto, Canada. They had the following children:
• George "Jack" Duncan who was a brewmaster with the Carling Breweries. Jack married Lois Richardson. Their children:
• Susan Duncan
• John Duncan
• Dorothy Duncan who married Jim Primeau. Jim worked for the Eastman Kodak camera company. They had two children:
• Cathy Primeau
• John Primeau
• Margaret Duncan who married Jack Hawkins. They lived on Walker's Line in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Their children:
• Linda Hawkins whose family kindly shared data for this genealogy.
• Jack "Dunc" Hawkins
• Donald Hawkins
• Robert Hawkins

• Ida Mary Newdick, mentioned next.

• John Edward "Jack" Newdick (also Edward John), born on December 15, 1888. Jack was a very successful insurance salesman. Jack married on June 5, 1915 to Kathleen Wood who was born on Novermber 12, 1882 at Bracebridge, Ontario; a daugher of Thomas Wood and Mary Boyd. In the 1930's, this family resided on King Street West close to Jamison Avenue in Toronto, Canada. They later moved to Chatsworth Drive. In the 1950's Jack and Kathleen rented a summer cottage on Lake Muskoka a mile or so south of the Sewell summer cottage. Jack and Kathleen had the following children:
• Phyllis Newdick who married Bill Jamieson. Their children:
• William Jamieson
• Peter Jamieson
• Robert (Bruce) Jamieson
• Peter Newdick who married Betty Hare. Their children:
• Paul Newdick
• John Newdick
• Peter Newdick

Jane Tooley died on February 24, 1898, at age 44 years after suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis for 4 years. The Newdick family was residing at 147 Tecumseth Street in Toronto at the time. Bob Newdick re-married to Minnie Richardson who was born on November 5, 1866 and was known as "The Mater." Bob and Minnie has a daughter: Marjorie Yulee Lenore Newdick, born on April 20 or 21, 1901, who married patent attorney Harold Riches.  They lived on Grenadier Heights in the west end of Toronto, and had a summer cottage on the Lake of Bays. Marjorie and Harold had a daughter: Margaret Riches who married Francois-Michel Messud. Their children: Elizabeth Messud Claire Messud

July 1964 front row: Bruce Sewell and Donald Sewell. back row: Stephen Sewell, Margueretta Sewell,  Marjorie Yulee Lenore Riches (née Newdick),  Margaret Riches and Francois-Michel Messud.

The 1911 census shows the family, including Bob, Minnie, Minnie's aged parents Benjamin Richardson (born February 1826, age 85) and Elizabeth Richardson (born May 1831, age 80) along with children Tooley (age 26), Muriel (age 24), Jack (age 22) and Marjorie (age 10) all living at 14 Lansdowne Avenue, Toronto, Canada. This would have been just north of Queen Street; and the homes were not very large. With seven adults and one child, the Newdick residence would likely have been considered crowded by to-day's standards.

Generation Ten
Ida Mary Newdick
Born on October 10, 1887 at Swaffham, Norfolk. Click to view her birth registration.
Died in 1974 at Oakville, Ontario, Canada.

Ida married on August 12, 1914 to Henry Charles DeQuincy Sewell. This page was set up by their grandson Robert James Sewell.

Ida had three brother and three sisters; they were a family with seven children. She used to recite Wordsworth's "We Are Seven" for us.
 

Ida Mary Sewell (née Newdick) Above: Ida age 16. Right: Ida in 1952

Click to contact Robert Sewell