Individual Notes
Note for: Anne Katheleen Arnett, 25 FEB 1911 - 20 JAN 1994
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Occupation: Place: Housewife\office receptionist
Residence: Place: Toronto, Ontario
Event: Type: Ethnicity/Relig.
Place: United Church - Manor Road
Individual Note: Mother died peacefully on January 20, 1994, 1:52 p.m. at the Sunnybrooke Hospital in the Palitative Care Unit at Toronto, Ont.
It was a peaceful death and a blessing that she did not suffer from the dreaded disease of lung cancer. She was admitted to emergency on Dec. 20\93 with difficult breathing. Tests did not reveal cancer at this time. She was released Dec. 24\93 for Xmas and had to return Jan. 4\94 for a further test. On Jan. 7\94 the prognosis was terminal lung cancer
with no chance of treatment. She deteriorated rapidly. This was very evident from day to day as her breathing became laboured. At her bedside to comfort mother in her last moments was my wife Linda, sister-in-law Betty, and myself (Bryan). To the last Mother was aware we were there to comfort her. At approx. 12:15 Betty was just finishing feeding her a bowl of tomato soup and she indicated she liked it when asked by running her tong around her lips and I said "Mom this is Bryan I love you, please squeeze my hand if you hear me", and she did. Prior to the soup I feed her some tea by spoon.
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Note for: Eunice Ruth Reburn, 16 FEB 1916 - 8 FEB 1998
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Individual Note: This is where it gets interesting because my mother was born to a diffeent family and later adopted with her name being changed from Clara May Verdun Wells to Eunice Ruth Reburn (later married name was Eunice Ruth Arnett) and her parents at birth were William Arthur Wells born May 24th, 1865 in England (emigrated to Canada in 1907)and died on June 8th, 1938 in Markdale, Ontario, Canada at age 73 yrs (served as a Private with the British Expeditionary army in India and South Africa before coming to Canada in 1907 and also served overseas with the Canadian army in W.W.1 from 1914 to 1918.
William Arthur Wells married Clara May Green who was my mother's birth mother but she (Clara May Green) passed away at the age of 35 yrs on Oct 31st, 1918 from an influenza epidemic while William was still overseas leaving seven children ( 3 sons and 4 daughters) without a parent to look after them. The children were taken in by the local Children's Aid Society and then some of the seven were adopted out to various members of the community because on returning from the War William Wells could not afford to look after all seven of his children.
That is how my mother (Eunice Ruth Arnett nee Reburn nee Wells) came to be legally adopted by Thomas Henry Reburn and his first wife Ella Mae Henderson in Markdale, Ontario, Canada.
Individual Notes
Note for: Ross Arnett, UNKNOWN - UNKNOWN
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Individual Note: Ross died at a young age. Dates are not available at this time.
She never did marry.
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Note for: Eileen Arnett, 1922 - 1979
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Occupation: Place: House Wife
Individual Notes
Note for: Paul Carpenter, 11 MAR 1951 - 4 JUL 1978
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Individual Note: Paul was found by his father hanging in the barn. The death was very suspicious because he did not have any previous boughts of depression or seeked any medical help for such. His death occured just months before he was to get married. He and his bride had already bought and partly furnished a new house.
Paul was in the heavy contruction business and foul play was possiblly expected in this due to the high competiveness of the business. Nothing did come out of this.
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Note for: Hellen "Sister Ruth" Arnott, UNKNOWN -
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Occupation: Place: Nunn
Event: Type: Ethnicity/Relig.
Place: Catholic
Individual Note: Sister Ruth is a Nunn with the Catholic Church.
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Note for: Faye Estelle Arnett, 30 JAN 1944 -
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Occupation: Place: Nurse
Individual Notes
Note for: Krista Lynn Baker, 23 FEB 1964 -
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Occupation: Date: BET 1987 AND 1991
Place: Dominion Securities, YMCA
Occupation: Date: BET 1992 AND 1997
Place: Homemaker, doula, accupressurist
Occupation: Date: BET 1998 AND 2000
Place: Day Care practitioner
Occupation: Date: BET 2000 AND 2004
Place: "U-need Krista", Feng Shui Consultant
Event: Type: Event 1
Date: 23 FEB 1964
Place: born at 3:31am, General and Marine Hosp., by Dr Beverly McKee
Event: Type: Comment 1
Place: Born 6lbs, 13 oz, 20 inches
Individual Notes
Note for: Antonio Juxon Toledo, 11 DEC 1961 -
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Education: Date: BET 1983 AND 1988
Place: Florida International University, Miami
Occupation: Place: Business, Stocks, Merchant
Immigration: Date: DEC 1994
Place: London, Ontario to Venetia, Pennsylvania
Event: Type: Event 1
Date: 11 DEC 1961
Place: Born at 1:15pm, Toronto Western Hospital, By Dr T.C. Jewel
Event: Type: Ethnicity/Relig.
Place: none
Individual Note: The person who has assembled this database of Toledo family history: This has been, is, and will always be, a work in progress. I have made every effort to convey the facts as they appear to me, note uncertainties where they exist, and present all discovered material in an impartial manner. I encourage those so inclined to contribute to this body of research wherever they can, and not be afraid to question when new information comes to light. In many instances, particularly with respect to birth years, there are several official, yet contradictory, records. In such cases, I have chosen the most reasonable alternative. This study of our family has been very rewarding: It is much more than a structured list of names (more than 4,000 currently), so be sure to look for stories contained in the "Notes" section that bring light to our history, and connect the names. In this, or any extensively researched genealogy, lies the answer to our reason for being. Tony Juxon Toledo
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History of the City of Toledo, Spain - where our Toledo ancestors hailed from.
Toledo, declared Patrimony of Humanity by UNESCO, has a long and prodigious history. It was a fortified urban zone even in the era of the Iberians, before the arrival of the Romans who conquered it in the year 192 BC. Later, the Barbarians would invade the by-now decadent empire. Among these were the Alanis and the Visigoths. In the year 411, the Alanis captured the town, but their victory was short-lived; seven years later the Visigoths would conquer Toledo. By the 7th century, the Visigoths completely dominated the Peninsula, making Toledo the capital of Spain. This situation lasted for 124 years, until the arrival of the Moors in 711.
During the first three-and-a-half centuries of Moslem rule in 'Al Andalus', Islam dominated Toledo, called 'Tolati-Tola' by the Moors. This period saw the three major religious communities ' Moslems, 'Mozarabes' (Christians living under Moslem rule in medieval Spain) and a significant Hebrew minority - all living peaceably together.
In 1035, Alfonso VI of Castilla captured the city and made it his capital. The Jewish community continued to have a significant presence, and became one of the most flourishing in the world. The heritage they left includes two ancient synagogues in the Jewish quarter. Along with the Jews and the Christians were the 'Mudejars', the Moslems living under Christian rule. They gave birth to a unique artistic style, the 'Mudejar', a synthesis of Christian and Moslem aesthetics and possibly the most characteristic of Spanish artistic trends that survived well after the Moslem presence quit the Iberian Peninsula.
Toledo in the 13th century saw a tremendous cultural revival under King Alfonso X 'El Sabio, (The Wise), and the School of Translators was established. The sages working there translated works from Arabic or Hebrew into Latin. They thus brought to Europe the knowledge of the erudite Moslems, far superior to Christian learning of the time. But even more importantly, these translations were the means through which Europe rediscovered classical learning, as the works of all the great Greek philosophers and other learned men had first been translated into Arabic.
Despite the fact that later Monarchs had itinerant courts and no longer established them in Toledo, the city retained its significance until the end of the Christian "Reconquest" of Spain in 1492. It was then that the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, expelled the Jews from their kingdoms. The expulsion of the Jews, and with them their cultural and socio-economic importance, had a serious impact on the city.
In the 16th century, when the Spanish Empire was in full bloom, Carlos I of Spain and V of Austria settled his court in Toledo. Unfortunately, the Empire itself led to the decline of Toledo. The city was too small for administering the Empire's vast resources, and in 1561, Felipe II moved the court to Madrid. Ironically, Madrid had gained importance only as a military outpost for the defence of Toledo. The once-imperial city fell into decline, and never again regained its past importance.
In the 20th century, the last of the Spanish civil wars rent the country between 1936 and 1939. At the beginning of the struggle, Toledo acquired crucial psychological and propagandistic importance as the city was entirely in Republican hands, except for the besieged Alcázar (castle). Nevertheless, the city languished again during the four decades of Franco's dictatorship. This changed with the arrival of democracy at the end of the 1970s. Spain was structured into 17 autonomous communities (similar to federal states) and Toledo became the capital of one of them, Castilla La Mancha. As a regional capital, it has successfully recovered some of its dynamic past.
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more History
The first written records of Toledo described it as a small fortressed city. After the fall of the Roman Empire, Toledo was ruled by the Barbarians, and finally, during the 6th Century, became the Visigothic capital. After the battle of Guadalete (711) the Visigoths abandoned the city, leaving Toledo under Arab Muslim rule until 1012. In 1085 Alfonso VI reconquered Toedo, ending the era of Muslim dominance. From then on, Toledo flourished as a political and cultural capital. It seems that Toledo was the first Hebrew city in Spain. It is calculated that at one time 12,000 Jews lived in the city. They were an extremely important part of the society. During the 13th Century Alfonso X opened the Translator's School. The 14th and 15th centuries marked the culmination of this splendor. Arabs, Jews and Christians coexisted peacefully, each contributing to the rich diversity of Toledo. However, in the 14th Century, problems developed between the Jews and the Christians, ending when in 1492 the Catholic Kings expelled the Jews from Toledo. Shortly after, the Muslims were expelled also. In 1561 Felipe moved the capital to Madrid.
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Toledo is one of the most important centers of european medieval history. The first one to report about it was Roman author Titus Livius, who describes it as a "small fortificated town", and fortification has always been an important parameter in its history, still evident to today's tourist for the monumental walls around, and the "Swords of Toledo" gave to its steel-production world-wide fame.
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