Almedia Sophia EVERINGHAM
known as "Media" Everingham		 b.4 May 1872 in Mosa Twsp, Middlesex Co.
d.25 Jan 1975 in London, Ontario
married:
George UPLEGGER 19 June 1899 1
b.28 Mar 1866 Detroit,MI
d.11 Feb 1954, London, Ontario		 parents:
Adoram Emmerson EVERINGHAM b.1848
Harriet Adelaide EASTMAN (b.1849)
children: UPLEGGER
  1. Laura Beulah (b.16 Oct 1899)
    d.17 May 1975 Lond, Ont.
  2. Verna Lowella (b.11 Nov 1907)
    m.George William Glover 25 Aug 1927
  3. Harriet Lillian (b.4 Apr 1912)
    m.Gordon Duncan Raynard ~1940
siblings: EVERINGHAM's
  1. Alminnie (b.1870)
  2. Aljorden Edward (b.1873)
  3. Harriet Jane (b.Oct 1875)
  4. Edith Angeline (b.1878)
  5. Charlotte Elizabeth (b.Feb 1881)
  6. Edith Olive (b.30 Mar 1883)
  7. Benjamin George (b.25 Dec 1885)
  8. Leonard Leroy (b.17 Oct 1888)
  9. Ernest Emerson (b.1890)
  10. Gertrude (b.22 Feb 1892)
fact sources and writings about this individual:
Burial of Almedia & George: Forest Lawn Mem. Gardens, London, Ont.

1MARRIAGE NOTES: Ontario Vital Statistics - Marriage Records, Lambton County Certificate #8586/99, George Uplegger, age 32, of Cashmere, b.Michigan U.S.A., stave-maker, Methodist - to Almedia Everingham, age 27 of Cashmere, b.Cashmere Ont., spinster, Methodist. Witnesses: Charlie Desand and Lottie Everingham, both of Alvinston. Minister: Gerald Willoughby of Alvinston, Ont.

NOTES on Husband George:
son of JULIUS UPLEGGER and MARY REINWAIT.
George was a stave-maker or commonly called a cooper. He cut stave to make barrels. While in Cashmere, they would be large barrels in which the fish were packed in salt and sold to Detroit area.
When the fishing dried up in Cashmere, they moved to Smiths Falls in Eastern Ontario. Their youngest daughter was born there. He was employed by Canadian Cooperage of that town. While in their employ, he won an award as the best stave cutter. They later moved back to the City of London, Ont.

N E W S

Bothwell Times: Cashmere, 31 Oct 1889, Page 4, Col 2. Miss M. Everingham is home for a few days with her mother and father.

Bothwell Times: Cashmere, 1 Sept 1892, Page 4, Col 2. Miss Media Everingham is visiting friends at Sandwich. {near Windsor,Ont.}

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