Laurence Hill Grahame

From rootsweb

12 May 1867 birth of Laurence Hill Graham, baptised 18 July 1867 (by Revd. D.J. Macdonnell), son of Richard Grahame (Barrister) and Laetitia Hill, living in Toronto

From MyHeritage: Leticia Grahame: 1881 Canada Census

4 April 1881 Census for residents of Barrie, Simcoe North, Ontario, Canada

• Leticia Grahame, widowed, female, Scottish, religion: Church of England, aged 37 [born about 1842], in Scotland
• Lawrance Grahame, single, male, Scottish, religion: Church of England, aged 13 [born about 1868], in Ontario; not at school
• 6 siblings, 1 servant

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From Trinity College School News Fall 2019 Volume 65 Pages 7-8

From the Archives: An ephemeral history of Trinity College School

The John D. Burns Archives at Trinity College School, 55 Deblaquire Street North, Port Hope, Ontario, ON L1A 4K7, Canada 43.9616, -78.2863 is a quiet, little area located on the third floor of the W.A. Johnson Classroom Block in what would have been the chemistry lab in the 1930s. Behind the classroom door of room 301, visitors step into a room filled with pieces of our past, including many treasures or curiosities. A sampling of ephemera and documents housed in the archives tells an interesting historical story of popular Trinity College School lore.

[photo] Above: Cover of autograph book belonging to Laurence Hill Grahame 1885

[photo] Right: Signature of Louis Riel pasted into the autograph book of Laurence Hill Grahame

1883-1885: Autograph Book

Autograph books were used by students from the late 19th century until as late as the 1980s to collect notes and signatures. For students, these acted as mementos or keepsakes. One autograph book in our collection contains signatures dated from 1882 to 1885, as well as sketches. On first glance the inside cover contains a keepsake of Louis Riel's signature, pasted on the page. Below the signature is a note written in purple pencil crayon, describing Riel [Page 8] as leader of the rebellion and murderer of John Scott, Loyalist, hanged on Tuesday, November 17th 1885.

[photo] Message from classmate George S. Gill 20 May 1884 in the book of Laurence Hill Grahame: "Lawrence, Let not our friendship like the roses wither, but like the evergreens last of ever George S. Gill"

Upon looking more carefully at this delicate piece of history, we can see that it belonged to a student and, among other things, it details his friendships while at Trinity College School. Laurence Hill Grahame attended the School from 1883 to 1885; he is number 735 in the School Register. Inside the book are passages and signatures from the following Old Boys:

• William H. Smith, 1883, Owen Sound, Ontario
• Charles J. Loewen, 1883, Victoria, British Columbia
• W.H.C. Kenney, 1883, Aylmer, Quebec
• Casey B. Morgan, 1883, San Francisco, California
• George S. Gill, 1884
• George C. Wilmot, 1884, Newcastle, Ontario
• J.W. Kennedy, 1881, Toronto, Ontario
• Samuel C. Peck, 1883, Brooklyn, New York

Grahame was from a prominent Toronto family and would go on to an interesting career path which included a close friendship with Theodore Roosevelt, who appointed him secretary-treasurer of the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis and later commissioner of the interior in the Puerto Rican government. His son, the prominent author Gordon Hill Grahame, attended Trinity College School from 1902-1904.

[drawing] Sketch of a dog, signed with best wishes by C.M.B. Schreiber, 1883, in the book of Laurence Hill Grahame (this is likely noted artist Charlotte Mount Brock Schreiber, who was mother-in-law of Grahame's sister, Ottilie)

From 26 March 1888 marriage Laurence Hill Grahame 21 Clerk to Jessie Laura Morson 19 York

• Marriage: 26 March 1888 at [St. Philip's Anglican Church, 31 St. Phillips Road, Toronto, Ontario, ON M9P 2N7 43.7011877, -79.5332658], Canada by J. Fielding Sweeney, B.D. of C. by license
• Laurence Hill Grahame, aged 21 less 18 days, of [247 College Street, Toronto, Ontario ON M5T 1R5 43.657939, -79.398813], born in Woodbridge, Ontario, bachelor, clerk, denomination Church of England
• son of Richard and Laetita Grahame
• Jessie Laura Morson, aged 19 of [394 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Ontario ON M5T 2G5 43.6555844, -79.3994618], born in Hamilton, Ontario, spinster, denomination Church of England
• daughter of Alfred and Mary Morson
• witnesses William Charles J. Morson, Mary and Alice Morson, Toronto

From findagrave: Lawrence Hill Graham (1867-1918)

• Name: Lawrence Hill Graham
• Born: 1867, Ontario, Canada
• Died: Thursday, 3 October 1918 (aged 50–51), Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States
• Buried: [Mount Pleasant Cemetery, 375 Mount Pleasant Road, Toronto, Ontario, ON M4T 2V8 Canada 43.69577, -79.38454]
• Plot: Plot D, Section 13, Lot 17

From Early records of an old Glasgow family - Hill family, 1520-1901, by William Henry Hill, Published 1902 Page 158

Laetitia Marion Hill, who married Richard Grahame and had issue (9 children), the representative of this branch being

Laurence Hill Grahame.

From MyHeritage: Laurence Hill Grahame: FamilySearch Family Tree

• name: Laurence Hill Grahame
• gender: Male
• parents: Richard Grahame, Laetitia Marion Grahame (born Hill)
• born: Sunday, 12 May 1867 at Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• siblings: Otilie Marion Schreiber (born Grahame), Jean Hannah Joy (born Grahame), Susie Grahame, Violet Wilhelmina Grahame, Bessie Grahame, Marion Hill Anderson (born Grahame)
• marriage: Jessie Laura Morson on Monday, 26 March 1888 at Toronto, York, Canada
• wife: Jessie Laura Grahame (born Morson)
• children: Gordon Hill Grahame, Ottilie Jessie Graham, Margory Bruce Welles (born Graham), Elsie Mary McIlroy (born Grahame)
• immigration: 1893
• residence: Barrie, Simcoe, Canada
• census: Friday, 1 June 1900 at Borough of Brooklyn, Election District 6 New York City Ward 22, Kings, New York, United States
• census: Sunday, 2 April 1911 at Peterborough East Sub-Districts 1-36, Canada
• died: Thursday, 3 October 1918 at Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
• burial: Friday, 4 October 1918, Toronto, Canada
• source: FamilySearch