Generation No. 1
1. GEORGE KAYE1 was born Abt. 1784 in Greenside, Yorkshire,
England, and died Aft. 1841 in England. He married ELIZABETH
UNKNOWN Unknown in England.
Notes for GEORGE KAYE:
Listed in Emley Parish register and the Kirkburton, Yorkshire census of
1841.
Burial: England
Christening: 1784
More About ELIZABETH UNKNOWN:
Burial: May 4, 1825, Emley Moor, Yorkshire, England
Children of GEORGE KAYE and ELIZABETH UNKNOWN are:
2. i. JAMES2 KAYE, b. 1803, Yorkshire, England; d. Abt.
1858, Wellington County, Upper Canada.
ii. MARY KAYE, b. April 1, 1804, Emley Parish, Yorkshire,
England; d. Unknown.
3. iii. MARTHA JANE KAYE, b. January 15, 1806, Kirkburton,
Yorkshire, England; d. September 24, 1832.
iv. HARRIOT KAYE, b. April 10, 1808, Kirkburton,
Yorkshire, England; d. Unknown.
v. SARAH KAYE, b. December 13, 1813, Kirkburton,
Yorkshire, England; d. Unknown.
vi. GEORGE KAYE, b. 1816, England; d. June 26, 1819,
England.
vii. BETTY KAYE, b. 1818, England; d. July 18, 1819,
England.
Generation No. 2
2. JAMES KAYE (GEORGE1) was born 1803 in Yorkshire, England, and
died Abt. 1858 in Wellington County, Upper Canada. He married (1)
MARY UNKNOWN Abt. 1845 in Upper Canada. He married (2)
HANNAH UNKNOWN Unknown in England.
Notes for JAMES KAYE:
Migrated to Wellington County, Upper Canada, from Kirkburton, England
in 1842 with 6 children and wife.
:Occupation: Weaver
Children of JAMES KAYE and MARY UNKNOWN are:
i. ELI3 KAYE, b. 1847, Upper Canada; d. Aft. 1871, Minto
Twp, Wellington County, Ont..
Notes for ELI KAYE:
1871 Census gave address as Wellington County, Guelph Twn.
Religion: 1871, PM (Primitive Methodist?)
4. ii. LEWIS KAYE, b. Abt. 1848, Harriston or 9th Con, Minto
Twp, Wellington County, Ont.; d. November 7, 1934, RR#1 Arthur, Ont?.
iii. SIMEON RHEUBEN LEVI KAYE, b. Unknown, Upper
Canada; d. Bef. 1913.
Children of JAMES KAYE and HANNAH UNKNOWN are:
5. iv. CHARLES3 KAYE, b. September 14, 1826, Kirkburton,
Yorkshire, England; d. June 3, 1897, Muskoka, Ont. .
v. HENRY C. KAYE, b. 1829, Yorkshire, England; d. 1873,
Canada; m. REBECCA UNKNOWN ?, Unknown.
Notes for HENRY C. KAYE:
Migrated to Canada in 1842 with parents. Booklet entitled "Directory --
County of Wellington 1871-72" states that Henry C. Kaye was Clerk of
Division Court, Conveyancer, Commissioner and Issuer of Marriage
Licenses for Harristion, Minto Township. Apparently had a large
family, but no details available.
Religion: 1871, Given in census as CE (Church of England)
Notes for REBECCA UNKNOWN ?:
1871 census listed a Rebecca Kaye in Minto Twp. two years younger than
Henry and born in England. Too much coincidence maybe?
Religion: 1871, CE on 1871 census
6. vi. ELIZA KAYE, b. 1832, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, England; d.
Aft. 1913, Guelph, Ont?.
7. vii. TAMER KAYE, b. Abt. 1835, Yorkshire, England; d. Aft.
1913, Minneapolis, Minnisota, USA.
8. viii. BYRON KAYE, b. 1836, Yorkshire, England; d. March
1865, Woodstock, Ont..
ix. ABEL KAYE, b. 1839, Yorkshire, England; d. Bef. 1913,
Wisconsin, USA?.
Notes for ABEL KAYE:
Migrated with parents to Canada in 1842
Lived in Wisconsin in 1881
9. x. JAMES KAYE, b. 1843, Halimand twp., Ont., (Near
Cobourg); d. 1924.
xi. BENJAMIN KAYE, b. Abt. 1844, Upper Canada; d.
Unknown, Moose Jaw, Sask?-Portland, Oregon?.
3. MARTHA JANE2 KAYE (GEORGE1) was born January 15, 1806 in
Kirkburton, Yorkshire, England, and died September 24, 1832. She
married MILES SCAFE February 6, 1826 in Kirkburton, Yorkshire,
England, son of THOMAS SCAFE and ELIZABETH SHAW.
More About MARTHA JANE KAYE:
Baptism: June 1, 1806, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, England
Children of MARTHA KAYE and MILES SCAFE are:
i. GEORGE3 SCAFE, b. August 15, 1832, Kirkburton,
Yorkshire, England; d. January 7, 1914, United States.
Notes for GEORGE SCAFE:
In Kirkburton for the 1841 census. Emigrated to USA in 1849. Shows in
1850 census in Ridgeway Twp., Lenawee Co., Michigan.
ii. HARRIET SCAFE39, b. Unknown, Kirkburton, Yorkshire,
England; d. Unknown.
iii. JOSEPH SCAFE, b. Unknown, Kirkburton, Yorkshire,
England; d. Unknown, United States.
Generation No. 3
4. LEWIS3 KAYE (JAMES2, GEORGE1) was born Abt. 1848 in
Harriston or 9th Con, Minto Twp, Wellington County, Ont., and died
November 7, 1934 in Arthur, Ont?. He married UNKNOWN Unknown.
Notes for LEWIS KAYE:
In 1913 lived in P.O. Olivette, Wellington County, Ont.
Children of LEWIS KAYE and UNKNOWN are:
10. i. ALVIN4 KAYE, b. February 5, 1886, Minto Twp,
Wellington County, Upper Canada; d. April 16, 1976, Palmerston, Ont..
ii. RHEUBEN KAYE, b. Unknown; d. Bef. 1913.
11. iii. TOM KAYE, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
iv. JAMES KAYE, b. Unknown, Minto Twp, Wellington
County, Upper Canada; d. Unknown.
v. JOE KAYE, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
vi. MARY KAYE, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
12. vii. WILLIAM KAYE, b. Unknown, Minto Twp, Wellington
County, Ont.; d. Abt. June 5, 1973, Mount Forest Hospital.
5. CHARLES3 KAYE (JAMES2, GEORGE1) was born September 14,
1826 in Kirkburton, Yorkshire, England, and died June 3, 1897 in
Muskoka, Ont. . He married SARAH SMITH Unknown in Minto Twp,
Wellington County, Upper Canada.
Notes for CHARLES KAYE:
Migrated to Canada from Kirkburton, England, with parents in 1842.
Settled at Port Rouen. Migrated to Muskoka in 1869 to a spot on
Muskoka Lake which was later named Pointe Kaye in his honour.
Appointed first postmaster for Pointe Kaye Post Office, and also
Justice of the Peace for some time, including 1881.
Burial: Milford Bay, Muskoka, Ont.48
Occupation: Postmaster-JP48
Religion: 1871, PM (Primitive Methodist?)
Notes for SARAH SMITH:
Migrated to Upper Canada with parents, from Scotland.
Burial: Milford Bay, Ont.
Children of CHARLES KAYE and SARAH SMITH are:
i. HANNA4 KAYE, b. Abt. 1849, Minto Twp, Wellington
County, Ont.; d. Bef. 1913, Milford Bay, Muskoka, Ont..
Notes for HANNA KAYE:
Moved from Minto Township to Muskoka with her parents in 1869.
Burial: Milford Bay United Church Cemetery
ii. SARAH KAYE, b. Abt. 1851, Minto Twp, Wellington
County, Ont.; d. 1915, Milford Bay, Muskoka, Ont..
Notes for SARAH KAYE:
Moved from Minto Township with parents to Muskoka in 1869.
Burial: Wesley United Church Cemetery
iii. UNNAMED KAYE, b. Abt. 1852; d. Abt. 1852.; born
dead.
iv. ELIZA KAYE, b. Abt. 1853, Upper Canada; d. 1933,
Muskoka, Ont.; m. JOHN HEWLETT, Unknown.
Notes for ELIZA KAYE:
Moved from Minto Twp. to Muskoka in 1869 with parents.
Burial: Milford Bay United Church Cemetary
13. v. MARY KAYE, b. Abt. 1855, Upper Canada; d. 1933,
Bracebridge, Ont..
14. vi. JAMES KAYE, b. January 1, 1857, Minto Twp, Wellington
County, Upper Canada; d. July 12, 1923, Milford Bay, Muskoka, Ont..
15. vii. ABEL KAYE, b. September 3, 1858, Minto Twp,
Wellington County, Upper Canada; d. March 11, 1906, Milford Bay,
Muskoka, Ont..
16. viii. JOHN KAYE, b. 1860, Wellington County, Upper Canada;
d. November 21, 1935, Toronto Hospital, Ont..
17. ix. WALTER BRUCE KAYE, b. Abt. 1863, Muskoka, Ont. ;
d. 1937, near Bracebridge, Ont..
x. AMANDA SOPHIA KAYE, b. Abt. 1868, Minto Twp,
Wellington County, Ont.; d. 1929.
Notes for AMANDA SOPHIA KAYE:
Moved to Muskoka at age 1 with parents from Minto Township. Buried
with sisters Hanna and Sarah and parents in Milford Bay.
Burial: Milford Bay Cemetery
6. ELIZA3 KAYE (JAMES2, GEORGE1) was born 1832 in Kirkburton,
Yorkshire, England, and died Aft. 1913 in Guelph, Ont?. She married
WILLIAM LAURENCE Unknown.
Notes for ELIZA KAYE:
Migrated to Wellington County, Ont., Canada, with parents in 1842.
Children of ELIZA KAYE and WILLIAM LAURENCE are:
i. TAMER4 LAURENCE, b. Unknown; d. Unknown; m.
GEORGE MARSH, Unknown.
ii. UNKNOWN LAURENCE, b. Unknown; d. Unknown; m.
B. F. PHILLIPS, Unknown.
iii. UNKNOWN LAURENCE, b. Unknown; d. Unknown; m.
CHARLES BEDUR, Unknown.
iv. UNKNOWN LAURENCE, b. Unknown; d. Unknown; m.
WILLIAM MCCASLAND, Unknown.
v. BERTHA LAURENCE, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
vi. E. LAURENCE, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
vii. GEORGE LAURENCE, b. Unknown.
viii. E. LAURENCE, b. Unknown.
7. TAMER3 KAYE (JAMES2, GEORGE1) was born Abt. 1835 in
Yorkshire, England, and died Aft. 1913 in Minneapolis, Minnisota, USA.
She married SAMUEL COLLINS Unknown.
Notes for TAMER KAYE:
Emigrated with parents to Canada in 1842. Lived in Minneapolis,
Minnesota, USA, with husband.
Child of TAMER KAYE and SAMUEL COLLINS is:
i. SYDNEY4 COLLINS, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
Notes for SYDNEY COLLINS:
Lived in Spokane, Washington, USA in July, 1913
8. BYRON3 KAYE (JAMES2, GEORGE1) was born 1836 in Yorkshire,
England, and died March 1865 in Woodstock, Ont.. He married ELLEN
SMITH Unknown, daughter of DAVID SMITH and UNKNOWN.
Notes for BYRON KAYE:
Migrated to Canada with parents and siblings in 1842. Died in explosion in
Woodstock, Ont., Canada
Children of BYRON KAYE and ELLEN SMITH are:
18. i. BARBARA JANE4 KAYE, b. March 31, 1863,
Woodstock, Ont.; d. May 9, 1941, Zanesville, Ohio, USA.
ii. ALEXANDER KAYE, b. Bef. 1865; d. Unknown.
Notes for ALEXANDER KAYE:
May have been a minister in Frankford, Ross Co., Ohio, USA
iii. DAVID KAYE, b. Bef. 1865; d. August 17, 1946, El Paso,
Texas, USA.
iv. LAWERENCE KAYE, b. Bef. 1865; d. Unknown.
v. UNKNOWN KAYE, b. Bef. 1865; d. Unknown.
vi. ANNA KAYE, b. Abt. May 1865; d. Unknown.
vii. JAMES ROSS KAYE, b. Abt. May 1865; d. October 12,
1940, Chicago, Ill., USA.
9. JAMES3 KAYE (JAMES2, GEORGE1) was born 1843 in Halimand
twp., Ont., (Near Cobourg), and died 1924. He married SARAH ANN
MUNDLE 1867.
Notes for JAMES KAYE:
Went to Muskoka in 1863 and lived in Monck Twp. near Ziska.
Served as councilman for Monck Twp. during 1871-1874 and 1877-1880
1871 census gave his birthplace as Ireland???
Burial: 1924, Ziska Cemetery near Bracebridge, Ont.
Occupation: 1813, Farmer near Bracebridge
Religion: 1871, CE on 1871 census
More About SARAH ANN MUNDLE:
Burial: 1929, Ziska Cemetery near Bracebridge, Ont.