My Branch of the Havers Family
Tree
This is my website for descendants of John Cole Havers, born
1814, b. Jan 1815, Haverhill, Suffolk, England. Haverhill
Church Records.
John married Ellen Dorothea Haylock of West Wratting in Gt.
St. Mary's Cambridge on Jan 1, 1838. They emigrated to the USA
and Canada in 1846 where their first child was born in New York
upon their arrival. For more about me, my career, my church, my
hobbies, my travels, and my family - http://www.mindspring.com/~quiltmag/jeanann/jaeindex.html
John Cole Havers Family History
An elopment in 1837 led to the emigration of this branch of
the Havers/Haylock family to Canada and the USA. When Ellen Dorothy
Haylock Eloped with John Cole Havers on the first day of the New
Year in 1838 she so angered her father, Edward Haylock, of West
Wratting, Cambs., that he never spoke to her again. Edward Haylock
owned a modest manor house and considerable farmland and other
buildings and property in West Wratting. Ellen was one of sixteen
children he and Doroth Browning Haylock raised in that small village.
It seems Edward couldn't approve of his daughter's elopment with
the 'butcher boy' who delivered meat to the Haylock family home.
However Ellen maintained an active correspondence with her siblings
until her death in 1909 in Flint, Michigan. Many of these letters
have been saved by her descendents. John Cole Havers expected
a visit from his brother, Cole Havers in Canada in the mid 1800's
before his death at age fifty-four.
Ellen Dorothea Haylock Havers on the right. On the
left, seated is John Cole Havers and their first child, George
John Havers. Link to descendants
of John and Ellen.....
Ellen and John Cole Havers lived for nine years in England,
it is believed in London, before they emigrated to New York. The
father of the children in the picture below, George Havers, Sr.
would have been born in London if they had emigrated but six months
later. Instead he was born in New York upon their arrival in the
United States. From New York the family moved to Sarnia, Canada
where six additional children were born. These children became
the parents of numerous descendants of Ellen and John Cole Havers
in the United Staes and Canada as they all have large families,
many times with sets of fraternal twins which is a family trait
following through generations. Ellen Haylock Havers was a twin
with her sister Agnes, who died in 1832 at the age of 16.
George and Hattie Havers photographed at their farm
in Clio, Michigan
George John Havers and his wife Hariett Cudney
Havers (seated). George is son of John Cole Havers and Ellen Haylock
Havers. Pictured with them are some of their children and grandchildren.
The musical talent in the family has also been passed from
one generation to another. Family oral history recalls Ellen as
an accomplished pianist, with family letters of now deceased grandchildren
of John and Ellen telling of her considerable talent, haveing
heard her at the piano as children before Ellen's death in 1909.
It is also said that Ellen Haylock was an accomplished horsewoman
before he elopment with John Cole Havers.
Havers Family Band in Flint, Michigan USA - 1895
From Left to right, back row: Josie Havers, unknown person,
Ellen Havers. Middle Row: George Havers, Jr. - drummer, unknown
person, unknown person, George Havers, Sr. Will Havers. Front
Row: Frankland Havers (age 6), Jennie Havers and Hattie Havers.
Ernest and Carrie Havers
Perhaps one of the
most distinguished grandchildren of John Cole Havers and Ellen
Haylock Havers was Ernest Havers, a son of George Havers who was
not a member of the band. He designed and manufactured an automobile
known as the Havers Six. This was a luxury automobile that was
built at the Havers Motor Car Factory in Port Huron, Michigan.
There is now a small museum in Port Huron that houses the automobile.
One of the oribinal automobiles was used by American film star,
Debbie Reynolds in the film, The Unsinkable Molly Brown.
Unfortunately, production was halted when a fire destroyed the
factory on July 8, 1914, after less than four years in business.
Havers Six Automobile
Frankland Havers, youngest son of George and Hattie Havers
married Celia Leonard in 1904.
Ronald P. Havers,
only son of Celia and Frank Havers. Pvt. Havers was killed in
the Phillipines in WWII, Feb 12, 1945. He was born in Gilford,
Michigan Nov 7, 1916. Pvt. Havers was holder of the Purple Heart
for wounds received on Bouganville, March 15.
Frank Havers and
daughers, Cleita, Ruth and Ernestine
Four daughters of Max and Ernestine Havers Wright,
Jean, Janet, Lynne and Gail (photo date: 1956)
.
Daughters and Grandaughters of Ernestine Havers Wright
(photo date: Dec 1999)
- Top Row: Krista Pettersson, Gail Tanquary,
Wendy Quayle, Janae Kleischmidt
- Middle Row: Phoebe Izard, Jean Ann Frances
Wright, Heidi Eitel, Jessica Baldwin
- Bottom Row: Janet Houts, Ellen Gaffney, Ernestine
Havers Wright, Lynne Baldwin, Elaine Cressionnie
- Family Groups: Gail Wright Tanquary mother
of Krista, Wendy and Janae
- Jean Ann Frances Wright, mother of Elaine, Ellen
and Heidi
- Lynne Wright Baldwin mother of Jessica Baldwin, Janet
Houts mother of Phoebe Izard
for more information contact: Hawleys@quilttalk.com