Other Events:

• Name: Major-Martin
• Name: Wm. M. Major
• Name: Wm. Maurice Major
• _UID: 8C337D8DA1ED469AA729F4325B3442565488
• Census: 1921, Maidstone, Essex, Ontario, Canada
• Border Crossing: 21 Oct 1925, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
• Residence: 1927, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 3954 St. Clair Ave
• Census: 1930, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 3954 St. Clair Ave.
• Census: 1940, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 3954 St. Clair Ave.

Notes:

(Research):parents Patrick Maurice Major and Emma Traxler

Possible burial at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Puce, Essex, Ontario - Maurice Major, 1888-1941

Census:

Major, Maurice, age 31, born Ont, farmer
Major, Ella, age 24, born Ont
Major, May Jeannette, age 1, born Ont
Boussey, Charles, lodger, age 20, born Ont, farm laborer

Border Crossing:
Wm. Maurice Major, age 37, farmer. Last residence Puce, Ont. Destination Sis - Ann Bierd (?) - 8019 Oakland, Detroit. Accompanied by wife Ellen R., dtr Mae Janet (5 yrs 10 months), son, Stanley D (2 yrs 10 months). Grandfather Patrick Major of Puce, Ont.
Has summer cottage at Puce, Ont.

Residence:
Major, Morris (Ella) welder h 3954 St Clair Ave

Census:

Major, Maurice, age 41, born Can Eng, immig 1925, foreman, auto body plant
Major, Ella P., age 33, born Can Eng, immig 1925
Major, Mae J., age 10, born Can Eng, immig 1925
Major, Douglas S., age 7, born Can Eng, immig 1925
Shippy, Robert C., boarder, age 22, born Penn, trimmer, auto body plant
Gillard, Fredrick R., boarder, age 24, born Penn, machinist, auto body plant

Census:

Major, Maurice, age 51, same place as 1935, born Can Fren, metal finisher, automobile body corporation
Major, Ella, age 46, born Can Eng
Major, Mae, age 20, born Can Eng, new worker
Major, Douglas, age 17, born Can Eng

William married Ellen "Ella" Reilly on 20 Nov 1918 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. Ellen (daughter of John Riley and Jane Potter) was born on 7 Mar 1897 in Maidstone, Essex, Ontario, Canada; died on 16 May 1971 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses were Charles Miller of Puce, Canada and Hazel Riley of Detroit.

1. Mae Janet Major was born on 24 Jan 1920 in Puce, Essex, Ontario, Canada; died on 29 Oct 2006 in Grosse Pointe, Wayne, Michigan, United States; was buried in Nov 2006 in Clinton Twp., Macomb, Michigan, United States.
2. Stanley Douglas Major was born on 26 Dec 1922 in Puce, Essex, Ontario, Canada; died on 14 Jul 2000 in Troy, Oakland, Michigan, United States; was buried in Jul 2000 in Puce, Essex, Ontario, Canada.