Mabee Family Tree McConkey Family Tree
George Anger with Herb on his minibike, I think about 1970 near Goderich ON. George was son of Murel (Mabee) and Austin Anger.
From left, Murel (Mabee) and Austin Anger’s daughters Verna and Erie Laur and daughter-in-law Ruby (Burwell) Anger at the Belmont Restaurant in June 2009.
Murel (Mabee) Anger, at her home in Belmont, with great-grandbaby in 1969.
At Austin and Murel (Mabee) Anger 55th anniversary, July 1968. At left, behind tree branch, I think is their son George, facing him is their son-in-law Solon Laur, then Erie (Anger) Laur. Vivian (Thompson) Anger is at right and her husband Jack Anger (I think) with his back to the camera.
Erie (Anger) and Solon Laur on their 25th anniversary in October 1968. Erie is the daughter of Murel (Mabee) and Austin Anger.
Verna (Anger) and Colin Laur on their 50th anniversary, May 1993, in Belmont at brother George’s house. From left, George and Ruby (Burwell) Anger, sister Erie with son Fred Laur, sister Estella Jackson and Vivian (Thompson) Anger, widow of Jack. (Murel Mabee and Austin Anger’s family.)
Jack Anger looking at his “nephew” dog Tinker, 1985. Tinker belonged to his sister Erie and her husband Solon Laur.
Jack Anger, son of Austin and Murel (Mabee) Anger. He was 16, so it was taken about 1940.
Murel Mabee Anger and family on outing to St. Williams in Norfolk County, summer 1929: From left: Nile Trickett, 15, and Clifford Trickett, 19, half-brothers to Austin Anger; Austin Edgar Anger, 37, Estella Winnifred Anger (later Jackson),13, daughter of Austin Anger and Murel Mabee; Erie (Anger) Hanson, 33, sister to Austin Anger; Elmer Trickett, 21, half-brother to Austin Anger; Verna B. Anger (later Laur), 10, daughter of Austin Anger and Murel Mabee; Murel Irean (Mabee) Anger, 31, wife of Austin Anger. Austin and Murel (Mabee) Anger’s kids standing in the back of the truck: George Clarence Anger, 12; Erie, 2, and Jack M. Anger, 5.
Summer 1930, home of Austin and Murel (Mabee) Anger in Richmond, Elgin County ON. From left: Jim Carroll, family friend; Murel Irean (Mabee) Anger, 32, wife of Austin Anger; Clifford Trickett, 20, half-brother to Austin Anger, Estella Winnifred Anger, 14, daughter of Austin and Murel Anger; Nile Trickett, 16, half-brother to Austin Anger; Erie (Anger) Hanson, 34, sister to Austin Anger, holding Erie, daughter of Austin and Murel Anger; Eva Carroll, family friend; Austin Edgar Anger, 38, husband of Murel Mabee; Elmer Trickett, 22, half-brother to Austin Anger Kids in the front: Carroll son; George Clarence Anger, 13, son of Austin and Murel Anger; Carroll son; Verna Anger, 11, daughter of Austin and Murel Anger; and Jack M. Anger, 6, son of Austin and Murel Anger.
Elmer Trickett, 30, half-brother of Austin Anger, and Verna Anger (later Laur), 19, daughter of Austin Anger and Murel Mabee, with cousins Alma Lou Trickett, daughter of Clifford Trickett, and Jean Trickett, Elmer’s daughter, in front. July 24, 1938.
Murel (Mabee), nearly 39, and Austin Anger, 44 years old, taken in front of rocks at Muskoka ON in the fall of 1936.
“Charles Mabee, born in 1871, was a prominent Tillsonburg businessman who purchased the rights to be the authorized Ford Dealer for Tillsonburg in 1913. In 1915, Charles formed a partnership with Fred Mabee and built a garage on the south side of Oxford St. at Broadway. This garage is pictured here in the 1930s.” Neither I nor the person who sent this to me know which Charles and Fred these are. The harness racing Charles Mabee was born in 1871 so it could be him? The photo is from J. Pollard Studio in Tillsonburg.
George Wilson Mabee and Nancy Ann Rice on their wedding day, 19 Feb. 1926 in Tillsonburg, Ontario. This and the following four photos are here thanks to one of their grandchildren.
Donald Roy Mabee on the way to school with his sister Marion Bernice Mabee, later Baxter. Late 1930s or early 1940s.
Emma Jane (McConkey) Mabee with son George, his son Donald and three of Donald’s children, 1950s.
George and Nancy Mabee, left, with son and daughter-in-law Liz (Downie) and Walter Mabee.
Nancy (Rice) and George Mabee at home, maybe 1960s.
Wedding of Jack Anger and Vivian Thompson, 29 Oct 1952 in the Anglican Church, Aylmer Ont. Jack’s parents, Murel (Mabee) and Austin Anger at right. At left, maybe Vivian’s brother Scott and mother Bertha (Coates) Thompson.
Verna (Anger) and Colin Laur on their wedding day May 1943. Their attendants, on either side, are his twin Solon and her sister Erie. They got married later. I love this photo. So elegant!
Emma Jane (McConkey) Mabee (later Heffer) in middle. Granddaughters (L-R) Verna (Anger) Laur, Virgie (Mabee) Butcher, Estella (Anger) Jackson, Erie (Anger) Laur and Marion (Mabee) Baxter. Anger sisters are daughters of Austin and Murel (Mabee) Anger. Mabee sisters are daughters of George and Nancy (Rice) Mabee. Mid-1940s.
Austin and Murel (Mabee) Anger, 45th wedding anniversary party, in middle, cutting cake. Children, from left, Estella, Jack, Verna, George and Erie. July 13, 1958 maybe Pinafore Park in St. Thomas.
Verna (Anger) and Colin Laur, Nov. 1984, sitting on my parents’ front porch in Belmont.
Madge (Hodgson) and Wilford Burwell, 50th anniversary at Eden Baptist Church, May 1995.
Madge (Hodgson) Burwell, at right, with Bruce Burwell and wife Mae. Madge was daughter of Elizabeth Mabee and Roy Hodgson. (see #69-ii-80 in Mabee tree.) Madge and my dad were 2nd cousins and my mother, Bruce and Wilford were 1st cousins. Taken by my mother at a Burwell family picnic, June 21 1987 in Tillsonburg.
Three of Austin and Murel (Mabee) Anger’s five children – George. Jack and Estella Jackson at Anger family picnic, Pinafore Park, St. Thomas ON, July 1987.
Jack (seated) and Austin Anger and horses, May 1943 at Union farm. “Jack and Dad planting potatoes with fertilizer drill. Had a stove pipe to drop the potatoes down through.” Murel (Mabee) Anger wrote on photo and sent to son George in WWII.
Murel (Mabee) Anger: “Some of my chickens at supper time” she wrote on the back. She sent it to son George in England. It was taken in June 1943 at their farm near Union.
McConkey family: Maybe (A) Andrew and Lorenna’s family or (B) their daughter Sarah’s. If A: Andrew and Lorenna, seated. Standing left to right, Matilda (later Carson), George Edgar (my great-great-grandfather), Cicero, Leonard Alexander, John William and Adolphus. Missing is eldest daughter Sarah (Howell). If B: A McConkey relative, J. R. Clarke, wrote “This photo was sent to me but identified as the family of Eber Howell & wife Sarah McConkey. When you add in his 2 sons by his first marriage, John Albert & Jeremiah, the rest fit with the known family of Eber & Sarah… If you make an estimate of photo as c. 1861 (year Eber Howell died) then the ages of the children showing seem to fit with his family.”
This is said to be Emma Jane McConkey’s father’s mother, taken in the 1830s. That would be Lorana. She would have been in her early 30s. But photography was not commonplace then. The dress and backdrop look later, making me wonder if it’s Marilla Dean McConkey, Emma Jane’s mother, or Emma Jane herself. If anyone can shed some light on this, I would appreciate it.
Lorana, wife of Andrew McConkey. One of their children was George Edgar, father of Emma Jane (McConkey) Mabee Heffer. (Thanks, Kathy Cass)
L-R: George McConkey (father of Emma Jane), Frank Mabee (son of Emma Jane and Clarence), Emma Jane (McConkey) Mabee (later Heffer), and husband Clarence Sydney Mabee. Taken in 1925.
Emma Jane McConkey, November 1872, age about 6 months. Married names Mabee then Heffer – my father’s maternal grandmother.
Emma Jane (McConkey) Mabee in 1928 holding granddaughters Marion Mabee (later Baxter) on left and Erie Anger (later Laur) on right.
Emma Jane (McConkey) Mabee Heffer, 1952, age 80
This photo was sent to me by Janet Baxter Grieves who got it from Pauline MacDonald. George McConkey is Emma Jane’s father. Clarence Mabee is her husband and Virgie is their granddaughter.
(Written on back of copy by my mother) “Grandma Emma Jane (McConkey) Mabee, Aunt Winnie (Mabee), wife of Jack Spiece. Behind – [?]. Aunt Nancy (Rice) wife of Uncle George Mabee, mother Murel (Mabee) wife of Austin Anger. 1923-24? at parents Clarence & Emma Jane’s home. SE Straffordville?”
In front of Clarence and Emma Jane Mabee’s home, left to right, their son George with two of his children, son-in-law Austin Anger with son George (my father), son Frank, and Clarence Mabee. Date about 1922.
One of my favourite pictures, Bernice Mabee with her brother-in-law Austin Anger and his 1926 Model T Ford.
Sisters-in-law Marilla (Dean) McConkey, left, and Jane (Gilbert) Dean, wife of Blatsley Dean. About 1910.
Mabee family 1925. Back, from left: mother Emma Jane (age 53); father Clarence (age 61); son Frank (age 17); daughter Winnie (Spiece, age 36); son-in-law Austin Anger (age 33) holding his son Jack (age 1); daughter Murel (Anger, age 27). Front from left: granddaughters Estella Anger (Jackson, age 9); Kathleen Spiece (Goodwin); Verna (Laur, age 6); son George (age 30) holding his children Walter and Virginia (Butcher); grandson George Anger (age 8).
Birthday party for Emma Jane, May 22 1955, at her house in Mt. Salem. Clockwise from bottom right: Vivian (Thompson) Anger holding son; two Laur great-granddaughters; Murel (Mabee) Anger; Jack Anger; Colin Laur; Clarence Mabee (son of George and Nancy Mabee); Theo Moore (friend of Bernice Mabee); George Mabee; Austin Anger; Verna (Anger) Laur; Estella (Anger) Jackson holding nephew; Wallace Jackson; Jim McConkey (Emma Jane’s brother); Emma Jane (McConkey) Mabee Heffer age 83; Nancy (Rice) Mabee; Donald Mabee (son of George and Nancy Mabee) holding child; Shirley (Vernon) Mabee (Don’s wife) holding baby; Bernice (Mabee) Cooper.
Thanks to David Ker for this photo of Henry Reuben Rice’s family. David’s grandmother is the girl on the left in the middle row, Marion La Vina Rice. She married Noble Howard Milton Ker. The baby, at front left, is Marion’s younger sister Nancy who married George Mabee, son of Emma Jane and Clarence. Nancy is in two photos above, the family picnic and with her mother- and sisters-in-law.
At Emma Jane (McConkey, Mabee) Heffer’s Mount Salem house 1949. L-R, back: Jack Spiece, George Mabee, Emma Jane Heffer, Jim McConkey, Will Mabee; front: Austin Anger, Murel (Mabee) Anger, Bernice (Mabee) Cooper, Nancy (Rice) Mabee.
Mount Salem 22 May 1949, L-R: Bernice (Mabee) Cooper, Nancy (Rice) Mabee, Will Mabee, Winnie (Mabee) Spiece, Murel (Mabee) Anger, Ken McConkey.
Wilford and Madge (Hodgson) Burwell with their mothers, Ada (Leach) Burwell, left, and Elisabeth (Mabee) Hodgson, right, 1940s.
Austin and Murel (Mabee) Anger on 50th wedding anniversary at home in Belmont ON, 14 July 1963.
Wallace and Estella (Anger) Jackson, 1969, at home in Brucefield ON. Estella was daughter of Austin and Murel (Mabee) Anger.
Wallace and Estella (Anger) Jackson, 50th anniversary, 27 June 1986.
Charles Lawrence Mabee, 1900-1962, son of Clarence and Emma Jane (McConkey) Mabee. He was Fire Chief in Shedden. This and the next two photos are from his granddaughter.
Charlie Mabee, left, at his cold storage business in Shedden.
Charlie Mabee with wife Irene (Dean)
Nov. 15, 1941, wedding photo of George Anger and Ruby Burwell in front of her parents’ home in Tillsonburg. Behind them, from left, Vivian Henry and Robert ‘Scotty’ Moir (their witnesses); Ada Burwell; someone hidden behind Ada; man next to Ada is maybe her friend; Ruby’s parents Charley and Minnie Burwell; young man I don’t know,; George’s parents Austin and Merle (Mabee) Anger; maybe Jack Anger; Emily (Burwell) and Burnice McAllister. Boys are Ruby’s nephews David and Donald McAllister, I think. (From Aunt Ada (Burwell)’s album.)
Jane Smith
9 Nov 2021Re: John Spiece and Winifred Mabee.
My grandmother Mary Jane , known as Jane was John’s sister.
She married Robert David Dennis. I remember Aunt Winnie and Uncle John living in Straffordville and visiting with them. I believe in later years Winnie had Parkinson’s disease. That is mostly what I remember about her when I was a child.
I was pleased to find photos of them on your site.
Thankyouh
Dorothy
10 Nov 2021Thank you for writing and adding to the family story, Jane. I am so glad that you found the photos.
Maggie Purtill
3 May 2020Hi Dorothy, I just wanted to let you know that on the picture of George and Nancy Mabee , Liz and Walter Mabee…Walter is George’s son.
Dorothy
3 May 2020Thank you, Maggie! I’ve fixed it.
Maggie Purtill
4 May 2020You’re welcome and thank you
Maggie Purtill
25 Apr 2020Hi Dorothy, I have a few pictures that I would like to share to be added to your collection of the Mabee family if you’re interested.
Dorothy
25 Apr 2020Thanks, Maggie, I will email you.
Maggie Purtill
28 Apr 2020I sent the pictures did you get them Dorothy?
Dorothy
1 May 2020Hi Maggie, I just posted the pics. Thanks! Hope I’m not too far off with my guess at dates.
Carolyn Mabee
18 Dec 2016Hi Dorothy, Would David like to know about his Australian connection as I am sure we could be related way back as my gggrandfather was from U.S.A. jumped ship from the Wilkes Expedition in Sydney.
Dorothy
18 Dec 2016Hi Carolyn, when I’ve googled the name Mabee I’ve seen Australian references. I thought maybe the connection, assuming there’s one, was back in Europe, with some going to North America and some to the Antipodes. If you like, send your gggrandfather’s name and info. Maybe we can find the connection. Thanks for writing, and hope you’re having a nice summer.
Maggie
8 Feb 2016Hi Dorothy
This is Maggie Purtill ( daughter of Don and Shirley Mabee ) I was looking at your pictures and in the tenth picture you have my Uncle Frank and Aunt Marion sitting beside my Grandmother Nancy ( nee Rice ) Mabee but it’s actually my Dad Don Mabee holding one of the twins and my mom Shirley Mabee holding me. 🙂 Just thought I would share that with you 🙂 This is such an awesome site 😀 Thank you so much for all your hard work!
Dorothy
8 Feb 2016Thank you, Maggie, for the correction. I’ve fixed it. Glad you like the page and thanks for writing!
David Vallee, UE
26 Jan 2016Thank-you so much for your incredible research into Pieter C Mabille”s (Now Mabee) family tree, he was my 9th or 1Oth great grandfather. I especially appreciated Entry 68 about Enid Mabee Vallee, was my beloved great grandmother. Her husband George Vallee was Reave of Bayham Township in the 1930’s and did die in 1959. She died in 1974 in her home in Straffordville and is buried in our community cemetery beside her husband in Christian burial with a Masonic service as well. My grandfather was only son was James Dewey Vallee, also partially mentioned in your research. He married Mary Elizabeth Wade of Perth County. He was the Clerk of Bayham Township (CEO) from the start of world war two in 1939 until 1970 and a leader in church and community. He was born in 1905 and died in his garden in Staffordville in 1993. She as born in 1914 and died in 2008. Both were buried in the Straffordville Cemetary. They had three children […] Patricia Marjory Vallee (1939- 2007) and my father […]
Dorothy
26 Jan 2016Hi David, thanks for your kind words and for the information on your family. I added it to my database (and removed it here for those still living). If information on Ancestry is correct, we are also related through the Anger family. George Vallee’s parents were James Vallee (1848-1921) and Susan Anger (1856-1910). She was daughter of George Augustus Anger (b 1825 Ft Erie d 1906 S Cayuga) and Elizabeth Croft (b 1831 England d 1912 S Cayuga). Wow! I’ll update my online tree(s) as soon as I can.
David Ker
29 Jan 2015Dorothy, send an email and I will forward info and photos.
I have ‘tons’ of material and info for you.
Dave
Bermuda
David Ker
28 Jan 2015Hi Dorothy,
I came across your site while doing a search on Rice family.My connection is through Nancy Ann Rice who married George W. Mabee.
Nancy would be a sister of my grandmother Marion Lavera Rice (Ker).
I’m happy to add any info you have interest.
Dave Ker , Bermuda
Dorothy
29 Jan 2015Hi Dave, and thanks. I have Nancy Ann as d/o Henry Rice (1854 Norfolk Co to 1927 Simcoe) and Mercy/Nancy E. Dreyer (1858 Scotland to 1927 Norfolk Co). I do not have their other children so if you would like to add what you have, that would be great.