Hugh Heaney
of Ontario, Canada
Hugh Heaney was born at 1.45am on 8 April 1923, at 16 Portland Square, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. His father Edward, a Coal Miner, registered the birth on 9 April 1923. The Registrar was Gavin Frame.
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In September 1928 a five year old Hugh left Hamilton with his mother Janet M Heaney aged 30 years and his sister Janet M Heaney aged 8 years and travelled together from Greenock on the SS Regina - arriving 13 October 1928 in Quebec, Canada. They were met by his father Edward Heaney c/o Royal Bank Leamington Ontario. Grandfather Andrew Prentice (Janet's father) 9 George Street Burnbank was listed as their next of kin.
The family settled at 65 Princess Street, Essex, Ontario where they would live for over 40 years.
Hugh married Edith Evans and they had a daughter, Maureen Heaney born 1950 (see below)
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Hugh spent many years in the Air Force and also worked at Clyde Hatch Clothing Store in Leamington for 46 years, he was an elder at Knox Presbyterian Church.
Maureen Heaney
Maureen Heaney was the only child of Hugh Heaney and Edith Evans. She was born in 1950 and died aged 46 in 1996. Very little is known about Maureen's life. She studied in Ontario and eventually qualified as a nurse. She lived at Apartment 51/3 Broadview, Ontario and never married. Maureen was Hugh's entire life however she struggled with her mental health and in 1996 made the sad decision to end her own life. The fallout of her death would haunt Hugh for the rest of his life and cast a shadow of deep sadness. We remember her today as a bright, independant woman - The apple of her fathers eye.
Hugh married a second time, to Margaret Ives (nee Loft) in Ontario. Margaret had 3 children from a previous marriage:
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- Mary (Cathy) Ives. She has one daughter Shannon Hutchins
- Donald Ives
- Patricia Ives. She married John Sant
Hugh died peacefully in his sleep at the Sun Parlour Home for Seniors in Leamington, Ontario, on April 6th 2017. He was aged 94.
