[This page and table are constantly being added to. Any mistakes, typos etc which you catch- please let me know so I can correct them.]
Elsewhere, for each ancestor, we either have assembled, or soon will, a timeline of the notable events of his or her life. While this exposes invaluable information about the ancestor, hidden within the collection of all ancestors’ timelines are possible connections amongst them, occupying the same space and time. By creating a Master Historical Timeline we can bring to light how various parties might have initially come to know each other. As an example, how did Max Enke and Marion Lejeune meet and when? And how close were the connections between the Lejeunes and the Enkes? [Answer: Many of the children of the two families attended Lady Barn House School and Withington Girls’ School at the same time]
It should be noted that only the main characters are recorded here. In certain cases, especially for people who do not play a major role in the family story, there may be other siblings who are not listed because to follow their tree and timeline would distract from the main storyline.
Legend:
| Acronym | Person |
| JLL | Jane Louisa Maclaren Lejeune |
| ERL | Edward Russell Lejeune |
| MLE | Marion Lejeune Enke |
| FAL | Francis Arnold Lejeune |
| GBL | Gladys Brown Lejeune |
| RJP | Rachel Leta Josceline Percy Lejeune |
| REC | Ruth Enke Chambers |
| HPA | Herman Pieter Enke aka Henry Peter Armstrong |
| Date | main life Events |
|---|---|
| Pre 1800 | |
| – Dr Adam Francois Lejeune (Frankfurt), sons Edward, Gustav, Pestalozzi, Zurich, Switzerland – museum, correspondence with Pestalozzi | |
| 1800’s – 1800-1809 | |
| 1805 | – August 1 – birth of Helene Wilhelmina Heast at Luttringhausen near Barmen |
| 1810’s – 1810-1819 | |
| 1817 | – January 9 – birth of Heinrich Friedrich Enke at Barmen, Germany |
| 1820’s | |
| 1826 | – February 11 – birth of Alexander Maclaren in Glasgow (father David Maclaren [businessman], mother Mary Wingate Maclaren) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Maclaren |
| 1830’s | |
| 1837 | – April 20 – marriage of Thomas Lunt and Martha Godfrey |
| 1840’s | |
| 1842 | – August 27 – birth of Caroline Auguste Pöting in Elberfeld, Germany |
| 1845 | – March 24 – birth of Adolf Eduard Lejeune (later Adam Eduard) in Frankfurt, Germany (father Johan Gustav Adolph Lejeune, mother Franziska De Neuville) – August 19 – birth of Carl Friedrich Enke |
| 1846 | – Alexander Maclaren takes up a post at Portland Chapel, Southampton |
| 1847 | 31 December – birth of Hermann Enke in Barmen, Germany |
| 1850’s | |
| 1856 | March 27 – marriage of Alexander Maclaren and cousin Marion Ann McLaren |
| 1857 | 1 February – birth of Jane Louisa Maclaren (JLL) in Southampton, Hampshire, England (father: Alexander Maclaren aged 31, mother: Marion Ann McLaren aged 28) |
| 1858 | – February 22 – JLL – birth of Mary (Minnie) Maclaren (father: Alexander Maclaren, mother: Marion Ann McLaren) – Maclaren family move to Manchester Alexander Maclaren takes up a position at Union Baptist Chapel on Oxford Street https://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/churches/unionchapel.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Baptist_Chapel,_Oxford_Road,_Manchester – Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters move into #62 Nelson St, not far from Union Baptist Chapel |
| 1860’s | |
| 1860 | – birth of (sister to JLL) Marion Alice Maclaren in Manchester (father: Alexander Maclaren, mother: Marion Ann McLaren) |
| 1865 | – September – birth of (sister to JLL) Florence Elizabeth Maclaren in Manchester (father: Alexander Maclaren, mother: Marion Ann McLaren) |
| 1869 | – April – birth of (brother to JLL) Alexander David Maclaren in Manchester (father: Alexander Maclaren, mother: Marion Ann McLaren) |
| 1870’s | |
| 1870 | – birth of (brother to JLL) Allister Maclaren in Manchester (father: Alexander Maclaren, mother: Marion Ann McLaren) |
| 1872 | – 1 January – Charles Prestwich Scott becomes editor of the Manchester Guardian, a position he holds until 1928 |
| 1873 | – 21 August – London Gazette notice to creditors, re bankruptcy of Hermann Enke, of meeting on 9 September; further notices in London Gazette on 26 August and 30 September. |
| 1874 | – naturalization of Adam Eduard Lejeune in Manchester – Manchester High School for Girls opens, originally in Chorlton-on-Medlock, the first girls’ school to provide an academic education in northern England. |
| 1875 | 14 January – marriage of Hermann Enke and Caroline Auguste Pöting in Barmen, Germany |
| 1876 | 11 January – HPA – birth of Herman Pieter Enke (Henry Peter Armstrong) at No. 133 Brunswick Street, Chorlton-upon-Medlock near Manchester, England (father Hermann Enke, mother Caroline Auguste Poting Enke) |
| 1877 | – February 3 – birth of Alice Isabel Lunt – July – marriage of Jane Louisa Maclaren and Adam Eduard Lejeune – August 3 – birth of twins Paula Caroline Enke and Adeline Auguste Enke in Manchester (Father Herman Enke, mother Caroline Poting Enke) |
| 1878 | – April – JLL- birth of Franziska (Cis) Marion Lejeune (father: Adam Eduard Lejeune, mother Jane Louisa Maclaren Lejeune) [subsequently married Laurence Haslam Meade, no children] – August 21 – birth of Alice Wilhemina Enke (died as infant October 17; buried in Ardwick Cemetery, Manchester) (Father Herman Enke, mother Caroline Poting Enke) |
| 1879 | – June – JLL- death of Marion Alice Maclaren (father: Alexander Maclaren, mother: Marion Ann McLaren) – September 2 – JLL birth of Marion Lejeune in Manchester (father: Adam Eduard Lejeune, mother Jane Louisa Maclaren Lejeune) – October 31 – notice in London Gazette announcing dissolution of partnership between Hermann Enke and Edward Alexander Petri carrying on the business of General Merchants at 21 Blossom Street, Manchester – Hermann Enke resident at 15 Gridley Street, Stockport Road, Longsight (possible birth site of Peter, Paula and Adeline (Ady) [check] – April 21 – birth of George Eldon Chambers in Pietermaritxburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (father: Sydney Chambers; mother Alice Sophia Charlotte Sherriff) |
| 1880’s | |
| 1880 | – September 14 -JLL – birth of Juliet Lejeune in Manchester (father: Adam Eduard Lejeune, mother Jane Louisa Maclaren Lejeune) [unmarried] – birth of Christabel Harriette Pankhurst in Old Trafford, Manchester (father; Richard Marsden Pankhurst, mother Emmeline Goulden Pankhurst) |
| 1881 | – July 19 – Hermann Enke, Certificate of Naturalization granted (children listed are Herman, Paula, Adeline); living at 129 Plymouth Grove, Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester |
| 1882 | – January – JLL – birth of daughter Helene Lejeune in Manchester (father: Adam Eduard Lejeune, mother Jane Louisa Maclaren Lejeune) [unmarried] – January 31 – birth of Willy Enke (died as infant July 5; buried in Ardwick Cemetery) (father Hermann Enke, mother Caroline Auguste Poting Enke) – January 31 – death of Helena Wilhelmina Heast Enke, mother of Hermann Enke |
| 1883 | – April – JLL –birth of Gustav Alexander (Alick) in Manchester (father: Adam Eduard Lejeune, mother Jane Louisa Maclaren Lejeune) [married Edith, no children] |
| 1884 | – March 12 – birth of Max Enke in Manchester (father Hermann Enke, mother Caroline Auguste Poting Enke) – December 21 – JLL – death of Marion Ann Maclaren, aged 56, in Barton Upon Urwell, Lancashire |
| 1886 | – March – JLL – ERL – birth of Edward Russell Lejeune in Manchester (father: Adam Eduard Lejeune, mother Jane Louisa Maclaren Lejeune) |
| 1887 | – April 2 – JLL – FAL – birth of Francis Arnold Lejeune in Manchester (father: Adam Eduard Lejeune, mother Jane Louisa Maclaren Lejeune) |
| 1888 | – Lejeune family residence is Lyndhurst, 10 Wilmslow Rd, between Withington and Fallowfield in Manchester, England (date uncertain) – [speculative] Herman Enke arrives in Eecloo to make felt from rabbit skins. |
| 1889 | – April 11 – Isabel Lunt, Franziska, Marion, Juliet, Helene Lejeune all attend Lady Barn School (Lent Term, ending April 11th) – October 16 – JLL – Becomes one of the founders of Withington Girls School |
| 1890’s | |
| 1890 | – Franziska, Marion and Juliet Lejeune all attend Lady Barn School (Michaelmas Term, ending December 18th) – Russell Lejeune , Arnold Lejeune attend Lady Barn House kindergarten – Paula and Adeline Enke, Isabel Lunt are pupils at Withington Girls School |
| 1891 | – April 14 – death of Heinrich Friedrich Enke, father of Hermann Enke – Russell Lejeune, Arnold Lejeune attend Lady Barn House kindergarten – Paula & Ady Enke, Isabel Lunt, Franziska & Marion Lejeune all enrolled at WGS. – 1891 Census: Enke family living at 27 Ladybarn Road, Falllowfield; McLaren family living at 1 Carill Drive,Fallowfield so very close to each other. – 1891 Census – Hermann and Augusta Enke are listed as Naturalized British Subjects; Herman’s occupation is a Wool and Fur Merchant |
| 1892 | |
| 1893 | – Arnold Lejeune attends Lady Barn House school, Manchester |
| 1895 | – Easter Term Report (July 18) – Russell and Alick Lejeune at Lady Barn House School |
| 1897 | – March 27 – JLL – birth of daughter Caroline Alice Lejeune in Withington (father: Adam Eduard Lejeune, mother Jane Louisa Maclaren Lejeune) |
| 1899 | – October 28 – JLL – death of Adam Edouard Lejeune, in Zurich, Switzerland (accompanied by daughter Marion) – December 29 – JLL – death of Mary (Minnie) Maclaren Wingate, in Knowle, Warwickshire |
| 1900’s – 1900-1909 | |
| 1900 | – Caroline Lejeune is enrolled in Kindergarten at Lady Barn House |
| 1901 | – Russell Lejeune attends boarding school Brunswick in St. Wilfred’s Parish, Haywards Heath, Sussex |
| 1902 | – Arnold Lejeune enrolled at Sedburgh School, Sedburgh, Cumbria, England |
| 1903 | |
| 1904 | – April – HPE – marriage of Herman Peter Enke and Alice Isabel Lunt in Chorlton, Lancs |
| 1905 | – Early – Peter and Isabel Enke move into a completed Pinehurst in Eeclo, Belgium – September 25 – birth of Godfrey Herman (Hubert) Enke (Armstrong) in Eeclo, Belgium (father: Herman Peter, mother Isabel Alice Lunt Enke) |
| 1906 | – FAL – finishes schooling at Sedburgh – 20 January – ERL – Russell Lejeune departs for Western Australia on board SS Afric arriving in Albany, WA – July 31 – birth of Lawrence Eldon Chambers in Farnhem, Surrey (father: George Eldon Chambers, mother: Winnifred Margaret Mayo Chambers) – engagement of Max Enke and Marion Lejeune, probably Christmas time, in Manchester |
| 1907 | – visit of Max Enke and Marion Lejeune to Ardwick Cemetery to visit grave containing remains of infant Enkes (Alice Wilhemine and Willy Enke) – Grave #3241 I – FAL – Arnold Lejeune travels to British Columbia; spends the next seven years, until 1914, working in Lower Mainland, Cariboo, Okanagan (Ref: Delta Olden Days by FAL) – March 28 – Max Enke leaves Liverpool bound for Halifax on the SS Kensington – listed as a Labourer, Age 22; arrival in Halifax April 7 – July 30 – HPE – birth of Margaret Isabel Enke (Armstrong) born in Eeclo, Belgium (father: Herman Peter, mother Isabel Alice Lunt Enke) – May 1 – Max Enke arrives on Galiano Island; that month buys Valley Farm; over the next month buys three adjoining properties and installs some of the 13 Belgian workers he brought with him. – October 4 – October 11 – Marion Lejeune and Jane Louisa Lejeune travel 1st class on “Empress of Britain”, from Liverpool to Quebec – October 12 – marriage of Marion Lejeune and Max Enke Québec (Anglican Cathedral Holy Trinity Church)), Québec |
| 1908 | – Russell Lejeune ERL meets Rachel Leta Josceline Percy (RJP) at Tibradden Station in Western Australia |
| 1909 | – J. Louisa Lejeune and children (?) still living at home move to Holland House at 8 Burlington Road, Withington, Manchester – birth of Denise Piron (father Dr. Piron, mother Celestine van Heckenrode) |
| 1910’s – 1910-1919 | |
| 1910 | – May 5 – JLL – death of father (Rev Dr) Alexander Maclaren, aged 84 – December 5 – JLL – present when granddaughter Ruth Enke born on Galiano Island, British Columbia, Canada (father Max Enke, mother Marion Lejeune Enke); while waiting for birth JLL writes letter to ERL in WA – REC, JLL – Photographed together at farm on Galiano Island; – FAL – working in Delta, BC – ERL – Moves to camp at north end of Boodanoo – ERL, RJP – engagement of Edward Russell Lejeune and Rachel Leta Josceline Percy in Western Australia |
| 1911 | – Spring – FAL, REC – photograph of REC posed on FAL trunk at farm on Galiano Island – Chambers family resident at Slaughter Farm near Bourton-on-the-Water, Glos (George Eldon, Winnifred Margaret, Audrey Alice, Lawrence Eldon, Barbara Winnifred) – 1911 Canada Census : Frances Arnold Lejeune listed as Labourer, Yale, Britsh Columbia |
| 1912 | – MLE, REC, FAL – Marion Enke, Ruth Enke and Arnold Lejeune travel from Vancouver to Liverpool, MLE to show off REC in Manchester and Eeclo. Returning, just miss taking the Titanic. – return to Canada by Marion and Ruth, departing Liverpool on April 26, on SS Virginian arriving Quebec City on May 6. They are accompanied by Paula and Ady Enke. |
| 1913 | – FAL introduced to Gladys Brown in Vancouver, BC – Max, Marion, Ruth move to newly constructed architect designed house at 572 Island Road in Victoria |
| 1914 | – FAL travels to Liverpool – February 12 – marriage of Francis Arnold Lejeune and Gladys Brown in Edinburgh, Scotland – FAL, GBL travel to Galiano Island, BC – FAL works for Max Enke on Galiano Island farm (Ref: A Bride on Galiano Island by GBL) |
| 1915 | – August 31 – HPA – Notice in London Gazette of name change from Hermann Peter Enke to Henry Peter Armstrong as of August 27, 1915 – 29 September –marriage of Edward Russell Lejeune and Rachel Leta Josceline Percy in South Yarra, Melbourne (Russell 29, Rachel 23) |
| 1916 | – FAL, GBL travel to England for FAL to join army; Gladys stays with JLL at 8 Burlington Road – FAL enlists in Officer Candidate School – FAL deployed as Forward Artillery Observer, Belgium – July 15 – birth of Stephen Enke, brother to Ruth Enke in Victoria, BC Canada (father Max Enke, mother Marion Lejeune Enke) – August 16 – FAL, GBL – birth of daughter Diana Mary Lejeune in Manchester (father Francis Arnold Lejeune, mother Gladys Brown Lejeune)[married Jack Merritt] – September 16 – ERL, RJP – birth of daughter Josceline Beatrice Lejeune in Geraldton, WA (father Russell Lejeune, mother Rachel Percy Lejeune) |
| 1917 | – Francis Arnold Lejeune gassed at Ypres, Belgium (first use of Mustard Gas); hospitalized due to lung damage; upon release becomes Instructor, Aldershot |
| 1918 | – March 22 – FAL, GBL – birth of son Michael Leonard Lejeune in Manchester (father Francis Arnold Lejeune, mother Gladys Brown Lejeune) – 14 November – birth of Margaret Helen Werden “Peggy” Wilson, Plmstock, Devonshire, England |
| 1919 | – 14 January – ERL, RJP – birth of daughter Ayris Francesca Lejeune in Geraldton, WA (father Russell Lejeune, mother Rachel Percy Lejeune) – 10 November – Max Enke, Marion Enke, Ruth Enke and Stephen Enke arrive at Liverpool, travelling on Canadian Pacific Line SS Metagama, for two year trip to Europe (England, Belgium); first stop 8 Burlington Rd, Withington, Manchester. |
| 1920’s | |
| 1920 | – FAL – discharged at Royal Garrison Artillery; listed in Electoral Register as living on High Street, Cookham, Maidenhead, Berkshire – 10 June – ERL, RJP – birth of daughter Patricia Mary Lejeune in Geraldton, WA (father Russell Lejeune, mother Rachel Percy Lejeune) |
| 1921 | – 1921 UK Census: Francis Arnold Lejeune, wife Gladys, children Diana and Michael and a domestic nurse are resident at Lord Regleighs Dairy Farm in Whitelands, Essex where Arnold is Live Stock Farm Manager – May 29 – arrival in Quebec City of Audrey Alice Chambers (age 16) and Lawrence Eldon Chambers (age 15) on the SS Minnedosa which departed Liverpool on May 20, onward bound to Montreal; cost of voyage was paid for by an uncle. – Audrey Chambers and Lawrence Chambers are bound for Belvedere, Alberta where Audrey will become a bee keeper and Lawrence a farmer. They are actually going to join their father, George Eldon Chambers and (unbeknownst to them) his mistress Joan (recorded in the census of the same year as Mrs Constance Chambers even though G. E. Chambers was married to Winnifred in England) at MacDonald’s Crossing, Belvedere Alberta. – September – JLL – moves with daughter Caroline to London, first to a flat in Maida Vale, then to various other flats ending in Bloomsbury, so Caroline could take up a position as music critic, subsequently film critic for The Manchester Guardian |
| 1922 | – JLL – Settled into 19 St Loo Mansions, Chelsea |
| 1923 | January 20-22 – Gladys and Arnold Lejeune (GBL, FAL) visit Pinehurst in Eeclo from Terling, Essex |
| 1924 | – 26 July – arrival of Marion Enke, Ruth Enke and Stephen Enke at Liverpool from Quebec on the White Star Dominion Line ship Regina on way to 19 St Loo Mansions, Cheyne Gardens, Chelsea, London – Wembley Exhibition (23 April – 1 November) – Roffe Thompson and Ruth Enke visit the Exhibition often – JLL rents empty boarding school during summer period so cousins can meet each other – details needed FAL – Family (Gladys, Diana, Michael) emigrated to Santa Barbara, California ERL,RJP – travel to UK with daughter Josceline (away for five months) |
| 1925 | JLL – Move to Fallowfield, Pinner, Middlesex near London. JLL – marriage of Caroline Alice Lejeune to Edward Roffe Thompson and they make their home at Lane End, Pinner, not far from Louisa’s home. 26 July – FAL, GBL – birth of son Patrick Arnold “Pat” Lejeune – October 25 – Max Enke arrives by steamer at Quebec City having travelled from Southampton. |
| 1926 | – February 22 – death of Hermann Enke at Eeclo – 1 June – ERL,RJP – birth of David Russell Lejeune in Perth, WA (mother Rachel Percy Lejeune; father: Edward Russell Lejeune) – 25 September – Godfrey Armstrong‘s 21st Birthday |
| 1928 | – JLL – birth of grandson Tony Thompson (who subsequently wrote under the name Anthony Lejeune)(Father: Roffe Thompson; Mother: Caroline Alice Lejeune Thompson) – 2 February – marriage of Godfrey Hubert Armstrong and Denise Piron in London. Ruth Enke and Margaret (Margy) Enke were two of six bridesmaids – 29 May – arrival of Marion Enke and Stephen Enke in London from Montreal via Plymouth on Cunard White Star Line vessel Ausconia on way to Fallowfield, Pinner Hill, Pinner Middlesex. Stephen (possibly) on way to be enrolled at Berkhampsted School |
| 1930’s | |
| 1930 | – 6 July – Franziska arrives in Montreal (reportedly to retrieve her husband); 7 September she arrives in London via Southampton – 14 September – Max Enke, Marion Enke, Ruth Enke arrive in London from Montreal via Plymouth on Cunard Steamship Company Ship Ascania on their way to Fallowfield, Hillside Rd, Pinner Hill, Pinner (having packed up 572 Island Road in Victoria) |
| 1931 | – May 29 – JLL,ERL – death of son Edward Russell Lejeune in an accidental shooting at Boodanoo Station, Western Australia, Australia – August 6 – Louisa Lejeune and Max, Marion, Ruth and Stephen Enke visit Pinehurst – November – Ruth Enke boards SS Dinteldijk in Rotterdam, bound for San Francisco, on her way, ultimately, to Victoria, BC |
| 1932 | |
| 1933 | – May 30 – Louisa Lejeune, Ady Enke, Max and Marion Enke visit Pinehurst |
| 1934 | |
| 1935 | – May 13 – birth of June Armstrong in Brussels (father Godfrey Hubert Armstrong, mother Denise Piron) – 24 October – arrival of Marion Enke in Southhampton from New York on Cunard White Star Line vessel Aquitania on way to Fallowfield, Pinner Hill, Pinner Middlesex |
| 1936 | April 11 – death of Jane Louisa Lejeune at Fallowfield, Pinner, Middlesex aged 79 – December 18 – marriage of Stephen Enke and Margaret ??? in Redwood City CA |
| 1937 | – June 12 – marriage of Lawrence Eldon Chambers and Ruth Enke at Law Courts in Victoria, BC. Post-marriage lunch at the Poodle Dog Cafe |
| 1938 | – January – Lawrence and Ruth Chambers move to Ladysmith, BC, initially living with Lawrence’s father G. Eldon Chambers and Joan; later purchase house and cherry orchard, across field from Eldon and Joan, from Mrs. Clifford (half paid by Marion Enke) on 4th Ave – November 13 – birth of Russell Eldon Chambers at Victoria, BC (father Lawrence Eldon Chambers, mother Ruth Enke Chambers) |
| 1939 | – 28 December – Marriage license issued for Stephen Enke and Jean Sheriff in Helena, Montana (Stephen listed as divorced; first marriage details unknown; also listed as divorced in another licence; first wife’s nname may have been Mary) |
| 1940’s | |
| 1940 | – January 1 – marriage of Stephen Enke and Jean Sherriff at Helena, Montana, USA (License issued 28 December 1939; Stephen listed as Divorced). mother Marion Enke present. |
| 1941 | – November 2 – Marion Enke crosses US border at Seattle, probably to go to Helena, Montana for birth of grandchild – December 11 – birth of Max Sieben (Enke) Baucus at Helena, Montana (father Stephen Enke, mother Jean Sherriff) |
| 1942 | – January 3 – birth of twins Derek Chambers and Bruce Chambers at Ladysmith, BC Canada (father Lawrence Eldon Chambers, mother Ruth Enke Chambers) |
| 1943 | |
| 1944 | – January 13 – birth of Karen Jean (Enke) Baucus in Los Angeles (father Stephen Enke, mother Jean Sherriff) – December 27 – birth of Dinah Armstrong in England (father: Godfrey Hubert Armstrong, mother Denise Piron) |
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| 1949 | – September 7 – birth of Gordon Peter Lejeune, Washington, DC |
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| 1951 | – January 25 – arrival of Lawrence and Ruth Chambers at Southhampton, having travelled from New York via Cherbourg on the Queen Mary of the Cunard Steamship Company (initial English address Rivers Edge, Charlton, Marshall nr Blandford. -March 14 – arrival of Marion Enke at Liverpool having travelled from St John, New Brunswick on the Empress of Canada of Canadian Pacific Line on way to 15 Pages Lane, Bexhill-on-Sea |
| 1952 | – 1952 Census; Paula and Ada Enke are living at Kinross, Little London Rd, Horam, Heathfield |
| 1956 | – 1958 Census; Paula and Ada Enke are living at Kinross, Little London Rd, Horam, Heathfield |
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| 1962 | – June 20 – death of Paula Caroline Enke at Kinross, Horam, Sussex |
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| 1977 | – September 3 – death of Francis Arnold Lejeune in Santa Barbara, CA |
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| 1987 | – November 22 – death of Gladys Agatha (brown) Lejeune, Alhambra, CA |
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| 2009 | – February 17 – death of Dinah Mary (Lejeune) Merritt, Claremont, CA |
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| 2010 | – death of Peggy Wilson Lejeune |
| 2014 | – 15 November – death of Michael Leonard Lejeune, Santa Barbara, CA |
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Temporary Scratch Pad
1921 -1924 Returned to Victoria and 572 Island Road. Attended Norfolk House. Summers spent in Victoria and on the Galiano Farm. 1924 -1929 To England, staying first with Jane Louisa Lejeune who had moved to 19 St. Loo Mansions in Chelsea and while there attended the Wembley Exhibition. Then off to boarding school at The Downs School, Sutton Road, Seaford, Sussex. During longer school breaks lived with paternal Uncle Peter and Aunt Isabel Armstrong at Pinehurst, Eeclo, next to Oaklands (Hermann Peter Enke changed his name to Peter Henry Armstrong during WW1 because of the fervent anti-German feelings in England where they sheltered during the war). 1929 -1930 Oxford for a term or two and then to Belgium 1930 With Max and Marion to Victoria to pack up 572 Island Road and ship the contents to Belgium as Max was to assume charge of the Eeclo factory. Moved into an Eeclo house and called it Trekweg (across the road from the towpath running alongside a canal). 1931 – 1934 November 1931 – Ruth, having decided not to stay in Europe but to return to Canada, boarded the Dinteldijk in Rotterdam December 5, 1931- celebrated 21st birthday in the Caribbean – Passed through the Panama Canal and up the west coast to California. December 13, 1931 – Met upon her arrival in Los Angeles by her maternal Uncle Arnold Lejeune. – After 3 months in California with Uncle Arnold and Auntie Gladys, was driven to Seattle and took the ferry to Victoria. 1934 Started the Library for Boys and Girls in a street level apartment on Newport Avenue in Oak Bay, Victoria, BC. Wrote a weekly article in the local paper in exchange for free advertising of her Library. The Library being open only in the afternoons, worked at the Oak Bay Library and Bookshop in the Windsor Block. Lived at 849 Burdette. 1935 Moved the Library for Boys and Girls to the Windsor Block. On the weekends visited friends at Cherry Point near Cowichan Bay. Met Lawrence Eldon Chambers 1937 June 5, 1937 – married Lawrence Chambers at the Law Courts in Victoria 1938 Moved to Ladysmith, BC to stay with Lawrence’s parents in house on Victoria Crescent (renamed to Dogwood Drive). Bought the next door house, on 4th Ave Extension, and lived there until 1952 move to 4317 Blenkinsop Road, Victoria, BC. 1938 November 13, 1938 – Birth of Russell Eldon Chambers at the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria, BC 1938 – 1939 Marion (Lejeune) Enke, mother of Ruth, had come over from Belgium to be with Ruth for Russell’s birth and to see her son Stephen who was living and working in Victoria. The plan was that Marion would stay for two or three months. But because of the threatening events in Europe her stay was extended and, when war broke out, she took an apartment at #1 Cook Street where she remained until her husband Max Enke returned to Victoria (having stayed in Belgium, been interned from 1940-1945 in various prisons since he was a British citizen -see his story under Max Enke). 1940 January 1 – Stephen Enke marries Jean Sheriff in Helena, Montana 1941 December 7 – Pearl Harbour December 11 – Max Sieben Enke born in Helena, Montana [Father Stephen Enke, mother Jean (Sheriff) Enke] 1942 January 3 – Derek and Bruce Chambers born in Ladysmith, BC. Twins were completely unexpected. This was supposed to be a girl, to be name Judith Marion. 1942 – 1950 Ladysmith, BC See here for details. Wrote and sold short stories to various magazines as well as radio scripts to CBC Radio. 1951 In early months, Ruth and Lawrence traveled to England (train to Toronto and New York, Queen Mary to Southampton, Queen Elizabeth upon return). While in New York visited the New York Public Library. 1952 Bought property at 4317 Blenkinsop Rd, Victoria, BC to be farmed by Lawrence (Madrona Farm). Lived there until her death in 2002. 1954 Began writing first one a week and then, less than a month later, more often, a column for the Victoria Times called A Woman’s Outlook under the pen name Ruth Enke. Wrote for 6 years until headaches became unbearable 1961 January 13 – Ruth taken by ambulance to Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria suffering from a cerebral aneurysm and was in a coma for two weeks and partially paralyzed. Underwent a series of operations to remove a clot and to redirect blood vessels to bypass damaged area (an operation never before performed in Victoria). Her surgeons were Dr. J. Harvey and Dr Hiro Nishioka (with whom she stayed in touch annually for years afterwards). Because a portion of her skull was removed in order to access the damaged site Ruth subsequently said the title of her autobiography should be “A Hole in My Head”. November 21 – Mother Marion Lejeune Enke died at Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, BC 1963 January – son Derek married Wendy Joan Diment (father Fred, mother Elizabeth) in Victoria, BC July 26 – Twin grandsons Mark and Bruce Chambers were born – first grandchildren for Ruth and Lawrence (father Derek, mother Wendy Joan) 1964 June 4 – visit to cousin Margaret (Margy) Armstrong and Uncle Peter Armstrong at Horam, Sussex, during which on the day following her arrival Ruth fell, cracking her pelvis in two places. Bedridden for the rest of her stay (left July 5). Saw Godfrey (brother to Margy) and his wife Denise (née Piron) 1966 May – son Bruce married Wendy Rona Le Mare in Quamachin, BC 1967 December 29 – son Russell Eldon married Maria Augusta Luchin in Trail, BC 1970 May 12 – Birth of twins Michael and Lea Chambers (father Russell, mother Mary) 1971 January 29 – father Max Enke died at Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, BC (March 12, 1884 – January 29, 1971) July 30 – Birth of Lawrence Chambers (father Russell, mother Mary) 1972 February 26 – Birth of Morgan Chambers (father Bruce, mother Wendy Rona) 1974 June 1 – son Derek, having earlier divorced Wendy Joan, married Anne Molnar née Coleman in Kamloops, BC, acquiring step-children Paul and Jane Molnar September 21 – death of brother Stephen Enke in Palo Alto, CA 1975 June 19 – Birth of David Chambers (father Bruce, mother Wendy Rona) 1982 November 28 – Death of husband Lawrence in Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, BC 1983 March 9 – Death of daughter-in-law Mary, wife of Russell, mother of Michael, Lea and Lawrence in Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops, BC 2002 January 11 – Ruth died at her home, 4317 Blenkinsop Rd, Victoria BC, aged 91. | |
The Marion Project - A Family History 