Morris Jackson Childs was born October 3, 1916 and was killed in a horrific train accident on September 8, 1956. Morris and his crew were at a railway crossing waiting for a train to pass. They were carrying a trailer load of hot pitch behing them and as the train completed its pass, they pulled out, only to be struck by a train coming the other way. Five died in all, including the engineer of the train. Morris married Helen Louise Jennings on August 7, 1937. Helen was born on June 13, 1915. The couple had four children together: Ilene Grace, Lyle Ernest, Ruth Ann, and Catherine Louise. Helen remarried on December 10, 1977. She married Vaughn George Hess. Vaughn was born on March 11, 1913 and died April 18, 2002.

 

Ilene Grace was born on March 27, 1938 and died from breast cancer on July 29, 1990. She married Richard Poor on June 19, 1965. Richard was born on August 22, 1938. The couple had two childredn, Gayle who was born April 21, 1968 and Catherine Elaine who was born May 1, 1970. Catherine married Jeffery William Bohnert on June 3, 2000. Jeffery was born on March 18, 1964. The couple have one child, Nicholas William Robert Bohnert, born March 18, 2003.

 

Lyle Ernest Childs was born December 11, 1940 and wed Kay Kennedy on December 5, 1964. Kay was born on February 16, 1938. They have two children, Keith Robert Childs who was born on April 11, 1967 and Brenda who was born on September 25, 1970. At age 16,Keith was hurt in a bizarre motocross accident that left him a quadrepelegic. Brenda married Robert Purdy of Sarnia but the couple has since separated.

Two other children were born to Lyle and Kay. Ruth Ann Childs was born November 3, 1949 and died from a heart defect on April 14, 1950. Catherine Louise Childs was born January 18, 1951. Unfortunately her time with us was brief. She died thirteen hours after her birth.