Diane (Schmid) Redfern

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Diane Joyce Schmid was born on October 11, 1941, at Grace Hospital Toronto. Her family lived on the Menzies family country estate on Cummer Avenue east of Bayview, North York, Ontario Canada. Her father was the estate gardener until Diane was about 4 when the family, including mother Evelyn (nee Routledge) father Virgil Albert Schmid and brother Ronald Charles, moved to rural Milton Heights and operated a general store there for 3 or 4 years before moving to Hamilton Ontario, then to Willowdale North York and then to Richmond Hill. Diane moved to the city of Toronto in 1959 where she worked as a secretary and telex operator at Mills Spence, a stock and bond company. In 1961 she met her future husband Reginald Barry Redfern at Toronto's Royal Winter Fair where he was among the members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who were engaged to perform the RCMP's "Musical Ride" on horseback. The Redferns lived in Winnipeg Manitoba where two children were born, Grant in 1963 and Karen in 1965. Stints in Alberta and Saskatchewan followed before leaving the RCMP in 1971 to try life in the remote community of Faro Yukon Territory where Barry was hired as Recreation Director. Diane began a career in travel at the local travel agency. In 1974 or 75 the Redferns took a sabbatical year off, travelling North America in a one-ton Chevrolet truck loaded with a camper, schooling supplies, and family including a dachshund Heidi and Smokey a semi-Persian grey cat. The marriage broke down after returning to Faro in 1977. Diane and children resided in Clearwater Florida for a time, then finally returned to Vancouver in 1978 where Diane worked as a travel agent while resuming higher education studies at Simon Fraser University. With children grown Diane took a new direction as a travel writer specializing in solo travel after a year-long, trans-global journey with one carry-on suitcase in 1985/86. In 1989 she launched Connecting: Solo Travel Network (CSTN), a news and connection resource for people who travel alone. That project lasted until her retirement in 2018. Genealogy, her second passion besides travel, is now her main interest.

Ronald Charles Schmid (Smith). Surname: Schmid (Smith). Given Name: Ronald Charles. Nickname: Ronnie. Also Known As: Ronald Charles Smith. TA Given name was found in addition to a first name in the NAME tag.

Born 27 Apr 1935. Langstaff, Ontario, Canada. ^[1]

Died 2 Apr 1974. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ^[2] Cause: cirrhosis of the liver.

Christening: 23 Jul 1939. Trinity Church, Thornhill, Ontario.

Buried 1975 Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Scarborough, Ontario. ^[3]

Occupation: a customs clearing clerk. 1950/1970 Toronto

File Format: jpg. Ronald Charles Schmid, about 9 months, 1935. Note: Scrapbook: Y. PHOTO Slideshow: Y. Format: jpg. Ronald Charles Schmid circa 1936. Note: Scrapbook: Y. PHOTO Slideshow: Y. Format: jpg. Ronald Charles Schmid (Smith) about 21 years, circa 1956. Note: Scrapbook: Y. PHOTO Slideshow: Y. Format: jpg. Gravesite Ronald Charles Schmid (Smith). Note: Scrapbook: Y. PHOTO Slideshow: Y.

Anna Maria Suess. Surname: Suess. Given Name: Anna Maria. Married Name: Schmid. A Given name was found in addition to a first name in the NAME tag.

Born 4 Sep 1842. Budisholz, Luzern, Switzerland. ^[4]

Died 8 Sep 1907. Switzerland^[5]

Marriage Husband @I264@. Wife @I265@. Child: @I266@. Child: @I34@. Child: @I267@. Child: @I268@. Child: @I269@. Marriage 22 Aug 1866. Waltenschwil^[6]

Stillborn child Routledge. Surname: Routledge. Given Name: Stillborn child. A Given name was found in addition to a first name in the NAME tag.

U Invalid gender U skipped.

Born 27 Mar 1912. Bolton, Lancashire, England. ^[7]

Buried 28 Mar 1912. Heaton Cemetery, Bolton. ^[8]

Note: BIOGRAPHY: May 2004, Sandra Balch (Wryghte): "The 3rd thing I am sending is a payment for an internment of a stillborn child of our grandparents. The date is 1912. This is not Joyce Ione as she died in 1911. This child was buried in a common grave. This stillborn child was buried in a common grave at Heaton Cemetery (same cemetery; different grave) on March 28th, 1912. As this was before grandma and grandpa moved to Canada the deed must have still been in the possession of our great grandparents. I don't know why this stillborn child was not buried there. Perhaps there was an argument. We'll probably never know.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S15 Birth 1935-05-010343 Note: August 2006: Diane Redfern photcopied original 19 Apr 1974 File Format: jpg Birth Certificate Ronald Charles Schmid, 1935 Note: Scrapbook: N PHOTO
2. ↑ Source: #S15 Certificate of Death, Vancouver, BC Division of Vital Statistics, Department of Health Services and Hospital Services, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada: Certificate of Death. This is to certify that the following is an extract from the registration on file in the Office of the District Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, at Vancouver, British Columbia, concerning the death of RONALD CHARLES SCHMID a.k.a. RONALD CHARLES SMITH Date of death April 2, 1974; Age last birthday 37; Sex Male Place of death Vancouver, B.C. Birthplace England [error: should be Toronto, Ontario] Residence 1136 Robson Street, Vancouver, B.C. Given under my hand at Vancouver, British Columbia this 4th day of April 1974 File Format: jpg Death Certificate Ronald Charles Schmid/Smith, 1974 Note: Scrapbook: N PHOTO
3. ↑ Source: #S58 Note: June 2009: Memorial plaque and tree placed adjacent Lot 141-1, Resthaven Memorial Gardens, 1700 Kingston Rd, Scarborough, Ontario M1M 1M5 File Format: jpg Gravesite Ronald Charles Schmid Note: Scrapbook: N PHOTO
4. ↑ Source: #S59 BMD Waltenschwil, page 289 Note: 2006 November: Genealogist Bruno Nussbaumer visited and copied register entries for family tree. File Format: jpg Schmid of Waltenschwil, Switzerland, Family Tree, page 289 Note: Scrapbook: N PHOTO
5. ↑ Source: #S59 BMD Waltenschwil, page 289 Note: 2006 November: Genealogist Bruno Nussbaumer visited and copied register entries for family tree. File Format: jpg Schmid Family Tree, Waltenschwil, page 289 Note: Scrapbook: N PHOTO
6. ↑ Source: #S59 BMD Waltenschwil, page 289 Note: 2006 November: Genealogist Bruno Nussbaumer visited and compiled family tree from register. File Format: jpg Schmid of Waltenschwil, Switzerland, Family Tree, page 189 Note: Scrapbook: N PHOTO
7. ↑ Source: #S199 File Format: jpg Note: Scrapbook: N PHOTO
8. ↑ Source: #S199 May 2004, Sandra Balch (Wryghte): "The 3rd thing I am sending is a payment for an internment of a stillborn child of our grandparents. The date is 1912. This is not Joyce Ione as she died in 1911. This child was buried in a common grave. This stillborn child was buried in a common grave at Heaton Cemetery (same cemetery; different grave) on March 28th, 1912. As this was before grandma and grandpa moved to Canada the deed must have still been in the possession of our great grandparents. I don't know why this stillborn child was not buried there. Perhaps there was an argument. We'll probably never know."

• First-hand information. Entered by Diane Schmid at registration.
• Source: S15 Repository: #REPO49 Family Papers and Photos, Schmid
• Repository: REPO49 c/o Diane Redfern CANADA
• Source: S58 Repository: #REPO49 Family Papers: Redfern
• Source: S59 Switzerland Citizen Register Waltenschwil
• Source: S199 Repository: #REPO33 Family Papers and Photos, Balch
• Repository: REPO33 c/o Sandra Balch (Wryghte)