Alphonse Toner’s family (am_2365)

Alphonse Toner (1865-1949) was the son of Michael Toner and Margaret Nugent, Irish who came to live at the Portage in Grand Falls around 1850. On July 14, 1887, Alphonse married Ellen McCormack (1869-1952), daughter of Thomas McCormack and Bridget Hopkins, who were also of Irish descent and lived at the Portage. Alphonse was a farmer. During the summer of 1947, Alphonse and Ellen celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary and a mass was celebrated on the lawn of their house. They had nine children and adopted Mary Aubé and their grandson Joyner. First row from left to right: Ambrose (first wife Eileen Mahoney and second one Marion Taylor), Ellen McCormack, Alphonse Toner, Frank (Gertrude Kilfoil). 2nd row in the same order: Herman (Catherine Tobin), Sister Marie, Elizabeth Lizzie (James Mills), Thomas Tommy (Marjorie Savage), Alma (Herman Savage), William Willie (first wife was Grace Gillespie and second one Mamie West). Their son Raymond died in 1943. Photo taken in 1947. Lent by the Toner family.