Earl Minto Peter Chugg

born in 1899. Earl Minto Chugg in 1915 in England?  during World War I. Earl was wounded  with shrapnel in the hip. Earl Minto Chugg on a visit to his father John Chugg at Blue Sea Lake QC. Earl has his name on a lapel label. He also is wearing glasses.
Great Grandpa John Chugg, great granddaughter Sharon Craik and Grandpa Earl Minto Chugg Grandpa Earl Minto Chugg with granddaughter Sharon Craik
Earl Minto Chugg's obituary mentions that his daughter Grace Chugg Craik was living in Pittsburgh, PA. Graces daughter and Earls granddaughter, Sharon Craik Mitchell, was listed as living in Carson, Ontario. Earls brother Harry was listed as living in Carsonbay, Ontario.
Earl Minto Chugg, son of John Chugg and Anna Ada Milks Chugg, was called Peter by his family. I could dispute this as Hector E Chugg states that he never heard his Uncle called Peter, rather he was Uncle Earl. (There is a census listing Earl as Peter). Earl served in WW I along with two of his brothers. Earl returned home at the end of the war to find that his mother had died the year before. Peter had married a Lily E. Hilton in Eastbourne, England in March of 1918 and they had one child, Grace Chugg. Grace entered Halifax, Canada in 1920. Lily apparently entered too but went back to England and never returned to her husband or daughter (according to Nellie Chugg Lang). John Chugg who was now a widower and his spinster daughter Ada Beatrice Chugg, and later his daughter Grace raised Earl"s daughter Grace Vera Chugg. The 1904 article on the Maria Street School attached at the bottom of the page also cites Earl as being known as Peter Chugg.  The Chugg's lived on Maria Street in Ottawa.  The 1911 census below shows us that indeed, Earl's family called him Peter. Grace Louise Chugg is followed in age order by Peter (Earl Minto ) Chugg and then by Wallace and Hazel Chugg. 1911 Census of Canada Home / 1911 / Ontario / Ottawa / 28 Ottawa ward / page 30 split view Transcribed by: John 41   404 Chugg John   M Head M Nov 1866 45 1901 42   404 Chugg Annie   F Wife M Jan 1869 42 1901 43   404 Chugg Henry   M Son S Sep 1887 24 1901 44   404 Chugg William   M Son S Jun 1889 22 1901 45   404 Chugg Beatrice   F Daughter S Dec 1893 18 1901 46   404 Chugg Louise   F Daughter S Aug 1897 14 1901 47   404 Chugg Peter   M Son S Mar 1899 12 1901 48   404 Chugg Wallace   M Son S Dec 1902 9 1901 49   404 Chugg Hazel   F Daughter S Feb 1904 7 1901   In the Marriage register of the first quarter of 1918, we see that Earl M. Chugg married  a Miss Hilton in the district of Eastbourne.  This marriage document is recorded in Volume 2b and page 219.   We can see a matching entry for Lily E Hilton in the image below.    The second to last line indicates that Lily E. Hilton married a Chugg  in Eastbourne district in the first quarter of 1918 as recorded in volume 2b page 219.  By looking at both registry pages we can definitively link Earl M. Chugg and Lily E.Hilton  as having been married in the district of Eastbourne in the first quarter of 1918.  In the next picture below we have a record of the birth of their daughter, Grace B. Chugg  born in the first quarter of 1919.  (should be Grace V. Chugg - typo). Grace was born a Chugg to the mother whose maiden last name was Hilton,  in the district of Brighton as recorded in volume 2b page 286. So we can conclude that Earl M. Chugg married Lily E Hilton in 1918 and that  they had a child named Grace Vera Chugg in 1919. This bit of research therefore confirms Nellie Langs report that Earl had a daughter named Grace. Earl also had a sister named Grace. His sister became Grace Peake and his daughter became Grace Chugg Craik OBrien. Graces daughter Sharon Craik became Sharon Mitchell and lived in Carson or Carsonby as listed in Earls obituary.  There is a photo of Beatrice, and sister Grace Chugg Peake and grand neice Sharon Craik at the Blue Sea Lake cottage.  This photo would speak strongly to the close relationship between Beatrice and Grace B. Chugg. The photo below shows Earl moving to Cleveland, Ohio by 1923.  This also would add credence top the report that his sister raised his daughter. Note: While the register names the baby as Grace B. Chugg, either this is a typographical error or Graces middle name changed to Vera. Her obituary lists Grace as Grace Vera Chugg Craik O'Brien. Earl accompanied by his uncle, Ebenezer Rogers Chugg, crossed the border into the United States  on April 22, 1923 as shown in the document above. Peters  (Earls)occupation was listed as a machinist.  He was headed for Cleveland, Ohio. His residence in Ottawa was 444 Lewis Street.  He was inspected on July 1, 1923. He is listed as remaining permanently in the United States.   The document is signed by Ebenezer Chugg. There is a person and address listed in Cleveland to which Earl was attached. Here is the location of Earl Minto Chugg in Cleveland Ohio in 1924: So in 1924 Earl Minto Chugg married Mary O'Donnell in Cleveland, Ohio.  Unfortunately, this was his second marriage and it did not last either. See below: In 1928 Earl Chugg and Mary O'Donnell were divorced in Indiana. Earl was 29 years old. The listing in the center of this document lists Earl Minto Chugg as a draftsman entering the United States  at Ogdensburg, New York.  He was headed for Syracuse, New York. Earl (Peter) was 21. On May 19, 1936,  Ebenezer Rogers Chugg again entered the United States through Buffalo, New York.  The document states that he was to be there for 6 weeks and that  Ebenezer left the U.S. on June 8, 1936. This entry was Ebenezer's trip from Claresholm Alberta to The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, New York for cataract surgery.
This documents a person whom I believe to be the third wife of Earl Minto (Peter) Chugg, Lydia B. Wagner Chugg. She is listed on this census document as living in the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. She is not listed as working. Lydia is 27 years old in this 1930 census and had been married at the age of 26.  This means she married Earl Minto Chugg who was 31. Lydia's family located around Indianapolis, Indiana follows: Earl Minto Chugg is listed on the last line of this 1930 U.S. census  as being of English Canadian descent. He works as a metal finisher in an auto factory. He is listed as 31 years of age. Earl Minto Chugg is also listed as being married.
The records above indicate Earl Minto Chuggs' entry into the Canadian Expeditionary Force July 11, 1914 aged 21 years and 2 months. Earl Minto Chugg is listed as born March 3, 1896. He is also listed as having served in the Governor General's Foot Guards. He was in fact 15 years of age, born in 1899. Certainly, there is another interesting story about this young man who fought and survived in a World War, serving for his country and then emigrating to the United States.
Earl Minto (Peter) Chugg rests beside his mother, Anna Ada Milks Chugg and beside his two infants brothers,  Alex Philip Chugg and Charles Haythorne Chugg.  His resting place is just east and south of the flat stone that marks the resting place of his father, John Chugg  and of two of his sisters, Ada Beatrice Chugg and Grace Louise Peake Chugg. Lydia Wagoner Cropper Chugg burial details to date: Top line is Earl Chugg son of John Chugg of Ottawa enlisted on Nominal Roll for 21st Battalion CEF  November 7, 1914.   number 59158. Officers of the 21st Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force.   Ottawa Citizen,  May 8, 1961 Chugg, Earl Minto - In Hospital on Friday, May 5, 1961, Earl Minto Chugg, 159 Sunnyside Avenue, husband of Lydia Wagner, age 68 years, father of Mrs. Craik of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, brother of Harry of Carsonbay, Ontario, Mrs. F. Fitch of Yellowknife, Miss Beatrice Chugg and Mrs. Grace Peake both of Ottawa, grandfather of Mrs. Sharon Mitchell of Carson, Ontario. Resting at Hulse and Playfair Limited, 315 McLeod Street, Service in the chapel Tuesday, 11 am Interment Beechwood Cemetery. Courtesy of Thelma Hartman 2008       This is the last known residence of Lydia Chugg prior to her death according to one ancestry website. The address is 5214 E.11 St Indianapolis, Indiana.   The 1940 and 1950 Census of the united States places Earl Minto Chugg and Lydia Chugg at: 105 Belmar Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana. Street level images are not available due to large trees that the Chugg family must have planted. An overhead shot of the house follows:
2630 East 10th Ave. Irvington, Indianapolis, Indiana  Location of Auto Body and Paint Shop of Earl Minto Chugg in 1950's.

There are several telephone registers indicating Earl's address and employment through the decades as seen below:

 In 1951 he is living at 105 Belmar.

In 1940 he is listed as a metal worker working for the Earl M Showalter Company:

The news of Friday July 3rd 1931 was that Earl Chugg  age 32 married Lydia Cropper as noted in the Indianapolis Star.