Person Record

Metadata

Name

Howey, Harvey (Rev.)

Othernames

Reverend Howey

Born

1900

Places of residence

Owen Sound, Grey County

Nationality

Canadian

Notes

Rev. Howey was descended from William Howey, who came from Ireland in 1844-1845, and settled at Massie, in Holland Township, Grey County. The Howeys were Methodist, and pro-Temperance. Rev. Howey lived at Owen Sound, Grey County, circa 1969.

Reverend Howey's great-grandfather, Henry Silverlock, was a weaver in Britain, who was given a spool of gold thread that was left over from the weaving of Queen Victoria's Coronation robe (1837).

Occupation

Clergyman / Reverend

Publications

THE PATHS THAT LED TO HOLLAND: A HISTORY OF HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, mentions the Howeys and Silverlocks

Relationships

Grandfather - William Howey
Grandmother - Eliza Howey (nee McCauley)
Uncle: Dr. Richard Howey of Owen Sound
Aunt: Rosalie Howey (nee Cross of Owen Sound)
Great-grandfather: Henry Silverlock of Holland Township (formerly Britain)