The middle child of 12 born to Thomas and Margaret in 1889 was Lenna Margaret Boulton. She grew up on the farm and married Henry "Elton" King in Lyn, Ontario on February 22, 1911 with her sister Mary and her future husband George Herbison as witnesses. She was 21 years old and he was 22. Elton's sister Ethel Jane "Jennie" had married Lenna's brother Abraham earlier that month on February 8 in Brockville as told about in their blog entry here. 
Lenna and Elton were farmers near Yonge Mill, Ontario. They didn't have children of their own but a son was born in 1931 to the Westcombe family and was adopted by Elton and Lenna. It became official on March 21, 1938 at Brockville and they changed his name to Donald Elton King. The photo above is cousins Audrey Morris (daughter of Edith) and Donald at the King home in about 1940. Looks like garden produce they've been harvesting - corn at their feet and paint pails of tomatoes or potatoes and a pumpkin!
Lenna and Elton are pictured above with their nephew, Edith's son Ray Morris. They also had Ray living with them for a time when his parents Edith and Moulton were working out east. The two scans of a panoramic photo of the Number 17 Platoon in June of 1945 indicates Ray was second from the right on the first row. He gave this picture to his Aunt Lenna signed "Raymie". His daughter tells me the official name on his birth certificate was actually John Raymie Morris. At some point he started using John Raymond on documents like his driver's license but was always known as Ray or Raymie.
Lenna died in 1951 and Elton in 1966. They are buried outside of Lyn, Ontario in a beautiful cemetery that I was able to visit in 2015. Some of the oldest grave markers have been mounted on the stone walls surrounding the grounds which have been in use since 1784. A peaceful resting place after lives well lived.
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