Mary Wiseman

Secord, apparently.

He had an affinity for chocolate that he had inherited from his mother, Mary.

who was also born in Ontario, Canada in 1854 as Mary Wiseman until she married a man named Alexander C in 1874 and became Mary C.

Together, they ran a hotel in Tremont Park Island where she started making chocolate candies for the hotel that she sold as C's Famous Old Time Candies in the hotel.

leftover.

So

Charles decided to take his mother in and not long after decided it would be best to follow them.

Just move someplace else where a wildfire could never hurt them.