John Charles Iredale

Other Events:

• Business: Canada Last Company, Preston, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Canada Last Co.
• Interesting: business, shoes
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-104193

Notes:

JOHN C. IREDALE 1859-1955

Married:
1. Alice Lake
2. Lily Walsh

John Charles Iredale was born in Minneapolis, Indiana on December 23, 1859 and moved with his parents to Toronto the following year. He came to this area in 1919 when the Canada Last Co. Ltd., a business established by his father William Iredale in 1864, relocated in Preston. Mr. Iredale served as president of the company, which made the wooden forms used in the manufacture of shoes, until the time of his death. In his latter years with the company, however, he was not overly active in the management of the company. He died on September 3, 1955 and is buried in Preston Cemetery.

Sources:
1. Obituary Galt Evening Reporter Tuesday September 6, 1955.
2. "Prominent People Die in 1955", Waterloo Historical Society Journal Vol. 43, 1955.


Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [used with kind permission of Jim Quantrell]

John married Alice Turner Lake 11 Oct 1883, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. Alice was born 1865, Bucksport, Hancock, Maine, United States; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

1. Charles Morton Iredale was born 19 Apr 1887, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; died 16 Sep 1966, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

John married Lily Walsh 12 Jan 1918, , York Co., Ontario, Canada. Lily was born CALC 14 Jun 1876, Collingwood, Nottawasaga Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario; died 28 Jul 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 31 Jul 1936, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]