Private Richard Oliver "Dick" Gatehouse

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• Residence: , England
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-127246
• Immigration: 1908, , Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Painter, Car & Coach
• Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Service #402092
• Residence: 1914, WW1; WW1, Private, 34th Battalion
• Occupation: 1920, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; shoemaker
• Website: 2009; Photograph

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GATEHOUSE, Richard 0.

Of 1024 Vine St. Preston, at the South Waterloo Memorial Hospital, Monday, Dec. 11, 1972, Richard O. Gatehouse; beloved husband of Margery Ramsay and father of Lawrence of Picton, Ont., Dr. Wayne of Guelph, Irene (Mrs. Robert Jacobi) of Oakville, Lorna (Mrs. James McCutcheon) of Kitchener, Eleanore (Mrs. James Johanson) of Bothwell; also survived by two sisters, Miss Mable Gatehouse of Preston and Kattrine (Mrs. George Pollard) of Waterloo; also 16 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Mr. Gatehouse was born in London, England and has lived in Preston, for over 60 years; retired painter and decorator, member of King Street Baptist Church; veteran of the First World War. Mr. Gatehouse is resting at the Barthel-Stager Funeral Home, 566 Queen St., Preston, until noon Thursday, then to King Street Baptist Church, for funeral and committal service. Interment will follow in Park Lawn cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 12 Dec 1972 pg 20

Website:
Grace Schmidt Room of Local History Digital Collection

Description: Black and white, studio photograph, mounted on a mat, of Private Richard O. Gatehouse, seated on the left, and Private Ernest Gatehouse, seated on the right, both of Preston, Ontario, in uniform.

Notes: Pte. Richard O. Gatehouse of Preston, Ontario, enlisted with the 34th Battalion and had active service in France. Pte. Ernest Gatehouse, of Preston, also enlisted with the 34th Battalion, served in France with the 49th Battalion and died on 16 April 1916.

Richard married Margery Winwick Ramsay 29 Jul 1920, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Margery (daughter of Lawrence Ramsay and Jessie Manson Davidson) was born 4 Aug 1898, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died 20 Dec 1986, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Irene Mae Gatehouse was born 12 Jul 1921, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 May 1977, Oakville, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario; was buried , Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Lawrence Richard Gatehouse was born 1 Aug 1923, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Jul 2012, Picton, Hallowell Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario.
3. Lorna Jean Gatehouse was born 15 Sep 1926, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Dec 2012, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. Eleanore Mabel Gatehouse
5. Robert Wayne Gatehouse

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-157532

William — Elizabeth Ann Oliver. Elizabeth was born 21 Mar 1868, Aberystwyth, , Cardigan, Wales; died 13 Nov 1946, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Ann Gatehouse
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-348785